"Music is so naturally united with us that we cannot be free from it even if we so desired" - Boethius "The unhappiest people I know, romantically speaking, are the ones who like pop music the most" - Nick Hornby "If I listen to some utterly perfect performance of an utterly perfect piece while I'm driving, I might want to close my eyes and die right then and there" - Haruki Murakami
9.8.2010
Indeed, this summer has been all about the city. I've finally managed to collect almost every single one of those 720 interviews I was supposed to but it doesn't make me as happy as I wish it did; no matter how much I would like to grab hold of these days, they won't last.
In a way I feel like this was the last summer. Next year I've got to make some important decisions that may possibly change my directions in life. And yes, I am nervous and frightened as hell but above all my mood's somewhat melancholic. There's no going backwards.
Maybe I'd better do exactly what my dad has predicted: wandering from one place to another as an idle artist with no objectives may cause confusion and trouble but it may also become my thing.
8.8.2010
I've got to admit that despite the incomprehensible milieu and the fact that some unknown DJ played Brass Monkey by Beastie Boys but the legend himself didn't - shame on him - I did enjoy all the dancing for a while.
Nevertheless, Etelä-Haaga at 5 am this morning was way more impressive than Grandmaster Flash. Surrounded by fog and humming to this Placebo song I made my way home and ended up having difficulties with the lock that had somehow swelled because of all the heat. I felt like a burglar, trying to break in my own apartment and not to wake up the whole family.
7.8.2010
Luckily tonight it's time for Grandmaster Flash at Tivoli and some pre- and afterpartying with great company. It's gonna be grand (I hope).
PS Let's not forget the past two days - this describes perfectly what I've been doing:
Tokoinranta, Neljäs linja and Café Java have been places to be recently. As I arrived home Thursday evening I heard someone snoring in the stairway of my house. I suppose the poor guy was trying to escape the evenings that are slowly getting darker and colder.