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Hervé

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About Me

I'm from Belgium and I'm an astrophysicist or more precisely now a space plasma physicist. I like to think of me as open-minded and I like to talk with mostly everyone about every subject. Yet most of my friends here relate in some way to the list of my favourite activities. Some people I met probably know me best as Lams (my nickname) but I kept my real first name here on myspace (for some unknown reason)
I'm here to make new friends from all over the world and to talk to people I would never meet otherwise. Myspace also allows me to keep in touch with some of my convention friends.
I've also added some celebrities who enjoy to speak to their fans and keep them up-to-date with what's going on in their career. This includes some favourite actors/actresses mainly from TV series but also some favourite bands like The Gathering. Anneke is my favourite singer and René is my favourite guitarist. Very sad Anneke is leaving the band soon but on the positive side, I will have two great bands to follow now :)I sometimes add new bands that I had never heard about but I receive too much requests to listen to all their music, so don't take it the wrong way if I don't add you, it's just that I have no time to listen or sometimes I don't like the music either...(I'm not too much into electro and I don't like rap or hip-hop so please don't request me). Definitely my favourite "myspace artist" is Maria Yuriko and I strongly suggest you to visit planet Yuriko by clicking on the beautiful eyes above ;) If you like angelic voices and beautiful melodies, you'll love Maria ! I also recently found Eliza Lumley who performs incredibly beautiful covers of Radiohead. I've added her banner below so click on it to discover this other very talented artist.Also, I try to promote all actions done by supermodel Petra Nemcova to help raise money for children in Asia. So, visit the Happy Heart funds website (link above) or visit Petra's webpage and buy the supermodel's calendar
I love to travel, my favourite places in the world so far are Chile and San Francisco. I'd love to go back to South America. I also would love to go to Asia where I've never been to so far. In the last few years, I've visited a few eastern countries and like them a lot.
If you are interested in astronomy, I post now and then what I call astro news bulletins where I try to explain some recent discoveries in astronomy or advertise some upcoming astronomical events. Add me as a friend if you want to read them lol. Well, actually, you can read most of them in my blog where I keep them after the bulletins are deleted.
Take the quiz:
Which "24" character are you?

Jack Bauer
You are Jack Bauer!!! You always save the day, you have a sexy voice, and have the longest days too often. Almost all of your love interest's die or just get sick of your need to save the world. Your not afriad of sticking it to the man, and if people would listen to you things would get done a lot faster.
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My Interests

Astronomy, TV series, movies, music, gigs, soccer, sci-fi and science in general, reading (although time is often missing), travelling, learning foreign languages (especially Spanish), Chile !

I'd like to meet:

Jack Bauer, Petra Nemcova, Michael Chiklis and other actors from The Shield, Raiko Ailesworth, Patricia Arquette, Julian Mc Mahon, Shawnee Smith, Danielle Harris, Tarja Turunen, etc etc ... And a lof of my myspace friends ! And I could spend hours talking about David Lynch's movies, so I'd love to meet him one day !

Music:

The Gathering, Agua de Annique, Heather Nova, Katie Melua, Olivia Ruiz, Emilie Simon, Mojave 3, Eliza Lumley, Maria Yuriko, dEUS, Hooverphonic, Emiliana Torrini, Calexico, Grandaddy, Tindersticks, Walkabouts, Rammstein, Lacuna Coil, Linkin Park, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Depeche mode, The Cure, Cranes, Suzanne Vega, Tori Amos, Zazie, Manu Chao, System of A down, Pink Floyd, Mass Hysteria, No one is innocent and many more.My favourite singer ever :)

Credit: Sveta

Agua de Annique - Beautiful one - Nijmegen 02/11/07

Agua de Annique - Witnesses - Heerlen 18/11/07

Anneke & Danny Cavanagh - Blower's daughter - Tilburg 02/01/08

Movies:

Mulholland DriveInland Empire,Lost Highway, Cube, Maria Full of Grace, Lost in Translation, Angel heart, Jacob's ladder, 12 monkeys, Crash, Memento, American History X, Million Dollar baby, Serenity, Minority Report, the first Matrix, Amelie Poulain, L'appartement, Pan's Labyrinth, The Jacket, The Prestige, the Saw trilogy.

Television:

Wow, I watch a lot of shows : 24, Prison Break, Heroes, Battlestar Galactica, House, Shark, Medium, Dead Zone, Dexter, Lost, Alias, Six Feet Under, Dead Like Me, Stargate and Stargate Atlantis, Farscape, Without a Trace, Buffy, Angel, Firefly, Charmed, Smallville, Desperate Housewives, Dark Angel, X-files, Dark Skies, Millennium, Twin Peaks, The Shield, all the Trek series and so on. TV shows are far more better than movies at the moment !!

Books:

One of my favourite book is Hyperion (4 volumes) by Dan Simmons. A truly masterpiece for sci-fi fans. Otherwise, I like books by Isabel Allende, Paulo Coehlo, Eon and the Music of Blood by Greg Bear, Ender's game by Orson Scott Card, Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons, Les fourmis by Bernard Werber, etc...

My Blog

Anneke Van Giersbergen and Danny Cavanagh in Tilburg

It was a real magical night last night in Tilburg ! The three sets were fabulous ! Danny started first.  He's a very talented guitarist and has a warm voice. I didn't know all the Anath...
Posted by Hervé on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:07:00 PST

First official gig of Agua de Annique

Last night, I drove 2 hours to Nijmegen to attend the first official gig of Anneke's new band, Agua de Annique.  This was my second trip to Nijmegen in two months after I went to Merry Pierce's g...
Posted by Hervé on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:43:00 PST

Astro news 8

The collection of the latest astro news ! ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- I just wanted to share some nice pics with you all The first one is an image of...
Posted by Hervé on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:56:00 PST

A tribute to The Gathering

A tribute to The Gathering I would like to create this blog to share my memories about the last 12 years supporting The Gathering. It has been a long journey with many anecdotes for me and a lot of fa...
Posted by Hervé on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:04:00 PST

A surrealist interview of Arno

... or how to define Belgium Interview Arno Sorry it's in French but for those who can understand, it's excellent ! ...
Posted by Hervé on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:04:00 PST

Astro news 7

The latest collection of astro news bulletins ------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- THE MOST DISTANT GALAXY FOUNDAstronomers have broken up the record of the mos...
Posted by Hervé on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:08:00 PST

My trip to Sinaia and Sibiu

For those who were not aware of it, I spent last week in Romania.  My first reason to go there was work as I was invited to participate to a scientific workshop about solar-terrestrial interactio...
Posted by Hervé on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:28:00 PST

Quiz

This one was too long to fill in just to disappear after 10 days, so I keep a copy here. 1. PICK OUT A SCAR YOU HAVE, AND EXPLAIN HOW YOU GOT IT?My only scar is near my left thigh (yep exactly where y...
Posted by Hervé on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 04:49:00 PST

Astro news 6

The latest collection of astro news bulletins ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------- SOFIASOFIA means "Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy". It is a B...
Posted by Hervé on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:37:00 PST

Inland Empire/Mulholland Drive/Lost Highway

I saw yesterday David Lynch's last movie, Inland Empire.  Although I'm a huge fan of David Lynch's work (and especially of Mulholland Drive and Lost Highway), I heard some good and bad critics ab...
Posted by Hervé on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 05:41:00 PST