The Cat With The Tie

Since the middle of this summer, our cat, Nevermore, had a new cat friend, which we called the cat with the tie. They would play around together in the garden, and at some point she came in to our house. Actually we didn't mind her, but our little girl cat, Lenore, didn't like her at all. Be cause of that, we chased her out, but she just kept on coming back. And therefore we just decided to let her come. In fact, I started to cuddle her (and she's super cute, with the most pathetic voice in the word).

Now, a week or two ago when she was at our place, we went over to the people we thought owned her to say that she was here. They said that it was not possible, as their cat was just in the sofa sleeping at their place. We were quite puzzled by this, and started thinking she was a homeless cat. And if so, we would keep her.

So, one day when my mother in law came home from work, one of our neighbors started talking about her cats weird behavior. She was gone more that usual, and she didn't eat at all, almost, but even if so, she gained weight. Funnily enough, the cat with the tie was at our place at this time, so we invited the lady over. She sees the cat and says "My, you naughty cat". Luckily the lady didn't mind that My came over to us once in a while. In fact, she's just happy her little cat is not ill, as she thought.

Punks Undead Vol. 22 (9. des. 2011)

This Punks Undead was special. Or, at least I think so, as some of our friends had their debut concert (Shock Tilstand). I had set my expectations very low for them, which I had my reasons for. First of all, they had only existed for a few months. Also, the drummer had said to us that he would never pay to see his band, but he loved to play in it, as it was loads of fun. Thinking about that, they were surprisingly good!

There were also a band form Israel (Special Education), so this was the second time with a band from far away. I am not actually that much into the genre to be honest (same with Shock Tilstand), but they were actually really good. What I liked about them was how they had mixed the female and the male vocals, and that gave some really good effects.

Now comes the embarrassing part. There were two more bands (The Grumpynators and No Go Girls) and I honestly don't remember a shit from it.....

Peter Hook (30. now. 2011) and Melting Walkmen, City Kill and Radio Saigon (1. des. 2011)

Now, we have been to the last prepaid concert. Peter Hook from Joy Division played here in the town i live in, and of course, we had been planning to go for long, even if we were afraid it would suck. It was actually a good concert I have to say. But even if so, I had a little hard time enjoying it cos of the audience. So many people should be happy I am as shy as I am. Cos if not, they would have left the place with a blue eye. God damn, have people ever heard of respect? I was actually about to hit a girl, but I stopped in the last second. And I have to say, it takes a lot for me to go that far.

The day after we went to see three really good bands in one evening, and at two different venues (now that was stressful). We started in Bakken, seeing Melting Walkmen playing at a birthday. And well, at that birthday we got free beers, so we were happy. When they were done playing, we and a lot of other people ran to KB18, and there it didn't take long before City Kill went on stage.

While City Kill played I went to where the records and such were to be sold. It was the singer form Radio Saigon selling the things, and he said to me that we could get his record for 20KR, as he had seen us around for many of the shows with City kill, Melting Walkmen and Chainsaw Eaters. Of course I bought it. The other would be stupid.

A little after that, Radio Saigon played their concert, and I am so pleasantly surprised by them. I had seen them before, where I didn't like them that much, but they were awesome this time.

Sort Sol (24. now. 2011) and Ice Age (25. now. 2011)

So, two days ago I saw Sort Sol again (now I am suddenly not that sad about not seeing them in Tivoli). This time, so close to where I live, that it was almost next door.

Unlike last time (in KB Hallen), I actually knew most of the songs this time, which was of core very nice as I managed to follow the concert a little better (that said, I did enjoy it in KB Hallen as well).

The good thing about seeing them this time, was that now, as they have preformed for a while, they maybe dared to let the mind go for it self, if I can say so. They preformed a little more, I think. They also had a new set-list, so I didn't see all the same over again. Not that I would mind that, but anyway, it was nice.

The backup guitarist (that had played 7 concerts with a broken finger and a hurting shoulder. Impressive) called "The Adam" came up to me and my boyfriend after the concert to politely give us his towel and guitar pick.

(Ehm, don't mind the video, as it is overly cheesy. And well, the outfit and the hair is a joke on many bands from the 80's. But this song is awesome!)

Yesterday we went to hear a speech by Jan Poulsen and Marin Hall, for then to see Ice Age play a concert. Both the speeches were about punk back in the 70-80's (I actually don't know which years for sure, as the danish number system is a little hard to get used to). Was interesting to listen to both of them. Ice Age also played very good this time in my opinion. I had seen them once before, where I was not at all impressed, but this time they were good I think. Also, the fact that they were playing in a library made it a little more interesting in some way.

Long time no see

It's been a while since I've been writing here now, and a lot have happened. I have for example been at a speech by Martin Hall, which was interesting, even if he was talking in Danish, which I have a hard time understanding. Well, I understood most, actually.

The day after we went to a VNV Nation concert. If I'm gonna be honest, I have to say it sucked. I had been expecting some good varied techno, with good melodies. Nah, it was all "mh tss mh tss mh tss DANCE DANCE DANCE". The lead singer was actually pointing at the people in the audience that were not dancing, telling them to dance. I hate to dance at concerts, and I especially hate to dance on command. But oh well, this was one of those concert where people were supposed to get drunk, dance and go wild. Sorry, but not for me.

The day after that again, there were yet another Punks Undead. Vol. 21 this time, of course. Can't really remember which bands were playing this time, but I do remember that it was a really good night. Well, Punks Undead are always good!

Later we saw State Of Mind, Polyfon and Melting Walkmen at Rust. The first two bands were good, though I wouldn't buy their music, as it's not exactly what I would listen to. Melting Walkmen really surprised me, actually. I have seen them live before, and heard them a lot on record, and always had this "meh" feeling about them. But when they played at Rust, they were really good!

And the last thing I can remember doing since last time is Golems Halloween party this weekend, where my boyfriend was DJing. As I was DEAD tired I didn't get a lot out of it. But what I did get out of it was nice.

Peter Murphy (29. oct. 2011)

We had for long had this ticket for a Peter Murphy concert (that took place just a few hours ago), and as I was a little hangover from yesterdays Halloween party, I weren't completely sure if I wanted to go or not. But In the end I decided to go (Which I am now very happy for).

So, we managed to get one of the best spots, in front of the stage. First of all, the concert - it was great. They played good, and they had some kind of humor between the songs aswel, that made it easy to relate to the people in a way.
Then. This thing with the humor. At some point in the concert, after one of the songs, Peter starts talking to me and my boyfriend. Unfortunately, the vocals (or talking) is a little hard to hear when standing in front of the stage, but he said something about wanting the two of us showered, dried and then covered in oil (relax people, it was a joke) in his backstage room after the concert. This was early in the concert. Almost at the end, he said to us (without using the microphone) "you two, back afterwards". We were really confused, and didn't know if we miss heard or what, but when the concert was over, we decided to just wait a little, to be sure. Sitting there for a while we suddenly see a head (Peter) popping up on stage for a few tiny seconds, and half a minute after that the roadie came to us. He had a really serious attitude, and took himself a moment before he said anything to us. I almost thought someone had died or something like that. "Peter would like to see the both of you. Are you ok with that?". Yes of course! who the hell would say no to that? So, we met the guy, talked a for a little while, for then to get our friends backstage. Then, we ended up sitting there, talking to all the members of the band (especially Peter) for about two hours. And I just have to say, Peter (having been such a big name in the goth scene for so long) was a extremely nice guy!

Karina, Peter and me.

Black Cat Halloween (28. Oct. 2011)

So yesterday we went to a Halloween party, which I had been looking forward to for so long! First of all cos I really like to dress up, but also cos I love to see how creative people can be. There were so many great costumes. And as always here in this country, I meet people with a smile on their face that are so open to start a conversation. Lucky me, Golem is gonna have a Halloween party too, where my boyfriend have been asked to DJ. Meaning I will have one more chance to dress up.

(Pictures taken by Dag Stinus)

Punks Undead Vol. 20 - 2 year birthday (14. oct. 2011)

This one maybe comes a little late, but that is better than never!
Last Friday was yet another Punks Undead, and I would say this is one to be remembered. First of all, we had a band from China (Gum Bleed) (whit lyrics like "I'm such a lonely boy, oi"). There have never been a band from a country that far away. We also had a band from Denmark (Teknisk Uheld) and two Swedish bands (Beyond Pink and Suicide Syndicate).

This night we were actually supposed to have a zombie theme, as it was the 2 year birthday for the arrangement. But the only ones following up on that were me and my boyfriend, which we got a few comments on. Both at the arrangement and on our way to and home from it. Kind of funny. Though there was a guy that really wanted to fight with us on our way home. Nothing bad happened, and we learned that the best you can do in such a situation is to leave before it gets bad.

Also, someone stole my jacket that night. Most likely to see if I had a awesome phone or iPod, which I didn't have. At least I found my jacket in the opposite end of the room, so my night wasn't ruined after all.

Negative Concert (7.oct.2011)

(All picture in this post are taken by Lena Christina)

You know, we all have this band we start listening to when we are young, and they inspire you so much, that they take a big part of how you create your identity. And even if you change what your favorite genre, you still like this band. For me, that band is Negative. I have been a fan since I was 13, and I am now 20. And yesterday, was my first time ever to see them play a concert live. I feels like my life is complete, and now I can die in peace.

Well, actually I had seen hem live once before. But that was an acoustic concert for  kindergarten, where I somehow managed to come, even if fans weren't supposed to. That time it was the lead singer and the reminding guitarist, which is now also out of the band. This of course means, that the guitarist I saw yesterday was new. And well, he was very good, in my opinion!

(Gotta love Anttis "Nobody knows I'm, a lesbian" t-shirt)

After the concert, we went to a pub for after party (and to wait at a nice place, as we had to wait many hours for the next train). There we met so many nice people (which made me want to go back to Vordingborg sometime). I also got to talk to some of the members from Negative and Lagerloudz (the warm up), which were such nice people (thought, I think they found me to be damn annoying).

After some time, we went to the train station. On our way, we were talking about the night, and agreeing that it was pretty close to perfect -seeing a a good and well played concert, for then, as I said, talk to so many nice people.

Club Golem birthday party

I had actually been thinking of writing this on Saturday, but I was simply so tired, that I fell a sleep.

Well, on Friday, the first thing happening when I woke up was that we went to the train station and took the train to Odense. There my boyfriend was supposed to play a concert with Ras Bolding, and I was to decorate the room for a "gothic children birthday". The Golem arrangement has been going for 5 years, which of course have to be celebrated.

So, what I did was basically blowing up black balloons.. I think the correct number of balloons I blew up was 80. I also helped with the "on stage decoration", which was big boxes rapped in black paper with white ribbons to make them look like presents.

The evening was good. For me it was mostly just like another night out, with a live band playing. Ras is allways fun to see live. He really has a lot of energy. Also, I think Ras like to get a feedback of the concert from me, as I often hear the songs over and over again when my boyfriend is practicing them, and therefore knows pretty much where things can go wrong and so on.

This video is from Golems 4 years old birthday (meaning, one year ago) and there they had a masquerade theme. Normally they do not wear masks.

After the Golem party, we went to Davids place, where we got like 5 (?) hours sleep. Me in a surprisingly comfortable chair and my boyfriend in a weird tiny bed. When we woke up we went straight home with the train, and just fell asleep at once. Or, I did. My dear was playing Play station. 

One of the better nights out

So, for long we had been planning to go to this concert that took place yesterday. We of course went, which I am extremely happy for.

As we thought at first, it would be just a DJ set planned by Martin Rev (From Suicide) and Steen Jørgensen (from Sort Sol). But shortly after we got to know that there would be live bands, and one of the bands was Chainsaw Eaters. Hearing that, I just thought to myself that this night was already perfect. The other band playing was Less Win, which I had never heard of. Then, a few days before the night, we got to know that Martin Rev was not planing any DJ set. No, he was gonna play live. Awesome!

So we came to the place yesterday evening. The background music was some kind of jazz, which didn't surprise Christoffer. He poked my side and said "I knew he would make a DJ set like this. When I was working at TP Music he always came to buy jazz".

It didn't take long before the bands came on. First was Chainsaw Eaters, and it is no secret that I love their music. Next was Less Win. The played good, but I didn't find them super interesting. Though, I was very entertained by their look. Then, the last one to go on stage, Martin Rev. Honestly, I don't know where to start. The guy is 72 years old, and he dress up like a 15 years old. On stage you can see a keyboard, and well, you would expect someone playing nicely and normally with their fingers. No, he used his fist, and hit the keyboard. Amazingly enough, he seemed to play it all correctly.

After the concert, I and Anastasija agreed on that Martin Rev was playing like Lenore, which is my boyfriends cat (you know the funny thing cats does with their front feet when they are cuddly). I later on went over to Martin and told him this, which made him happy (I guess) and he started to tell me about how smart cats are, for then to invite me and my friends backstage. Christoffer ended up talking to Steen Jørgensen, where he was told that Sort Sol will play near where we live. Really nice, as I want to see them again. Especially as I didn't see them last time I were supposed to, as I got ill.

AHRG!

No, I'm not trying to be a pirate. I'm rather a little mad at this moment.
I had this very perfect plan for my hair. I was gonna go from black, to as blonde as possible. Yes yes, I know that is very hard, but I had, as I said, a perfect plan. After bleaching it twice, I would color it semi permanent blue, to get the orange out, and I did. Today I have been bleaching the blue....

Does this look like blonde? No, it's still blue! Semi permanent? shouldn't they be damn easy to bleach out of the hair? Damn...

Photoshoot (19.sept.2011)

Today Anastasija asked me if she could take some pictures of me again. Of course I said yes to that. I am very satisfied whit these pictures, and I have to say, once again, that Anastasija is a great photographer!

All pictures are taken of, and edited by Anastasija.  Makeup is done by me.
The person on the pictures is me.

Punks Undead Vol. 19

Yesterday I and my dear went to help out with the Punks Undead show. I had for long been looking forward to this one, as Chainsaw Eaters was one of the bands playing this time. I love to see that band play live. Their music is so beautiful, and when they play live they have this strong energy and fantastic atmosphere. It's really hard to describe it. And as I had been hoping, they played so well this time, too.

My Birthday

I had my 20th birthday yesterday, and I have to say, it was a really nice day! I woke up to a boyfriend giving me a nice cup of hot chocolate just before he had to go to school. When he came home again, he let me open the present from him, which was this beautiful necklace:

(It's a cat skull)

Also, my mother in law gave me some knitting needles, which was a very good gift, as I forgot my own knitting needles back in Norway. Now I don't have to borrow from her all the time, and fear breaking them. Also Anastasija had a present to me, which I really like. It was a top and two hair clips, both with leopard print.

(I easily feel so unkind when people are so kind to me)

After this, we all went to Rizraz, which is a restaurant having a vegetarian buffet, that I like quite a lot.

And as I felt really old, leaving the teen ages, I have today colored my hair blue. And as it was not enough bleached, the result is..... funny!

Photoshoot (21.aug.2011)

This is a post I had on my old blog, but I really want to have that post here too!
I had a photoshoot with a friend of me, and she is such a great photographer, so I think her work should be seen.

All pictures are taken of, and edited by Anastasija.  Makeup is also done by her.
The person on all the pictures is me.

New Blog

I have for some years been blogging at Blogg.no, but I got quite tired of many of the bloggers there, so I decided to try out Blogspot to see if it might be better.