Photographs of the group will soon be appearing on kids' schoolbooks.
soon be able take their favorite Ukrainian musicians to school – well, at least pictures of them. This fall, pictures of musicians from the band Okean Elzy will grace the covers of exercise books on sale at local bookstores. Moscow photographer Alina Vlasova recently shot a five-hour photo session with popular rock group and their pictures will soon be on the cover of 500,000 exercise books to be sold throughout Ukraine.
Okean Elzy fans don’t have to wait for the exercise books to be released to get a glimpse of their idols. Entrepreneurs in the band’s hometown of Lviv already have begun selling unauthorized copies of the group’s photographs.
Ukrainian rockers Druha Rika recently finished shooting the video for the song “Oksana,” the lead song on their second album, which has not yet been released. According to band members, their new work is in “romantic Ukrainian punk” style. The musicians performed in the nude for segments of the “Oksana” video – perhaps following in the footsteps of American nouveau-punk rockers Blink-182. Whether the nude scenes make it into the final version of “Oksana,” however, remains to be seen.
Russia’s queen and king of pop, Alla Pugacheva and Fillip Kirkorov, have apparently given up their ambition to conquer the West and are turning their attention East – at least momentarily. The husband-and-wife team will make an appearance later this month in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator. Organized by the Buyan promotion company, the single concert will net Pugacheva a reported $100,000 and Kirkorov $60.000.
