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 the USA even suggested that teachers should carry guns. https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/966657362789568512 I can't for my life understand how any reasonably sane person can't see that adding more guns to the gun... Continue Reading →
Radio Nowhere (is there anybody alive out there?)
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 for me. That was before I knew there were podcasts about things that interest me. It this blogpost I intend to mention and review a few of my favourite podcasts... Continue Reading →
The Ghost of Tom Joad (a celebration of epic guitar solos)
When I was a kid I really wanted to learn to play the guitar to become a rock n' roll star. In Sweden you can attend the public music school, which is a free of charge after school activity, if you want to learn how to play an instrument. The only problem was that the... Continue Reading →
Working on a dream
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 two most common resolutions are to exercise more and to loose weight. Another thing not too surprising is that by March the gym is no longer as crowded. When tutoring... Continue Reading →
Rose Tattoo (Dropkick Murphys, 8 February, 2018)
I didn't know anything about the American Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys before May 2013. That's when they teamed up with Bruce Springsteen on an EP to benefit victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, singing Dropkick Murphys' song "Rose Tattoo". Rose Tattoo is a very haunting song about love, loyalty and dedication with a typical... Continue Reading →
The Wish (spoiler alert, shmoiler alert)
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. Ever since joining the Springsteen community, via Twitter in 2011, it has always been all about sharing. We have shared pictures, recordings, experiences and setlists (heck, that's how the word... Continue Reading →
No surrender
It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who knows me that I'm a huge Bruce Springsteen fan. In fact, I listen to his music every day. I have a Spotify playlist with my favourite songs (currently consisting of 123 songs). To me the lyrics of a song are very important. Bruce Springsteen is a... Continue Reading →
57 Channels (and nothin’ on) “All the money in the World”
It's hard to find anything interesting to watch on TV these days. There are many evenings when I don't watch TV at all. More often I use the TV as a screen to stream various series. Sometimes I watch films but I believe films are best seen in the comforting darkness of a cinema with... Continue Reading →
10th Ave. Freeze-Out
There are three ways your body instinctively respond when you are threatened; you either fight, flee or freeze. -You should try and avoid freezing when kickboxing, the coach instructs us and then gives directions on how to defend ourselves from punches (jabs and cross punches). I feel the sweat pouring down my face while alternately... Continue Reading →
Stray Bullet
A Stray Bullet is a bullet that, after being fired from a gun, hits an unintended target; a bullet that hits you when the attacker was not aiming at you at all. Life is a lot like that for me at the moment. Not very often as bloody or dramatic as the definition above implies,... Continue Reading →