Peter

Peter and Hugh at the Savoy Theater in Helsinki
 on October 24, 2021.

With the Pawn Hearts, 1971, we felt something like this:

"That when he makes my teeth hurt with his singing, it's done on-purpose. That the squint that pinches my face when I hear him sing is my lack of knowledge about this next level of singing - singing so beyond my comprehension that I'm like a Neanderthal trying to figure out a Rubik's Cube. So I feel bad that I'm just not at that level.

Then I think, what if the people telling me all of the above are just messing with me."

I have been this kind of man, said my friends, and I 'm still it.

 "I've been doing what the hell I like for 50 years", he said 2017. Five yars ago.

Can I still see Peter Hammill?

I’ve been an ardent listener since 1971.

Hammill's voice is a very distinctive element of his music.

"Singing in registers from baritone to high falsetto, Peter growls, croons, shrieks and shouts in ways that have drawn comparison with the guitar playing of Jimi Hendrix, "

writes Wikipedia.

I' also like Hendrix and I play his music.

Peter, I hope you are feeling better.

Peter Hammill (four months ago) on Twitter: 

"Sorry to say that the tour’s off as I had a hospital visit and surgery overnight. All well now but recovery time will b needed."

I hope. 

Riots broke out all over Russia

One Russian man opening fire and killing the 
in Irkutsk region. 

New wave of arsons at military enlistment offices and local administrations unfolds across Russia when Vladimir Putin announced the Russian mobilization - arsonists started to set fire to military enlistment and administrative buildings and one office of the United Russia party with renewed vigor.

In the first six months of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine at least 20 military commissariats were set on fire; now the frequency of such incidents has increased dramatically. 

This is a partial list of new instances of arson – more are likely to follow.

According to Meduza women in Dagestan and other regions protest mobilization 

Residents of Dagestan carried out several actions protesting mobilization, the largest of which was in Makhachkala, Meduza reported.

Starting around 3:00pm Moscow time residents, mostly women, gathered in the center of the city. 

The Telegram channel “Morning Dagestan,” which had more than 30,000 subscribers before the action, published a call to come out to a demonstration. By 4:00pm about 100 people had come out, reports Dagestan outlet Chernovik:  “mothers and children gathered, and representatives of older generations, and youth.” Judging by witnesses’ videos, a few hundred people were at the protest in Makhachkala. 

Video of a Russian man opening fire and killing the military commandant in a draft centre in the city of Úst-Ilimsk in Irkutsk region. The military commandant was the head of the local draft committee. He has died, according to reports. pic.twitter.com/knnWNJxE9Y

— Andrew Roth (@Andrew__Roth) September 26, 2022

Need for the fast-tracking solution

Security forces arrested more than 1,400 people in Russia on
Wednesday night during protests condemning the mobilization,
a rights group said, hours after President Vladimir Putin ordered
Russia's first military draft since World War II.

Here comes Finland fast-tracking solution to restrict tourist visas for Russians.

Finland will not want to become a transit country for Russian tourists aiming to access to the rest of Europe. Here experts from various ministries are currently working on a solution and the matter would soon be submitted to Parliament.

There is no moral or ethical basis for allowing Russian tourism to continue as normal. We have often raised this issue in the EU.

We are very, very disappointed with the EU's handling of the visa issue, and that introducing restrictions to the Schengen system had proven difficult. 

Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday that Finland is urgently seeking a solution to restrict the issuing of tourist visas to Russian citizens.

According to the minister, Finland now wants a national solution to ensure this happens. Haavisto noted that he was disappointed with the EU's handling of the visa issue, and that introducing restrictions to the Schengen system had proven difficult.

Although Finland reduced the number of tourist visas granted to Russians considerably, not all countries have followed suit. As a result, a national solution is now being prepared.

On Monday, Finland appealed to the European Commission to issue an EU-wide recommendation that would restrict the entry of Russian citizens into EU countries under tourism visas, but without success.

Я верю, что украинский флаг и свободная жизнь снова вернутся в Крым

"Верьте в ВСУ и ждите увольнения". В Крыму по РосТВ показали ролик с обращением Владимира Зеленского  – фрагмент обращения президента от 4 сентября.

Крымчанам показали фрагмент одного из вечерних обращений Зеленского

Перед выступлением Зеленского несколько секунд транслировались информационное сообщение

– жителей Крыма на украинском призывали держаться подальше от российских военных объектов,

 "верить в ВСУ и ждать освобождения."

9 сентября в оккупированном Россией Крыму на российских телеканалах приступили к трансляции обращения президента Украины Владимира Зеленского. Видео было опубликовано в верифицированном Telegram-канале Ukraine NOW.

Слава Украине!

"Я верю, что украинский флаг и свободная жизнь снова вернутся в Крым. Мы освободим всю нашу землю и наших людей. ВСУ, наша разведка и специальные службы уже делают шаги именно для этого, и эти шаги можно услышать, и все видят, оккупанты уже начали бежать из Крыма. Это правильный выбор для них всех. Мы вернем свободу Крыма, всем нашим людям в Крыму и обязательно сделаем Крым одним из лучших, комфортных мест в Европе. Крым этого заслуживает",

говорит он.

Sanningen måste avslöjas

Här kommer Estonian Accident Investigation Centers nya bild från utredningar av Estonia fartygs vraket.

Vid tidpunkten för olyckan gjorde stormakternas underrättelsetjänster fortfarande vad de ville här. Och den mindre tacksamma delen av de små staterna var att dölja vad de gjorde här. 

Chefen för Estlands haverikommission, kapten Rene Arikas, säger att skadorna på skrovet är klart mer omfattande än vad som beräknades förra året.

Enligt förra årets förundersökningar var bristningen på höger sida fyra meter hög och 22 meter bred.

"Nu har vi fått veta att revan är minst sex meter hög och minst 40 meter bred."

Utredningen av vraket av fartyget som sjönkes på år 1994 på rutten Tallinn-Stockholm fortsätter. Det beslutades att återuppta undersökningarna efter att tv-teamet upptäckt en tidigare okänd reva i fartygets skrov hösten 2020.