the diary of Randy W.

Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Kick out the jams
Owk. This is my second attempt to write something in my blog. Not that I am uncreative. But my PC crashed in a few seconds before finishing it. I don't appreciate that all.

Owk headline of the day. MC5 are back! They're gonna do this gigantic summer-tour. So for all you skeptic indie-know-it-all friends, who say that it is impossible to reunite them coz Smith died in 1994, I have the pleasant news that Howlin Pelle Alqmivst will take his place at the mic for a few gigs. For those who don't know something about them. They're a band out of Detroit. From 1962 to somewhere in the 70's. They have one smash-hit Kick Out Jams. But they're more than that they're the fathers of every punk garage rock band. They made dirty garage-rock music when the beatles where still singing about Daytripper. Without them you wouldn't have the stooges, the clash, the white stripes, the INC and so on... Anyway keep your eyes open for more news about them.

So for all of you lovely readers who want more info about my personal experiences. Well, lovely readers, I can't remember a single thing about Monday. I tried once, now I'm trying again and nothing pops in my head of news that is worth mentioning. (said by a man who even thinks the colour of the underpants of Nick Valensi is worth mentioning). I'm not sure but I guess that Linus asked me to put him in my blog. So here you are Linus. Linus is my guitarist. He came by to hear the new song. The song just needs some text. We are working on another one right now. Well we were working really fast on it. Until some prick came by and treathend to call the police if we didn't stop within the next 5 seconds. Well the convo that took place was like this.
C-nt: "Hey how long will you continue playing"
Linus: " Couple of hours"
Cu-t: "If some people are trying to do things you disturb them. So stop or I'll call the police"
Moi:" Are you going to pay us a rehearsal studio?"
Cun-:"Look for one"
Moi:"I mean are you gonna PAY us one"
"Unt: "Owk I'm gonna call the cops if you don't immediately stop".

Conclusion we played for another hour.

Owk What happend on tuesday. I couldn't get a white stripes cover of mc5 "Looking at You" out of my head. The song is so raw but yet so pure and so beatiful you can compare it to a head ache mixed with the pleasure of your favoroutie drug. I started singing it. Although some vicious person said that I better should shut up. May be I was pushing the head ache bit just a bit too far. But I said to my mate how the DADA movement wasn't appreciated at first but lat later it was worshipped by Liechtenstein and the rest of Pop-art movement. My mate nodded in a very convincing way. AH ha I thought some one who understands me.
Later that tuesday Vicky asked me if she could draw something on my hand. Normally I don't do this but I wanted a mini portrait of the mona lisa so I said YES go AHEAD. When she was done I could see a flower and her signature. Didn't I saw that coming? YES. But by putting her signature there I felt like an object. :P

Owk today I read the fantastic news of MC5 in HUMO. I was filled with joy. I was bored to dead during Geography. This afternoon was my clean everything up afternoon. I put every CD in his right box. And I read in 1984 by George Orwell. And I noticed that the slogan war is peace and yidyadadyaya is also on the t-shirt of Nikolai of the strokes (the one he's wearing on the cdbookie of room on fire). I put the book down. I don't want to become like him.

Owk the link of the day is another cover of MC5 by rage against the machine it is
KICK OUT JAMS
Didn't I mention that they're very leftist band?

Ow well
rock and roll out...

Saturday, April 24, 2004

If Queen bodicia is long dead and gone still her spirit lifes on
Finally I found a gap in my bizzy bizzy schedule of rocking your neighbours socks off. Well it was fun fun fun these week.
Well let me give you the bad news. We lost at the debating finale. Well at least we got these far. (Hmm this sentence didn't help it is getting too cliché perhaps) Although we had an enermous fan base.
But let's review my week

monday
Erhm I forgot the things that happend on monday. Except a joke about Kebab wich I repeatly said in class. Until Miss Verstraete went lyricly insaine ... the I told it a bit more.

tuesday
My and my big mouth. I said something that was something in that sounded a bit too lefty. And yes I had to make a perfect society. Well I started that there wasn't a prefect society, coz if I knew what it is what like I could make it so I just said a more ideal society.

"wens"day
Much happend that day but I do remember making finishing on the more ideal society and a NME totally devoted to Hannah.

vinesday
Yes this was the vines day. There is a pre vines stage and a post lol. I forgot about the other days coz this rawked.
All day long I was in some kind of euforical trance and Evi(A girl with a killer-look litterly she can look you to dead) told me that Rebbie the becca maybe couldn't make it. That would be a pitty. (so yes she made it in the end.)
So I got on the train and first got my RockWerchter ticket. And waited on a Hitsige Hannah and the sexy sofie straigth from the rocking capital of the world Brugges. We did the almost traditional you-pick-my-menu-in-a-fastfood-joint. I gave Hannah her NME. She was ,let's say, happy. Well when we arrived at the vines and we noticed they had some fly tees. We bought some LOL young ppl can't handle money LOL but thanks to my charming skills we could live the stuff and pick it up when we returned, only if we paid this newly made mate a beer so no-problemo. The concert was over in an hour and 10 minutes. But that didn't stop me for starting THE FIRST MOSHpit and pogoed myself to the 2nd row. First row was full of 13-14 years-old making pictures of Craig his ****** . Who can I be sure, coz they all had digital stuff where you can immediatly see the pic on the display. Craig was a sound-freak I mean he wanted like enough reverb on his mic and the next minute more echo on his guitar and he changed the 2nd guitar one because he liked the sound of the Guild guitar more then that other guitar (couldn't read wich brand).

And for all you frenchies learn some english. If Craig says you're a bunch of cunts don't go YYEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH for that.
Afterwards we talked to band. Patrick even told me that I looked like Julian Casablancas of the strokes. HIGHPOINT in my life full of joy and misery. Well Patrick and I talked for a long time. And made some jokes with Ryan and Craig. ---> craig actually had to laugh with one of my jokes so WHO dares now to say something wrong about my jokes. And I said to Hamish he was wearing a nice jacket. It was very very very similar to mine so he immediatly said mine looked beautiful. Ow and even I had to give a way some autographs to people I didn't know.

But all evenings come to an end. And so did this one. Rebbie the becca had dispeared suddenly. Hannah and Sofie were picked up by Hannah's dad who rocked my socks off. LOL.

When I was back home only the image of pure rock'n'rollnes could survive.

friday
Well I told my vines story a zillion times. Yes, and I will tell it a zillion trillion kablions times more. Hmm after school I gave some flyers away of our party next week in JH Yspilon in Aalst, I ran into an old friend of mine sylvain. A communist since 1848. Yes he fought many battles.
And I went to see Kill Bill Volume2.
this one is more like the ladiesversion of volume 1. More dialogues, more characterbuilding things. Only Phai Mei and one fighting scene were really deck. It kinda dissapointed me in some way. But that seems to happen alot if you put high hopes on something and I seems like marx said that history can repeat itself.

today
Well went to Brugges, for the debatting finale. I lost. I am pissed, I am sad and I am confused. I don't like to lose in something I rock. So I was very very utmost dissapointed. Although I was heavily supported by Hannah. Thank You hannah for your hugs, your flag and your moral support. :p
But I didn't lose my love for music coz then the end won't be long. so here is today's link it is from art brut it is called Brand new girlfriend and it is hilarious.
Brand new girlfriend - art brut

Now don't forget this kiddo's life is really relative ...

Sunday, April 18, 2004

It is always better on holidays so much better on holidays
A yes the end is near. Coming up in speed and no point of dodging it. But still what did I do this past days. Well I went to the rehearsal of the SuperDUper Fantastic Cozmik Staircase. I arrived around 3.00pm there so the rehearsal was already going. So may be it is my fault but somehow when I entered the room I noticed a weird not so very friendly vibe hanging in the place. Hmm so I was the silent John of this rehearsal. But I dared to say that one song was little bit boring. hmff afterwards-> regrets Piet is just to big mouthed. But let me descripe to you what kind of band it is. It is one with a kick-ass drummer Annelies but what would you've expected from her, the bass-player Matthias (sp.?) was like super-chilly and an everything is going to be alright karma holding things together, Dries, the guitarist, is a guitarist who plays the songs like they way they should be written. I mean exact on the note swings and last but not least Dorien, I got a weird strange sensation feeling when she was singing muse. And that doesn't happen alot!(and it wasn't my phone that went off in my pants hmm that is another sensation hmmmmmmmm). But one advice to you all take a toe rag and let's have some fun. I mean it is just rock'n'roll... but yer....

Anyway later on I went to Annelies her house. Her parents were home and like usual timing isn't my strongest point. Especially when people are eating spaghetti. So if there is one thing about me what I've to change. Don't enter friend's their house will their parents are eating spaghetti. Well anyway we went upstairs and we worked on the text of Suicide Queen. I gave some comments on it. But it is hard because every word fits so perfect in it. Anyway it is like my momma always said: Life is like a box of chocolate and don't let Anneliesen wait if they've to eat spaghetti with their parents. So I left the building just like some dude with some weird side-burns. But it was raining and I had to ride for like half an hour in the rain arrr really frustrating. And when you're folks say you have to be home at 19.00 and you see ow it is already 19.11 when you're sure u have to ride another 20 minutes then my dear reader is the moment when you dare to say PAMELA HER TITS ARE FAKE not that I said that but I could have said that. And that is important. When I got home surprise surprise I ate some spaghetti. (Spaghetti-eaters something for Italians ?? Wasn't I wearing my Italia/soccerlike t-shirt).

Anyway I went of to my grandparents and my niece. Who is very cool she works for this evil coporation CLearchannel but thanks to her I can go to events of that evil multinational. (Radiohead to give an example) But another important thing is that her boyfriends plays guitar and he has the best sound-equipement you could imagine. So I finished the song with giving a decent intro and outro a new brigde. P.S. he wasn't home so I touched all the knobs of his amplifier I wasn't allow to touch if he was there.

Today was a boring day so I'm gonna spare you the details of that. The most exciting moment was when I thougt I had seen Gary Glitter on the tele turned out it was Guy Verhofstadt what a turn off that can be indeed!
anyway tomorrow I can give saucy and tongue-in-cheeck comments about my first day back in the system.
So instead I'm gonna give you a link to a song you all pobally know but it is fantastic. It is by a band wich name is even more fantastic than Mariah Carrey her. It are ...and you'll know us by the trail of death with relative ways It sounds like Interpol but no with some guts.
love eachother but adore me!

Friday, April 16, 2004

passion of my underwear
So here is the review of Passion of the Christ.
First reaction: DEAR LORD
Positive about this motion picture: The Latin/Armenian/Hebrew lingo was really realistic
Negative: See Review
Review: Owk, to be sure what the story was about I read the bible. Well not the whole thing. Just 4 pages. Yes the last 12 of hours of Jezus. For the record he only tripped 3 times in the book. Not 46546546954 times. Mel "I deny the holocaust" Gibson wanted to make him more realistic. Do have to be anti jew for that? Do have to let Jezus get smacked 564654654546 times with some iron lashes? No...
And blood is everywhere and it isn't cool like in a Tarentino movie or it isn't dramatic like in the godfather.
Actually it is this big advertisment of some rightwinged neo-cons. It wouldn't surprise me of the KKK had financed this thing.
Maybe it is because I just saw "La Megliò Gioventu" (Italian movie about two brothers in the Italy after the war up till now) that I've become a bit arty-farty but noway I'm gonna see that film again. So for those who ask themselfs, why did you in the first place? well just so can have an opinion not lead by somebody else.
Wich films with you compare it too: Conan the Barbarian meets Opus Dei.

That is enough saying.. Booh BOOOOOOh BOOOOOOh in one block what did I do today.
Well the magic riff got extented I got this new song that sounds like the hives bringing flowers to the grave of Joey Ramone. Errr I'll get it on tape someday someday. What brings me too another fantastic band: Cozmik Staircase! The name makes you thinking about Sovjet spaceships in American comic books, but then in that flashy pop art style. Well I'm going to their rehearsel tomorrow. I hope it is gonna be good. Coz otherwise!(It is the group of Annelies, Dorien, Mathias and somebody else PS somebody else is really good but I keep forgetting his name but I know from the all knowing Joepie magazine that he is the boy friend of Dorien)

So how is my own arty-farty film going along well rather well. I discussed with Pieterjan today some problems but they seem to fade away. Casting will be schedueled for this summer more specific in the 1st week of July. And yes we will pick our friends above real actors. and Yes we are taking ourselfs to serious. But when I got back home and I put my vid of the libertines on Jonathan Ross in. I've noticed something tremedously horrible my evil and o so vicious parents had taped the famous in Flanders-and-no-where-else-because-it's-so-stupid-SO-STUPID soap Thuis over it. So who cares if you want to see how they wrote 'ons moeder' out of the show. No ONE except my parents, and they call themself smart. Right! Pfff. You want to see the Libs not some soap where can die from coz of boredom. But enough said about that coz a few minutes later Annelies (yes of the immerfantastic cozmik staircase phoned me up). She asked if I wanted to come to the Paaaaaaaarrtyzone of Aalst.
So because I saw the Piet signal ligthing over on the skies. I took my bike and hurried to the Party ZONE. When I arrived there, I was shocked: Ow NO who r those two other girls? It were Sofie (or it could easily been Sophie) and Dorien. YES Dorien OF the IMMERFANTASTIC COZMIK Staircase. Well after an hour of fun we came to the conclusion: that eerlijk het langste duurt and that knussel is easier said that a kruisingknuffknus.
That is all for now. Stayed tuned for more action in my own dashing and o so exciting life.

Thursday, April 15, 2004

Who is in a bunker? Women and children first

I laugh until my heads comes ... Well if that is still possible I got this annoying cold. My nose is like the E40 motorway on a regular monday morning. Arff I don't want to be sick. Well anyway not that that is stopping me. No, it is gonna take a bit more to stop. Your Alltime Annoying Avant-garde Artist.
Actually I found this great new riff for a new song. Ow if i just could make a song with all those greats riffs. Ahh melting them together to this great unique thingie would be really nice. Yes but maybe I'll find the solution another day.

Anyway, I'm gonna c the passion of Christ tonight. Ow Joy. I saw the trailer and it is really bloody and stuff. I hope it is a mixture between Tarentino and the life of Brian. lol. Bigus Dickus... HIHIHIHIH (that always makes me laugh)
O and I was reading an old Q and I was thinking 2002 such long time ago already. Where were the days the good old days. ow it seems if the link to the song of yesterday doesn't work anymore. But don't you worry. I've got a new fantastic song. It is from Art Brut and you'll need a Real Player to see it.
WE formed a band by Art Brut: the video
It is very catchy and well it sounds like the hives getting on with the rapture while franz ferdinand is doing the dishes.
That is all for now. Morgen weer met meer weer.

Wednesday, April 14, 2004

the good old days
the good old days
Yes, I am a Libertine...
whatever that may mean
Ow yesterday I went to the city of Brugges to catch up Hannah.
Rule 1: hannah if you waiting for someone who is taking a train. Try to look where his train stop.
but yes it was fun a wonderful day that was filled with singing, shopping and throwing my own hat as high as possible and noticing that your hat is laying on a building and trying to get off and also having everyones attention at that moment.
Yes that is my idea of fun having attention.
Hmm and making riducle propaganda.
Or asking to play on a guitar of a fattie who was playing the Irish pub of brugge. Or even waiting on him to play. We waited for that idiot to play 1.30hour and did mr. fattie did play a single note on his guitar. NO! and did he let me play something on his guitar after asking it extremly, almost in the most absurd way, polite? N0!
No, it was a too expensive guitar... no it wasn't when I saw it and heard him tune it. I would say it would cost aprox. 250euro's and not a penny more. ow after that we hurried back to the railwaystation.
ow and for the record Hannah gives hugs who are really long and you don't really know if she is sleeping or hugging you. No hannah you're hugs are fine. lol and it was day of FUN-> ow and for track two of that record You're fun lol I'll stop the no fun joke.
ow and for the people who were passing in the koningin Astrid park in Brugges: I am talking to various labels to release the single "Nodig in Brugge" cover of the Bart de Pauw song.
But today was a boring day...
until i watched the tele tonite.. beautyful ... yes I know it is horrible show and I know you readers don't watch vt4, yes you all watch ArtE and Canvas or NatGeo., it is a show where ppl get a free face lift, boob job, whatever turns them on. Those ppl don't need to be operated. No they need to talk to a shrink. They need some positive attention. Pfwew whatever turns them on. But in tonight's episode a mom a friend of moi, was in the show yes for once I'll not name-drope. You have my support ol' china E. there are some rough times coming for you.
yes well the albion set course. Sailors are at their post. Arcadia is my only destation.

Sunday, April 11, 2004

rock'n'roll
So what happened in my days of absent?
Well a birthday party -> very cool one though.
and yesterday the day of rock'n'roll.
There was this free gig of Thou, a Flemish band, in the fnac in Brussels. Well my biggest fear was that is was going to turn out to be a silent listening concert. Well one hand it kinda was coz people didn't really react to the songs and waited until the last note was gone for 1 minute and then dare to start giving an applause. But on the other hand Bart Vincent was very good frontman, who was trying to interact with the audience. They're songs were very tight and perfectly played. The only negative thing is that the band are an group of little isles. The drummer is an isle, the bass-player(you're never to old to rawk!) was one, the guitarist was one (he gave some vicious looks at the audience ) was one and Does and Bart were on an isle together. They all need to be more like to be one isle.
But after the show they were so kind enough to let us take a picture with them.
Anyway Rebbie the Becca showed me her old school and later we stopped at MONK (a pub). Actually it is a pub were you have to be and more you have to be seen.
After two drinks we saw Speaking T walking in. (that is another band think Bowie meets some Detroit soul) Well I couldn't really remember from which band they were so Rebbi the Becca went over there and simply asked them. And then bang I knew it again. They were very talkative and ultra friendly. Hmm went to their website and now planning of buying their cd. You should do the same for those two bands coz they really rock your socks off.
Today was like a family party day... That isn't very rock'n'roll so I'm not gonna mention something of it.
I hope to back soon with more news ...

Wednesday, April 07, 2004

hmm Is This It?
I stood up late today. Noticed that the birds where already making there songs if it wasn't for the rain who brutally overshadowed them. So past noon I got on the train heading to brussel. I went into some shops and stuff. Well mostly I was just hiding myself from that horrible rain. Ahh how frustrating you can't get accros the street without getting similar with spongebob squarepants. Not that I don't want to be spongebob squarepants. Because life would be much easier living in a pine-apple under the sea. But I'm human so getting wet and mooshie isn't that much fun. Though when i was 3 this probally would be fun. So it is all very relative.
Anyway I called my hip and trendy cousin who works at a radiostation, fmbrussel, coz he still had my vines ticket. Hmm later I went to eat something at Leon. It is like this big thing a real tourist attraction, where you can eat the famous moules frites, and where we belgain most of the time say all those people from abroad come here jst to eat that, really stupid and I go like:"hmm if was a tourist I wouldn't come here, and so on and so on."
But all of a sudden their was this Swedish couple with their 2 daugthers who walked in and took a place next to us.. and I was like woooooooow one daugther is nice. So I thougt hmm maybe this place isn't so bad after all. Not that I said a single word to her or even did a gesture no the sight was beautiful enough to make my evening :WOOPi.
In the way back to Aalst I listened to Noam Chomsky (audiobook) and I was thinking: "Hmm I truly am I hip and revolutionary, no, I'm just a sixteen year old egocentric brat." lol but i'm proud to be one

Tuesday, April 06, 2004

last-minute changes
yer today I woke up, and yes i tend to do that a lot lately, I got my self a nice cup of coffee. Afterwards I slowly crawl to the couch and watched the libertines playing I can't stand me now on Jonathan Ross in black and white. Wich reminds me that we urgently need a new vcr recorder coz this one is ready to destruct itself. hmm...
Later when i got a bit awake Rebecca had send me a message that she couldn't come this afternoon. Ow not so cool coz her mom is sick and she had to look after her little brother. But luckily Annelies could be there, she is the traingirl, she would normally bring her friend / bandmate Dorien but when I walked into the klok, wich is almost the hippest spot on the globe, there girl next to Annelies wasn't Dorien but her sister... All those changes, but on the otherside that is what makes life interesting. But her sis had to leave like within 15 minutes. So Annelies and I went to H&M (clothing shop) coz I saw a rad tee.
But all of a sudden I got this genius-likely idea to dress ourself up. It was hilarious... I was going for the early 70's summer-look with some pink white as main colours. Annelies was totally plucked from the ghetto where she was "keepin' it real" with her gangsta attitude and her boxershort.
so it was fun all the way. Later we found a new café : "het paviljoen": the next big thing ->mark my words.
that is all for now. I'll keep you all informed.

Monday, April 05, 2004

Hello world full of mystery,
this is Piet.
Today we celebrate that K.C. is not amoung us anymore. And we're all happy that he isn't. ->otherwise more nirvana video's and no QOTSA+dave at the drums.
But more important. It is the official start of the easter holidays. WOOPI let's go wild * does a crazy little dance *. Hmm so much to do this 2 weeks. the film project + the rock n roll life style of a average sub-urban garage rocker= 2 weeks of pure fun.
Yesterday was a fun day. There was like a big cycling event near me and I went to Lynn (she is the webdingie of my site) and I got like this booze bus of some cycler and I was on the Flemish televion for 20 nanoseconds with a guitar in my hands.
But then, yes dear readers, then i went back home, b y train. And I suddenly start talking to some girl, Well her name is Annelies, anyway she was 100% fun so we went to somewhere to drink, but because it was sunday I wasn't able to go to the coza so i had to to go de klok. Imagine a nursing-home for old people multiply it by 2025 and you won't even get near. But we talk about the usual things gf/the strokes/the vines/ and her interesting theories about fishes falling out of the sky. And we're both convinced that fish do can fall out the sky when it rains.
anyway this was my first post....
more to come ...