"Weest bevlogen", twice upon a time in Amsterdam

The muscle car is part of the "Weest Bevlogen" concept by Machiel Braaksma. The person leaning against the wall is collateral damage. He is no part of Weest Bevlogen he happened to be there when I made these shots.
Check the website of Machiel Braaksma and order your copy the "Weest Bevlogen" sign (limited edition).

wall animation MUTO by Blu

This amazing wall animation by Blu was done in Buenos Aires and Baden took months to paint, film and edit.

esion = reflected urban noise

urban noise blended
to personal
perfection

World Press Photo 2008

On April 29 the World Press Photo 2008 exhibition opened in Amsterdam. Like last year I visited the exhibition and again the photo's are stunning. And again most of it looked like the World Horror Photo contest. Here are the ones that impressed me most.
Francesco Zizola; A 14 year old girl gang raped, waiting for medical treatment.
Balazs Gardi; A man holding a boy with shrapnel wounds.
Erik Refner; Competitors at the finish-line of a marathon.

looking for something

the wonx

this part of Amsterdam is nicknamed “Wonx”

fertilizing graffiti

finally I discovered why graffiti grows so well in Amsterdam.
Admirers fertilize street-art.


Laser 3.14 website

Happy spamiversary! Spam reaches 30

On May 3 1978, Gary Thuerk, a marketer at the now-defunct computer firm Digital Equipment Corporation, sent an email to 393 users of Arpanet, the US government-run computer network that eventually became the internet. It was the first spam email ever.

Election time is coming, so our Heads of State are interested in your opinion. Please respond wise to the poll.

Collect the great bonus for immediate respondents! ; Your spam-tax 2008 can be forfeited*.

Happy spamiversary! Spam reaches 30
	Yes, I consume material SPAM
	No, spam is produced by the Chinese secret service to brainwash the free world
	Yes, spam is an act of God because the internet is blasphemous
	No, spam expresses opinions and provides information. Spam should be treated as free speech under the First Amendment of the Constitution
	Yes, I trust my government let them decide what should be filtered as spam and what not
	No, I am from outer space, please explain why canned SPAM can not be beamed accross the internet
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*) Only valid for participants with a trackable IP address.



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Koninginnedag 2008

Koninginnedag 2008 was ok and approached peaceful. Plus a few were not drunk.

Otoliths 9

Otoliths issue nine is live.

This issue marks the beginning of Otoliths' third year, & once again contains a great variety of text & visual work. This issue is dedicated to Rochelle Ratner, who passed away on March 31st.

In this issue are Rochelle Ratner, harry k stammer, Adam Fieled, Bill Drennan, David-Baptiste Chirot, Joel Chace, Michael Farrell, Reed Altemus, Andrew Lundwall, Douglas Barbour & Sheila E. Murphy, William Doreski, Duane Locke, Stu Hatton, Joe Balaz, Jeff Harrison, Raymond Farr, Esa Mäkijärvi, Bobbi Lurie, Julian Jason Haladyn, Simon Perchik, Suzanne Grazyna, Eileen R. Tabios, Diana Magallón & Jeff Crouch, Jeff Crouch & Matina L. Stamatakis, Thomas Lowe Taylor, Glenn R. Frantz, Angela Genusa, Randy Thurman, Philip Byron Oakes, Mark Cunningham, Geof Huth, Andrew Topel & Jim Leftwich & John M. Bennett, John M. Bennett, John M. Bennett & Luigino Solamito & Sheila E. Murphy, John M. Bennett & Scott MacLeod, Scott MacLeod, Robert Gauldie, Adam Strauss, Marcia Arrieta, Elizabeth Kate Switaj, William Allegrezza, Ernesto Priego, Ed Schenk, Irving Weiss, Mary Kasimor, Christopher Major, Derek Owens, Paul Siegell, Daniel f Bradley, Daniel Morris, Steve Timm, Mary Ellen Derwis, Thomas Fink, Louise Landes Levi, Toni Simon, Martin Edmond & Kirsten Kaschock.

Otholith issue 9

hair

contrast

dit is amsterdam

19^th century windmill
20^th century tunnel
21^th century graffiti
welcome to Amsterdam ...


By the way. The old shack near the windmill is the home of “Brouwerij het IJ”. They brew great beer!

play that funky music white boy #8