As a Springsteen fan and someone who has a soft spot for tastefully played organs in rock music, it saddened me to learn that E Street Band keyboardist Danny Federici died yesterday. Here’s two songs to celebrate his life and music. Bruce Springsteen – Give the Girl a Kiss (1977 Darkness on the Edge of… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2008
Who’s the man?
Once, I came across a list of things every man should be able to do. Strangely enough, Google isn’t helping me find it. Sure, it lists all sorts of similar lists, but not the one I had in mind. So, instead of backing it up with some empirical evidence, I’ll have to invoke the (my)… Read more »
Spring cleaning
While not caring about this website for a while is fine with me, but invariably, stuff keeps piling up. So without further ado, tonight’s business. Nightwish in Amsterdam For years, I’ve had the idea that it would be great to go to a concert in the goth-scene (think Within Temptation, After Forever, Nightwish, et al)… Read more »
An inconvenient day for respect
Our prime-minister, in a reaction on Geert Wilders’ film, Fitna: Muslims, Christians and people of other convictions can easily live together in peace. The problem is not religion, but misuse of religion to sow hatred and intolerance. That is why we are calling for respect for everyone’s deepest convictions. This year, Dodenherdenking (May 4th, the… Read more »
hail the thief to
Stolen from Matthew Balwin’s And Great Lyrics Quiz Rock Roll The: below, you find the words to five reasonably well known songs, in alphabetical order, with each word appearing just once (regardless of how many times it appears in the actual song). Try to name the corresponding songs. a again ain’t alone am and apart… Read more »