old kids on the block?

I guess everybody’s aware that archetypical and original boyband New Kids On The Block has reformed. Like someone said, It’s a bit hard to see what niche they’re trying to fit in now, as they’re too old for the boyband scene and they don’t have all (and never had) that much musical credibility. Like [...]

touche pas a mon emo!

I know I sometimes get annoyed with the emo-kids, but Jesus, I never wanted to beat them up (OK, maybe slap them around a bit, but that’s all, I swear). But in Mexico, people seem to really hate them. And not for a good reason, like their crap taste in music, but for being ‘homosexuals’ [...]

chris <3 tim (or tim <3 chris)

Lacking the energy to write long blog posts, I am merely going to, briefly, relate to you the shock and subsequent mirth I experienced upon reading that two of my pet peeves – Chris Cornell, formerly of Audioslave, and Timbaland, master of peculiar facial expressions when “dancing” – have joined forces. Apparently Timbaland said: [...]

don’t you wish that you could live here too?

Right.
I always suspected that Sweden is located in the butt end of the world. We don’t see daylight for months at a time, it’s cold and we’re all expected to enjoy watching hockey.* Clearly, it’s not Paradise. But never before did I feel the whole “Bumfuck, Nowhere”-thing as keenly as when I saw the [...]

you call me pussy like it’s a bad thing

A few days ago, Inga asked why ‘pussy’ is often used in a degrading way when it’s such a popular item. That question reminded me of a story a male friend told me. When he was 13 he once hurled out another word for the female genitalia in front of his soccer coach [...]

mom, can i be a lesbian when i grow up?

Sent att 11:11 PM on Saturday (quote from gtalk):
Agneta: I’m listening to Hello Saferide. She’s singing she wishes she was a lesbian.

Inga: I never wanted that… I don’t think it helps.

Agneta: I’ve been thinking about how practical it would be with someone you could borrow clothes from. I mean you could get a wardrobe [...]

hey, hey with the monkees (and neil diamond)

When I was 12 my life changed. We got cable. It was a revolution! Music videos, game shows, reruns of old shows I’d never even heard of… Man, if you haven’t grown up with two channels where they only show cartoons once a year you can’t imagine what it was like to suddenly get [...]

the dutchess and the duke

Because I’m feeling a bit fragile at the moment I need music that treats me gently. And what could be gentler than wimpy folk tunes? Nothing derogatory meant by that – I have a thing for wimpy folk tunes. After all, my mother practically raised me on Joan Baez. You don’t get much folkier or [...]

angel dust sessions

Having spent the last couple of days being sicker than the proverbial dog ever was, I really needed something to pick me up. Luckily, Idolater pointed me in the direction of the Angel Dust Sessions.
Apparently, the story goes like this. Four hours of Faith No More in the studio, working on Angel Dust, were shot [...]

cos we all gotta have faith

I know Inga is crazy about all these rocker biographies and I think that’s great, because without her, there’s a lot I wouldn’t know about the tendency among rock stars to hide in the closet and/or wet their beds.
But as much respect as I have for Nikki, Lemmy, Slash et al it wasn’t until I [...]