Blackie the cat isn't really satisfied with the weather. Too cold, too windy and too snowy... better to stay inside...
Friday, December 30, 2005
after after the storm
Seems like the after the storm moment was just a short break before the real snowstorm...
Thursday, December 29, 2005
tree of the magpies
During the winter a tribe of magpies live in this tree. Every night when I come home they sit there together keeping each other warm and safe. I like them.
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
oooops...
It's always a good thing to remember to open the gate before you try to take the car out for a spin...
the christmas spirit
Me and some colleagues celebrated the christmas vacation. Presents, wine, good food and... flutes... Everything you need for a great party. And now - finally - some rest... and silence...
Happy! Happy! Joy! Joy!
heavy german/austrian movie night part 1
Had a German/Austrian themed movie night yesterday. Heavy stuff! I started with Fritz Langs totally mind blowing movie The Testament of Dr Mabuse. It's almost impossible to understand that this movie was made back in 1933. It feels so fresh and it has a very modern pacing. There's a lot of inventive action in this movie combined with a spectacular and very dark plot. The scene where the spirit or ghost of Dr Mabuse haunts and takes control over Prof. Dr. Baum is still after all these years very strong and creepy. The car chase at the end is also absolutely brilliant. One of the best I've ever seen in a movie. The chase is illuminated by the cold lights from the cars and reflects on white stones besides the road and on spooky almost skeleton like trees. It's beautiful!
After that I travelled in time to Neukölln, Berlin, in the late 70's. The movie Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof Zoo is about 14 year old Christiane F and her descent into despair, drug addiction and prostitution. This is a real 70's movie eventhough it was made in 1981. Uli Edel has made an extremely realistic and very dark movie. It's the total opposite of heroin chic. The movie has an excellent soundtrack based on David Bowies Eno/Berlin era. V-2 Schneider and Heroes from his 1977 Heroes album are a perfect match to the story and the icy cold pictures. For more info try this insanely rich and detailed fan site. Loads of pictures and stuff.
Finally I watched the classic The Third Man (1949) directed by Carol Reed and based on a script by Graham Greene. The movie is set in a bomb-damaged Vienna, just after the Second World War, and shot in a beautiful and expressionist black and white. I think that this quote by Harry Lime (played by Orson Welles) sums the movie up pretty well:
"Don't be so gloomy. After all it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. So long Holly."
This is a movie about a society in disintegration and despair. The Austrians seems to struggle between a feeling of relief that the war and the Nazi rule is over and a feeling of humiliation towards the victorious occupying nations. This is not an allied propaganda movie - far from. It's a beautiful movie full of complex characters and storylines. It reminds me a bit of Casablanca (Alida Valli both looks and speaks like Ingrid Bergman) but the ghost like Vienna makes this movie much darker.
The End
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
max peezay
Max Peezay will have a release party at Marie Laveau the 26th of December. Could be pretty cool. Max Peezay a.k.a. Tom Piha from Fjärde Världen and Henkan. Not Fiskis but damn close...
Monday, December 19, 2005
the greenhouse
The greenhouse below my balcony... This morning was super cold... or at least pretty cold...
Sunday, December 18, 2005
nobuta yule spirit enter
Nobuta Yule Spirit Enter! Happy Yule everyone and have a great New Year! 2006 will totally rock!
from beyond the clouds
At noon the sun rose from beyond the clouds...
Eins
Hier kommt die Sonne
Zwei
Hier kommt die Sonne
Drei
Sie ist der hellste Stern von allen
Rammstein - Sonne (2001)
the yule spirit part II
Santa got so drunk last Friday the police had to pick him up. I hope he sobers up until Christmas...
lundsjön
Lundsjön covered by ice. The ice was so thin it sang when people tried out their skates on it.
the fiskayet stone circles
Another beautiful winter day. Two three hours of sunshine between dawn and dusk. In front of the house you can see our own stone circle. Works wonders for your fertility...
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Space Race
Welcome to nerd paradise. This fantastic BBC docudrama tell us the story about the great space race during the 50's and 60's. The main characters are the Soviet Chief Designer Sergei Korolev and his US opposite, the former German rocket scientist, Wernher von Braun. This docudrama looks both beautiful and impressive and really let you take a close look at the incredible efforts that were put into the race to the moon. Unfortunately Sergei Korolev died before he could see his dream realized. I really recommend this BBC production.
Monday, December 12, 2005
nobuta wo produce
Nobuta wo produce is a totally excellent dorama. It has everything you want from a good TV show - it's fun, it's sad, it's weird and it's spooky. The main characters are Shuji, played by KAT-TUN vocalist Kamenashi Kazuya, Akira, played by NewS member Yamashita Tomohisa and Noboko, played by the brilliant Horikita Maki. Overall the acting is great considering that this is a dorama, not a movie. There's a great vibe between the actors and they all have their own charming little trademarks. At its best this show is a crazy combination of The Breakfast Club, Heathers, Nightmare on Elm Street, Uzumaki, Ring and Battle Royale. Nobuta Power Enter!
december 14.30
Shit... I almost missed the sun... but it actually was there for a couple of hours...
webstrarna two
It was a great concert! Webstrarna always were a very entertaining live band - they still are. I had a really great night. Thanks guys!
mosse
This is one of the original members of Webstrarna. If you wanted to discuss Gary Numan or Illuminatus! back in the 80's - this was the best man to do it with. Ewige Blumenkraft.
old friends one
Last friday (december 9th) I went away to a Webstrarna reunion concert. Met a lot of old friends from the 80's and 90's... that's like almost 15 years ago... ouch...
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