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May 4, 2012
Top 10 Eurovision Song Contest Winners* of All Time
In a couple of weeks, the biggest, gaudiest, gayest and easily the most-watched televised music event in the world will unfold, this year from Baku, Azerbaijan, and once again Americans will be almost completely oblivious to it. We're talking, of course, about the Eurovision Song Contest, which sta ... More >>
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April 24, 2012
Live: Refused Return To Raised Fists And Open Arms At Terminal 5
Refused w/Ceremony Terminal 5 Monday, April 23 Better than: Most of the 21st century. It took 15 years, but Refused is ready to forgive. The first injustice came when people ignored their second release, Songs To Fan The Flames Of Discontent. Refused followed that up by mocking its fans' lack of d ... More >>
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April 23, 2012
Blackface, Genital Mutilation, and Cake Cutting in Sweden! Do They Add Up to Racism, Sexism, or Art?
Oh, my. We're not sure how we missed this story out of Sweden last week (which makes that country's Girl With The Dragon Tattoo read like Cinderella in comparison), but thanks to Channing Kennedy and Jorge Rivas at Color Lines, it came screaming at us this Monday morning. So here's what appears to ... More >>
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February 19, 2012
Swedish Man Lives After Being Stuck In His Car For Months
Image ViaNew Yorkers lucked out this year with a pretty low-key winter. After last year's horrible mess of a season, mother nature gifted us with a mostly snowless couple of months so far. But you know who got absolutely rocked with snow? Sweden. So much so, that a man was recently discovered ... More >>
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December 16, 2011
Sweden Allows Citizens to Run Its Official Twitter Account
Sweden has started a new policy of allowing one of its citizens to take over its official Twitter account every week. The policy is basically a marketing move, as expressed by the CEO of the country's tourism agency in The Next Web's writeup: "No one owns the brand of Sweden more than its peo ... More >>
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November 16, 2011
Sugar Skulls to King Cakes: Global Memories and Holiday Traditions
Sweden has started a new policy of allowing one of its citizens to take over its official Twitter account every week. The policy is basically a marketing move, as expressed by the CEO of the country's tourism agency in The Next Web's writeup: "No one owns the brand of Sweden more than its peo ... More >>
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October 4, 2011
Isa Chef Ignacio Mattos Explains Why New York City Isn't the Culinary Capital of the World: Interview Part 2
Yesterday we spoke with Isa (348 Wythe Avenue, 347-689-3594) chef Ignacio Mattos about how he's trying to change the language of food and further culinary innovation. Today, he explains why New York City is behind the times and he reveals what he cooks on his days off. What are your thoughts on Ne ... More >>
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September 28, 2011
What Swedes Really Do With Their Used Candy Canes
The window display of the Swedish candy canes called polkagrisar I like to keep careful track of what goes on at Sockerbit, the Swedish candy store on Christopher Street. The bins of candy form an anatomy of the northern European sweet tooth, and the stock has been expanded to include other Swedis ... More >>
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September 7, 2011
Moose Learns Valuable Lesson About Moderation
It's been a while since our last good, old-fashioned adorable animal in trouble post, but we think this charming tale about a moose that got drunk on a few too many fermented apples in Sweden and then became lodged in an apple tree was worth waiting for. The photos are simply precious! Also, ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
IKEA Is Hosting a Nordic Crayfish Party. Put On Those Elastic Pants!
WikipediaGet ready to suck some crayfish head juice!Summertime eating might mean burgers and Popsicles to us Americans, but over in Sweden, a highlight of summer eating is the kräftskiva, or crayfish party, when the fair Nordic races consume bucketfuls of the bright red crustaceans, swilling ... More >>
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April 27, 2011
SWEDISH SOUND SYSTEM
Swing, hip-hop, and the kitchen sink
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April 20, 2011
CRANK IT UP
A bad-ass bike show (for environmentalists)
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February 24, 2011
British Court Orders Julian Assange Extradited To Sweden
A British court ordered on Thursday that Julian Assange be extradited to Sweden to confront accusations that he sexually abused two women. Via the New York Times, Judge Howard Riddle ruled "that allegations brought by two women qualified as extraditable offenses and that the warrant seeking M ... More >>
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January 6, 2011
Hear the Mountain Goats' Score to Sir Arne's Treasure
Sir Arne's Treasure still via sixmartinis and the seventh artWhen, in December, Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle announced that he'd be doing a live score for a screening of the silent 1919 Swedish film Sir Arne's Treasure at the San Francisco Film Society, he described his plan like so ... More >>
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December 13, 2010
AQ Kafé Now Peddling Lucia Buns for St. Lucy's Day
Lauren Shockey Today, December 13, is Saint Lucy's Day, the Church feast day celebrated primarily throughout the Nordic countries, most notably in Sweden. Flaxen haired girls wearing white and perching a crown of candles on their heads might be the most recognizable image of the holiday, bu ... More >>
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October 6, 2010
Dungen+the Entrance Band
Lauren Shockey Today, December 13, is Saint Lucy's Day, the Church feast day celebrated primarily throughout the Nordic countries, most notably in Sweden. Flaxen haired girls wearing white and perching a crown of candles on their heads might be the most recognizable image of the holiday, bu ... More >>
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September 1, 2010
Babies: They May Be Catching (But Not in the Way You'd Think)
Alert: Babies are contagious, especially if you work with people who have babies. And we don't mean germy, although that's definitely true. Hey, at least you can take Theraflu for that. But if you "catch a baby" (and that's not what we mean) from a coworker, you're going to be stuck with that ... More >>
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August 28, 2010
Sweden's High Court to Worshippers of Orgasm God: "Where Do You Get Off?"
The Madonna of the Orgasm cannot even get a quickie with Sweden's highest court. Struggling to be recognized as a faith community in Sweden, the organization was rejected again this week by The Man, who said "there were no serious errors in the appeal court's judgement and the case did not in ... More >>
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August 20, 2010
Week in Review: Jugga-luh-oh
Run Tila, run! Photo by Nate "Igor" Smith.In the week one of us went to the Gathering of the Juggalos and came back with what is increasingly looking like Stockholm Syndrome, we witnessed Tila Tequila (and Method Man) battle a pack of angry ICP fans and--shortly after she took her top off--lo ... More >>
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June 29, 2010
Taken by Trees DJ set
Run Tila, run! Photo by Nate "Igor" Smith.In the week one of us went to the Gathering of the Juggalos and came back with what is increasingly looking like Stockholm Syndrome, we witnessed Tila Tequila (and Method Man) battle a pack of angry ICP fans and--shortly after she took her top off--lo ... More >>
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June 9, 2010
Milk is Good for You, According to New Dairy Council-Backed Study. Lewis Black is not so Sure. (Video NSFW Due to Potty-Mouth)
"I'm so mad I could lactate!"A new study out of Sweden suggests that eating dairy could benefit heart health by lowering blood pressure and reducing cholesterol levels, thus cutting the risk of having a heart attack. It should be noted, however, that the study was funded in part by the Nation ... More >>
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June 8, 2010
SCANDINAVIANS DO IT SUBTLER
Two folk acts, zero amnesty
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April 16, 2010
Introducing ... A Humorous Look at Something Sad
Sad! Happy! Sad. Happy. Oof. Sometimes we hear something that's really quite sad--tragic, even--yet instead of making us feel depressed or ache for humanity or get out and do some charity work, it makes us laugh. And we feel bad about that. One time our teacher even yelled at us for laughing ... More >>
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March 24, 2010
The African
Sad! Happy! Sad. Happy. Oof. Sometimes we hear something that's really quite sad--tragic, even--yet instead of making us feel depressed or ache for humanity or get out and do some charity work, it makes us laugh. And we feel bad about that. One time our teacher even yelled at us for laughing ... More >>
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March 16, 2010
SWEDISH DELIGHT
Jazz-electro-pop from a Scandinavian songbird
Blogs
March 15, 2010
Tonight! The Lovely Feathers, Hockey, and Josefin Fundin
It may seem like SXSW is sucking the musical lifeblood out of Gotham this week, but there's plenty of talent swimming up here, against the current, anyway. Take Montreal's the Lovely Feathers (to your left), who'll transform Mercury Lounge into an indie-pop playground with their wooing vocals ... More >>
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March 2, 2010
Hammerfall
It may seem like SXSW is sucking the musical lifeblood out of Gotham this week, but there's plenty of talent swimming up here, against the current, anyway. Take Montreal's the Lovely Feathers (to your left), who'll transform Mercury Lounge into an indie-pop playground with their wooing vocals ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 23, 2010
Before the Frost
It may seem like SXSW is sucking the musical lifeblood out of Gotham this week, but there's plenty of talent swimming up here, against the current, anyway. Take Montreal's the Lovely Feathers (to your left), who'll transform Mercury Lounge into an indie-pop playground with their wooing vocals ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 2, 2010
SUPER FUZZ
Check out the latest in ecstatic noise
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 >>
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November 3, 2009
'Verboten Presents Ida Engberg'
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 >>
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September 29, 2009
TASSEL TIME
Burlesquers descend on Gotham
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September 1, 2009
A HEARTBEAT AWAY
The great Norse hope comes to the Bowery
Film
June 10, 2009
Blast! Too Flat For Its Own Good
The great Norse hope comes to the Bowery
Blogs
June 2, 2009
Tonight They're Gonna Rock You Tonight: Phish!
Props to Zach for intentionally running the words "Phish in a barrel" on this website. Starting today, the legendary jam band wanks three nights away at Jones Beach. Isis do metaphysics by way of doom metal at Irving Plaza, plus a set by sludgy post-rockers Pelican. Sweden is weathering the rece ... More >>
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April 1, 2009
Squeez Bacon
A friend brought this to my attention, and it took me an embarrassing length of time to figure out that it's an April Fools joke. But in a world filled with unnecessary and insane bacon products, this really doesn't seem so far out! Especially because this fake Squeez Bacon is meant to be Swedish, a ... More >>
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February 19, 2009
Strange Snacks of the World--Prawn/Cheese Tube
I found this industrial-sized toothpaste tube of cheese and prawn spread at Ikea. It's made by Milko, apparently one of Sweden's largest dairy companies. The spread contains cheese and prawns (tiny, pink bits of which are visible in the spread), along with shellfish stock, fish and prawn powders an ... More >>
Voice Choices
January 7, 2009
Ida Maria+Those Darlins
I found this industrial-sized toothpaste tube of cheese and prawn spread at Ikea. It's made by Milko, apparently one of Sweden's largest dairy companies. The spread contains cheese and prawns (tiny, pink bits of which are visible in the spread), along with shellfish stock, fish and prawn powders an ... More >>
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June 19, 2008
Gay Men are Really Women!
I found this industrial-sized toothpaste tube of cheese and prawn spread at Ikea. It's made by Milko, apparently one of Sweden's largest dairy companies. The spread contains cheese and prawns (tiny, pink bits of which are visible in the spread), along with shellfish stock, fish and prawn powders an ... More >>
Voice Choices
May 27, 2008
Once in a Lifetime
David Byrne asks you to make the music
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March 18, 2008
BLOW SOFTLY
Hit thy neighbor with love
Blogs
January 31, 2007
Live: Peter Bjorn and John Do the Little Things
Hit thy neighbor with love
Film
March 22, 2005
Stockholm Syndrome: Sweden's Big-City Dreams
Hit thy neighbor with love
Music
March 1, 2005
Return to Arable Land
Nowhere men from Sweden and Italy daydream of a utopia where nothing new makes sense
Music
May 6, 2003
Hellspawn Freeze Over
Swedes Stay Put for Satan
Music
October 29, 2002
Voices of the 'B' Hives
Scandinavian Garages and Carburetor Dung
Music
September 25, 2001
The Stockholm Syndrome
Scandinavian Garages and Carburetor Dung
Film
October 19, 1999
Swede Hereafter
A New Director Starts with a Happy Ending
Music
October 5, 1999
Everybody Wang Chung Again
Synthpop flocks like seagulls to indie labels you never heard of
Film
December 1, 1998
The Outlaw and His Wife
Synthpop flocks like seagulls to indie labels you never heard of
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