Cyka blyat. In honor of whatever the fuck is happening in Russia right now, we’re doing a deep dive into Russian culture before WWIII. The topic this month is Viktor Tsoi, the Soviet-Korean-Kazakh, folk-punk, post-punk, slam dunk slam piece head of the outfit Kino. We bring along an old friend of the pod, Russian Pete, a certified operative behind enemy lines.

Topics: Russia, Ukraine, geopolitics, Red Wave, post-Soviet punk, USSR Rock, Kamchatka, Russia invades Ukraine 2022, Moscow, new wave, goth, communsim, socialism, Chernobyl, post-modernism, modernism, politics, the Sino-Soviet Split, Afghanistan, The Smiths, Morrissey, The Cure, Duran Duran, durian