Alone (not lonely)

18/07/2019
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‘After all, people and beauty hardly ever combine into something sustainable…’ It feels like being in a secret brotherhood, one with coded signs to determine who belongs and who doesn’t. Things that look perfectly normal in the eyes of most people take a whole new, secret dimension through mine. There is no initiation ritual, not…

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If a tree falls in a forest and no one hears, does it make a sound?

07/06/2019
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If a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound? With cameras, microphones and speakers everywhere, and our uncontrollable urge to record and share everything, the question almost becomes irrelevant. Silence is not sexy. Much like introversion it is at best ignored, more often unappreciated. Not a value…

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About leather jackets and hotpants

04/07/2019
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Music and fashion are not strongly linked anymore. As a result, almost all physical manifestations of belonging to a particular group are gone. No occasional sighting of a skater with baggy jeans or a punk in black leather jacket can change that fact. We live in different times. Today it is more important to all…

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What’s wrong with Vampire Weekend?

30/06/2019
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One of the reasons I never really liked the TV-series ‘Girls’ was Hannah Horvath. As a character, Hannah Horvath just wasn’t authentic. She played around with emotional (and physical) exhibitionism, but never really touched it, never really went to the other side. No matter how painful or humiliating the situations she found herself in, there…

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So this is permanence…

28/06/2019
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There is always a truth behind the truth, a reality behind all visible reality, one that no one wants to confront. The dark side of the moon, the deepest deep of the darkest ocean. It’s there, but we actively ignore it. It’s too painful. We rather stay at the surface, where everything feels safe. If…

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Bonjour Tristesse. My sad love affair with Tuxedomoon

28/05/2019
MemoriesStory
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They say there are no second chances in love. They say perfect memories should be cherished and not revisited. They can say all they want but what would you do if the possibility of meeting a long lost love suddenly presented itself? Would you be wise and stay at home or follow your guts and…

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The pleasure principle. Why we need support acts and abstract music!

26/05/2019
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Someone once told me that even the bleakest movie needs a silver lining. When I asked why she replied that otherwise people wouldn’t watch it (or at least not make it till the end). Back then I thought she just referred to Hollywood Blockbusters and I remember thinking: do they even make bleak movies in…

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Sex sells

09/05/2019
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I’m not very smart. The other day I noticed that two of my videos generated quite some traffic. I didn’t pay too much attention to it. If anything, I was happy that some people still liked #AuPairs and #Japan, or what I had to say about both bands. Then I got suspicious. Don’t know why,…

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The quantum mechanics of a playlist

22/04/2019
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Only stubbornness can break creative impasse. I know, but the last couple of days, as I tried to create a playlist around the most universal theme of all, love, I realised that abundance doesn’t help and that creating something for a big, anonymous audience is far more difficult than for someone you know. First problem…

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All over the place

01/04/2019
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Sorry scene of the 80’s: hanging around in a living room, studying the back cover of ‘All over the place’, the debut album of the Bangles, trying to figure which Bangle we like best. Just a random group of teenage boys. It’s only 4 pm. One of my best friends is throwing a party, all…

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