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Per

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About Me

You can usually find me hanging around in bars, cafes and record shops on Södermalm, Stockholm. Every now and then you can also find me behind the decks at some bar or club spinning my fave records.


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My Interests

Music, football and all things mod. Design. Arts. Literature. Playing the guitar. Having a drink and a laugh.

I'd like to meet:

Curtis Mayfield (somehow somewhere there's a soul heaven)

Music:

Pop. Soul. Jazz. Northern soul. House. Sixties r'n'b. Powerpop. Paul Weller, Style Council, The Jam, well basically anything Paul Weller related. Billy Bragg. Bruce Springsteen. Arctic Monkeys. My Teenage Stride. Small Faces. Echo & The Bunnymen. The Wild Swans. Mojave 3. Elvis Costello. Orange Juice. Edwyn Collins. Roddy Frame. Stone Roses. The Pipettes. Lush. The Lucksmiths. The Clientele. Dexys Midnight Runners. Essex Green. Go-Betweens. Olle Ljungström. Maria McKee. The late great Johnny Cash. Tom Waits. Neil Young. Curtis Mayfield. The Impressions. The Dells. Bettye Swann. Candi Staton. Marvin Gaye. Blue Note. Gil Scott-Heron. Rocksteady. Motown. Moserobie. Oddjob. Miles Davis. Thelonius Monk. Charles Mingus. Paco de Lucia. Jackie Mittoo. Skatalites. Julie London. R Kelly. Ny. And so on and so on.
"There's only good music and bad music" - Duke Ellington.

.. Lord Large Feat Dean Parrish-Left,Right and Centre

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Movies:

This Is England. Blade Runner. Lost In Translation. Groundhog Day. Breakfast At Tiffany's. Taxi Driver. The Seventh Seal. Apocalypse Now. Blues Brothers. Barbarella. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. Blue Velvet. Casablanca.

Television:

Heroes. That 70's Show. The Sopranos. Simpsons. Scrubs. Arrested Development. Life On Mars. Seinfeld. Sarah Silverman. Deadwood. Lost. Boston Legal. Little Britain. Entourage. Weeds (or anything with Mary-Louise Parker).

Books:

Anything by Haruki Murakami, Klas Östergren, Stieg Trenter, Bruce Chatwin, PG Wodehouse, Douglas Coupland and Erlend Loe. Ulysses. Absolute Beginners. The Way We Wore. Dannyboy & Kärleken. Also the works of Charlotta Cederlöf, Åsa Ericsdotter and Daniel Boyacioglu.

Heroes:

San Sebastian Eguren. SuperHiro.

My Blog

October favourites

King Creosote "Bombshell"The Coral "Roots and echoes"Jack Penate "Matinee"Edwyn Collins "Home again" Al Stewart "The early years"Rahsaan Patterson "Wines & spirits"
Posted by Per on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:02:00 PST

September spins

Jack Peñate  Torn on the platform EPJack Peñate  Spit at stars EPAndy Lewis  Billion Pound ProjectNy  Split Enz vol2Tuomo  My ThingAl Stewart  Year of the cat
Posted by Per on Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:51:00 PST

Current favourites

Music:The Clientele "God Save The Clientele" (album of the year!)Al Stewart "Year of the cat" (magnificent 70's soft folk rock)Arctic Monkeys "Favourite Worst Nightmare" (brilliant follow-up)Johnny Na...
Posted by Per on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:34:00 PST

The Official Paul Weller Day

Tonight let's all raise a glass and celebrate the one and only Mr Paul Weller. 49 years old today and still cool as f**k. Cheers mate! ...
Posted by Per on Fri, 25 May 2007 02:24:00 PST

Heavy rotation

Haven't done this in a while, so here it goesTop five at the momentMy Teenage Stride "Ears Like Golden Bats" (album)DJ Shadow "This Time" (7")The Aliens "Lady" (7", b-side to Setting Sun)Roddy Frame "...
Posted by Per on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:42:00 PST

Sad Christmas news. James Brown R.I.P.

What a shock to wake up on Christmas Day to the news that the Godfather of Soul has passed away. I saw him this summer at Skansen here in Stockholm and he was fantastic and looked in perfect shape, li...
Posted by Per on Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:17:00 PST

Julie was her name

Some days I wonder why you should bother with anything recorded after say 1955 (OK, maybe a bit extreme, but you get the drift). Right now I'm listening to Julie London's debut album "Julie is her nam...
Posted by Per on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:47:00 PST

The listmania continues: top 15 r&b and soul records

My most played r&b/soul records lately, off the top of my headLou Lawton "Nik Nak Paddy Wack"The Kittens "I've Got To Get Over You"Sharon Jones "I Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Is...
Posted by Per on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 05:45:00 PST

A random pick of favourite tunes

John Legend "Save Room"Jarvis Cocker "Cunts are still running the world" Lord Large ft Dean Parrish "Left, Right and Centre"Suzi Quatro "Born to run" (on par with the original)The Tyde "Too Many Kims"...
Posted by Per on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 12:03:00 PST

Fave albums at the moment

John Legend "Once Again" (fuck the critics, it's brilliant!)Big Star "No 1 Star" (timeless classic, That 70's Show opened my eyes to this one, tv's good for you)Reeperbahn "79-83" (best swedish band o...
Posted by Per on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 06:15:00 PST