Anyone ever been to Stockholm?

Moonshield · 21st May 2009, 2:18pm

Im dying to go cuz quite frankly i farking love Swedish folks

but the last and only Swedish girl i met was from Halmstad and didnt know a whole lot tbh haha

just wonderin if anyones been or whatever?

-Wyllie

Zippy · 21st May 2009, 2:19pm

Nah, you'll be the first.

Too easy

AWESOMEUS MAXIMUS · 21st May 2009, 2:37pm

Swedish men are also blonde and attractive.
In short - you've no chance.

Stay and home, sign on, ask what's on "special" in the pub, drink and air guitar to Megadeth.

REAL TALK.

Moonshield · 21st May 2009, 3:25pm

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Originally Posted by AWESOMEUS MAXIMUS

Swedish men are also blonde and attractive.
In short - you've no chance.

Stay and home, sign on, ask what's on "special" in the pub, drink and air guitar to Megadeth.

REAL TALK.

haha nice view of life you've got there :P

your right though im just not good enough to compete with Swedish dudes haha.
I didnt actually mean it the way you took it...I just wana go see what Sweden is like and perhaps find out why so many bands seem to appear from there.
-Wyllie

*LesMTS* · 21st May 2009, 3:30pm

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Originally Posted by Moonshield

I just wana go see what Sweden is like and perhaps find out why so many bands seem to appear from there.
-Wyllie

Because their government offers financial help to amateur acts who are making money or are generating legitimate critical acclaim.

Moonshield · 21st May 2009, 3:36pm

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Because their government offers financial help to amateur acts who are making money or are generating legitimate critical acclaim.

SERIOUSLY!?

Why are we not doing the same? Fucking give some killer bands some money insted of a bunch of junkies....Grrr

Bunnylingus · 21st May 2009, 3:38pm

Dear forum: Scott is new, please go easy on him.

Dec · 21st May 2009, 3:40pm

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Originally Posted by Moonshield

SERIOUSLY!?

Why are we not doing the same? Fucking give some killer bands some money insted of a bunch of junkies....Grrr

Which junkies get money?

Moonshield · 21st May 2009, 3:44pm

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Dear forum: Scott is new, please go easy on him.

haha thanks rach

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Which junkies get money?

well honestly im not gonna pretend to know everything about this kinda thing.

But where i stay i know alot of people lie about thier status to get more money off the government....

Im just sayin it'd be pretty cool if our country supported its music scene and helped it grow.

*LesMTS* · 21st May 2009, 3:45pm

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Originally Posted by Moonshield

SERIOUSLY!?

Why are we not doing the same? Fucking give some killer bands some money insted of a bunch of junkies....Grrr

We do, sort of. The Scottish Arts Council hands out grants if you can demonstrate some sort of objective potential, and there's "New Deal For Musicians" where you get some extra dole money as long as you're making progress.

Dec · 21st May 2009, 3:46pm

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Originally Posted by Moonshield

But where i stay i know alot of people lie about thier status to get more money off the government....

What are they, MPs?

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Im just sayin it'd be pretty cool if our country supported its music scene and helped it grow.

It does, in Glasgow we have the largest scene outside London and various organisations to assist in funding for the arts. Same principle, different business model.

Eulonima · 21st May 2009, 3:47pm

My mate lives in sweden, he fucking HATES it tho, hes talking about coming over tae live in glasgow if i put him up \0/

some proper crazy shit goes on over there, he had to be put in protective custody for years cos a local nazi faction were after him.....

Dec · 21st May 2009, 3:48pm

Better than junkies stealing money though. While our musicians are dying of starvation.

Eulonima · 21st May 2009, 3:52pm

Run for sweden ma barker....'fore i call the FEDS.

(he also says sweden is awful for drugs, hes constantly goin on about these junkies and crack heads that he cant fucking stand.......at length.......every goddamn time)

StuntGirl · 21st May 2009, 4:38pm

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well honestly im not gonna pretend to know everything about this kinda thing.

Then shoosh.

However, Sweden is amazingly generous to people in bands...the amount of paperwork you have to fill out is insane, but we had all of our studio time, instruments, cash towards a tour, the works paid for when i was over. Good times, but then you do pay like 50% income tax and roughly £25 for a bottle of vodka. Swings and roundabouts.

If you want to go to Sweden, my advice is don't bother with Stockholm. Over priced (even more so than usual), full of tourists, quite boring. Nice to look at I suppose. But if you want a proper good time, excellent music scene, lots of illegal tunnel parties and girls and guys that are (and i mean this in the nicest possible way) total and utter sluts, go to Gothenburg. There's a club there called Plastic City and every Wednesday night all drinks are £3/4 (very cheap for Sweden) and they only play Depeche Mode. It's AMAZING.

Dear god, I would live in Gothenburg if I could just master the language.

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(he also says sweden is awful for drugs, hes constantly goin on about these junkies and crack heads that he cant fucking stand.......at length.......every goddamn time)

Where abouts in Sweden does he live, because I've lived in quite a few places in Sweden and I've never seen evidence of a major drug problem...apart from not being able to get hold of any (boom boom).