Posted: October 3rd, 2006 | Filed under: Music | Tags: amsterdam, cat power, cathal, dublin, george michael, joan as policewoman, kaiser chiefs, killers, london jan, michael london, oct 5, rotterdam, tribute | Comments Off
Oct 4 – Came So Far For Beauty, Cohen tribute (Dublin)
Oct 5 – Came So Far For Beauty, Cohen tribute (Dublin)
Oct 15 – The Knife (Amsterdam)
Nov 3 – Cat Power (Amsterdam)
Nov 4 – George Michael (Rotterdam)
Nov 12 – Kaiser Chiefs (Amsterdam)
Nov 16 – The Killers (Amsterdam)
Nov 18 – Joan as Policewoman (Haarlem)
Nov 26 – Cathal Coughal (Dublin)
Nov 28 – George Michael (London)
Jan 13 – Sohne Mannheims
Posted: May 16th, 2004 | Filed under: Culture | Tags: amsterdam photos, clothes, move as one, old friend, photo, rotterdam, scapino ballet, sexual partnership, stadsschouwburg utrecht | 1 Comment »
On my way to the theatre on Friday, I saw an old friend on the street. She looked the same as ever. Same hair, same clothes, same walk.
We used to move as one, talk as one. An inseparable, pre-sexual partnership. Built to last forever. But it broke.
I turned in my step and waltzed right out of her way, pretending not to see her. She did the same, I’m sure.
{ Seen 14/5: ‘Unzip’, ‘Nocturne’ (see photo) and ‘Sister Fury’ by Scapino Ballet, Rotterdam @ Stadsschouwburg, Utrecht
Seen 15/5: ‘Dans voor Mei’, at de Engelenbak, Amsterdam. Photos off site. }
Posted: March 7th, 2004 | Filed under: Culture | Tags: alphonse mucha, capacity crowds, connaisseur, exhibition, intrigue, jugendstil, kunsthal, rotterdam, venue | 4 Comments »
We weren’t the only ones in the country who’d decided to go see the Alphonse Mucha exhibition at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. It is a venue entirely unsuitable to large capacity crowds. This made our experience of the work of Mucha less enjoyable than it might have been had we had more space to move in.
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