For most of my life, I’ve been fascinated by Sweden. It started with ABBA, of course. Then I discovered their approach to how society should operate matches with my mine. Then I visited and discovered the beauty of the place, and the awesome people. Music, literature, film.
Though there’s still no apparent “winner” for me in this year’s Melodifestivalen (the Swedish heats which lead to the final where Sweden’s song for Eurovision is chosen) I thought there … Read the rest “Melodifestivalen 2016 #3”
First, the good news: there was only one song which I thought was absolutely bloody awful in the second heat of Melodifestivalen, the contest which chooses Sweden’s entry for the … Read the rest “Melodifestivalen 2016 #2”
Over the last couple of years, there’s been an inverse relationship between the quality of the songs and the quality of the program presenters/comedy interludes for Melodifestivalen, the Swedish finals … Read the rest “Melodifestivalen 2016 #1”
There’s a fair bit in the papers today about ABBA’s “photographic reunion” when they appeared together overnight in Stockholm. Being ABC Local Radio’s resident “ABBA Expert”, I was asked to … Read the rest “ABBA Photographic Reunion”
There’s a couple of people I know who are planning to spend between one or two weeks in Stockholm next year, during the months of April and May. Based on my … Read the rest “Stockholm for a Week or Two”
As a child during the 1970s, I remember ABC-TV in Australia used to run some fairly “art house” cartoons in the afternoon. Well, we would call them “art house” today, … Read the rest “Kalle Anka och hans vänner önskar…