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This blog will be written in both English and Danish. If you, as a reader, have trouble with one of those languages and would like a translation, please let me know, and I will do my best to oblige. If you are a Danish reader, please know that I am just learning, and my Danish is far from perfect. If you would like to suggest corrections please do so. Email me at somedayashtrays@gmail.com.

28 May 2008

Tre tinge fra her...

I’ve just written a long paper about H.C. Andersen. I now know everything there is to know about H.C. Andersen. I also kind of hate him. He was insufferably insecure.

Now I have to start writing a paper about the role of the European Union in the World Trade Organization, something I know nothing about. Tips, anyone?

But before I embark on my journey down that unpleasant path, a few things (that you probably already know):

1. Air France has a new, 6-track CD out. It’s called No Way Down, and I can’t even find a stream anywhere. (So to listen, you'll have to buy it, here.) But this is what it says on their myspace (spaces and punctuation added) and that’s good enough for me:

No no no morals any more -- throw bottles at your door,
Sort of like a dream -- no better. What about not telling anybody about this? I’ve got a headless feeling -- this is not your first time; your past agrees with me -- no excuses left -- we are waiting to fail, but not quite yet.

There are also videos for the On Trade Winds EP. Four of them -- one for each song. All four of the videos feature an airplane (or at least a view from one). Can you guess what airline these planes belong to? Anyway -- somehow I missed these when they first came out… not even last year, but December of 2006. I’m not really into videos, and I’ll probably never watch them again; nonetheless they made me pretty happy.

2. You can now purchase the new Radio Dept. single, Freddie and the Trojan Horse. It includes three other songs, and very attractive cover art. CD only. It doesn’t come out officially until 4. june, but if you order it in advance, Labrador will ship it to you now. The full-length album, to be called Clinging to a Scheme, is slated for release 10. september. That’s only like a year after when it was originally supposed to be. Pretty happy.

3. Since it occurred to me that I have never yet publicly announced this in English: I am going to Denmark. I am leaving in two weeks. I’ll be there for about a month -- just long enough for Roskilde. I’m scared and nervous (and broke) and a bunch of other things, but I guess I’m also pretty happy.

--DL--
Freddie and the Trojan Horse (the Radio Dept.) if you haven’t already

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