Back with the Family

The Date: 28.10.2006
The Place: Tampere, Pakkahuone, YleX live 
The Album: Carnival of Rust


Jariq and I entered the gig place about an hour before the gig. And yes, I might have guessed it, they took my water bottle away. Although there were many bands performing there that night, I was only interested in two. The other one (besides the obvious) was local progressive rock/metal band called Cyan Velvet Project. They were performing just before the Poets, at the another stage. The lights were really low and directed weird, so we didn't see the band members properly. The lead singer was wearing striped stockings, blacks short skirt and black shirt. When the first song started, I was baffled because the voice of the singer was really low. But it was only after the song (when the singer spoke) I realized that the singer was in fact a man! It is funny, how our preconceptions mold our way to see things.

After couple of songs I got a message from Perla, telling that the Cheerios had arrived and waited at the front row. As the whole row was already occupied, I had to settle for the second row. It was so awesome to be with the forum-family again and to be in the middle of the crazy bunch know as the cheerleaders =) I felt an incredible feeling of belonging and acceptance and I just floated in the air.

Because of the other bands, the gig was somewhat short, with the usual single songs and few others.
I wasn't so observative as usual, for two reasons: 1)I was at the second row, so I didn't see everything that was going on at the stage and 2) I hadn't seen a gig for a long while, so I just let the music take me away. I felt overwhelming joy and my heart was about to burst, I almost even had trouble breathing.
This was the first gig after the break up with my boyfriend and I wished that I had been able to go to gigs much earlier. PotF-gigs are the best cure for heartache.

I do remember one detail from the gig. There were two oranges at the stage and before the gig Jaska waved one of those the way Jari uses the rhythm egg during Carnival of Rust. At the end of the gig the oranges were thrown in the audience.

The gig left me hyper and craving for more. And before I knew it, I already planned the next gig-trip to Helsinki.