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Written and recorded this ...

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Written and recorded this weekend, my latest song, "Not In Spite but Because" is now up on my MySpace page. And if you'd like to listen to all my recent stuff, feel free to check out bonfils.com.

And as if there hadn't been ...

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

And as if there hadn't been enough music-related activities for the last couple of days - tonight our friend Nikolaj Fisker brought along his Leica camera for a Neon Machine photo session - mainly outdoor night shots, lit only (fittingly) by the neon lights of the city.

Spent the day in AudioPlanet ...

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Spent the day in AudioPlanet studio, where engineer Jan Eliasson worked his magic on the Neon Machine album. Within a normal workday, we managed to get all fourteen tracks done and the cd master finished. And I even found time for a few hours of web work in between listening.
Pictures from the session here.

The Daniel Johnston show in ...

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The Daniel Johnston show in Little Vega was sold out long ago - and as you'd expect, the room was full of dedicated fans, who either listened intently or sang along to the songs.
I am so fascinated by this strange artist that it's hard for me to judge him with any kind of objectivity. Here is a man who has been to Hell - and has come back with naïve songs of heartfelt hope. A singularly moving experience.
And while I stood there in awe, Lars and Morten of Neon Machine were busy preparing the finished mixes of the Neon Machine debut album for the mastering session tomorrow.

My work as a solo artist enters ...

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

My work as a solo artist enters a new stage as I launch my Facebook page (which is nothing like the simple Facebook profile that ordinary people have)...

Luckily, we had booked our ...

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Luckily, we had booked our return flight with Air Berlin and so wasn't affected by Sterling's crash today. So we made it back to Copenhagen as planned.

Checked out the Art Forum ...

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Checked out the Art Forum Berlin - and didn't exactly discover the next big thing. Of course, the Art Forum is presented by the art dealers, and thus may not give the full picture of the present state of the art world. But still... Anyway, there were fine surprises there, like the unassumingly weird work of Marcel Dzama.

On the morning of our flight ...

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100

On the morning of our flight to Berlin, we learned that the airline (Sterling) had filed for bankruptcy, rendering our tickets null and void. Birgitte acted swiftly, and ensured two tickets from EasyJet for a later flight. So eventually, we made it to Berlin as planned.
(Our return tickets to Gran Canaria in November and a flight to Berlin in December are also lost, however. Damn, damn, damn!)

A remarkably creative weekend ...

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200

A remarkably creative weekend in the summerhouse resulted in no less than two new songs: "Feeding My Suspicion" and "The Ugly Crowd". Both are up on my MySpace page.

After adding a few finishing ...

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200

After adding a few finishing touches to a single track tonight, Neon Machine decided that we're done mixing our 14-track debut album. You heard it here first. Now, we just need to get through the rest of the process: Mastering, album design, printing etc. Oh yeah, and wait for a major label to sign us. That'll be the day...

Returning to the summerhouse ...

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Returning to the summerhouse studio for another weekend, I managed to get the first draft for a new song together. The result is called "What You Are" and can be heard (and downloaded) at my MySpace page.

Birgitte spent the weekend ...

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Birgitte spent the weekend at the Bella Center flea market/antiques fair - yours truly doing a bit of roadie work.

Managed to grab (another) ...

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Managed to grab (another) nice lunch at Top of the Town in Chinatown before catching the evening flight back to Copenhagen.
Some pictures from London here.

Went to the Royal Academy ...

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Went to the Royal Academy of Arts, only to discover that the Hammershøi exhibit we were after closed three weeks ago. Oh, well. In the evening, we had dinner with Kemi and his girlfriend Petra at the very nice Caribbean restaurant, Cottons in Islington. Amazing how much good food is to be had in London (and this one wasn't even expensive)!

Spent the afternoon with our ...

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0200

Spent the afternoon with our friend Kirsten at the Tower of London (wonderful weather for late September, by the way), finishing with a dinner at the excellent Cantina Vinopolis near the Thames.