A FRIDAY OF FOOTBALL & ROCK'N ROLL

Friday 14th October2011 was one of those fridays when the saying 'Thank God it's Friday' lives up to its meaning. 

The FARE (Football Against Racicm) Tournament

It started with a game of football between a select team from my organization Liikkukaa ry's different teams of various levels against a select team from the Helsinki Referees Association. This was part of HDS, a liikkukaa member organization's FARE project, (Football Against Racism)

It was great fun playing outdoors in a cold autumn night. We beat the team of referees though that is not the most important aspect, what is most important is the good game spirit and of course the bounding effect of soccer.

The field we used for the game has got one of the narrowest bathrooms, and it was funny watching a bunch of naked guys cramped in the bathroom cracking jokes and waiting for their turns to have a shower. That is the beauty of soccer.

Enter Rock'n roll ...Ft Vanity Ink!

My good old friends, The Vanity Ink, a power-packed Finnish Rock Band just ended their long European tour and were to have their first welcome back gig in Helsinki, and guess what, on the same Friday night. They asked me to join and party with them at the venue, 'The Semi-Final'. I have not been with the rock quintette since after Bosnia in 2007. Man was I excited? So after a game of soccer, the CEO of Liikkukaa ry, Christian Thibault and I headed for Semifinal.

It was simply a night of pure rock'nroll fire. Sam Juni's rythmic staccato, kept the wild machine on track with his tight beat on the tympanium, while Miki (The Wild One) Peltola pumped his bad ass bass to give more meat to the groove. The whinning guiter work of Jussi guarded the frame work, asJuha Bandit sprayed the entire house with hot lead, like the bandit he is. Annabella! OMG!Annabella! a package that packages and deliver itself. The best female frontliner any rock band can wish for. She jumped on stage and got down to business right away, electrifying both the boys and the audience.They set Semifinal on fire but before the fire service could get there, they put off the fire themselves.

Oh, what a night. The audience went frenzy and wanted more, but as it is often said, good things do not last forever, we just had to digest the ones we got, and wait for another opportunity. One other magical thing about Vanity Ink's majestic frontliner, Annabela is that whenever she walks off the stage, she transforms back into just Annabella the sweet and humble.                                                                         

I want to thank Vanity Ink for being such a lovely down to earth rock band. They have been together for many years and are still waxing stronger. I wish you guys more success in you music carreer while I wait with the rest of the fans for another blast.

Yea! So now I guess one can understand what I meant, when I said last Friday lived up to the saying 'Thank God It's Friday?

VANITY INK ROOOOOOCKS! VIVA VNITY INK