{mosimage}Helsinki has lived once more the magic of the Carnival. Brazilian flavour with a touch of Finnish national identity: Saaaaamba!!! Who said that Finnish are cold? During the weekend of […]
kanYe West concert moved to August
Tickets will stay valid. Those who want their money back, can return their tickets at Lippupalvelu offices. Concert organizer Speed Promotion has issued an apology, but has given no reason […]
Nightwish announce first tour with Anette
The tour will start on 6 October (2007) in Tel Aviv, Israel, and end on New Year’s Day at Helsinki‘s Jäähalli. It will span four continents. On the U.S. leg […]
Shooting Lordi film under way in Oulu
Dark Floors – The Lordi Motion Picture, based on a joint idea by Lordi singer Tomi Putaansuu and the film’s Finnish director Pete Riski, will be shot in its entirety […]
The monsters are back in town!
{mosimage}And not, this time we are not talking about Lordi… Lovers of big cars, roaring engines and spectacular open air shows can feel happy, since Monster Mania, Monster Truck Racing […]
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Make mine a half
Remember in one of my first columns I warned you to enjoy each day at a time and try not to look too far into the glittering future? Well, here […]
The divine divide
For an English thespian, the so-called graveyard contracts still in use in many Finnish theatres are simply beyond their comprehension. An increasing number work as freelancers, but many theatres still […]
All our lines are busy…
Why, why, why? Tell me why! Why do we have to go through this torture every time we call a customer service number of a big company or institution? If […]
Monkey business
Within the film or show business in general, actors are often considered a different breed. They look like normal people but behave differently. Many of them seem to fast-forward their […]
No pain, no gain
Ink on your skin. Long ago, tattoos stopped being a taboo. They are no longer a sign of a criminal, a tough biker or a sailor. This body art went […]
An ecological performance
Relativity is a performance that combines three different art disciplines to create something new, unique, improvised and unexpected. Electronic music, video and dance are the ingredients. But Relativity is not […]
Four decades of provocation
You were born in a small countryside town, Somero. How was it to grow up there? During my first ten years I was often sick, and because of that my […]
From the ashes of the lost empire
After following the events concerning a certain bronze Russian soldier, I gave myself the task of developing an observer’s approach to the efforts being made to build a new Estonia, […]