Very superstitious.

I wouldn't say I'm a superstitious person, those people are stupid. I don't believe that some things mean bad luck; walking under ladders, breaking mirrors, spilling salt etc. However, there are certain things that bring bad luck upon you, for sure. A black cat crossing my path is way too random for it not to mean something. My most firm belief lies within the art of jinxing stuff that you really want to happen. I'm terrible at not jinxing things, which is why I made it my new years resolution. It is not going well. At all.

I have a couple of weird superstitions as well. For instance, I think it's bad luck fastening your seat-belt on an airplane. That's a really stupid one, right? You know what else is stupid? Not realizing that commercial airplanes are a relatively new invention. Hence, giving people the illusion of safety is still really important. Not a lot of people our age are afraid of flying, since we know that the million gadgets on an airplane have been checked a million times by people a million times smarter than us. However, airlines don't make their money off people like us, who pay 400 dollars for a round-trip ticket to New York. They make their money off our parents and grand-parents, who pay 1000+. People that age wouldn't fucking set foot on an airplane, unless there was a seat-belt.

Here's what I'm thinking. In terms of velocity, an airplane finds itself in four general situations:

1. Standing still
2. Going at slow speed(Backing out of the hangar etc)
3. Going at moderate speed(Take-off and Landing)
4. High speed(Mid-air)

1: The only things that could injure a passenger during this state, would be another plane crashing into the plane I'm in, or maybe an explosion. At what point during those scenarios is the 3-inch textile-strap going to do anything for me?

2 and 3: I think these two scenarios would occur in the same manner as a car crash. The natural outcome of a car crash(if you're not wearing a seat-belt) is being thrown out through the windshield, since there is no force to drive your body upwards, only forward. I don't think you've heard of anyone who has been in a car crash and have been thrown out through the roof. The same thing would happen in an airplane. If you're going at a slow/moderate speed, you would be jolted forward. This is were the airplane-seatbelts become pointless. Since airplanes don't have three-point seat belts(Swedish invention, thank you), your lower body will be strapped down, but your upper body will still be jolted forwards. Ergo, you will smash your fucking face against the seat in front of you, whether you're wearing a seatbelt or not.

4. You are going at a speed of like 600 mph. If you have a mid-air collision or crash, that thing is going to be about as useful as a combination between a Snickers-bar, a hockey-stick and a pair of dirty underwear from one of the former members of The Ramones.

Of course, I base these theories on absolutely nothing, it's just what I'm thinking. I'm not saying that people shouldn't wear seat belts on airplanes. I'm just trying to justify me being superstitious and a general fool.

Pictures from all the mayhem in Sweden are coming on Thursday. I have a shoot tomorrow, keep your fingers crossed, people.

// R

JE PEUX TOUCHER?

I miss Batman.

Even though most Swedes have a more than adequate knowledge when it comes to English, we still feel the need to translate things. The thing I don't get, is who picks what gets translated and what doesn't. For instance, why is "Spider-man" translated, but "Pirates of the Carribbean" isn't? I'd say, if you asked any child in Sweden what the "Carribbean" is, he/she would probably say something like "It's the place where Legolas lives these days." That would be the extent of it.

On a side-note, why are some things directly translated, while others aren't? Spider-man is a good example. In Swedish, his name is simply Spindelmannen, meaning exactly the same, Spider-man. Super-man, however, is called Stålmannen, which means Steel-man. The word Super is even a word in Swedish, and it's far more indicative of his abilities than Steel-man. If you want to do something about the name, make is less farfetched, not more? Do something about the name "X-men", for instance. To me, that sounds like a gang of middle-aged pseudo creeps that make S&M films when their wives are off playing squash. "X-men".

This is, by far, the dumbest one. My favorite character, possibly of all times, who has an awesome name, was completely left at the hands of Swedish translators. I don't know what they had been inhaling, I'm assuming it was something like kerosene. For eight months straight. Anyways, they decided to translate my favorite character's name "Bat-man"....to "Leather-patch". LEATHER-PATCH? Somewhere in Sweden, there is a degenerate fucking prick, who is laughing his ass off with his buddies. That has to be the biggest prank in subtitling history. I have never, in my life, heard a more stupid name for a super hero. "Leather-patch & Robin". Maybe they should have just made it "Leather-patch & Relatively small, often crimson-colored bird with a pleasant sound." Forgive me if I, as a criminal, wouldn't crap in my pants when I heard that Leather-patch & Robin were on my tail. Not only does it sounds like they're would be chasing me in a Mini-Cooper, they probably wouldn't venture to go over the speed-limit.

"Dude, we gotta bail, Leather-patch is on his way!"
"What, like a patch of leather? Can it walk, or is it attached to someones jacket?"
"No, the guy!"
"Forgive me if someone named after a small bit of carefully treated animal-skin isn't going to make me drop the Xbox 360 that I am trying to steal."
"Robin might be coming too!"
"Leather-patch AND Robin? This scenario just gets gayer by the minute, doesn't it?"
"Let's go, I hear he's dangerous!"
"He can't be that tough. Naturally, he is non-resistant to water. As for Robin, he's a grown man who wears tights and a red jumpsuit. His nemesis is probably every single person from the southern parts of the USA."
"Great, he's here. Why don't you go over there and splash some water on him? He's the huge, ripped guy with a cape, a bat-mobile, and a 2-inch belt that carries 400 gadgets. Go on, I'll wait."
"He's...He's bigger than I thought. Now, in which direction would you prefer to run? I think that way might be uphill."

We all know how the rest goes. Wait, I think I just got it. The name change actually benefits him in the end, since criminals underestimate him. You know what, fuck all that. Batman is simply the way it was meant to be.

Milli vanilli. classic.

What's worse, that this song was ever made, or the fact that I think it's awesome?

I'm semi-sick, although nobody believes me. On top of that, we had dinner with some friends last night. It was really nice, and after having complained about how sick I am(which nobody seemed to buy), we had cherries for desert. Now, I'm allergic to avocado, raw carrots, apple-peal etc etc. Also, I seem to be allergic to cherries. But I had already bitched about being sick, so I couldn't start bitching about the cherries too, so I had to sit there with a swollen throat until it was time to leave. It was like being in a song by Sugarhill-gang.

I'm back in London tomorrow, and I'm going to Sweden in a week. I'm really excited about it. I'm sorry that the pictures aren't coming, I still haven't gotten paid. Hopefully on Friday, god willing.

My sister.

My sister is hilarious, this is how most of our conversations go:

M: So, I went to see Radiohead the other day.
R: I don't think I'll ever be into Radiohead. Radiohead and The Velvet Underground.
M: The Velvet Underground! That's the guy from Metallica, right?
R: The what now?
M: One of the guys from Metallica quit the band and started the Velvet Underground.
R: No, Slash from Guns N Roses founded Velvet Revolver, though.
M: Right. So, Radiohead wasn't that great.

It's a good thing we're siblings, otherwise our conversations probably wouldn't go anywhere.

Paris is good so far, I haven't done anything spectacular so far. I saw Bumblebeez last night at parisparis. The music is kind of a joke, but the girl is an insane amount of cute. I see the same qualities in her as I do in Amanda Blank. Although, Amanda Blanks is more of a bad ass, naturally. I want to go somewhere in August, any suggestions are welcome. Just don't mention Italy.

The cutest video. ever.

This might be the cutest video I have ever seen. No joke.



Also, I'm in Paris aka the Mecca of metrosexuals. I'll be posting pictures fairly soon, so stay tuned for that.

// R

Boston legal is not what I want to do right now.

I'm editing the pictures from yesterday, while translating Boston Legal for Swedish television. It's a nightmare. At least the last part. Where is my photo-editor when I need her?

The beginning of this post is going to be a bit weird, since it's mostly meant for two people. Anyways, we had a triangular discussion about sending the 20 first songs on our current studio-playlists to each other. Here you go, if you still want them:

1-10

MGMT - Electric Feel(aeroplanes remix)
Hot Chip - Colours(fred falke remix)
Jamiroquai - Little L
Fujiya & Miyagi - Collarbone
Soulwax - NY Lipps
Hot Chip - Wearing My Rolex(wiley cover)
Van She - Strangers(van she tech remix)
Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler
MGMT - Time to pretend
Röyksopp - Circuit Breaker

11-20

Wolfmother - Woman(mstrkrft remix)
Miami Horror - 5feet snow
Chromeo - Bonafied lovin'
Daft Punk - Voyager
CSS - Let's make love and listen to death from above
Hot Chip - One pure thought
Metro Area - Let's get...
MGMT - Kids
The Knife - Heartbeats
Devendra Banhart - I feel like a child

Anyways, wish me luck.

KURV

FINALLY, the boy-story that I shot is being published. Basically, the magazine went through several layers of bullshit, before they found a decent publisher. Anyways, the magazine is called Kurv and I have a 10 page editorial. To my friends in Australia, you can get it at Borders and some other locations. To all you Americans, you can get it at most Barnes&Nobles. To be honest, I'm not very happy with it(since it is now outdated) but I'm shooting 12 fresh pages for them on Sunday, so I need you guys to buy this issue. That way, at least I'll know that there will be a next one. I'll keep you posted. 

KURV

I went to Dover Street Market yesterday, I definitely prefer Colette. Also, Sweden is playing Russia today. Don't forget to watch that. I don't want to push you in any direction, but remember where communism got its major breakthrough. 

article and the weird colab

Did you guys hear that N.E.R.D, Julian Casablancas and Santogold are making a song together? That has to be the mother of all random collaborations. Also, I don't really see the potential in it, it feels way too The Hives vs. Timbaland. I guess we'll have to see. Oh, and I'm giving the new Coldplay album a test-listen in a bit. My hopes aren't very high. You know how guys are scared of admitting it when other guys are awesome? I feel like that rule doesn't always work. What I mean is, there are some guys that are just so awesome that you have to admit it. It doesn't matter if you're a biker, hockey player, junkie or David bowie. There's just no denying that Chris Martin is an undeniable bad ass.

In other "news", the corporation called Snappy Snapps here in London have apparently been fucking me in the ear for about 6 months now. They charge like 10 pounds to put a roll of film on CD(about 20 dollars, as opposed to 5 dollars at Wahlgreen's). Today, I found out that Boots does the same thing, for 6 pounds. I'm not happy about this. Not happy at all. I probably won't be posting any pictures until I get back from Paris.

Fluro did an article/interview on me. They kind of misinterpreted my answers, but whatever. I guess sarcasm doesn't transfer as well digitally. Steer over to www.fluromag.com to download a PDF. Or you could buy the actual magazine, your call.


This just in, another interesting collaboration is taking shape on the other side of the Atlantic. Apparently, Lil Jon, Stephen King and Mickey Mouse are making a song together. Can't wait.

The moon doesn't exist

I've been thinking about something all fucking day. It's one of those random things that I get in my head and then I just can't let it go. You know how the U.S supposedly landed on the moon and all that. Don't worry, it's not a post if whether or not they did it. I was just thinking, the flag that they put up there, does it stay erect or does it hang? I mean, there's no wind to keep it up, yet not enough gravity to pull it down. Since there is no force to impact it, does that mean that the initial positioning of it will be the permanent one? Meaning that if I held it halfway up/down and just let it go, without giving it any force, it would stay that way forever? If you provide force to something in space, I've gotten the impression that it will just keep on going and going forever, since there is no resistance. So, if I grabbed the flag and swung it around the pole, would it swing around it forever, or slow down because of the friction between the garment of the flag and the actual pole? Anyways, I don't know what I'm talking about, clearly.

Now to a more interesting point, I don't know if I should see the new Hulk-movie. Let's look at the pros and cons. Pros: Edward Norton is in it. That's the only pro. Cons: The Hulk, as a character, sucks. He's like the epitome of an only child, his motto being: "Do as I say, or else I'm going to throw a fucking fit. Right here in front of everyone." Along with Fantastic four and Captain America(who spawned that idea, seriously?), he's one of my least favorite superheroes. What's really the difference between The Hulk and his opponent, that happens to make him the good guy? They both bring destruction and mayhem wherever they go, don't they? It's not like the Hulk is conscious of his actions after he decides to throw a tantrum in the middle of New York City, just because there were no more tickets for "The wizard of Oz" on Broadway. Anyways, let's face it. I'm probably going to see it, Marvel has pretty much got people like me in the bag.

I just have to bring up Captain America. He has got to be the most stupid idea for a character, ever(Along with sponge bob). He's pretty much the personification of why the world hates the USA. And the funniest thing is that the USA invented him. The level of arrogance embedded in this concept is striking, and hilarious. It's like saying "We're going to create a ridiculously obnoxious character. What are you going to do about it? " There is only one country in the world that would invent a SUPER-hero and then name it after their own country. Forgive me if I have a hard time believing that the comic "Captain America saves the world" is going to be a blockbuster in Mogadishu. God bless that country. For comic relief, if nothing else.



I love that song, it's pretty much the epitome of nostalgia. I probably posted it already, but I don't care.

Tha Carter III

I'm not even sure where to begin. I'm normally not that impressed with albums after the first listen, but this is fucking incredible. I haven't been this happy since Nirvana's "Nevermind", Rage Against the Machine's STA, The Knife's "Deep Cuts" or Guns N Roses "Appetite for Destruction". The track Mr. Carter(Feat Jay-Z) is a clear high-point to me, since they're my two favorite rappers. It's like mixing Ice Cream with Angelina Jolie and a mid-nineties Jim Carrey. There is simply nothing that could go wrong. Weezy is a bad ass, he should start hanging out with Tiger Woods. They could just sit around all day, talking about how much it has to suck just being a little bit talented. Oh, and don't miss the interview in this month's I-D, it's hilarious.

"To him, I'm a killer. To her, I'm a lover. I always wear a mask and I always wear a rubber." Workin' em (Dedication II)

Not only does it have the essential club-thrashers(Lollipop, Got Money(feat T.Pain), it has what most hip-hop lacks: Humour. It's actually fun to listen to, you don't feel like an evil white person after un-plugging your headphones. And I'm not even white to begin with. Some of it is pure comedy, I sometimes find myself just smiling randomly on the bus, like a fucking crazy person. To all of my friends, let me know if you want me to send you the album. It doesn't matter if you're normally into N.W.A, Run DMC, T.I, Rick Ross or Dolly Parton. You N-E-E-D it, okay?

"She drinks vitamin-water, says it's good for her health. She can wrap my whole dick around her waist like a belt." Walk it off (Dedication II)

Anyways, 5/5, 10/10, 100/100, you take your pick. My only conclusion after listening to this album is going to have to be: Fuck photography, how much is a one-way ticket to New Orleans?


To switch subject, kind of: Check out Young Buck, T.I & Ludacris - Stomp(Ratatat Remix). grrrreat.

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