Category Archives: Music

Seen Live: Dream Theater

Yesterday, I went to see two bands in the IJsselhallen in Zwolle. Periphery kicked off. All through their set, I was wondering if they really needed three guitar players. The answer to that question is pretty simple, and let me explain it to you in a flowchart: Flowchart: Do I need three guitar players in [...]

Live gezien: mr. a balladeer

Uit ervaring weet ik dat als ik iets eenmaal leuk vind, ik er a) steeds meer van wil, en b) er moeilijk objectief over kan zijn. Het verbaast me dan ook helemaal niet dat ik weer niets dan lof heb voor het zeer puike optreden dat ik mr. a balladeer gisteren weg zag geven. Of [...]

Happy Ending

Yesterday I spend quite some time trying to rip a CD. Ten of the eleven songs on the album gave me no problem. But that last one… Whatever option I tried, it wouldn’t play nice. It was especially annoying because that one song was the sole reason I bought that particular album years ago. I [...]

Sharing is Caring

Let’s just say that Meat Loaf’s Paradise by the Dashboard Light is not my favorite song. I usually don’t skip it or change channels if it comes on, but I won’t knowingly put it on. Still, that’s what I did yesterday, so that I could help some people out: Taken from a German Limitierte Auflage [...]

Vampyyrien Tansi

Last year I found out that my favorite kind of vampires—the not-sparkling, dancing, musical kind—would be visiting a town called Seinäjoki, Finland. So I did what any sane person should do: I got busy and started making plans. Eventually other people were convinced that going would be a good idea, so a date was picked, [...]