Category: carpediem

En om inte förlorad men sällsynt konst numera är "liner notes" – små pretentiösa texter på skivomslag som inte rör låttitlar och basfakta kring de medverkande, utan mer är associativa ingångar till musiken. Det var i så fall jag tänkte med mina bidrag till The Embassy och Friendly Noise, som blandade citat, hittepå och referenser… Continue reading Carpe diem #6: Liner notes →

Have you ever wanted a computer? L: Computers? No! Pop stars with computers... What I don't like is a pop star doing like a diary thing for their fans on the internet. The worst one for me - I cut it out of this magazine, it was amazing - was a tweet by Lily Allen,… Continue reading Carpe diem #5: Lawrence →

To be romantic, to find a place that has a particular, unique ambience is a struggle. To actually create it is a struggle. To actually deal with it is a struggle. People don't want to struggle. They have been told that they can have everything they want by just sitting in bed. If you are… Continue reading Carpe diem #4: Malcolm McLaren →

You work and work and work and have the life that you have, and once in a while, sometimes once in a decade, you see a few things you've got and think, yes, that's authentic. You try to stay true to that little moment whatever the costs."Paul Buchanan, The Blue Nile. The Blue Nile, dessa… Continue reading Carpe diem #3: The Blue Nile →

"'Unsung', 'underrated', '... 'arguably the most criminally under-recognized band of their era' – I see these descriptions from time-to-time – and I'm slightly irked – it sounds like we've been mistreated, like we were underdogs. We got what we deserved, the love you make etc... we hardly played live, didn't pander to the press of… Continue reading Carpe diem #2: That’s Dreampop fool! →

“A work of art encountered as a work of art is an experience, not a statement or an answer to a question. Art is not only about something; it is something. A work of art is a thing in the world, not just a text or commentary on the world.” En av de vanligaste medelklassmarkörerna… Continue reading Carpe diem #1 →