Het leven is zo veel simpeler dan men vaak denkt. Ene William of Ockham was daar al eerder achter: Als alle andere omstandigheden gelijk blijven, dan is de simpelste oplossing ook de beste. Het zelfde geldt eigenlijk voor architecten, maar dan anders: als alle andere omstandigheden gelijk blijven, dan is het mooiste ontwerp ook het beste.

En dan vraag ik u nu om naar de volgende 2 plaatjes te kijken. Het eerste plaatje betreft een ontwerp voor de nieuwe Utrechtse bibliotheek door Rapp+Rapp. Het tweede plaatje is een zelfde ontwerp door bureau VMX.

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Kijk, dat is nog eens leuk: er is een bedrijf, laten we het Dinges noemen (de afzender wil onbekend blijven, hihihi, wat leuk), en dat wil haar nieuwe ‘viral’-video populair maken. En als wij het ding dan op onze site plaatsen, en ons aan de belangrijkste voorwaarde houden: we mogen er niets negatiefs over zeggen, dan krijgen we geld! Nou, hier komt ie dan: Wat zullen wij veel plezier hebben van het geld dat we voor het plaatsen van deze viral krijgen. We gaan er lekker bier van kopen, zoals dat van Grolsch of Heineken, dat vinden wij heerlijk. Lekkere chips van Lays kopen we er ook mee. En misschien zelfs nog wel een Magnum of een Cornetto. En dat alles bestellen we met onze telefoons, die allemaal een t-mobile abonnement hebben. Continue reading ‘Dinges’

Ook wij hebben uit betrouwbare bron vernomen dat zondag 4 mei 2008 een rampzalige dag zal worden. Er zullen, verspreid over de wereld, honderden terroristische aanslagen worden gepleegd met bommen, en mogelijk met gifgas en één of meer kernwapens waarbij naar schatting vele honderdduizenden tot enkele miljoenen doden en nog meer zwaar gewonden kunnen vallen. Al Qaeda en andere ‘Islamitische’ terroristische organisaties zullen de verantwoordelijkheid opeisen.

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What shall we nów having?! I walk this afternoon into a antiekshop and there I find this beautiful postcard with “The Sunny Boys”! So, I thought, let’s look on the internets if they are still as cool as the were on the picture. And what sketches my amazement? There is already another site with ochblogisch that is writing about the biggest hit from The Sunny Boys: “Madonna der Nacht” (”Madonna der nacht, jij bent gekomen, wie had dat gedacht?”). There is a lot more great stuff on “Het beste van toen” or as the webmaster translated so perfectly: “The best from then“! Much pleasure with downloading hè.

And RTL news was there to make a nice documentary thereover! Klik on de logo to see the uitzending. Pay extra good attention at 1.00 minute.

Has the whole world gone nuts? T-mobile just announced that they want the sole rights to the color Magenta. Apparently, you can get that pattented. That by itsself is sick enough already, but now T-mobile is ordering other companies to stop using the color. I say to T-mobile: go and put your patent in some nice magenta colored part of your body! Ochblog goes Pink! (For a day or so. Or until T-mobile sues our asses).

Update: Please sign Kaspers petition !

Iggy started an old fashioned riot together with some naked members of the audience (screw security and all your bloody backstage passes, “Invade the stage!!!”), Muse played one of the best live sets I’ve ever seen (including an amazing lightshow, although they could have left out the corny ’spinning earth’ animation…) and there was no bloody rain! This was, my fellow music lovers, a very, very good second day at pinkpop. (Next to that, I finally got to meet JayJay’s sister!)

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Yes peoples, it is that time of the year again: pinkpop 2007 is about to start. Yours truly is now stuck in a hotel in Landgraaf, listening to heavy thunderstorms passing over, wondering how Jan Smeets is feeling. Your personal reporter will be present throughout the festival and will try to get you some nice (backstage) pics. Let’s start of with this collection, which is mainly about the Oxfam Novib tent, since there weren’t any artists yet.

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Cheerio!

Soms loop je de deur uit, genietend van de zon, kijkend naar al het moois dat zich afspeelt in je buurt. Een spelend kind hier, een auto-wassende buurman daar. Maar sommige mensen wassen hun auto te weinig, en dan krijg je een laagje stof. En wat doe je als je een laagje stof op een auto ziet? Dan ga je daar je naam op schrijven! Zo zag ondergetekende in zijn buurt ook een auto met opschrift. En wat bleek, bij nadere inspectie? De naam in het opschrift kwam mij uitermate bekend voor! Ik kon het dan ook niet laten om mijn persoonlijke commentaar onder de naam te plaatsen….

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As the Dutch saying goes: “Drunk people always tell the truth”, so when I discovered that my drunk fellow editors had decided to organize a mutiny against their great roerganger, I decided there were only two ways to react: hunt them all down and lynch them, or show them that I still love them all very much and maybe i should pay some more attention to this blog. I decided to go with the first option, so: my condolences to the families, and as I am now the only editor left, I present you with the following:
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It’s always nice to stumble upon things you don’t expect. For instance, I was looking for this song by Innaway. In the same directory i found this nice track by someone called Jacky Greene and also one of my favourite Blackalicious tracks. Well, enough talking, have a look in this open dir and you’re bound to find something you like as well.

I don’t hate the fools, I pity them! Mr. T has a new show, and it’s called: “I pity the fool”. It’s lame, it’s tragic, but hey, it’s still mr. bloody T! Check it out on demonoid.

plong plong pling pling plong!

WE DO WITH NORHT KOREA MEE, BECAUSE IT’S CAPSDAY, HOUZEE! IT’S CAPSDAY HOUZEE, AND EVERYBODY CAPS MEE!

Outfoxed is a documentary on Ruport Murdoch and his Fox News Channel. It gives a nice insight into the world of populisitic journalism, and shows you why Fox is a means for right wing propaganda rather than a “fair and balanced”-news network, as they like to call themselves. The documentary is a little sloppy, and uses some light propagandistic techniques itself, but is definitely worth wachting.

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He Bert, you have stront in your eyes. Yes, that’s because Mart Smiths used me as a dildo. That should say it all. Check out Bert & Ernie. Thx @ Kris for the link.

Yes, and it’s fotofuck friday again! Today we will be editting photos of Hubert. No, not Hubert ‘you know who’, but other Huberts, such as this Hubert, this Hubert and this Hubert. Voting is no longer possible, but your entry will be judged by a farely capable but sometimes lazy jury. We will not correspond on the results, although a frisbee and a napkin could perform miracles. The winner will, one day, be able to select a free t-shirt from the freshcottonshop. Kris’ Ochblog-logo’s cannot be found here.

Since our dochter-weblog Retecool is offline: This is zombocom, welcome to Zombocom. You can do anything here. Welcome to Zombocom. WELCOME TO ZOMBOCOM!!!

This is a public service announcement! In the weeks after Israel launched its attack on Lebanon, a team of New York-based artists, designers, and multimedia producers converged on a warehouse location in Brooklyn to create a Public Service Announcement. Check it now.

So I know this brilliant violin player from the UK, though he’ll never admit his brilliance. And this guy has a brother, who’s in a jazzband and, not entirely by coincidence, also plays the violin. The people from Allaboutjazz.com have selected one of their tracks as their weekly free download. The track is called “Heatwave” and is from their debut album “A Minor Hapiness”. So, if you’re into jazz, and even if you’re not, this track is worth the (free and legal) download. Check out more at davidandjosh.com.

Retro we know – 500 Mentos, 200 liters of Diet Coke

Bye bye mister Billy Preston.

More Billy Preston over here and the official website.

“The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan” was Dylan’s second album, containing some of his old school protestsongs, but also some laid back lovesongs. Yeeeehaw!

1. Blowin’ In The Wind
2. Girl From The North Country
3. Masters Of War
4. Down The Highway
5. Bob Dylan’s Blues
6. A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
7. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
8. Bob Dylan’s Dream
9. Oxford Town
10.Talkin’ World War III Blues
11.Corrina, Corrina
12.Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance
13.I Shall Be Free

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If there’s anyone who’s able to combine humor, rock and bad taste, it would have to be Jack Black. A new Jack Black movie called Nacho Libre will appear soon (check the hilarious pre-movie confessionals). Some more Jack Black stuff which everyone should have seen/listened to at least once:

Tenacious D – “Tenacious D” album (do NOT miss the brilliant track “Fuck her Gently”)
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School of Rock
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The Birth Of Soul : The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings, 1952-1959. There’s no way in hell you’re NOT going to like this, so let’s go!

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