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Mutta on se minusta kuitenkin sama mies.
 
Okei, sovitaan näin, mutta kysytään kuitenkin vielä Tavastian keikan jälkeen varmistus tähän päivänpolttamaan kysymykseen itse kyseiseltä herralta.
 
"Excuse me, did you possibly play bass together with your brother or a lookalike who has a similar t-shirt in Schollenpop earlier this year, or was it just you with a different bass and hair? And what about the wristband??" :-)
 
"Ööööö, say what?" :-O

Paita on kyllä samanlainen, mutta jotenkin naama ei näytä samalta. Tosin voi olla että hiukset hämää, kun toisessa on hiukset auki ja toisessa ponnarilla. Toisaalta tuossa eka kuvassa oikeassa ranteessa on joku rengas, jota tokassa ei ole.
 
Eka kuva hiukset auki ja ranteessa rengas - toka kuva hiukset kiinni ja rengas pois ranteesta. Rengas ranteessa on _hiuslenkki_.

Eka kuva hiukset auki ja ranteessa rengas - toka kuva hiukset kiinni ja rengas pois ranteesta. Rengas ranteessa on _hiuslenkki_.
 
Olette nero! Noinhan se on totta kai. Sherlockia aina tarvitaan... +

Juu. Lippu on jo. :)

Juu. Lippu on jo. :)
 
On täälläkin. Myös hotelli ja lennot on buukattu. :-)
 
E: Tilasin just CDONilta tuon Return To Chilhood -dvd:n että ehtii virittäytyä tunnelmaan. Siellä oli julkaisupäivä 1.9. ja hinta 18,95 eur.
 
"Ihan kiva" haastattelu löytyy tämän linkin takaa: http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=1114472006
 
(Pistän sen myös copy/pastella tähän, koska noilla sanomalehtien artikkeleilla on taipumus kadota ajan saatossa).
 
WHILE some music stars have their agents send a list of interview-terminating subjects (don't ask about the sex life, the drugs rehab or the plastic surgery) former Marillion frontman Fish seems refreshingly open.
 
Tanned from the recent heat wave, and dressed in casual shorts and a shirt, there's no hint of attitude. No subject is off limits, and all because the 48-year-old East Lothian-based prog-rocker is clearly a contented man.
 
Lounging on the outsized sofas in the bohemian living room of his impressive Haddington home, containing record players, state-of-the-art music systems and countless records, a relaxed Fish laughs at his ever-growing DVD collection.
 
Meet The Fockers has clearly been recently watched. As has Lee Evans. And then there's Love Actually. It all seems a bit soft for the man who once sang about being an "orphan of heartbreak, disillusioned and scarred, a refugee," and who was left devastated by divorce from his former wife, Tamara Nowy, five years ago.
 
The answer to his new-found happiness soon joins us in the living room - 29-year-old Heather Findlay, a pretty, blonde singer with the band Mostly Autumn.
 
"Derek is a gentleman. He's very caring and good-hearted," she enthuses.
 
"He cares a hell of a lot for his daughter and that's very impressive. The Derek I know is the kind man who loves his garden."
 
Heather and Fish (real name Derek Dick) met at the glitzy Classic Rock Society awards in December and they've been together ever since. "I knew he was going to be presenting the awards and I knew of him," admits Heather. "I had actually met him in 2001 but he didn't remember me then!
 
"I got talking to him afterwards as I was talking to his daughter Tara about the music she likes. Before I knew it Derek was asking what I was drinking and it just went from there.
 
He told me to call him Derek, which is great because that's how I know him. Fish is a different character from Derek, it's his alter ego."
 
It's clear Fish is equally smitten. "I was wary of being drawn to someone in the industry," he admits. "But I've been in the situation before where I've gone out with people not involved in music and they've not understood my career.
 
"When I met Heather, I wasn't looking for romance at all. In fact I'd become attuned to living on my own." But the pair immediately hit it off. And her presence has clearly affected Fish for the better. "Oh yeah, I'm happy," he smiles. "I'm happy with my lot. It can be difficult when it's two singers dating. It's about making the time together whenever you have a break. But it's going well."
 
And so is work. "I'm enjoying what I'm doing and I'm lucky in that I've got a loyal fan base and I can continue working," smiles Fish. "I'm not in the 'music industry', which I'm glad of - I'm just making music.
 
"The business has changed so much and I would hate to be in a young band trying to start out now. The demand to compromise is very high."
 
Fish is clearly disillusioned with the music industry, and has been since his departure from Marillion in 1988. But he still loves music.
 
"I fell in love with it as a kid, but I started late as I begun at 21 because of a lack of confidence and opportunity. I just left Dalkeith High and I didn't know what to do."
 
After a couple of unsuccessful auditions, Fish struck gold with Marillion in 1981 after seeing an advert in Musicians Only magazine. The band signed to EMI in 1982, but by 1988 Fish had had enough.
 
HE recalls: "The reasons were a mixture of musical differences - I detested the management we had, and we had a number of unresolved issues. We were playing on average to 10,000 people a night five days a week, and it became a big machine . . . and machines aren't good with people.
 
"I decided to jump ship. I was impetuous at the time and in retrospect I could have done things differently but I had to get out. It was affecting my personal life."
 
He continues: "For example, we played Paris in an 18,000-capacity venue. I was taken straight to the venue and stayed in a small room all day doing interviews. We weren't allowed to leave, then we played to the crowds but we didn't see them because of all the lights.
 
"Because I didn't start singing until I was 21, I was a fan of bands before I became part of one. But with Marillion there was no human contact with the audience. There was a lot of soul and spirit being lost, even in the writing.
 
"There was no inspiration but the record company didn't care."
 
And so Fish left, returning to Dalkeith, before moving out to a farm in Haddington where he developed his own studios. A year later he was a solo artist, doing his first gig in Lockerbie.
 
"It was frightening, really scary, going solo. I'd gone from rehearsing with my mates and playing to 18,000 people. I've never been as successful numbers-wise as Marillion but I've had a lot more fun and done a lot more things."
 
But being a performer has its downsides. "It can be very, very lonely on the road. People get the impression it's always hotels every night but the level most bands are at, it's more buses."
 
Fish is certainly no longer lonely. And along with regular visits from Heather, who currently still lives in York, Fish is now a full-time parent to his 15-year-old daughter, Tara, who moved back last year.
 
"Tara moved over from Berlin where she was living with her mum because of a combination of circumstances and schooling," explains Fish. "It's great having her here. It's very scary though and she teaches me a lot. But we've always had a really good relationship and I have enough liberal attitudes so we don't have too much conflict."
 
When his marriage broke down, Fish was on the brink of bankruptcy. He was forced to sell the main farmhouse in 2001 and live in a smaller house in the grounds. Since then he's worked tirelessly to support his daughter, releasing albums, touring, acting in TV hits such as Rebus, The Bill and Taggart, taking part in Celebrity Weakest Link, and even landing a role in Hollywood movie, The Jacket.
 
"I'm a single parent and I'd come from the edge of bankruptcy working my ass off to provide for her and give my daughter security. So when this is threatened . . ."
 
He breaks off. The "this" he's referring to is the fact that his former PA Kim Waring, who worked for him for four years running the fan club, fulfilling orders for CDs and daily office administration, allegedly stole _68,000 from his accounts while he toured.
 
After his accountant pointed out the massive hole in his finances he took his former employee to court, and in December 2005 he was eventually awarded around _170,000.
 
"I'm a creative artist not an accountant so I was at the mercy of others. It was pretty bad. I didn't realise when the money was coming in, it was coming to her. So she betrayed me. Me and my daughter. That money was to give my daughter security. So she was f*****g with my family too."
 
Now Fish is looking towards the future. And that means the release of his new CD Return To Childhood, which marks the 20th anniversary of the acclaimed Misplaced Childhood album.
 
"The whole idea generated from a fan club convention we had in Holland in 2001," explains Fish. "We'd had a few wines too many, it was 2am and we were thinking, what are we going to do? Then we thought, why don't we do one night of Marillion and one night solo? And it was brilliant."
 
And in 2005, for the first time in nearly 20 years, Fish performed Marillion's Misplaced Childhood in its entirety during his European and South America tours. And it seemed apt to record one of the concerts for posterity. The result is a nostalgic concert of two halves - solo Fish classics and Marillion hits.
 
So what's the future for Fish after his next tour? "To be happy and enjoy life . . . and continue to make music."
 
Return to Childhood is released by Snapper Music on August 21. The Fish Convention takes place in Haddington from August 25 to 27. For tickets log on to www.the-company.com or visit The Plough, Tyneside Tavern and Kelsey's Bookshop in Haddington

Nyt on minullakin pitkän jahkailun jälkeen lippu tilattuna. Kyllä niin on, että Fish pitää nähdä, kun siihen vielä on mahdollisuus.

Nyt on minullakin pitkän jahkailun jälkeen lippu tilattuna.
 
Meitähän on jo, mitäs mä laskin, ainakin seitsemän m.nettiläistä paikalla. Jatkot mun huoneessa Simonkentässä? ;-D

Ei kai ole vielä täynnä? :0

Ei kai ole vielä täynnä? :0
 
Tuskin. Tiketin linkki eka postauksessa antaa varata vielä.
 
Tänään sain tuon Return To Childhood -dvd:n ja kertakatselun jälkeen odotan tuota Tavastian iltaa vielä enemmän jos mahdollista. Eihän siinä mitään upeaa lavashowta tai kauniita ihmisiä hienoissa kostyymeissä ole, mutta se Fishin Karisma. Sitä löytyy! Todella hyväntuulista ja sympaattista meininkiä hienossa hengessä. Ääni ei tosiaan nouse enää entisiin korkeuksiin, sen huomaa etenkin Childhood-biiseissä, mutta ei se mua häiritse. Liikutukseltani olin pudota sohvalta Pseudo Silk Kimonon alkaessa. Sanoinkin vaimolle pala kurkussa, että kun tämä alkaa Tavastialla, kaadun varmaan lattiaan.
 
Vielä kun saisi edes englanninkieliset tekstit tuohon levyyn, on se skotti aina skotti. Haastatteluextra on vielä katsomatta.
 
"I'm a big man in Scotland, but here in Holland I'm nothing. It must be genetics, if you're a Dutch dwarf you'll drown." Tai jotain sinne päin... :-)

Antakaa kun määkin floodaan...
 
Haastatteluextra on vielä katsomatta.
 
No nyt sekin on katsottu. Ihan hemmetin mielenkiintoinen tunnin mittainen haastattelu, josta ymmärsin ehkä kolmanneksen. Prkl! Haastis käsitteli lähinnä Misplaced Childhoodin synnytystä ja sisälsi paljon minulle uutta tietoa (ja vähintään yhtä paljon jäi ymmärtämättä).
 
Siis homman clue: istutetaan Fish ja haastattelija Amsterdamiin kanavan varrelle puistonpenkille. Haastattelijaa ei näytetä, mutta hänen äänensä tuntuisi kuuluvan yli kilometrin päästä, eli kysymyksistäkään ei pääosin saanut selvää. Liikenteen melua, ohi prutkuttavia kanaaliveneitä, skottiaksentti, ei tekstityksiä ja ilmeisesti alzheimerin ensioireista kärsivä kameramies.
 
Laskekaa itse lopputulos.

Kirjoittele vaan, mielenkiintoistahan näitä on lukea.
Olisi kiva nähdä tuo keikka ennen Tavastialle menoa kun en muista nähneeni kuin Live from Krakow, joka jossain laatikossa lojuu VideoCDnä. Siinäkään ei tainnut montaa biisiä olla, enkä tiedä miltä vuodeltakaan se on.
Pitänee koittaa ostaa tuo.

Rupesin tässä miettimään, että mahtaakohan tällä keikalla tulla sitä Misplaced Childhoodia. Sain sellaisen kuvan, että nuo aiemmin mainitut keikat ovat olleet jonkinlaisia erikoistapauksia. Kyllähän siitä varmaan hyvä keikka tulee muutenkin, mutta MC olisi ainakin minulle aivan erityinen herkkupala.

Rupesin tässä miettimään, että mahtaakohan tällä keikalla tulla sitä Misplaced Childhoodia. Sain sellaisen kuvan, että nuo aiemmin mainitut keikat ovat olleet jonkinlaisia erikoistapauksia.
 
Kyllä se ymmärtääkseni on mennyt koko kiertueen tuohon tapaan ja kiertueen nimen perusteella odotan sitä kyllä Suomessakin. Tässä tunnelmia Meksikosta reilun kahden viikon takaa Fishin newsletteristä:
 
The band were superb and the solo set rocked out, the newer material
taking, I think, a lot of people by surprise.
But the 'Misplaced ' set, I knew, was the main attraction and the noise
that greeted the Magpie intro drowned out the PA. The reaction from the
crowd to the next hour would match anything we had received on the tour so
far, and some! We were carried away with the audience as every section
received rapturous applause.

Ok, hyvältä näyttää.
 
Olisi kyllä varmaan Fishiltä suorastaan fanipoliittinen itsemurha jättää se tässä vaiheessa soittamatta...

Ai mitäh? No sittenhän sieltä tulee sentään jotain, mitä pystyy joraamaan! Jösses.

Olipa muuten harvinaisen hankala löytää hotellia Hesasta tuohon fisun keikan aikaan, parissa suht.edullisessa paikassa oli vielä tilaakin. Liekö Hesassa joku isompi häppeninki samaan aikaan kun tuntui olevan kaikki hotellit täynnä. Oletan ettei ne kaikki varmaankaan ole kalaa tulossa katsomaan. ;)
 
Onkos muuten kellään nyt virallisempaa tietoa että mikä on tuo keikan aloitusaika.. alkuillasta vai puolen yön maissa.. kun jotain juttua tais olla jossain siitä että tavastialla olis muuttunu jotenkin käytäntö esiintyjien aikojen suhteen tjsp..

Onkos muuten kellään nyt virallisempaa tietoa että mikä on tuo keikan aloitusaika.. alkuillasta vai puolen yön maissa..
 
Ei virallista, mutta jotain hajua. Paikkahan avaa ovensa ysiltä. http://muusikoiden.net/keskustelu/print.php?p=6021369
 
Jestas, tuohonhan on enää pari hullua päivää! Np. Raingods With Zippos.

Jestas, tuohonhan on enää pari hullua päivää!
 
Ja nyt se on jo huomenna! Aamulla sinisin siivin, näkemisiin. All the best freaks are here...
 
...The company I choose is solidly singular
Totally trustworthy, straight and sincere
Polished, experienced, witty and charming
So why don't you push off, this company's my own
 
Oh, boys would you drink to me now
Here on the hill, halfway up, halfway down...

Jep.. kyllä sitä Companya huomenna hoilataan.. aika suurella todennäköisyydellä. :) Nyt on tullu jo aika hyvin soolotuotanto kuunneltua läpi muutaman päivän kuluessa, samoin childhood -dvd, että jospa ne biisien sanat olis tarpeeksi hyvin palautettu mieleen.. meteli.netissä oli tuosta fishin keikasta ilmo myöskin.. siinä luki että 21.00..
 
mnet -paita kehiin. ;) voi kyllä vaihtua fish paidaksi jos raskii sellasen ostaa.