What a week. I have been trying to write on here all week but something always comes up. I had an extra-special treat Tuesday. A friend from down the hall had an extra ticket to The Cardigans concert here in Lund. It was a bit expensive, seeing as I haven't really listened to their music for quite a long time now, but I couldn't pass it up. When they first became popular in the U.S. about 7 or 8 years ago with their first album, First Band on the Moon, I was a big fan. In fact, theirs was the first concert I ever went to and, as they are from Sweden (Malmo!), it was meant to be.

So, for the past week, I've been psyching myself up, listening to their newest album, Long Gone Before Daylight. I have to say, I really enjoy it! I think it is their best yet. The title of this blog, No Sleep, is also the title of one of my favorite songs on the CD. If I knew how to put music blurbs on here I would but I'm not that computer savvy and frankly, I'm a bit too lazy too figure it out right now...maybe I'll work on that this weekend.

By Tuesday evening I was getting pretty excited about the concert. The thing that really surprised me when I got to the concert hall was how small it was. When I saw them before, it was also in a very small hall but I guess for some reason I figured they would have moved on to bigger venues-especially in their home country. My friends and I arrived a little late so we didn't get front row seats and since all these Swedes are so darn tall we decided to head up to the mezzanine to get a view. While my pictures didn't turn out very good and we couldn't see the drummer, it was a pretty good spot to watch from.

The concert turned out even better than I had expected and now I can't wait for my CDs to get here so I can listen to their older albums I've been neglecting.

As I said, my pictures didn't turn out so well but here are a couple anyway. Ah, I almost forgot. The opening band was a Danish band called 'Mew'. They weren't too bad...but I'm about to run out and buy a CD.