Incoming

Week's almost over and that's awesome! Celebrating with eating the sandwich-spread leftovers that won't make it next week and drinking a glass of wine. Have to say that Meze Olives with garlic, chili and lemon isn't my favorite but they go quite good with the wine. 

I'm actually very excited for the weekend. I have three things (at least) to collect at the post office (Mr Postman called more than twice this week...). Ok, one is actually at Systembolaget. I ordered the Motörhead Vödka, Anniversary edition and this is going to be picked up tomorrow!

Then the TPL packages, YES, packages arrived at the delivery point today! It was too much to fit in one box. Box 2 can be blamed the Slayer Eagle! Gonna look awesome on the shelf, and of course SOUND awesome in the stereo. And there are SOOOO many goodies in the other box! Check it out;

 

Not bad huh???!!! 

Then there's a package from Ginza, which I expected last Friday. Don't know what happened since it was ready for delivery Wednesday last week already but ended up at the delivery point the day before yesterday. Normally they ship ASAP but not this time. Bummer since Europe's - War Of Kings is in it and it would have been good to listen to that BEFORE the concert yesterday since they played a lot from it. The package also includes all the Iron Maiden 7" re-issues... Not all that necessary but it IS Iron Maiden and then it's basically a got-to-have. Ok, this time I waited for the sale since i think 99SEK (ca €10) is too much for a 7", especially since I have all of them since before...

With a bit of luck CDON ships the new Annihilator and Demon's Eye also. Not that I will be able to listen to it all this weekend though... But they got to show anyway! 

I also try to fit my schedule to make sure to plan for as many concerts, events and still be as efficient as possible for work. I really enjoy what I do and I love the freedom that comes with the role. But of course, to keep the freedom I need to deliver also. But wth, if I can squeeze in 2 x WASP, Venom Inc/Vader, Paradise Lost and visit Anvil in the studio for the recording of "Anvil is Anvil" I'm willing to work around the clock almost. I don't really care about the rest of the time in the weeks, at least not when I'm out of the Void Mansion, which is most weekdays. (and hell yes, I miss Peter and the cats like crazy)

Also, two ESPECIALLY nice news I saw when checking Triffid & Danger Concert's page the other day;

Michael Schenker is an all time favorite guitarplayer and I've been so PISSED OFF since I missed him on Väsby Rock and all other events close-by. Definitely going to both of those shows.
The Neon Rose and 220 Volt! How cool isn't that? I was really disappointed when 220 Volts was out of the bill from 2 Heavy 4 You... Heard both that they cancelled and that the promoter cancelled... ABSOLUTELY not missing this one!

So, come Friday, come fast... Dropping by Gunnaröds on the way home to pick-up some Eco Meat, BBQ-ing Burgers tomorrow, defrosting the last batch of home-baked-eco-bun's. In Skåne, buying meat and veggies from Farmers Markets, eco and local, isn't much more expensive than anything from the supermarket it just comes down to planning... (have lamb, beef, veal, chicken and pork a 10 min drive away)
I also have some recording left to do. But then I can just CRANK IT UP and rehearse for Old Grave Fest and Malta. I know the stuff, I need to get the stamina to live through the shows now (and practice poses and not fall over, probably the most important). 

 Cheers E

NP: Chris Caffery - Your Heaven is Real

Now what...

Boring day at work... Migrating my computer to some new workstation environment and it's taking forever!!! Apparently I won't get any SW updates anymore unless I do the upgrade. Hopefully it won't cause so much problems when it's done but looking at the others already migrated it doesn't seem promising.

Last weekend was a lot of fun though. Recording guitars again and hanging out drinking beer with new cool friends. Like on that!

I also got one big pack of records in the mail. So the first new releases of 2015 is in and it seems promising. Satan's Host, Blind Guardian, Venom, Battle Beast, UDO, Warrant, Ruthless... The list is long already! And soon the Festival Season starts also... And it seems to be a good concert year too, only that a lot happening in Sweden clashes with KIT or our gig with Void Moon in Dublin... Well, I can't be in two places att the same time even if It want to.

Cheers
E

Winter came silent

I still really wonder where the summer went? I'm still catching up from the Festivals, and it feels like it was a few weeks back we packed the tent and left the Headbangers Open Air camping ground and headed for the Afterparty in Itzehoe. But last weekend the weather report talked about snow chaos in the north and in the middle of Sweden the temperature was below 0. I'm not ready for winter yet! Don't want winter now already!!!
Last week UDO played @ Trägår'n in Gothenburg and at that time too they warned about traffic chaos. Ok, no snow but heavy rain showers and the weather was quite freaky. The raincloud was so low it almost became completely dark when I drowe in to Gothenburg. Ok. that happens but the edge of the storm never is as sharp as it was. After the edge the sky was blue and sun shining!



The UDO concert was great (as always) but that's another story. The cool thing I have to mention though is that he played a very long set and a lot of UDO songs and a dfferent selection of ACCEPT songs, which I think is really cool. But more about that on Metal Kaoz later.

Last weekend it was really nice weather though. ok, we worked hard with both Void Moon and Cult Of The Fox rehearsals. The Void Moon one dragged over 5 hours so we had barely time to get ready for the Wrestling. Yep, again a very nice event and they really are getting better and better. Can be a nice twist now to as the conspiracy tightens, as Scandinavian Shiva rescued Manimal from his sadistic keeper...

Anyway, Sunday afternoon we had the chance to take a walk in the sun at least. It was such a nice day, really warm. Just these last few summer days! It's so nice to just stroll around and watch the life around.

Then I found something quite cool strolling the airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Yep, I've been there once more this year. This time hardly planned and all work. Still it's nice to get out of the office even if it means more work. These small fellas was in the show window of a ridiculously expensive jewelry store.

The strange thing with that airport is that don't have much shopping at all. The stores they have are either crazy expensive or just junky turist last minute buy. No real restaurants, just some sandwich bar or a pub with a snack menu. Not very fancy, but the local beer tasted nice.

This weekend I've spent complaining about my cold! I think the fever is gone now so I suppose I have to drag myself to work tomorrow. Have the day booked to 120% too, that sucks. I think the best thing would have been to work from home tomorrow too. I've been doing that today even if I should have stayed in bed. But at least I don't get another day behind this way. Tomorrow there's just too many meetings and I have no chance to reschedule to later in the week either. It really isn't fun with a schedule this packed even if work feels better now than it has for a while.

Well, back to the Metal Kaoz stuff....
Cheers
E


NP: BLACKLACE - Unlaced