tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47924572299188568852024-03-12T21:13:03.385-04:00Also Sprach ZamolxisAşa Grăit-a Zamo.ca, the descendant of a Dacian God; teme personale, culturale şi sociale din Toronto. Patria mé îi limba romgleză. Formerly AlsoSprachZamolxis.comUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger251125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-8510411134663076312021-04-28T01:00:00.007-04:002021-04-28T01:00:00.307-04:00Octopus vs nanaUtolo<span id="description">There was a recent showdown in <a title="Oscars 2021 summary" href="http://t.zamo.ca/2021/04/oscars-2021.html" target="_blank">Oscars</a> documentaries between <a title="Collective - Official Trailer | Oct 6, 2020 | 289905 - In 2015, a fire at Bucharest’s Colectiv club leaves 27 dead and 180 injured. Soon, more burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life-threatening. Then a doctor blows the whistle to a team of investigative journalists. One revelation leads to another as the journalists start to uncover vast health care fraud. When a new health minister is appointed, he offers unprecedented access to his efforts to reform the corrupt system but also to the obstacles he faces. Following journalists, whistle-blowers, burn victims, and government officials, Collective is an uncompromising look at the impact of investigative journalism at its best." href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLgGoT7v3ro" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Colectiv</a> and <a title="My Octopus Teacher | Official Trailer | Netflix | Sep 6, 2020 | 2360655 | A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world." href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s0LTDhqe5A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">My Octopus Teacher</a>. I rooted for Collective and it reminded me of a long running Italian TV series from my childhood, <a title="La Piovra - Caracatita - Seria 1, Ep. 1 | Musique My Love | Jul 12, 2019 | Povestea lui Corrado Cattani, un inspector de poliție ce și-a dedicat viața luptei împotriva mafiei. Chiar și când familia și viața îi sunt grav puse în pericol de criminalii italieni, Corrado îndrăznește să continue lupta." href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWsDehkaQvw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">La Piovra</a>. Caracatita a castigat si traducerea in romana pe <a title="Documentarul Colectiv a pierdut in fata Caracatitei" href="https://www.facebook.com/zamolxis/photos/a.10156220292282011/10157984286162011/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FataCarte</a>.</span><a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2021/04/octopus-vs-nanautolo.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-32155376044630006312020-12-16T17:31:00.006-05:002022-01-11T11:13:14.233-05:00Duolingo and Teatru Radiofonic (2?)<span id="description">Duolingo (<a href="https://invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5CWWKSGQTAHM7DRDPQE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Duolingo invite link">invite</a>) sent me a new report placing me in top 1% users, which is a great opportunity to once again look at Romanian radio drama or theatre or teatru radiofonic. Traducere in romana in curand pe pagina de fatacarte Zamolxis.</span><a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2020/12/duolingo-and-teatru-radiofonic-2.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-8982441110385164662020-04-01T01:00:00.001-04:002020-04-01T01:00:05.357-04:00#COVID19 austerity and bosom vs tits<span id="description">There are many ways, these days, to celebrate April Fools Day. I'm going to share with you a James Joyce poem along with the story of having sent it. (If you’re looking for a more conventional April Fools celebration, check out <a title="Top April Fools Pranks Online" href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2009/04/top-april-fools-pranks-online.html">2009</a>.)</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2020/03/covid19-austerity-and-bosom-vs-tits.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-22627723914872913692020-03-14T01:00:00.002-04:002020-03-14T01:00:03.416-04:00Romanian Movies in Toronto<span id="description">I just learned of two significant Romanian movie events in Toronto: Porumboiu's Whistlers is having its (wide?) release and TIFF a "survey" of 50 years of Romanian Cinema.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2020/03/romanian-movies-in-toronto.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-11281623380401225672019-09-11T01:00:00.003-04:002019-09-11T01:00:04.471-04:00TIFF 2019 - Romanian Movies<span id="description">I haven’t been able to find many movies with by Romanians or about Romanians at <a href="https://t.zamo.ca/2019/09/best-tiff-2019-movies-and-tv-show.html" target="_blank">TIFF 19 (Toronto International Film Festival)</a> I thought I mention them before the Festival is over.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/09/tiff-2019-romanian-movies.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-19645036145636663692019-07-08T01:00:00.002-04:002019-07-22T17:21:37.672-04:00Ganditorul Gheorghita Geana or Hamangixploitaiton<span id="description">I haven’t quite followed the morbidly insane “family coalition” initiative (w-coalitia), in all its pathology, but I recently discovered how some UniBuc prof has been using everything, including the Hamangia / Cernavoda sculptures for his fascist crusade against gays. And likely, from the same deep vein of christo-fascism, the nebulous coalition has managed (or is about) to pass a law to stick more Christianity into people’s faces under the guise of celebrating <em>Brancoveanu Constantin, boier vechi si domn crestin </em>(old boyar and Christian voivode).</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2019/07/ganditorul-gheorghita-geana-or.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-88517052846738725762018-04-12T12:30:00.002-04:002022-01-11T11:13:50.359-05:00Learn Romanian with Duolingo and eTeatru<span id="description">Recently, a friend asked me to provide Romanian lessons. I directed her to Duolingo (<a href="https://invite.duolingo.com/BDHTZTB5CWWKSGQTAHM7DRDPQE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Duolingo invite link">invite</a>) and, as I occasionally listen to Romanian eTeatru (or “teatru radiofonic”), it occurred to me that this is something worth sharing with the rest of the world.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2018/04/learn-romanian-with-duolingo-and-eteatru.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-70633751185775642682017-04-25T01:00:00.016-04:002017-05-03T11:50:23.093-04:00Ghost In The Shell (2017), past and present<span id="description">I watched <a title="Ghost in the Shell 2017 trailer" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRkb1X9ovI4" target="_blank">it</a> a few days ago and promised myself I’ll write down my thoughts before this forgettable creation disappears from memory. On the plus side, I identified a Romanian actress in it.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2017/04/ghost-in-shell-2017-past-and-present.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-88403093063704601992017-03-23T01:00:00.002-04:002017-03-23T01:00:10.348-04:00toni erdmann 2016<span id="description">This is an (Austro?-)German movie shortlisted for the Foreign Oscar and filmed in Bucharest. It’s great and rated 7.6 on IMDB, with a Metascore of 93. It is also remarkably warm and positive toward Romania.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2017/03/toni-erdmann-2016.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-72622135522001174912016-12-20T01:00:00.000-05:002016-12-20T17:04:54.070-05:00Zamo Guide To Herta Muller IV<span id="description">I promised a reader to answer a thoughtful provocation on Herta Mueller and I finally keep (or try to) my word. I am replying to Mr Mihail Lungu in regards to how opportune and appropriate was my declared enthusiasm for her work and her Nobel.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/zamo-guide-to-herta-muller-iv.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-69251769863043060782016-12-10T01:00:00.004-05:002016-12-10T01:00:03.190-05:00PISA 2015 III: conclusions and what to do<span id="description">Based on my mistaken belief that there may be people reading this, I go ahead with my recommendations, after the <a title="PISA 2015, or Eastern vs Western education" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/pisa-2015-or-eastern-vs-western.html" rel="first">intro</a> and <a title="PISA 2015 II: more on Asia" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/pisa-2015-ii-more-on-asia.html" rel="prev">Asia</a>. PISA is not just a set of tests, it comes with suggestions and recommendations.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/pisa-2015-iii-conclusions-and-what-to-do.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-26260519459052793092016-12-09T01:00:00.001-05:002016-12-20T09:45:21.348-05:00PISA 2015 II: more on Asia<span id="description">After <a title="PISA 2015, or Eastern vs Western education" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/pisa-2015-or-eastern-vs-western.html" rel="prev">briefly going through the just-published PISA 2015 results</a>, here we expand on our knowledge of the top-performing Asian countries, which share some important characteristics.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2016/12/pisa-2015-ii-more-on-asia.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-13527064010367935322015-11-14T01:00:00.000-05:002015-12-31T14:20:43.199-05:00Madalina Ghenea in Sorrentinos Youth (2015)<span id="description">I was going through a movie marathon when I started this article. I thought I’d seen something in Ghenea’s performance, then I wasn’t so sure. And time passed. </span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2015/11/madalina-ghenea-in-sorrentinos-youth.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-43458948735418853902015-09-17T19:47:00.001-04:002015-09-17T20:05:23.937-04:00Romanian Movies at TIFF 2015 Toronto<span id="description">There was a time when talking about TIFF meant an image. Then, starting around 1975, it meant the Toronto International Film Festival. Then Romania thought that copying this name is OK, and now I find that I have to differentiate between tiff.ro and tiff.net. Here we are simply listing the Romanian movies at TIFF.net (in Toronto).</span><a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2015/09/romanian-movies-at-tiff-2015-toronto.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-15337853472407103372015-04-10T01:00:00.000-04:002015-04-10T12:30:39.836-04:00Hajduk/Outlaw Werewolves/Lycans Dacians/Gauls/Getae<span id="description">Recently, one of the few blogs I read went off-line, after publishing one episode of their epic sagas. It’s [sort of] about Dacians, and as a sign of solidarity, I’ve decided to give the non-Romanian world an idea about it. </span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2015/04/hajdukoutlaw-werewolveslycans.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com147tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-26480511045645375602015-03-22T16:55:00.000-04:002015-03-22T21:43:19.750-04:00Mihaela Radulescu Schwartzenberg de Monaco von Piatra Neamt avec Louboutin et parachute née Tiganu aka Mrrr Lola<span id="description">The name would be longer, but I’m running out of space and patience. I don’t care much about MihaElan (yes, she lost the “n” but kept the “Schwartzenberg”) <a title="History Repeats Its Beach" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2015/03/history-repeats-its-beach.html" rel="prev">MRRR née Tiganu and yet the scandals she so often gets into</a> have a dimension that has not really been explored in Romania, a dimension I find very interesting: women seem to be far more interested in her (both accusing and defending) than men. Why would that be? The other thing that irks me is censorship – something we should all fight <strike>for</strike><u>against</u>, whether it comes from Mihaela Radulescu or from <a href="http://3w.blogidol.ro/2014/04/dmca-takedownvali-petcu-aka-zoso.html" target="_blank" title="DMCA takedown - Vali Petcu aka Zoso">her post-op model Zoso</a>.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2015/03/mihaela-radulescu-schwartzenberg-de.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-54154941723896690372015-03-07T07:13:00.001-05:002015-03-08T15:56:34.222-04:00Religion and Choice<span id="description">There are two subjects that seem to dominate the Romanian public sphere (I would say <a title="search all articles for the tag 'blogo.ro-oaie'" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/search?q=blogo.ro-oaie">blogo.ro-oaie</a>, but that's defunct): the religion choice in schools and the New York Times Op-Ed on corruption in Romania. I’m very tempted to make a nice hot stew out of both, but I’ll try to keep each to its own article.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2015/03/religion-and-choice.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-5036769776779059802015-01-27T01:00:00.000-05:002015-02-02T16:37:16.131-05:00Zalmoxe by Sfinx, 1978<span id="description">Although I have written <a title="please tell me who I am" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2009/05/please-tell-me-who-i-am.html">briefly about progressive rock</a>, I shied away thus far from Romanian progressive rock. That's rather odd, considering that the apogee of that genre in Romania is universally considered to be the eponymous Zalmoxe by Sfinx, released (more like “censored”) in 1978.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2015/01/zalmoxe-by-sfinx-1978.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-56810499700627252822014-11-30T22:00:00.000-05:002014-12-01T15:05:52.434-05:00AndreasKreuz or Saint Andrews Cross<span id="description">It has recently come to my attention that today is St Andrew's day and also Scotland National Day. Tomorrow is Romania's. Or, since it’s unlikely I’ll finish this article and publish it today, subtract one day from all the temporal adverbs above. We will also learn here who put the ‘X’ in XXX.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2014/11/andreaskreuz-or-saint-andrews-cross.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-71213768437454728582014-11-21T04:55:00.001-05:002014-12-10T00:39:48.045-05:00iohannis = luther + ostsiedlung (Cf2C VIII)<span id="description">My <a title="whatz wong wid wohannis" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2014/11/whatz-wong-wid-wohannis-cf2c-vii.html" rel="prev">reservations</a> notwithstanding, I suspect most of the people who voted for Iohannis do not really know who he is, apart from the fact that he is <em>not Ponta</em>. I'm trying to bring a bit more color and background to his wooden personality.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2014/11/iohannis-luther-ostsiedlung-cf2c-vii.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-54498293112514459212014-10-23T16:44:00.001-04:002014-10-23T20:38:11.659-04:00(Bucharest) N/O Jazz 4 Da Masses<a href="http://blogalinitiative.ro/profil-utilizator?url=http://asa.zamo.ca" target="_blank"><img style="display: inline; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px" border="0" align="right" src="http://blogalinitiative.ro/widget125x125/asa.zamo.ca-1.png" width="125" height="125"></a> <span id="description">N/O stands for Night Out, but you can read it as "NO jazz for the masses" since jazz will never have the same audience and mass appeal as manele, for instance. I suspect that with jazz, you never quite know what to expect (even with a band or soloist you have heard before), whereas manele and other more “popular” genres deliver a more consistent listener / dancer experience.</span>
<a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2014/10/bucharest-no-jazz-4-da-masses.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>Indelible Bonobohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595505459463870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-15070355261295030992014-10-01T01:00:00.000-04:002014-10-01T01:00:03.620-04:00Opencube Manowar-ian Existentialism<span id="description">I recently commented elsewhere on the sense of existence and even read a diaspora blog, and before I forget, I mirror here my thoughts for all the English-speaking world to marvel. If I were to summarize the teachings of this Zen piece, it’d be “survival implies constant self-deceit.”</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2014/10/opencube-manowar-ian-existentialism.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-1080440561391418892014-09-25T18:35:00.001-04:002014-09-27T07:26:45.607-04:00Beligan-Ponta, Plesu-Bendeac<span id="description">A more recent politico-artistico-philosophical scandal, far more interesting to me but, apparently, less interesting to the Romanian public, is the open conflict between Andrei Plesu, my favourite <a title="Filozeseistul si Pi-elitele" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2011/05/filozeseistul-si-pi-elitele.html">philosesseist</a>, and the PSD cultural wing.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2014/09/beligan-ponta-plesu-bendeac.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-72308084715178408652014-08-22T01:00:00.000-04:002016-01-30T22:19:56.000-05:00Vaverite, or Latvian little birds<span id="description">"Little birds" is the English mot-a-mot translation of <a href="http://asa.zamo.ca/2010/05/de-ce-mor-poetii-mitica.html">bijboace, clampacioace, fofoloance</a>. Just the other day, a Latvian friend visited me and brought me as a gift some candy from her native country. And as she explained laughing and blushing, the candy name had a dual meaning.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2014/08/vaverite-or-latvian-little-birds.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4792457229918856885.post-43163432468727094402014-07-22T01:01:00.000-04:002014-07-27T17:34:31.091-04:00Jihad Jay Abdo, Cluj Engineer<span id="description"><a title="Jay is a Syrian actor based in LA. with more than 43 films, numerous TV series and lots of plays in 4 languages. Ultimately cast in Herzog's Queen of the desert" href="https://twitter.com/jihadabdo" target="_blank">@JihadAbdo</a> is an L.A.-based actor with more than 43 films, tons of TV series and lots of plays in four languages. One of those languages is Romanian.</span> <a href="https://asa.zamo.ca/2014/07/jihad-jay-abdo-cluj-engineer.html#more">Read mo' - Ceteşte (şî dă) mai diepartie »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a title="See how your ad could be here" href="http://asa.zamo.ca/p/faq.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H7oTNjkqfaM/U-1W7j-JxdI/AAAAAAAAVw0/-NYo944-Q1I/s800/zamohold-ad.jpg" width="330" height="241" /></a></div>ZamoCahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02605654748084966894noreply@blogger.com0