Top 10s for 2005: Leonel Jäderberg (Vapen & Godis)
Seven Brilliant things and three Amazingly Stupid:
Brilliant:
01. Sibiria singing that Christian Olsson cheats with taxes. (And the letters from fans of Christian Olsson that followed, telling him not to care about what those jingle-jangle-communists say).
02. Kanye West telling George Bush that he's a racist prick. (And the look on Mike Myers face!)
03. IFK Göteborg – Assyriska 0-3 (The cheers on our side. And the silence on theirs...)
04. Milky live at Nya Varvet (they did "Be My World" twice)
05. Flyktingamnesti 2005 (political campaign. Hey, I think it actually made some difference!)
06. "FC Z" (reality-tv destabilizing masculinity with a feel good twist)
07. Sudoku (Helps me fall asleep)
Amazingly Stupid 1: The new French law obliging schools to emphazise the good sides of French colonialism.
Amazingly Stupid 2: Gunilla Carlsson, member of European Parliament for Moderaterna (Swedish conservative party) saying "Arbete ger frihet". Which in English means "Working sets you free". Hm, wonder what that means in German...
Amazingly Stupid 3: Claes af Geijerstam (59) of the "Idol"-jury, telling Agnes (17) that she should look more "like she had been at least with one boy". BTW, change that to Amazingly Gross.
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Leonel Jäderberg runs Gothenburg based label Vapen & Godis. Artists on the label include My Enemy, Tokyo Eye and the recently signed Otur.
www.vapengodis.com