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New and old faces

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Find myself in the Volda University Library. Nerd. To be honest, hiding is what I’m doing. Kind of stressful down in the school caffeteria. Love to see so many new faces coming to Volda, though it reminds me of the fact that I’m done with three years, and I’m leaving. Sad. Very, very sad. Said hi to some of my teacters in drama and theater, and music earlier today. Went inside the theater studio… Had to skip the room where all the magic happens – the costume stock – where set design are being made, all the dresses and other costumes are brought in and repaired- and. Fuck. I’ll get my stuff there later. It’s just too sad. Terribly sad – my second home – I’m leaving it. The great gods know how I love that place. Going to find a piano room in the same yellow building (named Kaarstad) tomorrow, and play a deep low minor key to the sound of Niagra Falls streaming down my mascra painted face. Buu. Cry me a river. Afterwards I’ll cheer myself up with a picture of a surfing kangaroo. I’m also utterly pleased and happy. Got my band back in Volda. Ambivalence, my middle name these days. Who’s being emo?

Official start of academic year, today that is, and with open arms I welcome the autumn semester. Just got rid off all the books and articles I needed for finishing my bachelor paper. Everyone I know here in Volda i busy at the moment. Introductory tours are led by older students for the newcomers all over school- it’s the first day for most of the classes. But for me it’s not. I still got one week of vacation. Monday 20th. Introuduction course of the AustralAsian-Studies. Have to learn some Vietnamese this week – at least some life-saving phrases, like “Yes. I like pie – don’t touch me” or something. Just kidding. I’m so excited… it’s hard to find words to describe it.


Skam is a bunch of charming and eccentric musicians – a mixture of ska, reggae, funk, rock, and jazz.

Skam is playing at Rokken Studenthus tonight. Their concert during the opening week of Volda University has grown to be a lively and atmospheric tradition. Seen them at least four times now I think.. You shold check it out if you like listening to ska music.

2nd floor. Library. I like it here. Behind rows of books shelves – in the middle of thousands of unexplored titles and adventures… Gonna find myself a new book, and maybe some new friends in it. Will be joining my fellows from VITO tonight, and some other students from the drama and music section. First I’m gonna find Oddis, and some beer.


From the left Malin, Audun, Aleksander, Gard, Oddis, and Martin. Picture from fattysunroad.com.

Fatty Sunroad will do the warm up show. Bitches be crazy! Fatty Sunroad is a hard rock band localized in Volda, Norway, consisting of six strange people playing what themselves call “a musical soup with a mix of carnival attractions, punch-in-the-face attitude, and sexy under (and over) tones”(fattysunroad.com). You can read the rest of their bio here. Love & Light – Kriss.

TUNEZ TODAY: VITO/FATTY SUNROAD

Grohl

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Bildet, fra videoen Walk. Dave er deilig.

Nå burde jeg virkelig skrevet bachelor – innlevering førstkommende fredag kl. 1400. Det bare må haggle i helvete. Det bare må! Jeg finner som vanlig på alt annet i steden for å skrive. I kveld skal jeg synge og skrike på Martins bachelorkonsert – “In your honor – En hyllest til Dave Grohl”. Den gutten kan virkelig å slå fra seg på trommer. Helt vill er han! Atpåtil har min gode venn bursdag! Hvis ikke det blir fett så veit ikke jeg. Da kan ingen ting være fett. Det blir mongoloid med liv. Det veit jeg. Sjukt stolt over å få være med en gjeng så dyktige musikere. Er hes som fy fortsatt, men det holder. Skal synge SCHOOL av NIIRVANA. Mitt aller første kjøp for konfirmasjonspengene mine sitter fortsatt friskt i minne. Synet av

With The Lights Out [Box Set]


i cd-hylla bak disken på den store musikksjappa på Amfi Moa glemmer jeg aldri. Det sitter som støpt på netthinna fortsatt. Kjærleik. Over senga mi henger de fortsat, Dave, Kris og Kurt. Jeg dør av lykke. Endelig får jeg vise fingeren og skrike fra scena på Studenthuset Rokken. PUNK NEVER DIES!

LYD I DAG: Nirvana – Bleach (1989) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Euphoria

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Pure happiness! Pure insanity. Everything. We were there, together. Our first gig at Studenthuset Rokken May 11th. It went so well. It felt so right. Finally on the right spot at the right time. Drugged on life. Ecstasy. Exuberance. VITO. The crowd was amazing. Love you guys for supporting us. Can’t wait for Wednesday to arrive. Unfortunately I don’t know if anyone took any pictures during the concert. I got a lot of them before and after. Typical.

Anyway. This is a short presentation of my (punk) rock band VITO. Our motto is to make a hell of an awesome  time for everyone who listens. Vito equals life – free spirit energy. You should check out our demos on Urørt! I’ll have to add and stress that the demos are unfinished and recorded too slow. The bass guitar is missing, and my vocals – except for one song Cake.

I’m sharing the job as lead vocalist together with Paal, an awesome curl-head playing lead guitar. Aleksander is a mystic lover boy playing rhythm guitar, often also seen behind a synthesizer. Reidar is playing the bass. Not just playing it – blasting it all over the place. Love it. I actually played bass for a little while but then took the mice instead, that because it’s awfully hard to do two things you’re not too good at – at the same time. And then we got our own real hero super Mario on drums. Red Bull, Battery, and three sets of drum sticks. -The ground foundation we all rely on.

Rehearsal at the band-room at school. Paal and Reidar.

Marioooo – happy kid always wearing a great big smile.

. . . Paal thinking of his Darkest Sins. Hihi. (We did the warm-up at their EP-release).

Reidar – as happy as a clam backstage at Rokken.

-Hello. We are Vito.

Three on a row! Aleksander, Paal and me…

Love. Alexander and his girlfriend Marita.

Euphoria and sparkling water. Reidar and Mario.

Backstage at Rokken. A lot of bands worth mentioning has used the room before us. See for yourself.

VITO.

Kristina (me) and Mario.

Nerves? No? Are you kidding me? Three years has passed since the last gig with my former metal-core band, Fake Tourists. LOL. Vito is so much greater.

“My” tambourin and our set-list.

Alexander. The look.

Hva skjedde? Hva faaen var det som akkurat skjedde?

What the fuck just happened? A weird guy came and told us he wanted to sign us on a contract. Scam, but it was fun anyway.

Knuckles.

Marius our bitch. He was a fine gentleman driving all our equipments. HUGE fan. Haha.

Ole Henrik was utterly pleased with the concert. Great support. We all love Ole.