There's a substantial article on weblogs in Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende today, which I'm quoted in, so if you can get your hands on it you might want to check it out. There should be an online version available later, which I'll link to then. [Update: It doesn't look like it'll be available on the paper's website, so I've made a version available here.]

The annual Festuge (party week) kicked off Friday, which means until the end of next weekend there is a lot of stuff going on around town. I'll probably be going to see Mew on Thursday, but probably not go see Tindersticks Friday. There are a couple of other things I might check out, but I haven't really made any plans yet. But yesterday was packed with events, so I had to skip the Moi Caprice/Dear show to go to the Bollywood event in the newly opened Filmbyen, which I've talked about before.

The event has planned so you could go see a very long Bollywood movie, have a special Indian meal in the intermission, and after the movie check out the Indian themed party. I was supposed to go to the entire thing, but plans got changed so we ended up going to a Chinese restaurant instead (there's an Asian theme for this year's Festuge, so it seemed appropiate) and then hooked up with some people for the party. The place was decorated with Indian movie posters, had movie clips playing on a big screen, there were all kinds of rugs and cushions you could sit on, the waitresses had on Indian outfits, and there was incense burning everywhere. The DJ looked like one of those guys you see in documentaries about backpackers in Goa who go there and never leave and he played all kinds of Indian music. I didn't recognize a lot of it, but obviously Panjabi MC got a few spins, there was a track that sampled "Staying Alive" and another that sampled Michael Jackson I think. And at some point I'm pretty sure he played Yvan Eht Nioj by The Party Posse.

Like I said it was meant to be a big party, but on occasion the dance floor would clear and dancers dressed in Indian dresses would appear and put on a performance. I wouldn't say there's a huge Indian population here in Aarhus, but there were quite a few Indian people there and it was cool watching all the different dancers perform.
The people we talked to who had seen the featured Bollywood movie, It's All About Loving Your Parents, thought it was absolutely amazing. They thought it was so funny, but as one person remarked the audience seemed to laugh at everything even the sad bits. I guess the movie had some serious scenes, but apparently the movie was so over-the-top that you just couldn't take the pathos seriously.

After awhile we left the party and went through the harbour area, where they have a large boat show. There were a lot of replica fregats and a bunch of other impressive ships. I guess you can board the boats and walk around them, but that's probably only during the day. And after that I had to swing by the last ever Club Drive event.

I've mentioned Drive here several times. It's the local indie club I've been going to for the last five years and now that it's closing it's a bit sad. It's the only place in town where you can listening to rock music, so they will definitely leave a void. Also, there are quite a few people I only ever see there, so now I have to find somewhere new to hook up with them. Granted, lately they haven't been able to draw the same crowd they used to and a lot of the regulars have stopped coming, because the place attracted too many teenagers. But it was still a cool place to hang out and the only place in town where they play Muse, The Strokes, Kings of Leon, The White Stripes and so on.