News

(05/15/07)

Iran has been a lot in the media lately and most of the times it wasn't the best promotion for the country. Terms like 'axis of evil' were often found in relation to Iran. For Either/Or this was a reason to investigate the truth. So we organised a cultural trip to find out about the old and modern art, music and culture scene in Iran. With a group of fifteen young people from Holland we discovered the real Iran. Read more about it on the blog on Dutch broadcast company Llink.

(03/07/07)

The Bradley is back! Our beloved poet from the United States of A will bring an exlcusive visit to Amsterdam during his Scandinavia/UK tour. Bradley Hathaway rocked the continent two years ago and blew everything away with his blend of intense hardcore poetry slam.  Missed him last time? This is your chance to witness the guy that makes thousands of people screamalong his poems... can't think of anyone else including all the great poets in the past who established that. 16 March in Amsterdam. 

(02/13/07)

Either/Or is happy to announce their participation in the upcoming Walk 4 Water event. On the 24th of March people from all over the Netherlands will come to Lelystad and support ZOA in their efforts to end the deseases and disasters connected to polluted water. The access to clean water is a fast increasing threat to many people in the world. In countries like Ethiopia or Sudan many people suffer from lack of (clean) water. at the Walk 4 Water event you can help reducing this problem by offering solutions. Either/Or presents a great and inspiring program during the day! Wanna know more? click here

(02/09/07)

The awe inspiring band mewithoutYou was in Amsterdam for one night and they rocked hard! Time for Either/Or to interview singer Aaron Weiss. Theme of the day was 'forgiveness'. In ten minutes time Aaron explains what this means to him and how he deals with forgiveness.

(09/13/06)

Check out the Value of Strength magazine: the oldest European hardcore 'zine! In this edition among others an interview with The National Anthems and The Fire Theft. Plus tons of articles, reviews and pictures. A must have!

(08/28/06)

This Friday at cafe Dwaze Zaken in Amsterdam a lecture and discussion by Australian writer/philosopher Dave Andrews. Don't miss it... www.dwazezaken.nl for route and info.

(07/08/06)

Finally news from the front! From September 1 -4 the Australian writer Dave Andrews will be in Europe. Either/Or will drive the writer of among others Christianarchy from Amsterdam (sept 1), to the Czech Republic (sept 2), Poland (sept 3), and Berlin. He will give lectures and explain his philosophy. Stay tuned!

(28/02/06)

Yesterday the very talented singer/songwriter Martijn de Bock performed at the Cultural Embassy (Lloyd Hotel) for a sophisticated crowd. Martijn donated the money of the purchased cds to Music Mayday. Thank you!

(09/01/2006)

We wish you all a very artistic 2006 and hereby you're invited to the first event of the new year... Make sure to attend us at the 'Lloyd Time on Mondays' event on the 16th of January at the Cultural Embassy (Lloyd Hotel, Oostelijke Handelskade 34 Amsterdam). Your hearts will be warmed by the voice of Rina Mushonga and her mattie Zoe.  Check the Agenda

(23/12/05)

And the winners are... our 'matties' in Silence is Sexy. Photos of the afterparty in the Lloyd Hotel will be available after we get back from our holidays.

Congratulations go out to Pim, Bart, Hendrik-Jan and Barry. Thanks go out to all who showed up and shared in the fun. Good times were had by all.

 (21/12/05)

Just like last year (de Greep Festival) the Holiday Season inspired us to get together for a meeting again. This year, there will be two opportunities for the Network we represent to get together for the purpose of a party.

(26/11/05)

We're happy to announce that  Jen Sotolongo sent us her art. Have a look in the gallery to see what's her work is like... Thanx Jen! And people, feel free to send in (pictures of) your arts!

Jennifer Sotolongo was born February 7, 1979 in Miami Beach, FL.
In March 2005, she moved to Portland, Maine. After taking one drawing class in 2001, as a result she felt she had comfort and talent to pursue an art degree. Originally wanted to major in studio art, she ended up taking a graphic design degree instead, as to have something to fall back on in the professional world. Jen graduated in 2004 and enjoys making art, traveling, hiking in nature, collecting things, watching movies, listening to music, and is open to trying new ideas.

(14/11/05)

News! Visit our renewed gallery and read the wonderful poems by Amsterdam based Rijco, an inspiring and enthousiastic troubadour of the post modern age.  More of his stuff on iwasmerely.tk

(07/09/05)

The Either/Or Summerfestival is over, but summer's still here! An endless summer for sure... Many thanx go out to Bradley Hathaway, Skinfiltr8r, Silence is Sexy, Eva Wellingsworth, Benjamin Winter, Maartje, and Sander for making the end of the Tour of Troubadours a worthy end. And of course thank YOU for coming to the Winston! Bradley's book and t-shirts are still available through our webshop !
E/O Summerfestival soon on 3 September!
The 5-week long "Tour of troubadours" will come to an end on Sep 3th with a party to be held at the "Winston", a cafe/club in the heart of Amsterdam. Together with bands, dj's and performing singer-songwriters Bradley and Skinfiltr8r will show their joint efforts to the people. Also, the latest Artzine, "Snag" is presented, as well as a series of 9 photos by photographer Sander Schoenmaker.
Even more so this party means a moment of joining each other for a fresh start after a long summer.
As always, we need you to spread the word about this party!. The flyers attached to this e-mail may be as helpful to you as they are to us.
Check www.summerfestival.nl for more details about this event.

Tour of Troubadours

The first bit of the 'Tour of Troubadours' has been great, as we got to travel to Germany, Holland, Denmark, Sweden to do various performances. If you never witnessed a sing-along to a poet, then make sure you check one of the dates below!

The tour features Bradley Hathaway from Arkansas (US). On http://www.relevantbooks.com/Books/bradley/default.htm you'll find a sample of his latest publication, as well as a video around his poem 'Manly Man'. Also on the boat is Skinfiltr8r from Gouda (NL). He combines poetry with experimental sounds and images and performs his improvisations with the help of nothing but his voice and a looper. On Flevo Festival Bradley is performing Friday Aug. 12th @ 15:30 in the "La Luna"-tent.

Other performances:

14th Aug Zolder 50 - Amsterdam (www.amsterdam50.nl)

16th Aug Sappho Café - Amsterdam (Open Mic night)

17th Aug Ulli's Place - Hildesheim ulli.flaemig@gmx.de

18th Aug. WYD - Köln michael@simplymac.de

19th Aug. Fishmart Bookstore - Rutesheim (17:00) - www.fishmart.org

Kubik Café - Karlsruhe (19:30) - info@kubik-entertainment.com

20th Aug. Schloss Schönau - Vienna (accordance@gmx.at)

21th Aug. Geneva (tbc.)

25th Aug. Michael's place - Köln (D) - michael@simplymac.de

27th Aug. In-houseshow - Krimpen a/d Ijssel (NL)

28th Aug. Ticket for Tibet (daytime) - Eindhoven (NL)

29th Aug. videoshoot with Music Mayday

30th Aug. 24-7 Prayer house Dresden *D*

31th Aug. Chemnitz *D*

1st Sep.  Cszesin - Czech (tbc.) 

2nd Sep. Inhouse-show - Zaandam riannski@hotmail.com

3th Sep. E/O Summer Festival - Amsterdam www.summerfestival.nl

4th. Sep. Lombok Festival - Utrecht 14:00 pim@pimgee.nl

(27/07/05)

Lampshade's album 'Because Trees Can Fly' is 'Album of the Week' on the website of the coolest German magazine Visions (week 30). The limited edition double lp is still available in our shop!
Check Lampshade for their summer tour dates...

(15/07/05)

on August 28th, the Ticket for Tibet Festival will take place. Bands like Face Tomorrow, Peter Pan Speedrock, Osdorp Posse, The Apers, and many more will sing/rap/scream their support for the oppressed people in Tibet.

Either/Or represents the festival with the photo exhibition Children Play. Don't miss it, let's all go to Eindhoven (nl) and buy that Ticket for Tibet. More info: Ticket for Tibet

(12/07/05)

Did we mention yet that number 4 of the illustre Artzine Series is out? Three multi talented students (Arti, Mette, and Maartje) from the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam did their utmost best to create a snäg out of nothing. The result will be presented at the Endless Summer Festival on the 3rd of September. Glimpses are visible in our Gallery right now! Have a look please.

(11/07/05)
The summer plans have been developed to something tangible, completely original and very exciting. The 3 september Festival will have its own website (to be launched very soon) and we have some new dates for our Spoken Word fellas The Bradley and Skinfiltr8r: The Tour of Troubadours. Unfortunately the Joy Electric had to cancel their part of the tour due to personal reasons. However, even withouth J.E. it will be a blast! For fresh tourdates check Tours


(17/06/05)

We're happy to announce the first overview of the Tour of Troubadours with spoken word performers The Bradley and the Skinfiltr8r:
August 6: Camp Juice @ De Bron, Dalfsen, NL
August 7: Freakstock Festival @ Gotha, Germany
August 10: Frizon Fest @ Ørebrø, Sweden  (W. Joy Electric)
August 11: Frizon Fest @ Ørebrø, Sweden  (W. Joy Electric)
August 12: Flevo Festival @ Liempde, NL (W. Joy Electric)
August 13: Flevo Festival @ Liempde, NL (W. Joy Electric)
August 14: TBA

(17/06/05)

Attention please! the date of the Summer Festival has been changed.. it's gonna take place on Saturday the 3rd of September instead of the 2nd. Also the location is known now: we got hold of squat house 'Danzigerbocht' at the IJ in Amsterdam (bus 48/49/22 from CS). Great location and great possibity to end the summer with, before boring life at school starts again... more info about line-up soon!

(3/06/05)Today the date of the next Either/Or Festival is being announced: write down  the 2nd of September in your agenda... a multi disciplinary (poetry, singer/songwriter, visual arts, multi-media, spoken word, food etc) festival to celebrate life and summer: The Endless Summer Festival. Booked so far: The Bradley (usa), the Skinfiltrator, Maartje/Arti/Mette. More info soon!

(8/05/05)
Check the regularly updated calendar for things you don't want to miss and send us your dates. We'll add them!

(26/04/05)
I do not believe in people telling others of their faith, especially with a view to conversion. Faith does not admit of telling. But when it is lived it becomes self-propagating.

- Mohandas K. Gandhi

(23/04/05)

Finally we have a new website up! Some of it still has to  be improved during the next weeks, but most of it has finally been done, with the help of Herman van der Maas @ Sound of The Stars. Our logo was made by Wijtze @ Wombat Airlines.
 
By clicking through this site you'll find all about the past, the present and the future of Either/Or as a young and innovative network of friends and a start-up-company that puts together projects, events and tours.
Some newsfacts:

•  As Amsterdam's spring is growing warmer and warmer,  time is approaching for another Artzine in the string of 6 artzines. Issue # 4 will be a full-color 16-page booklet featuring the artwork of three Dutch ladies. Find out more about it here. You can expect a colorful and inspiring booklet coming along with a clear tray as it serves as the perfect package for your favorite summertunes-CD. Subscribers: expect another package from our side in the mail around early MAY.
  

• The travelling exhibition "Children Play" will be the month may's pick in Amsterdam's hippest club: Club11,  All throughout the month you can see the displays of Allard Faas' photo-art in the 11 Venue. Herman en Daniëlle zijn cool.
  

• Dates are filling in slowly for Either/Or's summertour "The Tour of Troubadours". Find out more about it here.