Time to write the 900th blog. I can best express my experiences from the past 900 blogs through proverbs and sayings. What are the linguistic differences between proverbs, sayings, idioms, and expressions? Proverbs are fixed, complete sentences....
Date of issue April 22, circulation 25.000 stamp sheets. Persons greeting each other. A child strokes a jumping cat. A man and a woman (depicted from behind) have their arms around each other. The woman's scarf flutters...
Record Store Day (RSD) announced the exclusive music releases for the 2025 edition in February. The RSD releases will be available on Saturday, April 12, 2025, at participating record stores in the Benelux. You will have to get up early to...
Rob de Nijs has passed away at his home in Bennekom at the age of 82. Rob had been suffering from Parkinson's disease for some time. Rob was a Dutch singer and actor. In his career, which spanned more than six decades, he grew into...
On July 11, 2024, PostNL issued the stamp sheet 'The Magic of André Rieu' to mark the birthday (75 years on October 1) of violinist and orchestra conductor André Rieu. The five personal stamps feature photographic portraits of André Rieu...
André van Duin was born on February 20, 1947, in Rotterdam as Adrie (Adrianus Marinus) Kyvon. His breakthrough came on June 24, 1964, when, at the age of 17, he won the talent show Nieuwe Oogst with his first television appearance, under...
You already voted in large numbers on November 22 for the House of Representatives elections, but now you can vote again for the 25th Top 2000 until December 8, 2023, at 15:00 PM. In the House of Representatives elections, that led...
In Unzipped, visitors journey through the fantastic highlights of The Rolling Stones' career, culminating in an audiovisually stunning finale. On display are over 400 original objects from the personal archive, such as original instruments, stage designs, and album covers...
As a singer, Boudewijn de Groot was extremely successful, particularly in the 60s. He scored his first hit in 1965 with 'Een meisje van 16' and reached the number one spot on the Top 40 two years later with...
The Olympic Games of music kick off in Liverpool on May 9, 2023 (67th edition) with the semi-final. Featuring, among others, our entry by Mia Nicolai and Dion Cooper with 'Burning Daylight'. Much has been said about the first performances...
International Jazz Day is an international day proclaimed in 2011 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 'to celebrate jazz and its diplomatic role in uniting people in all corners of the world...
You can visit the musical exhibition about 'Gospel' until April 10, 2023. There is much to see (old TV footage) and hear (audio tour) about the history of gospel. You are welcomed in the first room with the well-known...
Every guitar enthusiast, and guitarists too, cannot ignore it. It is a magnificent book (Guitar: The Shape of Sound (100 Iconic Designs)) in which 100 types of guitars are described, along with the artists who use them. Famous guitars such as...
On November 7, 2022, PostNL issued 'String Instruments' as personalized stamps. And these instruments come from my favorite museum in The Hague: the Kunstmuseum. Readers know this museum by its older name, the 'Gemeentemuseum,' and it is located in The Hague's Statenkwartier...
This is no ordinary story, it is pure horror. And even though it is centuries old, it is retold every year with even more suspense, even more gore. It takes place in 1790 in Sleepy Hollow (valley), a settlement...
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