The Netherlands has made it to the World Cup final! And it’s July 6th — International Kissing Day. In Flanders, Belgium and the Netherlands it’s called KUSJESDAG! I wonder if there’s a song in Dutch-Flemish about it…. hmm?
Add comment July 6th, 2010
K3 — Kristel Verbeke, Kathleen Aerts, Karen Damen
Having just posted an ABBA video, I can’t resist saying something about K3. Karen Damen gave birth to a son, named Sky, on February 17, and she’s already returned to work. Former K3 member Kathleen Aerts is getting married in June, and her replacement, Josje, seems to be working out well.
It’s been almost two years since I first caught onto K3, and it’s been over a year since Kathleen quit. If anyone doubts these women have given everything to their craft, and if you think Kathleen’s departure from the group didn’t matter to them, take a look at these pictures of Kristel and Karen, from Kathleen’s farewell performance last year. At the time they were only 33 and 34 years old, respectively.
Here’s the K3 original lineup, with one of the finest Pop songs I have ever heard, Hart Verloren (Lost Heart).
2 comments May 9th, 2010
I have a bunch of Google Alerts. One that I deleted was for the Beatles, because thanks to Beatles News there wasn’t a need for it. One of the active alerts is for my not-so-secret shame, K3, and in today’s catch I was expecting something like this…
… but instead I found this.
Dedicated eBook readers have, I feel, a rather limited number of potential customers. The extended battery life with e-paper when the transmitter is turned off is nice, however. I’m not very sanguine about large, backlit LCD touch panels, either, because the battery life will undoubtedly be poor. Which is why I’m intrigued by something that was pointed out to me by tech-savvy tastewar.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/the-pixel-qi-display/
Add comment January 13th, 2010
Kathleen Aerts, formerly of K3, turns “Somethin’ Stupid” into a Christmas song, of sorts.
K3 fan Theo Hendriks, pictured here, wrote and said that Kathleen is his favorite. Kathleen’s replacement, Josje, is on the left. It’s good to see Kristel Verbeke and Karen Damen looking bright and happy again, because they were so miserable at Kathleen’s farewell performance.
For myself, Kathleen was my least favorite member of the group. I feel that Kristel and Karen are so strong together they could have carried on just fine as K2. That doesn’t mean Kathleen was any less essential to the success of K3, but it seemed to me that she was going along for the ride. So when she quit the group I was disappointed, but not surprised.
Add comment December 21st, 2009
I should take more time off from the blog. October has been the third busiest month this year for hits!
While I was away, to my utter amazement, lo and behold, those kooky ladies from Belgium, K3, finally went to #1 on the blog hit list! I suppose that must be due to the interest in the new girl, who was introduced at a live show in Holland a few weeks ago. Her name is Josje, which begs the question, how can they still call the group K3?
(BTW… Karen Damen is pregnant.)
6 comments October 29th, 2009
I am happy to report that I am no longer the best place on the Net to see the Belgian girl group K3. This is.
At last, Studio 100 has given K3 a proper virtual venue. When Karen Damen’s channel on YouTube disappeared I figured that would be it for online videos, but how good it is to be wrong.
Over six months ago, I wrote sort of an open letter to Studio 100…
I’m the lone voice in America pushing K3. To increase interest in your own posted videos, get high quality versions of “Kusjesdag”, “Hart Verloren”, “Tele Romeo” and “Verliefd” in stereo on YouTube. I’d love to link to those. “I Love You, Baby” too, because it has some English. Think about it. Please. The songs are wonderful, but it’s not just the format that makes it all work, it’s Karen, Kristel and Kathleen, one of the best pop music trios I have ever enjoyed.
Later I added “A Trip to Mars” to that list. Here are direct links to all of those videos, available at last in high quality transfers that hold up to being displayed full screen, and they’re in stereo.
Great job, Studio 100. I don’t even mind that you’ve prevented embedding and downloading. Kudos and thanks.
5 comments July 11th, 2009