Literally a few hours after I send the email to pitch the idea for a shoot to the guys over at SOMIC, my computer died. They really liked the idea though, so I decided to go through with it anyway. The turnout wasn’t great, but Willem, Hannes and Michael, who I used to ride and shoot with back home, came out. As did some pretty talented locals. It was a fun session to shoot and I’m pretty happy with the results.
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Ska-punk, poppunk, punkrock, powerpop… I have no idea what box they fit in, but I know that when I put these two bands on I instantly get happier. It was both the first time I went to see a band in the concert hall of Vooruit and the first time I saw either Less Then Jake or Zebrahead. I got to say it wasn’t the best show I’ve ever seen, but hey it’s called punk for a reason, it’s supposed to be sloppy! And well, sloppy it was…
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It’s always nice to discover new bands. I stumbled upon The Gaslight Anthem while scanning through AB‘s event calender. Although apparently they already played at one of Belgium’s biggest music festivals Rock Werchter this summer, they were totally new to me. After a quick listen on Myspace I bought a ticket for their concert and got all their music. A month or two later I went to Brussels and worked myself through the crowds of a completely sold out AB.
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It has been a couple years now that I really want to go, but either had something else going on or just couldn’t afford the always pretty pricey tickets. This year though it finally worked out. I made it to Belgium’s and maybe even Europe’s biggest electronic music event, I ♥ Techno.
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Every year KHSL, the harmony orchestra I play in, organises several events with the majority of them being annually reoccurring. One of these annual events is the KHSL Youth’s weekend. It all comes down to getting out to some random town on the first weekend of November, play music and entertain ourselves. It’s about changing the scenery so we can spend time together in another setting and it has made us a tight bunch of friends over the years. And I guess for young new musicians that had decided to join us a month earlier at the start of our musical year, it makes for a great atmosphere to get welcomed in. This year was no different.
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I just love last minute invites! You know, you get this “I feel like partying tonight” feeling and then your cellphone goes off. My friend Lorelei does this all the time and I love her for it. I got an invite on Facebook for Peut-être Demain‘s concert a few days earlier from their guitar player Wouter, I replied with a maybe, but unfortunately forgot about it. Lorelei send me one of her last minutes that evening so I did end up going. And I’m glad I did, it was way different than what I’m used to, but fun none the less.
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As most of you know I went into surgery on Monday to get my shoulder fixed. Everything went well, but now I can’t move without my arm hurting like hell, even with the high dose painkillers I got. It’ll heal, but it’s pretty brutal right now. As long as I can take the pain I’m working on the posts that are waiting to get written, but it’s tough typing with one hand and operating the mouse with my left. On top of that my head is all foggy from the painkillers and when I’m staring at the screen for to long I feel like I’m about to pass out. Not a very pleasant feeling.
So please cut me some slack. Coming posts include: Peut-être Demain at Muzikantenhuis, Weekend with KHSL Youth, I ♥ Techno!, The Gaslight Anthem at AB, Less Than Jake and Zebrahead at Vooruit and the SOMIC X JonasDebraekeleer photoshoot results.
