dimanche 19 septembre 2010

L'Etrange Festival

Every year at the beginning of september, one of my favourite events takes place in Le forum des Images in Paris : L'Etrange Festival. This year, I was working for them and that was my very pleasure to be able to support them in a way. Of course, as every year, I saw a lot of great movies of every kind :



Aftermath : a very aesthetic vision of necrophilia



A serbian film : an ultraviolent mise en abyme about manipulation and prostitution of the soul



Eggshells : The very rare first movie of Tobe Hooper.
Soporific, unless you enjoy stoned hippies' conversations.



Noroi no yakata: Chi o sû me : beautiful japanese movie from the seventies



He who gets slapped : a very moving silent film, with incredible actor Lon Chaney



Lemmy : vey cool documentary for all Motorhead's and rock'n roll fans



The unknown : Great silent movie with Lon Chaney and Joan Crawford



Oil City Confidential : documentary about Dr Feelgood and Canvey.
By the director of A great rock'n roll swindle



Suck : Hilarious vampire movie in the rock industry.
With Malcom McDowell as Eddie Van Helsing.



The Runaways : beautiful biopic on the first female rock band.
Great Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett.



Thriller : very aesthetic swedish "rape and revenge" from the seventies

mercredi 25 août 2010

Dawanda

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mercredi 28 juillet 2010

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas : The board game!


I want this!


Found on the excellent blog Le Drome. Check it out!

mercredi 21 juillet 2010

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mardi 20 juillet 2010

Matthew Barney


One of my favourite contemporary artist...
Here are some pictures to give you a little idea of the universe of the Cremaster cycle, but this is in fact a very complete installation with sculptures and videos.

mercredi 7 juillet 2010

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mercredi 30 juin 2010

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Lynch blue


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mardi 29 juin 2010

David Bowie's Playlist



Stay with Me by Lorraine Ellison
Ellison only got to record this goose bump-making classic because of a Sinatra cancellation at the studio. The vocal build and release on this track is galvanising. Writer Jerry Ragovoy also wrote "Time Is On My Side".


El Ninõ – For with God No Thing Shall Be Impossible by John Adams
Just over a minute long and propulsive like a storm. I want to crush furniture. The emotional in search of the divine.


Junker's Blues by Champion Jack Dupree
Simple, beautiful New Orleans piano. This 1941 song was the blueprint for Fats Domino's 1949 hit "The Fat Man" and probably played a part in the making of Professor Longhair's "Tipitina".


Nixon in China: Act I, Scene 1; 'Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky' by John Adams
Adams's minimalism disguises the rich romanticism of his melodies. Ever ascending, rising through the clouds.


Embroidering Pouch by Peng Liyuan
Hugely huge in China. Peng holds the rank of major general in the People's Liberation Army. I have a thing about Chinese folk music, OK?


All These Deserters by Boxharp
Mystical country. An eerie yellowing photograph.



Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) by Scritti Politti
Who could dislike this glistening 1984 beauty? The upside of the 80s.


Dinner at Eight by Rufus Wainwright
There aren't that many son/father songs but this is the best of them as far as I know. Rufus is just simply one of the great writers.

Different Trains I: America-Before the War by Steve Reich; Kronos Quartet
One of the late 20th century's most affecting works. I love the use of speech as a source for melody. But it's so much more than a concept, it's also impossibly moving.



Blue Skies by Josephine Baker
I'm not a big Baker fan but there's something about this performance that touches me. I think it's the break in her voice among all this gaiety and optimism.



Gathering Storm by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
GYBE are among my, erm, two favourite Montreal bands, Arcade Fire being the other. All Montreal bands have around nine members, I believe.



Sonny's Lettah (Anti-Sus Poem) by Linton Kwesi Johnson
The great Kwesi Johnson at his saddest. This forceful slice of narrative is part of the continuing evolvement from griot through the Last Poets to Mos Def.


Get Around to It by Arthur Russell
Quite strange but atmospheric. The late Arthur Russell was supplying all the background effects on his electric cello.


Sénégal Fast-Food by Amadou & Mariam
Let's dance. Saw this on Africa Channel or maybe Link last year and play it at least once a week. What time is it in Paradise indeed?


Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Tramp with Orchestra by Gavin Bryars
This will either drive you up the wall or you will produce some amazing drawings while listening to it. You could probably cook a fish to this as well.

 
 
Quite eclectic, huh?
 
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mercredi 23 juin 2010

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dimanche 20 juin 2010

Wild at heart

This is a snakeskin jacket.
For me, it's the symbol of my individuality and my belief in personnal freedom.



One of my favourite movie ever!

vendredi 18 juin 2010

Sprezzatura (french only)



« La vraie aisance vient de l’art, pas de la chance,
ceux qui ont appris à danser se meuvent plus facilement. »


Aujourd'hui, je souhaite vous faire partager un article trouvé sur l'excellent blog Parisian Gentleman : Petit traité de Sprezzatura.
Bien que traitant d'un style vestimentaire bien différent de ceux que nous abordons ici, je dois dire qu'en ce qui concerne les thèmes de l'élégance et du style, nos avis se rejoignent en bien des points.
J'aurais aimé vous écrire moi-même un tel article, mais la prose de l'auteur m'ayant fortement éblouie, je préfère vous le livrer tel quel. Vous constaterez également qu'il est fort bien documenté.
NB : Mesdames, Mesdemoiselles, n'ayez crainte, vous pourrez facilement conjuguer la plupart des suggestions au féminin.

DO / DON'T



mercredi 9 juin 2010

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mardi 8 juin 2010

AC goes 1930’s!


A few weeks ago we had the chance to come across a bunch of amazing 1930’s vintage items! It’s useless to say such aged clothes are veeeery hard to find nowadays, as it’s useless to say we’re veeeery glad to add such precious items to our store!

These clothes are totally stunning: the cuts and fabrics are simply incredible and incomparable. Crazy.

Of course, they show some signs of wear and age, but they’re in quite good condition, considering the fact they’re decades old!

Below are the first items already in store, but there’s a lot MORE to come, including some breathtaking underwear!


        
pinafore dress                                                                     scarf


mourning veil                                                        schoolgirl uniform
 

mercredi 2 juin 2010

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mercredi 26 mai 2010

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samedi 22 mai 2010

Hakaan


Discovered this new designer in Vogue : Hakaan. Love the cuttouts and the fabrics seem amazingly fancy.






mercredi 19 mai 2010

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