Tag Archives: a-ha

Best album of the year?

By 6000 | 6000 | November 18, 2011

The 6000 miles… Best Album of the Year 2011 voting is in full swing. I say “voting” because that makes it sound vaguely democratic and democracy is good, mmmkay? In actual fact, I’m using the term “democratic” in the full Zimbabwean tradition – basically, what I say, goes, and if you wish to disagree, I’ll [...]

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Weathervane

By 6000 | 6000 | October 27, 2011

I promised you more a-ha related videos this week and this won’t be the last. This collaboration between a-ha guitarist and songwriter Pal Waaktaar-Savoy and Jimmy Gnecco has understandable echoes of the Norwegian supergroup – especially that minor chord into the chorus. “Weathervane” is the title track from the forthcoming movie Headhunters, based on the book [...]

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Morten: New album, new tour

By 6000 | 6000 | October 25, 2011

After the heartbreak of a-ha going their separate ways and the heartbreak of a million tonnes of snow at Gatwick Airport, some new green shoots are beginning to emerge from the wasteland that my connection to Norwegian music had become. Yes, a new solo album from Morten and a tour to go with it. Sadly, [...]

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PTSD therapy

By 6000 | 6000 | March 30, 2011

I haven’t really talked much about the events of four months ago, but I did meet with a psychologist recently (not in her professional capacity, I hasten to add) and she told me that it was entirely possible that I could have mild Post Traumatic Stress Disorder over the whole missed concert thing. Mild, I suppose, because [...]

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Sad.

By 6000 | 6000 | December 4, 2010

All the way from Cape Town to London. But no further. It’s sad that after all the anticipation, all the planning, all the trials and tribulations, that the final photo I managed to get on my trip up North was this one: But it does speak volumes about my last few days in the UK. [...]

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