Esperance

09/04/2026

Hey everybody! We're closing Esperance this month and we thank all of you that helped support our music and art store!

11/03/2026

03/02/2026

The cold presses in, polite at first, then insistent. It crawls through the seams of my gloves and into my fingers, turns them clumsy. I flex them anyway. I need them steady. The Norden sits in front of me, heavy and serious, its dials calm in a way I cannot be. I trust it more than my own heartbeat.

The intercom crackles. The pilot’s voice sounds older than he is.

“Two minutes.”

I nod though no one can see it. Oxygen hisses. My breath fogs the glass and vanishes. I think about home in flashes. A kitchen window. A cup left on a table. My mother’s hands, always busy with something that mattered more than this.

Flak begins as a rumor. A distant punctuation. Then the sky hardens.

Black bursts open around us, sudden flowers with iron centers. The aircraft shivers, and the vibration runs straight through my chest. I wonder if this is what a bell feels like when it’s struck. I wonder if bells know when they are about to crack.

I press my eye to the sight. The target steadies itself, obedient now, as if agreeing to be chosen. I tell myself this is geometry. Wind. Speed. Altitude. I tell myself I am solving a problem, not deciding a fate.

The bombardier before me did this too. I imagine his hands, maybe steadier than mine, maybe just as afraid. I imagine the space where he stood and how easily another man filled it.

“One minute.”

My mouth is dry inside the mask. I swallow and taste nothing. Somewhere behind me, men I know trust me with their lives. Somewhere below me, men I will never meet are eating, working, waiting. I do not let myself imagine their faces. Faces have weight.

The plane lurches. A hit nearby. The glass vibrates like it might give up and leave. For a moment, I am certain we will not make it to the release point. For a moment, I am relieved.

Then the crosshairs settle.

“Bombs away.”

I press the toggle. The aircraft rises as if surprised by its own lightness. I feel it in my stomach, the sudden absence, like a sentence cut short. I do not cheer. I do not pray. I just watch the city slide away beneath us, still pretending to be calm.

On the way out, the fear changes flavor. It sharpens. Survival feels personal now. Earned. I think about how thin the line is between finishing a job and becoming a name someone else will speak carefully.

When we turn for home, the sky looks almost gentle again. I know better now. I keep my eye on the glass anyway, on the world rushing past, and wonder how many missions it takes before a man stops feeling this and what it costs him when he does.

30/01/2026

Music & Art

30/01/2026

09/01/2026

Mojo Concerts is de grootste en bekendste concertorganisator van Nederland. Van de Red Hot Chili Peppers en Madonna tot U2 en Robbie Williams. Van het 'North Sea Jazz Festival'​ tot 'A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise'​. Van de Amsterdam Arena tot 013 in Tilburg. Iedereen heeft dankzij Mojo wel eens een onvergetelijke avond gehad.

Mojo organiseert ieder jaar tussen de 120 en 150 concerten waar ruim 1,2 miljoen bezoekers op af komen. Mojo begon in 1970 met Kralingen, het eerste grote popfestival in Nederland. Dit Europese 'Woodstock'​ trok in drie dagen 130.000 bezoekers. Ook daarna was Mojo verantwoordelijk voor verschillende mijlpalen in de Nederlandse (pop)geschiedenis; zo was Bob Dylan in de Kuip in 1978 bijvoorbeeld het eerste Nederlandse stadionconcert. Vanaf 1993 organiseert Mojo jaarlijks het Lowlandsfestival, een 'campingflight'​ met een unieke mix van rock, dance, theater, film en entertainment.

Al 40 jaar verzorgt Mojo de meest uiteenlopende concerten en een breed scala aan festivals zoals 5 Days Off, Two Sevens Splash en Fields of Rock. Mojo volgt nieuwe ontwikkelingen op de voet en blijft innovatief, zowel in programmering als bij de ontwikkeling van publieksvoorzieningen.

Mojo Concerts is tevens verantwoordelijk voor het boeken van artiesten in het Nederlandse clubcircuit, bijvoorbeeld in zalen als Paradiso, de Melkweg, Tivoli, 013, de Effenaar, Watt en het Paard. Concerten van artiesten waarvoor Mojo de heeft boeking heeft verzorgd vind je onderaan de homepage onder het kopje Clubcircuit.

Mojo Concerts is onderdeel van Live Nation, een Amerikaans concern dat zich richt op live entertainment. Live Nation organiseert op jaarbasis 33.000 events en produceert diverse tournees van wereldsterren als Madonna, The Rolling Stones en Coldplay.

04/01/2026

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