Audio identities
Klaus Schultze: Audentity (1983). Innovative communication KS 800025-26 (2xLP – photo: signed copy, bought at Ringstrom in Oslo, August 2014). The title may be a little pretentious, but this is a very good double album.”Audentity” – well, in a sense, yes, it is about audio identity. The songs are symphonic works, up to 31 minutes […]
Calibrating ‘misogynism in music’
The Beatles is a major indicator, for this purpose, 1963 onwards. They were the greatest thing happening for music, at the time. Artists and producers tried to succeed, according to new standards set by the Beatles. At this date – February 14 – i do not have a full data material on the Beatles. However […]
A ‘rolling’ stone? – a follow up
“Why don’t we sing this song all together Open our minds let the pictures come And if we close all our eyes together Then we will see where we all come from” There is not much misogynism that I can hear, on this LP, with the demanding title: Their satanic majesties request. This album […]
A ‘rolling’ stone?
A rolling stone? I was surprised, recording digital versions of my LPs Around and around (1965), Aftermath (1966) and Between the buttons (1967) recently, how mysogynist the Stones were at the time. It is not just “who needs yesterday’s paper, who needs yesterday’s girl”. It is “Under my thumb” (“the girl who once had her […]
Mannsprisen 2013
Jeg fikk Mannsprisen 2013 på et arrangement på Litteraturhuset i Oslo 25.11.13 arrangert av Mannsforum. Jeg er bare delvis enig i Mannsforums synspunkter, men begrunnelsen for prisen var bra – det var en takk til meg som kjønns- og likestillingsforsker. Derfor sa jeg ja.
Gender equality and quality of life Poland / Norway (GEQ)
Project kickoff seminar Oslo Dec 5-6 – more to come.
The father quota and the father-friendly welfare state
This new anthology (in Norwegian), edited by Berit Brandth and Elin Kvande and published by Universitetsforlaget / University press, Oslo, is the most thorough overview of research on the father quota in Norway so far. I have written one of the chapters, discussing the idea of the father quota as an “export item” […]
WW2 once more: Bloodlands
I am reading “Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin”, where the American historian Timothy D. Snyder creates a convincing and new portrait of what the World War 2 was mainly about. Perhaps it does not “change our view of the 20th century” but it is certainly interesting reading, even for a reader who already has […]
Comparing Ventura and WordPress
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Kevin Ayers (re)discovered
On (re)discovering Kevin Ayers Some of his music is very intense, and has great complexity and depth (Kevin Ayers, 1972 concert) Why pick up Kevin Ayers? Well, he died 68 years old in February and I was sad by this news. His songs are not closed, not polished, but open, or opening up […]