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Posted in News on July 25th, 2008 by bert

As it is also cucumber time in portablesland, we might as well make some publicity for friends who are not getting drunk around the clock at the Gentse Fieste or enjoying the odor of baby droppings in the middle of the night.

Tom is one of them. His “London 1948″-project attempts to (re)construct the biographies of every single athlete who participated at the Olympic Games sixty years ago. So if your wrestling grandma won bronze in the Greco-Roman heavyweight class, join him at www.London1948.org.

Being de portables and thus having the worst sportgenes imaginable, we won’t be able to help him. True, we were masters at ‘Caveman Ugh-lympics’ back in 1988. But the only non-virtual sport in which we all excelled was ‘beer tray frisbee’. Unfortunately, after one game we had to reconstruct one of the windows of our legendary Zon i Bos-studio.

Posted in News on July 25th, 2008 by bert

Vegetarian Barbecue

If our friends at Stilll hadn’t objected against the original sleeve of our latest ep, we ‘d surely have obtained that fourth star! ;-)

“‘Moeilijk’ is een etiket dat de portables geregeld opgeplakt krijgen. Onzin: dit Gentse antwoord op Sonic Youth heeft gewoon een zwak voor ongein - getuige titels als ‘Vegekoestisch’, ‘Op Safari met Jean-Michel Jarre’ (gelukkig meer Mogwai dan Jarre) en de extended knolselderdedubber version van ‘Vegetarian Barbecue’. Of neem ‘This Is a Samba’: geen samba maar bossanova. ‘Vegetarian Barbecue’ *** is een uit de hand gelopen ep die pas na drie kwartier afklokt, met als piece de résistance de zeventien minuten durende titeltrack, tegelijk compacte popsong en staalkaart van hun kunnen: een mix van ontsporende elektronica, dwaze en toch ontroerende teksten, grillige gitaren en geluiden allerhande. In de tweede helft verliest dit plaatje een beetje focus, maar de denderende electro van afsluiter ‘Vegetarian Trancenicue’ had best wat langer mogen duren.” (cv)

Posted in News on July 17th, 2008 by hendrik

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Posted in News, babies on July 15th, 2008 by wio

Bert and Elliot

Congratulations Bert and Willeke!

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Posted in News on July 15th, 2008 by jurgen

bob leterme

Good News! Yves Leterme resigns as PM. Let’s hope it is final and the King has a lucid moment and agrees with this resignation. This particular resignation once more proves the staggering genius of Yves Leterme. We remember many glorious moments: the incredible alliance with N-VA in order to get enough votes without taking in mind that he would actually have to do what Ward De Bever told him, the bending over to the Dutch when they started nagging about the ‘wegenvignet’, the blood chilling performance of the Brabançonne, the longest government formation ever; and now this, just like Justine Henin, quitting at the top of his career! This deserves a place on the Pukkelpop Stage!

yves mould

Good News! Bob Mould will not come to the Pukkelpop Festival in Kiewit. He has officially announced this. Well, what a happy coincidence. This situation should offer a great opportunity to Yves Leterme to start a new career: corporate business instigated alternative rock star. Maybe he can become friends with Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield and start a Nu-Black-Metal band called “Leterminal”, bringing you a repertoire of Flemish Folk Traditionals in a style that is tough enough to scare the Walloons into a willingness to separate this country.

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Allons! Enfants de la Patrille!

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