Music Archive, Part XXX ~ Sammy Babitzin: Daa-da, daa-da (Columbia, 1972)

Music Archive is a series, where I write about albums or singles that have been released years ago, too long time ago to be enclosed in the “Reviews” category. Music Archive is thus forming its own subcategory under “Reviews”, even though these write-ups are not reviews, maybe not always even presentations.  They are just stories...

I Am Worried About My Health Before a Trip to Japan

Today is the 19th of April 2023. A month later, on the 19th of May, I will step on board a Finnair airplane that would take me to Tokyo. Almost everything is arranged, and I should wait eagerly my trip, but I am worried. My common sense (if I have one) says that this is...

Christmas 2022

This is just a photo story of my Christmas 2022. I am not quite sure when my Christmas started, but it always ends on 13 January, on St. Knut's Day (as it traditionally ended in Finland). Nowadays it ends officially on 6 January. Anyway, it's time to show how my Christmassy flat and how one...

A Little Photo Story About My Parents

As the title tells, this is a short story, based on photos, about my parents. There is a reason, why I release it now, on 12 June: my mother would have turned 95 years old on 10 June this year (2022) and my father would have turned 100 years old on 13 June.   I turned...

A Sluggard’s Diary

My life is approaching little by little to its final decades or years (hopefully the first option). I am not quite satisfied how I have spent it. When I was young, I was full of thoughts and wishes. I can only blame myself and my personality that I never became "something". My problem has always...

Goodbye, Trees

When I moved to my current flat six years ago, there were trees around the building. I could see quite a big tree when watching out from my kitchen window. I could see trees and bushes when watching out from the windows of the living room, bedroom and the study. I could see birds and...

hide the Doll

Exactly one year ago, on 2 March 2021, a little plush doll all the way from Japan arrived to my household. I ordered a doll, but soon it turned to be much more than an ordinary plushie. The doll was not anymore "it" but "he" and he got a name, ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑜𝑙𝑙. He really...

One Year with X Japan and hide

On 29 October 2020 something strange happened. My life changed totally. Nothing was like before. That day was a beginning for something new. I wrote about that thing in January and thought – even though I didn’t expressed it – how long it takes until I am back in my “normal state”. People are talking...

Music Archive, Part VI ~ hide with Spread Beaver: Hurry Go Round (Universal Victor, 1998)

Music Archive is a series, where I write about albums or singles that have been released years ago, too long time ago to be enclosed in the “Reviews” category. Music Archive is thus forming its own subcategory under “Reviews”, even though these write-ups are not reviews, maybe not always even presentations.  They are just stories...