bomme berend

In the parc I always cross when going to my job, there was something going on... I could see that during the day, but didn't really pay attention to it. When I got home my german flatmate told me it's a special day for Groningen, they were freed on this day many many years ago. For this occasion there was a lot of fireworks later that night in the Stadspark. On beats of old dancemusic when the rain just started to kick in, we had 15 minutes of fireworks in the air. What a show...

noorderzon - kraak en smaak

A good dj group, alternative dance music. Disco retro and new beats. Last night of Noorderzon unfortunately. I shoudl walk in the park more often, it's almost in my backyard.

noorderzon - Vence and Salsa Caliente

The second saturday of the noorderzon festival started fabulous. I woke up really late and because I went to bed early I was feeling great. I grabbed my saturday morning newspaper and could read it together with my breakfast consisting of a cup of tea and yoghurt with cereals. It had been 4 weeks since the last time I could do that. I decided to take a little walk in the nice city of Groningen, and of course ended in het noorderplantsoen. i heard some nice music and walked over there. I was surprised knowing the cello player of the band. I liked the msuic even better. Later on I met some other peopel of the squash association and we sat there for two hours listening to the music of Vence, the name of the band. Melancholy rock songs, pop folk, with a violin, guitar, cello, accordeon and drums adn a characteristic singer. I felt great.
later that night, after dinner, I again went to the noorderplantsoen for some slasa musis. As music always makes me smile, especially if it makes me move, as what happens with salsa music. I danced, and I was one of the few. We came across some people I had met once, she had met them more then once. And we went to the city centre. There we visited the three sisters (which was really toto crowded with underaged people and bad music, bu fun though) and chadrak, which had nice music and we danced the whole night through... I was hom eat 3.30 am.

noorderzon - lefties soul connection

It was nice music, but didn't really listen to it. was drinking beers with some colleagues and another guy at the love terrace. That was my mainpalce in the noorderzon festival... very nice people her, great atmosphere.

noorderzon - gogol bordellos

I thought this band is from slovenia, but htye appeared to be from the USA... They make really good music though. It's a bit gypsy, as the description said, but to me they appeared more like pirates. The neglish is really hard to understand, but the music is great and the act is fabulous. Two asian looking girls in disco clothes (yellow panties, short skirts...) screaming along, I had so much fun at Noorderzon. It was quite a suprise for me; I just saw them on lowlands TV that afternoon and was impressed, and then they were at noorderzon that same evening

niemand houdt mij tegen

A children's book about the 22nd century, bu talso very intersting for adults. A real adventure story with the romantic influence of love as a driving source for the adventure. I borrowed the book from good friends who called it the best book they have read. I liked it, though it is in some aspects a bit repetitive and too bovious or unrealistic or something.

Million Dollar Baby

I watched this movie in the train from Groningen to the randstad in two episodes. I have it on a CD for a long time, Brought it from India but never thought I would like the movie so didn't take the time to watch it. But now in my many hours in the train I did watch it and I quite liked it. It grasped me and that was only becasue of the sweet female boxer and not becasue of clint eastwood. I was irritated by how he talked with the rough voice. Anyway, I liked it and I can recommend to someone who doesn't know what else to rent from the video store