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The dreamhack festival this winter has really stepped it up a notch when it comes to the live music (and the music in general too actually).

Detektivbyrån

Detektivbyrån

One of my newer favourits “Detektivbyrån” just had a well appreciated small and intimate performance on the big stage. The only band in the history of Dreamhack to be prompted for an encore by the audience. Very interesting consert indeed!

There has been around 8-12 bands so far and pretty much all of the bands in my genre are really great! Some heavy metal, some rock and alternative rock. Has been some nice surprizes.

JulieHally, strange and awesome.

JulieHally

Live drum concert – Super Mario Theme =)

Super Mario Drummer

SCAR SYMMETRY, which were new to me.

Scar Symmetry

This year at Dreamhack should take all kinds of records, both for my personal list of records but also the usual Guiness world records (most people connected to the same local area network simultaneously).

As for my own record list I tend to keep log of certain thing; this year will be nominated for:

• Best musicians on stage
• Worst weather
• Highest EMO count per square meter

Hug an EMO, they are warm and cuddly!

Preparing for his departure from the online game in which we met, a friend of mine announced his plans for a dramatic “exitbang” which had me rolling on the floor in fits of laughter.

While he quite innocently was trying to sum up the act of slamming a door on one’s way out a room in a single appropriate English word, the use of exitbang in relation to a female player named Marge took my not-so-innocent mind to some very interesting PG-rated places indeed.

As a result I have added this smile-inducing word to my vocabulary: exitbang – the act of making a dramatic exit OR a quick farewell of a more physical and intimate nature just before parting.

Douglas Adams and John Lloyd in their book “The Meaning of Liff” have come up with a few new words of their own.  Here are three of my favourites:

• duntish (adj.) - mentally incapacitated by a severe hangover.
• fring (n.) – the noise made by a light bulb which has just shone its last.
• wike (vb.) - to rip a piece of sticky plaster off your skin as fast as possible in the hope that it will (a) show how brave you are, and (b) not hurt.