Finland: Starwrecked

After the conference there was a round table discussion and dinner at a local restaurant (the roundish building in the photo below).

Part of the round table discussion was a "debate" between John and a guy from Rockadillo, a Finland indie record company, who was taking the side of the traditional music industry. He was charming and had actually done some research about Magnatune and was therefore able to actually discuss it intelligently with John. That doesn't happen a lot. Most people get up there and say, "So what's the difference between Magnatune and iTunes? What makes Magnatune so special?" (If I ever hear that question again I'm going to just punch the person and be done with it.) But this guy was terrific and was far from an "adversary." He is most definitely one of the good guys and we enjoyed meeting him. Damn, I wish I could remember his name but I can't.

Then! As we were walking to dinner a guy we met and became friends with (more about Vili later) introduced me to a guy and said he's an actor. He turned out to be Atte Joutsen who is one of the actors in the film Star Wreck, the Star Trek/Babylon 5 parody that was released on the internet as a download and dvd last year. Wow! Then Timo Vuorensola, the Director and one of the main actors, was at the dinner and did a short presentation about the film. I was completely verklempt and ran up to them and expressed my adoration and they kindly agreed to a photo. It is one of the funniest, most ingenious, films I've ever seen. I laugh every time. And the special effects are astonishing.

Add them to the list of amazing people we met in Tampere, Finland. Awesome.

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[Matti Saastamoinen]

The name of that Rockadillo guy is Tapio Korjus, who is also the founder and CEO of Rockadillo Records. It was a very interesting and amusing "debate" between John and Tapio, indeed.