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Belgium has a new government. It's a complete and utter disaster, and an insult to the basic principles of democracy and good governance...

Beck with Chemtrails . FYI, 2008. Mott The Hoople with All the young dudes . Had it not been for Bowie, who wrote this number, yo...

Worthy of the Supercommittee. MFBB.

Yes, it has come this far. Watch the following video in which an imam teaches German kindergarten kids how to clean themselves prior to isla...

My four year old son and me walking in a hilly area in southern Flanders, with a tad of exxageration often called 'The Flemish Ardennes...

Le Sud , an immortal song from the French-Italian chansonnier Nino Ferrer. Equally immortal Dutch rock. Seasons from Earth & Fire...

For all TRUE Americans, that is. So, not for those... hairy, smelly, lazy good-for-nothings of the OWS crowd. But not for their sympa...

From the nosebleeding editors at that leftist rag , De Standaard : RESOUNDING VICTORY FOR SPANISH CONSERVATIVES. "This Sunday,...

Him , from Rupert Holmes. Essential seventies music. T.Rex with Get it on . Too. Nite. MFBB.

Terrific article in the Orange County Register , Nov. 4, by Mark Steyn on the 'Occupy' movement: Occupiers part of grand alliance ag...

The White Stripes with Seven Nation Army . Fun Lovin' Criminals. With Scooby Snacks , that was. I s'ppose I'm sound...

A French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo , a household name in France, had its offices torched after it published a motoon accompanying an...

Franz Ferdinand with Take me out . Running on Empty , an old Jackson Browne hit. Nite. MFBB.

Local H with Bound for the Floor . From their second album, As good as dead (1996). Duran Duran with Skin Trade . Nite. MF...

This item is already about two weeks old, but its relevance will remain assured for what presumably will turn out a long, long time yet. Roo...

We start with some easy listening: Keane with Crystal Ball. Orbit with Medicine . From the album Libido Speedway . Nineties rock...

Ennio Morricone's magnificent piece 'The ecstacy of Gold'. Part of the soundtrack of the Sergio Leone spaghettiwestern The Good,...

I meant to do a post on something completely different, like the emergence of rocket scientist calibre intellectuals Shakira and Lady Gaga a...

Last week, De Standaard suddenly discovered there's apparently a problem with gay couples being pestered away from their flats, neighbor...

Some Britrock tonight. First The Rolling Stones with Under my thumb . Recently heard a band using a xylophone? Hmm? Do today's ban...