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Mike R
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Dutch-Indonesian guy in Stockholm, Sweden. I moonlight at a local record store every third Saturday. Also COYG, of course. Aka @constantlistener on insta
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Passing through Brussels now, on my way from Paris to Rotterdam. Haven’t been here since I lived here 2004-5. Unsurprisingly unrecognizable.
I’m trying not to blame on my boots the faults of my feet. It’s hard though because my boots are shit.
Deathconsciousness
If you haven’t already, give Maria Somerville’s Luster some of your attention. Gorgeous record.

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Maria Somerville - Garden (Official Video)
YouTube video by Maria Somerville
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Unrelated to this, I got ID’d at Sweden’s state monopoly alcohol store. I’m 44. My mom’s genes doing some serious legwork here.
Recent additions to the collection. #vinyl
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the country is descending into a nightmare but at least IN/CASINO/OUT still slaps
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Got some new old records #vinyl
Don’t know whose dog this is. I was waiting for my turn at the hairdresser. She came to me and lay there quietly. And farted. Her name is Alice.
I need to go to more concerts. Lots of good stuff coming to Stockholm this year. Keen to go see Dehd tomorrow at Debaser…
Having a nice life
Actual Greek gods came by the record store recently.
Post-afterski, about to ski home. I’m not a good skier. I’m not a skier at all. But I made it back in one piece.
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I hear you Wrighty. We're ALL tired. Sigh!
Pappa älskade Leonard Cohen (songs of samt new skin), Van Morrison (astral weeks) och Black Uhuru (sinsemilla). Det sistnämnda var nåt han upptäckte på 90talet, när han var 50+ och jag kanske 13-14. Lärde mig då att man är ”never too old” att hitta ny musik att lyssna på.
Shoutout to Thomas Hedlund, Sweden’s greatest drummer of the past 20 years.
Phoenix perform "1901" on Letterman (2009)
One of my favorite records of 2024… perhaps my actual favorite even…
”You’ll be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits: