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Strage Text
Strage text is a collection of Fredrik Strage's best writings. It contains feature articles, columns, reviews, interviews and essays. It spans over a twenty year period (from 1989 when Fredrik Strage did his first interview with Linköping band Njurmännen) and takes the reader on a pop cultural journey through goth, gangster rap, techno, black metal, zombie movies, fashion models, night buses, graffiti, rabbit jumping, dub reggae, bar pianists, nerds, and pink angora jumpers.
It also contains interviews with stars like Snoop Dogg, Broder Daniel, Bret Easton Ellis, Depeche Mode, Jerry Lee Lewis, Turbonegro, Marc Almond, Björk, R Kelly, Freddie Wadling and Mary J Blige.
It also contains interviews with stars like Snoop Dogg, Broder Daniel, Bret Easton Ellis, Depeche Mode, Jerry Lee Lewis, Turbonegro, Marc Almond, Björk, R Kelly, Freddie Wadling and Mary J Blige.
- GenresMusicNonfiction
480 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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February 7, 2024
Fredrik Strage är verkligen en sån idol. En riktig karaktär. Jag klottrade till och med i denna bok för att minnas mina favoritdelar. Bäst är det när han skriver om: Atari Teenage Riot, Darin-fanfic, Dir en grey, Backyard babies, Broder Daniel, Kent.
Men mina oväntade favoriter ur denna var: krönikan om Barpianister och krönikan om NATTBUSSAR. Allt var PERFEKT i de krönikorna.
Men mina oväntade favoriter ur denna var: krönikan om Barpianister och krönikan om NATTBUSSAR. Allt var PERFEKT i de krönikorna.
August 3, 2012
A Swedish anthology containing texts by Fredrik Strage, renowned pop-culture journalist with a penchant for constructing smallish sentences filled with trivia. I love that stuff, especially when music is involved.
This is a plethora of interviews, articles and reviews spanning 20 years (or thereabouts). The author has commented every bit of writing and his reflections on how bad his writing used to be is quite profound and nice to read.
Where good: asking interesting questions to the people he's interviewing. It's not textbook boring.
Where bad: Strage tends to delve into the extremely odd at times, which upon reading this book in one stretch, can be daunting and in itself quite boring; all the tidbits hit me like "a tsunami of melted lead", to quote the author.
All in all: recommendable. The late part about the black metal scene is indispensable and some of the inner workings of Sweden are truly on display, e.g. where he dissects Tengil, the main antagonist of The Brothers Lionheart.
This is a plethora of interviews, articles and reviews spanning 20 years (or thereabouts). The author has commented every bit of writing and his reflections on how bad his writing used to be is quite profound and nice to read.
Where good: asking interesting questions to the people he's interviewing. It's not textbook boring.
Where bad: Strage tends to delve into the extremely odd at times, which upon reading this book in one stretch, can be daunting and in itself quite boring; all the tidbits hit me like "a tsunami of melted lead", to quote the author.
All in all: recommendable. The late part about the black metal scene is indispensable and some of the inner workings of Sweden are truly on display, e.g. where he dissects Tengil, the main antagonist of The Brothers Lionheart.
November 19, 2025
En kul samling av en skribent som växt till något av en favorit inom den populärkulturella journalistiken på senare år. Alla texter är inte på samma nivå och det är så klart roligare att läsa en artikel om någon eller något man bryr sig om, men i stort är det inspirerande läsning.
February 17, 2016
Han kan ju drygpellen! Nej men allvarligt är hans (ironiska?) självrannsakande ödmjukhet det som gör honom ännu bättre, kommentarerna han skrivit till artiklarna för den här boken lyfter den ännu mer.
"Ibland slutar det med att man skriver idiotiska saker som att E-type är en svåröverträffad allaround-underhållare. Det är han inte."
"Ibland slutar det med att man skriver idiotiska saker som att E-type är en svåröverträffad allaround-underhållare. Det är han inte."
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews