I had my first visit to Roskilde Festival in 2000, as i got the tickets as a gift from one of the close friend of my girlfriend then. Thank you Eskil, i have never stopped since then (except one year!). So this makes it my 9th Roskilde Festival. 150 top band per year, times 9….. yes, I have pretty much experienced the Roskilde feeling out to the max, The sex, drug and rock n’ Roll bit. Its not much of sex and drugs anymore as years went by. I started focussing on other things that Roskilde festival offers. Stuff like art and creativity. I started absorbing inspirations from this festival vibe. To think differently, with no boundaries, bravely, colorfully, rebelliously, senselessly. I had been busy  spanning one end of the camping to the other seeking interesting stuff, The last few years at the Roskilde.

Unfortunatelty, i wont be able to do much of running around this time around, as i sprained my ankle. I guess i am going to be this guy who i shot last year.

i will most definitely listen to some good bands and give you the feedback.

Meanwhile, check some of the Roskilde moments i have captured thru the years.

Today, i let iTunes genius pick my songs on my way to the work. Electronic was the genre, Moby, Tricky, Thievery Corporation, Royksöpp and Fatboy slim was among the selected. While listening to Fatboy Slim, i recollected that his music videos were unique. While the track “Weapon of Choice” was playing, i remembered how Christopher Walken, who is otherwise known for acting powerful characters, was dancing to it. We enjoyed it more, specially because he took us by surprise. A sure classic music video.

I was at my lunch break at the canteen with my colleagues. The canteen is usually well served with loads of free newspapers like Metro, Urban and 24 Timer. We bury our heads in these tabloids in search of topics for conversation. Someone usually breaks the silence by a laughter, or “fuck, what the fuck is going on, man?” or “check this out”. And suddenly, there is a conversation for the next few minutes.

We dread the day when canteen has no newspapers. Where can we hide?  what conversation can we bring up? Damn, thats a hard one !

Yesterday, as usual, one of my colleagues bursts out into a man-laughter. A ‘man-laughter’ is usually a laugh at a the opposite gender. We men (women have their own table) eagerly wants to know what that was about. It was about this advert for a TV channel for men called Canal9, which usually broadcasts Bruce Willis, Football and cars, about their special World cup football special. The advert has a picture of a dildo and says “And so its the World cup, girls”. You are not going to get your men for the next whole month.

"its the world cup, girls..."

But strangely enough, i was at a sports pub with my friends out to watch the opening match. I was amazed by the amount of girls that turned up there as well. I did notice that they were not there to watch the game on big screen. But instead, they were rating and assessing potential “boyfriend material” while all the unwary men were dumb fixed on to the Big screen.

Let the games begin…., girls !

The "other" dj?

I was invited to enter a Dj competition for Copenhell, a Rock festival happening around the weekend. The invite kinda cracked me up.

They wanted 3 people to participate as a team against other teams. Since the electricity will be generated manually, one of the three will foot-pedal a cycle-generator and create the juice for the machines. while the second person of the team will spin vinyls or CD’s. the third person, yes the third person… well we don’t know what he does, and so does anyone else know! But we know there are always 2 people on the stage.

True, the wannabe, amateur Dj scene has this “other” person next to the Dj extending…. moral support?!!…. i don’t know.

i have been Dj’ing the last 15 years, and the only person i ever needed besides me were my groupies or friends.

Freakin amateurs !!!!

I grew up in the third world. I saw the first tv in 1980. I laid my hands on a P.C. in 1985. I learnt about the internet in 1990. I had my first E-mail address sometime in 1994. But internet was up and running since 1969. This video shows how they predicted the internet’s future.

Block party in copenhagen

Its been 6 months since i quit Dj’ing. I quit just as Keisha released a “hit” song “Tik Tok”. I have been behind the decks for almost 14 years, seen many  venues, seen many party people, and enjoyed the game. I quit Dj’ing to concentrate on my film making career. As a Indie filmmaker, most of my films are made during the weekend. I just wouldn’t have enough juice to multi task.

Copenhagen is wonderful clubbing city. I recently came across a clubbing photographer whose photos made me miss the scene. Well……

check his pics here at http://www.r2cph.com/