Who knew unemployed people could be this busy? I've been flying around all over the place lately, which has cut seriously into not only my blogging time but also my lying-around-the-house time, which is even worse. Since I last wrote something here I've seen Jim White perform, which was great. The "Drill a Hole..." record is really good and his "Jim White - Alone with Machines" versions of the songs worked really well. He was also nice enough to hang out for a bit afterwards and answer questions about his lyrics, his background, and his model/surfer background.

I also DJed at a concert with Danish band Souvenirs. They are very Danish, so I really don't know how to describe them other than say that they're a married couple consisting of a cute, young wife and a bald, old dude and they perform earnest songs about pets dying, visiting Grandma, and jealousy. I really had no business playing at that gig, but it's surprising what'll you do for a few bucks and an open bar. Saturday, I hung out at The A-List, where Danish songwriter Mikael Simpson was scheduled to appear as a guest DJ. He had performed earlier that night at Voxhall, but no one seemed to have given him directions or gotten his cell number. So I ended up hauling ass in the middle of the night down to Voxhall to pick him and his entourage up, which ended up working out just fine. And he played a pretty good set and people were excited to see him, so everyone was happy in the end.

Today's a pretty busy day as well. This morning I once again held a lecture on weblogs at the Danish School of Journalism - this time though for people with different educations, who already have jobs and have come back to school for specific courses/seminars. At first I figured they'd booked me because I spoke out there a few weeks ago. But in a surprising turn of events it turned out that one of the teachers is actually a fellow Arsenal supporter, who at some point had noticed my weblog through Arseblog. So not only did I get to debate weblogs for almost two hours with a group of journalists and business people I also got to talk footie for a bit. It went really well and it'll be interesting to see if weblogs suddenly start appearing on more Danish company and media websites.

And later today we're off to Eindhoven for the Arsenal game. I haven't really packed yet, because I'm not sure what to bring on a hit-a-run trip like this. But I'll definitely bring my camera, so hopefully in a few days I'll be able to post pictures of us partying after a massive Arsenal win. There are two busses full of Gooners leaving Denmark tonight, but primarily I'll be going with my brother and Anders, who are bound to write about the event later this week as well.

Speaking of sports I watched the Ravens - Jets game on tv and it was one of the most exciting games I've ever seen. The defense still kicks major ass, but it was nice to see Kyle Boller make some plays in the fourth quarter (which he then followed up nicely in last week's game against the Bills). The now have to face the Patriots on Sunday, which thankfully also will be broadcast on Danish tv. The Ravens have so many injured players that it's not very likely that they'll win. But I'm hoping for the best and it'll be interesting to see the defense up against a great QB like Tom Brady.

As a result of a misguided confidence in my economy I've bought an excessive amount of CDs this month. It's a combination of CDs hyped by NME and old stuff that I felt was missing from my collections. Of the new stuff I prefer the albums by Razorlight and The Secret Machines, but I still haven't really gotten into The Zutons and Dogs Die in Hot Cars yet. But the coolest CD so far has been the three track single I got through Ultragrrrl's Stolen Transmission project. It's a CD by Louis XIV - a band I know virtually nothing about. But the songs rock. When it comes to music my motto is: "You can never go wrong with handclaps and tambourines", which Louis XIV seem to agree with, so next month I'm definitely ordering the album and one of these hot shirts.

Speaking of Razorlight I recently decided that if we ever get The Cracker Ass Crackers back together we're changing our name to Sharin Foo Fighters and recording the song Dalston. But we'll record it as a tribute to Katie 'Hottness' Holmes and call it Dawson (But don't go back to Dawson/Don't go out with Dawson). It's gonna rock!

I'm not sure I've mentioned the Lazyboy project here, so here goes. Lazyboy consists of Johnny Douglas and Søren Rasted - the latter who was one of the geniuses being Danish pop sensation Aqua. At some point their track Underwear Goes Inside the Pants was the most downloaded track on iTunes, which is fairly amazing. Apparently, they've played the hell out of it on Danish radio, but I didn't hear it until I found a link to the video. The song and video are funny and in case you're wondering who's talking on the track his name is Greg Giraldo. I thought a lot of the stuff he says is reminiscent of things you'll find on Denis Leary's records, but that doesn't make them any less funny.

I'm still going to Copenhagen the first weekend of December for a party, which I've now been asked to co-DJ. It should be fun and seeing as The Hidden Cameras are playing that same weekend I might check them out. Unfortunately, I have a feeling they'll remind me of Deerhof and The Fiery Furnaces, so I have to check out a few tracks before I pick up a ticket. I have another lecture, another DJ gig, and a John Cale concert happening in December, so there'll be some stuff going on next month as well.