openwervendag2008 – Bell

Yesterday some construction sites in Belgium where open to a public visit. As I once spent a large part of my day there, I decided to visit the site of Bell, the old Alcatel Bell site in the south of Antwerp.
After the company’s relocation to the center of the city behind the central station, the [...]

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sunday afternoon tunes – faith no more – the real thing

In the days of yore there was a band called Faith No More. After a series of leadsingers including Courtney Love and two albums, on board came the magnificent Mike Patton.
And this is what they crafted:

Faith No More – The Real Thing – From Out Of Nowhere (1989)
Faith No More – The Real Thing – [...]

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bye bye Lintfabriek ?

This evening I went to the (second to) last show ever in Lintfabriek. The place was packed and all of the regular visitors over the years were there.
Off course my stomach and bowels choose that moment to go out on a limp on me so after the second band I really had to head back [...]

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owwww, want one

This is too cute for a monday.
Freshly discovered in the Gobi desert.
(click pic for link)

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small break

Some medical issues keep me from posting and honestly do not encourage me to post at this moment.
We’ll be back after the break …

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is it?

As you may have noticed by the absence of posts the last days, I’m quite not so productive. But then again I’m going through a strange period.

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sunday brunch tunes – Make Up

In 1995 Ian Svensonius, James Canty (brother of Fugazi’s Brendan Canty) and Steve Gamboa (all three of Nation Of Ulysses fame) joined together with Michelle Mae and formed Make Up.
They defined a new style which held the midst between the old Nation Of Ulysses, James Brown and Prince.
They entrenched it in what they called “Gospel [...]

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sunday afternoon tunes – quicksand

In 1990 Walter Schreiffels from the legendary Gorilla Biscuits formed Quicksand together with Tom Capone, Alan Cage and Sergio Vega.
Quicksand never got to ride the popularity other bands of that period got in the mainstream.
In the hardcore underground however they built upon Gorilla Biscuits’ solid reputation and every hardcore loving kid [...]

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posting fever

We are currently experiencing the warmest april month ever, as well as the driest month of all time (no rain whatsoever, which is pretty extra-ordinary for a country like Belgium) and probably what will be the longest dry period ever now extending towards 40 days of drought (at least since they started measuring this stuff).
This [...]

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two

Happy birthday to you

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brocolli

Mmmm, brocolli

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ooowwww

(via cuteoverload)

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arbeit macht frei

Again a slow blog week, but work is taking over my private time and especially the fluff to get started with anything when home after work. (I should know better, but nevertheless …)

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afternoon soundtrack

When I was first confronted with Refused in 1997 , they were already well known within the emo/hardcore world.
Their 1998 record “The Shape Of Things To Come (a chimerical bombination in 12 bursts)” blew me away.
Althoug not entirely unique in it’s style, Refused managed to get it right and how!
Here you can check yourself what [...]

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