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Egon Bondy’s Happy Hearts Club Banned
''Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned'' is an album by Czech underground band the Plastic People of the Universe. It was recorded in 1974/75, mainly at Houska Castle, enabled by the castle's then warden Svatopluk Karásek, with some songs being recorded in Prague. The album could not be officially released and distributed under the former Communist regime in Czechoslovakia; instead fans duplicated tapes with one another, often resulting in poor technical quality. It was released in 1978 in France by SCOPA Invisible Production. In the Czech Republic a remastered version was published in 2001 by Globus Music. The album title is a parody of the Beatles' album ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''. Most of the songs on the record are settings of poems by Egon Bondy. The author of the album title is Ivan Hartl, a Czechoslovak emigrant living in London. Critical reception Music critic Robert Christgau named the album one of the few import-only records he loved yet omitted from '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plastic People Of The Universe
The Plastic People of the Universe (PPU) is a Czech rock band from Prague. They are considered the foremost representatives of Prague's underground culture (1968–1989), which defied the Czechoslovakia's Communist regime. Members of the band often suffered serious repercussions, including arrests and prosecution, because of their non-conformist ideals. The group continues to perform, despite the death in 2001 of its founder, main composer, and bassist, Milan Hlavsa. To date (2022), they have released nine studio albums and over a dozen live albums. In 2016, the group split in two because of internal differences. The original group is composed of bandleader Josef Janíček, Vratislav Brabenec, Jaroslav Kvasnička, Johnny Judl Jr, and David Babka. The second splinter group, which performs under the name The Plastic People of the Universe/New Generation, is composed of Jiří Kabeš, Josef Karafiát, Jakub Koláček, Wenca Březina, and Vojtěch Starý. History Formation and ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Globe And Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it falls slightly behind the ''Toronto Star'' in overall weekly circulation because the ''Star'' publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the ''Globe'' does not. ''The Globe and Mail'' is regarded by some as Canada's " newspaper of record". ''The Globe and Mail''s predecessors, '' The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' were both established in the 19th century. The former was established in 1844, while the latter was established in 1895 through a merger of ''The Toronto Mail'' and the ''Toronto Empire''. In 1936, ''The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' merged to form ''The Globe and Mail''. The newspaper was acquired by FP Publications in 1965, who later sold the paper to the Thomson Corporation in 1980. In 2001, the paper merged with broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Plastic People Of The Universe Albums
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaroslav Vožniak
Jaroslav Vožniak (26 April 1933 Suchodol - 12 May 2005 Prague) was a Czech painter and printmaker, member of the ''Šmidra group'' of artists. Biography Jaroslav Vožniak trained as a reproduction lithographer between 1949 and 1951. He graduated in 1952 and the same year he began his studies at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Prague under Prof. Karel Svolinský. In 1954 he moved to the Academy of Fine Arts to the studio of Prof. Vladimir Silovský. He graduated in 1959. From 1955 he was a member of the ''Šmidra group''. He exhibited individually from 1964 (Museum Roztoky), in joint exhibitions ''Object'' (Prague, 1965), with the ''Šmidra group'' (Ostrov nad Ohří, 1965) and with the Umělecká beseda group in Prague (1966). During the transport of paintings to the Vožniak exhibition in Roztoky (1964), the wind took the largest painting entitled ''Icarus'' (1958-1959) and carried it into the river. The damaged painting was found after many years in the attic of a house, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vratislav Brabenec
Vratislav Brabenec (born 28 April 1943 in Prague) is a Czech musician and author, and a member of The Plastic People of the Universe. Life Vratislav Brabenec was born in Prague into the family of a postal worker. He studied gardening at the Agricultural Secondary School in Mělník, and he practised gardening for several years after school. From 1964 until 1969 he studied theology at Comenius evangelical faculty in Prague, but he did not complete it. He worked in Great Britain in 1969, and when he returned to his homeland he worked for some gardening companies. In 1976 he was arrested and imprisoned for political reasons (March - NovemberInterview in VetusVia ). When he was released after eight months, he signed Charta 77 and was forced to emigrate in 1982 as part of Akce Asanace. He lived in Canada from 1983 until 1997 (first in the east - meeting Josef Škvorecký and other Czech immigrants; then on the Sunshine Coast and finally on Vancouver Island) but since the Velvet Revolu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiří Kabeš
Jiří Kabeš, alias ''Kába'' (* 26 March 1946 in Křemín, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech rock singer, violist, violinist, guitarist and songwriter. He was a longtime member of The Plastic People of the Universe where he played on viola and violin, occasionally sang and played on theremin. In the early seventies he played with rock'n'roll group ''The Old Teenagers''. Since 1997 he is also a member of The Velvet Underground Revival Band where he plays the guitar. He was also a member of Milan Hlavsa's band called ''Půlnoc'' and ''Echt!''. Selected discography With The Plastic People of the Universe *''Bez ohňů je underground'' (1992) - live album *''For Kosovo'' (1997) - live album *''The Plastic People of the Universe'' (1997) - live album *''Hovězí porážka'' (released: 1997, recorded: 1983-84) *''Jak bude po smrti'' (released: 1998, recorded: 1979) *''Pašijové hry velikonoční'' (released: 1998, recorded: 1978) *''Vožralej jak slíva'' (released: 1997, recorded: 1973-197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Janíček
Josef Janíček (born 28 December 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic) is a Czech rock keyboardist, singer, accordion and guitar player. He was a former guitarist of The Primitives Group; from 1969 he played with The Plastic People of the Universe. He was also a member of Milan Hlavsa's band called ''Půlnoc''. Since 1990, he is a member of The Velvet Underground Revival Band. Discography With The Plastic People of the Universe *''Bez ohňů je underground'' (1992) - live album *''For Kosovo'' (1997) - live album *''The Plastic People of the Universe'' (1997) - live album *''Hovězí porážka'' (released: 1997, recorded: 1983-84) *''Jak bude po smrti'' (released: 1998, recorded: 1979) *''Pašijové hry velikonoční'' (released: 1998, recorded: 1978) *''Vožralej jak slíva'' (released: 1997, recorded: 1973-1975) - live album *''Ach to státu hanobení'' (released: 2000, recorded: 1976-77) *''Líně s tebou spím , Lazy Love / In Memoriam Mejla Hlavsa'' (2001) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Zajíček
Pavel Zajíček (born 15 April 1951, in Prague) is a Czech poet and musician. In 1973, he founded the experimental band DG 307 (named after the code for the psychiatric diagnosis that would exempt young men from compulsory military service) together with bassist Milan Hlavsa. The band was persecuted by the communist regime at the time, turning Zajíček (or "Pavel Z.") into one of the prominent figures in the Czech underground scene during the 1970s. In 1980, he emigrated from Czechoslovakia and lived in Sweden, and later in the United States. After the Velvet Revolution he returned to Czechoslovakia, where he played with the restored DG 307. His lyrics were also used in recordings by the Plastic People of the Universe (for example "Apokalyptickej pták" from '' Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned''). In 2014 he received the Revolver Revue award. He also starred in the Czech comedy film ''Buttoners ''Buttoners'' ( cs, Knoflíkáři) is a 1997 Czech film directed by Petr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaroslav Kořán
Jaroslav Kořán (17 January 1940 – 2 June 2017) was a Czech translator, actor, writer, screenwriter, and politician. A dissident and signatory of Charter 77 during Czechoslovakia's Communist era, Kořán translated over seven dozen books, mostly by American writers, from English into Czech, including major works by Kurt Vonnegut, Henry Miller, Roald Dahl, Ken Kesey, Charles Bukowski, John Kennedy Toole, and John Wyndham. Kořán was one of the co-founders of the Civic Forum (OF) political movement in November 1989. In February 1990, Kořán was elected Mayor of Prague, becoming the city's first non-Communist since 1948. He served as mayor until September 1991. Biography Kořán studied drama and film at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He then wrote documentary screenwriter and radio plays before transitioning to television journalism. However, in 1973, he and several friends were arrested for singing anti-Russian songs at a restaurant. Kořán was sent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American writer known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. In a career spanning over 50 years, he published fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works; further collections have been published after his death. Born and raised in Indianapolis, Vonnegut attended Cornell University but withdrew in January 1943 and enlisted in the US Army. As part of his training, he studied mechanical engineering at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) and the University of Tennessee. He was then deployed to Europe to fight in World War II and was captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. He was interned in Dresden, where he survived the Allied bombing of the city in a meat locker of the slaughterhouse where he was imprisoned. After the war, he married Jane Marie Cox, with whom he had three children. He adopted his nephews after his siste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Hlavsa
Milan "Mejla" Hlavsa (Prague, 6 March 1951 – 5 January 2001) was the founder, chief songwriter, and original bassist of the Czech band the Plastic People of the Universe, which was part of the inspiration for the anti-establishment movement Charter 77. Biography Early life and musical exposure Milan Hlavsa was born on 6 March 1951 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. His father was employed as a bank clerk. Hlavsa himself labored as a butcher's apprentice before he founded the Plastic People of the Universe (PPU) in 1968. Due to oppression by Czechoslovakia's communist regime, access to Western music was limited. Native Czechs maintained a link to the Western music world by obtaining albums from friends and family abroad. This is how a young Hlavsa developed an affinity for American rock and roll. He was also a part of the movement called '' máničky''. The formation of the Plastic People In 1967, a friend of Hlavsa's introduced him to the music of The Velvet Underground. They wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ticknor & Fields
Ticknor and Fields was an American publishing company based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded as a bookstore in 1832, the business would publish many 19th century American authors including Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry James, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry David Thoreau, and Mark Twain. It also became an early publisher of ''The Atlantic Monthly'' and ''North American Review''. The firm was named after founder William Davis Ticknor and apprentice James T. Fields, although the names of additional business partners would come and go, notably that of James R. Osgood in the firm's later years. Financial problems led Osgood to merge the company with the publishing firm of Henry Oscar Houghton in 1878, forming a precursor to the modern publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Houghton Mifflin revived the Ticknor and Fields name as an imprint from 1979 to 1989. Company history Early years In 1832 William Davis Ticknor and John All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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