Kim Jong-il looking at things

"Kim Jong-il looking at things" is a very funny photo blog, collecting official propaganda pictures of the leader inspecting the gloriousness that is North Korea.

Here's an example:

Click here to see the whole blog. And who knows, maybe Kim Jong-un will become equally good at looking at things?

Americanism 101 - "Hot Chicks With Douchebags"

This is probably something Europeans wouldn't do - devote a site to "pictures of hot chicks with total and complete douchebags. With commentary."

But it's fun that some Americans do it, so check out "Hot Chicks With Douchebags". And they have a book too!

Some samples:

"Is Kareem here encroaching into stage one ‘baggery? Or does he exceed the height limit for douchebags? Will he and his woman be forever doomed to 68′ing one another (she does him, and he owes her one) due to incompatible sexual modularities?

Did I run this photo on the flimsiest of excuses just to showcase naughty-sweet Greta, who looks like a young Margot Kidder done right?"

"In a perfect world, this douchenozzle would have just drowned in the pool. These girls would have fished him out, not to help, but to make a mockery of his hipsterdouche beard and shaved, pallid torso.

In a perfect world, Gigglescarf would swipe his wallet, while Raven LeVamp kneed him in his cold, shrunken genitals. They would leave his limp, wet body on the terrace and head over here for a repast of cupcakes, Doritos and Manhattans, perhaps followed by belly pooching, and more of Raven’s Eye Of Coitus demonstrations.

But this is not a perfect world.

This is where douchebags feel the supple young boobies of poolside hotties press against them. This is the world where buffoonery and arrogance are rewarded with positive hott interaction.

This is why we must mock.

For the buffoons bed with the hotts tonight as the lone coyote howls over the hills and the tasty snack cakes lie in state in cellophane coffins."

"Somewhere in this gaggle of spring break sorority woo hotties I’ve hidden their pet Self Esteem project, Mort, who they hope they can rehabilitate by dressing like a wanskta.

Look closely. Can you stop gouging your eyes long enough to find him?"

Bonus pics:

The site goes years back, and these are just pics from the last weeks. So check it out, and enjoy their archives with thousands of douchebags with hot chicks. And as mentioned their book might be cool too...

P.S. I know I used "Americanism" in the wrong context, but I like how it looks anyway.

800 new pictures added to my website

I put up around 800 new pictures from 2008 and 2009 on my FlickR-page, for anyone who's interested...

* 2008 (June): Tiveden


* 2008 (July): Greece


* 2008 (Nov.): Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Ireland, Portugal and Spain


* 2008/9 (autumn & winter): Bucuresti


* 2008/9 (Christmas & New Years): Oslo


* 2009 (Feb.): Berlin


* 2009 (Feb.): Portugal


* 2009 (spring & summer): Bucuresti



The main page for all the DJ-mixes, blogs, pictures, videos etc. is always www.frankplads.com.

Thanks,


Christian

A list of FREE online services that can make your life easier

Here's a list I made of FREE online services I use and can thoroughly recommend. Enjoy!

(Last updated 20/9-2010.)

FREE ONLINE SERVICES I USE:
* Google GMail
(simply the best online/offline email solution)
* Google Calendar
(very good online/offline calendar that can notify you by SMS, emails and pop-ups - never miss an appoinment again. Can be sync'ed with many different calendar programs, including Outlook and Sunbird/Lightning.)
* Syncplicity
(great synchronization/backup software that automatically backs up 2GB for free, and then lets you keep several computers synchronized. Great if you work on documents/data from different places. You can of course buy more space if you need it.)
* FlickR
(a good place to put your pictures - mine are here)
* Blogger
(a nice blog-service - my blog is here)
* Twitter
(tell the world what you are doing in max 140 characters - my Twitter is here)
* Facebook
(the definitive social networking site - just be aware of the fact that Facebook overtakes copyright of everything uploaded and can use all your information for anything they want)
* Couchsurfing and Hospitality Club
(amazing sites to find people to meet and/or stay with for free when you travel or go to places)
* Deezer and Spotify
(great places to stream music, no need for downloading)
* KCRW Music
(excellent radio station that plays only quality music)
* EZTV
(nice site to keep track of what's released on the TV-scene, see this post for recommended TV-series)
* Google Translate
(pretty good automated translations in many languages)
* Rotten Tomatoes
(collects critics' opinions of movies and gives it a total score, along with quotes from the reviews)
* Metacritic
(the same, but for other things as well: TV, music, literature)
* OpenSubtitles
(great place to find and upload subtitles for most movies and TV-shows)
* Gulesider
(Norwegian official site for Yellow and White Pages)
* Universal Currency Converter
(convert currencies here)
* Weather Underground
(cool site where you can register and keep track of the weather around the globe)
* Bash
(people submit funny quotes from IM- or IRC-conversations)

* Sickipedia
(a huge archive where people, and you, can upload sick jokes in absolutely all genres)

INTERNET SERVICES I USE THAT ARE NOT FREE:
* Skandiabanken
(the best bank in Norway, without any hidden costs or fees for use)
* Telio
(no doubt the best IP-phone company in Norway, enables you to bring your Norwegian phone number wherever you are in the world)
* Megaupload
(get a Premium account to be able to mass download a world of content blazingly fast, plus backup unlimited amounts of data)

And if you have any ideas for better solutions, please let me know in the comments-field...

400 new pictures added to my website

I finally uploaded all the 400 new pictures from 2008 to my FlickR-page, for anyone who's interested...

* Sofia (March)


* Bucuresti (summer)


* Oslo (summer/autumn)


* Sfântu Gheorghe - Anonimul Film Festival (August)


* Vama Veche (August)


* Berlin (September)


The main page for all the DJ-mixes, blogs, pictures, videos etc. is always www.frankplads.com.

Thanks,


Christian

Videos and pictures from Rokolectiv 2008

These are videos and pictures from the third edition of Rokolectiv, a Romanian festival in Bucuresti/Bucharest for electronic music and related visual arts.

It took place at the 11th and 12th of April at the club Session, and on the closing Sunday the 13th at the National Museum of Contemporary Arts (MNAC).

This year's theme was Playground, and the artists were encouraged to "push their limits of their creativity and engage their playful energies".

Some of the artists are listed here:
* Underground Resistance (US)
* Mungolian Jet Set (NO)
* Jean-Jacques Perrey & David Chazam (FR)
* Daedelus (US)
* Elektrofant (NO)
* Khan of Finland (DE)
* DAT Politics (FR)

For much more information, go to the official website.

Below are 28 videos on YouTube - click on a video to open it in a separate window, and you can also click here to see a gallery of 32 pictures on Flickr.

DAT Politics




Underground Resistance (seven videos)
















Tom Wilson




Kalabrese presents The Rumpelorchestra






Mungolian Jet Set (three videos)








Elektrofant (three videos)








Khan of Finland




Daedelus




Jean-Jacques Perrey (nine videos)

When you almost lose your baby

I almost lost my amazing cat Mio twice these last days:

1) A few days ago he snuck out the door and into the hallway of the block. Luckily I found him after some time on some steps a few floors below us, totally silent and shivering from fear. I think maybe he made some noise and someone scared him to shut him up? Anyway, he didn't make it out of the building. Phew!

2) Then today, he was sitting in the window and suddenly started walking on the very thin ledge, away from the window. And since there wasn't enough space for him to turn, when he tried getting back he fell off the ledge... Luckily, he managed somehow to cling on and I could grab him seconds before he would have fallen down five floors onto the asphalt.

So to celebrate he is still around, here is a bunch of pictures of my beloved kitty. (Click the link to go to the Flickr gallery.)

Anne Marie Almedal (from Velvet Belly) live at Frogner Kino (Oslo, Norway) 1/12-2007

On the first of December 2007, Anne Marie Almedal (the lead singer from Velvet Belly) had a concert at Frogner Kino in Oslo, Norway. The songs were mostly from her album "The Siren & the Sage" (Warner Music, 2007).

Pictures and video clips of full songs are below. This was a very intimate gig in a former cinema and done in surround sound - for a select audience of music lovers.

The album "The Siren & the Sage" is produced by her husband, Nicholas Sillitoe, who's also working as a film composer and half of Illumination/Chilluminati (with Per Martinsen).

The band:
- Anne Marie Almedal (voice)
- Nicholas Sillitoe (piano/acoustic guitar/backing vocals)
- Sigrun Tara Øverland (lyre/autoharp/glockenspiel/backing vocals)
- Rolf Kristensen (acoustic guitars)
- Nemanja Markovic (cello)

Also:
- Asle Karstad (live sound engineer)
- Peter Podworski (visuals)


Video clips on YouTube (full songs):
(remember to click the "HQ" icon to see and hear the clips in high quality - big difference in sound and picture)

Anne Marie Almedal - Trouble (live at Frogner Kino 1/12-2007)


Anne Marie Almedal - Monterosso (live at Frogner Kino 1/12-2007)


Anne Marie Almedal - Trick (live at Frogner Kino 1/12-2007)


Anne Marie Almedal - The key (live at Frogner Kino 1/12-2007)


Anne Marie Almedal - Safe from harm (live at Frogner Kino 1/12-2007)


Anne Marie Almedal - Joy (live at Frogner Kino 1/12-2007)


Anne Marie Almedal - Paisley Park (live at Frogner Kino 1/12-2007)




Pictures on FlickR: