the only time i am fully mature at a show is when i talk to band members :).
but first.. short summary of the summer.
kick ass!
started with a wonderful weekend alone in my fave city at the mountains, then i finally managed to lay to rest the 15 years old - i wanna go to lake bodom and stay in espoo no matter how long i will be staying in finland- part of me. 6 years later but who's counting? haha [more details here]
i also saw europe, wasp, megadeth, motorhead and gnr[again] for free, then i went to sibiu [woonderful city] saw my dying bride and got the chance to take a pic with them, and now, peninsula.
1st of all I AM ALIVE!!! WOO HOOO!!!
one thing you have to know about me. i HATE hungarians. [most of them.the majority of them. some can be really nice people.]. pure. fucking. hatred. historical and political reasons. and in targu mures there are MANY hungarians. it was a challenge to try and keep my mouth shut in order not to get my ass kicked. but in the end i did. di was and is very proud of me. haaa!
i went there with a buddy from uni,diana, and since there is just one train/day from bucharest to tg mures, we got there on saturday. we decided not to sleep in the train station since we had a tent, so,because we just had tickets just for the cob day, we just bought 2 for saturday, also. when we went to get the bracelts for sunday, the chick who was to give them to us looked and me and gave me the most hear breaking news. she said "you know that atb got cancelled,right?". my heart got torn appart. my entire life collapsed around me. life had no meaning anymore. no but really. i was wearing a black turisas tshirt. i was dressed more methuul than di, still, i aparetly had an atb face. i just looked at di and she said "no it's ok. we're not here for them". got the bracelets and sterted to make fun of the news till the camping site, and sometimes yesterday and today. and will continue to do so till we get bored.
aanywway.
first night was ok.. nothing special.
the next day[aka yesterday, sunday] i woke up at like 7:20,,but that's normal for me :)). so i just wondered around a bit then took my book and chilled by the bungee jumping fence [i got a history book on friday from the library just to have smth to read on the way to/from there.it's about sweden and the baltic sea region between the XVI and the XVIII century. i like the way it's organised. plus it's something i will be studying in turku, as well :). aaanyway].
at noon ish cob had the sound check. soo i went to the fence. and waved at jaska..who waved baack. yeey :) [and so. the fangirling begins]. knowing what happened last year to someone i know, regarding petri, it was a nice surprise.:)
not to mention good drum players will always have my respect, since i had to play drums in highschool and ended up going full[y] retarded in an attempt to play what my teacher wanted. it was fun. :)). it was then when i realised that i'm not made for drums:)).
back on topic.
what killed me more than the beginning of shovel knockout usually does, was the part of the sound check when they had bass and keyboards. simultaneously. it. was. fdnef.nfreg!. [ooh i am soo seeing the father of all evil aka flea on friday. although my ticket is placed i the venue somewhat close to the gates of manala,i will be able to stare at that bass. finally.
(and since elaine said she'll be buying herself a bass,in turku i'll finally have the chance to play it. i'm stuck on buying myself keyboards and ineke can actually play drums, not even sorry for the future neighbours:)) )]
blah blah rest of the day was ok.. hot as freaking hell.. till like 5 minutes after i talked with di about how it would be nice to rain for a change and i was bitching about how i want back on suomenlinna..
but when i saw it's starting to get cloudy i realised that rain on that day,,,, BAD idea. me no wants show to get cancelled.
blah again nothing.. trooper started. i was at the left part of the stage [seen from the public]
i like trooper. it was nice seeing them again. it started to rain at about 8 and i was freaking out. according to di, more than i realised. all i know is that i was like "i am gonna be pissed as fuck if cob gets cancelled.".. and already being pissed since they seemed to cover everything against the rain BUT janne's keys. they eventually got covered, too. good.
the 2nd band was a hungarian one. during their show,ahm, i believe a rock had more emotions than my face had. longest hour and a half of the day.
then the waiting began. and i mostly stared at the holyday @lake bodom banner..and discussing how kickass that would be as a tattoo.. as well as the "the reaper always wins" in civitype. :)).
the show was really awesome, at least from my point of view and i believe there were more people than last year. kickass. not to mention that this time i was right in front of the drums, unlike last year when i could barely see them.
anyway.
speaking of people. how can you tell if the guy next to you is hungarian? simple. take my example. ask him to hold the finn flag with the romanian one underneath, and h will make so that the romanian one won't be seenable. ask him to pass the romanian one to the left so that both are fully seenable and he will let go of them both.
OH BURN.
anyway. i love the way they sing shovel knockout live. it gave me time to switch to video and film it. with many henkka scenes. bass. [oh and for the love of gods.to get this straight. do i find him good looking ? well, d;oh. but then again, who in cob isn't so? like. really now. for their age, compared (or not) to what you see here, they look great. it must be something in the finn water. but for the love of music, the looks are a bonus. like. yeah. i am buying their cds to look at their eyes. fuck logic. if looks would be the criteria i'd have for the music i listen to, bands like korpiklaani shouldn't be part of my playlist. last time i checked it wasn't a crime to consider someone good looking (wrote smth on this subject on the finland blog.grow up.).it's called being human :). this reminds me. guy from vantaa airport. Yum. ]
all in all great playlist, great atmosphere, great guys.
theen the end came. and i really wanted at least henkka's or roope's pic, so i focused on that. one of henkka's fell close from where i was standing, but far enough to not be able to take it, funnier, a roope one was not far from henkka's.
needles to say the guards were hungarian. one of them bothered to pick roope's and gave it to someone close to me. some minutes later another one bothered to have his existence interrupted by some unworthy mortals, got the pick and went to the other part of the crowd to give it to someone.
i. became. so. pissed. off. i can't even. moreover, i had 50 euro worth of money for band merch. went to the merch stand. and. yeey. no cob merch. whoop de fucking doo :)). the night was getting better and better. so i took di and off to the backstage area, MAAYBE the guys would come to talk to us for 5 min.
the usually calm me was pretty much changed and by the time i got there i was cursing more than a sailor, all my "love" being aimed at the guard and gods know the romanian language can be quite... colourful [colourful enough that a guy beside me said he hopes never to piss off someone like me. it was funny:))].
some chick with a press pass or smth like that told us the guys are so not gonna come cause they don't look in the mood and didn't stayed after the conference either.
none of us moved. bahahhaha. i didn't have anything better to do, i wasn't tired and nothing could've gotten worse.
then some hungarian came and talked with another hungarian chick. di asked her in romanian what did he say and she was like "you don't know hungarian?"..she was soo was indignant. it was then that we found out she couldn't speak romanian.
Burn.
in the end janne henkka and alexi came. yey us! i was inspired that day to get my marker with me soo autographs on flag it is! first one was janne's then henkka's and alexi's..i also asked henkka for a pick but apparently he didn't have any more. daamn.
later jaska came so i got his autograph, too. unfortunately roope didn't came.
neext time, gadget :)).
the guys were awesome for coming, it's nice to see big bands being still fan-friendly even after many years, unlike some others either bigger or not even 1/4 as big as cob who start to get ruled by fame and money and forget where they started from. [for example trooper. slowly but steadily they change. which sucks.]
music makes me happy. going to shows makes me happy.i'm glad that i am able to go to a show from time to time. i have a lot of catching up to do. which reminds me. i should've talked to my boss today to tell him if i am going to work tomorrow or not. my phone was [and still is] dead. he's so gonna kill me :)).
oh well.
oh my. almost forgot.
about the conference.
i know one of the guys who attended it. he had a press pass from metalhead. ro
aand this is what i have to say [note: it was written on tumblr before i left for the fest]
i talked to the guy. i know what he’s gonna ask..
FOR THE SAKE OF THE GODS! OF THE BAND! OF MUSIC!! OF JOURNALISM!!
the same old clicheic shit they are asked at nearly every bloody fucking interview.
like REALLY??
DUDE HAVE SOME IMAGINATION AND THINK OUT OF THE FUCKING BOX!!!
i tried to make him at leaast let go of some CAPTAIN FUCKING OBVIOUS questions.. but can you argue with a 15-16 year old fucktard? NOOO… “i think it’s ok. i know better. it’s the standard interview. plus the guys at metalhead.ro said it’s ok”. gee. good to know you accept suggestions.
plus the guys at metalhead.ro suck MASSIVE dick. you pretty much must be an ass kisser cock sucker bastard to be able to fit in. plus, if you don;t listen to what they listen to or don’t agree with the big bosses, you are non-existent there.
i feel like apologising to the band before the press conference for what they will have to go through…
it’s not jealousy of some sort “oh my, he’s gonna be at the conference, why haven’t i got press pass”… yeah. whateever. i could’ve had. i was invited by a different website a while ago[who read what i wrote about another show i’ve attended] to do reviews of the shows i attend, for them, but i said no, because it would require a certain dedication that i am not willing to give. so yeah. i could’ve had a press pass. it’s not about the jealousy, it’s about the fact that if you actually have it and get a chance of getting an interview, in my mind it would be better to surprise them with out of the box questions, not the “who’s/who are the main composer[s] in the band” Perkele!
it's not even about the age. you could be 18 and be very mature or be 30 and be worse than this guy. plus i remember when i was his age. i know how i was and i wasn't as bad as him. for fuck's sake.
he just asked 6 out of the 16 questions. still. argh. yes
oh well.
enough for tonight.
rhcp on friday. see you afterwards. bahaha
:)
[the amount of excitement i have when it comes to seeing live the band that got me where i am today is..well..unimaginable.]
update:
the guy with the pass recognised me in the crowd and after the conference bitched about how he wasn't able to talk more to the guys and invite janne for a beer and shit bcs of the manager... and how he knew that it would be worthless to wait for them after the show..
well well. this is what happens when you try to annoy people with your attitude and shit. apparently, in the end, "i make my own luck" worked better than ass kissing a website :). pam pam.
2nd. i found out who the opening bands will be for rhcp. there waas a contest and some unknown bands won. which is intriguing, since i know they didn't have the majority of votes. oh well. i'm going directly before rhcp start.
3rd
after i posted this last night some..one.. asked me to name 3 bass players that i like but whom i don't find good looking.
haha
challenge accepted. let's say 5:
1)father of all evil. Flea. not now, not in the early days. still. he got me hooked. i must be lying, right?
2)Boro [from iris,(my fave) romanian band.]
3)Mirel Cumpanas (cargo. romanian band)
4)sami [ensiferum. gods know how much i stared at the bass last year :))]
5)Teemu Hautamäki -charon.
and the list can continue. so. dear whoever, go fuck a goat or smth.:)
oh aand since i mentioned iris, the band announced that cristi, the lead singer, will be leaving the band on the 3rd. Fuck. :). not too impressed about who the new lead singer will be, but still, we'll wait and see.
