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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Beyond Parody

If a Macedonian mayor has her way, the landmark gracing Skopje's main square would in a novel way bring together two men seen as among the nation's greateast sons: Alexander the Great mounted on a horse, floating in a fountain to tunes of revered late pop star Tose Proeski.

Maybe I'm wrong - maybe Balkan Insight is really just a Balkan version of 'The Onion'.
Posted by s.elder at 10:33 AM

1 comment:

Katie said...

Kind of sounds like it. Most of the time you post things I'm 'Wtf-ing' within the first few sentences.

February 11, 2009 at 2:37 PM

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