Recordshoppers Anonymous #7

Well... Christmas came early this year!!! First I picked up one package from CDON and one from Dave Starr at ICA. I've planned to buy the Wildestarr "Arrival" album since it first was released but for some reasons that never happened. After posting a few links at the Vicious Rumors forum Dave contacted me asking if I didn't wanted to review the Wildstarr album. Of course I wanted to do that! And at the same time I took the opportunity to buy a shirt too. Dave and London were nice enough to sign the album too! Really nice! The CDON package was more normal, new Riot and new Mortal Sin together with some Christmas presents... And then I finally got the Martyr "Circle of 8" record together with the T-shirt ordered from Metal Blade. Ok, that has been at Peter's place for a few weeks but I haven't gotten around to pick it up until now. Metal Blade really has nice offers for their new releases but the postage fee isn't as fun, and then of course everything gets stuck in Customs in Sweden and tax and fees needs to be paid as well... So in the end the offers aren't that good.

The really cool package though I had to take a little extra turn on the bike (I'm actually happy about the weather now, still +5 and not so much rain which means I can go by bike to work and avoid the busses for a week or two more) by Burken Livs to get the HUGE TPL Package. At first this should have been split in two or three shipments but as it turned out, one was the way to go. And frankly, it was more fun this way. Even the clerk in the shop complained about lifting heavy stuff!!!!
It would have been nice to have some time at home though to be able to listen to it all... But it sure are busy days now. A lot of worktravel (Tallinn and China done) and some for my own fun too. But I sure as hell hasn't been home much lately. So I'm really behind with all the Metal Kaoz stuff... Don't like that! But on the other hand, I'm just as much behind at my regular job too. And then, my work computer decided to pack in on me the last day in China... IT Support managed to start it up again but now it's giving me bluescreens every now and then! (yes, I've made backup's of everything, now!) Still very frustrating to know I will have to spend a few hours setting up a new computer in the already filled days.

But when I do find the time, it sure will be nice days with good music. Candlemass - Doomology, Arch/Matheos (might be album of the year), Portrait, Slingblade, Satans Host, Iced Earth, High Spirits, Vanderbuyst, Mirror Of Deception and a whole bunch of Trouble albums!

I'm still jetlagged from China, I thought the long sleep between Saturday and Sunday really should fix it, and if that didn't, staying up very late Sunday since we saw Crimes Of Passion, Anvil and Saxon in Copenhagen. But I'm still dead tired around the afternoon coffee break! Hopefully that will be better soon. I really enjoy the trips, even if they always mean a lot of more things to do, but ok, it never has taken this long to recover from the Jet lag before...
Cheers
E



NP: Hammers Of Misfortune - 17:th Street