Category: Music
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Concert Review: Lady Gaga @ Ahoy Rotterdam (29 Nov. 2010)
Last night I went to see the concert of the year. No kidding. Lady Gaga was amazing! I left work right after class and got to the venue about 5 minutes before they opened the doors. Getting in went pretty fast and when I walked around the stage there was still plenty of space left…
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Top 2000
It’s that time of year again! It’s time to vote for the Radio Top 2000. Every year, the Dutch radio station Radio 2 organizes a end of year list of the 2000 best pop songs ever made. They first did this in 1999 and it’s been growing in popularity since. This week is the week…
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Upcoming concerts
Yesterday I did some online shopping. Apart from some make up, nail polish and a few books on Amazon, I also bought a few tickets to concerts. I bought tickets to see The Black Keys in March, but I also got tickets to see Blaudzun (with I Am Oak as the support act!) and And…
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Song of the Day
This will be a quicky, cuz I don’t have much time to blog at all today. I’ve been super busy. Got up at 6 AM, taught an 8.30 AM class, had an interview with students, went to class at uni and only just got home (a little after 7 PM) and I’m now having dinner…
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My life as a Backstreet Boys fan
I have never lied or tried to hide the fact that I have been a Backstreet Boys fan since I was 11 or 12 years old. It all started with Get Down and, in a way, I’m still a fan. I think I’ll always be, but especially over the past 1,5 year or so, my…
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Concert Review: Blitzen Trapper @ Melkweg
I decided to have one day of radio silence, after blogging for 30 days straight. Today, I’m back in full throttle. Last night, I went to see Blitzen Trapper live in concert at the Melkweg in Amsterdam. Here is my review. Blitzen Trapper is a 6 man experimental indie folk rock band from Portland, Oregon…
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Johnny Flynn – The Water (official video)
Finally a proper video! YAY! I already blogged about this song in one of my playlist series posts, but at the time I couldn’t find a good video. But not there’s an official one! It was recorded in Laura Marling’s backyard. (Laura is the girl singing on the song as well and I love her…
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Blog Challenge Day 19: My favorite musician
I have a hard time choosing my favorite musician. I don’t play any instruments myself (unfortunately), so then it always gets a little bit harder to pick one. I had a few singing classes a few years ago and I’m an okay singer. Nothing major, but I do not completely suck either. That is why,…
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Blog Challenge Day 15: Songs that match my mood
Today marks my 15th consecutive day of blogging, which means after today I’m half way through with the challenge. And what better way then to share with you the songs I like to play when I’m in certain moods. I’m pretty tired after a full day of shopping (it’s a sport), so I’m gonna keep…
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The Playlist Series #2: Dance music
I thought it was time for another installment of the playlist series. When I first launched this project, Taryn asked me to give some more insight into my Dance folder. That is why I’ve decided to make this next post about Dance music. If you want to place a request for a certain type of…
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3 CD Review
Last week I bought 3 new CDs and I thought I’d share my review of them with you. The CDs in this review are: – Interpol – Interpol – Tame Impala – Innerspeaker – The Black Angels – Phosphene Dream 1.) Interpol – Interpol I was very curious about the fourth album by this indie…
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The Play List Series #1: Songs of the Moment
As I posted yesterday, I will kick off my so-called Play List Series today. In these series, I will strive to give you an idea of what my music collection looks like and what I listen to. If there is anything you want to see in the series, just leave your request in the comments…
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The Playlist Series
Today I came up with an idea for my blog: to start a series on my different music play lists. As the subtitle of this blog says: I’m a ‘music loving language nut’, that ‘music loving’ is shown by the amount of music I have and listen to. Not a single day goes by without…
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Florence + The Machine
A band which I’ve been into for a while now is Florence + the Machine (Florence). It was in 2008 when through some indie rock play list that I had found online I came across a demo cut of The Girl with One Eye. Watch a live performance of this song from way back when:…
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I Got You on Tape – Concert Review
On Monday I went to see I Got You on Tape (IGYOT). A band which clearly falls into the you-don’t-have-to-look-good-to-make-good-music category (Hot Chip is another one). I bought a ticket on a whim, simply because I loved their third album ‘Spinning for the Cause’. The band is a Danish indie band fusing rock and pop…