Band Weblogs (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
"You Know Me" is Robbie Williams second release from his new album Reality Killed the Video Star and to be perfectly honest, I actually like it. It isn't easy to crack a good tune out these days, as most of the contemporaries will tell you.
Bricks and Boxes (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
In addition to the music we own, the way we think to subdivide our music gives a number of clues into our perspective of language, gender, race, and emotion, as well as our work habits. What do you see here? What do you see in your own playlists? List Title: artists Britty: Arctic Monkeys, Ballboy, Blur, Frightened Rabbit, [...]
blowupdoll (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
FRANCOISE HARDY - VOILA (featuring 3 different clips)
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Ghislaine Thesmar, Isabella Rossellini, Fanny Ardant, Sofia Coppola, Susan Graham, Andrée Putman, Gérard Depardieu, Riccardo Muti, Françoise Sagan, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Giorgio Strehler, Rudolf Nureyev … The career of Jean-Paul Scarpitta – film-maker, opera director, exhibition organiser, portraitist – is a series of famous encounters. Ever the man ...
Off The Rack (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Albert Michael/Startraks Champagne, elegant canapes, celebrities — this was definitely not your typical Tuesday night shopping outing. Armani Exchange opened up their doors to fashionistas to preview their nightlife-inspired A/X Holiday Collection on Tuesday night. Alexa Chung, host of MTV’s It’s On With Alexa Chung, joined the store festivities to do a little [...]
don juan's reckless daughter (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
One of the things I miss most about living in a pedestrian-friendly city are the amazing window displays that tend pop up like happy surprises around every other corner. They become especially grand as the Holiday seasons approach each trying to out do the next. Some of the coolest I have seen have been in the shop windows of London, New York and last but certainly not least, in Paris. Which brings...
sycamore street press (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
Several years ago, my grandparents called me to ask if I'd look something up on the internet for them. As my grandfather started to spell out the url for me, "It's w, w, w, dot...", he was interrupted by my grandmother. After a muffled conversation between the two of them, my grandfather got back on the phone and said, "Your grandmother tells me that there are only two w's in the address....
P&C (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Jean Shrimpton - from the V&A Collection Following up on my post about Françoise Hardy , I thought I'd bring up another gal from the 1960s whose bangs are completely lust-worthy: Jean Shrimpton. Yes, she was a model so there was barely a hair out of place, but the artfulness of her smooth style had to do with that slightly tousseled bed-head look, a la Brigitte Bardot . Of course, the bangs...
frogsmoke.com (Free subscription) | 19/10/2009
Benjamin Biolay (wiki) is a French singer, songwriter, musician, actor and record producer. He is the brother of singer Coralie Clément, whose two albums he wrote and produced, and has worked with many icons of French music, including Juliette Gréco, Julien Clerc and Françoise Hardy. He also wrote the scores for several films. Today, his [...]
Trend.Land (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Françoise Hardy : Comment Te Dire Adieu The first track on this 1968 album holds the same name as the album itself and for well-deserved reason. It is French pop at its finest even for those who do not know a word of French. Though it is about saying goodbye it seems to raise spirits [...] -> More info & pics for: Song of the Day : [10/16]
The World Of Kane. (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
La Chanson de Serge: The Serge Gainsbourg Story. Available on i-player until 20th October is this fabulous & fascinating documentary presented by the Sex Pistols' ex-manager and noted Francophile Malcolm McLaren. "Malcolm McLaren, who has lived in Paris for many years, visits the people and places central to Serge's story. These include Saint-Germain des Pres, where Gainsbourg first performed...
blowupdoll (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
FRANCOISE HARDY - YOU JUST HAVE TO SAY THE WORD as requested by michael (originally posted 19th sept 08) anything you missed and would like re-posting? now is the time to ask!
sycamore street press (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009
Even though I'd love to have Jean Seberg's haircut in theory, it's another 60's inspired 'do that actually works better with my face and hair texture: long hair and bangs. I think I just might keep wearing variations of it until I am old and grey. From top to bottom: Brigitte Bardot via Paula Roid , Jane Birkin via William Gibson Board , France Gall via The Fashion Set , Marianne Faithfull via The...
Honeybuzzard (Free subscription) | 02/10/2009
Now the summer days are ending Leaves are falling, red and gold Now the warmth of love is fading And the nights are getting cold From the east the wind is blowing Now the sky's no longer blue Overhead the clouds are growing Summer's gone and so are you You wanted to be free Love was just a game to you And you never meant to be At this autumn rendezvous All the happiness life gave me Changed to emptiness...
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