Archive for May, 2009

Nino&Insight. Baku. 30.05.09.

Nino Katamadze & Insight in Baku. Singing ‘Olei’ with Azeri jazz singer Ulviyya Rahimova. I’ve been waiting for her for 4 years. Now I have a hug and a picture from her as well as memories from the breathtaking concert. What else would I need? )[ READ MORE ]

The Story of my Anger or How to Kill the Will and Alienate People on May 28th.

It is a huge achievement to learn how to overcome the anger. A year ago I thought I did. Yes, I have managed to overcome most of the anger in my life, but it came back as the one against injustice. And once you let this kind of anger out you will not be able [ READ MORE ]

"Toy"land

“Toy”, the Azeri word for wedding, is the reason we wake up, grow up, live, study, make friends and later lose them for husband’s “no”. “Toy” is a wonderful opportunity to meet up with endless amount of relatives from all over the country and show them how rich and cool we are. We argue and [ READ MORE ]

"Hormet" and bastards

Twenty years ago when R.F. was the General Director of the Azerbaijan State Film Studio a young director V.M. came with a one page idea of a controversial and obviously anti-soviet movie which no one would want to make. R.F. liked it and wrote a scenario, set V.M. as a director and produced the movie [ READ MORE ]

The Azeris: Vagif Mustafazadeh

He was born on March 16, 1940 in Baku, Azerbaijan. He started playing jazz when it was still banned in Soviet Union as the “music of capitalists”. He won first prize at the 8th International Competition of Jazz Composers for his composition “Waiting for Aziza” inMonaco in 1978, a year before he died. He had a heart attack [ READ MORE ]

Karabakh conflict a.k.a. Eurovision contest

So, yesterday after few margaritas we decided to join the Eurovision Party organized by a close friend of mine. We arrived at the place, ordered drinks, took pictures, listened to the songs, which, I have to admit, were mostly much better than all the other Eurovision contests I remember. Anyway, then came the Armenian girls. [ READ MORE ]

Azeri lullaby by Shovket Alakbarova[ READ MORE ]

The "A" word

My granma used to say this word “ayibdi” – shameful. She would use it if we talked loudly, asked innapropriate questions or get into school fights. “Ayibdi” was an important part of her personality, hence, identity. Frankly, this scary word is a part of every Azerbaijani. Married women should not stay out late, wear mini [ READ MORE ]

Two days after the arrest

1. Along with the supportive crowd, some critical groups showed up already. “U had a quite celebration after the release. Does it go along with the “we want mourning” protest?” they ask. I have nothing to answer, except “Did u ever try to spend 3 hours with stupid policemen and panicking women?”. Some of the [ READ MORE ]

The Book

There are a lot of great people living here today – the best Azerbaijanis, who despite the challenges they have to face every day, still live, love, create, fight and even do business here. One of these people is Nigar Kocharli – my dear friend and a very extraordinary and smart person. She is the [ READ MORE ]

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