Spiering is vis als er anders niets is

2009-02-11

Als er spiering op de vismarkt ligt is de depressie echt aan land gekomen. Niet voor niets luidt het spreekwoord spiering is vis als er anders niets is . Niettemin smaakt een handvol spierinkjes bijzonder goed. Het is niet voor niets verre familie van de zalm. Je eet ze met kop en vinnen bij voorkeur gefrituurd.

Weird Meltdown

2009-02-09

Here?s what I?ve been doing some weeks ago, when ice was covering most of the open waters around amstardam. Weird meltdown! Unfortunately I was traumatised from a number of skating accidents in previous years, which about all ended with me bleeding like a slaughtered pig or in plaster casts. But after a week of not having the guts to get on ice suddenly the magic ? it was sunny as hell, there was no wind, everybody was on ice - got too strong and I was pulled to this frozen lake just north of Amsterdam. Unfortunately it appeared to be the very last day, as thaw set in next day.

Eagle?

2009-02-09

Apart from the amazing soundz you get on large ice?plains (very ?dubby? BOOF or CLOoooOOF , sometimes sounding like crying whales) on the small canals you get ?em all different, but equally fab - there?s plenty of weird shapes and figures to be enjoyed WITHIN the ice. I spent a lot of time on my belly. But I have to confess I dropped some a. Which made me forget about the bleeding ankles and shit and made me feel like I was flying an eagle. Or was I feeling like a flying eagle? Too much euphoria can dot that?.

Yet another miracle

2009-02-09

And opened my eyes to yet another miracle: me own hand holding an ice rock in front of the setting sun. I?m quite the artist, ain?t I?

I can see for milesandmilesandmiles etc.

2009-02-09

This is were the going gets big (sound of Who song: I can see for milesandmilesandmiles etc.)and you get these weird dub -echos from huge water masses captured and not quite perfectly sealed off and you get the impression the ice is like a scaled down map of geographic rock structures seen from outer space. Sometimes you see a little perch frozen in, but not this year.