{mosimage}I really had to ask. What was the name again? Talking music over coffee on a grumpy afternoon of the apologetic Finnish spring, the name was dropped like a coin on the kitchen tile. Silence crept in. I show you – came the answer. Somebody slipped the CD into the player, and on came sweeping, […]
{mosimage}Comic artist and illustrator Marko Turunen (b. 1973) recently received the much appreciated Puupäähattu Prize handed by The Finnish Comic Society. His latest album Lihat puntarissa (Meats On the Scale) combines ordinary with extraordinary, animal figures with domestic violence and alcoholism, all served in fiercely bright colours and flavoured with black humour. “My mother has […]
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Us and them
{mosimage} Once every three years something exciting happens in Jyväskylä – LUMO the International Photography Triennial comes to town. This year celebrates the 7th LUMO event with the theme of ‘us’ and like the previous six, promises everything one should expect of an internationally renowned triennial. The theme of ‘us’ has attracted photographers whose work […]
July is a beautiful time of the year and would be a strong contender if I had to choose a favourite month, although December's not bad either. However, this year July is packed full of special personal events that have made it one of the most anticipated Julys of recent memory and is set to […]
I can’t lie to save my life but sometimes I do get tempted to use my acting abilities outside the stage, often in most dubious circumstances. Like once when I was chilling out in a London park with a friend. I saw these twins enter through the iron gates and the urge to act came […]
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Stylish Stockholm
Only hop, skip and a boat ride away from old Helsinki is the capital of Sweden and the home of 1,7 million of hip and trendy people. Stockholm is easy to get to, but hard to forget. Who wouldn’t fall in love with the beautiful old part of the city and the creative and contemporary […]
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Summer of music
{mosimage} I look back in time and remember my summer times in Spain. Temperatures of 40 degrees, ventilators trying to suffocate the baking hot, the excursions to the beach (not to the beach in Madrid…obviously…so I mean really long excursions driving many hours…), the ice creams melting 10 seconds after you bought them… Now here […]
{mosimage}Diane Arbus, (born Diane Nemerov), was a photographer married with Allan Arbus (and later divorced), that became famous for her personal style of portraying “freaks”, those people living apart from the normal American post-second world war society. Fur: An imaginary portrait of Diane Arbus is based on the book by Patricia Bosworth, and shows us […]
Sepultura – official website Stam1na – official website (in Finnish) Nosturi
{mosimage}Provinssirock 2007 was supposed to be the festival of the three queens, but one of them didn’t show up. Amy Winehouse, the last diva on top of the charts, canceled her performance just a few hours before she hit the stage on Sunday. Without Amy, Tori Amos on Friday and Patti Smith on Saturday reigned […]
The British soul singer had already arrived in Finland on Saturday, but never made it to the festival ground in Seinäjoki. According to her manager she suffered such a bad throat ache on Sunday morning (17 June), that a doctor ordered her to go home and get rest. Amy Winehouse was one of the most […]
Provinssirock, Finland’s biggest rock festival, will take place this weekend (15-17 June) in Seinäjoki. Many of the live performances will be carried on digital TV channel YLE Extra (14 hours in total) as well as on YleX radio (Fri 6-9 pm, Sat + Sun 2-6 pm – listen live). Provinssirock The View – official […]
Lahden Jazztori 2007 (in Finnish) Suzanne Vega – official website