OK, I already hinted to this list last week, so let’s do it. I created a list of songs that are not done at a funeral earlier. But off course at a funeral I always think what I would like to have played at my funeral. So I gave it some serious thoughts. And I …
A long time in a galaxy far far away, I used to be really good at telling jokes. And not just telling them, also reminding them all. I knew hundreds of good jokes. But times have changed, and humor has changed too. When was the last time you heard someone tell a really good joke? …
Just finished watching the Hungarian F1 Grand Prix. No suprise that Max Verstappen has won again. He was just cruising easily for the last part of the race. Anyway, I was just thinking about all the competing teams of this year. And to make it easy there are 10 competing teams. So I just put …
OK, let’s step away from music again. Knowing myself that can never take long. But recently I saw some pretty nice new car models. And since I still have not won the lottery, no supercars list today. Let’s have a look at some current affordable cars for a change. There are quite a few nice …
OK, change of plans. In yesterday’s blog I mentioned a song that I would like to have played at my funeral. This inspired me to compile a Top 10 of possible songs to play at my funeral. Off course I do know that 10 songs would be a bit too much. Especially since a lot …
Did you ever wonder if there is life in space? Of what it would be like to travel into space? At home in the Netherlands there is so much light pollution that you hardly see any stars. But here in Brittany, there is a lot less light, so on a clear night you see a …
Yesterday, when I was thinking about songs for my listening blog, I had one track in mind that I absolutely wanted to post. Unfortunately I could not come up with the artist or title. But when I posted the link on Facebook I tagged my mates Charel and Martijn with a question. Both of them …
World Listening Day is an annual event celebrated on July 18th that emphasizes the importance of active listening and raises awareness about acoustic ecology. It was initiated by the World Listening Project in 2010 and focuses on exploring the soundscape of our environment. Each year, a specific theme is chosen to guide participants in their …
What are the similarities between Donald Sutherland & Derek de Lint? Well, there are quite a few. They are both actors, both their names start with a D, they are both 70+ and they both are having their birthday today. And since both of them played in some favorite movies or TV series, today will …
Enough is enough, a phrase we say quite often. But what I learned yesterday is that it also is a song by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand. So off course is this is a nice trigger for a top 10. I might do a top 10 about the Queen of Disco later, so today my …