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The Norwegian Proghead

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About Me

I'm Per-Helge, born in 1963 and living outside the capital of Norway, Oslo, in a lovely place called Nesodden.
I've been living there for six years now, before that I lived 19 years in Oslo, and before that 17 years in Narvik in northern Norway, where I was born.
I have three kids, 7, 10 and 11 years old, but I'm not living together with their mother anymore. The first couple of years the kids where living 95% with me, the last six months they have been more at their mother, so I'll guess that the percentage is down to about 70% at my place now.
I probably have an abnormal interest for music... :-) I'm not playing any instruments myself, I'm leaving that to those who is really good at it...
Once a week, on tuesday evenings, I have a radio show on a local radio station playing progressive rock for two hours. It's also on the internet at mms://85.196.81.114/Nesodden (not as podcast) just turn in at 22.30 (10.30 pm) norwegian time... I'm publishing my playlists as blogs above.
My musical hero is probably Ronnie James Dio. For several years I had a fan site on the internet about him, but had to close it down because of other commitments. As a close second comes the canadian group Saga. Then it probably have to be The Beatles!
The 5 best concerts I've ever attended:
1. Saga at Ekeberghallen, Oslo, Norway 1983
2. Dio at Rockefeller, Oslo, Norway 2005
3. Weather Report, Oslo Konserthus, Oslo Norway 1982
4. Marillon, Drammenshallen, Drammen, Norway 1987
5. Angelique Kidjo, Rockefeller, Oslo, Norway 1991
I'm also very interested in sports, watching of course... and I'm chairman of the norwegian supporters club of the english non-league football (soccer) team Billericay Town FC. Of course I have a website for them...
I love London and goes over there to watch a football game 1-2 times a season. Then it's biathlon, skijumping, cross-country skiing and ice hockey which I like most. And yes, I also have some "normal" favorite teams as V�lerenga in Norway, Parma in Italy and Queens Park Rangers in England. :-)

My Interests

Music, sports, reading books, watching movies, my kids of course, internet, computers, arts, local history.

I'd like to meet:

Ronnie James Dio, Fish, Nelson Mandela, Dalai Lama, and of course the Woman in my life...

Music:



Prog:
Saga, Marillion, Gentle Giant, Jadis, Pendragon, Genesis, Yes, ELP, The Nice, Agate, Alan Parsons Project, Magenta, Darwin's Radio, Mindgames, Magic Pie, Neal Morse, White Willow, Wobbler, Fish, Asia, Camel, Pink Floyd, Aunt Mary, Popul Vuh (german), Popul Vuh/Ace (norwegian) Junipher Greene, Threshold, Retroheads, Illusion...

Non-Prog:
Ronnie James Dio, Black Sabbath, Rainbow, Gary Moore, Epic, JJ Cale, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, Joan Armatrading, Doobie Brothers, Coldplay, Immaculate Fools, Evanesence, Texas, Eric Clapton, Johnny Guitar Watson, Thunder, Chris Rea, Level 42, Motorhead, AC/DC, War, ZZ Top, Elvira Nikolaisen, Stevie Wonder, Goaded, G?te, Lumsk, Tracy G, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Savatage, Weather Report, John Coltrane, J. Geils Band, old Tamla Motown Soul-artists, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Satie, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart.

Generally, I like all kinds of music, pop, rock, blues, metal, classical, whatever! As long as it's all good stuff!

Movies:

James Bond of course! My favourite movie is, however, Marco Ferreris La Grande Bouffet (Etegildet in norwegian).

Television:

CSI, Poirot, L?vebakken (norwegian), Nytt p? nytt (norwegian), Fawlty Towers, Monthy Python, Smith & Jones, KLM (norwegian), most stuff on Discovery Channel...

Books:

A lot! I love to read thrillers and since I'm interested in the second world war (and especially the nazi occupation of Norway) I read a lot of books around that subject, mainly non-fiction. Some music literature does find the way to my bookshelves too...

Heroes:

Spike Jones. My dream is to put together a Spike Jones tribute band!

My Blog

Spilleliste/playlist Glasshuset no. 48 - 29.04.08

Glasshuset no. 48 - 29.04.08Kosmos: Psycho (Kosmos, 2007)Beardfish: The Hunter (Sleeping in traffic, part two, 2008)WintherStormer: Rising ashes (Electric fairytales, 2008)No-Man: All sweet things (Sc...
Posted by The Norwegian Proghead on Thu, 01 May 2008 08:13:00 PST

Spilleliste/playlist Glasshuset no. 47 - 22.04.08

Glasshuset nr. 47-22.04.08. Also Eden: Pandora (About time, 2006) Le Orme: La Porta Chiusa (Uomo di pezza, 1972) Magic Pie: Change (Motions of desire, 2005) Cosmic Nomads: Millennium Toccata II (Mille...
Posted by The Norwegian Proghead on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:39:00 PST

Playlist/spilleliste Glasshuset nr. 46 - 15.04.08

Danava: Where beauty and terror dance (Unonou, 2008)Mindgames: An approach to mankind (International daylight, 2002)Ian Bartlett: The twelfth dream (The presence, 2008)Cosmic Nomads: Trolltog - long a...
Posted by The Norwegian Proghead on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:17:00 PST

Playlist/spilleliste Glasshuset nr. 45 - sent 1.4 & 8.4.08

Glasshuset no. 45 - sent 01.04 and 08.04.2008:Trettioåriga Kriget: Jag och jag och jag (Krigssång,1975)Trettioåriga Kriget: Gnistor (Elden av år, 1977)Norwegian Ocean: Bilbo’s adventure part 2 (...
Posted by The Norwegian Proghead on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:29:00 PST

Spilleliste/playlist Glasshuset no. 44 - 25.03.08

Glasshuset nr. 44-25.03.08.Alice Cooper: Fields of regret (Petties for you, 1969)Retroheads: Judgment day (Retrospective, 2004)Trettioåriga kriget: Floden (I början och slutet, 2007)Riverside: Parasom...
Posted by The Norwegian Proghead on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:17:00 PST

Spilleliste/playlist Glasshuset no. 43 - 18.03.08

Glasshuset nr. 43-18.03.08.Demians: Empire (Building on empire, 2008)RPWL: Where can I go (The RPWL Experience, 2008)RPWL: This is not a prog song  (The RPWL Experience, 2008)Dominici: So help me...
Posted by The Norwegian Proghead on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:22:00 PST

Playlist/spilleliste Glasshuset nr. 42-11.03.08.

Dark Sun: Electrified (Copenhagen Space Rock Festival 2002, 2002) Saga: The 13th generation (Generation 13, 1995) Advent: Ramblin’ sailor (Cantus Firmus, 2006) Soft Machine: Kings and queens (Fo...
Posted by The Norwegian Proghead on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:54:00 PST

Playlist/spilleliste Glasshuset nr. 41-06.03.08.

Gallery: Hostel (single, 2008) Cathedral: Hollins (The bridge, 2007) Agate: Back in time (Noble truth, 2007) KBB: Inner flames (Proof of concept, 2007) Interpose+: Alive (Indifferent, 2007) Junipher G...
Posted by The Norwegian Proghead on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:54:00 PST

Playlist/spilleliste Glasshuset nr. 40-26.02.08.

No-Man: Days in the trees (Radio sessions 1982-1996, 1998) Gnidrolog: Saga of Smith and Smythe (1969) (Inspite of Harry’s Tonail, 1972) Magic Pie: Pointless masquerade (Circus of life, 2007) Ye...
Posted by The Norwegian Proghead on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:53:00 PST

Playlist/spilleliste Glasshuset nr. 39 - 12.02.08

Gentle Giant: Words from the wise (Giant for a day, 1978) Curved Air: Phantasmagoria (Phantasmagoria, 1972) Ash Ra Tempel: Space (Seven Up, 1973) Kansas: Carry on wayward son (2 for the show, 1978) Ay...
Posted by The Norwegian Proghead on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:40:00 PST