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Monkey Christmas Calender – Day 3
Dec 3rd
Dear friends,
sometimes when you hear a good song it brings back good memories. July 2008 I had an oppurtunity to see Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band live in Olympic Stadium, Helsinki. When Max Weinberg hit the drums for the first time and Bruce let his guitar sing, I felt right away, that this is the show I had been waiting for.
The gick was in late july and it was a beautiful summernight. At the end of show, after three hours head blowing rockin, Bruce and the Band had one more suprise. Even though it was hot and sweaty, everybody had strenght rock just that one more song. Below you can check the video and please, sing along: Santa Claus is coming to Town!
With Yellow Regards,
Janne Monkey
Nic Mepham Singing the Blues about Yellow
Sep 7th
Our friend Nic Mepham, the creative agent from Kajaani Finland, also working for Intotalo Kajaani came by Jyväskylä this last Thursday. As he arrived in the evening he said that he has an intuition that we should go and visit Team Academy: “Maybe someone is there.” So I saw the bike of Petrus outside and I thought he was probably working on Team Mastery Arena but we found out that he was there for a training session of his new rhythm and poet orchestra Mahtavaa Tennistä (Amazing Tennis in English). He was there with a guitar and Nic wanted to participate. This is the result!
Quite amazing, isn’t it?
Nic also taught me (Ville) a little about how to sing blues, and we got into a deep dialogue about creativity, courage and coffee. Those three C’s are Nic’s thing. Aki of Spym was challenged about his thing and Petrus was encouraged to play his own songs. I think that’s what we should all do. Just as William Isaacs in his book Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together tells a story about one piano playing consultant who is being asked: “Who plays your music if you don’t do it yourself?”
Brass Monkey Funky Monkey
May 9th
It’s weekend and Manu’s birthday, from Manahmana, practically this means that it’s time for a Fiestas in Onati where Me and another Ville are staying while working with TAE aka Team Academy Euskadi. Javier Ruiz, the head coach of TAE, explains a little bit about their attitude on the following video.
The new theme song for the Monkey Business is found. It’s Brass Monkey by Beastie Boys. Oh Yeah! The Monkey Dance with this music will be our thing.
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