Natalija Verboten: turbo-folk singer and joy of man’s desiring.

When I started The Glory of Carniola in January of this year, my goal was to make a site that would document what life in Slovenia was like at the turn of the millennium. My referral logs, however, tell me that people aren’t interested in what life in Slovenia is like at the turn of the millennium. They’re interested in Natalija Verboten, preferably naked. I wrote about Natalija’s biggest fan in February. That post is now the number one search result for "Natalija Verboten" on Yahoo! (Even ahead of her official site.) As a result, I get numerous hits a day from people who are lustfully scouring the Internet for pictures of her and her cataclysmic cleavage. I could, of course, ignore this fact. But remember, my friends, that Tito is dead, Slovenia is a market economy, and today, at the turn of the millennium, only the free market matters. I could ignore the enormous demand for Natalija Verboten pictures, but what kind of example would I (as an American) be setting? Not the right one. Anyone who ignores the vox populi is doomed to the scrap heap of history. And so, without further ado, here are pictures of Natalija Verboten. Go forth, you lustful buzzards, and feast on them. Go, friends, go, and may the free market bless us all!

Verboten goes vishing.

Verboten sweats.

Verboten sweats some more.

Verboten imitates Elizabeth Berridge in Amadeus.

(Thanks to Dejan and Mitja for the pictures!)