You see Mr Putin, this time last month we really didn’t know many people from Ukraine, we weren’t taking that much notice of the bands, the music, the art, we certainly are now. You pushed the brave people our way, all over Europe we’re conecting up with the people of Ukraine, we’re learning the names of the towns and the cities, we’re talking to people, we’re learing about their history, we’re uniting with them, we’re writing about people like Dari Maksymova and Death Pill, we’re buying their music and playing them on our radio shows, we’re sharing their art, and we’re also admiring the brave Russian people who are standing up to you and your bullies. You’re kind of getting this all wrong Mr Putin, best thing you could do now is head for the bunker and put that bullet in your head, it really is what the whole world is wanting right now.
“After being moved by watching a video of Ukrainian woman singing the Ukrainian National Anthem while cleaning broken glass and debris from her bombed apartment, Patti Smith decided to do her English version of the Ukrainian National Anthem at the Lenny Kaye Birthday Bash at the Bowery”
Previously on these pages over the last two weeks
Meanwhile
Maestro Herbert Blomstedt and the New York Philharmonic dedicate this week’s performances to the people of Ukraine. To honor them and to join them in longing for peace, the Orchestra performed the Ukrainian National anthem “Shche ne vmerla Ukraina.”
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