Pelle Carlberg - The Lilac Time

nobody@vox.com(W♥M) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:23:27 -0600

11/20/2008 10:20:34 ♥ written by vu ()

Pelle Carlberg - Nicknames (with Karolina Komstedt)

Pelle Carlberg

Tour Dates

26 Nov 2008 Landet Stockholm
01 Dec 2008 Blauer Engel KIEL
02 Dec 2008 Admiralspalast BERLIN
03 Dec 2008 Subway KÖLN
04 Dec 2008 Feinkost Lampe HANNOVER
05 Dec 2008 Unikeller OSNABRüCK
06 Dec 2008 Sparte 4 SAARBRüCKEN
08 Dec 2008 tbc KASSEL
09 Dec 2008 Asta Wohnzimmer LüNEBURG

Discography

[2005] Everything. Now!

[2007] In A Nutshell

[2008] The Lilac Time

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Pelle Carlberg

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Pelle Carlberg released The Lilac Time last Tuesday with US distributor Darla Records, although the album's been out in Europe since August. We caught up with Pelle in October to talk to him in his homeland of Sweden and he explained a lot of things, so be sure to listen to our interview! I will have to add that some people are hard to interview since sometimes they don't understand when doing radio interviews that they are the person that needs to talk and tell interesting stories - with Pelle that was not a problem at all. My fifteen minute limit for calling internationally went over in no time because Pelle was just so engaging.

Pelle Carlberg - 1983 (Pelle and Sebastian)

For instance, he went on to explain "1983" as if someone who's never heard it but leaving out the punchline. Of course, since I have already loved the song, I can tell you that despite his to-do-away with the Belle & Sebastian comparison, that the song sounds incredibly like a B&S song...

I was surprised to find out that all his songs are based on true events, which leads me to wonder about his taxi ride in "Tired of Being PC" or his car problems on "Metal to Metal" or his hatred for a certain airline on "Fly Me to the Moon" (you get the impression Pelle travels quite a bit).

My favorite fun song on this album is "51, 3", which tells the story about Pelle taking a facebook quiz that tells him his mental age is 51. Just the opening line is well worth hearing.

Fans of Club 8 should take note of Karolina Komstedt's appearance on "Nicknames." He was apparently touring with Club 8 and had asked her to sing on the song with him. The song is quite upbeat and punchy, about reminiscing in their teenage years - going out to see old friends and drinking.

If you like indiepop and don't already own The Lilac Time, you can get it via Darla Records or Labrador. I will have to mention that I have bought things from Darla, and with the more obscure indie bands they may list it but it doesn't mean they have it in stock. This was very annoying when several packages I have ordered in the past end up missing one or two items. To be fair, they did not charge me for the missing items, but still, don't list CDs that you do not have in stock! I haven't ordered from them recently, so they might have changed the way they display what you can or cannot buy. Also, I'm sure with recent products, such as The Lilac Time, they should have them in stock - not to discourage you from ordering, of course.

As a bonus, here are our previous Pelle Carlberg songs we've used in the past:

Clever Girls Like Clever Boys Much More Than Clever Boys Like Clever Girls

Go to Hell, Miss Rydell

Pelle Carlberg - Rocket Man

Links: pellecarlberg.se myspace.com/pellecarlberg darla.com labrador.se

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Top 7: Comedy

nobody@vox.com(W♥M) — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 00:15:28 -0600

Weird Al Yankovic - The Night Santa Went Crazy

Weird Al Yankovic - Christmas At Ground Zero

Weird Al Yankovic

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Comedy Top 7 on W♥M in 2007! This is a special two-for-one Comedy and Christmas post, meaning funny-man Weird Al Yankovic is not only hilarious, but he's written a few original Christmas songs: "Christmas at Ground Zero" and "The Night Santa Went Crazy".

"Christmas at Ground Zero" is basically Christmas carol, whose title parodies Fishbone's "Party At Ground Zero". The second is a pretty dark song about how Santa went postal and killed everyone. Apparently there is an "Extra Gory" version on the single for Amish Paradise.

So, I was actually on his official website and he seems kind of bitter/funny. He received permission to recorded a parody "You're Beautiful" from James Blunt, but his record label, Atlantic Records, refused permission. So what does Weird Al do? He gives away the song:

But if you're so inclined, you can just download it for FREE! Go ahead, we won't tell anybody! Right-click (option-click for Mac) here, here, here, here, here, here, here, or here or here, not to mention here, or even here!

Wally Pleasant - Let's Play Life

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Mark brought over his DVD, "The World's Funnyman" (2006), and we watched a little bit of this. Th...

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Buffy - I've Got A Theory/Bunnies/If We're Together

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So, today's entry is on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Although they've used good music soundtracks, s...

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Some openly gays, lesbians, and hetereosexuals will say that HG is really offensive, because, as ...

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Jim Gaffigan - Hoooot Pocket!

Jim Gaffigan

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I saw Jim Gaffigan last night (Oct 13th) at the Orpheum Theater. He's really popular here in Min...

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