Once upon a time, Van Morrison had a record contract with Bing Records which he
wanted to escape. Since the contract required him to produce thirty-six original songs, Van Morrison sat in the studio for a single session and recorded a series of nonsensical non-tunes that are still in his distinctive style.
Three of them are available here.
posted by dzkalman
on May 9, 2011 -
53 comments
At
One Minute Languages you can learn greetings, talking about names, counting, and more in
Catalan,
Danish,
French,
German,
Irish,
Japanese,
Luxembourgish,
Mandarin,
Norwegian,
Polish,
Romanian, and
Russian.
posted by sveskemus
on Nov 11, 2008 -
25 comments
Relive the glory days of being the only male flutist in the middle school band.
Fløjte Hero.
[warning: danish flash sound]
posted by Stynxno
on Jun 14, 2007 -
10 comments
Three days of rioting and protest across Denmark, fueled by an
influx of supporters from outside the country, was the result of the
Danish police's sudden eviction of long-standing squat
Ungdomshuset (
"Youth House"). It was the last such social centre in Denmark, whose self-governed municipality of
Christiana also began as a
squat (though its future remains
in question).
Squatting, the act of taking over abandoned property (sometimes surreptitiously as a way to secure housing for the homeless, sometimes
publically as a way to exert political pressure) has a long history, and often meets with intense repression, though has sometimes been instrumental in city-building. In New York City's early days,
homesteading was how many neighbourhoods began, and the
squat movement which birthed the now-legal
ABC No Rio community centre is linked to the city's
community gardens, as well as its independent arts culture through publications such as
World War 3. (WW3's co-founder Seth Tobocman receives
continued attention for his graphic novel
War In The Neighbourhood.)
Demolition of
Ungdomshuset has already begun.
posted by poweredbybeard
on Mar 5, 2007 -
54 comments
B&O goes virtual : Beoplayer 1.0 is a Windows application that sits on your desktop and, like everything Bang, works in a sleek, elegant, unintuitive manner (until you learn what the icons and doodads do, then you can show it off for all your friends). Guaranteed you've never seen a music player like this one.
posted by honkzilla
on Jul 31, 2001 -
14 comments
The "dickie game" is a new feature on the public danish newschannel "DR". Yes - it is a publically owned and funded channel.
The rules are pretty simple: press the "start spillet" button and try to guess what dick belongs to which dude.
Have fun!
posted by joedrescher
on Aug 18, 2000 -
2 comments
