queensday in amsterdam 2006

not a gay pride thing,but an annual
celebration when the dutch let their
hair down.

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queensday crowds in the jordaan


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queensday stall-topple the president/minister
balkenende


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queensday celebrations take to the water


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queensday egg throwing attraction


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queensday impromptu stripshow on
a rooftop overlooking the leidsstraat
entertained a large crowd of passersby


pyramides/disneyland for adults

a bad planning mistake,or a future
architectural wonder-the pyramides
woontoren project begins to dominate
the local skyline.
then a moment of greatness-a rare
flash of creative inspiration.
it struck gidionics that when
the buildings are completed
the inevitable graffiti should
came in the form of hieroglyphs .

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amsterdam-disneyland for adults?

in the evening we recieve a visit
from dan k. and a friend who are over
from london for a stag party with a
bunch of friends.

no photo (for privacy reasons)and we'll skip
the details,but it was surreal to have
mr.music,the man who discovered
and signed up the band coldplay,sitting
on the sofa in hotel smit,browsing through
gidionics music on itunes in order to
see if our eclectic music selection
came up to standard.quite right-
music tastes say a lot about a person.

a bit of mainstream pop settled him-
elbow,underworld,stone roses,ian brown
-"hurt" by jonny cash softened him but it
was the dead kennedys that broke the ice.

we discuss life and love

their next stop-red light district
our next stop-bed






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things are coming along nicely
out in the garden.......

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secret garden

its 20 degrees and summer.
gidionics stumble across a secret
public garden just a stones throw
away from hotel smit-seems there
is always something new discover
if you keep your eyes open

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star wars

latest lowbudget lucasfilm production
sees r2d2 and fellow droids looking
a bit off colour

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aftermath of a murder and a trip to ikea

thursday morning...woken by the sound
of low flying helicopters overhead.
it turns out that the owner of the cafe
de hallen,just around the corner from
gidionics smit hotel had been shot by
gunmen.
it came as a bit of a shock to read in
the paper later that his murder was actually
an underworld liquidation.
little had we realised on our occasional
visits to the cafe in the past that the man
behind the bar was actually part of the
amsterdam underworld .


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in the afternoon a lift in the floating
mattress with gidionics political advisor
R .
ikea.
perfect for those who list their hobbies
as shopping and "going out" but a living
nightmare for us gidionics..
still..we got what we came for...


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3vvor12 Desmet studios 19/4/06

gidionics regroup for more live
music,this time back at our old
and trusted hangout.

starting off are dutch metal band
textures-tight and noisy.
www.texturesband.com

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after that initial onslaught peace returns
to the theatre in the form of andre manuel and
band.a dutch tom waits?
for dutch speakers his website is well recommended
with some sharp and witty written observations......
www.maneman.nl

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last up are locals julia p selection but you will
have to follow the vpro link for them or visit
www.juliap.com
welterusten!


BYOP: Melkweg Amsterdam 17/4/06

it's only a matter of weeks since gidionics
first saw be your own pet at club 3voor12
and we have been looking forward to their
return visit to amsterdam.
this time we see them in a packed out
melkweg-their reputation is growing quickly
and quite rightly so.
a great band
www.infinitycat.com
www.beyourownpetonline.com


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bimbos?

warming up for byop are malle pietje
and the bimbos
we liked the bimbos and enjoyed their
cover of black flag's "wasted"
www.bimbohardrock.com

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easter day 2006

a clear easter day in the east of
amsterdam

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an easter feast

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first arrival



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the miracle of birth

back to the gardening experiment.
5 days and the first signs of life...

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time for the first soil introduction.

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big bird is back in town

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11/4/06 welsh reunions

if you have a boat on a canal,
best to check up from time to
time

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cool name for a hotel and occasional
title for gidionics HQ

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gidionics meet up with marg and
kerrie who are visiting from the
old country (north wales) and obviously
enjoying their first taste of amsterdam.
as we know marg since childhood its
great to catch up , swap memories and
be reminded of things long forgotten.

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9/4/06

cloud factory pt2

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moment of birth

moment of conception for this
years gardening experiment

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out and about

demonstration on the dam
(tegen huur beleid van dekker)

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saturday shoppers and a sea of
bikes

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the homo monument

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stretched hummer limo

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de oude kerk in red light district

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ghetto

a dump
bos en lommerplein

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houseboats we wouldnt mind living in!

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2/4/06

we try our hand at bowling
....and fail to impress the crowd

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uncle gidionics

gidionics recieve the exiting news of impending
unclehood.
we wish all the best to lucs and miles and
look forward to seeing them soon!

archive photo taken 25/8/05

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1st april

childrens rhyme for april 1st

spring is sprung
the sun is ris
i wonder where de birdys is

sunshine on willem de zwigerlaan

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taking it easy

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been a long time coming!



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