Aside from the horrible exchange rate and like $50 beers, Norway's a very cool place. Stereogum's got a soft spot for it: that's where Brandon and I first joined forces, during coverage of Øya Festivalen 2006 in Oslo. Annie and Noxagt and Serena-Maneesh and Erlend Øye and black metal thrive there. And journalists, when they find themselves with a video ...