While watching the new Heaven and Hell DVD Live at Radio City Music Hall, it came to me. Listening to “The Mule” on Deep Purple’s Made in Japan just confirmed it: solo spots are overrated. While I’m perfectly fine with a guitarist shredding away during an extended solo in a song, I can’t stand it… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2007
I’m a published photographer
Today I got a notice that for the second time, one of my creative commons licensed photo’s was included in an online travel guide. The first picture was taken in Greenwich, London, England in September 2005 and depicts the Old Royal Naval College. It was taken the day before I left: I spent the morning… Read more »
First Lines: Verzamelde Mannen
Diederik van Vleuten & Erk van Muiswinkel — Verzamelde Mannen Zaallicht gaat uit. Doek open. All right, not the first lines exactly, but close enough. It sets the stage for the rest of the book, which is a compilation of the texts of Van Vleuten and Van Muiswinkel’s first three theater programs: Mannen van de… Read more »
The Sound of Muzak
After the release of Bat out of Hell III: The Monster is Loose, it became very clear to me: Diane Warren is the devil incarnate. Or at least, she has sold her eternal soul to Lucifer in exchange for the opportunity to write the most craptacular and dull song to ever disgrace any album with… Read more »
Hooray for Vinyl
Today is Vinyl Record Day, on what may or may not be the 130th anniversary of the invention of the phonograph by Thomas Edison. But whether or not the day is completely accurate — as some say it happened in November or even December 1877 — hooray for records. When you’re a collector of the… Read more »