Digest

Vol.97 #06

November 23rd, 1997

Today's Topics:
	 I created a monster
	 Urban Turban live review
	 Re: music hints
	 Re: Bob Hund
	 Bob Hund.
	 alt.nation.
	 Re: AW: Indie pindie pow
	 Re: Bob Hund.
	 120 minutes (was indie)
	 Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)
	 Re: 120 minutes (was indie)
	 Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)
	 Bjork?
	 Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)
	 Re: 120 minutes (was indie)
	 Re: Lemonator/state of independence
	 Re: Mouth
	 Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)
	 Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)
	 Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)
	 Re:  Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)
	 Re:  Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)
	 Tour List I (Motor BA) [23-Nov-97]
	 Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)
	 Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)
	 Re: Lemonator

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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 19:50:53 +0200
From: Micke Rehnstrom 
Subject: I created a monster

Jeesus, what did I do? I gave a comment on some other postings and told my
view about something. I also said that if someone was _interested_ he/she
could give his/her _own views_, since I could find that interesting. So,
what happened?

Well, many of those who replied did it just to say that they were not
interested!!?. You could have told that much more easily by just keeping
quiet (you were quite good at keeping quiet when I politely asked for
feedback on my reviews some time ago). Thereby we would have saved
bandwidth and time and the whole thing would have just faded away without
any fuss. Besides, am I the only one who feel uncomfortable about that way
of trying to stop discussions - calling them pointless, meaningless,
ridiculous, whatever. Perhaps there are people out there who have wise
things to say but who are afraid of being treated like this and therefore
_they_ keep quiet. In addition there are quite a lot of "discussions" here
that I find meaningless. Like this "is C Af Uggla good or bad" thing. Where
is that supposed to lead? It may be entertaining to read all the opinions
but there is still only one way to find out what _you_ think and I dont
think I need to say what that way is (but it is not through looking at her
social background. This world has already seen enough of misery and
suffering caused by prejudice). But then, if someone really finds this
interesting to discuss, then what right do I, or anyone else, have to say
that it is wrong of them to do it etc.? I dont like doing that and I dont
like others doing it either.

Also, some people only attacked me and my opinions without presenting
something of their own. _That_ is pointless because it will only cause hard
feelings, nothing else, and that is another thing I dont like.

So, thats it! Guess this may sound like one of those morale lessons that
usually ends sitcoms :-). Sorry if I upset someone. Flame this letter if
you like but dont expect any reply. I have better things to do - like
listening to demos, attending concerts, reading Anne Tyler or writing
essays on the importance of mail servers being able to deal with Swedish
characters - than to deal with such things at four in the morning.

Now, lets trash this "discussion" and LETS GET BACK TO BUSINESS AGAIN,
SHALL WE? :-)

/Micke, still harrassing his neighbours with SAMIAM "You are freaking me out"

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Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 20:10:05 +0200
From: Micke Rehnstrom 
Subject: Urban Turban live review

A week ago I said that I was suspicious about this band. Some years ago I
saw them for a few minutes and got the impression that it was more drug
romance than music - weird-coloured spotlites and celebrations to Jerry
Garcias (GRATEFUL DEAD) memory. Anyway, I was wrong. It was great. And, for
once at Herrgarn, a huge and really nice audience too.

Their music is old blues and rock n roll songs (by Ray Charles, Chuck Berry
etc.) dressed in a mixed rock/oriental folk music disguise. May not sound
very exciting but it was, and it was groovy as hell. One of those concerts
when you find yourself, involuntarily, moving with the rhythm. Especially
after a couple of songs, when two palestinian folk musicians joined the
band, playing instruments I dont think I should try to figure out what they
might be called (other instruments used: electric guitars, violin, bag
pipe, harmonica, bass guitar, cymbals and a lot of others). And the
vocalist sounded just like one of those old blues men (almost like Freddie
Wadling but darker voice). This was also a good night to hear hilarious
covers, like the palestinian folk version of Berrys "Too much monkey
business".

Up next week at Herrgarn: yes, it is: The most interesting "tour package of
the year" IMO - Popstad 97, featuring CARPET PEOPLE, COBOLT and K-PIST

/Micke

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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 01:59:24 +0100 (MET)
From: aquadays@swipnet.se (Lisa & Martin)
Subject: Re: music hints

>Reiner wrote:
>
>Yeah ... in this context ... please give a non-scandinavian some hints
>for scan-(indie)-music ?! What is Bob Hund like? No categorizing if you
>don't want, but some descriptions or comparisons with bands I know,
>perhaps? I really never heard of most of the bands mentioned here ...
>huh! Only name I ever heard is Nordman, which, I think, is not
>necessarily indie, but somehow nice ... Perhaps I can make some
>"good-buys" when I'm in next time ...

Please avoid Nordman at all costs. Their "singer" is a Neanderthal.
They are also using many old Nordic symbols, coming dangerously close
to what the nationalists call "national consciousness". 

Swedish bands I can recommend: Kent, Bob Hund, Blissful, Bear Quartet,
Popsicle, Wellmeant, Pineforest Crunch, Petrol, Cardigans and The
Tambureens.

Kindly
Martin Aamot

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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 01:59:35 +0100 (MET)
From: aquadays@swipnet.se (Lisa & Martin)
Subject: Re: Bob Hund

>Karl Morten Dahl wrote:
>
>Which Bob Hund record is the best? I've heard 4-5 songs from their
>self-titled one. "alle har en bakgrunn" "upp upp upp ner" or something
>like that. Really great songs!

Yes, almost all Bob Hund songs are great! The song you refer to as "Alle
har en bakgrunn" is called "En pratstund" and it is the first song on BH:s
latest album "Bob Hund", also known as "Omslag: Martin Kann".

Actually, Bob Hund has made three records called "Bob Hund". The first one
was a 6- or 7-tracker, containing masterpieces like "Allt pa ett kort",
"Graslok, fagelsang", "Kompromissen", "Fem meter upp i luften" and
"Fotoalbumet". This record is almost too good! If you havenīt heard it,
go look for it right away!

Their second record was an album. (Also called "Bob Hund" of course)
It contains great songs like "Mer an sa kan ingen bli" and "Det skulle
vara latt for mig att saga att jag inte hittar hem men det gor jag,
tror jag". This one's not as good as the first one though.

Then in 1996, they released the EP "Istallet for musik: forvirring",
a masterpiece, followed by the previously mentioned latest album.

So, which Bob Hund record is the best? All of them! Especially the
first one!

Kindly 
Martin Aamot (Norwegian descendant living in Gothenburg, Sweden)

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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 14:38:55 +0200 (EET)
From: Timo Riitamaa 
Subject: Bob Hund.

Mats wrote:

>Bob Hund has a line up with two guitars, bass, drums, a singer and a
>keyboardist. 
>
>Their music is very original, and they sing in swedish. Even though they
>have recorded english material that has not been released.
>To drop a few names I think that they sound like a mixture of these
>bands: Devo, Pixies, Kraftwerk, Pere Ubu, Magazine, Wire and Can.

Uhh, when does Bob Hund sound like Kraftwerk or Can? or is this just a good
spot to name drop a few krautrock bands? :)

Tornado DaSilva.  

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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 14:38:56 +0200 (EET)
From: Timo Riitamaa 
Subject: alt.nation.

Per typed: 
>sure, once in a while you get to see
>a couple videos featuring non-major label financed bands, but that is
>nowhere near as often as you should, considering the name "_alternative_
>nation"

Yeehaaw!!! Larry And The Lefthanded rocks yr collective buts!! rumbleboogie! 

Tornado DaSilva.

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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 14:38:53 +0200 (EET)
From: Timo Riitamaa 
Subject: Re: AW: Indie pindie pow

Reiner asked:

>Yeah ... in this context ... please give a non-scandinavian some hints
>for scan-(indie)-music ?! What is Bob Hund like? No categorizing if you
>don't want, but some descriptions or comparisons with bands I know,
>perhaps? I really never heard of most of the bands mentioned here ...

Well, Bob Hund are gods. no, i don't mean a re-incarnation of the mighty
Godz, but rather something so great that it deserves the inflation-ridden
word "godly". Bob Hund has songs, they have the sound, and most importantly
they are *amazing* live. most swedish bands are boring because the music and
the people can almost always be explained with one word; "nice". ofcourse if
you happen to like "nice", then you'll definately like everything ever made
in sweden... and i don't mean that there'd be something wrong with "nice", i
just prefer something with life, passion, edges, emotion, and maybe a little
suffering... these swedish guys have never had to crawl in the mud, instead
their parents pay their rent and their trendy Vans sneakers... but Bob
Hund... Bob Hund ist rad. 

Tornado DaSilva 

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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 19:14:10 +0000
From: "johanna.hillgren" 
Subject: Re: Bob Hund.

Timo Riitamaa wrote:

>> Mats wrote:
>>
>> Bob Hund has a line up with two guitars, bass, drums, a singer and a
>> keyboardist.
>>
>> Their music is very original, and they sing in swedish. Even though they
>> have recorded english material that has not been released.
>> To drop a few names I think that they sound like a mixture of these
>> bands: Devo, Pixies, Kraftwerk, Pere Ubu, Magazine, Wire and Can.
>
> Uhh, when does Bob Hund sound like Kraftwerk or Can? or is this just a good
> spot to name drop a few krautrock bands? :)
>
> Tornado DaSilva.

Of course, Bob Hund play neither krautrock nor teknopop, but they sure give me
the feeling of having listened a lot to Kraftwerk. Jonas, the synthguy, has
borrowed the ability for putting nice, cold but heartful synthtunes together
and make them fit in perfectly with the rest.

Some of the guitarstuff the fab guitarists play have a kind of robotic,
absolutely-non-blues feel to it. So lovely. And there is actually once
when Bob Hund really sound like Kraftwerk as well. The song "Horlurar" on
the Dusseldorf-EP is a fantastic, monotic song with singing through a
vocoder.

With this, if you haven't noticed, I want to stress that musical influences
can be present even if they are not clear or heard.

Daniel

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 00:11:22 +0100
From: Karl Morten Dahl 
Subject: 120 minutes (was indie)

[alt nat etc]

The precedeor of Alt Nat, 120 minutes,  was so much better. They let various
bands host/choose the music for the shows. I recall among others Pavement,
Sonic Youth and Mudhuney playing pretty far out alternative music on their
respective shows. 120 minutes is crap even though they played Motorpsychos
Starmelt some time ago. They should stop playing Oasis, Pulp etc and start
playing Gbv, Polvo, Built To Spill etc. And of course much more Scandinavian
music. (Not Cardigans and Aqua)

Kalle

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 00:55:25 +1000
From: Micke Rehnstrom 
Subject: Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)

Karl Morten Dahl wrote:

>They should stop playing Oasis, Pulp etc and start
>playing Gbv, Polvo, Built To Spill etc. And of course much more Scandinavian
>music. (Not Cardigans and Aqua)

Well, they did stop playing OASIS quite a while ago and they have played
both BUILT TO SPILL and GBV (mostly the "Bulldog skin" song, though). Quite
a lot Scandinavian music too (KENT, BOB HUND, JAY-JAY JOHANSON, SLUDGE
NATION, FIRESIDE, LARRY & THE LEFTHANDED, PANASONIC, 22-PISTEPIRKKO,
CYBERMEN, PSYCHED OUT JANIS, WANNADIES, JIMI TENOR, BIOSPHERE, BJORK and
more). And even if the show is not ace I am amazed that MTV even hired a VJ
who had YO LA TENGO, RADAR BROS, STEREOLAB and BOB HUND among his favourite
bands.

/Micke

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 01:45:10 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom 
Subject: Re: 120 minutes (was indie)

At 00:11 1997-11-23 +0100, Karl Morten Dahl  wrote:
>[alt nat etc]
>
>The precedeor of Alt Nat, 120 minutes,  was so much better. They let various
>bands host/choose the music for the shows. I recall among others Pavement,
>Sonic Youth and Mudhuney playing pretty far out alternative music on their
>respective shows. 120 minutes is crap even though they played Motorpsychos
>Starmelt some time ago. They should stop playing Oasis, Pulp etc and start
>playing Gbv, Polvo, Built To Spill etc. And of course much more Scandinavian
>music. (Not Cardigans and Aqua)

I completely agree with you on that one. Paul King did a wonderful job
as the host (really!) and I didn't miss many shows back then. (Though
I did of course miss a few shows I would have killed for - the one
hosted by The Sundays and the two (or maybe three) ones where they
played Slowdive videos - I have yet to see one!). I have never seen
that Ecstasy of S:t Theresa video anywhere but on that show. And the
complete "best of (insert year here)" shows were really filled to the
limit with fantastic music. I taped the complete shows!

Took me a while to get used to Toby Aimes (sp?) but he had his moments.
But then it all got out of hand (most of the time - a load of MBV and
Stereolab, a few glimpses of Circle, 22 Pistepirkko, The Bear Quartet
and Fireside even - and one could be sure one got to see the latest
Charlatans on the show whenever it was - made it all worthwile). I'm
not sure if it was the Marilyn Manson special which they ran twice,
or what, but I really never bothered to stay up late to watch the
show after that. Taped it and fast-forwarded through the whole thing
mostly.

 My 5 ore...

 //Erik

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 01:47:20 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom 
Subject: Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)

Micke Rehnstrom  wrote:

>Well, they did stop playing OASIS quite a while ago and they have played
>both BUILT TO SPILL and GBV (mostly the "Bulldog skin" song, though). Quite
>a lot Scandinavian music too (KENT, BOB HUND, JAY-JAY JOHANSON, SLUDGE
>NATION, FIRESIDE, LARRY & THE LEFTHANDED, PANASONIC, 22-PISTEPIRKKO,
>CYBERMEN, PSYCHED OUT JANIS, WANNADIES, JIMI TENOR, BIOSPHERE, BJORK and
>more). And even if the show is not ace I am amazed that MTV even hired a VJ
>who had YO LA TENGO, RADAR BROS, STEREOLAB and BOB HUND among his favourite
>bands.

Oh yeah, forgot about Panasonic and Jimi Tenor. Surprised me when they
showed those videos really. And that can only be a good sign, right? ;-)

Who's the new bloke then?

 //Erik

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 01:49:17 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom 
Subject: Bjork?

Did anyone on the list go and see Bjork yesterday or today?
I'd love to hear about it!

 //Erik

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 01:58:24 +1000
From: Micke Rehnstrom 
Subject: Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)

>Who's the new bloke then?

There is no new bloke yet (it was Toby I was referring to in my message),
they just show videos right now. But it is Tobys "spirit" in the show,
still.

/Micke

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 02:01:17 +0100 (MET)
From: per langstrom 
Subject: Re: 120 minutes (was indie)

At 00.11 1997-11-23 +0100, Karl Morten Dahl wrote:

>The precedeor of Alt Nat, 120 minutes,  was so much better. They let various
>bands host/choose the music for the shows. I recall among others Pavement,
>Sonic Youth and Mudhuney playing pretty far out alternative music on their
>respective shows. 120 minutes is crap even though they played Motorpsychos

hmm, i personally don't know about that. toby and the rest of the people
behind the alternative nation did some really great things, interviewing
urusei yatsura, girls against boys and shellac as well as letting jon 
spencer and man or astroman? play live in the studio. why they kept on
paying attention to the manic street preachers is beyond me, but then 
again, nobody's perfect..

>Starmelt some time ago. They should stop playing Oasis, Pulp etc and start
>playing Gbv, Polvo, Built To Spill etc. And of course much more Scandinavian
>music. (Not Cardigans and Aqua)

well, this past tuesday they played as much polvo there is left to play, 
since they broke up after finishing the almost unbearably disappointing
"shapes", in the form of helium (where ash bowie plays bass guitar).

per

and, btw, i totally agree with me micke when it comes to what to discuss
here. for once, there was a real chance of actual brain use while ex-
changing views and opinions on a topic very much concerning scandinavian
indie bands, in opposition to the usual "oh, help, band x and band y are
playing on the same night but at different venues, what to choose, what to
choose?!"

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 02:05:21 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom 
Subject: Re: Lemonator/state of independence

Kimmo Saaskilahti  wrote:

> We have Finnish Lemonator who are signed to Warner Finland now,

I heard a rumour stating that they are not on Warner any longer,
but I'm not sure if it is true. Maybe somebody out  there can confirm 
this?

Hmm, last I talked to Lasse he said everything was okay. I believe they
had recorded their second album (to be released on Warner) and had a few
more songs they wanted to release as well, so they asked Warner if it was
okay to release them on their own label (Grandpop) and they said they had
nothing against it.

So it seems like everything is okay between them and Warner, though that
was last week, and things move quickly in the music business (sometimes)
so who knows? I'll see what I can find...

 //Erik

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 02:15:26 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom 
Subject: Re: Mouth

At 13:02 1997-11-21 +0100, jonas nilsson  wrote:

>I just heard from a friend who has been down in Spain playing golf that
>he ran into Fredrik Joelsson the singer of MOUTH down there. Joelsson is
>actually sitting in a house down in Marbella recording music with some
>other guy called Mans. As I understood it, Mouth do not exist anymore
>and the music he is now recording will include more of a techno-touch,
>but still with certain Pixies-influences. 

Ah, I am not surprised. I suspect most of you know Fredrik worked together
with Pedro Almodovar (sp?) a few years back, and he planned to go to
Portugal to continue to work with film. I wonder who Mans is, and who's
in the band, and what the band is called, and if they are signed, and
and and... Anyone? Though it does seem as if their plan to move to New
York to work and play there because Sweden was full of crap didn't work
out. Sad to hear about the break-up though. I really liked 'em.

 //Erik

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 02:18:05 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom 
Subject: Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)

At 01:58 1997-11-23 +1000, Micke Rehnstrom wrote:
>>Who's the new bloke then?
>
>There is no new bloke yet (it was Toby I was referring to in my message),
>they just show videos right now. But it is Tobys "spirit" in the show,
>still.

Aha - that's what I figured they would do. Though Toby did say that they
were looking for a new host _immediately_ in the last show he hosted,
but I guess it takes time to find a good one. Hmm, I wonder what the
best of 1997 show will look like...

 //Erik
 
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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 03:52:17 +0100
From: Karl Morten Dahl 
Subject: Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)

Maybe what I meant was *Norwegian indie bands* Sorry

Here is something for the homepages...

DeLillos
05.12.97: Oslo, Rockefeller
06.12.97: Oslo, Rockefeller
13.12.97: Oslo, Rockefeller

Hedge Hog
21.11.97: Drammen, Union Scene

Poor Rich Ones
20.11.97: Oslo, John Dee

Postgirobygget
18.12.97: Oslo, Rockefeller

Young Neils
23.12.97: Oslo, Rockefeller

Kalle

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 03:13:15 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom 
Subject: Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)

At 03:52 1997-11-23 +0100, Karl Morten Dahl  wrote:
>Maybe what I meant was *Norwegian indie bands* Sorry
>
>Here is something for the homepages...
>
>DeLillos
>05.12.97: Oslo, Rockefeller
>06.12.97: Oslo, Rockefeller
>13.12.97: Oslo, Rockefeller
>
>Hedge Hog
>21.11.97: Drammen, Union Scene
>
>Poor Rich Ones
>20.11.97: Oslo, John Dee
>
>Postgirobygget
>18.12.97: Oslo, Rockefeller
>
>Young Neils
>23.12.97: Oslo, Rockefeller

Great names they have there, though I'm not sure I would go and
see a band called Posgirobygget by looking at the name alone. :-)
Did you by any chance see the Hedge Hog and Poor Rich Ones gigs?

 //Erik 

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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 21:48:39 -0500 (EST)
From: Cardigans1@aol.com
Subject: Re:  Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)

In a message dated 11/22/97 8:39:45 PM, you wrote:

<>

are we talking about 120 Minutes on MTV Europe here? Because 120 minutes here
in the US is crap.

jason

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 04:02:57 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom 
Subject: Re:  Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)

At 21:48 1997-11-22 -0500, Cardigans1@aol.com wrote:

>>There is no new bloke yet (it was Toby I was referring to in my message),
>>they just show videos right now. But it is Tobys "spirit" in the show,
>>still.
>
>are we talking about 120 Minutes on MTV Europe here? Because 120 minutes here
>in the US is crap.

Yeah, it's the MTV Europe "120 Minutes" show we're talking about here,
right? At least that's what _I'm_ talking about. ;-)

 //Erik

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 05:20:37 +0100 (MET)
From: Erik Soderstrom 
Subject: Tour List I (Motor BA) [23-Nov-97]

 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Scandinavian Indie       Motor Tour List UPDATE           Scandinavian Indie
                           November 23rd, 1997

                  by Erik Soderstrom (chief@lysator.liu.se)
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 SCANDINAVIAN:

59 Times The Pain                                Burning Heart
 8/1  Koblenz - Suppkultur (Start Thumb Tour-98) New Date
22/1  Wien - Scene                               New Date
23/1  Kufstein - Jugendfabrik                    New Date
24/1  Oberwarth - Oho                            New Date
25/1  Dornbim - Conrad Sohm                      New Date
 3/2  Prag - Rockcafe                            New Date
 4/2  Dudingen - Bad Bonn                        New Date
 5/2  Bern - ISC                                 New Date
 6/2  Zurich - Dynamo                            New Date
 7/2  Wil - Remise                               New Date
 8/2  Trier - Exhaus                             New Date
 9/2  Amsterdam - Melkweg                        New Date
11/2  Copenhagen - Loppen (DK)                   New Date
12/2  Den Bosch - Willem 2                       New Date
13/2  Bielefeld - Kamp                           CANCELLED
13/2  Gardelegen - Liw                           City & Venue Changed
14/2  Bielefeld - JZ Kamp                        Venue Changed

Millencolin                                      Burning Heart
20/12 Solvesborg - Cartago                       New Date
21/12 Helsingborg - TBA                          New Date
 2/1  Miami - Roses                              New Date
 3/1  St: Petersburg (US) - State Theatre        New Date
 4/1  Jacksonville - Milk Bar                    New Date
 6/1  Atlanta - The Point                        New Date
 7/1  Pensacola - TBA                            New Date
 8/1  New Orleans - TBA                          New Date
 9/1  Houston - Fitzgeralds                      New Date
10/1  Austin - Emo's                             New Date
11/1  Dallas - Orbit                             New Date
13/1  Denver - Azatlan                           New Date
14/1  Salt Lake City - DV8                       New Date
16/1  Tempe - Nile Theatre                       New Date
17/1  L.A. - Roxy                                New Date
18/1  Riverside - The Barn                       New Date
19/1  San Diego - Soma Side                      New Date
20/1  Santa Barabara - The Living Room           New Date
21/1  San Francisco - Bottom of the Hill         New Date
22/1  Reno - Del Mar Station                     New Date
23/1  Portland - La Luna                         New Date
24/1  Seattle - RKCNDY                           New Date
     
Psyched Up Janis (DK)                            EMI                    *NEW*
 1/12 New York - Mercury Lounge (US)
 3/12 Los Angeles - The Troubadoor (US)          w/Juliana Hatfield (US)

Robot                                            Starboy Rec./BMG       *NEW*
28/11 Karlstad - Jager                           w/Popsicle
29/11 Oslo - John Dee (N)                        w/Popsicle
30/11 Goteborg - Karen                           w/Popsicle
 6/12 Stockholm - Fritz's Corner
 8/12 Malmo - KB                                 P3 MJ Pop-monday, Live
11/12 Vaxjo - Elvagarden                         w/Popsicle
12/12 Hultsfred - Metropol                       w/Popsicle
 6/1  Lund - Mejeriet
 7/1  Helsingborg - Tivoli
 9/1  Malmo - KB

Skalatones & 59 Times The Pain                   Burning Heart          *NEW*
29/11 Antirasist gala, Laga garden, Laholm

Tenebre                                          Record Heaven          *NEW*
19/12 Alvesta - Heydays    
20/12 Ljungby - Musik cafeet    

This Perfect Day                                 Soap Records
26/11 Norrkoping - Palace                        New Date
27/11 Vaxjo - Smalands Nation                    New Date

Roffe Wikstrom - Solo                            MNW
 5/12 Uppsala - Cafe Katalin    

 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 NON-SCANDINAVIAN:

Natacha Atlas (UK)                               MNW                    *NEW*
31/1  Stockholm - Universitetet
 1/2  Lund - Palladium

Deftones (US)                                    Polygram               *NEW*
28/1  Copenhagen - Pumpehuset (DK)
31/1  Stockholm - Klubben
 1/2  Malmo - KB

Portishead (UK)                                  Polygram               *NEW*
23/1  Copenhagen - Vega (DK)

Superchunk (US)                                  MD / City Slang
+ support Salaryman                              City Slang (new support)
 8/12 Copenhagen - Rust (DK)
 9/12 Stockholm - Studion
10/12 Oslo - So What (N)
11/12 Lund - Mejeriet

The Toasters (US)                                Porkpie                *NEW*
 5/3  Malmo - KB
 6/3  Stockholm - Studion
 7/3  Oslo - John Dee (N)
 8/3  Copenhagen - Loppen (DK)

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 16:21:53 +0100
From: Karl Morten Dahl 
Subject: Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)

Hehe I'm stupid. Tried to send these dates to the list a few days ago, but
it failed. So last night I thought that I could send them again. Didn't
think about the expired dates in there. No I didn't see the gigs, but I've
seen both bands before. Postgirobygget is maybe the most popular band in
Norway right now. They used to be semi-ok, but they suck now.

Kalle

>Great names they have there, though I'm not sure I would go and
>see a band called Posgirobygget by looking at the name alone. :-)
>Did you by any chance see the Hedge Hog and Poor Rich Ones gigs?

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 15:53:43 +0100
From: Erik Soderstrom 
Subject: Re: (non-scan?) 120 minutes (was indie)

At 16:21 1997-11-23 +0100, Karl Morten Dahl wrote:
>Hehe I'm stupid. Tried to send these dates to the list a few days ago, but
>it failed. So last night I thought that I could send them again. Didn't
>think about the expired dates in there. No I didn't see the gigs, but I've
>seen both bands before. Postgirobygget is maybe the most popular band in
>Norway right now. They used to be semi-ok, but they suck now.

You know I haven't heard any of these bands - if you have the time, could
you perhaps describe what kind of music they play? Are they all from the
Oslo area?

 //Erik 

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 13:36:22
From: Kimmo Saaskilahti 
Subject: Re: Lemonator

I wrote:
>I heard a rumour stating that they are not on Warner any longer,
>but I'm not sure if it is true. Maybe somebody out  there can confirm 
>this?

to which Erik responded:

>Hmm, last I talked to Lasse he said everything was okay. I believe they
>had recorded their second album (to be released on Warner) and had a few
>more songs they wanted to release as well, so they asked Warner if it was
>okay to release them on their own label (Grandpop) and they said they had
>nothing against it.

All right, so it was just an ugly rumour I heard (or read somewhere).
Thanks for setting the record straight.

Kimmo

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