Right now I'm really supposed to be reading the "Sheridan, S, Discerning Pedagogical Quality in Preschool Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2009"... it sounds about as boring as it is. I love this subject but jeez... why make it more complicated than it already is? The only thing that is keeping me in a good mood today is the lovely weather! The sun is shining and the roof tops are covered in ice. Now all I need is a blue sky and a big layer of snow.
I have a good feeling about December this year. Christmas just can't be that bad two years in a row. But what I am most looking forward to is the preperation for it. Listening to Christmas music, making ice chocolate, eating saffron buns with raisins in it and decorating the Christmas tree....
Speaking of Vincent... his father Roger Pontare is a very much respected artist here in Sweden. Vincent didn't want to give out his last name at first, because he wanted to make a career of his own. But nowadays most people knows about this and calls him by his full name Vincent Pontare.
His father Roger is known for his fantastic outfits that reminds you of the great ol´ native indians, the Lappish and the snowy mountains up in the north of Sweden. In year 2000 he entered the Eurovision Song Contest, which he has competed in many times, and won with the song "När vindarna viskar mitt namn" (When spirits are calling my name). Any Swede who doesn't know of this song must be living under a rock...
It's full of power and beautiful singing. Not to mention all of the interesting characters walking around on stage, making you feel like you've travelled back in time to walk through an Indian village...
Swedish version
English version
The rock band Hammerfall has made a cover of this song that you can find on YouTube. But a couple of years before that, they did a much appreciated performance together with Roger. I clearly remember watching this and loving how the singers voices fell together in the best of ways.
This guy named Vincent is one of Sweden's best artists. It surprises me that his music doesn't get the attention it truly deserves. He has reached some success and had several hit songs in both Sweden and Germany in 2007 when he released his first record. Although he didn't release his second record until just recently, which is probably why people have lost interest. But I am so glad that he is back again! His style is very unique so I find it hard to describe it... but it's modern reggae pop with a 60's sound... haha confused? No worries, it sounds great.
I wish I could put up all of his songs in this post but you guys would hate me then. So I'll just post these three hit songs from his first record "Lucky Thirteen". If you like what you hear then don't forget to check out his new album "Godspeed"!
For all the clouds high up in the sky reminding me why I should be by your side
For all the trees surrounding you and me when we take a walk to breathe more easily
For each and everyone under the sun, listen close the story has just begun
"Don't hate on me" was renamed to "This is for you" when it was released in Germany
The Crashboys are in The States now. A dream come true of course and I couldn't be happier for them! (Okay so maybe I'm a little jealous that I'm not in L.A having a blast right now, but there's not much I can do about that :P)
Tonight... Saturday/Sunday... they will play their second gig. They are the headliners of the show together with Pretty Boy Floyd. And here is the wonderful news! Those of you who are, like me, totally bummed that you can't be there... well, wipe those tears away and check out the live streaming of the show! The show goes on the entire night (Swedish time) because 14 other bands are playing. But Crashdïet will go on stage sometime between 8:00-10:00 tomorrow morning. Don't miss it! <---- live streaming button if you didn't figure that out.
We're living in a Vampire obsessed world and I am one of those compelled suckers. I am a huge fanatic of The Vampire Diaries. I used to be a True Blood fanatic too, but that serie is just not as good as it used to be. I'm watching the third season of Vamp Diaries right now since it has started airing in America (remember the time when it took a program three years to get to Sweden?) and it's crazy good!! So much exciting things are happening in every episode and I'm amazed at how the writer of the books could come up with this brilliant yet complicated story! Although I guess some things in the TV-serie probably differs from the original story, so anyone who's not as poor as me is more then welcome to buy me the books! Thx....
To make things even better, every episode if filled with great songs! Lots of modern rock but also the kind of music that many rockers usually can't stand. But I have always had an eclectic music taste so get ready for this folks. Those of you who can't stand anything else than rock music.... take cover ;)
On my way home from the hairdresser I noticed a Hardcore Superstar poster hanging on a wall and thought "Hell yeaaaah! Hardcore Superstar's coming to town? That's awesome!". And then I remembered that I've already got tickets for the show....
