May 19 2013
My adopted hometown of Malmö, Sweden, hosted the kitsch-fest that is the Eurovision Song Contest this year. Sweden earned this honor by virtue of our song winning the contest in 2012. The surprise was that Sweden then chose Malmö as the host city over Stockholm. (I’m pretty sure the residents of the country’s capital are still …
May 10 2013
And neither one of them involves shopping at H&M, if you know what I mean.
May 05 2013
I hardly ever have erotic dreams, and on the rare occasions when I do have them, they NEVER involve anyone I actually know or even recognize (including, unfortunately, Dr. Darling). Which is what makes the dream I had early this morning about Angie Harmon so unusual. I was definitely in bed with the stunning “Rizzoli and …
Apr 26 2013
How come this never happens when I ride public transportation?
Apr 24 2013
In the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, I learned of the completely wonderful Fenway Park tradition in which the Neil Diamond classic “Sweet Caroline” is played during the 8th inning of every Boston Red Sox game. This got me thinking about all the other great Neil Diamond songs that were part of the soundtrack of …
Apr 20 2013
Today I watched a documentary about choreographer Vincent Paterson, which included snippets from a performance he created for American Choreography Honors (I presume some kind of award ceremony) shortly after 9/11. As I don’t really follow “the dance”, I’d never seen it before, and was so struck by it that I had to share it here. …
May 21 2013
It’s rare that Russia is robbed …
Alt-Media-Commentary, Culture Clash, Pop Culture
… but in the case of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest,I think it’s a pretty clear-cut case. The kitschy annual European music-fest was hosted by my Swedish hometown of Malmö this year, hence myself and many of my friends were much more engaged in the spectacle than we normally would have been. Russia’s entry was easily my favorite …
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