Inspector Casino´s Detective Show celebrates its 20th year´s birthday in 2025!

  In 2025 it will be 20 years since the foundation of Inspector Casino´s Detective Show with the (in)famous Inspector Casino.

It all started at the cellars of Radio Rietveld in the, at that time, new building of the Gerrit Rietveld Art Academy. Hans Kuiper started with online radio and was lucky to be around its developments in the age of digitalisation. 

The original Inspector Casino Logo, designed by Babak Andishmand (2005).

Inspector Casino

Inspector Casino became a character in a series of radio plays, a hilarious connotation of the (predictable) detective stories all around (inter)national media. Inspector Casino fastly became a hype in the local Amsterdam art scene. What started as a ridiculisation of the almost traditional narrative soon splattered into associative sound sculptures with undiscernable story lines. The Inspector Casino soundscape was born.

In the meantime, Radio Rietveld was selected by the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam to be part of the 2006-2007 ´Just-in-Time´-exhibition, the Inspector Casino´s Detective Show was suddenly broadcasted via the airwaves over the whole city of Amsterdam. It would be not the last time. In 2008 the Show was listenable in the ´Kik´- art residence in Drenthe (NL) with a broadcasting reception reach of around 15 km.

Berlin

In 2009 the art radio program was broadcasted  out of the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin, the show was transformed in a talk show on art and with artist guests talking on their work and projects, the participants often taking sound samples, and was listenable almost all over the city. It was one of the few shows solely on contemporary art in Berlin at that time, which made the show quickly famous in the art scene.

Initiator Hans Kuiper was also active at that time for other local TV and radio projects, like Pi Radio & B-Mix, as radio host and editor. He also started a talk show with German writer Tilo Koehler which ran till 2012.

Amsterdam FM

After returning to Amsterdam, The Inspector Casino programs on art were broadcasted at Amsterdam FM in 2012, the show contained soundscapes, live performances and interviews with local and international artists. 

Radio Neverno

In 2015 initiator Hans Kuiper was asked  for setting up another radio project in the art scene with Moritz Ebinger by curators of the ´Tomorrow Never Knows´ Exhibition in Arti et Amicitiae, the biggest art association in Amsterdam with exhibition halls in the center, Radio Neverno was born and the Inspector Casino´s Detective Show was back in the limelights.

After the exhibition and a renewed participation in the Museumnacht 2015, Ebinger left the radio  focusing on his other art projects. Kuiper kept on posting and interviewing artists, galerists and other players in the art scene, often looking for cross overs. Interviews appeared with art dealers, reportages on art and politics and opinion pieces were published, also with new contributors.

Since then Radio Neverno is a Podcast Radio station with occasionally Inspector Casino´s Detective Show in its program list, but in 2025-2026, it plans to go live again and The Inspector Casino´s Detective Show will be in the limelight again, producing live shows and podcasts on a regular basis.

Stay informed for these new series of art shows and updates on the streaming days! 

Some shows will be streamed live via the known streaming channels (Radioneverno.nl, Youtube.com, Twitch.tv & Instagram.).

Creeps in the Unsafe House

It took me almost a week to process the latest episode of *Creeps from the Middle East*. In the dark cellars of *The Unsafe House*, a few yards away from the former largest prison in Amsterdam, the ´Bajes´, now turned into a ´creative breeding place´ (a Dutch euphemism for a heavily subsidized work camp for underperforming wannabe artists), it´s not a particularly inviting setting to witness the next farce in the *Creeps from the Middle East* saga.

Photo: The Unsafe House with Tarik Sadouma in front of the film screen

For our readers not familiar with the Creeps, its main character is the former, failed painter, Mr. Sina Karim Khani (although he wisely deleted the "Karim" part for unknown reasons), who is also one of the three directors of the "live long project". Khani intends to make episodes until his physical death. Having seen the previous episodes, I would almost consider sending a hit squad to end this tragedy for the man, who apparently sees this as his last chance to have something like a creative career. However, I prefer to see him and his team continue struggling to create something that ressembles an interesting narrative approaching the concept of a film.

Photo: Sina Khani with Tunc Topcuoglu, Sohrab Bayat and some unidentifiable characters

Of all places, the Creeps end up, in this far-out shack, called *The Unsafe House*, run by former Kirac member Tarik Sadouma. As a kind of "high priest" he welcoms visitors into his kingdom for the preview of *Creeps*, episode 4, and his own film, surrounded by a selection of stand-ups including Edo Blaauw and Salima El Musalima (who both starred, by the way).

As soon as you enter the garage (it´s nothing more than a garage, stuffed with old couches, shimmering lamps, a bar with a tattooed girl working hard, and a lot of paintings) you become aware of some imminent danger. You don´t know what to expect, but it doesn´t seem to be good.

Photo: Sina Khani with Kirac actress Jini Jane

I went completely incognito, my credentials were not even checked. I saw one of the founders of Radio Neverno walking around in a ridiculously wannabe business suit with a light green tie, pretending not to know me and shooing me away as he continuously chatted with the Creeps in-crowd that he seemed to know, for whatever reason.

Two films were shown. First *The Creeps*, in which Sadouma now appears as a contributing actor and even member of the creative team. I have to say, Sadouma has the qualities to "contra star" against the rather bleak acting performances of Sina Khani. Suddenly, *The Creeps* seems to become a real movie sequence adhering to film theory, which posits that you need a main character and a opposite one, at least in so-called ´narrative film´. This opposite character needs to be as strong as the main character to create a challenging dialogue, in images or narrative or both, to keep the viewer engaged in an unfolding story.

Photo: Still of a scene with mr Sina Khani in a train discussing life and latest breaking news

Bless mr. Sadouma, he saved *The Creeps*, from ´utter boredom´, as written in a former review here.

For a video impression, check *Art Tours Amsterdam* on Instagram, to understand what we are talking about. Check it out (link below)!

The whole night featured a stand-up program with Edo Blaauw, Salima El-Musalima, John Pelech, John Kefentse, Joel, and "comedian" Sina Khani himself opening, despite claiming "not to be funny". Next to a huge Sadouma created painting of Michel Houellebecq, Khani fulminated for 15 minutes on his latest frustrations, often interrupted by Sadouma himself sitting on a couch in the limelight. "I heard of a dangerous place, a whorehouse, full of pimps and criminals, a crack house, illegal immigrants, innocent people getting beaten up in the backroom, rapists on horse and Thierry Baudet", Khani ranted about The Unsafe House.

"Tarik, you are a beautiful person, but people ask me, what do you see in Tarik? His work ethic, his generosity, he helps you solve problems, he creates" Khani continues as the crowd cheered. "Like Khadaffi", Sadouma added into his microphone, "Tarik is so patient, whenever I have a problem, he lends me an open ear, he even lends me his paintings, Tarik is paranoid, but in a good way!"

After this, the latest episode of *The Creeps from The middle East* which was shown for a selection of "invitees" and some incognitos, I have to conclude, that it was by far the best one even if I might be fired by the Radio Neverno Team now.

Photo: The surroundings of the Unsafe House

The second movie, was a creation of *The Unsafe House* team itself, apparently by director mr. Sadouma himself. As I am a critic of the Dutch politicized "Culture Industry", that claims to be permanently fit for subsidization by nepotistic culture czars, distributing tax payers money to their "artists" or better "friends" by shady committees, *The Unsafe House* seems to be an exception to the rule, I hope.

Before stating more about the second movie of the night, which I really liked, maybe because of Sina Khani NOT being in it: please never enter the subsidy abyss awaiting you by the so called "generous culture politicians". Otherwise one day you will be blamed to have collaborated with the current ultra right ´PVV´ government (on which Sadouma fulminates at the end of the night in a passionate speech) that aims to centralize all culture to create its own image and annihilating everything oppositional by first luring artists in the ´subsidy abyss´ before killing them off.

Maybe Sadouma is clever enough to arrange private investors, like Philip van den Hurk is to the Kirac Team. But: don´t make this kind of van den Hurk person to a character in your own movie, it will kill the spirit, I have seen the current Kirac Team struggling with this man in their latest episodes. Khani mentioned van den Hurk´s description of his Creeps, "Creeps of the Middle Class", which says enough.

The second movie by and in the Unsafe House, had depth, showing Sadouma working as a painter commenting  on Picasso and others and sampling parts of critics like "Paul-talk", a wannabe youtuber art specialist commenting on art, mainly painting, but even commenting *The Creeps* in one of his episodes. Next to the strong story line, we could see , for me the first time, a very appealing AI generated, animation, a celebration of his love for his lady. This movie was a good example for the Creeps team to improve the level of its episodes even more. They should keep on working with mr. Tarik Sadouma.

Photo: The dark night falling on Khani and his companions

Go and witness some secret recordings of the night at instagram.com/art_tours_Amsterdam 

Inspector Casino

Guest actors save Creeps from the Middle East´s new episode of utter boredom

We know some films can be boring, but when boring becomes a style, we have something eyebrow raising. Now ´Creeps of the Middle East´didn´t already promise much last time and I wonder why I keep torturing myself with watching two characters at the cemetery for 10, I repeat: 10 minutes, but this ´movie´is only watchable at the end of the day, laying in your bed, with beer, chips and cheap apple pie next to your bed, a bed that already hurts your back, and you hope to fall asleep but you can´t because you are mesmerized by this new episode of The Creeps.

If you even then, start trying to find out which cemetery it is, `is it in Berlin, in the west of Germany or in Paris`, then there is some coaching needed for the Creeps team. When a casting director, out of desperation, starts to act, trying to save the ´main character´s performance, you know it´s going to be a tough sit.

My dear friends and radio lovers, I know you are not too fond of video, film or anything visual, being already overwhelmed by the visual pulp thrown at you day by day, so I can´t ask you to have a look at this maybe most boring movie of the year. As I said boringness turns out to become an art form, with here and there a laugh or a strange grin appearing on my face, especially when mr Sina Khani shouts out ´Ouagadougou!´

Now , I happen to have visited that splendid, sandy town in Burkina Faso, stayed in the only 5 star hotel ´RAN´to keep the huzzlers away, also being protected by the King of Art himself, mr Papa Adama, nowadays roaming the streets of Amsterdam, if he survived at least the last winter in the Park in Amsterdam, selling his paintings. Yes, hearing Sina Khani, shout out Ouagadougou, I start to wonder, where the hell did he get that from? 

That can only be inspired by the King of Art himself. ´Putin!´, Khani even starts to shout at his sister, cousin or whoever it is bringing him his old paintings in a Volvo with a Dutch license plate, clearly in one of the outskirts of Berlin in the beginning of autumn. Did it take you so long to create this episode?

Sina Khani, you need another main character next to you (why not mr Papa Adama himself?) in which your humour and brilliance can shine, now there seems to be a void next to you, in almost every image you appear. Ok, I was warned, the announcement before the film of the suicidal thoughts of the main character should have me know better and even, mind you, the viewer is warned that we are going to watch...comedy! 

Are mr. Khani and his team afraid the Woke Thought pölice will come and haunt them? Or, even worse, mr. Putin sends one of his former commie death squads because you are messing with the great leader´s image? Take care, take care, when people like Putin, whether you call your former girl friend that, or the man himself, happens to turn his eye on the Creeps of the Middle East, he might die from ...boredom and by that mr Khani might do humanity even a favour...

In this episode the guest actors, a whole bunch of ladies, appearing to audition for the role of Sina´s girl friend, of which a black haired wild looking girl convinces the most, save the Creeps again on the edge. Bless them. But mr Khani really has to get some more pepper in his acting and use his stand up experience and become free again, like he was in art school at the age of 23. Hoppa!

The Inspector

Image Marie van der Pol , to be seen at the Lentesalon/ Sporing Salon of Kuiperdomingos Projects in Amsterdam, opening coming Friday in Amsterdam, Amstelkerk, Amstelveld 10, Amsterdam.

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Still a small two weeks to go and RADIO NEVERNO will start with a splendid opening night talk show with many guests and live acts. We are working 24/7 to realise a good program.

New contributors are popping up, like AK.Bouwman of The Gaepend Gat, Govert Meit will perform, Papamarkou and Dey will perform, prof. Joep Bor will talk and talk, Inspector Casino will host, mr. Calonaci will make promo´s, the list is getting longer and longer...

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Inspector Casino agreed to contribute to Radio Neverno. His press agent sent us this...promo.
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Promo by mr. J. Calonaci.