¤ On this very day 23 years ago, yours truly entered this world to make it a better place...and what a great job I've done. I see a lot of you really enjoyed the Britney Spears mp3 I posted the other day....it even started a discussion at the BMMB about Britney sampling "Join Me."

The real reason why I posted the song up was because...in all honesty, I had nothing better to do. I figured it would be funny, but as usual it ended up being stupid. It made me smile, though.

¤ Here's some more bootlegs for yo' ass, including a recently discovered HIM gem! Remember, the unlinked shows are unchecked.

HIM
Southside Festival (6.27.99)
Ilosaari Rock (7.13)
Highfield Festival (8.16)
Paris (1.21.04)
Lisbon (2.9.04)

APC
Houston, Who Farted? (11.1.03)
Oakland Theatre (11.25.03)
Little Boy Blew (11.26.03)
Xcel Energy Centre (12.5.03)
Lisbon (1.20.04)

Tool
Ultra Rare Trax Vol. 1
San Diego (8.15.01)

Metallica
Sweden (Date Unknown)
Oakland Raiders Parking Lot Pre-game Show
Rock am Ring (6.8.03)

Korn
Find the Untouchables
Dynamo Open Air 2000

Evanescence
Lisbon (10.7.03)

Tori Amos
RAINN Concert (2 discs)

The Cure
B-Sides Collection 1979-1989

¤ News is slow, so there isn't much to report. I do have two new wallpapers to post, though...check 'em out.

¤ I have a TON of bootlegs to post, and I don't have the time to go through them all, so the shows that are unlinked are unchecked. I'll post more in a few days. Check out the full list here.

Chevelle: 5.3.03 VCD
Marilyn Manson: Demos In My Lunchbox Vol. 2
Marilyn Manson: Big Day Out 1999
Marilyn Manson: Download Festival 2003 (TAO)
Led Zeppelin: 4.10.77 (3 discs)
Led Zeppelin: Studio Outtakes (2 discs)
Limp Bizkit: Live (10 Tracks) *Includes artwork*
Limp Bizkit: Master of Puppets (7.19.99) *Includes artwork*
Limp Bizkit: Loose Noise
Korn: Big in Japan
Rammstein: Live in Sydney VCD
Tool: Ozzfest 2002

¤ Thanks to Russian Heartagram for posting a clip of the band playing RHIMA at the Bowery Room in New York. You can view the clip here. *Note, it takes about a minute or two to load up*

I have another review of HIM in the USA from both Bowery and TLA. It was written by a good friend of mine, so check that out!

¤ According to this random Nightwish site, it appears that Ville will be featured on the new album in a duet with Tarja. You can read the interview here, if you understand Spanish. If you don't, you could always use Babblefish.

¤ More wallpapers were added, check them out here. Thanks everybody, keep them coming!

¤ Am I the only one who's disgusted by this shoe ad featuring Ville with Kelly Osbourne?

¤ Here's a pic from today's signing in Cambridge. (©, credit, and thanks to Stephanie Graham.)

¤ According to our German friends HimForFans.de, HIM will be performing at the Swiss Ministry of Rock festival in Frauenfeld on June 27th. Apparently you can purchase 3-day VIP passes for 200 or 300 Euros, but it's limited to 300 passes, so hurry your ass up if you want those.

Other bands mentioned in the lineup were Oomph, Motörhead, Söhne Mannheims. More information can be found here.

¤ Well shit, I thought I had more information to post...but since I don't, uh..check out William Hung's site. His mix CD is here.

¤ What's going on kiddies? Now that HIM have arrived in the US, I bet you're wondering how the shows are going. Other than poor Ville not being able to smoke onstage, I guess everything's going okay.

But thanks to a few dear readers, you can view pics from the NY Bowery show, and read a review of the TLA show in Philly.

To read Kathie Brennan's review, click here.

To check out some pics from the Bowery Ballroom show, click here. The password is Finland. (©, credit, and extra special thanks to Kandas Lupia @ The 9th Circle.)

¤ I added some new links and wallpapers, so check those out. Thanks to everyone who sent things in! Other than that, there isn't much HIM news going around.

Don't forget about the autograph session tomorrow at 1pm in Cambridge!

¤ Looks like all that praying, wishing, and hoping did some good. HIM will be signing autographs on April 19th! So at 1pm, get your happy ass to the Newbury Comics Store located at 36 JFK St., in Cambridge, MA and get something signed. (Get me something too and there'll be something nice in it for you!)

¤ I'd just like to take the time to wish my good pal and Sac buddy (he does all the back-end stuff,) Shane a happy birffdizzle! Ladies, he's legal now, so feel free to send him naked pics of yourself with "SHANE" scrawled on your body.

**Update** Gone are the balloons and the gifts they brought.

¤ I figured some of you guys would like to see the official Philly Concert poster. It's a modified photograph of City Hall in Philly. It's pretty neat, just thought I'd share. (© & Credit: 9th Circle)

¤ Great news for us US fans! There's a rumor going around about a signing appearance at Newbury Comics on Monday, April 19th. Please keep in mind that this is completely unconfirmed, but cross all your fingers and toes.

They are not going to play, just sign autographs. And NO, I don't know if they're going to the store in your area where your friend's girlfriend's brother works. If anything develops, we'll definitely hook you up with the information. (Credit: 9th Circle)

¤ Here are some updated release dates for new HIM shit:

Solitary Man will be released in the UK on April 26th. Formats will be a 7" vinyl, a DVD maxi-single, and a regular-ass CD.

The And Love Said No vinyl box set will be released in Europe on May 3rd. The price is about $80USD. It will contain Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666, Razorblade Romance, Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights, Love Metal and the Wicked Game EP.

Many people expected the 666 Ways to Love EP to be included, but that was probably a rumor. I got the tracklist from Amazon.co.uk. (Credit: Heartaclub)

¤ Razorblade Klubi posted and interview they did with Mige from the show in Cologne on April 3rd. Check that out here. (Credit: Russian Heartagram)

¤ And now for a few house notes:

We've updated our discography and fixed a few errors.

Also, this is just to let you know that YES, I do know that the Universal link redirects you to Heartagram.com now. The reason is there were some things going on at Universal. That's all I can say, because that's all I know. Thanks to everyone who informed me about this, I appreciate it.

¤ Here's an e-mail I got a few days ago.

From: GastbeiM
Subject: Tourbus

Here is a picture of the offical HIM-Tourbus. My friend saw him driving behind the concert hall and called us. We ran after him. I was suprised that nobody saw the tourbus only she. Then we wants to pass the securtiy men but they didnt allowed it.

They only let the mother of my friend pass and she makes a photo. She says: "Oh there where 5 boys in black, one had a (ähh this thing that wears Ville on his head not a hat. I hope you know what I mean I don't know the English word), smoking a cigarette and was slim.

Argh man I'm so angry why had'nt I ran the securitys over. "I should be right there in his arms so in love" It's a pity that she only photography the bus and not Ville. Her answer: "What you want a photo of them? I thought you wanted a photo of the tourbus. You don't know what you want."

Bang you head and drink this lovely drink (Ville wrote a song for Jägermeister. On the concert he says it's the sacrament:"And I know my weak prayers are not enough to heal" Yeah is aching head I think.

¤ This may be of importance to you folks going to the Pittsburgh show. The venue has been changed for the following date:

Wednesday, April 21st
Pittsburgh, PA
The Rock Club @ Station Square
Tickets: $15 (day of show) $15 (advance) $10 (premium seating)
On-sale: 3.13 (Kinda late, huh?)

I'm not sure if the Mr. Smalls tickets will be honored, I assume so, but you may want to contact both venues to make sure. Again, I don't have ANY ticket information, so check Ticketmaster or better yet, the venues themselves. (Credit: 9th Circle, beyatch!)

¤ Credit: Darksecretclub

Ville and Seppo gave an interview for latest Rytmi issue (a Finnish magazine) and tell lots of interesting things that us, fans wanna know.

Ville says that HIM are considering creating their own record company. It would be better for them financially, but as he believes, that would take a lot of time and that a better choice would be a deal with a big international record company abroad. They have lots of conversations with US and UK record companies.

¤ Ville has also wrote few new songs but they won't go to studio until next autumn. New album's first single has been planned to release during Spring 2005 and the new album during autumn 2005.

He also said that they won't play new songs in the gigs anymore before they are released due to them spreading so quickly on the Internet.

¤ As far as the HIM DVD is concerned, it will be released before next Christmas and it will include all HIM videos, the Tavastia 31.12.03 gig & more. He also says that he listens a lot to dub reggae at the moment!

¤ For HIM's upcoming tour in the US, they plan to only play songs from Razorblade Romance since it's the only album available in the US. But Ville says that Universal will release rest of the albums during this year so we US fans have to be patient.

¤ Plus there's info about their selling rates:

Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 : Approx. 340 000 copies
Razorblade Romance : Only HIM album to sell over 1 million copies
Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights : Almost 500 000 copies
Love Metal : Almost 400 000 copies

Rytmi also says that the Wicked Game single and HER: Razorblade Romance are very rare and if you have one you can earn bunch of money if you sell them.