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 [...]
wears the trousers magazine (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Martha Wainwright San Fusils, Ni Souliers, A Paris: Martha Wainwright’s Piaf Record •••• Cooperative / Drowned In Sound There are some bright ideas, the cultural playbook tells us, north Americans should leave well alone lest they want to invoke the angry spirit guardians of someone else’s heritage. When the legacy in question is that of someone considered a [...]
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...
Movie Talk (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Couch Potato Pickings As most people know, this film about a shy northern girl with a gift for singing is based on the play written by Jim Cartwright. It was written specifically for actress Jane Horrocks because of her uncanny ability to impersonate the great divas of the 20th century. I recall a huge deal being made [...]
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...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
EVERY now and again, a debut single comes out that makes the world stop and listen.
So Quoted (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Wherein searching through my list and skipping the Christmas songs All Her Favorite Fruit, Camper Van Beethoven Autumn Leaves, Edith Piaf Baby Seed, Momma Stud Banana Boat, Edric Connor The Banana Boat Song, George Clinton Banana Boat Song (Day-O) Banana Chips, Shonen Knife Banana Juice, The Mar-Keys Banana Pancakes, Jack Johnson Belleville Jungle, Les Triplettes De Belleville Big Apple, Urban Dance...
This is London (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Martha Wainwright seized Edith Piaf's haunting tales of prostitutes, death and ennui for herself and didn't let go.
Versailles and more (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
This is it: the first part of fall is over already. The trees on the banks of the Seine are still russet and gold, a last flamboyant display of color before the bareness of winter. So to illustrate the turn of the season I chose this painting by John Everett Millais, as apt an illustration of autumn as his Blind Girl is of summer. And I can't mention autumn leaves without thinking of Edith Piaf's interpretation...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Martha Wainwright says that her decision to cover Edith Piaf was "not some great statement".
ideeli (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Catherine Malandrino and Cointreau have teamed up to bring you the ultimate Cointreau gift bottle - a vessel for the aperitif that features The Statue Of Liberty, the best thing France ever gave us besides Edith Piaf . The bottle, created by the French design firm Betc , features a metal lace casing and Swarvoski crystals. It is available during the month of November at Colette in Paris for $75 USD....
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