Visueel dagboek van Michael Minneboo.
Delft, 10:30pm (Friday the 23rd)
This weekend my girlfriend and I stayed in Delft, for a short holiday. In the next couple of days I’ll be posting some pictures I took during our stay, starting with this one: night time in Delft. We were heading back to the hotel after a nice dinner somewhere downtown.
Vondelpark, 10:00 pm
Some trees in The Vondelpark are still covered with caterpillar goo. It’s looks kind of spooky. Although, it also looks as if the trees are wearing stockings.
Home, 10:45 pm
Yesterday I watched the TV documentary series Seven Ages of Rock, on the Belgium channel Canvas. The episode was about art rock, so David Bowie, The Velvet Underground, Genesis, Roxy Music and Pink Floyd took centre stage. Nice to see these artist in action, since it’s somewhat thematically linked to the book I was reading this week. I turned its last page yesterday afternoon.
Between Hilversum and Amsterdam, 4:35 pm
During train rides between home and work, I never listen to music on an iPod. Usually I read a comic book I have to review or a book. The Act You’ve Known For All These Years, written by Clinton Heylin, is my current read. Heylin reconstructs the life and times of Sgt. Pepper, the cultural back-story of the band, and Rock’s turbulent early adulthood. He weaves the history of this classic album with the Beatles’ contemporaries and rivals – Bob Dylan, the Beach Boys, Cream and (The) Pink Floyd – and reveals and explores the myths behind the album and the summer of love. I enjoy the book quite a lot even though Heylin appears not to be a Beatles-fan at all, nor particularly likes Pepper. I was surprised to learn about a band I’ve never heard before, The Move from England, who apparently has been lost in time
Just outside the Media Park, Hilversum 4:25 pm
The road is called Mies Bouwman boulevard, which I find a bit odd, because usually they only name a street after you, when you’ve died. And Bouwman, a former television celebrity, is still alive. I guess once you quit being on the tube, people think you’re dead already.
Amsterdam Central station, 9:01 am
Sitting in the train heading for work, looking out the window.
Huidenstraat, 1:45 pm (Sunday)
Still looking for a nice place to have lunch, we encountered these mannequins in the display window of Jojo Shop. To me they looked like a bunch of gay characters that walked out of a Tintin-comic
Amsterdam, 1:25 pm
After Linda and I saw Greenberg on Sunday, we went for a walk, looking for an nice place to have lunch.
Cinecenter, 1:05 pm
Sunday morning Linda and I went to Cinecenter to watch the film Greenberg. I liked the movie, and think Ben Stiller gave one of his best performances. And the songs in the movie are great. The film was a bit long though. Still it’s an interesting film.
M Café, 12:30 pm
Having some coffee with my girlfriend @M Café, enjoying our Saturday. Afterwards we went to the New English bookstore where I bought a Spider-man comic and The Rough Guide to The Rolling Stones. I decided to take a weekend off from work, which turned out to be a good idea.
Hilversum, 4:00 pm
A colleague of mine drew this portrait of me this week. It doesn’t really look like me though, except for my haircut maybe. If I were she, I would not give up my day job to pursue a career in art. 🙂
Oud-West, 5:30 pm
Broken flowers in the trash. Made me feel a bit sad.