An Evening of Rock'n'roll

When the Summer day had become a Summer evening the rock band Lugnet took to the stage. Always a crowd favorite they looked very different this time around with three new members. I had a chat with the original singer, Roger, just before the band started to play and he was anxious to see,(and hear), how the new singer would handle his songs and lyrics. I have to say that he did good, as did the two new and possibly temporary guitarists. Lugnet plays Rock'n'roll from the early and mid 1970s and they are a great live band. Rock on! If you for some reason can't see the sixty photos slideshow above, just press here to open the set at flickr.

Ban Bianca

Ban Bianca put on a great show at the Trädgårdsrocken festival in the park in Tungelsta. The singer, Victor Ekvall has the energy of ten men and used all of it during the bands performance, even climbing up to the top of the stage for a bit of gymnastics. The band have played together for four years and released a few songs, and have been touring a lot.

Spökstad

All the way from Malmö, this is Spökstad. They play music with influences from Swedish punk, prog and postpunk. And they sing in Swedish. The members are Jessica Rövardotter Franzén, Philip Åkervall, Christoffer Horvath and Ludvig Jonathan Särnklint. If you want to have a listen to some Swedish rock check out the following links: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/spokstadband Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BnVVein2I1sdpoxDtiDJI

Sunday Secret

Sunday Secret. An alternative rock-band from Vallentuna, Stockholm, performing at the Trädgårdsrocken festival in Tungelsta on Saturday. All the members in the band wore orange for some reason. The members are Carl-Adam Törnquist: Bassguitar/Flute. Anders Ramdén: Guitar/Vocals. Isabelle Borgkvist: Leadguitar. Josefine Weståker: Vocals. Johan Gustafsson: Drums

Zombie Space Pirates

I had seen five of the bands that played during this years Trädgårdsrock festival in the park in Tungelsta before. These guys are The Zombie Space Pirates. They are fun to watch. They play psychobilly. They do feature a number of different instrument, including the washboard and a home-made guitar of sorts.

MISA

No sunshine today. Dark skies when MISA took to the stage during the annual rock festival in the park in Tungelsta. They sang a cappella and did among other songs a few abba classics. The event is known as Trädgårdsrocken and is a local institution by now this is the 18 year of the festival. So far the rain has stayed away and as I'm typing this the reggae band The Clifftones are performing. More photos in the coming days.

Jobbar

Swedish word of the day. Jobbar. Works, (for a living so I can afford this, okay?). Or something like that. As seen from the pedestrian bridge that crosses the busy Gudöbroleden.

Down by the water

If you want to live close to the water in the port city of Nynäshamn, the tiny islet Trehörningen might be what you are looking for. But you probably need a big wallet, and if you don't have that maybe a visit to the spa that I showed you a while back would be a better alternative.

Yongnuo Model

I recently bought two Chinese made lenses. From Yongnuo. Two prime lenses. The Yongnuo 35mm f/2, and the Yongnuo 100mm f/2.0. Here are two portraits taken with these cheap lenses. The model is Sarah. Profile portrait shot with the 35mm, and the full body portrait with the 100mm.

Blowin' In The Wind

Visited the newly restored, (for the worse), cafe at the Tyresta National Park yesterday. A fine Summer day. Took a few snaps in the old village and then while cycling home I stopped by this wheat-field also belonging to the park for a close-up photo using my new Yongnuo 35mm lens.

Isle of Lime

We had a whisky testing evening a while back. At Norrby, that place with a view. One of the bottles we tried was a Swedish whisky brand from Gotland Whisky. It is called Isle of Lime. Their latest whisky went on sale at Systembolaget just a couple of days ago and people were queuing to get one of the 11000 bottles on sale. The bottle we tried was their second ever whisky and the owner of the bottle is also a shareholder in the brewery. After trying the three brands and enjoying some good food I decided to shoot an abstract of the Gotland whisky bottle and that is the top snap. Skål!

Brutalistic Architecture

Quality Hotel Winn at Rudsjöterrassen in Handen. Believe it or not the entire block has undergone a year long restoration.

Stylish EPA-Tractor

I still call these cars EPA-tractors, although these days it should probably be called an A-tractor. They used to be just old Volvo's that Swedish 16-year-olds would fix up, but this looks like a BMW M3 and would probably cost something like 50 000SEK. If you have no idea what an A-Tractor or an EPA-tractor is, PRESS HERE.

Yachts

A few photos from a recent visit to the guest harbour in Nynäshamn. It was a fine Summer day and had i turned around you would have seen that the harbour and all the eateries were packed with happy people.

Sea Pavilion

The sea pavilion, or Havspaviljongen, was built together with the Nynäs Havsbad Hotel at the turn of the last century on the Trehörningen island in Nynäshamn. Nynäshamn became fashionable with the arrival of the new railway line and many impressive houses were build here around that time. Today it is a very popular spa.