Friday at Folkwoods 2011
by illogical42 on August 13th, 2011
Finally, it is Folkwoods time again! I arrived pretty late and the first thing I noticed, still outside the festival terrain, was the lack of parking space. And inside it was pretty crowded. That was much to my surprise since Friday at Folkwoods is usually a quiet warming-up.
When I entered “De Klippeleaters” where performing. I did not take any photos, but simply enjoyed their performance. I hope to see them again, because it was quite entertaining. They reminded me of another festival that I used to visit a lot: Elastiek. Mmmh, seems I do not have much Elastiek photos online at the moment… /me adds another item to the 2do list.
The next act on main stage was Seth Lakeman. And the three man band put up a good show. There was a good interaction with the audience and each other and the music was excellent.
The next act I saw was Faran Flad. They skilfully played charming and danceable music and caught the attention of the audience during the whole show. But next time, please leave the bagpipes to the experts 
If these acts determine the quality of the next days, Folkwoods 2011 is going to be a good edition. They even have WiFi (although most of the time it does not seem to work for me).
Me, I am off for another day of folk, folks & beer. More to come…
Christmas wishes
by illogical42 on December 24th, 2010
Now the year is almost at an end, I hope this year you got to do everything you wanted to. If it has not, remember that you still have a few days left
Sunset
by illogical42 on December 24th, 2010
Amazing colors thanks to dust during a sunset filtering the light, and reflecting on ultra-high clouds.
Somewhere over the rainbow
by illogical42 on November 19th, 2010
Do you remember the first time you saw a rainbow as a kid? Something new in the sky, after the rain. And the colors were amazing. I still stop and look whenever I see a rainbow.
Once in a while you can see one or two fainter siblings. But this summer I saw a rainbow without the obligatory rain. And it was beautiful! And instead of touching the horizon, it was all overhead. After a little research it turns out to be a halo, created by light reflecting on ice crystals high up in the sky. Following the descriptions in the wiki I haven’t been able to establish what kind of halo it was, but I’m assuming it is a circumscribed halo.
Ozric Tentacles – live
by illogical42 on November 1st, 2010
Finally, the Ozric Tentacles were in town again today. Not my town, but somewhere in the neighbourhood.
We arrived just in time to catch the last of the Belgian support act, Quantum Fantay. Soon after the concert started it was clear we were up for a treat, because we got a 2 hour jam session. The only regret I had was that the parts of the lightshow from QF that we saw were better than the Ozrics…
