Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, / That dost not bite so nigh / As benefits forgot: / Though thou the waters warp, / Thy sting is not so sharp / As friend remember'd not.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Monday, May 28, 2007
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Mumbai's lunch couriers are gurus of efficiency
"Work strategy of poorly paid, illiterate dabbawallahs has captured the interest of India's business schools and corporations"
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
The Old Testament of Psychogeography
"Good people, harken to me, I get all my information straight from heaven. The secrets of each of you, like those of language and of love, are revealed to me each night, and there are nights in broad daylight." - Aragon.
Paris Peasant
Psychogeography
Bataille d'oreillers
Bataille d'oreillers - Pub Absolut
"Boum" par Charles Trénet (1937)
1. La pendule fait tic tac tic tac
Les oiseaux du lac font pic pic pic pic
Glou glou glou font tous les dindons
Et la jolie cloche ding din don
Mais ...
Boum
Quand notre cœur fait Boum
Tout avec lui dit Boum
Et c'est l'amour qui s'éveille.
Boum
Il chante "love in bloom"
Au rythme de ce Boum
Qui redit Boum à l'oreille
Tout a changé depuis hier
Et la rue a des yeux qui regardent aux fenêtres
Y a du lilas et y a des mains tendues
Sur la mer le soleil va paraître
Boum
L'astre du jour fait Boum
Tout avec lui dit Boum
Quand notre cœur fait Boum Boum
2. Le vent dans les bois fait hou hou hou
La biche aux abois fait mê mê mê
La vaisselle cassée fait cric crin crac
Et les pieds mouillés font flic flic flac
Mais...
Boum
Quand notre cœur fait Boum
Tout avec lui dit Boum
L'oiseau dit Boum, c'est l'orage
Boum
L'éclair qui lui fait boum
Et le bon Dieu dit Boum
Dans son fauteuil de nuages.
Car mon amour est plus vif que l'éclair
Plus léger qu'un oiseau qu'une abeille
Et s'il fait Boum s'il se met en colère
Il entraîne avec lui des merveilles.
Boum
Le monde entier fait Boum
Tout l'univers fait Boum
Parc'que mon cœur fait Boum Boum
Boum
Je n'entends que Boum Boum
Ça fait toujours Boum Boum
Boum Boum Boum...
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Lesamici Book Club
"In Paris Noir Yonnet tells is about some of the darker quarters of Paris on the left bank of the Seine, centred on the place Mauberge and the rue Mouffetard, as seen s from his own experience.
It is mainly written during the 1940s, under the Occupation and in the immediate post-war period; there is a certain amount dealing with the resistance, but the main thrust of the book is a Paris that existed between the wars - and is well known from the film noir -but has since disappeared. It concentrates on the people, rather than places, a mixture of ordinary workers, tradesmen, artists, con-men and criminals.
It invests the area with a sense of mystery including occasional supernatural events; it is extremely well written, often using the language of the inhabitants of the area. Raymond Queneau considered it the greatest book ever written about Paris."
'Among the books you must read before you die is Paris Noir by Jacques Yonnet.'
Raphael Sorin
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Monday, May 14, 2007
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Monday, May 07, 2007
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Friday, May 04, 2007
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
I Can't Believe We Don't Have Any Cat Pictures!
feel better already...