A nice quote

"We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; they nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true." -Woodrow Wilson

Into the light

"PACIFIC!
INTO THE BLUE
You’ve spent a sun-drenched day relaxing on the beach and you’re looking out at the ocean – see that very strong bright light on the water? That’s what new band Pacific! are all about, and it’s a warm sunny emotional feeling that imbues all of their music. “We have been very inspired by that light and we wanted to capture it in our songs,” explains Danny."
/Liz mcGrath

I want to get closer to that light. I want to ta take my yacht out on that ocean and this light could surround me for days and days to come.

On the other side of Christmas

I wake up on a far away beach on the other side of christmas. I am far from the nearest human habitat. After all these years I finally see Jesus when I open my eyes after the storm.

Correspondences

by: Charles Baudelaire

In nature's temple living pillars rise,
And words are murmured none have understood,
And man must wander through a tangled wood
Of symbols watching him with friendly eyes.

As long-drawn echoes heard far-off and dim
Mingle to one deep sound and fade away;
Vast as the night and brilliant as the day,
Colour and sound and perfume speak to him.

Some perfumes are as fragrant as a child,
Sweet as the sound of hautboys, meadow-green;
Others, corrupted, rich, exultant, wild,

Have all the expansion of things infinite:
As amber, incense, musk, and benzoin,
Which sing the sense's and the soul's delight.

Early morning blues

I got the early morning blues. I am actually waiting for a package from Switzerland and I know that the package is in Gothenburg but it seems to be impossible for TNT freight service to get it through my front door, up the stairs and inside my apartement. I gave TNT entry codes and cellphone numbers at several occasions but they don´t seem to know how to use these modern inventions the right way. I am trapped in a negative loop. The modern logistics negative loop. Who put the bap in the entry-code? Who put the dit in the ramalama cellphone?

I just finished a record. It will be called "Reveries". I'm trying to plan a tour with a super light show but I don't seem to be able to get in contact with my booking agency. I'm trying to sleep but I can't and when I do I'm trying to catch someting in my dreams that I can't get. Now I'm going to make a cup of tea. That is something I can do. I don't have to struggle that much to get the taste of tea in my mouth. There is always a small wonderful and holy thing somewhere that is there for you when you got the early morning blues.

I wish Daniel a great day in the studio! It's a bit of a struggle to get him there but when he enters the door, walks up the stairs and sits down by the computer usually a wonderful riff is recorded. I can't join him today because of my-chasing-the-end-of the-modern-logistics-negative-loop-and-the-super-light-show problem. I wish he finds something to do in the studio. Something to build something on. May the inspiration be with you today Daniel! I'm thinking of you.

Now I'm going to make that cup of tea.

Cleaning

Ehhh... I'm cleaning my rooms in my fabolous penthouse appartment in central Gothenburg listening to Sly Stones There's A Riot Going On. Fuck the rest. It's a day for cleaning. This is my niece dancing folkdance on stage yesterday. It's fantastic!

And the previews gently sweeps my mind

As the album pictures and texts from Stephane Manel comes to my mail I get a thirst for something. When I see the sleeve design growing to a fine piece of sublime art I finally realize what this album is about. And I want that! Here is a promo video with the french duo Elli et Jacno from 1979

It came to me in a dream

Last night a new arrangement to the swedish artist Lykke Li's song "Little Bit" came to me in a dream. I got it all in my head. Now I'm waiting for the separate files to come to my mail. Can someone send them to me...? I wish I had a farm on the countryside where I could record with my friends, listen to the wind and maybe catch a fish or two in the nearby creek. That would be perfect! Applepie on the front porch in late summer evenings.....Reveries.

Stephane Manel in action

This is a presentation from french TV broadcasting of our friend from Paris! You will be able to see our video in between the interviews. Enjoy!

Sequence

We found a very good sequence for the album that is coming out soon in france, england and sweden. The name of the album will be "Reveries". The name is inspired by one of Debussy's symphonies and our general way of finding inspiration and truth. The illustrations are made of our fantastic visual pacific! member, Stephane Manel. God bless his pen!

Hotlips

Hot Lips I do like you

yes every word is true

I really like you

you make me feel so cool

I wanna' be you

to see how you is like

to feel how it feels to be kissed by love


And I tell them all about you

And I take you out to shake it tonight

I'm the best thing that could come with a girl

'cause I'll shine on you!


Darkness shelter my act

a poet of the night

I live in a pussle

and you're my missing piece

you make it supreme

my evenings so complete

when we hit the streets to go downtown


And I tell them all about you

And I take you out to shake it tonight

I'm the best thing that could come with a girl

'cause I'll shine on you!


Hot lips it's in the rythm

you shake and I shake too

It's all in the rythm

I love it when you move

The magic you spread

that glitters down on me right now
will make wonders to my world


And I tell them all about you

And I take you out to shake it tonight

I'm the best thing that could come with a girl

'cause I'll shine on you!

After sunrise

After the dark night came the bright morning light. A very loved old man took his last sip of air yesterday morning. I know for sure he did a good job taking care of his loved ones. He was one of the coolest guys I knew. Rest in peace Sten!

Changing times

Times changes. Constantly. Everything changes and that is so cool. Change is changing. There's a change going on. Temples are built and disappears in two thousand years, a book is written and lost in two hundred years and a bird is ready to fly in two months time. Is anything constant? Our will to live and survive perhaps? My hunger for good food is changing. One day I'm hungry for apple pie and the other day I want creme caramel. Video making styles are changing. Have a look at this The Nazz promotion video for "Open My Eyes"!

Hotlips

Forgotten statues

I will start to write about forgotten statues. Overgrown with plants or just forgotten. There is something about these statues that catches my attention somewhere very deep inside. Perhaps the statue was made to show the artists love for a godess or just to make some kind of inprint in the passing times. There are people that absolutely not want to leave any traces. I admire these people. I can't imagine growing old and disappear without telling someone in some way that I loved once or at least tried to. I admire people that doesn't have to shout it out loud, make a statue or leave a single trace reminding the world about their existence. I can't. So soon there will be some pictures of forgotten statues published on this blog. Until then, salut!

Portrait of us

Love Isn't Always On Time

I am here
I should go
but I don't do
so now
I'm downtown in this city
cryin' with my shades on
now I know

Love isn't always on time
Love isn't always on time

And perhaps
you drive down
from your green hills
I will maybe see you
stopping by my car
at a traffic light
maybe then you'll see
the fool I am

Love isn't always on time
Love isn't always on time

It only goes to show