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Pop-Sara

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About Me

I've made the fanzine Fozzie since 1994 (sporadically the past few years), mainly about Swedish indie/alternative pop.
I work at Musicbrigade.com, Europe's largest music video jukebox (only available in Europe).

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Eggstone at the release party for a new album!
Gary Lightbody whenever wherever

Music:

All time favourites: Eggstone, Snow Patrol, Fireside, KÃ…, Popsicle, The Reindeer Section, The Wannadies, Cloudberry Jam, Souls, Honey Is Cool, Hideki Kaji and many more...

Newer darlings: Tokyo Police Club, The Wombats, Tiger Lou, Bloc Party, Willowtree, Firefox AK, Suemitsu & The Suemith, Jens Lekman...

Movies:

Three favourites: Requiem For A Dream, Lost In Translation, When Harry Met Sally

Television:

This Life, Spaced, The Wire, Arrested Development, That 70's Show, Magnum PI, Scrubs, ER, Grey's Anatomy...

My Blog

My first festival

The beginning of 1994 saw my transformation into a full-blown indie pop freak with a burning love for small Swedish bands. And what place better to go in Sweden to discover new indie music than the Em...
Posted by Pop-Sara on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:58:00 PST

Kent och de vita kläderna

Ännu ett musikminne: Våren 1995, precis före Kent slog igenom, hade Anders Nilsson, min företrädare som musikförman (bandbokare) på Kalmar nation i Uppsala, lyckats boka dem till att spela på nationen...
Posted by Pop-Sara on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:38:00 PST

Hultsfred!

Nu är det dags för Hultsfredsfestivalen igen. Det var på vippen att jag inte skulle åka i år, men eftersom jag varit där 12 år så kändes det för konstigt att stanna hemma, så nu blir det en halv festi...
Posted by Pop-Sara on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:01:00 PST

Så kan det gå

Mars 1995: Göteborgsbandet Honey Is Cool var på Kalmar nation i Uppsala för en konsert som jag bokat. Före spelningen intervjuade jag dem för mitt fanzine Fozzie, och jag vill minnas att det inte var ...
Posted by Pop-Sara on Thu, 24 May 2007 02:11:00 PST

Japan, fantastic Japan

I've just been on vacation in Tokyo, Japan for two weeks. It was my second time there; my first time was one year ago, April 2006. I had dreamt of Japan since 1994, when I started loving and getting t...
Posted by Pop-Sara on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:15:00 PST

Musikalisk utveckling (a little bit too Swedish to be worth a translation into English)

Igår tittade jag på en repris av Musikbyrån på SVT, där de intervjuade en musikvideoregissör som just höll på att spela in en video till den ganska hypade artisten Juvelen. Efter en stund kom Juvelen ...
Posted by Pop-Sara on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:42:00 PST

A special night a long time ago

This weekend I met Kristofer Åström, singer in Fireside, and currently with a solo career. I love Kristofer, and have done since 1995. Over the almost 13 years that I have in one way or another worked...
Posted by Pop-Sara on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:20:00 PST

Musicbrigade swindie blog

I've just started writing a swindie blog at Musicbrigade, where I work, and why not post the blogs here as well? So far two written, and I'll just put them both here. Check out the original blog here:...
Posted by Pop-Sara on Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:29:00 PST

Fozzie 11 ready and available!

Fozzie number 11 is finally ready and available - so far only at the record shop Pet Sounds in Stockholm. But if there is anybody out there who wants to order it, drop me a line. Either here on MySpac...
Posted by Pop-Sara on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:40:00 PST

Top ten albums and singles 2006

It's the time of year for lists! Here are my top 10 albums and singles lists for 2006: ALBUMS 1. Snow Patrol - Eyes Open 2. Hot Chip - The Warning 3. Lo-Fi-Fnk - Boylife 4. Fibes, Oh Fi...
Posted by Pop-Sara on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:34:00 PST