Cat scratch fever

Yep, the kittens has been with us for 6 weeks now and they grow like crazy. Of course they should since they eat like a small Horse. Then they wrestle, chase eachother, fight and play. And sleep of course. Sometimes I wake up because I can't breathe properly just to realize I have a cat over my mouth and neck. Maddox is still very light but Tipton starts to get rather Heavy.
Peter's parentes visited with Hugo (their cat) to see if they all get along. Hugo is very shy so even our tiny furballs scared him for real... No problems though and that's nice. It's worse with the neigbours cat though. She don't like them at all and keep slamming on our kitchen window as soon as she sees Tipton or Maddox.
So now it's a challenge to keep our cats in and the other one out. She still come over for dinner though and that she can continue doing for as long as she likes. Pussy Salmon and Tuna is a Favorite and those portion bags are cheap in Borås so it's just to boost up.

Mr Postman wasn't nice at all the last weekend, no new records at all... Ok, it's not like I'm dried out on new music but I would have wanted the latest Europe release since I'm going to see them on Wednesday. Also, Wasp is coming up next week and it would have been nice to listen to their new release. Hopefully I'll have a huge pile waiting for me coming home Friday.

Cheers E

Final Countdown

It's not just pictures and films of cute cats that light up the internet... This poster, for the upcoming Malta Doom Metal Festival sure did that too. It's damn cool to share poster with Venom Inc and Tysondog to mention a few. And I'm really looking forward to hit the stage again with both Void Moon and Cult Of The Fox.
Rehearsals has been good and we still have a few more planned to make sure we're really ready for this.
Old Grave Fest happens before of course, which is equally cool even if last year's line-up held more favorite bands for my taste.

And we have some never played before tracks with both bands, songs I'm really excited about at least.

It's been a hard week at work now so it is great it's Friday tomorrow.

Cheers E

Recordshoppers Anonymous Deluxe #2 (Part 1)

Well, I thought publishing the Vicious Rumors was rather cool and I started to make plans to do the same with Savatage. The difference is that there's a lot more stuff in the Savatage collection, more releases available... So I never got started since it never felt I'd have enough time to finish. Then that it's dropping on new additions constantly of course messes things up so we'll see how it ends. Anyway, I decided to start so this first part will feature Sirens, The Dungeons are Calling, Power of the Night and Fight for the Rock and I suppose this is the easy part...

Sirens

Spyrat/Metal blade   03984-14076-2 4                      GER
Metal blade              PHCR-16151                             JAP
Metal blade              3984-14419-2    Silver edition

Par Records            PAR 1050           Blue label  
Par Records            PAR 1050           Silver label  
Par Records            PAR 1050           Blue vinyl  
Par Records            No S/N               Pic-LP              ARG      
Music for nations     MFN 48                                     FRA
Banzai Records       BRC 1968                                  CAN
Combat                  MX 8018                                   BRA
Enigma                  MX 8018                                    MEX

The Dungeons are Calling

Metal blade                 3984-1 4075-2       
Victor Entertainment    VICP-60090                              JAP
Metal blade                 3984-14418-2     Silver edition

Music For Nations        MFN 42                                  UK
Roadrunner                 RR 9793                                NL
Banzai Records            BAM 1012                             CAN
Combat                      MX 6016                                MEX

Sirens/The Dungeons are Calling

Combat                    88561-8227-2                        USA
Metal                       HM-16    Promo with Mag        ITA   
Metal Blade              CDZORRO 83    w/ Dungeons Are Calling + Lost tracks
Ear Music                 020412ERE    Digi

Banzai Records           BRC4 1968                              CAN
Combat                      MXT 8018   
MG Records                MG 1879                                 POL
Banzai Records           BAM4 1012                             CAN
Combat                      MXT 6016 

Power of the Night

Atlantic                     7 81247-2                              USA
Atlantic                     AMCY-387                              JAP
Concrete                   0089472CTR                          GER
Steamhammer          SPV 076-72982 CD       
Ear Music                  0204022ERE    Digi

Atlantic                    781 247-1                             GER
Atlantic                    75681247-1                           KOR
Atlantic                    7 81247-1                              USA
Atlantic                    604712 7                               BRA

GMR/Steamhammer    VMLP 014     Pic-Disc  
Atlantic                       PR 722        Promo              USA
Atlantic                       PR 748        Promo              USA

Atlantic                    7 81247-4                          USA 

Fight for the Rock

Atlantic                       7 81634-2                        USA
Concrete                     0089462 CTR       
Victor Entertainment    VICP-60092                       JAP
Steamhammer            SPV 076-72992 CD             GER
Ear Music                    0206908               Digi

Atlantic                     781 634-1                            GER
Atlantic                     781 634-1            Promo       GER
Atlantic                     81634-1                               USA
Atlantic                     20.142                                 BRA

GMR/Steamhammer     VMLP 013         Pic-Disc  
Atlantic                       PR889              Promo         USA
Atlantic                       PR 909             Promo         USA  

Atlantic                      7 81634-4                      USA
Ego Records               EA-3007                         Indonesia


Of course, starting writing I realized I should have taken one pic per record, it would have made it easier to add on later... On the other hand, I would like to have a little more fancy page really. But it's fun to walk through things, creating a want list (hell yes, there's things missing) And I probably should have included the Avatar "City Beneath the Surface" 7" in this entry... Maybe I should update. But the plan is to take 4 studio albums per entry and compile the rest in one, collections, live and stuff. And then of course I need to add the Jon Oliva's Pain, Jon Oliva, Circle II Circle, Chris Caffery, Matt LaPorte... Perhaps he didn't have so much to do with Savatage but he was one of my favorite guitarplayers of all time. But we'll see... The fun thing with the hype after Wacken is that Discogs is updated with new prints, me likey. So there should be a bunch of russian prints dropping into my mailbox any day now. 

If I've missed anything or listed wrong, let me know! 

Cheers
E

NP: SAVATAGE - Hall of the Mountain King

Recordshoppers Anonymous #23

Last Monday me and Peter had been married for 2 years. Not that either of us is especially keen on grande celebrations but we thought we'd do something at least.
First idea was to use a part of my gift certificate I got from Ericsson for serving 20 years as an employee but the places offered didn't feel too comfortable so we skipped that and save the money for s beer and cheese tasting or so insteai d...

What then? Decided to go to Rå Epok and eat Sushi... Quite boring place looking at it from a cozy restaurant perspective but the food was great and we got stuffed. Ok, the HUGE Ice cream in the food court perhaps did the most though.

Since we're not often in Lund we took the opportunity to check some record stores also. Well, one. The other was closed. Even If they had some goodies I didn't pick it, very expensive place so we went for the on sale stuff instead. Jethro Tull, Blackfoot, Sweet (even if just collections) and Brownsville Station. The last since I think this band has been referred to in the 10 last Biographies I've been reading. Quite cool even if the style is a bit too much boogie and Blues for me... So I got the bunch for ca €26 and that's really good.

The new MOTÖHEAD Bad Magic showed up also. Was hoping for Masters Of Metal, Praying Mantis, Royal Hunt & Pentagram but that one wasn't shipped until yesterday. Also waiting for Tad Morose. And then the HUGE and EXTREMELY Heavy pack with Iron Maiden vinyl & CD, Slayer Eagle pack, MOTÖHEAD Deluxe vinyl box and Wasp box... Good Heavy Metal fall it will be!

Cheers E

Gearing up

For Caturday... Since then it's time for Lillof and Maddox to move in. They're 12 weeks some time this week. No one really knows since Lillof and his siblings was found in the engine space of a tractor and Maddox sat all alone, a couple of weeks old and blind (with an eye infection) on the hard shoulder of the freeway. Just lucky he was spotted, picked up and handed in to the Cat Shelter. But yes, now they're well and full of energy. The responsible at the Cat Shelter PROMISED us they've both grown up to real gamines. So, most likely the weekend that passed was the last in a few years we could sleep until waking up, have a lazy morning and so on...

So, we took the chance to go shopping this weekend, some sand for the litterbox, food and a lot of toys.

But it will be so much fun to get them home! Need some life in the Void Mansion! Let's see if we say the same thing in a few weeks! :O)

The Cat Shelter (Höörs Hemlösa Katter) posted a picture of Maddox in one of their entries. It was a few weeks when we were there to meet him for the first time and in this short time he seems to have grown quite a lot. But it seems like they've gotten even more kittens in this year than normal. Tiny abandoned little creatures... It's a shame that so many cats suffer these days. 

But he sure is adorable Maddox! If they will keep their Cat Shelter names we need to see! Guess the coming weekend will show a bit of their personality and then it will be easier to name them! (Else Tipton and Byford are strong candidates)

But this past weekend, as well as the one before has been spent cleaning, fixing and kitty-proofing the house. Removing anything that can be flipped over and broken when hitting the floor and trying to lock the space on top of the vinyl-shelf. 

Of course, get the records sorted out was one mission too! It's hard work I tell you. I start to get the hang of how to do the re-shuffling the vinyls now but it still takes time and brought on a huge muscle pain. I've been very stiff today. Legs, arms, shoulders... But it turned out great in the end and we can probably fit about a year more of vinyl purchases into it before it's packed!

Of course, checking my mail Sunday evening I was notified that TPL has sent another rather huge package. I requested it since I wanted to clean out as much as possible from my want list before it's time for the Slayer "Repentless" 7 pound Eagle box.

So, anyday now I'll get the Solstice "Blood Fire Doom" vinyl box, deluxe box of Tribulation's "The Children of the Night", a bunch of Flotsam & Jetsam vinyls and some more stuff. So now I need to figure out a smart and cat proof way to store new vinyls without having them to scratched and clawed. Especially since I'm out of plastic covers... Need to get another 100-pack to be safe I suppose! Then I won't run out in a couple of months at least.

And now everything is kind of back to normal at work which mean a trip to Kista this week and the first real meeting with my new manager. It's all a bit nervous of course but I'm looking forward to it also. 

And on Wednesday it's concert time. Snowy Shaw at Trägårn, Gothenburg.

And then Friday, it's the 2 Heavy 4 You warm-up show. I was really looking forward to see 220 Volt again but that didn't happen. Then Axewitch was announced which was really nice as well. But that didn't happen either so now Alien, the Swedish 80's band that had a few hits, which feels like a quite odd booking with consideration to the rest of the billing, but what do I know, it might work. And it's gonna be fun to see Peter playing with Stonegriff also!

 


So, it sure will be a busy week and presumably not much sleep during the weekend if the cats are as playful as they say!

Cheers
E

NP: SACRILEGE - Six6Six

 

On the loose

Well, it took about 4 days to finish off the Kee Marcello book and I've been working on Mattias Klings Only Young Twice since yesterday and have finished a quarter of it already. Need to take it easy now so I have some to read on the train rider later this week.

For sure, the Kee Marcello book was very amusing and felt very honest. The other one... It's of course better from a technical perspective but since the band, Europe that is, hasn't been participating at all it's just a good history book.

But with all this reading about Europe I start to get boosted to go and see them in September. It will be good, no doubt about that and as it seems now I can fit that into my schedule.

I'll manage Snowy Shaw also and hopefully also Witch Cross, Bonafide and Midnight Blues and later on also Kamelot, Gus G and Kobra and the Lotus in Copenhagen!

So it looks like it will be a lot of Metal during the fall! Yey!

Cheers
E

Recordshoppers Anonymous #22

So, today's been spent walking through all unsorted records, updating the list and try to figure out how to keep track of what's sorted, what's in the list and what needs to be listed... Also, try to find all CD's which isn't the easiest thing since they seem to pop up both here and there...

Anyway, I'm good to go with the vinyls tomorrow. It will be a tough work-out since there's 2 almost full Expedit, 5x5 that should be moved around.

The record in the picture was something I picked up just because the postage was free for the second item at eBay. Nothing really necessary since it's most Classic bands I thought... Looking closer, I assume the company releasing the album didn't have the right to do so. But how cool isn't it to have Lemmy and Jake E Lee to do It's a Long Way to the Top... Or John Corabi and Bruce Kulick doing Hot For The Teacher. For exaple... Where I found it? From Brazil or Mexico I think! And I really like the quote on the back of the record also. Please purchase two copies and keep rock alive!

Yesterday Saxon played at Helgeåfestivalen, today it's Europe and SkidRow among others. It would have been nice to see these bands also but I can't deny it's been good to be home all day today with nothing planned.. Saxon kicked ass as usual but damn people were drunk at that Festival. Good atmosphere though. Now I'm really looking forward to the release of Battering Ram, the single sounded awesome at least.

Cheers
E