Presence With Receipts
Sister Rain’s Unstoppable Rock Revival
In Fredrikstad’s Old Town, Hampus Fickelton meets Sister Rain’s Aslak Nygren — a voice compared to Lou Reed and Neil Diamond — as the band readies a triple album decades in the making. Friendship, mischief, and 36 years of uncompromising Norwegian rock.
Monday in the Office
Monday at Rabagas began with three broken mugs, Ragna declaring war on the printer, Herman juggling a spreadsheet and a pastry, and the newsroom still failing to remember the SOME guy’s name — twice before lunch.
CHECKED IN, CHECKED OUT — Free Gay Travel Novel, No Passport Required
A sexy, satirical gay travel novel about lost chargers, found strangers, and one very questionable summer. Free now from RABAGAS.
“Who Really Works at Internal Affairs?”
The letters on the frosted glass read INTERNAL AFFAIRS, or at least they used to. Now it looked more like IN…ER…AL …FAIRS, the remaining flakes of gold leaf winked ironically at passersby, reflecting a faded grandeur that might once have convinced someone of something important.
RABAGAS MAGAZINE Joins the Networked Publishing Era
We thought we were just updating Ghost. Now our weird little magazine is part of the fediverse. Likes, replies, analytics — and maybe a few existential questions.
POSTERMANIA BEGINS
POSTERMANIA has officially begun. The RABAGAS BODEGA is now open, overflowing with limited-edition prints, emotional slogans, and strange visual truths. Every poster is a certified RABAGAS Limited Print — once they’re gone, they’re myth. Wall space is sacred. Choose wisely.
THE LOYALTY MACHINE
Somewhere between a press release and a séance, The Loyalty Machine (1987–∞) is a theatrical deep-dive into the absurd poetry of modern loyalty programs. What begins as an editorial experiment spirals into a fandom, a ritual, a system that rewards emotional confusion — and punishes understanding.
The RABAGAS Classified Compendium – Vol. 1
Welcome to the first official drop of the RABAGAS Classifieds — a lightly curated collection of reader-submitted needs, offers, desires, and questionable truths. Some are real. Some are beautiful lies. Most are somewhere in-between.
New Book: How to Behave in Public
How to Behave in Public is a dry, absurd, and sneakily moving novel about going viral, going missing, and learning how to be seen again — or at least make peace with it. Includes diagrams, footnotes, and one very long apology to a dog.
👽 Norwegian Cultural Policy Explained with Alien Memes
A surreal yet honest tour through Norway’s publicly funded cultural sector — as seen through the eyes of a bureaucratically curious alien. Yes, this is real. Yes, it’s state-funded. Yes, there are spreadsheets involved.
