It's very fitting that in this 'who can shout the loudest' culture, the most fundamental words have apparently lost their meaning.
That's funny, I usually run out of meaningful words when I'm describing this insincere mainstream cesspool. Is there any way you could reach a bit deeper? No? It seems like the mainstream is always more interested in reaching new lows. The bar can't be low enough and raising the bar is an alien concept.
In this mindless numerocracy the benchmark is supposedly the latest and most popular thing. Just numb yourself with mass-market tedium. In my country that means reading bland novels, consuming lifeless standup comedy, listening to Nightwish and eating pineapple pizza.
In the middle of all this obsessive lunacy, the mainstream always keeps forgetting how boring it is. And at the same time, the mainstream loves to fearmonger in order to feed itself. I'm afraid we're going to be bored to death sooner than you think.
The ungenerous mainstream expresses interest in novelty as long as it's catering to a lobotomised target audience and following a checklist that has nothing to do with imagination.
Here's what's missing from your dime a dozen checklist: you forgot to communicate with yourself, you forgot to learn from mistakes, you forgot to fight all this bullshit. Needless to say, the mainstream is never going to do these things. That would be far too intelligent in the long run.
I suppose it's possible that you've actually learned something about the dangers of living your mainstream dream, but I know you haven't. Unfortunately it's the dream of having your ears stitched shut.
Friday, July 2, 2021
Roast of Mainstream Obsessions
Thursday, July 1, 2021
Art questions July 2021
Q: What kind of books do you read?
A: I love reading classic short stories from Anton Chekhov, Guy de Maupassant, Edgar Allan Poe, Honore de Balzac, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Italo Calvino, Franz Kafka and E. T. A. Hoffmann. Usually I'm reading about different art forms, but any topic can be inviting because my reading is based on curiosity. I wouldn't get anything done if I had to explain every step.
Listening to audio books is not the same as reading. The only audio books I have are poetry and The Book of Revelation. Some T. S. Eliot and Robert Graves read by the poets themselves. I started reading more poetry after studying English and Finnish literature.
My favourite Finnish poets are Aleksis Kivi and Uuno Kailas. Finnish folk poetry is also incredible. It was passed down in the form of songs and collected in the 19th century. They had poems about everything. Some of them were censored and published much later.
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Charfall - from Fathom the Land Symbolic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeP7-naq20I
Black classical.
Music, artwork and production by Rinta-Perälä.
Fathom the Land Symbolic is the 8th Vengeful Semblance album
and the 16th album by Finnish classical composer Rinta-Perälä.
Out January 1, 2022.
Second opus in the Grey Trilogy.
Black and White trilogies:
https://vengefulsemblance.bandcamp.com/
https://rintaperala.bandcamp.com/
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Sunday, June 27, 2021
Monday, June 21, 2021
Friday, June 11, 2021
Experience is the teacher of critics
The idea of criticism is that someone is going to read it or listen to it. Why would I do that if the person has nothing to say?
The best-written criticism is not based on indifference. Talking about the work is more complex than you think. There are those who are not doing it in a compelling way. Then there are those who are not even trying. They would rather like to know what the artist had for breakfast. Writers and artists were saying this 15 years ago.
You have to say something meaningful in order to criticise something. You need experience. Talk about the work itself. Swirl it around. Those are the ones who are taking this seriously.
PS. I had nothing for breakfast. Can you imagine anything worse than that? You would think I would've learned by now.
Sunday, June 6, 2021
Art questions June 2021
Q: What are art galleries for?
A: A place where you can see some original works collected, displayed and arranged. If you can do that on a regular basis, consider yourself lucky.
I don't believe in the validating power of a gallery. That power is in the work itself. If you are interested in art, you will see it all over the place. It doesn't matter what building you are in.
Art is something you experience and internalise. You will be looking at all kinds of images, reproductions and photos.
Friday, June 4, 2021
Thursday, June 3, 2021
5 Butt-Sniffing Facts About Nordic Peoples
1. My astrological sign is reindeer. Unfortunately I'm a male reindeer, which means that the Japanese want to grind my penis into a powder and sell it to Yakuza housewives. I read my horoscope every day.
2. My favourite Scandinavian sweater is black-and-white. I call it fisherman's friend's funeral.
3. Swedish-Americans had a massive campaign for George W. Bush. The slogan was "My Bush Is Yourge Bush".
4. Even though Santa Claus lives in Finland, I am still a virgin to Jingle All the Way.
5. The official phrase for learning an authentic Finnish accent is "Tutsi fruts dental floos".
Monday, May 31, 2021
Human Metaphor - from Book of the Lost
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFeve78lQ_0
Book of the Lost is the 7th Vengeful Semblance album
and the 15th album by Finnish classical composer Rinta-Perälä.
Out January 1, 2022.
First opus in the Grey Trilogy.
Black and White trilogies:
https://vengefulsemblance.bandcamp.com/
https://rintaperala.bandcamp.com/
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
New music project announcement
My new music project is called Vortice Neuro and it is industrial punk. "Word Against Word" is the title of my upcoming 18th album. It is the first to feature lyrics and it will be finished in May 2021.
Artwork: Prisoner by Christian Rohlfs
Release date is January 27, 2022.
Tracks:
1. Defy Fate
2. Brute Force Desperation
3. Huffing the Vacuum
4. His Truth Is Marching on Your Grave
5. Emptier Than the Abyss
6. When the Witless Quote the Wise
7. Scrap Virtue
8. Nothing Is Breaking Through
9. Exposed to Bull and You Know the Rest
10. Heartbeat Howl
I made my first punk demos 15 years ago. Vortice Neuro is the best punk I have ever recorded.
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Art questions May 2021
Q: Are you more interested in art from the past?
A: It's not about old versus new. That would be a superficial approach. I don't care how old things are. I'm interested in everything from ancient times to present day.
We live in a fading world. How do I know? You have to explain basic things. You have to remind people.
Artists are people who make things. Speech doesn't guarantee anything. Don't follow numbers. Communicate with yourself. Don't sell your soul to self-censorship. Learn from the past, don't steal. Don't let mainstream obsessions poison everything. Build convincing arguments. Don't act like a childish imbecile. And so on. These are basic things.
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Saturday, May 1, 2021
Sumer Is Icumen In
New track from Book of the Lost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQlxfo1b6t8
Traditional music arranged by Rinta-Perälä.
Album out January 1, 2022.
https://vengefulsemblance.bandcamp.com/
https://rintaperala.bandcamp.com/














