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March 19, 2009March 30, 2009

Sweden goes SXSW

We had a pretty awful gig last night. It was one of those gigs where you just want to kill yourself the entire time, but try to keep smiling and having a good time anyways. But today the sun is shining and we started fresh with a nice gig on Red Gorilla Fest on 6 street and are now setting up for a private party for the Swedish chamber of commerce. Tomorrow, we’re playing at “Sweden goes SXSW” it’s an open gig so swing by if you’re in the neighbourhood. We’re playing at noon.

This is how fun we had AFTER our gig last night (especially Joakim) I’ll put up some more clips later:

March 18, 2009March 30, 2009

Short update

March 18, 2009August 17, 2009

Sunny Austin

Hello Austin!

We’ve arrived in sunny Austin. The weather here was just gorgeous yesterday, 28 C and sunny. We spent the day shopping away at highland mall, I got some awsome shoes at Forever 21 for just 6 bucks and then we went to check out my friend Angie Mattson’s showcase.

Angie Mattson Live

My throat has gotten worse, I have a persistant cough, pretty typically me. I get ill really easily and when I do it’s always with a sore throat and a cough. Joakim’s sister recommended Dayquil, so I got a big pack on a local drugstore. Jonas has got a cold sore and got some kind of ointment that felt like dentist anaesthetic, numbing his entire lip. I don’t think I’ll try that before the show tonight.

Then we went to a hat store and tried on hats. I actually bought a cowboy hat, but not the one in the picture. I wonder if I will ever wear it out of Texas…

I’m playing live tonight at the old Ale house, 11pm! Welcome!

March 17, 2009March 30, 2009

Art challenge

As we were staying in an artist studio, me and the band thought we’d make some art for our host. We had an art challenge where everyone was supposed to draw eachother and themselves.

Check out the result here:

March 16, 2009August 17, 2009

Niagara falls and the Baconator

Last tour we visited Pittsburgh and met a band called Social Stitch. They took the guys out for Wendy’s. Anyways, to make a long story short, this gave birth to the Baconator-joke. All the guys in the band were suddenly talking about nothing but the baconator at Wendy’s. But when we returned to Sweden, noone had yet tasted it. So for Johan and Marcus who unfortunately aren’t with us at this tour, these pics are for you:

Even though we have 6 gigs this tour, several of them are twice a day, which means we have much more free time than the last tour. This is why we decided to take a daytrip to the Niagara falls. It was really wonderful and I’m so glad I went there. I happen to love a tv-show called “Wonderfalls” so it was awsome to see the falls in real life and I visited the souvenir shop in search of a yellow lion for my friend Jenny.

falls2 — It's actually hard to imagine how big they really are...