Posts from year 2004
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Epicenter in Khao Lak
Khao Lak was one of those sleepy Thai beach towns where time took a vacation. A thin strip of sand pressed between the dense jungle and the Andaman Sea, dotted with cheap bungalows and the occasional Western escapee trying to outrun the noise of home.
Mobile Homes at Electric Christmas
The curtain literally fell at midnight, revealing the secret band of Electric Christmas. There had been a lot of buzz for the last month with a secret band hinted to be one of the greatest Swedish synth bands in history.
On the dance floor of Plasticity
The club Plasticity has been running since 2000 in the venue Kompaniet, being arranged by Henrik Wittgren, also known from Synthbar, Electropolis, Saturn and other clubs.
Report from Tinitus festival 2004
The Tinitus festival is one of the best gatherings in the country for fans of electronic music. A lot of people had showed up at Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm this weekend to see a fairly nice lineup of bands.
With the Terminal man at Charles de Gaulle
I was recently sitting in Terminal 2 at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, reading The Terminal Man, the tale about Merhan Karimi Nasseri who has been living in Terminal 1 of CDG for 16 years.
Rendez-vous in Rio
Rio de Janeiro is the kind of city that shouts, sings and sweats through your shirt before breakfast. This city isn’t just alive, it pulses like a samba drumline placed on eternal repeat.
Passing through Paraty
Paraty is one of those colonial towns frozen in amber, where the streets were laid by sadistic masons with a grudge against ankles. Cobblestones the size of baby skulls, slick with centuries of rain and regret.
The streets of Paraguay
There are places that you will rarely receive a postcard from. Paraguay is one of them. Tucked between louder neighbors with flashier attractions, this landlocked backwater doesn’t scream for attention.
At the Igauzu waterfalls
Some places humble you. Iguazu doesn’t even bother with humility, it hits you full on with humidity and something that existed long before we learned how to pave roads and build houses.