Exclusive Video: Ukranian Rockabilly from Moscow
The Wise Guys are from Ukraine and play authentic rockabilly music in places like the Grease Bar in Moscow, Russia.
The Wise Guys are from Ukraine and play authentic rockabilly music in places like the Grease Bar in Moscow, Russia.
NEW YORK CITY: Back in the U.S. after a travel day from hell yesterday.. 24 hours traveling from St. Petersburg to Moscow, then finally to my apartment in NYC. I slept like the dead last night. Ahhh but home where the internet is fast, the weather is warm(er) and people (usually) speak English. It’s always […]
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Lets kick off our Russian trip coverage! Disoriented, sleep deprived and confused. This describes how I felt when I woke up my 1st morning in Moscow. The day before, Dima, lead singer and one of the original members of the long running punk band (17 years) “Tarakany!” (Cockroach!), had arranged for me to […]
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: OK here is the deal. Moscow is 8 hour ahead of New York City so I’m waking up around 1AM to eat breakfast. Needless to say I’m usually going to sleep around that time. Thank God for sleeping pills. My hotel is cool with one exception. VERY, VERY slow wifi in my room. […]
What do you say about a punk band that’s been playing punk music since 1977? What do you say if that band been playing for over 30 years in a country like the Soviet Union? Well if you’re producing a documentary on the global punk music scene and traveling to Russia you say “these guys […]
As you may know I’m heading to Russia later this week to try and find out a little of the lowdown on the punk, rockabilly and psychobilly scene. Russia is a BIG country (the world’s largest with 6.6 million square miles), I have a short time (8 days) and have just limited myself to the […]
I’m a warm blooded creature who loathes winter. That being said, it’s time I paid Russia (AKA The Russian Federation, AKA the former so called “Evil Empire”) a visit to gather some interviews and insight for “Punktology” the story of the worldwide punk movement, so today I’m off to receive my Russian Visa from the […]