J’ai eu un mal fou à m’endormir hier soir. C’était pas l’angoisse, c’est juste que ce concert m’avait donné une énergie telle que j’en étais totalement surexcité, de la musique plein la tête. Un bonheur immense.
Les musiciens, les vrais, sont des Dieux. Je me suis incliné devant ce batteur, sorte de machine folle qui pousse sans cesse, dans tous les sens, sans jamais se perdre, entraînant avec lui un contrebassiste et un pianiste qui ne s’en laissent pas compter. Ce trio joue dans un état (…)
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So have YOU been productive?
26 November 2003, by arthurLast month, as I was towards the end of a relatively stressful period of time, I decided to leave town and go to the countryside for a while. Doesn’t this make sense? It’s even rather banal. Well... In the beloved society we live in, facts seem to indicate the contrary.
This affirmation comes from observations of people around me as I told them about my intentions, that I wanted to go to the countryside on my own for a period of a month. At first I was hesitating between this and traveling (…) -
Hate crimes in the US
23 November 2003, by Christopher Montel"When the President of the United States can bomb a country because he perceives it to be a threat, then what moral authority does that government have to tell the bully on the street that he cannot beat on somebody because he perceives a threat?" Bhairavi Desai, Director of the NY Taxi Workers alliance
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Reaction to consumerism
23 November 2003, by arthurThere I am, unfortunately, shopping in a large super/hypermarket, over here is France. A father is shopping for food with his 3 year old son. I go past them as I choose my cereal. Father - "So which cereal do you want ?"Son - "Hmmmm.... That one." Pointing to a branded chocolate cereal.Father - "Which one is it ?"Son - "The one with the troll on it." As I look down to the cereal packet he is going for, you can barely see what product you are buying, more than half of the packet is covered (…)
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Jim Jarmush
23 November 2003, by arthurAn incomplete work on Jim Jarmush’s amazing art and work.
With the future release of Coffee & Cigarettes (2003) directed by Jim Jarmusch, we had the pleasure of re-discovering the world of this amazing movie director, and plunged ourselves into watching as much of his work as we could. And it’s never a dissapointment. Being complete addicts of IMDB (which we recommend greatly as a source of information) we managed to get our hands on the complete list of his filmography. And here it (…) -
2 Sounds from Britain in one evening- Radiohead and ADF Live
20 November 2003, by arthur, Christopher Montel, Paul KirknessBoth are from Britain, and at first glance that’s as close Radiohead and Asian Dub Foundation seem to get. But having already met a few years ago, Radiohead chose the Foundation as its supporting group to play in Paris on November 17th.
We came in a few minutes late, but as the Sounds crew hedged its way through the centre of the pit, Asian Dub Foundation had already started. Still, the group managed to bring in the crowd fairly quickly to their sound, and their calls for alternative (…) -
Iraqi resistance fueled by economic plundering, repressive rule
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Interview with Schlaf
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Commentaires sur Pascal Lamy
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