Posted on november 30, 2009 by oyvindholen
Odd & Sissel stikker nok av med flest platekjøpere i år, men for meg har julemusikk siden 1997 handlet om Bugge Wesseltoft. Her er min originalanmeldelse av It’s Snowing On My Piano.

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Filed under: Musikk | Tagged: Bugge Wesseltoft, julemusikk | 16 Comments »
Posted on november 28, 2009 by oyvindholen
Glem Odd & Sissel og Bob Dylans juleplate. Sjekk heller ut disse brennferske og, øh, interessante, dancehall-julesangene straight outta Kingston. Jula er reddet!

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Filed under: Musikk, reggae | Tagged: Blak Ryno, Bounty Killer, Busy Signal, Elephant Man, Flexxx, Mavado, Popcaan, Tony Matterhorn, Vybz Kartel | 1 Comment »
Posted on november 27, 2009 by oyvindholen
My second session with Quentin Tarantino about Inglourious Basterds. Read the first part here. Read the original story here (in Norwegian).

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Filed under: Film, Intervjuer | Tagged: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, David Bowie, Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino, Sergio Leone, Sgt. Fury, Sgt. Rock, True Romance, Werewolf By Night | 3 Comments »
Posted on november 26, 2009 by oyvindholen
Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds comes out on dvd in December. To celebrate, here’s my unabrigded interview with the director earlier this fall. Two 20 minute sesssions, along with two different Swedish journalists. This is session one. Read the original story here and my interview with Col. Landa actor Christoph Waltz here (both in Norwegian).
Read part 2 here.

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Filed under: Film, Intervjuer | Tagged: Antonio Banderas, Brad Pitt, Clint Eastwood, G.W. Pabst, Inglourious Basterds, Jeremy Irons, Josef von Sternberg, Marlene Dietrich, Max Linder, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Burton, Robert Redford, Sydney Pollack, Where Eagles Dare, World War II | 22 Comments »
Posted on november 25, 2009 by oyvindholen
Chris Ware visited the Raptus comics festival in Bergen in 2002, and I got the chance to interview him both by e-mail in advance and meeting him in person at the festival. Here’s the e-mail interview in full.

FOTO: ØYVIND HOLEN
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Filed under: Intervjuer, Tegneserier | Tagged: ACME Novelty Library, Chris Ware, Fantagraphics, From Hell, Ghost World, Jimmy Corrigan, Michael Chabon, Rusty Brown, Seth, superheroes | 3 Comments »
Posted on november 24, 2009 by oyvindholen
Med sin «gangsta-kitch» ønsker Oral Bee å bidra til mer selvironi og humor i norsk hiphop. Det har ført til drapstrusler og «Putter det ned»-trilogien, som nå fullføres med albumet Putter det ned as usual. Han er norsk raps svar på Odd Nerdrum, bitch!

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Filed under: Hiphop, Intervjuer, Musikk | Tagged: Devin the Dude, Dr. Dre, Eazy E, Master P, Mr. Pimp-Lotion, Multicyde, Murder, Mystikal, Nesodden, No Limit Records, Oral Bee, Silkk The Shocker, Snoop Dogg, Too $hort, Tungtvann | 18 Comments »
Posted on november 23, 2009 by oyvindholen
Hva har Ole Paus, Dagblad-journalist Terje Mosnes, hiphopgruppa Fugees, Inger Lise Rypdal og Arne Bendiksen til felles? 1996s store slager, «Killing Me Softly», er et hett stikkord her. Jakten på den norske versjonen av sommerens store slager førte meg ut på en reise i norsk popmusikk.

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Filed under: Hiphop, Intervjuer, Musikk, R&B | Tagged: Anne-Karine Strøm, Bendik Singers, Ellen Nikolaysen, Fugees, Harald Heide-Steen jr., Inger Lise Rypdal, Kari Diesen, Kjetil Rolness, Kurt Bakkemoen, Lauryn Hill, Lori Lieberman, Penthouse Playboys, Roberta Flack, Rolv Wesenlund, Shu-bi-dua, Stan Hawkins, Terje Mosnes | 13 Comments »