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Posted in Kultur on jan 12th, 2010
Søndag aften genså jeg Dennis Hoppers klassiker Easy Rider, der for over 40 år siden revolutionerede Hollywood. Filmen var et af de første eksempler på en billigt produceret “uafhængig” film (det vil sige produceret udenfor de store selskaber) og dens enorme indtjening fik de store producenter til at kaste håndklædet i ringen: De anede ikke [...]
Posted in Trivia on jun 12th, 2009
I næste uge lægger jeg vejen forbi den kinesiske ø med tilhørende halvø. Vejret ser ikke lovende ud (fra DMI). I det mindste er der dog ingen tyfoner på vej, så vidt jeg kan se.
Posted in Uncategorized on jul 28th, 2008
Er netop kommet hjem fra to uger på agriturismo i Lazio-provinsen. Sidder på altanen og drikker Lavazza Qualita Rossa fra den nyindkøbte Bialetti caffittiera. Det var de gode ting, der kunne tages med hjem. Men pastaen blev i Italien. Suk. Sikken en livskvalitet. Sikken en nydelse. Jeg kan aldrig spise ravioli igen, med mindre den [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on jun 12th, 2007
Danish Libertarian Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard in a warm portrait of his first encounter with The Land of the Free which coincided almost magically with Regan’s famous speech at Brandenburger Tor in 1987. It’s in Danish but the whole speech is there and it’s still very moving and powerful. Reagan continues to grow on me, I must [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on apr 30th, 2007
The times they are a-changing… as always. The Velvet Underground used to be the nastiest, sexiest and most scary music money could buy. But last week when I took the Air France Airbus home from Tehran, they played Femme Fatale on the speaker system, like it was just another piece by Vivaldi. Granted it’s among [...]
Posted in Kultur on apr 27th, 2007
It’s a scorching day in Denmark. Summer is here at least a month too early and I’m thanking global warming. It’s a great day to think about a certain phenomenon that very clearly separates Western (I’m thinking particularly about North European) culture from Eastern. Is it the pietistic and protestantic background? No. Is it the [...]
Posted in Islam on apr 26th, 2007
Before I went to Iran, I was so tired of hearing about Islam all the time in Danish media. The debate on the Danes and the Muslims have been going on for almost ten years and have only intensified and intensified. Ever since the Cartoon Crises I had personally gotten more and more critical of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on apr 24th, 2007
On the other hand: When we actually got to the airport the dark clouds seemed to clear up.
It started badly enough: My companion was beginning to get worried about the lenght of her coat/manteu, which is supposed to go to below the knee (and be square and ugly and not show the female form in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on apr 23rd, 2007
Departure: We took the taxi to the station to get to the airport. The taxidriver was a big and burly man, most likely a from refugee from war-torn Ex-Jugoslavia, a Bosnian, Serb or Croat. He looked at our bags and asked us where we were going. When we said “Iran” he laughed out loud, surprised [...]
Posted in Denne blog on apr 8th, 2007
I will be away for the next two weeks on a trip to Iran. Very exciting! Expect nice pictures when I come back.
You will be able to follow this trip in the Iran april 2007 category.
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