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Mari

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About Me



How beautiful it is to do nothing
And then rest afterwards.

My Interests

Music, concerts, playing guitar, cooking (indian or anything else that's hot), computers, internet (erm, that one fits better in the addiction category), reading, walking, my two kitties, sci fi, lesbi movies, yoga..

Music:

These are just some of the bands/artists I like enough to call myself fan of them.

New Order. RIP.

new update... I keep updating. (17 sept. 07)
Section 25, Crispy Ambulance, A Certain Ratio, Deerhunter, Final Fantasy, Magazine, New Young Pony Club, PJ Harvey, the Smiths, Modest Mouse, Interpol, Stone Roses, Radiohead, Kings of Leon, !!!, LCD Soundsystem, The Smiths, Tom Petty, Ryan Adams (& Cardinals), 120 days, Field Music, Section 25, Kaiser Chiefs, the Kooks, The Magic Numbers, Modest Mouse, Starling Electric, Thom Yorke, Flaming Lips, Doves, Guillemots, The Veils, Midlake, Polytechnic, Elliot Brood, Elbow, Hot Chip, The Delays, Stars, Who Made Who, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Death Cab For Cutie, Electronic, Editors, Johnny Cash (but who doesn't, these days), Emmylou Harris, Joni Mitchell, Pixies, Neil Young, John Stewart, Kingston Trio, Gillian Welch, Primal Scream (when I need a headache), Kate Bush, Bjork, Bettie Serveert, Echo & the Bunnymen, Beach Boys, Joy Division (what a nice combination, those last two!)... I'm forgetting loads. Just check my "friends" or that last.fm playlist.

Movies:

Control
High Fidelity
Being John Malkovich
24 hr Party People
Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind
Bound
Galaxy Quest
Jerry & Tom
Lawn Dogs (yes, I'm a fan of Sam Rockwell. That must be obvious by now. But he's done so many good movies!)
Lost In Translation
Almost Famous
Albino Alligator
Of Mice and Men
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban" Because of Gary Oldman, ok :p
Event Horizon
Eating Raoul
Leon

Television:

Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Life On Mars, The L-Word, QI, couple of Dutch shows: Keuringsdienst van Waarde, Dit Was Het Nieuws, De Leugen Regeert.

Books:

favorite authors: Ursula LeGuin, Doris Lessing, Anne Holt, Nick Hornby, Terry Pratchett, Michael Collins (The Resurrectionists), Hanif Kureishi, Han Suyin, Sarah Waters, Tonke Dragt, Emma Donaghue, Douglas Adams, John Steinbeck.. And: rock 'n roll biographies.

Heroes:

I'm more the type to stare at my own navel than to look up to people. That's just the sad truth. :p

My Blog

2007 vacation pictures: weekend in Manchester

Two weeks ago... this weekend tops it for this new order/factory fan.. maaaan did I bring home a lot of lp's, singles, etc!! And it was such fun meeting everyone *waves*Anyway. I don't feel much like ...
Posted by Mari on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:24:00 PST

2007 vacation pictures: weekend in Dublin

Went to Dublin for a weekend with one of my best friends Dee (actually it was her birthday gift to me, how grand is that? Insert shy blushing smiley here! Yeah, okay, she's loaded :pInside Dublin's Ca...
Posted by Mari on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:08:00 PST

2007 vacation pictures: Turkey

Had a good year of holidays, a week in Turkey, and long weekends in Dublin and Manchester. Wish I could go again (Manchester in particular). Anyway.. pictures!Turkey:Having a pause in AntalyaAntalya ...
Posted by Mari on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:54:00 PST

a few pictures from Berlin

Just a few pictures I scanned in from my minivacation in Berlin two weeks ago.. I'll be going on a second minivacation in Ireland at the end of the week :D (Oh shut up! Been several years I didn't ge...
Posted by Mari on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:32:00 PST

yes, more pwiddy liddle pictures

johan - thxhm, plan on going to see them. Love the track Oceans :)more flaming lips! thanks to gerald aka shackin' up, it's Elliot Brood. crazy rockin' banjos.nice, Doves like, perhaps a little less ...
Posted by Mari on Sat, 19 Aug 2006 02:12:00 PST

album update

that's weird, I think my last log (s??) is gone.well, lot's of little pictures to post, then.faves: Midlake (just bought a concert ticket for 16/8), Primal Scream, Guillemots, Hot Chip, Flaming Lips....
Posted by Mari on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:01:00 PST

whine

Epilepsy sucks.Ok, that was all, thanks for listening. Goodnight.
Posted by Mari on Wed, 24 May 2006 12:27:00 PST

today's selection, brought to you by...

It's guitars this week. Can never get enough of Mas y Mas. Cesar Rosas is excellent.Hm, they do sound a bit like Coldplay. and the next three aren't new at all, nor for me. But eh, Wow. ( I'm so ...
Posted by Mari on Sat, 22 Apr 2006 09:51:00 PST

oh feck I'll just do the albumcovers from now on

(and names/titles in case one can't read it from the picture)The Postal Service - Give UpMidlake - Banman & Slivercork(new album coming soon, got a new song in my profile right now that I'm listen...
Posted by Mari on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 11:40:00 PST

good stuff (I think)

Sounds good so far, which is good because I'm going to see them next sunday. It's sort of a date actually :D Wondering if I'll even be bothered by which band is up there, lol.Ooooh... one of the first...
Posted by Mari on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 08:56:00 PST