Back in 2013 I first saw Mevrouw Tamara sing one song at De supersonische boem!. That one song completely captivated me. So I checked out some of her songs online, and since I liked what I heard, I kept an eye open for a gig I could attend. No such opportunity arose. And then she… Read more »
Monthly Archives: September 2016
Somebody told me
It ain’t right It ain’t fair Castles fall in the sand And we fade in the air And the good girls go to heaven But the bad girls go everywhereGood Girls Go To Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere)
First Lines: Lud-in-the-Mist
If Neil Gaiman didn’t champion Hope Mirrlees’ Lud-in-the-Mist as much as he does, I would not have read it. He calls it one of the finest fantasy novels in the English language, and he is right. It’s utterly enjoyable. It has also proven to be well beyond my ability to say something coherent about it…. Read more »
First Lines: Het Sixtijnse geheim
When Dan Brown’s The DaVinci Code took The Netherlands by storm, publishers were looking for similar books to exploit. A translation of Philipp Vandenberg’s 1988 thriller Sixtinische Verschwörung — in which a mysterious inscription is discovered in Michelangelo’s frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, and it’s true meaning might (!) destroy (!!) the Holy Catholic Church… Read more »