List: Denmark, Danish, Podcast, Remix

A quick side trip to Denmark proved to be worthwhile. We spent a couple days out on the country staring at the Kattegat. Then we rolled by train into Copenhagen. It rained and then it rained again but it's always nice to browse around a new city. Check out more pics in this Flickr set.

Problem with Denmark / problem with me: Danish people usually understand the Swedish language quite well. The language is definitely related to Swedish as they share a lot of words. And I'm guessing that since Denmark is so close to Sweden and Swedish television and various media sources are broadcast there the Danes begin to pick up Swedish at an early age. The problem comes in with people like me who fall into that gray area where the Danish accent, even when Swedish is spoken, is just about impossible to understand. It sounds like a lot of mumbly jumbly. No offense. Native Swedes have a far better chance in understanding because obviously they have these Nordic sounds down. I just switched to English after a bit. It's not like it was hard to tell I came from somewhere else with the map upside down and the camera flashing like a Top Model photo shoot.

In other news, the August podcast is now up. I scraped together another Unreleases compilation (vol. 4 if you were counting). This might just be the last Unreleases since I'm running out of quality material. However, when I bounce back to Chicago in late September I'll have access to a whole other box of old tapes. I'm hoping I can replenish the stash and come up with enough material to make it through the year as planned.

And finally, if you slide over to my Myspace page you can jam a new remix I just finished. The song is by a fabulous band from Malmö, Sweden called The Lovekevins. I've been told that the guitar bit I put in there sounds like something off of the Top Gun soundtrack. That's a compliment. But you decide.