Today is the first Saturday in May, and some of you might already know what that means. Today is World Naked Gardening Day. It is an international event that celebrates gardening in the nude and aims to promote body acceptance and environmental awareness. The idea behind the event is that gardening in the nude helps …
It seems that people cannot get enough of Star Wars. Apparently one Star Wars Day was not sufficient for some people. So besides May the 4th, there is also Revenge of the 5th. So I’m making it myself easy as well and do an extra day of Star Wars celebrations. Today I’m celebrating it with …
Star Wars Day is an unofficial holiday that celebrates the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. It is observed on May 4th every year and is sometimes also called “May the Fourth Be With You,” a play on the famous Star Wars phrase “May the Force be with you.” The holiday first originated in …
Yep, another musical list today. For tomorrow and the day after I already have a Top10 ready, so today I’m gonna keep it simple again. Although that is not exactly true since there is just so much great music around that my shortlist already has 30 tracks. Narrowing that down to 10 can be a …
Yesterday I was having a chat on LinkedIn with my former manager who recently moved to Australia. Today I heard an Australian song on the radio. I’m not gonna tell you which one, since that will give away one of the entries in this list. So it seems the universe is telling me that Australia …
So, during the weekend both me and Natasja were wondering how old a certain (Dutch) song is. It turned out to be from 1983. So at that time we were 9 or 10. Quite some time ago. Off course this song is not a good sample of the other great music that was made that …
Earlier this week we celebrated Kingsday in The Netherlands. This is since Queen Beatrix passed on the crown to her son Willem Alexander 10 years ago. Before we celebrated Queensday on Beatrix’ birthday which is today, April 30th. One of the local traditions on that day in the area where I grew up is that …
In yesterday’s blog I mentioned my favorite colored Orb related vinyl. Well, this morning the mailman delivered some fresh colored vinyl, all Orb related in some way. So actually yesterday’s list might be changed. But I’m not gonna do that. Since I had a lot of responses, some even with great pictures, this got me …
Today the new album from The Orb, Prism was releases. Besides the standard CD and black vinyl releases, the album is also available in mandarin orange. Unfortunately I was too late with the pre-order so I missed out on that. The album is also released on citron yellow vinyl. And lucky for me I was …
Today marks the 56th birthday of ‘our’ Dutch King Willem-Alexander. Earlier this week I was already thinking of making a Royal 10 list. A list with all kind of references to royalty. Kings, queens, princes and princesses. Already notes a few tracks to mention. Well, I had just a look in my memory warehouse (and …