Nowruz

Last Saturday we celebrated the Iranian New Year, Nowruz at Finnish composer Toivo Kuula's old summer house in Lappeenranta.

  

Nowruz marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the Iranian calendar. It usually occurs on March 21, on the day of astronomical vernal equinox. The celebration usually means a lot of food and dancing to Persian techno.

It's a tradition to have a table of "sin", objects, which start with the Persian S symbolizing something. For example an apple is beauty and health and vinegar is age and patience.

Sometimes there might be a bowl of water with a goldfish= life within life. Three times I've taken the goldfish as a pet. They were called Pikachu, Silgo and Goldeen. Pikachu being my first pet ever, we didn't have food for him during the first day, so I put some cookie bits in the bowl and was happy that he was still alive the next morning!

Caged Animals - Piles of $$$

Another cool Brooklyn band signed to UK label Lucky Number...

It's like them collecting Pokemon cards, and knowing that those cards will be damn valuable in years to come. That's when other labels will go 'shit I should have "traded" when I had the chance'. That's what the music industry is all about; getting that golden Pikachu card, before someone else does.

Last Monday Caged Animals released their third music video for the song 'Piles of $$$'. Director Ace Norton has leadman Vincent Cacchione and bandmate Magali Francoise looking like Bonnie & Clyde as they go from a shop to another and cruise around LA. It's no wonder the two have such a good chemistry between them, as they indeed are a couple in real life. Aww <3

This is one of those videos, which make you think if there's a twist in the end or if something bad actually is going to happen. Well you're just going to have to see for yourself. All I can say is that the ending is as epic as mmm.. anything you think to be epic?


Caged Animals - Piles Of $$$ from Lucky Number Music on Vimeo.