This is near Slussen (the locks) and you can see some of the same buildings that are in the Metroschifter cover photo, but with much different conditions in the sky. Although it was very cold – right around freezing – I sat here and soaked up some sun for a few minutes. One of the Tunnelbana trains is going across the bridge.
Archive for March, 2009
Sunshine and blue skies
Wednesday, March 25th, 2009Drive-thru blizzard
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
While walking and enjoying a sunny (but cold) day near Skanstull on Södermalm, a snow storm breezed through. It lasted just a few minutes and some parts of the sky were still blue while it was happening. It was very surreal.
Clear night in Hagsätra
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
The Metroschifter
Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
I finished the artwork for the new Metroschifter CD this week and got it sent off to Louisville. Noise Pollution will be putting it out and we are doing a pre-order offer so people can get it personalized with their name on the cover. The cover photo is one I took here in Stockholm last August on the same day as the main photo on this page.. I think it’s another great example of what I was saying about the dramatic skies in Sweden. Of course, there’s not usually blood all over the place.
Hört, Pat, and I recorded this new CD in January. More about that is on our website at metroschifter.com.
Globen
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
More snow
Monday, March 23rd, 2009
All my talk about spring colors and the melting of the snow was a bit premature. I guess that shows what I know about living in Sweden. I sat down on my bed to do some design work Monday evening and was there for a few hours. When I got up to get some food, I looked out the window and the world had been covered in white again. This is that scene from my bedroom window.
Sergels Torg at night
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
One of the main plazas, Sergels Torg, Monday night.
Franz Ferdinand
Saturday, March 21st, 2009
One of my Louisville friends, Rachel, does music promotion work in London and got me in on the guest list to see Franz Ferdinand in Stockholm tonight. Iida went with me and we had very nice seats. The show was at Cirkus which has a capacity of about 2000. It is the same venue where I will be going to see A Camp next month.
The crowd was electric and it seemed that all the people there were totally excited about the show… except the band. They sounded fantastic, but their enthusiasm was that of a band whohad played the same songs for the thousandth night in a row.
Moving again in May
Saturday, March 21st, 2009After just a few weeks in the apartment, my roommate has told me that he has decided to move back to Holland and sell the apartment. I will be moving in with my friends Iida and Erik on May 1st. They are a little farther from the city center, but their place is much nicer and bigger. They have a beautiful, eighth-floor balcony, big windows all around two sides of the apartment, a washer/dryer inside the apartment (a true luxury in Europe), wireless internet, cable tv, et cetera.
The biggest benefit is that they are Swedes and I am always learning and hearing more language when I am around them. My room will be, well, tiny and doesn’t have any windows itself, but the common areas, kitchen, et cetera, are large (suitable for guests) and my moving in will make life cheaper for everyone involved.
The first signs of spring are here. We’ve had 3 or 4 sunny days in a row. Today it was a positively sweltering 6° C (about 43° F). Yeah, I’m not just learning the language, I’m re-learning money, temperatures, weights, and measures at the same time. I have lost a little weight, certainly not from a lack of eating, probably from walking so much more and not drinking so regularly.
Sunset
Friday, March 20th, 2009
Me with Friday’s sunset out my bedroom window.
