asian recommendation

was I? are you?

there is a possibility that you might not find this any good
but I love it. his lyrics, his style. BARR.

interview here:


In the midst of tripping out about everything
I realized I don't know what I'm doing.
Tried to hit, I mean, hit the town like a ton of bricks.
Hit a few sparks a little too hard, maybe it was too much,
A little bit uncomfortable,
A little bit sad.
Kind of, I mean, it was, but, a little bit confusing, even sort of mad but,
Still kind of amped on the drum and ambiguity .
I don't know how to do this so I'll be upfront.
I'm kind of worthless right now, due to circumstance,
As anything more than a person just to sleep with.
I can't be a boyfriend but I promise to be a considerate one-night stand.
Well, I said that once and it really didn't work
Even though I meant it but I guess I don't really know anyone who wants to hear that.
Well, maybe, I don't really mean it
'Cause I like people too much
Even if what I have to offer is not really enough or anything more than
You say you don't care
Your needs are pretty much the same.
You really don't want to date.
You really just want to hang out.
You two don't get attached
And I just can't either.
Okay great but it seems too good and I feel a need to reassert that the, uh, you know, my batteries are drained
And goods are damaged, mine, I'm in need of that and that.
Maybe this whole thing I did was naive and hurtful to approach you but
It really seems like you're not tripping but then
I start seeing stuff that's kind of not even there.
I'm bugging out, like,
Hey, what's up?
Um, I know it's casual but, uh,
Are you screwing my friend?
Um, wait, I guess it's all okay, we're all friends and, so, uh, you know,
We're all just friends
But if you two are doing it, I wonder, like,
Is he asking the same?
I'm sorry, though. It's really none of my business. You could d- oh, you're not even doing that?
Okay, no, you wouldn't. I'm sorry. Nevermind. Um, okay, uh.



he also made a book you can buy here

another interview here

I show my appreciation for his "the song is the single" here

buy BARRs latest album Summary here

shoes that win and why I need to make more money

CARIN WESTER

FRANK LANDE

is the name of my favourite author of the moment.

Frank Lande has written 2 books and is working on another that might come next fall. I am not sure if any of his books are available in english, but I hope they will be at some point.

I started out with his most recent book, Intervjuer, a book full of interviews basically. In the beginning I thought they were real-life interviews, but after reading a couple I realized they were probably purely fictional. They were so spot-on, specially the interview with the two girls who discuss the problem of emotional and cuddly men. I was laughing out loud more than once. The last interview is with a girl who is afraid of flying and she talks about how depressed people or people with anxiety are basically just really, really selfish. I wont reveal the ending of that interview which I found particularly clever, but the author seems to be discussing the issue of selfishness in both of his books. How these times we live in make us naturally more and more self-focused and narcissistic.

His first book is called Frank Lande (like himself) and is dealing with such a tragic issue as loosing a family member in an accident. He has written the book backwards sort of, with each chapter going back in time. Even if the book is basically about the loss of someone near/dear, it is excellently funny and sharp. Frank's stay at the mental hospital, and the part where he accidentally hits Bertine Zetlitz are so fun and cleverly written. I also loved the part where he randomly saves Kim Hiorthøys life in Barcelona, and Kim Hiorthøy in return lets him in on his secret of productivity: cloning, so Frank clones himself in order for the clone to hang out with his girlfriend and friends, while he is at home writing and making music.

I also just love the way he phrases himself: At some point he is (loosely translated from my head) "sitting down and looking around, on the chair, on the table he usually put things on so he doesn't have to bend all the way down to the floor each time he needs something," and he is wondering what the hell he is doing. Here he is being apathetic and depressed straight after his brothers tragic death, but the description of the table just made me laugh out loud. It was so random. Perhaps I am easily amused and you wont find it a tad funny.

Well, anyhow, if you understand norwegian and this sounds interesting to you, you should try picking up one of his books. Inteviews can be bought through Flamme Forlag here and the other one, Frank Lande, is probably either in your bookshop, somewhere on the internet or at your local library. You can read one of his interviews here to get a feeling of the tone in the book. Quite refreshing, I'd say.

For the rest of you, lets hope these books will be translated into your language! They are great fun and probably the best and most spot-on reads I have had all year.

planning a trip to stocholm

to visit my good friend ALBIN who started an acting school I wish I had started too.
I did have an audition there, I just never showed up. :/

and to get a hold of these shoes:

my very first crush ever

was in this guy to the right.

I found this recent interview and thought it was pretty cute/funny.

I am so excited about this page! Right now you can watch movies Martin Scorsese has picked out for free! Such a great idea this is, and pretty layout aswell. I love everything about it.

THE AUTEURS

åherreminhatt

som jeg elsker damir doma!

SS10 - PALAIS DE TOKYO from Damir Doma on Vimeo.

I want to curl up next to anyone of these boys.
det kribler i magen.

sometimes

I really feel like writing bookreviews here. I have read so much over the summer, but problem is, what I read is mostly in norwegian and I dont even know if these guys have been translated to the english. I am therefore thinking that I could start writing bookreviews in norwegian and perhaps translate parts to english. afterall norwegian is my native language and the language I am most comfortable with. do we have any readers that understand norwegian?

bianchi plus acne = bike

Cute and classy/classic is all I have to say about this bike.

I love how Acne doesn't put the foot down. They want to do it all and they do it, as easy as that. No one can tell them no.

Hair

I think something new has to happen for my hair.

Getting tired of the bangs. Although they have always been a huge part of me.

Photo: Anne Valstad Erichsen / stekepanne

I am considering several different options.

Getting rid of my bangs (but how to do this? cant just cut them off either):


Photo: Amlul

or getting a 90s cut like this

Photo: Shit and Chanel

or this

Photo: found on norwegian dj and photographer Marthe Elises facebook. Her blog here.

Its raining

I have to pee real bad. Instead I blog these youtubevideos.

Boas showed me this funny video earlier


I also really liked the sneezing panda

Veronica B. Vallenes

I like it when norwegians do good.

Just like Melanie like it when the faroese do good. (I also like it when the faroese do good)

And right now both the faroese Barbara i Göngini and the norwegian Veronica B Vallenes seem to be doing a pretty fair job in Copenhagen at least. (I'm not even there, I just read some danish fashionblogs).

These pictures of the norwegian designer Veronica B Vallenes have been borrowed from anywho.



Perhaps it's not something new entirely, but definitely something I would like to wear.

The shoes here look like shoes I have been drooling over
over at fourthandbleeker before.
so badly that I bought the first and best 90s geometric shoes I could find in a secondhandshop.
They were white. I wore them once.

Alice in Wonderland

March 2010 can not come soon enough.



It looks like the girl from In Treatment is Alice. Excellent casting.

AUREL SCHMIDT

source: google image

ADAM RESURRECTED

I WAN'T TO SEE THIS MOVIE. THIS WEEK.
JEFF GOLDBLUM IS FANTASTIC.

Directed by Paul Schrader.

THIS ONE TOO!

Where The Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are, the film adaptation of the Maurice Sendak 1963 children’s book of the same name. The film is directed by Spike Jonze.

MY LIFE / PART I

Location: Los Angeles / London