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Serge Julien

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About Me

I was born in Delft, The Netherlands in 1974. In 1977 my parents moved to Den Haag where I've seen many areas and still live this day. The last 6 years I live in a nice appartment in an area called Moerwijk not far from the city centre.Since 1992 I work at The Department Of Justice. The last 7 years as a senior official on documentation and information services. In february 2007 I started as a project official for digitalising the whole document proces in the department. I will be concerned with eduaction of the future users and help them find a way into the new working method. This project will end in 2009 and then will see further.In my spare time I love to be busy with music which is my true passion, internet, movies, reading, travelling, arts and writing. Since january 2006 I contribute reviews of concerts for the magazine Cultuurpodium.nl. Recently I also started to experiment with interviews. The work for Cultuurpodium is a great way to combine my love for music and writing and who knows what this kind of work will bring in the future... I'll be fooling around with MySpace the upcoming months and will fill it with blogs and photo's.
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My Interests

Music, movies, arts, photography, architecture, fashion, travelling (I love to visit the big cities but also love to visit a country in common and explore it's beauties. Surinam and Mexico in these were absolute highlights), design, internet, playing guitar, cooking, having diner (I love all kinds but favourites are Surinam, Indonesian, Italian and Spanish dishes), going out for a drink, aviation.

I'd like to meet:

People all over the world to share interests and lifeviews.
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Music:

Very diverse but to give an idea: Pop/Rock: Lou Reed, David Bowie, Prince, Santana, Bruce Cockburn, Dayna Kurtz, Neil Young, Lenny Kravitz, Billy Joel, Simply Red, Pink Floyd, Toto, Bruce Springsteen, Bettie Serveert, Anouk, Herman Brood, Kate Bush, Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Sting, Waterboys, Peter Frampton, Kane, Dream Theater, Marillion, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Pendragon, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, John Mayer. Soul/Funk/R&B: Earth, Wind & Fire, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu, Maxwell, Incognito, Vivienne McKone, Quincy Jones, Alicia Keys, Aretha Franklin, Sly & The Family Stone, Randy Crawford, Ray Charles, Curtis Mayfield, James Hunter, Maceo Parker, Fatback Band, Tower Of Power, Kool & The Gang, Michael Franti, Ohio Players, Average White Band, Parliament, Funkadelic. Jazz/Fusion: Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Mike Stern, David Sanborn, John Coltrane, Chick Corea, Al Jarreau, George Benson, Stanley Jordan, Tuck & Patti, Roy Hargrove, Norah Jones, Peter Beets, Diana Krall, Nicola Conte, Beady Belle, Lizz Wright, Marcus Miller, Mezzoforte, Chano Dominguez, New Cool Collective, Pat Metheny, Jamie Cullum, Candy Dulfer, Weather Report. Blues: B.B. King, Taj Mahal, Jeff Healey Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Luther Allison, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Keb' Mo'. Reggae: Bob Marley, Black Uhuru, Jimmy Cliff, Third World, Congos, Culture, Steel Pulse, Burning Spear, Matisyahu. World (Latin, Brazilian, Spanish, Fado): Bebel Gilberto, Richard Bona, Cubop City Big Band, Angelique Kidjo, Luis Miguel, Zuco 103, Ed Motta, Richard Bona, Izaline Calister, Mariza, Christina Branco, Chambao, Iraida Noriega, La, India, Juan Luis Guerra, Oscar d'Leon. Dance/Lounge: Jazzanova, Koop, Gilles Peterson, St. Germain, King Britt, DJ Maestro.

Movies:

Very diverse. I love different genres of movies with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster, Morgan Freeman. I like directors Martin Scorsese, Quintin Tarentino and Woody Allen.

Television:

Documentairies on National Geographic Channel, news programs and programs about culture, arts and music. I don't really watch much televison. It's on frequently but there's a lot of crap going on that doesn't get my attention.

Books:

I like reading about music, movies, arts, photography, design, architecture and aviation.

Heroes:

My parents Mieke and Leon, Lou Reed, Miles Davis, airline pilots, medical people.

My Blog

Recommended: Ian Parker

Last night I had press access to the new jazz festival in my hometown: The Hague Jazz! National and international artists took hold of The Hague like the world famous North Sea Jazz Festival did until...
Posted by Serge Julien on Sat, 19 May 2007 03:59:00 PST

Warhol's Green Car Crash sells for $71 million

How much????? Hmmm... I'm a Warhol fan but this is not really my thing. Anyway, here's the article. 
Posted by Serge Julien on Thu, 17 May 2007 08:14:00 PST

Kids playing Journey song

Check these young kids! I especially like the guitarplayer.
Posted by Serge Julien on Sun, 13 May 2007 10:05:00 PST

Science Class

Science ClassMrs.  Parks, the 6th grade science teacher,  asked her class,"Which human body part increases to 10 times its size when stimulated ?" No one answered until little Moll...
Posted by Serge Julien on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:46:00 PST

Roaring folkrock with The Waterboys in Paard van Troje

Not even een a year after their thunderous performance in Vredenburg in Utrecht, The Waterboys are back in Holland for a string of concerts. A new CD is soon to be released with the title Book Of Ligh...
Posted by Serge Julien on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:42:00 PST

Naked sunday gym started

OK, so the naked gym started yesterday and it was front page news this morning when I was in the train getting to the work. Imagine a picture on the front page with three naked men doing some biking ...
Posted by Serge Julien on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:19:00 PST

Dutch Gym to introduce `Naked Sunday`

Yes, those crazy Dutchies are doing it again...   Dutch Gym to Introduce 'Naked Sunday'By TOBY STERLINGAssociated Press WriterAMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Self-conscious about what you wear while wor...
Posted by Serge Julien on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:38:00 PST

Lou Reed turns 65

Today elder statesman of rock and poet laureate Lou Reed turns 65. The king of New York might be getting older in age but that doesn't mean the man is thinking of retiring. Although his last full work...
Posted by Serge Julien on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:36:00 PST

Two great songlyrics by Lou Reed

Following the last blog on Bruce Cockburn's songlyrics I wanted to share two more lyrics from another magnificent songwriter, the one and only Lou Reed. I admire Lou Reed since my early teens. Wh...
Posted by Serge Julien on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:49:00 PST

Two great songlyrics by Bruce Cockburn

Lately I'm really into the work of singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn. He really gives me chickenskin with his songs. Beautiful music with some of the most amazing and heartgripping lyrics in the musicb...
Posted by Serge Julien on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:12:00 PST