Showing posts with label old school. Show all posts
Showing posts with label old school. Show all posts

Tuesday, 31 December 2013

Happy New Year ya'll

Let it fly tonight!

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Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Beautiful Books: Du är inte klok Madicken

 
Madicken (or Madita as we say in my country) was my favourite children's book growing up, and is still amongst my most beloved. The plot is set around two sisters, seven year old Madita and five year old Lisabet Engström, living with their parents and a housemaid (Alva) in the 1910's in the suburbs of a Swedish town. It is one of Astrid Lindgren's most charming books, celebrating a carefree childhood.
The Engström family is middle class. They live in a manor called "June Hill", are well dressed and -mannered and have a good standing with the mayor's family (whom they don't necessarily see eye to eye with). Jonas, the father, works as senior editor at the local newspaper, has a bit of a sarcastic streak and is involved in communal charity work. Kajsa is a very elegant stay at home mum as accustomed in these days. Madita's best friend, next to her classmate (and former nemesis) Mia, is the 14 year old Abbe Nilsson who lives across the river with his parents. They are a working class family and from them, Madita learns what it is like to live without the privileges that come with having money. She enjoys the Nilsson's company and different lifestyle enormously (and secretly wishes to marry Abbe, who's taking her on adventurous undertakings every once in a while and is the best storyteller in the world.)
The story features a wide variety of people and social situations Madita is learning from. And the child-reader is learning along with her. Astrid Lindgren never shakes a monitory finger though, the "lessons" come along naturally, side by side with climbing up the woodshed roof, telling off the schoolmaster, meeting ghosts in the washhouse, hearing about trolls in the woods or welcoming a new sibling at christmas. The book is completed with illustrations by Ilon Wikland, one of the finest artists I've encountered, with great attention to detail.
If you're fortunate to have had a (mostly) easygoing childhood, you will recognize a great deal of your own story within the book. I'm very happy to say, I do. And reading it, I feel like being seven again.
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Wednesday, 27 November 2013

Sex and the Jazz


When you look back on SEX AND THE CITY, the series that supposedly changed the way women talk about sex, there's quite a lot to think about. What character you possibly identified with, what outfits you loved, the various glamorous locations, lots of delightfully ironic dialogues, the guys that passed trough, the guys that stuck around... 
But one of the crucial points in any television series (or any cinematic experience for that matter), apart from all the above, is indeed the soundtrack. Of course one can't go wrong with present-day music, especially when it's a present-day setting; everybody recognises the songs, there's a wide variaty of moods to choose from, easy and popular.
One could also go with a funky golden oldie selection. Or self composed melodies.
So what distinguishes this particular series from many others are infact the very cleverly interspersed syncopated tunes. If you happen to like jazz and funky rhythms it should be a no-brainer. If not, you'll still be able to catch on to the jazz-generated feeling. Cool drinks, sparkling dresses, smoky bars, urban nights. And so SEX AND THE CITY manages to transform the contemporary New York into a Town with a reminiscence of people who used to dress up with waistcoats and watch fobs, where smoking used to be chic and you could find yourself sitting next to Ella Fitzgerald on a bar stool.  What a pleasant and classic experience to have had within the main stream!



   
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Saturday, 26 October 2013

The Cat's Pajamas


There are these movies, these few, when your cat should put on the batman costume instead of it's pajamas. When you just sit there in your velvet, popcorn sprinkled movie seat or on the living room couch (depending on the age of said picture), stunned, with one "Oh my God what am I watching"- moment passing by after another. Here's a little list that might provide a hilarious movie night. (And you might notice that "vintage" films dominate the listing, for obviously obvious reasons!):

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Thursday, 10 October 2013

Arethusa Rose From Her Couch Of Snows In The Acroceraunian Mountains



 
Audrey Hepburn? Seriously, I'm in love with her. About 5 Years ago she entered my life with "Breakfast At Tiffany's" and since then I've watched every movie she's ever been in. Such a delight. There are no words to describe her. Although her personal life was far from being delightful for a long time, the spirit and wonder she expresses in her parts is captivating. Her looks are impeccable and her acting is true to life. She adapts to all of her fellow male actors perfectly and creates true chemistry. Her sense of picking parts is the cat's pyjamas and her humour is truly comical. So dears, remember her by having a party with your friends and your cat. Go to the hairdresser afterwards and announce to the coiffeur: "All off!" and then smoke you're first cigarette all over again.
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Friday, 26 November 2010

JD making all the moves you makin



Editor's note: In 2013 the "Bizarre Ride II Tour" takes a stop                                                                                                               in my Hometown. Lo and behold! the Pharcyde ship has not sailed yet!
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Sunday, 7 March 2010

Day one


To beginn this blog and to end the day on an inspiring note, Mr. Bobby Marley comes to mind:

"Woman...Woman is the Mother of creation..."

Nothing further.
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