The Good, The Bad and the Oscar

I have mixed feelings about the Oscar night. I was happy to see Das Leben der Anderen received the much deserved award as the best foreign film, but I was so disappointed when Babel didn't get the award as the best film. It was so overlooked!

The Blow

American boy/girl duo The Blow will be playing at LAB the 7th april. More info here. Their latest album Paper Television received good critique. I have only heard a couple of tracks and so far I like what I hear. Could be good live.

I was googling

..the icelandic group Múm in my ongoing search for news and stumbled upon the site from Museum of Menstruation & Womens Health (MUM). Unbelievable, you can read about words and expressions for menstruation from around the world. Not bloody likely..

Had a nice ..

..weekend in the city with these guys.

I'm loving the new Speaker Bite Me tracks. Didn't really liked their latest releases, so this is a pleasant surprise.

Run run run

These guys are fast runners.

Whooaaa, Apocalypto is the most intense and thrilling movie I have seen in a long time. What a ride! It never slows down and gives you a chance to lean back in your seat. It's just pure action right from the start to the end. Fantastic.

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Finally, finally received the new releases from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Bloc Party.
Nice soundtrack for the weekend.

Now playing Bloc Party/A Weekend in the City

Books from Reykjavik

Hhmm will they ever translate my fine novels?

The new Hallgrimur Helgason novel sounds interesting. Danish review here. As far as I can see it hasn't been translated to english yet, but one of his earlier novels 101 Reykjavik has. A recommended read. Currently I'm reading a novel by another fine icelandic author Sjón. He has written some of Björks lyrics, and was also co-writing with Björk and Lars von Trier in the making of the soundtrack for Dancer in the Dark. Oh and in 2005 he won the most prestigious nordic literature award there is. His novels havn't been translated to english yet. Shame shame.

Bin-Jip

by korean director Kim Ki-duk. The dialogue in the film is sparse and I wont use many words neither, just want to say it's a beautiful and strange lovestory. A must see if you like unusual and unique storytelling.

It's the first time I have seen Kim Ki-duks work, but certainly not the last. Heard a lot of good things about one of his earlier films The Isle. Hope I can get my hands on that soon.

Counting down the days to the release of the new Low album Drums and Guns.

Now playing: Low/The Great Destroyer

Inland Empire

Will it ever be released in Denmark? I'm so anxious to see it.

Drama Queen

Bonnie Prince Billy will be playing at Vega 23.03.
Hope I get a chance to go to the concert, I really love his latest album.

On repeat: moi Caprice/Drama Queen

Children of Men

Watched Children of Men in the cinema. My expectations were pretty high because of the trailer I saw several months ago, but I have to say I felt mildly let down. It was refreshing to see a sci-fi movie though, which wasn't a stereotype with robots and everything. And the whole story about humanity being unable to reproduce itself and a pregnancy being almost a miracle was very interesting. Unfortunately the movie stayed on the surface of the story. It wasn't bad at all, potentially it could have been great, but ended up being only mediocre.

Now playing: Talking Heads/More Songs About Buildings and Food