Mainly for Drakken, an old Taube song in new clothes

[Lucidor]

Drakken, you should check out "Svarta Ballader" by Sofia Karlsson. She's putting some own colour to the old Thorstein Bergman arrangements.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_LKPg5YlKI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGi7rBpcpM0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9waLGmk5eA


All her albums are on Spotify as well.

[jimmy olsen]

According to his wiki entry, he was incarcerated for 2 months for battery since he gave one of them a gash with his knife. Doesn't say anything about chasing them down the street though, only that he realized his mistake when in his appartment.

2 months for battery in Sweden!

[Barrister]

I love the little circle above letters.

You probably love Motley Crue as well.

[Drakken]

Another classic Swedish folk tune I knew I had heard somewhere, and now that I have finally identified after some search: Jag vill tacka livet, by Arja Saijonmaa.

http://www.imeem.com/people/SZoRLP/music/Uejkrrzs/intiillimani-och-arja-saijonmaa-jag-vill-tacka-livet/

Oddly, last time I have heard it in as a background song in a documentary on Olof Palme's murder.

[Drakken]

Also, I have finally decided to take back the feather and begin writing again, in the full aim to finally publish (I'm like 10 years late). So I'll need to catch up on contemporary and classic Swedish poetry (no, Millenium doesn't count).

Any good website to order Swedish books internationally? Seems Sweden is too backward to have an Amazon page.

[Gambrinus]

The imho two best sites, cdon.se and www.adlibris.com, do not ship overseas. The oldest one actually does: http://www.bokus.com/

[Pat]

You may also want to acquaint yourself with Jussi Björling, if you have not already. He is a great source of inspiration for Pavarotti who has modelled his career after him by taking the same roles, listening to his renditions of operas, and trying to sing the same way.

Some swedish songs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t944plCTZ4 (Till havs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXPPMYyJl-g (Ack Värmeland, du sköna)

And while not in Swedish, his rendition of Nessun Dorma is one of the most beautiful things out there, at least in my opinion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUbA5y1hnFg

[Pat]

There's also Bokbörsen, http://www.bokborsen.se/ , for second-hand literature. If you ask the sellers nicely, I'm sure they'll be happy to ship overseas.