mon., 8 aug., 2011, notes towards a new eastern euro nostalgia, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

GERMAN:   Ostalgia / Ostalgie   ++

   ++  )  “Nostalgia [for the former Communist Eastern Bloc & its safety net]” — 

              [formerly Eastern] Germ. pun & neologism; Etym., Germ, Ost = East 

              [as in Cold War Eastern Europe & Soviet Russia] + (die) Nostalgie = 

              nostalgia; 

              See also “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (Pete Townshend), fr. Who’s Next, 

              MCA records...

              [ “...Meet the New Boss...same as the Old Boss...” ] 

              See also < http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-07-13/art/ostalgia-new-museum-a-walk-around-the-bloc/ >

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