Yearly Archives: 2012

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… Read more »

This Month: January 2012

So, let’s try this new thing where every month I try to say something useful about the past month. I tried for an hour to sum up the past month, but apparently I’m not in my happy place—you know, where I can write something about myself without it being, like, boring—quite yet. So let’s just… Read more »

Citaat van de dag

Ik zou een heel stuk kunnen tikken over het bericht de minister van Volksgezondheid tot de conclusie kwam dat het toch bij nader inzien helemaal niet zo erg was met het wegbidden van de behandelbare ‘gerichtheid’ van zondige homo’s door Different, en dat verzekeraars er niet onderuit komen om zo’n therapie te vergoeden omdat Different… Read more »

First Lines: Het achterhuis

The reason why I put Anne Frank’s diary on my list of forty books to read before my fortieth birthday is quite simple: it’s probably the most important Dutch book from the last century. As such, there’s absolutely nothing left to be said about it. It is what it is: the diary of a young,… Read more »