Last year I asked a team of guest writers to predict who’d be the names to look out for in 2008. This year – for the first time – I was asked for a personal music top three of ’08, by the kind Kenson over at cntrl.be. With the year coming to an end and [...]

Remember the ‘first-rate-cunt-lapping‘ videos? Also known as the ‘English for Japanese prostitutes’ training course. In the same weird tradition of training videos, watch these next videos taken of a dvd that’s supposed to learn shy Japanese men to lock their eyes. The DVD is called ‘Miteiru dake (Just Looking)‘, and it features various talent/models just [...]

It’s official now, me and Jazz Neversleeps, we’re rockstars of the web. See, our library take-over is mentioned in a book, ironically: “Blog08 – Rockstars of the Web – Twenty Life Changing Blog Posts” It was during my last visit to Amsterdam, when I was interviewing Ernst-Jan Pfauth and Edial Dekker, the story of the [...]

Now I’ve never been that big on techno, but I’d be lying if I’d say I couldn’t be bothered about it. So closely intertwined with the history of it’s homestead Detroit, techno music has always had a story to tell. I didn’t know the term ‘techno’ comes from Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock. (you might want [...]

Your mind and body all numb from drinking wine and eating all you could eat over the last days. While all you ever desired was a solid list of links. In comes your faithful servant with just that: Videos: Sozyone Million Gonzalez I’view in Hamburg Stop-motion candles ad making-of Exile going wild on the MPC [...]

“An aphorism is a one-line novel.” Or so one of the aphorisms on TheDailyAphorism.com states. Loving me a good quote every now and then, I’m probably even a bigger fan of the aphorism genre, for it makes less sense, like: ‘If all you have is a hammer, than all you see looks like a nail.’ [...]

Jumping on the charity-bandwagon called ‘Music For Life’, nieuws.be organises ‘DJ’s for life‘, a marathon of one-hour dj-sets that started last Friday. Every day till Christmas eve dj’s are spinning records from 2pm till around 9 or 10 in the evening. For every dj-set, nieuws.be donates 25 euro to Music For Life, which is radiostation [...]

The Mafia. For some strange reason the name in itself already triggers my attention. This weeks Long Play on a Lazy Day is not your next episode of The Sopranos though. No Scarface superhero admiration either. Watch and listen, as Richard Kuklinski – aka The Iceman – speaks upon his former life as a mafia [...]

Not a lot of videos this week, all I’ve been checking lately is the news. But it’s Friday, and you need that freshness by now, don’t you? I know I do. Videos: Making of the Obama logo Part One & Part Two Music: Trus’me podcast at ResidentAdvisor Dopeness Galore interview on FunX radio (Dutch) Oow [...]

There used to be a time when I mastered the game of screwing up just about every other photo shoot. Even the most informal casual photo opportunity that would have me featured, I’d flip and throw up hands, feet and any necessary bodypart that could block me from being on the photo taken. It was [...]

Amsterdam graffiti pioneer Shoe is still going strong on his Calligraffiti concept. I posted this extended interview about it over a year ago, and now tomorrow night Shoe’s Different Strokes exhibit is opening at Rush Hour, Amsterdam. I’m guessing this will be one crowded event. Still I’d go to see the works if I’d get [...]

I hate concept albums. And I hate Christmasness. Then again, I.N.T. is topping my list of favourite producers, Deluge is topping my list of favourite designers, and Nalden is topping my list of favourite blogsters. Plus, free albums are brilliant, right? In comes: I.N.T. presents Welcome To Christmas Wonderland Inspired by the many Christmas albums [...]

Not that I’m in Liège that often, but I’ve been a fan of  the city since my first visit. This might sound absurd to those who actually know the city (as opposed to the author, haha).  But I’m strongly believing in the potential of Liège as a city. “Liège, daughter of the Meuse river. Liège [...]

Alright, okay, not the most extensive list of links this week. But guess what, it’s Friday, and you it’s fresh, so there you have it. I’m especially happy to see Krewcial in the list (I’m a fan): Videos: Krewcial presents: Lucinda Slim & The Lone Stars Michel Gondry going wild on the stop-motion tip Music: [...]

London-based Shook Magazine asked me to do a little write-up about Marc Moulin, who passed in September. My first contribution to this extremely nice magazine. Keep your eyes open for issue #4, in stores soon (if you’re Belgian, check MacFly in Ghent): I figured a little illustration on the side wouldn’t hurt. My first published [...]

Delta’s back in town! Very excited about that, especially because he brought two friends with him, whom I hadn’t heard of yet. So that’s utter briliance right there, opening tonight (Thursday): Dancing on the moon with tears in my eyes An exhibition of new works by Boris Tellegen aka Delta Henny Overbeek Simon Schrikker A.L.I.C.E. [...]

The Sedan Vault is back. And back with a damn blast, ‘Vanguard’ is the name of their highly aclaimed second album. I didn’t get my hands on a copy myself, but I did get some exclusive pics of the vinyl release, ànd some work-in-progress pictures of the Dave Decat artwork. Doesn’t it look like a [...]

Ain’t nothing more suiting for a lazy sunday, than a trip into the mindscapes of a legendary storyteller. Mind in question, the one of Alan Moore, author of comics/graphic novels such as V for Vendetta, Watchmen, etc. “The only feature film production on which Alan Moore has collaborated, with permission to use his work.” “Alan [...]

Lately I’ve been mostly banging 14kt productions through the speakers. 14kt was the winner of Red Bull’s Big Tune competition in Detroit, unfortunately he didn’t won the national finale in New York earlier this week. Very much to my disappointment. So I’m insisting on sharing this little introductionary video of 14kt in his hometown, Detroit [...]

By now, I’m guessing you already now about Amsterdam’s wonderboy Piet Parra. I remember being quite excited about this studio visit feature a while ago. Now mr. Parra himself shows us around his little universe in this neat video. Shot to promote the Parra-designed sleeves for iPhone and MacBook made by Arkitip and InCase, which [...]

Brazil has its own way. Never been there, but so I’ve been told, so I’ve seen in the art of people like Os Gemeos, and in the art of Pixação, a type of graffiti lettering native to São Paulo. (via & via) Pixação impessions after the click: