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Tuesday, November 14, 2006 

Tramline 3 smells of pee



"Finnish artists Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen collected the pet peeves and angst-ridden pleas of people in Helsinki and then composed this choral work around the list of complaints."

And it's complete with subtitles! Chalk another one up for Finland. I am strangely fond of the place, despite never having been.

(there's an English one too, by the same people)

This is twice as awesome with the sound on (I watched it this morning when I was in the library, so I could just read the subtitles). I totally want to perform this piece now.

Unfortunately, I am at similarly soundless work, but I look forward to hearing this when I get home.

I don't think I could ever figure it out, but I do love the way the language looks. The same way I like how Welsh looks.

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