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Ingen tid för Kärlek in a documentary of the infamous Johnny Bode. Most of us who are familiar with him know about him for one reason only: he’s the man behind Bordellmammas Visor — the pornographic schlager songs immortalized on record in 1968. I’d guess that songs like Runka mig med vita handskar på (“Wank Me with White Gloves On”) and Mutta-spricka-polka (Not sure if that’s even translateable) have in some way lodged themselves into...
Raze is, in theory, a movie sounds absolutely badass. Kidnapped women are forced to fight each other to the death in a kind of modern gladiator combat to survive. As if that weren’t enough, it’s not only their own lives at stake but also those of their loved ones. Lose the fight and die, and the lives of their relatives end as well. Calling it macabre would be an understatement. Again, in theory, Raze is...
I’m almost certain I’ve seen Gröna Hissen before. At least parts of it. What’s absolutely beyond doubt is that I already knew the story in advance and had quite recently seen Eva Rydberg’s version on stage. That must have been a recording from Fredriksdalsteatern, of course. And since I am who I am, and my wife is a fan of Sickan Carlsson, I naturally wanted to compare the two, and my wife was also curious...
Hail to Hell is and acoustic tribute to Alice Cooper. I saw the cover art somewhere in social media and I quickly decided “I MUST” listen to that. I have no prior relationship to Eric McFadden, but after avery quick background check he seems to be a guitar virtuoso and has toured the world as well as a solo artist as a part of a band. I don’t really care. I was interested in the...
Show no Mercy is the debut album of the “Big four of Thrash” Metal band Slayer. You can tell that Slayer has not find it’s sound completely yet. The songs a good to great but it’s a bit more simplistic than it would become later. With that said, some of the songs on Show no Mercy still remains classic to this day. Depending on who you ask of course. But for me, I cannot think...
Locked is an interesting movie is a few ways. First of all, the whole movie takes place in almost one setting. Not entirely of course, there are a few scenes to establish the characters. Their driving force and why the story takes the turns that it does. Bill Skarsgård plays the protatonist Eddie. A small time crook who might not be entirely bad, but has had to make to tough choices in life. I think...
Out for Blood is the debut album by The Runaways lead guitarist Lita Ford. I got it on Vinyl back in the day but I never listened much to it. I guess it was because I was kinda obsessed with Lita Ford second album Sancin’ on the Edge at the time. Out for Blood is, however, a fine album! yes, it sounds like the early 80’s and it might not be the best production. It...
A Vow of Vengeance is the debut full length album by the Metal band Cult of the Fox. Funny thing is that although I can’t find too much information about them online, there are contradictory information of the bands origin. They are on the Metal Archives of course, where it’s said that the band originates from SKåne in Sweden. Yet, when I go to Discogs, there’s information that this is a German band. Confusing. But...
Final Destination 5 was surely meant to be the Final Destination (haha) of the series. Don’t get me wrong. I loved the latest installment – Final Destination: Bloodlines! But if you think back to this part in the series you realize that this was actually the perfect film to end everything in. Final Destination 5 goes full circle and acts as a standalone movie, as well as a prequel to the very first movie. It’s...
Power from the Universe is the second album from the British NWOBHM band Battleaxe. It takes me thirty seconds to realize that this is the read deal. This is music that I gre up with that don’t really exist anymore. I was just a teenager so this type of music really formed my identity back in the day. Think about early Saxon, early Iron Maiden ,and maybe Tygers of Pan Tang to visualize the sound....
Invasion of your Privacy is the second album by the hardrock band Ratt. It was a commercial success at the time and sold Gold in Japan and double platinum in the US. I first heard about it on the weekly one hour hardrock radio channel here in Sweden. The one hour a week was pretty new then. Previously there was nothing at all. I discovered so much music during this time. Of course, I was...
Saturday the 14th certainly brings my mind to the everlasting Horror series Friday the 13th where Jason Voorhees haunted the premises in film after film. I find it highly improbable that it’s not a play on words with a title like this. It’s obvious from the very start that Saturday the 14th is a comedy from the very first frame though. Still, there is every reference in the book to the horror elements in the...
Until Dawn is a horror movie from 2025. It’s one of those that you look forward to watching for a long time and then hope it will live up to the hype. Basically, it’s about this missing girl and her friends looking for her. Nothing special right? Well, there are a few things that make this a little less general. The friend go looking for their friend and they find themselves stuck in a time...
