Long Gone

Once more I have been away for far too long, three months to be exact, and that's a shame. I will try to do better and blog more regularly.

Since my last writings, I have:

- finalized the bookings for Jazz in Malmo's spring season. I am particularly happy about Allan Holdsworth coming to Malmo for the first time (May 10), but also about Jan Garbarek (April 19). Last weekend, the planning for the autumn season started with a meeting in Gothenburg with my collegues from Denmark, Norway and Sweden. A great meeting and some very exciting possibilities.

-wrapped up the autumn term at the university and tied up all the loose ends so that the spring term started with a clean slate.

- planned IB's 2007 with Mats. Very exciting indeed with the old IB being buried and the new IB taking shape very nicely thankyouverymuch. The new IB will be a projects based organization with a more relaxed structure. A bit like IB Expo all year round. And IB Expo in the best of worlds can be like MySpace in real life. On the cards for IB is the participation in Halmstad's 700th anniversary; a collaboration with Theatre Halland on an updated version of Brech & Weill's The Threepenny Opera; a festival appearance at Gouveia Art Rock on April 21; and tentative plans for IB Expo 07.

My plans until May 31 are to be on parental leave with Otto and only work 25%. It will be a great spring, I am sure!

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"Long Gone" is a title I have used before. But then there are a number of songs with that title. So this time, I am referring to the Gillan track from the album Magic. Hardly the strongest track on the album and hardly the band's best work. I can't remember anything about the verses, middle eight or the solo(s), but I remember the chorus being catchy in a rather poppy way.