STURM & DRANG

Okay, close your eyes.

No, read the instructions first, then close your eyes, though you'll have to remember to open them again some time later.

Imagine an arse. Got it? Good. A big arse. An arse so big that it makes Obi-Wan Kenobi go "OMG that's not a moon, that's an arse!" and promptly turn into Dark Side.

Now imagine said body part being kicked.

Congratulations, you have just experienced a KMFDM gig.

So yeah, that's where I was yesterday, at the Tavastia club, right in the front line staring in awe at the very person who has helped to create the music genre I happen to enjoy immensely. I also, by coincidence, managed to score a place right in front of Jules Hodgson, who is one of those annoyingly good-looking and cool guitarists, and got offered a year's worth of eye candy in one go. I got *this* close to shaking hands with Sascha Konietzko, the founder and the vocalist of KMFDM but got shoved aside by a squealing fanboy. There should be restrictions in admitting fanboys in public venues in my opinion. Fangirls, on the other hand, are a completely different matter, otherwise I'd never get anywhere.

Some shaky and blurred pictures can be found here, my camera is unfortunately a crappy one and I'm no master photographer anyway.

In case you're wondering what I'm doing posting here on this early on a Saturday is due tot he fact that this is, in fact, the first free weekend I've had since August. I've worked on every single Saturday throughout the autumn. What do people do when they have 2 whole days off? Seriously, I've forgotten how it feels like to sleep late and not worry about getting all the housework done right now because Monday is just one night away. I could learn to like this.

I think I'll just hang around in my brand new KMFDM (I'll stop soon, I promise) shirt and every 5 minutes check out the antics of the baby fish, which admittetly consist mainly of swimming around in jerky fashion and finding things to eat.

Soundtrack:
The coffee maker. I went to bed early. At 4.50 a.m., to be precise.