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No idea if this is true, but it makes for a good story anyhow.
Also, BBC America is now airing Top Gear!
Also, BBC America is now airing Top Gear!
Aug. 27th, 2007
So, Darin brought to my attention that Nightwish has released a new single, and you can watch the video online.
My immediate reaction to the imagery in the video was "Hey, waittaminute!" It does in fact give me a good segway to introduce a very iconic Finnish painting, the Wounded Angel.
A bit more trivia on the painting, from the Finnish National Gallery: The allegorical procession with the angel walks through quite a realistic landscape. It is, in fact, Eläintarha park in Helsinki, and even today the same road skirts the shores of Eläintarha bay. In Hugo Simberg's day, the park was a popular spot for leisure-time activities among the working classes, while the gentry favoured Kaivopuisto park. At the time, many charity institutions were located in Eläintarha park; in The Wounded Angel the healthy boys are carrying the injured girl towards the Blind Girls' school and the Home for Cripples.
PS. For those who care about the band, the "new" Nightwish will be performing in Orlando in November.
My immediate reaction to the imagery in the video was "Hey, waittaminute!" It does in fact give me a good segway to introduce a very iconic Finnish painting, the Wounded Angel.
A bit more trivia on the painting, from the Finnish National Gallery: The allegorical procession with the angel walks through quite a realistic landscape. It is, in fact, Eläintarha park in Helsinki, and even today the same road skirts the shores of Eläintarha bay. In Hugo Simberg's day, the park was a popular spot for leisure-time activities among the working classes, while the gentry favoured Kaivopuisto park. At the time, many charity institutions were located in Eläintarha park; in The Wounded Angel the healthy boys are carrying the injured girl towards the Blind Girls' school and the Home for Cripples.
PS. For those who care about the band, the "new" Nightwish will be performing in Orlando in November.
