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Though it seems that the weather can’t decide on it’s behavior today (the sounds out my window in the last two hours have alternated between birds chirping to heavy rain and thunder), I am pretty sure that it will end up being a wet day. Weather.com seems to agree. For some reason it never fails to rain on the weekend. Especially in the Spring.

Over the last few years there has been a so-called Latin Explosion in the American music industry. People like Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, and the like have become famous names to those who listen to the radio and watch MTV. Even though I am not one of those people (who are into the radio pop crap), I have noticed that the Russian duo TATU has been gaining popularity here in the US. I’ve been told that the Russian singer Alsu has gotten some attention as well. Maybe the next musical imports will come from Russia. . .

I first heard of TATU a little over a year ago when I was searching for some good modern Russian music. They didn’t really fall into that category for me, so I kind of forgot about them for awhile. Now, they are all over the place.

Apparently they are currently in the US promoting their English album and appearing on the tv circuit. I think their appearances are limited by the fact that they don’t really speak English. Of course, they don’t have to open their mouths to stir up controversey (which is what this duo seems to be all about). Here’s a picture of them from their recent Jay Leno performance.

I was told that they wore these same shirts for another appearance and that their translator was asked what the shirts meant, to which he replied, “They are war protest shirts.” He heh… Yeah. To put it way too nicely. Properly translated the message (??? ?????!) printed on the shirt comes out to be “Fuck War”, which surely would have been censored had it been written in English.

But as I said, they are known for being controversial. It’s in their name. Literally. The duo’s name TATU comes from the Russian “?? ????? ???” which could be translated “she loves her”.