Year: 2005

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There is no major exposition in this week's entry. I've been in seclusion, practising for the upcoming live...

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("Work"). I have been unemployed long enough to realize I don't really want a proper job and money...

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I have just moved apartment in Oslo. I am now two tram stops north, in an area called...

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The story goes that one evening in 1998 some Norwegian musicians were listening to the 1970s German group...

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("Election 2005"). The single word in this newspaper headline, maktskifte, means "power-shift" and this announces that the reigning...

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Here's something which may or may not be unique to Norway, but I haven't experienced a system like...

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Medieval Stave Churches, so called because they are constructed with wooden staves, could once be found in various...

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One of the most important artists in Norwegian history, and especially in the history of Oslo, was the...

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More about the Norwegian music scene. A Norwegian journalist once told me that "the extremes of music thrive...

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Another thing this blog will cover is contemporary Norwegian music. An esoteric subject, you might think, but it's...

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