Hello,
How was your 2008?
Enjoyed new cd's or dvd's or just sticked to the old ones?
Or you were deeply impressed by Obama, the financial gap, the Olimpics games and the human bounderies in China, Fitna, Joran vd Sloot, the melting Ice or the recent terible acts of terror in the Gaza? Or your thoughts are at Richard Wright?
Mmm before we get really sad again let's return to Music ;-)

And i'm curious about your internet habits; what are you favourite websites?
If you've MySpace, please leave them at the blog els use this form, or Hyves, or just mail me ;-)

Favourite Albums:

1. Dark Angel from the Reasoning! A review.

2. The RPWL Experience - RPWL.
3. Pure - Pendragon.
4. Through these Eyes - Bryan Josh and Co.

Lunatic Soul - Mariusz Duda, a great dark album without soaring guitars, but "oh" so lovely and dark.
Martin Orford - The Old Road (no site!).
Mostly Autum - Glass Shadows, with some great highlights.
Amberlinn - Chasing Shadows, absolute worthed a try, a fantastic soft heavenly debut album.
Frost*- Experiments In Mass Appeal.
Unitopia - The Garden, prog from Australia!
Porcupine Tree - We Lost The Skyline.
Marillion - Hapiness is on the Road I & II.
Moon Safari - [blomljud].
No-Man - Schoolyard Ghosts.
Nosound - Lightdark.
Panic Room - Visionary Position.
Thomas Bodin - Cinemafograaf, a lovely exciting instrumental album, that needs to be explored.

I missed the pre-sale of Steve Wilson, so i guess that album wil be in the charts of 2009.

A review.

Best live gigs;

Pff that's a hard one. Saw the Reasoning 7 times this year and i was really flabbergasteed by their latest show in London, Borderline. But the venue was... nothing. My German friends called RPWL were so nice and perfromed 3 times in my nabourhood, including in de New Jail, so that was fun.
But... my best feeling (it's emotional, it's funny, it's hilarish and it's touchy) i had with;


Pictures by Jaak Geebelen.

1. Mostly Autumn @ de Boerderij 19 December. Absolute in Saint.
Please have a look at yourself:

www.thedutchhammerheads.com pictures from W2 Den Bosch.
www.robligtenberg.nl more pictures from W2 Den Bosch.
www.jany.nl pictures from de Boerderij.
Bert Treep more pictures from de Boerderij.
Jaak Geebelen pictures from de Spirit of 66.

2.
A review of the Reasoning
The Reasoning in de Nieuwe Nor Heerlen and RPWL in De Pul Uden ( one in May the other in November)

A review of RPWL. 3. Pendragon @ the famous Spirit of 66, October.

A review and yes that's me with a rpwl shirt ;-)
4. Roger Waters at Landgraaf... amazing, sublime and impressive.

5. Porcupine Tree in Tilburg.
Blind Ego in the Spirit of 66 and Magic Pie at Symforce 2008 were highly enjoyabale too.
Others; Mangrove as support act for the Reasoning (May), S.C.A.R. (May), Kayak (september), Room Eleven (April), Milow (September).

Looking out to; the new Reasoning album, the new album + tour of Mangrove, the MandalaBand and of course of the realease of Troy Donockleys; "Madness of Crowds".
New gigs; Magenta, Frost* , the Reasoning at the Marillion convention (20-23 March), Pendragon (20 March Ittervoort) & Quidam.

Gifts;
At www.theReasoning.com you are allowedto download the amazing song; "Talk to me". Original a Karnataka song.

At www.mostlypink.net can you win Bryans Joshs new album; Through these Eyes. Bryan Josh is the heart and soul of Mostly Autumn ;-)

The Reasonings competition wil end this year ;-) So hurry if you want to win my album of the year.

Competitions.