That's Not Music, That's Just Noise

I'm not a big fan of the kind of music they play at night clubs, but I have been hearing a lot of it recently. Twice over the past few weeks someone has been running open air events near our house. Starting late at night, the wind carries the very loud and distorted sounds from these events over to our house. They eventually stops sometime in the early hours of the morning. Now thanks to a link I found on Peshku pa Ujë I know more of what is going on. Just click on any of the top three photographs on the linked site and run the slideshow.

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Anonymous said…

The music they play is mostly Hip hop and techno...

I dont know if that's your kind.

However i've meat two British guys in Tirana who said they have some nice Karaoke Clubs.

You should check them out...

2:10 am

olli said…

Definitely not my kind. I know a British guy - maybe one of those you know - who has been known to visit a karaoke club when he is drunk enough. I haven't risked it yet. But who knows?

12:04 pm

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