New Thing -- great Stockholm funk band!
Here's what I did for fun this weekend.
- Went to local bands night at Göta Källare (where I saw the Super Furry Animals and the Soundtrack Of Our Lives back in the day), saw two excellent acts: Slow Fat play soul and New Thing play funk.
- Went for a long bike ride with my wife, had ice cream, logged three geocaches.
- Played Glory to Rome with friends in the Octagonal Sauna because of the endless kitchen renovation at my place.
- Started Iain Banks's 1986 novel The Bridge.
What did you do, Dear Reader?
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