Kasperformance

JAZZ
Now here's a surprise.
My son Kasper plays Chopin, Bach, Beethoven, you name them and he's taken years of piano lessons in it.
Jazz, however, doesn't run in the family.
He decided to do a course in jazz to broaden his horizons. Finished the course recently and last Monday night performed for the world to listen to the result of his efforts (and his bandmates').
I was there to witness it in Amsterdam where he goes to uni, and here is a video summary of the performance.
As usual, the QuickTime 7 version, 2.1 Mb, is a fraction of the Windows Media Player movie, 15 Mb, so may I suggest upgrading to QuickTime 7 ?
Update 29 March 2006: I removed the Windows version to create server space.


Love
Koos

The River, Sindy and the Cooling Tower

As promised a pic of the river in Rotterdam, taken just over an hour ago.
Two stunningly beautiful bridges connect the riversides. However, someone forgot to turn on the light that normally does them justice. But then what's left is still pretty fascinating, methinks.



At last I managed to get the dog Sindy to pose for me. She stood there for more than a second like frozen. Or did she dislike the frozen water? That would explain the worried look upon her face. She definitely broke the ice there.



Here's a new link to the cooling tower movie, QuickTime 7 needed (http://www.apple.com/quicktime). By request it now comes with a dedicated piece of background music.
Warning, this is not the dreamy music we all surely had in mind.
Strange thing is, the file size is now down to only 700 Kb, including sound.
Here's the Windows Media version (5Mb)

My computer is back

Dear Friends

We had another one of those wonderful weekends in Belgium.
Went out to see the rest of the disused part of the Canal du Centre.
This is the region where Vincent van Gogh spent some time working for the poor. It is still a poor area, but with its own beauty.



Made two rather sketchy GarageBand demos, on one of which I play acoustic guitar and mandolin. However, it is sooo sketchy, it's one step below a demo. The working title is Borinage.mp3

Took a video of a sensationally lit cooling tower in Drogenbosch, near Brussels. Here is a photo of the same tower. Inspiring? Wait 'til you see the video (see links below).


Here a <1 href="http://www.rivergirl.nu/music/koeltoren4.mov"> QuickTime movie (QuickTime 7 needed, get QuickTime at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/).

Happy New Year

Bonne Année, Bonne Santé (Good Year, Good Health)

Thank you all for the warm and loving messages we received from friends the world over.
I feel very grateful for the wonderful new encouters last year, whether that was virtual or in the flesh.

We had lovely days in Brussels, had our usual outings to places in the neighbourhood - and, rare thing, had serious snow too!

We love that country in all kinds of weather. The picture below is a lock on a disused stretch of the old Canal du Centre.
I hope you like it.