tooth implants

It starts with some anesthetics. A few pricks to the front of your jawbone. Nothing serious. Then a few jabs in the canopy with the same syringe.
While the weapons of choice are being prepared, the upper part of your mouth goes numb as it should be.
Then there is a small incision and the drilling starts. [...]

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Monday Evenin’tunes – Tuxedomoon – No Tears

Hugely popular in the Belgian new wave music scene, they moved from the US to follow their success.
No Tears will always remain their real breakthrough song and an anthem for a generation.
Head down and start swaying …
(If you parse this video through here you get the full 20-something minute song out [...]

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“Sir” Terry

Last night Terry Pratchett was knighted in the UK.
More detalis here

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Wannes

A great loss …

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sunday-at-noon tunes – dance kick off

Over the last decades some great dance hits were made, some with an eerie quality to them. Some get their freakiness from their sound, others from their videoclip, some from both.
Here are some pearls:
CJ Boland (featuring Jade4U) – Sugar Is Sweeter (1996):

Aphex Twin – Come To Daddy (1997)
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GOD – My Pal – The lyrics

About a year ago I wrote about the Australian band GOD.
They are famous in some way for their song “My Pal”, which over the years remained one of the best songs ever to me, and apparently to a lot of other people.
Now schmerse posted a comment asking me for the lyrics to the song.
So my [...]

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Change

Big changes in my life:

New job
New car
New laptop
New mobile

more follows later, when I have the time …

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Violent And Crazy

in a fit of tongue in the cheek mixed with cross-covering , the Violent Femmes launched a cover version of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy”.
Following Gnarls Barkley’s wildly popular cover of the Violent Femmes’ “Gone Daddy, Gone” this shows great bands play great songs, whether they are coves or originals.

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weather and stuff

Today the day ended with some heavy rain and thunder after a day of pressing heat under a clouded sky. And I like it, the lightning, the thunder, the heavy thudding of the raindrops, I even like to walk around in it as long as it is warm enough and gives a refreshing feeling.
With all [...]

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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 – heavy thrash

Last friday I went to Het Depot in Leuven to watch the incredible Jon Spencer with his new band Heavy Thrash (myspace) together with miss and mister Boogaloo.
The support act for the evening were The Sadies (myspace) who also doubled as background band for Heavy Thrash.
First of all, Het Depot is a great room to [...]

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sunday afternoon tunes – beirut

Beirut is at the moment in the middle of the spotlights, but this does not mean there isn’t still a huge potential in these guys. Filled to the brim with talent and good taste it is worth trying them out.
End of last year they released their new album ” The Flying Club Cup” for which [...]

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new years … and happy … and lots of them

And so on…
OK, just be happy and make the best of it.

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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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sunday afternoon tunes – the sonics

From 1960 till 1968 The Sonics played a big role in what would become the garage/rockabilly/punk scene. Nearly every second song of theirs is now either a known hit single or a cult hit.
In the eighties there was a real revival thanks to The Fuzztones who ended each of their shows with a set of [...]

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