Yet Stilleben

The Myths and Lies

What is to be expected concerning the content of this page? We are looking forward to know in as great excitement as all of you!
We will however here destroy the myths as soon as they are born in the rise and fall of fame and glory. Therefore the excitement on our part.

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We bring news from the development concerning the issues rumors, myths and lies. We are aware that this update has been sorely missed; we apologize and shall endeavour to make amends.
Here follows a list of statements about Stilleben, real or possible ones, and they shall, by our own Stilleben panel of experts, be verified or DEMOLISHED forthwith.
Our advise to you is that you print out this list, so you can bring it with you always, and thus have written proof that the Stilleben experts have actually given you the information you are using when having one of your real, good, old-fashioned verbally brutal discussions about who is not and what in Stilleben.

"The members of Stilleben are hard-bitten criminals."
Expert Panel (hereafter abbreviated to EP): This is only partly true.

 

"The members of Stilleben have no self-esteeme or self confidence."
EP: Au contraire, mes amis - au contraire! You have no idea.

"Stilleben are anarchists!"
EP: Now, now - let's not get carried away. Only Ragnhild, the pianist ("and composer, thank you very much!" - and thanks to you, Ragnhild, we'll take it from here.), is a declared anarchist. Very much declared, in fact, and so anarchistic that she keeps a clear distance to other anarchist groups, as a group can never be as anarchistic as an individual, she claims. While we could say that Majken and Guro are more adjusted to society in one way - ("-adjusted?! Eaten Up and totally Devoured by the System, that is what they are!!" - thank you again, Ragnhild, let's move on, shall we? - phew, that was embarrassing...).

"Stilleben is a good and charitable ensemble."
EP: This is true. If Stilleben had any money, they would probably start a foundation in benefit of faded and forgotten former stars, currently starving in their rotting villas in Hollywood, Monaco and Côte d'Azur.

"The members of Stilleben bitterly hate each other."
EP: False. They often fraternize over a glass or ten of wine.

And here is a new myth, recently arrived from our beloved audience in den Haag, namely Kristian, Lord of Ouch:
"The members of Stilleben doesn't really make MUSIC:"
EP: Hmm, this IS a tough one, especially since the hon.Lord of Ouch doesn't specify what it actually is the members of Stilleben are making, if it is not music. The Expert Panel is strongly tempted to call this question a metaphysical one, and as such, it would not be under the EP's jurisdiction. This case will eventually be sent over to the Stilleben Board Of Head Philosophers or, if the matter should come to this, even the Stilleben Board Of Underestimated Executive Brainstorming Heros-In-Command Of The 2nd Paragraph. But the matter will hopefully be resolved before such extreme measures are called for. So we urge all you nosey little bastards to keep an eye on this surprisingly unpopular web-page to be updated on what is to become of this case: are they really making music, and, if not, what are they making?

"Falling in love really, really REALLY sucks!!"
EP: This is true, true, true, and the Expert Panel is weeping bitter tears by the thought of all of you poor fond lovers around the world, and prays for you all to soon have such hearts of stone as some of the members of Stilleben are so lucky as to have achieved the benefits of being in possession of, as well as long, clumsy sentences, as there is no need to make oneself understood where one can instead make onself mystical. The Expert Panel is in a funny mood at the moment, and asks for understanding and overbearance from the public.

"Life is boring"
EP: What kind of a forum is this turning in to?! Go and play in the traffic and stop wasting the Expert Panel's precious time with Weltschmerz and utter nonsense.

"What is the latest gossip about Stilleben?"
EP: Wouldn't you like to know.

 

 

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