Hi! A couple weeks ago when we got to Samsø, we interviewed a guy who talked about his PV (photovoltaic – meaning electricity generating) solar panels and his special insulation, and special air-to-air heat pump and some of the history of Samsø as “energy island” – even some of the history in general, say, of windmills in Denmark.
We found out from him something I found REALLY fascinating, which is that the first electricity in Denmark (back in around the 20’s? 30’s? *shrug*) was actually generated by windmills. People were putting them on their roof! Eventually a (coal burning) utility grid was starting to get built and the company building it went around asking this people if they’d like to be on the grid – better reliability and such. Whenever someone with a windmill said yes, they said ok but you have to take down this windmill! They didn’t want the competition. Rats!
Well that guy might show up in the movie and/or in a subsequent blog post, but right now, I’ve actually come to tell you about the other thing he told us about:
AKA Hotel Brundby, here on Samsø. This place is great! It’s a hotel, a nice old quaint sorta fancy place with a restaurant and such, but their whole deal is to be a rock’n'roll hotel. Touring acts come through here and stay in the hotel and play in the venue there. It’s a whole experience and I have a dream now that I will bring a band here and play the Rock Hotel!
Well we went down there that night, and sure enough our new friend was there, and we had a beer and some Danish dudes and dudettes were playing the @%^@ out of some blues, country and old American rock’n'roll! I wish my dad could’ve been there! Unfortunately we didn’t have the HD camera, or any kind of permission to shoot, but Jenny used her little digital photo camera to grab a couple of short low res video clips, and although they’re not high quality, I’d still like to share them with you!
So here:
Me, chillin out, bobbin the head:
A blues song of unknown nature:
See ya later alligator!
And there!
Too cool, I say!
Hehehe! I forgot about this video! Fun!