a-ha.com web diaries
These web diaries were written by Magne during a-ha’s winter 2000/2001 tour and are ancient history, but they are fun to revisit from time to time.
Note: The web diary links no longer work and have been removed; the titles remain in a case they jog a memory and/or the articles ever come back online for updating.
Last Updated: November 29, 2020
- My summer of sloth…
- The Russian Detail Department
- The Regular Snaps Department
- The Foot Tourist Department
- A (kind of) Christmas-card (from Magne)
- December 2, 2000
- December 1, 2000
- November 30, 2000
- November 29, 2000
- November 28, 2000
- November 27, 2000
myspace blogs
Magne joined MySpace in April 2006, and immediately began posting blogs containing poetry, ramblings, topical thoughts and even just strings of letters or punctuation. In October of 2006, Magne’s MySpace blog was voted in the Top 10 music blogs.
Also noteworthy: Magne wrote a blog poem for Anna Nicole Smith on MySpace, which received the attention of Norwegian media:
- 02/11/2007 – Kjendis: A-ha-Magne hyller Anna Nicole
- 02/11/2007 – VG: Furuholmen skrev dikt til Anna Nicole
Fan discussion about Magne’s MySpace blogs can be found here: West of the Moon Forum
EDIT: Unfortunately since the MySpace platform was updated in summer 2013, all the old member blogs were lost, including Magne’s. Below is an archive listing of dates, titles and excerpts of the entries that serves only as a reference to those who might want to remember a specific blog. Thanks to Sue and Caterina for compiling the links and titles; I added the dates and short quotes for the purpose of this page.
EDIT 2: Thanks to Caterina, who saved a PDF version of all of Magne’s blogs, and to Magne for giving me permission to post them here.
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blog posts 2012
02/06/2012 | A machine made of Hype?
Heart the new amazing Apparatjik ‘Do It Myself’ on the hype machine! |
01/26/2012 | Apparatjik’s new album
Listen to amazing sounding 24bit FLAC version of Apparatjik’s new album. available to download for FREE on www.facebook.com/apparatjik |
blog posts 2011
02/02/2011 | The Apparatjik Light Space Modulator
Apparatjik has been invited by the Nationalgalerie Berlin to present the collective’s first large-scale project in Germany in March 2011. |
blog posts 2009
10/27/2009 | purple prose
the wordsymphony is now finished and currently in glorious purple vinyl-production. |
09/08/2009 | lust, want and lasting enjoyment
maybe you’re not too impressed with my output on the apparatjik channel yet, what with my big announcement and all…but one day it may just be worth the struggle. i think. my job is to confuse. and i do it so well even i am in a daze. |
09/08/2009 | last will and testament
so here it is, honeys; i’m outta here. not to disappear off the radar completely of course, (don’t get your hopes up!), but to create havoc somewhere else. 09.09.09 here i come. |
08/12/2009 | hey babaluba
having survived another a-ha album (the cat only has 9 lives)it’s fair to say that i will try to pay more attention to my own space again |
04/05/2009 | so you can read again, – so read, you can better
doublespeak: twice as good |
04/05/2009 | neutron blast
thank you, city |
04/05/2009 | as we hover
our instruments not |
04/05/2009 | as neutron
we hover |
04/05/2009 | so yes is marginally better than no?
the original question was; have i read finnegan’s wake? yes and no. |
04/02/2009 | no, the answer is yes! |
04/02/2009 | the answer is no |
04/01/2009 | cattermole hill, ex-mountain of flesh
was reared up by stress and sank under strain |
03/10/2009 | if I can’t imagine what we were
and explorers will end up on the verge |
03/10/2009 | it’s alive
i don’t beat know your own soft skin |
02/07/2009 | if you are reading this
you have been very patient |
blog posts 2008
10/15/2008 | baryon minority
physical separation but that doesn’t do much |
09/23/2008 | if by living
if re-incarnation teach me surely spending time with you |
09/23/2008 | the force that through the green fuse drives the flower
no sense not thinking now |
09/23/2008 | oldplay
http://www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=133 |
09/23/2008 | hinterland
behind the forest rolls yet further still, like frozen surf |
08/30/2008 | bedouine
and i, who have no herd |
08/30/2008 | help the elderly remember by forcing the young to forget
yet further still, like frozen surf |
08/30/2008 | read me real
sein blick ist vom vorübergehen der stäbe |
06/19/2008 | farmfrow’s foul flair for that flayfell foxfetor
gone never to return the same |
05/17/2008 | full on
i think tomorrow is also the day the new magne f cd is out in the uk |
04/11/2008 | pre orders post festum
for the digitally inclined there is now a pre order of the new cd possible |
03/31/2008 | bad santa
however, giving my songs away for free does not mean they now belong to everyone else – and not to me. let me reiterate the obvious: the free download was for you. the vinyl exclusively for those of you interested enough. the music is for everyone. the cd for anyone who wants to buy it. are we clear ? |
02/08/2008 | watch me dance
mms://195.204.125.48:8080 |
02/01/2008 | much ado about something
(all you need to do to show your love is buy my bandmates beer afterwards, |
01/26/2008 | i love the wrongness of it
the promise of another magne f concert in the uk shurely schome mischtake. |
01/24/2008 | nothing comes to those who wait
just don’t go to www.magne-f.net/magneftube expecting some kind of reward. |
01/24/2008 | ok…so now it’s up
rather painful watching if you ask me- the mitigating factor is of course that the pain only lasts 30 secs (like most things) |
01/23/2008 | pay peanuts get monkeys
here’s the better part of the world’s work-force glued to their computer-screens ouuuh we’re sooooo sooorrry….come back later |
01/23/2008 | how do you like it so far…?
so a bit of internet channel-swapping is recommended here. |
01/23/2008 | hello, I must be going – or; quantum leapfrogs – always ahead of schedule again!
why are my sentences uncharacteristically characteristic? the old birth control discussion all over again |
01/21/2008 | better broken english than broken hearts
the reason this confirmation comes your way 2 weeks ahead of time is that the collector’s vinyl-edition sold out way quicker than expected, |
01/15/2008 | new magne f album
why waste time chasing strange ears around with you guys already here? |
01/06/2008 | word war 3
love the fact that any message i write is regarded by some as potential poetry |
01/02/2008 | outside the pale there is colour…
time to get to work now |
blog posts 2007
12/14/2007 | anticlimax
i will be kicking off the new year off with some news on the musical front especially for y’all. you should probably start looking backwards to it already. |
11/06/2007 | I’m leaving on a jet plane
any engineer would tell you this bird’s flying days are over, |
10/28/2007 | who will stitch together
who will turn |
10/28/2007 | I am not human
I walk among you, recognised |
10/28/2007 | because eyes can see
because eyes know |
10/28/2007 | reverse psychology
for it is not for us to know |
10/28/2007 | as your story bleeds into mine
as we piece together moments |
10/28/2007 | Toussaint
so if my history |
10/28/2007 | self referendum
this sentence contains nine syllables |
10/28/2007 | another good verbivorious tip
he is me |
10/28/2007 | literati come forth!
you are now |
10/28/2007 | one unharmful gem
I’m a toothier, inhumane wit meanie. |
10/26/2007 | you’re quick, I’ll give you that!
what cd? |
10/14/2007 | shyly, slyly
me? i am just an emotional striptease. you knew that. |
10/11/2007 | the restless are getting native
the new magne f album is nearly completed. it will be released….probably sometime after xmas. |
09/04/2007 | Guys & Dolls
on behalf of the many perfected versions of myself; thx! |
08/14/2007 | be my seamstress
you may soon all officially add ‘installation artist’ to your respective resumées. |
06/20/2007 | got myself a cryin, talkin, sleepin, walkin…
in case you were wondering – the dolls keep coming, the sick grin on my face ever widening. so many me’s, so little time… |
06/04/2007 | at your mercy
yes, mags is full of hot air. |
05/11/2007 | a doll’s house
now since I know there is sometimes a difference between thinking something and doing it (uh…there is, isn’t there?), this message is to remind the undecided to jump in. |
05/06/2007 | all I need
all I need |
05/05/2007 | a doll the size of myspace
now get going and forget this crap about having no talent – talent is a form of intelligence…are you calling yourself stupid?!? |
05/05/2007 | are we clear?!
in order to avoid even more confusion; anything from six inches to six feet is welcome |
05/04/2007 | invitation to participation
This is definitely an offer you can refuse. As the smarter ones among you no doubt have figured out, this is merely a clever ploy to make you all work for me for free. |
03/29/2007 | n th wr gnst bbbl, vwls r th frst t g
ooiooueea |
03/27/2007 | book of vowels, verse 1
I e ou ou i y a |
03/27/2007 | book of consonants, verse 1
ths chmcl bnd |
03/27/2007 | s ptt, s a a o (ntnmcll: I ay aao you ay ptt)
smthng xtrrdnr |
03/04/2007 | infall
forget sea & sand, |
02/27/2007 | salvus
in this maze I call my own |
02/15/2007 | I mistook myself
I mistook myself |
02/15/2007 | split infinitives
like it or not |
02/12/2007 | for the man who wants to be somebody
you only look |
02/10/2007 | like the white
like these hands |
02/09/2007 | to put oneself in a place
our loss is losing you |
02/08/2007 | valor in a wheelchair
but secrets will reveal |
01/25/2007 | verbatim;
I was monster |
01/25/2007 | If you need another friend
If you need another friend |
01/22/2007 | I am still talking to you
I am still talking to you |
01/22/2007 | our lives interwoven
our lives interwoven |
01/19/2007 | oh yes you can
you can catch it |
01/19/2007 | cough cough..danger, warning; art-project!
http://www.blacksmoke.org/gallery/project?page=3 |
01/12/2007 | I despise
no fuss nor strain |
01/11/2007 | subterfugere
you will stand your ground |
01/11/2007 | undo undone
finish the end |
01/10/2007 | silence is not personal (1)
silence is not personal |
01/10/2007 | silence is not personal (2)
silence is not personal |
01/03/2007 | wishing you all
wishing you all |
blog posts 2006
12/05/2006 | the bigger you get
the more you believe |
12/05/2006 | oh healthy forest
oh healthy forest |
12/05/2006 | I loved you
I knew you |
12/05/2006 | tv learns from you
we all battle demons |
12/05/2006 | we all wrestle with corruption
we all wrestle with corruption |
12/05/2006 | I can draw the line wherever I want
you don’t know |
12/05/2006 | it is looking at old photographs
it is looking at old photographs |
12/05/2006 | thoughts are like masturbation
thoughts are like masturbation |
12/05/2006 | seal this house
broken silences |
12/05/2006 | I can’t do right for doing wrong
opposite to her |
12/05/2006 | the stoned group
hide behind your alias |
12/05/2006 | and just like that
the preachers have |
12/05/2006 | would not blame the shark
would not blame the shark |
12/05/2006 | how she takes refuge in herself
how she is hurt and brave |
12/05/2006 | why complain?
akk, oh vey, phew, oh lordie |
12/05/2006 | the beginning is over
the beginning is over |
12/05/2006 | winter has turned
winter has turned |
12/05/2006 | as long as you remember
as long as you are you |
12/05/2006 | the khoros
be cursed, Cassandra |
12/05/2006 | nowhere
if you want to be in the middle of nowhere |
12/05/2006 | nothing
nothing |
12/05/2006 | no one
no one |
12/05/2006 | the bitch is back
hard to know if it was your high expectations or my great(er) disillusionment |
11/16/2006 | vow of silence
shhh (wow!) |
10/23/2006 | danger & desire
begin to believe |
10/23/2006 | of all the mindfucks
of all the songs |
10/23/2006 | made popular
my secret |
10/15/2006 | my ovaries
my ovaries |
10/14/2006 | rudolph steiner
self-importance knows no boundary |
10/14/2006 | my testicles
but we shall only know the glory |
10/09/2006 | if I changed
if I changed |
10/09/2006 | what am I going to do
you have seen |
10/09/2006 | no more rhyme
and stop pandering |
10/09/2006 | the first babystep
every road from here |
10/09/2006 | do not make the mistake
do not make the mistake |
10/09/2006 | leave the bible
but neither of us have |
10/09/2006 | how can such clumsy moves
how can the appropriate words |
10/09/2006 | I wrote your neckline
I read your face as landscape |
10/09/2006 | I don’t know what you mean
giving in |
10/09/2006 | back on the scene of the crime
as I look out across |
10/09/2006 | who convinced you
if I could beat sense |
10/02/2006 | you are a poem
you are a caterpillar of wish |
09/27/2006 | you have bruises
If I ever see your words within a five-mile radius, I will seek a restraining order. |
09/27/2006 | your south sea skin
a pocketful of change |
09/27/2006 | want to make you smile on buses
I want to make you smile on buses |
09/25/2006 | the kiss of truth
for nothing lies |
09/25/2006 | so you read
but art is like a child, my dear |
09/25/2006 | when is it over
our past has changed colour |
09/24/2006 | lovenot on lycon quer sall
sweet ruin, |
09/24/2006 | lose the map
lose the map |
09/24/2006 | they should make a statue of your mind
they ought to build a church |
09/06/2006 | re-open the door
this is you, this is yours |
08/27/2006 | redux
guard your heart against hope |
08/27/2006 | call me old-fashioned
…but I did appreciate |
08/23/2006 | the other me is having more fun than I am
your gucci eyes |
08/23/2006 | how can you miss me if I never go away
(illegal to import ‘tsks’ – and rightly so…except if you buy an old piano – in which case it is your solemn duty to play something beautiful enough to make the elephant forgive) |
08/23/2006 | the native flute (no relation)
your strength |
08/23/2006 | why is it kudos are quicker than comments?
your world colonized |
08/23/2006 | seriously now
the tattoo on my soul is you |
08/23/2006 | one more for friendships (passing in the night)
the things we love destroying most |
08/23/2006 | and then tomorrow…
and anyway I am a better human being with a hangover |
08/22/2006 | make a world to suit my mood
there is a rent |
08/21/2006 | Butterflies are Disappearing
according to brodsky, a tear is a consequence of having to let beauty go. |
08/11/2006 | ode to the three most important women of my life
maybe life is something someone can make sense of |
08/11/2006 | poetry on toast – I like that
we are not measured by what we get |
08/03/2006 | ICA piece statement (of sorts)
we are almost 80% water and still we are thirsty |
08/03/2006 | surely you can’t expect me to continue on like this..!?
memory makes my mouth |
08/03/2006 | gat shemen
the worst part |
08/03/2006 | it’s a well known fact
(I love the English language – just wish it liked me) |
08/03/2006 | from the archives (running out of ideas – tell no one!)
no thought a train |
08/03/2006 | a sad state of affaires
some decisions are made |
08/03/2006 | singalong song (let’s hear the ladies…)
but recent times don’t stand up to |
08/02/2006 | words
words |
08/02/2006 | you will not see me
you will not see me |
08/02/2006 | the natives are getting restless
Oh yes, poetry is suffering on the altar of prosaic summer activities (or was that prozaic slumber activities), but then you all seem so informed it’s hard to keep up with my own life… |
07/12/2006 | 1+1=22
Even if the numbers dont add up, |
07/12/2006 | I do like to be beside the seaside
your mind has sprung a leak |
06/29/2006 | forgive and forget
forget the difference friend; |
06/27/2006 | archeologically yours
for we are mummified |
06/24/2006 | …
the headsman in me |
06/24/2006 | you can go there anytime…(the movies of your mind)
fast forward past these inbetweens |
06/20/2006 | where do the blogs go?
memory is meant to make stronger |
06/19/2006 | dividends
here is 2002 kudos in return for all the kind words |
06/18/2006 | do cusswords make me cooler?
and who am I to tell you what to do |
06/18/2006 | sifting and lifting
I immediately had a vision of the ensuing culture that would emerge and I liked it. |
06/18/2006 | 1000 misfits can’t be (in the) wrong (place)
Everyone says fuck you |
06/18/2006 | sons and daughters of uranus
in fact a lot of the first mixes michael did was better with hindsight, |
06/12/2006 | The world has teeth
My own little army of wordspies out there scouring the field! |
06/12/2006 | wordsprouts, fontvegetables and grammatical gardens
the poet is a vulture |
06/11/2006 | the way it works
Every book I read I mark every word or line that triggers something in me, and when I finish the book I write them all down in my notebook filed under “lines from literature” so I know where they came from. A book that doesn’t give me lines is not a good book…in my book. |
06/11/2006 | a gleam in the gloom
“Life has enough torturers as it is, without you going around moonlighting as a Grand Inquisitor against yourself” |
06/11/2006 | if you’re gonna quote yourself – f***ing get it right!
how will I know myself |
06/10/2006 | makes me wonder if I’m really as happy as I think I am
I will steal that line |
06/10/2006 | your eyes were green
theres nothing |
06/10/2006 | my southbound mouth
you, my tongue-tied friend |
06/10/2006 | beyond the tilled plain, beyond the toy roofs
wooden conversation in concrete & glass surroundings |
06/08/2006 | th elesss aid them ore imp lied?
my body is poisoned |
05/30/2006 | a four-page blog in invisible ink
…. |
05/29/2006 | you say poetato I say potryto
Naturally I was curious as to your comments about ‘black and blue’ demo, but you all know what I like now: undiluted praise. |
05/28/2006 | new song
Is it a demo, is it a track in the making, is it a finished masterpiece..? Who cares, it’s music. |
05/27/2006 | this is not the title of this piece the line beneath is
these are the roadsigns |
05/27/2006 | sharks
you never thought that |
05/23/2006 | undo undone
music is the reason we are all here, innit? |
05/22/2006 | man of the cloth
this world is ink |
05/15/2006 | all we are saying…is give codpiece a chance (finally something useful!)
Please be advised that I did in fact not compose this literary masterpiece, but simply stole and copy/pasted it here – under the guise of everyone’s write to borrow ideas from each other. |
05/08/2006 | the square root of I is I
everyone in the world is a friend |
05/07/2006 | thoughts for food – will eat
Limitations are road-signs…not the velvet rope of some VIP-section in your mind where you cannot go. And anyway, they are never in the same place when you come back to them again. |
05/07/2006 | a dot of blackness in the blue of your bliss (…song in progress)
always forever but never like this |
04/26/2006 | making friends was never easier
I now officially have more than 300 friends in here – and here was me downsizing the department; not returning calls, generally being rude or unresponsive, making inappropriate and/or unintelligible comments to everyone – and it was working too! |
04/25/2006 | blog and blurb = bog and burp…(a book rec. of sorts)
I have been known to stick my neck out once or twice, and I won’t be surprised if I do it again, but these periods are invariably followed by the slowburning acid of self-scrutiny and maudlin moments of doubt…why are the stairs up from the basement getting longer each time? |
04/20/2006 | transitoria
don’t make it less |
04/20/2006 | flatulatoria (the slightly less self-important version)
we struggle to sit upright |
04/07/2006 | Past Perfect Future Tense
Some points are strengthened by being made over and over. I don’t know if any of it is important, and I don’t care if it is any good, but at least it’s not trying to hide anything – it’s not trying to score points. I’m proud of that much. |
04/07/2006 | magne f in quotes
“Sometimes something comes along that just leads you somewhere you did not expect to go and you have very little or no control over it – disasters come wrapped up as gifts, and gifts come disguised as disasters.” |