Gina/Mizar5's Profile |
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How Conspacious! |
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| Age: | 44 years old |
| Sex: | Female |
| Location: | The Netherlands |
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| Last Login: | Mar 17, 2008 (654 days back) |
About Me |
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(click image for website Myanmar News) The clip below shows soldiers blowing up a dog for fun and laughing at it. War does awful things to people. Society should take its responsibilities. Not just in Iraq, but everywhere else where people and animals suffer due to indifference, ignorance and malice or greed. But let's not answer violence with violence. If rage and anger have the upper hand for a while, do not let it get out of hand. The video of a puppy being thrown to its demise caused people to respond in ways that trigger a variety of reactions too. Why worry about a puppy and not about children starving to death? Why cry wolf now? It may be so that we, in general, have learned to look the other way. That we have learned to be indifferent and focus on our own lives, our own ambitions, our own dreams. Because we assume it won't make any difference whether we care or not. The world's a corrupt place as it is, why bother with what happens far from our own backyard? Maybe this puppy got to us, because it symbolizes the archetype of Innocence. It's what we have to give up when growing up, the innocence of our childhood. It's what lacks in the world out there, in countries where war rules and survival becomes the manifest of living instead of life itself. Human nature can be dark, but being cruel and evil is not a path to be chosen. And we also have to take a look inside. Question our own motives and goals. And emotions. Don't answer violence with violence. Use common sense and intelligence instead. Help raise awareness. Don't let this madness go on. (click image) (click banners for more information. thank you!) www.mizar5.net Hi, my name is Gina. My parents were born in Indonesia and sailed to the Netherlands after WW II had ended. They met eachother in the late 50s and settled in Maastricht, a medieval and beautiful city down south. I joined them in 1963, and a year later my brother Freddy completed the family. Music has always been a big deal when growing up. Whenever there was a family gathering (on my mother's side) with my grandmother, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends, music & food were the main attraction!I had uncles who played their guitars like Django Reinhardt, and some of my cousins and (distant) relatives (on both my father's and mother's side) earn their living as professional musicians , multi-instrumentalists and singers. Freddy and i followed piano and music theory lessons as kids, but he was more serious about it and continued his studies at the Maastricht Conservatory. Whenever i was home and heard him practice something i liked, i tried it too, so that's why they all hated me for repeating Bach's Invention No. 8 over and over and faster and faster again. Freddy played Debussy's Arabesque No. 1 beautifully and due to his talent and willingness to help out other (often) senior students with their music theory, he had a bright future ahead of him. But the pressure of life was too much, so unfortunately he said his goodbyes in 1987 and left us with a wise and soothing message: Life Goes On. And it did and does! Sometimes i wonder how life would have turned out if Freddy were still alive. Therefore I'd like to dedicate this MySpace space in his honor... Thanks for visiting! (I'm a writer/journalist/publicist and edit CD reviews for All About Jazz, also run music website Mizar5 and do lots of other stuff too, like the Play My String THANG ) (Drawing/collage made by Ed Klein Goldewijk ) |
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My Interests |
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Previous profile songs: Marcel Luntungan - Land of the Living Lollo Meier - Rosas Coral Egan - Magnify Coral Egan - 2 To Tango Julie London - YouThe NightThe Music Jodymoon - Wide Awake (live) Cozmovox - Jean Jacques Jodymoon - You're Not Here Coral Egan - Invitation Wayne Escoffery - Nothing Left To Say Binocular Man - PMST Snow Covered Roads - Rossif Sutherland Jodymoon - Sleepless Laura Pier Carlo Penta - Integrity Georg Wadenius - Slick Willie Dinah Shore - I'll Be Seeing You Coral Egan - 2 To Tango Joe Zawinul - Rooftops Vienna Saskia Laroo/PMST - Love Luckless Pedestrian - Little Kite Nostalgia77 - Quiet Dawn Steely Dan - Black Cow Chicken Joanna - Palpitation Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne Steely Dan - Lunch with Gina Joanna - The Widow Coral Egan - Magnify Joe Pass & Ella Fitzgerald - Lush Life John Erickson - And So On, And So Forth Coral Egan - Es Tu La Jamie Leonhart - Rainbow Connection Judy Lewis - Ride A Duck Coral Egan - Clean Up Time Scurvy Brothers - Ruby Baby Melody - Love Me Like A River Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime Bettie Ross - Elfin Folly Michael Brecker - Night Jessamine Stephen Bishop - On and On Rob Whitlock - Cold Duck Time Madeleine Peyroux - It's All Right Bill Evans - Peace Piece Shawn Colvin - Fill Me Up Jay Smith - Start Over Again Coral Egan - Just Animals The DittyBops - Fish to Fry Hans York - Inside Out Michael Leonhart - The Ballad of MQ Kaki King - Yellowcake The Reunion - Say Nothing Dannielle Gaha - If You Only Knew Scott Amendola - Oladipo J'Nae - God Bless the Child Jeffrey Chin - Escape to Ankara KJ Denhert - Little Mary Doug MacLeod - Plowin' Mule Melissa Stylianou - Mary's in the Tub Judy Lewis - Big Rock Show Kit Walker - Nomads Michael Partington - Bach Allegro Assai Bob James - Angela in Purple Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries Baroque Cello - Vivaldi rv 417 Rickie Lee Jones - Walking Satellites |
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I'd like to meet:"Now you're a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of mineAnd I remember your name And you have faith in a dream And you made it make peace with mine So will it still feel the same?" Click image above for a very short videoclip of Freddy playing Easier Said Than Done from Shakatak on a family reunion, early 80s. |
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Music:The following MySpace sites were created by yours truly:John Beasley Sjang Coenen Coral Egan Wayne Escoffery John Erickson Malcolm Hunter Lyn Leon Carolyn Leonhart Lollo Meier Erwin Musper Play My String Thang Koen Scherer The Bamboo Room Georg Wadenius Yeayeayeah Records Zappa Sings Zappa To be expected: Marcel Luntungan |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | In a Relationship |
| Occupation: | writer/journalist/publicist etc |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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Coen van Dam Trio featuring Lollo Meier |
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| Maastricht - Cafe 'De Tramhalte' in Maastricht celebrated its 10th anniversary March 7th, 2008. For this occasion, resident musicians Coen van Dam (grand piano), Henry Schuler (upright bass)... Posted by Gina/Mizar5 on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:31:00 PST |
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Coral Egan & Steely Dan @ Montreal Jazz Festival 2008 |
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| (click image for website Jazz Montreal)Great News! Coral Egan will attend the phenomenal Montreal Jazz Festival and is in excellent company... among which Steely Dan, Aretha Franklin, Charlie Haden...... Posted by Gina/Mizar5 on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:42:00 PST |
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Saving Galgos in Spain versus animal killing & abuse in Iraq |
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| (click image)It's useless. Whether killing innocent people or animals, it's as inhumane and cruel as can be. This morning i read a news item about an American soldier, David Motari, who threw a puppy ... Posted by Gina/Mizar5 on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:37:00 PST |
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Saskia Laroo in All About Jazz: Lady Miles |
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| A new album will hit the streets on March 15. Her name garners respect and admiration. Trumpeter Saskia Laroo, also referred to as a trumpet stylist, has been performing more than three decades on var... Posted by Gina/Mizar5 on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:25:00 PST |
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Jodymoons Story in All About Jazz |
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| Click image for a review of Jodymoon's new album "Never Gonna Find It In Another Story" including a free download of vocalist Digna Janssen's award-winning jazz composition Change Is Gonna Come. >>>Fi... Posted by Gina/Mizar5 on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:21:00 PST |
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Ode to a Ford by Bill Milbrodt |
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| As seen on the British CNN this morning, instruments made from car parts by Bill Milbrodt for a European Ford Focus commercial. It's the second time, for he's done it before using his own car in the C... Posted by Gina/Mizar5 on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:50:00 PST |
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Georg Wadenius & Stealy Dan |
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| Radio Dupree article"Did anyone catch the Swedish Steely Dan cover band Stealy Dan at the Stockholm jazz club Fasching yesterday?According to an article in Friday's issue of Dagens Nyheter, the band w... Posted by Gina/Mizar5 on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:42:00 PST |
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Joe Zawinul hommage on Dutch Radio 4 NOW |
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| Radio 4If you click the link above, you'll have about 2 hours to listen to a magnificent tribute to Joe Zawinul in the Netherlands. Look forand click it to launch the player.Jim Beard, Victor Bailey, ... Posted by Gina/Mizar5 on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 12:03:00 PST |
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Joanna Wangs official Sony/BMG debut |
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| A few months ago, Gil/Blaise discovered a grrl singing Steely Dan's 'Peg' on YouTube. Since then, we got in touch with her and feature her clips from time to time in Mizar5, in her own categ... Posted by Gina/Mizar5 on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:41:00 PST |
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Spring Rolls & Wayne Escoffery |
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| It should be winter here in the European zone. It's not. Not really. Birds are humming and looking for places to build a new nest. Mid december, i saw one of the last roses in the garden blossom ... Posted by Gina/Mizar5 on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:02:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Jay Atwill, Chicken Joanna, Sjang Coenen, cozmovox, KJ Denhert, Coral Egan, John Erickson, Wayne Escoffery, ferenzik, Gil, JODYMOON, Leine, Carolyn Leonhart, Lyn Leon, Lollo Meier, Moons of Neptune, Erwin Musper, Radio Dupree, scoobymedina, The Lab, The Play My String THANG, Georg Wadenius, Kit Walker, Zappa Sings Zappa!, Nexther List, Bram Stadhouders, Koen Scherer_Drijfveren, Little Missy M., WSPA United Kingdom, Bedwood, Sensual, Pier Carlo Penta, NIEUWE NOR, Marsha, Facel Vega, Tony Onstad, HUNTER HAYES, anniabaron, Muziek3Daagse, mizar 7, Dom Fegaste, Mark Sholtez, Najam Sheraz, ~kLeinTje~, BONGOMATIK, Cactus Music, jopie, Don Capo, BUURMAN, Herman Brood & his Wild Romance, The Undisputed Heavyweights, Kim Hoorweg, Carole King Fan Page, MORPHEUS, Gina/Mizar5
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