tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48733111705188739742023-11-16T20:04:23.228+01:00DONT.CONTRADICT.USMatthew Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12518267138998275631noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873311170518873974.post-84893177430502737862010-10-14T13:51:00.001+02:002010-10-14T13:52:42.487+02:00Über Tropikal Airlines<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As an offbeat fashion blog, we had to cover somewhat Paris Fashion Week. Who's the most offbeat and well known fashion designer? Yes, it is Jean-Charles de Castelbajac!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">So if there was one show to cover, it would be his and that's what we did.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Here's a short video representing his latest S/S 11 "Über Tropikal Airlines" collection, featuring <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.myspace.com/the.shoesmusic">The Shoes</a> - People Movin (Über Tropikal Edit).</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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<a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://vimeo.com/15834758">JC/DC SPRING/SUMMER 2011 Fashion Show</a> from <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://vimeo.com/matthewoliver">Matthew Oliver</a> on <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div><br />
<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">By <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:matthew@dont.contradict.us">Matthew Oliver</a></span></div>Matthew Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12518267138998275631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873311170518873974.post-34588589185285875452010-09-29T13:20:00.007+02:002010-09-29T13:38:02.414+02:00Oh My Ghent!!!<div font-family:="" verdana,sans-serif;="" white;=""><span class="long_text" id="result_box" style="font-size: small;">The dream team dont.contradict.us always in search of refreshing games and new places of perdition to discover, decided to move near our beautiful France to invade one of the strongholds of Europe partying which has kept plume and derision I <span title="">name: Belgium.</span><span title=""> So we made a trip to Ghent which </span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" style="font-size: small;"><span title="">has been for a long time </span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" style="font-size: small;"><span title="">an </span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" style="font-size: small;"><span title="">undeniable </span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" style="font-size: small;"><span title="">high place and pool of pop and electronic music (Das Pop, 2ManyDJs's, ...)</span>. Invited by an artist we love and that we could not wait to listen to live or dj set....</span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" style="font-size: small;"><span title="">Stephen Fasano a.k.a. </span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" style="font-size: small;"><a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.facebook.com/themagicianmusic">THE MAGICIAN</a> who's from Brussels, by the way. Now as a solo project with the </span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" style="font-size: small;">disco </span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" style="font-size: small;">magic he has, we had the chance to embark on a beautiful invitation to dance... <span title="">Returning from Chile among other things, he has offered his fellow compatriots and us, a </span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" style="font-size: small;"><span title="">fresh and spicy </span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" style="font-size: small;"><span title="">set, with a dose of madness and heat to this special evening organized by Eastpask and therefore orchestrated by The Magician, Villa and Horse Meat </span><span title="">disco... </span><span title="">A lineup that is propicious to delirium tremens...</span><span title=""> Happy New Year, the theme a bit "surrané" was transcended </span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" style="font-size: small;"><span title="">by an audience</span></span><span class="long_text" id="result_box" style="font-size: small;"><span title=""> at the height of "kitscherie", always assumed and here to party.</span> Parisians and their legendary snobbery have better behave themselves...<span title=""> dont.contradict.us was there to show that we can also be there... A good thing done... </span>THE MAGICIAN currently sweeping the world of Knights with his cape and his wand, leaving in his wake a trail of disco and glam powder on all the dance floors of the world...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" title="">For the finale, we alert you about the coming of a music lord, encyclopedia and gold digger, of real </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">sound </span><span class="" id="result_box" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">surgeons. Dirk de Ruyck operates the decks of the Parisian club <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://chezmoune.fr/">Chez Moune</a> on Friday, October 1st. Creator of <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.eskimorecordings.com/">Eskimo</a> which needs no introduction, co-owner of the new nevertheless important </span><a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://abracada.net/"><span class="" id="result_box" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Abracada</span></a><span class="" id="result_box" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> label, selector of choice at <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://alainfinkielkrautrock.blogspot.com/">Alainfinkelkrautrock</a> and manager of groups like Aeroplane, among others things...</span></div><div style="color: white;"><span class="" id="result_box"><br />
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</span>If you want to party in Belgium, we recommend the <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://libertinesupersport.be/fr/">Libertine Supersport</a> club led by the duo Mustang and </span><span class="" id="result_box">Chris </span><span class="" id="result_box">le Frog. The place is warmly welcoming and the </span><span class="" id="result_box">line-up</span><span class="" id="result_box"> is quite rich.<br />
<span title="">dont.contradict.us wants to thank Belgium and the Belgians for the flow of love and madness that has been offered. We owe you one</span><span title="">...</span></span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: white; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span class="" id="result_box"><span title=""><span style="font-size: x-small;">By <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:maryama@dont.contradict.us">Maryama Luccioni</a> & <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:matthew@dont.contradict.us">Matthew Oliver</a></span> </span></span></div>Matthew Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12518267138998275631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873311170518873974.post-36082686644266240062010-09-28T19:57:00.007+02:002010-09-28T20:02:27.069+02:00EDITO<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hey folks,<br />
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dont.contradict.us took a long vacation, even a spiritual retreat to refine its approach and broaden its horizons. But also forming a new team, new players to give dont.contradict.us a stronger taste and look which matches us more closely.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
dont.contradict.us is an idea, a thought, an act, a mean that wants to be in perpetual evolution; far away from what evokes its name literally, its goal will be to respond without imposing.<br />
Without claiming awkwardly to bring "the unseen" in the blog world, we still want to add something which we hope will be very special and proudly inimitable .<br />
What is now for us largely the best tool demonstrator of our talents will also have to be a wide field of discovery/rediscovery of what we love, what we transcend, without established order, without diktat and especially without being too pretentious.<br />
We stress here the "too much" because we are lucid about the content of our megalo journalistic approach.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In the extent of our means, we also hope to bring a more or less abundant and regular strong-minded spirit, non-formatted around the subjects that inspire us.<br />
Apart from our point of view, that of our precious environment will punctuate the sections to individual desires, discoveries and encounters of each and everyone of us.<br />
With insolence and lightness we talk about clothes, photography, places, festivals, art and as much as possible without being too serious...<br />
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Borrowed from the irreverent Talking Heads, our motto will now be "Stop Making Sense"... A motto that captures perfectly the spirit of dont.contradict.us...<br />
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Hoping that you will attend to each of our appointments...</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">By <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:maryama@dont.contradict.us">Maryama Luccioni</a></span></div>Matthew Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12518267138998275631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873311170518873974.post-10294144160600188552010-06-04T15:05:00.002+02:002010-06-04T15:06:07.658+02:00Stay tuned... I'm not the one you're looking for<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsDLvAbz3CbEsA71b7X_5bR3PECs8wQcwF81ipuFypSTc_tZWU1iUQN6kmoKvYAKwwx9M7IEAIhr3cIx2dw2B1w3Yv7KAosDFNZQUkJkxBT98LO2YeMkpfmwBsCcDSX-ZFIzy7VSVGoF1/s1600/4004527556_e5f79a2a6c_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsDLvAbz3CbEsA71b7X_5bR3PECs8wQcwF81ipuFypSTc_tZWU1iUQN6kmoKvYAKwwx9M7IEAIhr3cIx2dw2B1w3Yv7KAosDFNZQUkJkxBT98LO2YeMkpfmwBsCcDSX-ZFIzy7VSVGoF1/s400/4004527556_e5f79a2a6c_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><iframe frameborder="0" height="380" name="fairplayer" scrolling="no" src="http://fairtilizer.com/playlist/33555?fairplayer=large" width="220"></iframe><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Playlist by <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:erika@dont.contradict.us">Erika Tarbouriech</a> and photo by <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:matthew@dont.contradict.us">Matthew Oliver</a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873311170518873974.post-32925783564453130962010-04-22T12:42:00.000+02:002010-04-22T12:42:43.450+02:00On stage... High Places<object height="505" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gYvH9F0vXM4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gYvH9F0vXM4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The band originating from Brooklyn, NY, recently relocated to Los Angeles, CA is a duo comprising multi-instrumentalist Rob Barber and vocalist Mary Pearson. The two met each other at Western Michigan University. The name refers to a place where one has a better vantage point and can gain broader perspective, it references a love for mountains, rooftops, and of course metaphorical "high places". In the summer of 2008, the duo signed with Chicago label Thrill Jockey Records. The early singles and varied works were collected and released in July of 2008 as 03/07-09/07, and their debut S/T full length followed in September of 2008. Rob created the artwork by using photos taken by both band members. High Places tours almost constantly, they were at Midi Festival 2008 edition, and have toured with such notable bands as Deerhunter, No Age, Ponytail, Yacht, Dan Deacon,… </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">They were at Point Ephémère on last April 20th, such a pleasure to see them again. The new arrangements give to all those great tunes a very interesting sound. This time they've added a guitar which confers more soul to their trippy music. Get a chance to see them live on April 29th at Kill Your Pop festival in Dijon.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">By <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:matthew@dont.contradict.us">Matthew Oliver</a> and <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:maryama@dont.contradict.us">Maryama Luccioni</a></span></div>Matthew Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12518267138998275631noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873311170518873974.post-9533761618815123282010-04-20T12:41:00.003+02:002010-04-20T12:43:26.167+02:00Stay tuned... Hello darkness my old friend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3MSZW2RAt0tmKpyxYaK7FxM0Ia2zZF4Z43pd-9_FsD0kH0LnStbRxKwqBp5Z-X22VwC5MKO8YXODZG_oysaT8CH5GKsJcUnAwl9rIEkc0Vny6Rfzb81sCY8xKF26m74jx6pGaJGPQOPg/s1600/532317170_872f5cdc88_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt3MSZW2RAt0tmKpyxYaK7FxM0Ia2zZF4Z43pd-9_FsD0kH0LnStbRxKwqBp5Z-X22VwC5MKO8YXODZG_oysaT8CH5GKsJcUnAwl9rIEkc0Vny6Rfzb81sCY8xKF26m74jx6pGaJGPQOPg/s400/532317170_872f5cdc88_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="380" name="fairplayer" scrolling="no" src="http://fairtilizer.com/playlist/31246?fairplayer=large" width="220"></iframe><br />
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The Strange Boys will play at the Midi Festival, Villa Noailles - Hyères ( 23th to 25th of July) on the initiative of their scheduler Frédéric Landini. We can be sure that like the past years the selection will be excellent. Last thursday we went to see them at Point Ephémère. It was such a nice atmosphere, cool guys, great interaction with the audience,… The singer reminds me of Bob Dylan somehow, so when he started playing harmonica it was picture perfect! </div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">They were formed in Dallas, Texas in 2001 as a punk duo by Ryan Sambol (guitar, lead vocals, harmonica) and Matt Hammer the former drummer, while the pair was in 8th grade. Ryan's brother Philip joined in 2003 at the bass. The band later released their Nothing EP in 2007 on Dusty Medical Records and a self released EP, The Strange Boys will now forever be known as the Martin Luther Kings in 2008 before issuing their debut album, entitled And Girls Club via In The Red Records on March 3, 2009. After several changes in the line-up, they signed a deal with Rough Trade and announced details of their sophomore album, Be Brave, which was released on February 22th, 2010. Their music incorporates stylistic elements of garage rock, punk, r n' b and country. They've been compared to the 13th Floor Elevators and other bands featured on the compilation album Nuggets. They have toured alongside acts such as The Mighty Cannibals, Black Lips, Julian Casablancas, the late Jay Reatard,… They will be supporting Spoon and Deerhunter on a spring 2010 tour. Try to catch them on their way, and dance to their music like we did!</div><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">By <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:erika@dont.contradict.us">Erika Tarbouriech</a> and photos by <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:matthew@dont.contradict.us">Matthew Oliver</a></span></div>Matthew Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12518267138998275631noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873311170518873974.post-66135091442083689522010-04-06T20:55:00.006+02:002010-04-11T22:27:39.467+02:00Stay tuned... Dance before getting too pregnant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajIJF8BEMFVO2AaZpWq5bnR4qz0lNOiQszZlUcMCf8U_j2OR3BsWpLOWtp0JH9rzJUnjSKl2M42f0XW7NaB_HPk9u_W-jULy0yxy6J2CPlgnjF8Rd57JLxwbRZjZcjZdtJg6aNwqyjhgK/s1600/Erika.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajIJF8BEMFVO2AaZpWq5bnR4qz0lNOiQszZlUcMCf8U_j2OR3BsWpLOWtp0JH9rzJUnjSKl2M42f0XW7NaB_HPk9u_W-jULy0yxy6J2CPlgnjF8Rd57JLxwbRZjZcjZdtJg6aNwqyjhgK/s400/Erika.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #111111; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 24px; white-space: pre;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="380" name="fairplayer" scrolling="no" src="http://fairtilizer.com/playlist/31144?fairplayer=large" width="220"></iframe></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">By <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:erika@dont.contradict.us">Erika Tarbouriech</a><a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:matthew@dont.contradict.us"></a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873311170518873974.post-50127754357655906722010-03-30T17:10:00.001+02:002010-03-30T18:22:09.944+02:00Love at first sight... Me and the Devil by Gil Scott-Heron<object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OET8SVAGELA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OET8SVAGELA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><div face="Verdana,sans-serif">My friend Maryama made me discover this amazing video, beautiful music and skateboard, which was enough to make me impatient to share it with you guys…</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Gil Scott-Heron was born in Chicago, Illinois April 1, 1949 but spent his early childhood in Jackson, Tennessee, the home of his grandmother. Here comes the little story which I'm sure lots of my friends are gonna enjoy… His father Gil Heron of Jamaican descent, nicknamed "The Black Arrow", was a soccer player who, in the 1950s, became the first black athlete to play for Glasgow's Celtic Football Club.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Scott-Heron attended Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, that's how he met Brian Jackson with whom he formed the band Black & Blues. After school he took a year off to write the novels The Vulture and The Nigger Factory, this first one being published in 1970 and well received. Whilst being a musician, a writer and a poet, he's been quite a few times to jail.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He released his new album, I'm New Here on independent label XL Recordings on February 9, 2010. Me and the Devil is the first single from this new opus. Listen, watch and enjoy!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:x-small;">By <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:erika@dont.contradict.us">Erika Tarbouriech</a> </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873311170518873974.post-5472925501313271662010-03-30T16:09:00.001+02:002010-03-30T16:09:43.002+02:00On stage... Gablé<object height="360" width="480"><param name="movie"
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<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This band, noticed at Transmusicales festival in Rennes and MO'FO' at Mains d'Oeuvres - St Ouen, comes from a county dear to me, Normandy. They will play in Dijon on April 29th for the festival <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.myspace.com/festivalkillyourpop">Kill your pop</a> with Poni Hoax, Koudlam, High Places, A Sunny Day In Glasgow, among others. In the meantime we fly by <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paris-France/La-Fleche-dOr/20368203905">Flèche d'Or</a> to listen to them this Saturday April 3rd.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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What's a cool thing to do on a Sunday, when you're either hungover from the night before or really bored out of your mind? Well you could go to a cool pyjama party! And guess what, that's what my friends and I did. There's this great cocktail club, sort of a secret place called "Prescription Cocktail Club". It's located rue Mazarine in Paris' 6th district and they make p.r.e.t.t.y. good cocktails... And guess what we all had, yes, Bloody Marys the perfect cure for a hangover!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">You should all come over next Sunday, we'll be there!<br />
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Pyjama parties hosted by Chi Chi Menendez and David Piper.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">By <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:maryama@dont.contradict.us">Maryama Luccioni</a></span></span></div>Maryama Luccionihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113587342236991170noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873311170518873974.post-38850717717579812392010-03-25T10:22:00.002+01:002010-03-25T10:22:42.220+01:00In bed with... Anina<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Paris 9th - March 10th 2010 - 07.00pm</div><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Anina was listening to <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Johnny+Cash/_/God%27s+Gonna+Cut+You+Down+%28Mondkopf+Plus+de+Sommeil+Remix%29">Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down (Mondkopf & De Sommeil Remix)</a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">By <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:matthew@dont.contradict.us">Matthew Oliver</a> & <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:maryama@dont.contradict.us">Maryama Luccioni</a></span></div>Matthew Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12518267138998275631noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873311170518873974.post-80771387920339405502010-03-24T16:33:00.000+01:002010-03-24T16:33:50.829+01:00On stage... WHY?<object height="338" width="601"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7712460&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7712460&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="601" height="338"></embed></object><br />
<a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://vimeo.com/7712460">WHY? - These Hands / January Twenty Something</a> from <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://vimeo.com/anticon">anticon.</a> on <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The band from Cincinnatti, Ohio will play in Paris on March 25th at La Maroquinerie. Before his first year in high school Jonathan Wolf called Yoni, discovered an old 4-track in his father's synagogue and began to experiment musically. Later, his brother Josiah and Doug McDiarmid joined his project to form WHY?… For their third LP Alopecia, they asked fans to contribute photographs of their palms for the album's artwork. It was released on March 11th, 2008 to very positive reviews, with <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Why%3F/_/The+Hollows">The Hollows</a> as the first single and the excellent These Few Presidents. Two different european and US versions of the single were released featuring remixes and covers by Boards of Canada, Xiu Xiu or Islands, … on their respective issues. On September 22th, 2009 they released their fourth LP, entitled Eskimo Snow, Yoni Wolf described those new songs as "the least hip-hop out of anything I've ever been involved with". They perform live with Andrew Broder (guitar) and Mark Erickson (bass). </span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Here is the video of the two first tracks of Eskimo Snow, These Hands and January Twenty Something, listen and enjoy...</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">Scarves from <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://banditsbysarahtari.blogspot.com/">Bandits by Sarah Tari</a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Model: Crista </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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The words jostle: statuesque, busty, sexy, devastating, subjugating. <br />
I assume here and definitely my bias in her favor. I set her up today besides Eva, a moment of silence, please ... just to see Eva always so amazing after years of loyal service as the "#1 supermodel". Eva is a concentrate of sex appeal and feline grace that consumes you in a smile and kills you in a glance. What eventually leads me to compare them, is that they are not alike physically, but rather share a look, an attitude, an aura. Transcended by Lara who now boasts a regular size, both wonderful and rare to emphasize, imperfect teeth for some and undeniable charm to me. But above all, a charismatic icon. In other words: "a foxy lady".</div><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">By <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:maryama@dont.contradict.us">Maryama Luccioni</a></span></div>Maryama Luccionihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03113587342236991170noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873311170518873974.post-2183632357015554472010-03-14T21:32:00.003+01:002010-03-14T22:39:51.617+01:00In bed with... CanelleParis 9th - March 13th 2010 - 10.00pm<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Canelle was listening to <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.last.fm/music/F.R.+David/_/Words">F.R. David - Words</a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">By <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:matthew@dont.contradict.us">Matthew Oliver</a> & <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:maryama@dont.contradict.us">Maryama Luccioni</a></span></div>Matthew Oliverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12518267138998275631noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873311170518873974.post-6506409143745362182010-03-14T19:19:00.002+01:002010-03-14T19:21:36.007+01:00Love at first sight... Odessa by Caribou<object height="338" width="601"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9568937&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9568937&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="601" height="338"></embed></object><br />
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The Canadian band comes back with a new opus called Swim due to be released on April 20th 2010. The first excerpt Odessa is hacked for the dancefloor. We always find the psychedelic atmosphere that characterizes them, but this time the hovering sound of <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Caribou/_/Melody+Day">Melody Day</a> (on Andorra - August 2007) or joyful of <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Caribou/_/Yeti">Yeti</a> (on The Milk Of Human Kindness - April 2005) gives way to a darker mood.<br />
<div>The leader Daniel Victor Snaith is quoted as saying that he chose the name Caribou while on an LSD trip with friends in the canadian wilderness. The former name was Manitoba but had to be changed in 2004 under threat of an american lawsuit by Richard "Handsome Dick" Manitoba, the stage name of The Dictators frontman Richard Blum, to Snaith's opinion it was like The Smiths suing John Smith or something...</div><div>He performs with Ryan Smith, Brad Weber and John Schmersal as the former bassist Andy Lloyd now plays with Born Ruffians.</div><div>They will play in Paris on April 23th at Point Ephémère - Paris.</div><div><br />
</div><div>By <a bitly="BITLY_PROCESSED" href="mailto:erika@dont.contradict.us">Erika Tarbouriech</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4873311170518873974.post-7180213771748677192010-03-08T15:26:00.016+01:002010-03-24T16:30:55.398+01:00On stage... Panda Bear<div><br />
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Ebony Bones is wearing:</div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">headpiece <b>Tsumori Chisato</b>, dress <b>Vivienne Westwood Gold Label</b>, purse <b>Miu Miu</b>, shoes <b>Bleach</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
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