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All Is Ice Cream (I Scream, You Scream, Ice Cream)

Knutsvik — Sat, 25 May 2013 23:14:29 +0000

Saturday, 25th May 2013.

Meanwhile, Somewhere In Norway 12: Stavanger Snapshots

Knutsvik — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:23:30 +0000

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Saturday, 18th May 2013. Stavanger.

But The Clouds Break After Half An Hour (Lær Deg Poledance)

Knutsvik — Sat, 11 May 2013 22:47:38 +0000

Saturday, 11th May 2913.

May’s been s a grey month in Bergen. it’s pouring down again today, and the light rail coaches smell like somebody’s pissed in them. it was just a matter of time before that happened, I guess, but the annual Nordic Media Days are in town, and both NRK and Rubicon have booked early tables at our place before the awards show later tonight and their schedules are so tight that I feel I should check in just to see that everything runs as it should. it does. it’s raining hard when they sit down to dine, but the clouds break after half an hour and when they leave there’s not even a drop of rain. the tv pictures outside Grieghallen look great.

Nedre Nygård is covered in pole dancing lessons posters. twenty years ago the posters would’ve been for the film society or some marxism study circle. the posters light up and look great against the grey brick walls. it was just a matter of time before the commies and the film geeks stopped pegging posters to walls and left it all to the babes instead, I guess.

it was raining hard, but the clouds broke and now there’s not even a drop of rain. the tv pictures look great.

Those Cobra Eyes, Light With A Smile (Cheekbones, Baby!)

Knutsvik — Fri, 03 May 2013 22:12:58 +0000

Friday, 3rd May 2013.

Maria was 19 and one of my first loves, and she’s surely one of the greatest girl singers America ever gave the world. she turns 49 this year.

I’ve got a cold and it snowed again last night. it’s May.

my computer died. I’ve now got Windows 8.

this is a postmodern country and western song. shit, George Jones died a couple of days ago too. now it’s just Willie Nelson and David Allan Coe left. and Emmylou. I saw her throw her guitar pick to the crowd in Stavanger in -87. David Allan Coe and Jerry Lee Lewis played that festival. I was 16. they’re still alive.

this is a postmodern country and western song. it sucks.

you know so many ways to be wicked, Maria sings, but you don’t know one little thing about love.

it’s not all about cheekbones, baby.

Kjærleik Og Einsemd, Berre Kjærleik Og Einsemd (Moods Of Norway)

Knutsvik — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:17:45 +0000

Friday, 26th April 2013.

moods of norway

spring break, spring break, spring break forever

kjærleik og einsemd, berre kjærleik og einsemd

forever

Please Don’t Love Me, Please Please Don’t Love Me So (Desperado)

Knutsvik — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:15:11 +0000

Friday, 19th April 2013. Triangelen. Malmø Rock City, Sweden.

desperado, you love me too much, you’re gonna leave me when you’ve had enough.

it’s been all about Escondido for the past few weeks, and their washed out and desert bleached, Morricone-infused americana seems all out of place in a post-industrial, trans-Scandinavian train station, but still;

oh, desperado, you love me too much, you’re gonna leave me when you’ve had enough, so please don’t love me, please don’t love me so.

Malmø Rock City was cool, but Scandinavian Airline Scandals (SAS) cancels our flight from Copenhagen to Bergen, and makes us fly through Stavanger instead. the official reason is technical problems, but everybody knows it’s because of too few travellers. fuck. it’s Friday afternoon and we’re stuck at Kastrup and there’s nothing to do but shop for bourbon. they don’t even carry Maker’s Mark anymore, and I end up with Devil’s Cut, which isn’t bad, but isn’t all that good either.

oh, desperado, you love me too much, you’re gonna leave me when you’ve had enough, so please don’t love me, please, please don’t love me so.

it seems all out of place, but still.

fuck.

Told Him That She Loved Him So (Turned Around And Let Him Go)

Knutsvik — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:21:49 +0000

Thursday, 18th April 2013. Copenhagen Airport Kastrup.

More Than Rain, More Than Thunder (Life In A Northern Town)

Knutsvik — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:20:55 +0000

Saturday, 13th April 2013.

Horisontar Finns Ikkje (Alt Du Tar På Forblir)

Knutsvik — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 19:38:40 +0000

Saturday, 6th April 2013.

Do The Old Songs Taunt Or Cheer You (Do They Still Make You Cry)

Knutsvik — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:37:13 +0000

Saturday, 6th April 2013.