<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261009749642109896.post6387852215172006540..comments</id><updated>2010-01-13T11:35:42.356+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Morning in Moldova: Be afraid, be very afraid</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://morninginmoldova.com/feeds/6387852215172006540/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1261009749642109896/6387852215172006540/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morninginmoldova.com/2010/01/be-afraid-be-very-afraid.html'/><author><name>Zimbru</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261009749642109896.post-7009174446098663348</id><published>2010-01-13T11:35:42.356+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-13T11:35:42.356+02:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;In most parts of Europe it&amp;#39;s a bit of a ...</title><content type='html'>&amp;quot;In most parts of Europe it&amp;#39;s a bit of a giggle.  In Moldova it&amp;#39;s life and death, far more serious than the political machinations which are normally the subject of this blog.  Why?  Because Moldova has a lively music scene and can draw on its rich cultural tradition to punch above its weight.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are right. In Moldova it&amp;#39;s life and death, but it&amp;#39;s because we have almost no music scene. We have artists but no market, no community, no popular music festivals. That&amp;#39;s why Eurovision became the only big event in music.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1261009749642109896/6387852215172006540/comments/default/7009174446098663348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1261009749642109896/6387852215172006540/comments/default/7009174446098663348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://morninginmoldova.com/2010/01/be-afraid-be-very-afraid.html?showComment=1263375342356#c7009174446098663348' title=''/><author><name>Ion Grosu</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11014530336558728750</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://morninginmoldova.com/2010/01/be-afraid-be-very-afraid.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1261009749642109896.post-6387852215172006540' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1261009749642109896/posts/default/6387852215172006540' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-950897342'/></entry></feed>
