逛myspace的时候，截到一张johansson兄弟的正太照，爱不释手啊！真是太太太太太可爱了！

这兄弟俩典型的小时候长啥样长大了还是啥样啊！正因为如此所以格外的让人爱不释手，看着那眼睛那嘴那脸型完全可以看到长大以后的轮廓，一丁点都没有走样呢！Anders看起来很像爹，Jens估计是像妈了，但是兄弟俩的相似之处还是清晰可见。

会有一些伤感吗，看着这两个快乐的小孩子，因为心里清楚很有可能照下这张照片的人，他们著名的父亲，仅仅在这照片之后四年就去世了。我在听着他们父亲的曲子，温柔灵动的钢琴，心中涌上一些无以名状的情绪。

另，祝福灾区人民。天将降大任于斯国也，必先雪淹全国，乱其边境，抢其火炬，撞其火车，涨其物价，震其疆土，空乏其民，行弗乱其所为。是以动心忍性，增益其所不能。
我给某人的短信现在还没能发送成功，按说北京应该不至于震成什么样T_T
【都怪T叔说他去了中国！一_一】

以下萝莉时间——

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5月11，那啥，Perttu生日快乐，希望你的手指早日（再次）康复。说实话，我对apo的人名和脸不大对得上号，但perttu就是我心目中“长得像鬼魅版tuomi的那个”orz

说起来，前一段看NW在AUS的采访录像的时候，我望着tuomi小红心乱跳一把，他他他他真是太cute了，那标志性的“一低头的温柔”啊啊啊～～～～～～

我是想说，strato，SA，NW，Apo的论坛都有经常性观摩，感觉SA是strict，NW很正常，Apo遍地花痴，strato……strao不同于我呆过的任何论坛，这里充满了每次发言都超过20厘米的人，充满了每次回帖耐心地一句一句引用然后一句一句针对性回答的人，充满了极度理性口若悬河同时又经常莫名其妙失去控制的人。如果第一种人代号20厘米，第二种人代号40厘米，第三种人就代号高弹力橡皮筋。另外还有第四种纯粹的troll。四种人在一起，眼花缭乱目不暇接。我很少很少在其他任何地方，打开一个讨论帖会看到扑面而来的满眼文字从头到尾滚动条拉五分钟不到头也不见一张图。无论如何，这种言之有物的精神让我感动不已，特别是知道这些ID背后都是80后90后，特别是在某些地方清理了N久纯表情水帖之后……
为虾米会这样……大概没有管理员，老ID们已经习惯于使用语言暴力对待英语阅读障碍者鸟……

其实看他们不厌其烦地掰开了揉碎了说个没完，也是一种安慰。比如有人分析何以Jens会暴走，就看得我心酸不已。This is the second time his band runs into such shit，默想着他的年少轻狂是怎样终结的，那时的Yngwie，现在的Tolkki，轻飘飘的一句finacial problem，命运是何等可笑的重复。
话说真有人开玩笑说Tolkki的replacement何妨用”Fatngwie” Malmsteen……
话说还有人建议说Luca Turilli，太不靠谱了吧，人意大利阳光明媚男为何要到芬兰体验极夜？据说rhapsody (of fire -_-)也和公司崩了，但人家毕竟自己内部没崩。对了，我都忘了，前次重看infinite visions的时候才注意到LT兄也有镜头和台词，台词是——我不玩，我不玩～XD

不管未来的（或者已经有了还没公开的）吉他手是谁吧，这帮人九成九已经在录歌。我多少还是有点惴惴不安的。不厚道地说，koti的歌写得……不……怎么样，我觉得他最好的歌听起来像是T叔的模仿品，而且还不是他写的>_< ——是指last defender。不过我又把他的第一张专辑听了一次，似乎比我原先的印象好些了呢。
Jens的歌似乎和strato一贯风格有点距离，但我估计以后主要是靠他了。strato的官方myspace，音乐播放器已经把run away和why are we here放前两首了。
其实我觉得，*两眼放光*可以靠小Lauri啊，这孩子真的了不起！solo album好赞！
以后会不会变成T-strato和J-strato的红白歌会玫瑰战争呢？咬手绢～

我为啥又说了这么一堆没人看得明白的废话呢？T_T

当然，正题——母亲节祝天下母亲都快乐。顺祝母上大人生日快乐……顺祝释迦牟尼佛祖大人生日快乐～合掌～

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(title comes from Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If”, recommanded by TT yesterday)

-but still I would like to talk, and hopefully as wise as I could. why? because I want to end the circus running in my head, breath deeply, and be myself again. I have been talking a lot recently, but I didn’t reveal what I really think. partly because I am in the process of collecting pieces, partly because whatever I think it was real, changed dramaticaly right after. I feel like standing in wilderness and blew away by strong wind from all possible directions.

now I’m trying to write down what I believe that won’t change. I could be wrong again, and I’m prepared for that, although I truly hope not.

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Time is the substance from which I am made.
Time is a river which carries me along, but I am the river;
it is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger;
it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.

        —Jorge Luis Borges

我总觉得Jens引用这首诗，意有所指。然而我不觉得自己还有足够的精力去想那么多。
长一点说，这一个半月以来，短一点说，集中到昨天晚上到今天这半天时间的高潮，一次次地颠覆我的想法，信念和感情。我时常想到小时候最钟爱的一本书里面的一段话。父亲对离家出走又回到家中承担生活重担的年幼儿子说的话。
“我现在用大人对大人的态度和你说话。你以为我背叛了你。现在，有一点每个大人都必须懂得。也许你已经懂得了。不仅仅是我，也不仅仅是你的一岁小鹿，都叫它给毁了。孩子，是生活在背叛你呀！”

我的手在ipod上面滑动时，仍然不由自主地选中了visions。然后，咬牙承受black diamond带来的巨大疼痛。终于是，第一次，在这首歌里哭了。
TT的曲，TK的词，Jens的键盘，独一无二的black diamond。
从此，一切皆浮云。

the rest is personal. only to back up. don’t read unless you are really curious.
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我彻底崩溃了，你们爱怎样怎样吧！

你们爱怎样怎样吧！

你们爱怎样怎样吧！

我知道世界上有句话叫take sides，LN现在要take sleep，take你个大头鬼sides!

parents divorce不可怕，打官司争财产最可怕。老天真厚爱，你不是成天哭从此没有strato了么，好，现在给你俩！

本着凡事乐观的精神，我觉得我赚了！反正我这边的专辑要定了，那边的，Jens和Koti你们俩给我好好写歌去，谁TMD离不了谁了，我豁然开朗了！

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大乐！我开始怀疑uncyclopedia的strato词条是T叔自己写的了……[我以前怀疑那是jens写的]

exe knight
Posted: May 6 2008, 10:24 AM  
Can you tell/do you want to tell/do you know, what Stratovarius songs you’re going to play during tours?

Timo Tolkki
Posted: May 6 2008, 10:17 PM  
Yeah, beatlefart, the tits of judas, black raymond, will the beer rise, season of money exchange, legions of the thailand, hunting mostly low…at least 

于是我又回伪基百科看我看了好多遍的那个词条。大约这里是唯一没有更新他们解散消息的百科全书了。sigh
不过无论看多少次还是一样的爆笑——尖刻，而且爆笑。
以下几段都是永恒的经典~
Like many metal bands in Finland, STRATOVARIUS had a very meager start in the metal scene. From 1989 to 1992, the group had tumultuous member changes due to “musical interest” which loosely translates into the fact they were offered positions where they would be paid and actually tour.

While prolific drummer Jörg Michael used his spare time to spend with his family, bassist Jari Kainulainen to get married, Johansson to put out a jazz/fusion/non-metal solo album every month for two years that no Strato fan would purchase, and Kotipelto to work on his first solo album, Tolkki did what every musician needs to do at least twice in his life – therapy.

Jens Johansson Keyboard wizard(see: nerd) who played with Yngwie Malmsteen and Dio, Jens has spent the last 20 years of his life making sure that nobody can spam scales faster than he can, and it shows as he is known for being somewhat of a nerd in the power metal scene. He is recognized as a postwhore on his own stratovarius internet forum, having about as many posts as the other regulars, talk about not having a life.

伪基万岁！我爱这种生活态度，尖而不酸，健康的幽默感。

——追加————

那啥，我华丽地吐血了……不，不带这样的，你，你们……

Actually now the truth can be told about the origins of Black Diamond. I wrote it for my dog. She was a bearded Collie and I always called her black diamond because of her character.
…Subsequently I think the lyrics are about some girl that TK wrote, so not about a dog. But no problem for me because I knew.

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在wie wiet的四个版本里，最喜欢的是en vie，但歌词最喜欢的是how far。
[废话，只有这个是英文的吧]
[其它也有英文翻译的……]

How Far

[lyrics and vocals by Marta Jandová]

My life is a circle
No beginning and no end
It’s always repeating
A trail I defend to the time

A misunderstanding
That can’t be erased like a file
I’ve got all I wanted
But still I’m not satisfied

How far will I go to and search my respect and my pride
How long will I lie to myself about the privilege of my life
That turns around
‘Till I die
And take the dark
With me

Why am I sad
Why am I sad when I have more that I ever had

My life is too stable
I get no air
My jail is my skin
I’m false like a fable
That is being praised
For its sin

Once I am trying
To follow the light then
The bitch grips my feet
Pulls me down, underneath

How far will I go to and search my respect and my pride
How long will I lie to myself about the privilege of my life
How deep will I have to fall before I find the will again
It’s always repeating
The earth turns around and around
‘Till I die
Take the time
Missing me
With me

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【8好意思我掉个书袋，用最装B的方法来翻译最简单的how far二字：道之云远，曷云能来】

道之云远

我的人生如圆
不见起始亦无终点
循环往复
在拖延中对抗着时间

一场全然的误解
是无法恣意销毁的文件
我已尽得所有
仍不曾得偿所愿

我一路追寻着尊严与骄傲
瞻彼日月道之云远
我究竟要欺骗自己多久
说这原是我生命的特权
随我一生直到终点
将暗夜锁在我的身边

何以忧伤啊
当我拥有的已远胜从前

我的人生如止水般窒息
皮肤是禁锢自我的监狱
而我因着原罪而被褒扬
如同一场虚无缥缈的预言

我曾努力追随着光线
而它紧握我的脚踝
将我带回幽暗的深渊

我一路追寻着尊严与骄傲
瞻彼日月道之云远
我究竟要欺骗自己多久
说这原是我生命的特权
我究竟要向下坠落多久
在我寻回信念之前

任地球轮转命运如圆
请思念我
请伴随我
请握住我们掌中的时间

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不是标准size，不过宽屏都可以用。

I fall in love with Tolkki’s eyes…

Again I see you standing there watching me
Your gaze, those eyes are tantalizing openly
inviting me to get close to you
can’t help myself
There’s fascination in the air

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心情还是很容易受环境影响的，比如说，星期四，下一天雨，很郁闷；星期五，下一天雨，加倍郁闷。到傍晚的时候终于晴了，我总算有点心情按原计划去fields购物——虽然最后啥也没买。

我原以为我已经从strato事件里面恢复过来了，这都一个多月了。一个多月来我在strato,RR,jens的论坛上到处转，接受各种新闻，对RR充满了期待——可是，就是昨天，我坐在地铁上，听着他们的歌，又哭了。

T叔的话是对的，时间只能麻木人的感觉，并不治愈人的创伤。当感觉偶尔脱离麻木的外壳，还是和当初一样的痛。

我看到有人整理了APO所有的专辑和EP打包，有1G之多，我于是还是决定只下几个EP好了。到Bunalti挑了一些，下回来慢慢听，APO是个好乐队。只要是芬兰出品，都是好乐队。下辈子我想生到芬兰去。
觉得wie wiet真是一张囧EP，同一首歌，同一个歌手，同样的编曲，换三种语言唱了三遍加instrumental一遍，是为EP。
另外bittersweet的原版和bittersweet的acoustic版有区别吗？有吗？难道大提琴也可以unplug……呃，难道大提琴也可以plug吗？

决定过两天换APO的系列BGM。

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只有几句话懒得开新的了，直接加在后面好了。
BGM换了，全部上大提琴。

今天干脆把infinite visions又看了一遍，每次看到Jens，都笑得东倒西歪。我不承认什么never be real friends的话，你们，明明曾经是很亲密的。我曾经很深入地想过我何以在这件事里创痛深巨，当时我有一个想法，觉得最恰当地描述了自己的感情，但我没有敢说出来。
而今天我看到T叔亲口说出了一模一样的话，瞬间好像一阵大风从心上刮过，感慨，感动和感伤。

It’s not “just like that”. These things are complicated. Not black and white.
If your parents divorce, what can you do?

what can I do?然而此刻我在为一刻的心灵相通而合掌。

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seriously… Timo, you don’t really need to do this… I will understand and we all will.

Due to insurmountable problems in the DVD production, we have no option but to postpone the CD/bonus DVD and the DVD configurations to yet unknown date in the future. This means that all those who ordered these configurations, will automatically get their money back. If you ordered CD, CD/bonus DVD and the DVD all together, you will receive the normal CD and get a refund from the rest automatically. If you ordered only CD+DVD and/or DVD, and you still want plain audio CD, we are sorry but you have to make a new order for that.
These problems have affected to the manufacturing of the normal CDs as well and we will let you know the final shipping date of the normal CD within a few days.
In any case, as a compensation, we will ship to everyone who ordered anykind of physical product the new Revolution Renaissance CD (Timo Tolkki’s new band) for free.
We hope that this would give you at least a few compensation in this situation. So even if you don’t want to reorder Saana CD, you will still receive Revolution Renaissance CD as compensation.
Also, we did manage to put the promotional videos of “The End”, “The Letter” and “Silence of the Night” plus interviews of Timo Tolkki (30 minutes) and Jennifer Sowle (25 min) on the CD as quicktime files.
The refunds are being processed at the moment and completed during next week. Once again apologies for all this.

Best Regards, Timo Tolkki Shop

so I will get the RR CD for free… i thought it was a joke when i first heard cliff saying this! i still can’t believe you are doing this, Timo, you are giving out free CD because… because I once tried to support you. the delay is not your fault, we all know the music business, you don’t need to be THAT kind, there are ten thousand ways of dealing with impatient fans, you don’t need to be an angel at all - and plus, we are not impatient, we all stay with you in any case - but thank you, thank you, thank you.
obviously, i will order Saana CD again when the shipping date is decided.

btw, last night on earth full version is on TT’s myspace now. as everybody said… I miss the keyboard!!T_____T
i still think Koti’s version has more power in it, probably because that’s a LIVE version.
then i went to youtube and listen to the LIVE version again. i smile to myself, Tolkki is right, it rocks, but it was badly played, especially the timing. and I do think Koti made a mistake when he started to sing before the solo part finished and Jorg gave him that “shit what are you doing there” look. it’s funny, and sad at the same time.
Kiske’s version is good, maybe more than good. but i almost feel like crying because I WANT JENS HERE. dunno how to describe, but Jens’ keyboard sound is so unique and you can so easily tell that HE IS NOT THERE.
even more bitter when i read TT’s announcement saying the keyboard player is chosen, and he is not Jens.

time to face the truth, gal, TT&JJ’s legend is over. try not to knock Jens’ front door when you get to New York in September.

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