A Boy Named Sue

Welcome to the country that has all seasons, all the time.
It seems like we have come to the part of the year that is supposed to be spring but instead is something completely different. We have had now in Stockholm all four seasons everyday. The sad thing is that I am not even exaggerating. On friday we had sun, it was pretty warm and the sky was blue, towards the afternoon it started raining and by late afternoon we had a snowstorm. Yup, a full, straight to the point snowstorm. It was snowing heavily, from the side, and the visibility was zero. After about 2 hours of this whole of Stockholm was covered in snow. Now it is sunday morning, all the snow is gone, it is pretty warm, but the sky is grey and I think it will start to rain.
From this we can also draw one more conclusion. You can tell that I am a Swede who has lived in Minnesota, I spend way too much time talking about the weather.
Oh, and I am a mailman.

The new Isis is really good.

F L O O R S H O W

What you are seeing in this photo is The Sisters Of Mercy from last night. This is a good clear, nice picture of the show. You could claim that my phone sucks, etc, etc, etc, but the truth is that this is what you saw. After about half the show I moved to the back and then I saw a great light show, tons and tons of smoke and heard great music. But once I moved to the back I never saw the band again.
But the show was good, but maybe this is the last time I will see them for awhile. Still the same show, same lights and almost the same show. They need to come up with something new now. Maybe an album??

Last weekend I went and saw Thåström and I can easily say that that was the best show of 2009. I have a hard time seeing how anything can be better then that. With a great new album and an amazing band that turns more and more into The Bad Seeds he is pretty hard to beat. On one guitar Ossler who released last years best album, on drums and the other guitar two guys from Bob Hund and Rockis from Osslers band on bass. Great lights and a really good setlist helped too. So damn good. Hard to believe that he is 52. Especially when he plays Aldrig Nånsin Komma Ner lying rolling around on his back while the band is impersonating a tank.

In other news I am really sucked in to The World Cup Baseball Classics or the World Classics Baseball Cup, it could also be called the Cup Of Classic World Baseball, ha ha, I have no clue. But it is really fun to watch and I am amzed by how good Japan and Korea is. One of them will win the whole Cup of World Baseball Classics.

Ok one more photo.

For The Roses

Hmm, no I do not really have an excuse. I have been lazy, and I have not really been in the mood. But I am back. And I am writing again. Always something, eh.

I have been reading a lot, and I have been listening to a lot of good music, and seen some excellent hockeygames.
The other night Minnesota won over the Sharks in a pretty damn intense game, where I really did not think that Minnesota would have a chance. But they refused to give up and ended up winning.

I also sat up way to late following the trade deadline, which was a bit of an anticlimax. No fun trades, nothing fun at all actually. Maybe the economic crisis have reached the NHL too.

The new Thåström album (which is absolutely amazing) is being released on friday and I am going to go and see him on sunday. As always I am expecting a great show. Especially with the band that he is touring with nowadays. And anyway, I have to see him, I have not missed a tour since Synd in 1986 which was the first time I saw Thåström. It was in a tiny town (or village) outside of Oskarshamn called Blomstermåla and Fleshquartet was opening. Great show.

Like Eating Glass

There was supposed to be a photo of our new dishwasher here, but I can not find the cord for the phone. Sorry about that.

But yes!
We now have a dishwasher, and what a mess it was getting it. You know how when you order something on the internet there is something called Billing Adress and something else called Shipping Adress. Well, the company we bought it from did not really know the difference between the two. They shipped the dishwasher to my parents in Oskarshamn... twice!! That is about 4 hours with a car from Stockholm.
But now it is installed and we have testdriven it and it is just beautiful. The only question now is what we are supposed to do in the evenings and on weekend mornings. But I think we will figure something out.

Last night me and Anna went and saw Bloc Party, which were surprisingly good, they were really dancy and I especially liked the up-tempo songs. They were also very untight (if you can say that in english), but then again not everyone can be Mogwai. And if I remember correctly The Bad Seeds can also be very floaty when they are in that mood.

Listening to: The Blood Brothers - Young Machetes

Nobody's Twisting Your Arm

Is it only me or have Morrissey started more and more to sound like David Gedge from The Wedding Present?
Was mainly thinking of the new song Something Is Squeezing My Skull.

Listening to: P.O.S - Never Better

I Can Smell Your Thoughts

Got really bored of my whole record collection yesterday and I could not find anything at all I wanted to listen to. So I did what I always do in situations like that, I loaded my iPod with everything I had with one band. Yesterday that band happened to be The Leather Nun. So today I spent my route listening to their whole discography from beginning to end, and I must say I was surprised. Some things had of course aged really bad, and the two last albums (Steel Construction and Nun Permanent) were pretty damn bad. But otherwise I really liked it, and some old memories popped up, like the first time I saw them in a tiny basement in Hultsfred they had horns and a tiny moviescreen. Saw them later too, and they were not as good then.

Otherwise I am waiting for the new Mastodon and the new Lamb Of God.

Today i have been writing a article and a bunch of reviews, but I still have some left to do. So better get to it. Right?

LUX INTERIOR R.I.P.

Lazy Sunday Afternoon.

Sometimes I just love cable-TV.
Had a pretty damn great sunday today. Started with Minnesota - Vancover, great game that Minnesota won, then Boston - Rangers, but not the best game so we switched to Toronto - Pittsburgh, which was really good. Then it was time for a football break Liverpool - Chelsea, a really suspensful game that Liverpool won. Dinner some dishes and then Ottowa - Washington. And now it is 21.00 and Boston - Montreal is just starting.

Over and out.

Brighter Than A Thousand Suns

Got home yesterday from the rock-ferry. Jack Daniels had arranged a rockcompetition were the final was held on a cruise to Åland and back. I was invited as a journalist and went on the boat to write about it.
All in all it was a great trip, with a blistering set from Mustach and maybe a bit too many Jack and ginger-ales.
But now it is saturday and me and Anna are on our way in to Stampen to meet with Tomas, Elisabeth and Mira for some beer and blues-jam. Will be fun as always.

Sat up last night and watched a great game were Dallas beat Detroit. Dallas golie Turco was having the game of his life, he took everything.

88-92-96

Had a bit of a bean-fiasco yesterday, but the chili turned out pretty good anyway. Had it for lunch today also, so I think that is enough chili for awhile. Today I will make fresh pasta with basil and oliveoil. Sounds really hard, doesn't it?

Started watching Beowulf yesterday. Did not look as bad as I had expected at all. Was really annoyed when it came out that it was animated, but haveing seen the first half I understand way. Not sure how "watchable" it would have been with a monster that spent the good part of 15 minutes ripping humans in two, eating them, crushing them and so on with real actors. This way it was a bit easier to watch, and did not have all those Saw vibes. This way it was something i could watch without completely losing interest.

Listening to: Six.BySeven (everything they have done)