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Kampfar @ 2019 Brutal Assault

Posted on February 17th, 2025 under czech republic. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, brutal assault festival, concert photography, kampfar, metal, Nikon D500. Comments Off on Metal Monday

The older I become, the more I feel like odd connections happen in my life. It’s not that I’ve become superstitious or believe in cosmic connections (at least not while sober); I think it’s just that when you are older you have experienced more so there are more connections to be made.

Anyway, back in the summer of 2019 I arrived in Gävle before my Airbnb’s check-in time. So I wandered around the neighboring tiny farms and took photos of the curious buildings. I had the full intent of researching the buildings later (as they have similar counterparts in Denmark and Germany), but I didn’t. Instead, they found me with the release of Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition in the following year. The newly introduced Swedish Civilization features these Swedish torps, which are key elements to successfully competing as the Swedes. What are the odds that I encounter Swedish torps for the first time (in my 50+ years of existence) in the year before a game I have spent far too many hours on reacquaint me with them less than a year later?

Swedish torp icon in AOEIII: Definitive Edition

Posted on February 15th, 2025 under Other. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, buildings, gavle, Nikon D500, sweden. Comments Off on Swedish Torp

Metal Monday

Phil Anselmo @ 2019 Gefle Metal Festival

Some friends of mine and I have a competition to see which band we’ve seen the most, even though we wouldn’t normally walk across the street to see them if they were playing. In other words, what band has been on the bill the most for other bands you went to see?

For me, it’s Napalm Death, who I have now seen five times. In second place is Pantera–a band I’ve seen with and without Dimebag a total of four times now.

Posted on February 10th, 2025 under Other. Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, concert photography, gefle metal festival, metal, Nikon D500, Pantera. Comments Off on Metal Monday