This was released 12 years ago, can you believe that? 2001.

That same year a friend and me went to see The Locust, The Oath, JR Ewing and Kid Commando at Meeths, a youth club in Gothenburg, Sweden. The small venue was packed with kids selling their DIY stuff, stuff from their DIY-distro and so on.

I remember that all four bands got the crowd moving, but The Oath was the fiercest. The crowd even got into a (small) circle pit, which eventually resulted in the vocalist getting stuck in the middle with the microphone chord wrapped around his leg. Great fun.

Another fun thing was the fact that Justin Pearson (of The Locust) was bobbing his head to the music, as if he was playing in a 60s pop band. Awesome.

The Locust is not a 60s pop band…

And the vinyl? I still like some of the tracks very much, for example “KooKooKa Fuk-U”, “Intensify” and “Feel Good Hit of the Fall”.
Listen to !!! – !!! (vinyl tracklist).

I like the Misfits and Black Flag, but to be honest the first I heard from either of these guys was Danzigs Danzig III – How the Gods Kill when it came out, back in 1992. After that I got into punk and indie, you know Dischord Records, read “Back in the Van”, SST Records and much more…and more about both Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig. And Black Flag, Samhain and stuff.

This comic is about the two, well, pretty macho alternative stars from that era.

I like robots, I mean what’s not to like? This was a birthdaypresent from Digidroid and Miss P.

Music for Mechanics – Volume 2

Zomes – Night Signs
The Blithe Sons – The Book of Names
Sonna – Smile
Ulaan Khol – Untitled 4
Mount Eerie – My Heart Is Not At Peace
BBC Radiophonic Workshop – Ocean
Grouper – Alien Observer
Vetiver – Been So Long
Rameses III – The Tidal Draw
XXL – (Pokey I´m Your) Gnoochi
Greg Malcom – Naima
Tim Hecker – Hatred of Music II
J. Tillman – This Jealous Blood
William Basinski – Melancholia XI
Cul De Sac – Lovemaking – Mae´s Theme
Morton Feldman – 4 Songs To E.e. Cummings – 4
Morphine – Miles Davis’ Funeral
Pauline Oliveros - Lion’s Tale

Picture: Untitled

I tried and liked a couple beers from Denvers Great Divide Brewing Co like for example Hibernation Ale and Yeti and this was at least as good as them. Even though I like to try all kinds of beer at least once (I had my first Coors Light just before this mind you), I really liked this. This isn’t review though, check the beer geeks at ratebeer.com for that.

Highly recommended. Even Digidroid liked it.

Troubleman Unlimited was one those labels that didn’t have proper distribution in Sweden back in the days. Most of it you’d have to post money all the way to New Jersey to get.

I remember sitting on my apartment floor, listening to it over and over, when I got it. “Two People Blue” sounds almost like acoustic drone pop. Awesome.

In swedish…
Just nu hänger några av mina bilder på Brunos Espresso (Café Brunos?) i Göteborg. Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Moneybrother, Weeping Willows, Zeigeist (som ni ser här ovanför), Winter Took His Life, Les Savy Fav och lite till. Brunos ligger på Postgatan, bakom Gustaf Adolfs Torg.

Gå gärna dit, ta en macka och en god kopp kaffe…och kika lite på bilderna. Det skulle betyda mycket för mig.

Bilderna kostar 475 kr/st för de små (inkl. ram) och 975 kr/st för de stora. Kontakta mig gärna för mer information.

In english please?
If you’re visiting Gothenburg, Sweden you can check out some of my pictures while enjoying a nice cup of coffee and something to eat. At Brunos Espresso located on Postgatan. Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Moneybrother, Weeping Willows, Zeigeist (as seen above), Winter Took His Life, Les Savy Fav and some more. Not in Gothenburg and still want a print? Contact me.

Karta/Map

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“The grid system is an aid, not a guarantee. It permits a number of possible uses and each designer can look for a solution appropriate to his personal style. But one must learn how to use thegrid; it is an art that requires practice.”
Josef Müller-Brockmann

Feels almost like some sort of confession, but here it goes: How uncool, right? An italian beer? Is it really a beer in the true sense of of the word? Whatever…

Actually, I’m more of a Porter/Stout-dude, but when it comes to Lager I got a couple of favourites. Peroni’s one of them, though I hardly ever drink it anymore. There’s simply too many great beers to experience and since some of the brands probably will be here till kingdom come, it’s more fun to seek out more alternative ones produced by smaller scale breweries. With all these micro breweries that’s everywhere nowadays, there’s really a lot choose from…so yeah, it’s great.