Waking up in Amsterdam!

Destination: Amsterdam!

After a really cool gig in Utrecht, your raconteur made his way back home on the train with the folks from Blades Eye Couture at 0-dark:30 on Sunday morning…

They sponsored the party I was covering that night and their product is rather impressive!

Imagine a set of sunglasses (or regular ones! *jumping up and down*) that actually hold to your head instead of your ears…

Blades = Deadly Cool!

Yeah, exactly!

I tried out a set of the sunglasses for a few minutes and I was pretty much WOW’d! (the temple pads that make the whole design work are quite comfortable, and they’ll be even smaller in v. 2.0!)

Expect to see more from me about the coolest eyewear EVAR!

It’s been an unusually crazy HOT weekend around here and the phenomenon has seemed to follow me around…

I can’t EVEN begin to assume credit, I’m just calling things as I saw them!

After a day of quality sleep, I got prepped for the night ahead and left my quarters for rain. 4 Gigs in a weekend is a LOT, especially 2 weekends in a row, but I gotta support my friends!

Mike van Loon is one of them, and his Sunday night party, Fierce Angel, has been one of my very favourite destinations since the very first one!

His opening night was pretty spectacular, but he got a big dose of “Second Night” that I couldn’t save him from, so I only got 3 shots before I had to head south to Sugar Factory. (Fortunately, they’re ALL extremely High-Quality!)

16NOV08: Fierce Angel @ rain Amsterdam

BTW: I’m recruiting a squad for the next edition this Sunday night and the first three Campers that respond get listed up with me! (Bel Snel!)

So I hit the door at Sugar in plenty of time for the Wicked Jazz Sounds Band performance!

I got strapped up, grabbed a drink, shot a couple of hotties, hit the smoker, and then the night went off with a BANG!

16NOV08: Wicked Jazz Sounds @ Sugar Factory Amsterdam

I’ve had the honor of seeing every local concert that the WJS Band has done, and every one has been great!

Tonight’s edition was different… It was just… PHENOMENAL!!!

I know (and love) these people, watching them progress from terrific session players has been WAY beyond fantastic!

Truly a special honor for your raconteur…

That being said, this was the night they fucking RAWKED the house as an honest-to-god BAND!!!

Sunday night’s gig was, without a doubt, proof of concept… (and this is barely the beginning!)

EVERYBODY felt it! (Whether they realized it or not!)

You could see it on the faces of every yummy girl in the room!

My very favourite musicians EVER are gonna TAKE OVER THE WORLD! (And I can say: “I knew them when…”)

Their individual performances deserve a bit of recognition, particularly the singers…

16NOV08: Berenice, Renske, & Paul!

Berenice was transcendent, Renske was SCORCHINGLY hot, and Paul was truly amazing! They were SO workin’ the choreography too!

The WHOLE band was on time and on target! It’s hard to express exactly how good they actually were!

Suzanne Alt stepped up on “Three Elements” and was awesome!

I suppose that there might have been things that could have been done differently… I’m sure they will be if necessary!

But I’ve never pretended to be an impartial observer, Campers… I’m a FAN!

And as such, I was BLOWN away!

So I chased down just about everybody involved over the rest of the night to tell them just how I thought they did! (Sorry if I missed you!)

Next stop, Utrecht! (06DEC08 @ Tivoli!)