Taking it easy

Last week I started my summer vacation by going to see Foo Fighters play at Helsinki's kalasatama. It was cool. A long set with many great songs.
After the show I went to spend some time at my mom's place in Joutsa. Very relaxing. Small towns like Joutsa are the kind of places where some people run from and some run to. Now I see that to me, it has been both.

Since the last time I visited Joutsa, our family had grown by one. We have a small, 8 week old kitten there now and she's adorable. You know how kittens are, playful, fun and cute. And she's all that.
Yesterday I went to have a workout at the local Gym, the same place where I went for the first time when I decided it was time to start doing something for my body and health. It's not like I have the body of a bodybuilder nowadays either, but you should've seen me before I started this thing! Anyway, it was fun.

Today I woke up at 7am and went for a morning swim with my mother, sister and brother. Then we had breakfast and hopped on a car to Jyväskylä. Now, I'm writing this blog-entry at my appartment while listening to some great records, drinking coffee and thinking what I'm gonna do today. It's time to spend a few days here now with my friends. I still have the next week free, off from work, and I'm going back to Joutsa next week before my vacation ends. The first week of holiday has been great. My nerves really needed this.

Oh yeah, the tickets to this year's Lutakko Liekeissä -festival are now on sale! The headlining acts include Discharge and Fucked Up. We're playing there too. For all the bands, go to www.lutakkofestival.com and buy yourself a ticket!

- Juska

Summer vacation

SUMMER TIME, HOLIDAY TIME! ALL RIGHT!!

We did a demo session with Kalle yesterday. 4 new songs for the upcoming EP. We'll let you know when the actual recordings are going to take place. Here's a sneak peak of what's coming up:

Provinssirock 2011

Just came back from an 8 day long trip to Seinäjoki, where I was working for this year's Provinssirock. I got to be a part of building - and disassembling - Finland's biggest festival stage yet. It sure was an experience all right.

The main stage.

I also got to see some great shows there. I really enjoyed watching Jenni Vartiainen's pop tunes (and Jenni herself, 'cause that woman's got some sex appeal. DAMN!) and Graveyard kicking with their 70's groove. I suggest you go to a record shop, find their newest album Hisingen Blues, and listen to it as soon as possible.

Jenni Vartiainen.

Tomorrow we're gonna record some demos of our new songs. Very excited about that.

- Juska

Graduation parties, old friends & good times

Yesterday I went to a couple of graduation parties. My two cousins graduated from vocational school - one as a practical nurse, the other as a tailor. The party was held at my grandmother's place in Toivakka, where all my cousins and I used to spend all our summers as a small kid. It's a place with lots of very good memories.  I really enjoyed spending time there with my family, since I rarely get to see them nowadays. 

After that I went to my hometown Joutsa to celebrate my best friend Antti's graduation. He's got himself a profession now too, as an electrician. The graduation party was full of his relatives and friends. It was great to see all those people too, I've always liked Antti's family a lot and it's always cool to see people you go way back with. 

Today I went to a couple more graduation parties here in Jyväskylä. Santeri and Jesper graduated from high school with great papers. The food at both parties was great too. Thanks, families Suominen and Perälä!

Tonight has some pretty big plans too. My workplace has a party to celebrate the end of a good season at the house and the start of summer and I'm going there.

This weekend is full of people. Friends, old and new. Sadly, one friend lost, too..

Rest In Peace, Elvis Rantalainen. May your afterlife be full of tasty bones to chew and rabbits to run after.

- Juska