Archive for February, 2008

Beermats From the Bison

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Listening to blues in Cafe Bizon last night, two artists I’d not heard before impressed me enough to have one of the barmen consign their names to the back of a couple of Bockor beermats.

Anastasio Trey is an American guitarist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish. Reminiscent of Santana with elements of Zappa and Jazz thrown into the mix, I’d recommend checking him out. The double Live album Plasma looks like a good place to start listening to Trey and Live at Madison Square Garden New Year’s Eve 1995 sounds like a good starter for ten for Phish.

Moving on to beermat number two, Susan Tedeschi reminded me of Bonnie Raitt but without the husky vocals. Susan’s music ranges from out and out blues to an almost gospel sound. Again, highly recommended. Nominated for a Grammy, her new album Hope and Desire looks like it could be worth taking for a spin, I look forward to adding it to the collection.

Watch this space for more Beermats from the Bison in the future.

Speaking of beermats, the one under this cascade doesn’t look like it’s going to cope with the beery deluge, even with Keri’s attempted rescue mission. Nice pouring Phil.

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The Wind that Rocked the Bison

Friday, February 29th, 2008


Like the salmon swimming upstream to spawn, I always seem to gravitate towards local watering holes with a good choice of music. My favorite spot in Brussels at the moment is Cafe Bizon. There under the watchful eye of the stuffed head of a, believe it or not, Bison, you can listen to live Blues Jamming every Monday night while quaffing some of Belgium’s finest. The wooden beams inside are adorned with old concert tickets including this one from an old ‘Wind concert. Good beer, good music, great atmosphere and friendly staff. A damn fine bar.

Posted in Brussels, Cafe Bizon, Hawkwind, Music | No Comments »

Save the Planet

Friday, February 15th, 2008


Planet Rock, the home of rock radio is under threat, unless a buyer is found by March 28th, it will cease to be. As a station that has championed top quality rock music from bands like Hawkwind since its inception and deserves your support. Please click on the link below to sign the petition to save the station. Don’t let the greatest rock station on earth die.

http://www.youchoose.net/campaign/save_planet_rock

Any bloggers out there in cyberspace please add this link to your blog and help save the planet.

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All You Need is Love Seat

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Posted by ShoZu

Two Spurs fans in the White Hotel sit in the infamous love seat while the ghostly spectre of a White Moose gazes on. Of course it could be an adult male deer, which would make it a White Hart. Not quite White Hart Lane, but still, no moose is good moose.

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Back in White

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Posted by ShoZu

The White Hotel in Brussels is a bizarre place. Each of its rooms is decorated in a minimalist style that is themed around the colour white. Pondering the purpose of the sink plug attached to your room key, you discover the matching plug hole inset into the wall near your door. All I need now is a copy of The Beatles - The White Album to listen to and my stay is complete.

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