François van de Linde writes about classic hard bop, soul jazz and organ grooves on his blog Flophouse Magazine. He published three works of fiction and fronted blues band Jigsaw Puzzle and alt-pop band The Jeffersons, both consisting of old mates from his birthplace in the Southern countryside of The Netherlands, a town that translates roughly as Nosebleed. Van de Linde works in health care in Amsterdam and writes in the evening when the sun goes down. He lives in a little house with his beloved wife and daughter and three blind mice named Bukowski, Exley and Grumpy, the latter inspired by him truly. He loves snooker, classic movies, Italian cuisine and, not least, his couch, partner in pleasurable crime of his jazz reviewing, which ideally is at once informative, enlightening and entertaining.