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Just saw the commercial for Dong Energy. They sell… energy. Marketing lesson #1: Always check other languages before you introduce a brand.

On the 16th of November the top of the international free electronics will engage with the best of the free jazz players. This night in Den Bosch’s W2 and Artis venues is all about analog and digital, creating and recreating, about collaborations that study the core of music and it’s experience.
Melody re:created - Machinefabriek vs. [...]

Well, we thought the city of Tilburg had the best slogan with “Tilburg, je bent er.” (Tilburg, you are there.) But now there was a referendum in Venlo. Guess what they voted: “Venlo, de Duitste stad van Nederland.” Translation? “Venlo, the German city of The Netherlands. And don’t mention the war.

So what happens when you’re Van Halen, the last song in your set list is the million-seller “Jump” with its synthesizer-keyboard opening…and the recording you’re using to play back the synth is accidentally run at 48K instead of 44.1K?

Read the rest here… 

3voor12 made a photo review on the Sniff Some Glue night. See Vince on the mic.

A dutch article on how country is bound to get extinct, even in te south of the US…..no more Kenny Rodges but Idols is the new standard…
Read more about it here… 

Our fellow blogger Ruud Vreeman wrote this: “Kunstenaar Tom Verbruggen maakte het werk Crackle Canvas. Het is een muzieksculptuur, maar ook mooi om naar te kijken. Mijn kamer ziet er hierdoor ook weer heel anders uit. Het is voor het eerst dat de Kamerexpositie meedraait in het kader van een kunstmanifestatie. Organisatie ZXZW zorgde voor [...]

Grad orders two beer. 
Always fun, the band members from Patatje Metal.  After bringing us Marco Borsatan and Rammstein Shaffy they have a new band member: “De meest geheimzinnige van alle Patatje Metalaars is zonder tegenzeggen Grad Demön. Hij is de enige Patatje Metalaar die niemand nog in onlevenden lijve heeft gezien. Er doen zich diverse [...]

It seemded that there was even more press then there were artists… Here’s a Metalrage review on ZXZW.