Tag: K3

K3 fans fly united

K3 fan Theo Hendriks in the Netherlands writes…

Hello Doug,

This is Theo, I’m on your blog with a picture of me and K3 and I would like to add to the comment that K3 including Josje, and very especially Kristel, have been very supporting to me in the transistion to a K3 without Kathleen. I still see K3 regularly, and I’m still a big fan.

I lost some weight (well 25 kg), so I look a bit different now, but could you add this picture to your story? It’s Kristel and me end of august 2011.

Greetings Theo.
Netherlands.

Thanks, Theo! I’ll add a link on the earlier blog post pointing to this one. You know how to make a fellow jealous! And on top of that you’re reminding me that for the first time in decades I need to lose weight myself. I’ll make myself even more jealous by grabbing this other photo of you with lovely Kristel. It looks like it was cold there for late August!

P.S. Adjusting to change isn’t easy, but I agree with Theo that Josje is great, although I’m still not sure how they can be K3 with two K’s and a J. 😉

Some Brussels sprouts

What a coincidence that this year two major movies — Smurfs and Tintin — are based on Belgian cartoon characters. Brussels is going green (and, uh, brown) by bringing back horses to the city’s streets…

…and Kristel Verbeke looks into experiments to increase the intelligence of apes (what could go wrong?)…

http://youtu.be/Ub1i9YFf764

…while Josje teaches girls how to dance the K3 way.

http://youtu.be/Cad7TI0P4fE

Japan’s K3?

I have been told by a K3 fan that the equivalent of K3 in Japan is a girl group called Perfume.

http://youtu.be/NBCAPakjr8k

Interesting, but no other Pop act in any culture or language can match this. K3 rules!

http://youtu.be/pBEK2h8QuIY

K3’s usual target audience is kids, but they branch out — Karen Damen in particular, who was in a play called Taxi, Taxi.

This is Karen in a TV show that was on, yes, Nickelodeon. Standards are a bit different in Europe!

Belles of Belgium

NPR has a feature about the Scala And Kolacny Brothers.

[audio:http://s3.amazonaws.com/dogratcom/Audio/2011/Mar/NPR_Scala.mp3|titles=NPR Morning Edition: Scala and Kolacny Brothers]

I first blogged about the Belgian brothers’ girls choir nearly three years ago and featured its interpretation of radiohead’s song Creep, which was used last year for the movie The Social Network.

I wonder how many of the girls who have been in the Scala and Kolacny choir wanted to sing because of K3?

Kristel takes over!

Comment writer Lina (who is not Lia!), sent this K3 video that’s a real knock-out. They’re singing live, and in English. Watch how Kristel Verbeke takes command of the stage. If this doesn’t convince you that Kristel is a major talent, nothing will. This is way too short, and I would love to see more of Kristel doing lead, with Karen and Josje providing backup as they do here.

The announcer, who I assume is Peter(?), seems to be taking his fashion cue from Matt Smith as Doctor Who.