Al Jahom's Final Word (Free subscription) | yesterday
I don’t know why. I don’t like Martha Wainwright’s songs or music. This is an understatement. I don’t like Edith Piaf’s voice. This is an understatement. But this is my favourite album of the moment: It just works. The title comes from track 6 on the download (CD, whatever), Les Grognards. In this context, it seems grognard means ‘old [...]
Mae West (Free subscription) | yesterday
A benefit in Lagoa last weekend, that raised funds for a local Donkey Sanctuary, staged a splashy tribute to three iconic artists — — MAE WEST , Edith Piaf, and Amy Winehouse — — and we will let The Portugal News tell the tale. • • According to The Portugal News staff: Last year she swore she would never do another, this year she said the same, but thank goodness...
frogsmoke.com (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Found on the blog with the longest name: Un undated (probably fifties) photo of Edith Piaf who first discovered Yves Montand, then became his mentor and finally his lover.
coal in the blood (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
I only seem to remember this blog when i have brandy in front of me, Oh no...Heather inspired me to write something tonight. Anything. I am quite possibly the least prolific blogger there has ever been or close thereof. A few nights ago I got asked to contribute to We Sink Ships new project. I will write a piece every month for five months starting in december 09 to coincide with photography and music....
Brew Wales (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Tonight the BBC Culture Show is featuring the British Pub. Some of the footage was filmed in the Vulcan Cardiff. From BBC Pravda: This edition of the Culture Show is presented by Lauren Laverne, and looks at the past, present and future of the British pub. With an estimated 50 pubs a week now closing across the UK, 2009 could be the worst ever year in the history of British pubs. What's behind the...
Little Lou's Knits & Nags (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Outside the wind is howling and the rain continues to lash down. Inside we are fortunate to be snug and warm. It's getting dark so early now, infact our lights have been on practically all day due to it being overcast. It means I don't stray very far from the homestead. Tonight it meant pj's on early for a dvd night with the Mister. Tonight's movie was 'Public Enemies' with Johnny Depp and Christian...
A Consuming Experience (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Very interesting - Audionamix ADX Technology isolated the vocal track from Dame Vera Lynn's iconic 1930's mono recording of " We'll Meet Again " for record label Universal Music , and worked with Universal's sound engineers to: "clean up and re-master the voice track into a high definition stereo component. This was seamlessly integrated with the new orchestration and the contemporary...
It's Eclectic! It's Eccentric! It's RadioNowhere's... (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Listen Shopping-Eek A Mouse Buying a Book - Joe Tex How Much is that Doggie in the Window - Annie Jackson, Barbara Jones, Matz Ztefrens, Joe Livoti and Rolf Harris Lost in the Supermarket - The Clash Billy Broke my Heart at Walgreens (I cried all the Way to Sears) - Ruby Wright Ayres the Bakers - Boycott Coca Cola Experience Warrior in Woolworths - X-Ray Spex Duo - Carlos D'Allessio Fairytale in the...
A CUP OF JO (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
My sweet readers, what are your plans for the weekend? My dad is coming from Michigan to visit, and we'll be taking him to brunches , seeing art exhibits and inevitably watching Seinfeld reruns. I can't wait. Have a wonderful weekend, and here are a few great posts from around the web... Scratch n' sniff holiday cards . Thankful pigeons . Oh, no! I will cry if Budget Travel folds . I love that magazine....
frogsmoke.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
It looks like Marion Cotillard is finally getting the breakthrough she deserves. After winning an Oscar for her part in the Edith Piaf biopic La Vie en Rose she now stars in the musical film Nine. In the movie she gets to sing two numbers, including the killer song Take It All, written by Maurey [...]
Mike Woodward's Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
We had a great night at the splendid Binsey pub 'The Perch', its been redefined in recent years and now offers a fantastic range of exquisitely presented French food. We had been invited to perform some French opera and songs last night, the small and intimate audience were very appreciative and we've been invited back on Valentine's day, so watch this space!! The two Gina's did fantastically well...
Harpymarx (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
We all have guilty pleasures in life, though it is whether we admit to them. So in the words of Edith Piaf ‘non, je ne regrette rien’… and last Friday I settled down to watch ‘Classic Albums: Duran Duran - Rio’ on BBC4. And what was shockingly embarrassing was that I still remembered the words from the album after [...]
Simply...Gluten Free (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Sunday night dinner was just the two of us this week, my hubby and me. After two years of him working a continent away he has finally come home for good - or at least as "for good" as a man with his occupation can expect and I was in the mood for something romantic, something French, something bistro-like. Actually I was in the mood to go to France but alas that was out of the question. The...
Notebooks - Los Cuadernos de Julia (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
As you know now, I finally got to listen to Secret 's music much later than I should have done . About the same time I was already listening to Edith Piaf, and I first couldn't believe my ears when I heard what sounded like an evident borrowing from the song Milord . Many years later, when I had the change to revisit both songs, I was entirely convinced that Piaf's theme from Milord did feature in...
Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Last night, I had the pleasure of spending some time with my favourite country-noir angel Marianne Dissard. She played the Paris Appelle festival in The Hague, her first concert in Holland (if I'm not mistaken), and also the first time we met. Four years after I put a song of hers on my first French compilation , and experiencing the advantages of social media ( twitter , Myspace ). But nothing beats...
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