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Kristin

summer's lease hath all too short a date

About Me

music journalist. TV reporter/producer (Lydverket, NRK1). Occasional DJ.

Myspace Layouts at Pimp-My-Profile.com / Black & Red

My Interests

friends, music, movies, books, writing, travel makes my world go round, hotels, sunshine, sea breeze, nocturnal activities, deserts, moroccan food, reading magazines, shoes, people watching, New York.

I'd like to meet:

Abba, Richard Burton, Nina Simone, Roderick Jaynes and Tor Ulven.

Music:

My Midnight Creeps, Gun Club, Primal Scream, Neu!, Rolling Stones, Serena Maneesh, My Morning Jacket, The Cramps, Sex Pistols, Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Merz, Cat Power, Årabrot, JR Ewing, Slayer, Motörhead, Chet Baker, Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, Kraftwerk, System Of A Down, Bob Marley, The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Minor Threat, Dizzee Rascal, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Lee Clayton, New York Dolls, The Clash, Lee Scratch Perry, Mars Volta, Outkast, Sex Beat, Ane Brun, Bad Brains, Tom Waits, Neil Young, The Loch Ness Mouse, Neko Case, TV On The Radio, Sohodolls, Lorraine, Can, Boards Of Canada, Casa Electro Novo, Aphex Twin, Prefuse 73, Silver, Dead Moon, Sonic Youth, Mogwai, Tortoise, Postal Service, Broken Social Scene, Stars, PJ Harvey, Patti Smith, Mazzy Star, Missy Elliott, Petra Jean Phillipson, Pixies, Jesus & Mary Chain, Otis Redding, The White Stripes, Bloc Party, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Mahalia Jackson, The Hold Steady, The Lionheart Brothers, Sufjan Stevens, The Gossip, Mercury Rev, Dengue Fever, Beirut, Elvis Perkins to mention a few.

Movies:

Kaurismäki, Lynch, Woody Allen, Ingmar Bergman, Kurosawa, Sunset Boulevard, Casablanca, The Wizard of Oz, Herzog, Scorsese,Almodovar, Lars von Trier, Coen Brothers, Jarmusch, Tim Burton, Wes Anderson. Music documentaries.

Television:

Lydverket, Musikbyrån, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Simpsons, Futurama, Little Britain, League Of Gentlemen, Shameless, Deadwood, Carnivale, Sopranos, Weeds, Grumpy Old Men.

Books:

currently: You Cannot Live as I Have Lived and Not End Up Like This: The Thoroughly Disgraceful Life and Times of Willie Donaldson, written by Terence Blacker.

Heroes:

Joachim & my friends.

My Blog

SXSW 2007: what I loved about it

...loved Dengue Fever!! Amazing band, cool people. The Gossip live at Emo's. Beth for president now! Sharing the elevator with Iggy Pop. Beirut live. Elvis Perkins playing his guitar an...
Posted by Kristin on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:30:00 PST

Watch the bands from the Oya Festival live - for free!

Had a blast at the Oya Festival in Oslo, interviewed The Cramps and Greg Dulli (omg!) saw lots of great live music - amongst them Band Of Horses, 120 Days and The Fall, did my last radio sho...
Posted by Kristin on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:22:00 PST