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, [...]
Category Archives: Music
We'll Never Be as Young as We Are Right Now (VIII)
November 1, 2011 – 23:22
Remember everything that I told you And I’m telling you again that it’s true: You’re never alone ’cause you can put on the phones And let the drummer tell your heart what to do Jim Steinman, Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through It’s still November first, so it’s still Jim Steinman’s birthday, so it’s still [...]
Last.fm Stats 2011, Part 3
October 2, 2011 – 23:13
Just three months and another year’s over. Here are the artists I’ve been listening to the most in the last three months, according to my Last.fm account: Dream Theater (77 plays) Bløf (67) Meat Loaf (51) Eefje de Visser (42) Daniël Lohues (41) Claudia de Breij (39) Porcupine Tree (37)SoloRoosbeef Within Temptation (33) Dream Theater [...]
100 Things: See a play by Shakespeare
August 17, 2011 – 22:59
Seeing one of Shakespeare’s plays performed live is on my list of 100 things to do just for the hell of it. Yesterday I saw Orkater’s adaptation of Richard III at the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, so that’s another one down. Apart from my seat — there is no legroom on the first row of the balcony [...]
100 Things: Beethoven's Ninth
July 20, 2011 – 22:16
Number 74 on my list of 100 fun things to do for no particular reason is “See Beethoven’s Ninth in concert.” Check. Done. Last night I went to the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam (related item on the list — #70: see a concert in the Concertgebouw) where the Orkest van het Oosten performed Beethoven’s choral symphony. [...]
