Tag: France
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The obstacle course
A first person look at what it’s like to be queer, a very abridged version from Inter-LGBT France and TBWA Paris. In some sad sense a sanitised version, actually, in others more violent, it depends on the person…but at the basic core, true. This struggle is all too real.
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Fat White Family Go Disco?
Not entirely, but not far off – new single from FWF ‘Whitest Boy On The Beach’ is a psych dance affair, sounds like the new album will be more of an electronic Kosmiche freaky groove-off than the first. Also the Throbbing Gristle quoting cover is amazing. And interestingly they were playing La Cigale in Paris…
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jour pluvieux mix
Sometimes I escape into music when things get bad and words don’t seem to be doing any justice. As was the case with the first rainy day mix years ago…and my podcast when I was doing that. Difference is it’s called ‘jour pluvieux’. I’ll admit my French is terrible, but if Google and other sites…
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Tabula Rasa – new mix
Something I’ve been working on for a few weeks is a different kind of mix…I hate the words ‘downtempo’ or ‘chilled’ *shudder* but at some point I stripped all the uptempo tunes out of this mix, I wanted something deeper, something heavier, something that says ‘blank slate’ and new start – hence the name and…
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On terrorism
There have been some frankly awful analyses of the attacks in Paris a week ago, and the fallout from them. Either from surprisingly from my side, the left and anarchists seemingly serving our masters by wanting to take freedom of speech away like desperate young Tankies also doing a very good impression of hand-wringing liberals,…
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TV Girl – French Exit
Always got time and a soft spot for TV Girl at Radio Clash – covered and played their previous EPs on the podcast and blog, and they’re nice people to boot! And now they have a new album called French Exit (yeah I know, you wait for ages and two albums come along, like buses…