en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/gudespyd/journal The Last.fm journal for gudespyd. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/gudespyd/journal/2008/02/13/3jy3_spillesyk_bassist_s%C3%B8ker_likesinnede Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:03:32 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/gudespyd/journal/2008/02/13/3jy3_spillesyk_bassist_s%C3%B8ker_likesinnede TROMSØ: Jeg er en nyinnflytta, langhåra bassist som søker musikere å spille med.

Jeg har føttene godt planta i hardrockens vidunderlige verden, og søker enten et etablert band med bassistmangel (og som trenger noen til å spille noe annet enn åttendedeler) eller musikere som er interessert i å lage eget materiale.

Innenfor musikken lar jeg meg inspirere av blant andre Led Zeppelin, Clutch, System of a Down, Iron Maiden, Allman Brothers Band, Metallica, The Band, Kyuss, Mountain, Rush, Queens of the Stone Age, Tool, Opeth, Frank Zappa, Witchcraft, Isis, Hellbillies, Pantera, Orange Goblin, Mastodon, Explosions in the Sky, Slayer, Red Sparowes, Entombed, Grand Funk Railroad, My Dying Bride, med flere :-)

Interessert? Ta kontakt med Åsgeir, telefon: 90 88 25 37, e-post: gudespyd@gmail.com]]> http://www.last.fm/user/gudespyd/journal/2007/04/02/3jy2_the_quest_for_awesomeness_or_the_study_of_awesomology Mon, 2 Apr 2007 13:43:49 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/gudespyd/journal/2007/04/02/3jy2_the_quest_for_awesomeness_or_the_study_of_awesomology Thu 29 Mar – Supersuckers, Nikkeby Lufthavn

Supersuckers - The Greatest Rock'n'Roll band in the World came, rocked and conquered :-) Well, they rocked hard enough for Tromsø at the very least, and it's safe to say that everybody had a good time.

It's hard not to be infected by the apparent joy that Eddie Spaghetti and his posse of misplaced cowboys find in playing their music on stage. A band with bigger egos would probably scoffed at playing Driv, a pub run by the student community of Tromsø, but the Suckers (I may call you that, right, mr Spaghetti?) enjoyed themselves and gave us a great show.

Supersuckers is a great showband, and have been watching their ZZ Top-videos, although Dan "Thunder" Bolton has a long way to go before he can compete with Gibbon and Hill in a beard competition. A lot of guitar slinging, good tunes and some hilarious jamming (I even got a few The Allman Brothers Band-vibes at times, but that may be stretching it) ensured that I couldn't stop smiling. I even smiled the entire way home, which is impressive considering that I had to drive for over an hour under terrible conditions and knew that I had to get up at 6 in the morning to be a dad.

Although Classic Rock dismisses Supersuckers after their latest gig in London, I don't. Perhaps Londoners are spoiled for choice, but the people of the far north are not. And when the entire band plays the bass, how can a simple bass player resist the Suckers' charm?

A band in pursuit of awesomeness, as represented by their totem animal, the Jackalope, should never be dismissed!

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It would be unfair not to mention the other band on the bill, Nikkeby Lufthavn, the "northernmost punkrock band in Norway, maybe in the World!", according to themselves. They rocked too, and I especially loved the "theremin, organ and luscious harmonies" of Mona. Psychedelic punk... How can you go wrong? I'll be in attendance next time they play a gig!]]> http://www.last.fm/user/gudespyd/journal/2007/02/04/3jy1_clutch_live Sun, 4 Feb 2007 16:20:06 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/gudespyd/journal/2007/02/04/3jy1_clutch_live I recently moved to the middle of nowhere (Storsteinnes in Norway, although one could make the point that Oslo, the capital of Norway, where I used to live, is hardly the center of the universe), a place where the gospel of rock is rarely preached and live gigs are hard to come by. Not even decent Norwegian acts (like Motorpsycho or Thulsa Doom) play here.

And in order to prove that there's a conspiracy somewhere, I just learnt that Clutch, one of my favorite bands, is playing in Oslo. Not long after I have moved. Coincidence?

Anyway, I desperately wanna go! And I will, provided I can arrange a babysitter. I must! I shall!!! I will see Clutch in Oslo. My daughter will understand, even though I have to leave on her birthday. I guess I'm just a Bad Daddy...

(In all fairness: This is the only time I can do this. It's her first birthday, and she's not aware of it as such, and we will celebrate it when I get back. Next year she will KNOW it's her birthday and I'm assuming Daddy may NOT leave.)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/gudespyd/journal/2007/01/31/3jy0_proud_dad Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:17:21 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/gudespyd/journal/2007/01/31/3jy0_proud_dad Here's a picture of my daughter Øyan, featured on the Bruce Dickinson Rock Show gallery page. Trying to raise her the best I can :-)

Thanks for having us, Bruce, and thank you for a stupendous radio show! Up the Irons!]]> http://www.last.fm/user/gudespyd/journal/2006/10/05/3jxz_recovering_a_lost_pice_of_my_soul Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:19:15 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/gudespyd/journal/2006/10/05/3jxz_recovering_a_lost_pice_of_my_soul Sometimes when I listen to music, I come across something so truly unbelievable that it transforms my life. Led Zeppelin was the first. Iron Maiden was probably the second. Then a lot of years went by until I discovered Mountain and the classical bass lines of Felix Pappalardi. Then Clutch walked into my life. I bought "Blast Tyrant" and "Robot Hive/ Exodus" based solely upon the covers. I had to have them. They spoke unto me. Then I heard "The Snowgoose" by Camel, and fell in love with the whimsical approach to rock'n'roll. And the way the story unfolds!?! Beautiful. I recently heard Cactus. (I know, where have I been? Marooned on a desolate planet?) But they also restored a lost pice of my soul.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/gudespyd/journal/2006/10/05/3jxy_fucking_music Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:03:32 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/gudespyd/journal/2006/10/05/3jxy_fucking_music "15" by Buckcherry.

That's all there's to say.

Great album from an honest rock'n'roll band.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/gudespyd/journal/2006/09/16/3jxx_help_science%21 Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:35:39 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/gudespyd/journal/2006/09/16/3jxx_help_science%21 What does your musical preference really tell the rest of the world about you? Adrian North, a psychologist at the University of Leicester, studies that very question. And you can help him by answering his question in this Musical taste test that he's developed. His findings are probably what you'd expect, though: Hip hoppers have more fun (i.e. sex and crime), the classical music afficionado smokes pot but I'm somewhat surprised by the opera lover's drug of choice.

Here are some other articles:
Dig the blues? Drive safe now...
Like pop? You're surely promiscuous
Music taste 'linked to drug use'
Does Smoking Pot Lead to Classical Music?

\m/]]> http://www.last.fm/user/gudespyd/journal/2006/08/29/3jxw_my_avatar Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:39:51 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/gudespyd/journal/2006/08/29/3jxw_my_avatar The picture is drawn by Justin Hampton, and has been used on a QOTSA/ Turbonegro concert poster. On the original there's also a caption saying "It is only logical to bang ones head." Which is only too true. My apologies to Mr. Hampton for desecrating his art, but I just love the image too much...

Honor where honor is due:
http://www.justinhampton.com/
Enjoy!:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_%28Star_Trek%29]]>