Word on a wing

Of Montreal

nobody@vox.com(Eva) — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:31:28 +0100

I went to see Of Montreal a couple of nights ago and made a couple of pictures. These guys play fairly big venues in the US, or so I've been told, but over here, they played Paradiso's small upstairs room, while Marillion played downstairs. I rather enjoyed them, and they're great for shooting pictures at. First time I shot in RAW mode, but I didn't spent enough time at processing the pictures properly... My computer is just too slow. I think I need a Mac ;)

Of Montreal

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More from Crossing Border

nobody@vox.com(Eva) — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:47:25 +0100

Tired and sick, so keeping this short. Liked Kula Shaker a lot. Windmill were alright, but got on my nerves a little after a while. Phosphorescent were a little boring.

And trains are much slower than cars = suck.

Spotted Bert van der Kamp drifting about too. Crossing Border seems to be one big arts party where everybody goes to "network". I felt a little out of place to be honest.

Jan Douwe Kroeske interviews Kula Shaker @ Crossing Border Festival

Phosphorescent @ Crossing Border Festival

Windmill @ Crossing Border Festival

Kula Shaker

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Mr. Wainwright

nobody@vox.com(Eva) — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:21:49 +0100

I just went to my first day of the Crossing Border Festival in The Hague, where Rufus was being interviewed by this Belgian rock journo. I thought the rock journo was a little weak and lost a lot of opportunities to go really in depth but c'est ca.

Rufus played the Heineken Music Hall last night, but I didn't go, because the sheer size of the venue seemed a little off for a Rufus gig. This was a nice little treat instead, but it could have been so much better with a different interviewer. The interview Gavin did a couple of years back with John Kelly comes to mind.

I do like this piccie:

Rufus Wainwright

And some more...

Rufus Wainwright

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Gogol Bordello

nobody@vox.com(Eva) — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:39:39 +0100

Wow. What a great experience. Tonight's gig will go up high in my "Best of 2007" list. I've been wanting to see them forever, and finally had the chance tonight. I was a little worried about security after the hassle I got at the Melkweg at the Hard-Fi gig, but Gogol Bordello was super cool about it. In fact, there was a bit of an "anything goes" vibe going on. Stage diving, crowd surfing, pogoing... it all made it damn hard to keep my camera still.

But hey, I managed:

Gogol Bordello @ the Melkweg

Much, much more where that came from, but it's late, and I'm feeling somewhat sleep deprived. If you get the chance to see Gogol Bordello (they're touring Europe at the moment), go see them! Just make sure you're wearing padding...

Oh, and that 50/1.4 lens gets significantly nicer when it has a wee bit more light, like was the case at the Melkweg tonight.

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A number of gigs...

nobody@vox.com(Eva) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:59:11 +0100

I did go to a couple of gigs recently that I didn't post pictures of. Partly because, well, I didn't have a camera, but also because I've just been too busy. That Halloween costume took a -lot- of preparation, which made me hate it in the end. After the (awesome) Halloween weekend, I'm finally back home now with some time on my hands. It's a nice feeling, actually.

In August, I went to see Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan in Tivoli in Utrecht. I don't know what it is about Mark Lanegan, but I find him and his demeanor very interesting. It's like he lives in a world of his own, closed off to the people around him. Rather introverted, moody, but attractive in the enigma kind of way. I loved his pairing with Isobel Campbell. Unexpected and on paper, it seems an almost impossible combination. But it works incredibly well. I think I have raved about teir oh so different voices before. Isobel's almost fairylike fragile voice, and Mark's deep and dark voice. Their song Deus Ibi Est is incredible.

I'm not entirely sure why these pictures took so long to put online. It just happened. I took them with the EOS350 I borrowed of Caroline and my 50/1.4 lens. I think a possible explanation about why it took so long is that I wasn't too happy with these pictures in general, but there's a couple of okay ones.

Mark Lanegan @ Tivoli

Isobel Campbell @ Tivoli

Mark Lanegan @ Tivoli

And then I went to see Hard-Fi. I took de D40 for a testrun. The gig was at the Melkweg, which should have alarmed me, but I figured I'd give it a try anyway. After shooting throughout the gig, a HUGE security guy came up to me and directed me to a dark, run down concrete area. Gulp.

Next their tour manager comes up to me and gives me a big lecture about how I can't shoot with a camera like that, and he'll need to have me format the card. Left very little options, I chose the only remaining one...stay polite, grovel and beg. And behold! It worked! So Mr. Hard-Fi tourmanager is now a very cool guy, and I was a happy camper.

Hard-Fi @ the Melkweg

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Testdriving the 40D

nobody@vox.com(Eva) — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 01:53:05 +0200

Fiction Plane proved to be quite a fun band to testdrive my brand new Canon 40D. They played the Melkweg a fairly small club in Amsterdam. Joe's daddy was cool enough to wander into the club to watch his son play.

Fiction Plane

Quite a fun and hard working band. I think I just witnessed their big break in the Netherlands.

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