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Translation I LOST IN Carly Hale kommer från Jupi
ter, Florida, men är numera kärleksinvandrare och bor sedan i juni i Växjö. Varje månad skriver hon i Nöjesnytt, där hon på ett personligt och insiktsfullt sätt delar med sig av sina upplevelser av det nya hemlandet, om språkförbistring och kulturkrockar. Bland mycket annat. t is a Thursday evening in Växjö, and I’m the only rider on the 7 bus downtown. When I get off the bus, there is this plaintive stillness, like I am entering a ghost town. But as I walk down a near-vacant Kungsgatan and approach Lagerlunden Bistro & Bar, I peer through the glass and the whole place is full of life. There is not an empty seat in the house. There’s a line at the bar. Tonight—like every Thursday night—is Alos Musikquiz. Those who go, go often. It is a ritual gathering. And newcomers like me, once they start, they just can’t stop. There’s something addictive about the atmosphere. Lately I have been reflecting a great deal on the paradox of unity and isolation in various social contexts, and on the role that music plays in bringing us together as the social creatures we inherently are. We all know how deeply music impacts us on a personal level. So often we turn to it for comfort, catharsis, distraction. I remember the way my whole body relaxed the first time I heard Johnny Cash on Swedish radio; his voice, the familiarity. America blazed the trail is for a lot of music movements, and many Americans are confident in their knowledge of the very music that has permeated our culture for ages. But how much of our experience with music is passive? How much do we really know about the music we consume? I thought I knew it all. And then I went to the Musikquiz. I was so confident; arrogant, even. I envisioned people fighting over who would have the American girl on their team. What an asset I would be! So, what year was the song released? Who did the original? In what film did the song feature? Well, my friends, it turns out I don’t know shit about most of the music I consider to be rooted in my own cultural identity. But what I observe on quiz nights that impresses me is this unifying experience every week that would not exist nor thrive if Swedes didn’t love music—and a little healthy competition. Inside Lagerlunden groups are huddled closely together at every table, and by the bar. Every team assigns themselves a name. Some choose to keep the same every week; some change it up. Janne Stefanz, for example, has committed to their name, adorning themselves in custom t-shirts and using a customized rubber stamp on their answer sheet. Other teams go by Stephen Hawking’s Fotbollsskor; Spela Quitta; Svårslaget; Slippery When Wet; This Is Answers; Vi Som Vill Men Inte Kan; and Upptäck Tusen Nålar i Kuken, to name a few. As I sit with my team and sip my cocktail, I notice a stark contrast between the seeming lifelessness outside and the feel-good atmosphere inside. Music from every genre is pumping through the speakers. Drinks are flowing. There is laughter, lip-syncing, the sporadic dancer, feet tapping, heads bopping, and no specific demographic. There are hipsters, rockers, preps, old schoolers, and people just too unique for labels. At one point I look up from my table and a man in his 60’s is dancing in his Cosby sweater to Shaggy. At another table a group of hipsters fervently and covertly discuss the Swedish title of that famous Waylon Jennings song (Sånt Är Livet, that is). Everyone is engaged in healthy debate and discussion. This is not mindless conversation. People wait for the results, still actively discussing what they may or may not have nailed. When the answers are revealed, cheering and groaning echoes throughout. Long after the quiz has ended you can feel the energy, and whether or not your team lost, everyone has some sense of victory. They have turned an otherwise mundane Thursday evening into a stimulating social experience. So often we are not fully engaged with the music around us; it is secondary, incidental. But the atmosphere of the Musikquiz and its participants fervently go against this passive listening of which we often fall victim. The quiz has introduced to me a unique environment where music is in the foreground, is the focus, and its listeners are more actively engaged than ever. Music enriches our lives, and can—if we let it—stimulate one of our most important organs: the brain. I FÖRE TEXT: CARLY HALE Södertandläkarna, T elestadsgatan 1, 35235 Växjö. Te e Telefonlelefon 0470-447 00 E-post implantatcentrum.syd@telia.com | www .implantatcentrumsyd.com IMPLANTA ele PLANT TA TCENTRUM SYD EFTER Söker du extrajobb? Extrajobbet som förändrar! 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