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best album of 2012? jens lekman – i know what love isn’t. and huge thanks to maarten for the autograph! <3

we’ve been wanting to do this for quite a while, so we were so happy when we finally did it! the jamming in the park took place at taman surapati (surapati park) in the heart of jakarta, on sunday 16 december 2012. the day before, we had a rehearsal to decide which songs we are …

  Just For A Day 19.10.2012 If only it was not just for a day. It was actually only a small event, where friends who love to collect vinyls (which became a sort of a trend nowadays, although some had already been collecting records for ages) came together to select some of their favourite tunes. …

This is unusual. Pet Shop Boys is hopefully romantic. In fact, I found it rather strange that the lyrics are generally optimistic, especially when most of them told brokenhearted stories. And if you like Pet Shop Boys from their less electronic albums like “Release” or “Behaviour”, then you would love this album. Or at least …

scissor sisters java soulnation 29.09.2011 I had never been that nervous. Not even when I was about to see Morrissey or Saint Etienne earlier this year. The last time I had this pre-concert anxiety was before Pet Shop Boys’ in 2009. And prior to their performance that Saturday evening, I had been watching “Let’s Have …

RNRM java soulnation 29.09.2012 The last time I watched them live was at last year’s Soulnation. And I was bloody surprised. They had turned from something good to something really awesome. I even had not been able to take the song “Stuck in a Moment” out of my head for months. Yes, they really were …

hercules and love affair java soulnation 29.09.2012 It was the first time I watched their performance, and they were.. ab-so-lute-ly gorgeous I stood right in front of Gustaph, one of their singers, and I was melting like a lava cake. I will make a confession now: That was the first time I heard of them, …

29.09.2012 vette shit ouwe! Literally translated as “fat shit, old man!”, it is used to express compliment of something really cool. Probably it’s like, “awesome, dude!” or something like that. (Maarten said the expression is no longer common in the province of Noord Holland — where young lads use the expression, but some folks still …