Sabaton and the WW1 Memorial

Sabaton and the WW1 Memorial

Sabaton was in Atlanta Sunday night as the third show of their tour for The Great War. What a show. Hammerfall opened, and did a great job as well, with a large percentage of the crowd also being fans. It was also a nice touch to play the orchestral arrangements from the Soundtrack to the Great War [https://www.amazon.com/Soundtrack-Great-War-Sabaton/dp/B07QLZ4LNY] during the setup after Hammerfall's set. Joakim handed off his sunglasses near the end, this time to a seven year old girl with h…

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Impressions of Europe - Eidfjord

Impressions of Europe - Eidfjord

In some odd ways, the small town of Eidfjord [https://infogalactic.com/info/Eidfjord] is the most, and least touristy place we visited. With a wide, relatively flat valley and water supply, it's apparently a major supplier of apples and cherries. The town is so small that there is no rental office, and maybe a couple small shops and restaurants. Yet, you'll see leaflets posted at the tiny visitors center where people are renting out their private vehicles for a day or half-day. There's also tiny…

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Future Cop

Future Cop

First, a correction. The other favorite Cars album I was thinking of the other day was actually Heartbeat City, which had the song "Hello Again" on it. So, the Didact posts on Technometal [http://didactsreach.blogspot.com/2019/09/technometal.html] a couple days back, featuring songs I hadn't heard by a band that I like, Dance with the Dead, but hadn't bothered to follow since discovering them in conjunction with retro-wave. I also had not realized they'd done a Scandroid remix. OK, my bad. Put…

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