MadTinus
Language enthusiast
Haha yeah, don't remember what they were looking at, probably because of a soundchecking matter.
Mellotronen 2008
- Thread starter EternityRites
- Start date
Lisra
starlight spectre
stefan86
invariably off-topic
I think it was some political thing, or something proggish. Too drunk to remember though, could be wrong
MadTinus
Language enthusiast
It said something in Swedish, which supposedly translated to "Today I feel good, today I feel happy" or something. Don't exactly know why they were wearing them, probably an inside thing.
stefan86
invariably off-topic
Brave.Archangel
Inside the City of Glass
stefan86
invariably off-topic
nizzon
f.k.a Qth
Was it a Kenta Gustavsson T-Shirt maybe?
"Just idag är jag stark
Just idag mår jag bra"
http://www.bajenfans.se/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=909&Itemid=94
Awww MT I saw you a bunch of times but just didn't recognize you I guess. I talked to Camille upstairs in the merch room when we were deliberating over bugging Mike, but didn't know who she was either.
I have uploaded some of my photos at my myspace thing, I am still going through them to pick out the least crappy ones. Great pic of you guys in old town, I love it!!
I have uploaded some of my photos at my myspace thing, I am still going through them to pick out the least crappy ones. Great pic of you guys in old town, I love it!!
MadTinus
Language enthusiast
That must have been it yes!
Shame indeed! :/ Probably there'll be another chance sometime though
Camille
Member
Please forgive the brevity of this reply (not 100% conscious...)
How cool was that festival!?!? That boat was rocking on soooo
many ****ing levels!
I, like dear Martijn would like to extend my thank yous to all the wonderful
new and old faces I had the good fortune of meeting. Thank you to Martijn
who like Markus, is always spearheading my tastes in music! Definately gonna
keep two eyes out for Paatos stuff! (Remember to check out 'E.S.T' the cool
Swedish Jazz trio we listened to. 'Viaticum' - I think that's what the album
is called? - is the best place to start. Brilliant material!)
Thank you to Sabine for being a useful agent in basically helping me to remember some elementary feminine graces whilst on board (sorry I couldn't always hold back the insane burping) :s Thank you for sharing your food and
cigarettes, and for being sooo brillliant and hilarious to hang out with : D
A big HELLO/HEJ to all the forum members I got to meet in person for the first
time including Bjorn, Bill and 'Eternity Rites' (albeit only briefly - you seemed lovely and very pretty!) : )
Huge hugs/kram to Mattias for hanging out and being an honourary forumee in our little international conference on the boat ; )
I must get some sleep now! Will sort out my pictures soon. Thanks again Martijn for your pictures, they are incredible!
xxx
How cool was that festival!?!? That boat was rocking on soooo
many ****ing levels!
I, like dear Martijn would like to extend my thank yous to all the wonderful
new and old faces I had the good fortune of meeting. Thank you to Martijn
who like Markus, is always spearheading my tastes in music! Definately gonna
keep two eyes out for Paatos stuff! (Remember to check out 'E.S.T' the cool
Swedish Jazz trio we listened to. 'Viaticum' - I think that's what the album
is called? - is the best place to start. Brilliant material!)
Thank you to Sabine for being a useful agent in basically helping me to remember some elementary feminine graces whilst on board (sorry I couldn't always hold back the insane burping) :s Thank you for sharing your food and
cigarettes, and for being sooo brillliant and hilarious to hang out with : D
A big HELLO/HEJ to all the forum members I got to meet in person for the first
time including Bjorn, Bill and 'Eternity Rites' (albeit only briefly - you seemed lovely and very pretty!) : )
Huge hugs/kram to Mattias for hanging out and being an honourary forumee in our little international conference on the boat ; )
I must get some sleep now! Will sort out my pictures soon. Thanks again Martijn for your pictures, they are incredible!
xxx
brownden
Member
stefan86
invariably off-topic
I've actually heard that like a 100 times. I'm the official "Di Caprio with yellow teeth" of UM since 2004 or something
brownden
Member
Bleak Eyes
Irrelevant
Well, this weekend was quite the experience to say the least. A lot of lessons learned for European travel for next time. My girlfriend and I left the US a little afternoon Friday, and got to Sweden a little before Noon on Saturday. We had 3 flights for the day, and then 3 more back. I would like to thank Björn for leading us all the way from the airport to the boat. If not for him, we would have been completely lost, so thank you Björn!
We got to the Silja cruiseline building around 2, I believe, but we were not allowed onto the boat until 3:30. My girlfriend and I were so fucking tired at this point, it was ridiculous. We talked to Björn and his friend Ernst for a bit downstairs. After we went back up, I met Martijn (MadTinus). The name is Brandon by the way. We had a good chat before we were allowed on the boat, and my girlfriend and I lied on the bed for a bit. I took two delusional laps up and down the stairs to see where the stage was and whatnot. I was seriously fucking out of it, and I wish that I could have seen myself. The two of us went to sleep, but there was no way for me to sleep very well because I did want to wake up late, and realize that I had just missed Opeth. So, we got up a couple of hours before Opeth, and we went to find some food. At this point, we met Mr. Stefan (Stefan86) and his girlfriend. We ended up hanging with those two more than anyone else. It was really fun. We ended up watching some crazy shit in the middle of the boat that seemed to have started out of nowhere. It was some guy jumping around and spinning on and in some giant wheel. It was death defying, and very interesting, I suppose.
After Opeth played, the two of us went upstairs, and I saw Anders. He was probably the person that I wanted to meet the most out of anyone. He was speaking with someone else in Swedish, and I couldn't grow the balls to interupt their conversation. I bought two White Russians for my girlfriend and I, and I was about to say something to Anders. Well, some girl came up to him, said something, and then he left. I hate myself for this very much. I have met him before, but I probably had a lot more to say this time, and I had never gotten a picture with him before. Really fucking sucks. It was the best chance that I will ever get probably.
Anyways, the combination of being extremely tired, the motion of the boat, and the White Russians made us feel dead. So, we went to the cabin to hang out before Mats & Morgan because I wanted to see Mattias IA Eklundh, as well as Fredrik Thordendal. Well, fell asleep. I got up at 2 when they were going on, but I was so out of it that I just went to bed. We were to get up and see Finland, but we ended up getting out of bed at 3. We thought that we would get a little time in, so we got ready and had an hour to see Helsinki. We got up to a level with a window, and realized that we were leaving, haha. They were going by Finnish time for the departure, so that sucked. We sat by a window on one of the higher floors, and Mattias Eklundh ends up coming down the stairs. I got a picture with him. I explained to him that we fell asleep because of all of the jetlag, and lack of rest. "Good lord! It was the greatest show." That is what he told me.
After that, we ate some reindeer, ha, which was very good. We just walked around for awhile, and then we went to check out Axe and Nathalie, where we ended up meeting with Stefan and his girlfriend again. The show started about 3 or 4 times it seemed with them getting in tune or something. It was weird. Mendez was playing bass for them actually.
We got to the stage an hour early for Katatonia, and then Stefan and his girlfriend showed up as well. They were both, or at least Stefan was pretty drunk at this point and he told us that he had just been harassing Steven Wilson. Funny enough, I saw Steven at the sides of the floor, and we went over there. Seeing Stefan again made Steven very angry, ha. He told him 3 times that the Porcupine Tree gig in Stockholm was great, and Steven just became more annoyed. I told him that I wasn't drunk, and he told me that I was the only one. I got a picture with Steven, and then Stefan joined for another. Steven called it "The Power Trio", haha. I could have talked to Steven for quite a bit, but he seemed so annoyed, so I backed off early.
As everyone knows, Mike came out and played Murder, and we recorded the entire thing. I will put it on youtube sometime today, but I am going to give a couple of my friends an advanced screening so to speak.
After Katatonia, a few of the forum folks and others were supposed to party somewhere, but it never really happened. Stefan and his girlfriend were supposed to go to their cabin and come back, but they never did, ha. I wasn't going to sleep that night because we had no alarm, and I was not going to miss our flight. The phone had an alarm, but I had no idea how to set it. It went off at around 7 both mornings, ha. Anyways, I let my girlfriend sleep, and I went back up. Not much going on. Martijn, a couple of English guys, and this band Leaf Hound were hanging out. I sat back and watched them all talk about Monty Python, and it was so strange. I was so out of place, but like I said, I was pretty much in the back. I had nothing else to do unless I wanted to fall asleep. Martijn was the only guy that I had really talked to out of all of them, and then he went to bed around 5 or so. I had 4 and a half more hours after that to stay up. A weird jam started going between several people shortly after this, and it was very strange. I sat there for an hour before a security guy told them that it was 6 in the morning, and then I just went back to the cabin. I played some stuff on my ipod, and then hours later realizing that it had an alarm. No way for us to both hear it without attatching speakers, so it was no use to us on the trip unless we knew about it before. So, knowing this, I set the alarm, and lied down for an hour before getting up to shower.
We pretty much had to get the hell out as fast as we could. So, we did not get to say goodbye to anyone. I saw Martijn, but I did not say anything. As I said, we wanted to leave as soon as we could to not miss our flight. We were going to ride back to the Central Station with Björn's friend, Ernst, but we still would have had another train and bus stop after he would leave. So, we figured that it would be much easier to take a cab, even though it would be a lot more expensive. Good thing though because the machine to get your tickets was a fucking retard, and it took forever.
3 more flights back. The last one to get home was 2 or 3 hours late, and we ended up getting home after 3 AM, instead of Midnight. I was supposed to take a test in one of my classes today, but I am so fucking out of it. I can still feel the motion of 6 total flights, and the motion of the boat. As well as being very tired still. I hope that my teacher is understanding, and lets me take it tomorrow or something.
Well, this was my journey. A bit long I suppose, but it was still pretty fun and interesting. Of course, I would get there an a day early, and leave a day late, but I was cheap, then school was another issue. Lesson learned, ha.
We got to the Silja cruiseline building around 2, I believe, but we were not allowed onto the boat until 3:30. My girlfriend and I were so fucking tired at this point, it was ridiculous. We talked to Björn and his friend Ernst for a bit downstairs. After we went back up, I met Martijn (MadTinus). The name is Brandon by the way.
We had a good chat before we were allowed on the boat, and my girlfriend and I lied on the bed for a bit. I took two delusional laps up and down the stairs to see where the stage was and whatnot. I was seriously fucking out of it, and I wish that I could have seen myself. The two of us went to sleep, but there was no way for me to sleep very well because I did want to wake up late, and realize that I had just missed Opeth. So, we got up a couple of hours before Opeth, and we went to find some food. At this point, we met Mr. Stefan (Stefan86) and his girlfriend. We ended up hanging with those two more than anyone else. It was really fun. We ended up watching some crazy shit in the middle of the boat that seemed to have started out of nowhere. It was some guy jumping around and spinning on and in some giant wheel. It was death defying, and very interesting, I suppose.After Opeth played, the two of us went upstairs, and I saw Anders. He was probably the person that I wanted to meet the most out of anyone. He was speaking with someone else in Swedish, and I couldn't grow the balls to interupt their conversation. I bought two White Russians for my girlfriend and I, and I was about to say something to Anders. Well, some girl came up to him, said something, and then he left. I hate myself for this very much. I have met him before, but I probably had a lot more to say this time, and I had never gotten a picture with him before. Really fucking sucks. It was the best chance that I will ever get probably.
Anyways, the combination of being extremely tired, the motion of the boat, and the White Russians made us feel dead. So, we went to the cabin to hang out before Mats & Morgan because I wanted to see Mattias IA Eklundh, as well as Fredrik Thordendal. Well, fell asleep. I got up at 2 when they were going on, but I was so out of it that I just went to bed. We were to get up and see Finland, but we ended up getting out of bed at 3. We thought that we would get a little time in, so we got ready and had an hour to see Helsinki. We got up to a level with a window, and realized that we were leaving, haha. They were going by Finnish time for the departure, so that sucked. We sat by a window on one of the higher floors, and Mattias Eklundh ends up coming down the stairs. I got a picture with him. I explained to him that we fell asleep because of all of the jetlag, and lack of rest. "Good lord! It was the greatest show." That is what he told me.
After that, we ate some reindeer, ha, which was very good. We just walked around for awhile, and then we went to check out Axe and Nathalie, where we ended up meeting with Stefan and his girlfriend again. The show started about 3 or 4 times it seemed with them getting in tune or something. It was weird. Mendez was playing bass for them actually.
We got to the stage an hour early for Katatonia, and then Stefan and his girlfriend showed up as well. They were both, or at least Stefan was pretty drunk at this point and he told us that he had just been harassing Steven Wilson. Funny enough, I saw Steven at the sides of the floor, and we went over there. Seeing Stefan again made Steven very angry, ha. He told him 3 times that the Porcupine Tree gig in Stockholm was great, and Steven just became more annoyed. I told him that I wasn't drunk, and he told me that I was the only one. I got a picture with Steven, and then Stefan joined for another. Steven called it "The Power Trio", haha. I could have talked to Steven for quite a bit, but he seemed so annoyed, so I backed off early.
As everyone knows, Mike came out and played Murder, and we recorded the entire thing. I will put it on youtube sometime today, but I am going to give a couple of my friends an advanced screening so to speak.
After Katatonia, a few of the forum folks and others were supposed to party somewhere, but it never really happened. Stefan and his girlfriend were supposed to go to their cabin and come back, but they never did, ha. I wasn't going to sleep that night because we had no alarm, and I was not going to miss our flight. The phone had an alarm, but I had no idea how to set it. It went off at around 7 both mornings, ha. Anyways, I let my girlfriend sleep, and I went back up. Not much going on. Martijn, a couple of English guys, and this band Leaf Hound were hanging out. I sat back and watched them all talk about Monty Python, and it was so strange. I was so out of place, but like I said, I was pretty much in the back. I had nothing else to do unless I wanted to fall asleep. Martijn was the only guy that I had really talked to out of all of them, and then he went to bed around 5 or so. I had 4 and a half more hours after that to stay up. A weird jam started going between several people shortly after this, and it was very strange. I sat there for an hour before a security guy told them that it was 6 in the morning, and then I just went back to the cabin. I played some stuff on my ipod, and then hours later realizing that it had an alarm. No way for us to both hear it without attatching speakers, so it was no use to us on the trip unless we knew about it before. So, knowing this, I set the alarm, and lied down for an hour before getting up to shower.
We pretty much had to get the hell out as fast as we could. So, we did not get to say goodbye to anyone. I saw Martijn, but I did not say anything. As I said, we wanted to leave as soon as we could to not miss our flight. We were going to ride back to the Central Station with Björn's friend, Ernst, but we still would have had another train and bus stop after he would leave. So, we figured that it would be much easier to take a cab, even though it would be a lot more expensive. Good thing though because the machine to get your tickets was a fucking retard, and it took forever.
3 more flights back. The last one to get home was 2 or 3 hours late, and we ended up getting home after 3 AM, instead of Midnight. I was supposed to take a test in one of my classes today, but I am so fucking out of it. I can still feel the motion of 6 total flights, and the motion of the boat. As well as being very tired still. I hope that my teacher is understanding, and lets me take it tomorrow or something.
Well, this was my journey. A bit long I suppose, but it was still pretty fun and interesting. Of course, I would get there an a day early, and leave a day late, but I was cheap, then school was another issue. Lesson learned, ha.
Brave.Archangel
Inside the City of Glass
No kidding, I was bummed that Katacrew kept a very low profile this time around, and when I bumped into Jonas and Nina heading heading down the hall near Atlantis I wanted to die because I was feeling so fucking sick I could barely stand up.
MadTinus
Language enthusiast
As posted earlier in this thread:
Opeth:
Intro
Masters apprentices
The drapery falls
Serenity painted death
Harvest
The baying of the hounds
Heir apparent
Demon of the fall
