Bric à Brac

Can I wear that ?

2009-10-12T13:45:00.000-07:00

Each year it is the same, each year we say, i won't wear this Trend, NEVER !!!

I guess 90% of us said that about skinny jeans. Even those of us with a body like Kate Moss felt too fat to wear them. A few years later I don't know one girl who doesn't own a pair.

This year I told myself, I will not wear tight boots. Just by hearing the words, TIGHT BOOTS, I would imagine myself as a prostitute on the streets of Paris.But well..I convinced myself, Brigitte Bardot wore them so why not?! it's all glamour after all... ;)

Harley Davidson - Brigitte Bardot from NOSUCHVIDEOS on Vimeo.

Don't be bored

2009-09-17T12:33:00.000-07:00

What to do in Paris when you come back from a long trip in a foreign country ?

Favourite work ever :

Sophie Calle travelled years before to come back in Paris. Once she was back , with no friends, no job, no projekt, she decided to follow people on the street she doesn't know and to photography them.

Filatures à Paris

2009-09-16T13:30:00.000-07:00

New books, new artists, new TV show, new looks..the start of the school year is full of new shit. But I fall in love with one band : Get Back Guinozzi

http://www.myspace.com/getbackguinozzi

A body like Edie !

2009-09-05T12:25:00.000-07:00

1, 2, 3, black, frilly and striped i will never get enough.

With a jean or a skirt or just with a tight like Edie did in the 60's ? Dare to wear it like her ! I will

Guns don't kill people but lazers do

2009-08-05T09:06:00.000-07:00

Every times i hear this song i wish myself I could move my body in a dirty way like a raggadancehall girl...

Five Years afer working with M.I.A for the Piracy Funds Terrorism mix is Diplo back with a new album called Guns don't kill people but lazers do ( Major Lazer ) and even if you don't like dancehall you won't avoid this sound because it's played everywhere...

enjoy

le Melt c'est chouette

2009-07-21T03:18:00.000-07:00

It could have been an horror trip.

In french people would have say it's raining like a pissing cow ! ( il pleut comme une vache qui pisse ).

Melt closed his door on Friday or well on Saturday at 3am because of the Storm. Everybody had to go back to the tent, wet til the underwear ( because of the rain !!! ).
For my part I had the chance that the tent was still uprighted and slep well even if i almost slep on the wet grass because didn't have this strange Yoga carpet that you put on the floor of the tent.
Yes it could have been an horror trip to Melt. I don't even bother to mention how i felt with my wet curly hair when i woke up.

But thanx God, i had my hair straightener with me ( it may sounds superficial but Melt is also a Fashion festival, you have to look good , just read on the blogs, weeks before, the outfit selection for the Melt : Bikers boots or wellington boots ? :D )

.... and thanx god it stopped raining on Saturday !

We don't need to mention the perfomances of Bloc Party, Phoenix, The whitest Boy Alive and Paul Kalkbrenner, you know them all but shame on you if you don't know Bodi Bill, amazing babys and Le cops mince de Francoise.

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Luigi & Luca - Homoerotic

2009-07-15T02:26:00.000-07:00

Luigi & Luca, Berlin based artistic duo -

more on http://www.luigiyluca.com/Sito/homepage.html

+ Interview on http://dazeddigital.com/Fashion/article/3696/1/Luigi_and_Luca_Tied_and_Bound

KAssette Recors @ BAR25 -11-07-09

2009-07-10T03:40:00.001-07:00

It's all about hommage

2009-07-09T03:06:00.000-07:00

FASHION WEEK PARIS- HAUTE COUTURE HERBST WINTER 2009/ 2010

An hommage to the cinema ( Jean Paul Gaulthier ), Coco Chanel ( Chanel ), the Dior girl, and the last White Chanel's Collection ( Eli Saab ) and a goodbye to Christian Lacroix, thanx the financial crisis.

JEAN PAUL GAUTHIER- Do you recognize the heroines of these films ?

DIOR

ELI SAAB

CHANEL

CHRISTIAN LACROIX

All eyes on Berlin

2009-07-09T02:47:00.000-07:00

Fashion Week in Berlin and one question. The same one, again and again...Is Berlin a fashion City like Paris, Milan, NY or London ?
It is enough creativity in his City. So "chuuutt" and just have a look

favorite designers:
PATRICK MOHR

STARSTYLING

MONGRELS IN COMMON

http://www.morgenpost.de/videos/article1125070/Mongrels_in_Common_Avantgarde_und_Klassik.html

KAVIAR GAUCHE

source : nellomag

More fashion please !

2009-06-22T13:30:00.000-07:00

It looks like we're going on a trip, maybe to India ?
Did Donatella ( Versace ) and Neil Barrett inspired themselves for some pieces of their collection from an Indian Costum called "Kurta Churidar", a long shirt that they wear on a pants ? Or is it an hommage to the Yves Saint Laurent Safari style ?
It's anyway a lot of beige and kaki.
John Richmond: A collection for the strong guys ? Kaki and military prints. But also a lot of red and pink.
80's are fashion ? Sequins ! But the 90's too. So much white !
So we already know what the trends for the next summer are...
+ Don't forget to pull your pants up to your ankle and don't throw away your jean with an hole on it.

Yves Saint Laurent and the girls ( watch out the vest )

Indian kids wearing the Kurta Churidar

Versace

Neil Barrett

KAKI

Gianfranco Ferré

Bottega Veneta

John Richmond

WHITE

Gucci

SEQUINS

Gianfranco Ferré

John Richmond

And...

Bottega Veneta

John Richmond

Bottega Veneta

Source : http://madame.lefigaro.fr

Milan men's Fashion week- Spring Summer 2010

2009-06-21T05:03:00.000-07:00

Jesus Luz with greasing hair, beefy in a boxer short, looking like he would go out of Madonna's hotel room; elegant wearing a sequin vest and a bow tie, ready to take mama out for dinner( Dolce & Gabbana )

Men wearing other men ( Jil Sandler )

An hommage to the bad boys with a Marlon Brando T-shirt( Dolce & Gabbana )

A lot of ready-made suit with a preference for Zegna's collection ( Ermenegildo Zegna, Armani) and some trench coat ( Missoni, Burberry )....

Some Pics of the first Fashion week day :

D&G

Jil Sander

Ermenegildo Zegna

Armani

Burberry

Missoni

Source: www.corriere.it

Give me the food !

2009-06-14T08:17:00.000-07:00

Apple & Chicken: http://www.myspace.com/applechicken

René and Radka Photography

2009-06-13T05:39:00.000-07:00

http://reneradka.com/

Rene Hallen ( Germany) and Radka Leitmeritz ( Czech Republik ) are working together in Paris since 2000.
Their work is mostly inspired by film director like Cronenberg, Lynch... and appeared in magazine like Vogue, Citizen K, Style, ect...and big campaigns like for Adidas with David Beckham.
They are represented by galleries in Paris, Berlin and Prague and exhibited all over the world.

Fashion

"Come and play with us "

"Under Water"

pictures from http://www.schierke.com/ and http://www.galeriephilippechaume.com

West coast/vs/ East Coast

2009-02-15T14:13:00.000-08:00

The berlinale 2009 is just over and P.Diddy presented his film, Notorious, about the life of Christopher Wallace, better known as Notorious B.I.G.
I am not a film critic but i was enthusiasmed about the film. There are some clichés, of course, but I liked it. Maybe because I recognized myself in Notorious when I saw that everybody was laughing about the big child with the big glasses that I also was ;)
Just kidding. The film described the life of Notorious from his early age to his death in 1997 mentionning his difficulf chilhood, his beginning carreer, the way he transformed the nice Kimberly Denise Jones into Lil'Kim ( clichés, but i loved it ), his relationship with Faith Evans with all their troubles, the death of 2Pac and his own death... Well, his whole life but unfortunately not enough about the West Coast, East Coast rivalry. Because before Notorious first album, "Ready to die " seen as a new wave in the Hip Hop Scene, most of the Hip Hop Music and the most successful of it was produced by the artists of the West Coast... And that was a reason of the clash.

Anyway, this film is a good reason to go back in time and listen to what Notorious leave us from the 90's.

Notorious first single :

Lil'kim, produced by Notorious. This is a song she made later, but i post it because it's very trashy and i want to share with you a song that I like to listen to again and again.

"Hit Em Up", 2 Pac
This song refers to the West Coast/ East Coast rivalry and is a provocation as 2Pac claimed in it, that he has sex with Notorious BIG's wife, Faith Evans.

"I'll be missing you", Puff Daddy feat Faith Evans.
A song dedicated to Notorious' memory

A brooklyn Band as selection of the week.

2009-02-08T05:06:00.000-08:00

Telepathe : http://www.myspace.com/telepathe

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We have Interview

2009-02-02T02:39:00.001-08:00

I have always wanted to be a journalist when i was a little girl. And today i can say i am a kind of journalist...An amator of course and probably the only one getting her interview via myspace, but well why not. First they are a lot of bad journalist asking bad questions, and second everybody is doing everything on the internet ourdays, from finding a boyfriend to shop for new clothes.
I asked a band called, " We have band" to answer some questions and they nicely accepted. They already having a big success in tour in Europa ( check on their myspace they do have some other dates in France, Germany, Neederlands and Uk the next month ) and will soon be in tour in the USA.

http://www.myspace.com/wehaveband

I've read that you're a band coming from London and that you define it as a Disco Rock Trio. So, if Disco are you more Donna Summer or Gloria Gaynor ?

Well we have to say first of all that actually we didn't call ourselves a disco rock trio! We don't mind the description but it was a journalist that said it and now everybody repeats it and says we said it! Its strange to watch how this happens. I think if we had to be disco though we'd go for ESG or something from Micheal Jackon's Off The Wall Album.

If rock, are you more Ramones or Rolling Stones?

Lets say we had an affair with both and we don't know who the father is.

All of you worked for EMI before, quit the job and decided to have a band. What gave you the will to start making music?

It was a very strange thing for us, we just fell into making music. We actually started before we left our jobs but then the chance to leave came up and we took it and that gave us the time to really work on our music. Thomas and Dede are married and we are all very very close friends so things happened so naturally. We would meet up at Tom and Dede's, have dinner and then make a song. There were no plans to play live but then after a few months we decided we would try and about 3 minutes after we came off stage from our first gig a girl came up and offered us 2 other shows, one of which became of our first ever festival show. Things continued like this and its really the same now, we take it step by step.

About your song, Why did you choose to cover West End Girl from the Pet Shop Boys ? Any particular relation to this song?

We were asked by an organisation called Buffetlibre (www. buffetlibredjs. net) to do a cover and we had time so we thought why not. We were planning to do Automatic by The Pointer Sisters but then Tom heard West End Girls playing somewhere and said we should do that. We all love the song. Its really a timeless classic. We also wanted to do a song we could play live too, its really fun to play.

We Have Band was looking for a label , Did you find one now?

The label thing is funny. These days you can do so much of the work yourself, especially in the early days, so its hrad to know when and even if you need a label. We feel quite relaxed about finding a one. We do want to release our album this year and we want to find it a good home but we really want it to be the right home. We want our label to love what we do as much as we do. There's no point other wise.

The all press is comparing you to the best of New Young Pony Club and Hot Chip. Most of the artist ourdays tell that they do not listen to actual music and don't like to be compared to other bands. What are you thinking about these comparaison and what are your influence?

We listen to lots of music all the time. Comparisons are natural and we dont really mind but its a shame when people project ideas onto you and think that you want to sound like something or someone. But you know its the same as the "disco rock trio" thing, people just repeat what they read or heard somewhere else. I really dont think that we sound so much like anyone we're compared to that would mean by coincidence everyone was saying the same thing. The New Young Pony Club comparison is a bit strange because none of us really know much of them. Hot Chip we are all fans of. And with them, they're really mixing a lot of styles which makes them hard to classify and you get the feeling that makes them feel very free. We cant really classify ourselves either and we like it so we feel something in common there.

Could you give us a song that you like more as your own song?

Probably not actually. That has to be a good thing!

A band that we should hear in 2009?

Plugs. They're great and we'll be touring with them later this year. There album should come soon too.

The worst come back these last years?

We've not been paying attention.

Where did you have your best concert?

We had a great show early on in London in a place called The Lock Tavern (thiis was one of the ones the girl offered us at our first show). Its tiny and they're not using many mics because there's no need with the size of the room. The atmosphere was amazing. Transmusicales in Rennes was great. We loved Berlin at a place called Scala and also we recently went to Bucharest in Romania, that was a lovely night.

The craziest thing that happened to you as band?

Forming the band.

Where would you take us to party?

Our house.

Wanna make a small playlist for Bric à Brac?

Yes.

Plugs - Imaginary Freind
Micachu - Golden Phone
Animal Collective - My Girls
Bjork - Enjoy
The Rapture - Open Up You Heart
Talking Heads - Listening Wind
Of Montreal - An Eluardian Instance

You Can't fake this, Fashion go crazy...

2009-02-01T14:15:00.000-08:00

Fashion, fashion, everybody is talking about fashion the last days.

Since 2 years now, it's twice a year a fashionweek in Berlin, like in New York, Paris and Milan presenting the work of german designer like Kilian Kerner, Berhard Willhelm, Leyla Piedayesh ( Lala Berlin), Michalsky... but also international fashionbrands.
And like everywhere where a fashionweek is, the whole city is taking in the fashion world because of all the exhibition, temporary showrooms, and aftershow parties... and finally the "come together " fashionweek closing party in HBC - presenting concerts, exhibitions and DJset in one building. And it was a fashion explosion!

From the singer of "Paris suit yourself" who looked like Tricky doing a perfect crazy punk rock show - to the two guys who looked like just coming out from a Grandmasterflash music video back in the 80's.

2009-01-30T03:46:00.000-08:00

Dear reader, i was not already too lazy to write my blog but i was in Paris for a few days doing some exams for the uni. Now that i'm back without problem ( i didn't missed my fly this time and didn't try to come back in Berlin with hitchiking... ) i will regulary post some new stuff.

So i already talked enough about myself, let's talk about music.

I was surfing on pitchfork.tv a video music channel dedicated to documenting independant music and was very enthusiastic about a band called the Clips.

They are coming from Canada and just released their first Album called Matterhorn.

www.myspace.com/theclipscanada

I stop smoking every 5 minutes

2009-01-20T12:39:00.000-08:00

Well, that 's Gainsbourg words, I just come back from the Gainsbourg exhibition at the Cité de la Musique in Paris and i can just recommend you to go there if you are or if you plan to go to Paris before the 15th of March.

For the other i will write a short feedback of who Gainsbourg was.

Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg in 1928 in Paris wanted to be painter but he was out for the art market und burned most of his paintings in 1953 and started to sing and play piano in the clubs.

Gainsbourg music life can be divided in 4 parts.

The first one from 1958 until 1969, the Blue Period. He is singing about women, the disapointment of love and the fact that men and women cannot talk to another.

But he will be best known in 1958 with the song " Le poinçoneur des Lilas " wich refers to the man who checks the ticket at the underground station : Porte des Lilas, in Paris. He is singing about the repetitive and boring work, of the frustration of the workman.

To have an idea, i translate some parts, it's like : At the end of the station I see a boat who is coming to take me out of here but the boat leaves and i stay here making small holes...

Small holes, always small holes it's to get crazy, it's to take a gun...

The Idol from 1965 to 1969 is the second period. He wrote songs for others, like Poupée de Cire, Poupée de son for France Gall or or Brigitte Bardot with who he had an affair, " Harley Davidson", "Bonnie and Clyde", "Contact" ( for the fashionistas, you should watch the videoclip, Brigitte Bardot is all in Paco Rabanne ), and "Comic Strip" ( my favourite one ), songs refering to the pop art and the invasion of the American Culture in France.

B.Bardot & S.Gainsbourg - Comic Strip
Hochgeladen von placebo60

In 1969, he meets, Jane Birkin, the London girl who played in the famous film, Blow Up, that's the beginning of the "Décadanse" Period she sings like Brigitte Bardot did before, the song "Je t'aime moi non plus" and became his Muse. He will during this period write for her 6 albums, soundtracks for erotic films, make some uderground film and an controversial album, Rock around the bunker refering to the Nazi Germany and the World War 2.

In his last period, Ecco Homo, beginning 1979 he will introduce reggae beats in his song and record an Electro Funk album called " Love on the boat".

The famous french hymne, " La Marseillaise" by Gainsbourg with Reggae beats: "Aux armes et caetera" :

2009-01-19T11:47:00.000-08:00

Emmeline is 16 years old and should not have the right to enter in a club.
But in London it's different, Emmeline is a club Kid better known as Charli XCX.
Like a fairy tale, she wanted to sell some songs to her classmates and finished to be signed on a label.
She get an underground reputation by singing, in colourful skirt the songs she own wrote in the London underground parties while her friends were since a long time already asleep.
www.myspace.com/charlixcx

The Folk Rock scene does has teenie stars too. The sisters from the band First Aid Kit, Joahanna and Kara respectly 17 and 14 years old, from Sweden.
They were discovered by the band the Knife ( to remember : www.myspace.com/theknife )who signed them on their own label Rapid Records.
www.myspace.com/thisisfirstaidkit

I guess we will hear from them soon...

I would go to hell for a Chanel bag

2009-01-19T07:26:00.000-08:00

 ... are singing "We are enfants terrible" wich means We are wild child. 

They know them from their childhood and still have fun together by composing some cool song like "I can't help myself". 

They were beside breakbot at the Tilt Party, Saturday 17th of January at the Villa, Berlin, where they did an energetic show. P.Clo even took back the Macarena dance, and who would have say that ? ! That's hot. 

We are enfant terrible live

www.myspace.com/weareenfantterrible

And from the Vintage cardigan to the expensive Fur, that's how the party style looked like: 

Foals dj set at the vice party in bang bang club

2009-01-17T12:48:00.000-08:00

The indie scene was at the RV for the foals dj set at the vice party in Bang bang club. They surprised the crowd with a mix of hip hop, electro and to the latest indie hits.

Some pics of the party ....

Friendly fires

2009-01-15T02:06:00.000-08:00

On tour now and the 7th of march in Berlin, Bang Bang Club

Myspace :http://www.myspace.com/friendlyfires

Saturday 17th january 2009 : come back/vs/ new talent

2009-01-14T13:17:00.000-08:00

On saturday, The Stranglers are playing in Berlin. They did some nice songs like "Goldren Brown", back in the 70's.

For your culture :

But i prefer the Villa on saturday because there, will not be another come back again but a new french dj: Breakbot.

Yeah yeah i know the french touch again... Don't be tired of it for once we make good stuff ;)

Myspace : http://www.myspace.com/dothefunkybot

Sanity calms but madness is more interesting

2009-01-13T14:40:00.000-08:00

Saint Dymphnia the fourth album of the band Gang Gang Dance refers to the patron saint of the people affected to mental illness and describe the atmosphere of the album.

Experimental rock with afrobeats and tribal influence. Great !!

They took out some albums the past years but it seems that 2009 will be their year.

Let's be crazy : http://www.myspace.com/ganggangdance

Live in Berlin: 17th february in Volksbuhne

French touch again

2009-01-13T02:47:00.000-08:00

Poni Hoax

"antibodies"

Poni Hoax on myspace: http://www.myspace.com/ponihoax

The french touch

2009-01-13T02:29:00.000-08:00

It seems that Justice bring the french touch back, and there are new babies on he french electonic scene. Minitel Rose is an hommage to the 80's and the beginning of the cybersex.
They had a great show in Berlin in october. I hope they will come back soon to make you move your ass.
If you are in France or in Spanien you can see them live this month:
http://www.myspace.com/minitelrose

And for the other you can move in front of your computer :

What's up Baltimore ?

2009-01-12T05:05:00.000-08:00

It seems that Baltimore do send us some new girl ghetto stars. Like Rye Rye says from herself in the song "shake it to the groove " , ' i'm not a gansta girl, but a ghetto superstar. The 19 years old girl coming from Baltimore already toured with M.I.A in 2007 and 2008 and is the first arstist signed of M.I.A own record label N.E.E.T.

Rye Rye on Myspace : http://www.myspace.com/tharealryerye

Baltimore send us two other bad girls, from the band Yo Majesty with the the album " Futuristically Speaking...Never be afraid ".
A mix of hip hop and electonic beats.
Yo Majesty is the only rap band signed on the rock label Domino who also signed Franz Ferdinand , The Kills...
The album is a mix of hip hop, electronic beats and some dirty words. Don't be afraid, listen to it and if you want to see them perform live, they are in berlin the 3. march in Scala.

www.myspace.com/yomajesty4life

Underground film and rock music

2009-01-12T02:56:00.000-08:00

Kenneth Anger undergroung avantgarde film maker was inspired by Aleister Crowley, founder of the modern satanism theorie that make his films reflect occult themes.

In the 60's, by frequenting the new american generation he did some sexual and psychedelic experiment that he introduce in his film. Between 1966 and 1969 he made the film " Invocation of my demon brother" mixing images from a concert of the rolling stones and of a Lucifer ritual, wanted to show the end of the sommer of love.

Invocation of my demon brother , Part 1

Invocation of my demon brother, Part 2

Jimmy Page singer of the group Zed Leppelin also compose the soundtrack of the film "Lucifer Rising" and started afterwards, influenced by Kenneth Anger's work to compose songs related to the black magic.

Favourite bric à brac music from 2008

2009-01-12T01:24:00.000-08:00

To continue the all media ritual of january i list down my own the best and the worse music of 2008.

The top of the top :

The best album 2008:

Chairlift- Does you inspire you?

Santogold-Santogold

Poni Hoax- Images of Sigrid

The Rascal- Rascalize

The Kills- Midnight Boom

The Last Shadow Puppet- The age of the Understatement

CSS- Donkey

Metronomy- Nights out

TV on the radio- Dear Science

Foals- Antidote

Fleet Foxes-Fleet foxes

Vampire Weekend- Vampire Weekend

Late of Pier- Fantasy Black Channel

Get well soon- Rest Now, Weary Head! You will get well soon

Hot Chip- Made in The Dark

The Streets- Everything is borrowed

Neon Neon- Stainless Style

Ra Ra Riot- The Rhumb Line

Chairlift- Does you inspire you?

Those dancing days- In our space heroes suit

Laura Marling- Alias i cannot swing

Because it remember me the time i was playing with a game boy:

Crystal Castles- Crystal Castles

Because even if we heard them too much we all liked them at the beginning:

MGMT-Oracular Spectacular

Dizzee Rascal for his collaboration with Calvin Harris on the song "Dance Wiv me" and in the group the BPA

Dizzee Rascal and Calvin Harris- Dance with me

The top of the worst:

There is no need to give a reason, the title of the album speak for itself:

The ting tings-we created nothing.

And because it is not because madonna is always coming back well that everybody can do the same.

Sebastien Tellier: Sexuality