Apr
27
I thought no one would notice
April 27, 2010 | 3 somethings
Based on a true quote.
Blaming Honey for it. XD
Apr
24
Moderation Post
April 24, 2010 | 2 somethings
I’m sad to announce that, following a massive spam spree (~650 spam comments), I have been forced to change the commenting options to ‘user only’. Registration is free and I’m not going to use any of your information for anything (except contact you when/if you request information in a comment), so please register if you haven’t 
Apr
20
Just The Too Of Us
April 20, 2010 | 6 somethings
The title is not a typo 
When we saw Negative last Friday, Larry just looked… SO COOL. We imagined a Too War 
Apr
19
You’re So Fucking Perfect, You’re So Fucking Cute
April 19, 2010 | 3 somethings
Review: Negative (St. Felix, The Grammers) @ Nosturi, Helsinki – April 16th, 2010
21:22: We are in Nosturi, waiting for the show to begin. The stage is decorated with street memorabilia – urban background, lamp post – and a sign that says, “Live To Ride”. The lineup was changed pretty much last minute, as the opening band – The Winyls – is missing its drummer, stuck in France because of the eruption in Iceland. Damn volcanoes v__v Earlier I had an email informing me of the new lineup, which includes The Grammers as replacement.
We’re also getting St. Felix, which according to their flyers, is “a new Finnish indie-rock band, pronounced SEINT FIILIKS” (I swear it’s what’s written, we have picture proof, see below). That one comes as a total surprise since we thought we only had one opening band.
St. Felix
They begin on time, which is a plus. We decided to call the singer Special, in a very loving way. He looks like he took a bit too much caffeine, especially compared to the other band members (who are much calmer). But definitely entertaining.
Waury: The music is interesting, though to our ears it sounds like the Hellofatester era of The Rasmus, with a small hint of INTO. The bassist looked like the glaring Finn.
“Giants never never can stop the weather”
We’re kinda lame so we keep making references to bands we know. A Billy Talent moment, a part sounding like Guano Apes, and now some kind of rap à la Papa Roach.
Though I won’t personnally run to get their album from the gig only, I do believe they’re worth giving a shot.
Pinkass: They’re not bad, but it’s not a particular sound, so it didn’t hook me. I’d listen to it on the radio.
The Grammers
Two guitarists, the drummer, a keyboardist (less work for PK), a bassist and the singer: the stage is a bit crowded.
Pinkass: they really sound like a band from the 80′s. The singer is a bit à la Axl Rose, with songs that have a neverending ending.
Waury: Personally I think it’s good music, though not quite my style. Never got hooked on the classic so it doesn’t exactly talk to me.
Pinkass: Of course the blond guitarist’s long hair is perfect. They have a good energy onstage, they’re not static (especially considering the limited available space), though that goes with the type of music they’re playing. St. Felix was a bit weirder, which is fine considering it was an indie band.
Waury: We misheard the title of one of their songs into “Sauna de Sauron”, which was actually “So Long Sorrow”. That’s a win.
Negative
Pinkass: HOT. DAMN. We left satisfied.
Waury: The only time I’d seen them before was at Tammerfest in 2008, with Gary, and that was definitely not one of their best. This time completely made up for it.
Pinkass: They seemed to have found their balance, to really be just them, without overdoing glitters and accessories.
The stage has been a bit modified. The street decoration stayed, but they had added many neon signs – among which a huge horse which was (but shouldn’t have been) on its back. They also had a screen in the background.
Jonne looked quite tired at the beginning of the show, but as the gig progressed he seemed to regain energy. The whole lot of them seemed to be very happy to be there.
They opened with Won’t Let Go, which at once set the venue ablaze. Motherfucker followed, during which Jonne did look quite angry. After All preceeded Moment Of Our Love, which was a nice highlight of the gig for us, partly because we love the song, but also because we haven’t listened much to Karma Killer (we don’t know the new songs that much). Giving Up! gave way to a new song, No One Can Save [Me]. After hearing End Of The Line off MySpace, NOCSM is definitely promising Neon to be a good album.
Waury: I was delighted when they started playing My My/Hey Hey, as it’s still one of my favorite from them.
Pinkass: It was a really really good one.
In My Heaven is one of the first songs we – as outsiders from Camada – ever heard from them, and that was also a special one for us.
After that song, they all left the stage, and only Jonne returned, bearing an acoustic guitar. He played Still Alive alone, or as alone as you be when the whole crowd is singing with you. That was a really beautiful.
He went on a new song, still alone onstage, that is definitely already one of our favorite from the upcoming album: Fucking Worthless. Don’t let the title fool you: it was a very sweet, adorable song:
“You’re so fucking perfect / You’re so fucking cute / I’m so fucking worthless / When I’m not around you”
The whole crowd, mainly composed of girls, went AWWWW. The rest of the band came in toward the end, taking the song a bit more to the rock side.
The Ornament was next, and they ended the main set with Planet Of The Sun, which was sung along to like an anthem.
They left the stage for a while, waiting for us to get a bit impatient, and finally returned for a 3-song encore. Frozen To Lose It All was first, followed by yet another new song, Love That I Lost (in which he says he’s had enough), and they ended the show with Sinner’s Night / Misty Morning (which made me very happy cause it’s my favorite off Anorectic /Waury).
As the final notes stretched into a typical end-of-show neverending ending, Jonne kept demanding cheers by stepping up to the edge of the stage, repeatedly and in various fashions, all of which were each time greeted with screams and applause. When the last instrument died out – not before Jonne climbed on, fell off, then climbed again Jay’s drums to jump off them – the rest of the band joined him up front for the traditional salutes and throwing of roses. Antti had a few ones sticking out from his pants, some of which got partly broken. Though neither of us managed to catch one (they almost threw them all to the other side of the venue, of course), we did managed to find a broken stem, and one of Antti’s plectrums he’d previously stuck to his forehead (in sweat or spit).
Mission accomplished!
The gallery of my host is being stupid at the moment, so please go
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(photobucket) for the gig’s pictures by Pinkass!
Apr
18
From here and there
April 18, 2010 | 2 somethings
A somewhat short update:
As announced Pinkass and I went to the Negative gig at Nosturi in Helsinki; within the next 2 days, a review and pictures will be available
Also, as Mr Jack Smack was present at the show, I learned from him that The Salvation will sadly not get to blow up the Myllysilta in Turku. 
I’m quite disappointed for them, but well, that’s life.
Also, as he was quite keen to remind me, they’re playing in Turku next Friday, and in Helsinki on May 21rst. If anyone is planning to go to the Hki one, please let me know
New comic sketched in my shinee sketchbook; hopefully online also in the next few days
Take care!!
~Laury
Apr
14
The Bridge (PoofFinns)
April 14, 2010 | 20 somethings
OMIGOD A COMIC
Helloes.
A few many explanations here. First, as you might know – or not – Kris has a new band, The Salvation. They got a record deal with Hype Records, which is Tommi Liimatainen’s label (Jonne and Lil Lii’s brother? yes.). Tommi is also their manager. They (the band and label) have offered the city of Turku many thousand euros to blow up one of the bridges over the Aura river for a videoclip.
My friends and I (I had many suggestions) imagined a lot of stuff about blowing up a bridge and how the boys would love that. This is the result =)
Do you like Kris’s pink army outfit? He really does have the outfit – just not in pink =3
(he’s Sir General Christus, now)
Apr
11
Aiiiiiiieeee….. Music Post
April 11, 2010 | 1 something
Yes, yes, I know, many weeks without anything… v___v I have many ideas but never the right mood. *sighs*
I *DO* have stuff in the works, so, don’t despair!
In the meantime, have a music post
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Apocalyptica are still on tour now somewhere in the world. They have been playing new songs live, and the videos found their way on the net…
Sacra and Beautiful (Youtube, opens in a new window)
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No new from Bloodpit, but Alarik has new projects, The Cloudycators (MySpace and Facebook) and Jalava (MySpace).
Antti and Pietu also have a new project, Ravín And The Deceivers. They have neither a MySpace or a Facebook, but you can try to find online where they might be playing =3
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Negative is still touring, and this Friday they’re at Nosturi in Helsinki. Pinkass and I are going =3 Yes, yes, I promise we’ll behave =3
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This is actually making my night. Speaking of night, Nightwish just posted the answers to the latest Nightmail. Dead gameboy batteries is a good justification for starting to read =)
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Personal recommendation: I got my hands on the new Poets Of The Fall album, Twilight Theater, and I love it. So does Pinkass. Marko recently has a throat infection and they had to postpone a few shows, but hopefully he’ll be back in no time
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Now this will be old news for some of you, but I have to write it anyway 
Many months ago, our dear Pinky Sir Christus announced that he quit his band (I don’t actually remember which one it was – SnoWhite?) to work on another project.
And so he did!
A few weeks ago, a new band went public: The Salvation (Facebook, MySpace).
Now don’t get too excited, there’s no music posted yet.
BUT. It looks pretty serious. For one, the other guitarist of the band is none other than Jack Smack from Private Line. For two, they’re already signed to Hype Records. For three, their manager is Tommi Liimatainen himself, who, after seeing Kris’s course to hell during the old Negative days, must have had a damn good reason (other than, he’s a damn good guitarist) to take this up again.
They are set to record this summer, and though many are hoping, no plan for a Tammerfest appearance has been made so far. They do encourage you to contact the festival’s organization though.
To celebrate the new band, Tommi has offered the city of Turku many hundred of thousand euros to blow up one of the bridges over Aurajoki. Though it’s been decided in the past few days that the bridge, currently out of order as the sides have partially sunk, would be replaced, no word has been issued on what would happen to the old one.
How exciting. I went to Turku with a friend around Easter and we took pics of the bridge. We officially crossed a new line: bridge stalking.
Stay tuned.
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Finally, Uniklubi have been in the studios for a while now. You can follow their diary on the forum, in Finnish and in English.