Classes lasted from 10 to 3 today. I began a new one: Education and research of media literacy. This is especially relevant in our digital/information age. The internet is posing problems in balancing freedom of speech and user-generated content with the fight against copyright infringement and harmful content. I'm looking forward to discussing these kind of topics, and might do an alternative final project that includes multimedia and blogging.
At 5, I met some classmates from Finnish class at Telakka. S, U and I were planning to see a free concert of Les Moustaches playing Django Reinhardt's music. After a few hours, the three-man band took stage.
The place wasn't as packed as the musicians deserved, but there were some pretty interesting characters: a sharp-looking 27-ish man, with a black suit and slicked back hair, dressed as if he were in the 20s or 30s; an older man, clearly drunk, occasionally slurring loudly while the band performed a lovely melody; a group of young adults who seemed to be Americans. I ended up knowing one of them -- a student from Mexico -- and I think the rest were Finnish.
Shizuka and I shared a Felafel salad, which was very tasty.
The performance was beautiful and captivating. It lasted over an hour, with a break in between.
Here are some audio clips:
(http://soundcloud.com/lrap-1/lm-1)
(http://soundcloud.com/lrap-1/lm-2)
(http://soundcloud.com/lrap-1/lm-3)
We got back from Telakka and went to Pub Vinyyli, a cafe/restaurant/pub that plays vinyl records. It was closing in 5 minutes, so we just hung out with some other Lapinkaari tenants on the porch. The snow was fresh from today's fall, but the temperature remained a cool -2 degrees Celsius. That's nothing!
My university library, Liina, has a shelf with out of date books for sale. I have gotten books on Finnish library architecture, Finnish folk music and aerial satellite photos from Poland for less than a euro. Today I bought a book containing historical and more recent photographs from Australia and Papua New Guinea. The text is all in Swedish, but the photos speak for themselves. They depict ordinary lives and social activities. They inspire me to learn more about the world.
I also found a book on Bulgarian Ciema that I didn't end up buying. I did copy down some of the most famous and affluential movie titles.
It's 2 a.m., and I feel like I've been running around all day. But it has been a blast. I'm really happy.
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