Krister Axel

I thought I had this info somewhere, but I guess I don’t. Lavinia beat me by about 14 minutes but to be fair she trained and I didn’t. Also, the times listed are raw (no offset) and actually we didn’t cross the start line until about minute 16. So Lavinia’s time was just over 5:38 and I was around 5:52.

We both ran the Honolulu marathon just before Christmas in 2008.

716th place, 31 in group 5:54:20.0
#5747 Evans, Lavinia SANTA MONICA CA USA

800th place, 34 in group 6:08:06.3
#7200 Tidics, Krister SANTA MONICA CA USA

Ah the old days. I just found this picture of me from 2000. I was such a strapping young lad.

Krister Axel

Revolver was the first band I played with in Los Angeles. Those were some good years, I only got to LA in 1999 so this is just after I arrived. This pic might be from the Coach and Horses, if I remember correctly.

This is a great lesson in why one must google oneself every now and again. I do this somewhere between every month and every quarter – both to verify my own SEO efforts but also to eavesdrop on anyone who is posting stuff on the internets about me. Sometimes, you find new things that you don’t expect. Like that one time I found a whole album of live shots from a Hotel Cafe show that I forget even existed.

Today, at the top of page 27 of my google search for ‘Krister Axel review’, I found this.

John Popper jams with Krister Axel

Yup, that is a really great shot of me jamming with the one and only John Popper. This was taken at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas around March of 2006. I was performing a set at the One-2-One bar (love that place) and in the middle of Southern Girl, John Popper hears the music through the window, likes it, walks in, someone hands him a microphone and he jams along. The timing was priceless. He took my solo for me.

So as it turns out, my friends over at One-2-One must have taken the picture, and are using it as one of their profile photos with ReverbNation. Thankfully someone put my name in the caption and google found it. Awesome.

From left: John Popper, Bart Ryan, and Krister Axel.
Off screen: Matt Delvecchio, Adam Marcello and Joel Eckels.

Room 5 went well, thanks to everyone that came out.

Many thanks also to Joel Eckels and Chris Pierce as well as Mike Freas, who all made me feel right at home even though I’ve been out of commission for a while.

Anyway, as of October I will have a bit more free time, so I expect to redesign some of my web sites and finally get around to releasing Pain & Joy properly.

Until then!

yours -

The Axel

I’m finally playing a live set for the first time in a long time. I have some new songs I want to try out.

I’ll be at Room 5 on Monday sharing a bill with some great friends of mine. Mike Freas and Trevor Menear are going to tear it up in the 8:00 hour. around 9 or 9:30 I’ll play a few songs and then, Joel Eckels, Chris Pierce, Gaby Moreno and Paulie Cerra are in the round to finish up.

Krister Axel
Room 5 Lounge in Amalfi Restaurant
Monday August 30th at 9pm
143 N LaBrea Ave link