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This month Hippies. They’re back! Hallelujah! Sure, we agree, it is perfectly OK to hate hippies. But this is 2009. And in 2009 hippies not only eat and talk about apples, they have ‘em. And they carry them around in their backpacks, you know... you gotta be connected. And they are clean and wear skinny jeans and are actually capable of producing stuff instead of smoking it. And you know, it’s good stuff... Like environmentally friendly bicycle tyres or good food from animals that have had a good life or pro Obama blogs or albums like Merriweather Post Pavilion; with sounds of the ‘70s hidden in layers of noise and synth hysteria. And that’s the metaphor. You too are like that record. A hippie hidden in layers of the modern age. The very useful modern age. Go for it! namedropping. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 things that matter. . . . . . . . 8 hippies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 bishop allen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 poster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 fashion statement. . . . . . . . 24 telepathy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 film. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 shooting stars. . . . . . . . . . . 34 programme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 after midnight. . . . . . . . . . . 41

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XYLAMON Name: Felix K. What’s with the text?: Xylamon has a mystical touch about its name. Nobody knows anything about it, but in fact it is some sort of chemical product to preserve wood. Location: Café De Buurvrouw Polaroid: Tamara van der Laarse

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Music: Bishop Allen - Grrr... No, we’re not sponsored by Dead Oceans. They’re just putting out great records. On tour in Holland in April with Hospital Bombers.

Song: Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag Somebody left the hoover on in the recording room... Fuck! What a discovery. Nearly as great as the programme it was downloaded with. Vuze. Go get those extra gigabytes.

State: Texas ‘Where the men are men, and the women are men too.’ (courtesy of the band ‘The Bent Moustache’) We’re going to SXSW music festival in Texas! Can’t wait to show off our tan.

Film: Kan door Huid Heen (director Esther Rots). With a soundtrack by our main multitaskin’ man Dan Geesin. Yes! this month’s featured artist. Isn’t the cover a beauty?

TV: Masterchef (BBC) And you thought we were hipsters. Ha!

Send & Receive In Groningen zag ik jullie onlangs in een volstrekt onbegrijpelijk seminaartje waarin jullie ter eer en meerdere glorie van 3voor12, werden opgevoerd als de nieuwe mainstream, (...) Jammer dat jullie waren opgezadeld met een zinledige kwestie waarbij kant noch wal te raken viel [‘DIY is de nieuwe mainstream.’ red.]. Zelfs Evelyn Levêke, die toch heus leuk een forumpje kan voorzitten, raakte de draad helemaal kwijt en moest de stemming erin zien te houden door om te 4

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’m in Stockholm, Sweden, the home of POP music—noisy escapades are saved for their Finnish neighbours. Josh Rouse just did a solo gig, playing old and new songs to a sold out room. He may be cheesy as hell but he sure knows how to stimulate the love vibrations. OK Sweden. First off, The Tallest Man on Earth. His album Shal6

low Grave is a classic and his live performances are intense. Also, the new songs from Friska Viljor are destined to be hit singles. Away from Scandinavia, fans of the folky persuasion should be pleased because the start of 2009 brings some really nice albums. DM Stith will release Heavy Ghost on Asthmatic Kitty. This album will bring him fame. If you think An-

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thony (yes, the one with the Johnsons) is rather pathetic, DM Stith is the solution. Want something more moody? Puerto Muerto, Bill Callahan (YES!), Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Marissa Nadler, Vetiver and M. Ward all have lovely new records. Too depressive and melancholic? Tweak Bird were one of the sensations of last winter’s ATP. They’ll be working on a new album in April and touring Europe in summer. Think Death from Above 79 and Big Business. Too old school for you? Dananananaykroyd (don’t ask me how many nanana’s but their music’s really good) will go on tour with the Kaiser Chiefs and play London Calling in May, so we’ll definitely hear more from these Scottish kids. Already arrived but still amazing: The Thermals. There’s the new single ‘When I Died’ and on 7 April the album Now We Can See. The Wooden Shjips can not only count to two in Spanish—Dos will be one of the best psychedelic albums of 2009. Still psychedelic but more radiofriendly is Labyrinthes from our

French-speaking Canadian friends Malajube. Enough guitar. Thunderheist’s debut album is out in March on Big Dada (you can stream it on the label’s website). ‘Sweet 16’ is the first single and disco will be back on the agenda. More Canadian party tunes: MSTRKFT release Fist of God this month, YACHT will finally have a full release on DFA and label-mates The Juan Maclean know that The Future Will Come. Maybe a synth nod to Obamaland? For trusted regulars, head back to the ‘80s with a new Harmonic 313 (Mark Pritchard) album on Warp sometime around April. Good ol’ favs Sonic Youth, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Tortoise, Pan*American and ...Trail of Dead also have new products lined up. But what about new sounds? Sub Pop signed a ‘60s sounding garage rock group from NY called Obits; there’s a self-release by Motorik; and check out Baltimore trio Double Dagger. But it’s back to Sweden for my tip of the month: Fever Ray. Already remixed by Familjen and Fuck Buttons, this is the darkest love vibration you can get. end 7

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T HE R E T UR N of t h e k i ller hi p p i e s Yes, they are back: hippies. ‘What?’ you say. ‘But I thought the punks shot them all, before they in turn were outnumbered by yuppies, who then had kids that grew into indie hipsters.’ Yes, that’s what we thought too. But have one look and one listen around you, and you’ll realise it’s undeniable that these days, all things hippie are, well, hip again. By Sarah Gehrke Psychedelic drawings by Dan Geesin

he unbroken popularity of arts ’n’ crafts nights held in trendy bars is one symptom; the fact that the likes of Fleet Foxes, Animal Collective, Women and countless other bands are doing everything in their power to aid the return of both sunshine pop and psychedelic

sounds is an even bigger indication. Then there’s the masses of organic food supermarkets; a renewed interest in being against all sorts of wars; the large number of people sporting colourful neck scarves; and bracelets made of plastic beads. And what about ALL THE BEARDS?

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It could be a passing trend. After all, quoting past decades, both in music and fashion, is pretty much commonplace these days and will probably continue as such until we finally start running around in silver space suits. But the quantity in which the new hippie styles are popping up, as well as the way they permeate through many aspects of society does get you thinking—maybe there is some kind of connection between the way things were in the ’60s and the way they are now? Let’s ask a few people who might know. First up is Nico Wilterdink. He is professor for cultural sociology at the UvA. Also, he has a beard. Hopefully he can help me find out what brought back the hippies. A good starting point may be the Vietnam War – a war waged by the USA in a faraway country, perceived as senseless by pretty much everyone, especially by all hippies, and triggering widespread protests. The past few years have seen quite a few mass demonstrations against the war in Iraq as well. That’s a pretty obvious parallel then, right? Wilterdink isn’t convinced. ‘Well, of

course you can compare these protests. But the anti-Vietnam protests were much grimmer, much more intense. The anti-war sentiment is nowadays much less manifested than it was then. You have to realise that back then, in the States, many more people were actually drafted and had to fight in that war – it presented a much more immediate danger.’ Okay, figured that. But Wilterdink does agree it’s noteworthy that it’s really fashionable nowadays to be on the political left again. ‘These things come in waves,’ he says. After the hippies, in the ’80s came the yuppies and conservativism became popular even among young people. It’s called, says Wilterdink, ‘the mechanism of distinction.’ Then, helped by George W Bush’s general clumsiness, conservativism went out of vogue again, and the next wave has swung back to the left. Easy. It’s a similar story with the organic food supermarkets. Firstly, it wasn’t actually hippies that invented back-to-nature food. ‘At the end of the 19th century there were already movements that promoted continue 13

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‘Well,’ Flegel says, ‘I just think eating organic food and the concepts of macrobiotic food and veg- it makes sense that people still lisetarianism,’ says Wilterdink. The ten to ’60s music, and that people hippies only took that up as part of still make that kind of music too. It their ideal to live close to nature. makes sense because much of that And nowadays, the idea has come music is really fucking good.’ Yes. back once again, this time so much But the music’s been really fucking good for a few so that it’s become decades, so why is part of the mainit now that everyone stream. After all, is making new variaeveryone who can tions of it? Does it afford it seems to be have to do with eating organic stuff waves, perhaps? now. So it doesn’t re‘Yeah,’ he says, ‘I ally have much to do think you might be with a return of the right there. I’m sure hippies. Instead, it’s in a few years it’ll be all about the waves really fucking cool again. I guess we can to make ’90s music. apply the same rule l i st ening to a Our next album will to the beads and the meteo rite be a ’90s album. It’ll beards and the arts be all about our emotions.’ Cool, ’n’ crafts nights. Well, it seems the theory has can’t wait. But back to the hippies: been disproved and the hippies so you don’t think they are back aren’t really back after all. It’s all either, then, despite all those new just natural, tidal developments sunshine sounds? ‘I honestly don’t see much of in society. So why, dear Pat Flegel from the band Women, do you and a parallel,’ he says, ‘cause none of your colleagues all sound as if you these bands are really political.’ Thankfully, I’ve already learned had flowers in your hair? 14

from Wilterdink that the hippies To me that means he’s more than were apolitical too (‘they tried to eligible for a conversation about change the world, but they tried to hippies. ‘It is actually pretty obvious,’ do so by changing people’s mentality,’ he said). Presented with that he says. ‘It’s just how it goes in life. fact, Flegel finally breaks and ad- Your kids will turn against you in mits to being a hippie. ‘Oh we’re their beliefs. The generation that came after the total hippies,’ he hippies was really says. ‘We’re the kind ‘Oh we’re total conservative. All of band that drives five hours out of our hippies,’ he says. of a sudden they way to get to the ‘We’re the kind of all voted VVD, it West Coast to... to band that drives was beastly. And play frisbee... on the five hours out of that’s how it’s supposed to be, too beach.’ Ha! Finally our way to get to – if you don’t turn I’ve heard what I the West Coast against your parwanted to hear. to... to play ents, how are you However, information provided frisbee... on the supposed to become something under such intense beach.’ of your own?’ hippie interrogation Yes, it’s the should never be taken as the complete truth, and so it waves again. But then De Ridder is time to consult a third specialist. adds a new aspect. ‘The young peoWillem de Ridder, I’ve been told, is ple nowadays are more intuitive. an original hippie. He himself says That’s to do with the image culture: he isn’t. But he was around quite a reading and writing are disappearlot back then (as he is now), and ing. The invention of the alphabet he’s a bit of a legend too, respon- had made the world more abstract sible for lots of interesting things, and full of rules. Before that, it including co-founding Paradiso. was all about storytelling, with continue 15

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words and gestures and facial expressions. It was believed that the world had been created by a female power, and intuition was important. With writing came rules, and the major monotheistic religions, and male domination. And then, television was invented, and all of a sudden there were images over images – and the hippies were the first generation that grew up with that. And nowadays, we’re even further! Now we have mass dyslexia! And the kids are busy with changing the world again. They have that mentality, because they grew up in a world filled with images. It’s fantastic!’ Ah ha! So the hippies are back! ‘Well,’ says de Ridder, ‘I wouldn’t say the hippies are back. But the mentality from the ’60s, that is back, for sure.’ In the meantime, something else to ponder: there’s something really weird and interesting going on in the world of film director David Lynch. He’s established a foundation with the aim of teaching transcendental meditation to a million school kids. That’s the same meditation technique that 16

The Beatles tried out when they travelled to India, did lots of drugs and then (some say unfortunately) found a sitar lying around. Incidentally, Paul McCartney is helping Lynch’s foundation by performing at a benefit concert (with or without a sitar isn’t confirmed yet). The event is titled The World Harmony Concert, and the foundation aims to ‘change the world overnight’, with the ultimate goal of nothing less than world peace. Just imagine: a million kids! So even if the hippies might not really be back after all (David Lynch excluded), it seems to be only a matter of time. Just wait another 15 years, past the ’90s revival and the next variants of ’20s, ’50s and ’80s revivalism; and if Lynch succeeds, there’ll be more hippies than you can shake a stick at. A whole generation of them, in fact. And then – don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with sunshine pop or even with world peace, but incense sticks really do give me a headache – yes, then it’ll be time to break out those punk records again.

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featured artist: dan geesin

an Geesin (1970) makes drawings, records, installations and soundtracks. The works printed in this magazine are a small selection of a big series of beautiful concentrated works. His latest soundtrack is for the film â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Kan door Huid Heenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; by Esther Rots. www.geesin.nl

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hat’s your favourite in- couldn’t figure out why. On New Year’s Eve, they celebrated her strument to play? Justin: We got a marimba for Quinceanera. It culminated in a Grrr... We found a guy on Long Is- flawless performance of that rouland, a commercial fisherman by tine. Now it’s my favorite party song. trade, who builds Christian: ‘Comthem by hand as a hobby. He carves I have a white mon People’ by the keys out of pit bull named Pulp. I hesitate to say so, because I rosewood, and Allie. She’s the know Justin hates makes the resonacutest thing this song, a lot, but tors out of PVC to me it’s an unpipe. It’s satisfyon earth and, monster ing to play. Thunk, by the infinite deniable jam. thunk, thunk. grace of evolu- Justin: By the Christian: The way: I don’t hate ukulele, because tion, has lips fewer string means just like a go- that song. I did for a while, but I’m fewer mistakes. rilla. I’m con- over it. What’s your favou- vinced that, one Lots of animals rite party song? day, she will are mentioned on Justin: I was in a speak to me. this record. Any small town in Mexin your real life? ico, and everyday for a week, four teenage boys Justin: We have an orange tabby and one teenage girl would gath- cat named Steven Kit Kitterson. er around a giant boombox in the He enjoys breaking stuff, hoardtiny town square and practice a ing plastic spoons to knock choreographed dance routine to around late at night on the hard‘Total Eclipse of the Heart.’ I wood floor, and drinking beer. 20

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He is very large, and only seems What’s your favorite part of to get bigger everyday. He knows your backstage rider? things. Secret things. His favor- Christian: We have a rich, delicious history of people baking ite band is Slayer. Christian: I have a (mostly) us cookies, and that’s just about the best thing that white pit bull ever happens (hint named Allie. She’s Allen have to interested fans: the cutest thing on Bishop earth and, by the spent the last five years oatmeal is best). infinite grace of in Brooklyn, but unlike If no cookies are evolution, has lips most brooklyn based forthcoming, then bands, they don’t compizza. just like a gorilla. bine arty electronics I’m convinced that, with vintage feedback Justin: We have a one day, she will nor do they wear hood- rider? speak to me. ies. Bishop allen play ‘60s folk songs with a mod- If you could go Besides these ex- ern twist. Feeding of stuff back to any point cellent pets, are like Dylan and the kinks, in history what there any other they are more hippies then would it be? The animals that you hipsters, and for all we Christian: know they have violent time before the regard highly? plans to take over the continents drifted Christian: I like universe. Their new Album apart, because we sea lions and goats Grrr... is out March 10th. could then tour Euand hope that scirope much more ofence can soon create a sea-going horned creature ten. Pangaea forever! Justin: Fire. The discovery of that eats cans. Justin: Leaf-cutter ants, mag- fire. Or the invention of the light pies, box-shell tortoises, camels, bulb. Moments in which people octopi, fireflies, roosters, chame- found ways to stay up late. And later. leons, etc. end 21

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elepathe is een duo uit New York. Omdat ze uit Brooklyn komen, heeft de pers ze gebombardeerd tot ‘the next big thing’. Deze keer kijken we eens terug naar muzikale duo’s die de weg voor Telepathe geplaveid hebben. Ruim veertig jaar geleden was in Engeland ook een uiterst

hip duo actief: Tyrannosaurus Rex, bestaande uit Marc Bolan en Steve Peregrine Took. Ze waren het soort hippies dat 26

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zich liet beïnvloeden door folk muziek. Verder hielden ze wel van een beetje zweverigheid en vage songteksten. Hun debuutalbum uit 1968 was getiteld (hou je vast!) My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair...But Now They’re Content To Wear Stars On Their Brows. Later kortte het duo hun naam in tot T. Rex, en begon wat meer aardse muziek te maken. Bolan was intussen de onbetwiste leider geworden. Begin jaren zeventig scoorden ze zelfs een flink aantal hits, waaronder ‘Get It On’ en ‘Telegram Sam’. De vriendin van Bolan was de zwarte Amerikaanse soulzangeres Gloria Jones. Op 16 september 1977 zat zij achter het stuur met Bolan naast zich, toen hun auto van de

weg raakte. Bolan was op slag dood, Jones overleefde de crash. Muzikaal is Gloria Jones vooral bekend geworden, omdat zij de eerste was die de song ‘Tainted Love’ opnam. Dat was al in 1964. Bijna 20 jaar later was in Engeland een duo actief in een genre dat toen net nieuw was: electropop. Dit duo, Soft Cell, coverde in 1981 het nummer ‘Tainted Love’. Deze versie zou een electropop-klassieker worden. Soft Cell bestond uit zanger Marc Almond en synthesizerspeler Dave Ball. Almond zingt nog steeds en Dave Ball richtte in 1988 het duo The Grid op, één van de eerste Britse techno acts. Vorig jaar brachten ze na een lange stilte continue 27

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weer een nieuw album uit, Doppelgänger. Met de electro van Soft Cell komen we aardig in de invloedssfeer van de twee hippe meiden van Telepathe.

Zonder electropop uit de jaren tachtig had Telepathe een heel andere sound gehad. Maar helaas voldoet hun debuutalbum, Dance Mother, niet helemaal aan de dance uit de titel. De opener ‘So Fine’, is met harde beats en swingende eighties synthesizer tapijtjes meteen het meest dansbare nummer van het album Het doet zelfs denken aan de synthpop-hit ‘Sweet Dreams’ uit 1983 van dat andere eighties duo, The Eurythmics. Na deze knallende track kunnen we blijven dansen op het wat monotonere ‘Chrome’s On It’. Hierna neemt de dansbaarheid geleidelijk af en worden de songs een beetje rommelig. De elektronica kwettert vrolijk voort, maar de vocalen zijn wat taai en stug. Soms zingen de meisjes wel mooi, zoals in ‘Can’t Stand It’, dat zo op een album van de Cocteau Twins (ook al een duo!) uit 1984 had kunnen staan. Maar alle eighties verwijzingen, plus het her en der opduikende modieus klaterende gitaargeluid van bands als Vampire Weekend, maken nog niet dat Telepathe een eigen sound heeft. Hun debuutalbum valt vooral te beschouwen als een geslaagde aanzet voor een beloftevolle toekomst. end 29

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en van de mythes rondom de Amerikaanse cultfilm Ladies And Gentlemen: The Fabulous Stains (Lou Adler, 1981) is dat The White Stripes er hun naam aan zouden hebben ontleend. De term white stripes wordt twee keer genoemd als verwijzing naar het uitzinnige kapsel van Corinne (Diane Lane). Zij is de vijftien jaar jonge zangeres van The Stains, het meidenbandje dat ze vormt met haar zus Tracy (Marin Kanter) en haar dertienjarige nichtje Jessica (Laura Dern). The Stains is in een opwelling met gitaren en tamboerijn de tourbus ingestapt van The Metal Corpses continue 31

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The Fabulous Stains en The Looters, respectievelijk een uit verlopen hippies bestaande glamrockband en een stelletje opgeschoten Britse punkers. Beide bands hebben teveel ruzie met elkaar – en met zichzelf – om zich te bekommeren om de onervaren tienerband, en ze zijn zich niet bewust van het feit dat ze met The Stains het Paard van Troje hebben binnengehaald. De uitstraling van The Metal Corpses is meer Altamont dan Woodstock. Bandleden Lou Corpse (Fee Waybill van The Tubes) en Jerry Jervey (Vince Welnick van The Grateful Dead) maken een ongewassen indruk. Overmatige drugsconsumptie heeft ook hun sociale hygiëne aangetast. Jerry brengt zijn dagen afwisselend slapend (90%) en slaapwandelend (10%) door. Op het podium klinkt de lucht die hij door de mondharmonica blaast als zijn laatste ademstoot. Geïnspireerd door Kiss heeft voorman Lou zijn gezicht beschilderd. Hij lijkt zo meer op een CliniClown dan een rockzanger. Lou is elke realistische kijk op zijn eigen succes volledig kwijtgeraakt. Dat succes bestaat enkel in zijn gedrogeerde gedachten. Hij heeft met zijn band vanaf de jaren zestig wanhopig getracht aansluiting te vinden bij elke rage en daarbij constant vele meters naast de pot gepist. De tournee van The Metal Corpses is een laatste stuiptrekking die enkel indruk maakt op welgeteld 1 verdwaalde, dronken, oudere groupie. Punkzanger Billy (Ray Winstone) hoort Lou’s klaagpraatjes aan en geeft commentaar door de inhoud van een bierflesje leeg te schudden in de hippiehaardos.

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“Hij heeft met zijn band vanaf de jaren zestig wanhopig getracht aansluiting te vinden bij elke rage en daarbij constant vele meters naast de pot gepist.” Het is lullig voor Jerry Jervey, maar zijn fatale overdosis, na een half uur in de film, is een zegen voor het verhaal. De carrière van The Stains komt in een plotselinge stroomversnelling, wat het conflict met de jaloerse Billy alleen maar ten goede komt. Muzikaal ontbreekt het de meiden nog aan finesse. Corinne moet het vooral hebben van haar brutaliteit en opvallende uitdossing. Vijandig publiek maakt haar strijdvaardig en binnen een week is ze een rolmodel voor duizenden sterke, jonge meiden. Volgens de makers heeft The Fabulous Stains als inspiratie gediend voor riot grrrls, de feministische neo-punkbeweging uit begin jaren negentig. Van nog grotere invloed was de meidenband op de strafbare kapsels van A Flock Of Seagulls. The Fabulous Stains is een imperfecte, maar toch charmante muzikale roadmovie. Het is leuk Diane Lane, Laura Dern en Ray Winstone zo vroeg in hun filmcarrière in actie te zien, en The Looters bestaat naast Winstone uit niemand minder dan Steve Jones en Paul Cook van de Sex Pistols en Paul Simenon van The Clash. Je moet even door de zure hippie heen bijten, maar dan heb je ook wat. The Fabulous Stains is sinds eind 2008 verkrijgbaar op dvd (Regio 1). end 33

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eze maand wou je dat je twee vissen was. Dan kon je samen spartelen op het droge. Of bier gooien naar al die vroegkalende systeembeheerders vooraan bij Johan. Of je homofobe vriendjes op de gastenlijst zetten bij Eagles of Death Metal. Maar in wezen ben je niet zo vinnig, hè kleine gup. Nee, eigenlijk ben je een zachtaardige hippie. “Why can’t we all just get along?” Ja, een beetje wereldvreemd ben je wel. Deze maand raap je dat roze brilletje weer op, en ga je in het asiel kattengravel bijeen vegen. Voor gratis. Waarna je je vrienden verrast met katachtige dotjes, en dat terwijl zij juist helemaal niet jarig zijn deze maand. Zoveel naastenliefde is je niet vreemd. Denk echter liever aan jezelf in plaats van de ander. Een meditatiecursusje hier, een dolfijnentatoeage ginder. Annuleer in ieder geval die goedkope vliegreis naar Israël, je heil zul je niet vinden in een kibboets. Bovendien komt dat Gaza-gezeik je eigenlijk toch allang de neus uit, niet? Och, trek het je niet aan. De nieuwe U2 komt deze maand uit! Een Ierse droom, maar zeker ook een Palestijnse. Jij idealistje. Denk je toch nog steeds dat de wereld beter wordt van nog meer kittens? Weet je niet dat katers weerhaakjes aan hun piemeltje hebben zitten? Behoorlijk zielig voor de poes. Ja, ga maar lekker janken bij Psapp. Of makakengeluiden slaken bij Ponytail. Voel je je toch nog eenzaam en onbegrepen? Die hoes van de nieuwe Animal Collective (17 maart in Paradiso) kan voor de nodige transcendente afleiding zorgen. Vergeten we bijna het allermooiste! In de poptempel vind je tussen alle optische illusies en hippiegezang de liefde van je leven. Iemand die net als jij ook niet geeft om “material things, like a social status”. En toch van die superhandige Adobe slabs voor je kittens koopt! end 35

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Railcars

march 01, patronaat, haarlem Fuzz, bangs, crunch and ‘oooh aaah’ melodies. That’s what you get from San Franciscan art noise experimentalist Aria C Jalali, the mind and body behind Railcars. It’s lo-fi synth pop with the emphasis on the lo-fi, the synth and the pop. Occasional cutesy casiotones make us pine for long-lost indie poppers John Wayne Shot Me, but there’s also a dirtier noise in action here – aided by the sublime techniques of Xiu Xiu frontman Jamie Stewart, producer of last year’s ‘Cities vs. Submarines’ 7”. On this tour, Jalali is joined by electronic drum box whiz Navid Nakhaee and the live visuals of Fez Adel, ensuring a crazy, sensory experience.

Panther

march 07, bitterzoet, amsterdam Work your body, work, work your body for duo Charles Salas-Humara and Joe Kelly, AKA Panther. This Portland based duo have a groove and they know how to use it. Bringing some James Brown soul swagger to the world of indie rock they have caught the eyes and ears of bands like Gossip and Ratatat and found themselves signed to Kill Rock Stars, which ain’t a bad place to be. With Kelly laying down powerful beats, Salas-Humara will blow your mind with energetic exuberance, howling falsetto vocals, disco riffs and even occasional bouts of bowed cello. Embrace the cat fever. 37

02-03 Titus Andronicus @ Merleyn

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07-03 Madensuyu @ Merleyn

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20-03 Skeletons @ Merleyn

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WINSTON KINGDOM Warmoesstraat 131 Amsterdam OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK!

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THE WORKS, G.O.H. & BEAVERSHOT SATURDAY 14

SHERIFF OF HONGKONG & NO!!! DROIDS! TUESDAY 24

SNFU (can) & BRAT PACK

HIGHLIGHTS MARCH FRIDAY 13

DEMENTED ARE GO (uk) & LITTLE MISS THURSDAY 19

THE MAHONES (can) & CIRCLE J

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THE MAGNIFICENT BROTHERHOOD (ger) & SUPPORT

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EL PINO & THE VOLUNTEERS (excelsior) & SUPPORT SUNDAY 29

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Subbacultcha! programme march 2009

Programme:

overview march april 2009

Sunday March 01 Patronaat

Railcars (USA)

Friday March 06 De Nieuwe Anita

Magazine Party!! ft. Et Explore Me, Robotrock & DJs Boem Takkie Lau

Saturday March 07 Bitterzoet

Panther (USA, Kill Rockstars) The Bent Moustache

Saturday March 20 De Nieuwe Anita

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