Let´s celebrate the letter Z!

ZZ Top chrono: Zo starts our news time. Back from holiday since… mmh… 3 weeks. I was starring at the sea, starring at the sun for almost 2 weeks, with a gorgeous bike tour through the Landes, and minimal landscape impressions. To the left: deep blue - the ocean. To the right: deep green – the forest. To the sky: 360° cyan vision. To the ground: nothing but brown sugar. Ducks are still sweet and delicious in France, Toulouse still red, Marseille still hot. Battery charged.

Zweet home: Finally found a new place to move to, in the heart of Amsterdam … with a garden. New address: Wilheminastraat 98 HS, 1054 WN Amsterdam.

Zarathoustra: Still has something to say and recommends a book for all and nobody.

With “Dans, dans, dans” by Haruki Murakami will be danced in step. Of the Dolphin hotel, of a reunion with the mysterious Shepherd, of bizarre meetings with an attractive and nervous concierge, of a one-armed American poet, of a spleenish teenager, of a frustrated actor and a charming call girl, of a smug writer. Michael Jackson walks to the moon as Abyssinian prince and Boy George falls from the sky. Of borders between dream and reality, of the search for human contacts in the hypercapitalistic society. Of dancing as long as the music goes, an adventure for your literate foot: C’est la valse à mille temps.

Zooropa: Still planning to go to Germany: Wuppertal, Oberhausen, Cologne, Bonn. Let’s say November.

0: Points at work.

@ the Zoo: Zebra? A song. 2:15 minutes on “69 Love Songs” by the Magnetic Fields. Also gorgeous: Underwear, Blue You. Zébu? Et j´ai plus soif. For language handicapped fellows and phonology aficionados : Zébu > J’ai bu. I have drunk, so I am not thirsty anymore. Sorry.

jaZZ & muZic: SMV blew up my mind yesterday at Paradiso, Amsterdam. Victor Wooten for the 4th time live, Marcus Miller for the 2nd, and hello? Mr. Stanley Clark is nothing but a titan on bass and double-bass. Attending soon: Victor Bailey, Asia Dub Foundation, Hop Chips, New Model Army.

Zoiets: Or Something approaching a heartbeat of 1.808 beats/sec.

Zut alors!: I missed the apparently excellent exhibition “It´s not only Rock&Roll, baby” in Brussels, and the chance to see my beloved Belgian fellows. Very soon in the country of beer and fries again, probably before the end of the year.

Zapping to Zack, Zack: In contact with a music channel based in Amsterdam. Maybe an opportunity to get even more involved in live music. Let’s see what happens on coming Thursday.

Zenith & zodiac: We had full moon on Sunday 14th Sept. I turned 30 this month.

Zone, musical: An area where parking is allowed for a certain period of time. Starting my Electronic Music production course next week at the SAE institute.

Z: Who's Zed? - Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead.