ULVER AFTER LIVE
 
We did it. Faced the music. And you.
 
Thanks so much to all of you who came from everywhere to little Lillehammer, making our first concert as this band not the last. Alaska, Australia, Brazil, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Los Angeles, Mexico, Texas. The world came to us that day. And we were touched. We were freaking out, but feel sort of comforted and/or reassured now. We have decided to play again; but for how long and under which conditions are uncertain. Visitation hours are short. Someone wants it to go on forever. We are not sure.
 
We were Ole Aleksander Halstensgård, Pamelia Kurstin, Lars Pedersen, Kristoffer Rygg, Daniel O'Sullivan, Jørn H. Sværen, Tore Ylwizaker.
 
Our special thanks goes to the following people:
 
– Kristin Bøyesen, for all her efforts in the preparation for projection. You are a cat with a camera.
 
– Paal Klaastad and Terje Bjordal at Oslo Audio, for high maintenance. God stemning.
 
– Neil McNasty, for lights and illuminati. We thought we were paranoid.
 
– Cornelius Jakhelln, who gave a public talk on us, as we exist in his mind. In a climate full of conceit and ungenerosity, it speaks volumes for a musician to address another in such a manner. We will publish Cornelius' text on our homepage shortly.
 
– Regine Stokke, a brave girl sentenced with MDS/AML. Our burdens are nil compared to yours. We are glad you did make it to the concert and that we got to say hello to you. It is truly astounding how you manage to smile in the face of such adversity. Forgive us our pathetic coquetry with death. We don't know what else to say.
 
– Finally, Mr. Stig Sæterbakken, fine author and former artistic director of the Norwegian Festival of Literature. We would still be in hiding if it were not for your incessant insistence.
 
ULVER, sunshine, June 22 2009.