| It's been raining and I've been watching |
[10th. Jul, 2009|05:58 pm] |
 Dvd: The bothersome man (Den brysomme mannen) 2008 ++++
Highly recommended! Forty-year-old Andreas commits suicide and arrives in a strange bleak city, the afterlife. He is immediately presented with a job as accountant and an apartment. But he's still bothered...
Dvd: Woman on top - 2000 ++
Sweet fluffy modern fairytale with lots of cooking and Penelope Cruz.. Brazilian chef Isabella Oliveira moves to San Francisco when her husband, frustrated by her motion sickness, cheats on her.
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[25th. Jun, 2009|06:54 pm] |
Vanavond bij Blaak10 producten kopen ontwikkeld door 2ejaars illustratiestudenten. Ik heb zojuist Gebakken lucht aangeschaft. 
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[19th. Jun, 2009|09:52 am] |
The food at Little V was excellent.
Vietnamese restaurants are also hard to come by in the Netherlands. We were too lazy to choose and took a surprise 2 course menu. It had a starters combo and the main also consisted of 4 different dishes. The food is reasonably priced and the personnel is quick and friendly. The only negative was the benches which fit the environment wonderfully but human bodies less so. The food arrived amazingly quick and was also taken away at very high speed. Not a good place to sit and chat for hours but very suitable if you have other plans later on. My friend H was annoyed and asked them to leave us alone for a while which, as always, resulted in having difficulties to regain their attention. Allover, i'll be going there much more often and will have to keep bringing my own pillows, for their chairs are truly hellish. Little V is next to the Laurenskerk by the way.
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[13th. Jun, 2009|11:29 pm] |
Refound the joy of using a sketchbook. Haven't been drawing casually for quite a while.
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| audioboeken: Reclamepost |
[12th. Jun, 2009|01:42 pm] |
Als groot liefhebber van audioboeken en bibliotheken wil ik hier even reclame voor maken.
Nieuw: digitaal audioboeken en e-books lenen van de Bibliotheek. Je moet er lid voor zijn van een Bibliotheek en momenteel nog het account aanmaken in één van de Bibliotheekvestigingen op http://www.netlibrary.com/ Meer info hier. |
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[9th. Jun, 2009|01:44 pm] |
Film: Coraline +++
Yesterday afternoon I decided to get over the fact that Neil Gaimans Coraline only plays during the afternoon. M and I cycled over to Cinerama to have our own private viewing. It's a childrens thing but for Gaiman or animation fans it's very worthwhile. Handcrafted work seems to be a popular thing again right now and in that line Coraline has been wonderfully created with a lovely eye for detail and stop-motion animation. All of that and NO singing! There are a lot of sneak-peak-making-of films to find at youtube. Underneath here, the trailer.
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| Morrissey - Refusal tour |
[9th. Jun, 2009|12:39 pm] |
Morrissey was fabulous at Rotterdam WATT this saturday. His voice was really very good, the set was an excellent mixture of Smiths and solo songs. He started with my alltime favourite This charming man. Old favourites like Girlfriend in a coma, new songs like All you need is me, When last I spoke to Carol, etc.. I was standing very close to the stage in the middle, that lasted about 2 minutes. When he started playing I was launched sideways by the dancing crowd. Landed, unhurt, in a very good spot left from the stage. There was a little riot when he threw his 3rd shirt change, a sweaty blue blouse, in to the audience. Merchandise-wise the white tie, with black Morrissey face at the bottom, was nice. With all the security rules in mind I forgot my wallet, so no Keyring for me. Doll and the Kicks were the support act, a bit of a British No Doubt, pretty good. Photo by Julian Garcia , one of the many people who did sneak their camera-phone in. |
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[6th. Jun, 2009|04:57 pm] |
Going to see Morrissey in a sold-out WATT tonight. The security reminds me of American airports. No bags, no moneybelts, no chains, no cans or bottles, no sharp objects, no signs, no phone's, mostly nothing that resembles a camera and above all, no blankets. We are also asked to be ON TIME, since the frisking will take ages. After all that I hope to get enough glimpses of the man himself in such a busy venue. I've never seen him play live.
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| thanks MK! |
[4th. Jun, 2009|03:14 pm] |
Callingcard aka catapult
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| the victorians knew what to do with it. |
[3rd. Jun, 2009|02:02 pm] |
Yesterday, in the supermarket, I discovered i still had quite a lot of Ferry's hair in my wallet. I put it there after I cut it off. Long locks of hair cut off are somehow hard to throw away. It won't surprise you in this light that I'm quite a fan of Victorian hairworks.
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[29th. May, 2009|11:57 am] |
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There's a White Trappist beer in the supermarket, it's a little too fresh or citruslike for my taste but not bad. Tip: After drinking a tripple, don't surf on Ebay. I've just ordered 4 sets of B-Movie card games again. (and I've already bought 4 over the last month). |
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[29th. May, 2009|01:01 am] |
Music: Royksopp - Junior
Roysopp has this new album out, Junior, Senior will follow later this year, they promise. I'm not sure what I think of the whole album yet but Happy Up Here is one terrific song. Below also the new video with Robyn.
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| sunshine cleaning |
[26th. May, 2009|12:52 pm] |
Film: Sunshine cleaning - Christine Jeffs ++++
Touching, funny and highly recommended by me. A few of the same actors as in Little miss Sunshine. "In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to private school, a mom starts an unusual business a biohazard removal/crime scene clean-up service with her unreliable sister."
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[8th. May, 2009|03:45 pm] |
In case you've missed it.
My friend ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) ewaluna has completely updated her website and she's been making some great new work.
Here.
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[26th. Apr, 2009|03:20 pm] |
Nu in de Centrale Bibliotheek Rotterdam. "Muziek op zondag", op de 4e. Bandje Re:Jazz speelt. |
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[14th. Apr, 2009|10:05 am] |
Another great site found by Swiss-Miss. If your suitcase is missing, check it out.
http://www.isthisyourluggage.com
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| Motel Mozaique |
[11th. Apr, 2009|01:59 pm] |
This vague Iphone picture was taken during the Royksopp concert last night. They were amazing. Such a good performance, lightshow, costumes and setlist. They dressed like victorian gentlemen. I'd never seen them live.
I saw some pretty good acts altogether yesterday;
The bony king of nowhere; belgian, pretty young and very together. Reminded me a little of El Pino in the way they played together as a group.
A place to bury strangers; I had high hopes but was disappointed. Online they reminded me of Joy Division, on stage of Sonic Youth, but only the noisy bits.
Handsome Furs; brilliant! A must see. An intriguing couple with a very energetic performance. Good voice and great beats.
Dent May; The ukelele king, sounds a bit like a tongue in cheeck crossover between the Beach Boys and Simon and Garfunkel.
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[31st. Mar, 2009|04:24 pm] |
I've found more artists to love
 
Marc Johns will have a book out in april!
 
David Shrigley's already had a load of his books published. |
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| music |
[2nd. Mar, 2009|01:27 pm] |
Years of Refusal - Morrissey
Some's more of the same but there are some real gems on the new Morrissey album. I'm especially charmed by All you need is me & When last I spoke to Carol.
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| (i have returned) |
[26th. Feb, 2009|11:34 am] |
Christian Faur - Hand cast encaustic crayons
(Swissmiss points out the excellent again.)
 
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| IFFR |
[29th. Jan, 2009|12:25 am] |
Made several deadlines and enjoyed the filmfestival immensely so far. Love the atmosphere, the people and naturally the great variety of films. I'm not one of the couraegous 30-films-a-festival people, more like 1 a day really. Annet and I had been complaining that we've been seeing too many ghostmovies and no real great ones as yet, compared to our usual festival experience. But it's been made up. I saw some really good films today. The new Kitano, Achilles and the Tortoise made me very happy. It's about the life of an artist and it has the usual dry Kitano humour. I'll say no more. Slumdog Millionaire is also a fantastic film as I mentioned earlier.
 Achilles and the Tortoise +++++ the Kitano style & humour, well filmed, stubborn artists included
I Sell the Dead +++ Rather funny, little cliche at times, some surprises, nice atmosphere
The Dark Harbour ++++ Original+funny+emotions, reminded me a little of Kikujiro sometimes
German + Rain + Vague, promising but doesn't deliver
Slumdog Millionaire +++++ wow! Has it all including a great soundtrack
Yes, I Can See Dead People +++ Asian horror & some very good comedy moments if they'd concluded/stopped sooner i'd have liked it a lot more
The Pot + Rosemary's baby....the extended version
Yurie, my love ++ Very well told, funny and beautifully filmed at first but drags on a bit in the end |
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| film & film |
[8th. Jan, 2009|09:23 pm] |
 
Rewatch: Battle Royale (1) 2000 ++++
3rd or 4th time i've watched this one, still very good. "In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act".
Dvd - Melinda & Melinda - Woody Allen 2004 ++
"Life can be a comedy or a tragedy, it all depends on how you look at it." Two filmmakers picture what could happen if a woman crashes a dinnerparty. The film shows both the tragic viewpoint and the comic viewpoint. I liked the ending, amusing enough though for 2 different viewpoints I rather liked Sliding Doors as well, a Gwyneth Paltrow thing I zapped in to years ago. |
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[6th. Jan, 2009|11:45 pm] |
Right now in A livingroom somewhere in Rotterdam. 
Alek & Mischa; frontmen of Before They Stopped (BTS). Will they ever perform again?
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[1st. Jan, 2009|02:26 pm] |
 (audio)book - Laughing Gas - Wodehouse ++++
The wonderful ways of Wodehouse. Just about all his books have to do with men from rich families mucking it up and getting things straight again by the end of the book. There's always an engagement that needs to be broken or regained. The joy of these books lays in the utterly amusing way in which the stories are told. Wodehouse has a wonderfully amusing way with words. Obviously Stephen Fry and the late Douglas Adams are amongst his fans.
Tip from the master: To win a girls heart you get tough. You walk straight up to her, grab her by the wrist, glare into her eyes and make your chest heave ...and snarl. "When you say snarl, I take it, not just make a noise like a Pekinese surprised while eating cake."
And some random quotes: 
"I could see that she was looking for something to break as a relief to her surging emotions ... and courteously drew her attention to a terra-cotta figure of the Infant Samuel at Prayer. She thanked me briefly and hurled it against the opposite wall."
"I suppose I'm one of those fellows my father always warned me against.'
"You look like Helen of Troy after a good facial. "
"She could not have gazed at him with a more rapturous intensity if she had been a small child and he a saucer of ice cream. "
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| Go home and search no longer |
[9th. Sep, 2008|02:16 pm] |
The comics journal of october has an article on Red Colored Elegy by artist Seiichi Hayashi. I was so impressed by the drawings and their effective simplicity that I wanted to find myself a book by Hayashi. An internet search turned up very little. Until I came to his own Japanese website where i found this picture------------------>
When in Japan I visited a lot of bookstores. I bought only one book, it was this.
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[17th. Aug, 2008|11:56 am] |
Ewaluna's recent post inspired me to share some of my favourite outdoor art and cityscapes .
The best of Rotterdam, according to me. (In random order)
1 De Hef: This used to be a bridge I traveled over by train, it's no longer in use. I never noticed this structure before one night Rooie_aap and I decided our usual bars were boring. We started walking through a cold and dark Rotterdam in search for other places to drink at. After a long walk we came up to De Hef unexpectedly, all lit up and towering hugely above us. This somehow impressed me so much that it's been my favourite bit of Rotterdam architecture ever since.
2 KPN building: it has green lights that can pop on and off on command, thus showing animations day and night.
3 Cafe de Oude Sluis: A nice old fashioned bar. I love it for the serre built over the water. The view from there is lovely.
4 Poortgebouw: Old building built over the road.
5 Anita: I hate it so much I may have grown to love it. The ugliest bit of art of the city.
6 Rabbits: Several of these rabbits stand close to museum De Kunsthal in an area that's indeed rabbit invested.
7 Elevazione: Well hidden between other trees next to the canal, a floating tree.
8 De boom: The tree with the warm hand. Connected to "stadsverwarming" so it's hand is always warm.
9 Brugwachtershuisje: Nice architecture
10 Erasmusbridge: More particularly; the view from the bridge, it still makes me happy to cycle over this bridge.
11 Lost luggage: Next to Hotel New York is this lugguage statue.
12 Kantoorgebouw de Brug: A building like a blocky bridge hanging over the old architecture.
13 Hotel New York & Montevideo: I especially like the combination of these two.
De Kop van Zuid: oh let's just say I love the whole area there, as you could tell from this list. Wonderful architecture and views.
14 Melly Shum hates her job: I love text & image art.
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