Pelouse autorisée, Jardin de Luxembourg.
May 1st
J de L.
May 1st
Jardin de Luxembourg.
May 1st
Jardin de Luxembourg. While I was taking this picture, a...
May 1st
Jardin de Luxembourg.
May 1st
Today Y took me out for lunch. We walked across the river to...
May 1st
Notre Dame, May Day.
May 1st
Paris, by architect Richard Rogers. Sarkozy unveiled his...
Apr 29th
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Are Invaders in trouble? This is probably the most visible...
Apr 29th
Door of the Museum of Jewish Art and History.
Apr 29th
I’m also partial to Bagels and Bongos.
Apr 29th
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Lou Reed, Ennui, Kill Your Sons. Same album, and now it ties into the post above it. I’m...
Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
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Where Joyce lives on in the streets. An open and frank discussion between two Irish people who once...
Apr 27th
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Pink Floyd, Pigs on the Wing Pt.1. Topical!
When I was a young scenester, there was this one older...
Apr 27th
Marais.
Apr 26th
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Kool and the Gang, Hollywood Swinging. “A bad piano-playin’ ma-haaaaaaan.”
Apr 26th
Rue Vielle du Temple, Marais.
Apr 26th
Pink Subway
The Hotel de Ville metro station, an inescapable swarm hive if you have to go through central Paris...
Apr 25th
Nerdgasm.
Apr 24th
Trifecta.
Apr 24th
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Kinks, I Gotta Move.
Apr 24th
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I spent the afternoon in the Tuileries, along with half the...
Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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Count Basie Orch., Time Out.
Apr 23rd
Ah so.
So French people do totally say Ooh la la. But they don’t just say it in that saucy French...
Apr 23rd
Petit Dejeuner at L’Absinthe.
Apr 21st
L’Absinthe Café. Finally, a good French local, just...
Apr 21st
Marché Des Enfants Rouge on a Tuesday afternoon. This is our...
Apr 21st
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Colin Blunstone, Caroline Goodbye. Sunny Sunday morning is Colin Blunstone time. Ex-Zombies singer,...
Apr 20th
From the ridiculous to the (sometimes)...
R.I.P. J.G. Ballard.
Apr 19th
“In the storm-lit darkness, the beaded sweat and raindrops on...”
— Yeah. So, that got written....
— Yeah. So, that got written....
Apr 19th
Happy noodles.
Apr 19th
Current Obsessions:
Y is hooked on the Rose Bakery’s Marais location. (The link takes you to an Observer piece...
Apr 19th
Faubourg St-Denis
Apr 19th
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Cluster, Caramel.
Apr 19th
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Thin White Rope, Disney Girl. “Too many fingers for your world.”
Pretty sure this...
Apr 18th
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Holger Czukay, Hiss’n’Listen. So much the sound of MDMA that it makes no difference.
Apr 17th
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The Clash - Washington Bullets
Sandinista!, great Clash record or GREATEST...
Apr 16th
Back To Belleville
I had to return to the old neighbourhood today on an errand, which was just as well. In my memory,...
Apr 15th
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Talking Heads, Found A Job. Think of Bob and Judy!
Apr 15th
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Wu Tang Clan, After Party.
Apr 14th
Seen: after viewing a string of so-so recent American indie...
Apr 13th
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Went, with appropriate qualms, to see the graffiti show TAG in the Grand Palais’ Atelier...
Apr 13th
The café at the Grand Palais.
Apr 13th
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Sinatra and Jobim, If You Never Come To Me
Apr 13th
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Awesome.
Apr 12th
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New York Dolls, Looking For A Kiss.
Apr 12th
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I’m reading Michael Bracewell’s book on Roxy Music at the moment, which is all about the...
Apr 12th
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Huh. I’ve never really been able to take Sparks — because of the operetta aspect —...
Apr 12th
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Felt, Primitive Painters. Inescapable in some circles in 1985.
Apr 12th
A courtyard off Rue Réamur.
Apr 12th
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cLOUDDEAD, Dead Dogs Two (Boards of Canada remix).
Apr 10th
Notre Dame de la Croix.
Apr 9th
Rue Jarry.
Apr 9th
Off Faubourg St-Denis.
Apr 9th
Off Faubourg St-Denis.
Apr 9th
Faubourg St-Denis
Apr 9th
Passage Brady. A covered passageway full of Indian...
Apr 9th
Faubourg St-Martin. This strip is African Beauty Product...
Apr 9th
Off Faubourg St-Martin.
Apr 9th
Passage Brady.
Apr 9th
Faubourg St-Martin.
Apr 9th
Théatre de la Renaissance, in the 10th.
Apr 9th
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Junior Murvin, Tedious.
Apr 8th
A photograph, by Charles Marville, of Rue des Vertus in...
Apr 7th
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Serge Gainsbourg, Je Suis Venu Tu Dire Que Je M’en Vais.
Apr 7th
I approve of this type of dish detergent packaging.
Apr 7th
mechamecha:
Twiggy’s “Beautiful Dreams/I Need Your Hand in...
Apr 7th
Rue des Vertus, Sunday afternoon. I live here.
Apr 5th
Musée Carnavalet: around the corner and free, except for the...
Apr 5th
Musée Carnavalet.
Apr 5th
Musée Carnavalet.
Apr 5th
Paris street signs, etc. There used to be so many of these...
Apr 5th
The Musée Carnavalet gardens.
Apr 5th
Sexy Beast: Louis Quatorze in the courtyard of the Musée...
Apr 5th
In a corner of the gardens of the Musée Carnavalet.
Apr 5th
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Guided By Voices, Frequent Weaver Who Burns.
Apr 5th
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Roxy Music, Sentimental Fool.
Apr 4th
Outside.
Apr 2nd
Inside.
Apr 2nd
Seen. Troublesome. The story is a bit thin for the length,...
Apr 2nd
Square du Temple.
Apr 2nd
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Charlie Parker, April in Paris. Ah hell, why not.
Apr 2nd