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Tonight

Before the Fall

Good morning people. I haven’t really had any motivation or inspiration to write here for a while, but i though i’d let you know i’m still alive, hanging in there. Those of you who know me knows what day tomorrow is. The day when i FINALLY see Underoath live in concert and not only that, i get to interview Tim (McTague; guitarist) before the show for www.hcsanomat.fi, i’m super-excited about that and also hopefully after the show i’ll meet the rest of the guys. I’m also looking forward to see Architects live, they’re opening up for Underoath AND yesterday i noticed there’s a third band, a local band called ‘V for Violence‘, who after a quick listen on their myspace page didn’t sound all that good and it kinda makes me wonder why. I think Architects and UO is a great deal in itself already. Other not so good thing for the show is that it is K-18 and because of that not many tickets have been sold, such a shame; maybe next time they come to Finland they should pick a venue like Nosturi. But anyways, i dont really care, this is the moment i’ve been waiting for years. It’s hard to explain what this show means to me, especially at this point in my life with all it’s letdowns. One more thing before i leave you for now, is that i got a call from Nokia (since their now reducing employees) from my boss and she told me my job is secure, so i will continue there for now, but i will actively look for a new job, i’ve had about enough of Nokia as a human being can have. Ok, without getting too depressive i will go and come up with questions to ask Tim tomorrow and mentally prep myself for the moment i’ve waited for. Take care you all!

peace love and understanding,
- pooki

Walk On By

Greetings! Been a while so let’s get up to date. Last week i had a week off from work so i took the train down to Kokkola to visit my family and friends and to pick up my green tiger, in other words my car. I had a really great time in Kokkola; hung out a lot with my cousin Mika (aka Miami Mick) and my good friend Jarno (aka Jape). Also spent some time with my sisters and her kids; and of course my dear parents. Good times. While i was in Kokkola Endrive’s new album “Atonement and Wrath” finally got mixed and the boys sent it to me to listen to and i gotta say, it sounds mighty fine! Can’t wait for the moment that we can release it. One final mix will be made to it next week and then it needs to be mastered. We also need someone to release it, but everything will work out. Things are really moving nicely forward with the band at the moment. Last practise Niko had a new song idea/riffs which was quite punk-oriented and those who know me well know that im not a huge fan of playing punk beats on the drums, so kinda as a joke i did a blastbeat (only i halfed the bass drum strokes since im not that fast) and Niko really liked it, so for now we’re sticking with it. It has two verses of that drumbeat and hopefully i will be able to pull it off everytime live or when we sometime maybe even end up recording it. I also scored a “job” at two online music webzines (one in finnish and one in english) and as my first interviw i’m interviewing Underoath in Helsinki on the 26th, i will talk more about this soon…

peace love and understanding,
- pooki