In September 2006, I attended an informal talk held by the Denmark-Japan Society on the subject of translating Haruki Murakami, by the English translator and professor at Harvard University, Jay Rubin. Of course this because I had been an avid fan of Murakami for years, but also because most of the books are translated by [...]

Lyrics:
You wanna know if I know where
I can’t say that I do
Don’t understand the evil and
Or how one becomes two
I just can’t recall what started it all
Or how to begin the end
I ain’t here to break it
Just see how far it will bend
Again and again, again and again
I wanna make it
I wanna make it wit [...]

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As you might know, I’ve been a part of the electronica band Dynamoe for appoximately 6-7 years. But the project itself celebrates its ten year’s anniversary this year. To accommodate this celebration, we are giving away our brand fresh album for free. If you want to check out the numbers before you make a decision [...]

Natasja [Source: Natasja's MySpace profile].
Warning: Uncontrolled rant ahead. You have been warned.
Only 5-10% of all musicians can make a living of their craftsmanship. 80% of those we never hear of. This involves many variables, but mostly, musicians either have a part time job or they have their calendars booked but never prostitutes themselves in order [...]

Brazilian Girls. Photo by Brian Knight
Just went to a concert with Brazilian Girls. An uncompromising mixture of a wide range of musical genres and expressions blended together with a wink of an eye, tongue-in-cheek attitude and femme-fatale grunge-infected electronica. They come highly recommended.

Since Bush now are sending more troops to Iraq, we might as well also celebrate the recent birthday of David Bowie by playing “I’m afraid of Americans”…