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Neuromonakh Feofan! Heroic Russian Rock Music with a Dancing Bear - Sami Yaffa visits St Petersburg on Sound Tracker TV Show - Link TV - They DON'T Make 'em Like This in LA...

https://www.linktv.org/shows/sound-tracker/episodes/russia-st-petersburg
 After Watching this episode THREE times I was able to Read the Name of the Band! Here it is!  

In this episode, Sami Yaffa travels to St. Petersburg and examines the vast musical diversity present in Russia's most European city. From St. Petersburg's underground musical scene to Tuvan Buddhist throat-singers, Yaffa explores a wide range of musical talents. Rooted in the multitude of musical forms present in St. Petersburg is a sense of multiculturalism, a diverse Russia. Yaffa not only shows all that St. Petersburg has to offer musically, but engages in a dialogue of what music can do in a state with issues of freedom of speech.


and HERE is a Working Video!

and HERE is Another! 

The project consists of the author of songs and performer Neuromonakh Feofan (real name is Oleg Stepanov), DJ Nikodim (Mikhail Grodinsky) and the Bear (originally — Feofan's wife, Irina Stepanova). Neuromonkh Feofan is a tall man with a beard whose face is hidden behind a hood, dressed in a Orthodox-like hoodie and bast shoes and holding a stave with a laser pointer hidden inside.
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Neuromonakh Feofan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thZTZk09Cp4

Neuromonakh Feofan (Russian: Нейромонáх Феофáн, lit. 'Neuromonk Feofan') is a musical project from St. Petersburg, Russia, performing music in drum 'n' bass styles. The project is popular on the Internet and got the status of an Internet meme. The group members remain anonymous.

Neuromonakh Feofan's performances are stylized as Russian festivals with group members dressed in bast shoes, kosovorotkas and sarafans. The lyrics of Feofan's songs abound with Slavic and obsolete Russian words, and the vocals are filled with characteristic rope. Neuromonakh Feofan performs his songs with balalaika side by side with drum 'n' bass rhythms.

Neuromonakh Feofan / Нейромонах Феофан
Neuromonakh Feofan (Нейромонах Феофан) is a mysterious and extraordinary product of the Russian club scene. The name “Neuromonakh” is derived from “Neurofunk,” a subgenre of drum and bass, and the Russian word for “monk.” The band sings exclusively in Russian, but mixes contemporary language with obsolete words and Old Church Slavonic to create epic verses set to electronic drum and bass mixed with traditional instruments like the balalaika.

Members of the three-man group remain anonymous, but we know the lead singer-songwriter, Feofan, conceals his face behind a hooded robe and false beard, wears sandals, and occasionally swaps his balalaika for a staff with a hidden laser. He’s also quite tall. He’s assisted by DJ Nicodemus, who sports an embroidered tunic and foot cloths, and is accompanied by a guy dressed in a bear costume. They never break character, and refuse to comment on politics, religion, or beards.

The legend of the group, as told by the group, goes something like this: Feofan began as a solo artist in St. Petersburg in 2009. Tired of city life, Nicodemus joined him in 2013 after they bumped into each other in the woods. The duo shared a cup of tea, relaxed on a tree stump and, disconnected from the overpowering rhythm of the city, conceived of a way to marry the fantastic energy of folk music to techno. They wrangled the bear, re-recorded old songs, wrote a few new ones and Neuromonakh Feofan was born.

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  • The Daily Beast
    Putin Ally Blames Crisis on Rise of Black U.S. Music Stars He Calls ‘Descendants of African American Slaves’
    In a sign of the times for Vladimir Putin’s twisted Russian regime, a regional governor has been backed by the State Duma after saying the “descendants of African-American slaves” are to blame for the country’s growing crisis.
    Vadim Shumkov, governor of the Kurgan region, said Russian society was collapsing—as exemplified by the rising rate of suicide and depression among young people—and it can all be traced back to the popularity of Black American stars in the music industry.
    In a bizarre rant posted on his official Telegram channel, Shumkov described a gaping hole of emptiness at the center of Russian culture, which he argued was not the result of poverty, war, or rampant corruption, but “an underestimation of the importance of native national culture.”
    “Many of our children… are already growing up without knowing or remembering their kindred tribe,” he lamented, claiming that they are instead “singing songs written by the descendants of African-American slaves, often playing the ape and imitating the habits and language, brimming with, frankly, second-rate quasi-cultural vulgarity. Clinging to this secondariness, being proud of it.”
    “Hence the growth of overt spiritual emptiness, depression, suicides. The lack of meaning in life,” he wrote.
    Though Shumkov did not mention Russia’s war against Ukraine as a possible reason for the bleak mood in the country, he went on to hint at a growing rift between ordinary Russians that he blamed on outside forces, claiming that a “neglect of native culture” has led to a biblical Cain and Abel situation, with brothers pitted against brothers by “foreign ‘well-wishers’” who see them as “expendable.”
    While Shumkov’s remarks were simultaneously mocked and criticized on social media, the Russian State Duma found nothing offensive in his argument.
    Alexander Sholokhov, the deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture, told local media there was nothing inflammatory in his comments because he’d used the term “African-American.”
    “I think that depression is connected with the lack of ideology in our country,” Sholokhov said. “I disagree with [allegations of] incitement. He used the word African American. The governor acted more than politically correct, using literally the American version to designate this race, and besides… this same African-American culture occupies a significant part of show business and variety shows.”
    BIFF: what? Did you really say "“Hence the growth of overt spiritual emptiness?
    Well I would have to say and all word wise Fanzenfrenz would have to say "Just wait till you hear Biff Rose' new band "Black Cootchie Riot"
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Trump Received Money From Roman Vasilenko (a Russian Businessman) for His 2016 Campaign. GOP operative Jesse Benton was convicted of funneling Russian donations. The "Russia Hoax" was Not a Hoax After All. Trump Actually Got Rubles to Help Him Campaign AND HE KEPT THEM!

Why Hasn't Trump Been Arrested and Convicted for This Crime?


https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/18/gop-operative-convicted-of-funneling-russian-donation-to-trumps-2016-campaign-.html
Republican political operative Jesse Benton was convicted in federal court of funneling $25,000 from a Russian businessman to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.


DOJ: Political Consultant Sentenced for Scheme Involving Illegal Foreign Campaign Contribution to 2016 Presidential Campaign.
A Texas man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for his role in funneling illegal foreign campaign contributions from a Russian national to a 2016 presidential campaign.
According to court documents, Jessie R. Benton, 45, of The Woodlands, schemed with another political advisor to funnel political contributions to a 2016 presidential campaign from a Russian national seeking to meet and take a picture with the presidential candidate.


https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/political-consultant-sentenced-scheme-involving-illegal-foreign-campaign-contribution-2016

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It's Wonderful that Columbus discovered "America" - A Place That People Can Escape To When there is a Disaster in the Old World. In My Own Family, My Great Great Grandmother...

got pregnant while Unmarried. Shocking! a Scandal! So she Left the Busybodies in Holland and moved to New Amsterdam on the Hudson River... and Her Child was Nobody's Business but Her Own. Later the English renamed that city New York. The Dutch people were pretty Tolerant of Everything... If you wanted to have a different God, OK... That's Your Business... If you wanted to Speak a Different Language, OK... If You were a Native American and We were Europeans, OK... Let's see if we Can do Business... Trading, Farming, Hunting, Furs... We were all Just Folks trying to Earn a Living and Raise up our Kids...


People Have Been fleeing Disaster and Coming to America for Centuries. The Ukrainians today. The Afghans, The Irish, The Chinese, Central Americans, Haiti, Vietnamese Boat People, The Hmong... and The Spanish Colonized Mexico and then California, Texas, Colorado, New MEXICO and Arizona.

During the Russian Revolution, The "Reds" Won and the "Whites" had to Get Out of Russia or get Killed... So... Many Fled to America! That's what happened people I Know... They Came to America, Shortened their Name and Built a Business, raised Kids... Truly enjoying the Blessings of Capitalism.
Who were the Reds and Whites in Russian history?
The civil war occurred because after November 1917, many groups had formed that opposed Lenin's Bolsheviks. These groups included monarchists, militarists, and, for a short time, foreign nations. Collectively, they were known as the Whites while the Bolsheviks were known as the Reds.
https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/modern-world-history-1918-to-1980/russia-1900-to-1939/the-russian-civil-war/






And all of those people that came to America had to pay for their boat ride... The Irish often had to work for Seven Years as an Indentured Servant to Pay off the Debt for the Boat Ride...


as a Matter of Fact, Only Slaves from Africa got a Free Boat Ride and a Guaranteed Job for Life! Who Could Turn Down That Offer? Not Many...

Seems pretty Obviously Racist...

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"We Were DUPED by a KGB Agent." - Says Jim Jordan - The Biden Impeachment Inquiry has become a Disaster for the House GOP! "WE GOT NOTHING!"

Republican impeachment probe 'Insane' US president's son Hunter Biden says.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-presidents-son-hunter-biden-testify-republicans-impeachment-probe-2024-02-28/"You do not have evidence to support the baseless and MAGA-motivated conspiracies about my father because there isn't any," Hunter Biden said...
Asked how the hearing had gone as he left the building, Hunter Biden replied, "Great."
Republicans, who narrowly control the House, are pushing ahead with their impeachment inquiry even after a person who provided accusations at the heart of their case was charged with lying to the FBI.

James Biden reportedly says his brother was never involved in his business ventures –
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/feb/21/campaign-updates-trump-trials-biden-politics-latest

House Republicans’ long-running effort to impeach Joe Biden was rocked by news of the arrest of a former FBI informant whose claims about Hunter Biden’s business with a Ukrainian gas firm were a key part of the GOP’s case against the president. Alexander Smirnov is accused of lying to the government, and yesterday, prosecutors revealed that he said he received information from Russian intelligence.

House GOP Goes Crazy. Why Do They REFUSE to Make America Great? Matt Gaetz and Jim Jordan Lead the ANARCHY PARTY!



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In other News:

The USA is Sending Depleted Uranium Shells to Ukraine. That Will Cause Miscarriages for Thousands of Years. It's a Form of Genocide.

Those People Over There Have Proven That They Are Insane... and Now They Won't Be Having Insane Children... or Any Children...

In My Humble Opinion: President Biden Made a Mistake sending Depleted Uranium Munitions to Ukraine... The Genocide Will Harm People for A Thousand Years... LONG After the Memory of Why Putin Invaded Ukraine... or even Who Putin was... Obviously HE'S Insane... but He Could STOP Behaving Crazy if He Just "Happened" to Be Dead... Did you notice That Osama bin Laden Stopped Behaving Crazy After President Obama sent the Seal Team Six to Assassinate Him...

By Shooting Depleted Uranium Bullets from Guns We are Distributing that Radioactive Metal... Making Sure that Future Generations WILL NOT HAVE as Many Russians and Ukrainians. Classic Definition of Genocide...

PLUS... at no extra Charge... It's a Way to Dispose of Radioactive Waste from Nuclear Power Reactors... Why Store it in Casks when we can Simply Dump it on our Enemies?



HEADLINE: Depleted uranium munitions: what are they and what risks do they pose?
The US says it will start delivering the controversial weapons to Ukraine soon; Russia denounced the decision as ‘an indicator of inhumanity’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/07/depleted-uranium-munitions-what-are-they-and-what-risks-do-they-pose


HEADLINE:
What is depleted uranium ammunition? How deadly shells tipped with dense metal can blast through tough tank armourDepleted uranium is considerably less reactive than uranium in its natural form
It is used in tank shells to pierce through armour because it is incredibly dense

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11889801/What-depleted-uranium-deadly-shells-tipped-dense-metal-blast-tank-armour.html

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Skeleton Dance Blues4Allah MASHUP! Watch the Cartoon While Listening to the Grateful Dead Sing... Excellent!

In One Tab, Play the Cartoon with the Sound Off...

In Another Tab, Play the Music With the Sound Loud! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isR31xZbFa4&t=11s

Skeleton Dance Cartoon by Disney

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and then on FaceBorg I read these Words of Wisdom:
I learned something new tonight, a name for something I've thought about lately but couldn't quite describe - "Toxic Positivity." It's when you are experiencing a horrible time in your life, due to one or perhaps many things, and people automatically speak to you in platitudes, telling you to "cheer up," or "it could be worse," or "keep a positive attitude." It invalidates your feelings, makes you feel you must suppress them, that you are a lesser person if you rage, or grieve, or are simply not okay with what is happening to you at that moment in time. You feel unheard. You don't cry, when you should. 2020 was a bad year for us, 2021 was worse, and 2022 apparently told the previous years "Hold my beer and watch THIS!" I've never bought so many sympathy cards in a single year in my life. Never dealt with such an endless array of disappointments and completely unexpected life-altering developments that occurred one after the other with no time to catch our breath in-between. We've had our share of bad things in the past, but never such an unrelenting year as this one. So from now on, I'm going to watch it. When someone tells me they have a problem, a sorrow, a concern, I will encourage them to talk about it, not rush in with words that make me feel better, but do nothing for them. Because we're human. We are meant to feel, to express, to vent, to pour out our emotions, to be heard. And it is then we can refill with hope, love, joy, and gratitude.

and I Replied:
I remember That I Drank Whiskey for a Week when my Father Died... I Joined AA in the Year 1999... and He died in 2013 BUT... THAT WEEK I REALLY NEEDED A DRINK. and then after a Week... I Quit Drinking Again... and Haven't Had a Drink Since... BUT... If I Had Attended AA Meetings During that Week... They Would Have Given Me Bad Advice... IMHO.

I ALWAYS Turn off the Sound on TV Commercials but... Out in the Living Room of My Group House THEY DON'T... and So... On Rare Occasions I Actually HEAR those Horrible Noises...

When I was a Teenager "Mad Magazine" Published How to Build a TV Sound Mute Switch Plans... TO SILENCE TV ADS... and I Opened Up My Parents TV and Added the Button... Without Electrocuting Myself or Breaking the TV! 

This Was The High Point of My Entire Electronics Career...

Now ALL TV Remotes Have a Mute Button... Mad Magazine Was Just Ahead of It's Time... (Well, DUH)

Now, I Can't Find an Image for The Mad Magazine Article about How To Build That Switch... I Tried Google Image Search but... NO JOY! If You Have a Copy of that Issue, Please Photograph the Drawings and EMAIL Them to me... gregvan(at)yahoo(dot)com...

Mad Magazine Cover

I Really Object to TV Ads Showing Pictures of UGLY People... There are Advertisements for a Wrinkle Remover That Shows Before and After Pictures... I Have Learned to Recognize That Ad and Close My Eyes BEFORE the Offensive Images Are Shown... With the Sound Off and My Eyes Closed... That's a Great Time for Prayer and Meditation! 

Ed Abbey - Shooting His TV
Ed Abbey - Shooting His TV


Let's Stop Advertising Prescription Drugs on TV. Those Ads COST a FORTUNE and The Patients Pay for Them in Higher Drug Prices! and Beware of the BOGUS MISLEADING SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES... 

Have You ever LISTENED to The Side Effect Warnings? "Possible Suicidal Thoughts" for that Drug That Turns You Into a Darling Red Headed Teenager... and if you eat their pill,  You Can DO ECSTATIC DANCING While Wearing Fewer Clothes! and Have Your Pals Drive You Down The Pacific Coast Highway in a VW Convertible Car... or... Think About Killing Yourself... FUN!

MEME - Let's Stop Advertising Prescription Drugs on TV. Those Ads COST a FORTUNE and The Patients Pay for Them in High Drug Prices!  - gvan42

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Psychedelic Poetry - "CEREMONY AND RITUAL" - a story - Fiction - written by Gregory Vanderlaan about a Trip to Philadelphia - Grateful Dead at JFK Stadium and The Spectrum Arena - deadheads: stories from fellow artists


OUR MINDS HAVE BEEN FUSED INTO ONE SHIMMERING
COLONIAL ANIMAL…
FLOWING IN THE
CURRENTS OF THE MUSIC…
adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire !

IN THE SHADOWS,TORCHES FLICKER IN THE BREEZE.
THE ORACLE BEGINS TO SPEAK,
FEEL THE HEAT…
adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire!

WE DANCE OUTSIDE OF THE TRADITIONAL
REALM OF TIME AND SPACE.
THE CROWD ERUPTS IN OUTBURSTS OF FREE-FORM MOTION
AS THE INTENSITY OF THE JAM PEAKS
adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire!
MY BODY IS TRANSFORMED INTO A PINBALL AND
I RICCOCHET AROUND THE SPECTRUM
ARENA BOUNCING OFF THE FLASHING LIGHTS.
A CROWD OF DEADHEADS
SURROUND ME INTENT ON TELLING ME STUPID JOKES…
THEY JUST…know… THAT I WILL LAUGH…
adrenaline, serotonin, synapses on fire!

THANK YOU DR. ALBERT HOFFMAN
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This was written after attending a Grateful Dead concert in JFK Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I was sitting up above the crowd in the bleachers and could see the dancers move more enthusiastically during peaks of the music… less motion during gentle passages… as the dynamics of the improvisation ebbed and flowed, the dancers moved accordingly… like sea anemones moving in the currents of the ocean… I also mention the Spectrum in Philadelphia… It has many blinking advertisements for Atlantic city casinos in the area where refreshments were being served…





Like Most Americans, I Watch NBC NEWS. Sometimes I Tune in the Bizarro Cult News (FOX) but I Always Mute the Sound First. NO WAY will I Allow their HATE SPEECH into my Ears. For a Laugh, try OAN News... CrazyTrain! Whoo! Whoo!

They are Having an Increasingly DiffiCULT time pretending that Mad King Donald is Wonderful... I find it Amusing to Watch Them Tie Themselves into a "Twister Game" Knots in order to SPIN REALITY into a Show That States: "Our Glorious Leader CAN DO No Wrong, Even When He Does Wrong, He Does NO WRONG!"

OAN News has some Really Bizarre Advertisements. You would have to be a Total Idiot to Buy That Stuff. OH! They Know Their Viewers! For Example: "Super Beets" - If you want to eat Beets, Just Eat Beets. Go to the Freaking Grocery Store and Buy Beets. No Need to Pay an Outrageous Price for "Super Beets" - That would be Stupid. This News Show is Trump's Favorite... and as we can all see... He is Dumb as a Rock!

That's Why Everyone LAUGHS at Czar Donald The Loser.




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Visit the Forest. It Is For Rest. Large Tote Bag 
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Get it? FOR REST! a place to relax... that is it's Porpoise! Redwood Forest Near Eureka, California... 
and a Digital Happy Fish

I'm Really Enjoying the Croaking Frogs in the Creek. The Sound is so Very Three Dimensional. Some are Behind Me to the Right, Some Really Close and Some in Front of Me Far Far Away. And Everywhere In Between...

photo of my creek in the backyard in Orangevale, CA

It Rained Here Two Days Ago and That's What Brought Out The Frogs...

We also have about a dozen geese that live in the field down stream... and little chirpy birds... I was watching the Sunset... Big Puffy Clouds... and appreciating the wonders of nature... We Have so many trees... and they are just starting to blossom... It makes me feel that all is right in the world... then there are Jet Airplanes way up high... people rushing, rushing, rushing to keep appointments... seems silly... and of course, everyone loves the sound of a Harley in the Distance... It's a Wonderful World Here in the Central Valley of California.

I was looking at the Constellation Orion last night and the three Stars of Orion's Belt are NOT exactly in a straight line. One is slightly offset. JUST LIKE THE PYRAMIDS IN EGYPT. If you look at a Map... The Pyramids are Exactly in the same Arrangement as the Stars. Thanks, ANCIENT ALIENS TV SHOW. I Never would have noticed this without you. MY QUESTION is what is that Really Bright Planet nearby? REALLY REALLY BRIGHT... My Guess is Mars...

It's Important To Remember that... While those Crazy People on the TV News are Doing Insane Stuff... Life is Pretty Good Here. Yes, There is a Crisis in the World but, SIMPLY CHANGE THE CHANNEL ON THE TV and it all goes away... I Enjoy watching "Ancient Aliens." It raises some interesting Questions... and "Jeopardy" game show is FUN.

To Quote Wavy Gravy at the Ram Dass Funeral...
"Gimme an 'F'... (and the crowd says 'F'), Gimme a 'U'... ('U'), Gimme an 'N'... ('N')... What's That Spell? FUN!, What's That Spell? FUN!, What's That Spell? FUN!, What's That Spell? FUN! Of Course, This Chant Only Works if You Know Who Wavy Gravy IS and Had Seen the Movie 'Woodstock' so this is Totally Wasted on Rap Music Fans... and Who IS Ram Dass? Country Joe and The Fish? Why would anyone want to BE HERE NOW?


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