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...International) Noise Conspiracy is a Swedish punk-rock band with a definite mission. The band is philosophically autonomist Marxist—each of their songs is revolutionary in nature and political in content and quote authors such as Noam Chomsky, Samuel Beckett, George Orwell and, of course, Karl Marx. The album insert includes an essay entitled “The Global Fear Factory,” an earnest and slightly naïve piece about how capitalism breeds “subtle and diffuse low-level fear” and how resistance movements are springing...
Here at Harvard, people gather for delicious treats like crispbread and gingersnaps while partaking in hearty conversation in Swedish, Norwegian and other Scandinavian tongues. All the while, guests ears are greeted by Scandinavian sounds, made internationally famous by the pop geniuses behind ABBA...
...makes Half a Life at once more sublime and less enjoyable than Naipaul’s previous works, fiction and nonfiction. Nevertheless, in the category of writers who have examined the colonial condition as a worldwide phenomenon, Naipaul stands almost alone for his quality and seriousness. Next year the Swedish Academy’s honoree will have a tough act to follow, and the literary world may have to break out its umbrellas yet again...
...ever a show were designed to make Broadway forget its troubles, it is Mamma Mia! The frothy musical, built around the songs of the hugely popular (and critically patronized) '70s Swedish rock group Abba, was created to bring happiness wherever it goes--and so far it has. The show has been a sellout in London since it opened there 2 1/2 years ago, and it has broken box-office records almost everywhere else it has played, including Toronto, Los Angeles and Boston. Despite the hard times, Mamma Mia! opened last week on Broadway with a $27 million advance sale, reportedly...
...Swedes behind this campaign hope to catch thousands of porn-lovers with their pants down. The two-week-old campaign, run by Swedish ad agency Moonwalk and Darling magazine (think Swedish YM), has already generated more than 30,000 fake porn pages and its website, www.getsomereal.com, has been viewed by more than 100,000 people...