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Sal Paradise

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About Me

anonymity in the world of men is better than fame in heaven, for what's heaven? What's earth? All in the mind.

My Interests

music is my passion
watching movies
i enjoy reading
and finally art: andy warhol, jackson pollock, joseph beuys, kassimir malevitch, francisco goya

Music:

bands: the velvet underground, the doors, pink floyd, johnny cash, nick drake, jeff buckley, janis joplin, elliot smith, elvis costello, the who, radiohead, mogwai, catpower, bright eyes, low, godspeed you black emperor, death cab for cutie, postal service, sigur ros, tori amos, kate bush, muse, foo fighters, eels, nick cave, blonde redhead, elbow, sonic youth, nine inch nails, mike patton, pj harvey, tom mcrae, bjork, sophia, deus, zita swoon, an pierlé, tóman, axelle red, styrofoam
dance: groove armada, daft punk, royksopp, carl craig, 4hero, john digweed, laurent garnier, underworld, trentemoller, ellen allien, nathan fake, gusgus, aphex twin, deep dish, kruder & dorfmeister
jazz: charles mingus, stan getz, nina simone, herbie hancock, brad mehldau, branford marsalis, john zorn

Movies:

directors: stanley kubrick, david lynch, quentin tarantino, ken loach
movies: lost in translation, american beauty, big fish, todo sobre mi madre, cidade de deus, trainspotting, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, requiem for a dream, waking ned devine, dancer in the dark, festen, billy elliot, goodbye lenin, the edukators

Television:

comedy: the fast show, smack the pony, green wing

Books:

writers:harry mulisch, arnon grunberg, annelies verbeke, dimitri verhulst, joost zwagerman, george orwell, virginia woolf, william s burroughs, philip roth, paul auster, gabriel garcia marquez

Heroes:

lou reed, jack kerouac, frank zappa, thom yorke (radiohead), tom barman & mauro pawlovski (deus), steve buscemi, kevin spacey

My Blog

pukkelpop 16/8 - 18/8 - hasselt

hard to remember every band i've seen @ pukkelpop, there were so many bands at this festival and so many different kinds, but anyway i'm going to try the most suprising band of day 1 was rodrigo ...
Posted by Sal Paradise on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:12:00 PST

zita swoon - openluchttheater antwerp 25/7

zita swoon in antwerp (their hometown) is always something special, and i've seen them so many times but still i have the chance to see them i'll be there that's for sure stef kamil sings with s...
Posted by Sal Paradise on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 08:44:00 PST

cendre - fennesz/sakamoto

this album is the perfect soundtrack for a sweet dreamthe album sounds like a marriage of guitar based soundscapes (with a subtle pieces of electronica) created by christian fennes...
Posted by Sal Paradise on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:17:00 PST

buena vista social club - rivierenhof 14/7

the perfect venue for a buena vista gig, it's great to see the energy and passion of these band on stage, really funny to see guys of that age dancing, and the music is so relaxing in the sun, makes y...
Posted by Sal Paradise on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:53:00 PST

cactusfestival - brugge 6/7/07

i heard mintzkov while i was waiting to get in, but what i heard was great, powerful rock music (i always miss this band when they play, and i really like them) after that it was waiting for josé gonz...
Posted by Sal Paradise on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:42:00 PST

rock werchter - 28/6 - 1/7

day 1 my festival started with air, and what a great band that is, their set was a mix of the new album and a best of, and the last of their set was a long and intense version of la femme d'argent, af...
Posted by Sal Paradise on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:37:00 PST

the who - lotto arena 8/6

the who live @ leeds is still my favourite live album and now i had the chance to see them for a second timeand i can imagine it's the not the same as in the old days, it's not easy to ...
Posted by Sal Paradise on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:46:00 PST

the smashing pumpkins - ab 26/5

and what an evening it was, the pumpkins played for almost 3 hours and their set was a greatest hits set mixed with songs of the forthcoming album zeitgeist the band was in great shape though it was n...
Posted by Sal Paradise on Mon, 28 May 2007 08:13:00 PST

slint - ab 23/5

this is a legendary band, and they came to play their second album spiderland, which is a classic album because of its influence it left, some people say spiderland is the first post-rock, becaus...
Posted by Sal Paradise on Sun, 27 May 2007 03:46:00 PST

the veils - ab 14/5

another great band came to play in belgium, and it was a great gig, still they didn't play my favourite song of them (but i don't complain), the other songs are beautiful too you can compare the voic...
Posted by Sal Paradise on Thu, 17 May 2007 07:58:00 PST