Czupka Cakis

2009

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April 85
March 118
January 118

2008

June 140
May 116
April 53
March 95
January 39
Warch Watch
Can, performing Spoon. Precision-made German freak-out.
Jan 30th
“I did a swift tour of regular haunts: CafĂ© de Flore, La...”
— William Boyd, in...
Jan 30th
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Jan 30th

Downtown

It’s the first truly rainy and grey day here since the new year, so I went downtown to buy...
Jan 30th
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Jan 28th
Awkward national moment to follow...
Jan 28th

Pause Button

This guy’s blog project, over at the A.V. Club, hits my music geek sweet spot. He’s not...
Jan 27th
Godammit, Baby, I Ain't Lyin' To Ya
Jan 27th
Fake moat.
Jan 27th

Buttes-Chaumont

Our neighbourhood park is a grand chunk of what Colin Jones, in Paris: the autobiography of a city,...
Jan 27th
Fake temple.
Jan 27th
Fake wedding.
Jan 27th
Fake grotto.
Jan 27th
His greatest role so far
Jan 27th
“Thanks to his unauthorised trades last year, he was sitting...”
— He actually made a billion...
Jan 26th
Warch Watch
People sometimes ask me what I do with all my spare time.
Jan 25th
“108. Having several clay pots broken over his head in the...”
— HulkOutList, via the A.V....
Jan 25th

Pessoa-y

Oh yeah. This got published a couple of days ago. Kind of gushy. And written too quickly. And pretty...
Jan 25th
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Jan 25th

Canal Route

Sometimes Paris is almost ridiculously Paris. Today, I went for a walk along the Canal St. Martin...
Jan 25th
Jan 25th
On top of the fridge.
Jan 25th
Spanish ham at Da Rosa.
Jan 24th

A Quantum of Solace

Out of the 20th, after a few too many days cooped up in Belleville. Y had time off from school so we...
Jan 24th
Macarons at Pierre Hermé
Jan 24th
Jan 19th

You Fill Me With Inertia

Reading: So Farewell Then: The Untold Life of Peter Cook, by Wendy E. Cook. He’s a hero of...
Jan 19th
“Death begins in your record collection.”
— Bono
Jan 18th
Arts et Metiers Metro, Paris, January 2008
Jan 18th

The plan is

I haven’t cut my hair in over a month now, which means I’m starting to get a sort of...
Jan 18th