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Radio Nowhere (Bruce Springsteen Sings the Alphabet)

January 16, 2021 @AnnaLind1

One of my absolute favourite podcasts is Bruce Springsteen Sings the Alphabet. It’s a podcast where the hosts, Rob Carmack and JB Clark, explore every

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It’s the working, the working, just the working life

May 1, 2020 @AnnaLind1

Bruce Springsteen’s exploration through the lives of working class people has been a frequent theme throughout his musicianship. He has become a storyteller of characters

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It’s a Mad Dog’s Promenade

March 21, 2020 @AnnaLind1

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by everything you’re hearing about the coronavirus disease right now. Every single day there are new press conferences from the

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Where the Bands Are [COVID-19 and postponed shows]

March 10, 2020 @AnnaLind1

As the coronavirus disease continues to spread (the disease now reaches more than 40 countries), live event organisers are forced to cancel or postpone more

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The Dogs on Main Street (h)owl…

January 6, 2020 @AnnaLind1

According to myth the owl was a symbol of wisdom and strategy. An owl sat on goddess Athena’s blind side, so that she could see

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The Live Series: Songs of Love

September 7, 2019 @AnnaLind1

Bruce Springsteen’s The Live Series: Songs of Love was released earlier in the summer on digital streaming services. It’s a 15 track compilation of love

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Waitin’ on a Sunny Day

June 7, 2019 @AnnaLind1

I’ll hand it to you directly, Waitin’ on a Sunny Day is not one of my favourite Bruce Springsteen songs. What ruined this song a

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Stolen Car

May 31, 2019 @AnnaLind1

Stolen Car is one of the more serene songs off the River (1980), but it’s quite heavy lyrically. It tells the story of a man

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Record Store Day 2019

April 13, 2019 @AnnaLind1

Record Store Day 2019 was celebrated worldwide today, Saturday, April 13. In Gothenburg the classic record store Bengans was hosting a series of events including

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Democracy

March 26, 2019 @AnnaLind1

On March 22, E Street Band saxophonist Jake Clemons (the nephew of the late Clarence Clemons) released a cover of Leonard Cohen’s Democracy. The song

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Turn it up, turn it up, turn it up!

January 1, 2019 @AnnaLind1

For quite a few years now I haven’t had a record player. I switched to CD’s when that became popular and the last years I’ve

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Springsteen on Broadway

December 9, 2018 @AnnaLind1

Bruce Springsteen’s historic sold-out series of his one man show Springsteen On Broadway at Walter Kerr Theatre in New York City comes to an end

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Livin’ in the Future

September 9, 2018 @AnnaLind1

The song Livin’ in the Future is an upbeat and, on the surface, catchy and happy song starting off with a snare drum and big

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Roulette

September 2, 2018 @AnnaLind1

One of the songs that has been on my bucket list for a long time is Roulette. There is so much I like about this

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The Last Carnival

August 23, 2018 @AnnaLind1

Earlier this summer I attended the TeachRock workshop on the Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul’s “Teacher Appreciation Tour” in Malmö. The workshop was

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I Don’t Want To Go Home (Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, 20 July, 2018)

July 21, 2018 @AnnaLind1

The tiny venue, Kulturbolaget Club, is literary steaming as Little Steven and his 14 piece band the Disciples of Soul enter the stage and start

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Spirit In The Night

June 20, 2018 @AnnaLind1

This blogpost was supposed to be a celebration of Clarence “Big Man” Clemons, as June 18th marked the 7th anniversary of his passing. As I

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Spare Parts

May 20, 2018 @AnnaLind1

We are currently being overflooded by countless releases of old Bruce Springsteen material. As much as I appreciate listening to and discovering exclusive versions of

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Born To Run

May 8, 2018 @AnnaLind1

Yesterday around 9 000 women hit the streets and the beautiful surroundings of the lovely park Slottskogen in Gothenburg for the women’s race Vårruset. Vårruset is

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Land of Hope and Dreams

May 5, 2018 @AnnaLind1

An obvious activity prior to attending a concert is getting hold of a ticket. Buying tickets must be one of the most distressing things ever;

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The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle (Epic Album Covers)

May 1, 2018 @AnnaLind1

As I wrote in the blogpost Record Store Daythe rise of digital music almost extinguished the vinyl and with that one of the greatest canvasses

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Record Store Day: Bruce Springsteen Greatest Hits

April 27, 2018 @AnnaLind1

Record Store Day (RSD) is an annual event that was initiated in 2007 by an association of independent private record store owners and employees in the

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Leap of Faith

April 19, 2018 @AnnaLind1

Bruce Springsteen has been a singer-songwriter voice of a contemporary generation for more than four decades. His work reflects the values, dreams and concerns of

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57 Channels (and nothin’ on) Darkest Hour

April 4, 2018 @AnnaLind1

Darkest Hour is set during a particularly tense time in British history. The Nazis were at their most powerful, combatting their way through Europe and threatening

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We busted out of class…

March 8, 2018 @AnnaLind1

Language is our most important tool to think, communicate and learn. It makes us understand, helps us to put things into perspective, encourages us to

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You Never Can Tell

March 3, 2018 @AnnaLind1

A while back (in August 2017) I was assigned to deliver a lecture on our school’s IT-strategy and the implementation plan for a new learning

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Murder Incorporated

February 25, 2018 @AnnaLind1

After the recent Florida school shooting the discussions on Twitter and other social media have been everything but subtle. Earlier this week the President of

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Radio Nowhere (is there anybody alive out there?)

February 20, 2018 @AnnaLind1

It was not until last summer that I discovered podcasts. I had obviously heard people mentioning them before but I didn’t think they were anything

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Working on a dream

February 10, 2018 @AnnaLind1

Every January my gym is packed with people trying to live up to their new year’s resolutions. It’s not surprising, I’ve read somewhere that the

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The Wish (spoiler alert, shmoiler alert)

February 3, 2018 @AnnaLind1

It’s a rather new phenomenon that you, as a Springsteen fan, are not supposed to share, tell or “spoil” what’s going on in a Springsteen show.

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