Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Edam, Utrecht, Amanda Palmer

This weekend has been an amazing adventure.

I'll start with yesterday, and I'll work my way back.

Yesterday I was in Edam, with the drummer of Above the Attic, Roemer. During the day we just didn't do much, and in the evening we went to a concert of Amanda Palmer. This is where a lot went wrong...

First we were late, and when we finally got in Utrecht we had troubles finding Tivoli. When we got there we stood there watching a band play, because we thought Amanda was late or we got the time wrong. When they finished they said 'Well, enjoy the Pidgeon Detectives.' Roemer and I looked at each other, and realized we were at the wrong place. Apparently there are TWO Tivoli's.

An hour later (it was nine o' clock) we stumbled inside the Tivoli we needed to be at, where we had some troubles getting in (they talked with the other Tivoli, and after a minute we could go in). Finally, and in the nick of time.

I can't describe the show itself, I can only say I loved every second of it. The acting, the songs, the way everything was orchestrated. It was gorgeous. I even noticed that (I assume by accident) the shadows on the wall of Amanda and Lyndon (a great violist) were beautiful.

At the end I went to the table where Amanda was signing merchandise and talking to fans. I myself am normally not that kind of person; when I do such a thing, I have the feeling I am annoying people or that I am occupying a place which was meant for someone else. Anyway. I brought a CD with me which had six songs on it from Above the Attic. And I gave it to her, telling her how and what (which actually went quite well; despite forgetting to tell her my name).

If you read this Amanda, I love your music and I really hope you want to check out the website and such. I don't want anything from you except for your opinion. That would be great :-).

I sincerely hope she enjoys listening to it or that she responds by saying it's okay or it sucks or it's amazing (though the last one isn't likely to happen; we as a band aren't even that happy with the songs). It's a shame I didn't ask her for a hug, or asked her about how her leg was. But alas, I'm still a nervous and autistic person at heart, who forgets those kind of things in the heat of the moment. Sadly.

When the concert was over, we discovered there weren't any buses going to Edam anymore. So we tried calling friends and relatives to ask if we could stay there for one night. Only my sister answered, and she didn't have the room for Roemer and I. At the end we decided to take a cab for thirty euros. I honestly don't want to know how much money I spent the past three days...


Now we'll go to sunday. Sunday I went to my sister in Amsterdam. I hadn't been there for quite a while, and I hadn't seen where she lived yet. So I was quite suprised because her room is really really nice. And we went to a museum which had all kinds of photographs (one had pictures of people from Africa, street artists, who had monkeys, snakes and hyena's as their guards dogs. Beautiful pictures. Another person had all kind of pictures from the '30s to the '70s which had people in daily situations on it. My sister and I both were wondering how old those people were now, and if they were still alive. There was another one, but he sucked frankly).

Saturday I was at Mieke's place. Mieke is an old friend of mine, and she had a party so I decided to swing by. We spent the day in Rotterdam, which was enjoyable, and we spent the night at her house with lots of people. It was nice being with her again and meeting all her friends (of whom one, David, gave me a Dresden Dolls album. I can't thank him enough).
I also played a song with David. He makes songs using Reason; really nice songs which you can just play and they fill the room with a atmosphere. I played a slow guitar solo over it, and it was quite nice actually. Then I played Daisy, which a couple people liked (which in return made me happy).

And friday I went to Mieke, which didn't went that well (I expected to travel for three hours; I ended up spending five because of a bus and wrong information about buses).


It's 3:45 in the afternoon, and I just took a shower (shower are wonderful things when you feel tired).

Cheers,