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19.08.2009 – Photos Skambankt (Driv, Tromsø)
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04/05.09.2009 Preview Verket-Festival (Mo i Rana)
Monday, August 24th, 2009July 2009. I just returned from my vacation in Norway – including an absolutely amazing concert of Kaizers Orchestra at Månefestivalen in Fredrikstad. And coming back home from vacation is always bad – especially, if you don’t have another vacation planned, no concert trip, nothing. Just work to look forward to…
This and the fact that I assume Kaizers will take another break now made me think – there must be some other festival show I can see this summer, right? So I checked the dates. Almost all shows were in the next two, three weeks. Hrmpf. I mean, I have a great job and can take days off whenever I like most of the time. But then, I DO have to work once in a while inbetween my trips. And I can’t come home from vacation and go back to Norway the next week, that feels stupid.
I checked the dates again. Hmm, this Verket festival at the beginning of September? That would be the perfect time. I can allow myself another weekend trip then, can’t I? And most probably it’s gonna be the last show before the break, another reason to go there. I thought I remembered that I had considered this show before but dismissed the thought before it could really settle. Why was that? And by the way, where in Norway is Mo i Rana?
A few minutes and a short visit to Google Maps later the memory of why I had dismissed the thought was back, and somehow the date didn’t seem quite that perfect anymore…
But hey, I don’t call myself Konzertjunkie for nothing! There’s trains to Bodø, right? So it’s gonna be affordable. Hey, and they can’t take much more than… uh, 16 hours from Oslo. *cough* OK, maybe flying is a better alternative. Hey, and not even that expensive!
To cut it short: Three days later I had found a pretty good flight connection that would get me to Bodø Friday afternoon and back to Germany by Monday afternoon. And even affordable! AND: I had convinced a friend to come along! 🙂 (Well, if you can call “Festival? Kaizers? YES of course, I’m almost done booking, when was that again???” convincing… *lol*)
So, now I’m going up to Mo i Rana to see Kaizers play at Verketfestival. And because you can’t travel that far just to see one band, I’m going to Bodø Friday, gonna meet my friend there, we’ll hire a car to go down to Mo i Rana, might catch (hopefully!) a bit of the festival on Friday night already, have a nice day visiting the area on Saturday, a GREAT evening with even better music and concerts, and then we’ll have the whole Sunday to drive back to Bodø and see a bit of Nordlandet. Jippie, I am SO looking forward!
Oh, but this was actually supposed to be about the festival a bit here as well… 😉
So, Verket will take place for the first time this year, so it’s gonna be really interesting. In general, I have the feeling that (especially small) festivals in Norway are organized much better than in Germany. But then, for the first time? We’ll see how that works out. It won’t be perfect, probably, but then it is gonna be small, which is something that I love. 🙂
And the program got a lot to offer: On Friday, it’s gonna be Katzenjammer (who we will miss, most probably :(), Marit Larsen, CC Cowboys, and Paperboys. And on Saturday I guess I’ll just HAVE to check out Alexander Rybak, then Hjaltalin from Iceland will be there (I saw them at Slottsfjell and liked them pretty good), and as headliners The September When and Kaizers. What else could you wish for? 🙂
So, I can’t wait! I have to admit though that it does feel a bit strange to go up to the arctic circle for a festival just because Kaizers play there – especially now, since it’s been confirmed that they will play a free festival close to Oslo the same weekend – but hey, we are gonna have so much more fun up there! *g*
19.08.2009 Skambankt (Driv, Tromsø)
Thursday, August 20th, 2009Report by Lena V.:
It was just hours since the last (mini-)concert, and already time for me to go to Driv. I arrived about 45 minutes after the doors opened, and it seemed the concert had already begun. As it turned out, an unannounced support band was playing – they were really great, and I decided on the spot that I will definitely see them again in the near future. Because there were going to be two support acts, the first band started as early as 21:30, just half an hour after the doors opened… They were called The Great Big Taters, and this was their second concert in Tromsø this year. Had it been up to me, they could have been both support acts, that’s how great they were live… *g* I had found myself a spot a couple of meters back from the stage, but when The Great Big Taters left the stage, there was suddenly a lot of space free in front, right in the middle… For some reason I don’t really understand, I felt myself drawn to the empty space… And I HAD actually planned to enjoy this concert from inside the crowd… :pJackie Moonshine, the second support band, was as I had foreseen better indoor in the evening than they were earlier in the day at the university campus. They seemed to really enjoy playing for such a big audience, and savoured the applause and cheering from the crowd. And when they were asked to do an encore, they literally shone with delight… But they had used up their stage time, and had to pack up their gear. ... read on!
19.08.2009 Skambankt (Campus, Tromsø)
Wednesday, August 19th, 2009I was at work, just another ordinary Monday, when I suddenly got an e-mail saying “Did you know about this?”. There was a link enclosed, to the home page of Studenthuset Driv – the local student cafè/bar/concert venue. Oh – that’s nice, Skambankt will be playing in Tromsø this autumn… When? … In 2 (TWO!) days! WOW! That’s what I call a flying start of the week!
I headed straight down to Driv after work to get hold of a ticket… ... read on!
08-09.08.2009 Taubertal-Festival
Saturday, August 15th, 2009This entry doesn't exist in English.
So, mal wieder zum Taubertal-Festival – langsam werde ich da Stammgast! Dieses Mal ging es allerdings nur für zwei Tage hin, Samstag und Sonntag. Und das, obwohl die meisten interessanten Bands am Freitag gespielt haben… *seufz*
Das hatte dann auch zur Folge, dass ich das Programm dieses Mal ziemlich langweilig fand. Samstags kam ich erst relativ spät (und durfte dann erst mal wieder eine – allerdings in meinen Augen doch ziemlich amüsante – Odyssee zwischen Kasse, Passbüro und Pressestelle durchlaufen). Dann erstmal was zu essen, ‘ne halbe Stunde In Extremo (okay, aber nicht wirklich meine Musik) und ‘ne halbe Stunde The (Int.) Noise Conspiracy (klasse!), und dann ging es los zum Fotografieren beim Farin Urlaub Racing Team.
Natürlich hatte es mittlerweile angefangen zu regnen… *grmbl* Im Gegensatz zu meinen letzten Festivals war es dabei allerdings WARM, und daher konnte mir der Regen nicht die Laune verderben. Eher schon der Hang… das war schon eine schwer rutschige Angelegenheit, sich da nach dem Fotografieren noch einen brauchbaren Platz zu sichern. Und vor allem, da dann auch stehen zu bleiben, wenn einem mal wieder jemand von hinten in die Haxen gerutscht ist… Ich will ja gar nicht wissen, wie die “Hang-Wall-of-Death” ausgesehen hat – da war ich noch mit Durchkämpfen beschäftigt. 😉
Das Konzert war insgesamt jedenfalls sehr unterhaltsam, auch wenn ich mir keine Details gemerkt habe. Und die Festivalatmosphäre war (trotz der natürlich auch vorhandenen Menge an Idioten) doch wieder sehr nett, so dass es keine schwierige Entscheidung war, ob ich noch den Sonntag bleibe oder nicht.
Das Problem am Sonntag war aber das gleiche wie am Samstag: Keine interessanten Bands! Ursprünglich hatte ich vor, noch in die Stadt zu fahren, aber das war mir dann irgendwie auch zu viel Aufwand – also lieber unten am Gelände in die Sonne setzen… das war auch sehr schön und tat gut, nur auf Dauer war es halt etwas langweilig. Und außer Sondaschule konnte mich am Sonntag nunmal wirklich keine Band begeistern. Die Emergenza-Gewinner waren sehr nett, das stimmt, aber ein absolutes Highlight waren sie auch nicht. Aber sie haben Potential…
Bei Taking Back Sunday hab ich mich dann nach vorne begeben, denn von den Hosen wollte ich schon auch was sehen. Das hat auch geklappt – teilweise wurde es zwar schwer eng (obwohl ich ganz an der Seite stand), und mit einigen Vollhonks mussten auch diverse Ellbogenkämpfe ausgetragen werden, aber hey, das war es wert! Wieder ein tolles Hosenkonzert – wobei mir die immer gleichen Ansagen mittlerweile doch so ein klitzekleines bisschen auf den Keks gehen. 😉
Da ich am Montag wieder arbeiten musste, hieß es dann möglichst schnell den Berg hoch, mit dem Auto mitten durch die Menschenmenge und dann erstmal 40 Minuten durch die Pampa zur Autobahn…
Aber das Taubertal war mal wieder richtig schön, und damit hat sich der Stress mehr als gelohnt!