15th Sep 2022
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"Haifisch" (German: "Shark") is the third single from the 2009 album Liebe ist für alle da. Right before announcing the video premier, the info letter from Rammstein's website left this quote regardin
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20th Jul 2022
The Velvet Underground & Nico debut album
Released in March 1967, the album was recorded in 1966 while the band was featured on Andy Warhol’s Exploding Plastic Inevitable multimedia event tour. It gained attention for its experimental perform
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16th Jul 2022
NO MORE MR. NICE GUY | ALICE COOPER
This was the third single from Billion Dollar Babies, the sixth studio album by Alice Cooper (the name of both the singer and the band at the time). This was the band's most commercially successful al
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16th Jul 2022
THE DIVISION BELL | PINK FLOYD
Long-time Floyd collaborator Storm Thorgerson provided the album artwork. He is famously known for always recreating his cover shots in real life. He never employs trick photography, cropping or editi
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16th Jul 2022
LADY GODIVA | DON'T STOP ME NOW
"Don't Stop Me Now" is a song by the British rock band Queen featured on their 1978 album Jazz that was released as a single in 1979. Written by Freddie Mercury.
LADY GODIVA, Old English Godgifu
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21st May 2022
JAUTRAIS PĀRĪTIS.
LV Pagājušā gadsimta 50. gados Rīgas Porcelāna fabrikā tika izgatavotas dažādas porcelāna figūriņas. Daudziem tās saistās ar atmiņām no pagājušajiem laikiem. Nostaļģija. Statuetes ir
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11th May 2022
NYC | St. Mark’s Place 96-98 | Led Zeppelin | Physical Graffiti
Led Zeppelin tried just about every visual trick to make their album covers pop, from die cutting and revisionist history to sci-fi-inspired surrealism and mysterious symbols and objects. One of them
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2nd May 2022
The Piano Has Been Drinking.
LV (English translation below)The Piano Has Been Drinking ir dziesma, kuru sarakstījis un izpildījis Toms Veitss (Tom Waits).
Reti kurš mūziķis tik daudz un kompetenti ir dziedājis par alkoholu un tā
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8th Apr 2022
WENN IHR KEINE ANTWORT WISST, RICHTIG IST, WAS RICHTIG IST
Šis ir fragments no pirmās dziesmas RAMLIED teksta vācu rokgrupas Rammstein sestajā studijas albumā LIEBE IST FÜR ALLE DA (Mīlestība ir visiem). Citāta tulkojums latviešu valodā ir aptuveni šāds: KAD
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13th Nov 2021
Latviešu kino citāti.
Latviešu kino var vai nu patikt vai nepatikt, bet tas ir un paliek unikāls. Daudziem latviešu filmas ir neatņemama atmiņu sastāvdaļa. Filmas paliek atmiņā ar savu sižetu, labo aktieru tēlojumu, mūziku
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22nd Sep 2021
LZ 129 Hindenburg
20 Sept 1968, Led Zeppelin (recording under the name of The Yardbirds) started recording their debut album at Olympic Studios, Barnes, London, England. The album took only about 36 hours of studio tim
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22nd Sep 2021
FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS
On September 17, 1978, The video for Queen's single 'Bicycle Race' was filmed at Wimbledon Stadium, Wimbledon, UK. It featured 65 naked female professional models racing around the stadium's track on
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26th Jul 2021
Be yourself a rock star! / Esi pats sev rokzvaigzne!
Self-confidence is a person's inner sense of how good and valuable he is. High self-confidence can be described as an individual's ability to be self-reliant, self-satisfied and self-respecting, despi
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10th Jun 2021
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
INVISIBLE SIDE OF THE MOON. Looking at the moon, you will surely see the familiar spots and shadows on its surface. Our ancestors saw exactly the same month after sunset many thousands of years a
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3rd May 2021
Vinyl is in fashion again!
Vinyl is in fashion again!Fashion on vinyl records has returned, and there is no shortage of worshipers.I remembered my childhood. The parents had records at home, mostly various record studio Melodij
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5th Apr 2021
Mēs būsim lieli...
Mēs jūs piespiedīsim mīlēt Raini! Dramaturgs Gunārs Priede lugu "Es jūs piespiedīšu mīlēt Raini" pabeidza 1973. gadā. Par pamatu lugas nosaukumam kļuva izteikums, kas piedēvēts kādai valdonīgai, taču
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5th Apr 2021
Jānis Rainis, galvā....
Raiņa dzīvesbiedres Aspazijas dienasgrāmatas izpēte likusi apstrīdēt vienu no populārākajiem mītiem par Raiņa pseidonīma izvēli – izrādās, ka Jānis Pliekšāns savu pseidonīmu neesot vis izvēlējies no k
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24th Feb 2021
MAUKAS LOHI
As I have written before, my friends know that I often notice mistakes and inaccuracies in the use of language. I also notice the peculiarities of other languages or interesting translations that make
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11th Feb 2021
KALSARIKÄNNIT
At a time, when all kinds of gatherings and parties, cafes and bars are closed, there is nothing left but to have fun in your own home alone.What amazing opportunities sometimes hide different languag
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1st Feb 2021
The Hard One / Smagais
I've already written about my passion for music and my record collection. I listen to a variety of music - classical, jazz, blues and pop, but the largest and most basic part of my collection is hard
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20th Jan 2021
Deep Lilla
I've translated into Latvian the name of one old, famous and still relevant rock band. Here's what came out. In turn, respecting the opinion of a rather well-known Latvian group (D
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7th Jan 2021
HELLS ANGELS
It's very personal. My cousins - Austris and Viesturs Bergmanis. To begin with, both of them at one time had a pretty serious impact on my musical tastes.Austris made electric guitars and all kin
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7th Jan 2021
I Believe In ROCK! Es ticu ROKAM!
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS DIG! (It is tricky to explain this pun to those who do not speak Latvian. Approximately – Latvian - ROKAM! = English - DIG! also ROCK!) One day I was ask
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5th Jan 2021
MANGAĻSALA
MANGALSALA is a neighbourhood of Northern District in Riga, the capital of Latvia. It is located on the right bank of Daugava River, on the coast of Gulf of Riga. This is the very first part of the ci
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3rd Jan 2021
I Am a Hard Rock Fan (Es esmu cieto iežu ventilators)
Thanks to my teacher of the Latvian language Ruta Rulle, I still respect this language in its various aspects. Friends know that I often notice mistakes and inaccuracies in the use of the language.Man
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