gentse feesten - 20.220708

day one - stille feesten, rot club de gand and falling slowly, or was it quite rapidly ...

day two - boombox, a great new initiative in stead off boomtown, 2 bands in a small place (minnemeers), today merz (english singer songwriter who didn't bore me) and then girls in hawaii ... to quote them: "bedankt, goeie vrienden", how the singer addresses us after the last encore, a superb two-person plan your escape, fading into silence ... before their cover of spinvis' voor ik vergeet (which they made for stubru's rendez vous), with a funny dutch accent ... and on our national holiday today, a song dedicated to the situation, what better song than bored ... personal favorite today, couples on tv, sang by the (always energetic) base player ... actually the whole gig was a favorite, and now their latest record as well ... cu soon ...

day three - isabelle a in the charlatan, surrounded by good musicians, such as tom pintens, the former zita swoon pianist, based on their werchter performance, they recovered well from his leave, and based on tonights performance, he did well in joining miss a ... his and the other band members' play create a strong sound for isa's soft-hoarse voice, with running guitars and wandering piano ... i remembered onder de sprei, a song by luc de vos which could have been on gorki's homo erectus disc, and lekker beest, in a great new setting, influenced by large by tom's piano play ... afterwards a brand, with some ac/dc like V-guitar play and entertaining songs ... but the night is young, so we move on ... to celebrity spotting, irish coffees and lightning blue eyes reflected sunrise, and a short sleep ... and this is where the story ends and this is where it goes ...