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Jeg vil skrive bloggen på både engelsk og dansk. Hvis du kan ikke forstå ordene, fortæl mig, og jeg vil forsøge at oversætte. Hvis du er dansk, vil jeg gerne fortælle dig, jeg endnu er ved at lære sproget, og mit dansk er ikke særlig godt. Hvis du gerne vil hjælpe mig med ordene, det er rart og tak for det. Min email er somedayashtrays@gmail.com.

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.

29 January 2009

Endeligt programmet

I gårs var mit endeligt programmet. Det skal jeg savne, men det var tid for at afgå. Jeg var led og ked af at føle lige en andenklasses borger. Hvis du vil gerne snakke med mig eller ved mere om alle af det, må du godt emaile mig eller skrive en kommente.

Spillelisten fra i gårs:
1. A Whiter Shade of Pale – Procol Harum
2. Where Damage Isn’t Already Done (live) – the Radio Dept. (SV)
3. Hoppípolla – Sigur Rós (IS)
4. Stay Alive – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
5. At Least I’m Honest – Tiger Baby (DK)
6. All You Want – Said the Shark (DK)
7. The Quiz – Hello Saferide (SV)
8. The Twist – Frightened Rabbit
9. Remember – The Raveonettes (DK)
10. Something New – Bakers at Dawn (SV)
11. Teenage Life – Club 8 (SV)
12. Cobra – Oliver North Boy Choir (DK)
13. Where Do You Go To (My Lovely) – Peter Sarstedt

Tusind tak til alle som hjalp at lave min tid med stationen god. I skal jeg savner, og jeg håber jeg skal endnu se I engang i mellem, og håber også, at I alle lave den bedste af det. Og der er ingen af I, som kan læse dansk, så skal jeg stopper nu. Hilsen til alle, og på gensyn.

English forthcoming.

--DL--
Ashtrays Podcast (28. januar 2009)

26 January 2009

Den sidste halm

Jeg kommer til at forlade alle med radiostationen.

25 January 2009

Ligeglad

Jeg er nu faktisk helt uinteresseret for musik tinge. Jeg skal ikke skrive mere, men... det er ikke so godt.

Spillelisten fra i onsdags:
1. Comforting Sounds - Mew (DK)
2. White Roses for Blue Girls - My Favorite
3. Night Surf - Robotboy (SV)
4. Missing - Doí (DK)
5. We Move in Silence - Club 8 (SV)
6. Avec - Dazzle Ships (DK)
7. Hoppípolla - Sigur Rós (IS)
8. Cut and Run - Electrelane
9. Farrah - Action Biker (SV)
10. Thirteen - Big Star
11. Loneliness is Better When You're Not Alone - Hello Saferide (SV)
12. Little Dance - Jesper Norda (SV)
13. Tonight the Walls are Closing in on You - David & the Citizens (SV)

Og i fredags:
1. Skimret - Nordpolen (SV)
2. Drama Queen - moi Caprice (DK)
3. Stranger on the Fifth Floor - the Flaming Stars
4. 156 - Mew (DK)
5. Summer Babe - Pavement
6. Everyone Else I Know - Slumber Party
7. Love Can Destroy Everything - the Raveonettes (DK)
8. Down the Track - A.K. Hansn (DK)
9. Disappearing Act - the Bear Quartet (SV)
10. Poor Cow - Peter Bjorn and John (SV)
11. På Drift - Kent (SV)
12. In Some Distant Future - the Honeydrips (SV)

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Ashtrays Podcast (21. januar 2009)
Ashtrays Podcast (23. januar 2009)

17 January 2009

Treserne

Her er spillelisten fra i gårses program:

1. Inez - Juni Järvi (SV)
2. Bewitched - Luna
3. The Gun in God's Hand - Slowmotion Club (SV)
4. Crooked Spine - Sambassadeur (SV)
5. I'll Never Be Yours - Bubblegum Lemonade
6. How Did We Forget - El Perro del Mar (SV)
7. Things Are Gonna Get Easier - Low Motion Disco
8. Black Satin - the Raveonettes (DK)
9. Totalled - Wallpaper
10. Eventually It'll Break Your Heart - Moneybrother (SV)
11. Words Enough to Tell You - the Mascots (SV)
12. Never Take the Beauty - Northern Fields (SV)
13. Love Doesn't Last - Broder Daniel (SV)
14. Gone and Passes By - the Chocolate Watch Band
15. Your Mind and We Belong Together - Love

Overalt, havde jeg en god fredag. (Undskyld, Andrew.) Spillelisten havde nogle gammel sange, og nogle sange som synes gamle, synes jeg. Det var lidt svært for mig, at finde dem (fordi det fleste jeg har er meget nye), men det var også meget sjov at spille.

Jeg tror ikke, der er sange man må downloade, men du må have podcastet. Håber, jeg skal have nogle for at downloade næste uge.

--DL--
Ashtrays Podcast (16. januar 2009)

15 January 2009

Mærkelige

Spillelisten fra 14. januar:
1. Tell the King - the Libertines
2. I Want You - Mugison (IS)
3. Hip - Marybell Katastrophy (DK)
4. Terrible Angels - CocoRosie
5. At Least I'm Honest - Tiger Baby (DK)
6. You Can't Buy My Life - Tomas Halberstad (SV)
7. Go Progress Chrome - Grandaddy
8. A Space Boy Dream - Belle & Sebastian
9. 1983 (Pelle & Sebastian) - Pelle Carlberg (SV)
10. The Empty Threats of Little Lord - Sunset Rubdown
11. Glowing With You - Anna Maria Espinosa (SV)
12. A Room Without You - Moto Boy (SV)
13. I Sing I Swim - Seabear (IS)
14. What to Pass On/What to Keep - Jomi Massage (DK)

One thing I want to particularly mention is the Moto Boy song, A Room Without You, from the recent For Martha EP. Normally I'm not a fan of Moto Boy; I guess it's the gimmick that got me. The first, instrumental, part of this song has been released, in addition to all the usual ways, as a music box. You know, the little tiny kind that you wind up and that plays tinny little piano notes off a metal spool, the kind I had five or ten of when I was a child. Lately, as I've gone further along my descent back into childhood, I've become enamored with music boxes again. I think this is really cool.

The rest of the song -- which has vocals and less sparse instrumentation -- is very nice, too. All the Moto Boy tracks I've heard have a very distinct sound; this one (once the song proper starts, at least) is no exception. Again, I'll say that that sound is something I don't usually go for, but in this case it worked. A very pleasant surprise. More information on the music box, as well as a video of Moto Boy demonstrating it, and links to purchase the box or download (free) A Room Without You, are here.

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Ashtrays Podcast (14. januar 2009)

10 January 2009

Forkert

Last night I hit a wall, and I just wanted to go home and curl up in a ball and cry. I didn't do that; instead I went home and curled up in a ball and read a whole book, which I wish I hadn't done -- because I wanted to read this book, called The Customer is Always Wrong, during my breaks at work today. Maybe I will take it along and re-read anyway.

Yesterday's show came out well, because I was still happy then. Some really nice segues.

Spillelisten:
1. Doing All the Things that Wouldn't Make Your Parents Proud - the Pains of Being Pure at Heart
2. Yes This Is My Broken Shield - The Deer Tracks (SV)
3. Universe - Heidi Mortenson (DK)
4. Kevätrumpu - Paavoharju (F)
5. The Sweetness of Air France - Taken by Trees (SV, SV)
6. M.A.G.I.C. - The Sound of Arrows (SV)
7. Kids - MGMT
8. Den Støjende Tid - Lampshade (DK)
9. The Twist - Metric
10. Plantage - Under Byen (DK)
11. Dirty Dancing - Frida Hyvönen (SV)
12. Don't Let Him Waste Your Time - Jarvis Cocker

Again, some really good segues. I'm proud.

--DL--
Ashtrays Podcast (9. januar 2009)

Bedst af 2008 -- på radioen

Since I couldn't do it last year, I did it Wednesday.

Clearly I couldn't play all the songs from my favorite albums, or even all my favorite songs, in one hour, so I've tried to pick a combination of those not as easily accessible and those I liked the very most. I wish I could have done more, but a good playlist nonetheless.

Spillelisten fra 7. januar:
1. I'm a Lady (feat. Trouble Andrew) - Santogold
2. How Did We Forget - El Perro del Mar (SV)
3. Two Skylights - Southern Belle
4. In a Jar - Bakers at Dawn (SV)
5. Gi' Mig en Pige - Sune Rose Wagner (DK)
6. June Evenings - Air France (SV)
7. Count Backwards from Ten - the Big Pink
8. Isabella of Castile - Starfucker
9. Lovesong - Oliver North Boy Choir (DK)
10. Middle Class - Hello Saferide (SV)
11. You'd Never Know - Said the Shark (DK)
12. Oh! You Pretty Things - Au Revoir Simone
13. Arrows - Einar Stray (N)
14. The Twist - Frightened Rabbit

In other news, Annika Norlin/Hello Saferide just won a Swedish Grammy for best lyrics. Well-deserved.

--DL--
Ashtrays Podcast (7. januar 2009)

06 January 2009

Hjemme

After a few weeks out, I am back home, and will start listening to music again momentarily.

Tomorrow night on the radio will be the best of 2008 show -- a little late, but I already had it planned, and I (obviously) rather like the playlist. Having been gone for so long, I'm sure to make lots of mistakes, but tune in anyway.