Hello from Nashville

[Joel Larsson]

Ah, yes, back then you people used 'groovy' all the time. I like 'The Cellar.' Maybe the club was situated in a cellar?

Gastonia didn't have a hockey team in the NHL when I was a kid still collecting hockey cards, so I am afraid I haven't heard of it. But it is probably not super big. Tromsö is neat. About 70,000 inhabitants. Pretty much for being so far north, actually. But I have found that the countryside is more my thing. I grew up in a city about as big as Tromsö, and city folk seem so cold and self-obsessed compared to the people on the Värmländska countryside! The people of Northern Norway are real nice, though. You may even say 'groovy.'

NP: Emiliana Torrini - Dead Duck

[Anselm Hauke]

Originally Posted by Joel Larsson

.... Värmländska countryside! The people of Northern Norway are real nice, though. You may even say 'groovy.'

np: monica zetterlund - ack värmeland, du sköna

[Joel Larsson]

Originally Posted by Anselm Hauke

np: monica zetterlund - ack värmeland, du sköna

Cheers to that!
She was a very good actress, too. Was in quite a few of Hasse & Tage's films.

[Anselm Hauke]

Originally Posted by Joel Larsson

Cheers to that!
She was a very good actress, too. Was in quite a few of Hasse & Tage's films.

there are some nice clips of her on youtube with bill evans, i like the sound of her voice.
who is Hasse & Tage?
the kaurismäkis of the 50s?

[Joel Larsson]

Originally Posted by Anselm Hauke

there are some nice clips of her on youtube with bill evans, i like the sound of her voice.
who is Hasse & Tage?
the kaurismäkis of the 50s?

Ah, they are iconic in Sweden. Made cabaret shows, movies, and wrote books, with an incredible sense for witty jokes, political satire, and also (at times) an incredible depth. Think they were active from the late 50's and into the 80's when Tage died. Usually, our domestic products rarely keep up with the international standard, as our pop music from the 80's will hint at, but Bergman, Hasse & Tage and Lars Molin did know how to make a film. A Hasse & Tage flick probably wouldn't make it through the translation, though.

Otherwise, the only thing we generally do better than most is heavy metal...

And Dave; please do interrupt! Shared fun is greater fun. What's YOUR take on heavy metal, for instance??

[Dave Martin]

Originally Posted by Joel Larsson

And Dave; please do interrupt! Shared fun is greater fun. What's YOUR take on heavy metal, for instance??

Well, the best answer to that is a quote from my friend Tommy Wells - a quote that I've taken to heart. This applies to all sorts of music, by the way - from showtunes to polkas, from country to emo. Ready?

"If they're payin', I'm playin'."

[Joel Larsson]

+1 to that. I hope some day I'll be able to say no to a job, because I wouldn't be desperate for money and I couldn't cope with the program, but I figure that'll never happen unless I marry an excessively rich, understanding and supporting woman.