On the 8th of December 1980 Mark Chapman shot and killed John Lennon just outside his apartment in New York. It was close to 11 pm local time. Approximately 3 hours later I heard the news on Dutch radio. It was the first time I cried about someone I didn’t know personally. I was 11…
The best opening track of a self titled debut?!
High Fidelity (Nick Hornby, 1995) is a book for and about music freaks. It is a story of a middle aged guy, bit of a loser, left by his girlfriend, who owns and runs a record shop with two equally pathetic friends. Reading it felt a bit like reading about myself, about my musical secrets…
The festival season
Music festivals are a good historic anchor point for me. They reflect my personal development and many socio-cultural trends. The first festival I remember visiting was Torhout 1987. I went with one of my uncles. We arrived in the middle of the Housemartins set. Iggy Pop just released his Blah Blah Blah album and together…
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