On Wednesday the 20th of November, at 7 pm, there will be a The Hafler Trio event at Fylkingen in Stockholm. It’s not a concert but a book launch for the amazing book “”””’ ” (being an exposition and elucidation of an eternal work by The Hafler Trio), published by TRAPART. Andrew McKenzie will be present to sign your copy and he will also give a lecture/talk. The book focuses on Andrew’s highly interesting workshop concept, in which musical creation is integrated in a holistic self development setting. For more information about this, please check out my blog post from October 9th. See you in Stockholm at Fylkingen next Wednesday!

My first novel, Mother, Have A Safe Trip, has now been out for a month. It’s been very exciting to talk to people about what they think about the book. A mixed bag, but very positive feedback on the whole. I haven’t really sent out review copies yet, but will do so soon. (If you have a blog or write for a magazine, please feel free to get in touch.) I have so far received one great review already though, by Henrik Dahl from UK web site Psychedelic Press. Henrik knows a good book when he sees (and reads) one! “… Abrahamsson clearly belongs to a tradition of western anti-authoritarian authors leaning towards libertarian or anarchist ideas. Whatever one may feel about the overriding sentiments of Abrahamson’s writings, Mother, Have a Safe Trip is a highly entertaining and thought-provoking novel. Chock-full of psychedelia, the book is also a much welcome addition to the far too few fictional works published dealing with psychedelic culture.” The review can...

On November 17th, Cotton Ferox will play in Warszawa, Poland, at the Trans-Wizje festival. Incidentally, it was on the same date 12 years ago that Cotton Ferox played live for the very first time (at Fylkingen in Stockholm). To celebrate this magical cycle, Highbrow Lowlife will re-release the first Cotton Ferox album, First Time Hurts, in the digital ether on November 21st. Here’s some information culled from the Polish site: Miejsce: Laboratorium CSW, ul. Jazdów 2, Warszawa Bilety: 55 zł. (do 17 października) / 66 zł. (po 17 października) Start: 17 listopada 2013, godzina 17.00 I also have a text in the most recent issue of the Trans-Wizje magazine, which will be launched on Sunday, about the strange relationship between human beings and dolls: “The eerie and sometimes even terrifying encounter with glassy eyed porcelain dolls or even mute teddy bears, especially when one sees many of them at the same time, clearly distinguishes the thin line between death and magical...