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DECEMBER
2000 - 12 - 28
Hi ladies and gentlemen!
Nicholaus Arson is my name and the diary is my game. Although it hasn´t
really been so lately. Christmas got a hold on me and almost ripped my
torn and worn out body to pieces. I belive I am in a in such a state though
that my fingers can tell you what is coming from your favourite band.
This is today and this is where our rest begins. No gigs until february.
We have work to attend to at home. This coming year however will take
us over continents and waters previously uncrossed by The Hives. A new
time is in front of us. People expect great things from The Hives and
The Hives have never been late to deliver. Watch out in Europe and America
for coming attractions featuring The Hives. My body has retaken it´s
previous shape and it will hopefully stay the same for a couple of days.
Mind you there has been a change of great importance in the world today
and The Hives are as always right in the middle of things wether they
want it or not.
-TRUTH WILL EVENTUALLLLLLLYYY COME!!!!!!!!, people say. And perhaps if
watch the world with the same eyes as The Hives you will notice what people
claim to know.
Go to bed!!! Tomorrow is a big day!
Nicky aka king of keyboards
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2000 - 12 - 08 Time: 11:33
Hi this is Mr Guit-Arson again.
Thought I'd drop a line once I had the time. Yesterday we played Madrid
and it was really good. Today we're going to Bergara in the north of Spain.
I'm expecting one million people to the show. It should be packed. I tried
to buy a record just now but I suspect that siesta just kicked in and
ruined my possibilities of finding some audio delight. My hands have started
to grow. My right hand ring finger is now over one and a half meters long.
It looks strange on an otherwise pretty reasonably human proportioned
body. It might be just a swelling of some sort. Perhaps a reaction of
too much guitarplaying.
See you in a flash
Nicholaus
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2000 - 12 - 07
Hello dedicated followers of the Hives.
This is your singer talking. Something has happened. The Hives are falling
apart physically. Sometimes the strenght of our will far exceeds that
of our bodies. This imbalance results in pain. For the last week or so
we have all experienced this. Busted shoulders and backs and soforth.
It´s kind of hard to pace yourself when you have so much to give.
Our verdict follows:
THE FIRST MONTH OF 2001 WILL SEE NO ACTIVITY FROM THE HIVES. It will be
spent in seclusion trying to repair these recent damages. On a different
note we have been nominated for the best liveact award in sweden known
as the gold mic. I dont know who the jurors are but how could we not win.
More on this as i get it.
Bye now ye fearless knights of modern technology/
Howlin Pelle pure and simple.
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NOVEMBER
2000 - 11 - 29
the hives are still law... ooohh yes.
The hives are having a great time in europe, every show has been sold
out so far. But we have a problem!!! Mr. Arson has no longer two arms
Chris has taken one away, I´ll let you know more about this a bit
down the road.
I think I love U.
Vigilante Carlstroem by the keyboard.
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2000 - 11 - 24
Hi kids!
This is Nicholaus Arson in Malmö. We played yesterday in Halmstad
and it was a pretty good show. It´s always nice to see The Saveges
aswell. Great band! We´re missing The Hellacopters though. You become
quite attached to those guys after only a short while. Today we´re
playing in Hässleholm. Never played there before. I bought a record
today. Some collection of old Dale Watson demo like songs
released on a new swedish label. I like Dale Watson. Our names are increasing
in popularity. Especially Mr Destructions. Made a million dollars for
just being me. It´s hard though beíng a celebrity.
Nicholaus Arson man of letters aka Tough touch
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2000 - 11 - 24
Hola Amigos.
This is HOWLIN PELLE ALMQVIST. Yes I think I deserve to be in all CAPITOLS
after last nights show. So, this might be the first letter I get to the
famous the Hives diary. I have tried on numerous previous occations but
technology sometimes disagree with my more-than-human metabolism. Weird,
huh. So, back in the R.A.V. (RockAssaultVihicle) after a few days spent
in robe and slippers in the library of HIVE MANOR, yes all CAPITOLS again.
It has been very pleasant. I have a tingling feeling important things
will happen during this, our last tour of 2000, important things. More
on this later though. The Savages are fearless knights in the face of
reality, alround top blokes and a fantastic musical construction. Soon...
2001!!!!!
HOWLIN PELLE ALMQVIST with extra sauce.
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2000 - 11 - 24
Hi!
I got up this morning. Put some clothes on. Kiss my ass!!!
Chris Dangerous also speaking for Dr Matt Destruction and Vigilante
Carlstroem
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2000 - 11 - 20
Three nights ago we played the last show of the Scandinavian part of the
The Hives and The Hellacopters tour. Now we will conquer Europe once again.
Two days ago we played in Malung with the mighty Savages. It was great!
Now we have four whole days off for personal recreation before we head
downwards in Sweden. I´m really looking forward to this European
part of the tour. We especially enjoy coming back to Hamburg and Berlin.
These four days of vacation have given me some time to think. I thought
I´d shed some light upon one of the things I´ve been thinking
about. In Sweden we have since like April when our latest record came
out noticed a steady increase in the use of our names. Parents are naming
their children after their own idols it seems. On the list of most popular
names for boys we only two years ago found Nicholaus at a ghastling 234th
spot while in June this year we found me on a more reassuring 5th spot.
Infact this is what the top ten list for most popular names for boys looked
like in August last year:
1. Ove
2. Lennart
3. Leif
4. Johan
5. Greger
6. Jens
7. Jesper
8. Jyrkki
9. Thomas
10. Repoman
As you can see no real surprises except maybe for Jyrkki which is more
common in Finland. Also notice that none of our names are featured on
the list. Around december 1999 The Hives moved into the studio to record
VVV. It was released in April following year. Summer passed and this is
how the very same list looked in August this year:
1. Howlin´Pelle
2. Lennart
3. Dr Matt
4. Nicholaus (moved up a notch as you can see)
5. Vigilante
6. Chris
7. Ove
8. Matteus
9. Rolf
10. Roine
All our names are as you can see very well represented on the list. All
our names are infact within the top six. All the more striking is that
this is what the top ten list of most popular girls names looked like
the same month this year:
1. Lisbeth
2. Howlin´Pelle
3. Annika
4. Dr Destruction
5. Dr Matt Destruction
6. Matt Destruction
7. Maria
8. Eva-Lena
9. Josefine
10. Nicholaus Arson
Even amongst girls names we are heavily featured. Note positions 4 to
6; strange! I can only applaud parents all around this country and conclude
that times ahead are looking very good indeed. I´ll try to get back
to the matter anytime sooner or later if I can get my hands on a computer
somewhere in Europe and say goodbye for now with a familiar line:
”Goodbye, I love you all”.
Nicholaus Arson man of letters
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OCTOBER
2000 - 10 - 28
Nicholaus Arson is back!!!
Today is saturday. I´m a bit of a dull boy today. Apparently the
sleep
patent isn´t working so well and the millions of swedish crowns
I went to the bank to discuss, well... as it turns out they were not mine
at all. I´ve got some ideas for the sleep patent and I´m keeping
my fingers crossed. It´s not dead yet I tell you!
Today we´re playing in Köping. Köping is the biggest city
in Sweden. It holds approximately 10 million residents. Only 8 million
people live in Sweden but Köping has got a great big university and
the exchange students are numerous, thereof the rather high numbered surplus.
Köpings main source of income is vinegar. They drill for vinegar
in the high mountains surrounding Köping. They also hold a large
chemical industry that develop sharks and other predators. That´s
all I know so far cause that´s all there was to read about Köping
in this months issue of "Higgledy-piggledy facts". I also heard
that asorted jelly beans are the coming months flavour. It´s going
to be a long next month. A Nicholaus Arson pro model guitar is also in
the making. The final touches to the loose plan are being dealt with any
time soon. My ultimate wishes, and yours, have finaly been granted. We
have done three shows I think on the The Hives/The Hellacopters tour.
The scandinavian part that is. So far everything has been going according
to plans. I almost got my head knocked off by a filmcamera yesterday at
the gig in Uppsala at Sten stures when the filmcrew were testshooting
our gig to obtain some knowledge of how to film The Hellacopters gig.
Standing on the PA can be treasonous at times. I now have to fill up internal
parts of my body with what you eartmen call food. See you in a flash.
Yours truly
Nicholaus Arson; Man of letters
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2000 - 10 - 18
Hi it´s me again.
Today I went to the local bank to discuss figures exceeding milions of
swedish crowns. It all comes with the territory. I also found the time
to listen to some records. I searched for hours through the files only
to find a record that couldn´t raise an eyebrow even if it poked
you in the eye. Round trip by The Knack. I wouldn´t wish it upon
my worst enemy. It doesn´t make you mad nor happy nor anything.
So if you ever find that you don´t have anything to do you can perhaps
put this one on and continue with what you´re doing. Ooups... I
seem to have found a purpose for this record after all. If doing nothing
is doing something that is. Right now I´m listening to Nina Hagen.
She seems to have quite a lot of good to offer. The Hives by the way have
got some stuff in the making. Smokin´ hot! As always. That might
be it for now. My fingertips are getting mighty soar from tampering with
the keyboard. I also belive that Nina Hagen is gonna have to give way
to The Didjits.
See you later
Nicholaus Arson
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2000 - 10 - 16
Try to figure this one out. Imagine it being sung with a bounce.
Is she really going out with him. Ah!!!
I´ve got a feeling inside of me it´s that we played this weekend.
Uppsala
and Eskilstuna. I never thought this could happen to me. Ah!!! I´ve
got a feeling inside of me it´s kind of strange like a stormy sea.
Gooood shows by the way.
Vi kommer tillbaka till båda städer inom två veckor.
Jag trodde inte
spelningar hade någon följetång. 500 armhävningar
till den som kan lista ut
vilken klasssssssssiker jag mixade in i min ingress.
Back to english for all you nonswedish- speakers/understanders/understandbutwithoutinterpretorpresent.
Money is not gonna be a problem in the future for The Hives. Wanna know
why (Rethorical Q stand by for full story)? We are well on the way now
with our SLEEP PATENT. That´s right The Hives have recently got
some positive news that a patent for sleep will soon be in
our hands. Just think of it! Millions/billions of people use it every
day/night and so far it has all been for free. WHAT A WASTE! The Hives
will open their hands and just cash in on dollars/tollars/kronor/yens
and all that shebang. Sometimes the world with all it´s strange
twists and turns and in rotating (if that really is the case) glory just
hands over opportunity on a silverplate. I´m feeling tired now.
Too many lines too little time. Where do you go after metric time? Need
my beautysleep.
So long
Arson
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2000 - 10 - 10
Mr you know who by the you know what again.
I think Howlin´ Pelle is giving you a full sum up of the tour since
we´re now back in Sweden. He´ll tell you all about everything
I guess.
Therefor I myself do not have anything to write really, but I just remembered
a joke that Danny from the Yo Yo´s managed to spit out during breakfast.
Once upon a time (that´s how a story should start this one did not
though I added that myself for dramatic effect)....... a skeleton walks
into a bar and says:
- I´d like a pint of whiskey and a mop please.
That´s it. It sure is funny. We´re gonna do some shows in
Sweden now. Playing some of them with the great Savages from Fagersta/Vad/Norberg.
Looking forward to that. If you excuse me now I´ve got some important
guitarplaying to do.
See you all you know when //
You know who aka Him aka Too big to fit in an envelope
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SEPTEMBER
2000 - 09 - 28
Hi again!
Thought yesterday that the van had broken down. It hadn't. It ws only
a leaking hose so here. Spent the night in a mobile home anyway and loaded
our gear into Groop dogdrills van. We're in Manchester now and we're supposed
to go to the venue in 15 minutes. We played as fourpiece once again yesterday.
Mr Destruction was sick and could not extract the divine sort of power
that it takes to get through a The Hives set out of his body. Vigilante
held the bassguitar. We were all
right but not great. Two shows left now, London and tonights show. We
will be great. I'm keeping it short now to get back to the van in time
for departure to wherever we're playing.
Sincerly yours
Nicholaus Guitarson
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2000 - 09 - 19
Guitarson here.
I just thought I`d take the opportunity at hand to send a third letter
and try to use the word hence a third time aswell.. We`re in Bristol the
lovely british pretty near lands end pearl. Play tonight then sleep then
go to Exeter. That`s the plan at the moment really. I have a couple of
band collegues here aswell and I sure hope they drop a line to you all.
Mostly to prevent the possibility of making this collection of thoughts
the collected work of Nicholaus Arson. Yesterday Mr Chris Dangerous flooded
the hotelroom when trying to tap up a bath. No less than four firetrucks
arrived when the water ran down through the ceiling and shortcircuited
the firealarm. Pretty fun stuff! What`s with the english and carpet in
the bathroom anyway, beats me. I`ll get back to you all whenever I get
the chance.
Till then affectionately yours
You know who aka the man
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200000000000 - 09 - 04
I am Nicholaus Arson. I am a man. A bad man. This is my medium. Aswell
as pens..... and my guitar. Read the date! That´s right. The Hives
do own the future. This is ladies and gentlemen the first letter in what
will be The Hives words of wisdom to the public, apart from what we say
at liveshows and on recorded material. Hope you get the picture! I´m
three.... no wait four days away from leaving my home and spending the
next month touring. One week Germany, two weeks Great Britain and one
week Norway. Better watch out in geographical places listed above. Better
watch out for The Hives boys and girls in geographical places listed above.
Friday is the day I tell you to open ears and eyes and welcome the experience
that only The Hives could bring. I´m looking forward to spending
the coming days with the Doctor, Chris Dangerous, Vigilante and Hollerin´
Pelle Almqvist. I love those guys. Love is a strong word. A delicate one
aswell.
Here I am opening my heart to the public and this might very well be what
this newly added part to The Hives homepage is going to be all about.
Notice the word might since I really don´t know what will be written
here by my fellow bandmates but I can assure you all that everything ever
written or said by a member of The Hives, asleep or awake is worth the
rumination it takes to fully penetrate the meaning of the words presented
to you. Hence I will leave you wanting more of my delicate pen with these
last words.
Till next time I´ll be thinking of YOU.
Affectionately yours
// Nicholaus Arson aka N. Arson aka N.A. aka Mr A aka Nicholaus A.
See you l-l-l-llllater!
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