Yearly Archives: 2013

Seen Live: Willems Wondere Weiland

Last weekend, I finally made it to Willems Wondere Weiland, a small festival in the north of Amersfoort. The line up included two bands that seemed interesting enough: Alerion (who play progessive metal with influences by Camel, Megadeth, Threshold, Opeth, Dream Theater, Riverside, Vanden Plas, Explorers Club, Symphony X, Iron Maiden and Ayreon) and Purest… Read more »

First Lines: Short Story Special

Recently I’ve finished two (digital) volumes of short stories, Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness and Clockwork Phoenix 2: More Tales of Beauty and Strangeness. It seems logical to me to tackle them in one go. According to editor Mike Allen, Clockwork Phoenix collects stories that sidestep expectations in beautiful and unsettling ways, that… Read more »

Citaat van de dag

In de comments van een kant nog wal rakend artikel in Trouw, over atheïsme, ongeloof, antireligie, de sociale context daarvan, waarom je dat niet op een grote hoop moet gooien (maar wat het stuk daarna wel doet) en de bizarre aanname dat geenstijlreaguurders überhaupt ergens representatief voor zijn: [Atheïsme] is geen geloof. Het is een… Read more »

Seen Live: Zomeravondconcert

Sunday was a perfectly swell day to loiter in Amsterdam. Which I did, because in the evening, I had an engagement at the Concertgebouw. The evening’s program performed by the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest conducted by Marks Wigglesworth consisted of two works I wasn’t at all familiar with. Brahms’s Double Concerto in A minor for violin… Read more »