Sound of today.

Song of the day.

just briliant.

Coming weeks on Black Jim!

Coming up!

July out: "Ride the Lightning" by Pär Strömberg.

25 July: Martin Bengtsson a.k.a Waldemaar releasing EP "Press-Down-Hold" that will be for sale at the Gallery.

22 August: Opening of Swedish photographer Magnus Westerborns exhibition "Bikeriders for Jesus".

Sommerfesten

Except Waldemaar there´s another artist, booked for Sommerfesten in Norway in July, that´s doing pretty good...

Alexander Rybak won the Eurovision Songcontest yesterday.
Me? I ate a China Box with extra garlic.
There is different ways to prepare as my dad always says.



More about Sommerfesten at www.verdensbestefestival.no

Mazi & Malin on visit - part 1. "Mazi shows that he´s a real japanese..."

Yes, Mazaki & Malin came to Berlin for a visit today.
Friends from my old neighborhood St Eriksplan in Stockholm, and espacially the Mellqvist coffeabar.

Mazaki is half Japanese...I haven´t realised til now.





















After 2 hours with the camera working constantly, Mazi finally took a break.

Marty back on the football pitch - winner in Metallallsvenskan!

Marty was spending the weekend in Sweden where he had a book reading, did some mixing and also...played football.
It was in the tournament Metallsvenskan that took place at Behrn Arena, in Marty´s old hometown Örebro, with musicians & rockers coming from all around Sweden.
His team Örebro United won the tournament and here I give you an exclusive look at the Gold Medal.












Pictures by Åsa Jonsén, Meny.

Metallallsvenskan on Youtube.





http://www.myspace.com/metallsvenskan

Marty & Sofia have a little guitar lesson at Black Jim Gallery...

Yes, Sofia have lately been more & more interested in the guitar. So we came up with this brand new idéa.
You wish a song and we try to play it for you! Please choose an easy one, not more then 3 maybe 4 chords.
As a start we have chosen the Swedish saint Olle Ljungström and his song "Försökskanin".
Under the first clip you find the original. Olle performing "Försökskanin" in Stockholm in a wheelchair after breaking both his feet before the show.



Here is the lyrics in Swedish to sing along to...

"Jag är försökskanin, jag har ätit tvål

Jag måste dö en dag, det är ganska bra

Jag passar bra i bur, det känns flott

Det är sånna som vi som visar hur bra ni kan bli

Ahahaahahaahahahahaiiiahahahhaiahahaa

Men mest av allt vill jag va C! eh G! eh...

En man utan sorg, dansande på ett torg A! med Ingeborg

Men om jag för en sekund fick ett uns av förstånd

Skulle jag nog ändå valt A dig och förbli kanin"




For thoose who can´t understand Swedish Sofia has done a translation of the "försökskanin" lyrics, so also you can sing along. Good luck!


"I´m a labb rabbit, I´v been eating soap


I must die one day, that is pretty good


I´m looking good in cage, it feels neat


there are people like us that shows how great you could be


ahahahahahahahahahaiiahhaahaiahahahaa


But most of all I want to be C! eh G! eh..


a man without sorrow, dancing on a square A! with Ingeborg


but if I for a second got a to be a little bit less insane (?)


I would have choosen A you and continued to be labb rabbit"

Nostalgia X 3

I have flashbacks from my youth. It´s just how it is sometimes...

1 May - Kreuzberg-night....

1 May - Kreuzberg.

More pictures coming up...

Eels new song turn the cards around...

Eels new song "Fresh Blood" is one of top 10 best things that have happened this year...
I´m blown away.

Jacqueline Music

(Martin Qvarfordt performing with T.Ditto at Black Jim Gallery, 2009)

Black Jim friend Martin Qvarfordt has started his own record label. It´s called Jacqueline Music, check there website and wish them good luck!

http://www.JacquelineMusic.com/

Thank you Annika!

Black Jim wants to thank Annika Marklund for the donation of cloths to black jim shop!



Annika is not only a sweet donator she is also a Swedish actor,model and journalist. Visit her blog at aftonbladet.

If you have something to donate (maybe like an Lp-player) please don´t hesitate!

"Black Jim-crew meeting a Zen-master - a story about sin"

It was a strange day.
We just had one thing on our schedule today.

Copy keys.

But when they at the "Copy keys"-place told us that we had to wait for 20 minutes for our keys we started to walk around the neighbourhood.

Soon we found a temple.
A Zen-temple.

Sofia who have been studying buddhism said we should go in.
"Come" Sofia said.

Marty was silent. He had never been to a zen-temple. No temples at all to be honest.

Sofia draged Marty. Ringed on the door and went in.

We walked in a backyard for a while til we found a door, then later stairs and a new door that said...

"ZEN TEMPLE"

We knocked on the door.

Knock Knock.

Knocked again.

Knock Knock.

Then we heard footsteps coming towards the door...

We stood silently.
And then....

More in the next episode of "The Black Jim-crew meeting a Zen-master - a story about sin"...

Långa tåg av längtan

Today the gallery is open. 15-22.
Fia is away and getting some candles and stuff for tonight when it´s gonna be a birthday dinner and maybe an open-mic if anyone is in an mode to grab the guitar or toy-organ.
Marty is listening to Thåström an his new CD "Kärlek är för dom".



Tommorw we put up some new pictures from the Gallery!

a slow internet and more pics from the black jim opening party...

Because of problem with the internet connection the Black Jim blog hasent been updated for a couple of days. Here comes some more pictures from the opening party thou and hopefully the connection works better from now on,...