Album Review: Astrophobos, Remnants of Forgotten Horrors
Pär Svensson of Kurtz, himself a rock guitarist with unbelievably eclectic musical tastes, pops in with a guest entry. Hello Cleveland! Martin asked me to review the debut album of his brother’s death...
View ArticleLove’s Kind Of Crazy With A Spooky Little Boy/Girl Like You
The lyrics to Dusty Springfield’s 1970 song ”Spooky” are slightly odd. They have a woman describing her relationship with a fickle, unreliable, flirtatious man. ”Love’s kind of crazy with a spooky...
View ArticleArrival Songs
The English language has a rich tradition of songs celebrating the joys of orgasm. Here are just a few examples. Sumer Is Icumen In (anon., 13th century) Come Again (John Dowland, 1597) Come, Thou...
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In My Earbuds Lately
GOAT: the new groovy weirdness from Gothenburg Here are some good albums that I’ve been listening to lately. Dowling Poole – Bleak Strategies (2014). For all who miss the later Beatles and the Super...
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In My Earbuds Lately
Country Funk — Country Funk (1970) Here are some good albums that I’ve been listening to lately. Country Funk — Country Funk (1970). Not country and not funk: folk psych. GOAT — Commune (2014)....
View ArticleYoung Autists Next Door
My house is near an LSS housing unit. Lagen om stöd och service till vissa funktionshindrade, “The Law of Support and Service for Certain Disabled People”, mainly caters to the needs of people with...
View ArticleSeven Decades, Seven Songs
A buddy of mine tagged me on Facebook to post a good song every day for a week. Here’s what I came up with. 2000s. Robert Plant’s (once of Led Zep) beautiful 2002 cover of ”Song To The Siren”. The...
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Weekend Fun
One of four grotesque male faces on a 17th century object in the Tre Kronor castle museum. The piece looks like a little baptismal font, but the label says “possibly a kitchen mortar”. Neither function...
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Weekend Fun
Space Whale The past two weekends were a lot of fun. The Royal Technical College’s orchestra and several combined student choirs from Sweden and Finland performed Giuseppe Verdi’s 1874 Requiem, an...
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Women Singing
Basia Bulat Here’s some good tunes written and sung by women that I’ve come across recently. Broen – Boy (2015) Basia Bulat – Fool (2016) Feist – Mushaboom (2004) Florence and the Machine – Dog Days...
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