Normally, Wednesdays aren't too exciting, but yesterday was a very cool day. First I got a call telling me that our festival project was now rolling and things were being taken care of. I'm not sure how much I can talk about it yet, but it definitely means I'll be working as a journalist at both the Roskilde and the Midtfyns festivals this summer. Obviously, I'm very excited about this and I'll reveal a bit more once I know exactly what is going to happen.

Later I went to a reception at Filmby Aarhus, where I ran into a bunch of people I know and I managed to get an invitation to a Q&A session with David Lynch on Saturday. This is very exciting to me as Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks made a huge impression on me, when I was younger. I also really liked The Elephant Man, but when I saw it I didn't know who Lynch was, so I never really thought of it as a Lynch project in the same way as the others were. And it's only about a week since I watched Mulholland Drive, so that's a bit of a weird coincidence. Apparently, he's in town to speak about world peace with physicist John Hagelin, which I didn't know he cared so much about, but I think he'll talk a bit about his movies especially since the Q&A will take place in The Film City.

I was actually at the reception with my Mom and while we were talking a friend of mine came over. After he left I explained to her who he was and she remembered seeing him on television. She thought he was very nice in person, but had been appalled by the language he'd used on tv. I explained that he was just being himself, but I'm not sure that really helped.

After that I went out with a friend to see Danish acts Figurines and Jomi Massage. Figurines are this great rock band, who sound a lot like Built to Spill, but in a really great way. They played a bunch stuff from their "Shake a Mountain" album, but also played a few new tracks, which bode well for the future. I saw Jomi Massage a few months ago, where she played an acoustic show. But this time she brought the rock and played it rather loudly. It sounded a bit like old PJ Harvey, but I honestly didn't hear so much of the show as I was talking to someone throughout most of it.

Afterwards a bunch of us went down to Sway where everybody knows your name and they're always glad you came. It was a really fun night and I got to get all music nerdy with my friends there, which is good fun if you can get it. The night ended with a lively discussion about James Last and Gheorghe Zamfir and Sway's owner winning a case of beer on a bet that James Last had written The Lonely Shepherd, which is one of those bets you only make at four in the morning. But he didn't win the beer from me, so I just thought it was funny.

I've been watching VH-1s Bands Reunited a lot this week and I just think it's a great idea for a show. Unfortunately, of all the shows I've seen (Berlin, A Flock of Seagulls, Squeeze, Kajagoogoo, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood) the bands I actually wanted to hear play (Frankie and Squeeze) didn't. The show I'm dying to see is the Extreme one as I was a huge fan of Extreme and especially Nuno Bettencourt. I've seen them live twice and I have all their records. So I would love to see them reunited, so hopefully that show will air here soon. I was thinking of other bands I'd like to see reunited and Thompson Twins came to mind. I wonder if they've tried getting Peter Gabriel back with Genesis, Dave with Van Halen, or the ultimate test - The Police. I don't know what their criteria is for selecting bands, but it would seem that 80s bands, where the members fought a lot are the ones they primarily look at. I hope they make a few more shows as the ones I've seen have been pretty entertaining.