| Post | Date | Excerpt | | 15 Christmas albums you must have heard | 12/24/2023 | A list of 15 Christmas albums you must have heard. Rock, reggae, soul and funk, special play list included! |
| Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Research Arkestra – Paradiso Amsterdam 1970 | 12/07/2023 | In November 1970 Sun Ra And His Intergalactic Research Arkestra landed at the Amsterdams Paradiso for one unforgettable night. The recordings have been found and now we can all (finally) hear what we missed! |
| Raymond van het Groenewoud live and Kamiel In België | 12/05/2023 | Late 1978 the Belgian bard Raymond van het Groenewoud releases the live album Kamiel In België. A look back. |
| Christmas With The Rat Pack | 12/24/2022 | In 2007 I bought Christmas With The Rat Pack. A compilation of beautiful Christmas songs by Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr and Dean Martin. |
| Neil Diamond – Hot August Night | 12/09/2022 | In 1972 Neil Diamond released his best (?) album, the fabulous double live album Hot August Night. A look back! |
| Black Album (by guest author Edward) | 12/01/2022 | Some 35 years ago, a mysterious record was waiting to see the light of day. But it never happened... |
| Jan Mulder, the Prince columns! | 12/31/2021 | From 1986 to 1996 Dutch writer Jan Mulder occasionally wrote about Prince. Only available in Dutch. |
| André Hazes has a Lonely Christmas | 12/24/2021 | In 1976 Dutch singer André Hazes debuts with a Christmas single, the start of a lasting and huge career in The Netherlands. |
| Merry Crassmas | 12/15/2021 | In 1981 the English anarcho-punk collective released a Christmas single in 'true' festive style: Merry Crassmas! |
| Cerrone – Love In C Minor | 12/07/2021 | In 1976 disco bubbled up from the undergound. Europe played its part as well. Cerrone made a disco classic with Love In C Minor! |
| Closing of 2020 | 12/30/2020 | Closing of 2020. What was good? What wasn’t? What were the main events? What blog stories were favorite? A look back at 2020. |
| LCD Soundsystem – Christmas Will Break Your Heart | 12/24/2020 | On Christmas Eve in 2015 LCD Soundsystem released a new single, Christmas Will Break Your Heart. Such bliss! |
| The Clash top themselves with the stunning Sandinista! | 12/12/2020 | 1980 came to a fantastic end with the release of the impressive Sandinista! by The Clash: three albums filled with hiphop, jazz, dub, reggae, gospel, funk, rap, rockabilly, calypso, rock en disco! |
| Bob Marley And The Wailers Live!, the best live album of all time? | 12/05/2020 | In 1975 Bob Marley And The Wailers released the beautiful, impressive and classic Live! Reggae had arrived and was here to stay! |
| Closing Of 2019 | 12/30/2019 | Closing of 2019. What was good? What wasn't? What were the main events? What blog stories were favorite? A look back at 2019. |
| Prince is alone for Christmas, Another Lonely Christmas | 12/26/2019 | On December 26th, 1984, Prince played the first and only Christmas song he would ever release live for the first and last time at his homestate of Minnesota. The story of Another Lonely Christmas. |
| War Is Over (If You Want It) | 12/25/2019 | The iconic poster by John Lennon and Yoko Ono celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Some well deserved attention for an important message. |
| Quiet Life: Japan changes direction | 12/20/2019 | With the release of Quiet Life Japan went into new musical territory. The story behind the pivot point in the career of the vastly underrated band. |
| The Clash and London Calling, the story of a triumph | 12/14/2019 | At the brink of the new 1980s decade a masterpiece was released. The double album London Calling by The Clash is a caleidoscopic, impressive album. A look back. |
| In 1984 charity hit the charts: Do They Know It’s Christmas? | 12/04/2019 | At the end of 1984 the charity single Do They Know It's Christmas? unexpectedly turned out to be one of the biggest singles of the year. The story behind this unique occasion. |
| Closing of 2018 | 12/29/2018 | Closing of 2018. What was good? What wasn't? What were the main events? What blog stories were favorite? A look back at 2018. |
| James Brown: A Funky Christmas! | 12/23/2018 | James Brown's second Christmas album was released 50 years ago! A look back at the most funky Christmas ever created. By The Godfather Of Soul! |
| Breaking up in public: Marvin Gaye’s impressive Here, My Dear | 12/15/2018 | Marvin Gaye's marriage was over. A remarkable payment arrangement was struck. Here, My Dear was Marvin's account of this tumultuous period in his life. |
| Public Image Limited: life after The Sex Pistols | 12/08/2018 | In 1978 Johnny Rotten was fed up with The Sex Pistols. Out with punk. In came Public Image Limited. Post punk avant la lettre! |
| The Manor Sessions: The Cult travels from Love through Peace to Electric | 12/01/2018 | After the, unexpected, big success of Love, The Cult went to work on Peace. The album would never be released. With Rick Rubin the band would release successor Electric. The story! |
| Closing of 2017 | 12/30/2017 | Closing of 2017. What was good? What wasn't? What were the main events? What stories were favorite? A look back at 2017. |
| Elvis’ Christmas Album | 12/24/2017 | Elvis' Christmas Album was released in 1957. It caused a stir in those days. The second album didn't, but that did contain Merry Christmas Baby! |
| Saturday Night Fever | 12/16/2017 | 40 years ago today the movie Saturday Night Fever premiered in American cinemas. A story on disco, film, music, lies and an other time. |
| The Jam – Dig The New Breed | 12/10/2017 | After 5 years Paul Weller needed a change. The Jam was no more. A farewell tour was organized and a compilation live-album was released: Dig The New Breed. |
| The Black Album: Prince gets funky | 12/07/2017 | In 1987 The Black Album was to be released. It ultimately wasn't. At the very last minute Prince retracted the album. What prompted that decision? |
| The evening of Sinterklaas Day 1977 & Queen’s News Of The World | 12/05/2017 | On the evening of Sinterklaas Day 1977 I got the latest Queen album: News Of The World! How does it hold up today? A look back. |
| George Michael – Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 | 12/26/2016 | George Michael's Listen Without Prejudice is het highlight in man's body of work: a beautiful album with great songs that showed that Michael was to be taken seriously: a tribute. |
| A Christmas Gift For You | 12/21/2016 | Phil Spector's A Christmas Gift For You is widely regarded as the world's best Christmas album of all time. Do I agree? |
| D’Angelo – Black Messiah | 12/15/2016 | D'Angelo's Black Messiah was suddenly released two years ago. After 15 years of waiting finally a successor to the genius Voodoo! Could D'Angelo fulfill the sky-high expectations? |
| The best debut albums | 12/10/2016 | The best debut albums of all times. Making your debut with a world renowned album is rare. But is it a curse or a blessing? |
| The evening of Sinterklaas Day 1976 & ABBA’s Dancing Queen | 12/05/2016 | The evening of Sinterklaas Day 1976 and the embarrassing events before. Also a tribute to ABBA's fantastic song (and single) Dancing Queen! |
| David Bowie Is exhibit | 12/25/2015 | Beautiful exhibit, with lots of nice and special items (Synthi synthesizer!). Had a great afternoon in Groningen with Rachid. |
| Concert | Date | Excerpt | | Ibrahim Maalouf, 12/08/2023 | 12/08/2023 | 4½/5: An exciting evening at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam: Ibrahim Maalouf came by to present his upcoming album. |
| Raymond van het Groenewoud, 12/07/2023 | 12/07/2023 | 4/5: Raymond van het Groenewoud at the Koninklijk Theater Carré. A sublime diptych of Twee Meisjes and Brussels By Night! |
| Fırat Tanış, 12/14/2019 | 12/14/2019 | 4/5: A great closer of the concert year 2019. A beautiful story by Fırat Tanış accompanied by beautiful songs performed at a very high level. |
| Sibel Can, 12/07/2019 | 12/07/2019 | 1½/5: Bad show by the Turkish diva who came to Europe to steal money from her fans with an inferior show. |
| FKA Twigs, 12/03/2019 | 12/03/2019 | 5/5: A definite highlight of 2019 and a night I won't ever forget. FKA Twigs at Carré in Amsterdam. Impressive, moving and special. |
| Altın Gün, 12/06/2018 | 12/06/2018 | 4/5: 2018 has been ridiculously successful for Altın Gün. The Patronaat was sold out and the audience went wild. Top evening! |
| Ibeyi, 12/05/2017 | 12/05/2017 | 4/5: Great show by a band I hardly knew anything by. Impressive what these two women present. Electronic and analogue drums (Cuban percussion cajón and batádrums). Nice closing to the concert year of 2017. The support act (IDER) was very nice. Top evening! |
| Bettie Serveert, 12/01/2017 | 12/01/2017 | 3½/5: Nice show by Dutch band in nice (small) venue. Glad I went! |
| De La Soul, 12/05/2016 | 12/05/2016 | 4/5: What a show to end the year with. One big party with a frenzied audience and a rousing De La Soul. A definite top evening! |
| Faithless, 12/13/2015 | 12/13/2015 | 2/5: Fair concert, but songs seemed to blend into each other without really shining individually. |
| Madonna, 12/06/2015 | 12/06/2015 | 3/5: Happy I got to see Madonna. Was a good concert, but starting two hours late was not. |
| Leftfield, 12/03/2015 | 12/03/2015 | 2/5: Not very exciting dance by Leftfield; sound bad. |
| The Waterboys, 12/06/2014 | 12/06/2014 | 4/5: The Waterboys would be filmed a part of a new movie, in which (the music of) The Waterboys plays a part. The band's energy almost literally spattered off the stage! |
| Macy Gray, 12/21/2012 | 12/21/2012 | 2½/5: Billed as a Stevie Wonder tribute concert, it essentially was a regular concert. Nice. |
| Iggy Pop, 12/04/1999 | 12/04/1999 | 5/5: At the time Iggy was 52 and I was 33. The difference in energy level was immense. Unforgettable and impressive! |
| The Artist, 12/28/1998 | 12/28/1998 | 5/5: This show clearly showed Prince felt 'something' towards his Belgian audience. He was up for it and it showed. |
| The Artist, 12/23/1998 | 12/23/1998 | 3½/5: Good show in an environment where concerts shouldn't be organized. |
| Tarkan, 12/06/1997 | 12/06/1997 | 2/5: Not a good show. The only thing I do remember was the name of the support act: Reggae Oktay. |
| U2, 12/18/1989 | 12/18/1989 | 3½/5: The Bono loses his voice show. Good concert. |
| Lenny Kravitz, 12/13/1989 | 12/13/1989 | 4½/5: Let Love Rule had just been released and I really wanted to see Lenny Kravitz. This night nothing could beat Lenny Kravitz. |
| The Fatal Flowers, 12/07/1985 | 12/07/1985 | 4/5: The best Dutch band ever, The Fatal Flowers live at De Koog. |
| The Nits, 12/22/1984 | 12/22/1984 | 4/5: The Nits were always quirky and always good! |
| The Nits, 12/24/1983 | 12/24/1983 | 4/5: The Nits were always quirky and always good! |
| Raymond van het Groenewoud, 12/05/1981 | 12/05/1981 | 3½/5: Nice and good show by Raymond van het Groenewoud with his Centimeters. First celebrated a sped-up Sinterklaas evening and then off to De Koog. Top! |
