jeudi 29 janvier 2009

AC/DC 's Exhibition @ Proud Galleries in London


Pictures from the exhibition @ Proud Galleries in Camden London
from Feb 5th - May 31th

ALL PICTURES © PHILIP MORRIS

the early daze



mercredi 28 janvier 2009

Billy Powell Keyboardist for Lynyrd Skynyrd dead at 56

After the death of Stooges' Ron Ashton it's with great sadness that we've heard that Billy Powell , keyboard player in Lynyrd Skynyrd died of a suspected heart attack at his home in Prange Park , Florida.
Powell, who has a history of heart problems, called 911 emergency at about 12:55 am because he was having trouble breathing. When rescue crews arrived they tried to perform CPR but were unsuccessful in reviving the 56-year-old, reports the Associated Press.
He 's the fifth member of Lynyrd Skynyrd to die after Ronnie Van Zant , Steve Gaines , Allen Collins & Leon Wilkeson.

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Kaiser Chiefs + Danananaykroyd @ Olympia Jan 27th 2009

Kaiser Chiefs and Dananananaykroyd @ Olympia Paris Jan 27th 2009

First band on stage in a SOLD-OUT Olympia is Dananananykroyd , they were already playing when i get into the venue. They sound a bit like Los campesinos with 2 singers, as you can see on the pictures they went down in the pit to sing and ask for " free hugs ".
Entertaining. - click on pictures for the full monthy -

Da-Nananana-ykroyd in the pit
and on stage
right in the nuts ... ergh sorry ! ...eye !!!

Then we have Kaiser Chiefs , they've always been very good live .
I'm a bit disappointed by the new cd, but sometimes you rediscover a record by having the songs played live. They opened the show with the first song from the new cd , good.
Then things started getting really hot 'til the last song.
The lightning is great and Ricky is , as usual , doing the show ; running from one side to the other,Jumping up and down ( see pictures ), having the audience sing every word . Even the people on the balcony are standing up and dancing. Ricky even had a girl on stage ( see video )
I'm glad they changed the venue to this theatre , the Zénith was too big for them , you fully appreciate Kaiser Chiefs in a club face to face.
This gig is probably not my favorite from the boys, i've seen them many times in clubs before, but everyone went home with a big smile on their face including me.
Bluesy / Greeny
Yellowy / ready
yeah YOuuuuuuuuu

Beeeezzzzzzzzz
Flying high
Flying high ...again


Vintage T shirt & setlist ( may be inaccurate i'll check tomorrow )

" Modern Way " :

lundi 26 janvier 2009

Franz Ferdinand @ Studio SFR & " L' Album de la semaine" for Canal+ on February 3rd & more ...

Franz Ferdinand will be very busy next week in Paris , On tuesday 3rd February they will play 2 shows :

AND IT'S AN EXCLUSIVE NEWS TO THIS SITE:
1) Canal+ TV Show " L' Album de la semaine " at 4 pm. ( time confirmed )

2) Studio SFR for a private showcase at 8 pm ( announced a week ago in the press )

Franz Ferdinand will also play one song live @ " Le Grand Journal " for Canal+ on Feb 2nd.

Pete Doherty will be in Paris on Feb 2nd to play @ Taratata tv recording

OASIS will be in Paris too on Feb 3rd to play live on the same tv show " Le Grand journal" .

The britishs are taking over Paris

Eagles of death Metal @ L ' album de la semaine Canal+ Jan 26th 2009


Original setlist incomplete

The Eagles of Death Metal are in Paris tonight to play famous tv show " L 'Album de la semaine "
They also have a gig @ Nouveau Casino ( sold out ) on tuesday 27th.

Kaiser Chiefs are playing on the same day at the Olympia.

i'm just back from The Eagles of death metal ( AKA Pigeons of Shit Metal ).
Decent show from the boys. The singer is really a character looking cool and funny... allright he's limited on the guitar but it's ok for the Classic rock they're playing. I though they would be much more heavy ( so i was disappointed ).
They took it all , well most of it from the Rolling Stones , on a couple of songs The Glimmer Twins could sue their asses for plagiarism.
They have borrow the drummer from the Queens of the Stone Age , this guy is a monster and the music is so cool & relax( compare to QOTSA ) that he gives the impression that he could do the ironing while playing drums .
They've played their set and came back on stage to play 2 songs another time ( including " wanna be in LA" ) and added 2 others at the end of their set.