Jack White @ Cigale, Paris April 22 2012

Updated April 24 with complete & corrected setlist (thanks to Stéphane D)

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Jack White @ Cigale, Paris April 22 2012

First proper European show on this Tour to promote his first solo album "Blunderbuss", the album is out tomorrow but you could buy the vinyl & cd at the show tonight.
We could get ours on friday just before going to see Jack White @ L'Album de la Semaine TV show for Canal+performing a 45 min showcase, in front of a selected audience of less than 200 people, with both bands (male and female for two sets of 25 & 20 min).

Oups... sorry for the lousy Pics ;-) waiting for the officials !

Tonight we're only getting the Male band, Jack decided which one he was to play with, minutes before getting on stage, which means that the girls were @ Cigale and watching the show from the wings of the stage.
I guess he made a whole lotta money with The White Stripes as it might cost a fortune to pay expenses (travel & hotel + fees) for 11 musicians when you're only using 5 or 6 every night.

We knew what to expect, so there wasn't any surprise but Jack & the band were smoking as much as they did @ Canal+.
White & blue light for the whole show and the security was tight, probably the first show in a long time where I didn't see any cell phones or cameras up in the air to catch the moment, It's enjoyable but here @ Rockerparis, we don't like to be told what to do.
It's a ROCK show and we don't obey the rules, 'cause we're fuckin' ROCKERS.

Of course he played many songs for the new album and a couple of oldies, I have to say that our favorite is once again "Buffalo" from The Dead Weather. This song is a killer even though the album was very disappointing.
A "good" surprise he ended the set with The White Stripes' "Seven nation army", the show was so good that he really didn't need to play that song and we would have prefer another one from his back catalogue.
Great 69 min set, a bit short don't you think Jack ?

SETLIST: (corrected & complete)
01. intro
02. Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground (by The White Stripes)
03. Sixteen Saltines
04. Missing Pieces
05. Evil (Tom Jones cover)
06. Weep Themselves To Sleep
07. We're Going To Be Friends (by The White Stripes)
08. Hypocritical Kiss
09. I Cut Like A Buffalo (by The Dead Weather)
10. intro to...
11. Hello Operator (by The White Stripes)
12. Trash Tongue Talker
13. Top Yourself (by The Raconteurs)
14. intro to...
15. Ball And Biscuit (by The White Stripes)
16. intro to...
17. Freedom At 21
18. I'm Slowly Turning Into You (by The White Stripes)
19. Two Against One (Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi cover)
20. Jack introduces his all-male backing band
21. Seven Nation Army (by The White Stripes)

merchandising, cd, poster , schedule, pass sheet...& "No Photos"

Jack White @ L'Album de la Semaine, Paris April 20 2012

Jack White @ L'Album de la Semaine, Paris April 20 2012

setlist

GREAT show ! Looking forward to see him again on sunday @ Cigale

First show of Jack White in France before the one on sunday at La Cigale, it's like having him playing in your living room as the audience is sitting on stalls just in front of the stage with only 200 people.
First we have the Boys Band called "Los Buzzardos" for 6 songs set (25 min):

1. Sixteen Saltines
2. Missing Pieces
3. Trash Tongue Talker
4. We’re Gonna Be Friends
   
5. Weep Themselves To Sleep
6. Cut Like A Buffalo
   

Quintet with bass , drums, piano,lap steel & violin/ mandoline ; as usual with Jack the band is dressed up so are the roadies.
The band is neat, finally Jack White is writing proper songs, I mean compare to the one he wrote with The Dead Weather.
I Have not listen to the record yet but the songs sounds really great.
Glad that he played some White Stripes' and dead Weather's , fantastic version of "Buffalo".
There is a 10 min intermission so that they can change the drum kit and the back drop.

Then we have the Girls Band called the "Peacocks", all the girls are really good looking all dressed in white & blue. It's a sextet with a backing vocalist.
They have a great drummer that's kicking ass and the girl on the lap steel is a very sexy blonde but I think I have a crush for the black girl on backing vocals.
6 songs most of them no more than 3 min max so it's a short 20 min set.

1. Freedom At 21
2. Hypocritical Kiss
3. Love Interruption
4. Top Yourself
   
5. My Doorbell
   
6. Take Me With You When You Go

Jack is on top form and the guitar playing is neat, cool bluesy-rock-soul songs.

We were lucky to get both bands tonight but I don't know if it's like this for every gig.
We shall see on sunday as he's playing @ La Cigale

Great performances just hope he will play more than 45 min
Pic from the rehearsals HERE

Reminder:
Dead Weather @ Olympia October 2009
The Dead Weather @ Cigale June 2009(click for Pics setlist & review ) or Canal+ Tv show recording @ L' Album de la semaine ( click for review & pics ).
the Dead Weather @ Bataclan in 2010
The Raconteurs @ Rock en Seine 2008


Mariee Sioux @ Fargo store (6:00 pm) free show

Norah Jones @ France Inter (Invit' only) 8:00pm
Broadcasted live on the radio

Crocodiles @ Agnes B store, Paris April 19 2012 & Caandides @ Colette

Crocodiles @ Agnes B store, Paris April 19 2012 6:30 pm

Tight schedule, we're getting into the store just as Crocodiles is starting playing.
We are the girls from the band ? It's an acoustic set and there are just the guys.
Tonight it's packed, I've never seen so many people in the store for a showcase.
They do sound much more "English" when it's acoustic , I remember them from playing a Black session it was much more 60's Psyche.
They have some very good tunes, the attitude, very cool 5-6 songs set.

The singer from Poni Hoax is also playing a few acoustic tunes on another stage.
A DJ was getting ready on the main stage when we left the premises.
When we went to the Kim Fowley signing session we were given an Agnes B-Rough Trade bag with cds , this time its a white single 45 from Nicolas Ker & Jonathan Fitoussi.

Caandides @ Colette Music Box, Paris April 19 2012 5:30pm

First in this late afternoon is another Colette Music Box with 2 bands & a DJ.
This time we're feeded with fresh vegetables and some Spanish Ham, Musicwise as the show started very late because of technical problems we could only hear the first band Caandides for some pop-electro -rock, not our drug of choice, we left before Tristesse Contemporaine took the stage as we didn't wanna miss Crocodiles @ Agnes B.

Levon Helm 1940-2012 RIP

LEVON HELM (from The Band) 1940-2012 RIP

Levon Helm passed peacefully this afternoon. He was surrounded by family, friends and band mates and will be remembered by all he touched as a brilliant musician and a beautiful soul.

Mariee Sioux @ Gibert Joseph, Paris April 06 2012, 6:00pm

Mariee Sioux @ Gibert Joseph, Paris April 06 2012, 6:00pm

Another free show in Paris, this time on Bd St Michel with folk lady Mariee Sioux promoting her new album.
Small gathering of fans, she's playing acoustic guitar without any amplification, hard to hear anything as she has a tiny voice and the guitar playing was also very soft.
4 songs set maybe the conditions were not top to appreciate her quiet folk.

She's playing @ Café de la Danse on Thursday (April 19) with Matt Elliott
She'll play another showcase @ Fargo on friday (April 20) at 6:00pm
There should be another one on sunday at a secret location

Laura Gibson @ Agnes B Store, Paris April 16 2012

Laura Gibson @ Agnes B Store, Paris April 16 2012

Laura Gibson & band

Agnes B-Rough Trade store in Paris, today it's Laura Gibson to play a showcase in front of a dedicated audience.

Check the program of all the showcases on our facebook page (here)
Today we're talking about classy Folk Music, for a cool & relaxed 5-6 songs set with Laura on vocals, Guitar or Piano.

setlist & more Pics HERE

She played @ Oliver's a couple of years ago & @ Fleche d'Or in 2010

Agnes B store in Paris

Jack White to play @ Cigale , Paris April 22 2012

Jack White @ Cigale , Paris April 22 2012

2 shows in Paris in 3 days

April 20 @ L'Album de la Semaine, Canal+ (Invit' only)
April 22 @ Cigale, bookings on April 17 10:00am

Pin-Up @ Crazy Horse, Paris April 14 2012

Pin-Up @ Crazy Horse, Paris April 14 2012

Pin-up

Not much for Rock'N Roll this week so here are some sexy girls for ya all !!!

Kate Moss/ Marilyn Monroe/ Pinball tops

Exhibition today and auction tomorrow (on sunday) by Maître Pierre Cornette de Saint Cyr
Francis Giacobetti pics + Pin-up paintings and drawings (Greg Hildebrandt)
Helmut Newton & David la Chapelle Pics
Marilyn Monroe carboards
Wigs & shoes from the Crazy Horse...

More Marilyn / David La Chapelle Pics and Brigitte Bardot as Marianne (Aslan)

Helmut Newton Pics & Book

Grand Pre-Opening @ Palais de Tokyo, Paris April 12-13 2012

Grand Pre-Opening @ Palais de Tokyo, Paris April 12-13 2012

A "Circuit 24" for artist & Music lovers

Pre-opening of the Palais de Tokyo after being closed for refurbishment, it has now triple its initial size.

Opened 30 hours non-stop.

The only good thing we saw was that huge Grand Prix racing track for kids made out of thousands of old vinyls and you could actually drive the car, with a camera, in front of a screen.

That was cool

un peu d'humour dans un monde de brutes (center)

The rest was mostly crap and certainly not up to the level of the Palais de Tokyo.

• Small "figurines" made out of small plastic objects and trash : OK
• Some small drawings and texts written on notebooks & porn mags (pic below), the kind of things you do in class when the Maths lesson is boring you to death: crap
• there was a "dismembered" car: The metalwork with all the seats, wheels, lights... put around it (not pictured here), I'm pretty sure that workers repairing cars in a garage didn't know they were doing art: complete crap
• A huddle of wood : we thought it was the place where workers put all the trash away in fact it was ART: shit

I mean who the fuck do they think we are
Can they call "ART" any shit
It looks like the answer is "YES @ Palais de Tokyo

ART SWINDLE

So WHAT ?

Someone very dubious about all that shit !!!