last week at this hour i was in Jarvenpaa getting ready for the train to Oulu... i wanted to come and post here a bit earlier but i slept half torstai got stuck in the helsinki triangle for the weekend and only now have i gotten the chance to upload pics and vids and also post the links here.
i visited the venue before the concert to get to know that Kalmah was gonna make the main sound check. came back after an hour, made a few pics of them on stage and bothered the guys for some time (now i know a few secrets! thanks Marco for keeping it up!) got autographs on 'FTR' and 'Swampsong' cds and also had a few pics with them
. after that i took a nice place to enjoy the concert and waited... didnt take many pictures of the concert for i recorded most of it and also head-banged a bit (i consider that a must on every good concert. thats my way of showing respect to the music
). after the concert had a short chat again - got Pekkas (almost handmade) pick, autograph on it and tried my charm on Kuisma so that i could get a drumstick of his, but no... that unfortunately didnt work
and then i met these two cool people from Oulu - Eija and Petteri - with whom i spent a couple hours till midnight when i my train home was leaving. We had a very pleasant conversation with Pekka who appeared on the other side of the table. he ate my jelly bears and i ate his peanuts and the world could end there but it didnt... still ^^ these were some nice moments.
i love you guys even more knowing that you are actually real - My Dearest Swamplords! Kiitos for your hyvaa tervetuloa!
(im sorry for the lack of "umlaut a" but i dont have one on my keyboard)
and you dear Kalmah fans posting here - ENVY ME EVEN MORE!