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on 8 nov whole utrecht is going to be berlin for one day. because of this, my old friend from school, jana, is coming over to play a show with me. hooray!

in cafe averechts there will be delicious food, cooked by the notorious eat this crew, very much inspired by east-german kitchen .. but as always .. with a twist!

food: 6pm-8:00pm
(10 eur for a vegetarian 3 course meal***)
music starts around 9pm.
and .. there’s going to be goodies!

ps: check out the dropout patrol at myspace.

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i already thought: oh what a pitty! i’m going on holidays and missing tiny vipers! but then it appears she’s also playing in utrecht, exactly one day before my leave. funniest thing: i got asked to be her support act. yeay :)

check out tiny vipers at myspace. my personal favorite is forest on fire ♥♥♥

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some photos of the show by fileunder.nl:

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festival website: www.zomeravonden.nl
you can get in for free and there’s also loads of other (family) stuff to do.

“tour” blog – things that went wrong today:

me and my personal roady bastiaan took a train to maastricht. however, some other train happened to crash into someone or something, so we needed to make a d-tour via tilburg. 1 hour delay .. whatever.. but then in the other train my poor personal roady bastiaan got totally dissed (he calls us racist snobs) and almost beaten up by a really pissed off and aggressive (black) hiphop guy .. it all started with a few drops of beer on our gear, it all could have been done after an “oh sorry”, it all almost ended in a totally ridiculous fight ..

arriving at maastricht central station we have to take a taxi to the old cement factory AINSI. the taxi driver, a really friendly older turkish gentleman is sure that he has been there before, but after half an hour we find out that he’s on the wrong side of the river, with no bridge very near. time to switch ON the tomtom, but how to spell this street name again?!? “sorry sorry, it’s my fault. don’t be afraid!” we are not. another 30minutes delay .. whatever ..

at the venue the “producer” is more concerned about our stomachs than about soundcheck time. as opposed to me. so first soundcheck, than food: 2 milliseconds microwaved tempeh, right out of the fridge. ugh! show starts and my batteries in one of the loop pedals are empty … argh .. had no time to change them before .. panic! then one song later .. a cable breaks .. ARGH! however, the rest of the night and show goes fine .. phew..

afterwards julie mittens are dusting off the venue, by using exactly these frequencies that make lamps shake .. looked really pretty!!! we stay in an awkward b&b, next morning we meet a british clown at breakfast, he performed at the festival, too. he’s not so content with the breakfast, the tea, the tiny rooms and .. the tiny towels. “i had to make choices. my legs are still wet.”

» last.fm / facebook

my new record origami is currently fully streamable at the 3voor12 luisterpaal. should be up there for few more days.

if you missed that, you might want to grab another chance to listen to some songs during the radio show folio. they have a special on “lo-fi uit de lage landen” which also includes music from redrawn, the remix/cover cd of soccer committee and machinefabriek’s drawn, and some songs from slaapliedjes by wixel. the radio show is on air on 7 jul 2009 at midnight and is streamable on their website afterwards.

it comes in a sweet silk-screen printed cardboard box. you can read more and download one song on the morc page. they even put up a mobile website, where you can download a puddle parade ringtone .. haha.. and you can also listen to some snippets on last.fm.

let me know if you would like to get a cd. they are 10 € including worldwide postage. or order directly at morc (and while you’re at it.. check out their other stuff .. it’s pretty much amazing!!)

one of my most favorite records of last year was drawn by soccer committee and machinefabriek.  they decided to ask some friends and favorite bands to make remix/cover versions of their songs and now released it on cd. the release features redrawings by annelies monseré, squares on both sides, mark templeton, fransisco lópez, taylor deupree, steinbrüchel, peter broderick, xela …

i also covered something: magpie.. my most favorite song on the record, which got stuck in my head right after listening to it. if you want one, let me know. or order it via machinefabriek directly. the cd is 15 € including worldwide postage.

ps: if you want to listen first, the cd is currently streamable on the 3voor12 luisterpaal.