Tchiki Boum + Performers @ La Suite Paris Nov 27th 2009

Tchiki Boum & Performers
@ La Suite Paris Nov 27th 2009

? & Performer

Thank god it's Friday, but it's friday or saturday every night @ Rockerparis.
Anyway there was no gig planned tonight for us , so Mathilde took me to a squatt (an underground parking lot ) in the 13th district @ La Suite ( no relation with the posh club Av. George V ).
We also had the choice to go to see a screening on Johnny Thunders we prefered LIVE music to a dead Body.

First on was a shitty band , dressed funny but the music was crap.
Then we had Tchiki Boom, cool rock-surf band with some dancers ( see pic )

Tchiki Boum

Then it was time for a naked performer to escape his prison of plastic. ( Pic above )
As we were about to leave the premises, we saw a couple playing & singing a music I hate , 80's new wave but the lyrics to their songs were so funny ( talking about sex ) that we stayed for their performance as they didn't only play but acted too. ( see below )
Don't know why so many performers need to show their dicks and assholes to the audience at least they could be girls.

getting spanked with whipped cream

Fun evening.

Rickie Lee Jones @ FIP Radio France Paris Nov 26th 2009

Rickie Lee Jones @ FIP Radio France
Paris Nov 26th 2009

Just two days after playing an almost 3 Hour show @ Bobino (click for review Pics & video).
Rickie Lee Jones is once again in Paris for the third time , she played tv show One Shot Not on Nov 19th ( click for review and setlist ).

This time she's playing a LIVE radio show for Fip @ Radio France.
Once again conditions are perfect : only 250 people seated in confortable sofas like in a movie theatre.
Before getting on stage we could hear her interview ( recorded in another studio ).
The show was roughly the same with the exception that she "only" played for 11o min.
The setlist is a bit different ( No "Rebel Rebel" to start with ) but we had a great version of" Chuck E's in love" even though she messed it up.
Same band with Rob Wasserman on bass ( he's playing on a few records by Lou Reed and Elvis Costello ) & Sal Bernardi on guitar.

People have the power...

SETLIST : ( from Lucy in the web website )
1- Easy Money
2- Weasel And The White Boys
3- Chuck Is In Love
4- Last Chance Texaco
5- Sailor Song
6- Beat Angel
7- A Tree On Allenford
8- It Must Be Love
9- Ghostyhead / His Jeweled Floor
(on piano)
10-Living It Up
11-We Belong Together
12-impro / Pirates
13-Horses
(on guitar)
14-Bonfires
15-Remember Me
16-Nobody Knows My Name
17-Wild Girl
18-Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes)

She's alternating between acoustic guitar and piano but no white strat' tonight.
Like two days ago @ Bobino , some very good parts and others less interesting.
She ended the set with French song " Autumn leaves" ( aka " Les feuilles mortes" originally sung by Yves Montand which was played during the interview)
Good show overall.

See ya all !

Handwritten setlist & Invitssss

Ronnie James Dio diagnosed with stomach cancer

UPDATED MAY 16TH :

RONNIE JAMES DIO has died today
more HERE

Ronnie with H&H in Paris June 2009

Ronnie James Dio diagnosed with stomach cancer.
"Ronnie has been diagnosed with the early stages of stomach cancer," Wendy Dio told Blabbermouth.net.
"We are starting treatment immediately at the Mayo Clinic. After he kills this dragon, Ronnie James Dio will be back on stage, where he belongs, doing what he loves best, performing for his fans.

See our review of Heaven & Hell in Paris in June with Pics & video. (click on link )

Rickie Lee Jones @ Bobino Paris Nov 24th 2009

Rickie Lee Jones @ Bobino Paris Nov 24th 2009

Just a few days after recording a tv show for Arte : " One Shot Not" playing two new songs.
Rickie Lee Jones is back in Paris this time to play a proper concert in a theatre I've never been before: Bobino in Rue de la Gaité, Montparnasse.
This street Rue de la Gaité ( "Joy street" ) is in the heart of Paris in the neighbourhood where all these famous painters ( Modigliani, Picasso, Soutine... ) used to paint. It's also a special street as it's the only street where there are sex-shop and theatres in this area.

Bobino used to ba a famous theatre where many French artists played : Brassens , Gréco, Fernandel , Renaud, Coluche... and then was destroyed in the 80's and rebuilt but it never was what it used to be... until now with Rickie Lee Jones.

No support band or real band with Rickie, just her with a bass player and a guitar player.
She wasn't happy at the beginning with the sound and complained for the first 4-5 songs then things get smooth.She remembered me of Lou " grumpy old man" Reed .
The voice is intact , crystal clear; She's playing most of the set on acoustic guitar, a few songs on the piano and some others on electric guitar ( a white Fender ).
Well , you really have to be into it to appreciate , if you don't know her repertoire it can be quite boring to a novice.
I don't know everything she did ( and the new record ) some parts were cool but others ...
There are too many soft songs, too bad the show started in a very nice way with David Bowie 's "Rebel rebel".
She's not like those new English bands playing barely for an hour even with 3 records under their belt as she almost played 3 hours with 'jus't one song as an encore.
Nice but it could have been better and ... She DID NOT play " Chuck E's in Love". NOOoooooo!!!!

Setlist with corrections

Next show in Paris on the 26th @ Radio France
( free show first come first serve basis )

Here's a video , sorry for the sound:

Thanks to Yaz

Them Crooked Vultures @ L' Album de la semaine Canal+ Paris Dec 4th 2009

Yes that's right

Paris is NOT on Them Crooked Vultures' European tour 2009 but YES they will play in Paris on December the 4th @ tv show L' Album de la Semaine on Canal+.
Unfortunately it will be a private show not open to the public as the record Cie took all the tickets.
Invit' only.

Rockerparis will be there so stay tuned !!!

See our review with Pics and video from their gig @ Rock en Seine this summer.
Best live video available on the net HERE