“The people who are affects me more than anything else.”
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“A restless night. A such when you feel inclined to jump at the bit for anything as long as it means that you are released out of the apartment. And as on command, ask a friend if I want to follow in her friends ‘ gig. I go to the subway station and felt a slight sense of hope in the air, which is a bit warmer than last week. “
“There was a time when I almost was at various events in the källarlokaler and small bars. The need seemed everlasting of readings, panel discussions, or poetry slams where the one who got the maximum applause won. Rarely was I really involved in what happened on the stage, but it was a part of a context I felt was mandatory to be involved in. Somewhere where there were I was interested in and wanted to understand. After enough events, I was also a part of it, and I understood roughly what it meant. I got some sort of career in it, and about the same time, it seemed not as important to be out there every Wednesday night anymore.”
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“the Same seems to apply to my friends who were there during the same period. It doesn’t, as the tour is, that events cease. New fanzines, started by new people, who förhoppningsfullt trying to get people to listen.”
“this evening, I come to the bar, swishar 80 sek entry fee, which goes directly to the girl with the guitar who has a release party for her album. It sits a few brave souls in the audience, obviously the most family and friends. “
“the Band begins to play. Sometimes clinks the fund is in the background. She may fit himself for not tripping over the cords on the small stage, and in the middle of a song goes basistens string broke. The singer tries a bit awkward talking to the audience in the meantime. She asks my buddy for a sip of beer. And they play well. I become concerned of some of the songs. “
“But this is not about the music. Maybe they will come through with the album and getting a major breakthrough, and the next time we see them it is on the Way out west to the big stage. But probably not. There are many people who make good music.”
“What concerns me more than anything else is that there are people who are. Day in, day out. They continue. On small scenes, fame does not play a particularly important role, even if the course would be nice and maybe as a hopeful grain at the end of the road. They play because they love their music and she really wants to tell you something, and it was so long ago I was in such a place that I had forgotten how it used to look like. Among the tangled wires and broken strings are the left. “
