Category Archives: Bookreviews

Scum nº 04 0

Made this Knack Weekend’s black edition nº 4 on Outdoor & Ecoliving which features a part on different ‘communities’. Heard we were asked to enlighten a little something about young scum and love, lots of love it even seems. At your local paper monger right now. Thanks for the mention Knack as it turned out to [...]

2010: a blog odyssee 1

So, the year has neared its end and guess we should do a little round-up, check if our predicted 2010 moments lived up to what they would be or not. We can already say it lived up to be way better than expected Met some great people, had some great experiences, (re)discovered artists, heard some [...]

Russian – criminal – Tattoo 0

Amazon dropped some fresh stuff last week. Amongst several Christmas gifts some new books for yours truly. The Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia is a nice addition to my bookshelf. Fascinating stuff the Russian tattoo, especially the fact it goes hand in hand with criminal culture in which tattoos are codes one must learn to master [...]

Siberian Education 2

Finished reading Siberian Education by Nicolai Lilin which in my opinion is a must read if you are into non-fictional books. The small republic of Transnistria, which declared its independence in 1990 but has never been recognised, is a remote part of Russia in which a community of honest criminals settled years ago. It is [...]

Yesterday I read a book 3

Ever since I got a Kindle I have been getting all kinds of questions and remarks from people around me. Besides the relevant ones I also get a lot of “Is that an iPad?!” from people on the train or all kind of other remarks by regular buffoons. Can not really blame them as it [...]

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