Part of the weekend never dies… May 13, 2008

Friday I won tickets to the avant premiere of the Soulwax documentary Part of the weekend never dies. The Belgian premiere took place yesterday evening at the Docville festival in Leuven. And while sitting completely passively in the cinema chairs, it was amazingly difficult to remain passive while watching THIS film… The long-anticipated documentary is a perfect pre-party. 120 Soulwax and 2 ManyDj’s shows in Europa, Asia, the US and Australia were filmed with only 1 camera and this footage portrays Radio Soulwax’s touring adventures and the party-potential of these Belgian hipsters. Moreover the documentary was edited ingeniously, mixed properly with the matching sounds.

It’s still amazing, in the words of Nancy Whang, “how a human being can withstand so much touring and performing, every night, for years on end…” SOULWAUW!

MGMT May 1, 2008

Lately I’m really in to the Brooklyn band MGMT. Dancable, witty and lyrics that seize me right away. Their fabulous (sorry, lately I’m in to Sex & The City as well ) single “Time to pretend” captures emotions that some fellow students and myself encounter in our last year in college.

“I’ll miss the playgrounds and the animals and digging up worms
I’ll miss the comfort of my mother and the weight of the world
I’ll miss my sister, miss my father, miss my dog and my home
Yeah, I’ll miss the boredem and the freedom and the time spent alone.”

It seems that we’re on the verge of true adulthood. Twenty something years old, graduating in June (if everything goes as planned ) and then what? It’s frightening as hell, but also really exciting…

There is however one major event already planned in my post-university life: Rock Werchter (from the 3rd of Juli until the 6th). MGMT will be there as well, WOOHOO!