Best spent 12 euros of the year: 12-minute qualifier and 20-minute race at worldkarts Kortrijk (student club rates)
Worst spent 20 euros of the year: a semi-malfunctioning copy of GTA IV from the Free Record Shop that installed with some troubles, doesn't even recognise his own dvd and won't even run properly on my pc no matter what I do (Rockstar are still god among men for Vice City and San Andreas, but this was a huge letdown).
Most thrilling season finale 2012: finally saw The Shield season 7. That shit kray!
"Almost too good to be true on TV"-award 2012: Lizzy Caplan and Zooey Deschanel sharing a couple of scenes in New Girl.
Best concert 2012: There were remarkably few, but Beach House wins by a landslide. New Order and Bat For Lashes just couldn't convince. Enjoyed seeing Iron Age at De Kreun.
"Could've been there but I'm a cheap and lazy bastard"-concerts of 2012: Purity Ring and DIIV, both playing De Kreun in November. Oh well.
Albums of 2012: Again, there have been remarkably few. The new Deftones is a winner, the new Balthazar, I can live with, but I'll reach for Applause rather than for Rats. Last minute additions thanks to the library: Really digging Sleigh Bells - Reign of terror. And Twin Shadow - Confess is definitely a step up from 'Forget'. They should ask the latter to do 'Drive II' soundtrack, if that movie ever happens.
Favourite underground parking lot 2012: St-Pietersplein Ghent
Best Belgian burger-award: Cappoentje (2.2€): a spicy Bicky burger that will effectively numb your tastebuds for the rest of the evening . Get it @ De Gouden Saté near St-Pietersplein in Ghent.
Most frequently crashing browser plug-in 2012 : Shockwave Flash
Sickest day of 2012: the laryngitis beginning of May came up in just one afternoon, the Dysphagia made swallowing feel like there were a thousand knives in my throat.
Favourite beer 2012: Vedett
Longest procrastination 2012: I broke my Nokia cellphone screen back in April and I still haven't bought a new smartphone.
Silliest new year resolution 2013: thinking about doing a new podcast for funzies.
"Most untrue statement about dating/women" 2012 award: if she fondles/plays with her hair a lot during a first date, that means she's into you.
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Top 10 radiosingles 01/07/2012-31/12/2012
01 Haim - Forever
02 Beach House - Wild
03 Disclosure - Latch
04 Azari & III - Into the night
05 The XX - Angels
06 Faberyayo - Een echte
07 Lana Del Rey - Ride
08 Blende - Fake love
09 Purity Ring - Fineshrine
10 Nicki Minaj ft. Cassie - The boys
Friday, December 14, 2012
I'm hypnotized by your name. I wish this night wouldn't end.
This is merely a rushed, quick update: best (radio-)singles of the second half of 2012 coming up real soon!
Deftones - Entombed
Can't go wrong with the new Deftones record. Seeing that I now own all seven regular studio albums, I'm probably not fully objective right here.
Haim - Forever
Absolutely my favourite track of the moment. The fact the band (Hanson anybody) made up of three long-haired siblings is only one of the factors (although I'll admit the right one has some killer dance moves). The genious 2-second drum rhythm! The interspersed backing vocals! The subtle keyboard touches! The percussion details (handclaps and wood blocks)! The tempo variations in the vocals! I like the video as well. Objectively, this isn't in the least groundbreaking on a lyrical or musical level, but just tremendously well executed.
Passenger - Let her go
As if Ed Sheeran wasn't enough, here's Passenger.
The Lumineers - Ho Hey
As if Mumford & Sons wasn't enough, here's The Lumineers. Voice reminds me of Band Of Horses.
Stay Gold - Wallpaper
It's kinda catchy.
Maya's Moving Castle - War
New Belgian band. This is the only rendition I can find of this song on youtube, and it happens to be one where the vocalist is clearly having an off-day.
The Happy - Walkmen
Lacks a little substance. Isolde Lasoen is apparently still the go-to percussionist for pretty much any start-up band in the Ghent area.
Blackie & The Oohoos - When light falls in
New band. This does absolutely nothing for me.
Protection Patrol Pinkerton - Future = our home
And yet another new Belgian band. The vocalist also has a cabaret/stand-up comedy career. This song has a killer guitar riff (not unlike Two Door Cinema Club), but could've done with a little punch to keep things interesting.
Lenka - Everything at once
Lenka. She already manufactured a good radio-single a couple years back (this one), and here's another one. This song got picked to feature in the Windows 8 commercial.
Kasabian - Roll like we used to
I'll never be the biggest Kasabian-fan in the world, but I'll admit they have flair and guts.
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