Heya Peeps... it's been a long time since I've written anything here. I can sum up about a thousand reasons why: now provider, lost all data, setup new blog, erased new blog (no good !!), set up same blog as before, reload live writer stuff,... the list is endless.
It's a pitty actually, 'cuz quite alot has happened in the mean time.
First I will "restore" the old stuff into the blog (the comments are gone though ) and hopefully I will find the time to fill you in on the blanks...
To cut the long bullshit short: stay tuned

It's sad to hear that one of our most special musicians has died last friday. Marc Moulin was a pioneer in a lot of different styles and professions. He started as a radio program maker and had mulitple interesting musical projects, of which 'Telex' might be the one that is best known. They were quite controversial and a bit 'arty-farty' in a poppy kind of way. The often critized simplistic band even represented Belgium at the Eurovision song contest back in 1980. These electronic tunes later were replaced by more Jazzy influences and he released a few great jazz albums like 'Top Secret' and 'I Am You'.

Thank you Mr. Moulin for all this great music that you've given us... you will be missed !

Telex - 'Eurovision'

Marc Moulin - 'Into The Dark'

Oh well, something I told myself a few years ago... Now I kinda felt the need to do it. Don't think that anyone will ever read it though. Oh, If you accidently stumbled in here because of search on Google or whatever: Welcome... sorry to dissapoint you !

Finally... there was another Belgian Clawgig ! The Zeros and Heroes tour was coming to "Rock Ternat", which is the biggest "after summer" festival in Belgium. Tommy saw the Claws two days ago in Weert and he couldn't keep his mouth shut about all the great new songs that the Claws were doing live and how heavy they sounded even without Erlend. So that got me worked up and ready for the Clawgig ! The stupid thing about the festival was that the Claws were playing as the second band @ 16.45 ! If you know what "life style" the guys have while on tour, you may consider this hour as "very early in the morning" So off we went at around one in the afternoon, picked up a friend called David and drove to Ternat, where we met our Gods Of Metalrap on the bus (home is where the heart is !). They were going through the daily routine of playing some Vice City on the PS2. Damn it was great seeing them again ! Of course a big part of the Clawfamily was present: Maike, Ruud, Patric, Alex and Susie. Our Walon friend Julien was there as well. And then it was showtime !! I was on the side of the stage to take some pics while Tommy took David into the pit to have the time of his life...again ;-) What I saw was absolutely amazing ! Clawfinger blew everyone away, took all the attention of the crowd and turned the place into one big party. For the whole of the concert there was a great vibe hanging in the crowd and people were surfing like hell which inspired André (why am I not surprised) and even Zak to make a huge stagedive into the pit ! All the fans gave their best to turn this gig into one of the highlights of the festival (if you don't believe me, just check the guestbook on www.rockternat.be ) After the show, the Claws had a signing session, which gave the fans an opportunity to meet the band, what they really enjoyed by all means ! We even introduced the youngest Belgian Clawfinger-fan. Check out his pic in the picture section !!! We went back into the backstage area to get some beers, talk some more and have some more beers (I know, life is hard ! ) The next highlight of the day was still to come since the Claws agreed to have an afterparty at the "Dépot", which is...ahum... my bar We drove the bus to Steendorp where we park in the drive way. It looked like they shooved a bus in the Dépot's ass. Kinda huge that bus thing they have !! But we had a great time, about a zillion beers and a pizza dinner. Tommy's entire family showed up to meet the band their son was always nagging about ;-) A bunch of friends got word that Clawfinger was hanging out at the Dépot, so the place was getting crowded. Even Tud Russel was there to meet the band they were going to support in two weeks. Me and Zak had a little party of our own, since he finally got his hands on some new Zappa CD's I had for him. Damn man... everyone was very drunk. It was super ! The next morning Bard, Gustav, Henka and me went into town to get some food and afterwards we had a full blown Clawfinger breakfast ! And then it was time to get on the bus and prepare for the next gig. But we will meet again soon... for the gig of our lives ! TO BE CONTINUED !

Mmm... what to say about the Fun And Crust festival ? Not much if you ask me. It was a very small festival somewhere in the middle of "Hill Billy Land". It felt like the local farmers wanted something else then a yearly barbeque where they fry their cows and goats... Some wise ass must have said: "Hey what about a metal festival ?" And so it was... Höchstenbach now has its very own metal festival. With bands that are so proud of their nationality, that they hire fans to wave their home flags during the whole duration of the concert. With beer that is so warm, that you start to wonder if this is directly coming from the toilets. With a field so rocky, that you would look like Freddy Krueger after stage diving and landing on the ground with your face. With a backstage so charming, that you would feel right at home with all the Hillbillies surrounding you. With rockers so cool, that they rape a 13 year old and get the whole festival area sealed off by the police... I had a good time, but this whole thing made me kinda bitter. Being a father myself, I can't imagine being confronted with the horror that this girl's parents must have gone through after hearing this news. Sorry if I'm being so negative... but that just the way I feel about this. Anyway, it was great seeing Marcus & Jochen again, it was great to see Maike, Ruud, Melantrys & Alex again. The Clawz ruled... end of story.