(Back ground story)
A fellow Canadian I am in contact with here in Kuusankoski recommended me adding someone to my Friends list on Facebook. He is a fellow metal head and seems as though we would really get along. Well Derek was right. Lukas and I do get along. We met last weekend for a beer before the Korpiklaani gig in Kouvola, had some time to chat and get to know each other. It went really well. Lukas sent me a text Friday afternoon seeing if I would like to go to Helsinki to see the Ulver gig. Well I have heard of Ulver but wasn’t familiar with the music. But I love road trips, haven’t been to Nosturi in ages and thought, “what the hell? Lukas is a great guy!”
So we made the trip. I was re-modeling the office. Didn’t take nearly as long as I had planned and yesterday I managed to put up the shelves and curtains so Sanna can begin organizing her fabrics and working materials there. Still lots of organizing and moving of shelves to be done but eventually it will be complete. I hope to post some photos soon.
Helsinki was covered in snow. We have almost a metre of snow here (though we have warm weather now and it is beginning to melt) which meant that Helsinki had at least 50cm. Even though the weather has been quite warm as of late I know it will take months for this much snow to completely melt.
The narrow streets of Helsinki were filled with snow. All the parking spots had become areas to pile up snow. Some cars were absolutely covered in snow and still had little tractors pushing snow up on top of them. Those are the cars that don’t get used in the winter… or at least won’t be used now!
After we parked directly in front of Nosturi we were getting out of the car when six huge trucks drove by filled with snow. Are these dumping their loads into the Baltic Sea? I don’t really know but I can only imagine that they are working around the clock to get the snow out of the city. I wonder if it will cause a lot of chaos when the snow finally begins to melt.
I really wish I had brought my Nokia phone with me to allow me to get some nice photos of the amount of snow. I just don’t trust the iPhone’s camera… ever. With no plans to return to Helsinki anytime soon it seems as though the one opportunity has passed by. The gig itself was great. I really enjoyed it. Quite an odd David Lynch type atmosphere developed even before the show began. But after a few beers I was able to shake it off and enjoy the performance. It makes me want to get into Ulver and see what gems can develop.
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