Welcome to my little blog, where I'm trying to keep you guys up to date with my London life (with the emphasis on trying as don't think I've written anything substantial in months - except for reviews of course). Oh, and if you want to read everything in Dutch, than this is an option.

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A week in pictures

Spot the fox on the station

Entry to QI granted

QI Christmas episode (yes they record this in May)

For those of you who are interested: the guest on the show were Sean Lock, Ross Noble and Brian Blessed

There was a surprising amount of talk about bestiality which will probably not make the final cut

Stephen Fry's hands outside the ITV studios

Have I Got News for You set 

I sat all the way on the right in this picture and could only see Ian Hislop and Paul Merton's receding hairline

And lastly Sufjan Stevens at Royal Festival Hall

Above picture is what I was expecting from this folk singer (he has been likened to Bob Dylan for those of you who don't know him)

It got a bit crazier during Chicago with a monkey for a hat

However, Sufjan only sported the 'plain' monkey hat look during the encore

The rest of the show featured costumes such as these full size angel wings...
(but banjo - thus still folk)

...the more plain fluorescent tape costume...

...a diamond alien costume with disco ball...
 (and lots of talk of star people)

...and an adapted version of his eagle wings for the 25 minute 'Impossible Soul' finale

(that link isn't the entire track - surprisingly it's to big for the internet)

 Also, there was confetti

And balloons
(and hip hop dancing, but that's a bit hard to photograph)

Overall, it was on of the best gigs I've ever seen and the sheer the diversity, chaos and multitude of things happening on stage have made it absolutely impossible to review. Hence, pictures. 

More pictures (and in better resolution) on Flicker (1) and (2)

Also, a video of Vesuvius (from a gig last year - so the show elements present yesterday are mostly missing) which was by far the best song in the set - apart from Chicago of course

And while I'm at it, a video of Chicago



If you would happen to think he's a bit weird: his parents thought they were star people (aliens basically), he plays 51 different instruments, likes to knit, makes all the costumes himself, once planned to write an album for each state in America (he managed Michigan and Illinois), is responsible for the only double EP in history, releases a Christmas album each year and has brother (Marzuki) who is really good marathon runner. Now you have reason to think of him as 'weird'. But in a wonderful way.

Finally...

Despite all the bank holidays lately messing publication schedules up, my paper has finally made it to the internet. It's available here, though I'm not sure whether it has open access - but you will at the very least be able to read the abstract (again). If you want to read the whole thing, you can try the 'Download PDF' application in the upper right corner. If you're denied access but keen to read the paper (one can never know), I can send you the PDF myself - it's only 8 pages of scientific gobbledegook.