A new year, a new house, a new sound and a new voice.Music from the month of January. By me and Tim.
London
Back when I was in London, the most beautiful moment I had was not walking over the tower bridge. Not visiting Tate Modern, not visiting Tate Britain or enjoying one of the great parks. It was when it was already getting dark; with a friend we decided to travel around in the tube and decided in two seconds to get out at King’s Cross-St. Pancras. We walked out of the huge hall of St. Pancras. I looked to my right and there it was, the best sight I ever had at a clocktower of Victorian architecture. Beautifully lit by yellowish lights. That moment was the most beautiful moment of my schooltrip to London.
We sat and watched
As the moon rose again
For the very first time
As the moon rose again
For the very first time
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| — | Dead Can Dance “The Carnival is Over” |
De meeste mensen willen dubbel-vla. En daar gaat het om, wat de meeste mensen willen. De meeste mensen bepalen hoe het verder gaat met de wereld. Terwijl ik denk als er één groep is, die niet zou mogen bepalen hoe het verder gaat met de wereld, dan zijn het wel de meeste mensen. Maar ja, daar denken de meeste mensen anders over.
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| — | Theo Maassen |
Syria
So the US wants to cooperate with Russia and China to find a solution for the violence in Syria. Up until now Russia has never backed any opinion of the US about Syria. Assad says all he is doing is fighting against terrorism. Russia is selling him arms. I don’t know what other strategic reasons Russia has to support this war. Because it seems to me that if you don’t feel like getting involved in such a mess as there is in Syria right now, I’d almost think you are supporting the violence there. Maybe it is because they sell weapons to Syria?
How is it ever going to stop when these economic agendas are in the way? And is the US point of view really that bad, with all their democratic and capitalistic tendencies? Is it really so hard to just ignore those facts for a moment and really just cooperate to end this violence? All I can do is imagine Putin’s face which almost always looks like he doesn’t care a single bit. This is about people. A war is obviously not the solution. I really don’t know anymore who is speaking the truth about this subject. But all this violence and calling it terrorism is taking way too long already. It should be simple. Can we just end this violence already?
