DAY 17: WESEL - GÖTEBORG AKA "THE 1000 KM DRIVE" [2010.03.14]
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DAY 16: WESEL [2010.03.13]
Sky pictures (Hamburg - Wesel)
Upon arrival in Wesel we were quite amazed to see our very close friend (and Boy Omega orchestra member) Per-Ola "Olis" Eriksson sitting all alone on a sidewalk in the centre of town. Turns out he'd been in a bee swarm accident and was not capable of having a proper conversation. Poor kid. Look at him go!
Thank you nice people of Wesel who came to the show. I enjoyed it a lot. Nice to see so many people buying the vinyl version of the new album!
Big thanks to Mathias and the rest of the Karo-crew for taking good care of us and serving some really nice food. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera in the backstage room, so I only have one picture from the evening. Then again, it might just be the very best tour picture ever taken. Enjoy!
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DAY 16: HAMBURG [2010.03.12]
Entering the stage at the Play Winter Festival in Hamburg, I realised it was probably not the wisest decision to begin the show solo and acoustic. For the first time in my life, I got a beer thrown at me, and this before I'd even started playing the first song. Very polite. Makes you feel welcome and all warm inside. Well well... After a while the loudest, most drunk and disturbing people left the building to go crazy on the acid-house-trance-techno-megafon-megamix dance floor next door. Some of them left for the cockfight party over at Trutti Frutti.
Big thanks to the audience who stayed and were actually there to listen to Boy Omega. Here's a video from the show. I play the song "Nobody's fault" from my 2006 album "The Black Tango". As you can hear in the background, some cockfight techno people had not yet left the building.
Fill my belly with your whispering.
Porno Action Figures
After the show, we had some chinese food and chinese beer. It was nice. The best thing about the dinner however was that Bille somehow managed to get completely stuck with his arms in his jacket and his jacket in his chair and couldn't move whatsoever. Of course, I came to his rescue after a couple of hours. In the first picture you see above, he's stuck and crying out for help.
The audience + Bille and his brand new hair cut.
Big thanks to Joey and the sound guy for taking good care of us.
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DAY 15: DORTMUND [2010.03.11]
When entering the venue Subrosa in Dortmund, I was very surprised to find my old table tennis trophy's hiding behind the stage, but suddenly I recalled my own mother's voiceover telling me "Jacob Hard, Steamboat Wille and Christer Ulfbow came over yesterday and said they needed to borrow your tischtennis trophy's over the weekend. They were going to visit the tischtennis trophy and washing machine festival in Dortmund", and all of a sudden it all made sense.
Thanks to the people who came to the show and listened. I swear you could hear a needle drop or at least a hair net fall to the floor. Very nice. Special thanks to Cornel for having us and to Nicko for serving us some really nice food. Great black olives! Thanks also to the DJ's and our support act Jonas from the band Black Rust. It was a pleasure meeting you.
Hyresgästföreningen i Hamburg.
Bille undrar hur långt tid den här turnén hade tagit på 1800-talet? Varsin kälke på Autobahn.
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DAY 14: BASEL [2010.03.10]
Basel was really nice. We were supposed to play at the venue Kaserne, but since there was a show with two other scandinavian acts (Marie Fisker from Denmark and Helgi Jonsson from Iceland) playing the same night at the venue Kuppel, the two venues decided to put us on the same bill, so that people wouldn't have to choose where to go. A wise choice I think, cause the night turned out really good. Beautiful venue, great catering and great music. What else can you ask for?
Soundcheck + Marie on stage
Marie and me + Helgi's bandmate
Helgi at the breakfast table
Thanks to Steffi and Sandro for putting together the whole shebang. Thanks to Marie and Helgi. It was a pleasure meeting you and playing together. Let's do it again some time in the future! Thanks to Lena and Michelle for the interview and for filming our show in HD. I'm looking forward to seeing/hearing it.
Last but not least, thanks to the great audience and the woman at the hotel for making Rickard feel good about his hair in the morning, even though he'd lost his much treasured golden green hair net.
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DAY 13: RORSCHACH [2010.03.09]
BIRTHDAY BOY BREAKFAST
My computer screen broke. Time to get a new computer maybe? Probably.
THE MARIABERG STAGE + COCK
FRANKE AIRTRONIC - THE MIDGETS LOVE IT!
Thank you Marko, the audience and the rest of the Mariaberg-crew. A great pleasure as always working inside your whore house washing machine factory!
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Today I turn 32 and tonight we're playing at the Mariaberg in Rorschach, Switzerland, Europe, the Universe. You have to come. Jacob Hard (the little sports mirror) says so.
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DAY 12: ROSENHEIM [2010.03.08]
Feldkirch - Rorschach
Upon arrival in Rosenheim, we found out that there was not just a german city called Rosenheim, but also a Rosenheim in Paraguay. This made us shake and tremble like two aspen leafs. After studying the map for a while, we however both agreed that there was no chance in hell we could've driven from Austria to Latin America in just two hours.
Thanks to all the nice people in the audience for coming out to the show, considering it was a monday (and of course also considering that the movie "Reine and Mimmi in fjällen" was broadcasted on national tv the same night).
Both me and Rickard really enjoyed playing. For me personally, it was probably my best performance so far on this tour. That's viellicht also the reason why we played for almost two hours. Special thanks to Laura, Anna and the great surgent/soundman for taking good care of us. Thanks also to the nice bartender for serving superb fleischwasser.
Danke Kaspar for filming parts of the show, danke Karmello Brooks guy (I'm bad with names, but I remember faces) who joined us for the suicide after party at the hotel. Last but not least, big hugs and kisses to the man in the hotel lobby for unbuttoning his lederhosen in such a charming, polite and delightful way at the breakfast table.
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DAY 10 & 11: FELDKIRCH [2010.03.06-07]
On our way from Schaerding to Feldkirch we got stuck in traffic. And I mean really stuck. We drove 6 kilometers in 2 hours. Happy times!
Since we were late when we finally arrived, we decided I should do the full set solo. No drums, no Roland, no Bille.
Thanks to everyone who came to the show. I really enjoyed playing. Extra special thanks to the two brothers for running the whole thing and the rest of the Sonderbar-crew. We had a really nice time. Also: the food at your restaurant was top notch.
The day after the show, we had a day off, so we decided to stay another night at the hotel. Here some pictures from our Sunday walk in town:
Rickard bought himself a brand new living room.
And so did I.
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R.I.P Mark Linkous. You'll be greatly missed.
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DID YOU KNOW?
A drawer is a component of a piece of furniture that is most often shaped as a short, wide topless box and is used for storage. It is generally part of another, larger piece of furniture such as a dresser and may be pulled out from it partway or most of the way to access its contents. Drawers can be built in a variety of manners using a variety of materials. Wood and sheet metal are common materials used for drawers and the furniture the drawers are part of.
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DAY 9: SCHAERDING [2010.03.05]
Thanks to all the people who came to the show. Special thanks to Thomas, Kaktus and Kupro.
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DAY 7 & 8: VIENNA [2010.03.03-04]
One last look at Prag.
On our way to Vienna, we did a quick stop at everybody's favorite place in the world: Excalibur City. I filmed some stuff that might end up in the music video for "Black metal fairies".
In Wien we stayed at our good friend Janis' place. Always a great pleasure. Our #1 austrian!
In the evening we played at the new venue for the vienna songwriting association: Cabaret Fledermaus. Very nice place in the central part of town. Great audience as always. Thanks for your support. We had a great time, both on and off stage. Special thanks to Klaus, Hannibal, Andy and the rest of the personnel for taking care of us. Thanks also to Anna (Paper Bird) and of course Janis for being great persons and showing us a really good time.
After the show we went to Janis' club d'hommage who had a mixtape exchange evening.
This is also where we met Marilyn Manson's son Tobbe Manson for the very first time.
On thursday, we had a nice day off. We walked and walked and then we walked some more. We visited:
a big music store
a playground (the guy to the right was not happy with us taking pictures).
a table tennis club (the fur sausage stopped by for a quick sniffi-sniffi)
an ice skating paradise
On friday morning, I did an acoustic session at Radio FM4. I played three songs: Dinosaur drugs, Follow the herd and Nobody's fault.
Photo by Janis Meissner.
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DAY 5 & 6: PRAGUE [2010.03.01-02]
Berlin - Prague
Upon arrival in Prague, we stopped by at the radio station, Radio Wave, where I did an interview. You can listen to it here.
DID YOU KNOW?
Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, Prague has become one of Europe's (and the world's) most popular tourist destinations. It is the sixth most-visited European city after London, Paris, Rome, Madrid and Berlin. Prague suffered considerably less damage during World War II than some other major cities in the region, allowing most of its historic architecture to stay true to form. It contains one of the world's most pristine and varied collections of architecture, from Art Nouveau to Baroque, Renaissance, Cubist, Gothic, Neo-Classical and ultra-modern.
Unfortunately, our show at the Modra Vopice got cancelled due to these guys showing up:
To celebrate this misfortune, we went out and partied with this guy:
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DAY 4: BERLIN [2010.02.28]
DID YOU KNOW?
Berlin's power supply is mainly provided by the Swedish firm Vattenfall and relies more heavily than other electricity producers in Germany on lignite as an energy source.
Technical mumbo jumbo.
Thanks to the people who came to the show at the NBI. Thanks also to the ballet dancer, our nice support act Erving and to Robert for putting up the show. Last but not least, thanks to Anne for being such a great little butler.
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DAY 3: LEIPZIG AND BERLIN [2010.02.27]
Saying goodbye to Aerial, UT Connewitz and Leipzig.
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Leipzig - Berlin
After a few miles of driving, we got waved in from the Autobahn by our good ol' friend Sitting Bull. He had put up his tent outside of Mediamarkt, where he also worked nowadays. After catching up with Sitting for a couple of hours, we decided it was time to head back on the road to Berlin.
In the evening, we arrived in Berlin and met up with our hostess Anne.
After getting aquainted, we decided to go to a nice indian restaurant.
As always, our close friend Ali Baba took care of the bill.
Tomorrow we're playing at NBI in Berlin.
The club is called "A Month of Sundays".
You have to come.
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DAY 2: LEIPZIG [2010.02.26]
Photos by Joel Thedéen.
Our support act in Leipzig was the swedish band Aerial. Great guys and great music. Thanks for a nice evening! Also big thanks to the audience and the great staff at UT Connewitz for taking care of us.
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GET YOUR TICKETS FOR THE SHOWS IN LEIPZIG, BERLIN, DORTMUND AND WESEL HERE.
ALL SHOWS WILL BE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF OUR GOOD FRIEND MR. KIOSKGREVEN.
DID YOU KNOW?
A long time ago, the indians in Peru crossed several varieties of the nightshade plant, including the poisonous jimson weed (or stinkweed), and tobacco to produce the potato.
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DAY 0, 1, 1,5: GÖTBORG - MALMÖ - LEIPZIG [2010.02.24-25]
Final rehearsal in Gbg under the supervision of Frank (aka "Väktar-Bobby").
Gbg - Malmö
Malmö's location in southernmost Sweden makes it closer to the Italian city of Milan than to the northernmost Swedish town Kiruna. In Malmö we stayed in our good friend Martin Bergström's cosy den.
Malmö - Gedser - Rostock - Leipzig
Leipzig's name is derived from the Slavic word Lipsk, which means "settlement where the lime trees stand". Tomorrow [Fri 26.2] we're playing at the beautiful venue UT Connewitz.
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FOLLOW THE HERD EP, DANDELION RADIO + TOUR STATUS [2010.02.09]
Today marks the release of the brand new and free Boy Omega EP "Follow the herd". It's released via the great It's a Trap!
"Follow the herd" is the second single taken from "The ghost that broke in half".
The EP includes no less than five "b-sides". There's also an interview.
Get it here.
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Boy Omega features in the February show on Dandelion Radio, a John Peel-inspired online station playing exciting new and unsigned music. To view the schedule and listen to the audio stream visit www.DandelionRadio.com
I will also record an exclusive session for them in April.
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TOUR STATUS UPDATE!
26.02.2010 D - Leipzig, UT Connewitz
28.02.2010 D - Berlin, NBI
01.03.2010 CZ - Prague, Modra Vopice
03.03.2010 A - Vienna, Cabaret Fledermaus NEW VENUE! http://www.fledermaus.at
05.03.2010 A - Schaerding, Landhotel St Florian
06.03.2010 A - Feldkirch, Sonderbar
08.03.2010 D - Rosenheim, Asta Kneipe
09.03.2010 CH - Rorschach, Mariaberg
10.03.2010 CH - Basel, Kaserne
11.03.2010 D - Dortmund, Subrosa
12.03.2010 D - Hamburg, St Pauli Play Winter Festival
13.03.2010 D - Stadt Wesel, Juz
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TOUR STATUS (new update 2010.01.31)
the show in hamburg has been moved.
we're now playing at the "st. pauli winter festival" on 12.3 (instead of the show at the zentrale on 25.2)
http://www.myspace.com/playwinterfestiva l
we also had to cancel the show in münchen. we are playing at sonderbar in feldkirch, austria on march 6.
this is the current tourdate status:
26.02.2010 D - Leipzig, UT Connewitz
28.02.2010 D - Berlin, NBI
01.03.2010 CZ - Prague, Modra Vopice
03.03.2010 A - Vienna, Gasthof Vorstadt
05.03.2010 A - Schaerding, Landhotel St Florian
06.03.2010 A - Feldkirch, Sonderbar
08.03.2010 D - Rosenheim, Asta Kneipe
09.03.2010 CH - Rorschach, Mariaberg
10.03.2010 CH - Basel, Kaserne
11.03.2010 D - Dortmund, Subrosa
12.03.2010 D - Hamburg, St Pauli Play Winter Festival
13.03.2010 D - Stadt Wesel, Juz
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GHOST VINYL [2010.01.15]
"The ghost that broke in half" has just been released on transparent/clear vinyl! Also, the back of the album has some new artwork. Get your very own copy at these fine online stores:
G/A/S
Denovali Only €12!
W O R L D W I D E
Hot Stuff
A S I A
HMV Japan
I will also bring copies of the vinyl with me on the upcoming tour.
So far, these shows have been booked and confirmed:
25.2 @ Zentrale, Hamburg (D)
26.2 @ UT Connewitz, Leipzig (D)
28.2 @ NBI, Berlin (D)
1.3 @ Modra Vopice, Praha (CZ)
3.3 @ Vorstadt, Vienna (A)
8.3 @ Asta Kneipe, Rosenheim (D)
9.3 @ Mariaberg, Rorschach (CH)
10.3 @ Kaserne, Basel (CH)
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LET'S GO SWIMMING [2010.01.13]
I will be embarking on a solo tour in february/march. So far,
these shows have been booked and confirmed:
25.2 @ Zentrale, Hamburg (D)
26.2 @ UT Connewitz, Leipzig (D)
28.2 @ NBI, Berlin (D)
1.3 @ Modra Vopice, Praha (CZ)
3.3 @ Vorstadt, Vienna (A)
9.3 @ Mariaberg, Rorschach (CH)
10.3 @ Kaserne, Basel (CH)
My good friend Rickard Olsson might join me on stage for a few songs, so it might not be 100% solo.
Keep your eyes on the myspace-page for tourdate updates.
This might be the last Boy Omega tour for a while, since I am going to be a dad in may.
XO,
M.
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Coming soon: A few interviews, reviews of the new album, compilation appearances, a UK exclusive radio session, transparent vinyl version of the new album, my 2009 favorites,
a brand new digital ep etc.
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BORN FREE [2009.12.09]
This Christmas: Adopt an animal!
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THE GHOST THAT BROKE IN HALF [2009.11.13]
Let's sing and dance on them old wooden tables! The new Boy Omega album has finally been released. If you have Paypal, you can buy the album directly from me. Just follow this link.
The price is only €12 including shipping worldwide. If you don't have Paypal, you should be able to get it from most record stores (physical and digital) all over Europe.
The vinyl version of the album (transparent vinyl!) should be out any day now.
You can now also listen to six songs from the album in that old myspace-player.
Last but not least, here's the video for the forthcoming second single "Follow the herd". It was directed by the great Joni Huttunen. Enjoy.
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GHOST COMMERCIAL #3 [2009.11.10]
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WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS [2009.11.07]
Cast a cold Eye
On Life, on Death.
Horseman, pass by!
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GHOST COMMERCIAL #2 [2009.11.05]
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GHOST COMMERCIAL #1 [2009.11.03]
Only ten days to go!
You can listen to the song "Land mines" taken from the new album
at the online radio show "No love for Ned". Go here.
xoxo,
M.
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EHX [2009.11.02]
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INTRODUCING THE TOUR BLOG [2009.10.09]
Tour memorabilia + future sins here.
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DINOSAUR DRUGS FREE DIGITAL SINGLE [2009.09.18]
Today marks the release of the first single taken from the forthcoming Boy Omega album.
Click on the cover!
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Updated tourdates:
01.10.2009 D - Braunschweig, Cafe Riptide's Geburtstagsfest
02.10.2009 D - Leipzig, Moritzbastei
03.10.2009 A - Salzburg, Arge
04.10.2009 D - Ulm, Cat
05.10.2009 D - Rosenheim, Asta Kneipe
06.10.2009 D - Ludwigshafen, Das Haus
07.10.2009 D - Berlin, Bang Bang Club
08.10.2009 D - Karlsruhe, Cafe Nun
09.10.2009 D - Frankfurt, Hazlewood
10.10.2009 D - Dresden, Ostpol
11.10.2009 Poland, TBA/TBC
13.10.2009 A - Graz, PPC (w/ Norman Palm)
14.10.2009 A - Wien, Szene (w/ John Vanderslice)
15.10.2009 A - Innsbruck, PMK
16.10.2009 A - Spielboden, Dornbirn
17.10.2009 CH - Dimensione, Winterthur
19.10.2009 D - Heimat, Regensburg
20.10.2009 D - Kulturbunker, Aachen
21.10.2009 D - Kulturhaus 73, Hamburg
Tickets here!
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ANNIE'S SONG [2009.09.15]
Here's a clip of me playing one of my all time favorite songs ("Annie's Song" by John Denver) live in my livingroom. The sound goes straight into a Sony handycam (DCR-SR37) that I borrowed from my friend Danijel Kasunic. I also put a microphone in the kitchen to get a natural(?) reverb/delay effect. I think it turned out pretty good. Hope you like it.
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NEW ALBUM AND TOUR [2009.09.01]
The new album is finished.
It's called "The Ghost That Broke In Half".
Here's the tracklist:
1. Black Metal Fairies
2. Follow The Herd
3.
No Light In The Lantern
4. Levitation
5. Dinosaur Drugs
6. Eta Carinae
7. Red Rock, 10:15
8. I Spawn Monsters
9. The Laughing Gas
10. ALH 84001
11. Land Mines
12. Nach Himmel
13. Roll The Dice
14. 6EQUJ5
15. To Let Go
The album will be released on CD, VINYL LP and DIGITAL by Riptide Recordings/Cargo Records. Tours will follow. The first one will take place 1.10-21.10 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. The official release date is set to 09.11.13 (Friday the 13th!). However, the "secret" release date is set to 09.10.01. This means you'll be able to buy the new album if you come to one of these shows:
01.10 D - Braunschweig, Café Riptide's Birthday Party
02.10 D - Leipzig, Moritzbastei
03.10 A - Salzburg, Arge
04.10 D - Ulm, Cat
05.10 D - Rosenheim, Asta Kneipe
06.10 D - Ludwigshafen, Das Haus
07.10 D - Berlin, Bang Bang Club
08.10 D - Karlsruhe, NUN
09.10 D - Franfurt, Hazelwood
10.10 D - Dresden, Ostpol
12.10 CZ - TBA
13.10 A - Graz, PPC (w/ Norman Palm)*
14.10 A - Wien, Szene (w/ John Vanderslice)*
*These are "double headline shows", which means we'll play full sets.
15.10 A - Innsbruck, PMK Bögen
16.10 A - Dornbirn, Spielboden
17.10 - - TBA
19.10 D - Regensburg, Heimat
20.10 D - Aachen, Kulturbunker
21.10 D - Hamburg, Kulturhaus 73
We will bring our own support act in drummer boy Lassus. He will release his debut album this winter on US-label Fragile Famile. Have a listen to some of his magical tunes here.
Our booking agencies:
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Photo by Pär Hugo Kjellén. From left to right:
Andreas Lassus - Drums, Pads, Synth, Percussion
Rickard Olsson - Synth, Pads, Guitar, Percussion, Air Organ
Martin Gustafsson - Vocals, Guitars, Samples
Per-Ola Eriksson - Guitar, Piano, Rhodes, Air Organ
Mikael Lundgren - The Bass Guitar
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I haven't played with a full band for a long time, so I'm very excited about this.
The rehearsals are going great and the fish laughed when God drowned the earth.
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MORE HITS FOR HOT SUMMER NIGHTS:
I Break Horses - Hearts (Demo)
Mew - Introducing Palace Players
Grizzly Bear - I live with you
The Bear Quartet - Millions
Logh - Forest Eyes (RBG Version)
Rachel's - Seratonin
Grouper - Disengaged
Breach - Seven
/MHG.
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[2009.08.31]
Just a little gift from me to you.
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