Harry Prenger
@harryprenger.bsky.social
Vinyl, coffee, pie. Your correspondent in the Netherlands. Published a Dutch book on British postpunk. Also Visual Vinyl: exhibition and book on records by visual artists.
The one and only Alex Chilton actually knew where the province of Limburg is in the Netherlands. ‘Isn’t that the panhandle of the Netherlands?’ I once interviewed him and told him where I lived. He knew it so well because he once had a girlfriend from Curaçao and visited the NL regularly.
December 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The one and only Alex Chilton actually knew where the province of Limburg is in the Netherlands. ‘Isn’t that the panhandle of the Netherlands?’ I once interviewed him and told him where I lived. He knew it so well because he once had a girlfriend from Curaçao and visited the NL regularly.
'40.000 onrendabele jankers op Bluesky' - Arthur van Amerongen.
November 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
'40.000 onrendabele jankers op Bluesky' - Arthur van Amerongen.
Christine Hahn June 17, 1951-May 28, 2025 RIP
Hahn played with Kim Gordon, guitar-noise pioneer/composer Glenn Branca, and worked with artist Martin Kippenberger. Later she joined the German new-wave band Malaria! After that, she shifted from graphic design into visual art.
Hahn played with Kim Gordon, guitar-noise pioneer/composer Glenn Branca, and worked with artist Martin Kippenberger. Later she joined the German new-wave band Malaria! After that, she shifted from graphic design into visual art.
November 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Christine Hahn June 17, 1951-May 28, 2025 RIP
Hahn played with Kim Gordon, guitar-noise pioneer/composer Glenn Branca, and worked with artist Martin Kippenberger. Later she joined the German new-wave band Malaria! After that, she shifted from graphic design into visual art.
Hahn played with Kim Gordon, guitar-noise pioneer/composer Glenn Branca, and worked with artist Martin Kippenberger. Later she joined the German new-wave band Malaria! After that, she shifted from graphic design into visual art.
Black Friday RSD is basically a bit of a scam. Its obviously the day of discounts but RSD vinyl are just ridiculously expensive. Still, I couldn’t resist grabbing this Bob Dylan lp. A reissue of a 1963 promo lp with 4 tracks that didn’t end up on the regular Freewheelin’. Really great songs too.
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Black Friday RSD is basically a bit of a scam. Its obviously the day of discounts but RSD vinyl are just ridiculously expensive. Still, I couldn’t resist grabbing this Bob Dylan lp. A reissue of a 1963 promo lp with 4 tracks that didn’t end up on the regular Freewheelin’. Really great songs too.
Claessens Pharmacy, Heerlen, Netherlands. Related to the De Stijl art movement thanks to its clean, geometric lines. Built in 1918. Listed national monument.
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Claessens Pharmacy, Heerlen, Netherlands. Related to the De Stijl art movement thanks to its clean, geometric lines. Built in 1918. Listed national monument.
Mark Lanegan. November 25, 1964 - February 22, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Mark Lanegan. November 25, 1964 - February 22, 2022.
The Beatles - Anthology Vol. 4!! All well and good, but we’re still waiting for the vinyl LP with the rooftop concert.
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The Beatles - Anthology Vol. 4!! All well and good, but we’re still waiting for the vinyl LP with the rooftop concert.
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I watched Babygirl yesterday. Really impressive movie with Nicole Kidman, directed by the Dutch filmmaker Halina Reijn.
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I watched Babygirl yesterday. Really impressive movie with Nicole Kidman, directed by the Dutch filmmaker Halina Reijn.
Do we really need a Steven Wilson remix of this album?
This was already one of the best-sounding Stones albums ever. What could you possibly change—or even improve—about it? The original LP, by the way, was released on blue vinyl. 1976.
This was already one of the best-sounding Stones albums ever. What could you possibly change—or even improve—about it? The original LP, by the way, was released on blue vinyl. 1976.
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Do we really need a Steven Wilson remix of this album?
This was already one of the best-sounding Stones albums ever. What could you possibly change—or even improve—about it? The original LP, by the way, was released on blue vinyl. 1976.
This was already one of the best-sounding Stones albums ever. What could you possibly change—or even improve—about it? The original LP, by the way, was released on blue vinyl. 1976.
Look @theoploeg.bsky.social ... oh so busy working in his office in Heerlen, Netherlands #2016 #photo
November 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Look @theoploeg.bsky.social ... oh so busy working in his office in Heerlen, Netherlands #2016 #photo
I once took this photo of tourists in the Rijksmuseum looking at Rembrandt’s Night Watch. #Amsterdam
November 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I once took this photo of tourists in the Rijksmuseum looking at Rembrandt’s Night Watch. #Amsterdam
David Bowie passport photo from 1979.
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
David Bowie passport photo from 1979.
In the late seventies, you could listen to an hour of hard rock on Dutch radio with DJ Alfred Lagarde in the show Betonuur.
One of the bands he often played was AC/DC, especially the amazing Whole Lotta Rosie.
That’s when I decided to buy the album Let There Be Rock.
1977.
One of the bands he often played was AC/DC, especially the amazing Whole Lotta Rosie.
That’s when I decided to buy the album Let There Be Rock.
1977.
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
In the late seventies, you could listen to an hour of hard rock on Dutch radio with DJ Alfred Lagarde in the show Betonuur.
One of the bands he often played was AC/DC, especially the amazing Whole Lotta Rosie.
That’s when I decided to buy the album Let There Be Rock.
1977.
One of the bands he often played was AC/DC, especially the amazing Whole Lotta Rosie.
That’s when I decided to buy the album Let There Be Rock.
1977.
On the final day of the Stanley Donwood exhibition Red Maze (Heerlen, Netherlands, 2010), visitors were allowed to take his works off the wall, have them signed, and take them home. I quickly pulled this screen print from the wall. Donwood is best known for his artwork on Radiohead’s album covers.
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
On the final day of the Stanley Donwood exhibition Red Maze (Heerlen, Netherlands, 2010), visitors were allowed to take his works off the wall, have them signed, and take them home. I quickly pulled this screen print from the wall. Donwood is best known for his artwork on Radiohead’s album covers.
Do you really need this, Harry? Three vinyl copies of the same album? Wow. The great sounding original from '95, the Friday Music pressing (trifold sleeve, white vinyl) and at the bottom left the best sounding 2022 lp. As far as I’m concerned one of David Bowie’s best albums: 1. Outside #davidbowie
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Do you really need this, Harry? Three vinyl copies of the same album? Wow. The great sounding original from '95, the Friday Music pressing (trifold sleeve, white vinyl) and at the bottom left the best sounding 2022 lp. As far as I’m concerned one of David Bowie’s best albums: 1. Outside #davidbowie
I’m not really a fan of Nicolas Cage, but he’s pretty impressive in this one. A weird and psychological thriller called The Surfer.
November 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I’m not really a fan of Nicolas Cage, but he’s pretty impressive in this one. A weird and psychological thriller called The Surfer.
Alex Chilton - Free Again: The 1970 Sessions. All great songs.
This record contains recordings from 1969 but was first released on CD in the 1990s and on vinyl in 2012. However, it sounds like a straight-up 60s/70s classic.
This record contains recordings from 1969 but was first released on CD in the 1990s and on vinyl in 2012. However, it sounds like a straight-up 60s/70s classic.
November 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Alex Chilton - Free Again: The 1970 Sessions. All great songs.
This record contains recordings from 1969 but was first released on CD in the 1990s and on vinyl in 2012. However, it sounds like a straight-up 60s/70s classic.
This record contains recordings from 1969 but was first released on CD in the 1990s and on vinyl in 2012. However, it sounds like a straight-up 60s/70s classic.
De teloorgang van een tomaat. SP kan beter opgaan in GL/PvdA en Jimmy Dijk moet natuurlijk opstappen.
2006: 25 zetels
2010: 15 zetels
2012: 15 zetels
2017: 14 zetels
2021: 9 zetels
2023: 5 zetels
2025: 3 zetels
#verkiezingen2025 #jimmydijk
2006: 25 zetels
2010: 15 zetels
2012: 15 zetels
2017: 14 zetels
2021: 9 zetels
2023: 5 zetels
2025: 3 zetels
#verkiezingen2025 #jimmydijk
October 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
De teloorgang van een tomaat. SP kan beter opgaan in GL/PvdA en Jimmy Dijk moet natuurlijk opstappen.
2006: 25 zetels
2010: 15 zetels
2012: 15 zetels
2017: 14 zetels
2021: 9 zetels
2023: 5 zetels
2025: 3 zetels
#verkiezingen2025 #jimmydijk
2006: 25 zetels
2010: 15 zetels
2012: 15 zetels
2017: 14 zetels
2021: 9 zetels
2023: 5 zetels
2025: 3 zetels
#verkiezingen2025 #jimmydijk
Here they are. Very tasty Dutch Berliner Bollen. Round pastries made from yeast dough, filled with jam, deep-fried, and then dusted with powdered sugar.
October 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Here they are. Very tasty Dutch Berliner Bollen. Round pastries made from yeast dough, filled with jam, deep-fried, and then dusted with powdered sugar.
What we need on election day, Netherlands. Oct 29.
The Fall - Middle Class Revolt (1994)
The Fall - Middle Class Revolt (1994)
October 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
What we need on election day, Netherlands. Oct 29.
The Fall - Middle Class Revolt (1994)
The Fall - Middle Class Revolt (1994)
Looking back, this is actually a really great album. It’s on sale in Dutch record stores right now — I only paid 10 euros for it!!
Brian Eno - Foreverandevernomore (2022)
Brian Eno - Foreverandevernomore (2022)
October 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Looking back, this is actually a really great album. It’s on sale in Dutch record stores right now — I only paid 10 euros for it!!
Brian Eno - Foreverandevernomore (2022)
Brian Eno - Foreverandevernomore (2022)
Meanwhile in Zuid Limburg, Netherlands
October 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Meanwhile in Zuid Limburg, Netherlands
View of Heuvelland, Limburg, NL from restaurant terrace Voshoes in Mechelen, October 13, 2025.
October 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
View of Heuvelland, Limburg, NL from restaurant terrace Voshoes in Mechelen, October 13, 2025.
Just walked out of a '70s record store in L.A.
October 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Just walked out of a '70s record store in L.A.