Oh when I saw these illustrations from the Czech edition of The Hobbit, it all came back to me! Lovely childhood with J.R.R.
Oh when I saw these illustrations from the Czech edition of The Hobbit, it all came back to me! Lovely childhood with J.R.R.
YES PLS.
One of mine (and Petra’s, too) favourite bit of Christmas. Linzer Cookies.
Butter, butter, butter, butter, sugar, flour, butter, stick it in the oven, wait a couple of minutes, burn your tongue while trying to eat them right away, make sweet love to them with a bit of marmalade and ta-dah! The prelude to your Christmas pounds.
Ráchel by Oceán.
It’s a fucking czech jewish new wave, people.
Hah. I just genuinely love this song. I wonder why a country where loving Depeche Mode is the second most common religious view did not produce more of such music, really.
Pavel Novák’s ode to a freckly girl is one of those catchy songs you don’t feel guilty about having stuck in your mind for the rest of the day.
Makes me all chirpy.
(Credit for using the word “chirpy” goes to Dan Collins, the bartender who has invented “the nerd juice” using molten nerds candies. GENIUS.)
Also, this video comes from an oooold czech TV show which was sort of an ancient Glee.
The Incredibly Sad Princess, Czech Republic, 1968
I’ve decided to cure my love with liquorice.
Václav Neckář’s got a good point there! Liquorice probably could cure me from my love of all things Danish.
Nah.
Enjoy my hipstery czech vintage moment.