Show a little faith there's magic in the night
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 of art - the record sleeve. Originally a record cover was just as the name describes it; a protective cover for the fragile record, but it soon evolved into a... Continue Reading →
I was 11 years old when Bryan Adam's fourth studio album Reckless hit the music stores in November 5th, 1984. It became a success in Sweden, in competition with Bruce Springsteen's mega hit album Born In the USA. Reckless features classic hit songs like Summer of 69, Heaven and Run to You and has sold... Continue Reading →
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 USA. They objective was to deal with decreasing sales and to celebrate the unique culture around the almost 1400 of independently owned record stores in the USA and thousands of... Continue Reading →
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 many people around the world. It's a commentary stretching from the mythology of adolescence, via the working-class concerns, to the importance of social justice and awareness, and the American dream... Continue Reading →
My top ten Bruce Springsteen songs change from week to week depending on my current mood. The one song that consistently stays in my top three, though, is Thunder Road. In my opinion, Thunder Road is the mother of all Springsteen songs, one of the greatest songs ever written and it has been one of... Continue Reading →
It's June 2013 and the Wrecking Ball tour is still travelling on around the world, now on its second European leg. I've already been lucky enough to catch 4 shows in Sweden (Gothenburg x 2, July 2012 and Stockholm x 2, May 2013) and now a show in London is up for grabs. If I... Continue Reading →
I doubt that there is anything deep and profound that I can say, that haven't already been said about the song Jungleland . It is a masterpiece and a favourite song for many Bruce fans. It was released in 1975 on the album Born To Run. It is often described as an epic 10-minute anthem. It... Continue Reading →
The rock club Pustervik in Gothenburg, Sweden has been sold out for a long time and as Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes enter the stage and open with All I Needed Was You, the spirit in the venue rises. I'm up front stage right. With only the rail between me and the stage I'm happy... Continue Reading →
I became a Bruce Springsteen fan in 1984, after being introduced to the album Born In the USA by my older sister. I was especially caught by the song No Surrender (read the earlier blogpost "No Surrender"). Not being able to attend the famous stadium breaker concerts in Ullevi 1985 because I was "too young",... Continue Reading →
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 →
Stray Bullet 