My Friday Listening

My Friday listening is pretty much this! 

Have a listen and make up your mind, yay or nay?! I think you'll <3 it.

Behind the Wheel

Yesterday I was driving all the way to Ulvila.
Had a business meeting there (fyi).
I think that I was out of my comfort zone in, for at least, to ways.
First, I was driving a car.
Second, I was listening to some random radio stations.
But, looking back, everything went just ok. I didn't smash the car and I heard this song.
You should have seen me tapping the wheel and singing along (even though I didn't know the lyrics, yet). Have a listen, Punaisessa talossa.

Punaisessa talossa

päätien varrella

ei ole enää, ketään kotona

Lumet luomatta

jo monta kuukautta

laatikossa, jotain vanhaa postia

Hän lähti, tiedetään

jonnekin etelään

etsimään, uutta elämää

Musta aukko ammottaa

kaipuun koura kurkottaa

kohti yksinäistä kulkijaa

Kun kaikki muut lähtee

yksi vain jää, ikävä

se ei lähde mihinkään

muut lähtee

yksi vain jää, ikävä

se ei lähde mihinkään

Punaisessa talossa

ajan saatossa

haalenneita, valokuvia

Varjo seinällä

huoneen kylmänä

eikä kukaan, enää tulta sytytä

Punaisessa talossa

päätien varrella

oli hän, josta laulan lauluja

Jossain kaukana 

sumuisena iltana

hän ehkä kuulee

sen hiljaisuudessa

Ikävä, se ei lähde mihinkään

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 (27.8.2015)

I've been to lots of gigs this summer (and fall).
Last Saturday I got to see Cheek. It's not really my kind of music but I did like the show with the fireworks and all...

tbt (30.7.2015)

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

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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?

Happy Birthday, Marika!

It's my sister's birthday today. And, yes, it's also Mother's Day.
My sister was born on Mother's Day. I don't know how often it happens that her birthday is celebrated by all the moms out there. Let's celebrate it now, then. And, yes, the Sun was shining when my sister arrived this world - just like today. So, pretty much nothing has happened ever since.

I got my first camera when I was like eight years old. In this photo my sister is showing off her stuff, you know, toys, Christmas presents, cartoons, drawings... She liked to have her room unorganized.

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.

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."

tbt (26.2.2015)

Yesterday I wrote about one of my favorite bands, Backyard Babies.
This photo was taken at that gig that I went to some years back.
It looks like I'm having a drink.
Maybe next time you see me eating something.
Cheers!
Kippis!
Skål!
Pohojammaan kautta!
Hölökyn kölökyn!

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 (12.2.2015)

Yeah, I know my music.
I think this photo was taken, um, maybe in 2001.
I'm definitely wearing Miss Sixty and Levi's.

tbt (22.1.2015)

2 0 1 4
... 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

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

Ku mä olin tappaa itteni: VI luku

Ne ei antanu mulle mun unilääkkeitä. Eikä nukahtamislääkkeitä. Ei antanu, vaik mä itkin ja huusin, ja anelin. Mä olin varma, et ne pilaa mun elämän, ja mä sanoin sen niille. Mut mä menin kuiteski nukkuun jo ennen yheksää, mun oli pakko, ku mun oli väsy. Tai ei mun väsy ollu ilman niitä mun lääkkeitä, mut mä en osannu tehdä enää mitää muuta ku nukkua (ja hinkata kodin ja Kauppahallin väliä). 

Ukko tuli mun viereen sille kirkkaan keltaselle lakanalle. Se tuli aiva mun kylkeen kii ja alko kuorsata. Mä kuuntelin sitä kuorsausta koko yön. Ja silittelin aina välillä sen turkkia. 

Sitä kuorsausta ja tuulen huminaa mä kuuntelin koko yön. Mä en saanu nukutuks, ku ne ei antanu mulle mun lääkkeitä. Se mun siskon mies tuli yöks kattoon telkkaria sinne olkkariin. Se katto telkkaria koko yön. Tai niin se luulee. Mut mä tiiän paremmin. 

Mä kuulin seinäkellon naksutuksen ja olin tulla hulluks, ku en saanu nukutuks. Jos mä oisin ollu kotona, mä oisin ottanu ainaki pari pillerii unilääkettä. Sit mä oisin heränny keskellä yötä ja alkanu tehä remonttia mun kotona. Mä asun sillee jännästi kahessa kerroksessa, joista toka on vanhas hiilikellaris. Siä mä oon keskellä yötä maalaillu seiniä ja tapetoonu. Yhen kerran mä rupesin maalaan niitä yläkerran portaita, keskellä yötä, ku mä olin heränny. Mä maalasin ne portaat ylhäältä alaspäin. Alhaalla mä huomasin, et olin jättäny valot yläkertaan. Sit mä keksin asetella nessuja niille maalatuille askelmille ja kiipesin nessuja pitkin sammuttaan ne valot. 

Vituiks ne rappuset meni mut sainpa valot sammutettua. Sit mä menin takas nukkuun.

Viiliksiä heppaalun tiimoolta (san. J. Ania, säv. J. Karjalainen)

Mä pirahrin perjantaina Rupsukan seliästä. Rupsukalla oli meno mieles. Sanootin Jii Karialaasen "Viimeinen laulu" mun tunnelmihin sopivaks. Mut toi kuva o eiliseltä, ku me kiirettihin esteeren yli. Mut vähä viiliksiä aallonharialta - ja sit alas. Som paree laittaa laulu pyöriin (ja laulaa - korkialta ja kovaa)!

Ihanalle Veeralle iso rutistus kuvista!

Mä kierrän ympäri maneesin / kera Rupsukan / vaikka eilen taas / viimeksi uhosin

Tää on viimeinen laukka / jonka karautan / pistän hepan talliin / suljen tallin oven / ja lopetan

Korkealta ja kovaa / kuin viimeistä päivää / en tahdo lopettaa / tänä iltana

Mut tää on viimeinen laukka / jonka karautan / pistän hepan talliin / suljen tallin oven / ja lopetan
Kun tehty on rata / jää vain puomit paikoilleen / porkkanan Rupsukalle annan / ja taputukset
Mut tää on viimeinen laukka / jonka karautan / pistän hepan talliin / suljen tallin oven / ja lopetan
Säv: J. Karjalainen

San: J. Ania

#selfie

Happy holidays!

As you can see in the pic I'm still able to pull some sort of a smiley on my face. It's day five doing absolutely nothing but seeing friends, going to the gym, and having long walks with the extended family.

ps do not tell my mom that I post a photo of me wearing b o t h my onesie and t h a t hair piece. My mom didn't let me come out of the car while going for the groceries. I was just wearing my onesie. Doesn't she love me? #don'tsayyourloveiskillingme