Rusty Ring

Though it's generally unknown to Western Buddhists, Russia is one of the formative homelands of our religion. Not only has Buddhis...

Welcome, honoured sangha, to your annual festival of potential rock group names here on the Ring. This makes an eleventh year of this...

(Квас из овса. Made from toasted rolled oats. Very good; light and dry when well-chilled, with a honey-like perfume. Will be most welco...

Today is День защитника Отечества (Defender of the Fatherland Day) in Russia. The date always leads me to a bit of a "on the one han...

(I've been making kvass [квас] more or less weekly for the past five months. This photo, from my first batch, is квас из черного хл...

God help us, here we are again. There but for the grace, &c. And if ever we needed rock groups – as many rock groups as possibl...

It's July, aka the Rock Moon here at the Ring, in which I share with the world my preternatural gift for naming rock groups. ...

When I first heard this on Радио Русский Рок I was astonished how similar Пикник ("Picnic") sounds to Malicorne . As I lis...

Time again for the yearly crop of Awesome Rock Groups Waiting To Happen. Same rules as ever: Anybody who wants one of these can...

(Photo by Thomas Gimlin. Offered in honour of Mothers' Day. Because every so often, when you least expect it, an ikon happens.)

You can't beat the stick for longevity. (Actually, you can't beat a stick at all. Think about it; it's like biting your teeth,...