A festival and a wedding: PART 1
The first days of November are to remember those who have passed on to other realms and to reflect on death. I decided to do this by...
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 5, 20221 min read
Tuesday Night Black Ice Cream
Last night I saw Helado Negro performing his sweet tunes pouring them like warm oil in my ears I closed my eyes without thinking I was...
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Joke De Roeck
Sep 13, 20221 min read
Afternoon vinyl poetry
This afternoon I played that record where You sing remember the love we made Of course you’re not singing to me But now you’re asking I...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 10, 20191 min read
Bangkok nights
I'm not sure what it was that made me take a late night ice cold shower, putting on my most twirlable skirt and head out into the sweaty...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 1, 20191 min read
Where summer never ends
Last night I saw Helado Negro performing his sweet tunes pouring them like warm oil in my ears I closed my eyes without thinking I was...
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 23, 20191 min read
Soothe my soul
I want to dance ceaselessly barefooted and poured with wine from a bottomless glass I want to move to Poppy Ajudha’s voice sway away...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 18, 20182 min read
Le Guess Who?
What just happened? Since I work full time (how do people do this their entire lives??) my tiny two day weekends are holy as the pope...
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 9, 20182 min read
Post-festival comedown
Ah, the post-festival comedown. Sitting in the garden, hiding behind sunglasses, melting in my chair and feeling raw from the past week....
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 5, 20181 min read
Festivalling
Oh festival life! I love you because I can get down and dirty, roll around in the dust and it’s a normal thing to do. I can wear all the...
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Joke De Roeck
May 29, 20181 min read
Frank
Music carries the magic of bringing you back to a place in time. Most of my memories come with a soundtrack. When I moved out of my...
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Joke De Roeck
Apr 5, 20181 min read
Summersol
Music has the power to bring you back to a forgotten moment. Wandering, doing its thing way in the back of your head, while your mind...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 6, 20182 min read
Music High
Aaah, it's been a while, hasn't it? One reason being the big life changes, a new chapter, fresh Brussels plans. Another reason is the...
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Joke De Roeck
Nov 24, 20172 min read
Quarter life glitter
Ah, Belgium! You've been a roller coaster of love and happiness. Like a lifetime happened in just two weeks. The jetlag gave me many more...
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Joke De Roeck
Oct 27, 20151 min read
Healing music
Your soothing voice is my medicine can I hide inside The warmth of your songs as a blanket I pull them over me all the way over my head...
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Joke De Roeck
Jul 20, 20152 min read
Ghent Jazz afterglow
I received an email from a sweet friend wishing me a happy new year instead of the old known happy birthday. Because it's a new life year...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 2, 20151 min read
Dancing in the streets
I spent most of January inside, staring at my computer screen and out of the window. Writing my paper and dreaming of exploring...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 15, 20131 min read
Yeasayer! Yeasayer! Yeasayer!
In even more Yeasayer related news because Yeasayer is all that exists on Planet Earth: I met them. In a bar. I talked to them, not like...
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 8, 20121 min read
Fast and furious
I'm not even going to try and hide my enthusiasm: WE HAVE A CAR! Does this mean I am a grown up now? I don't have a license, but I'm...
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