Have you ever made love to a weirdo? Odds are, you probably have but won’t admit it. Well, 2008 is the year to start fessing up because being as out there as possible seems to be everyone’s new goal.

A music group bringing new flavor to hip hop, Hollyweerd, is also raising the question of whether or not you’d make love to a weirdo, and gaining much attention from the online community. Self proclaimed as the New Wave/Rap/Ghetto Tech Music genre, Hollyweerd brings a hip new swag to the south. Dreamer, The Love Crusader, Tuki and Stago Lee came together in mid-November of 2007 and have since worked to produce a fresh sound to Hip Hop with and electronic/alternative vibe.

To experience their flavor for yourself visit Hollyweerd here.

If you find yourself in or around London for the next three days, set your radio dial to 87.7FM to catch an aesthetic explosion airing live from Abbey Road Studios. Presented by Showstudio and Swarovski, Fashion DJs emphasizes how fashion and music are constantly interlinked by putting top designers, models, and musicians behind the turntables. A few of the rumored names set to play are Naomi Campbell, Lily Cole and Giles Deacon.

And if that isn’t music to your ears, video footage and live radio content is available online here and here.

A videotape of a bloody-faced woman wearing a Viking helmet and carrying around a giant piece of foam Swiss cheese may seem like an odd choice to categorize as a work of art. But Harry Dodge and Stanya Kanh’s piece captures the crude, gritty, symbolic, fantastically quirky and somewhat funny spirit of their work. The previously describe Viking woman (portrayed by Ms. Kahn herself) is the subject of Dodge and Kahn’s video piece “Can’t Swallow It, Can’t Spit It Out.”

The video piece was screened back in 2006 by the Elizabeth Dee Gallery and later included in an exhibition (”Eden’s Edge”) at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles as well as tapped for the Whitney Museum Biennial.

Ms. Dodge and Ms. Kahn first met in San Francisco in 1993 where they were part of a burgeoning performance art scene. They began working together — Kahn is usually in front of the camera while Dodge is the behind — in Los Angeles where they created their first short titled “Winner” back in 2001. Dodge and Kahn’s roots in performance art are apparent in their video art as characterized by the improvised dialogue and movement in their pieces.

Their latest work “All Together Now” (26 minutes and 34 secs) is a bit different in the sense that the character’s identities are not clear — they wear blue and white hoods. These hoods prevent dialogue — the improvised quality that has garnered them much success.

“All Together Now” is currently in display at the Elizabeth Dee Gallery till August 2, 2008. More info here.

There’s definitely more than Abba in Sweden. But who is hiding behind the enigmatic name of Those Dancing Days? Five young women (two are still in school) from the outskirts of Stockholm who’ve just released their first indie debut album Run Run including hit Hitten.

Their name comes from a tribute to the legendary rock group Led Zeppelin and their song “Dancing Days”. With their refreshing pop, their have won over their home country up to being nominated last year for Best Swedish Act Prize at the MTV Music Awards. Their music made of lively melodies accompanied with sweet guitars and soft voices turns into a perfect summer soundtrack. So let’s dance!

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