Music & movies
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TV-dramas I feel comfortable recommending
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Before 2007 I wasn’t much of a TV-series person. My schedule didn’t really allow me to follow a specific time slot every week for a prolonged amount of time. Then came full season DVDs, downloadable TV-recordings and Internet TV; a series addict was born. Since then I have seen a respectable amount of series, some…
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Randy Newman: Short people got no reason to live!
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Short people got – no reason, short people got – no reason, short people got – no reason to live. They got – little hands, little eyes, they walk around telling great big lies, they got – little noses, and tiny little teeth, they wear – platform shoes on their nasty little feet. (Chorus) Well,…
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Eleven comedies to watch
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These are eleven comedies that I feel comfortable recommending! O’ brother where art thou: a modern take on the Odyssey Four weddings and a funeral: the hassles of getting married or not Austin Powers – International Man of Mystery: James Bond gone hippie Austin Powers – The Spy who Shagged me: Who does number two…
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Fifteen ingenious songs by Weird Al
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Weird Al Yankovic creates the most ingenious parodies of concurrent popular music, additionally he composes brilliant music of his own! Below is a list of my favourites! Amish Paradise, parody of Coolios “Gangsta’s Paradise” Fat, parody of Michael Jackson’s “Bad” You don’t love me anymore, Weird Al original Living with a Hernia, parody of James…
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Six good movies in the "drama" genre
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Recommending films is always difficult as I may ultimately be held accountable for wasting two hours out of someones life. Although a risky business, recommendations can tell you something significant about the person who gives the recommendation. Hence, I put a few recommendations up on my blog. Hearts in Atlantis Simon Birch Finding Neverland Million…
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Idiocracy
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I am looking for a particularly powerful file deletion utility to wipe the remains of this tragic movie off the hard drive my media center PC. Do not under any circumstances allow yourself to be tricked into seeing this film. Even the longest of life spans doesn’t allow for this utter and complete waste. I…
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London: Business and Black Metal
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During Easter week I had to go to London on a meeting to prepare a project proposal for the 7th framework programme. Simultaneously Avinet colleague and Vreid lead singer, Sture, was kicking off a mini-tour to launch their new CD “I Krig”. To my deep regret I had never heard Vreid play live before, despite…
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3 movies likely to inflict damage on your immortal soul
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After having discussed the topic of “damaging” films with a friend a while ago I came up with three films that I find likely to cause a bad effect on unsuspecting people. These are: Salo or the 120 days of Sodom Sweet Movie Caligula I believe the world wouldn’t have been a worse place had…
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Helsinki's tractor pub Zetor and Leningrad Cowboys
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Tractor driver chatting up woman from old Zetor-tractor at one of Zetor’s characteristic pub tables. After visiting Helsinki’s tractor pub Zetor, named after the Czech tractor brand popular during the Cold War, my interest for Leningrad Cowboys came to life again after years of slumber. The pub, owned by Aki Kaurismaki, was decorated with Zetors…
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Movie title rip-offs
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Ever since watching a Friends episode where they passed reference to a “swedish documentary” by the name of “Good Will Humping” I have wanted to find a list of titles of regular movies that have been ripped off by this industry. However – I have never quite felt comfortable searching for such information. Today I…