The hazy images of the first people on the moon were barely sharper than the visual blurs that a television set produced on normal nights. But the knowledge that my father and I were looking directly at this giant leap in the human evolution made an overwhelming impression on me on July 20th, 1969. Fifty […]
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Buzz Aldrin 50 years after moon trip more energetic and alive than ever
Edwin Eugene ‘Buzz’ Aldrin (Glen Ridge, New Jersey, 1930) may have cursed the fact that he was not the first man on the moon, in many other respects he is a unique astronaut and an exceptional person. When he and Neil Armstrong landed with the Eagle in the Mare Tranquillitatis, Aldrin was very aware of […]
Johan Bakker | | Blog | apollo, apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin, Edwin Aldrin, NASA, space travel | 0 Comments
Train journey through Scotland
Travelling by public transport often leads to surprises when using unfamiliar routes. The bus ride from Amsterdam Central to Port IJmuiden seems to pass a historic site that has been on my list of places to visit for ages: Ruigoord. A squatted stronghold with an artistic attitude somewhere between hippie visions and punk ideals. Once […]
Johan Bakker | | Art & Culture, Blog, Travel | Ben Nevis, Edinburgh, Fort William, Glasgow, Harry Potter, Indepence, Inverness, Oban, Portree, public transport, Rannoch, Scotland, United Kingdom, Walter Scott | 0 Comments
North Sea Jazz Festival 2018
This weekend Ahoy Rotterdam hosted the 43rd edition of North Sea Jazz, the largest indoor jazz festival in the world. Cameron Graves and his trio opened the festival in the Congo tent. Graves blends his classical piano style with exciting jazz and heavy nu-metal and he and his fellow musicians create their own unique genre. […]
Johan Bakker | | Blog, Music | Bill Frisell, Charles Lloyd, Eric Vloeimans, hans dulfer, Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, Joshua Redman, Khalid, North Sea Jazz, pharao sanders, Pharrell Williams, philip catherine, Simin Tander, the Roots, Tord Gustavsen | 0 Comments
John Coltrane album rediscovered after 55 years
John Coltrane’s Both Directions at Once is a complete, lost album that the John Coltrane Quartet recorded on 6 March 1963. The record never appeared because it was considered to be not commercial enough at the time. A day later the same quartet shared the studio with singer Johnny Hodges and that more mainstream jazz […]
Johan Bakker | | Blog, Music, Reviews | Both Directions at Once, free jazz, jazz, John Coltrane, John Coltrane Quartet, the lost album | 0 Comments
Museum RockArt in the Hook of Holland
Now that the Spring has started to put its mark on the atmosphere, it is time again to visit the Hook of Holland. The trains are out of service but the metroline is still under construction, so we have to make our journey by bus. I associate the Hook of Holland with Dechi Beach, the […]
Johan Bakker | | Blog, Music | history, music, pop, rock, RockArt, Veronica | 0 Comments