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First, today's Johannes photo:



I know I'm posting almost every new pic I find of him these days, but it just feels necessary as long as he's posing in this Very Interesting way, and being so cute while doing it, too. I love the way he's leaning on the car here, and there is just something so beautiful about this pose. His comment on IG was just "When vlog is life," so he's apparently filming something for it here.

Either way, I liked the pic a lot, so I had to share it.

EDIT: And I just found out that Høyer Trondheim promised a blog post with photos on Sunday. Their teaser photo was this one! Just: Wow.

Speaking of other things I like - completely unrelated to him, for a change - I have a music recommendation for you today. Quite a while ago, I did a music exchange with a Twitter friend. He loves Dutch everything, including Dutch language and music, so he gave me a bunch of music links to Dutch songs. Some of them have stayed with me, and I've become rather fond of one of the bands he made me aware of. They are called De Kast, and they're from Friesland, so they also have a few songs in Frisian, in addition to their Dutch material. The fact that I got to hear such an unusual language in music might have been part of the reason they caught my interest in a special way from the beginning, but truth is that they are really great, and that I haven't found a single bad song on their repertoire yet. While I obviously don't love every song equally much, everything I have heard from them has been good to some degree - some of it even amazing and wonderful.

So, go and give them a listen, if you can? My favourite song from them is "In de wolken", but that's a ballad, so if you want something a bit more up-tempo, you might want to try "Een teken van leven" instead. Or maybe "Raak"? Or, because Frisian is cool, how about "Hert fan myn gefoel" or "Ik ha dy leaf"?

Just a few songs... and I'm not even sure I managed to include all the best ones in this selection, that's how good this band is to my ears. I hope you'll enjoy some of their material, too. Have fun listening - if you want, of course!