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<title><![CDATA[Rihanna: Making A Statement, Crying For Me, Or Crying With Me!]]></title>
<link>http://celebritysecret2discover.com/2009/11/25/rihanna-making-a-statement-crying-for-me-or-crying-with-me/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>celebritysecret2discover</dc:creator>
<guid>http://celebritysecret2discover.com/2009/11/25/rihanna-making-a-statement-crying-for-me-or-crying-with-me/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Most provocative celebrity album cover and song  “ Russian Roulette “, it is very sexy, R-rated, sed]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rihanna, we need to talk...]]></title>
<link>http://psychonappy.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/rihanna-we-need-to-have-a-talk/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>psychonappy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://psychonappy.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/rihanna-we-need-to-have-a-talk/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Must you copy everything-GRACE? You could have waited a season or two before lifting the same(ish) o]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Fashion Reference]]></title>
<link>http://wetvelvet.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/33333-fashion-reference/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ale</dc:creator>
<guid>http://wetvelvet.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/33333-fashion-reference/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[CG &#8211; Red Lights &#8211; Grace Jones &#8211; Tshirts &#8211; Suicide Model  &#8211; Be Honest W]]></description>
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<p><em><strong>CG &#8211; Red Lights &#8211; Grace Jones &#8211; Tshirts &#8211; Suicide Model  &#8211; Be Honest With  Heart  &#8211; Effy  &#8211; Galaxy &#8211; Rockers -  Friendship  &#8211; Britney Mama &#8211; Gaga´s Make Up &#8211; Rocky Horror Picture Show &#8211; Winter &#8211; Sarcasm &#8211; Stefani Joanne &#8211; Marilyn &#8211; La Roux</strong> </em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Exclusive! JODY WATLEY selects her Top 10 Makeovers!  ]]></title>
<link>http://soulfoodpr.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/exclusive-jody-watley-selects-her-top-10-makeovers/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:17:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>soulfoodpr</dc:creator>
<guid>http://soulfoodpr.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/exclusive-jody-watley-selects-her-top-10-makeovers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Jody Watley&#8217;s new album The Makeover is an outstanding set featuring her unique interpretation]]></description>
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<p><strong>Jody Watley&#8217;s</strong> new album <strong>The Makeover</strong> is an outstanding set featuring her unique interpretations of some classic and soon-to-be-classic songs, but we wanted to know &#8230; what are her favourite makeovers? </p>
<p>Says <strong>Jody:  </strong><em>A makeover completely transforms a song making it unexpected and new again. Here are some of my favourites:</em></p>
<p>1. <strong>Luther Vandross</strong> &#8220;A House Is Not A Home&#8221; (Hall of Fame)</p>
<p>2. <strong>Marvin Gaye</strong> &#8220;Star Spangled Banner&#8221;</p>
<p>3. <strong>Grace Jones</strong> &#8220;La Vie En Rose&#8217;</p>
<p>4.<strong> Maxwell</strong> &#8220;This Woman&#8217;s Work&#8221; </p>
<p>5. <strong>Isaac Hayes</strong> &#8216;By The Time I Get To Phoenix&#8221;</p>
<p>6. <strong>Nuyorican Soul</strong> &#8220;I Am The Black Gold of The Sun&#8221; (i&#8217;d never known of the rotary connection original)</p>
<p>7. <strong>Adele</strong> &#8220;Make You Feel My Love&#8221; (didn&#8217;t know it was a Dylan song until she did it)</p>
<p>8. <strong>Brand New Heavies With 4Hero</strong> &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Know Why I Love You&#8221;</p>
<p>9. <strong>Whitney Houston</strong> &#8220;I Will Always Love You&#8221;</p>
<p>10. <strong>D&#8217;Angelo</strong> &#8220;Feel Like Making Love&#8221;</p>
<p>Great list, <strong>Jody</strong> <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Video-wise,  <strong>Jody</strong>  continues to fire on all cylinders! Check out a further clip from the album, this time for the killer cut <strong>A Beautiful Life</strong> :</p>
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<p><strong>The Makover</strong> is out now.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Get a glass of red wine and sing out loud!]]></title>
<link>http://sheisfrench.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/get-a-glass-of-red-wine-and-sing-out-loud/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Agathe</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sheisfrench.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/get-a-glass-of-red-wine-and-sing-out-loud/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[One of the most beautiful love songs written by Edith Piaf and mastered by Grace Jones. LA VIE EN RO]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Andrea Klarin.........amazing.]]></title>
<link>http://thebidness.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/andrea-klarin-amazing/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sarahtoshiko</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thebidness.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/andrea-klarin-amazing/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[An excerpt taken from Andrea Klarin&#8217;s biography: &#8220;At the age of 18 photography became my]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>An excerpt taken from Andrea Klarin&#8217;s biography:</p>
<p><em>&#8220;At the age of 18 photography became my passion and I decided to make it my future career when I was 22. I studied photography for three years in Brussels (Belgium) at INRACI. </em><em>Now I mostly live and work in Paris</em><em>. I would describe my work as being based on the constant need to move and evolve! It is a continuous search for something that is &#8220;in the air&#8221;, something that cannot be touched but is contained in the world around us. I don&#8217;t try to represent reality but I try to filter it and through this imaginary world attempt to show its elegance, chic and glitter. </em><em>I am very attached to my team and I consider their work just as important as my own! Working in a team for me means being surrounded by people that you appreciate not only as professionals but as people as well!&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Andrea Klarin has shot for the likes of Valentino, Lanvin, Guerlain, Rochas, Van Cleef &#38; Arpels, Nike, L’Oreal, and been featured in Vogue, InStyle, Harper’s, Madame Figaro, Financial Times, Sunday Times, El Pais.  I really like that every photograph he takes has an air of sensuality to it.  He is AMAAAAAZING! Enjoy!</p>

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<title><![CDATA[Haus Of Gaga]]></title>
<link>http://thefashionmanifesto.com/2009/11/17/haus-of-gaga/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tara Decoda</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thefashionmanifesto.com/2009/11/17/haus-of-gaga/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Them hustlers like my fashion&#8221;- Lady Gaga There&#8217;s no doubt that Lady Gaga is thee]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><em>&#8220;Them hustlers like my fashion&#8221;- Lady Gaga</em></p>
<p>There&#8217;s no doubt that <strong>Lady Gaga</strong> is thee flyest and perhaps craziest chick in the game right now! Wearing weave-covered satellite dishes on her head (that is what they are&#8230; right?), mouse lips, neck braces, and her face constantly covered, Gaga has to be the most outlandish of them all. Last time we the people got a rush like this, <strong>Grace Jones</strong> was running through Studio 54! 3 decades later, and with a slew of comes &#38; goes, Gaga seems to be the definite:</p>
<p><a href="http://fashionmanifesto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/lady-gaga-thigh-high-shoelace-boots1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5604" title="lady-gaga-thigh-high-shoelace-boots" src="http://fashionmanifesto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/lady-gaga-thigh-high-shoelace-boots1.jpg" alt="" width="445" height="931" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://fashionmanifesto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/lady-gaga-plastic-bra-04.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5603" title="Lady-Gaga-plastic-bra-04" src="http://fashionmanifesto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/lady-gaga-plastic-bra-04.jpg" alt="" width="499" height="371" /></a></p>
<p>Serving us one too many &#8220;WTF?!&#8221; moments in the beginning, Lady Gaga has turned almost every Z100 listener, and MTV watcher into true appreciaters of fearless fashion. Seemingly shoving her raw sense of style down our throats, and forcing us to love a spoiled little Yonkers girl, with serious vocal talent and an insane ability to find her limit, then transcend it&#8211; every time! Christian Siriano recently revealed that he was one of Lady Gaga&#8217;s first go-to designer guys, when she was performing on the &#8216;Today Show&#8217; for the first time, last year for her first single &#8220;Just Dance&#8221;. Since then, he says he&#8217;ll be lucky to get her to try on something. Not because she changed, not because she feels as if she&#8217;s above the &#8220;smaller&#8221; designers, but Gaga now gets her clothing specially designed by the <em>&#8216;Haus Of Gaga&#8217;</em>.</p>
<p>About the &#8216;Haus Of Gaga&#8217;, she says &#8220;No one gets it!&#8221; But why would they? I mean, how could they? Her exclusive design team makes the crazy, insanium, outlandish things you see Gaga wearing when she hits the red carpet or the stage. No &#8220;Steal Her Look&#8221; or &#8220;Get Her Look For Less&#8221; here! But what are the chances of me and you getting our hands on some Haus Of Gaga? NONE. &#8220;It&#8217;s not a commodity, it&#8217;s not meant to be sold&#8221;. I extend my sincerest apologies to the God&#8217;s and the Gay&#8217;s. No Gaga look a likes over hurr.</p>
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<p>The <em>&#8216;Haus Of Gaga&#8217;</em> has become just as big of an entity as the woman herself. And while I was a little skeptical of the Gaga to begin with, and anyone who knows me knows this, I thought something about her swag was a little inauthentic. But back tracking on old pictures, and comparing them to new ones, not much has changed except for her budget:</p>
<p><a href="http://fashionmanifesto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/fotoflexer_photo2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5605" title="FotoFlexer_Photo" src="http://fashionmanifesto.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/fotoflexer_photo2.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="408" /></a></p>
<p>In the picture on the left, Gaga was a brunette getting her foot wet in the game, and on the right Gaga is an established pop star performing for a throng of fans. The same piano swag, just at different times in her come-up.</p>
<p>Even if you watch her new &#8220;Video Phone&#8221; video with <strong>Beyonce, </strong>who is a pretty hard act to follow, and an even harder act to upstage, the pop new-bee went toe to toe with the Queen Bey and held her own! And it&#8217;s looking like Bey Sting even pulled some style inspirations from <em>Haus Of Gaga</em>:</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/pCPdR9AKrlQ&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/pCPdR9AKrlQ&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Crazy video! Insane style! FM are eternal supporters of the Gaga.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Beautiful Nightmares]]></title>
<link>http://andrewsinclair.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/beautiful-nightmares/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Andrew Sinclair</dc:creator>
<guid>http://andrewsinclair.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/beautiful-nightmares/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Disturbia? Ah, but oh for a girl that brings something more to the table other than sex appeal]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Disturbia?</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pfVwOIIsoyM/SuiYoa-QgPI/AAAAAAAAD9c/2fqdEAySiVw/s400/rihanna.jpg" alt="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pfVwOIIsoyM/SuiYoa-QgPI/AAAAAAAAD9c/2fqdEAySiVw/s400/rihanna.jpg" /></p>
<p>Ah, but oh for a girl that brings something more to the table other than sex appeal&#8230; a mind is a terrible thing to waste and a vision is worth beholding when some thought has been put into it from the protagonist!</p>
<p>Give me something sleazy, breezy with attitude and aplomb all wrapped up in whatever it chooses over the coy, pretty, dull as dishwater values of the <a href="http://www.askmen.com/dating/dating_advice_100/111_dating_tips.html" target="_blank">girl-next-door.</a> It&#8217;s not for me and I can&#8217;t work with that. Why? Because it&#8217;s boring and played-out! Bring me excitement and individuality&#8217;s head on a plate &#8211; it&#8217;s a date!</p>
<p><strong>Going GaGa for the lady&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://i.imagehost.org/0984/ladygaga.jpg" alt="http://i.imagehost.org/0984/ladygaga.jpg" width="420" height="347" /></p>
<p>Currently I&#8217;m digging the intriguing battle of the sexes between <a href="http://rihannanow.com/" target="_blank">Rihanna</a> and <a href="http://www.ladygaga.com/" target="_blank">Lady GaGa</a>. The former is a good girl-gone-badd, whilst the lady G doth protest too much. Of course we&#8217;ve seen it all before and so what? I loving it as it unfolds&#8230; in my mind at least.</p>
<p>They are both hot but GaGa tries harder and wears less more often, whereas Rihanna has a wonderful mysterious dark side, which if like me, you&#8217;ll find that rather irresistable and the force is definitely just as strong! However GaGa is so out there with her sexuality that she is always almost too hot/much to handle. If your old enough to remember when <a href="http://www.madonna.com/" target="_blank">Madonna</a> was pushing the boundaries of what was acceptable for ladies in pop then multiply that by a thousand &#8211; that&#8217;s where GaGa has taken it. Having said that check out Madge in her heyday &#8211; pissing off the Vatican and prudes in general&#8230;</p>
<p><img src="http://www.michaelmurray.ca/blog/madonna.jpg" alt="http://www.michaelmurray.ca/blog/madonna.jpg" /></p>
<p>And now jump aboard my time machine as I whisk you back to the late 70s/early 80s for one of the originals and probably the best of the lot &#8211; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/theworldofgracejones" target="_blank">Grace Jones</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Grace &#38; beauty&#8230;</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Watch Rihanna&#8217;s new single <em><strong>Russian Roulette</strong></em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><strong>Watch Lady GaGa&#8217;s new single</strong><em><strong> <em>Bad Romance</em>.</strong></em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><strong>Watch Grace Jones&#8217;</strong><em><strong> <em>My Jamaican Guy</em> </strong></em><strong>from 1982</strong><em><strong>.</strong></em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><strong>Watch Madonna&#8217;s </strong><em><strong><em>Justify My Love </em></strong></em><strong>from 1990</strong><em>.</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong>Now go figure why cheryl Cole get&#8217;s so much attention?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Why? Because I said So!</strong></p>
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<p>Grace Jones is a pretty outstanding character. Jones was born in Jamaica and grew up in Syracuse. In the early seventies she flew to Paris, where she had a roommate named Jerry Hall. Both became top models. Jones was simply too big a personality for the mere fashion world to contain. She made her first album in 1977 and had a series of dance hits. She also appeared in a string of cheeseriffic movies that had names like Straight To Hell and Conan the Destroyer. This cover of Top Petty&#8217;s Breakdown is from her 1980 album Warm Leatherette. Jones has been incredibly influencial both for her music and her style. Her look, both masculine and Amazonian, is unique and truly iconic.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Amanda Bengtsson från Lund]]></title>
<link>http://erikssonskultursidor.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/amanda-bengtsson-fran-lund/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Jag är ju en sån där kultursnobb som inte tittar på Idol (eller Let’s dance för den delen). Därför blev det något av en chock när lundatösen Amanda Bengtsson, nu Jenssen, plötsligt uppträdde på den svenska Grammisgalan (jo, jag tittar faktiskt på den). </p>
<p>På scenen stod en uppenbarelse: den mest blonderade blondin i röd, tajt, strax över knäet kort klänning, röda, högklackade skor och röd läppstiftsmun. Och som hon tog i när hon sjöng singellåten ”Do You Love Me”! Så mycket att sången och kompet kunde hamna bredvid varann, i varsin tonart.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3548" title="Amanda" src="http://erikssonskultursidor.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/amanda.jpg" alt="Amanda" width="272" height="408" />Sen kom Amanda Jenssens debutalbum, ”Killing Your Darlings” (Epic), som fick snurra, om och om igen, i bilens CD-spelare. Jag lyssnade, log och skrattade – tills jag tystnade och började lyssna ordentligt. Där fanns ju nåt&#8230; enastående.  Hon var&#8230; en personlighet. Hon sjöng och spelade över&#8230; medvetet. Så smart och proffsigt. </p>
<p><strong>Amanda Bengtsson, alias Jenssen.</strong></p>
<p>Musiken är egentligen inte min genre: ett slags evigt mondän och lyxig glampop med fyndiga ordval i de engelska texterna och småstölder á la Per Gessle i de catchiga melodierna. Också i studion har hon tagit i. Amanda kan skrika sig ur vilken tonart som helst och glida mellan tonerna som Bambi på isen.</p>
<p>Det gör ingenting. För vart rösten än tar vägen så ropar och viskar hon – det kan hon också – med attityden att jävlaranamma jag ska minsann ta mig in i show business och inget kan stoppa mig. Ur vägen! Vilken pondus! Så stor vilja! Det kallas ung kvinnokraft.</p>
<p>Amanda Jenssen får mig att tänka på Grace Jones och Marilyn Monroe, om hon haft en chans att styra sin karriär. Tänk en skånsk Marilyn Monroe årgång 2008. Wow! Jag har också lyckats få tag på en massa demolåtar med Amanda. Inspelad ”At home” var hon ju något helt annat: en kvinnlig singer/songwriter till akustisk gitarr.</p>
<p>Och när jag gick in på www.amandajenssen.com (nätsida för Amanda-fans) och kollade hennes Idol-framträdanden så upptäckte jag ju också – äntligen! på tiden! – vilken bredd hon har.</p>
<p>I Idol sjöng Amanda allt från den unga Elvis-låten ”That’s Alright Mama!” över ”You Really Got Me” (The Kinks), ”Born To Run” (Springsteen), ”Dream A Little Dream Of Me” (Ella Fitzgerald) och ”Hallelujah” (Leonard Cohen) till den äldre Elvis Presley-låten ”Suspicious Minds” med samma stora – ja, gigantiska – attack, inlevelse och uttryck.  </p>
<p><em>(Ystads Allehanda och Ny Tid 2008)</em></p>
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<link>http://notbugs.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/slav-under-rytmen/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Grace Jones – Slave To The Rhythm När den här låten kom i mitten på 90-talet minns jag att jag kände]]></description>
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<p>Grace Jones – Slave To The Rhythm</p>
<p>När den här låten kom i mitten på 90-talet minns jag att jag kände ett enda stort WOW. Det var ju en helt igenom perfekt låt, den hade allt och blev till en riktig favorit och är så än idag. Låten var tydligen skriven för Frankie Goes To Hollywood i åtanke, men gavs sen istället till Grace Jones.</p>
<p>Jag minns att jag i någon av dåtidens musiktidningar läste att det tog lite drygt sex månader att spela in den. Trevor Horn som producerade och som låg bakom låten är ju känd för att vara noga med det han släpper ifrån sig, något som vi musiklyssnare är väldigt glada för.</p>
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<p>Grace Jones – Slave To The Rhythm</p>
<p>Slänger med tolvan oxå när jag är igång. Själv har jag den på bildvinyl, nackdelen är att ljudet är lite halvkasst men det är ändå lite coolt att ha en sån favorit i det formatet ändå.</p>
<p>Kan lugnt säga att det är en låt man kan lyssna på om och om igen för den är så välproducerad. Samtidigt så kan man alltid upptäcka nya saker i den, något som verkligen visar på vilket enormt jobb som är nerlagt i produktionen.</p>
<p>Tjillevippen</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A Moment Of Grace]]></title>
<link>http://marcelo717.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/a-moment-of-grace/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>&#8230;just as it finished &#8211; I tripped in tastes of dreams teasing me further into a state of sexual melancholy.</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230; ahhh&#8221; He sighs as his body squirmed.</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230; every thing is working just fine&#8230; &#8221; He said in a soft voice.</p>
<p>&#8220;&#8230; but, clearly, even though it&#8217;s only been several weeks&#8230; someone needs to get seriously laid.&#8221;</p>
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<title><![CDATA[BEATLES TO BOWIE: The 60's exposed]]></title>
<link>http://breadnhoney.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/beatles-to-bowie-the-60s-exposed/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://breadnhoney.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/beatles-to-bowie-the-60s-exposed/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In the last few years fashion, art and design has pulled us back into our shoulder pads, skinny jean]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>In the last few years fashion, art and design has pulled us back into our shoulder pads, skinny jeans, and leg warmers. Music saw the come back of 80’s pop stars like <em>Grace Jones, Duran Duran</em><strong> </strong>and <em>Spandau ballet</em>. The conspicuous <em>1980’s</em> busy life that was once advertised with a Filofax is now broad-casted on the mighty<em> Facebook or Twitter.</em> On TV we are now watching the remake of <em>A-team </em>and<strong> </strong><em>Knight Rider</em>.</p>
<p>It might just be me but I just find it difficult, at my age, to bring myself to look like a character from <em>“American Psycho”</em> and to my relief, we are now seeing signs of revival of the great period of British liberation.</p>
<p>The catwalk is showing a growing return to chic-ness with sharp shapes like pencil skirt, monochromes and stilettos (which my mum refers to as “encule mouche” or in the queens English ‘Fly f***ers’) Also sharp Kray style suits with Winkle pickers or Loafers. This season, <a href="http://www.backin10minutes.com/brand/ben-sherman-women/" target="_blank"><strong>Ben Sherman’s</strong> </a>women collection and the opening of their bespoke boutique on Saville Row, reflect the huge demand and the return of the sleek look of the 60’s.</p>
<p><a href="http://backin10minutes.com"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-162" title="Melissa in Ben Sherman" src="http://breadnhoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/picture-13.png" alt="Photography by Grant Squidd" width="453" height="664" /></a></p>
<p><em><strong> </strong></em><em><strong> </strong></em><a href="http://giantsquidd.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><em><strong>Photography by Grant Squidd</strong></em></a></p>
<p>This return to chic in fashion is also echoed in the world of media by movies and TV programs about 60’s icons such as <em>Coco Channel, Audrey Hepburn</em> and <em>Francoise Sagan.</em></p>
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<p>In the Art world we have been spoiled, by<em> </em><a href="http://npg.org.uk/beatles" target="_blank"><em><strong>The National Portrait Gallery </strong></em></a>who are exhibiting the works of 60’s influential photographers like <em>David Bailey, Gered Mankowitz and Robert Whitaker</em>, to name but a few. The gallery’s press release quote:</p>
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<p><em>‘This major exhibition explores the leading pop music personalities who helped create &#8216;Swinging London&#8217; in the 1960s. Over 150 photographs, together with a range of memorabilia, illustrate how the photographic image, music and performance made these pop stars the leading icons of their time.’</em></p>
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<p>Featuring key pop cultural figures the exhibition begins in 1960 with hit groups such as <em>The Shadows</em> and <em>The John Barry Seven</em>. As the decade progressed, early portraits of singers such as <em>Cliff Richard, Adam Faith and Billy Fury </em>were followed by those of bands such as <em>The Kinks</em> and <em>The Who</em> and of course <em>The Beatles and David Bowie.”</em></p>
<p><a href="http://npg.org.uk/beatles"><img class="size-full wp-image-160 alignleft" title="BOWIE" src="http://breadnhoney.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bowie.jpg" alt="BOWIE" width="140" height="94" /></a></p>
<p>Paradoxically, the 80’s enfant terrible of the world of Dance,  <a href="http://www.barbican.org.uk/news/artformnews/theatredance/michael-clark-company" target="_blank"><em><strong>Michael Clark</strong></em></a> bring to the <em>Barbican Theatr</em>e, possibly the best thing he has done in years, an outlook on the more Glam rock side of the 60’s and a nostalgic return of his teenage musical icons such as <em>Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed. </em></p>
<p>Personally I found this return to femininity and masculinity pleasing and refreshing after a decade of androgynous grunge and carelessness.</p>
<p>We just have to wait and see what the next revival will be.</p>
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<p><strong><em>Love,</em></strong></p>
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<p><strong><em>B &#38; H</em></strong></p>
<p><em>Beatles to Bowie: the 60s exposed at the National Portrait Gallery: 15th October 2009- 12th January 2010 <a href="http://npg.org.uk/beatles" target="_blank">(www.npg.org.uk/beatles)</a></em></p>
<p><em>Michael Clark Company at The Barbican Centre: 28th October 2009- 7th November 2009</em></p>
<p><em><a href="//www.barbican.org.uk/news/artformnews/theatredance/michael-clark-company" target="_blank">(www.barbican.org.uk)</a></em></p>
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<link>http://whatwearnow.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/keith-me-vogue-paris-%e2%80%93-novembro-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mac attack</dc:creator>
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<link>http://theexcellentpeople.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/lessons-in-excellency-part-3/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<link>http://glareanverlag.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/pindakaas-quartett-cd-ballads-of-good-life_saxophon/</link>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Walter Eigenmann</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.classic-clips.de/katalog.html" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-10083" title="Pindakaas_Ballads of Good Life_Glarean Magazin" src="http://glareanverlag.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/pindakaas_ballads-of-good-life_glarean-magazin.jpg" alt="Pindakaas_Ballads of Good Life_Glarean Magazin" width="330" height="333" /></a>Vor knapp zwanzig Jahren begann das Münsterer <a href="http://pindakaas.de/quart.htm" target="_blank">Saxophon-Quartett Pindakaas</a> (=niederländisch: «Erdnussbutter») seine Konzert- bzw. Bühnentätigkeit, heute zählt die Musiker-Gruppe <a href="http://www.marcinlanger.de/index.html" target="_blank">Marcin Langer</a> (Sopran- &#38; Altsaxophon, Flöte), <a href="http://pindakaas.org/Frame.htm" target="_blank">Guido Grospietsch</a> (Alt- &#38; Tenorsaxophon, Flöte), <a href="http://www.duo-two-for-you.de/" target="_blank">Anja Heix</a> (Tenorsaxophon, Oboe, Flöte) und <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pindakaas_Saxophon_Quartett" target="_blank">Matthias Schröder</a> (Baritonsaxophon, Klarinette) zu den führenden Formationen dieser Besetzung in Deutschland. Entsprechend dem musikalischen Schwerpunkt ihrer neuesten CD-Produktion, nämlich Kurt Weill, nennt Pindakaas die frisch publizierte Platte «Ballads of Good Life», nach Weills «Ballade vom angenehmen Leben» (aus der berühmten «Dreigroschenoper»).</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Die Musik des genialen Dessauer Ironikers und Verfremders Kurt Weill mit ausschließlich saxophonen Instrumenten zu verfolgen ist ein überraschendes, erst durchaus irritierendes, schließlich überzeugendes Hörerlebnis. Gewiss, den insgesamt zwölf Weill-Einspielungen (Teile aus «Dreigroschenoper», «Mahagonny» und «Lost in the Stars») fehlt grundsätzlich die Text-Komponente und damit eine wichtige Dimension Weillschen Komponierens. Doch die Raffinesse der Arrangements (von Marcin Langer), deren farbiger, das klangliche Spektrum der Saxophon-Familie weit auffächernder, dabei immer «nobler», schlanker Satz bringen das Weillsche Augenzwinkern, das Parodistische hinter aller vordergründigen Volkstümlichkeit hervorragend rüber. Wenn schon Weill ganz ohne Gesang, dann durchaus an erster Stelle mit Saxophon!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://pindakaas.de/quart.htm" target="_blank"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-10081" title="Pindakaas Quartett Muenster_Glarean Magazin" src="http://glareanverlag.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/pindakaas-quartett-muenster_glarean-magazin.jpg" alt="Pindakaas Quartett Muenster_Glarean Magazin" width="320" height="240" /></a>Dass Weill-Musik in dieser Besetzung so authentisch wirkt, ist weiters das Verdienst eines klanglich sehr homogen-abgestimmten und rhythmisch akkurat musizierenden Quartetts, das trotz der bei Weill immer durchklingenden melodischen und harmonischen «Melancholie» hörbaren Spaß bei und an seiner Arbeit hatte und diese Spielfreude nicht nur mit schwungvollem Zugriff, sondern, wo nötig, auch mit Ausdrucksfülle und mit sensibel durchgehörter Dynamik zu dokumentierten weiß.</p>
<div id="attachment_10087" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Weill" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-10087" title="Kurt Weill" src="http://glareanverlag.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/kurt-weill.jpg" alt="Kurt Weill" width="150" height="187" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Kurt Weill (1900-1950)</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Folklore mit Jazz- und «E-Musik»-Elementen mischt auch der argentinische Bandoneonist und Tango-Nuevo-Komponist <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Piazzolla" target="_blank">Astor Piazzolla</a> in seinen beiden von Pindakaas interpretierten Stücken «Café 1930» (aus «Histoire du Tango») und «Libertango» (komponiert 1973 und v.a. berühmt geworden durch den entspr. <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xed5g_grace-jones-libertango" target="_blank">Song von Grace Jones</a>). Piazzolla verglich sich einmal selber mit Gerschwin: Wie dieser habe er «Werke für den Konzertsaal komponiert, deren Musiksprache in der Popularmusik gründet». Reizvoll also, sein «Café 1930» &#8211; als ein melodiezentriertes, dennoch dezidiert nichtgetanztes Konzert-Tango-Stück &#8211; mal quartett-kammermusikalisch interpretiert zu hören. Pindakaas&#8217; Gespür für Durchhörbarkeit des Melos auch in den Mittelstimmen fällt hier besonders positiv auf &#8211; eine aufregende Variante, die neben den <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSBS_Im8KiM" target="_blank">Einspielungen anderer Duette</a> und Ensembles durchaus bestehen kann.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Eine buchstäblich besondere Note erhält die neue Pindakaas-CD durch die Ersteinspielung von <a href="http://www.bfiebig.de/saxophonist.html" target="_blank">Bastian Fiebigs</a> «Totentanz». Ein besonderes Verdienst der vier Musiker ist es, mit diesem Werk des Frankfurter Saxophonisten ein interessantes Stück neuerer originaler Saxophon-Quartettmusik in eine größere Öffentlichkeit zu tragen.  Das durch einerseits eindringliche, ostinate Bass-Grundierung mit figurativen und polyphonen Oberstimmen charakterisierte, andererseits den morbiden Tanz mit fast-fröhlicher Fünfviertel-Bewegtheit unterstreichende Stück kontrastiert übrigens effektvoll zu dem quasi-volkstümlich gesetzten, homophon-schlichten «Persischen Markt» von Albert Ketelbey. (Dessen berühmtes «<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5QZixM_jc8" target="_blank">In a Persian market</a>» existiert inzwischen in den unterschiedlichsten Aufnahmen).</p>
<div id="attachment_10137" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 590px"><a href="http://glareanverlag.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bastian-fiebig_totentanz_saxophon.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-10137" title="Bastian-Fiebig_Totentanz_Saxophon" src="http://glareanverlag.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/bastian-fiebig_totentanz_saxophon.jpg" alt="Bastian-Fiebig_Totentanz_Saxophon" width="580" height="386" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Partitur-Auszug des «Totentanzes» für Saxophon-Quartett von Bastian Fiebig</p></div>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Abgerundet wird diese CD «Ballads of Good Life» &#8211; die mit ihrer knapp siebzigminütigen Spieldauer großzügig dimensioniert ist, aber aufgrund der Co-Produktion durch den Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe gleichwohl mit ca. 15 Euro preiswert daherkommt &#8211; durch vier kürzere jüdische «Traditionals» (u.a. «Play the Klezmer»). Pindakaas spielt auch hier wieder mit in langjähriger Zusammenarbeit gewachsener Präzision des Kammermusizierens, mit einem abgerundeten Ensemble-Klang und mit immer transparenter, schlanker Registerarbeit. Eine sehr niveauvolle siebte CD-Produktion dieses deutschen, mittlerweile international konzertierenden Saxophon-Quartetts. ■</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>Pindakaas (Saxophon Quartett), Ballads of Good Life &#8211; Werke von Weill, Piazzolla, Ketèlbey, Klezmer, Audio-CD, <a href="http://www.classic-clips.de/katalog.html" target="_blank">CC ClassicClips</a> 2009, CLCL904</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em><span style="color:#ffffff;">.</span><br />
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<h4>Titel-Inhalt</h4>
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Kurt Weill</strong><br />
<em>Kleine Dreigroschenmusik für Blasorchester</em><br />
[01] Ouvertüre<br />
[02] Die Moritat von Mackie Messer<br />
[03] Anstatt-dass-Song<br />
[04] Die Ballade vom angenehmen Leben<br />
[05]PollysLied<br />
[06] Tango-Ballade<br />
[07] Kanonen-Song<br />
[08] Dreigroschen-Finale<br />
[09] Choral</p>
<p><strong>Kurt Weill</strong><br />
[10] Alabama Song, aus „Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny“<br />
[11] Youkali – Tango habañera, aus „Marie Galante“</p>
<p><strong>Astor Piazzolla</strong><br />
[12] Café 1930, aus „Histoire du Tango“<br />
[13] Libertango</p>
<p><strong>Bastian Fiebig</strong><br />
[14] Totentanz</p>
<p><strong>Albert Ketèlbey</strong><br />
[15] In a Persian market</p>
<p><strong>Jewish Traditionals</strong><br />
[16] Schpil-Sche mir a Lidele<br />
[17] Long live the Nigun<br />
[18] Shver und Shviger<br />
[19] Play the Klezmer</p>
<p><strong>Kurt Weill</strong><br />
[20] Lost in the Stars</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<link>http://prtothetrade.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/rock-roll-link/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Grace Jones, 1981, Drury Lane Theater. Photo by David Coro. ©David Corio Here&#8217;s the photo link]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_238" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 335px"><a title="Grace Jones" href="http://bit.ly/3llKZd"><img class="size-full wp-image-238" title="Grace Jones by  by David Corio. ©David Corio" src="http://prtothetrade.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/picture-2.png" alt="Grace Jones by  by David Corio. ©David Corio" width="325" height="453" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Grace Jones, 1981, Drury Lane Theater. Photo by David Coro. ©David Corio</p></div>
<p>Here&#8217;s the photo link to &#8220;Who Shot Rock &#38; Roll&#8221; that  I promised you several days ago.  (Sorry for the delay, but I was attending an intense but informative National Arts Marketing Conference in Providence.)</p>
<p>While the New York Times and a lot of other media concentrated on the book cover photo of Tina Turner and the picture of  Jimi Hendrix as Wilson Pickett&#8217;s side man (Jimi in process and tux!), no one caught the remarkable composition of line that is Grace Jones.</p>
<p>Even though we all rocked out in the hallowed halls of the <a title="Brooklyn Museum Julie " href="www.brooklynmuseum.org" target="_blank">Brooklyn Museum</a>,  this show is seminal for a couple of reasons. Sure, it elevates rock photoraphy to art photography but it does something else.&#8221;Who Shot Rock &#38; Roll&#8221; gives the public the kind of  high energy experience they want.</p>
<div id="attachment_241" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 266px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-241" href="http://prtothetrade.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/rock-roll-link/picture-4-2/"><img class="size-medium wp-image-241" title="Brooklyn Museum by Julie VanDolen" src="http://prtothetrade.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/picture-4.png?w=256" alt="Brooklyn Museum by Julie VanDolen" width="256" height="300" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Brooklyn Museum - not as staid as it looks. Photo courtesy of Julie Van Dolen, Latique.</p></div>
<p><span style="color:#003300;"><strong>Experience, not exhibition, is what people want these days.  And they don&#8217;t want their experiences  one at a time.  People </strong></span><span style="color:#003300;"><strong><span style="color:#003300;"> want their experiences bundled. </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#003300;"><strong><span style="color:#003300;"><span style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;">Don&#8217;t believe me? Just take a look around the next time you&#8217;re in an elevator. Someone standing within inches of you is&#8230;</span></span></strong></span></p>
<ol>
<li>Listening to their iPod,</li>
<li>Texting, and</li>
<li> Planning what they&#8217;ll do when the step off the elevator.</li>
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<p>Simplistic as my example is, I&#8217;m pretty sure it counts as a bundled experience. So, when the Brooklyn Museum added Blondie to their mix at the opening gala, they were definitely giving people a bundled experience.</p>
<p>This concept is something that the Presentation Arts and the Art Show promoters across the country should chew on.</p>
<ul>
<li> How can you make your exhibition or show come to life?</li>
<li> How can you make it involve your viewers.</li>
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<p>Take the blinders off and put the audio phones down. We&#8217;re suggesting you kick up involvement to another level.</p>
<p>And, I&#8217;m open to comments on this. <span style="color:#003300;">A</span><span style="color:#003300;"><span style="color:#003300;">nything you as a presenter have done or would like to do to involve you audience &#8211; both in terms of creating anticipation and when they get to the on-site experience &#8211; deserves recognition</span>. </span>By sharing, we can start a social epidemic that might, just might, bring the experience to a breathless public.</p>
<p>BTW, you can click through Grace&#8217;s stance to see my  story on &#8220;Who Shot Rock &#38; Roll&#8221; in <a title="The Bee" href="http://antiquesandthearts.com" target="_blank">Antiques and the Arts Weekly.</a></p>
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<link>http://melncoly.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/happy-halloween/</link>
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<link>http://igmtravel.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/heres-another-little-book-ive-done/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Just a little horseradish would set these off... Such harmless words. But oh so poignant. Before I g]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_656" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-656" title="oysters" src="http://igmtravel.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/oysters.jpg?w=300" alt="oysters" width="300" height="199" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Just a little horseradish would set these off...</p></div>
<p>Such harmless words. But oh so poignant.</p>
<p>Before I get to that, Thursdays dinner party. Justine (a dear colleague / friend from agency days of old), invites me over to her place.</p>
<p>In attendance; one of her colleagues, a journo who is bessy mates with the PR-PR guru in our Sydney office, and me. She lived with her cousin (who she mentioned was a photographer), in a stunning art-deco mansion block, overlooking Rushcutters Bay.</p>
<p>The view was stunning. The sort of second lounge area sits in huge windows, with big comfy lemsip sofas. My Sunday if I lived there? Coffee, oj, papers, croissant in that order!</p>
<p>After the youtube drama (some numpty released an ad pre-airing, unhappy client), we tuck in. Lovely food, stories, company. One of my best nights in Sydney.</p>
<p>Some story highlights:</p>
<p>- Justine came to stay with her cousin for a week. Still there 4 years on<br />
- Her cousin owns several properties in Bali, and has furnished the apartment with nicks and nacks from his travel there. Totally eclectic, random, shouldn&#8217;t work, but does!<br />
- He took her to a glam Sydney fashion show. After supping some champers, she offended an up+coming designer, when asking, &#8216;Sydneu&#8217;s lovely. But don&#8217;t you just think it&#8217;s no soul?&#8217;<br />
- She gave cooking advice to a top Sydney Chef (Neil Perry), on how he could improve his Oysters. He took it more gracefully than the fashionista&#8230;</p>
<p>Needless to say, she&#8217;s beautiful, with a heart of gold. I kept spotting people I couldn&#8217;t quite place (Some Jaggers, a Beatle or two), but failed to make the connection. Anyway, she shows us one of his books, Siblings. All photographed together in their birthday suits. Big hoohaa at the time, a senior Aussie politician was involved, but had to pull out due to the &#8216;controversy&#8217;&#8230;</p>
<p>Anyway, cousin arrives back, lovely bloke. He asks if I&#8217;d like to see another of his books, so of course I say yes. He pops one in my lap, which has a very post-coital, slightly mashed looking Kylie grinning ear to ear, alongside the equally happy Mr. Michael Hutchence.</p>
<p>I flick through, and the whole thing is a celeb-spatter fest. Grace Jones, David Bowie, Nicole (pre and post tom (very hetro) cruise), you name em, he shot em.</p>
<p>He must have a real talent, they all look somewhat at ease. Something to do with the setting for the bulk of the shots no doubt; for a while, he was the club-appoonted photographer at the embassy club in London. He told a touching story about Paul and Linda, which I&#8217;ll share another day. Just makes you hate the evil one legged gold digger that bit more&#8230;</p>
<p>Book was stunning, his style effortless, his subjects totally at ease. A very interesting character, and as one of the snappers for Vogue Australia, I can see why Justine really did get some great opportunities to offend the &#8216;cream of Sydney&#8217;. Just as I did last time I was here.</p>
<p>But that&#8217;s a different story&#8230;.</p>
<p><em>Iain is enjoying the Sydney Sun&#8230;</em></p>
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<link>http://karenmillen.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/the-runway-boston-fashion-show/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Finally, Boston and London came together for a memorable soiree. The captivating runway show feature]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:left;">Finally, Boston and London came together for a memorable soiree. The captivating runway show featured Karen Millen&#8217;s unparalleled designs from phase two of the Autumn/Winter 2009 Collection.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">In addition to the futuristic inspirations, the runway models portrayed major influences such as fairy tale illustrations, romantic images and urban cityscape. From modern party wear to glamorous red carpet pieces, sophisticated elegance conquered the show. Specifically, Greta Garbo, Bianca Jagger, Grace Jones and Tim Walker photographs were some of the major inspirations for this collection.</p>
<div id="attachment_2232" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 225px"><a rel="attachment wp-att-2232" href="http://karenmillen.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/the-runway-boston-fashion-show/boston1-3/"><img class="size-full wp-image-2232" title="Catwalk " src="http://karenmillen.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/boston12.png" alt="boston1" width="215" height="292" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Leopard print and leather on the catwalk</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_2246" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 225px"><a href="http://www.karenmillen.com/All-over-sequin-dress//-/fcp-product/903000053472"><img class="size-full wp-image-2246" title="Catwalk" src="http://karenmillen.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/boston-4.png" alt="Catwalk" width="215" height="292" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Senquins galore! </p></div>
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<link>http://p1tch.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/rock-werchter-2009-day-3-34/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Réveil en douceur après un nuit remplie de papillons, c&#8217;est le moment de profiter d&#8217;un réveil en bonne et due forme avec le rock bien posé des <span style="color:#33cccc;"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc;">Triggerfinger</span></strong></span>.</p>
<p>Le trio belge est tiré à quatre épingles dans leurs costumes noirs. Les gars d&#8217;Anvers ont ce qu&#8217;il faut sous le capot de leurs amplis pour réveiller la plaine comme il se doit avec un rock bien solide qui fera penser facilement à des certaines reines de l&#8217;âge de pierre si vous voyez ce que je veux dire. Malgré leur jeune âge et 2 albums derrière eux uniquement, ils ont une certaine aisance pour remplir la Main Stage qui n&#8217;est pas donnée à tous les groupes.</p>
<p>Bref, un bon démarrage de journée bien énergique !!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Setlist:</span><br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;">Short Term<br />
Soon<br />
Lil Teaser<br />
First Taste<br />
Scream<br />
Is it<br />
Hunt<br />
On my knees<br />
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<a title="MySpace" href="http://www.myspace.com/triggerfingertheshooters" target="_blank">MySpace</a><br />
<a title="Officiel" href="http://www.triggerfinger.net/" target="_blank">Site officiel</a></p>
<p>Pour poursuivre cette belle envolée de guitares, j&#8217;avais hâte d&#8217;écouter pour la première fois les <span style="color:#33cccc;"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc;">Social Distortion</span></strong></span> !!</p>
<p>Alors pour situer un peu la troupe de <strong>Mike Ness</strong>, il faut voir ce groupe comme l&#8217;un des pionniers dans le hardcore punk américain (qui n&#8217;a pas grand chose à voir avec le punk rock des <span style="color:#00ccff;">Clash</span>, des <span style="color:#00ccff;">Ramones </span>ou des <span style="color:#00ccff;">Sex Pistols</span>) : tout ce qui découle de cette scène depuis 30 ans, c&#8217;est en partie eux qui l&#8217;ont formé ! Rien de bien étonnant de retrouver ce groupe donc dans des grosses machines de guerre de la grande scène punk étendue (du hardcore punk jusqu&#8217;au simple punk-pop) qui reste toujours présente dans nos bien aimés festivals de rock.</p>
<p>Je sais pas si ça vous est déjà arrivé de faire cette rencontre en live (j&#8217;imagine que c&#8217;est pas tous les jours que ça se présente) mais il m&#8217;a fallu à peu près 2 chansons pour reconnaître sans équivoque là les pères de groupes que j&#8217;adore depuis mon adolescence totalement rebelle et no future ! (ou presque) Un p&#8217;tit peu d&#8217;<span style="color:#00ccff;">Offspring </span>par ici, un petit bout de <span style="color:#00ccff;">Green Day</span> là, un coup de <span style="color:#00ccff;">Blink 182</span> de ce côté, une touche de <span style="color:#00ccff;">No FX</span> par en-dessous&#8230;</p>
<p>C&#8217;est suprenant comme sensation, c&#8217;est comme rencontrer le père d&#8217;un pote et retrouver petit à petit tous les traits de caractères que votre pote a hérité ! Et puis y&#8217;a des passages qui m&#8217;ont rendu fou, du style la reprise de <span style="color:#ff0000;">Ring of Fire</span> de <span style="color:#00ccff;">Johnny Cash</span> dont <span style="color:#00ccff;">Green Day</span> a fait un tribute direct (je m&#8217;en suis rendu compte pendant le concert) en plein milieu de leur mythique <span style="color:#ff0000;">Jesus of Suburbia</span> en 7 actes !!</p>
<p>Alors non, ça ne réconciliera clairement personne qui n&#8217;aime pas cette scène à la base. Mais ce show, c&#8217;est un peu la synthèse de mon amour de la musique. C&#8217;est bien cool, les pionniers, mais leurs successeurs sont souvent bien meilleurs dans beaucoup de domaines, pour avoir digéré ce qui n&#8217;a été qu&#8217;entamé (hein, la musique pré-80, c&#8217;est léger quand même&#8230; Aie, pas taper) ! Donc oui, c&#8217;est cool, mais ça ne vaut pas ce que leurs enfants en ont fait tout de même. Ceci dit, comme on me dit souvent &#8220;ouais mais faut apprécier le côté mythique du groupe&#8221;. Ouais, ok. Soit. Pour moi, ça ne change quand même pas ce que j&#8217;entends et ce que je ressens&#8230;</p>
<p>Bref, c&#8217;était très fun comme expérience tout de même !!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Setlist:</span><br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;">Creeps<br />
ASOM<br />
MLM<br />
Sick Boy<br />
Don&#8217;t Drag Me Down<br />
Ring Of Fire </span>(<span style="color:#00ffff;">Johnny Cash </span>cover)<span style="color:#ff0000;"><br />
Reach For The Sky<br />
HWY 101<br />
Bad Luck<br />
Nickles &#38; Dimes<br />
Sometimes I Do<br />
Still Alive<br />
Story Of My Life </span></p>
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<p>On change complètement d&#8217;optique sous la pyramide avec <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Jasper Erkens</span></strong>. Il s&#8217;agit d&#8217;un p&#8217;tit jeune de 16 ans, seul sur scène avec sa guitare. Il nous fait des petites chansons romantiques qui font hurler toutes les ados du premier rang. Enfin, ça va de la fille qui rougit quand elle a l&#8217;impression d&#8217;être effleuré par son regard à la fille qui écrit sur un panneau &#8220;<strong>Jasper</strong>, f*** me like a dog&#8221;. Ah lalalala&#8230; les hormones, que voulez-vous&#8230;</p>
<p>Bref, sans être un vrai prodige, il fait son p&#8217;tit show quand même, en glissant en passant une reprise acoustique de <span style="color:#ff0000;">Crazy </span>de <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Gnarls Barkley</span></strong>. Bref, je sais pas si un gloup romantique ça s&#8217;exporte mais l&#8217;avenir nous le dira !</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Setlist:</span><br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;">Everybody is the same<br />
Lolly<br />
Crazy </span>(<span style="color:#00ffff;">Gnarls Barkley</span> cover)<br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;">Elliot<br />
Dear Diary<br />
How could I know<br />
The brighter story<br />
Black eyed dog<br />
Stay alive<br />
Blues<br />
Waiting like a dog<br />
</span><br />
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<p>Ca finit quand même par être un peu trop gentillet pour moi alors je veux bien de l&#8217;acoustique, mais avec du bon métal derrière !! Et je suis servi car c&#8217;est le passage de <strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">Rodrigo y Gabriela</span></strong> sur la main stage.</p>
<p>Le duo mexicain est de retour en Europe pour présenter leur nouvel album après une première tournée très réussie sur le continent. En tout cas, qu&#8217;est-ce qu&#8217;ils ont grandi sur scène !! Terminé le show basique où on envoie la musique et basta. Nan, nan, nan. Maintenant, ils font participer le public, ils font des pauses bien calées histoire de rendre le public hystérique, ils alternent les parties duos et solos, &#8230; C&#8217;est un vrai régal et plus ils s&#8217;éclatent, plus ça fait triper la foule !</p>
<p>Et la foule, elle est en plein trip dansant sur les rythmiques endiablées de <strong>Gabriela </strong>et les solos effreinés de <strong>Rodrigo</strong>. C&#8217;est vraiment trop facile pour eux de conquérir le public avec leur style musical autant inspiré du métal que des musiques latinos. Excellent mix, plein de talent dans l&#8217;exécution, que demander de plus pour un grand concert ? Ah si, une reprise énormissime et très personnelle d&#8217;un grand classique : <span style="color:#ff0000;">Stairway to Heaven</span>.</p>
<p>Recommandé plus que chaudement !!!</p>
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<p>Cela faisait bien longtemps que j&#8217;en avais entendu parler mais sans jamais avoir l&#8217;opportunité de véritablement l&#8217;écouter. Et bin c&#8217;est fait, j&#8217;ai enfin pu voir <span style="color:#33cccc;"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc;">Regina Spektor</span></strong></span> sur scène !</p>
<p>Véritable melting-pot à elle seule, <strong>Regina </strong>est une américaine d&#8217;origine russe qui a commencé sa carrière dans les bars parisiens. C&#8217;est une artiste de la scène antifolk (une sorte de punk folk pour ceux qui sont pas familiers avec la bête) qui vous transporte rapidement avec son piano ou sa guitare. On sent une grande sensibilité et surtout une vraie personnalité derrière les chansons. Un brin de douceur dans ce festival bruyant !</p>
<p>J&#8217;ai particulièrement apprécié <span style="color:#ff0000;">Machine </span>(c&#8217;est la chanson dans laquelle elle joue avec un batiment sur album, l&#8217;installation de <strong>David Byrne</strong>) et le final sur <span style="color:#ff0000;">Us </span>et <span style="color:#ff0000;">Fidelity</span>, magnifique.<br />
Bref, on regrettera peut être une certaine distance qu&#8217;elle prend avec le public et on aurait mérité quelques mots supplémentaires mais c&#8217;est un très joli spectacle que livre la belle <strong>Regina </strong>!</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Setlist:</span><br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;">The calculation<br />
On the radio<br />
Eet<br />
Machine<br />
One more time w/ Feeling<br />
Laughing With<br />
Folding chair<br />
Bobbing for Apples<br />
That Time<br />
Flowers<br />
Apres moi<br />
Poor little rich boy<br />
Samson<br />
Us<br />
Fidelity<br />
</span><br />
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<p>Et puis voila le genre de spectacle qu&#8217;on peut se permettre d&#8217;aller regarder en festival : un petit coup de <strong><span style="color:#00ccff;">Limp Bizkit</span></strong>.</p>
<p>Quoi qu&#8217;on pense de <span style="color:#00ccff;">Limp</span>, ça reste quand même un groupe qui a vendu plus de 30 millions de disques en 3 albums&#8230; Respect&#8230; Le groupe avait splitté pour la 2ème fois avant d&#8217;annoncer à grands renforts de tambours la reformation du groupe sous son line-up original, c&#8217;est à dire le retour de <strong>Wes Borland</strong> aux côtés de <strong>Fred Durst</strong>. Autrement dit, l&#8217;évènement que tous leurs fans attendaient.</p>
<p>Sur scène, <strong>Fred </strong>est le MC à casquette bondissant dans tous les sens qui fait jumper toute la fosse alors que <strong>Wes </strong>assure un show visuel assez surprenant derrière sa guitare avec une sorte de costume/maquillage impressionnant noir et blanc sur la totalité du corps et une jolie petite crète bleue fluo sur le dessus. Je suis pas particulièrement fan de rapcore mais force est de constater que le show en envoie plein la vue et les oreilles depuis <span style="color:#ff0000;">My Generation</span> jusqu&#8217;à l&#8217;énormissime <span style="color:#ff0000;">Take a look around </span>qui fait sauter la totalité de la plaine, en passant par la surprenante reprise <span style="color:#ff0000;">Faith </span>de <span style="color:#00ccff;">George Michael</span>. C&#8217;est quand même bien efficace à souhait à bonne dose de show à l&#8217;américaine et de fans survoltés !</p>
<p>Bref, même si une bonne partie de la setlist ne montre pas un énorme intérêt purement musical à mes oreilles, le show est tout de même bien sympa à voir et ça fout la pèche à donf !</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Setlist: </span><br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;">My Generation<br />
Livin&#8217; It Up<br />
Show Me What You Got<br />
Eat You Alive<br />
Hot Dog<br />
Rearranged<br />
Break Stuff<br />
Boiler<br />
My Way<br />
Faith<br />
Nookie<br />
Behind Blue Eyes<br />
Rollin&#8217;<br />
Take A Look Around<br />
</span><br />
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<p>Et en parlant de pèche à donf, si y&#8217;en a une qui n&#8217;en manque pas, c&#8217;est bien <strong>Karen O.</strong>, la chanteuse de <strong><span style="color:#00ccff;">Yeah Yeah Yeahs </span></strong>!</p>
<p>Ma rencontre avec ce groupe était un petit choc pour mon premier festival de Reading sur la Main Stage. J&#8217;ai ramassé ma petite claque aussi sur quelques uns de leurs albums depuis et c&#8217;est avec grand plaisir que j&#8217;essaye de les voir quand ils passent en Europe.</p>
<p>En voyant <strong>Karen </strong>évoluer sur scène, on ne peut s&#8217;empêcher de penser à toutes les grandes, celles qui sont hors normes, une sorte de croisement entre <strong>Siouxsie Sioux</strong>, <strong>Janis Joplin</strong> et <strong>Björk</strong>. Elle dégage quelque chose d&#8217;incroyable, aussi animal que sensuel, au milieu de décibels bien crades qui arrachent les oreilles en passant. C&#8217;est juste du bonheur&#8230; Même quand ca se pose un peu sur un phénoménal <span style="color:#ff0000;">Gold Lion</span>, c&#8217;est un pur concentré de talent. Et quand elle donne un énorme coup de pied sur un retour de son, que ça envoie un gigantesque jet de confettis sous la pyramide avec l&#8217;énormissime <span style="color:#ff0000;">Date with the night</span>, la tente est proche de l&#8217;autocombustion !</p>
<p>Pour moi, les <strong><span style="color:#00ccff;">Yeah Yeah Yeahs</span></strong> font partie des grands représentants du rock indé penchant vers le post punk. C&#8217;est un vrai bonheur à écouter, à voir et à vivre !</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Setlist: </span><br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;">Dull Life<br />
Phenomena<br />
Heads Will Roll<br />
Man<br />
Shame And Fortune<br />
Pin<br />
Gold Lion<br />
Cheated Hearts<br />
Skeletons<br />
Maps<br />
Zero<br />
Y Control<br />
Tick<br />
Date with the night </span></p>
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<p>Et en parlant de revival du post punk, voila parmi les plus populaires de leurs représentants sur la Main Stage : les <strong><span style="color:#00ccff;">Franz Ferdinand</span></strong> !</p>
<p>Je sais plus exactement combien de fois je les ai vus en festival mais il me semble que ça s&#8217;approche de la douzaine, toujours avec beaucoup de plaisir d&#8217;ailleurs. Mais là&#8230; là, je dois dire qu&#8217;ils m&#8217;ont vraiment déçu au plus haut point.</p>
<p>Le set démarre un peu bizarrement avec une entrée sur <span style="color:#ff0000;">Walk Away</span> qu&#8217;on n&#8217;attend pas vraiment comme ouverture. Pourquoi pas. Et puis sur<span style="color:#ff0000;"> No You Girls</span>, je comprends rapidement que ça ne va pas très bien et ça ne fait que s&#8217;amplifier sur The Dark of the Matinée. <strong>McCarthy</strong>, le guitariste est complètement défracté. Il arrive pas à tout suivre et il placarde pas mal à côté. Malheureusement, tous les défauts du groupe remonte à la surface ce jour là : <strong>Kapranos</strong>, le chanteur, a beau être énervé de ce que fait son guitariste, il recommence à ne pas toujours chanter juste et le batteur, lui aussi, a décidé de s&#8217;y mettre en ne tenant pas toujours la vitesse. En gros, y&#8217;a que le pauvre <strong>Robert </strong>à la basse qui fait son boulot correctement. C&#8217;est un grand n&#8217;importe quoi&#8230;</p>
<p>L&#8217;apogée arrivera sur <span style="color:#ff0000;">This Fire</span> ou là, je suis plus que furax d&#8217;un tel manque de professionnalisme. <strong>Alex</strong> demande même à <strong>McCarthy </strong>de baisser le son de sa gratte apparemment. Pffffff&#8230; Pour la majorité du public, le tout passe relativement bien car tout ce qu&#8217;ils veulent voir en fait, c&#8217;est les tubes de <span style="color:#33cccc;"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc;">Franz Ferdinand</span></strong></span>. Le titanic sombre sur <span style="color:#ff0000;">Jacqueline</span>, la toute dernière chanson : alors que <strong>Kapranos </strong>a fini l&#8217;intro, le groupe n&#8217;arrive pas à partir pour une raison technique. Le chanteur, saoulé, quitte la scène sans même dire au revoir.</p>
<p>Bref, ça arrive à tous de passer à côté d&#8217;un concert mais là, je trouvais ça vraiment excessif. Tout le monde sait que je suis très exigeant des groupes que j&#8217;aime beaucoup et que des fois je suis énervé alors que tout se joue au niveau de détails. Mais là, c&#8217;était véritablement une prestation minable pour le groupe. Déjà que je ne suis pas plus amateur que ça du dernier opus, ce triste spectacle ne m&#8217;a vraiment pas du tout convaincu. Bref, très grosse déception teintée de colère.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Setlist:</span><br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;">Walk Away<br />
No You Girls<br />
The Dark of the Matinée<br />
Can&#8217;t Stop Feeling<br />
This Fire<br />
Do You Want To<br />
Turn It On<br />
Take Me Out<br />
Ulysses<br />
What She Came For<br />
The Fallen<br />
Michael<br />
Lucid Dreams<br />
Jacqueline</span> (juste intro)</p>
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<p>Je vais me consoler dans la (mini-)jupe de <span style="color:#33cccc;"><strong>Katy Perry</strong> </span>du côté de la pyramide.</p>
<p>Elle a refait tout le design de la scène de la pyramide pour l&#8217;occasion avec un décor assez acidulé derrière une petite barrière blanche de maison US. L&#8217;adorable (mais complètement survoltée) américaine arbore un look retro sexy qui chauffe toute la salle. Enfin, avait-elle besoin de plus alors que <span style="color:#ff0000;">Hot n Cold </span>résonne à fond les ballons avec une jeune gloup qu&#8217;on a fait grimper sur scène pour chanter, danser et évidemment illustrer le titre de son autre tube interplanétaire, <span style="color:#ff0000;">I kissed a girl</span>. J&#8217;aurai dû mettre une jupe ce jour là&#8230;</p>
<p>Même si musicalement, ça ne survole pas tout le long au-dessus d&#8217;un nid de coucou, elle assure bien le show la jeune chanteuse, sachant même gérer seule avec sa guitare le <span style="color:#ff0000;">Thinking of you</span>. C&#8217;est sur un <span style="color:#ff0000;">I Kissed a girl </span>radicalement efficace qu&#8217;elle nous abandonne après une prestation pleine d&#8217;énergie et d&#8217;humour. C&#8217;est pas si pire du tout comme dirait l&#8217;autre !</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Setlist:</span><br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;">Fingerprint<br />
One of the boys<br />
Hot &#8216;n Cold<br />
Use Ur Love<br />
Ur So Gay<br />
Thinking of You<br />
Vegas<br />
Afford Me<br />
Don&#8217;t stop me now<br />
Kissed a Girl </span></p>
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<p>Je fais une petite pause avant d&#8217;assister à la fin du show de <strong><span style="color:#00ccff;">Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds</span></strong>, toujours aussi inspirés.</p>
<p>Je n&#8217;ai découvert le &#8220;duo&#8221; que récemment et c&#8217;est un vrai plaisir de les voir sur scène. Un sacré groupe qui propose un rock incisif et passionné. Le géant <strong>Nick </strong>déclame à moitié ses textes d&#8217;une intensité telle qu&#8217;on aurait bien du mal à lui donner un âge quand il est sur scène.</p>
<p>De grands classiques comme <span style="color:#ff0000;">The Ship Song</span>, <span style="color:#ff0000;">Moonland</span>, <span style="color:#ff0000;">The Weeping Song</span> qui ne prennent pas spécialement de rides. Alors qu&#8217;ils nous abandonnent sur un monstrueux <span style="color:#ff0000;">Stagger Lee</span> de presque 10 minutes (et un final de ouf), ils reviennent tout de même pour envoyer <span style="color:#ff0000;">We call upon the author</span> en final décousu explosif !</p>
<p>Bref, c&#8217;est vraiment de grosses prestations bien denses à chaque fois, une bonne valeur sure !</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Setlist:</span><br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;">Tupelo<br />
Dig! Lazarus! Dig!<br />
Red Right Hand<br />
Deanna<br />
Midnight Man<br />
The Ship Song<br />
Henry Lee<br />
Moonland<br />
The Mercy Seat<br />
The Weeping Song<br />
Papa Won&#8217;t Leave You Henry<br />
Stagger Lee<br />
We Call Upon The Author<br />
</span><br />
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<p>Je ne suis pas super inspiré pour la suite alors je traine quand même mes oreilles sur le set des <span style="color:#33cccc;"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc;">Kings of Leon</span></strong></span>.</p>
<p>Je suis pas un énorme fan de rock sudiste et je ne suis pas fan non plus de la voix de <strong>Caleb </strong>(enfin <strong>Anthony</strong>, de son prénom normal) mais il faut admettre qu&#8217;ils ont aligné quelques singles bien intéressants sur les ondes, surtout sur leur dernier opus. La famille Followil étendue arrive en terrain conquis déjà car les Gloup sont des fans extrèmes de ce genre de rock.</p>
<p>Si on ferme les yeux, la musique est là, les riffs arrachent bien, tout paraît nickel mais quand on regarde, on est extrèment surpris de voir que le groupe est complètement statique, amorphe (alors qu&#8217;on a l&#8217;impression qu&#8217;il hurle ses chansons). C&#8217;est bien dommage parce qu&#8217;il faudrait pas grand chose pour enflammer plus la plaine.</p>
<p>Bon, je suis toujours pas fan, certes, mais c&#8217;est tout à fait propre et les chansons sont là pour faire le boulot alors on va pas bouder, hein ?</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Setlist:</span><br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;">Be Somebody<br />
Taper Jean Girl<br />
My Party<br />
Molly&#8217;s Chambers<br />
Red Morning Light<br />
Fans<br />
California Waiting<br />
Closer<br />
Crawl<br />
Four Kicks<br />
Charmer<br />
Sex On Fire<br />
The Bucket<br />
The Notion<br />
On Call<br />
Slow Night So Lo,ng<br />
Knocked Up<br />
Manhattan<br />
Use Somebody<br />
Black Thumbnail </span></p>
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<p>Et voila un petit ovni que je n&#8217;attendais pas vraiment en fait. Pour ceux qui ont moins de 30 ans, le nom de <span style="color:#33cccc;"><strong>Grace Jones</strong> </span>évoque l&#8217;amazone black de Conan le Barbare (surtout pour les geeks !), à la limite la James Bond girl de Dangereusement Votre, mais pas particulièrement comme diva des planches. Et pourtant elle a bien une dizaine d&#8217;albums à son actif ! Ceci dit, cela faisait 20 ans qu&#8217;elle avait complètement disparu de la scène musicale alors que donne ce retour ?</p>
<p>Et bin c&#8217;est assez surprenant à voir ! Déjà ce qui frappe, c&#8217;est le physique de <strong>Grace</strong>. On a l&#8217;impression de revoir l&#8217;amazone en chair et en os. Elle a un coprs hallucinant, avec des jambes de 3 km de long, qu&#8217;elle sait tout à fait mettre en valeur, surtout quand elle danse autour de sa barre de pole dancing&#8230; Ce qui force le respect, tout de même, c&#8217;est qu&#8217;elle a plus de 60 ans et que ça ne se ressent pas une seule seconde pendant son show !!</p>
<p>Pour ce qui est de la musique, elle étale ses titres avec un grand sens du spectacle, glissant ici et là quelques classiques comme <span style="color:#ff0000;">La vie en rose</span>. Une chanson, un costume (souvent très extravagant), une ambiance. La scène est étagée sur plusieurs niveaux ce qui permet à la diva d&#8217;évoluer autant qu&#8217;elle veut dans l&#8217;espace, les musiciens restant toujours dans l&#8217;ombre à l&#8217;arrière. Elle dégage un charisme phénoménal et la voix est toujours aussi puissante. Le public est assez hypnotisé et d&#8217;ailleurs, on peut voir tous les membres des <span style="color:#00ccff;">Franz Ferdinand </span>et des <span style="color:#00ccff;">Yeah Yeah Yeahs</span> dans la fosse VIP, à fond dedans !</p>
<p>Le final sur<span style="color:#ff0000;"> Slave to the Rythm</span> et surtout le génial <span style="color:#ff0000;">Hurricane</span>, son dernier single produit par le <span style="color:#00ccff;">Tricky </span>kid de Bristol, ponctue une prestation très atypique. Musicalement, je n&#8217;adhère pas forcément à tout, mais le spectacle cabaret/diva est plutôt sympa à suivre, et ça permet de voir évoluer une vraie star racée sur les planches. Original en somme.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Setlist:</span><br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;">Nightclubbing<br />
This Is<br />
My Jamaican Guy<br />
Love You To Life<br />
I&#8217;ve Seen That Face Before<br />
La Vie En Rose<br />
Well Well Well<br />
Williams Blood<br />
Pull Up To The Bumper<br />
Love Is The Drug<br />
Slave To The Rhytm<br />
Hurricane</span></p>
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<p>Malheureusement, la diva avait décidé de venir une demie heure en retard, et cela a décalé le dernier set de la soirée sous la pyramide, celui de<strong><span style="color:#00ccff;"> Boys Noize</span></strong> ! Du coup, ce set démarre en même temps que celui des <span style="color:#33cccc;"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc;">2 Many DJs</span></strong></span> de la Main Stage. Le drame quoi&#8230;</p>
<p>Bon, je décide de me mettre entre les 2 scènes et capter ce que je peux pour démarrer et me décider du set que je vais suivre. Démarrage difficile à départager : le monologue final a capella de <span style="color:#ff0000;">Thriller </span>par <span style="color:#33cccc;"><strong>Boys Noize</strong> </span>contre <span style="color:#ff0000;">Hey Boy, Hey Girl</span> pour les <span style="color:#33cccc;"><strong><span style="color:#33cccc;">2 Many DJs</span></strong></span>. Il est important de noter que je ne peux qu&#8217;écouter la Main Stage à ce moment là, je ne vois rien, donc je finis par me décider de passer un peu de temps avec Boys Noize. (ca ne m&#8217;empechera pas de suivre que <span style="color:#ff0000;">NY Excuse</span> puis <span style="color:#ff0000;">Flat Beat</span> résonnent sur la Main Stage, damn it !!).</p>
<p>Sous la pyramide, <strong>Alexander </strong>s&#8217;anime autant qu&#8217;il peut sous sa casquette pour distiller des bons beats assez puissants. Un vrai remixez deluxe en action avec du <span style="color:#00ffff;">Depeche Mode</span>, du <span style="color:#00ffff;">Bloc Party</span>, etc&#8230; Ca reste très populaire tout en apportant une bonne patte bien lourde à l&#8217;allemande ! Bref, on se laisse vite embarquer dans une transe dansante en levant les bras et faisant quelques &#8220;wouhouuuuu!!&#8221; en passant.</p>
<p>Un set bien appréciable qui aurait mérité plus d&#8217;attention et de temps de ma part mais je ne résiste plus à l&#8217;appel des frères <strong>Dewaele </strong>au moment où j&#8217;entends <span style="color:#ff0000;">Standing in the way of control</span> de <span style="color:#00ffff;">Gossip</span>.</p>
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<p>Combien de fois j&#8217;ai vu les frères <strong>Dewaele </strong>sur scène ? Honnêtement, aucune idée mais ça doit dépasser les 20 fois je pense, entre les <span style="color:#00ccff;">Soulwax</span>, <span style="color:#00ccff;">Nite Versions</span> et <strong><span style="color:#00ccff;">2 Many DJs</span></strong>&#8230;<br />
Ils ont toujours eu une longueur d&#8217;avance sur le reste du monde et bien vous me croirez si vous voulez, mais ils ont encore franchi un échelon sur ce set&#8230;</p>
<p>Les 2 dernières fois que je les ai vus, le set était relativement électro, plus DJing classique ce qui n&#8217;est pas ce qu&#8217;on attend d&#8217;eux. Message reçu : rien que depuis tout à l&#8217;heure, j&#8217;ai bien compris que si on leur avait donné le dernier créneau du samedi soir, c&#8217;est pour qu&#8217;ils brulent la plaine ! Alors ils enchainent les hits dans des crossovers bien sentis. Mais ce que je n&#8217;avais pas vu depuis tout à l&#8217;heure, c&#8217;est la scène en fait. Bin oui, me direz-vous, c&#8217;est quoi le problème ? Même si ce sont des gros bidouilleurs et qu&#8217;il y a toujours une caméra sur les platines, depuis quand on s&#8217;intéresse à la scène pour eux ?</p>
<p>Et bin depuis qu&#8217;ils ont décidé de faire du crossover visuel !! Oui mesdames et messieurs. On l&#8217;avait pas vu venir celui là&#8230;  En gros, vous prenez un show exceptionnel des <span style="color:#33cccc;"><strong>2 Many DJ&#8217;s</strong> </span>avec des crossover de ouf et vous ajouter à cela l&#8217;avant-garde visuelle de <span style="color:#33cccc;">Coldcut </span>avec le mix video&#8230; Concrètement à quoi ça ressemble : pendant le mix, les gars affichent et animent les pochettes des singles sur un écran géant à l&#8217;arrière de la scène. C&#8217;est super fun à voir !! Et matez un peu la setlist qu&#8217;ils ont décidé de nous placarder, c&#8217;était juste du bonheur absolu !</p>
<p>Et pour bien nous calmer, le set qui semblait s&#8217;être arrêté sur <span style="color:#33cccc;">Fisherspooner</span>, tout s&#8217;excite d&#8217;un coup avec une nuée de confettis/PQ partout sur la fosse (mais genre un truc de malade, on avait l&#8217;impression de vivre une tempête polaire) et <span style="color:#ff0000;">Breed </span>de <span style="color:#33cccc;">Nirvana </span>à fond les ballons enchainé avec du <span style="color:#33cccc;">Sonic Youth</span> !!! La video peut peut être vous donner un aperçu du truc : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV1qAeAldeI">final</a> (c&#8217;est dommage qu&#8217;on ne voit pas la pochette de Goo se dessiner petit à petit parce que c&#8217;était très fun ça).</p>
<p>Bref, c&#8217;était un spectacle incroyable, un mix de fou furieux, une tuerie pour la plaine qui n&#8217;attendait que ça&#8230; Quel feu d&#8217;artifice pour le samedi soir !! Avait-on encore besoin de cette preuve supplémentaire pour se dire que les frères <strong>Dewaele </strong>sont définitivement des dieux vivants ?</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Setlist:</span><br />
Hey Boy, Hey Girl (Chemical Brothers)<br />
NY Excuse (Soulwax)<br />
Flat Beat (Mr. Oizo)<br />
Dominator (Human Resource)<br />
Standing In The Way Of Control (Gossip)<br />
Bonkers (Dizzie Rascal &#38; Armand Van Helden)<br />
Day &#8216;n&#8217; Nite (Kid Cudi vs Crookers)<br />
Kernkraft 400 (Zombie Nation)<br />
Kids (MGMT)<br />
Sweat Dreams (Eurythmics)<br />
Robot Rock (Daft Punk)<br />
Zero (Yeah Yeah Yeah&#8217;s)<br />
French Kiss (Lil Louis)<br />
Welcome To The Jungle (Guns N&#8217; Roses)<br />
Positif (Mr. Oizo)<br />
Another One Bites The Dust (Queen)<br />
Rock The Casbah (The Clash)<br />
Putain Putain (TC Matic)<br />
Gravity&#8217;s Rainbow (Klaxons)<br />
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (AC/DC)<br />
A Fifth Of Beethoven (Walter Murphy)<br />
Don&#8217;t Stop &#8216;Till You Get Enough (Michael Jackson)<br />
Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)<br />
Kaw-Liga (The Residents)<br />
Just Can&#8217;t Get Enough (Depeche Mode)<br />
Windowlicker (Aphex Twin)<br />
Pon di Floor (Major Lazer)<br />
Roots (Sepultura)<br />
La Rock (Vitalic)<br />
Mind Dimension (Tiga)<br />
Tour De France (Kraftwerk)<br />
Rebel Rebel (David Bowie)<br />
Phantom pt 2 (Justice)<br />
Blue Monday (New Order)<br />
Chase The Devil (Max Romeo)<br />
Out Of Space (Prodigy)<br />
Emerge (Fisherspooner)<br />
Breed (Nirvana)<br />
Kool Thing (Sonic Youth)</p>
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<p>Je suis complètement rincé, exténué. J&#8217;ai jamais fait un Werchter aussi barbare et il me reste encore une journée compète à faire&#8230; Mes jambes me ramènent toutes seules à ma tente où je m&#8217;effondre complètement. Je n&#8217;entends même pas les Gloup alors que traditionnellement, c&#8217;est leur nuit de folie au camping. Ma dernière pensée sera : &#8230;</p>
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<link>http://whuu.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/warhololaroids/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>whu</dc:creator>
<guid>http://whuu.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/warhololaroids/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[via::ch &nbsp; Andy Warhol understood the power of immediacy, and the Polaroid Big Shot camera he pu]]></description>
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<link>http://ionlyfeelmusic.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/casualidades-de-la-vida/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lucía Helguera</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ionlyfeelmusic.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/casualidades-de-la-vida/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Este año, Darwin está muy de moda.  La requete-ochentera Grace Jones, cantante y actriz que os sonar]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Este año, Darwin está muy de moda.  La requete-ochentera <strong>Grace Jones</strong>, cantante y actriz que os sonará de la película de James Bond &#8220;A View To A Kill&#8221; (Panorama para matar), se suma ha esta oleada evolucionista.</p>
<div id="attachment_24" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 430px"><img class="size-full wp-image-24 " title="Grace-Janelle" src="http://ionlyfeelmusic.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/grace-janelle.jpg" alt="Grace-Janelle" width="420" height="263" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Grace Jones y Janelle Monáe</p></div>
<p> Hace pocos días escuché en la radio una canción de esta muchacha, <strong>Janelle Monae</strong>. Acto seguido le pregunté a Mr. Google si la conocía. Me contó que es una estadounidense, natural de Kansas, cuyo plan original era labrarse un futuro en Broadway. Sin embargo, ese plan maestro cambió cuando conoció a uno de los componentes de <strong>Outkast</strong>, Big Boi. Éste la animó a adentrarse en el mundo de la música, y parece que también la asesoró bastante. Quizás demasiado.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Janelle Monáe &#8211; Many Moons</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/LHgbzNHVg0c&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/LHgbzNHVg0c&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Outkast &#8211; Hey Ya!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/XvIw5ZqC1ms&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/XvIw5ZqC1ms&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Aunque el parecido entre los dos videos pueda ser aplastante: por la intro, el público enloquecido, los bailes y los dobles,  no quiero menospreciar el trabajo de esta joven, que ya ha ganado un Grammy y sin embargo, aún no sabemos nada de ella en España. ¡Qué raro!</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Felipe Morozini</dc:creator>
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