It's time for some Night Moves this saturday at YO-talo! Turku 2011 European Capital Of Culture, Turku Modern and Plauge present: Nopat, Plauge Dj's and the great but not late Jori Hulkkkonen!
I'm there but the question is: ARE YOU? At the moment I'm sadly without any company...but what can you do if you love music that much :)
If any of you is a lone wolf like me, please contact me and it's a date ;D Plus it would be sometimes nice to meet other bloggers who have the same musical interests :)
Even though I didn't get a photo pass I still had to see Biffy Clyro play live at Lost In Music festival. The ticket was 25€ but worth every penny. The heat was on in the first row :D here's some photos I took.
Today I really found Salem Al Fakir. When his album 'Ignore This' came out this year I did what his reverse psychology wasn't maybe expecting - I totally ignored the whole hype. Ok everybody has heard that 'keep on walking' song at least in the radio. But it sounded like a one hit wonder to me so I just let it be.
Funny thing that Salem Al fakir has done already two albums before this "hit" record. Today I bumped into his older songs and I really liked it. Especially last year's album 'Astronaut' sounded fresh. There is something great about his sound.. that could catch on!
There's so much good music made every day that I truly recommend to sometimes stop and explore some old tunes. It's made so easy nowadays by the internet. And it's fun. so LOOK BACK!
But back to business... Astronaut albums song 'Twelve Fingers' has this awesome kind of heroic beat :D Very catchy, very catchy in deed!
For me there is three simple things that inspire me the most. Those things are music, fashion and photography. Well again I have tried them all to get my creativity back.. It's not cool to just sleep and feel sorry for myself when having this flu.
Ok, I bought shoes..
..well that didn't help and took a few pennies out my wallet. Then I tried to play a little with my camera..
..and that just pissed me off when I realized I'm taking pics of my mobile. But then I found something that made calm, at least.
Hedi Slimane is this famous french designer, art director, photographer and what else. It looks like that video is shot with a DSLR camera's video function, so with a basic digital camera. At least I think so and it makes the thing so much better.. plus the song, Egyptian Hip Hop - Rad Pitt, is something I now cant get enough of. :)
PS. Clothes by Clare Richardson and those pretty little teeth belong to Georgia May Jagger, Mick Jagger's youngest daughter.
PS2. If you want to see some decent finnish photography you should check out Parta & Linssit. Talented guys from Tampere ;)
Oh shit. It's the flu season again. I have been A LITTLE sick whole autumn. And no sports for me means weightloss.. and weightloss is not a good thing for a guy who has been blaimed for anorexia for no reason in elementary school :D Meaning that there will be only skin and bone soon if I don't get better. Well thank god I love food and that there's a great low budget Chinese restaurant in Tampere where I'm already quite known :D
Now I'm visiting Hyvinkää though because of mom's birthday and now I am also sicker than I've been earlier this year. But thanks again for (free) food and Roman Polanski's movie 'The Pianist'. It's an old movie but he's a great director and you can't help liking Adrien Brody's acting. Great art can make miracles if the old saying "Nuha lähtee nuss***lla" doesn't work.. haha.
Here's a song for the piano theme, a really great one! :)
After a long consideration I decided to add photos from our trip to Helsinki. They are some shots of Jussi going to "Kymppisitsit" of Media ry. The biggest reason I upload only pictures tonight was maybe that I've been so busy and haven't had time for a search for new music! It's these damn journalism studies :D
Actually I love journalism, It's the best thing you can study in a university. But I've been quite committed to the thought of applying for studies in photo journalism. That's why I've been taking photos so much this fall. And I really would like to have even more time for it - I've realized that it's my true love.
Ok, gotta hear some music also. The only good song EVER from these guys. And yes, that picture is quite disturbing but what can you do. Sex and violence.
I'm going to try a whole new thing for me today. I made a playlist for you to hear. :) I'm so crazy about acoustic music right now because I've been practicing to play acoustic guitar myself! Not much process yet but maybe I'll play you my own songs in five years, haha.
This collection is a mixture of old and new, slow and fast. Something to get past the rainy days and something to sing along when the sun is out. Hope you like it :)
It's not really a pleasure to visit Hyvinkää anytime anymore. It's not about my folks but the city is just like any other deserted ghost town! But there's plenty of activities around the house, thank God!
Nothing beats the feeling of waking up late in the morning when there's already a warm pot of coffee waiting with fresh copy of Hesari and Kuukausiliite. This time I even got the newest because they hadn't noticed me moving to Tampere.
Soon off to the "city" longboarding with friends.. I'm hoping to get some pictures, soooo fine colours and the weather is perfect! :)
My friend's band 'Picnic with Lulu' is the most perfect music you could imagine this time of the year :) They were 'Ääni ja vimma' semifinalist this year (correct me Jussi if I'm terribly wrong :D) so they are fresh and I think you'll love them! I feel all warm and fuzzy after listening :)
Enjoy!
PS. I'm so waiting for the first snow already... I guarantee to post soon something about that. But this video can be a taste :)
