"The city of Liverpool - birthplace of The Beatles, is to host an extensive season of cultural events to celebrate the life of John Lennon, one of the world's most influential and legendary musicians, who was born in the city. From October 9, which would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday, to December 9, the day after the 30th anniversary of his assassination, several organisations in Liverpool will join forces to host a series of live music, film, poetry and art events which are estimated to bring tens of thousands of additional tourists to the city."
Yoko Ono continues to be opposed to the granting of parole to Mark David Chapman, who killed John Lennon 30 years ago [NY Daily News]. In August 2010, and for the sixth time since his prison sentence to life imprisonment in 1981, Mark David Chapman asked to be released under parole. For the sixth time, his request was denied.
It would be difficult not to say a word about Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition - coming straight from Basel andcelebrating the fiftiethanniversary of theartist's birth - which 'irradiates' from the Paris Modern Art Museum with its unusual huge scale show. Comprising a hundred major pieces – paintings, drawings, objects, from numerous museums and private collections, this retrospective offers a chronological overview on Basquiat evolution during his meteoriccareer from the streetto the canvasand the chance to assess the painter's contribution to art and art history. Born in Brooklyn in 1960, Basquiat died due to a heroin overdose in New York in 1988. He was only 27 years old. In 1984, the Modern Art Museum had already featured Jean-Michel Basquiat alongside with Robert Combas, Hervé Di Rosa and Keith Haring in a collective exhibition on France/USA Free Figurative work.
[IsTaRaI] "Centered on a rare interview that director and friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat over twenty years ago, This definitive documentary chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of the young artist." "Tamra Davis details the mysteries that surround this charismatic young man, an artist of enormous talent whose fortunes mirrored the rollercoaster quality of the downtown scene he seemed to embody." -"Jean-Michel Basquiat, the Radiant Child" [wiki].
* The movie will be screened at the Museum on Thursday, October 28 at 7 pm.
[Intergalaxy] Jean-Michel Basquiat: his friends and his paintings - Music by Velvet Underground, "Heroin". ___
October 22 update... The queue at the entrance of the museum was still reasonable around noon, under a perfect blue sky. Two hours later, it had probably reached some 150 or 200 meters, but thanks to such a weather, nobody seemed upset. One word on the exhibition: Go! it is absolutely dazzling! ___
Once more, Pascaline Mulliez has put together a surprising eve, in her Griset gallery, before the end of Erin Lawlor's work exhibition, closing next week.
Raphaël Imbert and LeïlaOlivesi - playing together for the second time, performed pieces from Dizzy Gillespie, Ornette Coleman and some of their own composition, finishing on a touch of klezmer-jazz fusion.
Crew : Video director, Benjamin Pisu - Cameraman, Frédéric Deliège - Music composer, Diakk - Lyrics & vocals, Bryan Polak - Vocals, Raphaëlle Sahler - Mixing, Krupnik. The exteriors were shot in Paris IX, XI, XVIII and somewhere in the Fontainebleau forest.
- rue Cavé (Echomusée) - rue Saint-Luc (the tailors') - rue Léon (the grocery) - the Bois Dormoy, in cité de la Chapelle - Ourcq bus stop. Yellow C@ts are Welcome on PaPoGris ! *** Checked & approved by G@ttoGiallo on Sep.2/2010. ___
Her short [TED]Talk and hurdy-gurdy performance in Oxford captivated the audience, which asked for an 'encore'... (After the performance, a musical private party, here on YouTube). _______
Step back, now : after a little dig in G@tto's archives... here is young Caro, entering her "Paris period", in early 80s...
As a girl with multiple talents, she started teaching aerobics, while performing as a singer in many jazz clubs and private parties, with her pianist friends Stacy MacAdams or Eddie Goldstein.
Caroline and computers?It all started with an Atari and a 4-track studio recording in 1987, in a small apartment near the subway station Louvre, where she began to compose, arrange and make demos of her own songs.
After a 3-year interlude in California (learning digital orchestration & harmony), she was back to Paris in 1992 and moved to the Basque Country (ah, l'amour!)where, while learning the Basque language and doing piano bar for a living, she - and Mixel Ducau, founded the group 'Bidaia' and... gave birth to Alaïa, in 1994. In 1996 she, well... 'started up' thePhillips Internet Consulting, an interactive web agency specialized in consulting, e-marketing and e-commerce - which is actually her main business, with headquarters in Biarritz/Izarbel and offices in Bordeaux and Paris.
*Caroline Phillips is also very involved in local business & politics - have a look at her autobiography to know more.
But it doesn't stop there, Caro learned to play hurdy-gurdy; Bidaia became a duo; Caro and Mix created a Disco dance group - just for the fun; then Caro turned to yoga and immediately broadcasted YogaMassala, a site dedicated to yoga practice at home, launching at the same time her original line of yoga clothing.
"The city of Liverpool - birthplace of The Beatles, is to host an extensive season
Yoko Ono continues to be opposed to the granting of parole
