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Nebojša Krstić
Nebojša Krstić ( sr-cyrl, Небојша Крстић; born 9 July 1957) is a Serbian media personality, political commentator, former musician ( VIS Idoli) and physician. He is also a former public relations advisor to the office of the President of Serbia, appointed by Boris Tadić. Currently, Krstić is a strong supporter of the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić and his ruling Serbian Progressive Party. Biography Krstić matriculated from the First Belgrade Gymnasium and then obtained a university degree at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Medicine. In 1985, he appeared in the film ''Šest dana juna''. After finishing his studies, he worked in medicine for a decade, finding employment as a physician in several medical institutions including those on the island of Vis and Hyatt Regency hotel in Belgrade. After that, he began working in marketing, becoming director of the Nova, Young & Rubicam marketing agency. Musical career VIS Dečaci In late 1979, Srđan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Serbia
The president of Serbia (), officially styled as President of the Republic (), is the head of state of Serbia. The current officeholder is Aleksandar Vučić, who was elected in 2017 and has held the role since 31 May 2017. According to the Constitution of Serbia, the president represents Serbia at home and abroad, proposes a candidate for the position of Prime Minister of Serbia to the National Assembly of Serbia, leads foreign policy by appointing and dismissing ambassadors, leads the Serbian Armed Forces, has limited executive powers, and can dissolve the National Assembly and schedule parliamentary elections. The president is assisted by the General Secretariat, which is made up of the general secretary and advisers, and is seated at the Novi Dvor in Belgrade. The president is elected in direct elections that are scheduled every five years, and can serve up to two five-year terms. The presidents term ends when it formally expires, or when the president resigns or is remo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vis (island)
Vis () is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. It is the farthest inhabited island off the Croatian mainland. Before the end of World War I, the island was held by the Liburnians, the Republic of Venice, the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic), Kingdom of Italy, and the Austrian Empire. During the 19th century, the sea to the north of Vis was the site of two naval battles. In 1920, the island was ceded to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia as part of the Treaty of Rapallo (1920), Treaty of Rapallo. During World War II, the island was the headquarters of the Yugoslav Partisans, Yugoslav Partisan movement. After the war, Vis was used as a naval base for the Yugoslav People's Army until 1989. The island's main industries are viticulture, fishing, fish processing, and tourism. Geography The farthest inhabited island off the Croatian mainland, Vis had a population of 3,313 in 2021. Vis has an area of . Its highest point is Mount Hum (Vis), Hum, which is Above mean sea level, above se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goran Bregović
Goran Bregović ( sr-Cyrl, Горан Бреговић; born 22 March 1950) is a recording artist born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Slavic speaking countries in the Balkans, and one of the few former Yugoslav musicians who has performed at major international venues such as Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall and L'Olympia. A Sarajevo native, Bregović started out with the bands Kodeksi and Jutro, but rose to prominence as the main creative mind and lead guitarist of Bijelo Dugme, widely considered one of the most popular and influential recording acts ever to exist in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. After Bijelo Dugme split up, he embarked on several critically and commercially successful solo projects, and started composing film scores. Among his better known film scores are three of Emir Kusturica's films ('' Time of the Gypsies'', '' Arizona Dream'' and '' Underground''). For ''Time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jugoton
Jugoton was the largest record label and chain record store in the former Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, SR Croatia. History Jugoton was formed in 1947. It replaced Elektroton, which had been founded in 1937, nationalized in 1945, and liquidated in 1947, acquiring its machines and matrices. By 1961, Jugoton was producing 2,371,600 records a year. It is notable for releasing some of the most important former Yugoslav pop and rock records. In addition, the company owned a widespread network of record shops across SFR Yugoslavia. The company changed its name to Croatia Records in 1991, after Croatia seceded from Yugoslavia. Artists Jugoton notable for signing numerous eminent former Yugoslav pop and rock acts. Some of the artists that have been signed to Jugoton include: * Aerodrom * Ansambel bratov Avsenik * Silvana Armenulić * Atomi * Azra *Đorđe Balašević * Bele Vrane * Beograd *Halid Bešlić * Bezobrazno Zeleno * Bijele Strijele *Bijelo Dugme *Biseri * Borghesia * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maljčiki
"Maljčiki" (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Маљчики; ) is the second single by the Serbian and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav New wave music, new wave band Idoli. Its re-recorded version appeared on the New wave music in Yugoslavia, Yugoslav new wave compilation ''Paket aranžman'', which is one of the most important Yugoslav rock releases. History Vlada Divljan, the member of Idoli wanted to create a song which would be a parody on the Soviet Union, Soviet socialist realism. Prior to the release of "Maljčiki", Idoli had written songs about freedom of love like "Retko te viđam sa devojkama" (re-recorded and re-released on the B-side of the "MaljčikI" single), but had not done anything explicitly Music and politics, political. The Soviet Union–Yugoslavia relations, Soviet embassy condemned the release of the song. The song depicts a sort of Alexei Stakhanov, Stakhanov-like Proletariat, proletarian who enthusiastically wakes up in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodan Škerović
Slobodan Škerović (born 27 September 1954 in Belgrade) is a Serbian author, painter and philosopher, and a member of the international neo-avantgarde Signalism movement. Biography Škerović studied painting at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade and Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf. He has had poems and articles published since 1976 in numerous Yugoslav journals: ''Haiku, Student, Vidici, Knjizevna reč, Koraci, Stvaranje, Signal, Rukovet, Savremenik, Književne novine''... He was editor of the ''Student'' and ''Vidici'' journals from 1980 to 1982, and for a short time was a comics writer and a member of Belgrade's comics art group "Tuš grupa". As an author and editor he has actively participated in the Signalist neo-avantgarde movement since 2001, and the "Project Rastko" Cultural Network since 2007. He has been a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia since 1996, the Writers Association of Serbia since 2008, and the Association of Serbian Comics Artists si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pomoć, Pomoć
"Pomoć, pomoć" () is the first song which appeared on the first single by Serbian new wave band Idoli. The song, with " Retko te viđam sa devojkama" appeared on the A-side while the B-side contained Slobodan Škerović's narrative poem called "Poklon". The song was performed live by the band for a very short time. Cover versions * The soundtrack album for '' Three Palms for Two Punks and a Babe'' (1998) written by Vlada Divljan featured a cover version of "Pomoć, pomoć" performed by Divljan and Urgh! vocalist Ghuru Ghagi. Track listing Personnel ; A-side * Vlada Divljan (guitar, vocals) * Srđan Šaper (percussion, vocals) * Nebojša Krstić (percussion) * Zdenko Kolar (bass guitar) * Boža Jovanović (drums) ; B-side * Slobodan Škerović Slobodan Škerović (born 27 September 1954 in Belgrade) is a Serbian author, painter and philosopher, and a member of the international neo-avantgarde Signalism movement. Biography Škerović studied painting at the Facul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retko Te Viđam Sa Devojkama
"Retko te viđam sa devojkama" () is the second song which appeared on the first single by Serbian new wave band Idoli (the first being "Pomoć, pomoć"). History The band recorded two songs which would appear as the A-side of the single given as a present with the May release of the ''Vidici'' magazine. The song did not actually appear as a B-side as both of the songs appeared on the A-side, while the B-side contained Slobodan Škerović's narrative poem called "Poklon". The song is widely regarded as one of the first Yugoslav, or more precisely, the first Serbian song about homosexuality (the first Yugoslav one was "Neki dječaci" by Prljavo Kazalište from Zagreb, Croatia). The main focal point of the lyrics is a young man who is rarely seen amongst members of the opposite sex. Track listing Personnel ; A-side * Vlada Divljan (guitar, vocals) * Srđan Šaper (percussion, vocals) * Nebojša Krstić (percussion) * Zdenko Kolar (bass guitar) * Boža Jovanović (drum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika ( sr-Cyrl, Екатарина Велика, lit=Catherine the Great), sometimes referred to as EKV ( sr-Cyrl, ЕКВ) for short, was a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade, and was one of the most successful and influential Yugoslav music acts. Initially called Katarina II ( sr-Cyrl, Катарина II, lit=Catherine II), the band had built up a devoted following that greatly intensified and expanded after the death of its frontman Milan Mladenović in 1994, which caused the band to dissolve. The group's core consisted of singer and guitarist Milan Mladenović, keyboardist Margita Stefanović and bassist Bojan Pečar, with other members mostly remaining for comparatively shorter periods. History Post-punk years (1982–1986) Katarina II In February 1982, following the disbandment of Šarlo Akrobata, 24-year-old guitarist and vocalist Milan Mladenović decided to form a new band with an old friend — 22-year-old guitarist Gagi Mihajlović. Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margita Stefanović
Margita "Magi" Stefanović ( sr-Cyrl, Маргита "Маги" Стефановић; 1 April 1959 – 18 September 2002) was a Serbian musician best known as a keyboardist of a Yugoslav rock band Ekatarina Velika (EKV). Biography Born in Belgrade and of Kosovo Serb and Montenegrin descent, she was the only child of well-known Čačak-born theatre and television director Slavoljub Stefanović-Ravasi and Kačikol-born teacher Desanka Nikolić. After finishing elementary school, Margita enrolled in the Josip Slavenski Music High School from which she graduated as the most talented pianist in her class alongside Ivo Pogorelić. Her impressive school performance led to an offer of further studies at the famed Moscow Conservatory, which she ended up turning down due to family reasons—her mother very much disliked the idea of letting her go to Moscow by herself at such a young age. Instead, Margita enrolled at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Architecture where she was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boža Jovanović
Boža Jovanović was the first drummer of the Serbian rock band Idoli. He was the band member until 1982 and released two singles and one Extended play, EP with the band. Biography Jovanović has lived in Belgrade in the same apartment building where Vlada Divljan and Zdenko Kolar lived. The three made a deal to start playing. Divljan got a guitar, Kolar bought a bass and Boža Jovanović used a tin barrel as a drum with metal sticks made by Kolar's father. The band was called Faraoni (Pharaohs) since Divljan had a necklace from Egypt, given by his grandmother, with a Tutankhamun medallion. Since there was a popular band from Koper, Kopar named Faraoni, the band was renamed to Holipe. The band lasted for a short time. When Dečaci decided to start playing Vlada Divljan, Divljan called Kolar and Jovanović to join the band. At the time the band was working with Dragan Papić, photographer and journalist, who became the band's creative mediator and who published Dečaci photos in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdenko Kolar
Zdenko Kolar ( sr-cyr, Зденко Колар) is a Serbian bass guitarist, most notable as the member of Idoli and Zona B. Biography Kolar was born in Zemun in 1956 where he lived until 1963 when he moved to inner town in Belgrade. He moved to a building where two of his future bandmates lived, Vlada Divljan and Boža Jovanović. In an interview Kolar noted that Divljan was the first boy he had met in his new neighborhood on the day his family was moving in. First musical steps In 1968 Divljan decided to take up playing and so did Kolar. Divljan managed to get a mandolin and later bought a guitar while Kolar got his first guitar by getting a vacuum cleaner on a newspaper lottery. His parents sold the vacuum cleaner and bought him a guitar. The two started learning how to play while watching others play in their neighborhood at the places where the young were gathering. Later they went to a guitar course at RU "Braća Stamenković" held by professor Branko Perišić. In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
