dcinput daily for Fri 18th Aug, 2006
Looks like dEUS are starting rehersals for their new album. Most people reading this probably won’t have heard of this band but I grew up listening to them. They helped shape the way I think about music. How great is it that I can subscribe to my favorite band with RSS? How would I have ever seen this otherwise?
I haven’t seen them perform for many years. They say they haven’t played in Antwerp their hometown for over ten years. I saw them play there in the Cartoons Cafe in the summer of 1996, but they were playing under a pseudonym that night. This was while I was working for 3M there, carying out experiments on Post it adhesives, right before I jetted off to London to go to university.
The Belgian alternative rock scene of the nineties - you kind of had to be there to understand. To this day, music in Belgium is really cutting edge. It’s very low key and if you don’t pay attention you could easily miss it. Nevertheless somehwere in between the shadows lies a whole world of massiely creative and talented musicians.
Hey it’s Pukklepop this weekend - another festival from my youth. Wow serriously kick ass lineup this year!
Oh boy. Though it is nice and sunny in Hackney right now, the BBC seems to think that it going to be miserable later. I might need to invest in some waterproof pants before I head up there. On the bright side, at least since yesterday it seems Saturday only has light blue thunder and no rain.
…and as if just to rub it in, Monday and Tuesday are looking fantastic. Thank goodness I’ll be back at work by then.
Snakes on a Plane hits the screens in the US. There’s been so much hype about this film I find it amusing. I worked with some folks that were doing lots of vfx on it a few weeks ago and they were supposed to get me a signed poster. Hmm. Good review here.