So yes?

Why do we call Turku for Suomen Turku, what is it with the city that makes us “ironize” and “judge” everything about it? Such things as Turku jokes, the shitty smell, the hangover town, the place that has a statue of Jack Sparrow in the city center..? What makes Turku Finland’s asshole? Is it a geographical thing, I mean, check out the map and the location of the town, isn’t the ass suppose to be right about in Joensuu? But as the saying goes, put your asshole where your mouth is, or whatever..?

I will not find out anything or any answers to these questions, I will just tell you about my journey within’ the Finnish anus, or is it really Finland’s musical paradise, or are we all just shitty people in a very big a-hole?

( Nightmare Enemy )

I went to Turku during Wednesday afternoon to shoot promos for a good friend of mine and his great metal act called Nightmare Enemy, that is also the reason why I haven’t posted any new blog things for a couple of hours.. Was I in Turku for several days? No.. Didn’t they have Internet? Perhaps.. But as soon as I got back to Helsinki I had a lot going for me, and as soon as I was done with stuff – I had to go to Waasa, so now I’m here, very comfortable in a grey couch – suck on hat.. Missed the letter T. Why would anyone wanna suck on a hat?

We spent a fine four hours shooting Nightmare Enemy promos and hopefully we got some nice ones. I have only scrolled through the shots vaguely in like 2 minutes and I found one (the one above) to do a quick edit on since the guys needed at least one pic in a short notice.. I’ll edit all of the shots later when the time is right.. There will be around 4-6 shots I imagine, when the thing is done and archived.. But, the one I chose is not exactly screaming metal in your faces, but I kinda liked the brotherhood feeling I got from the composition and the overall feel in the shot.. I also had a visitor this morning, my good friend and photographer JK, who gave me some pointers on how to use Photoshop in new ways, and believe me, this guy really knows photoshop.. So as everyday has been a proof of, since I turned 15, everyday we learn something new, or was it that every new 15-year-old learns something old? Don’t recall what I’ve learned about that, this is weird.. Ignore all this.. Why not delete it, I hear you ask? Well, since my keyboard is full of dust I picked up in Turku.

The guys in Nightmare Enemy – Janne, Janne, Kalle, Joe and Juho were all really cool dudes and as always with metalheads, the humor was all around the place, and the talking was non-stop.. Like the parrot in Tropiclandia in the 90′s.. Ignore that.. Really cool dudes, and their music is as cool as the guys, I really hope and wish that these guys will get to record a full length disc some day.. Their influences, if you’re a rocker, will be kinda clear to you as soon as the title track “nightmare enemy” hits your speakers! A really cool song with some melodies and riffs to get your grandpa go insane like Cypress Hill!

Check out their myspace (not Cypress’s) for more info and some really good songs…

THE NIGHTMARE ENEMY MYSPACE

So, as I questioned myself earlier, why is Turku always being referred to as this country’s asshole, it remains unanswered… But assuming it really is our asshole, then it really gives this land some awesome fart sounds and humorous piles of poo!

//XOXO GossipTage

4 Comments »

Tags: Nightmare Enemy, Suomen Turku