Van Limburg Stirumplein, 11:50 pm
Waiting at the tramstop late at night can be a cold and lonely experience.
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Waiting in the night
Tag: Amsterdam
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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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Video: Horrorportretten
Jezelf als zombie laten portretteren, of als vampier of weerwolf. Het was allemaal mogelijk afgelopen zondag in de Fame in Amsterdam. Daar zaten tekenhelden Maarten Janssens en Menno Kooistra een paar uurtjes tussen de dvd’s een ieder die dat wenste op papier van een metamorfose te voorzien.
Ik was erbij met mijn cybershotje en maakte de volgende video:
Daily Webhead: Horrorportretten from Mike’s Webs on Vimeo.
Wil je nog meer horror zien? Check ook onderstaande korte video’s die ik dit jaar maakte rondom Halloween.
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Lonely Bear
Stadhouderskade
A lonely bear forgotten by its owner or does he guard the a small construction site?
Het Spui, 11:40
A view of the Spui square I took just after I visited the American Book Center, where I decided that I wasn’t going to buy the autobiography of Keith Richards. At least not at the moment: I have a big pile of comics and books waiting for me at home and I just finished the Rough Guide to the Rolling Stones not so long ago. So I’ve read enough about the Stones for now.
Huidekoperstraat, 12:00 pm
I went for lunch with Merel Barends at Cafe Kale. Across from the cafe someone did the arty thing on the wall. It looks much better now.