A night in the Nordlys booth

What actually happens between ten and midnight on a Friday.

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I arrive at nine with a bag of records and a bag of cables, because something is always broken.

The second hour

At eleven everything slows down. I have done this every Friday for three years and I still change the last record of the first hour at the last minute.

After midnight

When the show ends we stay to file the tracklist. It takes longer than the show.

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