Club Noord, Antwerp: a fresh & new electro club party

Phantom is back, 'cause he was busy. Very busy. After a trip to Spain, a visit of London, a few days at Graspop,...but here is some great news for you...

Antwerp will have a new electro & club party place,
opening on the 4th of July!:

Club Noord!

And yes, Phantom will be there as well. So will Rave Grohl, and others.
Some say The Dukes will be booked on the second edition.

From now on EVERY FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH = CLUB NOORD party night!

Good to know: no dresscode (so you can leave your Ralph Lauren & Louis Vuitton at home :-) but fashion victions, party harders, fluo kids, and other happy party animals are welcome!

Where?
Club Noord
Noorderterras
Jordaenskaai 27
2000 Antwerp

Become online friends with Club Noord
- on Netlog => http://nl.netlog.com/clubnoord
- on Facebook =>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16112782001
- Official website: http://www.clubnoord.be/ (subscribe to mailing list)

Or mail: party@clubnoord.be

Disturbed is Indestructible

The new Disturbed album "Indestructible" is out! I can't wait to run to the stores and buy that one! The artwork is -again- wow!, don't you think?


I still haven't seen them live at work, guess they don't like Belgium or what? Graspop not good enough? Grrrr....

Anyhow, check out the widget (these guys are 2.0! ;-)) which gives you the opportunity to listen to Inside The Fire & Perfect Insanity. Enjoy!



The very sensitive video of Inside The Fire - Disturbed
introduction by the charismatic lead singer David Draiman


www.disturbed1.com

Review: Rage Against The Machine & The Battle of Antwerp, 2008!

RATM plays the music I grew up with as a teenager, but my mum didn't let me go to concerts (anger). So I watched my friends go to those massive rock festivals with all these awesome bands I only knew from my copied tapes (frustration). I was a teen in the middle of my puberty (rebellious).
This was 15 years ago (unpatience).


Monday, 2nd June, 2008: Rage Against The Machine, Sportpaleis, Antwerp.
RATM hasn't lost any energy in those 15 years. Zack de la Rocha jumps around like a wildman, and so do all his soldiers with him in the snake pit. Tom Morello still plays the guitar like a turntablist, and bass Tim Commerford has the same tattoo as me, hell yeah!

The crowd turns into a wild sea of jumping, sweating men, pushing eachother, lifting one guy after the other for a decent surf. It feels like it is a 1000°C down there. Yes, this is the concert you had to see & feel. I can imagine some girls had a nearly-dead experience, 'cause, make no mistake, this is not for puss**s.


And the concert itself? I'm not completely sure, but I seem to remember we took off with: Testify, Bulls On Parade, Bombtrack, Bullet In Your Head...somewhere in between Guerilla Radio, Calm Like A Bomb, Freedom, and it ended off course with Killing In The Name. The rest was a struggle to survive I will never forget.

So fuck Lost & the survivors of Oceanic 815, we survived RATM in Antwerp! ;-)


Oh, I almost forgot to mention: Serj Tankian was a good (and far underestimated) support act, but if the volume is turned down, you really can't get into the vibe. Shame on you, PA!


A pity, because he deserved better. Anyway, I adore his Sky Is Over. Check out the video, and support Mister SOAD.

www.myspace.com/serjtankian

Pinkpop 2008, day 2 with Kaiser Chiefs, Justice, Foo Fighters and faggy pink ponchos

An interesting line-up on day 2...

...with...(oops) Justice...and even after an impressive show at the AB a few weeks ago, this set was different. First part sounded pretty like the last set, but the second half of the show (call it show, because it is show) was f***ing awesome.


Rammstein through the speakers and party galore, everybody was shaking, jumping, banging on every bleep they produced.
I think I'm going to see them once again at Werchter (it's all coincidence, I swear ;-) and that 'll be the last time, for a long time, I guess.


Kaiser Chiefs. Again, these guys are masters in producing football anthems. They rocked the place, played with the audience, and seemed to have a lot of fun on stage. Way to go Leeds United FC! And yes Peanut still looks like a peanut.

Sorry Groove Armada...I was hungry, tired, thirsty and had to go to the "bathroom". It took me almost 45 minutes...but it sounded like a party from where I was s(h)itting.



Ending this festival day with screaming guitars: Foo Fighters, not with Rave Grohl, famous for dirty mixes & mash-ups, but with his unofficial brother Dave Grohl.


A great show, everybody got loco (including pogo) on the overload of drum & guitar solos, ending with the all-time Foo classic "All My Life", still my favourite FF track.



The Pinkpop organisation must have warned several times for a rain storm coming up, so we bought some kinky pink ponchos (5 ponchos, each 2 EUR, then sold one back for 10 euro to a fine young man,...don't we all like Dutch people? ;-)

MSTRKRFT fans? :-)

"Hup Holland Hup...we're gonna win the Cup!"
But not before Antwerp goes to First Division this year! (grin)