Shtian's Reveries

Blog Moved

Stian — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:57:47 +0000

Got myself a new domain and decided to move and revamp my blog. You’ll find it at

http://www.shtian.net

Dead Island

Stian — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:58:41 +0000

Disturbing or beautiful, I can not decide. Disturbingly beautiful, perhaps?

Long Distance Calling

Stian — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:07:45 +0000

Long Distance Calling is releasing their new album in just about three days now, and I’ve been waiting for a looong time. Today they released a video to their opening track, and it’s just pure awesomeness! Check it out:

The Jester Race

Stian — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:15:04 +0000

The Jester Race, easily one of my all time favorite albums, created by In Flames in 1996. Their second album. Just thought I’d share that.

Oh and I will gift you these two images I recovered from my camera today (click them to view full size):

Snowstorm a few weeks ago, picture taken at uni.

Cupcakes made with Yan Yi, today! I had responsibility for the icing, obviously. :P

Stephen Hawking

Stian — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:48:10 +0000

I read a short 10-question-interview with Stephen Hawkin in Time today; gotta love the guy!

Do you think there will ever come a time when mankind understands all there is to understand about physics?
—Karsten Kurze, BAD HONNEF, GERMANY
I hope not. I would be out of a job.

You can read all 10 questions here: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2029483,00.html#ixzz15LmpOaew

Supertwister

Stian — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 01:17:35 +0000

Wish I had experienced the music scene in the 1960′s and 1970′s at first hand, there are so many jewels to be found. The good however thing is that a large part of it is now stored digitally, and so it isn’t lost and forgotten in dusty cardboard boxes stashed away in attics and basements forever. I kinda feel like I’m doing digital archaeology when I’m on the net, searching for music. Some twisted nerdy version of India Jones. While all of this is very good, the pleasure of having the physical copy, be it vinyl, cd, dvd or even the new blu-ray format, is something I value a lot. This morning I spent quite a few hours at a Vinyl/CD-convention searching these dusty, but not forgotten, cardboard boxes for hidden and obvious gems. To my surprise I actually found most of what I was looking for! This is an excerpt from one of the albums I nicked for some petty cash today:

Half-Light

Stian — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:27:22 +0000

Mind-bogglingly cool guitar.

Steven Wilson Writes About Putting Music on the Internet

Stian — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 10:39:52 +0000

Steven Wilson Writes About Putting Music on the Internet.

Font Creator

Stian — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:20:55 +0000

Saw this in the newspaper today. It looks like fun. Wish I had a scanner.

Also, I need to get a couple of these to decorate my empty white prison-cell like wall! Such a pity they’re so costly. About 550 NOK for one of them. Will have to wait for Christmas!

The Wilderness Downtown

Stian — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:48:48 +0000

http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/