Yesterday, I went to see Anneke van Giersbergen with her band Agua de Annique in Amsterdam, which was an acoustic, ‘special show’ to present her new album Pure Air. After she left The Gathering, I didn’t quite pay attention to what she was doing. I knew she had released an Agua de Annique album, but… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2009
Happy 1234567890 day
Tonight, at exactly 23:31 and 30 seconds GMT (00:31:30 in The Netherlands), it’s been 1234567890 seconds since midnight (UTC) on January 1st, 1970. Which makes today 1234567890 Day. Enjoy. (Incidentally, this is post #200.)
Darwin Day
“Charles Darwin Has a Posse” by Colin Purrington Darwin Day is a global celebration of science and reason held on or around Feb. 12, the birthday anniversary of evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin. This year marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth.
First lines: The Origin of Species
Charles Darwin’s theory of descent with modification by natural selection is one of the truly great ideas of humankind has produced. And while he got some things wrong and 150 years of further research continues to modify and refine his theory, his basic premise that all living creatures gradually change over long periods of time… Read more »
Listen closely
Yesterday, I once again found myself sitting in a theater. As they aren’t common locations for pop/rock concerts over, I started to think that over, and came to the conclusion that I quite like ’em. (Which may be a function of my musical preferences becoming much more mellow.) In the theater, people tend to sit… Read more »