March and December
(I’m not really here until March, just poking my head up for a short-short review of last night’s concert by The Decemberists.) The Decemberists rock. I was explicitly planning not to buy the album...
View ArticleReviews are go!
As promised, my LibraryThing reviews account has a bunch of new reviews. I even managed to keep some of them short.
View ArticleSteamPunk zine
Yesterday’s post brought SteamPunk magazine with it, which explains me turning up bleary-eyed an hour late to work this morning. It’s a new no-budget zine, pdfs for free download or you get a handsome...
View ArticleBelmondo and Yusef Lateef
Last night’s concert at the Bimhuis was pretty extraordinary. I hadn’t heard of any of these folks before, so many thanks to Marijn and Frans for prodding me into going! The Belmondo brothers are I...
View ArticleBjörk and height problems
This post combines a short review of Björk’s concert last night (short version: disappointing but good) with a rant about Dutch concert-going habits (short version: they’re tall and don’t care if...
View ArticleKatchafire at the Sugar Factory
Last night’s gig, Katchafire at the Sugar Factory, went off. Those guys were magnificent — deeply traditional reggae by a bunch of Māori fellas, with dense Pacific vocal harmonies and lots of Kiwi...
View ArticleRecent acquisitions
It’s been a long while since I gloated, and I’ve accumulated a lot to gloat about. In fact, it’s been so long that I’ve read a fair few of ‘em, so some of the following will be capsule reviews as well...
View ArticleCaspian Hat Dance, my new heroes
The CD release by Caspian Hat Dance last night was awesome, and so are they. How else could you describe a seven-piece gypsy dance band in demented clown makeup and vaguely Victorian costume howling...
View ArticleReview: Shaun Tan’s The Arrival
Over at my LibraryThing reviews account I just posted my review of Shaun Tan’s beautiful story-in-pictures The Arrival. I can’t recommend it highly enough. You can see some images on the artist’s...
View ArticleRoadside Picnic
Happy New Year all! Inspired by Zarf’s yearly book review, I’m going to try to write a few lines on the books I read as I finish them. (We’ll see how long this lasts.) I’m not going to try to write...
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