I Love You Greg

China Wing Cat

"A kitty in Chongqing, China, is getting some extra-special attention these days: The furry feline has developed wings! Though born looking completely normal, once the cat hit the age of 1, he began growing wing-shaped appendages on either side of his spine, the U.K.'s Daily Mail reports."

From Msnbc.msn.com

The Souljazz Orchestra

I saw this Canadian band one week ago in Helsinki! IT RULED! Me and my gal were dancing our shoes off! I had a suit on! Good times indeed.



Also there are new colors here in Shakkiland! I hope it doesn't hurt your eyes too much. Now this blog looks more to my taste. Mmm.... Singapore slings....

Get Behind The Mule

Booker T Rules.



And so does Tom Waits.

I gotta get myself Booker T's new album Potato Hole where this awesome cover is.

Post Edit: Oh and how cool does that banjo player look??? WOW. I wanna grow up to be just like that.

Singapore Sling

I had one of these yesterday. It was great stuff! I also got new adidas shoes as a birthday gift from my girlfriend. RULES.



Check out the colors of these babies!

I Want To Break Free

This song is one of my all time Queen favorites! Last night it came from the bar's jukebox and I had shivers all over my body for hearing that song again in such a long time. That guitar solo is amazing also. Or is it a synth? What the hell is it?

Sadkarma

This is my friend's Partti's band. He is a amazing guitar-player here in Helsinki city. I'm going to start a new band with him and Santeri who plays drums in a band called Ahma. Check Partti's band Sadkarma below. Amazing stuff.

Finland

Arto Paasilinna is a famous writer here in Finland. He is also famous drunk. He tried to get into a restaurant, but he fell on his back and the police took him away.

The next article is only in Finnish but it contains some pretty fucking amazing photojournalism from the land of the alcoholism.

Check it out: From Mtv3.fi



Amazing.

Waiting For SP2 Vista...

I know this is pretty old and stupid, but it's just as good as it was then! Windows never change...

86 Iconic Images Ruined With Technology

Rules.

From Gizmodo.com

How Did I Know You Are Gonna Say That

Hello My Name Is Matti

Lips

Thanks Ray

"We Are Dealing With A Menace"...

VANHAINKOTI - Sateen Varjo Leikki

I made a new song this morning. Check it out. It's about rain.

Sateen Varjo Leikki by vanhainkoti

Your Sweetness Is My Weakness

I'm 26 on 26th

Wow dudes... it's my birthday today. I'm still on sick-leave though my ankle is doing a lot better.
This day is also my girlfriend's birthday, so happy birthday to you my love! I bought her the new John Lennon book by Philip Norman. My girlfriend is a huge Beatles fan, so her face was pretty amazing when she got her present.
Miles Davis was born on 26th of may, so was Pam Grier, John Wayne and even Matt Stone. How cool is that? Well I don't know...
Birthdays are the best when you have a cool number like 30 or 40 or 60 or 666. Those days are party days.
But hey... this is me Shakki saying Happy Birthday to all of us 26th of May folks! Let's party. Or stay at home and cry. Weep... no... let's party! cry! party! Whatever.

Hank Williams JR. 26th of may...



The Residents. forever.

Twiggy Is Back

And it sure as hell sounds like it.
I've been a Marilyn Manson fan since the Antichrist Superstar album which I think is their best work and one of the best albums ever. This new album The High End of Low sounds like the band is back on track again. I like it! Rock on brotha.

Music Is The Key

Big Ass-Horse

I'm doing a project with my long-time friend Julius. He is a great and talented musician from Helsinki. The basic idea of our project called "Big Ass-Horse" is that I make the "music" and he does the singing. It's going to rule! You can check Julius's musical world here: Myspace.com/humanchocolate

I'm Gonna Teach U How To BODYSLAM... HIT ME!

Hey guys let's party tonight, anywhere in the world let's party baby! This me Shakki saying merry weekend to you all of you! Love. Peace. Ain't nuthing but a party baby.

Hey if you wanna contact me write me an email @ snowmanmelts@hotmail.com and I also use that awful facebook with the name Basso Masa. Oh yeah baby.



Bootsy Rules.

Rauta Hauta

This is actually one of my favorite songs that I've made. It's really simple and I love the way how I got that "whale singing" sound just by using my own mouth, microphone and transpose on ableton. I uploaded this track a while ago to Myspace, but Soundcloud rules more. So here it is, play it, download it, play it to your dog!

Rauta Hauta by vanhainkoti

Ps. The song's name is in English "Iron Grave"... oh and if the above player doesn't work, just click on the link below it.

MBO Blog 3 Years! Happy Birthday!

One of my favorite bands is Madame Blavatsky Overdrive and their amazing blog has been the center of my internets for couple of years now, their new album is coming soon, so be sure to check that out when that incredible thing happens from their blog @ Madameblavatskyoverdrive.com

The Sports Documentary

WORD

Home-Cleaning Music RULES!

I love the way how that French guy says "Blur"!

1979

More great home-cleaning music! The first time I heard this song (teen) a tear drop fell down my cheek, that riff is amazing. Totally amazing.

Won't Someone Give Me A Gun?

Kick ass home-cleaning day music! That drum intro rules!

Mistrz - The Master

In just about 40minutes and this Polish film comes from the Finnish digital-tv network. It says here on the "Finnish tv-guide" that it's a story about a Russian knife-thrower who loses his job because of his foolish drinking and he goes on the road for a trip to visit the Paris of his dreams.

Might be good? Anything related to heavy drinking and Paris turns my interest on. I just have to watch and see.

Post-Edit: The movie was quite beautiful. So I must say... It Ruled!

Gif Is God.

I used to make a lot "weird" gif animations, these days I'm just too busy with other stuff so I don't have the time I used to have when I was 15 years old... But sometimes I open my pandora box of gif and rock on with it. Today I made a new animation for the Trio Pussit website (that these days have only one page... Index.html... sad) and it came out pretty good! So check it out here:

TrioPussit.Com

Let it load a bit... 6megs of pure gif. Believe it or not it took me 3 hours to make...

Street Hassle

What a great fuckin' riff!



Lou Reed Rules.

Messer Chups

I don't remember if I have posted Messer Chups before? But it's a great band from the east.

This posting thing is hard, the more you post the more you forget what you have posted. Incredible! Fuckin dejavu everyday.

Toilet In Tokyo

From Madventures (Finnish Travelling Show)

Antichrist @ Cannes

"I haven’t done it for you or an audience, so I don’t think I owe anybody an explanation." -Lars Von Trier rules.

Lars von Trier Booed At Cannes For "Antichrist"

Thank You Captain.

VS

Just Call 76 54 321

Beer Time

This is me Shakki! Saying good weekend to all of you weirdos out there! I know you are reading this blog of crap (I've got GOOGLE ANALytics bling bling!)! So... open your beers, put your favourite record on and enjoy the upcoming summer.
Finland loves summer, we only have 2 months of full summer and the rest is...well think about Radiohead discography on low-speed. Boring and depressing but cool and weird in a good way.
Tomorrow I shall make new Vanhainkoti whatever the whole day. It's just me and the machine. Just like Kraftwerk!

Oh and Britney if you are reading this... 4/4 and 90bpm is the formula for your next hit. Do it baby!

Sing Sing

I really do sometimes.

Bass Solos That Rocked My Balls #7Eleven

Stanley Clarke. 'nuff said.

Post Edit: I LOVE Stanley's soundtrack on the beautiful movie Passenger 57. That's epic.

Baubidibaubau

Cellos rule.

Steven Wright Rules

Happy friday! Fridays rule.

Computer World

My user account got deleted on Windows Vista by a virus I believe. So I have to install everything all over again. Nice... A lot of setbacks in one week! Incredible.

1. Organ's output got toasted
2. New stupid rules about coffee breaks at job
3. Finland didn't win at Ice-Hockey
4. 3Drealms went down
5. User Account deleted

What's next?

My bass just suddenly goes up in flames and destroys the whole east-Helsinki neighborhood?? Well that would be kinda cool.

Must Be!

Duke Nukem Forever Dead

I waited this game, but like the rest of us, we never thought it could be possible. Ok well maybe last christmas was kinda cool. I'm just sad that this game couldn't be made, it would have definetly rise 3drealm from it's abyss. Well I always have the memories of Duke Nukem 3D, when I played deathmatch over modem connection, 14-years old and listening to Primus at the same time. Ahh... the memories.

Duke Nukem Forever footage, screens surface

Oh yes...

Indeed

NIN Live 2009 @ Vimeo

NIN Live 2009

Cool Song

Fluid Sculpture from Charlie Bucket on Vimeo.

Computers

VANHAINKOTI - Salainen Mysteeri Pilkku

0:00am and a new song.
It's about Mysteries, Secrets and Dots.

Salainen Mysteeri Pilkku by vanhainkoti

Lalo Schifrin Rules

Intonarumori

Luigi Russolo

VANHAINKOTI - Kilometrit Ja Mailit

A new song came out tonight, so here it is! Enjoy, or not. It's about the new Star Trek movie.

Kilometrit Ja Mailit by vanhainkoti

Pee Eye

I love mysteries!

Interview Project

This sounds so great:

" INTERVIEW PROJECT is a documentary project presented by David Lynch. He sent a small team across the country for 70 days to interview ordinary people about their lives. The result was 121 short episodes ranging from 3-5 minutes. The series will premiere June 1, 2009 and can be found at interviewproject.davidlynch.com "

Interview Project

Something Bad, Something Good

Yesterday my Organ broke, but what brought me up from the abyss of depression was Togestudios.com, I found out that they have huge collection of very good professional sounds for Ableton Live 7 FOR FREE and so I downloaded them all. Now I have on my hands thousands of new sounds and new songs are coming up again! Fun. But I still miss my Organ song which I composed in my head during 5 hours of drinkin beer. One day. Well anyway... when I get my Presonus Firepod FP10 Audio-Interface, I shall bring you Bassplaying madness! Then my battlestation is FULLY OPERATIONAL. join me.

Broken Sounds

My new organ broke down today, just when I was about to record! No sound, no sound... there is nothing more horrible than the "No Sound Situation".

Maybe I should just get this one?

Failing Rules

Review

Nine Inch Nails - Strobelight / PRODUCED BY: TIMBALAND

"1. intro skit
2. everybody's doing it (featuring chris martin, jay-z AND bono)
3. black t-shirt
4. pussygrinder (featuring sheryl crow)
5. coffin on the dancefloor
6. this rhythm is infected
7. slide to the dark side
8. even closer (featuring justin timberlake and maynard james keenan)
9. on the list (she's not)
10. clap trap crack slap
11. laid, paid and played (featuring fergie of the black eyed peas and al jourgensen)
12. feel like being dead again
13. still hurts (featuring alicia keys)
14. outro skit"

NIN's new full-length album Strobe Light, PRODUCED BY TIMBALAND

The 4 Steps Of Hangover

At least for me.

Owls Rule

And I love to draw them.

Blah Blah Blah Mr. Freeman

I love Half-Life 2. Best game ever made.

Comedy

This used to be the highest peak in Finnish comedy.



And I think it still is.

Olen Neitsyt

Enjoy this beautiful Finnish version of Like A Virgin!

Whappapappa?

Ok maybe Trio Pussit isn't coming back.
Things are weird...
Let's just focus on other things.

Uuu

Good times, Tonight we witnessed a Trio Pussit comeback after 1 and half years in a park. Drum machine, Bass and a mic. It was amazing and drunk. Feel the vibes, things are going to be weird by the end of this year.

Koalas Rule

Waitress, can I get that Special?

This is the first time I've heard this cover.

Awesome

Last night was awesome. I was way over my usual drunk level. I even did sing the songs that came from my mp3 player while waiting a night-bus home. I had a crowd with me, as they tried to avoid my aura I managed to sing at least 4 to 5 songs with a horrible sound that came out from my mouth. Yes... fun? Fuck yeah! It was Vappu, and this year I spent Vappu with my workbuddies and 2 of my best friends and my girlfriend of course. We were at a bar all night. Outside was too cold.

Today I woke up with head-ache, I played Half-Life 2 and watched The Spirit movie, horrible crap... I was pretty sad about it, cause The Spirit comics actually RULE. Next what I will do on this horrible awesome day is go buy Coca-Cola and Chips. They always cure my soul! ALWAYS. I have 3 days off from work, fuck yeah. I have time to play video-games and make music! The best.

Also listened to new Vanhainkoti material, sounds amazing. There will be couple of weird new experiments with that project 4 sure. Bye! I love!