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• Jag vill at du skall bli lycklig Translation

  My translation of the song “Jag vill at du skall bli lycklig”, by Agnetha Fältskog (1971), from her album “När en vacker tanke blir en sång.”

• Unusual Hypermeter in Pop Music

  What is hypermeter? I like this explanation:

• Half-Earth Socialism Guide

  I became a little obsessed with this strategy game called Half-Earth Socialism a while back.

• Diesel, Guns and Rust - Alex Flanigan, Lyrics

  Another song missing lyrics on the lyric sites. Released 2012, performed by Alex Flanigan, written by Thom Sebastian.

• I Just Fall In Love Again - Chords

  Is it me, or is the version of this song by Anne Murray a quarter tone higher/lower than standard C?

• Very Normal Thoughts about Germaine Tailleferre

  Just some thoughts about a composer I like a lot.

• Son Con Guaguanco, lyrics

  Lyrics to “Son Con Guaguanco” by Celia Cruz. For some reason there are no lyrics to this song on the internet. I’m sharing my transcription here. There are some words I couldn’t make out or I wasn’t sure about, marked with (?). Translation coming eventually…

• Här är mitt liv Translation

  My translation of the song “Här är mitt liv”, sung by Kicki Möberg (1981), music written by Agnetha Fältskog (of ABBA fame) and lyrics by Ingela Forsman. It was originally performed as “I’m Still Alive” by Agnetha during the 1979 ABBA tour.

• Love or glory?

  One of my favorite genre of song has to be the “person who gets what they wanted, at the cost of human connection.” It’s a basic tradeoff, and we are shown time and time again that pushing against human connection only leads to loneliness, yet we still need to be reminded of it.

• Recollections on Pikmin

  I was always afraid to play the Nintendo Gamecube game ‘Pikmin’ when I was a kid.

• Cloud thoughts

  I’ve been trying to learn more about the weather for a while now. It all started when I decided I really wanted to understand what the different types of clouds were. I knew what cumulus, stratus, and cirrus were like, but the finer distinctions of height were lost on me.

• Back to the past

  I like linguistics