Today he would have been 60 years old – my greatest Swedish teenage idol, Ted Gärdestad. 15 years old he wrote his first great hit and then he became a huge teenage idol in Sweden. Producers for his first album – Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson from ABBA.
He decided to end his life when he was only 41.
Ted, you will live for ever in our hearts.
Marie Ledin, managing director of the Polar Music Prize, says: ”Max Martin and Cecilia Bartoli have both contributed an incredible amount to music in their respective fields. They embody what the Prize represents; excellence in the world of music.”
Sometimes…(despite everything…) I am very proud of my country, Sweden, and when it comes to music there might be a reason for it.
It does not come natural to Swedish people to be proud of their country – we always think of the shortcomings and the mistakes, and ”this could have been done in a better way”. But with music – I think we should be happy about our contributions to the world. Only a few names…Jenny Lind, Birgit Nilsson, Roxette, ABBA, Ace of Base, Avicii, Max Martin…
Congratulations to Max Martin, the great hit- maker, for being awarded the Polar Music Prize!
Sylvain Landry – Music.
Music, and concerts offer a great escape – at least for for a moment you can forget yourself… This is Camelot and its brilliant singer 2009, Roy Cahn.
Ailsa’s travel theme this week is about noise. The strange and interesting thing is that we all are different here – some say noise and some say sound and some cannot stand it and some love it…
My concert pictures are from the hard rock band Kamelot – my favourites in the category.
Sometimes I’m offered an award. I’m not playing along very often, but I’m always grateful that somebody thinks I’m worthy of it! And then, sometimes I feel I just Have to play along. (My heart is of course swelling…) Given the time too, and with no difficult answers to be given… Here we go!
A big Thank You goes to Across the Bored http://acrossthebored.com/ who has sent along a Most Influential Blogger award! A lovely opening about herself is:” Old enough to rant, too old to rave yet sufficiently young to forge a path into the future.“ Influencing people sounds great – as long as it is in a positive way – so accepting this feels great as well. I would like to point out that EVERY blogger in our community is influential in his or her own way. So, thank you All of you out there for inspiring!
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Please, check them all out – each one is influential in their own right, and offers us another unique perspective on our world!
My video is for all you positive inspirers! The song is stuck in my mind since I first heard it, and the clip is happy and warm hearted. Have a great weekend!
Music is an important part of our lives – and Music is also Ese’s challenge this week. Young people today have music plugged in their ears all day it seems…which would be a bit too much for me… I love silence.
I do love silence, but I also love almost all kinds of music, from bird song to heavy metal. I have a sweet tooth for music coming up spontaneously among people, for big voices like Freddie Mercury’s and tenors as Andrea Bocelli’s, for clear and soaring ones like Mireille Mathieu’s and Sara Brightman’s – and also for odd instruments.
Music is everybody’s possession. It’s only publishers who think that people own it.
John Lennon
Nörd kommer från engelskans slangord nerd och är en stereotypisk benämning på en person som har ett fixerat intresse eller intresseområde. Enligt Wikipedia användes ordet första gången 1950 i Dr. Seuss bok If I Ran the Zoo, men då med betydelsen av en särskild djurart. På tidigt 60-tal var slanguttrycket spritt i USA och ända bort till Skottland. Fram till slutet av 1900-talet användes ordet nörd oftast negativt, men idag används ordet minst lika ofta positivt.
Nördar kan antingen beskrivas utifrån sina hobbies och intressen, eller via sin personlighet, status, sociala kompetens eller till och med sitt utseende. En vanlig uppfattning är att nördar ofta intresserar sig mer för teknik eller naturvetenskap än socialt umgänge. Det ironiska begreppet social nörd används ibland av nördar om personer som har ett starkt fixerat intresse av socialt umgänge och mänskliga relationer. Nörd kan du eventuellt kallas om du är/har:
Nördar finns naturligtvis med i populärkulturen, bland annat i filmerna Nördarna kommer! och i dokusåpor som Beauty and the Geek och FC Z. Andra exempel på nördar är Simpsons-karaktärerna Professor Frink, Lisa Simpson och Jeff Albertson.
Den internationella nörddagen firades den 25 maj…men den glömde i alla fall vi bort! Till London hade jag sällskap av två andra nördar i familjen…så vad sägs om ett allmänt nördigt galleri…?
A nerd is a person, typically described as being overly intellectual, obsessive, or socially impaired. They may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, obscure, or non-mainstream activities, which are generally either highly technical or relating to topics of fiction or fantasy, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities. Additionally, many nerds are described as being shy, quirky, and unattractive, and may have difficulty participating in, or even following, sports. ”Nerd” is a derogatory, stereotypical term, but it has also been reclaimed and redefined by some as a term of pride and group identity. Nowadays it’s often used positively as well.
According to Wikipedia, the first documented appearance of the word ”nerd” is as the name of a creature in Dr. Seuss’s book If I Ran the Zoo (1950). The slang meaning of the term dates back to 1951, found in Newsweek magazine. By the early 1960s, usage of the term had spread throughout the United States, and even as far as Scotland. At some point, the word took on connotations of bookishness and social ineptitude.
Nerds can either be described by their hobbies and interests, or by abstract qualities such as personality, status, social skills, and physical appearance. Some interests and activities that are likely to be described as nerdy are:
Well, in London I was accompanied by two other nerds in my family, and what about a short trip through some nerdiness?
Ett kort besök i Covent Garden är ett måste på varje Londonresa. Den här gången uppträdde en mycket säker Charlie Chaplinkopia som drog ned en del skratt. Inte minst på grund av att han enrollerade en charmerande liten flicka ur publiken och gjorde henne till sin assistent. Alltid publikfriande!
Lite kockskoj och till sist en ung man med mycket vacker röst som underhöll med några av operavärldens absoluta glansnummer. Avkopplande!
No London visit is a London visit without visiting Covent Garden. This time a Charlie Chaplin copy was very entertaining, much because of his charming little assistant from the audience. Then some fun made of chefs… and others in the kitchen, and last but not least – a voice! A young man singing the most beautiful opera. He was so good that he might win ”Britain’s got Talent” , had he entered the competition. (Maybe he had already?)
According to Wikipedia, the first record of a ”new market in Covent Garden” is in 1654 when market traders set up stalls against the garden wall of Bedford House.The Earl of Bedford acquired a private charter from Charles II in 1670 for a fruit and vegetable market, permitting him and his heirs to hold a market every day except Sundays and Christmas Day.The original market, consisting of wooden stalls and sheds, became disorganised and disorderly, and in 1830 Charles Fowler designed the neo-classical market building that is the heart of Covent Garden today. Further buildings were added—the Floral hall, Charter Market, and in 1904 the Jubilee Market for foreign flowers was built.
By the end of the 1960s, traffic congestion was causing problems for the market, The following year the market relocated to its new site, New Covent Garden Market, about three miles (5 km) south-west at Nine Elms. The central building re-opened as a shopping centre in 1980, with cafes, pubs, small shops and a craft market called the Apple Market. The beautiful hall where the opera singer entertained us (the last picture) is the former vegetable market.
Another market, the Jubilee Market, is held in the Jubilee Hall on the south side of the square.The market halls and several other buildings in Covent Garden have been owned by the property company Capital & Counties Properties (CapCo) since 2006.
Searching for Sugar Man är ett måste för alla att se! Storyn är outstanding och Rodriguez röst och texter är något långt utöver det vanliga. Man vill mena att han är bättre än Dylan. Rösten är definitivt makalös och någon jämförelse med Dylan kan inte göras…Dylan når aldrig upp till Rodriguez! Att Rodriguez aldrig blev en megastjärna är omöjligt att förstå. Största anledningen måste vara att världen helt enkelt inte var mogen för honom…
Denna dokumentär är helt otroligt välgjord och bär hela vägen fram. När eftertexterna rullar klarar man inte att resa sig upp utan sitter kvar helt uppfylld av filmen – och av mannen Sixto Rodriguez. Fantastiskt arbete av Malik Bendjelloul som är så välförtjänt av sin Oscarsstatyett. Även om det har diskuterats varför han utelämnat delar av Rodriguez karriär, så kan detta ändå både förklaras och förlåtas. Bendjelloul har gjort ett enastående arbete med dokumentären och byggt den så att spänning och känsla ständigt stegras. Ingenting behöver filas på mer här – det vi ser är helt enkelt ett mästerverk. Och – om det är möjligt ska jag köpa Rodriguez plattor. De bör ges ut på CD efter det här.
Leya 
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