Olavsfestdagene 2012

Nå har det gått lang tid igjen, men det har ikke vært så mye som har skjedd. Noe har selvsagt skjedd og nå skal jeg fortelle om det siste jeg har vært med på.
It has been some time again, not a lot has happened. Of course, I had some experiences and now I want to share with you the last one.

Jeg har som flere av dere vet jobbet som frivillig i Åpen kirke-prosjektet i Trondheim en stund, men nå har jeg tatt det litt lengre. I år meldte jeg meg som frivillig under Olavsfestdagene og jeg endte opp i Øl og Vin-gjengen. Dvs. bar og servering.
I have, as some of you know, worked as a volunteer in the Open Church-project in Trondheim, but this summer I took it a step forward. I signed up for volunteer work at the St. Olav festival in Trondheim, and ended up with the Beer and wine - crew - which is bar/serving.

Jeg har hatt en helt fantastisk uke, slitsom, men med masse latter mye god musikk(dere vet jeg elsker musikk) og mange veldig bra opplevelser. Jeg fikk til og med vært med på et par arrangementer på mine 2 frikvelder. Og jeg må ikke glemme å nevne alle de nye trivelige menneskene jeg traff. Vi hadde det kjempemorsomt!! :)
I had a wonderful week, tiresome, but with lots of laughter, a lot of good music (you know I love music) and I had a lot of great experiences. I even got the change to go to a couple of events on the 2 nights I had time off. And I have to mention all the nice people I met. We had a blast!! :-)

Du kan lese om Olavsfestdagene her..
You can read about the St. Olav festival here....(english)

Uka starta med konsertversjonen av musikalen Hair, lite gjester men kjempebra konsert.
Deretter gikk det slag i slag med Anne Grete Preus, Patti Smith, Them Beatles, Halfdan Sivertsen/Jan Eggum med Bertine og Vinni, Emmelou Harris, Ane Brun og den store finalen med Dum Dum Boys. OG dette var bare noen av de 200 arrangementet som foregikk over hele byen denne uka.
The week started with the consertversion on the musical Hair, not that many guests, but the show was great. Then it happend as pearls on a string: Anne Grete Preus, Patti Smith, Them Beatles, Halfdan Sivertsen/Jan Eggum with Bertine and Vinni, Emmelou Harris, Ane Brun and finally the great finale with Dum Dum Boys. AND this was just a few of the 200 events happening all over the city this week.

Jeg har dansa, digga, sunget og servert øl og vin gjennom hele uka, og har hatt det kjempebra.
I have danced, rocked, sung and served beer and wine throughout the week, and had a great time.

Har allerede booka ferie til neste år :) Dette skal jeg være med på igjen!
I have booked vacation next year already :) I wanna do this again!!

Her er noen få bilder, klikk på linkene for å høre artistene:
Some pictures (click on the links to listen to the artists):

 Working in the tent

Bertine Zetlitz

 

 Dum Dum Boys

 Hair

Me and Halfdan Sivertsen 

 Patti Smith

 At work in the tent

Them Beatles 

 Them Beatles

 Vinni

Updates

To my regular readers- I am so sorry. I haven't been writing anything for the last few months, my life has been busy with personal and family matter, no concerts no travelling...but still. I can tell something.

Here's an update on the the past months:

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Books: I have been reading a lot, and among other things - rock biographies:

Ketih Richards - Life

Great honest book, the one that triggered my interest to keep reading. Do not read this book if you are a fan of Mick Jagger ;-) Recommended

Slash - Slash

After reading this book I felt quite differently about the rebell. Still a rebell, still a lot of stupid things, but deep in he's a nice guy. Recommended

Nikky Sixx - The heroin diary

wow - really painful reading. I felt so bad for the bloke. Read this if you ever think about trying heroin - beforeyou try. Recommended

Tommy Lee - Tommyland

A sensitive guy with a little too much of himself. Not the best choice. Read it for entertainment, not for an insight.

Åge Aleksandersen - Åge (Norwegian rocker)

Good, open honest book, not telling all the details, like the one's above is, but still enought to get an insight of his live as a norwegian rockstar. Recommended.

Books in line for reading:

Toni Lommi - Iron man

Mötley Crue - The Dirt

Then we'll see where I go after that :-) If any of you knows of books that I definately should read, please let me know.

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Concerts:

I wish I had news for you there. I would have loved to be in Stockholm in March for Joe Bonamassa, and Sweden Rock in June would have been great, but I this moment I do not know where I will end up.

Looking for new bands in my Genre "Classic Rock". That is bands that plays that 70's and 80's rock, even though I think some new bands are good as well. Please let me know if there are bands that you think would fit my taste :)

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Travel:

Since Alice Cooper in London I have only been travelling once, and that was for Stockholm, and for business. In other words - I have been home for a long time, longer than for years actually. And what do I think of that? I think it is great. I wouldn't mind travelling some, but not as much as last year.

So plans that I know of now - I will have a weekend with the girls from work in Tallin/Estonia soon, and I will go to Italy/Milan again in March for a 3 day trip(work), and that is really all that is scheduled right now. I will most likely have a weekend with Bjørn somewhere during the spring, but I will get back to travelling when more details are clear.

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Movies:

I have also been to a lot of Movies this year, some Norwegian films, some international best-sellers and some underdogs. Thats one of the perks by staying home :)

Some of the movies I have seen is My Week With Marily, Sherlock Holmes, Girl Wirh The Dragon Tattoo, Varg Veum's latest and Chronicle. I really do think movies are best at the Cinema. I will try to keep it up.

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I promise that I will try to update with shorter intervals from now on.

Rock on readers :) \m/