A few of the .org crewe will be in sunny mainland Spain for the San Juan festival (23rd-24th June)
So why not make it a Voxgate

C'mon you know ye want to!

A total hoot me thinks

Sounds cool to me... Can I come over as well?!



For general information:

San Juan is a Spain-wide holiday (24th June) and the ORGASTIC NIGHT is the night before, therefore it is called THE NIGHT OF SAN JUAN (starting on the evening of 23rd June and ending usually around 6 a.m.)...

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Love
Mrs. Ocean

Count me in ... guess you already did though...sand...surf and sangria...cant wait...okay sleepy we can do without the sand right?? the pool will do!

Sounds like a Wizzo Plan Sleepers, old boy.

Which one, Chappie?

didnae you say something about the ol' bill this morning matie wont be the same without you!

YIPPIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now THAT is excellent news indeed!!!!!!!!!!!

Paul, you must try the patxarrán, too.

I looked it up earlier on. It is liquor of "soes" / "wild plums" and you drink it with ice after dinner. ONE glass of it. Well, unless you're engaged to Mr. Alcohol here.

It has a very slight aniseed taste.

Surely, Kontxi will know more about this... But she doesn't seem to have been on the forum for ages.

WHAT NEWS HUH!!! it just gets better and better

think we're in Barcelona that week anyway

Hey pip that would be great if you could meet up with us. Do you have sleepwalkers email or telephone number, or does he have yours. We can get intouch and give you details if you want to meet up with us.

Hey PIP - that would be fantastic!

Love
LAVA

So who else is coming?

Especially now that we know who is not.

Jeez - amazingly enough, we are 'gigging' in Barcelona that week. So it looks like we will definitely be there - maybe with a few 'special guests' as well.

We do have Sleepys number, yes - but not enough cash for his bar bill unfortunately.

Now we just need to get Danny (Mitchell) to come along for a rematch...



All the best,

EG
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Cool!! Where you gigging then?

EG, call DT we already have our trip all booked and would be great to meet up with you. We will be there 22-26...be nice to meet you.

Hey Babes!

yee-heeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!! I have just installed SKYPE for free phone calls from and to the US. Does any of you have it (Paul, you must...)?


Oh, and something else: when you come over, do remember that in the heart of the country there are mosquitos at night. Here in town, there are none, but in the mountains you bet anything in the world.

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OK, back to life-saving measures.

Love
LAVA

I just found Ari a Finnair flight for €368 all inclusive at opodo.

Honestly - I don't know why it didn't occurr to any of us last night already.

And I bought my GANG OF FOUR ticket for here on 28 May 2005 today! YEEEEE-HEEEEEEEEE!!!!!



Capital, it fails us now...

WOW, great...is that Ari and Petri or just Ari??? how many days left????

Lava, of course I have Skype, mail me and I'll give you my ID <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

Petri is in Germany right now and has an open ticket from FINNAIR that he needs to use in the course of this year. So he can't fly with any other airline.

This is why Ari wants to fly FINNAIR, too. The alternative he mentioned would hurt his bum a little bit...

Amazingly, on www.opodo.de I found a FINNAIR flight cheaper (€368) than on the actual FINNAIR website (€392).

The cheapest flight of all was €344 (Scandinivian Airlines).Seems a reasonable fare to me. Especially considering that food is not only excellent here but also cheap, so is booze and accommodation.

Et voilà.

We just had 23°C down at the World Trade Center.

Mehdi - Orly-BCN is €199,98 with easyjet right now (23-26 June). It IS an alternative to dancing merengue en la República Domenicana or smoking maría en Jamaica...

What do you say?

let us know grant...you would have to arrange you owm accommodation as ours is now full. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

IZZY....34 days left

Better leave it then. i would be shit scared just organising a flight as i am Mr Impractical, the Spaceman avatar was a joke ref to that with Izzy. grant

hey, may be i can do both now :-) !!
re : smoke : no need to go to jamaica for that !... amsterdam is not so far away... :-) (but well, it's not what i am after these days :-))

so does this mean you are joining us for San Juan Mehdi????

Mehdi, does this mean you are joining us for San Juan?!

Nope - no need to fly to Jamaica for that. We have plenty here (Amsterdam doesn't have palm trees or a beach). And we all know its medicinal effects. Of that and of laughter.

Smart woman

don't know yet, i'd like too... it depends on a bit on what 's the budget at the end of the month...

So this is a long shopping list...

Ariiiiiiii - what's the score?!

Zazzy - - what is the raspberry part then?

Mrs. X - - to have you with us symbollically, we need an item of yours that will represent you fully. You were with us in Crewe already, we talked about you a lot and took the photos smiling especially for you.

Mehdi - we have to somehow celebrate your exam. You'll have to bring along your rap CD.

BTW - Sónar Festival is from 16-18 June. Laurent Garnier, Mouse on Mars, Martin Gore etc. For full details see here Not my cup of tea though (no offence). <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

Who else is coming? We may sometimes appear nuts and from the gutter, but we are fully civilised, of course. Davy, you do agree, don't you?

delete the coke and add raspberry liquer ...presto you have raspberry long island ice tea...well as long as you include the other ingredients

I can not get If I Was outta me heed...ARGH!!

Er...what would you like? I think I know what it is, and the answer is still no! But seriously, anything else would like, I'd be more than happy to oblige.

If I...was a...sailoooooooooor...seven oceans...I'd sail to her...



Mrs. X

Tara. it's all true, we did talk and think of you a lot and made effort on the smiles, although they did come very naturally due to Monument ! grant

Hi Lava & all.... I´ll be there. I am going to travel with my 2 best friends (photographers as well <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" /> ) We will travel with my car.
So I have booked already Superfast Ferry (boat) from Hanko (Finland) to Rosctock (Germany) roundtrip, that´s how we´ll save a lot of time. I´ll write your email soon for a few question about barcelona....

Cheers, ari

Paul , have you received Monument DVD yet I sent you?

Ari I hope that it has arrived safely at my house, I will know for sure on Sunday when I get home. Speak to you soon. Paul. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

Ari,

Glad you are booked matie.. watched Monument DVD last night, it is really good...I was very impressed

Cool, ARI!

And when you drive past KÖLN, can you pick up my UUUUUUUUUUUULTRAVOX collection and bring it to me, mwhahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!

At least then I'll be able to tell you whether or whether not I own the Tiger Lily 7" (I really don't remember!).

HEY, I've got a face now! It feels weird. And I look different, don't I...?

Muchos saludos y hasta pronto, finlandés!

Mehdi - Je suis conne, conne, conne! :rolleyes:

From CDG, you can also fly with Vueling.com at an incredibly low fare (I had totally forgotten, sorry):

http://www.vueling.com

It would be €168 for you at the moment, all inclusive. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

hehe, thanks for the links.... seems it can be even cheaper ... as said before, i must wait to know... the thing is i'd like to be there, i've never been to barcelona and i like cataluna chupitos, wine and whatever is there :-) (i know other parts of spain...).
if i can't make it, it's not that i don't want to... wait and see ...

Thanks.... Nice thay you liked it. How about Don? Would be nice to hear his comments as well. How about others?

Lava , if we are passing through Köln, no problem to bring your precious records, but I don´t know yet which way we travel... Are you serious about this? :rolleyes:

It´s only three weeks now....Can´t wait!

ari

Ari - have you ever seen me serious?

Seriously: no, of course I would not want you to transport such heavy burden...

Also, there's no room in your car because of THE FRIDGE, remember?

Plus I don't have my stereo here yet either...

BUT HEY: THANKS!!

Tomorrow is Man in a Uniform DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yippie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So do we have a final count now on how many are joining us in beautiful Barcelona???

Ari no alcohol in that fridge matie, remember you are driving, you can have plenty when you arrive

24 days to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3 nice photographers from Finland for sure...

You forgot, I am not driving by myself, these is 3 of us. Everyone is capable of driving. And don´t worry about booze.
Janne (the other guy is Petri;Pete) is a man of high moral and he demanded we buy alcohol meter, JUST IN CASE!!!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" /> And that´s good basicly. If these is no sober guys among us, car doesn´t move a meter!!!

Lava, I have seen you serious - I quess...

Cheers, ari

Ari,

I didnt think you would be irresponsible...after all I am sure you 3 want to make it to us in one piece

Looking forward to seeing you and meeting your mates.

Good!

And I love you guys' attitude towards driving. It guarantees your children to KEEP their father, huh...

Christ almighty - how many DAYS will it take you to arrive here all in all? But then again, you might need a long journey. It helps.

Zazza - The fridge was more for... FOOD and water and coca-cola, I guess...

Lava , it´s 1800 km from Hamburg to Barcelona, and the route planner on internet says it´s about 18 and half hour drive directly. But we are going to use at least two days, and stay overnight somewhere in France. That´s about halfway, if we choose route: Hamburg - Hannover - Kassel - Frankfurt - Mannheim - Strasbourg... Don´t know yet.

Fridge is for cold refreshment and for sandwitces and stuff....But we decided that who ever drives (about 4 hour turn), after his turn is over he can have cold beer and get to sleep in back seat. He´s turn to drive again is not until 8 hours!!!

We are planning to land Barcelona 20.6 at evening or 21 at midday I quess; it´s very difficult to estimate now.... Boys wanna see some Gaudi´s stuff, Picassso´s place and so on..... Some cultural excursions!

If you can help us to find cheap (reasonable) hotel to ask rooms for, I (we) worship you forever!!!

Trying to find time to write your email....

Tonight going to see SW Episode III. I have heard it is not so bad this time.... <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

Cheers, ari

Yes, Ari - of course I will help you, it goes without saying! I will send you an e-mail with suggestions.

But... ACHTUNG!!! "Worship", in English, is a very strong word!

And "forever" is a very strong word in ALL languages, you have to be carefull!

I think what you wanted to say is that you will be very grateful for a long long time etc.

Soon I can annoy you again with Hyvää ruokahalua!! mwhahahaha!!!! And Sleepy will go UUUUUUUULTRAVOX all the time...

How far it is from Germany, I know already! HOW LONG TO GO FROM HELSSSSSINKI?! And how many hours on the ferry etc.?

Oh, and I really liked your version of The Ascent very much!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" /> Enjoy Star Wars!

[QUOTE]Originally posted by ari:

If you can help us to find cheap (reasonable) hotel to ask rooms for...

Greetings from Bilbao.
This is the cheapest I know in Europe:
http://www.hotelformule1.com/formule1/gb/cartographie/index.shtml

Enjoy the meeting everybody!

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Lavaocean:
<strong>Yes, Ari - of course I will help you, it goes without saying.....

....I think what you wanted to say is that you will be very grateful for a long long time etc.

.... Hyvää ruokahalua!! mwhahahaha!!!! And Sleepy will go UUUUUUUULTRAVOX all the time... Sleepy will go UUULTAVOOOX the rest of his life I think, when I am present - of course

-From Helsinki to Hanko 80 km. From Hanko to Rostock by boat is about 19-20 hours!!!

-SW III was actually pretty good. I liked it this time. It was way beyond better than two previous disasters. I really would like to see it again, and that´s a lot!!!!!

May the forc......eh....The Look & The Sound of THE VOICE be with you....ALWAYS!!!

The Ascent....Thank you, thank you

cheers, ari

Ari Your parcel arrived safely, thank you very much. The DVD is superb and I have fallen in love with the CD as well.

Looking forward to seeing you in 3 weeks. Paul. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

1) It is NORMAL here. You are more than welcome, and, BTW, you've got mail. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

2) In fact, on my BA flight back from London (after Crewe), I had a Finish lady sitting next to me. So I asked her to write it down for me. PLUS there is always COPY & PASTE from the internet!!

3) This means that the fridge will be empty by the time you arrive in Rostock. :p

Paul - stop making me envious, will ya?!

Ari - Do Petri and Janne listen to UUUUULTRAVOX, too?!

They better have, because Sleepy Pie here will surely bring no other music along!

Poor Ari, he just isnt going to hear the end of UUUUUUUUUltravox

Lava- silly girl do you not know that DM will also have to come along

DM? Dean Martin? Don Martin? Depeche Mode?

Oh Dean Martin for sure!!

Well, WHO THEN?! Didge Mure?

aye thats it Didge Mure - Live and in Concert

you dont have your yahoo or skype on today woman

OK, switching it on this very moment but let's TALK please. I need my hands for something else.

that is fine...but it says you arent on??

Oh, such a big deal again... You know - if you had said it straight away that it was no-one else than Danny Mitchell, I'm sure it would have been OK. We are among ourselves here anyway...

Yeah, it's fine - bring him along! Excellent!

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I was hoping he would have grown out of this obsession by now. Oi Sleepy, Singles 81-85 ok...

Psssst!! You're spoiling it, Si...

OK, now I'm really sorry I'll be missing this!!!

Would you be sure to send Martin Gore my way, please?

Mrs. X

Well, Mehdi, if you thought you could hide behind a new name and a new avatar - and en plus of the opposite sex - and fool us completely, then you will have to get up a little earlier,

Sorry, Mrs. X - Martin Gore has different initials... "MG" not "DM"

Mrs X - Sorry to quote myself here, but I think you still haven't answered this one constructively...



God, I really love this forum. It makes me laugh all the time. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Lavaocean:
<strong>Mrs X - Sorry to quote myself here, but I think you still haven't answered this one constructively...



Mrs. X

But, MG is in DM, is he not?

Mrs. X

Hm... and what about alternatives...?

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<strong>Hm... and what about alternatives...?

Mrs. X

Are we talking about alternatives still? I'm confused, because I think you quoted the wrong post!

I have no idea what you'd want as an alternative. Care to give me some suggestions?

Mrs. X

Well, they have heard and remember only Vienna and Dancing With Tears.... `cause that was very big hit here.

While I was editing Crewe-DVD, both came in and suddenly they went :"This song is good and cracking stuff..." I was editing Hymn.

I played Janne some Ultravox live, and he was suprised, that they play so extreme well live without sequencers or tapes in early 80`s. He has always thought that Ultravox is more synth band (tell me about it). He just went: "This really ROCKS!!! - I didn´t know they played like that on live" <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" /> We were listening a lot of good boots and watched live videos with few beers.

Janne have played guitar in a band (severals), and they were just getting single played on radio, but they split up. That happened when we studied photography (about -95). After that he hasn´t played anymore (only every now and then in my place we do blues sessions; I play acoustic, Janne "makes love" with my Stratocaster )
Sad, he is exellent guitarist.

Well, I don´t know what he likes on fan base, but I have listened in his place recently.... Travis, Manic Str..Pre., Van Halen (older stuff), William Orbit, Depeche Mode, Yngwie Malmsteen.....

Pete---I guess he likes a lot finnish rock/pop. Mostly rock. He has played me recently R.E.M., Radiohead, Metallica, Ennio Morricone, Pete likes a lot kind of music Tarantino uses in his movies....

Yes! I was right about spelling Hyvää Ruokahalua.

Cheers, ari (only two weeks now and countdown...)

Hm... In this case, the only thing I can think of right now is for us to have a picture taken TOASTING to you (we won't have Black Russians, though)...

Please let us know if you can think of something more original. :p

Ari - now this is extremely funny! Because THE SAME THING happened to me with Lorena and Práxedes. We were supposed to watch a film, then I asked "can we please watch 2 mins of the UV DVD first" (the Dmitry one, that I am going to copy this week end, ho-hum).

And then THEY GOT SO HOOKED, exactly like you describe about Petri and Janne, especially when Hymn started!!! And they adored The Voice.

Yes, it rocks indeed! And I really thought they would find this type of music boring (they are 28) because they listen to cool DJs and Kruder & Dorfmeister, Tosca, Najiwa etc. No room for the Gang of Four here...

Yes, babe, 2 weeks to go. Then YOU will be in charge of making us the Long Island Ice Teas. At least for all the women, hehe...

SHAME YOU CAN'T BE HERE ON THE 18TH ALREADY - we're having a BIG party at the flat.

Tonto, did you really think I would 1) remember and 2) invent such a difficult spelling all by myself?! You are over-estimating my intelligence...

Hmmm...this might be a good idea in theory, however, it would just look like you're toasting to anybody...

Will anyone have a videocamera? (Or whatever new-technology device that exists these days that will shoot video?)

Mrs. X

FANTASTIC! Didn't think anybody else had discovered him! I love Chi Mai (even learnt to play in on the violin)!

Oh Helen! To read your post after Once Upon A Time In America has been accompanying us for the past 22 years!

One of the best films ever!

Its OST was my Xmas present in 1990. God.

So - going to check your thread about whether you have found a name for the little buggeress...

hmmm...another highjacked thread???

Izzy hun, have you found anything else in your house other than the juicer and an extra mattress that you didnt know you had...tee hee...hmmm will have to have a think on what else we may need

Er...

Mrs X - Why, what do you have in mind?

Well, a video greeting could be nice.

Mrs. X

Aha! Let's see what we can do... You would get the MOST ABSENT PERSON AWARD symbollically handed over...

... or something like that...

The only "difficulty" I see is to get EVERYBODY sober in front of the camera AT THE SAME TIME... tsssss <img border="0" alt="[Shake head]" title="" src="graemlins/shakehead.gif" />

EVERYBODY - Don't forget your goggles and flip-flops, right.

Ari - Send me an SMS at least when you have reached the French border, yes? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

Oh, sober...drunk...doesn't matter... Just get them all together.

Mrs. X

Hhmmm?!!! <img border="0" alt="[Shake head]" title="" src="graemlins/shakehead.gif" />

i don't think i will be able to make it this time :-/ if i could i'd travel everywhere everyday... doh, i will have to stay there and make music (well... it's not so bad ;-) ).

Mehdi - that's LA GRANDE CAQUE, of course...

Let's pray for better times to come!

And trust me - your smile is cuter than that of la Mona Lisa (or: La Gioconda if you prefer)...

Yes, yes, for sure.... Sorry, haven´t got time to write you yet, there is just too much working going on here....

Cheers, ari

Ari - We have discussed everything already. No need to e-mail (from my side). We're ALL busy...

Sassy - Are you OK? Haven't heard back from you. We're worried.

Kontxi - ¿Qué tal tu reunión el lunes? ¿Ya sabes algo en concreto? No vayas a perderte una buena barbacoa y muuuuucha bebida...

Venga, chati, dime algo. A ver si has conseguido el casco aquel...

It's a pity I will not be able to come... If next Voxgate happen closer to Poland I will come to meet u. hmm may be in Germany...

bye-sly

Izzy - 10 days...need to rest up. Exhausted after the festival yesterday...we had so much fun though...if you are around maybe we can skype tonight, Sleepy will be here too.

About Davy's underwear ... very nice photo indeed!!!

May I suggest... for the future... maybe a pair of boxer shorts indeed...

oh yesm Izzy, a nice tight pair o' Calvin Klein's would do nicely...definately in black...someone look's good in black

Tight? Why's that? HEY - you're not having impure thoughts about our Davy here, arrre ya, lass?!

Sorry about last night - system broke down and when I got back, the conference had ended. Did you find an adequate ITEM in the end...?

Now, now, you know I only have eye for my Sleepy... but seeing as the boys always have a look, certainly seems that we should be allowed to also

we werent looking for anything last night it was joke. Did wonder if you got booted.

Was out shopping today for Barcelona, think I am all body shopped up and have all my travel necessities now.

Well... I suppose there's nothing wrong about impure thoughts...

Cool about the shopping. Don't forget to bring the coconut butter. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

I love shopping, cute new pair of sandles and sundress...no I wont forget the cocoa butter

EXCELLENT!!

I have just sent YOU ALL the link to the map plus the necessary street instructions.

Please note that BCN is a one-way street town (especially in the modern town centre, which is where you will be heading for first).

It can be incredibly annoying but it also has its advantajes of course.

Cacao butter, eh...

oops meant coconut oil lol

Just got an email from Jane with direction to the villa. Will forward it on to you later.

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Lavaocean:
<strong>About Davy's underwear ... very nice photo indeed!!!

May I suggest... for the future... maybe a pair of boxer shorts indeed...

Davy, you must be requesting a straight jacket after last night, place fingers on appropriate keys, and smile

Aren't you exhausted??

IZZY ONE WEEK!!!!!!!!

Aaaahhhhhh!!!! That's something we shall have to rrrremedy then!

(You're not the victim type, arre ya, matie?)

SASSIE - 7 days!!!!!!!!!!!!

8 Days for me!!!

Well, Chappie, let's make it 7 1/2, shall we...?

(Sorry, it's the only content I could think of for a post in order to make yours not be the bottom one in Today's Active Topics...)

Izzy- it's crankypants m'dear but it will be squidgiegirl for sure :p

damn, i am already jealous of the good time you will have, i'd certainly need some good time especially during that week end :-)
but unfortunately (but fortunately for me) a lot is happening here, in all directions, i have to take advantage of all that now...
so as it's most probablt that i won't make it to barcelona, i whish you all the best time there.
see you later.

Aha... So what is happening in your life right now, Mehdi...? It sounds interesting...

Yes, it is a total shame that you deny us your charming and easy-going company... Not to mention your French sense of humour, of course... hahahaaa

Don't be jealous though. We are going to relax a little bit by the pool, have a quiet BBQ and have ONE drink (well, a laaarge one, of course).

And the Sagrada Familia is still a building site inside (plus they charge € 7 entrance), so you're not really missing anything. :p

You just make sure you fly over to the MONUMENT gig(s) at the end of July. There you will find a more dynamic atmosphere.

Lorena translated crankypants with CASCARABIAS. (casca-rabias)

la rabia = the anger (rabies)

cascar = what you (m/f) do to yourself with your hands when your partner is absent

So, yes, it is quite an interestingly composed word (linguistically speaking).

Looking forward to the squidiegirl, and if it's crankypants, we know how to handle that, don't we, Chappie...?



Ari - Eye of the Tiger - mwhahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!

Ari - Eye of the Tiger - mwhahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!

Isabel

Surely you mean the eye of the little Japanese man...do you not?..MWHAHAHAAAAAAA!!!

Crankypants it is now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Och..Away n'clam doon wull ye! :p

Actually, another great word in English is flabbergasted...



What's that Japanese bloke insinuation?!

Tomorrow we start our fantastic voyage through mother Europa. Can´t wait. This my last day at work. I have 5 weeks off on the row!!!! After I came back from the Barcelona I am heading to Lapland with my bike to see friend of mine! Yeaaaahh!!!!

UUUUUUULTAAAAAAVOOOOOOOOOOX!!!!!! And remember to pronounce this in Finnish way, Sleepy?

Cheers, ari

Ari Have a safe journey my friend. I'll see you on Thursday next week.

UUUUUULLLLLTTTRRAAAAVVOOOOOOOOXX!

Have fun, everyone - don't forget to send in some pics!

a lot of excitation (exceitement?) from various music contract proposals, music works going on, new ideas, friends, sunny weather, etc etc :-) funny it happens all at the same time...

Only one "laaaaarge" glass ? ... liar

Okey, folks, car is loaded, and we are leaving about 15 min. from here. Our boat from Finland to Germany is leaving 22.00 (10 pm) tonight!! We have to drive now only 100 km!

See ya guys in Barcelona soon!!!

Ari, signing off........

Thank you, Cerise. We have just finalised the shopping and will be heading back to the villa now. It's baking hot, Ari and his friends drink a lot and they smell a little bit but everybody's cool. (They have not shaved nor had a shower in 3 days)



Honestly: I have no idea who is going to drink all that booze we bought...

Much love
LAVA

Yes

To what???

Izzy, got home fine, though I did notice a few funny looks at the airport. Could it have had something to do with the writing on the back of the car??

Thanks to all who made it a fun trip.

Funny looks...? Back of the car...?

You mean THIS car...?!



Or maybe because of Pete (Petri) going hyvä perse ?



And... YES to Sleepy's JD. Tastes good. With Coca-Cola and ice cubes.

BTW: Ari and the boys (see photos) are not driving to Paris tonight. Instead, they will be driving to Amsterdam overnight ( ) and stay there for 2 nights, just got text message.

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR A VERY INTENSE TIME, especially Sassy, without whom this Voxgate would not have taken place. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

And thank you to this forum for enabling it.

Oh, and Maria says HELLO.

Si and Tara - We missed you!

Love and näkemiin and asiaa
LAVA (in my room again)



(This post is to be read listening to New Order's Thieves Like Us)

Priceless!!!

Ola!!!
What an absolute stonking kick ass time had by all!
I would personnally like to thank the following:-

Jane & Co :- Your Gaff is paradise personified

Mrs Ocean :- For showing us a whale...(Smells like fish!) of a time in your beautiful country & helping Ari(iel) & myself out with the syn-drumming on The Voice finale!
"Belsama Los Cohunus ya radje"

Pete (AKA Duck Liver!)
What a total gentleman...I'm a wee bit worried about him though wearing his mummy's panties
Hope you got home ok.

Welcome back, all!

Cheers Boss!

We're all hoping to return in April of next year...who's up for it then?

The villa will be able to accomodate more peeps next year, so can we have a show of hands?

Tara - these ones are especially for you:

Ari's impersonation of Mr. Axe (sorry so dark) - from left to right: Sleepwalker, Janne, Ari, Pete:



Here's a toast to you, my dear:



And here's Sleepwalker making the clown (as usual):

Sleepwalker and Janne (pronounced "Yan-né") trying to eat properly without looking stupid, mwhahahahahaaaa:



Oops, sorry to display the meat in this manner, my dear (I know you're a vegetarian)...

Mehdi - you really missed something here... And we missed you

OK, I'll check if there's some more I can post.

Ooops... I have reduced the size of the photos 3 times now... and they're still too big...

Cerise...?

This happened a couple of weeks ago after someone post - but it was text only, if I remember well.

All sorted m'love.

Ah - you're too kind... Thank you.

Can I post more then? Or will you have to fix again...?

You can post more! Just try to keep them to 72dpi, and no more than 500 pixels wide. Give me a shout if you have any problems.

Do you want me to post these up in the Voxgate area of the Media Archive too, along with Lisa's pics?

OK, thanks for the technical information!

Oh wow -I hadn't seen the Voxgate media archive yet...

YES - whatever you think adequate and makeable (= if you have the time for it). It would be lovely for future generations, I guess.

I... guess...

Wait a minute - what photos did that silly woman send you...? Clean ones, I hope...

JUST JOKING!!!

That would be telling!

Any naughty ones can be sent simply by clicking the little envelope at the top of this post.

Mrs. X

You mean the ones with the handcuffs n stuff?

Here's another more or less civilised photo of María with Sleepy Pie (don't worry - it's his typical face expression):



It's 400x300 pixel - it should work this time

BTW: María was impressed that so many people who hardly knew each other got on so well and so harmoniously - and had such fun. She is one of my closest friends in Spain. Great woman.

María Pueyos ("Marie Coteaux") - No sé si llegarás a leer esto pero como siempre acabo de hablar solo cosas buenas sobre tí. A ver si vas a tardar 6 meses en editar el video (te mato)!!!

Wow, that seemed to be lots of fun! Come on, MORE PICS!!!!

Was the whole MONUMENT crew there?

Edit: great to see You, Ari! I only knew You from the avatar pic.

Thank you, Nils! No, only Don Sleepwalker from Monument present.

Oops, here is a more "revealing" photo, at a more advanced time of night (since you are asking for it)...

Ooh! Are there any?!?! <img border="0" alt="[Suave]" title="" src="graemlins/suave.gif" />

Mrs. X

mwhahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!

Naughty naughty Canadian girl there!!!

I'll be posting a few more in a couple of minutes...

The night before the others came (I'm sure I didn't have my dinner watching something on TV)...



Now... who's drunk and who's tired...? (sorry, Ari, I couldn't resist! And if you don't agree, you can still have a word with me eye to eye) <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

Then, finally, Chappie arrives and we all pick him up, just flewn in from Jordania via Frankfurt! Left to right: Ari, Chappie, Don Sleepwalker (tattoo covered by T-shirt sleeve):



Don't wanna exclude myself un-made-up and having slept 5 hours only, so here it is:



Don - my brother says you look like Elton John



mwhahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!

The famous Jedi episode - excellent! (Chappie and Sleepy)...



Another...



And the Vikings laughing their heads off (Janne and Ari)... No need to mention that at this stage the Long Island Ice Tea pitchers (after wine and beer and sangría) were producing special effects...

Maríaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!! Ángel!!!!!!



Chappiiiiieeee!!!!!!!!!



Wet Vikings...



Even the KGB assisted...



Ari, Chappie and Pete contemplating the pool, all pensative (full moon was over now...) :p

My goodness Izzy you have been a very busy girl on here tonight. Sorry I ditched on you, I ended up at Sleepy's, made us dinner and fell asleep on couch (there is a surprise)

Barcelona...definately a high point in my life...needed that with this shite year I am having. Thank you to all who attended

Ari, you are a sweetheart, sitting here typing this I realise that we didnt really sit down and have a real chat, to much going on I guess. Thanks for helping me with dinner on Saturday, we make a great team. You are right we should open a restaurant together

Pete- It was so nice to meet you...I am very glad you came. Thanks for being so understanding and sensitive.

Janni- what can I say, my sleepy has met his match when it comes to drinking till all hours of the morning. If you see this please email me with the ingredients for the marinade you put on the shrimp on Friday it was lovely.

Paul - you are a true gentleman in every sense of the word, I luv ya...a good friend you truly are...sorry I didnae make the chocie cake, next time you are up I PROMISE!!

Maria - (please pass this on Iz) You are a gem, I will have to learn some spanish before next year so we can communicate better. Thanks for the wee gift, it came in handy as you are well aware. Certainly did the trick on Saturday night, unfortunately you missed out on that one, and miss you we did. Gracias my love

Izzy- What can I say my sweet sweet friend... I miss you loads already. You are such a delight, heres to late nights, silly moans and sleepy's STONG Long (everything but the kitchen sink in them) Island Ice Tea's. You are right next year will not be the same...but we can make it BETTER!!

Sleepy - I would get lost with you any day of the week baby, at least we can brag that we have driven on the grand prix curcuit together now Here's to more laughing uncontrollably and....well you know the rest my luv.

Was going to finish off with the words of a great song, but Janni would only say it was crap anyway LOL

Love to ya all

To the rest of the forum members, you gotta join us next year it was amazing

big *SQUIDGIES*

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Sleepwalker:
<strong>Cheers Boss!

We're all hoping to return in April of next year...who's up for it then?

The villa will be able to accomodate more peeps next year, so can we have a show of hands? Seriously Mate, I couldn't ask for a better friend.

Sassy You too are a diamond and I have to thank you for finding the Villa for us.

Izzy What can I say, you made the whole event special and it would not have been the same without you. Come back to Engalnd soon, OK.

Ari We can now add cooking to your many talents! Is there nothing you can't do well my friend. As soon as I get my Bike I'm coming to Finland for some fun.

Petri The pants may have been a large source of amusment, and that was only Sleepy, but you are a great guy and I look forward to seeing you again.

Janni Despite you telling me that everything I own was CRAP! I haven't laughed as much in days. And thanks for keeping Sleepy company during the drinking sessions. I dont know where you both found the energy from.

Finally Maria We may not have spoken the same language but you were so much fun and I think I speak for everyone when I say you are more than welcome to join us again on any of our escapades.

To All other Peeps on the Forum - start planning for next year, I know I am.

No prob, Babe

Hey! I want some chocolate cake as well!!

And - oh - you meant that Grand Prix circuit... (yeah, María already knows without words, she's completely in touch with her instincts). At first I thought you were referring to your endless races on the streets of Barcelona, getting lost n stuff.


Next year, and of course at the next MONUMENT gigs, I hope we are even more numerous. It would be so nice to meet up with so many more great people of this forum. Chappie - I bet no-one has forgotten your generous offer to buy them a pint...

Back to photos - I had almost finished last night but was too tired and... er... dehydrated... Are you gonna put some of yours in here, too, then? Ari will for sure but him and the boys won't be arriving to Helsinki till late Thursday night. Now he must have made excellent shots.

Just gathered all the empty bottles of last week to take to the container later on. It's incredible how these



left our flat behind... tsssss

JUST JOKING!!!!!!!!!!! They are nice fellows... A bit smelly but just GREAT!

Sorry, I hope this is not too annoying for those who are not in the least interested... But here is the last couple of shots I wanted to insert in here for eternity.

Chappie and I - thank you once again for everything, and NO, your music is not crap of course! Don't listen to these nasty people from the North! Love ya!



Here is the corpus delicti - Pete's mummy's pants with the funny pattern - photo taken at airport after dropping off Chappie:



Aha! NOW we are talking ("asiaa")!



The train back home again, undoubtedly I must have read the evening paper then... :p



Tara - We couldn't take any group photos really. Sorry to have failed you.





OK ("okké" in Finish) - time for a shower now. Haven't had any since the boys dropped me off here on Sunday midday. DISGUSTING!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

End of LAVA report - NEXT!

The only annoying thing is that I didn't have the time to join that voxgate!

CHOCOLATE CAKE for everyone then at next voxgate, promise!!

Grand prix curcuit, DT was pretty sure the mountain road we were on was part of the curcuit, hense the comment. Mind you racing around Barcelona could be viewed as the Grand Prix, but I think it rather likens to a smash up derby

I gave some of my pics to cerise to post but you can go to this link and see them if you like...

http://photobucket.com/albums/y247/sassy1968/barcelona/

not sure if I did that right or not

Once again, thanks all it was such a fantastic time.

xx

Sly - It would be great to meet you!

Nils - You are so kind always! Thank you for writing such friendly words!

By the way: when we meet some day I bet You won't be surprised when You find out how shy I am :rolleyes: .
Really!