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Norway

  • Film

    May 23, 2012

    Touring the Damage in Joachim Trier's Oslo, August 31st

    An addict revisits the people he has hurt and his own demons

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    More Fast Food, More Fat People: Study

    ​Time for more health research that basically states the obvious. In a study published in December's Critical Public Health, officials looked at the International Monetary Fund's listing of the 26 richest countries to track the relationship between eating habits and weight. Then, using Subway ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 12, 2011

    Free Will Astrology: October 12-18, 2011

    ​Time for more health research that basically states the obvious. In a study published in December's Critical Public Health, officials looked at the International Monetary Fund's listing of the 26 richest countries to track the relationship between eating habits and weight. Then, using Subway ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Westboro Baptist Church Threatens to Picket Norway Funerals

    ​The Westboro Baptist Church, the Kansas-based organization which spends its days picketing the funerals of soldiers and insisting that "God Hates Fags," has released a statement saying that it plans to protest the funerals of those killed in the July attacks in Norway.

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Norway Gunman: A Terrorist Or Insane?

    ​Aren't they one and the same thing? Whether you kill innocent people because you feel you're on some inspired mission or just because you've snapped, you're still nuts. As you know, Anders Behring Breivik set off a bomb and committed a massacre, killing 76 people in his native Norway.

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Rightbloggers Discover the Real Victims of Norway Mass Murderer Breivik: Themselves

    As you probably heard, someone bombed downtown Oslo, Norway and shot up kids in nearby Utoya, killing 93 people. it turns out that the suspect is not a jihadist but an anti-jihadist -- Anders Behring Breivik, a real deport-them-all, Norway-for-the-Norwegians type who denounced "multiculturalism," "p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Anders Behring Breivik Now Says He Collaborated With Extremist Cells

    ​Anders Behring Breivik, the 32-year-old man who has confessed to killing at least 94 people, including many young people, in two coordinated attacks in Norway on Friday -- calling the actions "atrocious but necessary," according to his racist, anti-Islam, Christian fundamentalist ideology -- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2011

    Anders Behring Breivik, Norway Killer: Attacks Were "Atrocious, But Necessary"

    ​Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right Christian extremist who killed at least 93 people in two coordinated attacks in Norway yesterday, has admitted to his crimes and says he acted alone. He has commented via a lawyer, Geir Lippestad: "He has said that he believed the actions were atrocious, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2011

    91 Dead in Norway Massacre; Heat Wave Claims Lives in U.S.

    viaAnders Behring Breivik, the suspected Norway killer. ​The death toll from yesterday's horrific violence in Norway is now reported to be 91, mostly from the youth camp shootings on Utoya island. At the camp, at least 84 people died, some as young as 16. The bombing in Oslo killed 7 and injured 9 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2011

    Anders Behring Breivik's YouTube Manifesto

    According to Norwegian TV, this is the YouTube manifesto of Anders Behring Breivik, the suspect charged with killing over 90 people in two coordinated attacks in Norway yesterday. Be warned: it contains extremely racist content. There's also a written version; it runs over 1500 pages, and you can ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 20, 2011

    The Wayward Girl

    According to Norwegian TV, this is the YouTube manifesto of Anders Behring Breivik, the suspect charged with killing over 90 people in two coordinated attacks in Norway yesterday. Be warned: it contains extremely racist content. There's also a written version; it runs over 1500 pages, and you can ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Five Curious Culinary Christmas Customs

    ​How about some eels for Christmas dinner? Get 'em on Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg. You think fruitcake and eggnog are strange? You think houses made of gingerbread are weird? Read on about some even more off-the-wall Christmas dining habits.

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Has-Beens Lip-synching to "Let It Be" (Video Below)

    ​Leave it to Norway. They have united every single fame-challenged celebrity whoever lived, and who wasn't busy at the autograph convention I recently went to in Parsippany, and shot them synching to "Let It Be" as a promo for some TV show or the other. Stick with this amazing clip and you'l ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 20, 2010

    Chronicle of a Disappearance

    ​Leave it to Norway. They have united every single fame-challenged celebrity whoever lived, and who wasn't busy at the autograph convention I recently went to in Parsippany, and shot them synching to "Let It Be" as a promo for some TV show or the other. Stick with this amazing clip and you'l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Where Can Gays Marry and Adopt?

    ​Watchdog reporter Rex Wockner knows, and he's put it all down in one handy list for future husbears and bear-ents: "Same-sex marriage is legal in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Mexico City, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 8, 2010

    SCANDINAVIANS DO IT SUBTLER

    Two folk acts, zero amnesty

  • Voice Choices

    May 4, 2010

    a-ha

    Two folk acts, zero amnesty

  • Voice Choices

    May 4, 2010

    Beach House

    Two folk acts, zero amnesty

  • Voice Choices

    March 24, 2010
  • Voice Choices

    January 19, 2010

    Serena Maneesh

    Two folk acts, zero amnesty

  • Film

    December 1, 2009

    Until the Light Takes Us: A Norwegian Black Metal Documentary

    Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell's film is missing details, and the devil that's in them

  • Voice Choices

    November 17, 2009

    SNOW DAY

    Get psyched for winter

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Pine Sol: babe magnet

    ​Cleaning product ads generally show someone, usually a woman, cleaning, or explaining how they owe it to their family to clean. With a number of recent studies showing that partners who share house work improve, among other things, their sexual relationship, Pine Sol has decided to go with cl ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 1, 2009

    A HEARTBEAT AWAY

    The great Norse hope comes to the Bowery

  • Voice Choices

    August 11, 2009

    Buried Dogs

    The great Norse hope comes to the Bowery

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Cuddly Vampire from Twilight to Play Black Metal Murderer Varg Vikernes in Lords of Chaos Adaptation

    In what producer Stuart Pollack promises to be a "funny portrait of Norway," casting has apparently begun for Lords of Chaos, the movie based on the book based on what the dust jacket shamelessly calls "the bloody rise of the satanic metal underground," or, as the rest of us refer to it, black met ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 18, 2009

    Cradle of Filth+Satyricon

    In what producer Stuart Pollack promises to be a "funny portrait of Norway," casting has apparently begun for Lords of Chaos, the movie based on the book based on what the dust jacket shamelessly calls "the bloody rise of the satanic metal underground," or, as the rest of us refer to it, black met ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 21, 2009

    GLOBE-TROTTER

    A palm tree grows in Norway

  • Voice Choices

    January 7, 2009

    The Zlatne Uste Golden Festival

    A palm tree grows in Norway

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2008

    Grim before the storm

    A palm tree grows in Norway

  • Music

    August 19, 2008

    Space-Disco Inferno, Courtesy of Lindstrøm and Full Pupp

    Cutting-edge Scandinavian DJs take over; Wham! is involved

  • Music

    June 3, 2008

    Peter Beste and the Many Shades of Black Metal

    Finally, a decent coffee-table book about Mayhem and Burzum

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2008

    Hugs and Kisses #30: Crispin Glover Records

    Finally, a decent coffee-table book about Mayhem and Burzum

  • Theater

    January 29, 2008

    Genocide Writ Small

    A Holocaust story told—successfully—through puppet theater

  • Music

    December 25, 2007

    Up to the Wire

    It takes an intrepid listener to dig out of this year's jazz avalanche

  • Music

    October 16, 2007

    The Raw Power of a Fresh Start

    Pleasurable epitaphs, avant-garde daring, and wonder-filled immigrant songs

  • Film

    August 14, 2007

    The Bothersome Man

    Pleasurable epitaphs, avant-garde daring, and wonder-filled immigrant songs

  • NYC Life

    May 8, 2007

    The Sound of Summer

    Emperor reigns. J Mascis rocks. And Panda Bear goes all California.

  • Music

    February 27, 2007

    Project Norwegian Runway

    The (possibly) next great Scandinavian rock sensation packs for the big city

  • Film

    July 11, 2006

    'The World According to Shorts'

    The (possibly) next great Scandinavian rock sensation packs for the big city

  • Film

    November 1, 2005

    A Luminous Century: Celebrating Norwegian Cinema

    The (possibly) next great Scandinavian rock sensation packs for the big city

  • Music

    August 17, 2004

    Music

    The (possibly) next great Scandinavian rock sensation packs for the big city

  • Books

    August 17, 2004

    Altered State

    The late Edward Said weighs ideas and action; neocon Francis Fukuyama blasts Bush

  • Music

    August 19, 2003

    Music

    The late Edward Said weighs ideas and action; neocon Francis Fukuyama blasts Bush

  • Film

    August 14, 2001

    Lush hour

    The late Edward Said weighs ideas and action; neocon Francis Fukuyama blasts Bush

  • News

    January 11, 2000

    Hoo Goes There

    A long-eared owl takes up residence in Central Park

  • Art

    August 3, 1999

    Water Works

    A long-eared owl takes up residence in Central Park

  • News

    July 13, 1999

    The Summer of Love

    The Women's Soccer Team Swept the U.S. Public Off Its Feet. What Happens Now That the Affair Is Over?

  • News

    June 29, 1999

    International Imbalance of Power

    The Women's Soccer Team Swept the U.S. Public Off Its Feet. What Happens Now That the Affair Is Over?

  • News

    June 15, 1999

    Women of the World: The Class of '99

    The Women's Soccer Team Swept the U.S. Public Off Its Feet. What Happens Now That the Affair Is Over?

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