1st of Augustana

Do you want to see it? The place where I was free?

‘Cause in my mind I’ve been there, but there’s no one here but me.

 

This is a verse of the song ‘Twenty Years’ by Augustana. It’s such a beautiful song, the last few days I just can’t stop listening to it. The funny thing is, on the first of August of this year, I turned twenty. Haha! (The band is called Augustana, the song is called Twenty Years.. Get it?)

Anyway, Augustana really is one of my favourite bands. Their 2 albums ‘All The Stars And Boulevards’ and ‘Can’t Love, Can’t Hurt’ really are brutally honest and pure, beautiful and vulnerable. I have known the band for a while now. I discovered this band by watching my favourite TV show: One Tree Hill. Augustana’s first singles ‘Boston’ (a very beautiful song as well!) and 'Stars and Boulevards' appeared in the show. The show’s soundtrack is really amazing. I have discovered a lot of bands that way. But I’ll tell you more about One Tree Hill some other time. :-)

woensdag 25 november 2009

I'm (k)impressed

The last couple of weeks I didn't really find the time to post a blog, even though there were a lot of things I could talk about. So I'll make it up to you now :) here it goes:

First of all, I have really great news!!

On the 1st of November, my godchild Femke was born!

She’s the daughter of my brother and his wife.

She was 49,5 cm tall and she weighed 2,975 kg.

The first time I saw her she just took my breath away

And I cried for, like, 30 minutes.

I was really (k)impressed, this is just so wonderful.

Isn’t she adorable??

 

Second of all, on the 20th of October I went to see the All-American Rejects in the AB in Brussels. I've been a fan of this band for, let's say, 7 years now, since the moment I heard their single 'Swing Swing'. From then on I bought all their albums. The first time I saw them perform live was at Groezrock 3 years ago, so this was the second time I was going to see them live. I enjoyed every minute of it, they played all my favorite songs. And singer Tyson Ritter really (k)impressed me, he isn't really my type, but he does have a lot of sex appeal and he sure knows how to make young girls go crazy. The only thing I didn't like were the outro's of some songs. they just kept going... and going... and going... Enough is enough, guys, don't push your luck :) But overall it was great.

And lastly, on Halloween I went to see Bat For Lashes, also in the AB in Brussels. I'm not really a fan of this band; I only knew two of their songs, 'What's a girl to do' and 'Daniel'. At first it was kind of special. On stage, there hung this large banner with a howling wolf under the full moon and when Natasha Khan asked the audience to start howling, it really gave me goose bumps. I usually only go to rock concerts or festivals, but this really was something different. After they played the songs I knew, the band disappeared and Natasha took place behind her piano. All lights went off and there was only one spot left on. Immediately I knew that this was going to be a very beautiful song and indeed, Siren Song was the highlight of the evening. After that, it kind of got boring, but still, I was (k)impressed.

:-)

vrijdag 6 november 2009