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(c) Juri Hiensch So it goes. These words, lifted out of Slaughterhouse Five by way of the Akron/family T-shirt I’m currently wearing, in a peculiar way sum up my feelings of the marvellous Le Guess Who festival that washed over my hometown for the 5th year in a row (you can find my comments on the previous edition here). So it goes. This is a set of [...] read more A year ago I posted some words about the Take Root festival where the audience tore the house down when Dave Rawlings Machine performed with Gillian Welch. Last monday they tore down the church, when Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings performed in the always beautiful Paradiso. This time it was Gillian fronting and we heard only two guitars (and the occassional banjo and harmonica) and two voices. It was in all respects, phenomenal.
(Due to the Dutch nature of the events, this post will be in Dutch for a change…sorry for all you english-speakers)
De afgesproken plek. Zondag 24 juli 2011. Het is hartje zomer, maar daar denkt het weer anders over. Een zeer koude en regenachtige dag, met geen enkele zonnestraal die zich door het dikke wolkendek kan boren. Als culturele boeren gaan wij toch op pad. Het [...] read more Well, it has been a while. I’m sorry, let’s start anew. With a batch of voracious appetite. As it is raining outside we need some culture. Here is what I have been up to. First let me share you a nice little irony in my life. Right after my post on doppio’s and city-life and the challenge to find and review coffeeplaces in search for the equivalent of the great Caffeenation in Antwerp, word came to [...] read more I used to be a very active member of a certain cinephile community, that shared films and talked alot about them. The forums were highly interesting and active. I am still a member but rarely contribute anymore. Recently I revisited the forums and found myself reading a younger version of me, who said remarkably eloquent things about cinema. Somehow I have the feeling I was at my peek. On Von Trier’s Dancer in the Dark The last [...] read more
You might mock me, but I have this picture of me as a cosmopolitan city-dweller. You know the type,sitting in a coffee-bar with his obligatory macbook and designer glasses, consumed by a nondescript intellectual/creative activity performed mostly through typing, reading and writing in a moleskine. I fail to live the cliche, however, as my dress-sense is hardly expensive, ridiculously tasteful, artistically expressive nor designer-ish, my [...] read more
5 days of Eclecticism would be a great subtitle for the Le Guess Who festival, that took place in the exceptionally cold last weekend of November in my hometown Utrecht. Almost a week filled with diverse ‘new’ music across 6 venues located around the city. It is a festival that provides new discoveries and experiences for everyone, even to the biggest Pitchforkian hipster. If [...] read more My head is still spinning from all the good music I saw yesterday in Groningen at the Take Root festival. Initially I went to see Gillian Welch, a favourite singer of mine and unfortunately one that hadn’t graced the Netherlands with a visit in a long time. After buying the ticket and checking out the rest of the line-up, I was quick to realize that it was [...] read more
Just when I thought I was out… they pull me back in - Michael Corleone in The Godfather III This summer my major discovery in literature was without a doubt the work of Cormac McCarthy. This is a rather personal acquaintance as he has been a noted literary figure in the Americas. I needed a very good cinematic remake to point me into his direction. The Road as [...] read more
La Haine – The Camera Is On The Right Side by Johan van der Keuken The boy possessed by a longing to kill can’t kill and freezes. The boy who held on to wisdom and relativity (perhaps connecting to ancient African tribal relationships) becomes possesed by a murderous urge. The story turns: how the hate, which always seemed to be there, reproduces and anchors [...] read more |
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