"I didn’t know I was this geeky until I discovered the online world through my office’s 2400 baud modem back in ’93." Tag Archives for amsterdam
Take in the salt air
Took a ferry from Amsterdam CS to Velsen, and a bus to IJmuiden, in search of photographs and fresh fish. Ended up on IJmuiden beach and at a fair on the promenade, awash with other day trippers. Everything was ugly. … Continue reading
The return of Pantscat
Eleven years ago, I saw British comedian Eddie Izzard perform a show in Amsterdam. Not long after, I set up a website about him, which ran in various incarnations from ’95 to ’2000. It was my most succesful website, at … Continue reading
Sneakerfreak presents new CD
sf_3939 Took some pictures of Sneakerfreak‘s CD launch concert in the ‘Rozentheater’ in Amsterdam. The lighting engineer was very keen on red and yellow. Sigh. Focusing was hard, had to shoot at 1.8 all the time, except for the few … Continue reading
In the bag
A Crumpler shop? Here in Amsterdam? That’s like a CRACK DEN, don’t they understand? I swear I went out to buy a LowePro bag, but came back with another Crumpler. What? LowePro = expensive, ugly. Crumpler = less expensive, pretty. … Continue reading
Serenity premiere
Summer Glau (River Tam in Serenity) is very pretty. I attended the premiere in Amsterdam on Tuesday evening, where Summer and Nathan Fillion (Captain Mal Reynolds) were guests of honour. Quite a few good shots even though the red carpet … Continue reading
Serenity: ‘Oh, God, oh, God, we’re all gonna die?’
I saw the movie Serenity this weekend. This is my ‘review’. Serenity is the Joss Whedon film based on the shortlived Firefly TV series. Last Saturday, I joined the fans at browncoats.nl, for a very special screening at the UIP … Continue reading
Goo goo g’ joob
I’m back from an emotional, tiring, infuriating, gezellig, sometimes boring, other times amazing, invigorating and brilliant week seeing U2 three times in my hometown, Amsterdam. We queued, ran, waited, jumped, ate, drank, were merry, queued, hated, laughed, queued, sang, shouted, … Continue reading
Flesh and bone by the telephone
The week ahead, the day today. Got word from a very old Kiwi friend coming down for a few days in Amsterdam round about the same time an Aussie friend is staying with me for the U2 shows. Both of … Continue reading
I’m with the band
U2 Euro Vertigo Tour Madness 2005 is about to start. I will leave for Brussels in the morning, make a brief stop back in Amsterdam on Saturday and then off to Gelsenkirchen (Germany) on Sunday. ‘Try not to enjoy yourself … Continue reading
