About me: Dutchman, married to a beautiful and highly talented artist from Shanghai. PhD in chemistry, and a career in a large multinational energy company until early retirement. My hobbies: music, art, photography, chess, sudoku, word games.

About this blog: I started this blog in August 2006, just wanting to share what I considered interesting pieces of visual art and music. I suffered from blogging blues from time to time which made me re-start the blog a few times. I did another complete re-set in January 2022 with a change of types of post as another attempt to save the blog. The new format appealed to me, but I still ran out of steam in June 2023. Made another complete restart November 2024....

All pictures in my blog are hosted on blogger - if some do not show up (the red cross syndrome) it is a blogger hiccup. Right click and selecting "show picture" should do the trick.

Anything Goes
Anything I think worthwhile that does not fall under one of the other categories....

Classical Albums
Some of my favourite classical music CD's, usually as they say "off the beaten path".

Classical Compositions
A selection of my favourite classical music works, mainly less familiar ones.

Magazine Covers
Illustrative covers, mainly in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles.

Movie Posters
Stunning movie posters from decades ago or recent.

My Photography
Photographs I took that I like to share, some recent, some of years gone by.

Paintings
A selection of paintings I like a lot, often (but not always) by artists that may be less well known.

Pop/Rock Albums
Some of my favourite pop/rock albums, focusing on less well known ones.

Pop/Rock Songs
Some of my favourite pop/rock songs, illustrated with AI generated images.

Vintage Posters
A selection of striking posters, mainly from the 1920s and 1930s.

Blog Info
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