Since I recommended going to see Pipslab last Friday at Paradiso, naturally I want to tell you a bit about how it went.

With the entire main space of the club divided into two sides, Pips kicked off their evening with Wortel Combat... a performance incorporates live music (especially acapella and beat box type songs), video art, comedy, and general insanity. People slowly rolled in as Duke Nukem and Pacman squared off against each other, manipulated by the volunteers from the crowd.

By 11pm, it was time for the Washing Powder Conspiracy, and president Omo was on stage with his washing machine, banging away and urging his followers to fight dirt and use his brand of washing powder. The ladies of the band, dressed in their traditional Dutch girl clothes, use electronic synthesizer sounds on a long line of irons. Seriously... irons.. like for your clothes. Add to that, the ketchup terrorist and a whole lot of brain washing.. the full house went wild. And when I thought it couldn't get any better weirder, an old Dutch raggae star shows up to sing his old hit song all about washing clothes. I had never heard it before, but the sight and sounds of the whole crowd going wild and singing along told me that this man was once loved.

To give you a little taste, here's a video from my mobile: