Monday, June 03, 2013

De emner er bare ikke iorden at beskæftige sig med, i kommercielt øjemed...

Da dit yndlingsband fik nedtur, var da de begyndte at lave sange, om de emner Janus Køster-Rasmussen tager fat i på, i sit nyeste indlæg på Bloggers By Choice.

Jeg er enig i alt, undtagen Spin Doctors og The Streets, de mistede hverken cred eller niveau ifølge mig, i lige det sekund de indspillede om mad og fame, det kom først senere, men sådan er der jo så meget.

Nice move by the Italian winehouse Frescobaldi

Frescobaldi releases wine made by prisoners, follow the link to The Drink Business and read on!

Ulige Numre's nye single Blå er online

Blå er første single fra københavnernes kommende fuldlængde skive, der skulle ramme gaden sidst på sommeren, noget som der forhåbentligt er pænt lang tid til.

Stilen er meget lig deres selvtitlede EP og storhittet København fra sidste år, og det er ikke skidt, der blev undertegnede fanget, og der skulle heller ikke mere end ét enkelt lyt til Blå, før jeg var væk i den, sådanne er lækkert!


What is Happening in Istanbul?

An excellent view into the current riots in Istanbul, Turkey, and what caused it. Which by the written account beneath this header, isn't really a cause for the means used by the Turkish authorities. Take a read yourself and go by Occupy Gezi Park's Facebook site to stay up to date.



Thursday, May 30, 2013

Quadron - Avalanche streames pt på NYT

Hele Quadron's kommende skive "Avalanche" som udkommer på tirsdag den 4. juni, streames lige ny på NY Times website, tjek den ud og giv din mening.

Jeg er lidt ambivalent efter at hørt den et par gange, fed svingende poppet soul, men jeg synes der mangler et eller andet... Forhåbentligt bare en ordenlig lydkvalitet, en stor stemme som Coco's skal nydes på vinyl og ikke over stream, hvis den skal påskønnes for hvad den er!

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

The Rap Song of the Summer, Every Year Since 1979

All the rap summerhits since 1979, a pretty cool summery from Complex.com with a lot of great music intertwined into it!

The hit of my birthyear, perhaps not as much rap as funky disco, but damn a beat, which has been sampled once or twice!!!



Read and listen on!

Sicily - The Silver Spoon Kitchen

A great new book from Phaidon about the cuisine of Sicily, who couldn't use a week or two on the island, and gorge through the cuisine?

Check out the book at Phaidon's website

’Det frie marked eksisterer ikke’

Der er ikke noget frit marked, og fortalerne for det er ved at slippe af sted med mord, mens resten af verden stiltiende accepterer deres udlægning af verdensøkonomien. Det var budskabet, da professor i økonomi ved Cambridge University, Ha-Joon Chang, forelæste på Københavns Universitet.

Læs historien på Information, hvor overskrift og manchet også er lånt fra. Og følg da også lige journalisten bag, Simon Fancony på Twitter.

Monsanto har stoppet sine forsøg i Danmark

Ikke flere forsøg med GMO afgrøder i Danmark, tak for det Monsanto!
(Læs hele historien hos DR.dk)

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Monday, May 27, 2013

Dos Palillos i Berlin

En tur på Dos Palillos Berlinske offspring, smagt og oplevet af Informations Lars Bjerregaard, som næsten lige har vundet Mad & Mediers 'anmelder pris', stort tillykke!

Quadron - Better Off

Så er Los Angeles baserede danske Quadron ude med en ny skæring, og om en uges tid dropper deres nye skive, jeg glæder mig!

Håbløs romantiker 2.0

Håbløs romantiker 2.0
Giver aldrig op, har altid håb
Den dag vil komme igen
Hvor jeg kan give dig, min eneste ene, et klem

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (Tanglewood live 1970)

Happy birthday soul brother!

Let us let food be the only entertainment we have

Foodocracy by Enrico Cellini

Cannonball Adderley - Hummin'

Der er musik, der er fed musik, der er jazz, der er fed jazz og så er der Cannonball Adderley!

Prince Of Rad

Hvis det skulle hænde at du kedede dig lidt, slå en smut for Prince Of Rad og få lidt ny inspiration til lidt af hvert!

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Friday, April 05, 2013

I netop det lys


Sidder ved min grønne retro-bibliotekslampe
og tænker tunge tanker
den lampe min kære gav mig, efter vi mange gange havde set og snakket om sådan én i Amsterdam
iskolde og forfrosne Amsterdam
som stadig bød på en skøn tur
skønne oplevelser, godt samvær, gode grin, højt humør
gode øloplevelser
godt mad, 1 stjerne, 2 stjerner, bare stille og roligt og hyggeligt
den lampe, vi pludselig så herhjemme
og en uge efter stod den på mit skrivebord
en tanke uden lige
fra den kære, der ikke har mig kær længere
den kære der ikke vil slippe mine tanker
ikke vil slippe mit hjerte
den kære, der ikke vil give mit sind og krop ret meget dagligt fred
den kære, jeg burde gøre alt for, og hvis hverdag jeg burde forsøde
i det lys, skriver jeg dette
i det lys tænker jeg tunge tanker
i det lys drømmer jeg mig tilbage, til fremtiden, til alt andet en at sidde her, i netop det lys

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Virgil Donati drumming

Der er gået lovligt meget musik i den, her på det sidste, men det er da heller ikke helt skidt. Uden musik omkring mig ville jeg ikke være meget, ofte en god kreativ force, et afslappende rum, en rejse, en rus... musik er alt hvad man gør det til, musik er alt, især lige nu!

Her er Virgil Donati på trommer fra Rom, en helt fantastisk mand bag tønderne... Især hans arbejde med Planet X har imponeret og bevæget mig over mange omgange.


Wednesday, November 21, 2012

The Rolling Stones - Doom And Gloom

Så er de gamle drenge i Rolling Stones klar med en ny video, et dejligt blues rocket nummer uden de store dikkedarer, men skidtet svinger, og temmelig fed video, tjek den ud her:

Corrosion of Conformity - Feed On (Scion AV - OFFICIAL VIDEO)

Tidligere på året udgav amerikanske Corrosion Of Conformity deres hårdtslående selvtitlede album, som jeg har rystet en del manglende manke til.

Nu er Scion A/V på banen med en gratis fem spors EP som du kan downloade her! Endnu fem fede COC skæringer, drengene er godt nok tilbage med fuld kraft. Og tjek den fede video featuring producer John Custer ud her:

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Deftones - Tempest (Audio)

Mægtige Deftones er ved at være klar til at udgive deres nye, længe ventede skive "Koi No Yokan", nu er opuset ved at være klar til at ramme hylderne, og det tegner jo ikke helt skidt, hvis 'Tempest' er garant for stil og intensitet.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Mladic

Godspeed You! Black Emperor er tilbage, efter 10 års stilhed har de canadiske mørkemand givet lyd fra sig i form af "'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!". Tjek den første skæring fra skiven ud herunder og storm derefter ud for at finde albummet!

Ekstreme Samlere - Obsessive Compulsive Hoarders

Ekstreme Samlere, med original titlen Obsessive Compulsive Hoarders, et lille ordspil på Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, der spiller på at ekstreme samlere ikke kan gøre for deres mani, men er tvunget til at samle og ikke smide ud.

Jeg er nok i en mindre grad samler, og ønsker en gang imellem at jeg var bedre til at smide ting ud. Jeg kan huske engang da jeg have avisabonnementer, ikke nænnede at smide aviserne ud, før end jeg havde læst dem fra ende til anden, samt katalogiseret de interessante artikler, damn, det voksede jeg dog fra.

Efter en nylig, ganske spontan, flytning, har jeg indset jeg skal til at rydde op og smide væk igen, glæder mig næsten, især efter at have set et afsnit af Ekstreme Samlere, da for meget lort kan ødelægge alt.

Monday, November 05, 2012

Auri, min ven, hvor er BIF?


Auri, min ven, hvis ledelsen ikke vil indse du (og de) ikke gør holdet godt ved at du fortsætter som træner, hvor er selvindsigten så?

Der er ingen fremgang, der er ingen fremskridt, der er ingen gejst, der er ingen kamp... Auri du må godt kaste håndklædet i ringen, det er der ingen skam i, der er mere skam i at stå på sidelinjen uden at have evnerne til at få det til at fungere!

Hvor er dine cojones fra de gode gamle dage? Hvor er fighteren? Hvor er manden der kunne indse tingene ikke virkede, hvor er manden der kunne råbe holdet op i gear fra venstreback-positionen?

Det kunne have være endt godt, du har været en indpisker, en hård hund, nu lader det som om du er slagen og ikke har den respekt fra truppen, som burde være tilfældet! For at spare os alle fra flere kvaler, burde rejsen så ikke stoppe her? Alle implicerede parter fortjener bedre!

Thursday, November 01, 2012

Østers, tatar, Bordeaux og James Bond


Opskriften på en dejlig tirsdag dag. Først en god solid frokost på Mest. En omgang østers til at starte på og derefter dejlig rørt tatar ligesom hjemme i Frankrig, omkranset af dejlige sprøde fritter og dertil en flaske semi-moden Bordeaux i form af Chateau Lamothe-Cissac 2005.

Læs lidt om Mest og Chateau Lamothe-Cissac

Så stod den på Skyfall. en film som lyder spændende, og kun har fået af ros af de fra omgangskredsen der har set den. Jeg er ikke den store biografgænger/filmentuiast, men så stadig frem til den, selvom jeg kedede mig bravt under Batman - The Dark Knight. James Bond - Skyfall har sine elementer, men en drøj start for én der ikke er god til at sidde stille, dog alt i alt en seværdig film, med masser af action og gode effekter. En film jeg gerne vil se igen.


Sunday, October 28, 2012

Morgen sol

Ude af fokus i morgen solen skrider nedrivningen af Aalborgs gamle foderstofshavn fremad.


Friday, October 26, 2012

CV Jørgensen - Det blonde danske smil



Spil dansk dagen var igår, men derfor er det slet ikke for sent at showcase mere dansk musik, for der jo mange gode numre og skiver gemt i den danske musik historie. Her er et fedt nummer fra en rigtig fed skive "Tidens Tern" fra vel en af de største danske poeter og skjalde C.V. Jørgensen. Det er også på dette album at man finder manden/bandets største hit 'Costa Del Sol (En Inciterende Flamingo)'.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Er Rolf Sørensen ren?

Er Rolf ren?


Hvem ved egentligt det, udover Rolf Sørensen selv. Så skal vi en gang for alle lade snakken falde, og vente og se om Rolf ikke selv en dag tager bladet fra munden og indtil da nyde hans fortsatte indsats for cykelsporten, som den er i dag.

Da Rolf startede som kommentator efter sin tid som rytter, var han vel i de flestes øjne, også mine, en af de mest usympatiske mennesker man kunne høre kommentere en sportsbegivenhed. Dog er han vokset fra hvalpe problemerne og er vokset med opgaven, og er nu, i mine ører en glimrende historiefortæller, ikke på højde med Jørgen Leth, fortællere i den klasse er der ikke mange af, men gedigen til historier og med stor indsigt, i og med han i mange år selv var en del af gamet. På godt og ondt.

Sandsynligheden for at Rolf har været ren igennem sin karriere er da ikke stor, det er vi enige om, han cyklede i en tid hvor doping, har vi senere fundet ud af, mere var reglen end undtagelsen, det var hvad der blev krævet for at være med på toppen og køre med om sejrene. Holdene han har kørt for, de fleste læger han (eller holdene) har arbejdet sammen med osv., ja alt indikerer at han har brugt forbudte præstationsfremmende præparater igennem sin karriere og har han ikke også i vage vendinger indrømmet det? Uden at den rygende pistol, anger eller andet direkte er kommet på bordet.

Og med mandens baggrund og meritter i baghovedet, er han så ikke den perfekte kommentator, da han kender alle aspekter af den professionelle cykelsport? Sejrene, nederlagene, smerterne, glæden, mange af ruterne, historierne, alt på godt og ondt, er han ikke den perfekte mand til at fortælle historien, samt manden der har ballasten til at fortælle videre på 100 års smuk historie. Der har jo altid været præstationsfremmende stoffer i cyklingen, værende det koffein, amfetamin, kokain og hvad de monstro kørte på i den helt spæde cykelsports ungdom. Cykelsporten har nok aldrig været renere end den er i dag!

Så skal vi ikke sammenstemmende lade Rolf om, om han vil lægge noget på bordet eller fortsætte som han gør nu. Nogle af os kan lide ham som historiefortælleren med det gode indblik og den store baggrund, andre kan ikke udstå manden, lad os hellere debattere derom, end om Rolf var ren eller ej!

Jeg har valgt, og vil fortsat nyde at høre Leths og Sørensens fortællinger, røverhistorier og andet , når muligheden byder sig.

NEUROSIS - "A Sun That Never Sets"



Har vi glemt alt om Neurosis, tæt på, men alligevel ikke helt... damn det gamle skidt holder stadig... og det varer ikke længe før der er nyt materiale på bordet! Indtil da nyd ovenstående smukke nummer!

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

GOJIRA - l'enfant sauvage - Official Video



Fedt nummer, fed video, fedt album... Tjek det ud hvis du er til progressivt ekstrem metal med gode melodier og emotionelle passager, grimt musik kan godt være smukt, tag en lytter og døm! Franske Gojira har begået et lille mesterværk med deres nye skive "L'enfant Sauvage".

Bandet optræder på Aalborg Metal Festival lørdag den tredje november hvis man skulle være i nærheden og have lyst til at blive blæst igennem.

www.aalborgmetalfestival.dk

Bon Iver guitar lavet af whiskey tønde til salg

Du læste rigtigt... En guitar kreeret af mr. Bon Iver Justin Vernon og Gordy Bischoff, brugende materialer fra en tønde hvori irske Bushmills har lagret whiskey i, er nu til salg på Ebay... var det ikke noget? Omend ikke andet, så for historien bag... Jeg kunne godt tænke mig den!


















Byd på den her!

Mystiske træfigurer i svensk skov

Der er fundet mystiske træfigurer i en svensk skov... Under en jagt falder jægeren over nøgne bundne kvindefigurer, samt fallossymboler. Indtil videre har kunstneren ikke stået frem.

Muse... Verdens bedste band

Hvis man da skal tro på engelske Q Magazine og deres læsere... Jeg ved ikke elt om jeg er enig selvom bandet da har udgivet noget gedigent musik, men skal vi ikke lige give dem 10 år mere og se om de holder ved. Læs mere

Friday, February 08, 2008

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

In My Darkest Hour

In my hour of need
Ha you're not there
And though I reached out for you
Wouldn't lend a hand

Through the darkest hour
Grace did not shine on me
It feels so cold, very cold
No one cares for me

Did you ever think I got lonely
Did you ever think that I needed love
Did you ever think to stop thinking
You're the only one I'm thinking of...

You'll never know how hard I tried
To find space to satisfy you too

Things will be better when I'm dead and gone
Don't try to understand, knowing you I'm probably wrong

But oh I lived my life for you
Still you'd turn away
Now as I die for you
My flesh still crawls as I breathe your name
All these years I thought I was wrong
Now I know it was you
Raise your head your face your eyes
Tell me who think you are, who?

I walk, I walk alone
Into the promised land

There's a better place for me
But it's far, far away
Everlasting life for me
In a perfect world
But I gotta die first,
Please god send me on my way

Time has a way of taking time
Loneliness is not only felt by fools
Alone I call to ease the pain
Yearning to be held by you
Alone, so alone, I'm lost
Consumed by the pain
The pain, the pain, the pain

Won't you hold me again
You just laughed, ha ha, bitch
My whole life is work built on the past
But the time has come when all things shall pass
This good thing passed away

In my darkest hour

/written by Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson of Megadeth, published on the 1988 album 'So Far.. So Good... So What!' as a reaction to the death and loss of Cliff Burton of Metallica.

Monday, January 28, 2008

I et tog på vej imod København

... d.17/1-2008

Her i det store kolde nord
Er noget i gære
Alt er ikke som det burde være
Der er trist og goldt
Gråt i stedet for hvidt og koldt

Alt er ikke ved det gamle
Imellem du og jeg, vi har stået lidt for længe i stampe
Været helt væk fra sporet
Og har ofte spurgt os selv, hvorfor vi gjorde, som vi gjorde

Et lys i mørket er dog tændt
En del er alligevel hændt
Det gamle er måske på vej tilbage
Igen kan jeg føle og se dig som min mage

/ufafsluttet...

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Tanker 1

Oplevelser
Igennem ild og vand
Nye ting og steder
Sanseindtryk
Krop og sind
Ikke 2, men ét
Sammen
Hvad kunne have været bragt
Hvor mange ting ville have været sket og set
Følt, mærket, oplevet
Hvordan kan et nu forsvinde
Kvaler
Tanker spredt udover uanede arealer
Nogle ting dør, genopstår og ånder videre
Andre forsvinder uden lyd ind i intetheden
Blødende og kold, formørket, fanget i mindernes vold.

You want me to say who I am?

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Life as we know it

1.

Betrayal
At the rue morgue
Reality hits you like a sledgehammer
A rusty knife in the back
Welcome to the new world's reality
Get it your way, or no way at all
Fuck me

2.

Gave it all
Disabled ways
Now my heart lay broken beneath the wall
And it won't be long until the rest of me follows...
... Look out for the impact
3 floors down

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Cleaning out the fridge

Bread, whole grain pasta, tomatoes, red bell pepper, mushrooms, garlic, chilies, virgin olive oil, garlic spread cheese (organic of course) and grana padano...


New years eve 2007

Pictures of the dishes I made new years eve.

Norwegian lobster and monkfish on herbs

Chanterelle risotto

Foie gras de canard on quinua, served with red onion caramel

Lamb rack and filet of beef roasted with herbs, carrots prepared with maple syrup, Jerusalem artichoke and puree of lentils

Cake with chocolate and almond creme, vanilla parfait and caramelized apples and pears with orange and passion fruit

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Today's Topic

Or yesterday's or the day before that... you choose your poison...

Mike Smith

An author I got to 'know' through Jason Jordan and as Mike's work as the editor of decomP, a great literary magazine that have published 2 of my poems! I didn't know much of Mike as an author, besides that he has written the novel Tell Christian I'm Sorry, and that he soon is ready with his second novel Tremendous Power Of Concentration, which he right now has published a part of, which you can read here, and believe me, it's a good read!!! It was after that read, my interest was sparked for Mike Smith the author!

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Morten Andersen signs with Falcons

Yes, you heard right, NFL's most scoring player is back, the great Dane is ready for yet a season with the Atlanta Falcons. After their starting kicker Matt Prater had 2 terrible games (yesterday he missed 43 and 26 yards field goals, in a game they lost 7-13), the Falcons realized they needed reliability on the kicker position and who can deliver that better than Andersen. After a trial today, where he hit 13/13 kicks, from 50 yards and in, he convinced the training staff that old #5 would be a safe bet, so yet a year with a Dane in NFL, and this will be Andersen's 25th season in the NFL, go great Dane, best kicks!!!

The news bit from nfl.com

Dire Straits

For the first time in I don't know how many years, I dug up one of my old old LPs, Dire Strait's self titled album, inspired by a book I'm reading right now, Ian Rankin's Resurrection Men, where a bunch of old vinyls are being played at a point. Though back to Dire Straits, damn how is this album smooth and delicious to listen to. Mark Knopfler's guitar is crisp and very enjoyable, well written music and even better played and his smooth and soothing vocals, amazing, this album is a small gem! I reckon this is going into heavy rotation here the next little while...

Monday, September 17, 2007

New Korn album

Just had a listen to the new Korn, apparently untitled, album, and hmmm.... wasn't that interesting, not that I am a fan of the band, and it is the first album of theirs I have listened to, the material I know from them are from the radio and TV. The album is mostly light industrial and alternative metal/rock, and the first impression went in one ear and out the other. Even though the music doesn't impress me much, the cover artwork is great!

Korn @ Wikipedia

F**k off nowadays topics

... or NOT... wauv the last week has gone past fast, have been blazingly busy at work, though expect some mad ramblings here the next couple of days!

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Today's Topic

Cycle Chic - Copenhagen Girls On Bikes

An amusing blog I came across moments ago.

Kevin Everett in an ugly accident

Buffalo Bill's Kevin Everett suffered in an ugly accident, as he went down in a tackle without being in the right position, Bills announced yesterday that he has suffered a fracture to his cervical spine, read more here!

Monday, September 10, 2007

Today's Topic

Draftday.dk

This post mostly goes for the readers able to read Danish, as today's topic is Draftday.dk, a great up to snuff site about football, from college to NFL, really good coverage and fast with news and so forth, a great resource for Danish football fans. Keep up the awesome work!

Iron Maiden in a Sony ad

Almighty Iron Maiden are having their superb track 'Can I Play With Madness' (The music video in a not too good quality and a rather good live version, that really is catching the atmosphere and interaction at an Iron Maiden concert!) from the album "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son" used in an advertisement for Sony's new HD 1080 equipment, check the ad out on YouTube and listen to the killer music, this rocks!

Sunday, September 09, 2007

Packers won their first game

Green Bay Packers beat Philadelphia Eagles 16-13 in their first game, a game where Eagles were favorites, though Packers and kicker Mason Crosby didn't care. Even though Green Bay didn't get any offensive touchdowns, they embraced the victory with a defensive touchdown and 3 field goals from Crosby (53, 37, 42). Brett Favre didn't have his best day, he completed 23/42 for 206 yards and had one interception and 4 sacks.

Other scores of interest: Tennessee Titans beat Jacksonville Jaguars 13-10, go Vince Young. Pittsburgh Steelers beat Cleveland Browns 34-7, 'Big' Ben Rothlisberger threw 4 touchdowns, he seems to be back as we know him. Houston Texans beat Atlanta Falcons 20-3, seems like the Falcons really are suffering due to Vick's 'off the field interests'. Carolina Panthers beat Saint Louis Rams 27-13, this should be the season where Rams would be back as a Superbowl contender, though Jake Delhomme with 3 touchdown passes didn't seem impressed. New England Patriots seems stronger than ever, and has never had as many profiles on their team as now, scaring to see how they closed down New York Jets and won 38-14, without pushing the limits, they did it in a very calm manner, the Patriots is a serious Superbowl aspirant. And the most surprising result for me, so far this weekend, Denver Broncos were feeling the heat from Buffalo Bills and only won by one point, 15-14, I didn't see the match, though I expected the Broncos to be much stronger and a team that shouldn't get in trouble against Bills.

Right now I'm watching San Diego Charges vs. Chicago Bears, I'm cheering for Chargers, though the Bears defense is having a good grip on quarterback Philip Rivers and especially running back LaDainian Tomlinson, but I think LT will prevail, right now the Bears are ahead 3-0 with 7:27 to go of the 2nd quarter.

www.nfl.com

Today's Topic

Baking

Felt like doing some buns today and did it, and they turned out ok, new recipe, which could need some adjustments, next time it'll be spot on! Did some more apple cakes as well, turned out decent as well.

Saturday, September 08, 2007

Today's Topic

Apples

The Danish apples are great and ripe right now, a feast. I've just pulled one apple cake out of the oven, and gonna make another one later today, yummy yummy!

Yesterday's topic

NFL pool at Megaweb Ultra

Waiting for this thing to kick off for real, gonna be fun!

Ouch

Colts thrashed Saints with 41-10, Brees and his O-line didn't seem up to standards, quite poor work from one of the best offenses last year, I sincerely hope it'll become better really soon!

Though Peyton and his boys just churned on from where they left last year, no mercy from the Colts this year either. Manning threw touchdowns to Reggie Wayne (2) and Marvin Harrison. Joseph Addai carried a TD for 2 yards, and kicker Adam Vinatieri is still to miss his first field goal in the RCA Dome.

Come Sunday so we can get some more football!

Thursday, September 06, 2007

Today's Topic

NFL

Tonight is the night, kick off time for the 2007/08 season, go Packers! It all starts tonight with the, hopefully, offensive clash between New Orleans Saints and reigning super bowl champs Indianapolis Colts! I'd like to see Drew and Reggie do some magic!

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

Today's Topic

Joseph Phelps Vineyards

Tasted 3 wines from this vineyard from Napa Valley, California yesterday at a tasting, and was hooked on their style from the first sip. The first wine I tasted was their 2005 Sauvignon Blanc, a clean and crisp white wine, with a bit of oak in the nose, though very fresh and flowery, and the oak notes didn't overpower anything in the taste, a very mineral yet fruity and beautiful Sauvignon Blanc with a nice acidity, where the keyword is clean.

The 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon was overpowering, the nose was very very sweet, and filled with prunes, the same can be said about the taste, dark too ripe fruits, prunes, very ripe figs and almost no acid, and a lot of tannins of course, a very concentrated wine, hard to drink due to the lack of acidity. The lack of acidity was explained by they had a very hot summer in Napa Valley in 2004, so the grapes were too exposed to the sun.

Last but not least I tasted the vineyard's top wine Insignia, again a wine based on Cabernet Sauvignon and again a very very concentrated wine with a sweet, but very refined nose. The taste is overpowering, very sweet, with ripe black berries, some spice and a hint of vanilla notes, the wine doesn't have much acidity, though it is still very harmonic in the mouth and you don't miss the acid. The wine seems more like a dessert wine than a red wine, and if I had to pair it with food, it will be to dark chocolate, prunes, black berries and vanilla.

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Today's Topic

Burberry and Thomas Burberry

Well, check out the collections on the sites and see why...!!! Classic but still fresh.

Monday, September 03, 2007

Jason Jordan blog

The author Jason Jordan has created his own blog, check it out here: http://poweringthedevilscircus.blogspot.com/ and see what he has to tell and if you're fast, you can win a copy of his quite entertaining Powering The Devils Circus, which contains short stories and a novella. You can also check out this interview I did with him last year, to get to know him a bit better!

Today's Topic

BLITZKRIEG

Just got an interview back from this classic and awesome NWOBHM (new wave of british heavy metal) band, questions answered by vocalist Brian Ross and I can't wait to get the inty online... and do check out the band's Myspace site, their music rock!

Drop by their official website as well!

Sunday, September 02, 2007

Today's Topic

Today was a good day!!!

Doesn't that say it all!!!!

A few late topics... again again...

I know, kick me..!

Saturday: Excitement

Someone, the special one, the loved one is returning from Copenhagen for a short visit, yeahaa :)

Friday: Bad corks

Why do apparent serious wine makers use cheap corks in their wine and ruin them with it, I can't get it...

Thursday: Hungover

Damn, the champagne tasting was tough to get over...

Wednesday: Champagne tasting

Yes yes yes it was that day, more about it later, though believe me, it was good!

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Today's Topic

Edgar Allen Poe

Going to read a novel or 3 of his when I get home from work tonight, awesome writer.

Monday, August 27, 2007

Today's Topic

Berlingske Tidende

I canceled my subscription for the paper a few weeks ago, and now I'm starting to miss reading it together with my morning coffee, sigh

Episodik

Stumbled across this on Myspace today, decent and atmospheric electronically music, check it out!

More late topics

This ain't going so well is it? hehe, have had too much on my mind and been too much at work the last 2 weeks, so bear over with me!

Sunday: Crisis

In Brøndby IF, they lost yet a match today, 2-4 in Horsens, the 23. away league match without a victory, we need some ACTION NOW!!!

Saturday: Venison deer

Cooked some insanely tender and well tasting deer today.

Friday: Taking it easy

At work for once.

Thursday: Cherryblock

Tasted that insanely concentrated wine from California today, soooo much tannin, it did taste like cherry stalks, a wine you won't drink a lot of, it's simply too concentrated and rich.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Today's Topic

Metal

(Excessive blasting of all kinds of metal spiced up with a good slap of hours at work of course)

Topics from the last few days

Tuesday: Copenhagen

(My girlfriend moved over there to study)

Monday: Dessert competition

(Gonna give this one a shot)

Sunday: Relaxation

(Through food, Nip-Tuck and coziness)

Saturday: Brøndby IF

(Though the fuckers lost again, shit shit shit, fix things Bjerregård!!!)

Friday, August 17, 2007

Today's Topic

The Whisky Bible

(I just wish mr. Murray would get his excellent tasting notes online on the site)

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Today's Topic

Succulents

(I've killed one, sigh)

Yesterday's topic

Champagne

(Going to a Louis Roederer tasting later this month, finally gonna taste Cristal, hell yea)

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Today's Topic

Red Mullet

(My fishmonger couldn't get me these today, sigh)

Monday, August 13, 2007

Sunday, August 12, 2007

A great site about the wines of Chateauneuf du Pape

This great website was featured in today's paper, and if you like me are interested in wine, you should find it interesting. The site is specialized in the wines of Chateauneuf du Pape from the Rhône region in France, usually great bodied complex wines with a lot of depth.

Check out the site and let yourself dive into a great universe of even greater wines.

Danish version: http://www.chateauneuf.dk/

English: version: http://www.chateauneuf.dk/en/front.htm

Green Bay Packers won last night, woot

Well, yes, it is the pre-season, though after having seen how the Steelers closed down the Saints last Sunday, in the Hall Of Fame match, I didn't expect Packers to take the win last night.

Green Bay won 13-9 on a 3 yard touchdown pass from Rodgers to Holiday, 2 field goals (52 and 32) and the extra point. Rodgers did best of the 3 QBs, completing 18/27 throws for 168 yards, Martin completed 1/2 throws for 7 yards and Captain B only completed 2/7 throws for 7 yards, with one fumble for -5 yards.

Steelers got a touchdown on a 50 yard throw from Batch to Young, Reed missed the XP and hit a 27 yards field goal.

In other games of interest Giants lost 21-24 to Panthers, Raiders won 27-23 over Cardinals and Redskins beat Titans 23-6, though Titans was a bit crippled as they still struggle with the Pacman Jones case and QB Vince Young (offense rookie of the year 2006/07) was sitting out as well, due to violating a team rule.

www.nfl.com

Today's Topic

Reality

(It's time to get back to it, sigh)

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Today's Topic

Introspection

(Through the means that show themselves when needed)

Friday, August 10, 2007

Today's Topic

Insight

(Through excessive reading, thinking and musical onslaught)

Thursday, August 09, 2007

Return of cold war tactics

This news story about the Russians flying to an US Airforce base in Guam in the Pacific Ocean made me giggle a bit, though also wonder if there is more to it, than the obvious wish from Russia to show, that they still have some goods left and apparently is ready to cross swords, if it becomes necessary.

Tupolev Tu-95 Bear which was the plane used for the operation can carry nukes and is the Russian counterpart to the B52 Stratofortress.

Dailylit

Sometimes one comes across good things surfing the net, like today, where I discovered the website Dailylit.com, a website that sends you small portions of books, either to your email address or as a RSS feed. You can choose to get the book portions send daily, weekdays or 3 days a week, and if you wish you can prompt to get the next installment of the book you are reading right away.

I've started out to read Homer's Iliad, via email, and have so far received 2 installments, and it works and seems sweet, and something I will continue with. A great way to get through classics and other works, small piece by small piece, without losing interest along the way.

There is a good deal of literature on the site, so there should be something for all, so drop by Dailylit.com and start reading and become even more educated!

Snarfer RSS reader

I've never had a real RSS reader before, I've just used Firefox to show RSS feeds, though that has started to become quite messy, the more feeds I find and use. So I started to look for a RSS reader, and stumbled across Snarfer and have just started using that, and so far it seems fine, though I need a week or 2 and to add all my own feeds into it, to see if it is as good as the first hand impression makes it seem. More about this later!

Today's Topic

Relaxation

(spiced with too much music, some writing, some reading... yes, can't help it... need to work a bit each day...)

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

1 year to the Olympic games kick off

Today there's exactly one year to the Olympic games kick off in China next year, already looking forward to it, though so much to follow until then. The 2007/08 European soccer season, the MLS as well it seems, after Beckham's transfer to LA Galaxy, NFL, NHL and the 2007/08 Danish ice hockey season.

The Olympic organization's website

Thought

How will I laugh tomorrow when I can't even smile today?!?!?!?

Cyco Mike Muir and Suicidal Tendencies still rock!!! http://www.myspace.com/suicidaltendencies

Books you should consider reading, if you have the time

Here is a couple of recommendations of books I've read lately.

Let's start of with the Swedish grand old man within the genre 'spy'-novels, Jan Guillou and his newest offering Madame Terror, a great written and told story, a great build up to a grand finale, with sheer excitement all the way through, hard to put down when first started. It's hard to go wrong with books in the Carl Hamilton series. The book is also a nice twist on the current political situation in the world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Guillou

A writer I've just lately run across is Daniel Silva, who writes spy-novels as well, centered around the Israeli agent/ex-agent Gabriel Allon. So far I've read The Confessor and Prince Of Fire, great, exciting and quite easy reading, again, books that are hard to put down, when first started.

http://www.danielsilvabooks.com/

Right now, among others, I'm reading Men Hating Women (direct translation from Swedish/Danish, as there isn't a English translation of the book yet, as far as I know) by Stieg Larsson, though now you have something to look forward to, he's a great writer who puts a lot of details into his work, haven't gotten that far into the book yet, but are really enjoying what I'm reading. So far there is 3 books in the series, he calls Millennium, Men Hating Women being the first.

http://www.stieglarsson.se/ http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stieg_Larsson (both links here in Swedish)

Tuesday, August 07, 2007

The restaurant has been awarded Wine Spectator's Award Of Excellence for the winelist

Awesome, check it out here!!!

Hmm, time to start things again

Just thought of this blog, about time to get some things going here again I think! Just been so damn busy the first half of this year, and guess the rest gonna be as busy, though I should manage to get a little time here and there to keep this up, in between my job... www.sangiovanni.dk

Friday, December 29, 2006

Pre-new years eve dinner

Just a little starter before it becomes serious!

*** Sautéed spinach with apple cider, sour apples and a dash of cream, garnished with shrimps fried with garlic and peanuts.

*** Roasted pork tenderloin marinated in maple syrup-vinegar and lemon, served with roasted root vegetables, rosé mushrooms á la crème and a creamy clove sauce.

*** Chocolate soufflé

Thursday, December 28, 2006

... 2

A graphic scenery
Fragments and contents of reality
Shattered across the ground
Get on your knees and pray
Ask for the act will make a difference
Alter Egos lined up in front of the mirror
Grasp the pain as broken glass penetrates your skin
Embrace the joy of feeling anything at all
While meadows of blood are burning into shadows and dust

...

The days have now turned black

Please do not stop up... and look back!

End of the road

I dance
I sing
I sense

As I collapse
As the void opens up beneath me
As I wither away