This is a cool project by Fixerati Antwerp/Brussels and Opel. After 70-80 years without making new bike models, Opel is now collaborating with local Fixerati on the production of a new fixie bike. They’re closely documenting the whole process. Episode 1 has been fittingly titled “the briefing”, it gives a quick run through for the [...]
Categories: Branding,Codes,DIY,Documentary,Events,Gathering,Gent,Ghent,OutoftheBlog.com,Skills,Sports,Street culture,Travel,Youth culture
Tagged: adam, adam fix, adamfix, antwerp, antwerpen, bike polo, bikes, brussels, fixed gear, fixerati, Fixeratie Antwerpen, fixie, fixies, Gent, kuipke, LDV United, opel, opel adam, opeladam, riding fixed, z6sdaagse
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- November 27, 2012 – 18:34
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- By Andrew
Brussels Express is a documentary about bike messengers in Brussels, the most congested city in Europe with only 4% cycling traffic. Watch it on fullscreen btw.
Categories: Documentary,Everyday life,Movies,OutoftheBlog.com,Portraits,Skills,Travel
Tagged: bicycle couriers, brussel, brussels, Brussels Express, courier, cyclists, Documentary, portrets
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- May 12, 2012 – 12:38
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- By Andrew
A facebook ad drew my attention today. That’s right, one those little banners in the side. The ad was for Laid Back’s compilation project, something I had been meaning to mention overhere for a while. As you might gather in the message below, Pierre de Schaetzen (a student at Belgium’s first college for music management, [...]
Categories: Codes,Connectivity,DIY,Entertainment,Heroes,Mixtapes,Music,OutoftheBlog.com,Technology
Tagged: 15 tracks, 40 Winks, 72 Soul, Amede Soundsmith, Belgium, Bongholio Iglesias, brussels, cd, ClassicBeatz, compilation, Cris Prolific, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, dj Azer, Dr. Kwest, Flow State, fm brussels, Incks, IndieGoGo, JoBee, Julius, K'Bonus, laid back, laid back radio, laidback, laidbackradio, LDBK, lefto, Lisa Preston, Melissa Czarnik, MonkeyRobot, Pierre de Schaetzen, player, radio, radio player, Strand, t-shirt, The Compositive Two, tracks, Turtle, worldwide
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- March 9, 2011 – 10:30
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- By Andrew
Friday we found ourselves in good company, as P-Thugg & Dave 1 (also known as Chromeo) dropped by in Bota! Had been looking forward to seeing these guys do their thing live for a while now and as expected they played a tight set with several highlights amongst which this Fancy Footwork. Needless to say [...]
Categories: Gigs,Heroes,Music,OutoftheBlog.com,Quickie
Tagged: bota, botanique, brussel, brussels, business casual, chromeo, fancy footwork, needy girl, video
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- November 22, 2010 – 18:39
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- By Andrew
Yessur, 2010 has been a good scum year. We found ourselves in Amsterdam, Ghent, London, Antwerp & Brussels. Time will tell if we can become scum scavengers across several other European countries, but for now we will be our scumbag selves in Antwerp, thanks to Art Space Leguit and the wonderfull people behind Steve & [...]
Categories: Art,Codes,Connectivity,DIY,Events,Exhibit,Gathering,Music,OutoftheBlog.com,Twitter
Tagged: Amsterdam, andrew vassallo, antwerpen, artspace leguit, beer, beers, brussel, brussels, Gent, Ghent, jong tuig, jongtuig, london, meet-up, meeting, polle de maagt, rupsig, rupsige mensen, steve & charlie, Twitter, young scum, youngscum
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- October 21, 2010 – 10:30
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- By Andrew
Took me a while to post this, but three weeks back The Prodigy was in BXL and they brought along Enter Shikari. I had previously heard their albums, but I had never experienced them live. Well, this post-hardcore band bulldozered on through. A great opener for one of the better Prodigy gigs I have seen. [...]
Categories: Events,Music,OutoftheBlog.com,Quickie
Tagged: blown away, brussels, enter shikari, nintendocore, post-hardcore, the prodigy, trancecore
- Published:
- December 6, 2009 – 14:05
- Author:
- By Andrew
