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Poetry:

Intellectual Aristocrat

Category: Humour

One of the best friends I made during my decade in the Tolkien Society is Florence Vilén; poet, novelist, connoisseuse of art and letters. She recently published a volume of poetry, Purpurpränt. Dikter med rim och reson. And earlier tonight...

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Mika's Place for Underwear

Category: Music

11-y-o Junior bought his first own album last Saturday: Mika's The Boy Who Knew Too Much. (My own first was Depeche Mode's Some Great Reward, bought at age 12 in '84 or '85). It's an excellent record once you've...

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Beowulf Saves the Royal Pub

Category: Archaeology

The conflict that drives the first two thirds of the long poem is centred upon certain problems King Hrothgar of the Danes has with his mead-hall "The Hart".

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Medieval Church Demolished, Rune Stones Found

Category: Archaeology

On the big rune stone, dating from about AD 1000, Torgärd's poetic commemoration of her maternal uncles can be read.

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Swedish Folkie Greets Spring

Category: Music

Spring's finally reached Stockholm! To celebrate, here's a song by one of the city's finest folk singers, Stefan Sundström, off of his 1992 album Happy Hour Viser, "Happy Hour Songs". I translate:Spring Samba By Stefan Sundström One morning when...

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Voulez-vous?

Category: Music

The Mama Mia movie has revitalised interest in Swedish 70s pop giants ABBA. The other day I heard 10-y-o Junior's school choir perform "As Good As New". 5-y-o Juniorette and her pals at daycare sing garbled versions of all...

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Genius on the Edge

Category: Music

Yes he is extremely lewd, yes he is psychedelic, yes he has a plastic synth sound...

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Astronomy Nerds In Love

Category: Space

Two of my favourite song writers have revealed themselves as astronomy nerds in love songs. Frank Black in "Sir Rockaby" (1994):How many stars girl Can you both count And then classify? I'm standing here in this big swirl Singing this...

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Search Term Poetry

Category: Poetry

Extreme Tracking keeps a list of the most popular search terms that direct readers to this blog. Read in order from the most popular one down, they form the following quatrains.Aardvarchaeology nudity the Martin Rundkvist Chinese lyrics, molluscum and incest...

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Notice Board Screed

Category: Poetry

For decades, Stockholm has been the turf of photocopy artist Renate Bauer. She paints too, but her main mode of expression is hand-written prose-poetic screeds covering every square centimeter of the paper. These she photocopies and fixes with sticky...

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600 Hidden Plastic Jars

Category: Tree House Ruins

Logged my 600th geocache this bright May morning, took a picture of a treehouse ruin near the cache, then drove home listening to the Nashville Pussy. After lunch, me and the Rundkvist ladies took part in the annual street...

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All Her Favourite Fruit

Category: Poetry

Here's a particularly fine song lyric from Californian 80s indie band Camper Van Beethoven, off of their 1989 disc Key Lime Pie. The song is a folky number in march time with violin, and David Lowery's singing is exquisitely...

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Kurt Cobain and the Umbilical Noose

Category: Music

The past week I've twice heard Nirvana's 1993 song "Heart Shaped Box" on the radio. I realised that its lyrics have a number of remarkably powerful lines. Kurt Cobain was a talented man. Here are the song's two verses.She...

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Whose House Are You Haunting Tonight?

Category: Music

An album I can really recommend is LA quartet OK Go's 2005 disc Oh No. It's catchy, glammy rock with swagger and brains and decadence, recorded in Sweden and beautifully produced by Tore Johansson and the mighty Lindgård/Mopeds brothers....

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Lucifer Over London

Category: Music

Some of these angels have the face of Gods / Some of them the face of dogs

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High Standards in Swedish 70s Reggae

Category: Music

Are you feeling safe and satisfied, my friend?

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Lulubird, Shoot the Doorbell Off My Head

Category: Music

Andy's joke reminded Gerard that his sloth balloon was owned by Turkish moths.

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Carl Michael Bellman's Butterfly

Category: Books

At Haga, the butterfly can be seen making its green home...

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Book Review: Barlow, Sharp Teeth

Category: Books

Would you like to read about werewolf communes?

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If It Was Green, Then I'll Replace It

Category: Music

Here's a translation of one of my first brushes with absurdism.

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Chinese Pop Lyrics

Category: Music

The lyrics are amazing. When compared to the originals, that is.

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Sausage Skin Hat Episode

Category: Music

This triangular old man came in.

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Super Furry Archaeology

Category: Music

I keep an eye open for pop lyrics having to do with archaeology.

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La Grange

Category: Music

For about a week, the relentless riff from ZZ Top's 1973 hit song "La Grange" has been playing in my head. Such a great, great song, not least the powerful and exact drumming. And the vocals are really funny,...

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