There’s an incessant, subconscious stream of words and phrases flashing through my mind at any point in time. Writing is my first love, and words are my passion. I’ll be cursing and sighing as I search for the right ones and experience an uncharacteristic sense of pride when I finally find them. It’s an irresistible battle for me. A bewitching war with words as my weapons of choice.

The narrator that occupies my brain is multilingual. This means the words swirl around in various languages and usually come out in either my native tongue Dutch, or my adoptive language English. Sometimes it’s something in between, with some Flemish dialect phrases strewn in. (Google must hate me!) It is what it is. I hope auto translate may help overcome some barriers. In any case, ENJOY

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Music

Hope Erodes | Part 1: A gushing review of The Crown

I had learned about them over a year before actually encountering them, from their previous guitarist. Funnily enough, it would turn out I actually knew the current guitarist Tim since way back when. The purple thread of people and tunes keeps on guiding me towards the gems of the music scene. Since…

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Live

Angry Zeta, Live at Long Last!

Angry Zeta | Wednesday, July 10th 2024, Live @ Bar Bricolage, Ghent. This is yet another story about connectivity and synchronicity. Of letting the music and the people lead me to more people and music. All these coincidences that somehow feel fated, and me just happily along for the ride.  Around February…

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Festival

Luke, me and Mister McGee. Tour-along journal, a trilogy in five parts. | Part 5: Apotheosis at Brakrock /AND/ Back to Brak: A continued love song to my favourite festival | Part 1: Bridge City Sinners

Tying up one series and starting on the next, this post is a double whammy! After seeing the guys solo four times, I get to see them in action with the incomparable Bridge City Sinners at my beloved Brakrock. The purple thread of music keeps stringing me along and tying up all…

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Live

An ode to Songs from the Rua Room: For the love of the music

The Black Flamingo road leads me to discover some great musicians, but also guides me towards some wonderful champions of the music. Jo kept gushing about the Rua Room, the brain child of Irish born artist and music lover Daithi Rua. He’s a singer-songwriter who grew tired of life on the road…

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Live

Bears in Trees + Happy Fits | Live @ Trix, Antwerp

Bears in Trees + Happy Fits | Live @ Trix, Antwerp | Friday, May 10th 2024 – Trix, Antwerp Part 1: Bears in Trees Bears in Trees came on my radar by way of some Instagram reels. They immediately won me over with their authentic personalities and wholesome content. I only unearthed their…

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Sean K. Preston | Live @ Titanic, Herenthout

Sean K. Preston | Thursday, April 25th 2024 – Titanic, Herenthout It happened again. Of course it did. It’s all an integral part of the sneaky synchronistic ride the magic of the music is taking me on. It feels fated, whether I like it or not. Note from the author: I don’t…

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Shawn James |Part 2: Live @ Melkweg, Amsterdam

I was trying to resist and contain myself. I needed rest. But when you write the following about a show, and the band is playing a mere two hours away, you cannot NOT GO: ‘From gut wrenching to near growling in an instant. This man and his band are unmissable, I would…

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