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festivals to visit before I die

rico — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:32:10 +0000

ARS Electronica in Linz, Austria
Sónar in Barcelona, Spain
SXSW in Austin, Texas, USA
Glastonbury in the UK
Airwaves, in Reykjavik, Iceland
Coachella Music and Arts festival, in Indio, California, USA
The Eden Sessions, Cornwall, UK
Burning Man, Nevada, USA

Mėnuo Juodaragis 2

rico — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:59:17 +0000

I returned from a 5 day visit to the wonderful country of Lithuania yesterday where I was visiting Vilnius, and more interestingly, the alternative post-folk and contemporary heathen culture festival Menuo Juodaragis (Black Horned Moon) in Zarasai.

First of all, Vilnius is a lovely little town with a ridiculous amount of churches. Religion is rather prominent in the city I would say. Having switched from Pagan to Catholicism, back to Pagan, to Russian Orthodox, with some more steps in between, they built a lot of churches.

Lithuanians are a nice bunch of people, they’re very friendly and helpful. Most young people speak English, but it was still a bit of a culture shock to be in a country where you don’t understand a single word (last time I had that was in Ghana). Lithuanian girls a very pretty: tall, long hair, deep blue or green eyes. Lithuanian women (35+) kind of lose that, how does that work?

Zarasai is about 150 km northeast of Vilnius, though it took 3,5 hours to get there. Somehow roads in eastern Europe are always under construction. The countryside consists mainly of forest, moors, and lakes. Very serene. The festival itself took place on an island in a big lake.

But enough babbling, just take a look at my pictures!

Ačhū!

harbor and theater

rico — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:36:17 +0000

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It was nice and sunny (but very cold) this sunday and went for a bike tour to the harbor area on the north-east side of Copenhagen. Also includes the new theater (which will open in a few weeks). Looks pretty awesome! Check out the pictures here!

home decoration

rico — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:43:58 +0000

Ever since I was a kid, I have been drawn to this piece of art. And now it’s hanging in my living room!

helvetica

rico — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:50:38 +0000

I went to see the documentary Helvetica yesterday. It’s amazing how a simple typeface has infiltrated our world! When I biked home yesterday, there was almost no sign that did not use Helvetica. When you have a chance, I suggest you watch this doc, it rocks! Helvetica also rocks, selvfølgelig…

frederiksborg slot

rico — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:26:47 +0000

Together with a good friend I went to visit a castle this sunday in Hillerød. I think I’ll take anyone who’s visiting me to this castle from now on! Check the pictures here.

slauerhoff

rico — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:06:00 +0000

Never before have I been so looking forward to a book being delivered: The collected works of J. Slauerhoff, my favorite dutch poet/writer (and ship-surgeon). 2 kilo, 1672 pages, I CAN’T WAIT!

I’d share some writing, but unfortunately it has never been translated to English…

music

rico — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:01:56 +0000

I started collecting records again after a short break. But I did tell myself to focus on some genres. Otherwise I would walk out with 10 records every time Soooo, I’m going to focus on Minimalistic Electro/IDM, Avant-Garde, Psych Folk, and Post Rock.

Some new records:

Murcof – Cosmos
Crippled Black Phoenix – A love of Shared Disasters
Jan Jelinek – Loop Finding Jazz Records
The Exposures (Jan Jelinek) – Lost Recordings 2000-2004
The Higher Intelligence Agency – Freefloater
Múm – Please Smile My Noise Bleed
Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
Fridge – The Sun

I’d be amazed if you guys would even know these bands/persons! Ok, who knows more than 2?

My new favorite store: Sound Station!

Oh, and I went to see Roísín Murphy this sunday in Vega. My my, that was an amazing concert! And yes, I like her tight sweater too. It surely fits her body. (She must be so tired by hearing that now… then again, that’s her own fault!)

Did I mention I’m addicted to music? I think I am…

arken

rico — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:47:24 +0000

I biked to the museum of modern art Arken today. What a wonderful museum that is! Too bad half of it is closed for rebuilding. But there still was a nice exhibition called Mad Love with pieces from Danish collectors. I think I’ve found myself a new favourite artist in David Shrigley.

operaen

rico — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:38:17 +0000

I went to see Stravinsky’s Sacre de Printemps ballet yesterday in the opera building. My my, the building already looks impressive from the outside but the inside is even better. It just looks like this giant wooden acorn (think Ice Age) inside a steel and glass skin.

The first part of the evening (L’homme de Bois) I found boring, too sweet, old-fashioned, and uninspiring. The second part (the real Sacre) was seriously amazing though; mostly the music (quite dark, contemporary too), but the light/projection design was noteworthy too. The ballet was interesting, but even amateur-me has seen more interesting choreographies.