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C’EST CANDY

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Jules et Jim by Truffaut or Band of Outsiders by Godard are classical Nouvelle Vague films well-known by their beautiful scenes like Jules and Jim singing with Catherine; Odile, Arthur and Franz running through the Louvre in three minutes and dancing in synchrony at a bar.  This time, in the new short movie by Wes [...]

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Supernatural Strategies…for making a Rock’n'Roll Group.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

The Rock’n’roll group has long mystified and shocked through pageantry, or distaste there of; if ever it even gave a damn. For decades now, this ‘genre’ of Rock’n’roll keeps going, recycling itself or scrapping [nearly] everything and starting again. Like Jazz, rock is everywhere now. Peculiar partnerships are found throughout its history. Social, political [...]

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FOREVER STILL

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Beach House is performing songs from the album Bloom, in the brand new short movie Forever Still. Beautiful scenes shot in El Paso and Tornillo, Texas are ornamented with the voice of admirable Victoria Legrand.

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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Nevermind the New Year’s Resolutions – quitting smoking/drinking, eating healthier, traveling more or finding love –  go wild in Studio 54 way of celebrating New Year’s Eve, just like the old times, and dance like Fred Astaire!
‘I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, [...]

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TIME TO DANCE

Saturday, December 15, 2012

The cowboy, Mr. Darko a.k.a Jake Gyllenhaal is at a house party, killing in a fencing suit and chilling in a Turkish bath before murdering for the new video of The Shoes.

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RESPECT

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Legendary name Björk just keeps being unbelievable! Thrilled by the new video directed by Andrew Thomas Huang.

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You know Danny Fields.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

A documentary by filmmaker Brendan Toller is diving into the life, times and resonance of this American music journalist and author. Danny Fields was indeed a pivotal figure in the music business of the 60s, 70s and 80s – and I’d wager through today – as he managed Iggy and The Stooges and The Ramones along [...]

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No No Tip

Monday, October 29, 2012

What does a hipster do when he realizes that his hipness won’t take him anywhere in life? He flips. But no tips.

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HOLY

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Leos Carax, the director of Les Amants du Pont Neuf, practices sorcery with his new film Holy Motors. Competed in Cannes, this astonishing film surprises the audience with beautiful scenes as well as its discrepant and strange characters. Even the most disturbing scene is humorous and absurd in the fantastic world created with Denis Lavant, [...]

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HUSTLE AND BUSTLE

Sunday, October 14, 2012

1920s… Years of Charleston and Flappers like movie star Louise Brooks; cabarets and Dada! After being overwhelmed by Mike Nelson’s work in the newly discovered abandoned cabaret theater from 1920s in Berlin’s Gartenstrasse, bumping into Thames and Hudson’s new publication Berlin in the 20s was a nice coincidence. The book is starting with a description [...]

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