woensdag 21 januari 2009

Thijs = still Thijs

Everybody seems to have an opinion about me since I started drinking and got drunk once, fuck it.
I still know that normally I am very happy with a nice glass of Coca Cola but in some occasions drink a glass of liquor, and New Years Eve it was a little too much.
On the other hand nothing changed, still no smoking, harddrugs or other kind of narcotics, and definatly no Meat...fuck meat eating!

FUCKING JAN SMEETS

I HATE FUCKING PINKPOP, worst festival ever! 3 years ago Morrissey played at the Pinkpop festival so I had to go that year, and this year Bruce Springsteen is playing Pinkpop so I have to go again.

FUCK 2 Pinkpops in 3 years! Hopefully never again!

dinsdag 20 januari 2009

New Records

Just bought 2 of my favourite records on vinyl today...SIKEY






vrijdag 16 januari 2009

Today


Woke up early to do some cleaning and figured out 2 people sent me a text mssg if I was going out yesterday night, sorry folks I was already asleep.

Yesterday was a fucking boring day, downloaded some ten foot pole, propagandhi and strike anywhere stuff, so the next couple of days I will be listening punkrock.

A couple of days ago I was reading "Metro" this free newspaper which had this letter which shortly said: meat is tasty and I don't care if an animal suffered before it's slaughtered and appears on my plate. Well off course I knew that this guy was provoking and was waiting for a reaction, well he got it, i sendt in a letter in reply to his enormously stupid article.

Well what about this day, have to go to work in 2 hours and tonight I'm gonna hang around with some friends, will be okay I guess. Hope today is over fast, feel kinda alone today...dunno...

donderdag 15 januari 2009

The Fly, Bruce Springsteen and White Lies

Last couple of days have been pretty boring. Had a sort of presentation at school yesterday and came home around 22.00h and watched some news and the "Pauw en Witteman" programm.

The "Pauw en Witteman" programm dealt with the conflict around Palestina and Israel. It's weird and disturbing to see how the Dutch citizens and politicians seem to be on the hand of a terroristparty like Hamas who are using his citizens as a human shield and seem to have started this part of this everlasting war.

After the programm I started to watch David Cronenbergs "the Fly" from 1986, how much I love that movie (from when I was a child) I fell asleep after half an hour.

Today I woke up with a terrible headache and had in mind to go out tonight but I guess staying home tonight would be better for me now, this saturday there is a houseparty (as in a party at a house hehe) in Wageningen so let's take a good sleep in advance hehe.

Last couple of days I listened to the new Bruce Springsteen record for some time, don't know, I really like it but something is missing somewhere, maybe I have to listen to it some more.

Another record I have been checking out since 2 days is the new White Lies album, a new Brittish band I saw at the Lowlands festival in the vein of The Sound and Echo & the Bunnymen, they should become huge I guess, their first album is pretty good...check it out!

Here some short videos I filmed at the Lowlands festival from White Lies:

maandag 12 januari 2009

the last few days...

Have been a blast!

last thursday Kim stayed over for some movies and a sleepover which was awesome! We watched "El Orfanato" (for the second time) and "City of the Lost Children".
I knew the first one was great but "City of the Lost Children" kinda sucked a little anyway...great day!

Last friday I was a total wreck from staying up too late and I had to work at 16.00h which kinda sucked, but I managed to get through that day.

Saturday I had to work at 7.00 and had to ride my bike through a temperature from 13 degrees (celcius) below so it was COLD as fuck! After work I celebrated my birthday for all of my friends in Horst, it was a cool party with lots of bad jokes, farts and gayporn of tv, had a blast of a time.

My most awesome presents were definatly the Vic Chessnutt record (thanks Bro) and the My Bloody Valentine record (thanx wouter!), so up towards my party here in Utrecht ;)

Sunday i chilled and drank some tequila with Toni Crack and a friend of him, watched some "futurama" and laughed our ass of!

About the playlist de last couple of days...I totally am getting into the "Living with War" record by Neil Young.
I was allways into his "after the goldrush", "harvest" and "everybody knows this is nowhere" records but the last couple of days I tried some of his later work and this record totally kicks ass!


The "Living with War" record is this very anti-war and political album dealing with war, consuming (in the west) and the election in the us, the lyrics are totally making sense!

About the Music, It sounds like Neil Young in his Crazy Horse period with some friends forming a choir in the back, just check it out!

donderdag 8 januari 2009

...

I'm still thinking about this news a got last saturday...

This guy was always coming by to drink some coffee at my work (gasstation) and we always chatted about all kind of things.

Well this saturday I called this guy who repairs bikes to get my bike fixed and he immediatly asked me who I was and figured out I worked at the gasstation and knew Jac (this guy I referred to).
Jac was a guy who was single, had a whiplash through a car accident and was involved (through that car accident) in a long running trial, which costed him a lot of energy. He was obviously not happy with his life.
Well anyway the guy who repairs bikes told me Jac has hung himself the tuesday before new years eve. I didn't know
how to react, it's so weird when someone takes his life when you know that person of just know who it is.

The whole story when and how he hung himself was told me in all the details and that story is still haunting my head.

dinsdag 6 januari 2009

2 releases by some of my favourite artists have leaked!

The new Morrissey album leaked a little while ago, needless to say how siked I am for this release. The 2 new tracks on his greatest hits album last year were pretty cool so I was siked to here some new material. First the coverart leaked and I was pretty stoked about that one, Fred Perry clothes are cool, but that tattoo...I don't know...

I listened to it for 2 times since yesterday but I can't say that this is gonna be my favourite Morrissey album, I dissapointed me a little, the first track of the album is pretty ugly...maybe I should give it some more time...

The other album that leaked was the new Antony and the Johnsons album, Antony is (together with Tindersticks) one of the few artist that can make me cry just by listening to it, his last record "I am a Bird Now" was one of the most honest and moving records for the last 5 years I guess, listening to the opening track: "Hope there's someone" is simply brilliant and should be on the funeral list for every person.

But fuck now about the new record, it's more dramatic and less soulful that the last record, I have to listen to it a little more, but first impressions are very positive. I listened to it this morning for 2 times and it goes on high rotation this week for sure!

It's a Malfunction

Here I am sitting at work, a little bored and waiting on some things to do.
The last couple of days I am living this restless life, too many things run around in my head, too much emotions are entering and leaving my body at the same time...restless like I said.

In the afternoon I watched this movie with Jim Carey I got from a friend of mine called: "the number 23", it kinda sucked but hey, it was a movie by directer Schumacher so I kinda knew it had to suck because most of his movies do...

Tonight after work I'll be heading home, play some pro evolution soccer with a flatmate, no thinking and hopefully some rest...

ow best news of the day: Beirut will play Paradiso in May...last time I saw him play there was amazing! check out this beautiful song by mister Zack Condon:



hope to get some rest after this thursday, maybe everything falls into it's place after then

maandag 5 januari 2009

We've got mistaken for strangers by our own friends...

What a fucking day! I missed my train because the bus was late (fucking snow), so I had to take 1 train later. When the train arrived in HELLmond it stood still for like 25 minutes because this guy in a wheelchair couldn't get out of the train by himself and the people from the railway took it's time...fuck! After that the train drove very slow because the computers couldn't see if the places were the road crosses the railway were closed so the machinist had to be aware so he could us the brakes in time...and I had to be at school to deliver my portfolio in time...FUCK!

After 14h Toni Crack and Nick came to Utrecht to smoke some pot and buy some shoes, GOOD TIMES!

I listened to The National all day...check out the following video I filmed myself and check their amazing album called: Boxer!

vrijdag 2 januari 2009

GUITAR HEROES #3: Bob Mould


I remember the first time I heard from the band Husker Du, it was when I bought a Satanic Surfers cd were the Guitarplayer wore a shirt from that band, years later I heard from Husker Du again when Therapy? released their amazing Husker Du cover: "Diane".

Several years ago that name came again to mind and I started checking out Husker Du's discography and I must say that I am a larger fan of their more melodic stuff (Zen Arcade, Metal Circus, Eight Miles High and my favourite New Day Rising)than their previous hardcore stuff.

This thing that makes Husker Du such an amazing band is the way Bob Mould's guitar sounds, it sounds so hard and vague, you can directly hear that it's a Husker Du song.

Bob Mould later on started this band called Sugar, I never really checked that one out (I should I guess), that's work for later on...

02-01-09: The first day after my birthday

Damn I woke up way too early but fuck it! I started up my macbook and started typing this new entry in my blog while I am listening to the "Revolver" record by the Beatles.

I allways been more of a Rolling Stones fan since my early years, I almost got forcefed my love for the Rolling Stones by my dad who is a huge fan. But today it's a day for some Beatles records hehe.

While here I am sitting in front of my computer with a terrible ache in my stomach which I have since last week, it goes away from time to time but everytime it gets to me again...fucking hell!

Today is the day I celebrate my birthday for my family, like always a very boring day with the usual chit-chat about work, school and girlfriends, we'll I get over it.

Tomorrow I have to work till 22 h and after that I go to this party from a friend of mine with 2 of my best friends, will be very strange drinking again with my sxe buddie Wouter next to me, but Wouter, I'll behave hahaha.

I just have to get my shit together and make up for a 1 and a half hour travel towards my parents...

donderdag 1 januari 2009

You Put Your Arms Around Me..

In about a week I am gonna see this girl which I like so much for the last couple of weeks, fucking siked!

Well last months I am so much getting into Jens Lekman, a Swedish artist you love or hate, sometimes very sweet and cheesy but in overall very moving, I really love his way of songwriting using simple everyday things as a metafor for beautifull subjects.

I missed out Jens 2 times on a tour here in Holland but I hope he'll get back soon, and I surely won't miss it this time...

well till next thursday I will be in a romantic mood I guess with a lot of Jens through my speakers!

I was slicing up an avocado
When you came up behind me
With your silent brand new sneakers
Your reflection I did not see

It was the hottest day in august
And we were heading for the sea
For a second my mind started drifted

You put your arms around me
You put your arms around me

Blood spraying on the kitchen sink
"What's this?" I have time to think
I see the tip of my index finger
My mind is slowly creating a link

From your mouth speaks your lovely voice
The softest words ever spoken
"What's broken can always be fixed
What's fixed will always be broken"

You put your arms around me
You put your arms around me
You put your arms around me
You put your arms around

I must have past out on the porch
Dreamt I was carried in a kangaroo's pouch
When I wake up I'm in the waiting room
On a dirty hospital couch

My hand iswrapped in toilet paper
And my body is wrapped in debris
You're sitting next to me reading the paper
I put your arm around me



I totally love this song especially the phrase: "What's broken can always be fixed
What's fixed will always be broken"