#peter+oslo

[vanalex]

[masonjarsmoments]

Really glad I was able to wacht this man jump and even win live, Hvala Pero 💚💚

[operafantomet]

I know you aren't a hardcore Les Mis fan but do you plan on seeing the Arena Tour when it comes to Oslo?

I may. I may not. That is not really related to Les Mis, rather my lack of interest in arena stagings of musicals. I love the sense of theater, of the stage, of the stalls, of boxes, of entering a building dedicated to stage art. I love set design. I love seeing the faces and the many nuances of the cast. Things that are lost in the big stagings.

So long story short... if the cast is spectacular, or if there are things I simply need to experience I might go. But so far I haven't bought tickets for it.

[bronzebluemind]

BEAUTIFUL

[eurovision-revisited]

1996 Oslo - Number 19 - One More Time - "Den Vilda"

One that I think many would put higher. One More Time are Melfest royalty. Prior to 1996, their members have entered Melodifestivalen numerous times. As Sound of Music in 1986 and 1986. And with members Thérèse Löf and Maria Rådsten entering solo in 1992. They also wrote the runner up in Melfest in 1995 for Cecilia Vennersten. After a quick name change to Peter's Pop Squad, they became One More Time. 1996 was their year. Thérèse had left the group by then leaving them as a three-piece.

Den Vilda (The Savage or The Wild One) is pop with more than a hint of a folky arrangement. It feels very much in line with what post-Riverdance orthodoxy that in full effect in 1996. It could almost be from the soundtrack to a mystical, traditional Swedish set Lord of the Rings. It speaks of someone who wanders with joy through nature, experiencing all of its wonders with a smile. Both Maria and her fellow singer Nanne Grönvall harmonise well to provide a deep rich, musical world in which to wrap yourself and disappear for three minutes.

So good was it that it won the audio-qualification round, thirty points clear at the top. It went into the final in Oslo as the favourite only to lose to something even more mystical and folksy. It finished in third place a long way behind the winner. Despite that strong result, it must have come as something of a disappointment. I have this only at number 19 not because it's a weak song, but because it's trying a little too hard to fit the 1996 meta, and has lost any sign of idiosyncrasies to do this. Also 1996 is a very strong year - it has a lot of competition both in this niche and more widely.

The group continued for another year after this prior to splitting in 1997. The one member who continued to pursue the Eurovision dream was Nanne Grönvall who entered Melfest on five further occasions with three of those songs written by One More Time bandmate and husband (and son of Benny Andersson) Peter Grönvall. In 2005 she finished as runner up and won the Melfest televote with Hold Me - so close!

[paul-archibald]

Young Conductors

“All music was new music once,” we often have to remind ourselves, and the same is true of conductors: they were all young once upon a time. But what does age have to do with a conductor’s artistic vision, or prowess with a baton? In Conversation looks at some of today’s up-an-coming conductors and we hear if their recordings justify the hype. Four conductors currently making their mark on the…

[aerikvon]

[nerdwelt]

Krimi: Männer voller Angst - Borowski ermittelt gegen Frauenhasser

Die Kommissare Borowski und Sahin aus Kiel werden in ihrem neuesten Fall mit Hass gegenüber Frauen konfrontiert. Der Kriminalfilm mit dem Titel “Tatort: Borowski und die Angst der weißen Männer” wurde im Jahr 2021 als politischer Krimi über toxische Männlichkeit konzipiert. Die Bewegung INCEL stammt aus Amerika und ihre männlichen, weißen Mitglieder fühlen sich von Frauen ignoriert und führen ein…

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1865-1870 Antonie Sandberg (photo by Claus Peter Knudsen)

(Oslo Museum)

[catastrxblues]

articles and news on what’s happening in west papua are so appallingly scarce that i could rarely find any except a few before this. as an indonesian, i didn’t even know any of this is happening in the first place until a few months ago because rarely any of the big news outlets have ever brought it up, much less in a scale that is necessary to gain the world’s attention. SO PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT, one article at a time if it seems too much (which is what i'm currently doing too).

i think it’s important to note that while indonesia has been loudly advocating for palestine’s freedom, it has also been committing silent acts of violence against the people of west papua and exploiting them for years and silence those AND others who have tried to bring it to light.

things included in the thread ->

ARTICLES :

freewestpapua.org *the link isn't working at the moment but op has included screenshots in the tweet!

west papua : a history of exploitation (al jazeera)

courtesy of amnesty international

OTHERS :

amnesty international - "sudah, kasi tinggal dia mati" pembunuhan dan impunitas di papua (in bahasa)

BOOKS TO READ :

'the road : uprising in west papua' by john martinkus

'an act of free choice : decolonisation and the right to self-determination in west papua' by pieter drooglever

'merdeka and the morning star : civil resistance in west papua' by jason macleod

’see no evil : new zealand’s betrayal of the people of west papua’ by maire leadbeater

‘freedom in entangled worlds’ by eben kirksey

‘poisoned arrows’ by george monbiot

‘papua blood’ by peter bang

’west papua and indonesia since suharto’ by peter king

pdf available :

’the united nations and the indonesian takeover of west papua’ by john saltford

’west papua : the obliteration of a people’ by carmel budiardjo and liem soei liong

FILMS TO WATCH :

rebels of the forgotten world (1991)

blood on the cross (1999)

freedom for west papua (1999)

papua merdeka (2002)

west papua — the secret war in asia (2007)

forgotten bird of paradise (2009)

strange birds in paradise — a west papuan story (2010)

west papua — a journey to freedom (2011)

mama malind su hilang (our land has gone)

benny wenda — oslo freedom forum (2012)

isolated (2013)

courage is contagious — TEDx sydney (2013)

the road to home (2015)

punks for west papua (2016)

run it straight (2016)

act of no choice (2019)

paradise bombed (2023)

investigative tv reports :

inside indonesia’s secret war for west papua — ABC news (2020)

selling out west papua — al jazeera (2020)

INFOGRAPHICS :

amnesty international

brief history

2017

2018

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Peter Nicolai Arbo (Norwegian, 1831-1892) Åsgårdsreien (Åsgård’s Ride, The Wild Hunt of Odin), 1872 Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo

[chadtheroyalidiot]

descendants: book series auradon kids full names [headcanon]

herkie has a last name because i thought since hercules was adopted by mortals, he would have their last name. arabella doesn't have a last name. ariana doesn't have the same last name as audrey because audrey has her dad's last name and ariana has her dad's last name who i headcanon as aurora's cousin rather than a sibling. i also believe that tiger peony's name would be some sort of title because on neverland, no-one except the pirates and peter pan have an actual name, they all seem to have nicknames that best describe them

aziz → hamed aziz aladdin bobolonius III

↳ hamed → arabic → praiseworthy

↳ aziz → arabic → powerful

↳ aladdin → arabic → nobility of faith

↳ bobolonius → ____ → ____

lil shang → fa li xiaobo

↳ fa → chinese → to send; pass; beginning

↳ li → chinese → reason; language; power; capability; beautiful

↳ xiaobo → chinese → little wrestler

derek → derek diamant

↳ derek → english → gifted ruler

↳ diamant → german → diamond

arabella → arabella serafina

↳ arabella → latin → yielding to prayer

↳ serafina → hebrew → fiery; burning; angel

herkie → therimachus tiryns

↳ therimachus → greek → he who fights the wild beasts

↳ tiryns → greek → aunt of hercules

ariana → ariana hélène georgiana valor

↳ ariana → greek → most holy

↳ hélène → greek → shining light

↳ georgiana → greek → farmer; earthworker

↳ valor → latin → bravery; courage

anxelin → anneke-flynn christiana fitzherbert

↳ anneke → dutch → grace

↳ flynn → irish → descendant of flann

↳ christiana → latin → follower of christ

↳ fitzherbert → english/irish → son of herbert

carina → carina marie potts

↳ carina → italian → dear; beloved

↳ marie → french → star of the sea

↳ potts → english → circular hollows in the ground

yi-min → zhu yi-min

↳ zhu → chinese → upright

↳ yi-min → chinese → intelligent; bright

artie → kyduan arthur pendragon

↳ kyduan → welsh → ____

↳ arthur → celtic → bear

↳ pendragon → welsh → chief dragon

tiger peony

↳ tiger → american → powerful cat

↳ peony → greek → praise giving

pin → giuseppe silvestre

↳ giuseppe → italian/hebrew → god will add

↳ silvestre → latin → wooded

opal → opal facilier

↳ opal → sanskrit → jewel

↳ facilier → french → derived from the french world facile meaning easy

bobby → bodhi john hood

↳ bodhi → sanskrit → awakening; enlightenment

↳ john → hebrew → god is gracious

↳ hood → english/scottish → someone who made or wore a hood

crabby → hyde diamant

↳ hyde → english → one who lives on a hide of land

↳ diamant → german → diamond

gordon → gordon diamant

↳ gordon → scottish → spacious fort

↳ diamant → german → diamond

hap → sevrin diamant

↳ sevrin → latin → serious; strict; stern

↳ diamant → german → diamond

cheerful → oslo diamant

↳ oslo → norwegian → meadow of the gods

↳ diamant → german → diamond

bashful jr → patrick diamant

↳ patrick → latin → nobleman

↳ diamant → german → diamond

shy → dennis diamant

↳ dennis → greek → follower of dionysus

↳ diamant → german → diamond

sleepy jr → victor diamant

↳ victor → latin → conqueror

↳ diamant → german → diamond

snoozy → lorcan diamant

↳ lorcan → irish → little fierce one

↳ diamant → german → diamond

doc II → wallace diamant

↳ wallace → scottish → foreigner

↳ diamant → german → diamond

gesundheit → gerhard diamant

↳ gerhard → german → brave with the spear

↳ diamant → german → diamond

[aimeedaisies]

✨ 15 days of Princess Anne ✨

August is Princess Anne’s birth month and her 73rd birthday is on the 15th so until then we will look at her fascinating life, one photo for every year!

The 2000s

2000 Princess Anne sat behind a stall at the Gatcombe Park Horse Trials on 6th August 2000.

2001 Princess Anne visiting the King's Royal Hussars of which she is Colonel in Chief on 21st June 2001.

2002 Princess Anne with her husband Commodore Tim Laurence at the Royal Albert Hall in London for the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance on 9th November 2002.

2003 Princess Anne, Tim Laurence and Peter Phillips celebrating Zara Phillips when she placed second at the Burghley Horse Trials in September 2003.

2004 Princess Anne and her husband Commodore Tim Laurence at Kiri Te Kanawa's 60th birthday reception at Marlborough House, on 31st March 2004.

2005 Princess Anne embracing her daughter Zara Phillips as Peter Phillips watches on after she won gold at the European Eventing Championships at Blenheim Palace on 11th September 2005.

2006 Princess Anne at The Festival of Trees auction party for Save The Children, at the Natural History Museum in London on 5th December 2006.

2007 1. Princess Anne and her husband Tim Laurence giving each other serious heart eyes at the Festival of British Eventing on 5th August 2007.

2. Princess Anne and her husband Tim Laurence dancing ever so close to each other at King Harald's 70th Birthday Gala Dinner at Royal Palace, Oslo on 24th February 2007.

3. Princess Anne and Tim Laurence walking arm in arm to the Christmas Day service at St. Mary Magdelene Church at Sandringham, on 25th December 2007.

2008 At the photoshoot at Windsor Castle after the wedding of Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly, which was held at St George’s Chapel on 17th May 2008.

2009 Princess Anne with the Irish Guards at the St Patrick's Day Parade at Victoria Barracks, Windsor on 17th March 2009.

[thunderstruck9]

Peter Blake (British, 1932), Tarzan, Jane, Boy and Cheeta, 1966 & 1975. Acrylic on canvas, 140 x 111 cm. Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo

[ambiguousthoughtsinsilence]

my year of boygenius

Why do we listen to music? Is it just melodic noise that provides background to our daily existence or is it a space where we look for meaning, purpose and beauty? This is a false question, as music can be all of these things, but it is so much more. For many people, the beauty of music gives their life meaning, whether listening or creating it. Most of us will have fond memories of listening to the radio in the car or discovering an album that transported us to a seemingly magical place, expanding our understanding of what music could be and do (e.g. Jeff Buckley’s Grace for me).

Growing up in a relatively small town by the Baltic Sea, one of my favourite activities was to go to the seaside in winter, when it was stripped of human presence, sit down on the staircase of a lifeguard’s lookout and listen to the songs on my iPod. Years before that I had a silver cassette player and a CD player that I always carried with me, along with a CD wallet. Music has always been a comforting presence in my life. But even in this rich history, there are certain albums and artists that have had such a transformative impact on my life that they have become part of who I am. There are not many albums that fall into this category, but this year one of them did appear.

In March, 2023 the record had come out, the first full LP from boygenius. As I listened to it for the first time, I knew it was going to embed itself in my brain as I was going to play it again and again and again. I became obsessed with the record and the three women responsible for creating it - Lucy Dacus, Julien Baker and Phoebe Bridgers.

It was like being a teenage girl again, eagerly watching interviews, trying to find out ways in which to watch their Coachella performances and following a fan account that reposted every live video and tour photo imaginable. People always talk about separating art from the artist, but the songs on the record felt so grounded and rooted in familiarity, like they were made by people that felt real and compassionate and vulnerable. In interviews they would talk about books and artists they admired and how they valued each other, and for someone, who has long felt that romantic love should not be valued more than friendship, it felt almost revolutionary to hear that as a foundation of an indie ‘supergroup’s’ ethos.

In August I had a chance to attend Oyafestivalen with my best friend Tina, who had very kindly gifted me a ticket. boygenius were due to play in the early hours of the evening. This was my first time seeing them live.

‘I want to hear your story / And be a part of it’ / boygenius- without you, without them

Making meaningful connections with other people is probably one of the, if not the most, important things you can do with your life. As I stood on a lawn in Oslo and kept bawling my eyes out, I couldn’t help, but end up in existential ponderings about love, loneliness and human connection and the fact that my closest friend was sharing the gig with me. We live thousands of km apart, but I love her loads and appreciate that she’s a part of my life.

‘And it feels good/ To be known so well/ I can’t hide from you / Like I hide from myself’ / boygenius- true blue

After the concert ended, I sat down by a tree to regain my composure, tear streaked cheeks and red eyes, an emotional outpouring and connection that meant so much to me. A few weeks later, I saw them headlining at Gunnersbury Park, this time sharing it with Tina again and my other friend Peter. This experience was less rooted in existential ponderings and more just an overwhelming sense of joy. It was a scorchingly hot day and multiple people fainted, however everyone around helped to get those people taken care of as quickly as possible.

Queer care and joy was ever present in this audience, people had arrived with wonderfully crafted items of clothing or little references to boygenius lyrics on them. Tina and I handed out pink carnations to the younger girls behind us. There is something strange about loving a band, whose audience seems much younger than you are, but maybe the best kind of music manages to reach something within us that is shared, regardless of age.

As the fireworks went up into the dark night sky, I felt so much joy. This time their music had reached the part of me that felt an immense gratitude for being alive and being able to experience such happiness with more than 20’000 people. This performance felt even more explosive and raw, but also funny and deeply meaningful. It seemed that all of us were treating ourselves to some self-belief.

‘will you be a nihilist with me / if nothing matters, man that’s a relief / Solomon had a point when he wrote Ecclesiastes/ if nothing can be known, then stupidity is holy / if the bore becomes a void, we’ll treat ourselves to some self-belief’ / boygenius - Satanist

The last time I saw them live was thanks to Peter, in a small and intimate acoustic set in Kingston. It was another very special experience as the songs had become embedded in my brain and hearing them acoustically felt quite different from the previous shows with a full backing band, here were the three people who were responsible for all those captivating melodies. They embody a vulnerable compassion and a reliance on friendship that feels authentic, and it is wonderful to see creativity blossom from a place of deep love and appreciation for each other.

The record is an album I have grown to love deeply, because it seems to fit whatever mental state I am in. Without You, Without Them for when I want to remind myself of the love I feel for my friends, Cool About It as a reminder that all of have had to play it cool, when someone has hurt us deeply, Not Strong Enough and Anti-Curse for when my mental health lies somewhere in the bottom of the bin. Whatever I am going through, I can find comfort in knowing that the record is there to give me solace and company, whether I am staring at the ceiling or going on a walk around North London.

[aerikvon]