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Enjoyed Brett Anderson’s show at the Tivoli (De Helling) in Utrecht. Of the good: He’s not as aloof as he was in the past. Voice as strong as ever. Has stopped twirling his microphone. Of the bad: He’s been writing the same songs for the past 20 years. He needs to eat a few hamburgers.

First of two times I saw the Sugarcubes that year. Björk didn’t do much for me (though I appreciated the vocals), but I loved Einar’s in your face, contrary, grating performance. Everybody else hated him. I didn’t know it at the time, but the Sugarcubes were Virgin Prunes fans, which is why they had two lead vocalists.

dEUS’ frontman Tom Barman ignoring the smoking ban at the Paradiso in Amsterdam. Seen on December 4, 2008.

View more of my dEUS photo’s on Flickr.

Excellent! Flickr slideshows are now very easily embedded using a ‘Share’ link in the top right corner. Read more about it on the Flickr blog. I like how the slideshow also plays the video’s you might have in your set.

It’s not April 1st, is it? Because this is funny enough to make me switch to Nikon.

Crunchgear reports Canon is releasing the Powershot E1, a camera for women. It comes in ‘vanilla white’, ‘aqua blue’ and ‘cotton pink’ (i.e. baby colours), and has fewer ‘unnecessary’ buttons… ’cause the little lady gets confused easily, yes?

The company created the E1 using ‘relaxation, positive feelings and friendliness as the main guidelines for the design of the camera’. It’s ’soft’ and ’rounded’. Like a tampon.

There’s a thought. Stick it up your own hole, Canon.

Cranes in the Antwerp docklands

I nearly got my head kicked in taking pictures this weekend in Antwerp. I escaped with a few bruises, mainly to my ego. I don’t want to go into the whole sordid tale, but the moral of the story is: ask people’s permission before you take their picture in the street.

Or, you know, stick to lovely, peaceful cranes.

Red reader, originally uploaded by Caroline.

No, I didn’t need another lens. But I thought it was an ok deal, exchanging my 3rd-hand 50mm + 175 euro for a pristine Canon 28-105mm. It’s the Japanese version, which is supposed to be better than the ones made in Taiwan.

I think it’s a very nice travel lens, as opposed to my rather heavy Sigma EX 24-70. I have to say I like the range, and it’s small enough not to attract too much attention. This one’s coming to Antwerp with me, alongside the 50/1.4 for low light situations.

I took this shot almost immediately after walking out of the shop.