"I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor" - Arctic Monkeys

A photo of the parisian Techno Parade. Not my favorite kind of music at all but a nice show in the streets. If you want to see more photos, click on the link to my Flickr page.

"Holiday" - Jet

Some pictures of Paris-Plage. On the third photo the band is Narrow Terence, they play folk rock and the singer have a kind of Tom Waits voice. Very nice. If you're interested, click here.
I'll be out from Paris for 2 weeks so have a good time !!

"I'm Not Down" - The Clash

I took this photo while I was waiting for the opening of the cinema to see the movie about Joe Strummer. This is a documentary by Julian Temple ("The Filth & The Fury" about the Sex Pistols) about the life of Joe Strummer, leader of The Clash (the best band ever) and it's vey moving and thrilling. Friends, family talk about him around a camp fire, with some archives. If you're a Clash fan or if you love the rock'n roll, you have to see this documentary !!

"Misirlou" - Martin Denny

This is a gluing. What is represented is called a Tiki. A tiki is a part of the old rock'n roll culture like the pin-ups, the cars.
It's represented by the "exotica" music (by Martin Denny for exemple) which is in fact the lounge music.

For a more historical and mythological point of view, let's read Wiki : "In Māori mythology, Tiki is the first man. In traditions from the East Coast of the North Island, the first human is a woman created by Tāne, god of forests. Usually her name is Hine-ahu-one. In other legends, Tāne makes the first man Tiki, then makes a wife for him.
In some West Coast versions, Tiki himself, as a son of Rangi and Papa, creates the first human by mixing his own blood with clay, and Tāne then makes the first woman. Sometimes Tūmatauenga, the war god, creates Tiki.
In another story the first woman is Mārikoriko. Tiki marries her and their daughter is Hine-kau-ataata.
In some traditions, Tiki is the penis of Tāne.
In fact, Tiki is strongly associated with the origin of the procreative act.
In Māori usage, the word 'tiki' is also the name given to large wooden carvings in roughly human shape."

"Swing, Daddy, Swing" - Jerry Harris

A photo of a band called "Délit D'Swing" playing jazz at the Place Des Vosges this morning. A nice place with some good music, what else to start the day ?

"I Can Hear Music" - The Beach Boys

Well, it's "Music-Day" today and no photo, only one in fact (my daughter wanted to stay on my shoulder, so my camera stayed in my backpack). This woman is Christina Sonnemann, a musician from Australia and she plays celtic harp. Not the kind of the music that I like but very pleasant.

"For The Rock" - Les Wampas

This post is a little bit" francophile", sorry. It's a picture of the french rock & roll band Les Wampas (live show at La Cigale, thursday 28th may). It was the first time I took my new camera (with a lot of buttons, and functions to understand ...).
First lesson to remember : don't be late if you want to have a good place to photograph quietly.
If you want to see (and hear) how do they look like, go this way or this way (it's in french).

"En Dansant Le Yah!" - Les Breastfeeders

My first picture of a live show, it could have been better and I hope you'll be lenient ... I'll do my best next time.
The band : The Beastfeeders from Montreal, to my mind, the best Rock & Roll band. They play a mix of garage rock and power-pop with some 60's references. It was their first show in France in a bar called "La Flêche d'Or" (the Golden Arrow), an ancient train station. "La Flêche d'Or" takes its name from the train wich made the connection Calais-Paris.