Edition 136 - Foreword by Horst Vonberg

The very moment these words are written it is late in the eveing of the very last Queens Day in The Netherlands we will enjoy. Today the Dutch queen did abdicate her throne in favor of the eldest son so next year we have King's Day - and the whole of Holland was celebrating this like crazy, dressed as silly like seems mandatory when we play for some international soccer title. Now personally I don't think that the function of head of state should be inheritable. In a true democracy everybody must be able to run for every office, it cannot be that one becomes head of state because one is born in the right family. But on the other hand, most of my fellow country-man do not object to this system and party hard on behalf of our royal family. Now the positive point in all of this is that for lots of bars and venues it is a good reason to let a lot of bands play on a common Tuesday, how cool is that? And as icing on the cake also the new Lords Of metal is online. Cheers, and don't forget to grab a brewski! Lees verder