'I Know That Life is a Great Present'
Tango of Death, Song of Life
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DAILY WAR JOURNAL—ON CHICAGO’S WGN RADIO:
War Day 394: 'I Know That Life is a Great Present'
Plus: Italy’s PM Meloni fiercely stands for Ukraine; Soldier in Bakhmut, amid incoming Russian fire, says ‘life is amazing’
with music from Lviv: “Tango of Death”
from Friday 24 March: Joe Lindsley’s daily Ukraine report on Chicago's WGN Radio with Bob Sirott
Happiness and Purpose in a Time of Great Sadness
We start with the languid, defiant klezmer-jazz sound of Lviv. Here is “Tango of Death," from Lviv band Пиріг і Батіг / Marjan Pyrig Pyrozhok
"F-ing Muscovites
They are wearing something and fussing
They say that they are Russian and that we should surrender
Our guys hit them like a nail in the wall"
Plus:
—"I know that life is a great present," says a Ukrainian soldier in an English-language video from a Bakhmut trench. He had just witnessed the deaths of some comrades, and he spoke about his new gratitude for life, come what may.
—Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a hero to many American Ukraine-skeptics, gives a fierce speech in defense of clear and speedy victory for Ukraine.
—Did you know Leonard Cohen's "Dance Me to the End of Love" was inspired by Jewish musicians in a concentration camp that likely was in Lviv, Ukraine?
—China and Russia: simply not on the side of free people
Here is the song “Tango of Death” by Lviv band Pyrig i Batig:
“[It's something rare in our world of corporate and automated radio regular, real humanity.”
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