My Bed. My Rules.

Starfuckers Inc

shadow_wolfess — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:29:55 GMT

Posted an entry about groupies at the Music Photocalypse blog right here: http://www.music-photocalypse.net/blog.php

Music blog

shadow_wolfess — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:55:33 GMT

We finally started a blog at Music Photocalypse. It was my idea, since I felt it was boring and unfair to torture you with my stupid music-related blabbering, while most of you couldn't care less. And I still have a lot of music wisdom to spill :D

So here it is, check it out if anyone's interested, subscribe and comment (you don't need to register for this): http://www.music-photocalypse.net/blog.php

Fuck me, I'm famous!!

shadow_wolfess — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:02:30 GMT

I had my 15 seconds of fame today, starting from the moment I woke up and further into the day. The link to my NW report was posted at blabbermouth.net and from there at numerous websites dedicated to metal all over the world, Metal from Finland included. Funny thing, Metal from Finland didn't post it, even though our webmaster sent the link to them even earlier. But once Blabbermouth made it public, there they all were. I mean ffs, it was even posted at Wacken Radio's website!!!!! I had a major jawdrop for the whole day. More than 10 000 people visited our page today and luckily you can't comment there (yet), but I've read stuff at other websites and I've never seen SO many people sucking on to my words SO much :DD Well fortunately most of them said it was a good report, but bitched about Anette and whatever other crap you get in any Nightwish-related discussion. Especially since I know, that every single person that bitched, would actually die to be able to go to that gig (at least one of them) and see it all with their eyes. People are stupid.
I know this material was pretty exclusive, since we were the only journalists from Helsinki there, the rest were people from local newspapers and none of them would actually bother to write in English and post stuff online. So cool, eh?

That's what I'm going to see tonight

shadow_wolfess — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:02:11 GMT

My new musical addiction

shadow_wolfess — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:06:34 GMT

Thanks to J. Can't stop listening to this song:

Ruisrock 2009

shadow_wolfess — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:45:12 GMT

This is going to be a very long post, most likely. I just need to let it all out already, because there's never a suitable enough time for this. I am writing this post not to brag or make anyone jealous, I have bragged it all out already :P I am writing it to have my emotions mentioned somewhere, so that some day I could read it all through again and revive those amazing moments in my life. It is up to you whether to read it or not, you already saw the teasers.

Some time ago, when I have found out that Ruisrock decided to grant me a free ticket, instead of a press pass, I was still happy with it as it meant that I am definitely going to be there. The only goal I had in my head was to take a picture with Corey Taylor. It was what I wanted the most and never, in my most wildest dreams, I would imagine that this Ruisrock, and especially Slipknot's performance, will become a turning point in my life.
The closer it got to Ruisrock the firmer the idea of taking the picture was getting in my head.

When we were on the train to Turku, I told to my friend, that I have absolutely no idea how we are going to do it, but I am damn sure that we will take a picture with Corey. Little did I know...
We arrived in Turku together with a crowd of metal people, who were too eager to festival their asses off and already started drinking all they could. They never stopped for the whole 3 days. But it was quite a sight watching them all get out from the train. We met with Darna, left our bags at her place and went off to the hotel, where they were giving press passes and stuff (also where the bands usually stay). No luck there, except for getting some attention from one of CoB's technicians.

We got our stuff and went to Ruissalo, the great island where Ruisrock has been held for almost 40 years now (it will be 40 next summer). Watched different bands, kept on losing and finding each other, nothing interesting. I think it was around 7:30 pm when me and the photographer were trying to find a friend of ours. She was waiting for Deathstars to come on stage and I knew where to look for her. When we found her, she was standing with a very very tall guy (even for me). He said hello and we got introduced to each other. Now let me tell you, when you have to deal with all kinds of passes, the first thing you look at when you meet a new person at the festival is their pass. It is usually hanging on the chest area or near the pants pocket. I looked down and didn't believe my eyes. The guy's pass said 'Slipknot All Hope Is Gone Tour. Access all areas'.. Or something like this. We chatted a bit, he said he also works with Stone Sour... So when my friend pointed at me and said that I am very interested in Slipknot, he said 'Well you guys can be my guests backstage, if you want'. Do we want?! FUCK YEAH!!!

We met a while later, during CoB performance. He brought the main stage passes to us (you can't get there with a usual press pass) and there we went. The band didn't arrive yet. The guy left us then and said that we can go anywhere we want. With CoB on stage? FUCK YEAH!! So there we went, to watch how Laiho and the rest bang their music there. A while later a very short guy with a very huge black bodyguard came in and stopped near us. He stood there for about a half of the song, or maybe a whole song, the time stopped for me then. We only kept on guessing who he could be, I haven't seen his face. He turned around, came to the bodyguard and said 'We can go now' and they left. It was Joey Jordison, Slipknot's legendary drummer. FFS, I would never ever think he is SO short.

We came down from the stage before CoB finished their performance, got introduced to Jim Root (Slipknot's guitarist who was too busy eating and wasn't the nicest person ever) and left to another backstage for some drinks. We got back about half an hour later, I think, and sat down on a wooden bench. The tech guy came back to chat and......... I SAW COREY TAYLOR!!!! He was sitting like 50m away from me, playing some game with the guys. *___* Starstruck big fucking time!! I mean, who cares about Laiho running there back and forth, when there is Corey fucking Taylor!!! I asked the tech guy if we can take a pic with Corey. He said sure, when they will finish the game. A few mins later the game was over and the guy went over to bring Corey. He turned out to be so short ^__^ Not as short as Joey though! He was very sweet and cute! We took a pic together, but first the camera was set to video mode, so I have 2 videos of us trying to take that pic xD I'll post it all later. Then we got to have a short chat and the greatest moment for me was when he laughed at a joke that I pulled ^___^ Then he left. That man is definitely aware of his stardom, but then again, he also doesn't let it take over the nice side of his personality. I mean, most people probably expect Corey to be like a very fucking angry person. Even I thought that he could easily tell us to fuck off. But he turned out to be quite different, very pleasant and soft I'd say. I just kept on sitting there, looking at him and not believing my eyes. I posted a pic with him in the previous post and also everywhere I could post it and many people were actually surprised that Corey looks so nice and relaxed :D

Right after the show the band was flying to Copenhagen to play at Roskilde (they travel on their private jet, ofc) and there was a very good chance that we could have gone with them! But then I remembered that I left my passport in Helsinki, I have found it later in my bad at Darna's place though :( And of course there was a problem to get back from Copenhagen as we couldn't really afford it, so we had to drop this idea :( I guess it would have been too fucking much to fly with Slipknot on their plane!

It was getting closer and closer to the showtime and I think I already lost the feeling of reality at that point. The tech guy came holding a set-list in his hands and gave us the special 'golden' passes to be able to be with Slipknot ON STAGE!!! Triple fuck!! This is something I seriously didn't even dare to dream about, it seemed so impossible, that my imagination never went there. We saw Joey Jordison hanging out near the stage in his outfit and mask, looking really funny with his thin legs, Jim Root holding his mask in his hands and Corey sweetly kissing his wife through his mask ^__^ His wife is his personal assistant or something, as I understood.

Their security guy told everyone to stay outside until the guys will go on stage. There are 9 people afterall and it is better not to stay on their way when everyone is so nervous. When I got on stage from the left side (if you look from the audience), there were Craig Jones (Pinhead - the guy with the nails sticking out) and Chris Fehn (Cocknose - the guy with a very long nose on his mask) waiting to get out on stage. There were two chairs standing near me, one said Corey, the other said Chris. Corey never came to sit at all. We were supposed to stay at a certain lined area, but when nobody was watching, people still moved to have a better view. I was accompanied there by Mike Monroe and his wife, Whiplasher (Deathstars' Vocalist), The Wildhearts and a few more unknown people.

I am not sure if I can find the right words to describe everything I saw. I tried to take a few pics, but there is not much you can do with a crappy camera. I was so shocked and amazed by everything, I almost forgot to breathe. Chris kept on running past me the whole show, he smoke a cig after every 2nd song, drank water, spit it out, he even threw a lit cigarette at one of Finnish techs and it hit him in the back of his neck.

But the whole show, the way the band and their techs work.... Fuck, it felt like they are riding a rocket and any tiny mistake can lead to a disaster. Every person on stage and behind the curtain knew their role and their position, knew their timing, where they should be and what they should do, second by second! I see Chris' tech throwing him the mic and the very second he caught it, it was already his time to sing, but what if one of them missed or something? Everything is so planned, so unbelievably professional, goddamn! Corey was interacting with his wife mostly, during every break he came to our side, told her something and she immediatly ran (and I mean RAN) to do what was needed.

It was also funny to see the way the guys interract with each other. During a break I saw Corey and Chris showing middle fingers at each other and then Corey grabbing his cock :DD I was standing there, having Whiplasher basically breathing in my ear, wanting to scream out my emotions, but I didn't dare, thinking that the guy came to check out the band and I shouldn't bother him. And then he said exactly what I was thinking 'They are fucking amazing'. So we shared our excitement a bit, too bad the dude was quite doped up.

At some point Joey threw out one of his drumsticks and Corey's wife picked it up and put it in her pocket. She kept on standing in front of me and I just came to her and asked her if she needs the drumstick. She looked at me and gave it to me without saying anything, then she went behind the curtain and brought me another one, once again without saying a word. o__O I was all 'Thanks, thanks!' So yeah, now I have both of Joey's drumsticks, designed specially for him with his autograph there. People only wonder how did I manage to catch both of them xD

In general it all felt like a dream, I almost pinched myself. 4 years ago I went to a Nightwish gig, that changed my life completely. Slipknot's gig had the same effect. I will write more about it in another post. But what I saw gave me the answer to a question that has been bothering me. It showed me where exactly I want to be in this business, as I wasn't sure that journalism is really my thing. I could never imagine that I would ever owe this band so much.

I can't express my feelings, that's what it is. I just know what I saw and how it felt, how the stage was shaking under my feet, how I could hear and see all the people in the audience singing the lyrics, how I could feel their excitement, how I could see such a huge professional band THIS close and witness how this enormous mechanism works for real. It was a lifetime experience for sure and I don't know if I ever experience something so bright, but I guess I will. On the way to centre I was standing in the bus and there was a kid sitting near me. I still had all my passes on me, so when he saw the Slipknot pass, the poor thing went like O__O looking at the pass, then at me, then at the pass and again :DD I was going back from the festival area not being able to feel the ground under my feet, everything was too damn unbelievable!

Seeing such a grand band also can be bad, because it spoils you completely. It changed all my evaluations and appreciations, it will be really hard to impress me now, because my requirements are too damn high now. I was definitely in the heaven of groupie heaven.

Ok, I guess I will write about day 2 and 3 later as this post is too huge already and yet I know that it doesn't draw the picture of how it really was at all.

A quickie

shadow_wolfess — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:53:49 GMT

I'm off to Ruisrock this weekend. Will be back late at night on Sunday. Then on Monday there will be some unpacking and packing again. Seeing KoRn on Monday and on Tuesday morning I am flying home for 3 weeks. There will be plenty of time for updates then.

Little bits of this and that

shadow_wolfess — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:05:29 GMT

This week I have applied for the extension of my residence permit. It took me about a month of procrastination, trying to push that moment further away and about 3 days of panic. I think I have bureaucracyphobia. I was standing in the Immigration Police office, waiting for my turn, having my heart beating in my throat, looking at people of all possible races and colours around me and thinking how goddamn open-minded people who work there should be. I'd die.

This weekend it's Juhannus (Midsummer) and most of the population of Helsinki left for their summer cottages or wherever. I feel like leaving the city for a day or two as well, but not yet, maybe in two weeks. We went for a long windy walk to Seurasaari today and watched some 'traditional Finnish dances' for a short while only to be surprised how much they ressemble that of Russians, even the music sounds the same. After our feet got really tired and we have discussed all of the misfortunes of our personal lives and planned all possible plans of conquering the world of Finnish metal scene, we got on the tram and went to Katajanokka. It was even more windy and cold. We walked at the seaside for a while and once again, for 1874637534th time I thought to myself that some day! some day I will live in a very beautiful old house with the seaview.

It takes about 10-15 minutes to get to my place by bus from the centre or about 20 minutes by tram. But I like trams the most, they give me time and inspiration to wander off in my thoughts, looking blankly at the roofs of the houses passing by or some random people. Because of the holiday, there are very few people on the streets these days. While I was on a tram on the way home, I saw a company of 3 people walking down the street. One of them was kind of a cute guy, he was the closest to the road and I looked at him, without even fully realising it as I was thinking god knows what. And he caught my glance and almost stopped walking as the tram passed by. I laughed at that and got back to thinking about everything and nothing.

Who are these skeletons with guns taking aim

shadow_wolfess — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:19:36 GMT

I am really pissed off at the moment.
You know, when you work hard on something, when you put a lot of time and strength into it, and then all you get is only negative feedback. All the time. From people whom you consider to be your friends. Now that gives a lot of motivation, doesn't it?

I know that once you get into a new area of something, like music business for instance, you feel that you're so cool. But people who have been there for ages and have gone through all this stuff, know that you aren't really cool at all. And somewhere deep down you realize it yourself, that there's still a lot to learn and after some time things won't seem the same way they used to. But still you get excited about every little step, because everything is so new for you. However, all those 'experienced' people feel that they have the right to spoil it all for you, to smash it in your face, that what you do is just crap that nobody needs, that your pictures suck and what you write sucks also. And it doesn't bother anyone that you have just started, they HAVE to get you down no matter what.

I have spent a whole fucking day yesterday, working on the Poets of The Fall interview, just to hear in the morning 'Gosh, what have you written here? I'll have to re-write almost everything now! This doesn't go in magazines, this is wrong and that is too'. And not a single word of encouragement, except for 'It was the same when I started'. I mean, yeah, I understand I should be told about all of my flaws to be able to work on them, I agree. But a little good word here and there would show me that there's still hope. Otherwise I just don't understand what the fuck for am I wasting my time?

I still don't understand whether I belong in this whole thing at all. There are so many lies everywhere that I already feel dirty just by reading them. I can't be like that, I can't come up with lies that would make people think I am so cool. I hate it.
Either I'll just clench my teeth and go through this tunnel or I'll quit this crap for good. At the moment it doesn't make any sense to me at all.

And a picture to go with my mood:

Helsinki day

shadow_wolfess — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:53:33 GMT

I am banging my head against the wall, trying to write a report about a gig which has been a month ago >__< Will I ever learn to write this right after the events and not wait for ages till I forget everything?! Now I have stumbled upon such a block, that I have no idea what to do about it.

Anyways, today, the 12th of June (I know it is the 13th already, but I haven't gone to bed yet, so in my world it is still the 12th) is Helsinki day. In my head it always meant something like the city's birthday, but apparently with Helsinki it isn't. But whatever, we surely did raise some bottles of lonkero for this wonderful place which I call my home. Otherwise this Friday in the city's life didn't seem much different than any other Friday... or was it just me? I know there were some events here and there, but.. :/

Getting back to the topic of the pictures from Kivenlahtirock, I realised that it will take me forever to edit all of them, so I will post here 5 more that I have done for now.

Maj Karma

Pexi from Stam1na *smiles*

Dani Filth dancing some dwarf dance.

Hongisto from Kotiteollisuus :))

Apulanta and their supercool mic!

Yep.

shadow_wolfess — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:01:46 GMT

Fall into oblivion with me, my love

shadow_wolfess — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:54:32 GMT

I am starring at the blinking cursor not knowing how to start this entry. I am spending this evening at home, all alone and I am already tired from reading my book. I have spent some time at the balcony, breathing fresh rainy air, but then I got cold under the blanket. I have 2 articles to write and one to edit, but of course I have no inspiration to write about gigs now.

I always whine that I hardly ever have time for myself, hardly have time to just sit down and read a book with a cup of tea, I am always out somewhere with someone, almost every day of the week (especially now, with no school and work). And now I have a purrfectly calm evening all for myself, with rain behind my window, a good book, great tea and chocolate in all possible variations. Yet, I am going crazy.

More than ever today I needed to go out and refresh my head a bit. Now I feel trapped, wandering around this huge apartment (my roommate hardly ever goes out of her room), I am trying to avoid my cellphone, not to look or even think about it, I leave it in another room on purpose, so that the sight of its silence wouldn't drive me insane. I am trying to talk some sence into myself, but the combination of today's evening and thoughts running in my head is killing. That's why I am spamming your flist with the 2nd entry today, but I hope you will forgive me as this is something I hardly ever do.

Tomorrow I will be back to my normal self and my normal life and I will not think about any of this anymore.

Don't need no silver lining, ain't looking for purrfect timing...

shadow_wolfess — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:40:53 GMT

LJ told me today that it was a week since I have updated, now that's not like me, is it?
It's just that there was nothing special happening these days, or nothing that I would be allowed to tell :P Uni has ended, so there were uni-ending parties, just parties and a few occasional drinks here and there to some nice music (we went to see Ilja Jalkanen's acoustic set and by god that man has an amazing voice!). So there was nothing new.

Today I moved to a new place, a lot closer to the centre. The apartment is huge, you can ride a bike here and all my roommates are Finnish, so I'm going to tell them to speak Finnish only to me. The area is just great, close to everything, but still calm and peaceful, surrounded by peach-coloured houses ^__^ I hope living here will be nice. But now I have to spend a hell lot of money on buying all kinds of stuff, as I didn't really bother with any kind of decorations at my old place, because I really wanted to move out. However, I still managed to have a shitload of various stuff and I have no idea where it came from!

The end of this week is going to be crazy again. On Thu we are going to see Norther's 'secret' gig with their new vocalist, and on Fri, Sat and Sun I am going to Espoo to Kivenlahti rock, my first festival in Finland. I hope it will be fun.

So this was a short random update from me :P

Tehosekoitin

shadow_wolfess — Sun, 17 May 2009 11:45:12 GMT

I love this song.

I’m gonna win this little game 6-0

shadow_wolfess — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:10:59 GMT

Went to see the cute and posh Sunrise Avenue today. Before the gig I thought to myself 'Ok, I liked both of the two songs that I have heard from them' (both of which by some unfortunate coincidence were sent to me by Toni), but they were kinda old and I thought I should check out the new album. I was hoping to find a song that would catch me and I could look forward to hearing it live. So I did. It is called '6-0' and it was the only song they didn't play. Actually they did, as an outro, after the band has left the stage. Gee, thanks.

*sigh* I just can't wait for June. My exams end next week and this means that my first year of studies in Finland would be officially over. One whole year, oh my god. Work ends at the end of May as well and I am moving on the 1st of June, yeah baby. So can you tell I am really looking forward to June?

I had another nice'n'funny chat with M. yesterday, and when I went out of my room, I had to pass by the kitchen window. I noticed something that made me stop. It was around 2am, it was dark and I didn't turn on the light. But I noticed that there is something wrong with the tree outside. IT WAS GREEN!! Green, with leaves and other tree-stuff! When the hell did that happen and how come I didn't notice it?! My life is such a crazy rush these days that I stopped noticing the life around me, the life of the city itself. That is also why I am really looking forward to June, because then I will have time for my looooong cosy dates with Helsinki once again. ~~And maybe with Mr. Nice Guy as well~~

There is one scary thing about June though. I have to apply for a new visa and just the thought of it makes the blood in my veins stop. I know there shouldn't be any trouble, but I will never recover from all the turmoil it has caused me in the past, so all this paper-work freaks me out so much, I can get almost hysterical, really. I even asked a friend to go with me to the police, when I will be applying, because I might just have a panic attack.

A trip to Tallinn or 70kms to spring

shadow_wolfess — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:28:58 GMT

So last Thursday me and 3 girls went by boat from Hki to Tallinn. It all started with a fight, as it turned out that people somehow think that Tallinn is spelled with one n, throwing arguments like 'who cares about Estonia anyways?' I might not care about Estonia that much, but I do care about correct spelling. So after I made sure that now everyone remember that it is spelled with 2 n, off we went. It takes about 2-3 hours to get to Tallinn from Helsinki by sea, although I am not really sure as we started drinking once the Duty Free store was open.
When we arrived in Tallinn, it was around 10-11pm and we couldn't get off the boat right away, because then they wouldn't let us in until 8am. Really dumb if you ask me. So as we had nobody to crash at, we had to stay on the boat till the morning. And we took the most out of this night :D After we drank 3 bottles of really nice wine, we went around the boat, to check out bars and discos. After some more drinking it was around 2am and we planned to wake up at 7, so we dragged our asses back to our cabin. Dragged literally. We were walking with my friend, singing songs and laughing so much that I am still surprised how we didn't fall off any of the stairs. When we returned to the cabin, it turned out that some people are hungry. And apparently some parents forgot to teach their kids not to play with food. That's why a kurkku-fight (cucumber) was started! The fight was 2 on 2, so at some point me and my friend found ourselves thrown out of our cabin to the corridor, being hardly dressed xD And of course, once we started banging at the door, out of nowhere a security guy appeared, telling us to stop. FFS.

Next morning was hell. We had 4 hours to walk around Tallinn and we were so terribly hangover, that all we wanted to find was some place to eat. It took us a while, so after we ate, there was like 1,5 hour left. We did a little walking around the Old Town. I really really loved it there. But to see it properly, I need to come there for a few days and have someone show me around, and preferably not being hangover.

On the way home I was sitting at the window, watching the sea most of the time. I felt so tired and drained, I couldn't even describe it. Only 12-hours sleep made me recover somehow. You always need another vacation after such a vacation.

Now some pics.

Me and WallE at the Duty free store.

Drinking started...

... and continued.

:D

Tallinn from the boat.

A street we were walking through. Made me want to wear a dress and write love letters.

Next morning.

At least someone was feeling good.

Now I know. Inferno moved to Tallinn to become a pop-club.

This song flies me away

shadow_wolfess — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:59:21 GMT

Finally I found it, after listening to it on the radio for so long. I just can't get enough of it, especially the chorus.

It's been minutes it's been days
It's been all I will remember
I have been lost in your hair
And the cold side of the pillow

P.S.Apparently my friend already knew about the 'unspoken connection' *sticks her tongue out* She said I look like I hold my breath when I sit near him. I blame it on wine.

It meant the world to hold a bruising faith, but now it's just a matter of grace

shadow_wolfess — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:52:55 GMT

- Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins.
- Homer Simpson, smiling politely.

I don't like the Simpsons, I only watched bits of their episodes, which I always found dumb and I somehow forced myself to watch The Movie. I love Smashing Pumpkins, especially lately. A few days ago a certain person heard Smashing Pumpkins on my ringtone and quoted that piece from The Simpsons. I actually laughed. Now every time I listen to ANY song by Smashing Pumpkins, it reminds me of that certain person and that moment. Annoying! It gets more annoying, since I kinda like him and we kinda meet once in an eternity, and every time I manage to forget him somehow, another eternity turns in and we meet again, and I remember, that I actually like him. And this strange unspoken thing we had ever since we first met. Very fucking annoying, if you ask me! >__<

Also on the news today: this blog will be undergoing certain changes these days, once I get around to it. So in case someone felt somehow disturbed by the stuff I have written lately, jealous, or whatever bullshit, please tell me, so that we could delete each other and forget about the whole thing. Thanks.

[...]

shadow_wolfess — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:56:39 GMT

After all the lessons learned from the past, it makes me wonder now.. when I am being told that I am cute, is it time to start to worry?
It always brings me memories.
Sleep now.

Kotiteollisuus

shadow_wolfess — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:01:44 GMT

Couldn't wait for a proper update to post this. Here's the link to my interview with Hynynen. For now in English, I will post the Russian version a bit later.
http://www.music-photocalypse.net/koti.php

Turmion Kätilöt

shadow_wolfess — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:43:00 GMT

I thought I should write something about the gig itself, except for all the disgusting stuff mentioned in the closed post. I wanted to add pics, but apparently pics will come later.

It was my first Turmion Kätilöt gig. And also the first time I saw Circus Mundus Absurdus (the before-mentioned freak-show). They were performing at Virgin Oil Co and I start to develop some kind of hatred towards that venue already. I don't get it, why they have to open the doors to the club only at 10 and all the gigs start at 12! And don't even get me started about the light and the sound! I think of all the Finnish venues I have been to (and I have been to all of the popular places), Virgin Oil is the worst when it comes to technical side. Even the tiny On The Rocks is much better.

But back to the band. I imagined they would sound quite cool live and so they did. You just have to move to their music, your body will do it without your approval. So we rocked, they rocked and I was desperately trying to take pictures, cursing the light and everything. Then CMA came on stage and started with.. how is it called? Fire-breathing? It looked pretty cool even on pictures! I always liked all kinds of fire tricks, so I liked this one the most. After that they preformed their usual stuff with the before-mentioned 'nun' and her cross. They also hung her up on on two hooks that were pierced through her body in the rib-cage zone. I almost screamed. Then the famous dick-canister moment came. The guy stood up on two chairs and started to tie a rope to this dick, which at first looked kind of artificial to me. I don't know what he does to it, but it looked totally plastic! So I though 'well yeah, THAT's how he does it', but then he actually unzipped his pants and raised the canister with it. Dunno if it was full, I guess not, but still quite heavy.

All that was happening with all of the TK members on stage as well, and to be honest, I didn't like it so much. There are too many people for one small stage, especially all of them looking like they did. Plus, TK's music is something you want to jump to, expecting people on stage to jump as well. It doesn't make you want to stand and watch people putting needles in themselves... In general, I don't think that mixing TK and CMA is such a good idea, they would do a lot better separated or if CMA were warming up for TK, for example, with some music on the background.
I did get the feeling that TK can also do better gigs, this one felt a bit cut out, but as it was my first one, I am sort of pleased with it, but still hope to see better performances.

Little pieces of me

shadow_wolfess — Fri, 01 May 2009 18:05:50 GMT

It is a day off today, but I didn't go anywhere, just slept in and then sat working on Kotiteollisuus interview. I feel nervous about it, because I am afraid that Hynynen might not like it, or it would sound really... usual and trivial. It was fun when I was transcribing it from the tape and I could listen to all the laughter. I want to write something witty and funny, but then I always stop myself thinking that I should write what I feel like writing, because this is me and not someone else, who maybe might have written better. I am always jealous how sometimes people write something so cool that is ends up being quoted. *sigh* Why have I decided that I can write anyways? It's not the same as writing in my stupid lj without being afraid of what someone might think.

Anyways, since I have nothing interesting to tell you this time, I decided I will post pics. When I was visiting Moldova in February, I forgot my cam's USB cord there and not so long ago mom sent it to me, so now I will post a few pictures of Helsinki, taken during one rather cold winter walk.

One of the walls of Torni hotel. The little balcony there looks really cosy.

I really like all those cool details on facades of houses in the centre.

The National Theatre and some buses.

Rautatientori. The weather screen shows it is +2. Thank god it's not anymore!

Ateneum Art Museum.

Vappu

shadow_wolfess — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:55:17 GMT

The phrase of today: 'Could you please stop scratching behind my ear or do I look like a cat to you?', told to a cute guy under the blanket.
Pervy stuff when nicely drunk iz guuuuuuuuuuuuud! :P

The memories feel what was everything

shadow_wolfess — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:20:36 GMT

Funny thing, even though I forgot that I was planning to live this time with the memories of the past and wasn't doing so, still unintentionally all of the events of my first week in Finland somehow repeated (only even more cool, but still). Only one, the most important part was missing and you can guess which. But otherwise, I visited all the same places and this felt really weird :S

It is Vappu today and tomorrow, and I'd rather stay out of this whole thing.

Maailma on taivaan kaunis jossain syvällä pääni sisällä

shadow_wolfess — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:50:58 GMT

It is almost 4am now, I just got home, going to finish drinking water, take off my make up and sleep. For a very long time.
Today I remembered that in my last post I said that I am going to live this week with memories of the past. Well I kinda forgot about it completely, because I had better things to do.

On Thursday I had a very urgent interview with Satyricon's drummer Frost. In the evening I went to photoshoot their gig, pics of which might even end up being published. You will be able to witness my 'great' 'art' before anyone else :P

On Friday we gathered with my girls from the uni to celebrate my b-day and got drunk.

Today I went to see Kotiteollisuus in Tavastia. First I got to interview Hynynen, then there was a great gig and after it we went backstage, where we got to hang out with the band and even Tuomas My-ass-is-the-most-important-ass-in-Finland Holopainen. I even got to have a really short chat with him, since everyone wanted to talk to him obviously.
I am not so satisfied with today. But it made me have a new goal.

Anyways, past? Fuck off with past. This. Here. Now. With you.

P.S. 'Voi saatana' is the new phrase of the year.