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Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:10:00 -0500

Paradiso

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:01:55 -0500

I attended the Riverside show in Paradiso (Amsterdam) last night. You will soon be able to the entire show on Fabchannel.com. It was the third time I was able to attend one of their shows, so not too many surprises. Just a great, solid performance. They even played Rapid Eye Movement (from the bonus dics) which is such a great song!

Whilst queuing for my coat, I noticed The Sisters of Mercy will be playing Paradiso Feb 24th. I've had the pleasure of attending one of their shows in 2005 and would really like to attend this show. However that's the week I'll be returning from Riga.. so I think I'll have to skip it. Might keep it in mind though, in case I return home all energetic! :-)

Dunning-Kruger

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:46:38 -0500

The Dunning-Kruger effect is an example of cognitive bias in which people who are worst at a task show the most illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average.

Snow

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:02:27 -0500

It's snowing!

Educating clients

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:50:32 -0500

Clients want to have a sense of what is coming next. Explain the process, the stages the project will go through. This way you're setting yourself up to be the person who's in charge of the relationship. Put yourself in your clients shoes: They are nervous, unsure if they did the right decision to go with you. Make them feel confident in the situation. Make them feel confident that picking you, your studio was the right choice.

Paul Boag of Headscape: Educating clients to say yes

Hermano

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:05:03 -0500

I've always regretted not having seen Kyuss perform on stage. I'm making up for it though, having seen Queens Of The Stone Age in summer of 07 and then last night I got to see John Garcia and his friends at Hermano Patronaat in Haarlem. Due to parking difficulties we were a bit late, so missed opening act Troy Torino and found the band had just started as we entered. After inserting the earplugs we made our way forward. (By the way, why do most people always stick to a spot near the entrance. Move, people!)

I'm crap at remembering setlists, but they played a lot of my favourite songs. And boy how they played, very tight. Really great night. Shame they didn't have a t-shirt stand though, I would have liked to have bought one. Anyhow, check out some pictures in this set on Flickr or the video for My Boy.

Elections

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:03:59 -0500

First of all, I�d like to express my elation with Barack Obama. And I really mean that. Even here, half-way around the world, in a country so liberal your scale doesn�t even go that far left, this will be a day long remembered.

To quote Mr Heilemann in his post Games. Games. Games.

I'm pleased he's won, but I'm even more pleased it's over and we can all talk about something else. I wonder if there's some parallel universe out there where the Dutch elections (which I'll admit, aren't nearly as exciting) get the same amount of airplay in the USA as theirs have gotten over here the past few months. Somehow I doubt it.

AC/DC

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:26:16 -0400

Last time AC/DC played in The Netherlands I was in the midst of my finals, so I was unable to attend. So I way pleased to find out they're doing a who in March of next year in Ahoy. Unfortunately Mojo, in all its wisdom, decided this very concert would be a nice start to try out their new method of selling tickets, meaning only via the Internet. Maybe they should have started with a less popular concert though, as only a lucky few were able to actually connect to the shop and it was sold out in under 7 minutes.. :-(

Everyone else was left with errors and unreachable servers. Despite the massive failure the same setup will be used for the upcoming Metallica show. Sigh. Here's some AC/DC to enjoy, as I won't be enjoying it live anytime soon!

Porcupine Tree

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:40:15 -0400

Porcupine Tree played two consecutive shows in 013, I attended the last yesterday evening. Both will be used to create a new DVD. We found a great spot on the balcony from which to overlook the stage. In hindsight it would have been cool to attend both nights, but that would get a bit expensive. Also I feared, like Madrugada did last year and as is quite common especially with DVD recordings, that they'd play the same songs both nights. This turned out not to be true though. Ah well. I had a great night anyway!
A review can be found on on Progwereld.org.

Haggard

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:15:41 -0400

I only just got back from my parents house, were I stayed after attending the Haggard show in Het Kasteel (Alphen aan den Rijn).

Since it's the annual celebration of the Spanish siege of Leiden (which took place in 1574) today, meaning public life pretty much comes to a halt for a few days, I was pleased to be able to leave the city this evening/night. There was no way I would have been able to make it back home anyway, the entire inner city is completely blocked off from transport for the funfair.

The show itself was great. In hindsight we could have arrived maybe an hour later though, the opening act wasn't that impressive. In between acts a curtain was closed and upon opening 12 members of the band appeared in the smoke. I've never seen a stage so crowded! I feared before hand they might play the new album, which seems to be en vogue these days. But thankfully they played a great mix of old and new.

This was also the first show wearing my new earplugs, which I can't recommend enough. Wish I'd bought these 10 years earlier! I attend quite a few shows a year and have noticed a trend of shows getting louder and louder. After the Monster Magnet show this summer I still had a ringing sensation after 2 days. That's not good. So I won't be attending any more gigs without these things. Here's a video of the band playing in Mexico: