keith birthday is not in russia

I do not have a bedroom

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:51:46 +0600

I have been sleeping on a couch
I have been on OkCupid
I have been happy looking at American girls
I have been riding a bicycle
I have eaten much Wawa
I have been to my parents’ house
I have been sitting on the roof of the building

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25)

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:10:31 +0600

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25):

Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz

THIS IS HOW WE DO IT IN NORWAY

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:33:48 +0600

PART OF AN INTERVIEW I GAVE ABOUT MY CONCERT IN TOMSK THAT IS GENERALLY POSITIVE

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:22:00 +0600

За год в России он научился хорошо говорить по-русски, и перед каждой композицией на концерте озвучивает небольшие комментарии к ней. Большинство сыгранных в тот вечер вещей написаны в Сибири – на одну вдохновил страшный мороз, другая возникла из сострадания к бездомным собакам, поводом к третьей стал закрытый для иностранцев город Северск. Но главное – Брендан не просто сочинил здесь новые композиции, а нашел принципиально новое для себя звучание. На мандолине он играет совершенно не классически – вместо спокойной, плавной мелодии создает жесткий «барабанный» ритм. Манера петь у него тоже своеобразная: хрипловатый голос, монотонные интонации…Пожалуй, психоделизм фрик-фолка достигается благодаря пению.

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Уфа. horse milk.

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:05:25 +0600

Уфа. horse milk.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-4)

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:18:44 +0600

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-4):

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IT IS HOT IN ST. PETERSBURG AND TONIGHT I AM GOING TO ESTONIA

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:59:09 +0600

i was here and it was beautiful and now i’ll be going some...

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:48:04 +0600

i was here and it was beautiful and now i’ll be going some other places and i’ll worry about updating later.

I HAVE NOT BEEN POSTING BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ON TOUR IN VARIOUS RUSSIAN CITIES

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:04:20 +0600

I was in:

Tymen
Elista
Rostov on Don
Taganrog (CHEKOV WUZ BORN HERE)
Gubkin
Yfa
Samara

I passed through:

Voronezh
Bolgograd
So many other cities I don’t remember

There were so many little children who liked me cause I was american and it was kinda weird.

In this one camp there was marijuana growing wild everywhere

I swam in lots of rivers

I have a real friend in San Fransisco now.

I wish I could have watched more world cup.

This post is ending because it is of low quality

ElistaRostov on DonGubkinUfaSamara ESLfolk.com if you want to...

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:20:00 +0600

~~Elista~~
~~Rostov on Don~~
Gubkin
Ufa
Samara

ESLfolk.com if you want to see what I’m doing/teaching/with whom I’m rambling/etc.

I TOOK A SWEATY TRAIN RIDE

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:57:42 +0600

We were in Tomsk and then we went to Tyumen
There we went to a McDonalds
and I took a bus ride really far to exchange a broken camera

Then we looked at all the pretty things
like these old houses
and
this bridge where people did that thing where
they put locks on it when they get married to symbolize their love

Ten hours after getting there we left there
fifty hours to Volgagrad
where I sweated a lot and we went to the restaurant car to play cards
a drunk man named Dima harrassed us and it was annoying
then this guy said ‘I don’t like Americans’
I said ‘ok, good’

In a way I’ve really stopped caring about how other people feel about me

Private bus to Elista
So hot
So much Mongolian culture
cause some nomads moved here
and then they were exiled by Stalin
then they came back
here students have to study chess in school

I like how nice everyone is
Kalmik doughnuts and dancing
and a story about stolen cheese

The girls are very pretty and I like to look at them in their summer clothes
like sundresses

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-30)

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:02:24 +0600

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-30):

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RUSHA IZ BASKETBALL IS SEXY TOWELS IZ SWEATING IZ SAPPING WA IZ KONTRA IZ KISSES AND PHONE NUMBERS

Sun, 30 May 2010 19:30:37 +0600

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-23)

Tue, 25 May 2010 03:12:58 +0600

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-23):

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Hand In Goat

Tue, 25 May 2010 02:21:00 +0600

What’s it like
to put your hand inside of an animal
feel around some organs and
assorted body parts

put your hand on its heart
and squeeze/pull/rupture something
near the heart
maybe feel the blood pour out
of a major artery/vein?

Do you feel:
Like a man
Connected with nature
Still drunk from yesterday?

Attempt at Reflections on Tuva

Tue, 25 May 2010 01:27:19 +0600

At this point I hoped that I would be able to put some thoughts down about what happened to me a few weeks ago. I guess I’ll start with a list of things that happened:

-Saw some fields on fire while taking the train to Abakan
-Took a gorgeous taxi ride through the mountains with ever changing scenery that reminded us Americans of 5-6 different states
-Met a lot of really nice Tuvan people
-Took a long bus ride out into the mountains that involved pushing it up hills and feeling like we were going to fall over. The driver was amazing, it was like a safari ride, and I will never make fun of those short little Russian buses anymore.
-Met some shepherds who were very stoic.
-Watched a goat die via hand through slit in chest and separating aorta from heart
-Ate lots of various goat parts
-Listened to quite a bit of Throat singing
-Played music with throat singers in the back of the bus on the way home
-Saw Tuvan wrestling
-Saw basically every bank in Tuva
-Rode a horse across the Steppe
-Played a song for an English club
-Went to a Tuvan club that really was the closest thing in Russia to clubs I like at home (no frills)
-Got really sick for 30 hours (flu)
-Attempted to make burritos for everyone

I feel like the week I spent there was just long enough for the idea of Tuva as a beautiful place to be solidified in my mind without having to deal with the troubles of every day life. They say drunken Tuvan men can be dangerous. They say there’s crime and racism but I didn’t see it.

Since I’ve been back in Tomsk I’ve tried to process these experiences but it’s difficult. The world felt a little but more connected there, or something like that. People seemed a little more real than many of the Russians I meet. Maybe it was the richness of culture that I sensed. Russia still seems to be figuring its identity out, Tuva seems to have a very ancient one. I want to go back.

Just got featured in Tuvan’s finest online news source....

Tue, 25 May 2010 00:39:17 +0600

Just got featured in Tuvan’s finest online news source. Click the pic to see the article. Google Translate if you don’t know Russian.

my favorite quote:

Брендан Мульвихилл, США, исполнил песню в стиле кантри, сыграв на мандолине (струнный щипковый музыкальный инструмент небольших размеров) – удивил многонациональную аудиторию.

lol @ not actually playing country.

Photo

Sun, 23 May 2010 20:59:26 +0600

Russian Words I Think Are Beautiful 9: Barbarian

Fri, 21 May 2010 13:18:02 +0600

Russian Words I Think Are Beautiful 9: Barbarian

The USSR - Tuva Isn’t As Close As I’d Like It To...

Fri, 21 May 2010 13:03:19 +0600

The USSR - Tuva Isn’t As Close As I’d Like It To Be

download at http://theussr.bandcamp.com