There's a new humanoid bot in play named WABIAN-2R that's taking Japan by storm. Well, not really, but it is walking through Japan's malls at a blistering 1.24 miles per hour. He can very well be the 4th Shadow Mantii...

Final video documentation of recording of next Frantic Mantis album. Overdubs went into Monday. Now for finishing touches at home studios, etc... 8 songs down with full band. Status: album two in overdub and mixing stage 1.


Lonely breakfast Saturday.


Final transmission... for now.

I'll be uploading the little video to this day later however just shot a "lone breakfast" video for this day. Actually started on vocals for two songs and overdubbed bass. Oddly enough at the moment I feel like this next Frantic release will be a cross between Sex Pistols and Frodus... strange as I never really envisioned it going that way but that seems to be the natural progression of the recordings at the moment. Of course things may change, but the sounds have a life of their own.

Håkan and Per and DP screen


Candidly recording Per listening to a recording.

Also uploaded some unearthed 2005 footage of FM including Stephen Guidry of The Cassettes on his Moog and other travels/places. Goto CHANNEL ZLORBOK!

This day started with a reminder of life before the mobile phone. Håkan and I met in town and made a plan to meet at his apartment after we purchase some items we needed. I arrived at his apartment building but realized I had no idea which Apt number he lived in and all the names in the directory were still the old names since he just moved into his place. After ringing some random names to no avail I attempted jumping on his wifi network but it didn't have a strong enough signal from the ground floor. So finding his number in my laptop I wrote it down with pencil on a receipt and walked with studio gear and microphone stand strapped to my sweaty back down the road to a phonebooth. I then proceeded called him while I watched my Kroner credits go down almost by the 10 second interval as I kept pumping in money in this infernal booth. It was bad, US phone booths were never this gouging and I was calling someone within the same city! Anyhow, I left him a frantic message in annoyed english (which comes out in frantic situations) within 5 seconds to come out of his apartment.



I hung up and walked briskly down the road and by the time I reached his place he had listened to his message and had come out. Apparently, previously he searched high and wide for me since he arrived earlier than my tram so since I wasn't there. He and a pal took to the local streets in vicinity to check every café and their rehearsal space in search for me. The lesson to be noted was the world without mobile phones required more planning. I don't even remember actually the last time I used a phone booth... I feel like it was in 1998 while on tour of the USA.

We then made our way to the fancy Shell gas station after doing some design work to eat some fine food. Believe it or not they have a rather good fare including freshly baked pastries that they bake there. Advanced Swedish Convenience Concepts™. After consumption we went to "replokalen" to take care of business.


Gas Station Consumption


To the rehearsal room


Recording Tech Roundup


Rehearsing New Song

Scientist discover similar patterns in the universe's form and our brain cells.



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