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Czechs celebrate anniversaries of Jan Hus and Cyril and Metoděj on successive days
Author: admin Posted: July 5th, 2009
Czech crooners (dead and alive) on YouTube
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: July 7th, 2008
Karel Hála, a star of Czech big band pop music since the 1950s just died as reported by Lidové Noviny. Here's a cliop of him and another stallwart of Czech pop Karel Gott.
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Irglová: Czech singer and actress reaps fame rewards after Oscar win
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: June 14th, 2008
Categories: Culture
• Film
• Idioms
• International perspectives: Czechs and the world
• Music
• National identity
• You Tube Pick
"Co Čech to muzikant" (Scratch a Czech, find a musician) goes an old Czech saying (going back to 1800s at least) that used to be known around the musical world. And now it is again! read more »
Strčprstskrzkrk.com launches
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: June 8th, 2008
I've owned the StrčPrstSkrzKrk.com domain for a year but only now did I find a few minutes to make it live. All it contains is a video of me pronouncing the phrase. But with any luck, I will be adding more Czech tongue-twisters there, as time goes on. read more »
Czech Worldmusic via Čankišou on YouTube
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: June 23rd, 2008
Categories: Music
• You Tube Pick
Czech folklore music often counts as World Music but this is Czech musicians having fun with what they perceive to be the music of the world. I found out about this video via an American friend who saw it on a World Music channel. read more »
People speaking Czech on YouTube 1: 10 Survival Phrases
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: June 9th, 2008
Sometime ago I started a theme of Czech music on YouTube but never followed up on it. Here's an extension of it: People speaking Czech on YouTube. There are lots of people speaking Czech on YouYube, sometimes the clips are funny, sometimes interesting and informative, and sometimes obscene. The first example is a run down of top 10 phrases from travellinguist.
Čechomor - Czech You Tube Pick of the Week
Author: Dominik Lukeš Posted: October 10th, 2007
Song Velické zvony by a folklore rock group called Čechomor. You can get both the lyrics (sorry Czech only) and the guitar chords at Akordy.sk. The song is about a funeral for a man poisoned by his lover who is now crying for him.
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