dinsdag 4 mei 2010

Leaving for tour




So, i'm practically homeless. Waiting to leave for the first leg of our tour. It'll bring us to belgium, france and all throughout the UK including Scotland and Ireland. We're gonna fly out to Dublin for one show. I'm turning 27 on this trip. Come out to Newport and party.
Check the poster for dates.

Check out www.myspace.com/rushnattackyo for tunes and more dates.
Get in touch if you can help us out with a show!

dinsdag 20 april 2010

NEW RNA RECORD OUT - THE PITCH


Last saturday we played our releaseshow, without records... It was a blast though! I think we're jinxed or something.
Anyway, it's done. We're taking pre-orders by the way, check it out here:

http://www.crucialattack.nl/store/en/toonartikel.php?artnr_id=3101

Tour soon. I'll post some flyers and shit and a proper tourschedule.
And i'll try to post some stories and pictures along the way. Because i can.

dinsdag 12 januari 2010

WINTER



Happy new year. The coldest winter ever. Cheers to karma. What's up 2010? 100 resolutions.

vrijdag 24 juli 2009

jammin'


Like it never was before.

how's annie?




I just finished watching everything there is to see about this eerie piece of TV phenomenon. It's absolutely something else. Something worth writing about even. It grabs you by the throat and doesn't let you go until it's finished unleashing all it's tragedy and superstition upon you.
Though the series is fairly old, i never got into it. I don't understand why. Let's not spoil anything. Get into this captivating piece of art, and see for yourselves.

xo

maandag 29 juni 2009

stoked


Next wednesday i'll be playing this show. Pretty stoked!!
Check out these bands:

www.myspace.com/daggersband
www.myspace.com/epicsinminutes

I'm getting a tattoo on this show. Pretty wild. Let's hope i'll survive.

This week is going to be a good week. Tomorrow Henry Rollins' spoken word act in Eindhoven, the day after tomorrow show with Fucked Up, hangouts with friends, thursday and friday i need to record vocals for the upcoming The Hunger 7'' (www.myspace.com/thehunger).

big up yo'selves.

xo

donderdag 14 mei 2009

post-tour dip.

I should have kept a blog during tour. I should have made more pictures. I should have listened to my mother. I should have ate my veggies when I was younger. I should have called my sister on her birthday. I should have send out a couple of postcards when i got the chance to. I should have read a book or two. I should have let my friends know that i love them a little more often. I should have done my dishes before i left. I should have done all my laundry by now. I should have brought my earplugs on tour. I should have done so much more i should have done.

Anyway, i'm home now. Suffering from a respiratory system infection. Not feeling too well. I'm on antibiotics. That means lots of rest and no alcohol. Too bad. I've got my birthdayparty coming up this weekend. Well, shit happens. I guess it's my own fault.
Last 2,5 weeks i've been on tour with 2 of my bands. The Hunger and Omission. It was a little more heavy than i expected.
Being around a certain group of people 24/7 for a while does strange things to you. When this group of people suddenly make place for a new group of people it gets even weirder. I won't bother trying to explain this. Don't get me wrong, i had the time of my life. But it sure was heavy.
In the next posts i'll try to write some of my experiences down and post a pic or two.

For what it's worth.

donderdag 5 maart 2009

how do ya work these pics?




I fucked up last post. Most of the pics got deleted, so i posted most of them in here. They are still scrambled though. I'm still fucking up.
Nevermind.



woensdag 25 februari 2009

RNA/Omission UK trip 2009





Last week i did some shows in the UK with my bands Rush'n attack and Omission.
Was looking forward to this trip for weeks.
Looking forward to see friends, to meet new people, to hang around tesco's at 3 in the morning, having a proper english breakfast, sleeping on ferry floors, wander around the Brighton shore and light fireworks, to play shows with Omission in a country we never been before and to get stupid in the van with my friend Karst since i missed him so much on our last tour.
This was our first trip since Omission started playing again, so we wuz siked like a bunch of little kids.

After a quick rehearsel-session the night before we left it was up to me and Riekus to pick up the van somewhere in the middle of nowhere. We left at 6 in the morning. Drove back. loaded up and got ready to go. It was kinda packed. 7 ppl in a six seater, but hey.
First show was in High Wycombe, somewhere northwest from London.
We missed our ferry on the way down, but we could hop on the very next one without extra costs. Sweet.
We had to drive through London-traffic and we were kinda late. Departure holland 6 AM - Arrival british time in Wycombe 8 PM... HELLRIDE.
Show was alright. The turnout could have been better. It's the best pub, the roundabout. They serve veggieburgers with fries and veggie curry's. Awesome.
Our host and promotor was Kieran. Good dude. We stayed over at his parents place wich was huge and we all got proper beds. Before we went to sleep we got a midnight snack and beers. Karst and Maarten couldn't stop showing off there i-phone-apps and i couldn't stop smoking cigarettes.
Pics are scrambled because i don't know how to work this properly!

In the morning we left for Southampton. It was a 1,5 hour drive full of boystoys, hard shoulders, salt & vinegar crisps and bad jokes. Yes. Way too short.
Southampton was awesome. A city full of history. Home of the Titanic, city wall ruins and everything. We met up with Sam and Simon who were kind enough to show us around. We even went to the oldest (!) pub around.
After a little bit we met up with friend and dutchie Tom, who is currently living in London. We chilled. Smoked. Had an awesome meal and left for the venue.
Shitty limits rocked the house.

After the show we went to Sam&Simons place to party 80's style. Killer playlist. The sound system broke down 3 times and there was a fight with the neighbours. Awesome.

We woke up kinda early to be sure we'd see some of Brighton that day. With a good mood and pretty much hungover we left for Brighton.
We got stuck in traffic and got there late, about 3 in the afternoon.
We met up with Rob Camp. Best dude around. Got breakfast (yes, breakfast)
and Brighton amazed me. Again.
The show was at the cowley club. Good venue. Not just your random pub, but a proper-punkrock place.
We did our little thing, loaded up and left for Rob's place. Some of us (Pieter, Rob, Me, Maarten en Chillco) went out for party. It was good. Crazy even.
Had a midnight snack at Market's Diner wich was absolutely fantastic.
See pics.
Bedtime sunday: 6am - Ferry 11 am. Bedtime monday 2am. HELLRIDE!

Why do i love this so much?


EDIT: more pics soon. i fucked up.

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slackin'









I've been slacking on this. Way too much. But who gives a shit anyways.

Karst goes to college-pics Part III