Daniel and Johan - Solving the puzzle
A good year and a half after we've created the Pain of Sslvation site, I got the opportunity to talk to Daniel Gildenlöw. I find myself in the backstage area of the 013, Tilburg, with one of my Russian friends, Nina Voronova, who has gone with me to take pictures. We are shown to a room, where we find Daniel having breakfast (at 2.30pm). After a quick handshake I sit down at the table and at that same moment Johan Hallgren enters the room. He asks if I mind that he's joining us and of course I don't mind that at all. Although this isn't the first time I've met them, for once I do feel incredibly nervous. Fortunately Nina breaks the ice by asking if they throw snowballs in winter.
Daniel: Nahh.. When you're kids, you do that.
But you're a big kid, aren't you?
Yeah .. But you have to throw it at someone, you know.. *laughs*
Johan: I think I made like 2 or 3 snowballs this winter.
*nods* We did make a snowman last year. With Léo, when he staid at our place. Last winter was terrible, we had no snow at all. There were just 3 days or something like that that we actually had snow. Normally we'd have it the whole winter, but, well, you know.
So.. Now for questions..
Yeah.. You don't want to hear about the snowman, then? I could describe it in great detail, if you'd like..
*laughter* Yes, I do wanna hear about the snowman. Later. If we've got time later, we'll talk about the snowman. So, you've seen our website by now, I think?
Which one is that?
The Pain of Sslvation website.
*nods* Oh yeah.
I'd like to know what you think of that, because I haven't heard anything from you so far.
Oh, you haven't? But I did write something. I saw that Simon wrote something - making fun of our own page.
What do you think of it?
It's very nice! And it's very funny. Of course you should always grasp the opportunity when humor arrives. So I guess, making that site after seeing our domainname being spelled wrong, I think it's a very funny idea.
I have to give Markjuh credit for that. He came up with the idea to register that domain. At first we thought we'd just link it to your site, but at some point, we figured 'what if we make a fanpage?' Because, no offence, but there's like zero info on your website..
Well, I'm making a new one right now. I'm sick of it.
You're making a new one? We'll be looking forward to that. But you're going to get me out of a job, then?
Nah. I don't think so.
All photographs by Nina Voronova.