Afrika Bambaataa released Planet Rock in 1982 containing samples from Kraftwerk's Trans Europe Express (and other stuff from Ennio Morricone and Captain Sky).
The talented young guys in our office started asking questions about the beginning of electronic music. Since I'm so old and wise I told them about the Theremin, Robert Moog and all that jazz and not surprisingly I ended up praising Kraftwerk. Found this one, Die Roboter, on German TV from 1978.
Lots of talk about football + Stockholm in Spain lately. Last Saturday Spain was defeated by 2-0 and yesterday Brazil played a friendly against Ecuador at Råsunda stadium (2-1). Funny to see how hard it is to spell "Råsunda Stadium". The most common version is Räsunda, in some cases Rösunda and the best one so far is Rusunda - spelled like it sounds in Spanish.
One of the nicest bars/restaurants in Barcelona, Mut, is located aprox 75 m. from my flat. That I like. It struck me today that the Philipine chef not only is a really skilled one, he also looks really mean all dressed in black. If I only was a casting director...
Went to a nice birthday brunch at Maria's and Henrik's place. Maria 35 years, yihaaa!! Later we went "throwing sandwiches" in the Mediteranean Sea with Max.
Lukas, a friend of mine, was part of the team that made this award-winning documentary about US military investigation methods last year. The trailer is kind of funny but the film itself is really scary... and impacting.
Lying in my bed in an hotel room in Madrid chit chatting with iRooster. My sweet little digital friend who wakes me up in the morning playing my favourit tunes (and turning my Mac into the world's most expensive alarm clock).
I saw Steve Buscemi's Trees Lounge at Stockholm Film Festival in 96 and it was fantastic. Steve himself was there to present it which was cool. However it never got distribution in Scandinavia which was a real pity. Yesterday I downloaded it and it's still a great indie film.
Niklas, Henrik and Marco threw a housewarming party last Saturday. Lot's of talk about electronic music, internet's impact on film distribution and people with mixed nationalities. In the photo Jonas is trying to convince Niklas... don't remember. But it was fun.
Within 2 weeks 2 major hollywoodish documentaries are released on the movies and people actually go and see them. Guess that's a good sign. 1. The Planet2. An Inconveniet Truth
Went to see my aunt, uncle and cousin + family last weekend in the lovely French village Collioure. Bought a nice bottle of Banyuls, the local sweet red wine.