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Exciting times: 15/5/2015 Show in Het Depot – Leuven

5/5/2015: a beautiful date for a FANTASTIC announcement: on FRI May 15th we'll be playing on the main stage of Het…

Posted by Carl Durant on Monday, May 4, 2015

Article in Rondom Leuven February 2015

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Met een beetje puzzelen krijg je het wel gelezen:). Met dank aan Liesbeth voor het leuke interview ! Ik heb het even over een onderaanbod van Open Mics in Leuven… Dus toch even dit: volgende Free Podia in Leuven ken ik momenteel: Sprekende Ezels, Het Depot en nu iets nieuw in JH Sojo, jam sessies met of zonder publiek om je stressy over te maken. Als je er andere kent, schrijf maar in de comments !

And if this sound like Chinese, well it isn’t, it’s Dutch. Paying gratitude to the San Diego  music scene. Wouldn’t be doing what I do without it !

New Year = New Shows – Den Deugniet Haasrode 28/02/2015

Show Den Deugniet 28/02/2015Saturday 28/02/2015 Carl Durant and The Lost Kings will perform at Den Deugniet in Haasrode. It’s a cool bar with a large selection of specialty beers, super friendly staff and a great DJ to turn the night into a party after we’re done playing.

It’s always more fun for us to play for many people… so please share !

It’s not about racism anymore

When I watched the video below, showing how Eric Garner was choked to death by a policeman, it hit me: this isn’t about racism anymore.
This could be anyone.
On December 3rd, the Grand Jury handling the case said that no crime was committed. That procedures were followed.
This is what can happen when too much power is given to law enforcement.
To me it proves once more that at it’s core, the US has become a police state.
I got to experience some of it myself, even though just one long night.
That experience definitely became one of the key reasons why I decided to move out. Give up the green card that was so hard to get.
I didn’t want my kids grow up in a society that is tolerant to the denial of basic human rights as soon as there is any real or made-up suspicion of criminal behavior. What human rights? Let’s start with a basic level of dignity.

I started this text by writing this could be anyone.
That’s not entirely true. That’s also what the person sitting in the middle of the panel, halfway through this video is referring too:
In the United States of America of 2014, this could be anyone who is poor and uneducated or unprivileged in some other way. Guess what? There’s a lot of colored people in those categories. But also white people.

So no, this isn’t about racism, anymore. This isn’t about skin color. Oh no. This is about class politics. We should ALL be very worried.

Or you should. I moved, remember.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1ka4oKu1jo