Why Europe will run the 21st century

Nice book cover and interesting content. Mark Leonard presents some ideas on why Europe is the new Super-power that will change the world to the better by being friends with everyone.

Wakeboarding on The Nile

This guy better be good as he's wakeboarding on one of the most polluted rivers around. A bit surprising as we were enjoying a couple of mezas at Sequoia.

Familjen

Det snurrar i min skalle. Big underground hit in the non-Swedish speaking world too, even in Spain. Familjen sings in Skånska, the strange accent from the south of Sweden that sometimes resembles some funny kind of Australian accent.

Audio Objekt doing Kraftwerk

An updated sweet Kraftwerk cover in Swedish by Audio Objekt.

The Translation T-shirt

This amazing T-shirt translates to/from ANY language.

Cool coastline

30 minutes on a plane from Barcelona and you are on Mallorca. We stayed at Hotel Costa D'Or on the north-west coast which is one of those places you don't really want to tell anyone else about, to keep it for yourself (ego ego ego). But then I found it in Lonely Planet so what the hell... Go there if you like mountains. Photo: The Cookie

Spons Pop

Spons Pop is back. Pop4Real has released their new single, N81. Read more about the band here.

Strong environmental message

A tasteful way of getting the message across. "Don't watch before eating!"

Control (2) - Anton Corbijn

Interview with Anton Corbijn about Joy Division and the film. He's never ever before got this much attention before he says.

Control (1)

Joy Division in theatres soon. The trailer looks very promising. JD will probably reach a new crowd after this, which is great. Let's see if the suicide rate in Finland goes up too.

ABSOLUT FASHION ANIMAL

The guys in action during the ABSOLUT FASHION ANIMAL photo shoot. The final animation of Ennio Capasa's bottle interpretation can be seen here. Great work Ola, Ted, Erik, Brie and Maxi!

Japanese entertainment

Japanese entertainment at its best!

Vacation

Mmmmm... nice with some holiday in good old Sweden.

Futbolin part 2

And talking about Futbolin, this guy is quite good...

Futbolin

Futbolin is beautiful. And good practice for your hands and arms, not to forget my friend. This one I found at Vinçon in Barcelona. Isn't cheap but it's worth it.

Old skool editing

Found this beautiful peace at my dad's place - the PansarBengt editing equipment. 300% cooler than Final Cut Pro.

LCD Soundsystem rocks

Just came back from one of the funkiest rock'n'roll gigs in years. LCD Soundsystem at Razzmatazz was something else. When you think it's at its best, they accelerate even more. If you've seen them live: Lucky you! If not: something to look forward to. They are back in BCN again in July at Summercase.

Life on Mars

25 minutes report on Bowies "Life on Mars" with Bowie, Mick Rock, Wakeman and more. 5 out of 5. Watch>>

Great Works Football Team

Like all the great agencies in the universe, Great Works too has its own football team. Goodlooking!

Chickens

I thought I'd seen it all. But no... Thank you sooo much for posting this video.

Rocky in Spanish

Yesterday I got hold of the first edition of Rocky in Spanish. Written by Martin Kellerman and translated from Swedish by my ex-colleague Amanda Mansten. Great Work!

Best Track 2006

The Germans have done it again, with a little help from the French (Kitsuné). Galactic Lover from The World Dominations vs. Adam Sky have taken DAF and Stooges to the next millenium. Definitely No 1 in my book of 2006.

Cutest Christmas gift 2006

My dad got a Black and Decker laser level from my brother.

Christmas Paintball

To honour the birth of Jesus Christ we play the yearly paintball before the Christmas holidays. In the picture: Chuck Chase, Nico Hairball, Henke Marky Mark, Mattias Banjo Player and Scarface.

Cutest Christmas greeting 2006

This year my dad PansarBengt has made a bunch of embroidered Christmas greeting cards.

Cutest Depeche Mode Interview 2006

The Big Ones Depeche Mode Interview.

Cutest movie 2006

Cutest movie 2006 - Me and You and Everyone we know - (well actually 2005, but it came out in Europe in 2006).

Cutest song 2006

The cutest song of 2006. And the cutest video clip. Hot Chip.

Coffee

At Kaffebar at Mariatorget in Södermalm, Stockholm you get the best coffee in Northern Europe (and the coolest billboard).

Cute small animal sculptures

Found these cute small sculptures in Björns Trädgård in Stockholm. Must be new, weren't there 6 months ago. Their eyes are lit up beautifully.

What one can do with a football!

Sometimes I really regret not going to the stadium. On Nov 25 for example...

Breakfast according to the schoolbook

After living in Spain almost 5 years I'm used to breakfasts like black coffee and a cigarette. After a stay at Fredrik and Mia's in Stockholm I was reminded of the breakie according to the schoolbook: Tea, Crips bread, Polarbröd, apricot marmelade, liver paté and cucumber, cornflakes, orange juice.

Candy from the Bank

Went to the bank today to get my new company credit card. They gave me this bag of candy. Guess I'm the teacher's pet!

Bow and arrows as hand luggage

A surprising discovery: With EgyptAir you can bring your bow and arrows as hand luggage. Of course, why not?

Coke old school

In Egypt you can find Coke old school tabs. I sort of miss them. You could make cute necklaces from them.

Cleaning Lady's Surprise

Coming back to your hotel room in Egypt is like opening a KinderEgg. You never know what's gonna hit you.

Mount Sinai pt 2... Doh...

Doh... shit, now we have to walk all the way back down!!

Mount Sinai pt 1

Pfiuu... walked 3,5 hours to reach the top of Mount Sinai to watch the sunrise on the spot where Mose received the 10 commandments.

Metro signs in Cairo

The Metro signs in Cairo are really Russian stylish. Love'em.

McDonald's Egyptian Delivery Service

In Cairo the people are very proud of having the world's only McDonald's delivery service. Even though it might not be true, the vespas are lovely.

The Grand Hyatt Revolving Restaurant

A_cool_place: The white UFO on the top of the Grand Hyatt Hotel is the revolving restaurant with a sweet view over the Nile and a whole lot more.

Nice wall

Our friends at Area3 in BCN have made a cute illustration on one of their walls.

Nervous breakdown

Nys sorting out his receipt mess on the verge of a nervous breakdown. The room is all white for a reason.

Barça-Recre 3-0

Silvinho puts a perfect pass to Ronaldinho who scores a header that means 2-0. Recreativo finally beaten with 3-0. We're still in the lead!

Men at work

Kalle and Jonas at work. Super secret web campaign story board under construction...

Japanorama

Japanorama! Jonathan Ross exploring Japanese culture from a different angle. Herr Bergström was right: This is TV at its best!

Kraftwerk - part 4

Bronx meets Düsseldorf. Turbo's broom dance to Kraftwerk's Tour de France in Breakin' from 1984.

Kraftwerk - Part 3

Afrika Bambaataa released Planet Rock in 1982 containing samples from Kraftwerk's Trans Europe Express (and other stuff from Ennio Morricone and Captain Sky).

Kraftwerk - part 2

Same song 27 years later.

Kraftwerk - part 1

The talented young guys in our office started asking questions about the beginning of electronic music. Since I'm so old and wise I told them about the Theremin, Robert Moog and all that jazz and not surprisingly I ended up praising Kraftwerk. Found this one, Die Roboter, on German TV from 1978.

Räsunda

Lots of talk about football + Stockholm in Spain lately. Last Saturday Spain was defeated by 2-0 and yesterday Brazil played a friendly against Ecuador at Råsunda stadium (2-1). Funny to see how hard it is to spell "Råsunda Stadium". The most common version is Räsunda, in some cases Rösunda and the best one so far is Rusunda - spelled like it sounds in Spanish.

Warp's finest

Boards of Canada has to be Warp's finest. Year after year they continue to make the world even more beautiful.

Mut rules... and the chef

One of the nicest bars/restaurants in Barcelona, Mut, is located aprox 75 m. from my flat. That I like. It struck me today that the Philipine chef not only is a really skilled one, he also looks really mean all dressed in black. If I only was a casting director...

The crocheted Lion

Karin admiring a Lion crocheted on a white plastic foundation at Caixa Fórum in Barcelona.

Maria 35

Went to a nice birthday brunch at Maria's and Henrik's place. Maria 35 years, yihaaa!! Later we went "throwing sandwiches" in the Mediteranean Sea with Max.

Gitmo - The New Rules Of War

Lukas, a friend of mine, was part of the team that made this award-winning documentary about US military investigation methods last year. The trailer is kind of funny but the film itself is really scary... and impacting.

iRooster

Lying in my bed in an hotel room in Madrid chit chatting with iRooster. My sweet little digital friend who wakes me up in the morning playing my favourit tunes (and turning my Mac into the world's most expensive alarm clock).

Surf's up!

Surfing season started in Barcelona. Have to upgrade from body board to big boy surf board before I turn 40.

Wtf?

Dios mio... Seems like these kids are really messed up.

Trees Lounge

I saw Steve Buscemi's Trees Lounge at Stockholm Film Festival in 96 and it was fantastic. Steve himself was there to present it which was cool. However it never got distribution in Scandinavia which was a real pity. Yesterday I downloaded it and it's still a great indie film.

Housewarming Fiesta

Niklas, Henrik and Marco threw a housewarming party last Saturday. Lot's of talk about electronic music, internet's impact on film distribution and people with mixed nationalities. In the photo Jonas is trying to convince Niklas... don't remember. But it was fun.

Environmental "entertainment"

Within 2 weeks 2 major hollywoodish documentaries are released on the movies and people actually go and see them. Guess that's a good sign. 1. The Planet 2. An Inconveniet Truth

Collioure

Went to see my aunt, uncle and cousin + family last weekend in the lovely French village Collioure. Bought a nice bottle of Banyuls, the local sweet red wine.

Kirsten, New Order and Oscar de la Renta

Ok, so let's take Kirsten Dunst and mix her with Oscar de la Renta, Alexander McQueen, Dior and some others and on top of that some New Order from the early days... Check out this podcast.

Assault at Great Works

Today the strangest thing happened. 2 Japanese guys came crashing in to our studio and started tagging the walls while they were screaming and yelling "TYO, Tokyo, TYO, Tokyo". At least we've got some pics of them so we'll be able to identify later on. Yimmy, Yoko and Yens, could you please translate what they have written?? Arigato!

Hungry

Today I was so hungry that I smashed the plastic fork.

GW Sthlm visits GW BCN

Great Works Stockholm comes to visit Great Works Barcelona. Super great fun!

Stockholm archipelago

Karin, Tobbe, Elli, Selma and me in the Stockholm archipelago. Tobbe, one of the best dads in the world playing with Selma. Apart from us there were only 3 people on the beach... From Spain!! Me sentía como en casa.

Summer with my family

August = Spanish heat peak. Going to Sweden to see my family is a good move. PansarBengt, Anne, Mikael and Helene enjoying an afternoon at Lake Mälaren.

Vacation

Holy smoke, vacation is soooo sweet.