2008 Best of Kansas City

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In Defense of Trololololololololololo

With all of the YouTube incarnations of this song topping four million views, Eduard Khil finally got world-wide audience he always deserved.

The name of Eduard Khil is so closely intertwined with the Soviet pop-music of the second half of the 20th century that when I started compiling the list of his songs for [...]

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Behind The Iron Curtain:Letters To The Editor

Soviet citizens of various ages often engaged in letter-writing campaigns. Whether they were supporting various political prisoners, protesting against Israel, or just wishing for the world peace, the dwellers of communal apartments and tireless builders of communism spent their time writing group or individual letters to anyone with a mailing address. When I was growing [...]