Comments on: More Interviews and Discoveries!

By: BUDHi

BUDHi — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:42:31 +0000

There is one great reggae band in czech republic and some of them are of Roma origin. This band is called Feher fekete kerek (in ungarian language it means white-black wheel). They are playing a mixture beetween reggae, dub, ska and gipsy music. Check bandzone.cz/feherfeketekerek

By: Colleen

Colleen — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:24:32 +0000

This all sounds super interesting Misha!!! That the scene is so predominantly white, while the appropriation/adaptation of the music/culture is inherently multicultural is really intriguing. Definitely hope you’re able to find out more about the scene’s relationship with the Roma and Vietnamese populations in the Czech Republic…and see what some of the divisions are that you mentioned.

hope you’re well!

By: paul herrmann '71

paul herrmann '71 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:11:55 +0000

In Summer 1968, Dave Foster,’70 made the frontpage of the Herald Tribune with his eyewitness account of Russian tanks entering Prague to crush the so-called Prague Spring government of Alexander Dubcek. I was in West Berlin at the time getting nervous. Czech hockey player Jaromir Jagr wore 68 when he played in the United States in honor of that rebellion against Soviet Stalinism. Am glad that folks are happier in Prague these days.