From our favorite, adorable Swede's website:
I picked home one last souvenir from South America, it's called the H1N1 virus. Wrongfully known as the Swineflue.
I was crossing the Atlantic when things started getting really bad, the fever was hallucinogenic and shaking me like a leaf and I grabbed the sleeve of the Air France steward. "I'm not feeling well, I should see a doctor" I said and the reply came as a brilliant mix of death anxiety and french rudeness: "Uh, yes... Terminal D... go there maybe... when we land". After that the stewards and stewardesses took long detours. A ring of empty seats formed around me. Peoples eyes were kind but determined, they read "Poor you, I really wish you all the best but if you come near me or my kid I will have to stab you with this plastic fork". I got up and went to the bathroom where I fainted.
Now I'm in quarantine for ten days. I can see the summer through my window and it's just perfect. Summer is always best through a window.
Feel better Jens!
(and thanks stereogum for tip)
God loves a cheerful giver.
This post should have Wire's "Follow The Locust" playing in the background.
done!
Follow The Locust - Wire
/sniffle
out of the numerous Swedish indie successes, Jensy is dearest to my heart.
gonna bust out 'Maple Leaves' on the ol' uke tonight
2 more teengs:
1) Reading everyone's reaction to his live show has me simmering with jealousy.
2) Hopefully some dry, tongue-in-cheek, DIY-ey pop gem comes from this illness.
read this too:
http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/live-dc/live-dc-jens-lekman-the-honeydrips-the-cat/
oh fuck... w/ The Honeydrips?
simmering has been upgraded to boiling