Monday 28 September 2009

Sunday 27 September 2009

Marsatac

Etienne de Crécy was by far the best act last night. However, the biggest positive surprise:



Felix da Housecat was boring and Art Brut just terrible :/

Took the train back from Marseille at 6.05am. Luckily woke up just before Aix.

Saturday 26 September 2009

Marsatac - tonight



and Au Revoir Simone, Art Brut etc.

Thursday 24 September 2009

Mother Night

Mother Night ★★

Boring film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's boring book.

New Chromeo Single

Monday 21 September 2009

You gay?

G sanoo:
"laisse tomber les filles" ????
Glücksnuß! sanoo:
yea..?
G sanoo:
mais non!
Glücksnuß! sanoo:
but of course
G sanoo:
you gay?
Glücksnuß! sanoo:
haha
no


Mur

Disapproving Rabbits

Sunday 20 September 2009

Life is great. Without it, you'd be dead.

Gummo ★★★

Another Harmony Korine film. Again, visually impressive. Here's a few screenshots (no Chloe Sevigny's nipple though):





And the trailer:




Persepolis ★★★★

Friday 18 September 2009

Health Care

In Scotland:

During the first week the Uni provided us with the possibility to register with a local doctor. Filled in a paper and received a confirmation by mail. Didn't have to use the services once during three years as attendance was optional.

In France:

Bring a medical certificate if you're ill, even for one day. All absences must be explained. Where do I find a doctor? Do I have to pay for it? Do they speak English? Blah, easier just to go to class and spread the illness.

ps. the school cafeteria where ~500 people have lunch doesn't have soap in the lavatories..

Thursday 17 September 2009

Bored to Death

HBO's new comedy starring Jason Schwartzman. Two episodes available online...

The Fun That We Had

Julian Plenti - Julian Plenti Is ...Skyscraper ★★★★★



Young Marble Giants - Salad Days ★★★★



jj - jj n° 2s ★★★

Tuesday 8 September 2009

How is it possible that a nun can fly

Mr. Lonely ★★★

An American indipendent film by Harmony Korine.

While watching I was constantly comparing the film to Werner Herzog's production without noticing one of the actors was Werner himself! Apparently he's a big fan of the director.



The story was poor to be honest but visually the film was magnificent. This is a screenshot of one of my favourite scenes:

Sunday 6 September 2009

Rognes Gig

My last.fm friend Fred (30 year old female, festival organiser by occupation) gave me, Joni and Markus a ride to Rognes(a small village 20km north from Aix) to see one of the best gigs of my life. The venue was part of an art gallery, wine cost 1€ and the bands were amazing. The supporting act was a debut by Professeur Sloggy. The closest comparison I can make is Manu Chao. As he sang in French, I obviously didn't understand most of the lyrics but I got the main words like "sadistic".

The main act was a joint effort of two bands: Narrow Terence and Mansfield Tya. Imagine young Tom Waits and Shannon Wright, accompanied by two violins, a keyboard, a guitar and a bass.