Queen’s day

a yearly event in holland is ‘queens day’, when we celebrate the birthday of the queen’s mother. one of the most popular happenings on this day are the ‘free fairs’, when everyone can sell his old junk in the streets. whole cities turn into bric-a-brac markets. of course i always wander around looking for some records to give a new home. this year some of the treasures i found were by cabaret voltaire, coh, lard, claw boys claw, nick cave, turn up the bass, adam and the ants and kim wilde…