quick last post of the day...

j'ai fini le boulot

je suis en vacances pour trois semaines: une a dublin et deux en france (paris, clermont-fd, et peut-etre lyon)

je n'ai pas internet a l'appart ce qui va limiter mes petites mises a jour

bon week-end a tous!!!

 

 

I finished at work

i am on holidays for three weeks: one in dublin and two in france (paris, clermont-fd, and maybe lyon)

i don't, have internet at home so my updates are gonna be limited

good week-end to everybody!!!

PETIT W-E A DUN LAOGHAIRE???

je vais travailler ici ce week-end:

 

http://www.festivalofworldcultures.com/

 

j'espere que le temps sera meilleur ce week-end que celui que nous avons en ce moment...

 

 

 

i'm gonna work here this week-end:

 

http://www.festivalofworldcultures.com/

 

hope the weather is gonna be better than the one at the moment...

 

 

 

 

;-))

Radiohead, Beck, Deerhoof...

 

ok, je vais tenter de decrire ce concert, meme si c'etait tellement bien que je suis encore a marlay park, perdue a ecouter beck ou radiohead, immenses artistes qui font passer de magnifiques emotions:

 

Beck: fantastique show ou l'humour etait grandement presente...

tous les tubes sont la, rock, acoustique, rap, tres electique comme a son habitude

rien a redire au niveau musique

concernant l'humour, voila des exemples de moments inoubliables:

-marionnettistes qui reproduisaient chaque minute du concert sur les ecrans geants

-une table installee au mileu de la scene, beck au chant, ses musiciens s'assoient, le serveur arrive avec de la salade, ils se mettent a manger, et d'un coup font des percus a l'aide de couteaux, assiettes, verres etc

-un petit film avec des marionnettes pendant le premier rappel: des marionnettes representant Beck qui se promenent a Dublin, qui reprennent tous les cliches irlandais (chapeau vert, leprechaun, guinness), qui chantent de la musique trad et qui detruisent tout dans la loge de Radiohead!!!

 

Radiohead: magnifique comme attendu, emotions tres fortes pendant certaines chansons, des bonnes vieilles chansons bien connues et de nouvelles compos, un Thom Yorke bien en forme (qui s'est mis a la batterie a un moment), et des musiciens qui quittent la scene tout sourire a la fin

magnifique "creep" de fin d'ailleurs qui nous a mis les larmes aux yeux...

 

Deerhoof: pas du tout apprecie, a voir en petite salle

 

 

 

so i'm gonna try to describe this concert, even if it was so good thta i'm still mentally in marlay park this morning, listening to beck or radiohead, great artists that can carry wonderful feelings to their audience:

 

Beck: fantastic show where humour was prevailing...

all the good hits, rock, acoustic, rap, really eclectic as usual

nothing to criticize about his music

concerning humour, here are some examples of unforgivable moments:

-puppeteers who were reproducing every minute of the concert on the big screens

-a table installed on the middle of the stage, beck singing, his musicians sit down, a "waiter" comes with a meal of salad, they start eating, and suddenly thay all do percussions with knifes, plates, glasses etc

-a short film with puppets during the first callback: puppets representing Beck who are hanging around in Dublin, who are talking about all the irish cliches (green hat, leprechaun, guinness), who are singing trad music and who are destroying everything in Radiohead dressing rooms!!!

 

Radiohead: wonderful as expected,  overwhelming feelings during some songs, some good old songs and new compositions, Thom Yorke seemed to be really well and happy (he was playing drums for a song), and musicians who left the stage all smiling

great "creep" at the end who made us almost cry...

 

Deerhoof: not really liked, to see in a small venue

 

 

La France a Dublin

petite boulangerie-resto-bistro trouve a Dublin, les memes produits qu'en France, delicieuses patisseries, ca fait du bien de manger une vraie religieuse au cafe!!!

 

small bakery-restaurant-kinda french bar found in Dublin, same products than in France, great pastries, it is so good to eat a real religieuse au cafe!!! (-pastry with cream inside-)

 

LEON, TRINITY STREET

concert...!!!

Radiohead ce soir a Marlay Park!!!

 

Radiohead tonight in Marlay Park!!!

 

 

Ecouter_monday

"August, 21 2006 at Temple Bar Music Centre
2, Curved street, Dublin,
Cost: 00

Hello there.. The third night of Ecouter Monday, the musical journey.. Sebastien Escalante at 8pm as usual, Jennifer Mc Mahon at 8:30, Nina Hanzlikova at 9, Rhob at 9:30 and Lauren Guillery at 10pm followed by Por Amor al Arte, pure flamenco from Andalusia.. Only good as we promised !!"

 

 

bon petit concert acoustique hier soir:

Sebastien Escalante: surprise de voir que le manager du bar du Temple Bar Music Centre, francais, est aussi un bon compositeur-musicien (il chantait en francais hier!)

Rhob: surprenante decouverte, voix poussee a l'extreme, bon son de guitare

Lauren Guillery: voix magnifique, puissante et juste, bonne guitare rock n' roll qui donne forcement moins bien en acoustique... a revoir avec son groupe. (elle est francaise aussi, oui ON EST EN TRAIN D'ENVAHIR L'IRLANDE ;-))

 

nice acoustic gig last night:

Sebastien Escalante: amazed to see that the bar manager of the TBMC, who is french by the way, is also a good songwriter and musician (he was surprisingly singing in french)

Rhob: great to discover this artist, great voice going to the both treble and bass extremes, good sound of guitar

Lauren Guillery: wonderful voice, powerful and right, good rock n' roll guitar which would obviously be better if it was not in acoustic... to see again live with her band. (she is also french... yep WE ARE INVADING IRELAND ;-))

Training son

j'ai eu un training technique de 4h lundi au Temple Bar Music Centre pour le festival de Dun Laoghaire fin aout

passionnant (meme apres avoir eu une journee de boulot, levee a 5h30, fin de la journee a 22h30...), apprendre sur le son, les lumieres, le backline etc...

ci-dessous exemple de table son sur laquelle on a appris...

 

 

i had a training during four hours on monday at the Temple Bar Music Centre for the Dun Laoghaire Festival at the end of August

fascinating (even after spending the day working, waking up at 5.30am, end of the day at 10.30pm...), learn about sound, lighting, backline etc...

below an example of the sound desk we learned onto...

 

 

 

BRUXELLES

bon petit week-end a Bruxelles

temps ni mauvais ni beau

des gens tres agreables, souriants et serviables

une jolie architecture

pas tres vivant l'ete, plutot familial

 

nice week-end in Brussels

weather not really nice nor bad

friendly, smiling and helpful persons

a beautiful architecture

not really lively during the summer, more families than young people

 

 

 

photos/pictures:

 

www.bellapix.com

 

acces utilisateur =

e-mail: [e-mail]

mot de passe: pictures

 

---> mes listes d'album

---> albums recus:

BRUXELLES

FESTAAC

http://festaac.com/

juste un mot rapide pour dire qu'il n'y avait pas grand monde a ce festival africain auquel on a ete le dimanche dans temple bar (il pleuvait...) mais c'etait assez bien
musique et nourriture

just a quick note to say there was not a lot of people to this african festival where we went last sunday in temple bar (it was raining...) but it was quite good
music and food

hand luggage regulations for Ireland

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/2006/0811/11546915...

 

"Passengers on all flights out of UK airports are not being allowed to take any hand luggage with them, apart from a few essential items in clear plastic bags.

The new restrictions on hand luggage introduced at British airports are not being imposed in Ireland, and passengers have been advised that normal procedures will apply."

 

good news because I only have a hand luggage with me for the week-end and I didn't want to pay extras just to check in my luggage...

(i'm leaving for brussels tonight...)