This year, I'm a few weeks late,
but: Happy New Year, Happy New Decade & Welcome To The 2020s,
everyone! ♥ ♥ ♥
We started the new decade with the
Hellacopters show at "Debaser Strand" in Sweden's capital
Stockholm. A golden start into the 2020s indeed. I never thought that
I would ever see this band live on stage, given their disbandment
several years ago. All the more I'm happy that we were given the
opportunity to see them live on stage on this very special occasion.
Just like The Flaming Sideburns, The Hellacopters are
a band that just rocks and whose shows deliver quintessential
Rock'n'Roll.
More about the show can be found on
this blog soon... Stay tuned!
First, there were
our birthdays. I was lucky that my birthday was on a Saturday this
year, so I could choose from numerous options where to celebrate my birthday. The decision was quickly made in favour of the
"Klubb Död" event at "Nalen" in Sweden's capital
Stockholm, with Then Comes Silence, TRAITRS, The Foreign Resort and
The Flatfield. I didn't know any of the four bands beforehand. I just
knew it was a post-punk event, listened to one song per band - and
thought that the event was "good enough". No, seriously:
Lately, I have read some LIVE reviews about promising bands.
Promising musicians who aren't known yet and play in front of so few
people that the concept of underground concerts is increasingly
endangered. This is not good, not at all, and it's up to us music
lovers to counteract this very development. Why not going to several
smaller events and discover and support something new and fresh
instead of visiting only one big spectacleof one of the same old
major players per year?
Well, in any case, the
"Klubb Död" event turned out to be the perfect choice. A
package consisting of four bands from four different countries (The
Flatfield from Finland, The Foreign Resort from Denmark, TRAITRS from
Canada and Then Comes Silence from Sweden), all bands were good - and
I even fell in love that night, with the last performing band named
"Then Comes Silence" from Sweden's capital Stockholm. I was
not prepared for that! It was probably the best birthday present this
year. As soon as they started their set with "There's A Sound",
I was under their spell.
Here are some
audiovisual impressions of The Flatfield, The Foreign Resort and Then
Comes Silence. Some snapshots of all four bands will be published on
my additional blog "Sound Kitchen Archives" soon.
As if the "Klubb Död"
event wasn't great enough already, March 2019 ended for us with
another journey towards Stockholm: On 30th March 2019, Ville Valo &
Agents played some Finnish schlager on Viking Line's cruiseferry
"Viking Grace" somewhere on the Baltic Sea between Turku /
Finland and Stockholm / Sweden.
Further snapshots and audiovisual impressions
of that event will be published here and on "Sound Kitchen
Archives" soon... Stay tuned!
Unlike the other three
gigs that we attended in 2018, The Heard had a support act, namely
Jonathan Hultén (Tribulation). Here is an
audiovisual impression of Jonathan Hultén
performing "Nightly Sun"...
Without a doubt, 2018
was a rather quiet year in terms of concert visits, just like 2017
(Only four concert visits per year). The hope is that there will be
more action in 2019, but then again: Quality over quantity. We simply
have to wait and see what the year 2019 will bring in terms of
Rock'n'Roll...
As usual, I'm a few days late, but:
Happy New Year 2019, everyone! ♥ ♥ ♥
We spent New Year's Eve 2018 / 2019
for the first time ashore in Turku / Finland and had a lovely
Japanese New Year with friends, including the traditional Japanese
New Year decoration "Kagami mochi" [Japanese for: "mirror
rice cake"]...
Two nights prior to New Year's Eve,
we crossed the Baltic Sea, though, and saw The Heard performing live
at "Debaser Strand" in Sweden's capital Stockholm. The
Heard is a relatively new project consisting of three-fourths of
Crucified Barbara (Klara Force, Ida Evileye and Nicki Wicked),
Deathstars bassist Jonas "Skinny Disco" Kangur and
burlesque performer Pepper Potemkin.
More about the show can be found on
this very blog very soon... Stay tuned!
Two days after the show, The Flaming Sideburns posted
the following statement on their facebook page: "Some people
claim that rock and roll is dead but obviously no-one's informed The
Flaming Sideburns of the tragic news." I couldn't agree more,
and I can't remember the last time I looked forward to a gig so much.
In times of VIP ticket packages, instagramania and spectacularisation overall, it is truly a relief to see that they still exist: Bands
that just rock. Bands whose shows deliver quintessential
Rock'n'Roll. Bands like The Flaming Sideburns.
By the way: Their merchandising
rocks, too...
Trophies of the day: A tote bag and a
poster
Last but not least,
here is an audiovisual impression of the band's performance at
"Dynamo
Klubi"... Enjoy!
For me, this week began
with the launch of an additional blog, called "Sound Kitchen Archives". As the name suggests, "Sound Kitchen Archives"
is first and foremost an archive of my older works, particularly
works that cannot be found on the world wide web (anymore).
I've been thinking about
such a blog for a very long time, and after a wonderful weekend with my love and friends of ours in Finland's capital Helsinki, I decided more or less
spontaneously to finally just go for it.
With the additional blog,
I can also keep my professional life and my private life more
separated from each other. But don't worry: Both blogs will be
updated equally.
Coming up next are
some snapshots of The Flaming Sideburns who played a show in Turku / Finland, our place of residence, last night... Stay tuned!
There are only three
months left of the year 2018, and in terms of concerts, the year
2018 has been rather quiet so far. Only two concert visits.
The second
concert was in July 2018 when the Michael Monroe Band played a show in Salo / Finland.
The first concert
was in March 2018 when we celebrated our birthdays with The Local
Band at "Tullikamarin Pakkahuone" in Tampere / Finland.
Here are some snapshots of said gig, plus a video...
Enjoy! ♥
As promised two days ago, here are
some snapshots of the Michael Monroe Band
which performed in Salo / Finland on last week's Thursday (26th July
2018)... Enjoy! ♥
The very first video
I just uploaded there is the one of
the always amazing Michael Monroe Band which performed in Salo /
Finland last week... Enjoy! ♥
Further pictures
of the event will be posted on this very blog soon.
It is strange to see this part of our bedroom being so empty. It
seems like it was yesterday when we furnished this part of our
bedroom (even though it's almost six years ago...), but what has to
be done, has to be done. Stagnation is death.
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