By Gene Maddaus
Tracing the ‘Coffin Dance’ Meme Music’s Path From Russia to Ghana to the World
01.05.2020 - 00:33 / variety.com
The decade-old “Astronomia” has become the unlikely soundtrack to a pandemic.
By Charlie Amter
The coronavirus has spawned thousands of memes this spring, but perhaps none as ubiquitous as the “dancing coffin” crew from Ghana. The six dancing pallbearers seen in the macabre yet humorous memes popularized by the pandemic, are soundtracked in nearly every video posted by a decade old track from Russian composer and artist Tony Igy (real name Anton Igumnov) called “Astronomia.” Now, suddenly,
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deadline.com
19.05.2020 / 11:01
Amazon Lands Norma Percy’s BBC/Arte Documentary ‘Cuba: The Revolution And The World’
By Jake Kanter
peoplemagazine.co.za
07.05.2020 / 11:23
Meeting A Tribe That Ate Their Dead
Founder of Mzungu Expeditions travel bureau, Alexey Kolbov, 38, from Moscow, Russia, was travelling along the Galves river, near Buen Peru Village, Peru, when he captured these incredible photographs of the Matses tribe.
hollywoodreporter.com
02.05.2020 / 03:37
Dimitri Diatchenko, Actor, Musician and Video Game Voiceover Artist, Dies at 52
Dimitri Diatchenko, an actor who played Russian characters for such projects asIndiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,Criminal Mindsand many video games, has died. He was 52.
