The Glory of CarniolaA guide to Slovenia and beyond.Darkness Here, and Nothing More- May 22, 2006 The moon does all its work before dawn. (source 12) Carniola is going to sleep now for half a second, a second, a minute, a century. But I want everyone to know that I am still alive, that I have a golden manger inside my lips, that I am the little friend of the west wind, that I am the elephantine shadow of my own tears.In other words: My computer is busted and has to be fixed. I'm not sure how long this will take. Luckily it's still under warranty. Customer service says they'll need 1 to 3...http://www.carniola.org/theglory/2006/05/darkness_here_a.htm Nobody Liked Mr. Nobody- May 19, 2006 Slovenia's rejected entry, Mr. Nobody. Slovenia's humiliation continues. For the third consecutive year, Slovenia was the only one of the former Yugoslav republics not to advance into the Eurovision finals. Isn't it time to call it quits, folksTo be perfectly fair, Serbia & Montenegro also aren't in the finals this year, but only because they couldn't agree on a representative. They didn't even compete. Apparently, an all-Montenegrin judging panel wanted to send an all-Montenegrin boy band..http://www.carniola.org/theglory/2006/05/nobody_liked_mr.htm Pumuckl Time- May 18, 2006 Pumuckl the kobald. Novala recently spotted Pumuckl, the wildly popular German cartoon character, on primetime Slovenian television. See him in action here.Popular cartoon characters have also made apperances on local television stations. For example, I've noticed that quite a few local shows are hosted by the teenage mutant ninja turtles. (Only they're not ninjas. And they're not turtles.) Also: Did you know that it's forbidden by law to name your child Pumuckl in Germany It's true. The idea...http://www.carniola.org/theglory/2006/05/pumuckl_the_kob.htm Great Yugoslav Album Covers, Part 14- May 17, 2006 Bajo (above) and his orchestra (not pictured) The mysterious title of this one makes it a keeper. Ja sam ranjen kao ptica means "I'm wounded like a bird." I'm not sure what that means. He doesn't look particularly wounded. And certainly not like a wounded bird. He does look fabuluous, though, in that suit. Awesome.http://www.carniola.org/theglory/2006/05/great_yugoslav_13.htm Slovenes Love Living in Sin- May 16, 2006 Everything Slovenes have ever done, and ever do: it's a sin. Novala kindly sent along this story from ORF, which has good news and bad news about marriages in Europe. The bad news is that nearly every second marriage ends in divorce. In 2004, 2.2 million people in the EU got hitched, and in that same time period a million people split up. The good news is that Slovenia wasn't as badly hit as other countries, because no one's bothering to get married here in the first place. Slovenia had just...http://www.carniola.org/theglory/2006/05/slovenes_love_l.htm A Million Little Cartoons- May 15, 2006 Slovenia signs up to be NATO cannon fodder. (Full-size) The University of Kent has put up an online database of some 120,000 cartoons from the past 100 years. They're mostly from British papers, so you'll find tons of cartoons about Hitler and other local obsessions.However, there are also quite a few cartoons tagged with Tito and Yugoslavia -- and a measly eight about Slovenia. (Mostly in relation to Yugoslavia)Still, it's a fantastic resource. Well worth a visit.(Via Metafilter)http://www.carniola.org/theglory/2006/05/a_million_littl.htm Tony Soprano Knows Slovenia- May 12, 2006 A scene from The Sopranos, S2e4 "Commendatori" Slovenia madea small but funny cameo on the second season of what-may-be-the-greatest-television-show-ever: The Sopranos. Tony Soprano, who is visiting mafia contacts in Italy, says:"My uncle's problem is he went to the Russians in Brooklyn too much for the cars. Now, they kept the best stuff for themselves, shipped it off to St. Petersburg. Slovenia and Montenegro, they got people over there that profited from those conflicts, they..http://www.carniola.org/theglory/2006/05/tony_soprano_kn_1.htm |