Ricky did it again… (Kaiser Chiefs back in Amsterdam)

May 29th, 2007 | No Comments | Tagged as , ,

Kaiser Chiefs Ricky Wilson Amsterdam Kaiser Chief’s lead singer, Ricky Wilson, is about to dive into the audience.

The exercise is as follows:

- OMG he is going to dive!
- Switch on the camera, get the settings right…
- OMG he is diving in!
- OMG my girlfriend is touching him!! :}
- Give him a shove
- And yeah, try to take a picture in mean time…

Time to complete: five seconds. (Some more photographs inside)

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A ghost is real (when you listen to Husky Rescue)

May 28th, 2007 | No Comments | Tagged as , ,

After I was introduced to their music by a friend, I somehow kept returning to its cold prettyness (or a warm chillness?) – it did not allow me to stay away for too long. Later on, when the second album came out, I already took a break from work to get the album right at the release date. Their magical, introspective yet sunny and playful music was sending shivers down my spine then and it still does now. The last weekend they showed up in Amsterdam for the very first time and I was lucky to be there: Husky Rescue.

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Chris Cornell at his best

May 23rd, 2007 | 8 Comments | Tagged as ,

Another night, another concert. I was really looking forward to this one: Chris Cornell performing in Melkweg, Amsterdam. When Audioslave failed to support their third album “Revelations” and when Chris Cornell subsequently left the band earlier this year, I was wondering when will I see Cornell performing again. Luckily, the fans and myself didn’t have to wait for too long. A few days before Cornell’s second solo album “Carry On” hit the shops, we had the man back on the stage. And he returned in style!

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A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular

May 21st, 2007 | No Comments | Tagged as ,

HooverphonicHooverphonic are celebrating 10th anniversary of the release of their debut album “A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular”. The band is currently touring with a small-scale club tour, performing exclusively just the debut album songs wrapped up into the mysterious electronic sounds between the songs.

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Slovakia updated on Google Maps

May 17th, 2007 | 1 Comment | Tagged as , ,

“In the vast universe of Google users, a small cadre of aficionados exists who closely track every move of the search industry leader and act as a kind of editorial board and echo chamber for all things Google” wrote David Vise in his book “The Google Story“. I came across that statement while reading the book yesterday.

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