Why am I here?Why am I in this world?I almost feel like I was looking for a reason to die. That’s why I play drums like there’s no tomorrow. That’s how the film We Are X begins and the words belong to the band’s leader, composer, drummer and pianist, Yoshiki. (A note about writing a... Continue Reading →
The Wildhearts: 30 Year Itch (Round Records, 2020)
The Wildhearts’ live album 30 Year Itch that was recorded during the Renaissance Men and Diagnosis tours in 2019, was released in the beginning of December 2020. The original release date was 25 September, but because of this little nuisance that has turned the whole world upside down, the album release was postponed, as is... Continue Reading →
A Bridge over the Nautelankoski Rapids
Here are some shots that I took in April 1998 at the Nautelankoski Rapids in Lieto, in southwest Finland. The truss framed bridge is from 1905. On the 25st of April in 1998 I together with my friends, Jarna and Simo, made a trip to Lieto, in the southwest of Finland. We had a picnic... Continue Reading →
Joanna Ebenstein: Anatomica (Laurence King Publishing, 2020)
Joanna Ebenstein’s newest book Anatomica. The Exquisite & Unsettling Art of Human Anatomy is as much an art book as a book of anatomy. Or in this case, art comes before anatomy. I wrote this sentence before reading the book. I had just browsed it and this was my first impression. When I read in... Continue Reading →
Christmas Lights in Helsinki in 2018
I don't usually take colour photos. But maybe it's a good idea to shoot Christmas lights by using colour film. These photographs are taken two years ago in Helsinki. My Christmas story is a bit late and it's not even a story, but a collection of photos that I took of Christmas lights in Helsinki... Continue Reading →
Porvoo and a Road Bicycle Racing
15 December 1900, Raul Hellberg was born here in my home town Porvoo. He was a racing cyclist and a businessman. He is the man behind the classic Finnish cycling race, Porvoon Ajot (Porvoo Race). I have gone to see the annual race every now and again and even tried to take some photos. I... Continue Reading →
Jacobites at the Dublin Castle, London, 12 December 1995
A couple of days after the Jacobites gig at the Market Tavern in Kidderminster, I went to see them at the Dublin Castle in London. From this show I have even less photos to show than from the previous one. I had obviously noticed that it was just too dark. So the shots from this... Continue Reading →
Jacobites at the Market Tavern, Kidderminster, 9 December 1995
I am writing this on the 9th of December 2020. Exactly 25 years ago I attended a Jacobites gig at the Market Tavern in Kidderminster. Some of these pictures were recently published in a book that is telling about this venue. The 9th of December 1995 was Saturday. I had a very busy day according... Continue Reading →
Mark Badgeman: Memories of the Market Tavern, Kidderminster 1990–1996
Memories of the Market Tavern is full of memories of a 300 capacity venue called Market Tavern in Kidderminster. This former pub, that was situated off Comberton Hill at the cattle market (which explains why there’s a cow uttering in the beginning of the book that the book should have been called Cattle & Hum),... Continue Reading →