Jekyll2020-04-18T22:51:51+02:00https://www.pieterpelgrims.com/blog//The Office of Pieter PelgrimsTechnical stuff, chess and thoughtsPieter Pelgrims20182019-01-03T15:19:34+01:002019-01-03T15:19:34+01:00https://www.pieterpelgrims.com/blog/2018<p>I’ll leave out the personal misfortunes, you’re here for the lists.</p>
<h2 id="music">Music</h2>
<h3 id="new-albums">New albums</h3>
<p>These were released in 2018 and that’s when I gave them a listen.</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5zIMy5QyI1PbvQWBEmdUuV?si=QdIN9DvmSWyqGGr9YQfoaw">Watain – Trident Wolf Eclipse</a> (JAN 5, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5xjAwaQ9YIZRjWm8vB6RdQ?si=RyAu7MUCTaKakQeVzeKwaQ">Sumac – WFMU</a> (FEB 2, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1RIr3dLd64m8fh23p2gm9L?si=-ShOnK0fRAyAhXVBHX-oew">Harms Way – Posthuman</a> (FEB 9, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7bZveW9UQfYbkPH9pkpaQx?si=5amNCeeoSUCr32kzhKOlbg">Turnstile – Time & Space</a> (FEB 23, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6LcpWog3GtPhsnzBbm0v7H?si=3ZA3K-FOQvmmQbgDaZQRBA">Trail of Lies - W.A.R.</a> (FEB 28, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2ZCaVVAOXethj22M2rnDKa?si=Zhg8cZkeR6W2Q1Z1zQpZ2w">Ilsa – Corpse Fortress</a> (MAR 2, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/29haLrvX37jDkDfwVk4FKV?si=K_VcCfGHS7alm9ileMJfLw">Anna von Hausswolff – Dead Magic</a> (MAR 2, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4VHoSlDh9sa2VLTGeMOkwF?si=4YwHxX9DTKiy4sVNmQocYQ">Between The Buried And Me – Automata I</a> (MAR 9, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/30HJInSLwWEXCbjibBDWms?si=pXOMx4cCSM6Kde4cW3JH8A">Conjurer – Mire</a>(MAR 9, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1odexVafvTYzG1bCxz9AiO?si=SM-gEq1zT-Wo0CLM4jKeAw">Twitching Tongues – Gaining Purpose Through Passionate Hatred</a> (MAR 9, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0y9XeKoCUTntmYhbkagzXZ?si=Ll33UocaTC2pyjlvCeGEfw">Wolfpack – Loath</a> (MAR 16, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3buRArEh30uGfka3lcFZkL?si=WcDn3W0ySPG5pS9kCqNYOA">Casey – Where I go when I am sleeping</a> (MAR 16, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3xPofRdruDOxpubv89mwLg?si=T7G0Tcc5QDeHNdgfZHS0Pw">Nightmarer – Cacophony of Terror</a> (MAR 23, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k5e026P2jU">DVNE – Live At Nø Studio</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/31HtFNHh53EzlCJaGmG7lM?si=XHdkgLQzRmGlnhqy2Flm9g">Gozu – Equilibrium</a> (APR 13, 2018)</li>
<li>Poison the Well – I/III <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/71xmvLvuCACKmi9qNGrU6c?si=o3Ud_3vsQwm9pPJGGv1vnw">II/III</a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0xgRv6kIZ1BOg0bj5jlaFu?si=K2ZdrarsTmCMFhmakj8Wxg">III/III</a> (APR 18, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5Vf18Zq7oyiGIcE9UWlxaJ?si=0y8K7jYRQWW5xlCpRLg69g">Wiegedood – De Doden Hebben Het Goed III</a> (APR 20, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/46hNwndF4Tm6D1cGr0G5zL?si=P--Uhp9tQQmAGtYuoZ-Htg">Parkway Drive – Reverence</a> (MAY 4, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://churchdoom.bandcamp.com/album/unanswered-hymns">CHRCH – Unanswered Hymns</a> (MAY 17, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4miXcbc4XKLisQqOAilJlr?si=zou00ro4SpiwwOe0P3mygA">Burn The Priest – Legion: XX</a> (MAY 18, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/76ncBSj7xatwLRc1Gyq6Jh?si=A3d1tu2AS1uYdbryG_It3Q">The Baptists – Beacon of Faith</a> (MAY 23, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4oprczqEoxqg7myO4Ut8qN?si=6bHg6NQtSzaGP94DRpO4hA">Svalbard – It’s hard to have hope</a> (MAY 25, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6128JCa2uBqHWia5AzJOKV?si=0otsX4UhRZubyCJ_OVdbSg">Ghost – Prequelle</a> (JUN 1, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4xnHns3vibDDdSS1sQ5wzW?si=56yS-rqfSv-2nEYlV_P2Tw">Raum Kingdom – Everything & nothing</a> (JUN 1, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3rbB09woe7j6f5hnEqj6x1?si=D6-am1ATS9qNJs-0vA2IAg">Snakehound – Imitation Crown</a> (JUN 1, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/41cwi0xvLmVuVUtJDU8GcS?si=5aElOfKDRrOeDHGE3rvF9A">YOB – Our Raw Heart</a> (JUN 8, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6z0BKgxllPQ3IM61Mvy1Le?si=NgoT1dLkSO-s58FE30tkMg">Khemmis – Desolation</a> (JUN 22, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0ou6DfhPpgGjbNLX00LbgK?si=-1DWexiaQ0WnOqvo1VJy4Q">Converge – Beautiful Ruin</a> (JUN 29, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/00DQxO6RTdm2gvlcpjlOzt?si=8H9eIo95QlehjCi-FHCo5A">Bury Tomorrow – Black Flame</a> (JUL 13, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0IwxzTQlZdpwENSg05bcVN?si=_RzBxHE_TfmbC9XEa-l6SA">Between The Buried And Me – Automata II</a> (JUL 13, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2iA7rzpQsOfAPkfH4Ekp7f?si=us_T1EaRRwaCjMTRXxBY-g">Deafheaven – Ordinary Corrupt Human Love</a> (JUL 13, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5VJ72R6K0tsO9zwBwjjuBJ?si=JckHr-0zTFu_N_BHK5S_Tg">Hopesfall – Arbiter</a> (JUL 13, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/69J3fX7wmzNETSpxtIchjP?si=byyK9rh6SymLAIsCjf3gSw">Regulate - In the Promise of Another Tomorrow</a> (JUL 20, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5sPuv0w6X4ENHINme9Ikbo?si=as9USdaOQAOAaIqts9Ik9Q">Radiant Knife – Science Fiction</a> (AUG 8, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6ZajwXVo7LhsnBxTAmVRLb?si=tl6WT_rKQlSNzW-knjUJsA">Black Tusk – TCBT</a> (AUG 17, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3S382sny5N3i1OG96Vd4rY?si=rMsH_DzBTumFyOFzAmQNIg">Jesus Piece – Only Self</a> (AUG 24, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7vRLQapPrGyF7H6Wfkp7wk?si=LUy6EbdBTvKRY12lC1zTeA">Counterparts – Private Room</a> (SEP 7, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5k7V5HnkOohNp5TLG5ur5w?si=QV4lP8qhTtaciPfkuSlXaQ">Peace Of Mind – Penance</a> (SEP 7, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5sMGokqypFwRXn7a61qphg?si=jlTDbBUxTTKfezq04VNysg">Downpour – Downpour</a> (SEP 7, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6SFAQt6c4bPAzqlxBti1vG?si=oNg-_8sFSsqwnA4viibxVg">Stoned Jesus – Pilgrims</a> (SEP 7, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3SbGxJVC8fHv41RFKCGIl3?si=d5kKajaCTeCAUp6_e-HoTA">Aphex Twin – Collapse</a> (SEP 14, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/13UVaqWlP0JXmpojQU4KeG?si=ea9DZpC-TTuZ1qLlITPfjw">Future Usses – The Existential Haunting</a> (SEP 14, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1vcWwbIr1mePnssmxYvmGH?si=O23dga3dQoSFFw0LLWlj6Q">Emma Ruth Rundle – On Dark Horses</a> (SEP 14, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4t1DXYWtruYn2ooObYpEg3?si=KvXqrzqfSYm0xLjs008UEA">Bangladeafy – Ribboncutter</a> (SEP 21, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2qs2l9nUcujlURG24F3MBi?si=fs3oj61bRSyu8T7uglyqnQ">Therapy? – CLEAVE</a> (SEP 21, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2bH90aULuT0vmo10zSy4uH?si=x9luKsitSn-70TnVukt3_g">Sumac – Love In Shadow</a> (SEP 21, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3sCK7GNCCIkOm9Sb2pz1sx?si=OOo6DpdgQpGnLkztNMKsng">Terror – Total Retaliation</a> (SEP 28, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1Rqyt0qSKvFh86itbSjzq5?si=URNmj1J1T8qBU59S_3_sJQ">Poison the Well – Distance Makes The Heart Grow Fonder</a> (OCT 3, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7krqKpD8Jir9ULTzCOOuul?si=N8TL-wpIRs27n4khDFu6wg">Whispering Sons – Image</a> (OCT 16, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3jPnnwbfNRuNNIRt7dPsR9?si=baVJX70XT3CxxGbB6TYscw">Soulfly – Ritual</a> (OCT 19, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/21wg2jYkGO5RcnU2CV2a2s?si=QZtoTlN7QMuIbKFg8tWsPg">Daughters – You won’t get what you want</a> (OCT 26, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1nqh1PCmdw15Mflz3ZffzB?si=_xaI1-lcSzqCmpCuqW8cUg">City Hunter – Deep Blood</a> (OCT 26, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2jSufbHjooIWMp8LMetB66?si=b7nQPgXsQimMpyvUoshaLg">Twitching Tongues – Disharmony Zero</a> (OCT 30, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/35hNgW0p1Uzwrqd6zzunfP?si=ccSsoBTERHGpM8lGdwyQrw">Black Tongue – Nadir</a> (OCT 31, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2pQ3HNNkj7o2RJTguqfqO2?si=DUul3g3PTpafuqstyyeUWg">Drug Chruch – Cheers</a> (NOV 2, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/4EJjZqMEkzBGXuH7OTQEzW?si=j-DajREVTjCt8Cykyk4LeA">Elefant – Konark und Bonark</a> (NOV 5, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1OPpVnWDfL3YKmIqxuVRdZ?si=DicWBqHrQhGjVf3X9GbVhA">Cult Leader – A Patient Man</a> (NOV 9, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2WDD5M9jCNaEvV5HM6RkLU?si=oNXAqxzmRG6tKzilcdoRCg">Ohhms – Exist</a> (NOV 9, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2CoNgZ37JtsIRdPtlkrKM7?si=UdjCBrkdQ6WrYl1tSNULSA">King Nine – Death Rattle</a> (NOV 16, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1NOyZLIGviFHXS7Baq7OjU?si=3SjEHhzURZ67TqfpsYjfLA">Unearth – Extinction(s)</a> (OCT 23, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDOOd-Y9yfI">MF DOOM x Cookin Soul - DOOM XMAS 🎄 (Full Album)</a> (DEC 18, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/60cIHfwPhg9ehQJKVqL0f1?si=wXFoH1HQTGyVrSJhc1DfOQ">Cult Leader on Audiotree</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWO9E3Xouds">(youtube)</a> (DEC 20, 2018)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRvQUFI00A0">Lubbert Das – De Plagen</a> (DEC 26, 2018)</li>
</ol>
<p>Some favourites: Svalbard, Bury Tomorrow, Cult Leader, Black Tongue, Turnstile, Sumac (x2), and of course: Daughters</p>
<h3 id="newly-discovered">Newly Discovered</h3>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5ysQoh4zeljDcOwgFZnNQS?si=L_jMPGvqSiSZQBSJMLseCw">Backtrack – Bad to my world (2017)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/1cMWgQkMCVwiIoZrvgwzN5?si=_wj0lwWvTKitFEiKmJiOfw">Cursed Earth – Cycles of Grief (2017)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/4hAqIOkN2Q4apnbcOUUb7h?si=hY_EKx6KQ1qjRftFlXuKMA">SubRosa</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/2HLQr8aUMombMeuIEDv6wA?si=M-fCio38Q22BpOw59g9ntA">Svalbard</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/666EUMn2AO0kL44mUM0NMm?si=WMlbBuueRHmONxH7ZKMNdw">The Clearing Path – Watershed Between Firmament And The Realm Of Hyperborea (2017)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0FAhIpWnNBz1zd3Ql29VHU?si=ErA9JIBuQIOB_SdgHXoxPg">Cloudkicker – Live with Intronaut (2014)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6EZglKH5QzjPXiOuRHDENO?si=OzRN-Kt0T6esMjkAxGsJZw">Poison the Well – The Tropic Rot (2009)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2bBGjfRYZGUapBTNcY9Dij?si=569dbGcaSbmlWP4zFz4Yvg">Smallman, Yvan Shopov – Inner Oceans (2016)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1EckPXqdBI1kH40ez4Hlxy?si=axt2E05cS2SvCzvgpXpn4g">Juan Bond – Juan Bond EP (DEC 30, 2017)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gS4gfQR7x8">Catharsis – Samsara (1997)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/63QDHFL9Vt158vy6gN4Old?si=5AaUJjLnQWuW7-wvAXg_WQ">Harakiri for the sky – Aokigahara (2014)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0rxVvUpRrgYMYT6zxDb4SK?si=J8bOslDHQJC-ieKPtG0gyw">Altar of Plagues – Teethed Glory And Injury (2013)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2I7SiNEXyChUjyV0HYHVQw?si=JT69mmZOTLGF8_ITOvE3BA">Morrow – Covenant Of Teeth (2016)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0BOYk8yoAIlzwYSDljwzp2?si=QcsbVMAWSaiPziOtr7O7lQ">Bacchus – Self titled (2011)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/1QXcKL8Ggy8uCA23mFKgws?si=AOVpWcBxSPiOwFZvPd_LRA">Trap Them</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=346c4Dt1gmg">His Hero is Gone – Fifteen Counts of Arson (1996)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6QxKE1T89ALQyOrzWyJZ3W?si=m4DcQdNzRzCH5CiyVV8PWQ">Tragedy – Nerve Damage (2006)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1JKqt73K4Nw2PHWbGRLDnp?si=4O1Vw3qmTFekYUvk_wrWZw">Queensway – Swift Minds of the Darkside (2017)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/2sbyhTYrlHNKnXswikFYLe?si=TshnqEQZR9Cy3dri7ln5zg">We Are Heathens – The Blood Behind the Dam (2016)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://thehopeconspiracy.bandcamp.com/album/death-knows-your-name">The Hope Conspiracy – Death Knows Your Name (2006)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/04XP1VTwrTCuVCG1InqOzI?si=vvOF2t0oQta5-X0pcbUxJg">Bathsheba – Servus (2017)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/5Nzxfpjil5oENcEnbyUZlC?si=ONPi50_3SkuKXareIr25Ng">Only Living Witness – Prone Mortal Form (2010)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/7dFdqhFITLXbdamiH8Po8k?si=dE88z2VTTYqWRzG0KJLIgA">Diapsiquir — A.n.T.I</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6REQaOJBYlO74nR0ax16tc?si=_3amDFS4QUClTbWBr_WPiw">Origin – Antithesis (2008)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1oiueifrAKrGjrxZzpCYkQ?si=7uIDpYvhS8-t0BzM1tWBXw">Immortal – Pure Holocaust (1993)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/56sorIyBAwXaDPifwqtCub?si=cvi2qrH3QRK9pFsZVFZ8EQ">Year of the Goat</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7pn404LtbJ8nxc6mAnvKuS?si=Z-kTjeBORU-Dtey0P-mPrg">The Carrier</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/3lOpFxpA73M3aG9ibbqFxT?si=aU6BrOUGSPWGRPiMIC6Wkg">Black Mare – Death Magick Mother (2017)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/6mbEfaoHDNBiXhlUQzzn4m?si=YhmAHoQYSfmxgoqKbr2wBA">Body Count – Bloodlust (2017)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1N84MPyQ7lpmN37Ss1oWGp?si=aRdAuFoKQMG9Z4ABSeLaJw">Callisto – True Nature Unfolds (2004)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/3fcP9R28N20ubVPT6RlCdm?si=5PZqbrvmSZiodQfmd3mtgw">Itra</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6F6C7Szo2ndt2re6G6WE54?si=lJD25e4BTyaQZ6t-s9bOQw">Gaza</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/0CfjW2VuMdrhWodHtG7DWi?si=dXvhIhtpQyqvqGICSQUqiA">Envy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/0qJpY7K8p7g6sacvaGNt6i?si=kDnZmZYYTa6gPoSDlNq6cg">Fit For An Autopsy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/1cM8mJWhWU9X0w4wpoQAQI?si=0gmTx6JnST2w0G0wPBh_Dw">Black Anvil</a></li>
</ol>
<p>I also thought this was amazing:</p>
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<h3 id="back-from-never-being-away">Back from never being away</h3>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/2fNIm0siV7xPMNO8sWDMsJ?si=KS7AGZ9mQEWVxc8qi5S7Xw">Kickback</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Q7dfEU42dhhQZWEPi9Fde?si=eQ9S5wrUSdmv4B3KgmcECw">Congress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/0okB1HEJFLD98VkNzLtTBJ?si=dcYW7H7UTnWngcHsWGbsRA">Ancient Rites</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/1TcI4FVIw5zy3ovxJmx9T3?si=HgQUODbeRTmkB5hHVSOxDQ">Liar</a></li>
<li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/6WBdTWCLl5gBh9Z0gpJvNJ?si=_d0SOVFZS_ypy-7eooRbEA">Rise And Fall</a></li>
</ol>
<h2 id="gigs">Gigs</h2>
<ol>
<li>St John Passion (J.S. Bach) – deChorale, Saint Carolus Borromeus church Antwerp</li>
<li>AYS (de), Blacklisted (us) – Kavka, Antwerp</li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVT7YH0ot6w">A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night live soundtrack (The Black Heart Rebellion) – deStudio, Antwerp</a></li>
<li>Terror (us) – Jh De Klinker, Aarschot</li>
<li>Loma Prieta (us), Every Stranger Looks Like You, JH Zenith, Dendermonde</li>
<li>Harm’s Way (us), Merauder (us), Kavka, Antwerp</li>
<li>Carmen – Frank Van Laecke (George Bizet Opera), Stadsschouwburg, Antwerp</li>
<li>Desertfest – Trix, Antwerp</li>
<li>Killing Joke (uk) – De Roma, Antwerp</li>
<li>Steak Number Eight – Vooruit, Ghent</li>
<li>Emma Ruth Rundle (us) – Trix, Antwerp</li>
<li>Pettersson, Schumann, Berlioz – Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Harding – Queen Elisabeth Hall, Antwerp</li>
<li>Counterparts (ca), Stick to Your Guns (us) – Trix, Antwerp</li>
</ol>
<h2 id="theater">Theater</h2>
<ol>
<li>Gonzo – Abbatoir Fermé, Monty, Antwerp</li>
</ol>
<h2 id="movies">Movies</h2>
<h3 id="movies-ive-seen-in-2018">Movies I’ve seen in 2018</h3>
<p>I reckon I watch over 200 movies per year, these were new to me:</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2094877/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Haute Cuisine</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4633694/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1411238/?ref_=rt_li_tt">No Strings Attached</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3544218/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Belgica</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6412452/?ref_=rt_li_tt">The Ballad of Buster Scruggs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2381941/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Focus</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1605717/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Frank</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7349662/?ref_=rt_li_tt">BlacKkKlansman</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6217306/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Apostle</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4003440/?ref_=rt_li_tt">The House That Jack Built</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1810697/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Meeting Evil</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4334266/?ref_=rt_li_tt">The Bad Batch</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3799694/?ref_=rt_li_tt">The Nice Guys</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1464763/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Mute</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2614860/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Marina</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5463162/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Deadpool 2</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2039393/?ref_=rt_li_tt">The Gambler</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2494362/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Bone Tomahawk</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1742334/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Sabotage</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1663202/?ref_=rt_li_tt">The Revenant</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117407/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Pusher</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251114/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Hart’s War</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3778644/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Solo: A Star Wars Story</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057345/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Contempt</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3402236/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Murder on the Orient Express</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1058017/?ref_=rt_li_tt">The Invention of Lying</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2873282/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Red Sparrow</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799934/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Be Kind Rewind</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4633690/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Shot Caller</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5247022/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Paterson</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2326554/?ref_=rt_li_tt">A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727497/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Het Tweede Gelaat</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5104604/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Isle of Dogs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133952/?ref_=rt_li_tt">The Siege</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1085492/?ref_=rt_li_tt">The Prince</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417395/?ref_=rt_li_tt">7 Seconds</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2094155/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Dead Man’s Burden</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2406566/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Atomic Blonde</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4425200/?ref_=rt_li_tt">John Wick: Chapter 2</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2250912/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Spider-Man: Homecoming</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0974015/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Justice League</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0949731/?ref_=rt_li_tt">The Happening</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0395699/?ref_=rt_li_tt">The Pacifier</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1825683/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Black Panther</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1499658/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Horrible Bosses</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2248805/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Frits & Franky</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2799166/?ref_=rt_li_tt">The Pyramid</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1206543/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Out of the Furnace</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235522/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Broken City</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2586118/?ref_=rt_li_tt">D’Ardennen</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144640/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Three to Tango</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4555426/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Darkest Hour</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3613688/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Bowling Balls</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6142314/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Batman vs. Two-Face</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856101/?ref_=rt_li_tt">Blade Runner 2049</a></li>
</ol>
<p>Favourite movie of this year, by far: The House That Jack Built.</p>
<p>Most people don’t realize that the man at the beginning of the movie is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil">Virgil</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferno_%28Dante%29">Dante’s Inferno</a>. Seeing that this masterpiece more or less shaped our current idea of heaven and hell: read some world literature every once in a while, you dimwit.</p>
<h2 id="books">Books</h2>
<p>I excluded most comic books (things like XIII, XIII Mystery, Largo Winch, and Storm).</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5129.Brave_New_World">Brave New World – Aldous Huxley</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7781035-int-grale-ibicus">Ibicus – Pascal Rabaté</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16044121-echt">Echt – Guillaume Van der Stighelen</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821159-the-peripheral">The Peripheral – William Gibson</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51497.The_Strange_Case_of_Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde_and_Other_Tales_of_Terror">The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror – Robert Louis Stevenson</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2558105.Domain_Driven_Design_Quickly">Domain Driven Design Quickly – Floyd Marinescu</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59960.Batman">Batman: The Dark Knight Returns – Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, Lynn Varley</a></li>
</ol>
<p>Really looking foward to Willam Gibson’s new book <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agency_%28novel%29">Agency</a>.</p>
<h2 id="2019">2019</h2>
<p>I already planned to go to three plays.</p>
<h3 id="gigs-1">Gigs</h3>
<ol>
<li>La Muerte + Dool + Hangman’s Chair: Love-Sex-Fear-Death</li>
<li>Clckws / Defined By Nature / Rain</li>
<li>Modeselektor</li>
<li>Whispering Sons</li>
<li>Dylan Carlson</li>
<li>Roadburn
<ul>
<li>Anna Von Hausswolff</li>
<li>Daughters</li>
<li>Emma Ruth Rundle</li>
<li>Old Man Gloom</li>
<li>…</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Zimerman</li>
<li>Tool</li>
<li>Ieperfest</li>
<li>Antwerp Metal Fest</li>
<li>Desertfest</li>
</ol>
<h3 id="albums">Albums</h3>
<ol>
<li>I’m rooting for a new Tool album</li>
</ol>Pieter PelgrimsI’ll leave out the personal misfortunes, you’re here for the lists.20172018-01-02T23:35:57+01:002018-01-02T23:35:57+01:00https://www.pieterpelgrims.com/blog/2017<p>These are the 68 titles from the top250 that I hadn’t seen yet, on January 29<sup>th</sup>, 2017.</p>
<ul>
<li>28. Spirited Away (2001)</li>
<li>31. La La Land (2016)</li>
<li>35. City Lights (1931)</li>
<li>39. The Intouchables (2011)</li>
<li>40. Modern Times (1936)</li>
<li>55. The Great Dictator (1940)</li>
<li>59. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)</li>
<li>65. Princess Mononoke (1997)</li>
<li>83. Like Stars on Earth (2007)</li>
<li>88. Amadeus (1984)</li>
<li>89. My Father and My Son (2005)</li>
<li>93. Dangal (2016)</li>
<li>94. Singin' in the Rain (1952)</li>
<li>95. Bicycle Thieves (1948)</li>
<li>97. The Kid (1921)</li>
<li>102. Hacksaw Ridge (2016)</li>
<li>111. A Separation (2011)</li>
<li>112. Metropolis (1927)</li>
<li>124. Children of Heaven (1997)</li>
<li>131. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)</li>
<li>133. Room (2015)</li>
<li>135. The Gold Rush (1925)</li>
<li>136. The Secret in Their Eyes (2009)</li>
<li>139. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)</li>
<li>141. Howl's Moving Castle (2004)</li>
<li>143. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)</li>
<li>145. The Bandit (1996)</li>
<li>146. Incendies (2010)</li>
<li>148. A Wednesday (2008)</li>
<li>150. The General (1926)</li>
<li>155. Arrival (2016)</li>
<li>156. Sunrise (1927)</li>
<li>157. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)</li>
<li>158. Manchester by the Sea (2016)</li>
<li>160. Rang De Basanti (2006)</li>
<li>165. Tokyo Story (1953)</li>
<li>170. The Thing (1982)</li>
<li>172. Hera Pheri (2000)</li>
<li>175. Andaz Apna Apna (1994)</li>
<li>176. How to Train Your Dragon (2010)</li>
<li>177. Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003)</li>
<li>178. Sholay (1975)</li>
<li>184. Come and See (1985)</li>
<li>186. Life of Brian (1979)</li>
<li>187. Rush (2013)</li>
<li>191. Network (1976)</li>
<li>194. Wild Tales (2014)</li>
<li>196. Spotlight (2015)</li>
<li>198. The Nights of Cabiria (1957)</li>
<li>199. The 400 Blows (1959)</li>
<li>203. 12 Years a Slave (2013)</li>
<li>207. Million Dollar Baby (2004)</li>
<li>210. The Princess Bride (1987)</li>
<li>211. Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)</li>
<li>213. Stalker (1979)</li>
<li>214. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)</li>
<li>215. Drishyam (2015)</li>
<li>217. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)</li>
<li>218. Before Sunrise (1995)</li>
<li>221. The Message (1976)</li>
<li>223. Gandhi (1982)</li>
<li>224. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)</li>
<li>226. Diabolique (1955)</li>
<li>238. Barry Lyndon (1975)</li>
<li>242. Udaan (2010)</li>
<li>247. Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)</li>
<li>248. Gangs of Wasseypur (2012)</li>
<li>250. Song of the Sea (2014)</li>
</ul>
<p>In the end I watched these:</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1856101/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Blade Runner 2049</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1846442/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">12 Dates of Christmas</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1549920/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Last Stand</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2527336/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Star Wars: The Last Jedi</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071877/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Murder on the Orient Express</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4468740/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Paddington 2</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073075/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Great Waldo Pepper</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084237/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Last Unicorn</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6802360/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Dries</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059885/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Von Ryan’s Express</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031679/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Mr. Smith Goes to Washington</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2992552/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Seal Team Eight: Behind Enemy Lines</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1219827/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Ghost in the Shell</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1972591/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">King Arthur: Legend of the Sword</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1790809/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4630562/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Fate of the Furious</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1648179/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Here Comes the Boom</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071315/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Chinatown</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1621429/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">S.W.A.T.: Firefight</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3741834/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Lion</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5013056/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Dunkirk</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098206/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Road House</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087985/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Red Dawn</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355295/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Brothers Grimm</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0857190/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Sweeney</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1650062/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Super 8</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1133985/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Green Lantern</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0141926/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">U-571</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822847/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Priest</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217630/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Loser</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4276820/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Founder</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1602613/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Only God Forgives</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4094724/?ref_=rt_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Purge: Election Year</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132620/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1043726/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Legend of Hercules</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404311/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Family</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1192628/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Rango</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1298649/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Watch</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3748528/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Rogue One: A Star Wars Story</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120917/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Emperor’s New Groove</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3315342/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Logan</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039302/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Dark Passage</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1626146/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Hector and the Search for Happiness</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056217/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042530/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Gun Crazy</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490215/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Silence</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1602613/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Only God Forgives</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053198/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The 400 Blows</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4425200/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">John Wick: Chapter 2</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036342/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Shadow of a Doubt</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2024544/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">12 Years a Slave</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072684/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Barry Lyndon</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096283/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">My Neighbor Totoro</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064110/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Bridge at Remagen</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3385516/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">X-Men: Apocalypse</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079417/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Kramer vs. Kramer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080979/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Kagemusha</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1201607/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0926084/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417741/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050613/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Throne of Blood</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1655413/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Suicide Shop</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051808/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Hidden Fortress</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056058/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Harakiri</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042593/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">In a Lonely Place</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373889/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2119532/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Hacksaw Ridge</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478970/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Ant-Man</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056197/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Longest Day</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582782/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Hell or High Water</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2027128/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Justice League: Doom</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237572/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Pledge</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074695/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Cross of Iron</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0330373/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065938/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Kelly’s Heroes</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1398941/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Superman/Batman: Public Enemies</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2980516/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Theory of Everything</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5471480/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Magnus</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3149038/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">A Brilliant Young Mind</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296042/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Ichi the Killer</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304141/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3062096/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Inferno</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125022/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Heartbreakers</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1172206/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Somers Town</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1486192/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">The Raven</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295297/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241527/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2267998/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">Gone Girl</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032599/?ref_=wl_li_tt" rel="noopener" target="blank">His Girl Friday</a></li>
</ol>
<h2 id="gigs">Gigs</h2>
<ol>
<li>Oathbreaker, AB, Brussels</li>
<li>Oathbreaker, Stuk, Leuven</li>
<li>Oathbreaker, Het Bos, Antwerp</li>
<li>Deftones, 013, Tilburg, NL</li>
<li>Amenra, The Black Heart Rebellion, Vooruit, Ghent</li>
<li>The Dillinger Escape Plan, AB, Brussels</li>
<li>Ieperfest, Ypres
<ul>
<li>No Turning Back</li>
<li>Slapshot</li>
<li>Sheer Terror</li>
<li>Napalm Death</li>
<li>Hatebreed</li>
<li>Malevolence (I strongly dislike this)</li>
<li>Link</li>
<li>Billy Club Sandwich (I need a shirt like the frontman)</li>
<li>Arkangel</li>
<li>88 Fingers Louie</li>
<li>Turnstile (holy shitballs, this was madness)</li>
<li>Defeater</li>
<li>Nasty (strongly disliked this one as well)</li>
<li>Crowbar</li>
<li>Die My Demon</li>
<li>Svetlanas</li>
<li>Bonecrusher</li>
<li>First Blood</li>
<li>Fallujah (last song only)</li>
<li>Terror</li>
<li>Madball</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Converge, 013, Tilburg, NL</li>
<li>Wiegedood, Link, Het Bos, Antwerp</li>
<li>Stray From The Path, Obey The Brave, Capsize, Renounced, Kavka, Antwerp</li>
<li>Mogwai, AB, Brussels</li>
<li>Jagmonkx, Cfou, Antwerp</li>
<li>Amenra – Mass VI try out, De Kreun, Kortrijk</li>
<li>Amenra – Mass VI release show, AB, Brussels
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</li>
<li>Wiegedood, AB, Brussels</li>
</ol>
<h2 id="new-albums">New albums</h2>
<p>My favorites were Converge, AYS, and Amenra, in that order.</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="spotify:album:1DwMKkGWd3LMwOolq5mn3B">Wiegedood – De Doden Hebben Het Goed II</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:0kYasCZnUDcZAJ6081U1QJ">Brutality Will Prevail – In Dark Places</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:0Dv1vBGl5oeac0caRwvcR9">AYS – Worlds Unknown</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:2Db3e52IYG1jAMGEZToV22">Incendiary – Thousand Mile Stare</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:17xDx4Dx8v0KaGExvSl238">The Acacia Strain – Gravebloom</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:6HZ8ACXr1OOiAmkq7mNn4h">Hundredth - Rare</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:3acsnW7s5f1Ap5qc7pa04E">Poseidon – Prologue</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:46gimh0NxXaxpF1XaYjylA">Counterparts – You’re Not You Anymore</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:6k1SjXMBPH6LYBMrmqeNwq">END – From the Unforgiving Arms of God</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:48Plt0OMxNQS5QhpD2h0CG">Forced Order – One Last Prayer</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:4XOJCBjxUbqrbSJkBrjlDu">Kublai Khan – Nomad</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:573ePnZMgn6ETNxuFcgc4a">Stick to your Guns – True View</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:0BqXam3ZWK3d4h8SIHmxMI">Motorpsycho – The Tower</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:2tdS5cc6CXSyuPB7W3EtYK">Stray From The Path – Only Death Is Real</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:5o5exp7FXtuX6SsEFKqAcG">The Bronx - V</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:34C0jpwpI4e12FQ660iR51">August Burns Red</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:0SMyxJrTh7qYDCMIZTOwo3">Amenra – Mass VI</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:6FgQGAGYJvxOUSnvxdAj4p">Kid Koala – Music to Draw To: Satellite</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:23cl7dningjCbwiNpOyFMP">Converge – The Dusk In Us</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF9uCyRH3sE">Lustre - Still Innocence</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:0koMGPUKzfeKYT376Unywa">Lionheart – Welcome to the westcoast II</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:4fORHY4kHXhcvU6sZyrsMz">Adimiron – Et Liber Eris</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:3M9PaUc9DND0HiziKbnedS">The Black Dahlia Murder – Nightbringers</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:2Wiruu9udJHprPXlZuN1BE">Toxic Shock – 20Lastcentury</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iolODvOddF0">Clearing Path – Watershed Between Firmament and the Realm of Hyperborea</a></li>
</ol>
<h2 id="newly-discovered-albums">Newly discovered albums</h2>
<ol>
<li><a href="spotify:album:5SEPGnxijWdSCF1IJL28dU">Amenra – Alive</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:3jIijCZN26PtWYyrFUl5my">The Black Heart Rebellion – People, when you see smoke do not think it is fields they’re burning</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:3QuC5RPO1t3YnuB8NL0mvg">Vader – The Empire</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:7imI3DKbzVMO2KA70ElqbI">Kamchatka – Kamchatka</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:3G4ri5od4df8PcROrB9uWF">Knocked Loose – Laugh Tracks</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:79UxsHQFhIP9ShUlNQsBP1">Oathbreaker – S/T</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:2WushWZrj5Oflaz62NlPtU">Casey – Love is not enough</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:51gbOh9TSrST7d60pQymof">August Burns Red – Messengers</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:0A4FDgaIHNwVoh0rgFeduI">Xibalba - Tierra y Libertad</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:artist:2qnpHrOzdmOo1S4ox3j17x">The complete Turnstile discography</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:5JfBGmC3ICqSvy0RleiOlV">Primordial – The Gathering Wilderness</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:13jTvLPx2N9JbLOmq4yYQW">Animals As Leaders – The Madness Of Many</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:4LEb3OsO2viwtC796Miq07">This is Hell – Bastards Still Remain</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:2RA0UKfql3lbRO6ZKi4iXT">This is Hell – Black Mass</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:2QEuLkyUhJF0qnJXg8kD6n">Cruel Hand – Lock & Key</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:5f4Hx2qCzw4534PUDSjnEL">Stoned Jesus – The Harvest</a></li>
</ol>
<h2 id="year-of-the-band-shirt">Year of the band shirt</h2>
<p>Never really got into this but I bought way too many band shirts this year.</p>
<ul>
<li>Oathbreaker</li>
<li>The Dillinger Escape Plan</li>
<li>Converge: 2</li>
<li>Amenra: 6</li>
</ul>
<p>And I got one from MF Doom for my birthday! Hat tip to Malik.</p>
<h2 id="theater">Theater</h2>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://abattoirferme.tumblr.com/post/156670480789/het-proces-14-maart-1-april-2017">Abattoir Fermé – Het Proces</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.stan.be/nl/productie/alles-rustig">Tg Stan – Alles Rustig</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.oprechtmechelen.be/programma/uw-rijk-kome-jezus-voor-beginners">SKaGeN – Uw Rijk Kome</a></li>
<li><a href="https://toneelhuis.be/en/production/poquelin-ii">Tg Stan × Olympique Dramatique – Poquelin II</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.toneelhuis.be/en/program/oorlog-en-terpentijn/">Jan Lauwers – Oorlog en Terpentijn</a></li>
<li><a href="https://desingel.be/nl/programma/dans/wim-vandekeybus-ultima-vez-mockumentary-of-a-contemporary-saviour?id=a0Jb000002LusboEAB">Wim Vandekeybus & Ultima Vez – Mockumentary of a Contemporary Saviour</a></li>
</ol>
<h2 id="books">Books</h2>
<p>I’ve set my 2017 reading challenge to 18 books, I didn’t hit that mark.</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10284614-the-clean-coder">The Clean Coder</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34227681-nick-cave">Nick Cave: Mercy on me</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43615.The_Gunslinger">The Gunslinger</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35438833-how-to-create-typefaces-from-sketch-to-screen">How to create typefaces, from sketch to screen</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8596988-tender-is-the-night">Tender is the night</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27238253-swimming-with-sharks">Swimming with sharks</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29069989-harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-parts-1-2">Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/662.Atlas_Shrugged">Atlas Shrugged</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5308.The_Pearl">The Pearl</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21523399-stijlboek">Stijlboek</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/166997.Stoner">Stoner</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16172232-over-de-esthetiek">Over de Esthetiek</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32730084-tegen-verkiezingen">Tegen verkiezingen</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6707970-the-trial">The trial</a></li>
</ol>
<h2 id="what-is-in-store-for-2018">What is in store for 2018?</h2>
<h3 id="gigs-1">Gigs</h3>
<ol>
<li>Wiegedood, De Klinker, Aarschot</li>
<li>Ieperfest, Ypres</li>
</ol>
<h3 id="albums">Albums</h3>
<ol>
<li>I’d say a new Tool album, one can dream</li>
<li>Wiegedood – De Doden Hebben Het Goed III</li>
<li>Turnstile – Time & Space</li>
</ol>Pieter PelgrimsThese are the 68 titles from the top250 that I hadn’t seen yet, on January 29th, 2017.Protect Ya Neck2017-03-16T16:07:51+01:002017-03-16T16:07:51+01:00https://www.pieterpelgrims.com/blog/protect-ya-neck<p>The <a href="https://www.wired.com/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Mat Honan Hacking (2012)</a> popped in my head some time ago, I became quite paranoid after reading that article, I wrote down some measures I took.</p>
<h3 id="spam">Spam</h3>
<p>I used to attend a class about marketing, I can’t recall exactly what it was about but the professor used to tell us a story how he always wrote one small mistake in his home address when he handed it out to a company. That way he could keep track who was selling his personal information.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if you’re familiar with <a href="https://gmail.googleblog.com/2008/03/2-hidden-ways-to-get-more-from-your.html" rel="noopener" target="_blank">two hidden ways to get more from your Gmail address</a> but we can use this to do the same thing my teacher used to do.</p>
<h3 id="data-breaches">Data Breaches</h3>
<p>This doesn’t happen every other week, but it does get some media attention from time to time. Recently I got an email from a local job site requesting me to change my password: I’m not saying they had a data breach but I am thinking it.</p>
<p>On <a href="https://haveibeenpwned.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Have I Been Pwned?</a> you can discover whether your data was breached or not. I think it goes without saying that using the same email/password combination for a lot of web sites is just plain stupid.</p>
<p>Keeping that in mind and seeing <a href="https://blog.keepersecurity.com/2017/01/13/most-common-passwords-of-2016-research-study/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">most common passwords 2016 list</a>, it’s probably a good idea to start using a service like <a href="https://1password.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">1Password</a>. For me it’s worth the money, they have mobile apps as well as desktop apps, and browser plugins.</p>
<h3 id="two-stepfactorway-authentication">Two Step/Factor/Way Authentication</h3>
<p>This is an extra measure of protection, aside from your password, you need to provide a code that was sent to your phone to log in.
It’s free and I highly recommend it.</p>
<p>These services make use of this idea:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.google.com/landing/2step/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Google</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12408/microsoft-account-about-two-step-verification" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Outlook</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=security&section=two_fac_auth&view" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/544/turning-two-step-verification-on-and-off?lang=en" rel="noopener" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li>
<li><a href="https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170388#" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li>
</ul>
<p>I’m sure there’s more but these are quite popular.</p>
<h3 id="in-conclusion">In conclusion</h3>
<p>I’d recommend enabling two step/factor/way authentication anywhere possible, combined with the power of the plus sign in Gmail email addresses, and a randomly, unique, and generated password from a service like 1Password. My recovery email address is usually from another service than the one I’m using.</p>
<p>These are a couple of free email services you could use, I’d recommend Gmail but you might hold something against Google.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.gmail.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Gmail</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mail.yahoo.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Yahoo Mail</a></li>
<li><a href="https://outlook.live.com/owa/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Outlook mail</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.gmx.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">GMX Mail</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="and-of-course-this">And of course this:</h3>
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<h3 id="update-2017-06-16">Update (2017-06-16)</h3>
<p>This was an article that got featured on <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/" rel="noopener">HN</a> recently: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurashin/2016/12/21/hackers-are-hijacking-phone-numbers-and-breaking-into-email-and-bank-accounts-how-to-protect-yourself/#24582e63360f" rel="noopener">Hackers Are Hijacking Phone Numbers And Breaking Into Email, Bank Accounts: How To Protect Yourself</a></p>
<h3 id="update-2017-07-06">Update (2017-07-06)</h3>
<p>I guess I want you to see the whole picture and make up your own mind. This was featured on <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/" rel="noopener">HN</a> as well: <a href="https://github.com/w8rbt/dpg/blob/master/readme.md#why-traditional-password-managers-are-flawed" rel="noopener">Why traditional password managers are flawed</a></p>
<h3 id="update-2017-07-14">Update (2017-07-14)</h3>
<p>Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/j4cob" rel="noopener">@j4cob</a> makes a strong case to use a password manager: <a href="https://jacob.hoffman-andrews.com/README/2017/01/15/how-not-to-get-phished.html" rel="noopener">How Not To Get Phished</a>.</p>
<h3 id="update-2017-09-13">Update (2017-09-13)</h3>
<p><a href="https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2017/09/economist-explains-9" rel="noopener">Where are the flaws in two-factor authentication?</a></p>Pieter PelgrimsThe Mat Honan Hacking (2012) popped in my head some time ago, I became quite paranoid after reading that article, I wrote down some measures I took.On tutoring2017-02-02T16:07:51+01:002017-02-02T16:07:51+01:00https://www.pieterpelgrims.com/blog/on-tutoring<p>Under the promise that all tutoring material would be available, I embarked on a journey to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sligo" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Sligo, Ireland</a>.</p>
<p>I’m sure they could smell that I reeked of fear, the first time I stood in front of a class of twelve students. This was in 2013, I was young, unexperienced and unprepared for what laid ahead. I learned a great deal and gained a ton of respect for people who do this everyday.</p>
<p>There are a few things you learn immediately like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/oliver-burkeman-s-blog/2014/may/21/everyone-is-totally-just-winging-it" rel="noopener" target="_blank">everyone is totally just winging it, all the time</a>. I did get some pointers from a coach, his remarks and my own notes formed the base for this blogpost.</p>
<h3 id="energy">Energy</h3>
<p>If a student wasn’t interested but kept to himself without disturbing the rest of the class, I didn’t bother getting him to pay attention. Other students deserved my time and attention more.</p>
<h3 id="active-learning">Active learning</h3>
<p>Passive learning went out style long time ago. The teacher speaks and the students listen, that’s old fashioned and not in the good way. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_learning" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Active learning</a> is the answer here!</p>
<p>When a student doesn’t know the answer to a question, don’t leave a silence waiting but move on to another student. Ask the class:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>“Who can help? Who knows the answer?”</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Which brings us to the actual active learning: students will refresh their own knowledge by explaining it in their own words. The other students will hear the material in a way that is different from the teacher’s explaination. <strong>Letting them work in small groups</strong> can help you with this as well.</p>
<p>You’ll notice more interaction and participation right away, students will get involved.</p>
<h3 id="moving-around">Moving around</h3>
<blockquote>
<p>You can’t win from a screen, move around!</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Don’t stand still in the classroom, the screen will always win from the tutor. Walk around and invest in a <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000FPGP4U" rel="noopener" target="_blank">wireless presenter</a>.</p>
<h3 id="presentations">Presentations</h3>
<blockquote>
<p>Fewer words per slide!</p>
</blockquote>
<p>I think this is a given, the material I had at hand were slides with the exact same amount of information as a page from the textbook. It took me countless hours to rework the slides.</p>
<h3 id="personal-projects">Personal projects</h3>
<p>You’re a big resource that is available to your students, encourage them to make use of this: let them bring their own projects to class, the other students might pick something up.</p>
<h3 id="be-a-human-being">Be a human being</h3>
<p>Man up to your faults, admit your mistakes, and admit when you don’t know something. It makes you more human when students notice you’re not always right from the first time either.</p>
<h3 id="conclusion">Conclusion</h3>
<p>I thought the administation that was involved was terrible, but I had a very good group and it was fun. We did two official Oracle exams, the pass rates for my students were 100% and 80%.</p>Pieter PelgrimsUnder the promise that all tutoring material would be available, I embarked on a journey to Sligo, Ireland.20162017-01-26T13:35:57+01:002017-01-26T13:35:57+01:00https://www.pieterpelgrims.com/blog/2016<p>I don’t really do new years resolutions, for obvious reasons, but I do read books and watch movies every year, so I thought I’d come up with goals for those.<br />
I got carried away and included some more statistics from last year alas I didn’t include any theater, dance/ballet, or art expositions.</p>
<h3 id="film">Film</h3>
<p>One of my goals for 2016 was to see 104 movies I hadn’t seen previously (that’s two per week), I made it to 126.<br />
My idea was to see more Korean, Asian, and French movies, I was also interested to see more Film Noir. I do think I succeeded even though I saw a lot of crap, <strong>Blackhat</strong> and <strong>J.S.A.: Joint Security Area</strong>, I’m looking at you among others.</p>
<h4 id="worth-mentioning">Worth mentioning</h4>
<p>In no particular order:</p>
<ul>
<li>Animated movies by DC Comics</li>
<li>Sarah’s Key</li>
<li>Nymphomaniac (Vol. 1 & 2)</li>
<li>The Admiral</li>
<li>Zootopia</li>
<li>Atlantis: The Lost Empire</li>
<li>Cold Eyes</li>
<li>Le Samurai</li>
<li>Her</li>
<li>Fantasia 2000</li>
<li>The Jungle Book</li>
<li>No Tears For The Dead</li>
</ul>
<p>I can’t really explain the amount of animated movies in there.</p>
<h4 id="complete-list">Complete list</h4>
<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2923316/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">American Heist (4 weeks ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228786/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Crimson Rivers (1 month ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3569230/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Legend (1 month ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2382009/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (1 month ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1937390/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (1 month ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2113659/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Elsa & Fred (1 month ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089767/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Pale Rider (1 month ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064040/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Army of Shadows (1 month ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064665/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Midnight Cowboy (1 month ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1563738/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">One Day (1 month ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082949/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Professional (1 month ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053472/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Breathless (1 month ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114194/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Prophecy (2 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3393786/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1645155/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Erased (2 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0490204/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Reign Over Me (2 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065531/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Le Cercle Rouge (2 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1712170/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Alex Cross (3 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3922798/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Siege of Jadotville (3 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054632/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Last Year at Marienbad (3 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1951265/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (3 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3697626/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">A Hard Day (3 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418455/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Adam's Apples (3 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2101341/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Dead Man Down (3 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0436231/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Devil and Daniel Johnston (3 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2193215/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Counselor (3 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086979/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Blood Simple. (3 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4019560/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Exposed (3 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4196776/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Jason Bourne (3 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3498820/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Captain America: Civil War (3 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4094724/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Purge: Election Year (4 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1167638/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">22 Bullets (4 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062229/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Le Samouraï (4 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606384/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">My Way (4 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2948356/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Zootopia (4 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0471042/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Tower Heist (4 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398017/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Derailed (4 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3110958/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Now You See Me 2 (4 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478311/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Knocked Up (4 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1668200/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Sarah's Key (4 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1231583/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Due Date (4 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102943/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Slacker (5 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0230011/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Atlantis: The Lost Empire (5 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1869716/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The East (5 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2969656/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Cold Eyes (5 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084488/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Permanent Vacation (5 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2194499/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">About Time (5 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0787475/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Hot Rod (5 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4853102/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Batman: The Killing Joke (5 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4324274/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Batman vs. Robin (5 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386697/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Suicide Squad (5 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3541262/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Admiral (6 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2972482/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Kundo: Age of the Rampant (6 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2452386/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Fundamentals of Caring (6 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1423995/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Stone (6 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1291652/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Easy Money (7 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071360/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Conversation (7 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3634940/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Target (7 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3144098/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Commitment (7 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0990407/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Green Hornet (7 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1592525/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Lockout (7 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3404158/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Suspect (8 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1575694/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Hit List (8 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1059786/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Eagle Eye (8 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1924394/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Angels' Share (8 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499554/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Reno 911!: Miami (8 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1210819/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Lone Ranger (8 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3040964/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Jungle Book (8 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430357/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Miami Vice (9 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770828/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Man of Steel (9 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0257756/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">High Crimes (9 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3697566/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">No Tears for the Dead (9 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076070/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Gauntlet (9 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205537/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (9 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1216491/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Kill the Messenger (9 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2975590/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (9 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3139072/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Son of Batman (10 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1117563/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Batman: Gotham Knight (10 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196229/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Zoolander (10 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088680/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">After Hours (10 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3139086/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Batman: Assault on Arkham (10 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3460252/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Hateful Eight (10 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2679042/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Hitman: Agent 47 (10 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4870838/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Batman: Bad Blood (10 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1672723/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Batman: Year One (10 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098194/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Return of the Musketeers (10 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2488496/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (10 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1569923/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Batman: Under the Red Hood (10 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2166834/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (10 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2313197/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (10 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0446029/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (10 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706620/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Snowpiercer (10 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2820466/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (10 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048261/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Kiss Me Deadly (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478087/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">21 (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3247714/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Survivor (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109635/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Disclosure (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1431045/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Deadpool (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038669/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Killers (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014763/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Child 44 (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107969/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Rising Sun (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1217209/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Brave (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045555/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Big Heat (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1850397/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Loft (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1946381/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Red Sky (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Her (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1969062/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Infinitely Polar Bear (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3397884/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Sicario (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2717822/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Blackhat (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0260991/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">J.S.A.: Joint Security Area (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368909/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111419/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Thumbelina (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2515034/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Gunman (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116996/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Mars Attacks! (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045070/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Rancho Notorious (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120910/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Fantasia 2000 (11 months ago)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1355630/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">If I Stay (25 Jan 2016)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2199571/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Run All Night (21 Jan 2016)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2376218/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Forger (19 Jan 2016)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2938956/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The Transporter Refueled (17 Jan 2016)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2493486/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Last Knights (17 Jan 2016)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2379713/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Spectre (05 Jan 2016)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0305669/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Bringing Down the House (05 Jan 2016)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772341/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Wreck-It Ralph (05 Jan 2016)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235124/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Dorian Gray (03 Jan 2016)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3774694/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Love (03 Jan 2016)</a></li>
</ol>
<p>I wrote a small script in <code class="highlighter-rouge">Ruby</code> using <code class="highlighter-rouge">Selenium</code> to fetch these movies from my <a href="http://www.imdb.com/help/show_leaf?swikiwatchlist" rel="noopener" target="_blank">IMDB watchlist</a>.</p>
<h3 id="books">Books</h3>
<p>The other goal was to read one book per week, I didn’t even come close to reading 52 books. However I did read these:</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4672.The_Great_Gatsby" rel="noopener" target="_blank">F. Scott Fitzgerald – The Great Gatsby</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27420572-bloedboek" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Dimitri Verhulst – Bloedbook</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4763107-godverdomse-dagen-op-een-godverdomse-bol" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Dimitri Verhulst – Godverdomse dagen op een godverdomse bol</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18803230-in-de-tuin-der-letteren" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Schopenhauer – In de tuin der letteren</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/232410.The_Catcher_in_the_Rye" rel="noopener" target="_blank">J.D. Salinger – The Catcher in the Rye</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21535451-wabi-sabi" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Leonard Koren – Wabi-Sabi: Further Thoughts</a></li>
</ol>
<p>Aside from those I read a ton of articles from <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Hacker News</a>.</p>
<h3 id="gigs">Gigs</h3>
<p>I’d like this list to be longer but the truth is I frequent more techno parties than anything else.</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Moderat</strong>, Forest National, B<br />
Although I prefer their older work this was really an amazing gig, mostly because of the lightshow. Afterwards I went to R&S Label Night, Kompass club, B. Excellent night!</li>
<li><strong>Sunn O)))</strong>, Vooruit, B<br />
This is by far the loudest show I’ve ever seen, even with ear plugs. I couldn’t grasp why other people weren’t bothered by the volume. The crowd was rather shoegazing or in trance/zombie mode. Compelling show, worth seeing!
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fzVpcVJsOBg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
<p>That night’s opener:</p>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sLcTwnmpDAI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
</li>
<li><strong>Gorilla Biscuits</strong>, Trix, B<br />
Fun, just regular, old fun! Lawnmowers, picking-up-the-change, windmills, you name it! I don’t recall the other bands but I’m sure <strong>Modern Life Is War</strong> was there as well.</li>
</ol>
<h3 id="music">Music</h3>
<p>What did I listen to the most?</p>
<iframe width="100%" height="450" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/219057730&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true"></iframe>
<p>My iTunes reads 62 plays for this three hour mix, I quite enjoy listening to it while I’m working.</p>
<p>Another mix worth mentioning <a href="https://soundcloud.com/r_godfrey/bec-at-watergate" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Bec @ Watergate</a> (70 plays)</p>
<h4 id="albums">Albums</h4>
<p>Per date added to my library</p>
<ol>
<li><a href="spotify:album:5GCDmhdrgjUpmP2xEQhX5Q">Counterparts – Tragedy Will Find Us</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:1n8QZFcwx5aQ2LIIlj0iYe">Mastodon – Blood Mountain</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:3kEtdS2pH6hKcMU9Wioob1">Nas – Illmatic</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:4YSycbGhpYOCpumCTtJTj9">Neurosis – Times Of Grace</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:2eo8OwibPK06ZoHmIAfClG">Oathbreaker – Rheia</a></li>
<li>Botch – An Anthology Of Dead Ends (not available on Spotify)</li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:47UECv7akYNwEuDkNKvMZx">Gingerpig – Hidden From View</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:7Gys3aNZTqk5o0bXqcMZwv">Cult Of Luna × Julie Christmas – Mariner</a></li>
<li><a href="spotify:album:52hA4AUoiCwTuXXuClt0SR">The Dillinger Escape Plan – Dissociation</a></li>
</ol>
<p>Here is a complete list of artists and the amount of plays on <a href="http://www.last.fm/user/Rosbaaard/library/artists?from=2016-01-01&to=2017-01-01" rel="noopener" target="_blank">last.fm</a>.</p>
<h2 id="2017">2017</h2>
<p>What’s in store for 2017?</p>
<ol>
<li>Finish the <a href="http://www.imdb.com/chart/top" rel="noopener" target="_blank">IMDB top 250</a>, I’m guessing roughly 70 to go.</li>
<li>Read 18 books (6 down so far)</li>
<li>These gigs:
<ul>
<li>Oathbreaker (twice!)</li>
<li>Chinese Man</li>
<li>The Dillinger Escape Plan</li>
<li>Gingerpig</li>
<li>Deftones</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>Pieter PelgrimsI don’t really do new years resolutions, for obvious reasons, but I do read books and watch movies every year, so I thought I’d come up with goals for those.
I got carried away and included some more statistics from last year alas I didn’t include any theater, dance/ballet, or art expositions.Hello world!2017-01-23T21:38:37+01:002017-01-23T21:38:37+01:00https://www.pieterpelgrims.com/blog/hello-world<p>As <a href="http://frankchimero.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Frank Chimero</a> did before me, when he launched his old website, I’m taking the opportunity at hand to write about mine.</p>
<p>I’m not sure when I first encountered <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi" rel="noopener" target="_blank">wabi-sabi</a> but it resonated with the truth in me. The need to create, or as Kandinsky calls it: inner necessity, or even the intrinsic motivation to create, is something I’ve always felt as well.<br />
This somehow was always intertwined with the idea, of which I now think is quite narcissistic: to create things that outlive us; like houses, furniture, books, or anything other tangible. Only after reading about wabi-sabi, it came to my mind that this is actually a Western ideal, as are symmetry and perfection.</p>
<p>That automatically lead to ideas of endless repetition, decay, and tasks which yield results slowly. I start more websites than I finish, but I embrace the idea of a transient website, as we are transient beings. Bear with me while I try to maintain a steady stream of output on this website.</p>Pieter PelgrimsAs Frank Chimero did before me, when he launched his old website, I’m taking the opportunity at hand to write about mine.