"ZOMBIE AND THE GHOST TRAIN" "April the 8th." "My life felt like sewage in my throat." "But I didn't feel regret, shame or fear since I was responsible for becoming what I am now." "Six months earlier." "Helsinki." "Look, the boat's coming." "WELCOME HOME ZOMBIE!" "Look out!" "Are you Antti Autiomaa?" " Yes, I am." " Right, let's go." " Where?" " You'll find out later." " Hey, what is this?" " Where are you taking him?" "The man's a deserter." "You can't just" " You want to come too?" "What an asshole." "Recruit Autiomaa." "What the hell is this?" "Recruit, soup for the officers." "TURPENTINE" "Bloody hell!" "Autiomaa, goddamnit!" "3RD ARTILLERY TRAINING BATTALION STAFF" "How's it going boys?" "Coming from a gig?" "Do you know Harri?" "Harri and The Mulefukkers?" "Harri is my old school friend." "We played a lot together." "Antti!" "Did they give you leave already?" "Kind of." "Must've messed up again." "Calm down." "Well?" "They exempted me." "Or rather they exempted themselves from me." "How's it going here?" "Is everything ok?" "Why's dad home at this time?" "Know what they did to him?" "Well?" "They fired him, without a warning." "He took it badly, got a heart attack." "I'd like to bomb the manager's office." "So, what are you going to do now?" "I'll think of something." "Work, I guess." "December the 2nd." "Back home after a long time." "Life on the ruins of my childhood continued as if everything was eternal, but I felt the inevitability of loss." " Hello?" " Is Marjo home?" "Marjo who?" "There's no fucking Marjo here." ""This is Harri's automatic answering machine." "I'm not at home, I'm pursuing fame with The Mulefukkers."" "Well I'll be..." ""There are paratroopers there."" ""Whether people were running or standing still..."" ""...they were hit in the head."" "Down!" "Now!" "Quickly, down!" "Chrissakes!" "PATHOLOGY" " Well you didn't spend much time in the army." " Nope." "The company commander said it's better for both the army and me that I leave." "They got me out for psychological reasons." "Aren't you worried you can never work for the government now?" "You can never be the president of Finland." "Or a postman!" " Drink to that." " Yeah!" "How's the band?" "Nothing to complain." "The big wheel keeps on turning." "Finland's covered and soon we'll take over USA." "Oh." " You know who they are?" " Yeah." "Well?" " The Ghost Train." " What's that?" "It's a band that has loads of gigs but no one has heard them play." "Stay away from them." "By the way, have you heard of Marjo?" "Yeah... unfortunately." "Oh." "Well, speak up, I can take it." "She got tired of waiting and hooked up with a hairstylist." "December the 6th." "Full moon, a sleepless night." "Jealousy and emptiness take turns in my mind." "I'm sad but determined." " Hi." " Hi there." " What are you doing here?" " Isn't this a barbershop?" " Um, yes." " A shampoo and set, then." "Well uh..." "Please, go ahead." " When did you become a hairdresser?" " I didn't, I'm still practicing." "Seems like you have a good teacher." "No complaints." "I see." "What are you doing here?" "I came to see an old friend." " You could've let me know." " Likewise." "I haven't heard of you for months." "You could've sent a postcard." "Whatever." "Could we talk somewhere else, like during the lunch hour?" "Can't afford to keep a lunch break." "Is everything ok in here?" "Yeah yeah." "Twit." "Yeah I've liked it here, but.." "should I go to school or something?" "What do you think?" "Well, I don't know if you need to think of anything like that." " I could train you." " I know you could." "I went to that Vidal Sassoon school in Paris after all." "Yeah, it does show in your handiwork." "Yep, it's the toughest school in the world and I got in." "They take ten out of a thousand." " Ahh shit!" " Fucking Vidal, I'll skin you." "Goddamnit Zombie." "Hey guys, don't." "Hey, let him go." "Can't you talk this thing over?" "We'll deal with this right now." "We were waiting for the tram with my girlfriend and without a warning this creep attacked me from behind and kicked me in the ankle." "I could barely hold him down." "I'm really relieved now that you got here since a dangerous guy like him, he's a threat to other people." "I don't know what he should be done with but I think he should be put..." "Well, what do you want now?" "I want to talk." "You want some?" "Is that guy outside?" "We don't have anything to talk then." "December the 7th." "Love doesn't die, it just leaves us." "We're the ones that die." "I never thought she'd leave with a guy like that." "On the other hand, she might just be provoking you." "To be honest, you haven't been all that active about her either." "Well, how's it going otherwise?" "Like burning ice." "What's wrong?" "Lend me a grand." "That's quite a lot." "Life's valuable nowadays." " You should work." " I've tried." "This week I've already been a soldier, a brickie's helper, and a medical orderly but I'm not one for ordinary work." "You just haven't found a suitable job yet." "What's one, I wonder." "Well you can play bass better than many others I know." "But who would hire me?" "Have you asked anyone?" " Nope." " You should even try." "You don't happen to have a place open for a bassist?" "Unfortunately not at the moment." "There you go." "Alright, I'm giving you the thousand, but not on loan." "You'll have to work for it." "It figures." "Come on tour with us and help the roadies." "Besides, it might do good for you." " When would we be leaving?" " In five minutes." "Well, alright." " Ok, bye." " Bye." "See you in Evijärvi." "Oh for fuck's sake." "Zombie, hey." "Goddamnit, wake up!" "You piece of shit." "It's the same thing every time with you." "I won't put up with this much longer." "Starting to loose my nerves here." "Sleep it off." "Fuck it." "You guys still remember David Lee Suhonen?" "What'd Dave do?" "He had this shoefactory owner's daughter from Tampere in sight whom he thought of making pregnant, inheriting the factory and all." "He was was tattooed all over and her dad turned out to be crazy for sauna." "Every time he went there the man said "Let's go to sauna, Dave" but he couldn't go, of course, 'cos he was so full of pictures." "Didn't he have Donald Duck on his buttocks?" "Yeah, he had Donald on his buttocks and Mickey and the nephews on his toes." "Then the fifth time he visited and all should've been clear already... the guy said: "Now, David Lee, we're going to sauna", and since they were drunk... they agreed, but Dave couldn't get his tie open at first so the guy went ahead... and David Lee went afterwards  and complete silence fell when the guy saw what his son-in-law was like." "After a minute of silence the guy said: "Listen up David Lee you're not gonna marry my daughter, you're like some tapestry store ad."" "So David Lee said: "Fuck it, you don't know shit about art."" ""Keep your daughter; a musician like me has other women, I don't need her."" "A damn good bassist, could've gotten into Deep Purple too but he died last fall, so" "How'd he die?" "Think he died of booze." "Oh, booze, right." " They all do, they all do." " When the time comes." "That's a good story but I've got a better one." "This is a true story, not saying that one wasn't, but this is, like the rudest thing I've heard anyone do." "It was this..." "Lipponen, this..." "Jim." " It was Jim, wasn't it?" " Jim, yeah." "So he..." "Harri knows this story, don't you, this is a good one." "He hated his father." "They even fought with axes and stuff." "They had that kind of a relationship, so..." "One time, he arranged this thing that he took this chick home... an ugly bitch, he did with her what he did, then he woke up his dad: "Hey dad, get over here, there's a fine lady let's not wake up mom." Their mom was religious and everything, so..." "His dad then woke up and got it going, got all excited." "So Jim went to wake up his mom, see..." "He said: "Hey mom, come, see what a bastard father is."" " Aww, shit." " Yeah, Harri knows, this is a true story." "Yep, a real true one." "So that Jim was like that, too?" "Yeah, Jim is... was, he died as well." " No way?" " Yeah, Jim" " How'd he die?" " Well, his pancreas started a-whistling..." " Little Jim's?" " Yeah." " He was 15." " He was pretty young, yeah." " A bloody good bassist." " A goddamn ace." "He would've gotten far." "Hey you're going to be the ass." "What do you mean "going to be"?" "December the 15th." "Life was like a cold dream;" "unreal and hazy, without meaning." "In distress I ran away from the emptiness." "Antti?" "Dude?" "Goddamnit!" "Zombie, wake up!" "What happened to him?" "Alcoholic heart muscle disease caused by excessive drinking." "I wonder if he's going to make it?" "Well... it was a close call." "It's a shame that you couldn't come to the funeral." "A man only dies once, after all." "There were neighbours there." "And someone from that firm." "I think it was the shop steward." "The priest talked so strangely, I didn't understand a thing." ""By a dwindling body have we gathered"" "So, I don't know what to do with the house, now..." "THE LIVING DEAD" "Where'd you leave that Vidal Sassoon?" "Forget him." "It was no real thing." " Whose flat is this?" " The congregation's." "When I realised what a mistake that hairdresser thing was..." "I took the first job offered and that was the parish secretary." "The hasty dessert of the vicarage." "Zombie?" "I'm going to the store." " Could you keep an eye on that tea?" " Yeah." "Marjo!" "Goddamnit!" " Hiya." " Hi." "Come on in." " Hello." " Well, hi there." "I came to see how life goes in this birdnest." "I dunno, ok I guess." "Gets a bit heated sometimes." "A-yep." " Actually I came with good news." " What kind?" "Our bassist got fed up for good, so now we have a place open." "Would you be interested?" "Sure, why not." "You could come and check it out." "When would we be going?" "Could go right now." "All's clear." "The first gig's on friday next week." " The rehearsal continues tomorrow." " Oh, at what time?" " Come around noon." " Sure." "I was thinking of getting a beer at the club, do you want to come?" "I don't think so." "We're probably going home." "Let's take a cab at least, I can get off at the bar." "That's fine but we don't have any money." "I'll pay." "You can pay me back from the first gig fee, when we make a million." "Yeah." " Hello?" " Hi, it's Harri." "Hiya." "You know, the guitarist's wife got suddenly hospitalized so the rehearsal's cancelled." " Oh?" " But we'll try again tomorrow." " Yeah, why not." " Bye." "Bye." "January the 8th." "I love Marjo but yet I hit the skids." "My soul is a bottomless black chasm my brain like a messed up labyrinth." "I fear to look at myself in the mirror." "Hi." "One beer." "I'd rather take a new than an old, translated into Finnish." "Thank you." " Hello?" " Harri." "Hi." "It's me, Marjo." "Hi." "Is Zombie there?" "Have you seen Zombie?" "He was in the rehearsal but he left home, he said, a few hours ago." "Okay." "Was he drunk?" " No, a little pale but he played well." " Ah." " Well umm... can't help it, I guess." " He'll come home." "Yeah." " Well, I'll just wait here, then." " Let's do that." " Bye." " Bye bye." "Come back when you're sober." "Aah, I'm glad that you're here." "I've been trying to call you all week." "We've been training day and night." "Let me carry that." " I'm... moving to my sister Aino's." " Okay." "To Pyhäjärvi." " I donated everything to the salvation army, they're coming this evening so if you want something, go and get it." " I don't need anything." "Where's the car?" "It wasn't worth more than what the coffin cost." " All right then, that's it." " Line A goes right there." " Bye for now." " Bye bye." " Call me, sometime." " Yeah." "January the 9th." "Long ago, I started out happily and with an open mind." "But where had I ended up?" "I felt like I was lost in a dark forest." "I was like a sick tree, corroded and rotted by loneliness." "Harri!" "Harri!" "You're not coming on stage today." "Make?" "Take care of the bass." "Yeehaw party people!" "We had small technical issues so I apologise for the delay." "Let's move to the roots of music:" "Mississippi!" "Zombie, what the hell are you doing here?" " Stop that, are you mad?" " You're mad being here, get lost!" " Come on, let's go home." " I'm not coming." " Why not?" " It's not working out." " Where are you going to go then?" "I don't know but I'll send you postcards." "Now get lost." "Well I'm going." "About three months later" "Hello, it's Harri." "I'm travelling with The Mulefukkers." "Our steeds are racing towards immense achievements." "Leave a message after the beep." "Hi Harri, it's Marjo." "Pick up the phone if you're home." " Hi, Harri here." " Hi." " I got a postcard from Zombie." " Oh?" " Where'd it come from?" " Istanbul." " Of course." " I'm a bit worried." "Calm down, I'll take care of it." "What is he writing?" ""Ahoy, I'll drink to you." "Don't you care what happens to me." "You just play rock'n'roll." "Jet, he's alive."" " Is that it?" " Then there's a date and something..." " "Hotel Inci", and five stars." " Hotel Inci?" "Hey!" "Wait!" "Some way to welcome a friend." " What are you doing here?" " I came to take you home." " Do you think I'm leaving?" " I can always hope." " Well, I'm not." " Come on." "At least have a drink with me, since I came this far." "Okay." "How did you find me?" "It wasn't too difficult when you wrote the name of the hotel." "Oh." "I immediately knew it was a mistake, but I guess I was sober." "Or maybe you were lonely and wanted someone to come and get you home." "Ever if I was, I'm not anymore." "A beautiful gesture." "But I don't have any use for that anymore." "You could always sell it." "A good idea." "Marjo took it pretty hard." "The police interviewed her many times... but she stayed strict and then they left her alone." "The toughest part for her was your leaving." "She's still blaming herself." "Well it wasn't her." "What then?" "I can't stand being sober." "You could at least try, you owe that to Marjo." " I don't fucking owe anyone anything." " Yeah you do, at least a grand for me." "If it comes to that, here are all my earthly possessions." "I'm leaving them to you." "Keep them yourself for now, you might reconsider." "I doubt that." "Okay, I'll go." "Is everything ok?" "Yeah yeah." "Hey, do you see that woman?" "There's no woman there." "Yeah there is." "Just like Marjo."