spain VLOG 6

Thursday, December 13, 2007


7:24 PM - VLOG part 6, one more to come....










so this is the 6th one, and one more to come.....



*H

ireland and belgium

Sunday, November 18, 2007

3:28 AM - ireland and belgium.... working on the spain one still...we have the last show in barca tonight, then we're off to italy!!! *H

UK

aturday, November 10, 2007

8:57 PM - UK...... Current mood: awake Lack of wifi the last weeks but here's the VLOG for UK. The next one will be up soon, and then we're on track again :) Oktober 28, 2007 Old Golf House Hotel, Huddersfield, GB By a wooden desk, my cigaret in the ashtray glowing still. The sound from the highway... Tonight is our last show in England. Tomorrow we go to Ireland. I'm listening to Bright Eyes, Amy in the while coat, and let the peace settle... I went for a walk up the hill here, the smell of fall, red and yellow leaves i love the fall it always makes me feel like me again...strange... The shows in England has been pretty good this week. I walked off the ferry in Hull with a very very sore throat and was sick for the next five days. In Huddersfield we got to stay at Christians friend, Aga's house which included a crazy party with all the polish people living there. In Birmingham we had a great show and didn't have to sleep in the car thanks to Eddy and We had a bad one two nights ago, in a bar and a bachelor party decided to sing their cherry song at the same time as we played... :) We had a day off and went down to Oxford to visit my friend Hamish. His lady, Jemma made us amazing salmon for dinner and we got to play with the 2 year old Stan. A night out and we met up with Graham as well and saw a few bands. (Hamish and Graham are the european band for Rachelle Van Zanten) Ireland.......so beautiful and they really gt some green fields there!! We stayed at Gustav's friends house in Dublin, thank you Martin for that! Had a few guinness in Temple Bar, found our way to the bar Pravda where my brother used to work - really cool place. Thanks to Martin and his friends and the group of people from myspace the show at Cassidy's went well even though we didn't have a sound system.. In Galway we played Roisin Dubh and hung out with 4 irish sisters. In Cork we played at Tikki Lounge, nice night, thank you Anette Buckley for opening up for us. We had a few days off too... We saw the cliffs of mohair - amazing! We stopped in a small village and went to a bath house and hung out in the jacuzzi and steam sauna for a few hours...det e najs We went to the Blarney Castle to kiss the Blarney stone: If you kiss the Blarney stone you are supposed to get the gift of eloquence. To do it right you have to hang out from the roof of the caste, upside down an kiss the stone. An interesting adventure.. *H

germany amsterdam belgium.....

Germany, Amsterdam, Belgium.......... October 11th, Shirley - the van - fully packed, sun shining and listening to the Pulp Fiction soundtrack we were off! A five hour drive and a quick stop at the Border Shop before we hit Hamburg. Astra Stube was a great venue. We had pasta ata restaurant near by and on our way back to do the show we walked into this funky Calypso band on the street. Dancing the streets back to Astra Stube were we were greeted by german beer and jaeger shots. The audience was amazing and the night was perfect. After the show our host, Nils, took us out to a bar "There's an afterparty tonight, it's YOUR afterparty!" (...Happy birthday darling, we love you very, very, very much...) Late night, Christian disappeared with Nils to this restaurant that was right next to the slaughterhouse and had schnitzel. Since me and Gustav are vegetarians, we had another beer instead......... October 12th, We woke up at the booker's place and walked down to III&70 where we had breakfast waiting. Off we go to Krefeld and the next show. Kulturrampe was very nice, thank you Peter for travelling 70 kilometers to come to the show!!! We were all pretty tired from the Hamburg party so after te show we went back to the hotel room. There's so much strange stuff on TV in Germany....especially late night. A wheel of fortune - topless. Christian is in chock. October 13, I love Amsterdam.... We got in to the city, amazed by all the canals, old houses...it's like a fairy-tale world! We met up with our friend Alma who were kind enough to let us stay at her place for the two nights - an apartment full of dancers! October 14, We were taken to the beach with Signe, who helped us book the Desmet Live show and the show at 'SKEK. It was a very very relaxing day. The show at 'SKEK that night went well, Signe played one of her songs with us. October 15, Lloyd Hotel....wow, the building was so impressing!! Huge old thing that used to be a youth prison in the eighties. We got a room with authentic interial design..... The show was great, one of the best so far, and we had the best double bill ever - the three of us and four opera singers! We met a girl, Larare, who was a guide and she offered us a tour around town the next day. October 16, After walking the streets of Amsterdam we went to Desmet Studios again to do our second radio show. Larae showed up and took us out to town for a night out. French fries with mayo, a walk through the red light district (Christian and Larae even went to a peep show - came out laughing hard...) We found a great cafe/bar where we spent the rest of the night. October 17, Sitting in the rain after a good night's sleep and a shower - imagine that! Larae let us sleep in her amazing apartment. And so, about to leave to go to Belgium. I'm glad that we got a few days in Amsterdam, thank you all people for helping us out and giving us a great time! Belgium: coming soon :)

rains, carrides, tomato roses, dead birds - VLOG part II

September 28, 4.15 - rise and shine, rockstars......zoegas coffe was very helpful 5.00 - In the car, driving towards Vaxjo. 8.00 - Radioshow at P4 Kronoberg, soooo tired! We found a breakfast place had a very hot hot chocolate and realized that we were really over-tired... All the three of us passed out for a few hours in our little home for the night. September 29, It was a great show last night, a loud audience, but we had great fun! The DJ played soul and we danced the rest of the night, got back to our room and found delicious sandwiches and orange juice, luxury :) I am right now on a train, not the right one, on my way to Copenhagen to do a show with Shooting John tonight. Since my train didn't come, I'm now crossing the country to go to Gothenburg and I really hope that I can find a train there immediately and without having to buy a new ticket... So I've been on this train for 3 hours now, another 3 to go...I'm not going to make it in time for soundcheck with Shooting John and this wasn't at all my plan for today. Darned train this morning that left too early!! 10.09 left the boys at the venue and walked across the street to the train staion. 20 min's left until the train would leave 10.12 Across the tracks I see a train going to Malmo, 'weird, it should leave at 10.25, maybe it's another one but I might as well get on that one, wonder how you get across the tracks though" Finally found my way to the right track just to find the train had already left. 'Well, I'll just take the one that I was supposed to' Couldn't find it anywhere so I asked a few people there. 10.25 Got on to the train going across the country just to get off in the next town to change trains to go south instead. 10.48 The train crew said they were sorry but apparently I couldn't go with that other train so I had to go with them across the country to Gothenburg to change trains there instead. Fine, I thought, and sat down again. Then I realized that I wouldn't be in Gothenburg until 13.20! My train going south left 13.35 though, so at least I didn't have to wait. The sound check for shooting John had moved to 4pm instead so the plan with me bringing the tourbus down to them crashed.. Instead I had to take the train directly to Copenhagen. 13.20 Getting on the other train, remember that I'm also walking around with my cello, a backpack and another bag on me.... We'd just been on the train for an hour and a half when they told us that we were 30 minutes late. Well in Malmo, Sweden they told us that we had to change train again to go over to Copenhagen. Lucky me that the train crews today have been amazingly understanding! I'm now a few minutes from Copenhagen and I really hope the guys in Shooting John will pick me up....I don't want to go searching for a bus right now with all the stuff and try to exchange my swedish money to danish and all that....pretty please?? Looking forward to the show, though! Keep the light burning, huh? -------- October 3rd, With David Bowie blasting through our speakers we rolled in to Gothenburg. Found a VERY expensive parking lot and went in to Wish Club. The food we got at the resturant Vice Cersa was amazing, they even made us roses from tomatos :) The show went well and the booker Patrik was everything we needed, him and the 50 bar tickets he gave us... We had to leave right after the show, going to Stockholm. And that, my friends is something you don't want to do at night. Dark small roads that never ended and after stopping at a gas station for an hour of sleep it was still a few hours left before we roled into Ronninge, right outside of Stockholm, where our home would be the next three nights. October 4th, We woke up, walked out and was greeted by sunlight and our wonderful friend Walle, that was sitting on the stairs drinking coffe and smoking. It's a very old house with a fireplace and no running water. Freedom. We drove in to town and found Lady Patricia, the boat where we would play that night. Christian bought a suit and went off to do a photo shoot for his upcoming album. The show went well, we met friends that we hadn't seen in ages. In the middle of the set I got really seasick, creepy! Back to the house again and beer in front of the fireplace. October 5th, I bought a Nord Lead!! Finally I don't have to drag my heavy piano around anymore... And it's bright and red and beautiful too. I named him Mio. I am one happy girl. October 7th, After a few days up north in Sweden we just arrived to Helsingborg again. Time to pack everything up and say our goodbyes. Today we will go buy things for the road. Warm socks, a camping kitchen, cans of beens........ *H On repeat this week: 'so here we are' - bloc party Currently listening : Silent Alarm By Bloc Party Release date: 22 March, 2005

an american lost in sweden, VLOG 1

so the tour has begun...

Christian has been here for one week before we had the first show.
It's been a crazy week, booking, rehearsing with Shooting John, having the release party for Shooting John, my sister got married, Christian has been recording.....pjuh!

I'm going to try to put up a new VLOG every week at least, you can subscribe to this blog if you want to keep track of what we are up to!



September 26
The first show was at Hallands Nation in Lund, Sweden.
Good show, the audience was amazing.
A late night before we passed out at my friends place.

September 27,
The next day we played at The Tivoli, Helsingborg, Sweden.
Also a magical show, surrounded by friends and family.
We will be back at both these venues in December.

2 hours of sleep and then off to Vaxjo for the next show.
We did a radioplug there, listen to it here:
Radio P4

Toodles!

*Helena

4 days left and a new music video!

Current mood: sleepy sweet christian cuff just reminded me that he'll be here in 4 days!! The tour is getting closer. I am too too tired to write much now, just wanted to share my new music video with you. I'm exhausted for making it all day. Let me know what you think. love *Helena

autumn, sauna, RVZ

You can smell the autumn outside. The sun is shining and I'm on the balcony with a warm sweater. The Indienational tour is starting in three weeks, exciting! Rachelle van Zanten is here in Sweden with Hamish and Graham. I played a show with them this friday and tomorrow they're off again. We were bowling last night, interesting.....yes I lost Of course we had to celebrate it with a crazy sauna party afterwards, and yes I'm pretty tired today too :) I put up one of my new songs 'Fragile me, fragile you' It's free for download. I had a pretty creative summer after all, no rest at all but hey that's the way, right?! Again, if you have facebook there's now a group called 'helena arlock music' where you can put up pics etc. Check out the tour schedule, and if you can't see your town there, send me a message, maybe you know a venue we should contact? For the show in Helsingborg, Sweden, you can buy tickets from me and Gustav. Just shoot a message. My friends, that's all for now. Take care, love *H ON REPEAT THIS WEEK: 'Love Cats' - The Cure 1 Comments -