Back to Nice for a little tour...

by night...
Starting at the Negresco, facing the sea,


on the Promenade des Anglais...


and its friendly welcome,


the Nice Opera from the north-east side, rue Saint François de Paule,
(architects François Aune and Charles Garnier),


a passage leading from the Cours Saleya to the quai des Etats-
Unis and the sea,


the Espace Massena, a point of view on the old town
and the Château - in daytime,


Place Massena, on the border of the Vieux Nice (the old town),


(Architect Joseph Vernier),


and the avenue Jean Médecin (a former city's mayor).


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Have you seen Hermann Deza ?

Parisian Hip Hop photographer
Hermann Deza - aka Hermosdef
is missing since December 26th.
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Alert on DailyMotion.

Routine Elections...

The first one... won.
But the french "gauche" is so ill... will this really change something ?

Lisbon Treaty : Who's Afraid of People Voice ?

Ireland asks France to organize new presidential elections !

... alas, this strong headline of the M'PEP (fr), a French political movement, is just a joke
to underline the absurdity of Sarkozy's request for a second Irish referendum in order
to ratify the Lisbon treaty... already massively rejected by France and Holland in 2005.

Sinn Fein eurodeputy Mary Lou McDonald pointed out that while speaking a lot about
democracy, European governments act as they were afraid of people voice.




















(source)

- 13 Dec. 2007 : EU heads of state and government signed the Treaty of Lisbon.
- 20 Feb. 2008 : Parliament approved treaty with 525-115 majority.
- 12 June 2008 : Treaty of Lisbon rejected by popular vote in Ireland.
- 19-20 June 2008 : European Council discussed the aftermath of the Irish referendum.
The Irish Government's request for time to analyse the situation was accepted.
- Oct. 2008 : Ireland expected to make proposals at Council summit.

The Storming of the Bastille

You won't believe it, but there is still someone asking for the Bastille...
meaning the original fortress...
In fact, it is still possible to see a part of the outlines of the famous fortress
on the west side of the Bastille place, marked with a special paving.























From "Les guerres de la Révolution" - Camille Pelletan.

Bruni's 3rd CD on line...

Carla sings on line from July 9th until July 21st... listen.




















... and read the news !

Panoramic View of a French Jewel

Versailles, the Mirrors Gallery...
(click on image)






















(by Laurent Thion)

FETE de la MUSIQUE !

Launched in 1982 by the French Ministry for culture, the Fête de la Musique is held in more
than one hundred countries in Europe and over the world.

(click on image to see other international posters)

The MUSIC DAY in PARIS, LONDON, ROME, NY, BERLIN, BARCELONA,
KATMANDOU, QUEBEC...

G@tto's Fief Programme
Les Echos de la Fête > LIVE IN PARIS
with pics, videos and music of course !

What happens at : La Villette ? What about La Bellevilloise
and La Maroquinerie ? and around the Nouveau Casino in Oberkampf ?

Tonight around the best Paris clubs, check LastFM !

La Fête de la Musique was launched in 1982... (more)
Read about the SPIRIT of "Fête de la Musique"...

About Irish NO to the EU Treaty...

Why nobody asks the essential question :
Ireland would it be alone now rejecting the
Lisbon treaty if this one had been submitted
to a referendum in the other countries ?

Probably not.

French people said no in 2005, when asked by referendum and so did
Holland. These people are not against European Union, they just refuse
an anti-democratic European Constitution, now called Treaty to be more
easily accepted.

"You don't say yes to something you don't understand" said
Hugo Brady, analyst at the Centre for European Reform thinktank.

John Barrys' point of view.

Choose your language

Paris salue YSL

40 years on top of haute couture

(Jeanloup Sieff, 1971)

(ilovelowe)
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When Smoke meets Clouds in Griset...

... Kenzo Tange campanile stands still against the grey sky.
*

Le Mur Oberkampf/St. Maur

Joan Ayrton - #31 - samedi 22 mars

I don't mean "Tectonics !

... nor plate tectonics, no, I mean"Tecktonik"...
the one related to french teens :


(stanley94800)

"Coup de Cœur" at 4 am...

... because a friend's friend invited an Inuit family to spend 1 month in Paris.
The two daughters will probably sing traditional throat songs, katadjak, in my fief,
maybe at "La Locandiera" (145, rue Oberkampf, Paris XI) - If it snows...
which is possible this winter.


(Johnxxx20000)


(Isuma Prod)

Katadjak, or throat-singing, is a form of vocal-verbal art common to many (but not all)
Inuit (Eskimo) cultures.
Inuit throat-singing is done in the following way (click...).
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Deep Mourning for French Smokers

FINI LE CAFE-CLOPE AU BISTROT DU COIN !

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But...
we now have music, funeral music and a coffin
for tobacco... with Emir & No Smoking Orchestra.

(Quartzcity)

And...
anyway, everyone's going to quit smoking !
(cough cough!)

(Upsaka)

Pop Culture for the End of the Year !

- I t a l y -
Benigni acting his best role.

Dante is now in good hands since Benigni started
sharing The Divine Comedy with Tom, Dick & Harry.

Piazza Santa Croce, Firenze, (on TV Dec 25/07)
(Mondoblog)


RAI 1 Studios, Nov 29/07
(Civettone)

- F r a n c e -

2008 NE PASSERA PAS !
FONA >Front d'Opposition à la Nouvelle Année

Say NO to 2008 !
GANY >Group Against the New Year
No more dictatorship of the New Year !

(Bof !)

And a little fun from... abroad.

(Hoogstandje)


(Advancesp)

(Thunder1977)

Matchless opening of the Elysée to any possible fancy

Which one of Mouammar and Carla match up better to the President's fancy...

60 years today from the first Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Human Rights Day 2007 marks the start of a year-long commemoration
of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Pourtant, en France, on reçoit en fanfare
Le Prédateur !

... et il y a aussi l'affaire Guillaume Dasquié.
Cofondateur de geopolitique.com, Guillaume
Dasquié, mis en examen pour divulgation
d'informations secret défense, s'explique chez
Paul Amar, dans Revu & Corrigé, sur France 5...

(vidéo de Repenti)
mais... la vidéo n'est plus disponible... QUE FAUT-IL EN PENSER ?
... censure ?

Il nous reste quand-même le coup de patte de Bakchich.info

NEW ! le Ministère de la Désintégration.

Oui, ce nom serait mieux approprié.

Ce soir j'ai négligé mon Mac pour suivre avec beaucoup d'intérêt l'excellent magazine de Elise Lucet, Lionel de Coninck et Hervé Brusini.

Suivant les nouvelles directives, la police traque désormais les clandestins, sans exception.

Même ceux qui malgré tout travaillent, côtisent à la sécu et payent leurs impôts, ont plus que jamais intérêt à raser les murs pour se rendre sur leur lieu de travail car la chasse est ouverte et les contrôles fréquents. Il s'agît d'en expulser au moins 25000, fissa, de désintégrer justement ceux qui avaient réussi à s'intégrer - ce qui déjà n'était pas une mince affaire.

Le petit Jésus va bientôt renaître pour la énième fois, mais des gens moins égaux que d'autres continuent de mourir de trouille dans leur chaumière, dans le pays des libertés, à l'idée de se retrouver dans un centre de "rétention" avec vue sur le tarmac d'un aéroport.


Je ne rentrerai pas dans le détail des conséquences de cette méthode car je viens d'entendre Thierry Mariani, le rapporteur des lois sur l'immigration et j'ai besoin d'un whisky bien tassé.

Les Rita Mitsouko c'est fini.