Douglas Arellanes
@dougiegyro.bsky.social
Digital media lecturer at Anglo-American University, translator, social media expert, DJ. US expat in Prague since 1992.
Tonight I found on an unused hard disk a mix I made back in 2004 when I was DJing at the Palac Akropolis here in Prague. It’s a big room/Latin house/Brazilian batucada kind of affair. Check it out! www.mixcloud.com/douglasa/%C5...
June 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Tonight I found on an unused hard disk a mix I made back in 2004 when I was DJing at the Palac Akropolis here in Prague. It’s a big room/Latin house/Brazilian batucada kind of affair. Check it out! www.mixcloud.com/douglasa/%C5...
Holy shit the Czech Government is the world’s worst Kraftwerk cover band.
December 18, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Holy shit the Czech Government is the world’s worst Kraftwerk cover band.
Tomorrow night at 7pm I’ll be interviewed by my friend and fellow DJ Jerry Žák as part of the “Radio 1 Nablízko [Up Close]” series of conversations. We’ll be talking and I’ll also play some of the tracks that have formed me as a DJ. See you at Čítárna Unijazz in Žižkov at 7pm!
December 17, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Tomorrow night at 7pm I’ll be interviewed by my friend and fellow DJ Jerry Žák as part of the “Radio 1 Nablízko [Up Close]” series of conversations. We’ll be talking and I’ll also play some of the tracks that have formed me as a DJ. See you at Čítárna Unijazz in Žižkov at 7pm!
Our Christmas tradition is that every year we add one ornament that tells the story of the year. This year’s ornament is a capybara, which means a lot especially to Joey, who was photographed with capybaras at the Prague Zoo for this year’s Czech Cystic Fibrosis Association calendar. Happy Holidays!
December 15, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Our Christmas tradition is that every year we add one ornament that tells the story of the year. This year’s ornament is a capybara, which means a lot especially to Joey, who was photographed with capybaras at the Prague Zoo for this year’s Czech Cystic Fibrosis Association calendar. Happy Holidays!
It’s here! My translation of Linda Kudrnovska and Filip Blažek’s “Identity: The Story of Czech Graphic Design” launched yesterday. The book is beautiful. My thanks to Elizabeth Spacilova for turning the coal of my text into diamonds. Buy here: shop.bontonfilm.cz/159-identita #graphicdesign #books
December 3, 2024 at 9:43 AM
It’s here! My translation of Linda Kudrnovska and Filip Blažek’s “Identity: The Story of Czech Graphic Design” launched yesterday. The book is beautiful. My thanks to Elizabeth Spacilova for turning the coal of my text into diamonds. Buy here: shop.bontonfilm.cz/159-identita #graphicdesign #books
Should you find yourself in Prague on Mon, Dec. 2, we’re holding an event for the launch of my new translation of “Identity: The Story of Czech Graphic Design” edited by Linda Kudrnovská. Plus a guided tour and the companion film “Bohemian Identity.” See you there! www.museumkampa.cz/vystava/iden...
November 22, 2024 at 7:01 AM
Should you find yourself in Prague on Mon, Dec. 2, we’re holding an event for the launch of my new translation of “Identity: The Story of Czech Graphic Design” edited by Linda Kudrnovská. Plus a guided tour and the companion film “Bohemian Identity.” See you there! www.museumkampa.cz/vystava/iden...
As a translator from Czech to English, I’ve been racking my brain over how to translate “Diky, že můžeme.” It’s the slogan for the commemorations of the Velvet Revolution. The closest I’ve gotten so far is “Thanks to you, we can.” Suggestions welcome. #dikyzemuzeme
November 17, 2024 at 6:15 PM
As a translator from Czech to English, I’ve been racking my brain over how to translate “Diky, že můžeme.” It’s the slogan for the commemorations of the Velvet Revolution. The closest I’ve gotten so far is “Thanks to you, we can.” Suggestions welcome. #dikyzemuzeme
Anička and I paid our respects today on the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. Because freedom isn’t free. #dikyzemuzem #Prague
November 17, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Anička and I paid our respects today on the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. Because freedom isn’t free. #dikyzemuzem #Prague
Baseball stole my heart. Today I won this t-shirt in a giveaway at my local, Automat Matuška, on their 2nd anniversary. One of the great things about Matuška: they’ve always been big supporters of Czech baseball. Today and tomorrow the Czechs play Japan, and Automat is the place to be. Go Czechs!
November 9, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Baseball stole my heart. Today I won this t-shirt in a giveaway at my local, Automat Matuška, on their 2nd anniversary. One of the great things about Matuška: they’ve always been big supporters of Czech baseball. Today and tomorrow the Czechs play Japan, and Automat is the place to be. Go Czechs!