The Date: 17.11.2006
The Place: Lempäälä, Hakkarin liikuntahalli and Tampere, Yo-talo.
The Album: Carnival of Rust
I entered the Lempäälä's gig place (a huge gym hall) just when the
gig was about to start. I hugged the row of cheerleaders that was
situated in front of the mixing table and took a place next to them. The
audience consisted mainly of adolescent in the various stages of
puberty. When the gig started we all were shocked of the amount of
screaming and yelling that came out of those little peoples' mouths. It
was actually pretty frightening. Suddenly the front row was packed and
many young girls were lifted in the shoulders of boys, it reminded me of
mushrooms popping out of the grass. We didn't even try to go among the
crowd, we had our own little party there at the back. LDG joined us also
and hugged the row and then Mako came by, also to hug us all.
For a brief period of time I went to stand at the bleachers so I
could see more, but after a couple of songs I joined the rest of the
group. It was so fun just to goof around with the galls, to spin our
hands the certain way during Sorry go round, to mimic playing a rhythm
egg during CoR, to jump around during Gravity (this time I actually had
room around me, so I didn't have to worry about stepping on someones
toes).And when the Late goodbye was played, the Cheerleaders waved their
multicolored glowing lollipops and the rest of us phones, Jani noticed
that and just cracked up! Also during that song Mark tried to get the
audience to sing along, but that didn't quite work out. Just before CoR
was played, Jani stepped in front of the microphone and gave a speech
that today's epistle was about dark things and tragic love (or something
like that) and Mark had to practically steal the microphone from him.
During the gig Marko was throwing 'Christmas presents' among the
audience. One landed straight in front of my feet where LDG picked it up
and kept it. It was a pair of white male socks, decorated with the
autographs of Mark, Ollie and the Captain.
The gig lasted about an hour and then I asked if LDG could give me a
ride to Tampere. She said yes and also decided to try and find out, if
there was still tickets left to the yo-talo gig. Before we left the gym
hall, I noticed CoR-poster, fastened to the main door that led outside. I
also spotted two security guys and asked them, if I could take that
poster. The guys didn't know at first, but then the other one said that
go ahead. They also joked that I should not take the whole door with me,
or to brag about the poster to my friends, until I got home.
When we entered the yo-talo at 11.15 pm we were amazed that there
were still tickets left. The last time Poet's were at yo-talo, the gig
was sold out couple of days before the gig. I had already bought my
ticket via the Internet, but LDG then bought hers. We were also amazed
that the front row was still practically empty. At once we reserved
places there and stuck there like glue. Slowly the front row started to
fill up and Maaru showed up as well. We also talked to two girls that
were at a Poets-gig for the first time. One of those was planning to ask
Mark to sign an autograph onto her breasts, but we said that that might
not be the best of ideas...
Then two loud and obnoxious girls appeared just behind me, they kept
pushing and turning and shouting to the phone. I had the urge just to
grab the phone and throw it away, but that might have led to a cat
fight, so I just endured it. The gig started a bit after midnight and
the place was totally packed and we actually had to fight so we could
keep our places.
And then my mind goes a bit fuzzy of all the excitement but I do try
to remember things that weren't the normal routine. Ollie had minor
problems with his guitars and his 'earphone'(or whatever that is)
throughout the gig but it didn't bother much. Jaska and Mark played and
sang some catchy tune (sounded really good) while the others were tuning
their instruments. Mark shook hands with the front row, as did Ollie.
Mark said something of the gig place (I didn't hear what, the speeches
usually tend to sound porridge-like at the front row) and some girls
answered something like 'noo, you don't see right, this place is full'
and 'come to Ilosaarirock'. Those comments made the whole band burst to
laugher. The girls repeated the Ilosaarirock comment a couple of times
and Mark said that maybe they try to be there. The same girls reached
out and messed with Ollie's hair when he was playing near them. Ollie's
guitar was somepoint almost upside down when he played, the neck of the
guitar touched the stage.
When LDG and me mimicked the rhythm egg playing during CoR, Ollie
noticed it and bursted to laughter. During Stay, instead of singing the
little things-part, Mark sang something complete different, sounded
good. But now I don't remember the words...(help me out here girls).
After one song Ollie jumped off from a speaker and just missed Mark.
Mark showed him that it was 'this close'. Ollie's guitar lurched almost
out of control when Ollie was taking a sip of water. LDG waved the
socks she got to Ollie and he saluted her. Some people from the audience
gave Mark a wooden bracelet and devil's horns.
The band rocked like hell, they were in a really good mood, the
audience was great with the sing along parts and I had the best of time
partying with LDG. Mark said thanks to an unbelievable great gig and
that they always have the best gigs in Tampere. I agree (I also count
Lempäälä and Hämeenlinna as suburbs of Tampere, lol).
When the gig was over, the audience kept clapping and yelling for a while, but it didn't pay off.
For LDG the Christmas came early, she got one of Jari's drum sticks
and a card that was listed the songs that were played this time. We
stayed there for a little while dancing and goofing around and one guy
tried to hit on me. I wasn't that impressed. Then Petri walked by and
hugged us and after that I noticed one guy that I know from Tampere
scifi scene. I talked with him and his friends and it turned out (or so
they said) that they have known the Captain for 12 years and they are
his fans. Also one of his friends was amazed that I am Battlestar Galactica fan and he was totally mesmerized by my eyes. Funny!
Then it was my time to run to the buss stop and go home. I have been
hyper for the last 3 hours. Maybe it is better to get some sleep now.
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