Wohoo...I'm rich and famous...well maybe not rich...actually maybe not even famous but anyway my photo with a link to my Flickr feed was selected for inclusion in the fifth
edition of Schmap San Jose and Silicon Valley Guide:
San Jose Sharks
http://www.schmap.com/sanjose/introduction_history/p=168157/i=168157_23.jpg
Talk about lucky shot :)
I just happened to be in the right place at the right time and saw an opportunity for a nice pic.
But that's the way it works for pros and photographing enthusiasts as well I guess. They just take a lot of pics and one out of maybe thousand is worth saving.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Friday, August 1, 2008
My Qstock experience
So last weekend was Qstock but I didn't have time to go see all the bands I wanted to because we were also moving to our new house the same weekend.
Anyway I did see Poets of the Fall, PMMP, Manic Street Preachers, Kotiteollisuus, Sahara Hotnights, Ismo Alanko Teholla and parts of the gigs from Amorphis, Radiopuhelimet, YUP and some local rising stars. The festival area was a lot bigger this year than before. The main stage was also bigger than before and everything worked very well. Big thank you and congratulations to organizers!
I'm very disappointed for not being able to make it to see Stam1na. I only heard the last three of their songs while walking from my car to the festival area. It would've been also nice to catch Mokoma but you can't have it all.
All the gigs I saw were good but the best by atmosphere was PMMP. The video here is of their first big hit, Rusketusraidat, and as you can see it still works.
Manic Street Preachers were also great but their gig was a bit shorter than scheduled and they didn't even do encore. The video is of the song they started the show with - Motorcycle Emptiness.
Ismo Alanko Teholla is amazing, it's just unbelievable what Teho Majamäki can do with all the drums and percussion instruments ...and Ismo's songs are simply genius. This is Levottomat Jalat:
I don't get why Poets of the Fall has not broken through internationally bigger. Here's a shot of them performing Carnival of Rust.
Overall I must say that I enjoyed most of these bands on Qstock much more than Kiss and Bon Jovi gigs I saw in Helsinki on May and June.
I've got also pictures from Qstock on Flickr. I'm sorry for the bad quality of the pics and the videos. The camera on N81 8GB is not that good :(
I should have taken my real camera with me.
Anyway I did see Poets of the Fall, PMMP, Manic Street Preachers, Kotiteollisuus, Sahara Hotnights, Ismo Alanko Teholla and parts of the gigs from Amorphis, Radiopuhelimet, YUP and some local rising stars. The festival area was a lot bigger this year than before. The main stage was also bigger than before and everything worked very well. Big thank you and congratulations to organizers!
I'm very disappointed for not being able to make it to see Stam1na. I only heard the last three of their songs while walking from my car to the festival area. It would've been also nice to catch Mokoma but you can't have it all.
All the gigs I saw were good but the best by atmosphere was PMMP. The video here is of their first big hit, Rusketusraidat, and as you can see it still works.
Manic Street Preachers were also great but their gig was a bit shorter than scheduled and they didn't even do encore. The video is of the song they started the show with - Motorcycle Emptiness.
Ismo Alanko Teholla is amazing, it's just unbelievable what Teho Majamäki can do with all the drums and percussion instruments ...and Ismo's songs are simply genius. This is Levottomat Jalat:
I don't get why Poets of the Fall has not broken through internationally bigger. Here's a shot of them performing Carnival of Rust.
Overall I must say that I enjoyed most of these bands on Qstock much more than Kiss and Bon Jovi gigs I saw in Helsinki on May and June.
I've got also pictures from Qstock on Flickr. I'm sorry for the bad quality of the pics and the videos. The camera on N81 8GB is not that good :(
I should have taken my real camera with me.
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