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karel

acting real with the actors acting well

About Me

"A thousand stories told lying on the floor, they keep us straight. It's 4 a.m., the lights are out. Good time to be awake..."

My Interests

Singing/screaming in BONNIE PARKER, writing (lyrics, poetry, prose), music in general (going to shows, getting to know new bands, etc.), having good times with friends (old and new), getting to know interesting people, sXe, getting up early, going to bed late (which doesn't always match with getting up early), having nice discussions with people about life/love/politics, roadtrips, driving lonely highways by night, love.

I'd like to meet:

/ open minds and hearts / everyone in love with music, romance, life / people reaching for the stars / soulmates / people who care / you /

Music:

hardcore, punk, rock, acoustic,...Bands (in no particular order): GRADE, latterman, terrorgruppe, thursday, CIRCLE, bad religion, severance, soon, rise against, darkest hour, sick of it all, cast-down, cat stevens, face tomorrow, WIZO, heideroosjes, QUEEN, the who, the foo fighters, modern life is war, millencolin, isis, against me, amen ra, officer jones and his patrol car problems, ignite, the maple room, social distortion, bonnie parker, miles davis, dire straits, satanic surfers, THE WEAKERTHANS, red sparowes, joss stone, pn, the get up kids, jimmy eat world, BOY SETS FIRE, nine / ...

Movies:

American Beauty, Forrest Gump, The Shining, Quentin Tarantino movies, American History X, Carrie, most recent animated movies, Bowling for Columbine, School of Rock, La Vita E Bella, the Truman Show,... Every movie that changes me or the way I feel about things in some way, is a movie that should be in this list.

Television:

the simpsons, nostalgic series like the a-team and happy days, history documentaries, batman (the animated series), gilmore girls, coupling, het eiland, in de gloria, the office, lost, prisonbreak, 24, american dad,...

Books:

Der Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse), 1984 (George Orwell), Demian (Hermann Hesse), Edgar Allan Poe stories, Ik Jan Cremer (Jan Cremer), Maus (Art Spiegelman), The Plot Against America (Philip Roth), Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger),...

My Blog

when something goes to your head

Sometimes it's hard writing down how you feel... When I try to do it, I always fail miserably. Then again, from time to time while working on a new song stuff pops into my head and some kind of c...
Posted by karel on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:41:00 PST

the tension between stillness and motion (random thoughts II)

Hey, what the fuck, I'm picking up a really good vibe here today! Watching video footage of Grade's entire final show (!) I just found on Google with the amazing feeling of ha...
Posted by karel on Mon, 01 May 2006 01:20:00 PST

the bonnie parker story

Yep, you've heard it right! I've got a new band and it's called Bonnie Parker! Go check it all out here !So what's the story? Well, after the break-up with fullcirclebroken I decided to start off...
Posted by karel on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 05:18:00 PST

catcher in the rye

It seems like everywhere I look or go, there's always so much phoney behaviour around me... Seriously, what's up with that? Okay, I'm realistic and honest enough to admit that everyone is guilty of so...
Posted by karel on Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:48:00 PST

random thoughts

- - Man, I can't wait to get up on that stage again! Bands are being formed, songs and lyrics are being written, nothing too definite yet but I hope it all works out... - My job, well yeah, it's work,...
Posted by karel on Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:48:00 PST

WIZO Abschiedstour Kassel 10.02.2005

Waw, it has almost been three weeks and I'm still impressed by how great it all was...When all hope to ever see WIZO seemed lost, Leen and Annelies volunteered to join me on a last-minute roadtrip to ...
Posted by karel on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

the best of times averaged out

Smiles and tears. I'm lost. Loved and alone. Stuck in between. It's all the same. It's not right to feel this way. These should be the worst of times. I know. It's the law of averages. The taste is bi...
Posted by karel on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

bleib tapfer!

Fucking hell! I'm going crazy here! Really fucking out of my mind! Major newsflash! Well, in fact, there's good news and there's bad news. Bad news is that my all time favourite punk heroes of the Ger...
Posted by karel on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

falling for her (roses with thorns)

I don't even know if people actually read my blogs or whatever. Fuck it. Here's a new lyric I wrote tonight... FALLING FOR HER (ROSES WITH THORNS)I want to trade in poems for feelings. I promise I won...
Posted by karel on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

on sleepless roads the sleepless go...

I like dreaming, I like lying in my bed thinking about everything before I go to sleep, I like waking up and staying in bed for hours while listening to music, I like being tired and stumbling to...
Posted by karel on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST