A guide to what's wrong with economics - isn't that a great name for a book? So right to the point! It's published by the Post-Autistic Economics Network. Check them out! Excellent science that challenges the neo-liberal ideology and its rule over the world.
"Modern economics is sick. Economics has increasingly become an intellectual game played for its own sake and not for its practical consequences for understanding the economic world. Economists have converted the subject into a sort of social mathematics in which analytical rigour is everything and practical relevance is nothing."
Mark Blaug (who is he?)
"[Economics as taught] in America's graduate schools... bears testimony to a triumph of ideology over science."
Joseph Stiglitz (who is he?)
Monday, February 28, 2005
a guide to what's wrong with economics
Saturday, February 26, 2005
electronic beat club
March 12, Tekniska Museet, Stkhlm. Don't miss this! It will be totally excellent!
bondage fairies
Liked the Bondage Fairies helmets. Made them look like a serious pair of Viewtiful Joe otakus. Their music were good too.
subway
I like subways. It's the combination of public transport, 1984 and an insane asylum that makes it so fascinating.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
one sad little troll
This week we had a troll theme in school. Our kids made their own little trolls out of stones. I liked this one. Made by one of the special needs kids a.k.a. the class gangster. He said he wanted one big eye and one small eye to make it look crazy! I said okay - reach for the stars art boy! Then he gave the troll some weird green hair and a big sad mouth. Total perfection!
another glorious day for sl
Two days of total glorious excellens for SL. Once again the big winter surprise struck them - snow!! Has it ever snowed in Sweden during the winter before? Well, yes! Quite a lot actually. So it shouldn't come as a big surprise for the public transportation dudes. It's so totally not worth 600 Swedish kronor to use their overcrowded useless old commuter trains that they bought cheap from Uganda or some other hot high-tech place. Next time I'll steal a car instead!
Monday, February 21, 2005
the lobotom deal
hunter s thompson found dead
"On Feb. 20, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson took his life with a gunshot to the head at his fortified compound in Woody Creek, Colorado. The family will provide more information about memorial service and media contacts shortly. Hunter prized his privacy and we ask that his friends and admirers respect that privacy as well as that of his family," Juan and Anita Thompson said in a statement released to the Aspen Daily News.
I must say that I'm surprised that he managed to survive this long considering the insane amounts of drugs he used during his lifetime and his extreme interest in firearms. The fact that Hunter S Thompson reached the age of 67 must be seen as a huge victory for the human body. Besides being a former living legend Hunter S Thompson was also known as one of the creators of gonzo journalism. I remember when I first read his hilarious gonzo novel Fear and loathing in Las Vegas. I sat at a small pub in Uppsala laughing out loud for at least two hours. The other guests were looking at me wondering what the hell I was on. It was a great reading experience!
"We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers ... and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls. [...] The only thing that worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge."
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1971, Hunter S Thompson
That's the voice of a very disturbed genius.
"Dr Hunter S Thompson took his life with a gunshot to the head at his fortified compound in Woody Creek" - what more is there to be said - I miss him.
Sunday, February 20, 2005
the ghost of satie 1.1
Last week me and some colleagues from work were haunted by the ghost of Erik Satie. It was very interesting and exciting. We were at a meeting and had a CD-player standing in the window. It was turned off. But suddenly it started to play a song by Erik Satie. We tried to turn it off, but it's very hard to turn off something that's not turned on (That's the truth!). So the music just continued to play. We pulled the electric cord out but it still continued to play. Then suddenly it stopped. We were all a bit confused by this haunting. Was Mr Satie angry at us or did he just want some attention? Hard to know. But after a short while we decided to check the CD inside the player. The CD didn't contain any songs at all by Erik Satie. Could it be something like the videocassette in the Ring? Super scary!!!!! But at least seven days have past and Mr Satie has still not called me up... Maybe I'm safe now?
Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
the big bag
The Big Bag is a must for everyone living in the suburbs. It contains everything necessary for a decent life. This is the female version. My own male version is a bit smaller.
24 hour party people
This is unfortunately as far away as you can get from 24 Hour Party People. Once upon a time I was one of the best in the 24 Hour Party area, but nowadays I lack both will and interest most of the time. But Factory records actually released some songs that makes party a whole lot easier. I recommend Cath Carroll's "Moves Like You", Marcel King's "Reach For Love" and Stockholm Monsters excellent "Partyline". Try to get hold on the fantastic 4 CD Factory compilation Palatine. It's total party nostalgia.
Saturday, February 19, 2005
sponge bob & the ladies
My old pal SpongeBob SquarePants had a great time together with Maria and Clara. Plankton sat in the bar and felt low and bitter. He had him self to blame! We tried to show him how to have FUN.
Monday, February 14, 2005
yippee-ki-yay!
Finally the snow came back. I've missed it. No sledge riding without snow. But now I'm able to do some serious sledge riding again!
Sunday, February 13, 2005
the bar
This is the bar at boule1. We used it in a very thoughtful way. We're careful grown-ups now...
Oh, show us the way
to the next whisky-bar!
Oh, don't ask why; oh, don't ask why!
For we must find the next whisky-bar,
For if we don't find the next whisky-bar,
I tell you we must die!
Alabama Song, Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny by Kurt Weill & Bertold Brecht
Friday, February 11, 2005
let's lynch the landlord
Enjoy the beauty of the so called free market. Our greedy landlord Stena Fastigheter don't want to waste money on fixing old non-working garbage chutes. It's not included in the rent they say. So now Fiskis is flooded by garbage. There's absolutely nothing private enterprise can't do worse or more expensive than a government run business. Let private enterprise and the "free market" stick to what they're good at, producing cheap computers and DVD players. And make them stay the hell out of everything else! Fiskis should be public housing not a tax deduction for a lousy shipping company. It's time for a mutiny! Let the Jolly Roger replace those stupid Stena flags down at the parking lot.
There's rats chewin' up the kitchen
Roaches up to my knees
Turn the oven on, it smells like Dachau, yeah
Til the rain pours thru the ceiling
But we can, you know we can
Let's lynch the landlord man
The Dead Kennedys
ghetto wannabes
Sunday, February 06, 2005
luv u fiskayet
Todays Aftonbladet (a swedish tabloid) writes about the most dangerous places in Stkhlm. Scary! Check out Saltsjöbaden. All places mentioned, exept one of them, are in Fiskis, hahaha!!! The numbers are not part of the adress. They just show how many got beaten up there last year (not last week).
Fisksätra Torg 6 (my home adress!)
Sikgatan 4
Fisksätra Allé 3 (the view from my balcony!)
Fisksätra centrum 3
Forellgatan 3
Mörtgatan 3
Braxengatan 2
Fotbollspl. Fisksätra 2
Hamnvägen 2
Harrgatan 2
Vinterbrinksvägen 2 (this is in Igelboda/Leechville Saltis)
me & clara
This is me and Clara hanging at Zucchero. We had a good time. Today I'm very tired. I'm a burned out shell of a man.
maria & albion
Maria and Albion tries the Love glasses. Not really sure if they worked, but at least the world looks a bit more lovable through them.
fiskayet aquarium
This is aquarium Fiskayet stylee. Look how proud my neighbour Robin is! Fish is fun!
