tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500880875636508312.post6258841964633670871..comments2023-09-05T04:20:42.785-04:00Comments on Guilt Free Pleasures: Team WilliamUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500880875636508312.post-23682754003854243922009-07-08T08:57:56.691-04:002009-07-08T08:57:56.691-04:00Being a legitimate Belgian, and a Team William fan...Being a legitimate Belgian, and a Team William fan of the earliest hour (somehow these things are related, but how o how?) I will add some trivia to this magnificent post (feel free to edit)<br /><br />Floris (or FFA, his soloproject name), the singer and founder of this fine Belgian band, has his roots in Ninove, a tiny town stuck between the collosal coast of Belgium and the chocolate capital(Brussels).<br /><br />Floris' father is pretty known in his hometown as the singer of a genuine folkband. His father also teaches painting in the local art academy. He does not teach about UFO's.<br /><br />Floris' mum is a talented calligraphy writer. She does not collect hamsters, or any kind of mines.<br />Information on the other member's families is not yet available to the public... as yet.<br /><br /><br />Team William gave their first gig in a local indoor volleyball-hall, during a rock contest. (there was no volleyball contest scheduled that day)<br /><br />They won this modest contest, and went on to the next.<br /><br />All this search for contest-gold resulted in a fine climax in Brussel's Ancienne Belgique concerthall, where Team William won bronze during Humo's Rock Rally (Humo is the local flemish version of something in between Rolling Stone, Mad, and a weekend edition of the New York Times).<br /><br />The contest was pretty much the katalyst for thing to come: bigger gigs, shinier shoes for the keyboardplayer Arne to slap himself with during gigs, fancier videoclips, and eventually, with all the earnings from the gigs: a great way to spend the earnings in the production of the first album.<br /><br />Their first album is simply recognisable by the blue-white-red on black rainbow and by the title: Team William. It consists of nothing else but splendorious tracks: just check out "Lord Of the Dogs", "First Snow", or "70 percent".<br /><br />An advice for all you potential expats / tourists out there: if you come to Belgium,come between july and august:<br />what happens is some of the smallest towns imaginable transform in a contemporary Woodstock-esque place of music, love, understanding, and, well, place of beer.<br /><br />The theatre, music, and townfestivals in Gent, Kiewit, Antwerp, Dour, and Heist-op-den-Berg to name but a few are definitely worth a visit.<br /><br />Don't believe all of this,but<br />trust me on the suntan! (I did mention suntan somewhere, I hope?)<br /><br />Vinkle.Vinklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02762749500501398727noreply@blogger.com