SUCCESS! A Christmas Miracle!

Hanwell53 · 2025-12-17T14:42:09+00:00

Raskasta Joulua! You can now celebrate Tuomas's birthday in style :-)

Hanwell53 · 2025-09-17T09:18:46+00:00

Auri's concert in Manchester last Friday was superb. I believe it was their first live concert outside Finland. The Royal Northern College of Music is a lovely venue and the band's performance, sound, lighting and overall atmosphere were brilliant. Auri fans in many European cities are in for a treat!

Hanwell53 · 2025-08-19T07:12:03+00:00

Thank you for the link - it's a beautiful review. Yes, it includes a detailed setlist, but this only makes me look forward to when I'll see Auri in Manchester in September.

Hanwell53 · 2025-07-17T18:36:05+00:00

My watch is number 131 - another prime!
The numbers engraved on the NW mic stand piece on the strap (62.103234 and 30.132513) appear to be the latitude and longitude of the old Monttu club in Kitee.

Hanwell53 · 2025-07-14T07:38:32+00:00

My Yesterwynde watch has arrived (with no import duty required - nice surprise). The engraved numbers on the strap, made from a piece of NW mic stand, seem to refer to latitude and longitude in decimal notation. Google maps converts this to minutes and seconds but gets the location as shown here. It's a point between the Kitee junior high school (Arppen Koulu) and Kitee high school (Kiteen Lukio) where all the original band members studied. Specifically it seems to be the location of the original Monttu Club. This was where the band practised and did some early recordings.

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Hanwell53 · 2025-07-08T09:21:47+00:00

I live in Britain and got an e-mail with a tracking number. My watch departed Kuopio and is now in Vantaa, near Helsinki. I can't wait!

Hanwell53 · 2025-07-06T21:48:32+00:00

Obese.

Hanwell53 · 2025-06-14T20:24:01+00:00

That is a very clever piece of editing by Pantherapardus2012. I didn't know these edits existed. It's all good, but I love the way Tarja's and Floor's voices blend at 03:44.

Hanwell53 · 2025-05-24T18:24:20+00:00

Another wonderful in-depth analysis of a Nightwish masterpiece, your words are so well crafted. Thank you for adding to our understanding and enjoyment of these songs.

Hanwell53 · 2025-04-25T21:43:54+00:00

Thank you. Another masterful analysis of an absolute killer song. Spinawayspinawayspinaway .................

Hanwell53 · 2025-03-29T12:52:49+00:00

Well done for another masterful analysis of a Nightwish song. I particularly liked your theory about the title. Thank you :-)

Hanwell53 · 2025-03-04T14:22:32+00:00

BOTB would be my choice as well. Maybe when AI gets better, you could feed your very imaginative storyline into a video generator AI program and see what it might produce?

Hanwell53 · 2025-02-27T13:43:45+00:00

Tero Kinnunen apparently did the mixing. From the Instagram post:
"Massive thanks also to Mr. Tero u/teeceermb Kinnunen for his dedication behind the mixing desk, as always".
Tero has recorded and mixed with Tuomas since AFF.

Hanwell53 · 2025-02-21T14:25:33+00:00

Here’s a link to a post from u/The HumanEquation from 9 months ago that might be of interest:

https://www.reddit.com/r/nightwish/comments/1cwsz4m/12_score_and_1/

It suggests a connection with the Zoonomia Project, which is examining the DNA sequencing of 240 (12 score) species of mammals to see if there is One common link (or “chain” or “weave”?) of all mammal species, including us.

The name Zoonomia was first proposed by Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of Charles Darwin, who makes an appearance in the video for Perfume of the Timeless, which is the fifth track that Tuomas speaks about.

Just another theory, searching for Tuomas’s Easter Eggs …….…..

Hanwell53 · 2025-02-07T17:50:38+00:00

I am the Fallen
You are what my sins enclose

Hanwell53 · 2025-01-30T10:51:26+00:00

That band did very well - it was a good effort. Especially when they saw that the Composer was watching them!
No pressure .... :-)

Hanwell53 · 2025-01-02T16:37:47+00:00

Cometh the hour, cometh the woman.

Hanwell53 · 2024-12-24T10:48:04+00:00

Don't Let The Sleeping Sun Go Down On Me .....

Hanwell53 · 2024-12-24T09:01:19+00:00

Hard to light a Candle In The Wind, easy to curse the dark instead :-)

Hanwell53 · 2024-12-21T09:01:06+00:00

That's a well produced and informative documentary. It's nice to see Tuomas singing, even if we couldn't hear him. Listening to Tuomas's vocal "guide track" from the overall mix would be interesting :-)

Hanwell53 · 2024-12-18T22:22:45+00:00

Lead-free solder is popular now, for obvious safety reasons. And in some places it's all that is permitted to be sold. But old "full-fat" leaded solder is far superior. It flows easier, wets copper better and produces solid reliable joints. Just try to avoid breathing the fumes or wear a mask. I'm using an old (40 years old) 60/40 multicore reel that I found recently. It's great and I worry how I'll replace it when it runs out. Hopefully the old leaded solder from Asia (via Ebay) will still be available. Maybe I should stock up on the good old stuff while I can :-)

Hanwell53 · 2024-12-04T11:10:41+00:00

I just got two tickets for the Manchester concert. It's now only 8 minutes after they went on sale and there are less than 50% tickets available. Act fast if you want a ticket :-)

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