Tag: David Bowie

  • The alarm about Putin's new move – nuclear weapons in space

    The alarm about Putin's new move – nuclear weapons in space

    Hear Bo Torbjörn Ek tell about the power struggle in space that has gained new momentum, including through the United States' launch of a special space command. When an American congressman in February 2024 raises the alarm that Russia is working on a new space-based nuclear weapon, it gets a lot of attention. But Vladimir…

  • Irma bites the dust in Coop reorganization

    The term ‘annus horribilis’ was first popularized by Queen Elizabeth II to refer to a year in which three of her four children confirmed divorces/separations. 2016 was definitely one for the celebrities: it started with David Bowie, followed by Prince, Muhammad Ali, George Michael and Carrie Fisher – to name just a few. And what…

  • Like VM was directed by David Lynch

    Like VM was directed by David Lynch

    To paraphrase the last line of Stand by Me: “I’ve never had any World Cups later like the one I had when I was 12.” Well, maybe the one when I was 16. But no matter your age, it’s hard to beat the magic of the tournament. So it’s with a heavy heart to note…

  • Iggy Pop and me

    Iggy Pop and me

    Iggy Pop – the godfather of punk Iggy Pop has been called the godfather of punk and is known for his collaboration with the rock band The Stooges and David Bowie. For Lena Nordlund, Iggy Pop is the company on the radio when she cooks and a long-term artist crush. Now she will finally get…

  • On screens in September: Why reboot is one of the ugliest words in cinema

    On screens in September: Why reboot is one of the ugliest words in cinema

    Let us start again” … in the 1820s it sounded like mission impossible from a doctor to a gout sufferer; in the 1960s, as something Nancy Sinatra might say during a flip-flop break; and since the 1980s, our most common office announcement. Usually it is followed by moaning. Perhaps that’s why the TV and film…

  • David Bowie – the art of reinventing oneself

    David Bowie – the art of reinventing oneself

    It’s Tuesday, July 3, 1973 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London. After an unlikely successful year, glam rocker David Bowie and his band The Spiders from Mars will end The Ziggy Stardust Tour at home. – Ladies and gentlemen, straight from their fantastically successful world tour, including the United States of America, Japan. Now in…

  • ‘Margrethe the Musical’ in the cinema from June 2023

    ‘Margrethe the Musical’ in the cinema from June 2023

    Britain has ‘The Crown’, the United States had ‘The Comey Rule’ and the Vietnam War 1968 the John Wayne vehicle ‘The Green Berets’… all dramatizations of stories not yet completed. And now Denmark gets one of its own after the news that ‘Margrethe’, an upcoming musical biopic of her beloved monarch, will make its debut…

  • Culture Collection: Liverpool legends Kevin Keegan and Robbie Fowler for one night only

    Culture Collection: Liverpool legends Kevin Keegan and Robbie Fowler for one night only

    Two of Liverpool FC’s most legendary players, Kevin Keegan and Robbie Fowler, bring their live show to Denmark, a country where the club is predominantly the country’s favorite English Premier League team. Since Liverpool began to dominate both English and European football in the 1970s, legions of Danes have begun to support them. Bookending on…

  • Freddie Mercury – men, music, myths

    Freddie Mercury – men, music, myths

    There are 70,000 expectant people inside Wembley Stadium in north-west London. The sun is shining and the air is boiling. It is only twelve o’clock in the morning and the audience does not really know what to expect, but in retrospect they will understand that they have been through something historical. On July 13, 1985,…

  • Culture Round-Up: Denmark’s only English-language podcast is like Roskilde ’96

    Culture Round-Up: Denmark’s only English-language podcast is like Roskilde ’96

    Danish research is something to be celebrated. However, not enough is known about it, claims Michael Magee, the Irish host of the Science and Beers (S&B) podcast, who is a biologist who works as a science communicator at Ungdomshuset Odense. Although lots of science podcasts have been produced in Denmark, only one has been made…

  • The Helsinki Metropolitan Area prohibits gatherings, children’s hobbies if social distance is not possible – Helsinki Festival mostly canceled

    The Helsinki Metropolitan Area prohibits gatherings, children’s hobbies if social distance is not possible – Helsinki Festival mostly canceled

    On Tuesday, the Regional State Administrative Agency of Southern Finland (Avi) decided to tighten the restrictions on public gatherings in Helsinki and its neighboring municipalities in Espoo, Kauniainen and Vantaa from Friday 20 August. Only 25 people are allowed to gather indoors according to the rules and they have to stay two meters apart. In…

  • 70 & amp; apos; er glam-rock star is pouncing on a comeback

    70 & amp; apos; er glam-rock star is pouncing on a comeback

    With variegated clothing, crazy hats, distinctive sideburns and a flabby attitude, Holder challenged the neat and polished rock style that dominated the 60s. On June 15, Holder – with the middle name Neville – turns 75 years old. The name Noddy he took when he had to find his artist name as a musician. In…

  • Freddie Mercury – men, music, myths

    Freddie Mercury – men, music, myths

    There are 70,000 expectant people inside Wembley Stadium in north-west London. The sun is shining and the air is boiling. It is only twelve o’clock in the morning and the audience does not really know what to expect, but in retrospect they will understand that they have been through something historical. On July 13, 1985,…

  • The Internet and what it has become

    The Internet and what it has become

    However, since the time desktops and modem connections have been cramped, we have come a long way. Most of us now have broadband in our homes and smartphones in our pockets as we travel through the world. In 2019, there were 5.11 billion individual mobile phone users worldwide, and 2.71 billion of them use smartphones.…

  • The nominees for the August Prize are …

    The nominees for the August Prize are …

    Debutants and veterans, epic works and a collection of short stories, blackness and beauty. It is now clear which books will be nominated for the August Prize. Nominated for Swedish Fiction Book of the Year “Memory wires”, Carola Hansson, Albert Bonniers Förlag Nazism is on the rise in Germany in the 1930s. In the densely…

  • Mighty Bear on new EP ‘Two’

    Mighty Bear on new EP ‘Two’

    Ironically, one of the most mundane faces in electronic music life hardly shows his face. This clever character, Mighty Bear aka Magnús Bjarni Gröndal, embodies both terrible darkness and glittering glamor through extravagant robes and intricate masks, all underlined with ethereal beats and lyrics. All this shines through in his latest album “Two”. Once in…

  • Culture Round-Up: How improv can improve family relationships

    Culture Round-Up: How improv can improve family relationships

    Dad can not cook or dance; Mom is useless at spiders and relaxes. And they are both definitely cool. It’s a common assumption that most children share in safe family units, but here’s your chance to set the record, parents! Take the deceased to the newly launched Copenhagen Theater School, and acquire the whole litter…