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Lordi Lordi Lordi

Permalink 10/04/10 00:12, by Paul Bourgeois, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois, Bands , Tags: apocalyptica, culture, eppu normaali, finland, kiss, leskinen, metal, music, twisted sister
But what really shattered the fabric of spacetime for me, sent me spiraling into some sort of quasi dream-nightmare like warped space was when, in 2006, a Finnish candy costumed rubber-faced death rock metal band, named Lordi, won something called the Eurovision Music Awards. more »

The Coming Apocalyptica

Permalink 03/07/11 02:13, by Paul Bourgeois, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois, Bands , Tags: apocalyptica, barefootmusicnews, finland, metallica, paul bourgeois, rock and roll, sibelius
Once upon a time, in a far away mythical country of snow and ice there lived a man named Sibelius who drank too much and liked to make strange and wonderful music which had big huge tones...this story is not about Sibelius. It is about the heavy metal band Apocalyptica... more »
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Finland and Folk... and Goth Metal?

Permalink 09/27/10 05:10, by Paul Bourgeois, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: death, finland, folk, goth, goth metal, metal, music, sibelius, snoop dogg, värtiinä
I reflect upon the darkness of traditional Finnish folk music. This article is about folk music. The darkness, I suppose, is mine. more »

For Lack of Something Better to Say

Permalink 05/10/10 02:28, by Paul Bourgeois, Categories: BFMN Exclusive, Monday Morning Musical Musings, Paul Bourgeois , Tags: blue monsters, finland, hayley hart, kotka, musical musings, paul bourgeois
Hi, I've been upgrading my system all day and Eric and I have been practicing all day yesterday for the gig on Thursday, so I have nothing to say to anybody right now.  My head is spinning.  So I am giving you this to listen to.… more »
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