Travel - another fnysegode

I must admit it, visiting a new region is always very refreshing. Both mentally and physically. To see how people differ from country to country, and even within each country, helps to bring a broader perspective on cultures and the world we live in.

In July 2004 I went with a group of friends to the USA. We started out with a week-long storm chase in the mid west, joining the Silverlining Tours company with Roger Hill as our tour guide. We didn't see any tornadoes but we core punched a hail storm, saw several impressive electric storms and even a major supercell that almost launched a tornado over Springfield, Colorado. This picture was taken on July 3, 2004, in south-west Colorado and shows a gigantic supercell.

Here's a picture of the Silverlining Tours crew, taken near Childress, Texas, on July 2: Tim is filming, Caryn is hiding while Andrew - only a participant - and Roger are hoping for a tornado launch. But no such luck.

During the week we spent with SLT we chased across 6 states; Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas.

Music - a great fnysegode

Music has always been an important part of my life and a major reason why I decided to learn HTML as a student back in 1994, within a year I managed half a dozen unofficial artist websites - including Joy Division, The Young Gods, Apoptygma Berzerk and Seigmen. But it all ended when I graduated in 1996, though the music has stayed with me since.

So, what do I listen to now? Well, the simple answer would be Silverbullit, a swedish band that released a wonderful album called "Arclight" late in November 2004. Their CD is currently spinning on eternal repeat in my diskman. It's powerful, drawing on musical elements from such different artists as Neil Young, Joy Division and english shoegazer-rock! And with the odd synth or two skillfully added.

There's a lot of great, new music out there, of which I'll return later, but I still receive my greatest and most complete "melt downs" when listening to old records by artists such as Sonic Youth, Pixies, Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, Front 242 etc. I'm an 80's freak ;-)

Fnysegoder

Welcome to my humble attempt of joining the masses of bloggers.

I have a pretty long history, from pre-blog times, of writing down things for public display on the web, but the last few years I've kept my tongue for offline-use. Let's see if this re-entry makes any sense at all.

Anyway, "fnysegoder" is a term I've coined meaning simply the good and enjoyable things in life that others may think you're silly to adore or get attached to. "fnyse" is a norwegian term for showing discontent of another persons suggestions or ideas, and "goder" simply means benefits or good things.

So, again welcome to my brave, bold and big world of fnysegoder ...