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Penguins etc.
While my computer died and I was getting a new hard drive, a large number of North readers emailed me about this story of a penguin who was a member of the Norwegian armed forces (!) getting knighted. Watch the video here. Yes, we have heard about this absurd story in Norway, vaguely, but the... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Klubbøya
Oslo's massive outdoor summer music festival is called Øya, but the first night of the festival takes place indoors in all the clubs in town, and is called Klubbøya. This year my band Dacianos played Klubbøya. The band currently consists of me, Håkon the drummer, Marius the metallophone... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

One in Four
Recently Aftenposten reported that new statistics show that one in four people living in Oslo is a foreign immigrant, i.e. non-Norwegian, i.e. like me. The breakdown goes like this: Year: 1998. Population of Oslo: 499,693. No. of immigrants: 85,550. Percentage: 17. Year: 2008. Population of... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Recent Art
I've been looking through my uploaded photos of recent art exhibitions and music shows we've put on. There's a lot missing (sorry Jens Hamran, sorry Somadrone) but here's some pics that weren't lost. First off, the Hilmar Fredriksen exhibition. He projected a pretty cool film onto the bar, and... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Closing Time for Spasibar (part 2)
A hilarious article has appeared in Dagbladet detailing the destruction that occurred on Spasibar's last night. Here's a photo from Dagbladet showing how they trashed the furniture - but even though the business is in a building owned by the art school, it was Spasibar's own furniture, so they... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

The Innocence of Sleeping Children
She's back in the news! The 'psychic' Norwegian Princess Märtha Louise (pictured above). The controversy this time is that her angel school has begun courses for children. For a small fee, the children will learn how to communicate with angels and how to see auras. Märtha's partner in this... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

Closing Time for Spasibar
A large bar on the posh side of Oslo, in a building connected to the art academy. Toys, mannequins, porcelain dogs, photographs and junk are everywhere. The staff are wearing robes and wigs. Crazy music is playing. At the back of the stage hangs a mosaic of the eccentric owners, who for some... Read more...
Published 2 months ago

A Load of Blather in Norway
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Published 2 months ago

Musikkfest Oslo and Other Adventures (with poetic licence)
I One June night, a tram-track threw me from my bicycle A guitar-playing hand reduced to impotent rage! Determined to play the 7th, Oslo's festival In time the hand moved - yes! - Dacianos took the stage! II There was not one but two concerts that I - injured - played For June 10th was the... Read more...
Published 3 months ago

Skien
What's this? It's the edge of art... These boxes are artworks by Kristina Müntzig, part of a collection of 'fake' furniture placed in a public park in Skien, Telemark, as part of Skien's public art festival, Tempo. Rather than showing you the art itself, I'm showing you where it meets the... Read more...
Published 3 months ago

I Like What You've Done With The Place
Since the last blog things have ticked along nicely but I've been unsure about what to blog about. I've stayed at home and we've been hosting a number of "cultural events", as we tend to do. Here are some pictures, each one enlargeable by clicking. This first pic shows the exhibition of Clas... Read more...
Published 4 months ago

Sceneity
Memories, music, words, ambiguity and mathematics will all feature in this blog entry. It is the third - and will surely be the last - time I write about the band Hanny. The first time I wrote about how I liked their first album. The second time I was actually in the band (a period that lasted... Read more...
Published 4 months ago