Wow, they gave it back to me! Now we may enjoy several years of my wit and great humour! There's no point in posting it all tho', because there's a lot of "nice review - here (dead link)" going on, but here are two lists, one from 2010 and one from 2008.
From 17.09.2010
Soda Fountain Rag Gigography, with my comments
07.09.06 –
Phonofestivalen, Café Opera (Bergen, Norway) – The only gig with a banjo!
06.10.06 – Bergen
Bandstand, Kvarteret (Bergen) – We won! Still waiting for quite a lot of the prize.
30.11.06 –
support for Rough Bunnies, Spasibar (Oslo, Norway) – With the “band” on CD,
hehe, great to meet Frida and Anna.
01.02.07 –
Kvarteret (Bergen) – At this gig Anders went off stage, through the crowd, over
to the sound engineer and yelled at him because he was doing a really bad job, then
he went back on stage. In the meantime I did an Alx Rose-dance.
14.02.07 –
Morya (Brescia, Italy ) – Almost dead from the flu.
15.02.07 –
Lego (Cesena, Italy) – I felt like a star! First time we met Zonda.
16.02.07 –
Capannone sociale (Vicenza, Italy) – hohoholy shit, really bad gig.
17.02.07 –
Ponterotto (Firenze, Italy) – One of the best days in my whole life.
18.02.07 –
Zuni (Ferrara, Italy) – Lots and lots of people.
Driving all night and being very sad (“Driving in your car” is related to this night).
03.03.07 –
With Montt Mardie and Suburban Kids with Biblical Names, Kvarteret (Bergen) – Great night,
playing with heroes.
19.04.07 –
Torsdagsrock, Hulen (Bergen) – Why oh why did I say yes to this gig?
19.07.07 –
Loco Squad (Milano Marittima) – My mum and dad and my best friend were all there!
20.07.07 –
Bagno Moderno (Marina di Grosseto) – Haha, SFR on a beach! Now that’s ridiculous!
21.07.07 –
Nosilenz Festival (Brescia) – It smelled very much like a farm, and featured a great puppy called Molly.
22.07.07 –
Castello dei Pico (Mirandola, Modena) – Playing at the castle of an old comparative religion-hero, not bad.
25.08.07 – Support for Pelle Carlberg, Hulen (Bergen) – Nicko’s first gig! Hurra!
15.09.07 –
Kaninkanon V (København, Denmark) – Indie/DIY-party de-luxe, we stayed in
the best room with lots of cartoons, and we went to the Tivoli.
29.09.07 –
Hard Working Class Heroes Festival (Dublin, Ireland) – 15 minutes of pain.
09.10.07 –
Uka, Knaus/Samfundet (Trondheim, Norway) – 2/3 of the band had pretty poor health, some very drunk girls from Molde danced on stage and shared a cigar with us backstage.
04.01.08 –
Morya (Brescia, Italy) – A cold and Christmas-esque evening.
05.01.08 –
Mattatoio (Carpi, Italy) – Someone knew the lyrics to “The Fall”.
10.01.08 –
Relè Café Bistro (San Giovanni Teatino, Italy) – We slept in a truly beautiful apartment with 5 cats.
11.01.08 –
Traffic (Roma, Italy) – My only impression of Rome is that it is very, very dirty.
28.03.08 –
Buffalo Bar (London, England) – oh, no.
31.03.08 –
Whelan’s (Dublin) – Some videos from this gig is on youtube. A bit sad that I chose that moment
to be 10kg too much.
05.04.08 –
Din Nye Ven (København) – Always great in Copenhagen, and a really nice place too.
14.06.08 –
Fincken (Bergen) – Yes! Best gig in Norway ever! Best place to play in Norway ever!
31.08.08 –
Support for Fanfarlo, Mono (Oslo) – hmmm, but there was chocolate on the pillows.
05.09.08 –
NG2 (Bergen) – I felt bullied, but people said it was good.
24.10.08 –
Support for My Little Pony, Hulen (Bergen) – I passed out the night before, so this was a Solo and smågodt-gig.
09.07.09 –
Support for Shugo Tokumaru, Landmark (Bergen) – Wow! What a year for SFR!
27.02.10 –
London Popfest, 100 club (London) – Yes!
12.05.10 –
Astra Stube (Hamburg, Germany) – Yes, Yes!
07.08.10 –
Cosy Den 2010, Gula Villan (Haninge, Sweden) – Yes, Yes, Yes! Also this was Nicko’s last gig with Soda Fountain Rag.
From 08.10.2008
(Regarding It's Rag Time! red.anm.)
I’m a bit confused as people seem to think the theme of the album is «childhood». So, as a part of my ongoing quest to not do anything proper I went through my album, song by song, to see if this is correct:
Is it really about childhood?
1. Army of silent kids – definitively
2. The Saddest Boy in Town – yes, but in retrospect
3. You Sit and Wait for Life – nope, this is early/mid-20s angst
4. I laugh myself to sleep – not at all
5. Escalator – well, it’s all about falling, which can happen at any age I guess…
6. Go! – definitively not, it’s very childish tho’, but that’s another thing
7. Driving in your Car – nonononono
8. Angry Girl – the use of words like «boy» or «girl» does not mean it’s a song about young people. This is a very personal song. I have however moved since the song was written (twice actually), so I don’t hate my neighbours anymore.
9. The Saddest Boy Again – This is about a gay relationship that ends. So, no.
10. Oh, Brother! – Again a very personal song, about wanting brothers. Not age-specific.
11. I was Reborn – Being uncomfortable with ones gender, is not age-specific, wanting to be a toy-boy however suggests that the «I» of this song is at least older than, what, 15?
12. Monkey Girl – The «I» of monkey girl is old enough to go on a train ride to Italy on her own.
13. Don’t Kill the Clowns – Yes! It’s a song about childhood/growing up!
14. Everything Ends (Baby, that’s a fact) – This kind of madness is early 20-ish I think, so no.
That makes 3 out of 14! Haha, this was fun!
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