Daily life

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There is not much to report from here. I am not sure I can keep the blog up and running with so little to report. I mean this blog was intended as a diary, to report on what I’ve been doing fro friends and family at home. I have kept it up – but not been […] Read More

My next project

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Here is my next project, for when I return to the real world and join the ranks of the working population again: Madonna’s Rebel Heart World Tour. The announcement came a bit early – I had hoped I had more time to save money – and the pre-sale for some shows start tomorrow, so I […] Read More

Cape Town Boys vs. West End Girls

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Aaaaand…. here we go, Sven has arrived and I have moved into total luxury. A nice 2 bedroom apartment in Tamboerskloof, a fancy Cape Town neighborhood at the foot of the Lion’s Head, including a balcony with a view over town. It’s something I could NEVER afford on my by now dwindling budget.   We first went […] Read More

Lana del Rey

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On one of my first nights I checked the concert calendar and realized that I just missed Cut Copy, by like an hour! So I immediately browsed Ticketmaster and found Lana del Rey. I had missed her in Paris last year, and I like her music… let’s see how Mexico City receives her. She seems […] Read More

Haim

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I don’t remember where I heard them first, but I shazamed them. Using the little app in my iPhone I found my way to Haim, somewhere along this trip around the world. I listened to a couple of songs, and then downloaded their album. Three sisters from California with guitars, making solid American pop rock music. […] Read More

GaGa’s ArtRAVE

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I’m a huge Madonna fan. 52 shows and counting. So when Lady GaGa is in town, I have to go, just to compare notes. I loved her first album, and then some songs of the following ones, but I got less involved… I guess it’s a problem of over-exposure. Honestly, what can you still expect […] Read More

Jay Brannan

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I first saw Jay Brannan in one of my favorite movies ever: Shortbus. A movie, foremost about sex, but, if you look deeper, about humanity. Since then he has made a remarkable career, with other movies, but foremost with his singing! I have missed his shows in Europe, often just by a day, as I was […] Read More

Blond Ambition

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Totally unrelated, but today, 24 years ago, I was in the Olympic Equestrian Stadium in Munich, to attend my first ever Madonna concert, on 15 July 1990. She was on tour with her legendary Blond Ambition Tour, with the cone bras, corsets, crosses, priests, and a full on masturbation scene on a red bed. It was […] Read More

Festival du Jazz

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By coincidence, I came just in time for the opening of the 35th Festival International du Jazz de Montréal. From June 26th to July 6th, the city is buzzing. Two million visitors are expected, among them half a million tourists… Hundreds of concerts will happen over the course of two weeks, and I can hardly […] Read More

Like a Rolling Stone

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There are some things in life that are just on everyone’s bucket list – or should be. And attending a concert by the Rolling Stones would be one of those things, at least for me. I have already missed out on Michael Jackson, and those guys aren’t getting younger, so you better go while you […] Read More

Blur in Open Air(es)

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The festival season is starting, and Buenos Aires has Quilmes Rock, a three-day festival that is held since a couple of years in November, and named after Argentina’s main brewery. This year, the Saturday was reserved for Blur. In line with my travel policy to say yes to (nearly) everything, I got a ticket when […] Read More