describing the unwritten
Wasn’t “adult” supposed to refer to a person who is “grown-up” and “mature” and “well-balanced” and all that? Then why does that word practically always refer to: forms of dizzyingly stupid entertainment wherein retarded and/or abused individuals engage in biological activities; activities that are considered unsafe or barely legal, that appeal to the lower instincts …
Abasuu – (n.) the grim, tight-lipped resoluteness with which a Ninja decides that the rest of his life is going to be determined by revenge “Yobakoto-san took a formal bow to honour the spirit of the deceased. When he turned around the light of abasuu shone in his eyes – and all that looked upon …
It was 10.30 PM in Gotham City and all was quiet. Batman was reading the Gotham Inquirer in the Batroom, while Batilda, his wife, was knitting up black leather socks in the chair across him. ‘Bruce…?’ Batilda asked on a tone that was a little dark around the edges, as a cloud on a sultry …
The Racebike-Borg-Cluster (RBC) – Dutch version below In practice the RBC consists of four to many dozens of drones. However, the Octad is the most numerous, balancing hive-mind dynamics and manoeuvrability. As the name suggests, these RBC’s consist not of individuals, but of drones*. This is a sub-type of the Exercise Drone, closely related to …
What is Kookabakka music? Read on, and you will know! Musical terminology is failing to label many things, but surely one of the most glaring omissions is what shall henceforth be known as Kookabakka music (Dutch: Koeckebackemuziek, German: Kucke-backe-musik, French: Musique quooque-baque). What is Kookabakka music? It’s music that features the specific sound created by …
How the Eekhoorn got his name. Once upon a time, there were three English cousins named Richard, Prudence and Adrian. They got it in their mind to visit the Netherlands because they loved cheese so much, and they had heard tales of the low country’s legendary cheese shops – even markets! – that they just …
Several years ago, the Freakingly Frightening rock-music group Kiff was touring in Eastern Europe. It had been a brutally busy schedule, but in Transylvania they finally had a break of a few days so they decided to head out for a stroll in the mountains. Now, even if any one of them had ever been …
One fine day, the infamously bloodcurdling rock act Kiff was strolling down Lambeth Road, doing the Lambeth Walk, or, as the case might be, to the degree their Scary Outfits allowed them to. Passers-by reacted appropriately: elderly ladies shrieked and hid themselves, Japanese tourists took pictures, and one strapping lad from Inverness had jumped into …
The Colossally Macabre Rock Formation Kiff was touring one day, and in a smallish mid-western town they were booked into a particularly crappy hotel. The bass player, quite to the disgruntlement of the rest, was in a very playful mood and he stomped, giggling maniacally, from room to room on his plateau boots, opening all …
Kiff, the renowned Macabre Squad, were walking down the street in Houston one day. In the houses lining both sides of the southern suburban street, sitting in their rocking chairs on the front porch and traditional blunderbuss on their knees, Houstonian old-timers, on account of their being uninterested in pop music and hence not appropriately …
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