no parking

contemporary british art.
work from dinos and jake chapman-available
for only 48 hours as a
special download from the bbc's "imagine"
website

passport to leisure.
300%-work 1 day and get paid for 3



overpaid
underworked

rules,regulations,health and safety



we head down to the bijlmer-the new modern face of
amsterdam-offices,ikea,the arena stadium,multiplex
cinemas , shopping malls.......
and the heineken music hall -a big grey box with terrible
acoustics that serves as a venue for "big"acts who
have outgrown the melkweg or paradiso.

normally we avoid big gigs but we make an exception
for the arcade fire-we like their music and they have
a great live reputation.
the show is sold out,the place is packed-we queue for
the cloakroom,queue for drink tokens ,queue for the bar
and queue for the toilet .no fun.
we watch from the edge of the crowd as the band takes
the stage.the music takes over.



the arcade fire are hard to define or label.
a 10 man group combining modern electric
and traditional acoustic instruments into one
unique textured sound- rich and orchestral.

sometimes there is a hint of velvet underground simplicity
or talking heads quirkyness .some songs we know,some
not......and others have become personal anthems.



we have to wait until the encore to hear our anthem
"keep the car running" ......
finally we get the moment of musical magic we hoped
for -those 4 minutes were worth paying €35 for

things have changed a lot since the birth of gidionics journal
2 years ago.
as cameraphone photography pioneers we were proved right-
what was initially seen by most as a gimmick has now become
a revolution in the way that people record their lives.
evolution.
we have finally retired our sony ericsson k750i after 2.5 years
of loyal service.
the k850i takes it's place....

after 16 years in storage the first records have
made it to amsterdam.
underground music from 1980-1990 begging
to be heared by a new generation




check gidionics record collection on gidionics YouTube

some items from the collection-
contains both the obscure and the influential



including-

british underground cult band spacemen 3-origional releases



all the 7" singles by manchester's big flame- rare gems by a
great band - released at a time when the "indie" scene was
tiny-bands were happy to sell 2000 copies of a single,have
it played on the john peel show and play live to 50 people.
gidionics only saw them play live once at a free festival in
manchester where they shared the bill with (then unknown)
simply red.
fantastic.



butthole surfers



and lots more....