Paul Personne @ Oui FM, Paris Nov 16 2011

Paul Personne @ Oui FM, Paris Nov 16 2011

French Blues guitar player Paul Personne played a showcase in the lobby of Parisian rock radio OUI FM to promote the release of his new album.
35 min + set with some laid back songs from the new album that are really sounding like the band America : Soft voice, acoustic guitars, cool tunes, some percussion and great harmony backing vocals, last songs were a bit more blues orientated like he used to do.
We had a couple of covers in the end JJ Cale's "Call me the Breeze" and Blues classic "Hoochie Coochie Man".
Great gig, it was broadcasted live on the radio, there should be a podcast in a couple of days, not to be missed.
Then there was some goodies to win: cds, bandana, limited edition compass and an Epiphone guitar.
The lucky Bastard wasn't me !

new single "J'ai revé":

"Some Girls" Live in Texas 1978 , private screening in Paris, Nov 15 2011

"Some Girls" Live in Texas 1978, Private screening @ Club de L'Etoile

(Thanks to Doctor Stones) click on poster above for tracklisting and more

We're just back from the screening, well It was the first time I was seeing any live video from this Tour, no questions asked: this tour was smoking !
Technically it's perfect: sound and image are terrific.
Filmed at the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas, on 18th July 1978.
The band is on top form, including Ian McLagan and Ian Stewart on keyboards ( no close shots of both of them for the whole set).
Much better recorded than Ladies & Gentlemen, funny to see the way people were dressing up back in 1978.
You could imagine that back in those days they were playing arenas, in fact no, as the Fort Worth arena is all seated and no bigger that Brixton Academy.
The only wrong thing is the way Mick Jagger is dressed up (Sneakers, red socks, a kind of leather jogging, a Punk "destroy" with svastiska tee-shirt, a beige jacket and red cap) and the way he's dancing: it's ridiculous.
Apart from this it's amazing, and we haven't seen any of the bonuses.

Izia @ L'Album de la Semaine, Paris Nov 14 2011

Izia @ L'Album de la Semaine, Paris Nov 14 2011

French female rock singer Izia is back with a second album "So Much Trouble".
We already saw her on stage several times, despite the fact that she's only 20, she opened a few years ago for The Stooges @ Palais des Sports and Motorhead last year.
Good old classic rock and a voice à la Janis Joplin, she's giving it all on stage.
We were lucky to be the first one to hear the new album in its (almost) entirety.
Maybe some songs need a bit more work specially the musicians' parts.
They tried the last song but she couldn't do it as her voice was fucked so we had another song instead ("?") then she played one very soft one on piano (great voice) , after discussions with the staff she played "She" one more time. They asked her for another one but she couldn't , she felt so sorry we thought she was about to break down in tears when she left the stage.

It will teach her a lesson she has to know how to save her voice and not giving it all like she did.
Don't worry baby you're young and you're doing very good.

Roger Federer wins 69th career title & first one @ Paris Bercy, Nov 13 2011

Roger Federer wins first Paris Bercy tournament and his 69th career title

Federer vs Tsonga (+ Painter Jérome Mesnager on far right)

Congratulations to the so-called best tennis player ever.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga couldn't do that much.

One of the many Jérome Mesnager painting in the corridors of Bercy

The Kills @ Olympia, Paris Nov 12-13 2011

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Setlist for Nov 13 : same songs & same order (Pics here & Here )

SETLIST Nov 12 : (From Here)
1) No Wow
2) Future Starts slow
3) Heart is a beating drum
4) Kissy Kissy
5) URA Forever
6) DNA
7) Satellite
8) Last says of magic
9) Baby says
10) Black baloon
11) Pots & Pans
12) Cheap & Cheerful
13) tape song
Encore
14) Pale Blue Eyes
15) Sour Cherry
16) Fuck the people
17) Monkey 23
18) The last goodbye