dimanche 17 mai 2009

PJ Harvey & John Parish @ Bataclan 1 Paris May 17th 2009

Pj Harvey & John Parish @ Bataclan
1st show May 17th 2009
Tom Brosseau
1st of two sold-out shows @ Paris' Bataclan.

Folk- Country american artist Tom Brosseau opened the show on acoustic guitar. He did well even tough people in the back didn' t seem interested.

With Polly-Jean from tour to tour everything is different , last time she was alone on piano and different other instruments & before that she was rocking hard on guitars with her band.

For this tour she has a companion: John Parish and she's only singing.
The whole band is dressed smartly and PJ has a nice black dress.
As I Haven't heard the record yet I can't really tell you what they've played ( see setlist below ).
The audience is listening religiously to their indie rock ; some cool songs, a few heavy ones.
PJ is the main attraction tonight and John seemed to be only a member of the band.
He sang only once ( PJ doing backing ).
Really nice gig , see ya tomorrow


Close up & setlist


samedi 16 mai 2009

Rough Trade Records stealing videos on You Tube for Jarvis Cocker's promotional video of " Angela"

Record Companies are shouting out loud that people are stealing music by downloading illegal files.

Well they do the same:
Rough Trade Records to illustrate Jarvis Cocker's first single " Angela" have stole 2 videos on Youtube recorded @ Galerie Chappe last week and mixed them as one.

"And there we go we've got a brand new video and it didn't cost us a fucking penny !!!"

I wouldn't mind at all in other circumstances but the only problem is that
THEY STOLE MY VIDEO

Here are the originals:
one (mine ) & two
The stolen one
Check for yourself

Mick Jagger 's private show @ Cannes festival

Mick Jagger & Dave Stewart will play a private show @ The VIP Room in Cannes on May 21st.
This show will take place to seal his business deal with French designer Claude Audigier.

One more thing , Universal will issue shortly remastered version of the Rolling Stones Discography and ... Censorship is fighting hard.
The song Star Star has been censored , you won't hear the "Pussy" word as they've mixed the previous sentence over the sentence that contains the word " Pussy".
Which means that they've used the first version of the American master.
Are we in 2009 ?

vendredi 15 mai 2009

Paul Rodgers ends collaboration with QUEEN

Queen and Paul Rodgers have announced that they have ended their collaboration.
It's official

mercredi 13 mai 2009

Beirut @ Bataclan Paris May 12th 2009

Beirut @ Bataclan Paris May 12th 2009.
As Green Day's concert @ The Trabendo ended very early we went straight to the sold out Bataclan ( easy it's on my way home ) to catch the end of Beirut's gig.
Of course we didn't see Mina Tindle who was opening tonight.
I don't know if it was because we were coming from Green day but i thought that Beirut was quite boring, I hate that kind of eastern rock gipsy with brass à la Emir Kusturika.

SETLIST ( From Oliver Peel ) click for pictures:
01: Nantes
02: The Shrew
03: Elephant Gun
04: The Concubine
05: Mount Wroclai (Idle Days)
06: La Javanaise (Serge Gainsbourg Cover)
07: Postcards From Italy
08: Mimizan
09: Cocek
10: Scenic World
11: Cherbourg
12: The Akara
13: A Sunday Smile
14: After The Curtain
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15: The Penalty (Z)
16: My Wife (Z)
17: My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille (Z)
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18: Brazil
19: Siki Siki Baba (Kocani Orchestra Cover)