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The first gig I ever saw at Sydney’s Hopetoun Hotel- I’m ashamed to say it was in 2005, and that I squandered the first 3 years of my ID-possession without a single visit there- was Jens Lekman. It was an amazing gig, back when my brother, a keen Jens fan, has to special-order “When I Said I [...] My mum is very cute. She uses Facebook and likes Hip Hop and her favourite movies all star Adam Sandler. Last night, she went and saw Swedish pop troubadour Jens Lekman at a bar in Shanghai, where she lives. Here is the email she sent me this morning. Hi darling, 5. Jens Lekman, Hopetoun Hotel, April 2005 I wasn’t a big Lekman fan before this gig, but my brother Joel was. I’d read about the gig in the paper- just a couple of lines or so- and called Joel to ask what he was doing that night. He said he was busy. I said “That’s [...] |
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