Staffan Göransson made a number of wonderful cover illustrations to Asimov-novels during the eighties. Göransson’s drawing style is far from the boring, clinical illustrations that come with a lot of science fiction. Enjoy:

Död robot (The Robots of Dawn)

Den okända lagen (Robots and Empire)

Preludium till Stiftelsen (Prelude to Foundation)

Stiftelsetrilogin (Foundation Trilogy)

Stiftelsen och jorden (Foundation and Earth)

While I’ve been a stay-at-home-dad, the kid and I have listened to the following playlist of groovy, funky and jazzy children’s music, mostly in Swedish:

Svängig barnmusik

Trazan & Banarne – Balla Trazan Apansson
Jojje Wadenius – Mitt sår
Dunderklumpen – Jätten Jorms sång
Leppe Sundevall – Jag Vill Ju Va Som Du
Bröderna Lindgren – Välkommen till djungeln
Electric Banana Band – Zwampen
Voffisarna – Älgarna demonstrerar
Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter – Fem myror är fler än fyra elefanter
Jojje Wadenius – Kalles Klätterträd
Electric Banana Band – Min Piraya Maja
Various Artists – Okända djur
Uffe Börjesson& Rey-Ove Karlén – Imse Vimse Spindel
Electric Banana Band – Rap-hönan
Per Myrberg – Alla Snubbar Vill Ju Vara Katt
Electric Banana Band – Banankontakt
Petra Rydgren, Kristian Thuresson och Anders Lundström – Vipp-På-Rumpan-Affärn
Jojje Wadenius – Den jag älskar heter Örjan
Electric Banana Band – Pelikanen
Rolf Bengtson – Var Nöjd Med Allt Som Livet Ger
Danny Elfman – Kidnap The Sandy Claws
Disney Characters – Oogie Boogie’s Song
Anders Lundström – Jag Vill Ha Blommig Falukorv
Uffe Börjesson& Rey-Ove Karlén – Ketchup Ska Prutta
Anders Lundström – Champinjon
Bröderna Lindgren – Eld i baken
Uffe Börjesson& Rey-Ove Karlén – Yllevisan
Bröderna Lindgren – På väg
Jan Johansson – Tre små gummor
Jan Johansson – Har du sett Herr Kantarell
Jan Johansson – Poliskonstapeln
Jan Johansson – Tomtegubben som hade snuva
Jan Johansson – Nej, se det snöar
Caramell – Caramelldansen – Speedy Mix 2008
Uffe Börjesson& Rey-Ove Karlén – Dansa Min Docka
Häjkån Bäjkån – Ett Gammalt Fult Och Elakt Troll

Tove Jansson not only wrote really good stories about Moomin, she was also a fantastic artist:

While researching this blog post I found out that Tove Jansson also made illustrations for a Swedish edition of Bilbo:

Håkan Ackegård, Swedish illustrator of role playing games.

Also see Playelf (NSFW)

Pole – 3 (2000) [spotify]

Peaches – The Teaches of Peaches (2000) [spotify]

The Knife – The Knife (2001) [spotify !]

Pluxus – European Onion (2002) [spotify]

Alva Noto – Transrapid (2004) [spotify]

Roots Manuva – Awfully Deep (2005) [spotify]

Samarah – These Things (2005) [music player]

Pluxus – Solid State (2008) [you tube]

It was fun to write about illustrators that I like so I’ll do more of that!

From next monday there will be a new post under the tag Illustrators that I like every monday until I get bored.