^(BAMBI SAYS HELLO:{

Just came back from a very nice walk into town. I was looking for a white board, but the only one I saw was 25 euro! I will put some though in it and decide later if it's worth it or not, unless I find a cheaper one of course. Bought a new white shirt and was looking for face paint :) After passing all the shops I got to a place I had been for the very first time again just like a week ago. I went here when I was a little boy, but it was a long time ago since I was there again. I took a polaroid picture, but little bambi happened to just end up a bit out of frame and I had just one picture left :(. I'll scan it when I get to my parents' place again one day. Walking around taking pictures makes me feel really comfortable for some reason. It has some spiritual effect on me and suddenly I look at the world completely different. People keep looking strange at me though, as if they have never seen a person taking pictures before.

Boy With Falling Stars from IanCurtisMinusTheSmoking on Vimeo.

The Birth of A Boy And His Band from IanCurtisMinusTheSmoking on Vimeo.

@(UNBELIEVABLE}|

I feel their songs have been stuck in my head all night through. It was so unbelievably good. So much energy. I just listenend to their song empty which really make you realize how good it is to see Metric live, 'cause they transformed the song into such a rock anthem. Everything was way louder than the original recording. Below you find a video of Dead Disco someone posted on YouTube just to give you a bit of an impression of last night. I'm seriously an instant fan. Perfect timing to see them live, 'cause this was at a moment I really got into their music for the very first time. Most of the time when I discover a band and I really get into them I'm already a bit late and they aren't performing anymore anytime soon. So when I finally get to see them as has been the case with Beirut, I've already had several period of obsession. And most of the time I still can get totally obsessed as much as the first time, but how great is it to be experiencing your first time of obsession and then seeing that band immediately live. I wish they would play again tonight. With some bands you feel you need to take some time before seeing them again else the gig you just saw loses momentum. But with Metric I could go tonight again and enjoy it as much as I did last night. What a gig.

Dead Disco



I've taken down some videos because they were not from Melkweg but from a gig in Cologne :((

Empty 'Shake your head it's empty!!!'



Handshakes 'Buy this car to drive to work, drive to work to pay for this car!!!'

%=A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!!!!(}

Metric was WILD!! I went all Wolf Parade kind of crazy. I was full of sweat and my hair was a mess! Kind of unexpected. I guess I noticed before going that their songs were very good for banging your head and jumping, 'cause their songs have a good build up leading to a nice rock out climax. But I didn't expect this at all. So next time if they're here again I'll be at the gig at 8 pm when the doors open so I can stand at the front instead of behind two lame girls who just stand unmoving looking up at the stage as if they're waiting for the F^CKING bus to arrive. I'm sorry but I can not stand those people. There are things you can sit on and they're called seats and you find them upstairs at the balcony! Go there and join those who really come to WATCH the show, to look, and see it happen while sitting in silence. Leave the space downstairs for those like me who just want to go wild and dance to the music coming from the speakers. Emily Haines, wow, she's a goddess. Sometimes she kind of looks like Madonna. She has great on stage persona and those people who were standing next to me later on in the line to get their jackets need to just go and shit themselves or something telling each other how they're not really into people who go wild on the stage, thus having lots of energy and showing the crowd that they can have a good time and enjoy playing for all the people who came to see them. Next time read the memo, this is not a gig for you. Please STAY AWAY. But again, I was surprised. This was insane. It was so good. Their music is perfect. This gig comes second to Wolf Parade based on how crazy I go at a concert. Of course not everyone was as stiff as those two girls in front of me. I was surrounded by some other people who knew how to go wild on the music as well. So that was real nice and made me not feel bad for one single moment for not standing at the front row. 'Cause there you'll always find the diehards. Those people who go crazy like me. But oh they were good. The sound was perfect. Emily's voice sounds just as clear as on the CDs (read: downloaded mp3s). The rest of the band, Emily's three guys were great as well. One of the guys on guitar even sang a bit and has a really good voice. Songs like Stadium Love which is a nice track, but not one that seems to really standout was turned into one of the highlights. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! I mean, Beirut yesterday was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G as well and I had waited to see them for quite a long time. But sometimes I just want to rock out and go to a gig were you can jump at almost every song and just dance to the beat and lose yourself in the crowd. So it was a nice balance. Metric, wow, such a revelation. When they play again I'll be the first to buy tickets. It's something I would not want to miss. Such a great night. I could do this every day :))

*#METRIC IN TWO HOURS+@

Emily Haines went to Buenos Aires for Metric's latest album Fantasies which I have come to love immensely. I'll be seeing her tonight together with the rest of the band. Long time since I've been to a gig where the singer of the main act was female :)


Acoustic version for Gimme Sympathy. I really like Emily's voice and the way she pronounces certain words.

Metric - 'Gimme Sympathy' from SUPERSWEET Magazine on Vimeo.

*^I COULDN'T HELP BUT SMILE$%

They started with Nantes having me close to tears :) It was amazing. I could feel it in my stomach, in my chest. I was stunned, speechless. They played every song I wanted them to play. Postcards From Italy, Elephant Gun, My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille and many many more. It was a joy to watch, especially at the end where they played songs by other artists, I felt I had arrived at a wedding party or was in some kind of small bar somewhere hidden in Mexico. Zach is fun and his voice is golden. Who can not love this guy?! One song he played alone on his ukulele. He makes it seem so effortless, like he doesn't even need to try. When his mouth opens and he accompanies himself on his ukulele there can only be perfection. Not one error. Flawless. This man can do no wrong in my book. I watched in admiration. A long time ago since I saw Paradiso this crowded. They overwhelmed me with each song. I was in trance, completely taken over, and could not help but smile. Aaaaaaaaaaaaa

Pictures not taken by me





Tonight Metric, such a busy musical start of the week! Lucky me :D

^$FACEHUNTER IN PARIS + AUDREY TAUTOU FOR CHANEL(*

Facehunter show is back since Monday. He went to Paris. This is part one.

Paris part 1 from The Facehunter Show on Vimeo.

New Chanel No.5 commercial. There's a long short film type of version, but of which I cannot find a version to post here. Still this one minute version is very much like the short film. I prefer the commercial Sofia Coppola did for Dior recently over this one though. Audrey Tautou looks stunning, but the guy acts like a model. Just being pretty, no feeling. And just being pretty in this case isn't enough. Jean-Pierre Jeunet directs.

+%ONE OF THE BEST PICTURES EVER?>"

I think so. I just love it. Like a painting. The pose, the hair, the closed eyes, so elegant, a bit feminine. So perfect, so divine. The dress, the embroidery, the blue background, the cigarette!!! The CIGARETTE!! Ouiiiii
Makes you want to smoke :)

No idea who took this picture though :(

*&ONE NIGHT OF SLEEP AND THEN..."{

...Zach Condon & Co. aka Beirut!

*^THIS IS JUST LOVELY{}

Loney, Dear, I've fallen for them completely. Emil Svanängen's voice... beyond amazing. I want to cry...

From the Takeaway Show:

#51.1 - LONEY DEAR - Saturday Waits
by lablogotheque

#51.6 - LONEY DEAR - Le Fever
by lablogotheque

#51.5 - LONEY DEAR - I am John
by lablogotheque

On the ukulele:

Ukulélé Session Loney Dear
by cplesoir

And the lovely animated video for the song I Am John:

LONEY DEAR
by europavox

Tuesday BEIRUT!!!

*&WHERE ARE YOUR FRIENDS TONIGHT?{|

LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
by misslupin

&$THIS SUMMER IT'S GONNA BE ALL ABOUT THE TREKKIES_)

Early reviews are in and they're all extremely positive. Seems this will be this year's The Dark Knight. I never watched one episode of Star Trek neither watched any of the movies, I seriously couldn't care less, but with the reviews being this positive it seems to be THE summer blockbuster of 2009 to beat. J.J. Abrams who directed it still appears to be on a winning streak. After Alias (best TV show ever), Lost and bringing the Mission Impossible series back to life with Mission Impossible III, there seems no stopping this man. I'm excited, 'cause yes, apart from all those small indie art type of films, I am still perfectly capable to enjoy a well crafted action flick! :D
Superhero movies are so last year.

Star Trek Trailer 4 from Gary Scullion on Vimeo.

^*FAREWELL THE ASHTRAY GIRL FORBIDDEN SNOWFKLAKE>"

Reading texts for my thesis while listening to Placebo. Forgot how great this song is.

Placebo - This Picture
by jolyne

|}LE BALLON ROUGE#$

A while ago I watched Le Ballon Rouge on TV. So sweet, so simple and yet so great. I wished I had a balloon like that. Here are some pictures just to share a bit of the amazingness.

}+WHENEVER YOU GET BORED...#$

...go look at these sites, the first one teaches you how to spell:
http://www.timesspellingbee.co.uk
The second one teaches you words and their meanings visually:
http://visual.merriam-webster.com/index.php
The third one gives you a history lesson:
http://smarthistory.org/

_)VBS.TV|}

Never heard about it until some minutes ago. There's this one show called Practice Space which seems to already be quite dated. I was looking through some pictures of Young Love on their MySpace profile and found one which showed Dan Keyes' practice space and on the picture it was written as seen on the show Practice Space. So I checked it out and tadaaaa! Then I wounded up on VBS.TV! Here some Late Of The Pier, Handsome Furs and of course Young Love. All videos are pretty old doing with handsome Furs doing songs from their first album and an interview with Young Love's Dan Keyes on the middle of the street, while the guys from Late Of The Pier are sitting in the bathtub.

Late Of The Pier


Handsome Furs


Young Love

_+SEE YOU GUYS SOON!@

Metric

+ Deerhunter

+ Women!! (Yes, finally Women live, after two times not going!)
I'm gonna see all three of them. Women will be support act of Deerhunter in Paradiso, which made me decide to go. Metric's latest album is so nice that I have to see these guys and girl live! They'll be playing in Melkweg the day after I'll be watching Beirut! I don't want to regret not going, you know. So I'll go. Have to.
+ Bought a new pair of black boots. Again. Though it's hard to find a check shirt. They only have stripes stripes and even more stripes! :(

)(UHMMMM^$

And now my connection is like superfast, what the F_CK?

=[I'M A VERY PATIENT PERSON BUT..."_

...the new internet router my neigbour has installed is SLOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW It's a challenge not to get seriously annoyed

)_THESE BOOTS ARE NOT MADE FOR WALKING.;

My new shoes made my feet bleed :(((

(:MORE SLIMANE AT COACHELLA@!

Some more pictures Mr. Slimane shot during Coachella

&*JUST BECAUSE@~

About to go to bed but I came across these pictures I took a while ago and thought I'd post them. So there you go.

{+JEAN-LUC x 11>?

It just called: achetez-moi, achetez-moi, achetez-moi!!! So I obeyed.










Btw, Patrick Wolfe's new CD is real nice! :P

^]NOONE DOES IT BETTER THAN MR. SLIMANE'[

Coachella means live performances from the coolest artists like Beirut, The Killers, Fleet Foxes, Lykke Li, Devendra Banhart and many more. BUT, it also means, pictures! Many have done so before, it's a great opportunity to capture hippie looking youngsters chilling in the sun, but really, noone does it better than Mr. Slimane. Here are some of his. As always in his signature black & white. Love it.

_(CANNES!@

Wow, wow, wow, the official list of films which will be playing at the Festival de Cannes 2009 which will take place from the 13th to 19th of May has been released. So many interesting filmmakers have new films coming up, Pedro Almodóvar, Michael Haneke, Park Chan-Wook, Isabel Coixet, the list goes on and on. Which of these films will be tremendously good and which will dissapoint, will there be any big surprises? I'm excited. If only I could be there to watch them all :(


In Competition

* Pedro Almodovar - Broken Embraces
* Andrea Arnold - Fish Tank
* Jacques Audiard - Un Prophete
* Marco Bellocchio – Vincere
* Jane Campion - Bright Star
* Xavier Giannoli – A L’Origine
* Isabel Coixet – Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
* Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon
* Ang Lee – Taking Woodstock
* Ken Loach – Looking for Eric
* Lou Ye - Spring Fever
* Brillante Mendoza – Kinatay
* Gaspar Noe – Enter The Void
* Park Chan-Wook – Thirst
* Alain Resnais – Les Herbes Folles
* Elia Suleiman – The Time That Remains
* Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
* Johnnie To – Vengeance
* Tsai Ming-liang – Face
* Lars Von Trier – Antichrist

Un Certain Regard

* Bong Joon Ho - Mother
* Alain Cavalier - Irene
* Lee Daniels - Precious
* Denis Dercourt- Demain Des L’Aube
* Heitor Dhalia - Adrift
* Bahman Ghobadi - Nobody Knows About The Persian Cats
* Ciro Guerra - The Wind Journeys
* Mia Hansen-Love - Le Pere De Mes Enfants
* Hanno Hofer, Razvan Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Propescu and Ioanna Uricaru - Tales From The Golden Age
* Nikolay Khomeriki - Tale In The Darkness
* Yorgos Lanthimos -Dogtooth
* Pavel Lounguine - Tzar
* Raya Martin - Independencia
* Corneliu Porumboiu - Police, Adjective
* Pen-Ek Ratanaruang - Nymph
* Joao Pedro Rodrigues - To Die Like A Man
* Haim Tabakman - Eyes Wide Open
* Warwick Thornton - Samson & Delilah
* Jean Van De Velde - The Silent Army
* Hirokazu Kore-Eda - Air Doll

Closing Film

* Jan Kounen – Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky

Out of Competition

* Robert Guediguian - L’Armee Du Crime
* Alejandro Amenabar - Agora
* Terry Gilliam The Imaginarium Of Dr Parnassus

Midnight Screenings

* Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar - A Town Called Panic
* Sam Raimi - Drag Me To Hell
* Marina De Van – Ne Te Retourne Pas

Special Screenings

* Anne Aghion - My Neighbor, My Killer
* Adolfo Alix Jr and Raya Martin - Manila
* Souleymane Cisse - Min Ye
* Michel Gondry - L’Epine Dans Le Coeur
* Zhao Liang - Petition
* Keren Yedaya - Jaffa

}>MORE PLEASE$#