Google claims they want to play by the US rules in China - no censorship, full freedom of information. At that is great. However, when you are in China, you will notice that for their local Google China Service they do they advantage of the more liberal Chinese rules on Intellectual property... Using the regular google service, you can download just about any song for free in plain mp3 format. No kidding. Click here to read more »

The kick-off for California, the new cabaret-show of Ter Bescherming van de Jeugd was Friday January 15th in CC De Abdij in my home town Geraardsbergen. And there is a little more work to be done, in my opinion, to get the full potential out of the material. There are some great moments... yes. But overall the show lacks consistency and drive... Click here to read more »

Yesterday evening was a special evening... Axelle was trying out her new show for a select audience in the small room of the Arenbergschouwberg in downtown Antwerp. How select ? Well, there were about 80 seats and only 70 people. The show was a mix of English, Spanish, French and even one Dutch song - and most of the songs had received a serious make-over. Click here to read more »

Was it the winter temperaure, or was something else wrong @yahoo today ? I got a very strange error message ('error 1') when accessing my mail today - never seen it before and I hope I never get it again. Goodmorning... from snowy white Belgium !

Yesterday evening, P-Magazine hosted the Avant-Premiere of the Sherlock Holmes movie in Metropolis Antwerp. Guy Ritchie did a very nice job in picturing Watson and Holmes - and the setting & photography of the movie is just fantastic. An entertaining two hours with a star performance by Robert Downey Junior (remember the AD/AD boyfriend of Ally McBeal). For sure to be seen on a large screen with surround sound - as the action scenes are all over ! Click here to read more »