This might be old news, but it's new to me. There was a Russian singer I listen to occasionally named Vladimir Vysotsky. He's kind of somewhere between Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits, but he never made the leap to the West. And I wound up on a fan site of his and I immediately got this message (cut for brevity):
The song in question:
Quote:All that you need to know about today’s Russia and its poet Vysotsky:
On May 9, 2022, the District Court of the Kirovsky District of St. Petersburg found citizen Irina Kustova guilty under the article “Public actions aimed at discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation” [...] for an offense committed by her on the same day.
On this day, the Russian Federation celebrates the state holiday of the Russian Federation, “The Day of the Victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany in 1945”. Irina Kustova, being in her apartment with an open window, turned on a loud performance of Vladimir Vysotsky’s song “Soldiers of the Center Group”, [...]
The court recognized this phrase and the lyrics of the song as “aimed at discrediting the use of the Russian Armed Forces in a special military operation in Ukraine.”
[...] She fully admitted her guilt and repented of her deed.
Please note: The distribution of this message on the Internet falls under Article 282 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, “Inciting recognition or enmity”, which provides for imprisonment for a term of 2 to 5 years.
The song in question:
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
