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ekko

About Me

Dutch dude living in Norway, stumbling in between the reality of daily life with its hardship, tediousnes, surprises and delight, and the persuit of dreams, obsessions, and weird niche-interests.. always curious about the people I encounter, but I like being a loner too. Like to stay in shape.. doing my 10k+ runs.

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More travellin' and music

I'll be in San Francisco, CA from june 6-14 catching shows by both Neko Case (at the Warfield on the 10th) and The Church (at Slim's on the 12th). Also a trip to my home country The Netherlands where ...
Posted by on Thu, 14 May 2009 10:03:00 GMT

The Church 'So Love May Find Us' Australian tour march 09

After 2 days into the tour, finally the opportunity to go online. Although the Church is my fave band and has been part of me and my life for more than 20 years, a sense of wonder still creeps into my...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:35:00 GMT

Off to Australia in march

After an absence of 4 1/2 years, I am absolutely thrilled to return to Australia in march. Looking forward to catching up with my friends over there (was about to insert the clicheed 'down under' at t...
Posted by on Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:59:00 GMT

Magazine confirms 2 UK gigs for feb.’09

.. and this lucky guy has such good friends in England who scored him a ticket for the 2nd show in Manchester on feb.14th  Cannot believe my luck.. Magazine was top3 of fave artists i never got t...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:32:00 GMT

how it went

it was hot and it was terrible: the air was filled with pollen, and once I set off it felt like breathing dust instead of air, BUT.. I managed my 1300meters with 80m elevation in 5:37, place 166 of 48...
Posted by on Sun, 11 May 2008 11:31:00 GMT

holmenkollstafett relay run

In a matter of few hours, I'm participating in the Holmenkollstafett relay-run here in Oslo, with a team comprised of employees and clients from the institution where I work. The distance I'll have to...
Posted by on Sat, 10 May 2008 04:37:00 GMT

Yet again music is thrilling and exciting

Oslo, Norway, april 28th 2008: It may have been caused by listening through big chunks of my sea of cd's while transferring tracks on my 160Gb iPod, or by putting effort into getting a solo ...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:24:00 GMT