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September 5, 2007
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April 11, 2007
Dear visitors, finally an update for you.
I've started a cooperation with freelance journalist Bas Kanij. We're doing interviews and reviews together.
This is the first of this cooperation. A review of a gig of bluesgiant Walter Trout, one of my favourite artists. I get such a kick out of his music.
Anyway, here's a review written by Bas, unfortunately in Dutch only, and pictures taken by me.
You can also see this review and other reviews and interviews on Bas' blog: http://baskanij.punt.nl.
We also did an interview with Walter's drummer Joey Pafumi. This will follow soon.
Also I have some snapshots for you that were taken that night. With Walter and his band. Check em out!
November 16, 2006
My friends of Legion of the Damned asked me for a third photo shoot. You never saw the other 2, you will in time, but I now have a small series of that shoot. And also in the Snapshot section a couple of shots from "behind the scenes" that my brother Gerto has taken of that shoot.
Check em out!!
October 5, 2006
In July I saw some heroes of mine play live.. The Cult. Never thought I would ever see them play live. But I did and it was really a great evening.
013 gave me a photo pass and see here the results....
August 30, 2006
Dear friends and other visitors,

It's been quite a while since there was some action on this site.
I have some news for you.
We've (Els, my friend and webmaster, and me) put a video on the site of one of my favorite bands Thunder.
Been a fan since the early nineties. I want to show you this video, because they have put 2 short shots of me in it!
You can imagine how proud I am to be in a video of one of my favorite bands!
I hope you will enjoy the song and the video. Thunder is a band with a great sense of humor and it shows.

We've also put a couple of new pictures on the Snapshots page of me and my sweetheart Tommy and our dog Taylor.
One of me and my very good and dear friend Mariëlle. And one of our 2 guys, Tommy and Patrick. Aren't they cute?
Then 2 more pictures I took in Darmstadt..nothing special, but I like em.

Furthermore we're working on a major update. Please keep on checking. It will happen soon.
Thank you.

Rachel
October 18, 2005
Took 2 months, but here I am with a large update.
No concertpictures this time, but all kinds of other stuff.

First I have new landscape pictures for you, that I took in Rotterdam, in 's-Hertogenbosch, which is the city I live in, and also of Zeilhard in Germany, where Tommy alsways walks his dog Taylor. Check it out, it's so beautiful there.

Then I have 3 new pictures of myself, of which 2 with my sweetheart Tommy.
Then I also have a couple of portraits of Tommy. Check out my baby..I adore him.

And last of course ...some snapshots. One really cool picture of me with Holland's best drummer Ed Warby and no one less than Judas Priest singer Rob Halford. Taken at the gig they played together with The Scorpions here in 's-Hertogenbosch a couple of months ago. I also want to tell you about Eric Sardinas. I'd never heard of him, but he played support for Steve Vai, and my god..I was so impressed. Great bluesmusic. I loved it.
So have fun with all the new stuff!
July 30, 2005
Some live-shots for you of Disbelief, the band of my sweet Tommy.
Check em out if you ever get the chance to see em live..I hope my pictures get you in the mood!
Check out the pictures from a gig in Ludwigshafen and from Earthshaker Fest, from a couple of weeks ago.
June 13, 2005
New pictures from Black Label Society, they played live in 013. What a man, this Zakk Wylde..

And furthermore a couple of snapshots for you.
First, a picture of me with my sweetheart Tommy, taken on the road with Disbelief on the way to a gig in St. Annaberg, Germany. Some great live-shots of Disbelief will follow soon.
And then a couple of pictures of me with some celebs, taken at the last Waldrock festival, of which I will have live-shots for you too in a couple of weeks.
But there I had the honour of meeting no one less then Dave Mustaine, and I have to say.. he was very nice and kind.
Check out the pictures..
May 21, 2005
I saw a supercool band in 013, really my kinda music.
White Cowbell Oklahoma. Check out the pics. I took em to a metalbar afterwards, check out the snapshots.
April 30, 2005
On the 9th of April there was a great festival in 013.
The Roadburn Festival. With lots a great rockbands. Check out the picture report I made.. with also great backstage footage..

Also a couple of snapshots of me with some people, at the afterparty.. great people..
April 6, 2005
And here finally is the next update.
The yearly No Mercy festival. I made the pictures and friend and journalist Silvia Deurwaarder wrote a review of the bands.. check it out!

Also some snapshots that were taken at the No Mercy festival. A picture of me with the guys from Nile. One with Tommy, the guitarist of Disbelief, who is VERY sweet. And a few more pictures.... just check em out!
January 22, 2005
Finally a new update.. and what an update!
A review of the X-Mass Metalfest.
Written by GertJan van den Blink and a lot of pictures of course. This time not all pictures were made by me, but also a couple by my friend Pauline Bok of Popfoto.nl.
Thanks Pauline!
The review is in dutch only, but the pictures are international!
Just check it out and let us know what you think!
Have fun!
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