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]]] Het Schimmengebied [[[ ]]] Tonight from 23.00 till 1.00 @ Radio Tonka [[[

Posted on by Duistere Bardo

Today I made stir-fried pumpkin for dinner, together with courgette, mushrooms and union. And a bit of salad with tomato and lettuce as a side dish. I think it is the first time I ever made dinner with vegetables without a traditional staple like potatoes or rice or pasta. At least stir-fried. Because I did make pumpkin before in the oven. Without potatoes or anything like that. Several times. Which was really nice. And I’ve made broccoli soup before, with cauliflower.

Also there is going to be another edition of Het Schimmengebied. Another special edition. It will be last one. The last special edition that is. For the coming time. I hope at least. Because I am not sure if I still can take it anymore. I’m afraid it is just becoming too much for me. All these special editions of my radio show. But sometimes life just leaves you no choice. And you have to do special editions of your radio show, weeks after weeks after weeks.
Luckily I will be joined by the lovely Nico again tonight. I think she will be able to pull me through this. Lets hope so. And let’s hope you will join us tonight. In this final special edition of Het Schimmengebied. From 23.00 till 1.00 on Radio Tonka, live through 92.0 FM in The Hague, and http://www.radiotonka.org throughout the universe.

PS: My Dutch is on holiday.

European spin

Posted on - by Duistere Bardo

Whenever I follow the Greek crisis only from a distance (read: only through major Dutch newspapers), I quickly get the feeling, like many other people, that parts of the story remain substantially underexposed in the mainstream media.

In the past few days I was following the news in the same way again. In the Dutch media the Greek government is increasingly being depicted as a bunch of incapable, or even dangerous politicians, who are unable to negotiate rationally, let alone seem to act in any sensible way. I slowly started to think this might indeed be the case, and that the crisis at this point left the Greek government incapable of acting rational, despite their great stance in the past several months.

However, as soon as I looked deeper into the story again, it seems the European media are in fact creating more and more spin in their reporting. Check for example this interview with Varoufakis from yesterday. For someone who is depicted by mainstream media as a thoroughly incompetent minister of finance, it is remarkable, given the current situation of Greece, how clearheaded he remains. The sharpness with which he answers the (very critical) questions that are fired at him by the reporter is truly admirable in my view:

I think it shows that not so much Greece, but Europe is undergoing a crisis which it does not know how to handle anymore. Perhaps Europe should really start to listen to Greece (and, in fact, many economists supported by international media) more, and start to look into sustainable solutions for the current crisis in Europe.

Initiation

Posted on - by Duistere Bardo

Welcome, dearest visitor, who has in one way or another ended up on this electromechanical log of mine.

Here I shall keep you up to date about all kinds of activities which occur around my creative endeavors, for as far as I will not submit this log itself to such tendencies arising from my eternal benevolent love for all peasants lingering within this early rising manifestation of the ‘underworld’, better known as the ‘world wide web’, which surrounds us all, while simultaneously letting us be brought forth within these electronic realms.

With love,

Duistere Bardo