31 Dec '09 - 09:34 Signing Off
Well, at least for this year. Happy 2010 !
30 Dec '09 - 17:17 Kitty, Daisy & Lewis @ Melkweg Amsterdam
Simply great, look and listen yourself. More here.
12:45 A Night On The Town
26 Dec '09 - 11:09 Testing 1.2.3.
A test shot of the Canon 500D's 'HD-film-function'. X-Mas Day snow ... how lovely. View from Minispace HQ.
20 Dec '09 - 13:59 Serious Request Achterhoek Style
Mijn favoriete zender ahum, Optimaal FM, heeft het vreselijk originele idee opgevat om in een soort van 'glazen huis' radio te gaan zitten maken op het Simonsplein in Doetinchem. Geen idee waar ze zo'n origineel idee vandaan hebben maar je moet er maar op komen. Zelfs de Burgermeister van Doetinchem kwam nog even langs om dit te aanschouwen (onderste foto). Ik vond de langlaufer hieronder in ieder geval zeker interessanter.
18 Dec '09 - 21:51 Well Duh!
President Obama leaves early "because the weather is poor". Well hello, we knew that!
I thought that was the whole point of the thing!?
15:31 Icy
10 Dec '09 - 18:05 Macca Magic
I honestly admit that I was a bit apprehensive, say sceptical, of the concert by Paul McCartney that awaited me yesterday in Arnhem. Many people laughed right in my face; "Paul McCartney? You must be joking". But hey, I'm a Beatles fan, so it's my holy duty to attend. And was I sorry I did? I would say no. This is no has-been rocker who simply stands there to pay-off his mortgage. This was simply a great show. The man is 67 but rocks like a 20-year old. A splendid performer with a great band to support him. Many Beatles songs ofcourse, a few Wings-things and some new stuff. A truly great show, I can only bow in respect for the man.
He played for almost three hours, almost without any break. Paul McCartney is still considered somewhat 'uncool' by many due to his 'silly love songs' no doubt (not to mention certain frogs), but if he continues like this, ditches a few more soppy Wings songs and puts still more strong songs in there then his 'status' will change without doubt.
The audience was pretty varied. Next to me sat a man who had been to a Jefferson Airplane/Doors concert in The Hague in the late '60. But I also saw a lot of young people and young 'Beatle-girls' (dressed with Beatles T-shirts, bags etc.) about who I wondered where they had been during my highschool years ... would have made those days a lot more interesting.
The set-list:
Magical Mystery Tour, Drive My Car, Jet, Only Mama Knows, Flaming Pie, Got to Get You Into My Life, Let Me Roll It (met een flard van Foxy Lady), Highway, The Long and Winding Road, (I Want To) Come Home, My Love, Blackbird, Here Today, Dance Tonight, And I Love Her, Mrs Vandebilt, Eleanor Rigby, Band on the Run, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Sing the Changes, Back in the U.S.S.R., Something, I've Got A Feeling, Paperback Writer, A Day in the Life/Give Peace a Chance, Let It Be, Live and Let Die, Hey Jude, Day Tripper, Lady Madonna, Get Back, Yesterday, Helter Skelter, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise), The End.
Below some impressions I made with my IXUS camera.
05 Dec '09 - 18:02 R.I.P. Canon 350d
Hier volgt een huishoudelijke mededeling. Heeden is overleden, mijn trouwe camera(ad) van de afgelopen 5 jaar, te weten mijn Canon 350d. Nou ja overleden, tis meer de ouderdom die heeft toegeslagen na iets meer dan 15000 foto's. Tijd voor pensioen.
Gisteren tijdens het fotograferen van de Boomchickas besloot een klein deel van de sensor permanent rood te blijven. Tis een ietsiepietsie klein stipje (zie wit circeltje), maar ik kan zoiets niet hebben en repareren is ook al zowat. Broertje 500d komt er dan ook al vrij snel aan. Dank u sinterklaasje.
