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Anna and I got to spend the eve / early hours of our wedding anniversary by seeing Tarot play. It was our fourth time of seeing Marco on Tuple on stage in a year – not that we mind :). They were on tour promoting their latest album and Joensuu was the second to last night of the mini-tour. And it showed – in a good way.

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We saw the Raskasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas) tour in Mikkeli on our way to the Winner and Nordic Winner dog shows in Helsinki. I’m just now getting around to publishing the pictures since I originally promised the promoter to wait for band approval to publishing the shots. Since I haven’t heard anything from the band [...]

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I must admit that as a Spotify (free) user I eagerly anticipated the release of their iPhone app and was fairly certain that I’d upgrade to a Pro account when it comes out. Now the app has been out for quite a while and I still haven’t made the plunge.
A Pro account doesn’t cost [...]

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For a long time I’ve felt that there are some bands that should be protected from most attempts of creating covers of their songs. And naturally, because of the title Queen is one of them.
Almost every time I hear a cover version of a Queen song I cringe and either want to run away [...]

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Even though the pictures from Amorphis’ gig had been up in our gallery for ages, I finally got around to selecting and editing the best shots of Brother Firetribe’s last gig.
They are a side project for many of the members – just a way to have fun – that play good old 80s style [...]

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