May 2013
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Dear Anouk
amsterdamgayz: too bad Anouk’s outfit for tonight isn’t as flashy as her advice.
May 14th
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April 2013
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Apr 22nd
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Apr 21st
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March 2013
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Listenpitchfork: Read Lindsay Zoladz’s review of...
Mar 25th
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Mar 25th
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It’s about time I blogged about The Griswolds
I’ve been tracking this Australian, Sydney based, five-pack of indiepopping, colour exploding, sweet voiced band since July 2012 when I first discovered them (and blogged about them on Nadelunch.com), so it seems only fitting that I award them a spot on Acid Burger Town now too. These boys are rising fast to stardom and here’s why: The Music: Catchy love songs with catchy rhythms sung by a...
Mar 25th
Mar 18th
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Wkndremix: Thomas Azier - How To Disappear (Tepr...
Omdat het nog niet echt meezit met het weer presenteer ik u een Wkndremix die past bij een beetje binnen wegkwijnen in de vorm van de gave gelaagde, duistere synthpop van Thomas Azier. Thomas Azier mag zich dit jaar één van de 12van3voor12 noemen, het lijstje artiesten van wie VPRO’s 3voor12 dit jaar veel verwacht. Zijn debuutalbum moet dit jaar verschijnen, en hij toert al een paar maanden...
Mar 15th
April 2012
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'Calling All Women' by Ruby Dee
I recently saw the episode of Iconoclasts with American singer Alicia Keys and American Ruby Dee, actor, activist during the Civil Rights Movement and author. In it, Ruby Dee recited one of her poems, and it was so enthralling that I just have to share it. Calling All Women Calling all sisters. Calling all Righteous sisters. Calling all women. To steal away To our secret place. Have a...
Apr 28th
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March 2012
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Broodlucht
‘I love the smell of freshly baked bread around midnight’ Er zijn van die dingen die je onverbiddelijk verbinden met je woonplaats. De manier waarop je met je ogen moet knijpen als de lentezon je in de ogen schijnt als je ‘s ochtends vroeg de deur achter je dicht trekt, of het buitengewoon irritante geluid van de tram - ping! - die je niet kunt zien omdat er een hoek van een...
Mar 29th
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February 2012
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My Name Is Maceo
Holly Palmer and her son Maceo McKay (Photo: maceomckay.com) Back in 2006 I met Holly Palmer. At the time, she performed as a support act for British band The Kooks who were playing Rotown in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.  She blew me away. She was fantastic. I ended up interviewing her in her hotel room at the American Hotel in Amsterdam a few days later. We ate weird wok food and took pictures...
Feb 24th
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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January 2012
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Yayoi Kusama: The Obliteration Room
Picture: Thisiscolossal.com Japanese polka dot artist Yayoi Kusama had a brilliant idea for Australia’s Queensland Art Gallery: Take a room and its furniture, paint everything in a brilliant white and let it act as a giant canvas. Then invite a bunch of kids in, hand them stickers and let magic happen in the so called The Obliteration Room: “Over the course of two weeks, the...
Jan 10th
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Thank the Lord, The Shins are back!
After a four year hiatus my favourite band is back! The Shins’ new album ‘Port of Morrow’ will be available from March 20th. Now let’s all put our palms together and pray for them to come to the Netherlands soon. Listen to their new single ‘Simple Song’. Never heard of The Shins before? FOR SHAME! But seriously, hwaet? Update your musical upbringing by...
Jan 10th
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December 2011
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Is it Mufadal you are looking for?
My dear friend Mufadal Jiwaji is looking for a room in London from January 2012 onwards. He put his best writing skills forward to create the following stunning advertisement I have read thus far. Read it and weep. With laughter. “As I was so hilariously underwhelmed with responses for my last post, I thought I’d try a more subtle tact: *DEBONAIR, HANDSOME, WONDERFUL professional in...
Dec 14th
October 2011
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Broderick puts Daydreaming audience under his...
On Saturday, October 8, the Dutch pop venue Paard van Troje in The Hague kicked off the first of a series of afternoon concerts. The series, named Daydreaming, is organised with Dag In De Branding. This quarterly festival for contemporary music balances on the edges of classical, pop, electronic and experimental music. The first to perform in the series was American musician Peter Broderick, who...
Oct 17th
tumblrbot asked: ROBOTS OR DINOSAURS?
Oct 16th
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Uitvinder programmeertaal-C Dennis Ritchie...
Dennis Ritchie (1941 - 2011), de Amerikaanse computerpionier achter het besturingssysteem UNIX, is na een lang ziekbed overleden. Hij werd 70 jaar. Ritchie is het meest bekend van het uitvinden van programmeertaal C, waaruit veel andere software is voortgevloeid. Hij schreef er destijds een boek over, C Programming Language, dat door veel programmeurs nog steeds gebruikt wordt. Ook was hij...
Oct 13th
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Beste van het web: We Are The 99 Percent
Er is een kans van 99 procent dat je deel uit maakt van één van ons, betogen de bloggers van We Are The 99 Percent. Het weblog vertegenwoordigt door middel van  ingestuurde foto’s de mensen die het door de huidige economische crisis moeilijk  hebben, de zogenaamde ‘99 procent’. Het weblog is gelieërd aan de beweging Occupy  WallStreet, die sinds 17 september jl. protesteert...
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Oct 12th
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BREAKING: 'The AVENGERS' Trailer Is Live on Apple →
popculturebrain: (h/t Chris Harnick)
Oct 11th
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Oct 11th
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Oct 9th
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Oct 7th
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Oct 7th
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September 2011
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Sep 30th
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Sep 26th
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Sep 26th
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“Is this thing still operational?”
– Myself about this Tumblr blog
Sep 26th
July 2011
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Jul 28th
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Jul 20th
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“Tie your heart at night to mine, love, and both will defeat the darkness like...”
– Pablo Neruda, “Tie Your Heart At Night To Mine, Love” (via bookoasis)
Jul 13th
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James Worthy: Column voor mijn oude schoolkrant →
james-worthy: Het schrijven van een boek is altijd mijn ultieme droom geweest. Al sinds mijn twaalfde fantaseer ik over mijn naam op een zwarte kaft. De onmiskenbare geur van honderden maagdelijke bladzijden. Kunst. Ongerept, groen, een woud van letters op zorgvuldig gekapte bomen. Zo om en nabij mijn…
Jul 13th
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Jul 8th
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“I know I was writing stories when I was five. I don’t remember what I did before...”
– P. G. Wodehouse, Paris Review, The Art of Fiction No. 60 (via bookoasis)
Jul 4th
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June 2011
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Jun 30th
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Jun 30th
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“On Thomas Mann: ‘Writers are just ordinary people who find writing more...”
– Stephen Fry
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The Very British Name Generator →
Depending on my first and last name combined, or my full name, mine is Elizabeth Butcher or Elizabeth Gladstone. And if I were a man, it would be…Quentin Butcher/Gladstone. WIN. What’s yours?
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