I was at the flicks this afternoon and there was a wonderful moment at the end of the Addams Family reboot. The original theme tune played and the whole audience (youngish kids and their parents) started finger snapping along. The most famous finger snap in popular music?
Another moment of musical magic occurred on Sunday afternoon. Biograf Reflexen, where I am a volunteer, was hosting a sneak preview of SVT’s Vår Tid är Nu (an enormously popular Swedish drama series). It is set in the 1960s and the audience were encouraged to dress up in period gear. To add to the he atmosphere we had booked local combo, the Flåset Brass Octet, to play outside the cinema. Really into the spirit of things, they turned up in uniforms that Sergeant Pepper’s band would have been proud of. And their repertoire was ace: Yellow Submarine, Putting on the Ritz and many more vintage faves.
What was especially pleasing was how much the children in the square were digging the band. Particularly memorable were two tiny tots dressed in bright yellow raingear who were really getting into the groove and moshing around joyfully.
To my delight, Flåset played the Wallace and Gromit » Continue Reading.