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This is a fun video. Someone made an AI parody of Grand Theft Auto set in Finland. You get to see various cities in Southern Finland and Lapland in the end. The the video features …

Any example of culture can be given a brow classification. In this case, I'm not making a value judgment. Different brow levels serve different functions. <b>Low-brow</b> militar…

Finnish has a wry, sarcastic idiom "Kaikkea se leipä elättää." The most faithful translation I can think of is "Bread sustains all sorts." This one is really tough to translate. …

The tune is an old Karelian folk melody. This version of is of a Finnish group, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piirpauke">Piirpauke</a>. This is one of its best-known songs…

It blows my mind how well Brendel played this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lMUCMY8Pjc

This one is a very good song, too. Out of the ones I've posted an embedded link to in recent days, this is perhaps the most modern and the one most like modern pop music. The drumm…

Here's another song from the Norse inspired folk music band Heilung. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64CACoHNBEI

Skald is a French band whose songs are heavily influenced by Norse culture. They sing in mostly in Old Norse. This song Rún is quite simple but I like the sound of it. https://ww…

Here's another great song by Warduna: Dvaledraumar or dormant dreams. The name of the album Birna means female bear. The name of the song refers to the dreams bear has during its w…

Warduna is a Norwegian band started by Einar Selvik, Kristian Eivik Espedal, Lindy Fay-Hella. The band creates musical renditions of Nordic folk traditions using modern and traditi…

The Car Care Nut reviews the Toyota Century and its engine, the only V12 Toyota has ever made. He explains its uniqueness and its quirks and features as well as the difficulty of m…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7u16FYx9ik The Toyota Century came out in 1967 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Toyota Motor Corporation. If it were possible to get the C…

Yoda: "From the Empire are you?" Luke: "No, I hate the Empire. Their stupid alien friendly policies, freedom of speech and affordable healthcare drive me nuts." Yoda: "Yes, become…

This is hilarious but more than amused I was awestruck by the very high quality of the music. It seems that generative models can produce singing voices impossible to distinguish f…

Meet Ryan from Chongqing whose Trump impression has earned him a million followers on TikTok. He's never been to the US. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErHkv1G3RVE This noodles …

The penguins will be celebrating a glorious V-day. Heard and McDonald Islands remain unbeatable! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOzP87HVCWw

Please rise for the national anthem of the Democratic Penguins Republic. Video and music generation by AI is getting seriously good these days. The tune is a bit complex and soun…

KAJ is a Finland Swedish band from the partially Swedish speaking region of Ostrobothnia in Finland that will represent Sweden in the Eurovision song contest in May this year. The…

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