Hey Chris. Way back in the day, you became a big fan of my weird home recordings (https://www.last.fm/music/Ian+Laczynski), and even followed what I was doing through the time I was in Beat Surrender. I wanted to reach out to you about my new music. I've been on a last.fm nostalgia trip, so I hope you do get to read this. Anyway, feel free to head over to http://CrimsonsHQ.com to check out what I've been up to in the past few years, or find my music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1E62X27btywLOep7sOhHHE Cheers!

Hmm, I do not know that I would tell on my neighbour... The photos are basically from Madrid, things I take while walking the dog, but there is one from Belgium.

But no climbing walls? I thought that was your thing. So you have black market in Belgium too? I guess the world is changing for all of us, just hope I am not too old to be able to adapt, haha, hey, I can still put my socks on while standing up!!

Wife got me this for Christmas: http://sharonvanetten.com/?wtpage=album&id=6 thumbs up.

Haha, no, I did some on the inside, electricity and plumbing mainly, we had people do the rest. Our house is the wood part, but we also have one of the other buildings next to it (great for house + workshop). We do get views but no one has got in touch with us about the house, the situation here is really bad -not Greek bad- but bad enough. Future plans? Maybe emigrate to a prosperous third world country and set up business there. Web-shop is slow too. No, my son has no serious house-building skills. How about you, how is your business going?

Well, I am glad that work is back for you. We will be in Avila all of July -I would have liked to meet you there this year- trying to get our house ready, but we have put it on the market as it is, here, take a look: http://www.idealista.com/inmueble/25862554/ You wouldn't care to have a 20 year old rock climbing apprentice working with you for the summer, would you? My son is looking for something to do for the summer, but this country is dead.

Hei. Ávila plans for the Summer?

Hey, long time no see :) yes I saw them in Antwerpen, awesome show, easily one of the 5 best bands I've seen live :)

Hey, how was your Spanish vacation? I was at Ávila too, but no Internet so I couldn't reply to your message, I did call twice from Béjar, but communications failed.

Haha, I was not about to pour concrete anywhere, but when I do I will surely get in touch with you, being as technically savvy as you are. Actually when I first saw the sculpture I thought it was like clay, that is what caught my eye -as the wife is working with clay-. Moulds are not part of the near future. Hey, Johnny Cash got into domestic conversation the other day as my rock-climbing enthusiast 19 year-old son started to tell me how great he was and how much into him he has got lately. I know, I told him, I am older and wiser than you, haha.

Here is where I read the words cement fondue: http://www.davidshrigley.com/sculpture_htmps/sculpture-95/campfire.html Yes, I did see some great concrete stuff in your site, I especially liked the blocks.

Ouch, the Spanish mentality thing... I sometimes blame it on this being a Catholic country -you know Catholics cannot think by themselves, they have to wait until someone tells them what is right and what is wrong- but Belgians are also Catholic and they do not share the same mentality (good thing you got rid of Spanish rule in due time). I could go on forever on this subject, better get back to the ruinas: you go to the river to get your own rocks!? You're the type of man my wife has always wanted!! SculptureMan, do you know what cement fondue is? I am trying to get my wife to use it for her work (she is into ceramics, but we do not have an oven/kiln), but I am not sure what it is and how to work with it. Would you know?

Hmm, no, no FB. Sorry. But let me make it up to you: http://www.npr.org/2012/05/13/151885639/first-listen-mount-eerie-clear-moon

Yes, JCash can be played loud inside the car with no sense of shame whatsoever, Cat Stevens is kind of a guilty pleasure to be kept to myself. You know what my first record ever was: Johnny Mathis-Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head (http://youtu.be/16HbylkbhJY). Candelario is close to our ruina (or at least not very far, here: http://maps.google.com/maps/place?ftid=0xd3fa3116d76cb59:0x6274c2056c752cea&q=Calle+del+Pil%C3%B3n,+Los+Cuartos,+Santa+Mar%C3%ADa+de+Los+Caballeros,+Espa%C3%B1a&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=40.374667,-5.456847&spn=0.000008,0.000011&t=h&z=17&vpsrc=0). We are not sure yet what we will do with our ruina in the future, when we first got it we wanted to restore it, sell it, buy another one, restore it, sell it, buy another one, etc until we had enough money to keep one for ourselves, but now we have all our money in it and I do not see any possibility of us selling it in the near future.

Haha, yeah, well we all grew up to Leonard Cohen, didn't we? How about Cat Stevens? I still enjoy some of that too, just do not let me see Barry Manilow in your playlist!! Yeah, it has been quite a while, do not know if I will last long though, the crisis here is really bad and business is going down the drain -we have not even travelled since last summer- you wouldn't be in need of an extra pair of hands, would you? Hey that Andalusian ruina is really looking good!! We got ourselves a ruina too in Ávila (against my better judgement, haha) and it looks as though we will be doing some work on it this Summer (although we do have somebody working on it now). Why did you leave your castle? Now I have lost all my Royal friends!! Great to hear from you.

Leonard Cohen? Is something the matter ol'friend?

hey :) thanks for your message,I'm okay,didn't get any injuries...this was truly a sad thing to happen...and happy to hear that your daughter is well :)

Bon Iver es bueno, bueno :-D gracias por el regalo. Mua,mua

Buen finde :-D Mua,mua

Ja zeker alles goed. Bijna vakantie. Erg goed album. Voor jou raad ik aan: Son Lux - We Are Rising, Panda Bear - Tomboy, Jamie Woon - Mirrorwriting, EMA - Past Life Martyred Saints. Denk dat je vooral de eerste twee erg kan waarderen. Moet je maar ff kijken of je daar aan kan komen op de een of andere manier. Groet, Cas

Danke! Freut mich sehr. Im April waren wir kurz. Herbst ist wieder was angedacht, mal sehen was alles klappt.

Bonito video....precioso!! :-D

Para el fin de semana....Espero que te guste :-D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN7HQrgakZU

Tolle Seite! Wow-Dein Haus wird langsam...wie alt ist das eigentlich? Wenn ich Deine Arbeiten so sehe-solltest Du Dir doch mal die alte Muehle anschauen.Euch einen tollen Fruehlingstag!

Frohe Ostern Euch allen!Wir waren gestern ganz in der Naehe von Saudi-faehrst Du im Sommer?

Nooooo:-D Mi presupuesto mensual terminado y acabado....Estuve en José González y ya!! :-D Otra vez será!! Buenas noches desde el verde de Euskadi :-D Mua,mua

Todo Bien :-D No me puedo quejar.....tuve concierto ayer por la noche reggae, dub y estuvo muy divertido :-D Pásalo bien en tu concierto con Mogwai, disfruta y cuando puedas cuenta algo de cómo fue. :-D Mua,mua

Wenn Ihr die Chance habtt schaut Euch mal den Film City of life an, der spielt in Dubai und ist von einem Emirati-wundbar viele Klischees aus dieser Welt.

IHi Christian! Warum ausgerechnet im Sommer?Baust die die Kletterwand in einem Compound auf? Wir planen im Sommer fuer zwei Wochen nach Island zu gehen.....und wir warten, dass aus dem Lichtchen am Horizont eine grosse Flamme wird.....Schoen, dass es Euch gut geht im neuen Haus-ist das auch ein altes?Viele liebe Gruesse ins warme Belgien (hier werden es wohl heute wieder 34 Grad)

Hi Christian! Wie geht es Euch so Belgien? Hier wirds langsam warm, aber ansonsten alles ok. Schon umgezogen? Viele Gruesse

ich fürchte ich habe nur die antilopengang mitbekommen. wenn form der vor denen war, dann auch ein wenig von ihm.

http://vimeo.com/groups/100/videos/19241801 Puede que te guste este americano también :-D

A ver qué te parece..........:-D Hacía tiempo que no te dejaba nada........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Bs4k5i5BQ

La canción es de Zee Avi :-D http://vimeo.com/9720243

http://vimeo.com/18081310 Puede que te guste :-D Ah! Feliz año ...un poco tarde pero lo que cuenta es la intención :-D

Que te diviertas en Andalucia, la sierra....Qué suerte tienes :-D Oye, una escucha de regalo. Espero que te guste :-D Mua,mua http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/cocorosie-concert/20031296-37382356.html

Thanks a lot for the link ! Looks like it works! Now question is : Am I ready to pay 165€ for 2 Godspeed tickets ! ;-) Anyway, I keep the site on my bookmarks!

Son un poco viejos...del 2007 pero también en petit-comité :-D Espero que te gusten Ada y Start a war http://www.blogotheque.net/The-National,2838

:-D No he tenido tiempo. Lo tengo en la nevera jajasjajaja :-D Prometo escucharlo pronto. Diviertete con National....me encantan :-D Ah!! y que lo pases también de lujo en Andalucia :-D Mua,mua

Chris :-D He escuchado el álbum y es muy, muy bueno. Gracias :-D Un pequeño regalo de mi parte y espero que te guste :-D http://chriscunningham.com/

Mejor que mejor :-D así podré llevarmelas cuando vaya de paseo o de compras :-D Gracias, gracias

Jau!! :-D Te escribo desde la húmeda y verde España y por aquí también llueve y hace viento. Gracias por el video, gracias, gracias :-D Mua,mua Me encantan :-D

Aquí tambien niebla y lluvia :-D Saludos :-D

Lass uns das Wetter tauschen!!!! Sarah und ich sind sofort dabei, allerdings Thomas wuerde frieren....hier sind es jetzt 36Grad und 85% Luftfeuchte zum abgewoehnen.................... Also doch Pastorei?Gruessssse an Euch

Und was macht die Muehle?Viele Gruesse aus dem immer noch recht heissfeuchten Ad

hallo. ja das is wirklich ein lustiger zufall. die sachen die wir gemeinsam haben sind aber immerhin wirlkich gut :) grüße aus hamburg nach belgien ;)

Wieder da...Griechenland war super, waeren am liebsten dort geblieben zwischen Pinien, Steinen, und Orangenhainen.Viele Gruesse

Im Moment kann ich nichts verschicken, unser Computer liegt in den letzten Zügen. Ich werde nächste Woche nochmal mit dem Denkmalschutz telefonieren-ich habe auch einige Unterlagen hier-ich werde Dich auf dem Laufenden halten. Weil am Ende wird es nichts für uns sein. Schreib Dir dann aber alles via email, und nicht so. OK?

70000, die hatten Dir doch 80000 gesagt oder? Wie gut kennst Du Dich mit diesen Feuchtigkeitsgeschichten aus? Diese alten Häuser haben ja überhaupt keine Kapillarsperren.Der alte Man der zuvor angefangen hat die Mühle zu bearbeiten, hat es wohl nicht gerade fachmännisch gemacht-wenn auch mit Liebe.