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Christine

What's it going to be then, eh?

About Me


People often describe me as Vampirella. Or was that just some role I had to play? One of my t-shirts also tells me I'm a horror. Nice to know then. I might have a slight addiction on coffee. I might have the same problem with other... substances. I cannot stand the sound of ticking clocks. It makes me want to commit a mass murder.
I often feel invisible.
Cold, heat or humidity do not get to me. Nor does time. I am invulnerable, I am seldom palpable. I don't need matter, nor a house to find shelter in. Things are like they are, I have learnt to live with that. Or do you suppose that it's a continuous source of happiness to live life like a shadow? Like a spectre who rummages about in the dirt. Like an invisible carrier of disaster. Like a tongue-tied witness of sorrow, misery and misfortune. The girl of whom they say "She was there, it was her, I am sure, but I cannot describe her".
LAST MOVIE SEEN: Thank You For Smoking
LAST GIGS:
frYars at Botanique, Brussels
These New Puritans at ABbox, Brussels
LAST MUSIC BOUGHT:
Petula Clarck - Downtown 7"
Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop 7"
Jacqueline Taïeb - 7 Heures Du Matin 7"
Mo-dettes - Paint It Black 7" + Twist And Shout flexi
The Horrors - Count In Fives 7"
The Rotters - Japanese Punk 7"
Femmes de Paris Vol. 1 & 3
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Some Candy Talking EP
The Dresden Dolls - No, Virginia
Dandi Wind - Sleeping Beauty/Belly Cutting 7"
Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles
These New Puritans - Navigate.Navigate 12"
LAST MAGAZINE BOUGHT: Nylon
LAST BOOK READ: Die Verwandlung by Franz Kafka
CURRENTLY READING: /
NEXT GIG:

My Interests



I like vintage dresses, rings, earrings, bowties, things to put in your hair, random quotes, being inside when it's stormy outside, hearing the wind sneer, old vinyl, new vinyl, umbrellas, top hats, bowler hats, no hats, shoes, more bowties, beds, messy hair, pretty hair, all kinds of hair, but not greasy hair, getting airmail, especially when it's from the UK and/or contains records, and so much more every not-so-normal girl like me'd like.

Quote of the month: Believe in nothing
Believe in no one
Believe in your egoism
Don't hope things'll get better
Don't hope to be understood
Love nothing
Love no one
Love only me
Close your ears as I speak.

Music:

Performances seen by...

21 Love Hotel
120 Days
1990's
A Brand (3x)
Absynthe Minded
Arcade Fire
Arctic Monkeys
Arsenal
Art Brut
Basement Jaxx
Beck
Billy Talent
Björk
Blonde Redhead
Blue Velvet
Bright Eyes
Cristine
Crystal Castles
Coem
Daan
Daft Punk
Dandi Wind (2x)
dEUS
DeVotchKa
Discobar Galaxie (3x)
DoÍ
Dr. Lectroluv
Eagles of Death Metal (2x)
Echo and the Bunnymen
Editors (2x)
Ef
Electricity In Our Homes
El Tattoo Del Tigre
Emilie Simon
Faithless
Field Music
Flip Kowlier
Foxylane
Franz Ferdinand
frYars
Fun Lovin' Criminals
Garage Sauvage
Gogol Bordello
Good Charlotte
Gorki
Gravenhurst
Heideroosjes
HIM
Hooverphonic
Iggy and the Stooges
iLiKETRAiNS
I'm From Barcelona
Interpol
Jack Penate
Kaiser Chiefs (2x)
Kate Nash
Keane
Kings of Leon
Lemon
Lostprophets
Madensuyu
Marilyn Manson (2x)
Mass Market
Massive Attack
Max Richter
Millionaire (2x)
Milow
Mint
Motek
Muse (2x)
My Chemical Romance
Naïve New Beaters
Nelson
New Young Pony Club
Nightwish
Nine Inch Nails
Nona Mez (3x)
Nosfell
Oi Va Voi
Ozark Henry
Patrick Wolf
Placebo (6x)
Praga Khan
Racoon
Radiohead
Razorlight
Samuel Jackson Five
Scissor Sisters
S.C.U.M.
Sioen (2x)
Smashing Pumpkins
Snow Patrol
Sonic Youth
Stash
Sunday Drivers
t Hof van Commerce
The Charlatans
The Coral
The Dead 60s
The Dresden Dolls
The Enemy
The Hives
The Horrors (4x)
The Ivories
The Low Lows
The Noisettes
The Pipettes
The Posies
The Raconteurs
The Rakes
The Raveonettes
These New Puritans (2x)
The Subways
The Tellers (2x)
The Van Jets
The Veils
The View
The Whitest Boy Alive
The Wolfbanes
Tool
Tripoli
Ulterior (2x)
Vive La Fête (4x)
White Rose Movement (2x)
Woodface
Yeborobo
Yevgueni
Zornik (far too many)
zZz

Movies:

IF.... // Babel // Freaks // Crash // Control // The Others // The Hours // Hard Candy // Party Monster // Blue Velvet // Trainspotting // The Illusionist // The Libertine // Eraserhead // The Shining // Paradise Now // The Educators // Velvet Goldmine // A Clockwork Orange // Mulholland Drive // Lost Highway // Marie-Antoinette // La Tourneuse De Pages // Twin Peaks- Fire Walk With Me // Das Leben Der Anderen // Mary Shelley's Frankenstein // C'est Arrivé Pres de Chez Vous // The Rocky Horror Picture Show // Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas // Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

I'm particularly fond of Malcolm McDowell's early work.

Television:



Books:

The Virgin Suicides -Eugenides
A Clockwork Orange -Burgess
A Million Little Pieces -Frey
My Friend Leonard -Frey
Trainspotting -Welsh
One Hundred Years of Solitude -Márquez

The Melancholy Story of Oyster Boy & Other Stories - Tim Burton

Edgar Allen Poe
Viriginia Woolf
Oscar Wilde

Heroes:

Salvador Dalì
René Magritte
Paul Delvaux
Giorgio de Chirico

My Blog

Pukkelpop review - 16/17/18 August

Pukkelpop FestivalKiewit festival site- 16/17/18 August 2007 3 days, 8 stages, +150 bands, 130000 visitors.A review. Wednesday 15 AugustWe, that is me, Sarah and Candy, left ...
Posted by Christine on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 03:02:00 PST

Marktrock review - Saturday 11 August

Marktrock Oude Markt, Leuven - Saturday 11 August 2007   YevgueniYevgueni was quite boring to be honest. They play a kind of Dutch soft-rock, which is definately not my genre of music. Uninterest...
Posted by Christine on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:59:00 PST

Dour review- Friday 13 July

Dour FestivalDour Festival site- Friday 13 July 2007   It must've been around 11 am we arrived at Dour& There was mud everywhere. Sigh. We actually had to slide our way through. Which was pretty ...
Posted by Christine on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:12:00 PST

Rock Werchter Review- Thursday 28 June

Rock WerchterWerchter festival site- Thursday 28 June 2007Billy Talent - Zornik - My Chemical Romance - Marilyn Manson - Björk - Muse Leaving Bruges at about 9 am turned out to be a good idea after al...
Posted by Christine on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 10:37:00 PST

Quotes of the day

Roles of S and C are represented by Sarah and Christine   S: "Christine wants Placebo, Christine GETS Placebo." S: "Nuts. I want nuts. Now. Nuts. Buy me nuts."-arrives at rack with nuts-S: "Look!...
Posted by Christine on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:06:00 PST

Who is that girl?

Whats your name? ChristineWhat do people call you? Christine / StienDo people spell/say your name wrong? All the timeGender? FemaleBirthday? December 10thHeight? About 1m80, I guess.Eye colour? Green-...
Posted by Christine on Thu, 24 May 2007 10:51:00 PST

Horreur Parisienne

11th of May-The Horrors in Paris, Point Ephemere. Support acts: Dandi Wind, Sunday Drivers. Ingredients:  -1 ride to Paris -50 black balloons -5 personalised gifts: one for every H...
Posted by Christine on Mon, 14 May 2007 10:30:00 PST

Zornik @ Lotto Arena

Zornik -Lotto Arena27th of April.Support by Tripoli and Garage Sauvage.   After 8 months without Zornik, and the new album Crosses just being released, something inside me started to ache. Time c...
Posted by Christine on Sun, 13 May 2007 01:55:00 PST

BELGIUM IN HORROR - HORRORS IN BELGIUM

The Horrors gig review - 16th of April, Trix, Antwerp. 6:30 amThe day starts out in complete nervousness. Today is the day we'll finally see The Horrors, and have a chance to give them the product of ...
Posted by Christine on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:14:00 PST

Modern times, Valentines...

Hello my beloved blog-readers! It sure has been a while, hasn't it! All performances went very well, especially 'Het Hotel'; my drama-performance. People I dind't even know came to me and told me I w...
Posted by Christine on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:45:00 PST