I currently own an Apple Macbook, my faithful companion in the digital world, if you look at this picture you will see the next step in Laptop design and portability. Wow the thing is utterly beautiful!


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I am currently reading Neil Young's biography "Shakey" by Jimmy McDonough. Great read, Neil Young is a very interesting character. In 1965 Neil played in a band with Rick James! The Funk Soul Brother with hits as Superfreak and Glow, the band even got signed by Motown! However never released the recorded album as Rick James was arrested for being ( Read more... )

Luckily for Radiohead, I received my box 2 weeks ago and an official release is expected in stores in 2007 otherwise I would be forced to choose a different album as number 1 ( Read more... )

Yesterday (13 December) me and a few of my friends went to the Bruce Springsteen show in Cologne. To say it bluntly, I had the best time! The show was based around his latest album Magic. At first I had doubts about Magic as I explained in my blog about the Magical Mistake. Yesterday the show was HARD ROCKING! Keep those guitars ringing in my head ( Read more... )

I got today for myself a present. 20 years ago already, I was 15 years at that time I got myself the Joshua Tree album. On vynil! Till today it is one of my favorite CD's. You can always go back to it and appreciate it all over again! The music even brings you back to being a 15 year old boy. In that summer I went to my first Prince-show in Utrecht ( Read more... )

As promised to glorycookie, two pictures of Lake Tahoe. The pictures were taken during in tour around the lake. Can you feel homesick to a place you visited?


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I purchased the special edition of the  Counting Crows - August and everything after Deluxe Edition, the original is one of my favorite 90's CD's of one of my favorite bands. This version includes a live show from 1994. As the CC's are a fantastic live-band this edition is highly recommended.


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At the risk of turning into a Bruce Springsteen blog I think I need to explain myself about the opinion which I expressed of the new Springsteen CD Magic. I have changed from negative to relatively positive opinion, which is remarkable (according to some of my friends).

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Finally I finished the book, it took me more time then expected.  It is a very clever book, it depicts the turn of the last century New York very well. The way Rubenfeld wrote about building of the one of the massive bridges over the Hudson, the race for the tallest building in the city and the regal society of that period was real charming and ( Read more... )

Today (September 29th 2007) the new Bruce Springsteen and E-streetband album Magic was released in Holland. About three weeks ago it was leaked on the internet. The quality of the MP3's was astonishing. You could almost think that it was leaked on purpose to create a buzz. Personally I was not very happy with the way the album turned out, ( Read more... )