Honor Blackman 22 Aug 2010 | 10:06 am

August 22nd- birthday greetings to a real icon and all-time heroine here at Kartoshka Towers, Miss Honor Blackman.

Владимир Высоцкий - Почему аборигены съели Кука 21 Aug 2010 | 12:11 am

An incredible song by Vladimir Vysotsky (1938-1980). Find the lyrics here: http://www.wysotsky.com/1033.htm?377 Joao Kartoshka has a busy life at the moment, so it is time to put the blog to sleep. T...

Evening in Kartoshka Towers...21:00 hrs 18 Aug 2010 | 10:22 pm

Kartoshka- The Movie 16 Aug 2010 | 06:45 am

Herr Wim Wenders- director of Kartoshka, the Movie. Well, fans, I've sent the almost finished script to Mr Wim Wenders. I don't know who's going to be playing me- most of the obvious choices are sadl...

Phan Văn Santos 15 Aug 2010 | 04:45 am

It is not my intention to be patronising here, but Vietnam is hardly a country that makes one think of footballing glory. They are currently ranked 127 in the world by FIFA (the highest they have been...

Style... 13 Aug 2010 | 10:20 pm

Theme from Kartoshka... 10 Aug 2010 | 08:27 pm

When (?) the bigshots in TV land finally decide that Joao Kartoshka is the ideal host for a nostalgia based talkshow (executives take note: the show could be made on a very low budget here in my apart...

Revolucion Cubana 9 Aug 2010 | 08:43 pm

As you might have deduced from some of the football posts I have a long standing interest in trading cards and sticker albums. Despite our socialist leanings Ma Kartoshka never got me this one, thoug...

Serge Gainsbourg 8 Aug 2010 | 09:24 pm

Serge Gainsbourg (1928 –1991)- Histoire de Melody Nelson(1971) . When driving his Rolls Royce , a middle aged man knocks a 15 year old girl off her bicycle. Naturally, in the world of Gainsbourg, this...

Evening in Kartoshka Towers...20:00 hrs 7 Aug 2010 | 10:08 pm

Sherri- the next time you hear a lot of noise it's probably just another ordinary evening down here... Clip from Diamond Hand (Бриллиантовая Pука - 1968)- with Yuri Nikulin (Юрий Никулин) and Svetlana...