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WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? MEANWHILE IN SWEDEN…

  • www.whats4breakfast.com
  • www.pattkelley.comOwn this original strip (watercolor and ink painting)
    Comes with the book WFB The First Forty, only $25/shipping included. Buy it HERE

    My graphic novel “What Am I Going to Do Without You?” will be digitally released by Top Shelf Productions on July 18. You can get a 10 page preview and pre-order the ibooks version HERE
    (kindle/nook/etc editions will be available on the 18th)
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THE GIRL WITH THE @SWEDEN TWITTER FEED

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In December 2011, the tourism bureau of Sweden made its Twitter feed @Sweden into a democracy, and they didn’t even have the U.S. Armed Forces to help them.

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TOYS “R” NOT THEIR SPECIALITY

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Swedish non-profit GIL has royally screwed up in the Olympic competition of being morally conscious with its creation of the “CP-docken.” Continue reading

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WE ARE SERENADES: CRIMINAL HEAVEN

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It’s either familiar and endearing, or totally predictable and yawn-inducing. Continue reading

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CD REVIEW: JOHN DAHLBACK

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You know you’ve made it as both a DJ and producer when your latest release contains not just 36 full-length songs but two—yes, two—full-length CD mixes. Continue reading

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REPORTING LIVE: GRAVEYARD

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Sean Flynn hits the Middle East for Graveyard, and apparently some dude hits the floor! Continue reading

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LYKKE LI @ HOUSE OF BLUES

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The Swedish people are so intrinsically twee that you can take any one of their names at random and form a kickass indie moniker out of the first three syllables. Carve off a chunk from “Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson,” for example, and you get … the absurdly perfect Lykke Li, which just so happens to be the nom-du-bubblegum of the sonorous Scandinavian taking stage at the House of Blues this evening. Yes! To be perfectly honest, we weren’t sure if that was going to work. Okay, let’s try … Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt. There’s Rik Refred. Fredre Rik. Refri—okay, we got lucky.

[Fri 5.20.11. 15 Lansdowne St., Boston. 888.693.2583. 8pm/all ages/$25. houseofblues.com]

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FOTOBOM: LOWE AT DARQ, SALEM

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Mix Goths and Thai food with Swedish synth rockers and you get, well, a not unusual night in the Witch city. Continue reading