Gulag Boy

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On Friday, August 17, 2012, mr Putin´s tools sentenced three Pussy Riot members to two years prison each, for "huliganism".
Is mr Putin proud of himself?


(Those lyrics can be sung to melody Greensleeves)

dismay, disgust were the common words
that I always kept for that Gulag Boy
and you have slandered and killed my youth
for so long that I don´t know when

when mountains melt and when winds will blow
on the icy plains with that Gulag Boy
I´ll hide from darkness, I´ll keep my soul
far away from that Gulag Boy

chorus:
Gulag Boy was an awkward kind
and Gulag Boy was like dead inside
no-body could face his soul
that was known but to that Gulag Boy

Words by Dennis Renfors
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(To watch video with song "Gulag Boy", CLICK HERE!)

(To watch video with song "Free Pussy Riot", CLICK HERE!)
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Bill Doss of The Olivia Tremor Control Dead

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I wrote about The Olivia Tremor Control in 1996 when you toured Sweden. You played outdoors on an island called Gotland. I really loved your music, and wrote about your album and the consert in the local paper, where I worked as a reporter.
On and off I have been thinking about visiting Bill and Will, which both I interviewed at the time - got that on video tape!
I really loved your band and you guys. Hope to see some of you again, if "only" as being one in the audience.
My deepest sympathy for Bill´s family and friends.

Best regards.

Dennis Renfors
Stockholm, Sweden
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Bill Doss (1968 - July 30, 2012), far right, at Emmaboda Festival, Sweden 1998, August 7th. (Will Cullen Hart, far left.) The Olivia Tremor Control in consert. Photo by Dennis Renfors (Will try to find a high resolution file of this photo.)