I do apologise, but this site is only in Dutch and it will stay that
way
in the future. Shit happens. There are some typical Dutch features
which would be
impossible to translate and otherwise, it would take far too much time
to translate all the text I have already written. And then again, I'm
quite terrible at writing English, though I'm alright at speaking the
language. But don't be
discouraged, you can still take a look with this tiny dictionary Dutch
and Guidjian (my own personal dialect, almost extinct).
Jaarlijstjes = Year End's List
of Favourite cd's. A must for a music addict as I am
Landenwoordzoekers = Puzzles in
the shape of a country. You get the idea when you see them
Jaartallenraadsel = A
crossword. Not with words, but with years. For all you historians with
too
much spare time
Concertpagina = Concert's page.
All the concerts I've visited. Mostly Dutch, but also loads of British
and
American stuff
Nachtradio = Radio at night. A
paper I wrote about the people that produce radio at night, the history
of
it and why (I think) it is important
Folkwoods = A very nice local
music festival that I wholeheartedly recommend to all you folkies out
there. I try to do some PR work for them, so that's why I'm so
enthusiastic about it ;-)
9999 ZZ = The 'highest
possible'
postal code in the Netherlands. And guess what? It's even in use. Well,
sort of
Hoezenquiz = Try to guess the
title and the name of the artist (or band) of the LP or cd cover. Only
a few Dutch artists and bands, so you should be OK there
All Stars = Come on, you
English speaking people know these cool shoes, don't you?
Nieuw-Zeeland = That's
obvious, it means New Zealand. Actually, New Zealand was named after
Zeeland, a Dutch province. Mainly photos of
my journey through this awesome country
80's Onverantwoord = Literally
it means 80's Irresponsible. A response to a Dutch compilation released
in 2002. That one was called 80's Responsible. It's much more fun to
make a list of the more campy stuff that was released back then. Lots
of Dutch music too, but that's because the Dutch have had a terrible
trackrecord when it comes to popular music
Rechts = Weblinks are sort of
obligatory on websites, so I simply had to. Links is also Dutch for
Left and because of a big interest in politics I thought it would be
funny to place it next to a weblink called Rechts, which is Dutch for
Right (or right-wing). It's linked to a fake letter I did not send when
I was moderator of the stand.nl forum. Stand.nl is a Dutch radio show
where every Joe The Plumber or Jane Doe can phone in and give his or
her opinion. And the forum is sort of taken over by all sorts of
extreme
right-wing types. As a moderator, every now and then I had to ban some
of them
for a couple of weeks (mainly because of racist remarks), angry e-mails
sent to me with accusations of me being some sort of communist as a
result. And well, they're partly right. For being a journalist, I just
have to be
left-wing (you probably need to live in the Netherlands to understand
that remark)
And the webpage for my photos is at
flickr and I decided to
have that part in English. So in the end, there is a very tiny part of
my website in English.
So there you have it. Any other questions? Feel free to send me an
e-mail.