As a northerner I’m sometimes annoyed by the fact that Göteborg (Gothenburg) seems to be the place where all the really good music has been coming from lately. But I guess I’ll have to swallow my pride and just enjoy the music, because Yukimi Nagano in Little Dragon sings like a goddess.
Me and my friend Brun where out in the woods searching for golden chanterelles yesterday. It was such a great autumn day. First, we rode our bicycles out to Nacka nature reserve. No luck there though, so we continued out to Älta, where I scored some records and a Sartre book (La Nausée) at a flea market. I love when it’s obvious that you are the first person to go through a crate of records at a private estate flea market: All the good stuff is still there!
In the end, we didn’t find that many chanterelles. Allthough more than are depicted here:
The few we found, however, tasted heavenly fried in butter with some salt and pepper.
And oh boy, there were lots and lots of lingonberries to be found (we didn’t pick any though)
…and blueberries. Yum!
Brun.
I arrived late at the gig tonight, so I missed a couple of songs. The Quiet Nights Orchestra were playing at the legendary jazz club Fasching here in Stockholm. My old friend Peter is the leader of the band and plays the trombone.
All I have to say is: hot damn! Amazing jazz, nice atmosphere and a couple of Mariestads – the evening couldn’t have been much better. Well, I was kind of disappointed that the singer of the band, Sofie, didn’t recognize me even though we went to high school together. Maybe it was my mustache and ball cap that kept her from recognizing me? To comfort myself I picked up their 12-inch release on Japanese label P-Vine – as well as their full length “Chapter One” on CD – at a friend discount.
I didn’t have a camera with me, so some videos from their release party at Berns will have to suffice. (A party I missed for reasons unknown.)
I really needed a new Supreme backpack since my old one was beginning to look scruffy.
Wrangler Blue Bell sure is some nice denim. They were a gift, and a bit too long for me, so I’ll have to wear them heavily cuffed! They are Sanforized, which I normally don’t go for, but I’ll make an exception!
After a visit to Mosebacke Records I came home with these lovely LPs.
That J-Live album is really good. Which comes as no surprise for those initiated into his music – I’ve yet to hear a bad song by J-Live. That new Mos Def is off the hook as well. Really good beats by Madlib, his brother Oh No and of course Dilla!
