BREAKING NEWS:
THE WAR IN UKRAINE
Dear friend, this post was completed
more than a year ago and scheduled
to run sometime in 2022. I decided
to publish it today because I found
a time sensitive message directly
related to the current crisis in
Ukraine. It was placed on
YouTube and Facebook by
the Ukranian rock duo Sergey
Sershen and Daria Zaritskaya,
the featured artists in this post.
Their message to concerned
fans reads as follows:
This video was supposed to be released on feb 24, but the war had other plans
for us. It’s been 13 days since we’ve been living in fear, (Editor's Note: 21 days
as of today's publication date), not knowing if there will be tomorrow. But even
in the darkest days, music has always been our salvation. We simply refuse to
give up on our dreams, we refuse to stop fighting, refuse to abandon things
we love to do. We refuse to lay down our arms- guitars, mics and drumsticks.
We will clench our teeth and cling to our hopes with every fiber of being.
With life being so unpredictable today - at any moment we can lose this
connection, or they’ll shut down YouTube, we decided to share this
video now. We’ve had such a massive support from you guys.
We are so thankful to have such an amazing community!
Together We Stand!
- Sershen & Zarítskaya, March 8, 2022
NOW, HERE BELOW IS THE POST
AS ORIGINALLY PRODUCED:
WASSUP,
U PARTY
MONSTER?
I'm Chloe, the titular
(don't you just love
that word?) "B-----
in Apartment 23" on
the television sitcom
Don't Trust the B-----
in Apartment 23.
I'm a hard-partying,
irresponsible, free-
loading, sexually
adventurous con
artist described as
having "the morals
of a pirate" - and
those are my
good qualities!
I love rock & roll,
so put another dime
in the jukebox, baby.
I'm revved up and
ready to rock your
world with totally
awesome sights
and sounds.
Consider this a sneak preview
of what I hope will someday
become my very own radio
show here on S-P-M-M.
I was thinking of calling
it "Whiskers on Kittens"
but I decided to go with
BLUNT
FORCE
TRAUMA.
In this sneak preview, I am excited
to present Sershen & Zaritskaya,
the Ukranian duo made up of
guitarist Sergey Sershen and
singer Daria Zaritskaya (right).
S&Z are shaking up the rock
world with their cover videos,
and I'm going to play a few
of their best. Are you ready
to par-tay down with Chloe,
the B---- in 23? Let's rock!
In 1990, Alannah Myles scored a chart-
topping hit with "Black Velvet," a song
that in 1991 won the Canadian singer
and songwriter the Grammy for Best
Female Rock Vocal Performance.
CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!
Thirty years later, Daria Zaritskaya
sizzled and smoked as she and her
band performed a cover that will
stand the test of time as a
classic in its own right!
"Black Velvet" - Alannah Myles cover
by Sershen & Zaritskaya (Nov. 2020)
Sershen & Zaritskaya have the knack
of authentically performing songs in
various genres and styles, from
mellow, laid-back, unplugged
soft rock to hard rock and metal.
The dynamic duo's metal cred
is proudly on display as they
blaze through this medley +
mashup of songs by Metallica
which includes "Wherever I
May Roam," "Sad But True,"
"Master Of Puppets," "Fuel,"
"Enter Sandman" and
"So What."
"Metallica Medley + Mashup ("Wherever I May Roam,"
"Sad But True," "Master Of Puppets, "Fuel," "Enter Sandman"
and "So What") by Sershen & Zaritskaya (Feb. 2019)
START VIDEO NOW!
If you're just tuning in I'm Chloe,
the B----- in 23 and your new
the B----- in 23 and your new
BFF, and this is a sneak peek
at my upcoming radio show
BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA
(or something like that) on
S-P-M-M... the station that
rocks harder. Continuing
now with my salute to
Sershen & Zaritskaya, the
exciting duo from Ukraine,
exciting duo from Ukraine,
here they covering Skid Row's
"Youth Gone Wild," a single
that brushed the UK top 20
in the summer of '92. Hell,
S & Z don't just tackle
this rock classic...
they wrestle it to
the ground, babe!
"Youth Gone Wild" - Skid Row cover by Sershen & Zaritskaya
feat. Kim and Shturmak (Aug. 2019)
START VIDEO NOW!
In case you're experiencing sensory
overload by now and can't even think
straight, I will remind you that you're
hard wired to a sneak preview of
BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA
(or something equally shocking)
with little old me, Chloe, the B
in 23, apprentice Shady Bunch
deejay in training, right here at
your home for rock... S-P-M-M.
We're plowing thru a 7-in-a-row
rave party... running down the
hard and heavy sound of the
fabulous Ukrainian duo
Sergey Sershen and Daria
Zaritskaya. In Nov., 2019,
S & Z took the frequently
recorded AC/DC hit
"Back In Black" and
made it their very own!
"Back in Black" AC/DC cover by Sershen & Zaritskaya
feat. Kim and Shturmak (Nov. 2019)
CLICK TO START
THE VIDEO NOW!
Moving ahead to December,
2019, we find our featured
artists Sershen & Zaritskaya
doing justice to one of the best
known Kiss songs. It's shock
and awe time as S & Z prove
they're for real covering--
"Detroit Rock City!"
"Detroit Rock City" - Kiss cover by Sershen & Zaritskaya
ft. Kim and Shturmak (Dec. 2019)
I hope you had a blast getting it on with guitarist Sergey Sershen
and vivacious vixen Daria Zaritskaya, a duo from Ukraine
that really knows how to rock.
CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!
Stick around because I'll be back someday, hopefully sooner rather than later,
with more top shelf party sounds to rock you around the clock. To play us off,
here again are my featured artists S & Z, covering glam rocker Billy Idol's
with more top shelf party sounds to rock you around the clock. To play us off,
here again are my featured artists S & Z, covering glam rocker Billy Idol's
hit "Rebel Yell." Now this is Chloe, the B in 23, reminding all my party
peeps to keep on rockin', and when you do, be sure to rock hard!
"Rebel Yell" - Billy Idol cover by Sershen & Zaritskaya
feat. Kim and Shturmak (Mar. 2020)
BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA
(OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT)
STARRING CHLOE, THE B----- IN 23
COMING SOON TO SHADY'S PLACE!
“Are you ok?” are more than just 3 words today. It’s “I care for you”,
“I’m here for you”, “I love you”. So I just wanted to let you guys know
that me and the guys are safe, we are in Kyiv and we’re not gonna run.
Thank you for showing that you care - as I’ve said million times before.
“Together We Stand” - like this picture says. - Daria Zaritskaya
Singer Victory Vizhanska is another Ukrainian
artist that I have featured in Shady's Place posts.
Please take a couple of minutes to read Victory's
words and watch her two latest videos. They tell
the heartrending story of her plight as the war
drove her and her mother and their cats from
their home and turned them into refugees.
VICTORY
VIZHANSKA
FEBRUARY 27, 2022
I am a simple Ukrainian girl, I am 17 years old, I live in Kyiv.
I had many
goals and dreams!
But there was a war. Russia attacked my country. 4 days
we sit in fear. Outside the window, explosions, automatic bursts, it's very
scary.
I planned to move to America in the future. Or to Europe to become
a world star. But this is in the future, these were plans, get a visa, get on a
plane and start a new life.
But now I'm crying, out of fear, my mother reads
a prayer all the time.
In the early days, we were unable to leave on the
evacuation train to the border, now we have a curfew,
if in the coming
days I manage to survive, I'm afraid every night, maybe my mom and
my cats, we can get on at least some train, and we can survive. I pray
for it.
This cover, I recorded it in my favorite room, which I dreamed
of since childhood, and which I will have to leave so quickly, fleeing
the bombs of Russia.
If I stay alive, I will continue to sing, and I will
try to achieve my goal! Thank you all for your support!
I don't say
goodbye!
I believe and pray🙏
And I love you all❤❤❤
- Victory Vizhanska
"Hallelujah" - Cover by Victory Vizhanska (Feb. 22, 2022)
MARCH 13, 2022
Putin's troops attacked Ukraine. The war began on February 24, 2022, at 5 o'clock
in the morning.
Until that time, we lived, practiced beauty, sang, loved!
But at once
it all ended and it was necessary to choose the risk of life under the sound of siren
explosions, or escape and look for ways to survive, but go through the evacuation.
Mom and I decided to take one suitcase in which we put only two favorite dresses
and sneakers.
Tears tears tears. We left everything we had. My brother stayed
in Kyiv with his family. In this video that I want to show, not even half of what I
had to go through.
What will happen next, I don't know. We are with my mother
and cats in Poland, have not yet moved away from all this terrible.
Thank you
for staying with me! Thanks for being so kind! I wish you all never go
through what I went through! I wish you all peace!
- Victory Vizhanska
"Memories. Sweet Home" - Victory Vizhanska (March 13, 2022)
