Even Hulk has got one!

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The webshop is starting to take shape. The foundation is build. Mowingclub T-shirts can be bought online now. You look good in a mowingshirt, spiderman has bought one too!

I read the exchange of letters between WF Hermans en Gerard Reve. Famous dead Dutch writers. I guess the readers outside Holland and Belgium never heard of them. Holland is good at exporting beer and cheese.
The greater part of the letters from Reve to Hermans are written in English because Reve was fed up with the Dutch literary scene. He decided to take his chances with the English language. The thing is, his English letters are strange to read, like the Dutch cheese is pouring out of them. Is this because I know he is Dutch or because his English is not that good?
I like writing songs in English, almost every movie, song and artist I like comes from America. I guess, unlike Gerard Reve my past is more filled with American culture than Dutch culture. Besides this, singing in English is briging me across the Dutch border. It remains a difficult issue.

Review Motel Magnolia (Dutch)

Melleville was silent, except....

A fine, fine 2009 to you all!
It's been quite a year for the Mowingclub. A lot of shows. Learned a lot.
Guitarist Mowing Dick left and we had to find another approach. I'd try to make the music more personal. We had some hard times finding the right moves, but among other things, the great Daniel Johnston tour helped us to find ourselves some routine and we became more secure about our identity. I'm kinda proud of the Mowingclub. We did manage. We'll use this year to explore this even further and I hope to see you somewhere along the road.

Its good to read on our local Dutch 3voor12 music website an interview with organizer Arthur Pronk:

What was according to you the best band in The Hague of the year 2008?
 "John Dear Mowing Club stands for me lonely on top. This band, with front man Melle, has a magic you do not have to try to catch in words."
Dutch:
Wat was volgens jou de beste Haagse band van het jaar 2008?
“John Dear Mowing Club staat voor mij eenzaam aan de top. Deze band, met frontman Melle, kent een magie die je niet in woorden moet proberen te vatten.”

They're waiting for oilballs in my hometown Rijswijk.
Its a surreal ritual every year. I can't find any reason to stand in the cold for hours waiting to buy oilballs but these people can.

Deblogging for a couple of days.

Merry Chrismas.

Here's the first draft for the 7 inch label.