Here's some keywords that may or may not sum up my life:
- Absolutely Fabulous
- Art
- Avant-garde metal
- Britcoms
- Disco
- Electro
- English
- English dialects
- Eurodance
- Folk metal
- Guitar
- Languages
- Literature
- MUSIC - Mythology
- Opera
- Pagan metal
- Progressive metal
- Randomness
- Rock
- Surrealism
- Vruchtenhagel (I'm tellin' ya, it's gay disco in a box)
Music
ABBA, Ace of Base, After Forever, Agalloch, Alanis Morissette, Alphabeat, Amy Winehouse, Angela Gheorghiu, The Animals, Apocalyptica, Arkona (Russia), Auf Der Maur, Ayreon, The B-52's, Behemoth, Beth Hart, Black Sabbath, Bloodbath, Daft Punk, David Guetta, Diablo Swing Orchestra, Diana Damrau, Dixie Chicks, Does It Offend You Yeah?, Doro, DragonForce, The Eagles, Eluveitie, Equilibrium, Eurythmics, Faithless, Falconer, Finntroll, Finsterforst, Flowing Tears, Frou Frou, Gabriella Cilmi, Garbage, Goldfrapp, Guano Apes, Hanzel und Gretyl, Heart, Hollenthon, Imperia, Judas Priest, Kalevala, Bob Katsionis, Keep of Kalessin, Korpiklaani, Kosheen, Kylie, Lady GaGa, Led Zeppelin, Lucia Popp, Madonna, Maria Callas, Maria Mena, Metallica, Moloko, Mozart, Nile, No Doubt, Oi Va Voi, Opeth, Otep, Placebo, Prodigy, Queen, Rhapsody, Rihanna, Róisín Murphy, Satyricon, Save Ferris, Sheryl Crow, Skunk Anansie, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Spice Girls, Stream Of Passion, Therion, Tool, Tori Amos, Tourettes, Trail of Tears, Vader, Vreid, Wagner, Windir
I listen to basically anything as long as it's interesting and made from the heart.
Bands seen live:
- 2Unlimited
- Adele
- After Forever (3x)
- Alphabeat
- Apocalyptica
- As In RebekkaMaria
- Ayreon
- Battlelore
- Beth Hart
- Delain
- Die Apokalyptischen Reiter
- Distorted
- Doro
- Draconian
- DragonForce
- The Dreamside
- Dylath-Leen
- Elis
- Epica
- Firewind
- Flowing Tears (2x)
- Gabriella Cilmi
- Grave Digger
- Growlin' Love & Pain
- Guano Apes
- Holy Moses
- Imperia (2x)
- Interria
- K's Choice
- K3
- Lacrimas Profundere
- Leaves' Eyes
- The Legion of Hetheria
- Maria Mena
- Morning
- Nemesea (2x)
- NovAct
- Novastar
- Oi Va Voi
- Prey
- Regicide
- Reincarnatus
- Sabaton
- Seraphim
- Superfly 69
- Therion
- Tingsek
- Tourettes
- Valkyre
- Wies
Movies
- 12 Monkeys
- Alien
- American Beauty
- Cube
- Dracula
- From Dusk Till Dawn
- The Hills Have Eyes
- Kill Bill
- Misery
- Pulp Fiction
- Resident Evil
- Se7en
- Serial Mom
- Silence of the Lambs
- Snatch
- The Exorcist
- Trainspotting
I'll watch anything when I'm bored. Even if it's Uwe Boll.
Television
All-time favorite: Absolutely Fabulous
- 30 Rock
- 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Bottom
- Desperate Housewives
- Dollhouse
- French & Saunders
- Gossip Girl
- Grey's Anatomy
- Heroes
- House M.D.
- Law & Order: SVU
- Little Britain
- Lost
- Never Mind the Buzzcocks
- Parks And Recreation
- QI
- Sex and the City
- Supernanny
- The Catherine Tate Show
- Ugly Betty
- United States of Tara
- Will & Grace
- X Files
I also like watching documentaries about random things. Animal Planet and National Geographic are favorite channels here.
Not that I watch that much telly... (hello, denial!)
One of the funniest French & Saunders sketches ever:
Books
I love reading. I don't read Dutch novels; I believe that Dutch as a language is very/too limited to express textual beauty. I read and have read LOADS of English novels, mainly because of my education, but also because I like to expand my ever-growing vocabulary.
Currently reading: Jonathan Safran Foer - Everything Is Illuminated
Favorite novels include:
- Ray Bradbury - Fahrenheit 451 - M.E. Braddon - Lady Audley's Secret - Aldous Huxley - Brave New World - Ken Kesey - One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest - Thomas Kyd - The Spanish Tragedy - Wally Lamb - She's Come Undone - Toni Morrison - Beloved - George Orwell - 1984 - Patrick Süskind - Das Parfum - John Webster - The Duchess of Malfi
Yes, I am aware of the fact that The Spanish Tragedy and The Duchess Of Malfi are plays.
Worst book ever: Samuel Richardson's Pamela. Don't read it. Ever. Seriously.
Runner-up is Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrative. Interesting, my derrière!
Heroes
- Ace of Base
- Bill Bailey
- Diana Damrau
- Johnny Depp
- Dawn French
- Jo Frost
- Phil Jupitus
- K3
- Helen Mirren
- Meryl Streep
About me: I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.
My name is Nienke and I'm a music addict. So there you have it.
I live in some town in the north-east of The Netherlands. It's almost as boring as watching the 400th rerun of Oprah's Favorite Things in 1344BC, though you don't get anything for free around here. Yes, very sad. We do have some hawt local celebs walking around here besides me, though. Infamous duo Lucas & Gea, for instance (Google or YouTube them if you're like 'huh?'). Goth, I wish I could learn some of their dance moves...
To pass the oceans of free time I currently possess, I play the guitar. Electric. Classically trained. I've been playing for four years now and still I'm crap. Yay me! I also write music and I'm slightly better at that. Not much though, but who cares? Check my music MySpaz for gay disco explosions of the Oprah-kind.
I love British comedy. Absolutely Fabulous is my all-time favorite, closely followed by Little Britain and Bottom. These series have expanded my vocabulary to the size of Oprah's hairdo back in the early nineties. I can't really say this expansion has been beneficial to me as a person because, boy/girl/tranny/alien/whatever, do I know some naughty words... I also like stand-up and improv comedy. Well, unless it's crap, then I don't like it.
I believe that Ace of Base are the pioneers of death metal just because that band is totally gay disco on a stick. They deserve to be reunited on the Oprah show. Yes, I have an Oprah-show obsession. No idea why; if you know the answer, drop me a line and I might send you some cookies. I don't even like her that much, really. I'm insane, can't help it.
I guess I don't have to mention I like to ramble about random things, oder? :P
I blame my education for my borderline shy/wildness, insomnia, and schizophrenic vocabulary expansions. Yes, I confess: I am a student of English.
I've studied English for 5 years and I graduated for my BA in 2007 (16/17th-century revenge plays; John Webster and Thomas Kyd). I graduated for my MA in February 2009 -no idea how because writing that damn thesis (modern English lit; individuality in totalitarian states; Aldous Huxley and Kazuo Ishiguro) was worse than having to listen to Céline Dion songs on a loop for more than two weeks.
I am now looking for a job. Any job. Paid, preferably. I might also ditch that idea and travel to glittery places.
Anyway, enough with the boring crap. Just remember this: what can't be said, can't be said, and it can't be whistled either.
I'm also on Twitter since very recently. I have no idea why because my life is kind of boring at the moment, but whatever... Here goes: @Nienerhausen
Last.fm rocks my socks:
Who I'd like to meet: Interesting people. Non-interesting people. You. Or maybe not... who cares? And Beth Hart to tell her this song effin' rocks my socks off:
Note: if you're looking for free advertising for your crappy bands, don't come a-knockin'. I'm V selective and will only add you if you passed the pink test. Ha!
Stop by our MySpace site and listen to the latest tunes from OPERA DIABOLICUS, featuring SNOWY SHAW (King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Therion, Notre Dame, Dream Evil etc), MATS LEVÈN (Yngwie Malmsteen, Therion, Krux etc) and NICK NIGHT (Dream Evil) among others...
“One day, men will look back and say we gave birth to the twenty first century” – OPERA DIABOLICUS
As our friend you are probably happy to know that we have started taken Pre-Orders on our new album "For Moments Never Done". Whenever you feel like it you can check www.cirrhaniva.nl.
As our friend you are probably happy to know that we have started taken Pre-Orders on our new album "For Moments Never Done". By doing so you will receive a free band shirt!
Our first album "King of the Universe " is available on Brennus website! YESSSSS! A fucking metal album ! Enjoy yourself and get on with it ! http://www.brennus-music.com/boutique
Thank you for your support and for your friendship!
The CRASH THE SYSTEM debut album "The Crowning" out on July 3rd in Europe and on August 11th in the USA, Japan to follow...
featuring top hard rock vocalists Göran Edman (Ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, John Norum, Brazen Abbot, etc), Mats Levén (Ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, Infinite Mass, etc), Thomas Vikström (Ex-Talk Of The Town, Candlemass, etc) and Björn Jansson (Ex-Ride The Sky, Tears Of Anger, etc). The album also features the members of "The Murder Of My Sweet" and on additional guitars: Manuel Lewys (Machinery, Elwood, etc).
Ja ja, pink stuff if on the way! I sent it yesterday since I'm going to Nijole and Vati for two weeks on Sunday. T'is a bit early but then it's never too early for extra pinkness.
We hope you're doing fine and want to let you know that there're some updates on our page :)
Feel free to listen to "Synaptogenesis" and "Enter Dystopia", taken from our latest album “X to the Power of Ten”! You’ll also find a little Making Off and there’s new merch available!!!
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