The mystery of the Beatles – and boys “looking like girls”
How come boys and young men wanted to grow their hair long, going against the dominant social norms in the 1960s and 70s? They were seen as girls, devalued and unmanly. Yet long hair became a way to demonstrate a youth revolt and a counter culture. I am reading a lot of books, including music […]
The new youth movement
20 000 pupils – or more – have protested in Norway, against the lack of climate awareness on the behalf of the politicians. The protest is spreading all over the world. Not strange – the youth are the ones who will face the costs of the actions – or inactions – we do now. The […]
Long hair and progressive music: The Who and The Moody Blues
I am writing a book on young men breaking the gender barrier, “looking like girls”, growing their hair long in the 60ies and 70ies. Since I have other tasks it moves ahead a bit slowly. However, I read source material, especially, music biographies and books. Recently I’ve read Townshend, Pete 2012: Who I Am, and […]
Dating revisited
It feels strange, now, looking at a book I wrote many years ago. The cover by Klaus Nordby is great – one of the best I have had, on the books I have published. You can see a key as well as a broken heart. My own bookshelf copy is pictured here. It has been […]
From blues to prog: Cream
Cream once more Reading Dave Thompson: Cream – the world’s first supergroup. Virgin books, London, 2005 I put on some relevant vinyl albums, to test his hypotheses. The band sounding very good indeed on live concerts, Thompson claims. I put on Live Cream, volume 2 (RSO 2394 155) – yes this is true. On […]
Old man gets it up?
Paul McCartney’s Egypt station lights up like nova and will become a classic record. Yes some songs (like Fuh you) are silly and in the “old man gets it up” category. But they are made with a joke. They are parts of a serious album of surprising strength. Made in senior days, reminding me […]
Working with Commence
Screen capture showing Commence with my calendar, contacts and research references windows open “Commence” (or “Commence RM”) is a program in the somewhat quaint category called PIM – a personal information manager. Now, why would I need a personal information manager? It was big news almost thirty years ago, running the newly developed Windows […]
A childrens Sgt Pepper
HMS Donovan This is one of the unknown treasures from way back then – 1970. Donovan was taking a shot at Sgt Pepper, starting from children’s songs. The music is just as amazing as the cover. Donovan is an underrated artist, part of the youth revolution in the 1960s, and though somewhat “cosmological”, also quite […]
Oslo pride 2018
Photos by Øystein Gullvåg Holter Young girls in the parade Displayed in many ways Her placard reads: “Old gays love best” There were expectant groups of bystanders along the way of the Pride parade, like here And here New meetings happened along the way Seniors participated also Sisters on the […]
Gender roles and the norm of reciprocity
Sociology and reciprocity (1997) Reproduced on demand. Appendix 3, page 559-68, in my Dr. Philos. dissertation, Gender, Patriarchy and Capitalism – a Social Forms Analysis, The Work Research Institute, Oslo 1997. Original text follows. – – Appendix 3 Sociology and reciprocity (1997) Introduction This appendix discusses some methodological points of social forms analysis, and some […]