emergencyentrance

G O D J U L

2010-12-24T00:01:00.003+01:00

unlike gävlebocken, my yule goat has survived many christmases, and will survive many more unless Lauren gets her little mitts on him.
Lauren on skype earlier: 'you might find one of his ears charred....haha'

a rare sight..

2010-12-23T20:59:00.000+01:00

(snapped this afternoon)

how to 'cook' a yule goat

2010-12-23T20:37:00.003+01:00

1966 Stig Gavlén came up with the idea of a giant goat made out of straw. But it turned out that Gavlén organisation did not have enough funding for the goat. Then Harry Ström, who at that time was the chairman of the Södra Kungsgatan Ideella Förening (a non-profit society), decided to pay the whole cost for the goat out of his own pocket. The goat stood until midnight of New Year's Eve, when it went up in flames. The perpetrator, who was from Hofors, Gästrikland, was found and convicted of vandalism. The first goat was insured and Ström got all his money back.
1967 Nothing happened.
1968 The goat survived. Until this year there was no fence around the goat and it was popular for children to play hide-and-seek inside and around the goat. Also, it is said that one night a couple made love inside the goat. As a result, in subsequent years the inside of the goat has been protected by a chicken-wire net.
1969 The goat was burnt down on New Year's Eve.
1970 The goat burnt down only six hours after it was assembled. Two very drunk teenagers were connected with the crime. With help from several financial contributors the goat was reassembled, this time out of lake reed.
1971 The Southern Merchants got tired of the continual burning of their goats and stopped building them. The Natural Science Club (Naturvetenskapliga Föreningen:NF) from the School of Vasa (Vasaskolan) took over. Their little goat was kicked to pieces.
1972 The goat collapsed because of sabotage.
1973 N/A
1974 Burnt.
1975 N/A
1976 Ran over by a car.
1977 N/A
1978 Again, the goat was kicked to pieces.
1979 The goat was burnt even before it was erected. A new one was built and fireproofed. It was destroyed and broken into pieces.
1980 Burnt down on Christmas Eve.
1981 Nothing happened.
1982 Burnt down on Lucia (December 13).
1983 The legs were destroyed.
1984 Burnt down on December 12, the night before Lucia.
1985 The 12.5 metre (41 ft) tall goat of the Natural Science Club was featured in the Guinness Book of Records for the first time. Even though the goat was enclosed by a 2 metres (6.6 ft) high metal fence, guarded by Securitas and even soldiers from the Gävle I 14 Infantry Regiment, it was burnt down in January.
1986 The merchants of Gävle decided they were willing to build the goat once again. From this point on there were two goats built, the Southern Merchants' and the School of Vasa's. The big goat burnt down the night before Christmas Eve.
1987 A heavily fireproofed goat was built. It got burnt down a week before Christmas.

1988 Nothing happened to the goat this year, but gamblers were for the first time able to gamble on the fate of the goat with English bookmakers.
1989 Again, the goat burnt down before it was assembled. Financial contributions from the public were raised to rebuild a goat that was burnt down in January. In March 1990 another goat was built, this time for the shooting of a Swedish motion picture called Black Jack.
1990 Nothing happened. This year the goat was guarded by many volunteers.
1991 This year the goat was joined by an advertising sled, that turned out to be illegally built. On the morning of Christmas Eve the goat was burnt down. It was later rebuilt to be taken to Stockholm as a part of protest campaign against the closing of the I 14 Infantry Regiment.
1992 The goat was burnt down eight days after it was built. The Natural Science Club's goat burnt down the same night. The Southern Merchants' goat was rebuilt, but burned down on 20 December. The perpetrator of the three attacks was caught and sent to jail. This was also the year when the Goat Committee was founded.
1993 Once more the goat was featured in the Guinness Book of Records. This time the School of Vasa's goat measured 14.9 metres (49 ft). The goat was guarded by taxi and the Home Guard. Nothing happened.
1994 Nothing happened. This year the goat followed the Swedish national hockey team to Italy for the World Championship in hockey.
1995 A Norwegian was arrested for attempting to burn down the goat. Burnt down on the morning of Christmas Day. Rebuilt to be standing before the 550th anniversary of Gävle county.
1996 Nothing happened. This was the first time that it was guarded by webcams.
1997 Damaged by fireworks. The Natural Science Club's goat was attacked too, but survived with minor damages.
1998 Burnt down on 11 December, even though there was a major blizzard. Was rebuilt.
1999 Burnt down only a couple of hours after it was erected. Rebuilt again before Lucia. The Natural Science Club's goat was burnt down as well.
2000 Burnt down a couple of days before New Year's Eve. The Natural Science Club's goat got tossed in the Gävle river.
2001 Goat set on fire on 23 December by Lawrence Jones, a 51-year-old visitor from Cleveland, Ohio, who spent 18 days in jail and was subsequently convicted and ordered to pay 100,000 Swedish kronor in damages. The court also confiscated Jones's cigarette lighter with the argument that he clearly was not able to handle it. Jones stated in court that he is no "goat burner", and believed that he was taking part in a completely legal goat-burning tradition. After Jones was released from prison he went straight back to the US without paying his fine. As of 2006 it is still unpaid. The Natural Science Club's goat was also burnt down this year.
2002 A 22 year old from Stockholm tried to set the Southern Merchants' goat on fire, but failed. The goat received only minor damage. On Lucia the goat was also guarded by the Swedish radio and TV personality Gert Fylking.
2003 Burnt down on 12 December.
2004 Burnt 21 December, only three days before Christmas Eve. The fire brigade quickly arrived on scene, but the goat could not be saved. No new goat was built.
2005 Burnt by unknown vandals reportedly dressed as Santa and a gingerbread man by shooting a flaming arrow at the goat at 21:00 on 3 December.Reconstructed on 5 December. The hunt for the arsonist responsible for the goat-burning in 2005 was featured on the weekly Swedish live broadcast TV3's "Most Wanted" ("Efterlyst") on 8 December.
2006 On the night of 15 December at 03:00, someone tried to set fire to the goat by dousing the right front leg in petrol. The red ribbon on that leg was slightly burned and fell off. The lower part of the right leg was scorched, but the rest of the goat failed to light. The leg was repaired that morning. The Natural Science Club's goat was burned at about 00:40 on the 20th December, the vandals were not seen and got away. On the night of 25 December, a drunken man managed to climb up on the goat. Before the police arrived on the scene the man climbed down and disappeared. He did not try to set fire to the goat. The Southern Merchants' goat survived New Year's Eve and was taken down on 2 January. It is now stored in a secret location.
2007 The Natural Science Club's goat – was toppled on 13 December. The Natural Science Club's goat was burned on the night of 24 December.The Southern Merchants' goat survived.
2008 10,000 people turned out for the inauguration of one of this year's goats. No back-up goat was built to replace the main goat should the worst happen, nor was the goat impregnated with flame repellent (Anna Östman, spokesperson of the Goat-committee said the repellent made it look ugly in the previous years, like a brown terrier).On the 16 of December the Natural Science Club's Goat was vandalised and later removed. On the 26 of December there was an attempt to burn down the Southern Merchants' Goat but passers-by managed to extinguish the fire. The following day the goat finally succumbed to the flames ignited by an unknown assailant at 03:50 CET.
2009 A person attempted to set the Southern Merchants' goat on fire the night of December 7. An unsuccessful attempt was made to throw the Natural Science Club's goat into the river the weekend of December 11. The culprit then tried, again without success, to set the goat on fire. Someone stole the Natural Science Club's goat utilizing a truck the night of December 14. On the night of December 23 before 04:00 the South Merchant goat was set on fire and was burned to the frame, even though it had a thick layer of snow on its back. The goat had two online webcams which were put out of service by a DoS attack, instigated by computer hackers just before the attack.
2010 On the night of December 2, arsonists made an unsuccessful attempt to burn the Natural Science Club's goat. On December 17, a Swedish news site reported that one of the guards tasked with protecting the Southern Merchants' goat had been offered payment to leave his post so that the goat could be stolen via helicopter and transported to Stockholm.

(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gävle_Goat)

listen!

2010-12-16T19:47:00.000+01:00

can't get enough of panda bear's 'last night at the jetty' at the moment.. just b e a u t i f u l !

click

play

listen

enjoy

again and again and again and again and again..

snowschmow 8"/8h

2010-12-16T19:15:00.001+01:00

..and still going strong!

(skåne today)

Claire, Lauren and Fiona.. you sure you still want to come over for new years!?!?!

(video: source)

decplaylist tsilyalpced

2010-12-11T00:16:00.000+01:00

little garçon .. born ruffians

the palm of your wave (bibio rmx) .. bibio

falling (autechre "fr 13" rmx) .. scorn

i will (los angeles version - httt disc 2) .. radiohead

revival .. soulsavers

oben beg (mk2) .. baikonour

svefn - g - englar .. sigur rós

may rain .. sand

a new error .. moderat

no more mosquitoes .. four tet

atlas .. battles

circles (unmixed) .. apparat

ramadanman / pitter .. modselektor

vcr (four tet rmx) .. the xx

too much, too much (by carter tutti) .. liars

nyc .. interpol

plants and rags .. pj harvey

when i'm in awe (feat. gonjasufi) .. the gaslamp killer

superspace .. quickspace supersport

kolniður .. jónsi

mirando .. ratatat

blue honey .. pop levi

baby day .. animal collective

lost time .. fridge

exit music (for a film) .. radiohead

s n ö e t c

2010-12-10T17:53:00.000+01:00

(camilla on her birthday - 5/12)

(my dad and zlatan)

('good' snow)

('bad' snow)

(at this point i'd already been out for 2h and had approx 5h left to go.. inspiring!)

(right, mr and mrs x, no mail for you today then!)

(top/left: a possible candidate for 'build a new house...'?)

(frozen veg)

just a randomish note ..

2010-12-02T17:54:00.000+01:00

not exactly new news, but good un-new news nonetheless (iiif you know what i mean?!).. polly announced about a week ago that she'll be releasing a new album on valentine's day next year! exciting stuff!

(liking the album artwork a lot..)

here's a little 6 music Polly interview and a taster tune from 'let england shake', 'written on the forehead'

bought this album a few weeks ago. love the first track (reminds me of a track off the Juno soundtrack we used to listen to in the five library).

Read full review of Little Garçon (Four Tet / White Williams Mixes) - BORN RUFFIANS on Boomkat.com ©

P A S S !

2010-12-01T21:11:00.000+01:00

(most likely the important-est piece of paper I've ever had in my possession)

my friday

2010-11-27T10:58:00.000+01:00

(hack-i-hu'et - i crashed into one of the "kammarna" at work and as a result i'm now rockin' this rather lovely forehead-gash)

(snowsnowsnow.. and a man and his dog)

(more snow)

(sensible footwear. yes, i've finally given in to this most swedish-ish of things and bought myself a pair of water tight/warm boots)

(l-r: my hot chocky vs. my mum's tiny cappuccino with a backdrop of my sister behind some blurry person)

350 eARTh

2010-11-21T16:03:00.000+01:00

more art..

350 eARTh

london futures exhibition

2010-11-20T11:21:00.000+01:00

this link was posted by one of the radiohead's on their website..

LONDON FUTURES

museum of london 1 october 2010 - 6 march 2011

(image (c) robert graves/didier madoc-jones - background photography (c) jason hawkes)

baikonour/forthelonelyheartsofthecosmosLISTEN!

2010-11-12T20:27:00.001+01:00

Read full review of For The Lonely Hearts Of The Cosmos - BAIKONOUR on Boomkat.com ©

c a t a t t a c k

2010-11-04T15:46:00.000+01:00

this cat is on a mission to scratch each and every postie to a blood bathy death! this is a fairly peaceful pic, moments early (which i failed to capture) his little legs and big claws were air-scratching away at me. i usually leave the mail as in the above pic, but decided to go out on a limb today and post it in properly (as we're meant to do), and, erm, the little kitty kind of just happened to "accidentally" catch his little paws in the flap as it closed.....

a wednesday

2010-11-03T21:58:00.000+01:00

(blåluvan / little blue riding hood)

(bl / lbrh again)

(found this on a letterbox on my round today: the national association for sugar addicts.. i kid you not!)

(on my way home at about 3.40pm.. )

don't look now claire ..

2010-10-24T13:57:00.001+02:00

x 3/day x 5 days/week x 52 weeks/year = ...

3120 lumps of sugar

780 cups of coffee

and then there's the tea and coffee i consume in my spare time too..... on the bright side, i am (probably) solely responsible for keeping the sugar industry in business.

me and "my" fiat 500

2010-10-24T13:24:00.000+02:00

had nothing better to do so went to have a look at my future car at the fiat showrooms... :)

G E N I U S b l o g

2010-10-16T23:13:00.000+02:00

the glamourous life of vanita

(yess, its glamourous, NOT glamorous - like the peepel att the oxford englich dicshinary must bee like so rong)

adianski...

2010-10-10T19:14:00.000+02:00

hairy stuff

2010-10-09T16:26:00.000+02:00

my little sister camilla (aka lill-strumpa) and i being styled by the super lovely sia at känsla hairdressing in norra strandgatan 11, helsingborg...

randomness

2010-10-02T14:56:00.001+02:00

(swishing by a football pitch)

(swishing through a tree tunnel)

(swishing through a tree tunnel and accidentally happen to snap myself)

(rambo sis in action)

(cute cat)

(ghetto veg reflection. this is a b/w pic, but it wouldn't make much of a difference if it was in colour... grey ghetto place!)

(sunset graffiti)

(the hooligans invade - link)

(the hooligans invade some more)

(2460 yard kiddy street art - link)

septemberus musica

2010-09-26T17:59:00.004+02:00

nude - RADIOHEAD - in rainbows

volcano (four tet instrumental) - ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM - volcano

ug - MR SCRUFF - get a move on

lovalot - M.I.A. - /\/\ /\ Y /\

night bus - BURIAL - burial

ask the dust - SOULSAVERS - it's not how far you fall, it's the way you land

untitled 5 - SIGUR RÓS - ( )

how many times (with this) - DABRYE - one/three

convergence - JONNY GREENWOOD - bodysong

clocks - FRIDGE - the sun

def surrounds us - DJ SHADOW - def surrounds us

hrs:mins:secs - DAEDELUS - hours minutes seconds

physics for everyone! - FLYING LOTUS - pattern+grid world

vose in - AUTECHRE - lp5

horizontal hold - THIS HEAT - this heat

rid of me - PJ HARVEY - rid of me
how i made my millions - RADIOHEAD - ok computer (disc 2)

nothing is ever lost or can be lost my science friend - LIARS - they threw us in a trench and stuck a monument on top

fester är över - BOB HUND - stumfilm

twilite speedball - MOS DEF - the ecstatic

everything is alright - FOUR TET - pause

analyse - THOM YORKE - the eraser

free dem - BLUE DAISY VS. TOKIMONSTA - usd

comme je suis libre - CRANES - la tragedie d'oreste et electre

innocence - BJÖRK - volta

reasons to be miserable (his name is marvin) - STEPHEN FRY - hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

hör - SCI-FI SKANE - känslan av att jorden krymper växer

may the force - DANNY DRIVE THRU - producer 2

the white flash - FLYING LOTUS FEAT. THOM YORKE - happy birthday!

eyepennies - SPARKLEHORSE FEAT. PJ HARVEY - it's a wonderful life

(oxford in autumn)

(photograph: oxford panoramas)

dj kitty

2010-09-25T15:02:00.001+02:00

thanks for this vid Lauren...it's had me giggling for days!

scotch mist

2010-09-25T02:37:00.001+02:00

the life and times of a ghetto postie

2010-09-20T20:03:00.000+02:00

(invigorating view)

(grim. just grim.)

(customised letterbox)

(...) pt 1

(...) pt 2 ...and er, where did my eyebrows go?

(björnberg eller björnbär! untranslatable... sorry!)

MORE richard p. feynman. nothing more. nothing less.

2010-09-19T14:31:00.000+02:00

richard p. feynman. nothing more. nothing less.

2010-09-19T14:26:00.000+02:00

in no particular order...

2010-09-18T23:49:00.000+02:00

breaking news: walter carjacked by cat

2010-09-07T20:44:00.000+02:00

wks 33-34 in pics

2010-08-28T17:54:00.001+02:00

(like the flatest sticky chocolate cake like ever?)

(if you say so...)

(the current #1 on my hate list...)

(i shall not miss you giant bike)

(ultra clair!)

(eine kleine kat in a pillow cave)

(6' Veg and Carolin...surrounded by hideous shoes)

beautiful oxford beautiful blog

2010-08-06T23:41:00.001+02:00

oxford daily photo

does exactly what it says on the "tin"

(south parks*, 23/7/10)

* source: percy, oxford daily photo

chalk

2010-08-06T19:40:00.000+02:00

Chalk from Rivkah Gevinson on Vimeo.

bad news everyone..

2010-07-19T22:56:00.000+02:00

badbadbadbadbad.. so many reasons, but defo badbadbad!

bbc news chocky link

(can't think of a headline)

2010-07-17T19:18:00.001+02:00

for yer swedes only: finn fem fel.. eller åtminstone två!

(hahaha..)

fyi.. elton bolton performed at konsul olssons plats on 4th july.. and i missed it, what a shame! i'm no good with photoshop, but feel free to imagine your own elton john/michael bolton hybrid. :)

wrong again

2010-07-16T23:34:00.000+02:00

i do not have some weird lamp obsession.. weird lamps just appear in my life, randomly and uninvited.

(squirrel with light bulb implant and absurdly happy dog on log in the background)

always always ALWAYS eject!!!!!

2010-07-14T14:17:00.000+02:00

IT IS one of the most basic things when disconnecting devices from computers.. and yet, it's probably one of those things most people (? ..or at least i do) "forget" to do. your computer even warns you that "data may be lost if you do not eject the device properly before disconnecting it from the source" (or something to that effect).. but very rarely are any data lost (or at least not the sort of data you'd notice if it was missing).

i synced my ipod (aka douglas) last week.. completely and utterly failed to eject it before disconnecting it from my macbook (aka fry).. BUT obviously waited to disconnect it until the "do not disconnect" message on douglas was shut off. this usually works.. no, not usually, THIS HAS ALWAYS WORKED IN THE PAST.

put on an album and discovered that the album artwork had been wiped. put on another album, then another... ALL WIPED! tried syncing it again, when that failed i tried resetting it. that failed too. re-imported the album artwork to itunes.. but NO! every single album cover was gone.
not the end of the world, but annoying. decided to leave it for a few days, trying to find a way to get the artwork back...somehow. with 10589 files in itunes, restoring it was my very last option.

decided to take the plunge today.. connected douglas to fry, power on, restore button, click.

(lesson learned)

it's taking forever to upload all my music from fry to douglas.. but will defo be well worth it as long as i get my beloved album covers back on douglas!

djulaiimjuseek

2010-07-14T00:21:00.004+02:00

you and whose army? radiohead

verold ny og oo sigur rós

3 tot 1 zonder toaster aardvarck

new york is killing me gil scott-heron

fire fire m.i.a.

nannou aphex twin

james cluster

so scientific dabrye

..and the world laughs with you flying lotus featuring thom yorke

cry! baby! bibio

kobwebz gonjasufi

ruskie electric the gaslamp killer

prospectors arrive jonny greenwood

mantra popol vuh

angelene pj harvey

ccccool world american men

ante up danny drive thru

pretty dancer mos def

young folks (diplo rmx) peter bjorn & john featuring victoria bergsman

tetrispack modeselektor

the mission jaylib

dark matters 2020 soundsystem

harrowdown hill thom yorke

chromatic faust

almost harmonia & eno '76

no hits black mountain

corc autechre

porc#1 moderat

declare independence björk

nude radiohead

(last night)

shoeses.. sweet, sweet shoeses

2010-07-11T22:46:00.000+02:00

just got back from having spent a lovely weekend in gothenburg with my friends sophie and kalle.. more on that in a day or two (or when i have uploaded the pics from my camera)..

adopted these lovely don donna clogtypeshoeses at nk in gothenburg earlier today.. love at first sight (as with most.. erm, all of my shoeses).

(don donna clogtypeheels)

another three pairs of shoeses have been welcomed into my rainbow-family of footwear this past month.. the top two via sweet lauren!

(office girl with heart-ribbon-detail)

(erm, wellington brogues.. rubber top-to-toe.. i admit i missed that tiny little detail when i ordered them on the office website.. they'll come in well handy in autumn oxford no doubt though!)

(too big/long, soon-to-be-auctioned-off-on-ebay kate kanzier brogues.. but oh so pretty!)

Everyone around here Everyone is so near It's holding on It's holding on

2010-07-09T14:03:00.001+02:00

don't speak swedish? just enjoy the pics!

..but whatever you do.. PLEASE check out this blog!!!!!

i skuggan av ett världsarv

by jerry niemi

(pic borrowed from the above blog)

(blog title: excerpt from the national anthem by ra d iohea _d)

and i wasn't there..

2010-07-04T21:55:00.000+02:00

weird fishes cLINK

idioteque cLINK

pyramid song cLINK

harrowdown hill cLINK

(thom yorke channeling mark knofler!!?!??)

things so wrong, they are right?

2010-07-03T13:46:00.004+02:00

nah, maybe not! but very, very funny!

exhibit A.

disturbingly creepy (and so WRONG) clown lamp found in a shop in järnvägsgatan, helsingborg. does eff all to ease my coulrophobia!

(too much clown on clown action for my prudish self)

exhibit B.

hasse andersson. angel buddy. the swedish equivalent of johnny cash? you decide! this 40 sec audio bite is the best i can do.. the ever elusive angel buddy!

(hasse und der engel hund)

exhibit C.

another great find, courtesy of my friend lina.. think i'll let this vid speak for itself!

steel panther - community property

(more death to all ~~but~~ metal)

exhibit D.

and lastly but not leastly.. this wonderful example of a piece of 2010 essex english: "-...yea she lives near that decapitated buildin'. -ar fink you mean derelict innit. -yea well woteva, same fing....."

(a romford bus)

thanking little lauren for this wonderful quote! :)

bibioaardvarckbinge

2010-06-27T01:33:00.000+02:00

got this album by bibio on boomkat a minute ago.. loving tracks 6, 11 and 12 especially! also thought i'd treat myself to a bit of aardvarck.. and why not?

Read full review of Ambivalence Avenue - BIBIO on Boomkat.com ©

Read full review of Choice On 12 - AARDVARCK on Boomkat.com ©

nudeXtwo

2010-06-26T22:38:00.000+02:00

hihi.. just figured out how to edit the html!!!

oh, how i wish i owned these remixes.. but considering only 300 copies were made of the top one.. i'm thinking it may never happen! :(

Read full review of Nude - ANONYMOUS / UNKNOWN on Boomkat.com ©

Read full review of Nude / Harrowdown Hill (Ripperton Mixes) - THOM YORKE / RIPPERTON on Boomkat.com ©

midsommar 2010

2010-06-25T00:07:00.000+02:00

..glad midsommar..

hipp hipp hurra hurra hurra

2010-06-12T12:09:00.001+02:00

grattis på födelsedagen

lilla mamma

!!!!!

(mum+dad in the early-mid 70s)

yes...

2010-06-10T22:08:00.000+02:00

..i did!

(five scoops of ice cream...a mars bar...whipped cream...dried apricot...daim+chocolate sprinkles...wafers)

midnight music

2010-06-07T00:07:00.010+02:00

the clock - THOM YORKE

auditorium - MOS DEF

hombre - M.I.A.

young folks (diplo youngest folks remix) - PETER, BJORN & JOHN FEAT. VICTORIA BERGMAN

baiafro - THE GASLAMP KILLER

rae - AUTECHRE

heavy - JAYLIB

angel's harp - DANGER MOUSE & SPARKLEHORSE FEAT. BLACK FRANCIS

kill bill vol. 4 - MODESELEKTOR

atmosphere - HARMONIA & ENO '76

124 mile - ROSKA

no girl so sweet - PJ HARVEY

ante up - DANNY DRIVE THRU

exhibit a - JAY ELECTRONICA

up the bracket - THE LIBERTINES

slime & oxygen - THE BLACK LIPS

on the vista - BLACROK FEAT. MOS DEF

kinetic - RADIOHEAD

protection - LIARS

..and the world laughs with you - FLYING LOTUS FEAT. THOM YORKE

convergence - JONNY GREENWOOD

dednd - GONJASUFI

formula - APHEX TWIN

computer liebe - KRAFTWERK

i can't win - THE STROKES

linus on da line

2010-06-06T16:41:00.001+02:00

it was quite expensive.. but i just had to have this linus på linjen tote bag! it's from this fantastic little shop in helsingborg called the t-shirt store! well worth a look if you're into yer t's n stuff!

(en linus på en linje)

happy sunday everyone!!!

prospectors arrive on repeat...

2010-06-04T23:10:00.001+02:00

feel an urgent need to share this beautiful piece of music with you lovely peepsters... lauren and i were both listening to it on repeat when we were chatting on msn the other night...such a nerdy thing to do, yet so good!

clickski-clickski on the linkski: jonny greenwood - prospectors arrive

(jonny...)

the track is from the there will be blood soundtrack by the way...

had another dream about being back in the five library last night. i was, yet again, very bossy and quite angry for some reason...? lauren had bought tickets for a radiohead gig but laurie wouldn't give her the time off as five was launching new channels and rebranding (...why i had not thought to buy a ticket to see my favorite band, i don't know!!!). the details of the dream are fairly vague but one thing i do remember was that in the rebranding "plan", five was adding -able to everything, as in it's five-able etc. very weird, and it didn't make any more sense in my dream than it does in real life!

because we separate like ripples on a blank shore (in rainbows)

2010-05-28T16:14:00.002+02:00

svensexerobot försvunnen och återfunnen (translation: stag party robot lost and found)

found the above article in today's helsingborgs dagblad online edition with this picture next to it...

(r2d2 - the original)

my immediate thought was: someone's put in quite a few hours and a hell of a lot of effort into making a r2d2 copy!!!

i proceed to click on the link to the article and this meets my poor, poor eyes...

scroll down

scroll down

scroll down

a bit further

a bit further still

...

and now brace yourself...

...

(r2d2 - the "clone")

the resemblance is UNCANNY, no!?! ;)

(blog title: excerpt from track: reckoner. band: radiohead. album: in rainbows)

wednesday-evening-shoe-binge

2010-05-26T22:57:00.013+02:00

new shoeses.. currently on their way to the little one (aka lauren) as office doesn't ship sale items outside the uk mainland (bad, bad office)!!!

(a little bow red patent lt)

(melissa joy flat brogue blue)

(frank burgundy)

thanks again little one!!! you're a star!!!

2010 hasn't been a very productive shoe year so far (probably more to do with lack of money than lack of nice shoes though). it's hard work trying to catch up on/feed my annual shoe buying habit. but i do have reputation to think about after all! these'll only be numbers 5-6-7 this year. ..i usually average 1-3 pairs/month, so i'm well behind!

thinking these'll go perfectly with my "oxford look".. :)

towel day 2010

2010-05-25T00:07:00.001+02:00

happy

towel

day

2010

(proud towel carrier)

towel day link

douglas adams link

h2g2 link

fog

2010-05-22T19:40:00.001+02:00

a thick fog rolled in over helsingborg earlier today. it looked surreal and was so thick it was impossible to see denmark. we could hear the fog coming before we saw it.. fog tends to be very loud in one of the world's busies straits - öresund. the ferries and ships sounding their horns(?) every few seconds.

helsingborgs dagblad fog link
port of helsingborg webcam

not very exciting "news", but an excuse to publish the pic above. clear skies then a wall of water vapour.

...sorry, i'm really losing it. the boredom has set in big time. i miss oxford...

spf 50

2010-05-21T20:14:00.000+02:00

let the pic below be a lesson and reminder to you all of the importance of wearing sunblock!!!

(me rocking the not so discreet chunky-stripey-arms-look)

i doubt the peppermint-stick-look will ever catch on and/or become widely accepted as a "good look".

(me rocking the weirdly-short-n-chunky-looking-injured-legs-look)

took my postie shorts out for a spin today. first time this year!!! nice, hot and so very summery over here. about 21c today, yet the temperature barely climbed to 3c only a couple of days ago.

(y u m)

don't cry out or hit the alarm

2010-05-18T22:16:00.000+02:00

i have done it

again

i have sold my soul

...

(blog title: excerpt from climbing up the walls . radiohead . ok computer)

SUNday-SUN=day

2010-05-16T18:16:00.000+02:00

(*)

sacked and fined 1000gbp for a joke about an airport? - david mitchell, the observer, 16th may 2010

come to think of it.. lots of good stuff in today's online observer! ..the charles kennedy article, karen elson interview etc

* pic borrowed from dead air space

nanananana.. nanana.

2010-05-10T23:18:00.000+02:00

so very glad i got this album. it's f**king amazing. can't get enough of it at the moment..

(clickclackclick link to listen)

kobwebz, holidays, love of reign, dedNd, and i've given are my current favorites...

a million billion polystyrene cups of tea

2010-05-09T21:49:00.000+02:00

(i'm more of a twinings girl myself...but this pic of a polystyrene cup of tea will have to do...it reminds me of my five lib days...)

had the funniest dream last night. i dreamed that i was back working in the five library at 1 stephen street. and so was claire and paul. dave had taken over my old job (as he did in real life), but it seemed to mean sweet fa to me as i just marched on in there, taking no notice of poor dave. i then started ordering people about and getting ready for the tape meeting (which, in my dream, meant we had to translate all the programme titles into swedish?). i think dave was trying to tell me that i was at his desk (my old one) doing his job, but i just ignored him completely. i remember there being a christmas tree on the desk and i rudely pointed out to dave that he should stop going on about it being his desk when it was clearly mine...i mean of course it was. there was a christmas tree on the bloody thing!

dave, is richard still in costa rica?

grænmetis maí spila listi og feynman uppdráttur

2010-05-09T01:16:00.000+02:00

i might be wrong -*- radiohead

the wrong coat for you mt. heart attack -*- liars

lose your soul -*- dead man's bones

turk mex -*- the gaslamp killer

boyz -*- m.i.a.

quiet dog bite hard -*- mos def

jump in the line -*- harry belafonte

veridis quo -*- daft punk

exhibit c -*- jay electronica

a new error -*- moderat

shadows of tomorrow -*- madvillain

riot -*- flying lotus

a wolf at the door (it girl. rag doll) -*- radiohead

little girl (feat. julian casablanca) -*- danger mouse & sparkle horse

shame -*- pj harvey

kid a -*- radiohead

avril 14th -*- aphex twin

untitled 7 -*- sigur rós

proud evolution (thom yorke 500qd remix) -*- liars

holidays -*- gonjasufi

track 16 -*- prefuse 73

these are my twisted words -*- radiohead

uri caine meets thom yorke --* bender us flexo

ilanders -*- autechre

cortical songs (thom yorke neuron trigger mix) -*- john matthias, nick ryan & thom yorke

veni vidi vici (diplo remix) -*- black lips

ain't nothing like you (hoochie coo) -*- blakroc

godspeed -*- modeselektor

hengilás -*- jónsi

how to disappear completely -*- radiohead

"in this feynman diagram, an electron and positron annihilate, producing a virtual photon that becomes a quark-antiquark pair. then one radiates a gluon." *

me, i think this is beautiful..

* wikipedia

We've got heads on sticks You've got ventriloquists

2010-05-05T15:09:00.001+02:00

the uk election is ON. following it with one part excitement, one part pure fear! the bbc election website's live poll tracker is useful...but the current (2pm gmt) result is hardly surprising (or very promising). but trying to stay optimistic...it's not over just yet!

on a happier note..

the little blackbird chicks are looking a lot less scary now they've "grown" feathers...and the tiny nest is getting more and more cramped by the day! i'm yet to snapp a pic of mummy blackbird...she's a bit shy and always abandons the nest when i'm getting too close.

(monday chicks)

(wednesday chicks)

(hitchhiking ladybird)

not quite ford prefect or arthur dent, but this (barely visible) ladybird hitched a ride with moi from minörgatan to grönkullagatan the other day.

(blog title: excerpt from kid a, radiohead, kid a)

15 steps.. then a sheer drop..

2010-04-30T22:45:00.000+02:00

and the winner of this week's worst magazine cover iiiiiiiisss...

(dramatic pause)

(dramatic pause)

(dramatic pause)

bangolf magazine..issue 2..2010!!!

(applause!!!)

it's not the people on the cover that is the "problem" with this pic (some people at work thought i was poking fun at the people on the cover and/or their crazy golf hobby...i'm not...that would be bullying and i do not take part in any such activities). it's everything else! the terrible, unappealing layout. the blurry and overexposed photograph. the poorly "composed" picture. the photographer didn't even manage to get all the people in the picture smiling. i could go on...
and if you think the cover is bad...you should see the editorial pages!!! 30%+ of the pictures were blurry and looked as if they'd been snapped with a crappy mobile phone camera...i fear it doesn't just look as if they were...
whoever is the eic for this pile of crap should be ashamed of him-/herself!

rantrantrant

ok.. i know. crazy golf magazines will probably never be big sellers. bangolf magazine will never be put next to golf punk (it was? a beautifully edited golf/fashion magazine that i audited a few years ago) at the news agents. and yes, it must be f**king soul destroying having to edit a magazine like this (that no, or very few people read), but still..

and oh...i had my first driving lesson on wednesday and it went very well indeed!!! my driving instructor said i'll have my driving licence in no time!!!!! :)

(blog title: excerpt from 15 step-----radiohead-----in rainbows)

It is too late now Because You have not been paying attention

2010-04-29T20:48:00.000+02:00

..watches, ugly beyond most words currently in use on this planet..

(no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no..)

and

(why why why why why why why why why why why why why..)

pt1

i'll try and get a "better" pic of these watch-monstrosities the next time i'm at söderpunkten. don't think the lady in the shop was too happy about me taking photos of, and mocking the utter ugliness of "her" watches..

..lovable thomas (incl. lovable dummy and a lovable baby blanket!)..

(no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no..)

and

(why why why why why why why why why why why why why..)

pt2

imagine hugging the realistic baby doll thomas! (yes, imagine that...*shudder*)

this adorable little baby doll boy is completely impossible to resist! (eek!)

thomas is a masterpiece within the doll making industry and he's made from realtouch TM vinyl (!)

comes with lovable accessories! (a dummy, lovable?)

make sure you reserve your copy of this high-quality, limited edition doll today!

the above are the bradford exchange's words and their useless translator AND even more useless proof reader (i found no less than two major spelling mistakes and 15+ grammatical errors in the text..)!

(i feel sort of quite dirty linking to BE's website...but you just HAVE TO check it out. creepy-weirdout value: 10/10! - who buys this sh.. stuff? and why? ...it's not even marketed to kids, it's dolls for adults...and YES, i realise how pervy that sounds...and IT IS!)

..chix..

(the chicks have emerged!!!)

(blogger has FINALLY added a spell check tool...no more lame excuses for my poor spelling!)

(blog title: excerpt from 2+2=5radioheadhailtothethief)

an interview

2010-04-25T15:22:00.000+02:00

brilliant interview!!!

vincent kartheiser: 'i definitely do psycopathic. i don't try to, but it just sneaks out' - nick adams, the observer, sun 25th april

(far right: vincent kartheiser as pete campbell)

I might be wrong I might be wrong I could have sworn I saw a light coming home

2010-04-24T14:54:00.005+02:00

this gonjasufi album has been haunting me for weeks.
it's just sort of popped up all over the place.
begging me to buy it.
..
why fight it.
it seems inevitable.
this album is supposed to be in my record collection.

(a sufi and a killer)

also pre-ordered flying lotus' new album (out 3rd/4th may) .. mucho excited about this one! not only a brilliant album (no doubt!?) .. but the album cover .. sheer beauty!

(cosmogramma)

to apply or not to apply? (link) HELP!

(blog title: excerpt from i might be wrong by none other than radiohead/amnesiac)

birds thrown around, bullets for hail.

2010-04-23T22:52:00.000+02:00

birdy housing shortage???

(blog title: excerpt from scatterBRAIN:::RADIOheadski:::hailTOtheTHIEF)

did you know...?

2010-04-18T19:31:00.000+02:00

.. as the trivia fanatic that i am ..

.. i thought you other trivia fanatics might enjoy this too ..

.. why be selfish ..

.. read about this in illustrerad vetenskap a moment ago ..

.. history isn't one of my subjects ..

.. so no doubt this will be old "news" to quite a few of you ..

.. perhaps i'm the only person in the whole wide wicked world that didn't know about this ..

.. if that's the case ..

.. apologies for forcing old "news" like this upon you all ..

the french revolutionary calendar

metal or mineral for you sir?

2010-04-18T16:58:00.001+02:00

i have (possibly) managed to get myself into a bit of a pickle over calcium...as you do, hahaha! i recently found a really good vegetarian webiste with lots easily accessible nutritional information. BUT, they claim calcium is a mineral! i distinctively remember that calcium was the hot topic in the c-series (?) of qi a few years ago...and that it is in fact an alkaline earth metal, not a mineral. i - for whatever reason - decided it would be a super idea to email the veg website (how VERY uncharachteristic of me) and i had a reply from them today...they're not backing down. they still claim calcium is a mineral. the guy that replied to me is a physicist (eek), and he was having none of it! so checked again...and calcium IS a metal according to the periodic table. calcium phosphate however, is classed as a mineral. messing with physicists is not something i do on a regular basis...it's scary stuff...and i hate being wrong. but the thing is, i don't think i am in this case! i'm currently working on a reply...my aim is not to offend or upset anyone...just want to know what is what. maybe i misunderstood something?

(calcium: Ca + atomic number 20)

qi calcium clip
stephen fry on religion - completely unrelated to the above...but i feel obliged to share these beautiful words

(stephen - made of metal or minerals?)

there are two colours in my head

2010-04-17T17:31:00.006+02:00

grey afternoon. joined by thom and pj (tiny talented people..) on douglas*:

schweet schpring.. under an icelandic volcanic ash cloud.. the sun hiding behind the branches of a tree..

(stadsparken on a thursday afternoon)

(kat&&&veg..after a seven sec photoshopping session)

(my future car .. fiat 500 .. i can really see myself driving this little beauty around oxfordshire .. it's so right)

the driving is going great.. especially since we lowered the steering wheel (the life and times of a short-a**e).. went driving around the nw skåne countryside for nearly two hours yesterday, drove to the supermarket and then all the way home and parked the car outside my building! i have my first real lesson in two weeks time, and i'm gonna sit two mini theory tests next week (so really, what i should be doing right now is studying and NOT writing nonsense on e²).

style inspiration .. lady polly jean h .. i NEED a dress like this ..... needneedneed .. guess i'll just have to make one .. i do own a sewing machine after all, hehe!!!!! :)

(on closer inspection .. is pj wearing pj?)

(this is NOT a product placement)

vegetarian cheese! not easy to find (weird, considering there are somewhere between 40.000-400.000 vegetarians (400k according to veggiemind, 40k accoring to wiki...but a 0 more or less is unimportant in this case...vegetarianism is widespread - the supermarkets are ignorant) in tiny little swedenland), so i was overjoyed to find these in the supermarket yesterday.. just hope they taste nice too!)

and finally..

the annual hunt for the perfect ballerina pumps is on. why, oh f**king why is it so f**king difficult to find a pair of f**king black, leather f**king ballerina f**king pumps??? me not understand why this should be such a problem.. every year! YOU find a pair..YOU let me know..YES?!

(almost there.. a little too shiny though)

hiermit möchte ich mich verabschieden!

* my ipod

(blog title: excpert from everything in its right place-radioheadur-KIDa)

Floating upon the surface for The birds, the birds, the birds

2010-04-09T19:54:00.000+02:00

(schpring is ON)

yes...i.am.driving...a.real.car!

(blog title: excerpt from talk show host . radioheadur . the bends limited edition)

legoART

2010-04-05T20:16:00.000+02:00

legoART bY caMilla

Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon Everything Everything Everything Everything in its right place

2010-04-05T19:32:00.000+02:00

(a vulture among the cute, fluffy chicks)

(blog title: excerpt from everything in its right place - radioheadski - kid a)

sunday papers

2010-04-04T21:03:00.000+02:00

brian cox: the man with the stars in his eyes - casper llewellyn smith, the observer, sun 4th april

so who's going to tell the cows they're going to get an hour's less sleep? - david mitchell, the observer, sun 4th april

Kicking and squealing gucci little piggy You don't remember You don't remember Why don't you remember my name? Off with his head, man Off with his head, man

2010-04-04T19:58:00.003+02:00

cute...but lethal!

tights mk 1: so ugly i had to have 'em!

tights mk 2: so ugly i had to have 'em!

the bestestest beer in the world...is czech of course...herold bohemian black lager!

wise towel!

and for those of you unaware of the greatness of towels...

"A towel, it [the hitchhiker's guide] says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. Partly it has great practical value. You can wrap it around you for warmth as you bound across the cold moons of Jaglan Beta; you can lie on it on the brilliant marble-sanded beaches of Santraginus V, inhaling the heady sea vapors; you can sleep under it beneath the stars which shine so redly on the desert world of Kakrafoon; use it to sail a miniraft down the slow heavy River Moth; wet it for use in hand-to-hand-combat; wrap it round your head to ward off noxious fumes or avoid the gaze of the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal (such a mind-boggingly stupid animal, it assumes that if you can't see it, it can't see you); you can wave your towel in emergencies as a distress signal, and of course dry yourself off with it if it still seems to be clean enough." - douglas adam s, the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy / chapter three

...oh, and for you dna* fans out there, don't forget towel day on 25th may!!!

(blog title: excerpt from paranoid android.radiohead.ok computer...according to some sources, this song is named after marvin in h2g2**)

* douglas noël adams

** acronym for the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy

aprilMUSIC

2010-04-02T22:18:00.001+02:00

i might be wrong .. radiohead .. amnesiac

exhibit c .. jay electronica .. exhibit c ep

avril 14th .. aphex twin .. drukqs

protection .. liars .. liars

1983 (daedelus odd-dance party remix) .. flying lotus .. 1983

gazzillion ear (thom yorke remix) .. doom .. gazzillion ear remixes

boyz .. m.i.a. .. kala

thehollowearth .. thom yorke .. feelingpulledapartbyhorses ep

new error .. moderat .. moderat

ms. fat booty .. mos def .. soundwave presents the mos def collection

rollin' & scratchin' .. daft punk .. homework

walkie talkie .. dj shadow .. the private press

proud evolution (thom yorke 500qd remix) .. liars .. sisterworld

godspeed .. modeselektor .. happy birthday!

burst generator .. the chemical brothers .. we are the night

hope you're happy .. blakroc .. blakroc

a little word in your ear .. tom vek .. we have sound

the piano .. pj harvey .. white chalk

atmosphere .. joy division .. substance 1977-1980

pain (feat. iggy pop) .. danger mouse & sparklehorse .. dark night of the soul

the mercy seat .. nick cave & the bad seeds .. live seeds

hörlurar .. bob hund .. düsseldorf

in the room where you sleep .. dead man's bones .. dead man's bones

black hearted love .. pj harvey & john parish .. a woman and a man walked by

paperbag writer .. radiohead .. com lag ep

untitled 7 .. sigur rós .. ( )

??? .. prefuse 73 .. surrounded by silence

cortical songs (thom yorke neuron trigger mix) .. john matthias, nick ryan & thom yorke .. cortical songs

celestial annhilation .. unkle .. psyence fiction

uri caine meets thom yorke .. bender us flexo .. botox party

That's it, sir You're leaving The crackle of pigskin The dust and the screaming The yuppies networking

2010-04-01T22:36:00.003+02:00

..läs och lär..

GREENWASH - grönmålning av svarta miljösamveten

utgiven av

..unhealthily obsessed with..

modeselektor

jay electronica

DOOM

danger mouse and sparklehorse

sigur rós

mos def

prefuse 73

m.i.a.

flying lotus

lady polly jean harvey

liars

&&&..

herr thomas e. yorke und radiokopf (...but that should go w/out saying by now!!!!!)

(100% radioheaders)

..driving..

yup, that's going pretty well...actually!

no major disasters so far...

the car is still in one piece

no dents

no cracks

no smashed headlights

speeding may be a problem...will have to work on that

as well as staying on the right hand side of the road (british brain...or maybe just practising?)

not great at reversing either (again, speed seems to be the major issue here...and a severe lack of patience, unsurprisingly)

BUT

alright at maneuvering the car as long as it's going forward

also not scared of oncoming traffic

or roundabouts

but

cyclists make me nervous

and children too

and wildlife

and old people going way, way, way below the speed limit and indicating too f**king early when they're about to make a left/right turn...then giving me evils when i cross "their" path...but how was i to know that they were gonna make a turn at the 5th road along and not the first one...stop f**king indicating, flashing your little right/left head-/rear lights if you're not about to make a turn at the next road.

just watched something something something dark side...and came to think of one of my favorite family guy clips...the one where jesus performs a "magic trick" in stewie griffin: the untold story

(sweet jesus)

lots of love to you all,

RandomlyRoadRagingVeg

(blog title: ausschneiden aus paranoid android von radiokopf aus ok computer)

please excuse me but i've got to ask.....are you only being nice because you want something?

2010-03-28T21:48:00.001+02:00

"borrowed" this pic of zlatan (in a compromising position) from my sister's blog...

the official explanation is that he's "playing with the cords under the cupboard"

mmm, yea right, of course he is...!

(blog title: excerpt from the eraser by thom yorke off the eraser)

bday£££music

2010-03-28T00:26:00.000+01:00

modeselektor - hello mom!

sparklehorse - it's a beautiful life

flying lotus - los angeles

mos def - the ecstatic

harmonia and eno '76 - tracks and traces

Before you run away from me Before you're lost between the notes The beat goes round and round The beat goes round and round

2010-03-27T23:09:00.002+01:00

week twelve picturama

lift safety certificate at kurirgatan 6b

issued: 1976

expired: 1977

alternative: seven flights of stairs

thanking the lady klirr

three of my very most favorite things

radioheadski - oxford(shire) - chocs

so very special

thanks again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again...

(the 7" is radiohead's street spirit on white vinyl)

ty art by klirr

hihihi...

1. kock = chef

2. örk = yuck

3. snapped this last night when carolin and i walked home from our night out

rhubarb and strawberry cheese cake a lá veg (minus the rhubarb, plus raspberry compote)

the berries are slightly off centre...i know it's silly, but it really f**king annoys me...

earth hour 2010 at the veg residence

and finally

the roads are safe

no more

a veg behind the wheel

mph: 104

...BEWARE...

where? väla södra industrial estate

when? tomorrow afternoon

what? my first driving lesson

why? ...

how? hah!

...BEWARE...

(blog title: excerpt from jigsaw falling into place:radiohead:inrainbows)

TURN OFF YOUR LIGHTS TONIGHT AT 8.30PM

2010-03-27T00:01:00.014+01:00

turn

OFF

YouR

LIGHTS

T.O.N.I.G.H.T

8.30pm

:):):):):)

2010-03-26T17:10:00.002+01:00

...:::!!!III THANKS EVERYBODY III!!!:::...

marchmusiccc

2010-03-18T00:00:00.001+01:00

the amazing sound of orgy /// radiohead

little girl /// danger mouse and sparklehorse

plastercast of everything /// liars

lose your soul /// dead man's bones

girlfriend in a coma /// the smiths

ceremony (live) /// joy division

thehollowearth /// thom yorke

déboutonner /// modeselektor

pull up the people /// m.i.a.

astronauts /// cranes

untitled 7 /// sigur rós

i love you (me either) /// cat power & karen elson

superstar /// sonic youth

white chalk /// pj harvey

come to me /// björk

stem/long stem /// dj shadow

meat grinder /// madvillain

spacelab /// kraftwerk

burst generator /// the chemical brothers

da funk /// daft punk

like spinning plates /// radiohead

the other side of mt. heart attack /// liars

to be continued...

EARTH HOUR 2010

2010-03-17T18:43:00.001+01:00

DON'T FORGET

WWF EARTH HOUR LINK

the easiest way to sell your soul is to carry on believing that we don't exist it must be hard with your head on backwards

2010-03-17T18:21:00.000+01:00

they may not be the prettiest american pancakes ever baked
i may not be the best cook that ever walked the earth (hah, as if!)

it doesn't stop me from trying...and today i decided to try and make american pancakes...i'm as shocked as you probably are...but i succeeded!!! they were edible...a bit more than just edible in fact...quite nice actually!

(five american pancakes with butter, blueberries, raspberries, almonds and maple syrup)

american pancakes (serves four people according to the cook book...but in reality just one tiny person!)
3 dl plain flour
1 tbs sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate
3 dl natural yoghurt
1 egg
1 tbs melted butter
(recipe: vår kok bok/norstedts förlag)

(blog title: excerpt from permanent daylight,,,radiohead,,,my iron lung ep)

anyone for a sandWISH?

2010-03-15T18:11:00.000+01:00

(embarrassingfullstop)

póstur köttur

2010-03-14T21:22:00.000+01:00

(..cat as seen through the letterbox on a monday afternoon..)

ex2 turned one yesterday...and it completely slipped my mind!

Blow into this paper bag Go home and stop grinning at everyone

2010-03-14T15:37:00.001+01:00

came across this last night while reading, erm, a donald duck comic book...

one of the ducklings...huey, dewey or louie is saying "give me a prefrontal lobotomy" in this comic strip. now, i've been reading comic books since i was a young child (disney ones amongst others) and have come to learn the fairly limited and always "child friendly" disney language. never before have i come across anything like this in a disney comic book...

how refreshing!

the script writers and artist who wrote this particular story are: lars jensen, david gerstein and flemming andersen respectively. ...and the story is about killer, zombie teddy bears that have been possesed by animal ghosts!!!

happy sunday everyone! :)

(blog title: excerpt from paperbag write-----radiohead-----com lag ep)

a bit of cc & jg

2010-03-13T15:17:00.007+01:00

humans must be to blame for climate change, say scientists - the independent, friday 5 march

gore takes aim at climate change sceptics - the independent, monday 1 march

study reveals carbon footprint of uk music industry - the guardian, friday 12 march

more music vs cc

u2 criticised for world tour carbon footprint - the guardian, friday 10 july (2009)

u2 dismiss carbon footprint criticism as 'unfair' - the guardian, monday 17 august (2009)

...finally 20% radioheadish news...jonny greenwood, more specifically!

radiohead's jonny greenwood to score film of haruki murakami novel - the guradian, monday 8 march

best note down the following in the diary: the maida vale performance of dogwood will be re-broadcast by bbc radio 3 on 19 march!!!

(left: herr greenwood playing the radio)

i sat in the cupboard and wrote it down in neat they were cheering and waving cheering and waving twitching and salivating like with myxomatosis but it got edited fucked up strangled beaten up

2010-03-09T22:12:00.000+01:00

to lady claire...

this won't make your newly acquired black eye disappear any quicker...but it might help you ignore the blackness for a little while...

have some

and a few squares of

then when i come over to visit, we'll got to

go for a stroll down the cowley rd, then later pop round to jericho for a yummy veg burger at

oh...and let's not forget the best café in the known universe

we'll put the world to rights over a

or two...and some

and i wouldn't mind a trip eastwards for a serious shopping spree at

a perfect day!

(blog title: excerpt from myxomatosisssssradioheadddddhaillllltoooootheeeeethiefffff)

...stepping over heads...running from the underground...

2010-03-07T13:41:00.002+01:00

a few good bits from the sunday papers

professor brian cox: 'we don't know what 96% of the universe is made of - we don't understand something fundamental' - the observer, sun 7th march
(i wish i could get bbc iplayer in sweden...)

jarvis cocker, the pop rebel doing battle with the bbc - the observer, sun 7th march

why is it that "we" only ever manage to export crap from this country???
invasion of the swedes: a cultural incursion from the north - the independent, sun 7th march

just to prove my point:

music:
abba, ace of base, roxette...all swedish "music" exports. believe it or not, but we do actually have a few good bands in this country as well...good, but lesser known outside the scandi borders: bob hund, timbuktu, ebba grön, thåström to name but a few.

literature:
stieg larsson (i now only know a couple of people that haven't succumbed to reading the millenium trilogy...and i'm one of them...and nothing/no-one in this universe could persuade me to read these books). again, there are quite a few good authors in the looong land of sweden...unfortunatelly, most of whom have never been translated into english...but you may just be able to get a german translation of the following: jonas gardell, marcus and peter birro, mark levengood.

film:
unless you're a bergman enthusiast...swedish cinema will probably leave you pretty disappointed. there are a few ok-ish films...but generally speaking, nothing to get that excited about! ...although i will say this, ernst-hugo järegård is one of my all time favorite actors.

(blog title: excerpt from 4minutewarningradioheadinrainbowsdisk2)

return.of.the.cave.cat

2010-03-06T21:41:00.000+01:00

he's built a home!!!

a duvet cave!!!

on my sofa!!!

(smug cat in window)

what's next???

came across the below article on the guardian website earlier:
just.so.weird... so.unimaginably.bonkers... and.so.immensely.sad...
i know you shouldn't believe everything you read...and i really hope this isn't true!

girl starved to death while parents raised virtual child in online game - 5th march

your crazy kitten smile..

2010-03-04T16:16:00.000+01:00

it has been suggested that zlatan and richard (see "richard and me") are related. this could well be the case... however, as any relation between the two is yet to be established at the time of publication, i have an alternative theory...

zlatan often sits in the window behind me while i'm "working" on fry. i thought he was just checking out the birds (bird as in bird as in the winged creatures that has a tendency to plopp on my windows...pigeons and seagulls etc...don't get any ideas). little did i know that this was simply a clever cover up for looking over my shoulder when i read the richard and me blog.

so my theory is that...blood relatives or not...i'm pretty sure i know now where zlatan gets his inspiration from for his nightly escapades!

(innocent...)

(caught...HA!)

on a completely unrelated note...
tinsel and baubles. on public display. in march. (and it's not like the people that live here have forgotten/couldn't be bothered to take their christmas decorations down...they put them up yesterday!)...now, i don't consider myself a stickler for tradition/convention...in fact i like it when things are shaken up every once in a while. i'm of the whatever-makes-you-happy school of thought..

but christmas decorations in march...not sure if that will ever catch on (or that it should).

(merry xmas everyone!)

(blog title: excerpt from true love waits::radiohead::i might be wrong live recordings)

bbc 6 music.. and more

2010-03-03T22:26:00.000+01:00

has bbc 6 music fallen of deaf ears? not if the listeners have a say... - the observer 28th feb

bbc 6 music and asia network face axe in shake-up - bbc online news 2 march

bbc trust open to 6 music "rethink" - bbc online news 3rd march

click here to sign the petition

STOP THE CUTS TO THE BBC

(Why don't you quiet down) (Why don't you quiet down) (Why don't you quiet down) (Why don't you quiet down)

2010-03-03T21:15:00.008+01:00

another sleepless night
the reason comes in the shape of a cat
a meowing one

(the terminator)

i'm cat sitting my sister's cat, zlatan while she's in stockholm visiting her boyfriend. she dropped the little kitty off last night, and as i was gonna work today i decided to go to bed at a fairly "resonable" hour (for once). zlatan obviously thought i was a right bore and decided the best way to show his diapproval was by moving the cat litter around his kitty toilet (loudly), meowing looong, desperate (loud) meows, running around the flat (loudly...i thought cats were supposed to be graceful and virtually "soundless"...i was wrong) and then he's giving me puppy eyes when i'm attempting to tell him off...

rude...plain rude, i tell you!

all night..this went on all night..

i.did.not.get.any.sleep.at.all.

when my alarm went of at the crazy hour of 5.15 this morning and as i was getting out of bed...he tip toed around for a bit to make sure i wasn't going back to bed again. then he curled up into a little cat ball in a corner of my bedroom and went to sleep.

his job was done. he's now preparing himself for round two...well, we'll see about that, zlatan!

(the Thominator)

link to a giggling Thom Yorke trying to play/sing weird fishes/arpeggi at the cambridge corn exchange last week. sweet!

(blog title: excerpt from dollars&cents by radioheadur and the album amnesiacur)

It barks at no-one else but me Like it's seen a ghost I guess it's seen the sparks a-flowin No-one else would know

2010-03-01T21:28:00.002+01:00

the week (i.e. monday) in pictures...

(found this note on xxxxx's letter box..."no local mail"...ok then?)

(revenge of the pigeons)

reason: i think i may have kicked at a pigeon last week. NOT kicked, kicked AT, as in there was no physical contact between my boot and the actual bird...not that that made any difference to the bird whatsof**ingever...revenge is sweet...revenge is pigeon plopp...pigeon plopp on my window.

(blog title: excerpt from thetourist/rh/okcomputer - these words always pop into my head whenever i get barked at through a letter box by a dog...it happenes worryingly often...i'm not paranoid...it's true...dogs hates posties!)

TY

2010-02-26T21:39:00.000+01:00

the clothes are on the lawn with the furniture

2010-02-26T20:49:00.002+01:00

```..a picture show..´´´

(positive snow fingers)

(negative snow fingers)

(...blurry)

(shoeseseses...and bump on the leg)

(trying something here...?????...won't do it again)

(blogski titleski: excerptski fromski morningski bellski byski radioheadski/amnesiacski)

untitled

2010-02-22T17:02:00.001+01:00

a wolf at the door (it girl, rag doll) / radiohead

the wrong coat for you mt. heart attack / liars

buried in water / dead man's bones

building steam with a grain of salt / dj shadow

shadows of tomorrow / madvillain

xr2 / m.i.a.

iluvya / thom yorke

the black block / modeselektor

veridis quo / daft punk

u.n.k.l.e. (main title theme) / unkle

pulk/pull revolving doors / radiohead

dark night of the soul / danger mouse and sparklehorse

nattura / björk

benzie box / dangerdoom

hoochie coo / blackroc, the black keys feat. mos def and jim jones

climbing up the walls (zero 7 remix) / radiohead

black sabbath / venetian snares

skills to pay the bills / the beastie boys

hey boy hey girl / the chemical brothers

radioaktivität / kraftwerk

casino / starkland

pink and blue / outkast

the clock (surgeon remix) / thom yorke

klicketyklickklackklick

2010-02-22T14:44:00.000+01:00

drum machine by tokyo plastic