Scones.

Yesterday I made some really delicious scones, it's been a while since I baked bread but this is so easy to make, that I just had to make some scones. There are different kind of ways of making scones, but this is the way I make them.

Scones - With this recipe four people can eat.

Ingredients.
3 dl of milk
70 gram of butter ( I use less, around 30-40 gram.)
7-8 dl of flour
4 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoon of salt.

How to make it

1. Mix the flour,baking powder and salt in a bowl.
2. Melt the butter and put it in the flour,(let it get a little cold)¨
3. Put the milk in the bowl and mix it till you get a nice dough, don't stir too much, just do it till you can shape the dough.
4. Cut the dough in four pieces and flatten them round.
5. Cut small notches in the bread to shape a cross, then prick the scones with a fork.
6. Put them in the oven, at a tempature of 250 degrees, for about 10 minutes.

7.ENJOY and eat them fresh, perhaps with some jam and tea. :)


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Miss X

The black and white world of MJ & Prince.

I thought I was done with Michael and Prince, but there is always more to say. I just finished watching "Under the cherry moon" by Prince, and it was among the worse movies I've seen. Yes, prince is a great musician but this movie is so poorly done. Everything from the clothes, to the screenplay. What were they thinking when they did this movie? Perhaps the storyline could have been worked on, but the production itself with poor acting and innacurate timeline is bad. The clothes alone annoyed me as fuck, it was some kind of 80's mix with 40's and 50's involved, it just made me angry (since I'm a fashion person) lol.

This blog however is not about that horrific movie, but something that I've been thinking about a longer time. Michael Jackson and Prince were arguebly the biggest stars of the 80's (I didn't count out Madonna, promise) with Michael being named the King of Pop at the end of the era and Prince being highly respected for his musical talents. The difference and the comparison between these two artists, have always kinda followed them. I read somewhere that it was Michael's pr-team that created the so called "rivalry" because they wanted publicity for the Bad album, which would contain a track with MJ and Prince together, however it didnt go through since Prince thought it was going to be a hit anyways. The rivalry is not what I'm going to speak about tho, but rather the role that women have in their music worlds.

As a woman myself, I always look how women are portrayed in the world of music and in the world of the biggest stars of the 80's. There is no doubt that both MJ and Prince have a large female fanbase, however I think there's a big difference in the portrayal of certain women in the world of these two men, espcially those of black skin tone. I'm not a black women, but I've always been disturbed at the fact that alot of black women get neglected. One would ask me, why do you care? Well it's a simple answer, because I love diversity in ALL colors not just some, and to me being a biracial women doesnt count as a black women.

So to go back to the subject , Michael was sometimes accused for being a "race traitor"(whatever that is) because he went from black to white due to his skin condition (that many ppl refused to believe). Yes, one can argue that he wanted to appear whither by making his nose smaller, but then on the other hand, making your nose smaller doesn't equal hating your own ethnicity/race. What about certain jewish women who make their noses smaller? Do they do it because they hate their ethnicity or just simply because they find it aestheticly better? On the other hand you have Prince who's a lightskinned black man, who has so called european feautures, small nose and very light skinned. To add more facts I would even argue that Prince is mainly of mulatto/biracial ancestry and therefore looks the way he does. The reason why I'm pointing this out, is because I think it matters.

Both MJ and Prince are cross-over artists, however I think that Prince certainly had a much easier cross-over because of his feautures than the much darker Michael Jackson. In Prince's world, the females tend to look white, latina, mixed or like him, and I'm basing it on the women he's dated, casted in videos, band members, dancers etc, but in Michaels world however, he uses black women of all kind of colors. Michael was not a "race traitor", because I doubt he would idolize Diana Ross they way he did, or cast a black girl to his most known video "Thriller", or keep using strong black women in his videos such as Iman and Naomi Campbell. Michael loved being black and in his music world, black women are a great part of it, he loved his mother dearly and you can see that. He was proud of black women, it doesn't really matter if he had children with a white women (love is love regardless) because at the end of the day, he was proud and showed the world his beloved black women all around the world. I'm not calling Prince a "race traitor" but it's a shame that he never shows alot of black women, unless they are mixed. I also feel that he used his feautures to make the general public accept him more, by adding the false lie that he was biracial when in fact, both of his parents are black. Even though Prince is highly inspired by Sly & The family Stone and its diverity of people, it wouldn't have hurt to show more black women.

I have a very high respect for Michael's diverse world and showing more than "mixed women" in his videos but rather all kind of women, whether that be an african women such as Iman or an afro-cuban woman in blood on the dancefloor to thai-women in Black or White. This alone makes Michael Jackson grande in my eyes, the fact that he was NEVER afraid of just having a black cast in his videos and yet have diversity in other videos.

Neither one of them is wrong for doing what they did/do, but having so much influence as both these artist had, it was great that MJ showed the world more black women portrayed as beautiful.

/Miss X

Justin Bieber.

Okay so WIll.I.Am just recently made some kind of statement about Justin Bieber being the next Michael Jackson or Prince, I do understand that Will.I.Am wants to promote his work/production on the new upcoming Justin Bieber album, but to go so far as to compare this guy to people who changed the music industry is going to far. I personally get sick when people compare themselves or someone else compares them to artist such as Michael Jackson, it's time for these people to work first and prove themselves rather than be talking all the time. But for the sake of being bored, I will compare these artists, to see what Will.I.Am is talking about.

Justin Drew Bieber age 17.
Michael Joe Jackson dead at age 50.
Prince Rogers Nelson age 53.

So Justin Bieber apparently is a Singer-songwriter, musician,actor, guitar, piano, percussion, trumpetist and so therefore is very talented in that sense (?!) Well not really, just because one can play 30 instruments doesnt equal one being a musical talent or even skilled, it just means that you can play some chords on the instrument.

Michael Jackson was a Singer-songwriter, record producer, composer, musician, dancer, choreographer, actor, businessman, philanthropist. Also a Vocallist and played piano, keyboard, guitar, drums, beatbox, congos, percussion. We don't really need to say more about this man, obviously he was a musical genious starting at the age of 5 and being part of one of the most succesful groups in american history.

Prince is a Musician, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, composer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, actor. As well as being a Vocalist, playing the guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, synthesizer, clavinet, drums, percussion, saxophone, harmonica, Linn Drum. He did his first song at the age of 7 and got signed when he was 17.

By the age of 17, Michael Jackson had been in the music industry for over a decade doing his first single at the age of 7-8 yrs old as well as performing from the age of 5 with the Jackson 5 and had several hit songs on the billboard list. ENOUGH ALREADY, there is no comparison with Justin and Michael.

By the age of 17, Prince had co-produced/played music with the band 94 east and needless to say, he composed and played all the instruments on his debut album "For You". Prince is one of the most talented artist in the industry, and there is no likeness with Justin and Prince.

To this date Justin Bieber has done 2 studio albums (not including the remix albums or compilation albums)

Michael Jackson did 12 solo albums (not including The Jackson 5 albums, The Jacksons albums, or remix/compilation/post-death albums.)

Prince has done 35 solo albums(not including unrealeased or compilation albums.)

As far as record sales, Michael "the king of pop" Jackson, has sold between, 750- 350 million and is the 3rd most selling artist of all time only after Elvis Presly and The Beatles. He also has the most selling album Thriller of all time and is part of one of the most sold african-american groups The Jackson 5.

Prince may not have sold as much as Michael, but has sold over 100 million records, and is also known for changing the music industry in the 80's as well as making other artists famous such as Chaka Khan(covered a Prince song that made her very famous) Sinnead O connor, and The Bangles and their world-hit "Maniac Monday" to name some. He was also the first artist to have the nr one album, single, and film in the U.S ever.

Justin Bieber hasnt achieved more than being the most famous person on social-networking sites such as Twitter, Youtube,Facebook and so on. He might have been the the youngest solo male act to make it to the top chart since Stevie Wonder in 1963 but that's not enough. Being an artist is more than being a "pretty face" and "cool swag", it's about the talent and at the end of the day, he may have some kind of talent, but he will NEVER be on the same level as Michael Jackson or Prince. It's a joke that Will.I.Am even compares them.

I was trying to be fair Biebers, but untill Justin does his Billie Jean or Purple Rain, you can't compete with these two great legends.

/Miss X

Music and Festivals.

Today I came home from the Way out west festival in Gothenburg, seing great artists such as Kanye West, Prince, Janelle Monae, Pulp, The Hives and SO MANY MORE! It was really amazing to see all these great artists, I will go into more depth later on. Right now I'm kinda tired but this is an experience I will never forget, I saw so much greatness during these 2 days, and I feel so blessed I was part of this great festival.

However my reaction at this moment is not what I thought it would be, I just need to write this before I forget it. Mindblown by Prince, cried a tear at Kanye West(mostly cuz of memories attached to the music), happy at Janelle Monae, happy at The Hives, with all that being said, the summary of the festival was beautiful. One reaction is how deeply sad I am, that I could never see Michael Jackson perform live (Very strange reaction) but seeing all these great artists covering or trying (and failing like Robyn) to do some Michael Jackson things, makes me feel so sad in a way, yet happy that he is giving the respect he needs to have, everything from the dance, the singing and style was there and the people still screamed and got happy by his signature things.

This aint about a dead man haha, but I just had to mention it. I think that Prince was amazing and I might write something on it later on, and even though I didn't sleep barely during these two days, this will be a memory that I will cherish with my brother till I get old.
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Miss X