tbt (4.2.2016)

Last year's Blockfest.

Eating ice cream and making sure my hat is where it is supposed to be.

The crowd is waiting for Cheek.

tbt (8.10.2015)

I just love this photo!
We were playing in the park, me, my nephew and my bf.
And Ukko's kettlebell.

tbt (30.7.2015)

... me, my bébé and AC/DC on the stage!

tbt (14.5.2015)

We all look so dapper...
Back then we didn't know anything about Internet. Or sms. We didn't know there will be things like YouTube and Facebook. Have we ever heard about dvds, digital cameras, or selfies? Did we miss Emojis or Instagram? I think we were pretty happy with what we had.

ps do you find me in the photo?

Selfie (going for #punk #look)

This was (nearly) my look for the gig that I went to on Saturday.
By "nearly" I mean that there were some changes - I wasn't too happy with my hair and so on...

We went to see this band called Juustopäät. It was so cool - seeing them for the very first time. I mean I was first introduced to Juustopäät in, like, 1995. But since I spent my childhood, um, in the middle of nowhere I never saw them playing. Kinda. Sorta.

tbt (23.4.2015)

Thank you, Tia, for sharing this photo with me!

I feel so sad for not having a proper camera back then... Back when my hair looked... um... well... 

Of course it was, like, totally different back then. We didn't have digital cameras or smartphones to take photos... I d_i_d have a camera, one that needed like a suitcase to be carried around. Yeah, those were the times. Back then. And I'm in the middle.

tbt (2.4.2015)

I think I look dapper in this photo.
I'm wearing a suit and a hat and a bowtie. And I have a cut in my finger.
It was in the elementary school. One day we were asked to dress up like back in the days.
I might have been one of the very few who wore anything special for the day. I can still remember the feeling that I had... a little proud for having the guts to do something different.

tbt (26.3.2015)

It's Thursday again.
This Thursday I want to take you to the streets of Munich, Germany. We are leaving for clubbing and I definitely look wasted. I don't remember when this shot was taken, maybe five, six or seven years ago. But I think I still look the same when wasted.

My Music, My Jukebox: Ash

I was studying in Uppsala, Sweden, back in 2002. Seeing Ash at Göta Källare in Stockholm was a must. I was all prepared: tickets, my friend, my camera with an empty roll of film... So, when the gig started I was all ready. But suddenly my Ixus died. It didn't work, it just was n_o_t working. So I've got only a handful of photos from that gig which pretty much sucks.

But, later we got to meet the band. And had some drinks. And I guess that the, um, after-party was at Gondolen. But any way, I had so much fun.

I chose here two songs from my favorite Irish band (and, yeah, I know U2 is also local): Petrol (released as the second single from their 1994 album Trailer) and Oh Yeah (taken from their album 1977 released in 1996).

I've got quite a collection...

Mark Hamilton (bass, synthesizer)

Tim Wheeler (lead vocals, lead guitar, keyboards)

I had the setlist framed

"I sometimes wish it was that summer again

I still see her in my sleep

And hear the sighing of the summer wind

Still I don't regret one thing"

Ash: Oh Yeah

tbt (12.3.2015)

With this I want to thank mr. Bruuttus for changing my life forever. You are one special horse, you are.

"All I pay my psychiatrist is the cost of feed and hay, and he'll listen to me any day."

My Music, My Jukebox: Backyard Babies

Here's my second post on "my music, my jukebox". My life hasn't gone any calmer with the horses, work and "stuff" but am still trying to keep up with my promise.

I don't even remember how many years back I got this home burnt cd from a friend. It was my first introduction to the Backyard Babies. And what can I say?! I immediately felt connected with the music and that rock star way of living. True rock stars! It was a couple of years ago that I saw the Babies here in Tampere. After that they got concentrated on their side projects; Nicke Borg on his solo material and his radio show; and Dregen went on to play with Michael Monroe and eventually started working on his own solo album. But last year it was announced that the Babies will work on new music. They have also announced that their 2015 tour will kick of at Sweden Rock Festical in Sölvesborg, Sweden. A month later they will play at Ruisrock in Turku. I'll be there.

So happy to be able to wear my Backyard Babies t-shirt once again. It's not like I couldn't wear it on a daily basis. I just don't want. It's too much of a dear memory. That t-shirt.

ps Backyard Babies also come from Sweden...

I chose here two songs: Roads (taken from their album People Like People Like People Like Us released in 2006) and Say When (taken from their album Stockholm Syndrome released in 2003). Have a listen and make up your own mind!

Because life is a road that is winding and dark

But I swear 'cross my heart so are you

Life is a road that is winding and dark

But I swear 'cross my heart so are you

Now you know it's true I believe in you

Yeah you  know it's true I do care for you

Backyard Babies: Roads

ps if I was a rock star I would definitely play guitar. Just  like Nicke Borg.

My No. 1 Plan for Tonight

I'll be getting some more #shit tonight. Third time is a charm!

Me luckey!

"I said uuuu, I'm a rebel in the dark.

I said uuuu, and this is how I've been since I was born.

Uuuu, I'm not a devil, not a god.

I said uuuu, I'm just a rebel in the dark."

H.E.A.T: Inferno

tbt (22.1.2015)

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... and a year later living life to the fullest!
I still remember that New Year's Eve in 2014. It was raining, and there was no snow. We had homemade candies and champagne. We eat, we drank. We stayed up late and watched Kon-Tiki.

ps you find the same lousy story here (in Finnish) http://apinkglove.blogspot.fi/2014/01/my-nye-2014-uudenvuoden-kujeet.html
pss rip Mika

tbt (15.1.2015)

Well, what can I say...

I got my Master's degree in 2008. My former colleagues gave me this, and it's basically saying in Finnish that "since your head is not protected by a soft afro get a bike helmet with this gift card". I bought bike lights.

Thanks, Riku and Anna!

My Music, My Jukebox: Brainpool

As I have put in the introduction it's "my music, my stuff". I think I have neglected "my music" for quite some time, already. I don't mean it like posting a song every once in a while but in a bigger context. So, from now on I'll be introducing my favorite music, my favorite bands to be more exact. And instead of going into musical facts and lyrical statements I probably tell how I first heard of that band in question. My life is rather hectic with all the horses, work and "stuff" now so for over the next twelve months you get exactly twelve posts regarding my music, my jukebox. Sorry for that.

I start with Brainpool.
They come from Lund, Sweden, and had their share of the limelights in the mid-90s. I got my first listening on the band when both me and my sister were still living at our parents - in the mid-90s: My sister had gone to Helsinki with her class, like a field trip. She bought me my prom shoes (do you still remember Decadenz in Helsinki?) that I still have (btw). My sister later said that she only bought the Brainpool Soda album just because it was on sale and the cover of the album was cool. I gave Soda a listen and immediately fell in love. Every once in a while I still pull my Brainpool albums out of the boxes and take a trip on my memory line.

I chose here two songs: Invisible to Her (taken from their second album Painkiller) and Every Day (taken from their first album, Soda). Have a listen and make up your own mind!

ps you can follow me on Spotify to get a deeper look at "my music, my jukebox".

She walks the streets of our hometown

Tall and tanned and lovely and young

She passes daily by my window

I smile at her but she doesn't see

But I  know:

There is no use

When there's a chance to win I lose

Yeah I know:

I'm invisible to her

Brainpool: Invisible to Her

tbt (11.12.2014)

When was this photo taken?
I honestly can't say. But what I c a n say is that I bought that Mickey Mouse t-shirt in Bangkok in 2000. And I got my Canon ixus in 2001 (the camera I used back then). So, let's just say that this pic was taken for more than a decade ago. And we haven't changed a bit, have we?

ps my hair looks better now, though.
pss I still have that t-shirt. Is it already vintage?