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Eindhoven: Design City Posted by on Dec 2, 2014

Last Friday I was looking for a kunst or art activity to do, and I ended up taking the train to Eindhoven. I had only passed by Eindhoven, either via de snelweg or the centraal station, but I had never really been in Eindhoven. It seems so silly that I had not gone considering that…

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Killing the walrus with Fungus Posted by on Oct 25, 2010

In sifting through old emails, I recently rediscovered a traditional Dutch song called “Kaap’ren Varen,” as re-imagined by the 1970’s folk-rock group Fungus.  I learn from the internet that they came from Eindhoven, and that they played and wrote songs mostly for werkend en werklose mannen – working and out-of-work men. I can imagine that…

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