De Engelbewaarder, 5:00 pm
Having a drink and eating some bitter balls (type of croquette served as an appetizer) with my freelance buddies Fee Naaijkens and Jasper van Vugt.
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Freelance buddies
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Visueel dagboek van Michael Minneboo.
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Keith as a caricature
ABC, 4:00 pm
I think by this time they’ve changed the window display, but when I walked by the American Book Center a couple of weeks ago, this great caricature of Keith Richards made by Stanley Heinze was hanging in the window to promote the autobiography of this guitar playing legend. A book which I still haven’t read by the way 🙂
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Dirty rotten vandals
Van Limburg Stirumplein, 11:50 pm
Apparently some guys still get bored and try to cope with boredom play destruct other people’s property. I really don’t get such a state of mind. Or was this broken glass meant as an abstract piece of street art?
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Waiting in the night
Van Limburg Stirumplein, 11:50 pm
Waiting at the tramstop late at night can be a cold and lonely experience.
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Party on, Wayne
Westerunie, 10:00 pm – The VARA 85 party.
A while later at the celebration, a band played requested songs. One could pick up the phone and ask for a request. The band knew a lot of tunes, but if they didn’t know the song you wanted to hear, the phone line got disconnected.
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Have your cake and eat it
Westerunie, 9:00 pm
Last week, my part time employer the VARA celebrated its 85 years anniversary. At one point a big cake was brought into the room and a singer got out of it. She sang a song about, who would have guessed, the VARA history. All in all it was a very enjoyable evening.
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Heads on display
Spui, 5:00 pm
The Athenaeum bookstore on the Spui had covers of Cahier du Cinema on display. A lot of famous heads in cinema in one place. The picture of Victor van Dort, the character of the animation film Corpse Bride, caught my attention. I didn’t buy a copy though, since I already have a couple of books on Tim Burton films.
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One-eyed monster
Leidseplein, 5:30 pm
Somehow this one got left in the vault. I took it on the day before Halloween and thought the one-eyed monster was kind of funny.
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This one is about you Rob
A personal (?) message on a billboard. “Rob is a sweetheart” it says. Good to know.
A self-portrait by artist Joep Buijs hanging in the window of his gallery. I find the picture quite striking, especially since the window reflects the city also. Sometimes the city will make you scream. On a bad day it’s busy, polluted, crowded with assholes and filled with psychopathic taxi drivers. This is of course also the case on good days, but one seems to notice the bad things less in those blissful moments.
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Shoes looking for their owner
Leidsegracht, 14:00
While taking a stroll in downtown Amsterdam, I came across this pair of shoes. Did the owner suddenly abandon them or is this a rare case of spontaneous combusting?
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Lonely Bear
Stadhouderskade
A lonely bear forgotten by its owner or does he guard the a small construction site?