Drifting in Paris

Marco Tulio Thrash

2009-03-22T04:03:00.001+01:00

For all current Marco Tulio Thrash stuffs go to www.marcotuliothrash.blogspot.com

Finals

2007-11-19T02:27:00.002+01:00

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HD-DVD Key & Crack Debate

2007-05-04T15:37:00.000+02:00

Here are a few links for those interested in this:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=119871

And this is the encryption key:
09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0

Please Leave a Message after the Tone - 8 Radio Show

2007-05-04T08:24:00.000+02:00

Please Leave a Message after the Tone - 8

More info:
http://driftingdisco.blogspot.com/2007/05/leave-message-after-tone-8.html

Check out the C-B-S (Cybernetic Broadcasting System) for your electronix and violent disco fix:
www.cbs.nu

Jack the System

2007-03-25T00:57:00.000+01:00

Jack for Ever, Mange Disque, Paris
w/ Yann Mirage, Sebtronic, Gatasanta and Humangigz

Fine electro/italo /wave/4x4 tracks mixed the always wonderful Jack for Ever crew. But sadly for the delight of few.

Highlight of the night:
Gatasanta's flawless mixing of Prince '1999' into Luke Eargoggles' righteous electro only to be court-martialled Liaisons Dangereuses 'Etre assis ou danser'

Color Temperature

2007-03-23T22:00:00.000+01:00

Heating up vision

Remember CRT monitors? Those pre-jog wheel days when each function had its button. Remember I.T lessons? There was button behind the computer monitors which flooded the screen with green. Those monitors got bashed around quite a lot. They didn't come in all shapes or sizes but rather with different colour temperatures ... each one had it's own visual flavor, like wine for discerning eyes.

Gradual Home

2007-03-20T00:58:00.000+01:00

====Growing Realisation=====

The Ideal Home

Daily Focus

Drifting Disco Shop

2007-03-09T19:15:00.000+01:00

Marco Tulio Thrash - Try Me // Handmade & Limited CD-R// DDCD002
Now available at Drifting Disco Shop

Latitudes

2007-03-04T19:35:00.000+01:00

CDG - EWR part (ii)

What didn't happen:

Relief & Confusion

What happened:

Relief & Awe

Departure

2007-03-02T15:48:00.000+01:00

CDG - EWR Part(i)

Airports always have an impeccable sense of style and decorum.

There is enjoyment in waiting.

Crystal Castles and Infants (Fiasco System XX)

2007-02-21T16:09:00.001+01:00

They are coming to Paris ... It's so exciting ... barely containable <¦>
More info about where and when further down

INFANTS (Tigertrap, uk)

http://www.myspace.com/infancy

Dignes héritiers de Devo (pour son univers graphique et sonore), des Boredoms (pour les vocaux déchaînés de sa chanteuse japonaise) et des guitares écorchées vives de la no wave, Infants pratique un rock déstructuré et complexe, violemment dansant et joyeusement dissonant. L’énergie contagieuse propagée par leurs concerts en fait l’un des groupes live les plus réputés du moment.

CRYSTAL CASTLES (Merok, Can)

http://www.myspace.com/crystalcastles

Un vent de hype inattendu souffle sur ce duo de Toronto, propulsé au devant de la scène par les Klaxons et CSS, deux groupes avec qui ils ont partagé leur dernière tournée. Crystal Castles a pourtant demarré comme une joke, avec une gamine hystérique de seize ans hurlant dans un micro et un bassiste féru d'electro cheap pratiquée sur un vieil Atari ou une Gameboy. Le groupe produit une electro punk hasardeuse et dérangée, qui concilie spontanéité et expérimentation avec la sauvagerie de gamins hypersexués. Le buzz s'amplifie grâce à un single très vite épuisé sur le label des Klaxons, relayé par une page My Space haute en couleurs. Ils recoivent bientôt les louanges de Vice magazine ('the next big thing’, ‘like a playground full of children being showered in acid rain’), du NME ('soon to be an electro-neu-rave classic. Like a Gameboy having a nervous breakdown - imagine!') et de Dazed and Confused ('epic arias of cataclysmic bleeps, twisted out of inspired modifications made to dollar-store keyboards...memories of a mis-spent childhood’) et sont même allés jusqu’à remixer Bloc Party avec force irrespect. Ils joueront ce soir pour la première fois en France.

interview dans Fact Magazine

http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/da/40059

FIASCO SYSTEM XX

2007-02-20T17:57:00.000+01:00

FUCK NO WAVE! FUCK NU RAVE! VIVA NO RAVE!
an evening of 8 bit massacre, psycho pop hysteria and power electronics

vendredi 23 fevrier / 20h / La Generale / 6 euros

FIASCO SYSTEM 20

CRYSTAL CASTLES
http://www.myspace.com/crystalcastles
INFANTS
http://www.myspace.com/infancy
GENJINI
http://www.myspace.com/genjiniii
EVIL MOISTURE
http://www.myspace.com/evilmoisture
LEAH & FREAH PEAH

La Generale
14 rue du General Lassalle
Metro Belleville

Flyer by Hendrik Hegray

See you down the front !!

Quark Park (i)

2007-02-20T01:34:00.000+01:00

Explained Beauty (i)

Resilient, silent, spacious, all-weather, momentous and thoroughly enjoyable. The Millenium Dome doesn't even hold a candle.

Quark Park Website

Something to Look Forward to

2007-02-20T01:06:00.000+01:00

Untampered beauty

Season's pixel vision.
A true moiré winter pastoral.

Mystery Perimeter Fence,
Why won't you let me through?
Mystery perimeter fence,
What have I done to you?

pictures by Michelle

Paris Nights

2007-02-15T21:46:00.000+01:00

Jack Forever & Transformer di Roboter

Gatasanta (Jack Forever) amid mix. Cafe Cherie
Check out http://jackforever.free.fr/ for supa tight free mixes & more info.

Transformer di Roboter ... scream but sadly fail to ignite
http://www.transformerdiroboter.com/

Keyboard didn't live up to its promise.

No Comment - Colour Chutes

2007-02-15T21:44:00.000+01:00

No Comment - Current Affairs

2007-02-15T21:35:00.000+01:00

Now we're talking.

2007-02-15T20:55:00.000+01:00

All Mod Cons

This can only be a love mask.

The colours for a worthy cause.

Thanks to E. & F. & lil' F. for their help and welcome.

Trip to Nantes

2007-02-15T20:51:00.000+01:00

Photos from my time in Nantes are now posted over at Drifting Disco Club (www.driftingdisco.blogspot.com)

CHECK 'EM OUT !!

Marco Tulio Thrash x Ghostape, Lieu Unique, Nantes

2007-02-14T02:00:00.000+01:00

Marco Tulio Thrash x Ghostape, Lieu Unique, Nantes

More info: www.driftingdisco.blogspot.com

"Try Me" Handmade CD-R

2007-02-14T01:29:00.000+01:00

"Try Me" Handmade CD-R

Limited Edition

More info: http://www.driftingdisco.blogspot.com/

2007-02-04T19:01:00.000+01:00

Touching the Void

2007-01-31T21:41:00.000+01:00

My hands are cold. Vegetables are boiling over in the kitchen corner and the stereo is strutting out some twee-pop...

... but the emptiness is still oppressive, it still deafens and drowns everything else out.

Then, Touching the Void comes back to mind, it's a welcome memory.

Fetid Royale Pt.1

2007-01-24T22:11:00.000+01:00

The Pump Rooms, Bath

The Pump Rooms is a upmarket establishment owned and operated by Bath City Council serving teas, coffee, sandwiches, savoury snacks and a selection of cakes.

Many questions arise from this image:

1 - What exactly is on display?
2 - Where does the money go? (Knowing that this is a public facility)
3 - Where does the water go?

Over the season's vacation, I went to the Pump Rooms for afternoon tea and fruit cakes with my friend Tinycatt.

After looking at the menus, We concluded that a good way of answering question (2) would be to detail how revenue is allocated item by item.

For example: Assam Tea - £2.90 (Profits go towards the upkeep of the shrubberies in the Parade Gardens)

Jetlag

2006-12-04T22:04:00.000+01:00

Night Flight

My eyes can't close.
My eyes can't focus.

Escaping the night
to burn up in the fiery horizon.

2-week Hiatus

2006-11-16T02:24:00.000+01:00

Travel Notice

Drifting in Paris won't be updated until after the 1st December. I'm flying off for two weeks.

However to compensate I will be taking a lot of pictures of the journey.

But for now there's nothing to do but buy presents, check requirements and pack bags.

Leave a Message After the Tone 3

2006-11-14T13:16:00.000+01:00

Leave a Message After the Tone 3
CBS Air Date: 13/11/06 - 1600 (CBS time)

For more information & tracklisting ... follow the link: http://driftingdisco.blogspot.com/2006/11/leave-message-after-tone-3.html

Unavoidable Gaze

2006-11-13T22:11:00.000+01:00

Glances in Context

Eye contact is sustained, subtle and studious. It gently inspects the subject trying to find out as much as possible without unsettling anything.

A potent stare, the eye is alert to even the smallest change, focussing and responding to specific visual information.

Nocturnal bedsit glamour is not just the preserve of Thatcher-era northern english youth. Any occasion is apt for judicious mirror action ... eye to eye ... no one can hide.

Sensorial Harrasment

2006-11-07T23:51:00.000+01:00

Constant Obsession

Fixedly staring into your eyes.

Filling your ears with their concerns.

Lit up like mannequins.

Departure Gate Melancholy

2006-11-06T21:23:00.000+01:00

Departure Gate Melancholy

I looked down the corridor as far as my eyes would take me ... until I couldn't make her out.

Please Leave a Message After the Tone 2

2006-11-01T10:36:00.000+01:00

Please Leave a Message After the Tone 2

The second instalment was aired on the C-B-S (www.cbs.nu) for halloween at 00:15 and 12:15. For more sinister information click here (http://driftingdisco.blogspot.com/2006/11/please-leave-message-after-tone-2.html)

P.S: I am sorry if links are not displayed clearly ... until the layout properties are repaired you're going to have to guess them out :)

Marco Tulio Thrash - Please Leave a Message After the Tone

2006-10-23T23:41:00.000+02:00

Marco Tulio Thrash - Please Leave a Message After the Tone

In a dark room with nothing but a desk ... an the lcd digit display comes to life ... oozing a red glow ... the cassette mechanism of the answerphone clicks into action and tape hiss starts to fill the room ... a voice asks us to leave a message.

Marco Tulio Thrash - Remote Manipulator Theme
Super Furry Animals - Mu-Tron
Glass Candy - City Lites
Marco Tulio Thrash - Interlude Segment
Icebreaker International & Manual - The Countdown
Marco Tulio Thrash - Remote Manipulator Theme (again)

Voices: David Suarez and Marco Tulio Thrash

http://www.neufgiga.com/partage_neuf.php?share=LNK8040454fa031a7fbc

Follow the link above and then click on the musical note icon to start download.

Grab it quick before it vanishes into the binary ether.

CBS (Cybernetic Broadcasting system)air date: 10-23-06 / 21:05

++ Update: Marco Tulio Thrash live!! on the De Rinchy Show

New Marco Tulio Thrash Single

2006-10-13T10:22:00.000+02:00

New Marco Tulio Thrash Single Out Today

Try Me is now available on Drifting Disco
Try Me est disponible chez Drifting Disco

Informative Sugar

2006-09-07T22:08:00.000+02:00

Coleccion de azucares eruditos
Gracias a Guillermo (Coleccionista de azucares del Baix Camp)

Brush up on your aviary knowledge or stay safe on the road with this handy set of authoritative sugar envelopes.
Revisar sus conocimientos aviarios y aprender la signografia rutera si no conduce, son dos de los usos de estos azucares.

Hello (whispered)

2006-09-07T21:58:00.000+02:00

After so long, a light glows in the darkness, followed by others in soft focus.
Un LED s'allume dans l'obscurite, suivi d'autres plus flous.

Two LCD displays at equal distance from the same point display two distinct times themselves separated by a regular interval:
LCD-1 21:59
LCD-2 15.00

Deux ecrans LCD places a distances egales montrent deux heures differentes:
LCD-1 21:59
LCD-2 15.00

ON AIR: ATOC mixing live on WPS1 available from their website (see link section).

MISS LE BOMB, Ghostape, Marco Tulio Thrash & Less The Band

2006-07-21T15:43:00.000+02:00

OUT THERE !
Lundi 4 Sept

La Flèche d'Or
102 bis rue de Bagnolet 75020 Paris
(Metro : Alexandre Dumas, Porte de Bagnolet, Gambetta)
www.flechedor.com

Soirée Electro-Rock
Entrée Libre 20h

Live !! MISS LE BOMB // GHOSTAPE // MARCO TULIO THRASH // LESS THE BAND

MISS LE BOMB (Berlin/Careless Records) : L'immanquable chanteuse du Club le Bomb et Queen of Japan, nous concocte une disco bordélique, des morceaux garantis de vous faire virevolter de plaisir sur un dancefloor en paillettes de choc. Elle percute sur scène avec un fracas hedoniste.
MISS LE BOMB secoue, tronçonne, rugit, embrase (et embrasse). Le public n'a pas d'autre choix que de se laisser déployer. Son nouveau maxi 'Jealousy' (remixé par Electronicat et Snax) vient de sortir sur le label Berlinois, Careless Records.
Une fois pour toutes: MISS LE BOMB ...for all that's wrong! http://myspace.com/misslebomb/ www.misslebomb.net

GHOSTAPE : La voix naphte et sinueuse de GHOSTAPE se faufile entre guitares folk, dissonances no-wave et boite à rythme martiale.
Influencé par Fugazi, Liquid Liquid et Sonic Youth, GHOSTAPE nous livrera un univers entier de sonorités pour nous perdre dedans. http://myspace.com/iamghostape / http://ghostape.tk/

MARCO TULIO THRASH irradiera la Flèche d'Or avec son Plutonium Pop enrichi à la synthpop de Sheffield et aux isotopes Italo. MARCO TULIO THRASH donne la parole aux centrales nucléaires, aux autoroutes et péages, aux blocs opératoires et aux problèmes d'amour sur des synthés ionisants.
MARCO TULIO THRASH vous conseille d'ammener vos compteurs Geiger. http://myspace.com/driftingdisco / http://www.driftingdisco.blogspot.com/

LESS THE BAND (US) : Psychedelic post-rock, clumsy funk, and any 80s record that ever got you laid. The band stretches the standard landscapes of American Song with stories of black bears, robotic attraction, and Mickey Rooney. http://www.myspace.com/lesstheband

Festival Bancal

2006-06-01T12:44:00.000+02:00

Festival Bancal, La Plage, Paris, 29 Avril
Ton Ami, Regis Victor, Mon Chat Show, Lawrence Wasser and Club des Chats

Lawrence Wasser lashed out at his keyboard without remorse.
Lawrence Wasser maltraitait son Korg en toute impunité.

The bassist wore a "laptop hero" T-shirt. However his lines were taut.
Le bassiste portait un t-shirt informatique, mais ses lignes étaient tendues.

What a flourish.
C'était le printemps.

Ton Ami was a jubilatory experience.
Régis Victor appuyait sur des boutons.

Mon Chat Show pulling your strings.
Mon Chat Show ... une synchronicité à tel point que c'était troublant !!

2006-05-31T22:20:00.000+02:00

No Comment (Stab Me)

Pop In Open Mic n. 367

2006-05-30T01:17:00.000+02:00

Pop In Open Mic n. 367, 105 rue Amelot, Paris

A safety hazard in the making? Caution is an ugly word.
Le megaphone sans emploi, pour l'instant.

The Shadow of Eddie Coyle
L'Ombre de Eddie Coyle

The Shadow of Guitar Case
L'Ombre de la Boite a Guitare

For more pictures click here
Plus d'images ici

Symptomatic Unease

2006-05-28T14:38:00.000+02:00

The instructions were clear but something was lurking in the hard drive.
Les instructions étaient sans équivoque mais le passe était au coin de la rue.

The incriminated files could not be rehabilitated.
Les fichiers incriminés n'ont pas pu être innocentés.

The fancy brackets do not disguise the blandness.
Un mot passé-partout.

That question won’t exactly bolster confidence.
La question en cause ne fait pas grande chose pour la confiance en soi même.

Marco Tulio Thrash Live

2006-05-20T20:55:00.000+02:00

Hot & Cold
Vendredi 26 Mai - 20h30
Gratuit

La Bicyclette 5 rue Chaumont, 19e
Metro: Jaures (Ligne 2)

Crack Babies With Rifles (Psycho folk)
Freaky Folk. Jumping and Screaming all the way from the Deep South, off-kilter indie a la Pavement/Wilco with possible guests. www.myspace.com/huntervaughan

Marco Tulio Thrash (Plutonium pop)
Born in Spain, irradiated in England, now polluting Paris, living in Oblivion. Marco Tulio Thrash sings about radioactivity, public transport and prescription glasses atop heavy water beats and isotope synths.

"Join the car-crash set"

FIASCO SYSTEM 17

2006-05-19T14:10:00.000+02:00

FIASCO SYSTEM 17
http://www.fiascosystem.com/
http://www.myspace.com/fiascosystem

Jeudi 25 mai à la Flèche d'Or
De minuit a l'aube / entrée gratuite

Live
MY ROBOT FRIEND (Soma - NYC)
CANDIE HANK (Wwilko, Gagarin - ALL)

DJ sets
ELECTRONICAT (Disko B - FR)
MISS LE BOMB (Erkrankung Durch Musique – ALL)
EVA REVOX (Fiasco System – FR)

Visuels
MUSCAE VOLITANTES (UK)
MARCO TULIO THRASH (Drifting Disco - FR)

Last night was spent watching footage of a pastoral ballerina. She had the inscription "ballet sucks" written in sunscreen on her legs. After gracing the screen with a little dance, she proceeded to smear the inscriptions over the rest of her legs as well as her face.

This footage was filmed by the charming Muscae Volitantes who will be projecting global pastoralia and sundry motion at Fiasco System 17.

See you down the front.

Réaménagements en Recrudescence

2006-05-01T19:32:00.000+02:00

Le Club des Chats sont maintenant 2 et non plus 3. Vont-ils devenir The Fall mais à l’envers ? Dans 20 ans va-t-il y avoir des clubs des ex-chanteurs du groupe qui se réunissent dans des centres de conférences pour se remémorer de leur gloire passés ?

Lawrence Wasser a effectué une restructuration massive. Non seulement sont ils passés de 4 à 3 mais tout le personnel, excepté le fondateur, a été remplacé.

On peut conclure que ces actions s’inscrivent dans les tendances catalogues de nôtre économie. Pour l’instant il est difficile d’estimer l’effet sur la croissance future.

www.leclubdeschats.com

http://www.lawrencewasser.com/

The Healing Pleasure of a Home Cooked Meal

2006-05-01T19:26:00.000+02:00

The Healing Pleasure of a Home-Cooked Meal

This weekend was lousy - an inane mixture of mysterious anxiety and fatigue. Partial relief was provided by friends but it was, well, rather partial.

The pleasures of cooking are widely recognised by everyone. Even a mediocre home cooked meal followed by a quick spot at the sink can provide very effective relief to the problems stated in the previous paragraph.

Ce week-end a été médiocre d’un point de vue individuel – un mélange injustifié d’anxiété mystérieuse et de fatigue. Un bon antidote, c’est toujours de voir et interagir avec ses amis, mais cette fois ce n’était pas suffisant.

Le plaisir de cuisiner est amplement reconnu. Même un mets moyen suivi d’une vaisselle rapide (+ accompagnement musical) peut corriger tout déséquilibre émotif et mettre les idées dans la bonne voie.

Look at the Ceiling

2006-04-04T23:24:00.000+02:00

There is nothing wrong with billboards and other large scale advertisements. Even if there is always a pedestrian or sinister element lurking somewhere.

However, they do tend to grasp your attention away from other worthy features of oururban surroundings, e.g: architecture, colour schemes, floor markings, vaulted areas, signs,lighting and the list goes on. The way these so-perceived passive elements are juxtaposed orcontrasted provide a subtler, cogent but ultimately more fulfilling pleasure than adverts which elicit immediate interpretation.

Switching to this preferable slowburn pleasure requires little discipline. Just tilting your head lightly up to the ceiling will open up a whole new universe that used to reside in our peripheral vision. Let the sidelines reclaim the limelight, it is only fair. The adverts will still be there but as footnote to something greater.

Under the jurisprudence of the ...

2006-03-31T00:39:00.000+02:00

In this room, she serves me some vital grapefruit juice to pang my soul. But today the ambrosia ran out and bottled mineral water was the only alternative.

Appropriate music: Foremost Poets - Moonraker

No Comment (Paper Faces)

2006-03-30T00:34:00.000+02:00

The Deja Vu Crowd

2006-03-27T00:41:00.000+02:00

We never get excited.
We have forfeited outward elation to be witnesses not critics.
Our senses have been blunted and deadened.

Culture is no longer our pleasure.
Culture has become our daily sustenance,
On the train, in our head, on the screen.

Our bodies are becoming irrelevant.
There is no need to move or to dance.
A smile, a wink or a nod are enough...here and there.

The Chap and Cursor Minor

2006-03-26T15:03:00.000+02:00

14-02-06, Point Ephemere, Paris

The Lo Recordings night at Point Ephemere was certainly a highlight of the past few months.

Cursor Minor plays electropop wig outs with endearing wit and a quaint approach.

The Chap played a pummeling set, no dead air, just punchy avant-pop...dedicating songs and to Nokia toying with musique concrete elements. The Fash crowd decided it was now or never and they did some studied moshing with their trilby hats and Hoxton fins.

This is Panos from The Chap, he was instrumental in their new and surprising novo-barbershop track.

You Reprobates!

2006-03-24T00:16:00.000+01:00

The sign can be translated as follows: "You stole my bicycle [...] And you don't even use it! [...] Remove your chain [sic] So that I can continue my normal life."

Plastic Pleasures

2006-03-23T00:23:00.000+01:00

Much pleasure can derived from compiling music for others. Finding a thread that runs throughout, choosing possible tracks, numbering them, refining the selection, incorporating transitions and making the cover are some of the stages of the compilation-making process.

Two bands, old and new, start off this compilation. I discovered them thanks to 20 Jazz Funk Greats, a wonderful MP3 resource that provides some blistering barnacles and great commentary. Chromatics' "Healer" is a polished kraut-disco shuffler whose mysterious understatement is great to draw the listener in.Then we have Fire Engines and their assured and crooner postpunk which notches things up a little. Akiko Yano is a bit of the odd one out but that's alright.

This compilation is very much devoted to bass music and electro rap going from the crossover Sir Mix-A-Lot hit "I like Big Buts" to more obscure stuff like Twilight 22 "Siberian Nights, which actually is very apt considering the current weather. JJ Fad "Supersonic" is probably a little weak, but they'll have to live w/ it.

Drifting News

2006-03-22T13:30:00.000+01:00

After a major hiatus due to dirty dishes pile that rivals the one in "Withnail & I" and writing new songs for Marco Tulio Thrash. Drifting in Paris is slowly coming back to life.

Vague plans to make a TV Show based on the log are afoot. You will be kept informed of any further developments. Do not fret.

Plage du Tendre

2006-02-03T07:30:00.000+01:00

Plage du Tendre, La Plage, 22 January

Régis Victor played at the "Plage du Tendre" organised by Discobabel (see links). He combined Twin Peaks style keyboard workouts and baroque guitar pop.

Régis Victor a joué à la Plage du Tendre, une soirée 'rock et amour' organisée par Discobabel.Il a joué un set bipolaire entre des plages synthétiques style Twin Peaks et de la pop baroque à guitare avec des paroles parsemées.

There was also a Miss and Mr Tender 2006 contest (very shambolic), a table football competition between girls and boys. You could also dedicate a ballad to your love interest.

Il y avait aussi l'éléction Miss et Mr Tendre 2006 (très bordelique), des jeux de babyfoot garçons contre filles et on pouvait dédier un slow à notre amoureux/euse.

One last picture of Régis Victor and his DX7 for the boys and girls to drool at.

Une dernière photo de Régis Victor et son DX7 pour le plus grand plaisir de tous.

Not Back

2006-01-23T23:35:00.000+01:00

Stupor Time
by Marco Tulio Thrash

Stupor gun, set to stun.
I've been hit, head split.
Bus Ride. Another Home.
Fashion spreads and countryside,
I can't decide where to look.
Bus Ride. Another Home.

Position closed, join the queue.
Guess the face in front of you.
Sometimes, I ask myself
Is there a point in moving on?
Meeting point, to avoid.
Wait in line, mistaken times.
Sometimes, I ask myself
Is there a point in moving on?

[CHORUS]
Stupor hangs over my face
like a tudor veil.
Tear it away, save my soul!
Tear it away, oh let me see!
Tear it away, save my soul!
Tear it away, oh let me see!
Stupor hangs over my face
like a tudor veil.
[CHORUS]

Letters jitter w/ every bump.
Opposite views, creative slump.
Bus Ride. Another Home.
A house of cards on my lap,
another silo passed me by.
Bus Ride. Another Home.

Crisp notes in my pocket
are slowly replaced by sales receipts.
Sometimes, I ask myself:
Is there a point in moving on?
Cash machines that do not work,
how can I operate?
Sometimes, I ask myself:
Is there a point in moving on?

[CHORUS]x2

as it should have been performed at the Pop In Open Mic Night on January 22nd, 2006

Not Ready

2006-01-23T22:48:00.000+01:00

Extra Mile
by Marco Tulio Thrash

From the road,
the grass is green.

Black tarmac,
trucks boom past.

Can I run that extra mile? (x2)
Can I run? Can I run?
Can I run that extra mile? (x2)
Can I run? Can I run?

Petrol stations,
so iconic.

Bleeding feet,
no assistance.

Can I run that extra mile? (x2)
Can I run? Can I run?
Can I run that extra mile? (x2)
Can I run? Can I run?

as performed at the Pop In on January 22nd, 2006

Motorways At Night (Theme)

2006-01-05T23:10:00.000+01:00

The blue and orange snow truck sirens flash along the winding service track running unevenly along the motorway.

Les sirènes bleues et oranges des camions anti-neige aveuglent la petite route parallèle mais bien moins droite que l’autoroute qu’elle est censée suivre.

The general perception when it comes to travel is that the arrival should be the most pleasurable moment, may be because it denotes a sense of completion or achievement. However, I tend to derive the greatest of all pleasures from the journey itself, because it's like waiting but the scenery outside is flying past: movement and patience intertwined.

Au contraire de l’opinion générale, pour moi le plaisir du voyage ne se trouve pas vraiment à l’arrivée mais plutôt dans le trajet lui-même parce que c'est une attente en mouvement.

From all those childhood holidays all around Europe, the only vivid memories that remain are those of the motorways: its rest-areas, petrol stations, signs, exits and the comfort of the road markings. All the sights, monuments and landmarks that lay in wait at the point of arrival proved to be irrelevant and thus washed away.

De toutes mes vacances d'enfants, les seules choses dont je me rappelle sont les autoroutes; avec leurs péages, leurs aires de repos, la signalétique et l'assurance apporté par mes yeux qui suivaient les lignes blanches. Tous les monuments qui se trouvaient à l'arrivée se sont effacés, ils n'avaient pour moi aucune importance.

Motorways at Night (Theme) by Marco Tulio Thrash is available for listening here: www.myspace.com/driftingdisco

Roadside Pastoral

2006-01-02T22:14:00.000+01:00

As the roadside becomes a blur, we lose sight of its pastoral appeal.
Quand le côté de la route devient flou, nous perdons son essence pastorale.

I can't make out the dead foxes in the snow.
Je ne peux pas voir les corps de renard dans la neige.

I wanted to turn here, I shall miss this turn.
Je voulais tourner ici, cette bifurcation va me manquer.

Journey Home

2005-12-26T05:38:00.001+01:00

Hiding behind the corner.
Je me cache derrière le coin.

This is a perfect spot for a tea break.
Voila un coin judicieux pour prendre son gouter.

The view wasn´t worth the trouble.
La vue ne vallait pas l'effort fourni.

It was self explanatory really even if the lemon sorbet cake raised the alarm.
C'était pourtant très clair même si le gâteau au sorbet de citron a fait retentir l'alarme.

Smile and Succeed you Scum!

2005-12-26T05:38:00.000+01:00

Publicités et Mot d'Ordre

Sourire Suivant (Publicité)

Cette le formule utilisé dans une publicité de métro pour un supermarché me fait trembler de peur et dégoût. Un sentiment qui s’accroît chaque fois que je la vois. Pour moi la notion de sourire évoque quelque chose de sournois et sinistre. Voyons le ‘sous-rire’ à l’opposé du ‘rire’ pur et dur qui nous fait penser à la joie, la spontanéité, la liberté ou même l’hystérie.

En choisissant le sourire, les créateurs de la pub démontrent qu’ils sont conscients que les supermarchés ne sont pas porteurs de joie. Effectivement la deuxième partie de la formule donne à ce sourire un coté expéditif comme si le supermarché était une machine à sourires.

Le cauchemar qui me travaille l’intérieur c’est de voir un tapis roulant de gens avec des sourires identikit et des sacs d’achats ballant des mains à la sortie d’un un supermarché.

Reussir son Bébé (Publicité)

Cette formule apparaît juste à coté d’une photo d'un bébé qui affiche une expression qui n’a rien d’un rire ni même un sourire. C’est plutôt une expression d’effroi mêlé à un dégoût naissant.

Réussir son bébé, certes... et si on le rate. Est-ce que c’est comme un soufflé au citron ? Peut-être s’était-on trompé et on avait confondu le sucre et le sel ?

Réussir son bébé... c’est plus une épreuve comme le BAC S ou ES, mais si on perd des points, si nos coefficients sont trop faibles est-ce qu’on peut les rattraper ?

De la notion d’épreuve on passe rapidement à l’éprouvette, des laboratoires, des chercheurs regardant à travers un microscope cherchant le meilleur résultat.

Racaille (Mot d’Ordre)

Le ministre de l’intérieur a employé ce mot, les médias s’en sont emparés et maintenant tout le monde l’inclut dans ses conversations journalières.

Il y a quelque temps un documentaire fut diffusé sur un linguiste juif victime de l’Holocauste. Entre 1933 et jusqu’a sa mort il traça le développement du langage du nazisme avec une froideur et une objectivité implacable. Dans ses essais il parlait de comment des mots tels que ‘haine’, ‘hystérie’ et ‘paranoïa’ furent revêtus de connotations positives.

Le ministre de l’intérieur a réintroduit le mot 'racaille' dans le domaine public par des voies de communication officielles.

Je suis convaincu que le nazisme n’est pas arrivé au pouvoir que par l’intimidation et la violence mais aussi par l’introduction d’un langage textuel et visuel (logos, insignes...) ciblé et calculé, au delà d'un discours et de la rhétorique de surface. Ce langage textuel (des mots et des courtes expressions) a facilité le passage de l’idée à l’acte.

La réintroduction du mot 'racaille' s'inscrit dans l'approche décrite ci-dessus. C'est comme un virus du langage. Après l'innoculation médiatique et son heure de gloire dans les conversations après le diner, il rentre dans une phase d'hibernation...mais jusqu'à quand?

Le jour quand le mot ‘racaille’ ne sera plus employé entre guillemets comme il l’est maintenant, j’espère que je serais très loin de la France.

Tchernobyl Disco

2005-12-15T08:53:00.000+01:00

There we are, the artwork for the debut single out this weekend. The radioactive head is hand drawn using a felt tip pen. The font for 'Marco Tulio Thrash' is Eras Demi Light (I think) and the one for 'Tchernobyl Disco' is Dokyo, sadly an often misused font in club flyers and such things.

As for the single itself the B-sides are Drive To Glory Hole and The Toys are Gone. Drive To Glory Hole is about barely concealed anger in the metro. The Toys are Gone is about a visit to one's hometown after ten years. Lyrics can accessed from the side menu.

All the songs were recorded and mixed by De Rinchy from Club des Chats fame. Their website can be accessed from the Links section in the sidebar. Come on! let the feline punk out of the bag.

Not Bleeding

2005-12-02T22:23:00.000+01:00

Try Me
written by Marco Tulio Thrash

You were talking to the cat,
when I came in.
You didn't bring it up,
when I sat down.
You tried to calm me down,
when I got up.

But I wanted blood.

Try me, try me,
Try me again. (x2)

You're soft like a cat's paw.
But you hurt like a cat's claw. (x2)

Try me, try me,
Try me again.

You were busy making plans,
when I came in.
You didn't even care,
where I sat down.
You tried to fit me in,
when I got up.

But I wanted blood.

(Chorus)

You already made your mind,
when I came in.
You didn't want me back,
when I sat down.
You tried to make me stay,
when I got up.

But I wanted blood.

(Chorus)

as performed at the Pop In Club on Nov, 27th.

Birthday Essayage

2005-11-28T19:25:00.000+01:00

Rarely have I felt like such an object.

Rarement, me suis je senti autant objet.

This was my second hexagonal birthday, and I thank DD, F. and G. for making it so enjoyable.

C'était mon deuxième anniversaire hexagonal, et je remercie DD, F et G pour une journée bien taillée.

Photo Credit: Gaelle Fernandez

Tracks at O'clock

2005-11-26T18:02:00.000+01:00

CAMARO'S GANG - Motel Lovers (Super Radio SR-7016a)

RADIATORS - I am Sure (One Round More XX102a)

CHEAPS - Moliendo Cafe (Memory MEMIX - 003a)

MUROMOV- Yabloki na Snegu

BREAKOUT CREW - Break out Theme (FDT 008a)

JUAN HIELSCHER

Disco Terror Weekender on the CBS: www.cbs.nu

Marco Tulio Thrash + Drifting Disco

2005-11-26T17:22:00.000+01:00

The Drifting Disco Club is now up and running (click here)

Le Drifting Disco Club est maintenant ouvert au public. (cliquez ici)

Add this address to your Favourites now!
Ajoutez cette addresse à vos favoris maintenant!

You can check out the latest news on both Marco Tulio Thrash (the only crooner with a plutonium heart) and upcoming Drifting Disco Club Nites.

Vous pouvez avoir toute l'actualité sur Marco Tulio Thrash (le crooner au coeur radioactif) et les soirées Drifting Disco à venir.

Lest I forget, you can also listen to some of Marco Tulio Thrash's music here: www.myspace.com/driftingdisco

Sans oublier, que vous pouvez écouter des morceaux de Marco Tulio Thrash ici:
www.myspace.com/driftingdisco

Photo credit: Déborah Douek (www.offthetracks.blogspot.com)

Burpsome Disco

2005-11-20T14:24:00.000+01:00

Old Time Relijun + the Gossip, Point Ephemere, Paris, 19-11-05

The Gossip were up first. Their populist disco was not to everyone's taste. To some it was too 'pop'. On the other hand, the singer's burped intermissions and her drumathon Aaliyah cover was an effective way of giving time to the guitarist to change his guitar strings.

To give you an idea of what The Gossip sounded like, here's a thought: cross breed ESG rip-offs on K records C.O.C.O with The Bellrays.

What a voice, what a badge ! I'd love to have both.

Old Time Relijun's lead singer replaced the Gossip's growl-soul with sundry whines and throat singing. Gone was the dress too and replaced by a fetching pair of grey boxer shorts, which jingled to his every move.

Old Time Relijun's sound combines the disco beat with a much more frenetic and scratchy approach. The double bass is great here, with a wider palette than your usual electric 4-string.

Old Time Relijun's drummer is a sweetie. When she is mid-beat she pulls these tortured expressions of anxiety and anticipation, which make her more endearing but also add to the environing tension.

Comme encore le chanteur de Old Time Relijun à fait un peu de deep throat.

The Disco Code

2005-11-11T14:48:00.000+01:00

disco beat, originally uploaded by jaume.badia.

Late Links

2005-11-05T11:19:00.000+01:00

Le Clubs des Chats

As sharp as claws and as soft as paws. The Cats rule.
Efilés comme des griffes et doux comme des pattes velues. Les Chats ont nos votes.

www.leclubdeschats.com

David F Presents

I never thought I would say this but he makes John Peel's death somewhat less unbearable.

Je n'aurais jamais cru pouvoir dire ça mais il fait la mort de John Peel moins dure à supporter.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/david_f/

This update is rather overdue.
Cette MAJ est plutôt tardive.

La Flore et la Faune

2005-11-05T09:04:00.000+01:00

Ricky Roma: You ever take a dump made you feel like you'd just slept for twelve hours?
-- Glenn Garry Glen Ross

Blake: These are the new leads. These are the Glengarry leads. To you, these are gold; you do not get these. Because to give them to you would be throwing them away.
-- Glenn Garry Glen Ross

No Clarity

2005-11-05T03:49:00.000+01:00

The Toys are Gone
written by Marco Tulio Thrash

I used to live here,
a long time ago.
But now I walk on my own.

This seems familiar
but everything's changed.

The sweetshop shutdown,
and the toys are gone.

I used to live here,
a long time ago.
But now I walk on my own.

Memories faded and flickering,
like a dying neon sign.

Use the stairs. They say!
Not the lift. Oh no!

As the doors slide shut
I press 5 and kiss goodbye.

Memories faded and flickering,
like a dying neon sign.

Wider streets and smaller cars.
All those references no longer apply.

The bell tolls for no one.
The warehouse is empty.

Wider streets and smaller cars.
References no longer apply.

Trust the past and turn to salt.
Stick to now to lose all hopes...

...of chasing up all those dreams
that you had as a child of the night.

Trust the past and turn to salt.
Stick to now to lose all hopes.

Trust the past and turn to salt.
Stick to now to lose all hopes.

Trust the past and turn to salt.
Stick to now to lose all hopes.

Trust the past and turn to salt.
Stick to now to lose all hopes.

Not Pending

2005-11-05T03:43:00.000+01:00

Winter Girl
written by Those College Moments

Winter Girl, you're the winter girl (x2)

On an icy street,
you sigh a cloud.

Under leafless trees,
you smile at dawn.

Winter Girl, you're the winter girl (x2)

Wooly scarves and cheesecake smiles,
headphones in the metro.

Thick lappels on duffel coats,
you never finish your glass.

Winter Girl, you're the winter girl (x2)

Under the bedsheets,
you're never cold.

Homemade jam and perfumed tea
is all you need to keep you warm
these winter nights and winter morns.

-- for Deb.

No Bass

2005-11-05T03:34:00.001+01:00

Hurricanes Keep Us Together
written by Those College Moments

I've got a room with a burning radiator.
Paper faces staring back at me.
But sometimes I catch a glimmer of your scent.

(Chorus)
You smell like a Spanish bar.
Whisky, coffee and gin,
As the sun slices through the blinds.
(Chorus)

One fine morning,
I looked at myself in the mirror.
My lips were strangely grey and blue.
Woah! I thought I was a zombie.

(Chorus)
If there's a zombie invasion,
how do we escape?
do we climb on the roof?
or thrash away in a bus?
(Chorus)

-- for L.T Russell

Not Disco

2005-11-05T03:27:00.001+01:00

Space Friend / Kerb Friend
written by Those College Moments

I can see your Soyouz,
You're wearing your fuzzy hat.
Waving from the kerbside.

Space Friend / Kerb Friend (x2)

You hate Nicholas Cage
Whilst I love Maggie McOmie.
So, I guess we're the same.

Space Friend / Kerb Friend (x2)

Beyond walls of VHS,
We're over the counter friends.
THX is 2 quid 50.

How much do I owe you for changing my approach.
How much do I owe you for changing my approach.
How much do I owe you for changing my approach.

-- for Cath.

Commodities vs. Utilities

2005-11-05T03:08:00.000+01:00

I should learn to drive in case of a zombie invasion.
Je devrais apprendre à conduire au cas ou il y aurait une invasion de morts-vivants.

She didn't like it so I'll have to do something draconian with it. I think a circle could be a starting point.
Elle n'a pas aimé donc il faudra prendre des mesures draconiennes. Je crois qu'un cercle pourrait être un bon début. Qu'elle sera sa réaction à une telle audace?

Join Us

2005-11-05T02:52:00.000+01:00

After Hours: You must log your whereabouts every hour into the security computer. This includes moving from one floor to another. Failure to comply will result in the security services being alerted.

Corruption: is necessary. Any negative connotations are due to moral semantics. In practice, no distinction is made between corruption and diplomacy. It is merely another part of the negotiation process which takes us to a state of agreement by catering for the most human of all faculties.

Information Control: Distribute information wisely amongst yourselves. Lack of information and rumour can also be a motivating factor.

Oblivion Dawn

2005-11-05T02:48:00.000+01:00

I've been rather fully booked of late but I took some time off to visit Oblivion.

J'étais plutôt pris ces derniers temps mais j'ai trouvé un moment pour visiter 'Oblivion'.

Cavalcade (corrigé)

2005-10-31T23:53:00.000+01:00

Le Chevalier de Rinchy a donné un récital opulent et concis à la Fondation Cartier en compagnie de Régis Victor qui ressemble à Niles de Frasier (I'm a dead man).

The Knight of Rinchy gave a most excellent recital at the Fondation Cartier with Régis Victor as his indispensable sidekick who tutted and kept his jovial liege in line.

Après nos sommes montés aux cimes de la prétension dans un ascenseur digne de Spinal Tap. La bière et le vin ont un peu coulé, pas plus par manque de flot et on a joué avec des noms de groupe. Il y a eu des moments de honte de tous les côtés.

Afterwards we ascended to the dizzy heights of pretension by means of a rather Spinal Tap-esque glass lift. We drank a little in a large wooden floor room and played word games with band names.

Cependant je suis partie avant que le champagne fasse son entrée.
But I left with La Pomme du Jour before the champagne made its entrance.

Declassified Hiatus

2005-10-20T12:25:00.000+02:00

Relocation

You have been unwittingly misled.
You were reading this yellow page thinking that I was 'drifting in paris', so to speak.
You never knew (until now) that I was 'drifting near paris', so to speak.

Vous avez été victimes d'un complet complot.
Vous pensiez qu'en écrivant ces mots je les écrivez dans Paris.
Vous ne saviez pas que (jusqu'à il y a une semaine) je les écrivais près et non pas dans Paris.

Until now, that is.
Mais tout vient de changer.

I have now moved to near where Edith Piaf was born, for I was unable to live the lie in those western suburbs of Paris any longer.

Je viens de démenager près d'où Edith Piaf est née, parce que je ne pouvais plus vivre dans ce mensonge géographique.

Deliverance

2005-10-03T00:26:00.000+02:00

The Open Mic Night at the Pop In was cancelled tonight. We were unable to play.

La Soirée Open Mic au Pop In a été annulé. On n'a pas pu jouer.

Here's a picture of Lawrence Wasser's latest recruit, check him out head to toe and then vice versa.

Voici une image de la dernière recrue de Lawrence Wasser, eh! mattez le de la tête jusqu'à pieds et puis direction inverse.

We have the same trainers.
On a les mêmes baskets.

Come Back

2005-10-01T13:34:00.000+02:00

Photo Credit: Maïa Roger

Marco Tulio Thrash (2) will attempt to perform "The Toys are Gone" for this Sunday's Open Mic Night at the 'Pop In' club, rue Amelot, Paris.

NB: Debbie D a.k.a Filter Queen (1) will also be there for a less shambolic take on "Drive to Glory Hole" this time round.

Marco Tulio Thrash (2) tentera sa chance sur "The Toys are Gone" le dimanche 1 Oct. à la soirée Open Mic au 'Pop In', rue Amelot, 11e (Métro: St Sébastien-Froissart)

NB: Debbie D a.k.a Filter Queen (1) reviendra pour "Drive to Glory Hole". Cette semaine sera moins shambolique.

Please excuse the no-show a couple of weeks. Mysterious technical problems prevented us from going further.

Excusez-nous pour le manque de show il y a deux semaines. Des sinistres problèmes téchniques nous ont contraint à nous arrêter.

Client satisfies Paris

2005-09-27T23:27:00.000+02:00

Client, Triptyque, 22-08-05, Paris

There was no room for doubt in Client's performance. Clean, concise and unequivocal.

Il n'y avait pas de place pour le doute dans la performance de Client. Net, concis et sans equivoque.

Compared to the previous rock group their set was tighter-than-thou. The contrast between Client A's spoken lilt and her distanced lyrics was stark.

Comparé au groupe d'avant leur concert fut une affaire vide d'égo. Client A avait deux modes, un: le va-et-vient quand elle parlait, deux: la froideur des paroles chantées.

A microphone, leather gloves and a keyboard was all they needed.

Un microphone, des gants en cuir et des claviers ... c'était tout ce qu'il leur fallait.

www.client-online.net
www.toasthawaii.com

No Comment (Pop In)

2005-09-17T13:23:00.000+02:00

Melancholy Gobstopper

2005-09-15T21:53:00.000+02:00

Marco Tulio Thrash will attempt to perform the as yet incomplete "Shutdown Sweet-shop" (working title) for this Sunday's Open Mic Night at the 'Pop In' club, rue Amelot, Paris.

NB: Debbie D a.k.a Filter Queen will also be there for a less shambolic take on "Drive to Glory Hole" this time round.

Marco Tulio Thrash tentera sa chance sur "Shutdown Sweet-shop" qui est pour le moment n'est pas exactement finie le dimanche 18 Sep. à la soirée Open Mic au 'Pop In', rue Amelot, 11e (Métro: St Sébastien-Froissart)

NB: Debbie D a.k.a Filter Queen reviendra pour "Drive to Glory Hole". Cette semaine sera moins shambolique.

Different Standards

2005-09-13T20:39:00.000+02:00

Here's the winner of the Paris Air Guitar Championship which took place September 8th at the Nouveau Casino. I disagree with the jury's choice. I feel that a skirt wearing cigar smoking spaniard would have made a much more fitting choice.

Voici le gagnant de la manche Parisienne du championnat de Air Guitar au Nouveau Casino. Cependant je ne suis pas d'accord avec le jury. Je crois que l'espagnol qui portait une jupe rouge et fumait un cigare aurait dû gagner. Le monde est aveugle.

Not Acid

2005-09-10T13:07:00.000+02:00

Drive to Glory Hole
written by Marco Tulio Thrash

Void blondes and pastel shades have taken over.
Got to get away. Got to get away. Got to get away. Got to get away.

Drive me to Glory Hole
For some hoodlum love.
Ambush in the cave
Past the Barricades.

Got to get away. Past the Barricades. Got to get away.
Past the Barricades.

Drive me to Glory Hole
For some hoodlum love.
Ambush in the cave
Past the Barricades.

Got to get away. Past the Barricades. Got to get away.
Past the Barricade.

as performed w/ Debbie D a.k.a Filter Queen at the Pop In bar last night.

Hoodlum Love

2005-09-10T13:00:00.000+02:00

Marco Tulio Thrash and Debbie D a.k.a Filter Queen will face off to the sound of "Drive to Glory Hole" for this Sunday's Open Mic Night at the 'Pop In' club, rue Amelot, Paris.

Marco Tulio Thrash et Debbie D a.k.a Filter Queen s'affronteront sur le son de "Drive to Glory Hole" le dimanche 11 Sep. à la soirée Open Mic au 'Pop In', rue Amelot, 11e (Métro: St Sébastien-Froissart)

Troubadours and Airheads - Benicassim Festival

2005-09-08T04:22:00.000+02:00

6th August - Day 3

Devendra Banhart and his acolytes... oh what joy! From the commune-like stage-sharing to the subtle variations in pace and style make this thorougly enjoyable. There is enough folk-stomp to get our feet tapping but also the requisite acoustic slot midway. However Devendra does not drag on and places his songs in context with brief explanations in his lilting South-American accent. These anecdotes create a narrative that weaves around all the songs. Devendra Banhart's success is not down necessarily to his musical prowess but the way in which he manages to flesh out his songs in his own reality. His appearance at Benicassim heightens the aforementioned reality, furthering the myth and making him an artistic and popular success.

Xiu Xiu were up next in my to-see list. A little too experimental, their show veered from understated melody to overstated harshness for no visible reason. On top of that the pair spent much of their time hidden behind their instruments, this became quickly frustrating.

Kings of Convenience played a polite and polished set which I savoured from the touchlines. Certain sounds and rhythms were surprisingly jazzy verging on funky without ever losing the muted tension from their fingerpicked guitars.

!!! were certainly much more danceable but sadly their set suffered the same fate as Peaches'. Namely, the bass frequencies were turned up ridiculously loud and as a result all of the rapturous cowbells and rhythmic intricacy were drowned out. Thankfully, the frontman's didactic presence saved the day to some extent.

Ladytron were the huge dissappointment of the day. Helen and Mia were dressed in a awful dress and jewellery which seems to eschew any synthpop tension of their early shows. The overall impression was that they were breezing through to go to bed early. Diametrically opposed to Devendra Banhart, this is a band who are quickly losing their mystique. They are no longer "Showroom Dummies".

Not on tape

2005-09-05T00:43:00.000+02:00

Tchernobyl Disco
written by Marco Tulio Thrash

If I told you my heart was radioactive,
Would you stay w/ me today?
If I told you my heart was poisoned,
Would you stay w/ me today?

Tchernobyl Disco
Come and dance w/ me.
Tchernobyl Disco
Come and dance w/ me.

Slow not cold,
Staring TV screens.
Cordon me off, I'm a lost cause.
Easy not sleazy,
Reading magazines.
Cordon me off, I'm a lost cause.

Tchernobyl Disco
Come and dance w/ me.
Tchernobyl Disco
Come and dance w/ me.

Decomission me...useless.
Decomission me...fallout.
Decomission me...useless.
Decomission me...fallout.

Draw a graph, you'll see the future.
I'm detrimental not instrumental.
Draw a graph, you'll see the future
I'm obsolete and incomplete.

as performed by yours truly at the 'Pop In' Club last night.

Fallout

2005-09-04T01:09:00.000+02:00

Marco Tulio Thrash will sing-along to Tchernobyl Disco for the Sunday Open Mic Night at the 'Pop In' club, rue Amelot, Paris.

Marco Tulio Thrash chantera son Tchernobyl Disco le dimanche 4 Sep. à la soirée Open Mic au 'Pop In', rue Amelot, 11e (Métro: St Sébastien-Froissart)

Transposition (Corrigé)

2005-09-03T13:58:00.000+02:00

Soon my bedroom will be laid out in the lounge. This redistribution of space is in aid of helping me get me round my things.

The photograph below does not depict neither my room or the lounge. It's a shot of a random kitchen. We'll just have to get used to it.

En quelques heures, ma chambre sera étalé dans la salle de séjour. Cette rédistribution spatiale m'aidera à raisonner autour de ces piles de choses.

Cette photo ne montre ni ma chambre ni le salon. En fait c'est une prise d'une cuisine au hasard. On fait avec.

Slack

2005-08-31T13:11:00.000+02:00

I was thinking about Richard Linklater's infamous debut and the fear of losing clarity and resolve through experimentation.

City Probe Scanner

2005-08-29T15:29:00.000+02:00

Tired, late and riddled with inefficacious self-guilt.
I need something stronger.

Barry Lyndon and The Ducks - Benicassim Festival

2005-08-10T20:07:00.000+02:00

5th August - Day 2

We begin the day the day with Les Très Bien Ensemble signed to that bastion of indie cool that is Elefant Records. Sadly, beyond the fact that the guitarist has the same guitar as me, I don't really find any common ground. They play a sophisticated brand of gallicised pop, which although is not entirely objectionable, doesn't really capture the hearts of the crowd. They fail to make the stage their own.

The Kills (above)...hip-shaking...pouting guitarist who used to be in Scarfo...hair is in the face...basic beats...plentiful smoke machine. It's complete and fulfilling.

Lemon Jelly plunder their jolly debut e.p for this set to bring back some of the sampled goofiness of British pre-millenial beats and breaks scene.

Fischerspooner take the stage and remind us exactly why we left that beats and breaks guff behind. New album...new show. Keen to dispense the empty pomp and promises of their first album, Casey has regrouped with a tight traditional band set-up. Thus taking the show to a wider audience. Fret thee not however as costume changes and the camp theatrics are all left in there intact.

Only two tracks remain from the debut, rather pragmatically it's the two singles. Following that line of thinking, Casey also perversely thanks the main sponsor of the festival several times, knowing that he will probably be the only one to do so over the next few days.

Emerge is falsely introduced as a new 'secret' song called Peanut Butter Express. However it is played without interruption or modifications. It seems that Casey has finally relented to the whims of the audience. The mid-song interruption has now become obligatory and Casey executes it in a self-conscious and exhausted manner, almost as a mea culpa for past excesses.

In fact that is what the show feels like, tighter, more commercial, a sexy guitarist, playing the second stage like any other band, pop songs... a search for redemption.

Peaches does not cut the mustard, however. Projected dancers?! come on, since when was Lust subjected to budget cuts? Give me my daily ration of flesh, you bitch!

5 Questions - Fischerspooner Press Conference

2005-08-07T02:19:00.000+02:00

He threatened to tell us his life story if we didn't ask questions.
Il nous a menacé de nous expliquer l'histoire de sa vie si on ne lui posait pas de questions.

Transcript coming, if and when I manage to transcribe the words mingling with the illbient buzz of my dictaphone.

La transcription arrivera si je peux détacher ses mots du bruit entourant.

Jaume S from the Press Office in Benicassim.

Sweat User - Benicassim Festival (Updated)

2005-08-06T19:49:00.000+02:00

4th August - Day 1

After a dry landing and somehow succesfully getting through the heavily congested spanish rail network, DD and I arrived onsite around 10p.m. Bear in mind that we set off at 5a.m.

Polyphonic Spree (Escenario Verde)

They breed like blue rabbits. Some of them at their instruments, others in formation providing the happy chorus. It´s a musical ark, with a harp (which reminds me of Mansfield Park) and a theremin for the greatest delight. Needless to say, harmonies soar effortlessly. They begin with some new tracks, which somewhat trade off the stadium-musical drama of their debut for something tighter and more poignant.

The danger with such an enterprise is reaching a point of sensory saturation where they lose the audience. However classics like 'Soldier Girl' stop this from being a real problem. The flute player on that track has real ball with the intro. However one thing kept nagging DD and me throughout the concert: How the hell did they keep their robes so clean? Do they bring a launderette team on tour.

Jaume S from the Press Office in Benicassim.

4-Dayer 4-Player

2005-08-03T16:23:00.000+02:00

The crowd in the sun will observe the game in progress.
Les gens au soleil observeront le jeu sur scène.

I was thankfully not actually airborne.
Ceci n'est pas le prélude d'une catastrophe.

Tourism (No Comment)

2005-08-01T13:14:00.000+02:00

Retrospective Slack

2005-08-01T13:12:00.000+02:00

I was thinking about Richard Linklater's infamed debut and the fear of loosing clarity or resolve through experimentation.

Heady Sounds - Hedi Slimane Birthday Part II

2005-07-28T17:29:00.000+02:00

To read part 1 (click here)
Pour lire la première partie (cliquez ici)

3a.m Eternal Blue Monday is blaring out at the front. I'm in the little red dressing room. Someone passed out on the couch. Though, amazingly, he still manages to tap his toes to the beat.

People come in and out, harsh dust hacked in lungs, two well-buff swedish blondes, black leather abound.

The Moët and my medication finally come together... feel the wrath.

La rythmique brute de Blue Monday traverse même les murs. Il est trois heures du matin et je suis dans les coulisses rouges du Triptyque. Quelqu'un s'est étendu sur le canapé dans un sommeil comatose, cependant le rythme s'invite même dans sa léthargie profonde.

Les gens vont et viennent, une poussière sans répit s'élève dans l'air, deux blonds suédois parlent à gorgée, le cuir noir abonde.

Le Moët et ma médication se vengent finalement en un coup double.

Cazals played a very tight set in every respect, igniting the audience at every song. Backstage, once the congratulations subsided and everyone hit the bar, they stayed there to discuss the gig in minute detail. I dared not twitch lest I disturbed their inquiry.

Cazals ont joué sous haute tension, électrifiant l'audience entière à chaque morceau. Dans les coulisses, une fois les félicitations se sont terminées et que tout le monde est parti au bar, ils restent pour analyser le concert dans la minutie. Je restais immobile pour ne pas importuner leur discussion.

Before the doors opened not much was happening and I had lost Sean. Marv Paddington invited me to come over to the tour bus. On the way there, he spoke about how Josh Paddingon seemed to have inspired Hedi Slimane's penchant for breeches in his latest collection.

Avant que les portes ne s'ouvrirent rien ne se passait de trop, et en plus j'avais perdu Sean de vue. Marv des Paddingtons m'invita à le rejoindre dans le bus. En y allant, il me parla de comment Josh Paddington aurait été une influence silencieuse dans le penchant pour les bretelles que Hedi Slimane semble démontrer dans sa dernière collection.

This is a picture of Lloyd and Marv Paddington taken after getting back from the tourbus. Lloyd recounted an anecdote about a mad italian photographer who had not approved of his yellow Buzzcocks top. Then Grant arrived and the conversation turned to Hull. Grant is the most Falstaffian member of all The Paddingtons.

Une photo de Lloyd et Marv prise à mon retour. Lloyd nous parla de ce photographe fou qui n'avait pas trop aimé son t-shirt des Buzzcocks. Alors Grant arriva et la conversation se tourna vers leur ville natale: Hull. Grant est le membre le plus Falstaff-esque des Paddingtons.

The Paddingtons played louder than a brickwall. Josh and his 'inspiring' breeches are on the left and Tom is clutching the mike.

Le Paddingtons ont joué plus fort qu'un mur de briques. Josh et ses bretelles 'inspirationelles' sont sur la gauche et Tom est au micro.

I had no use for their upper-bodies: Josh and Marv. Fender and Gibson respectively parallel. I leave the next thought to your own judgement.

Je voulais que capturer leur guitares paralleles: Josh et Marv. Fender et Gibson. A vous le choix.

The strobe lights were harsh, the riffs pent up and the crowd wanted a riot.

Champagne was regularly flying into my direction, so I turned around with mingled irritation to catch the culprit in flagranti.*

Les strobes étaient sans patience, les riffs ne pouvaient plus se contenir et l'audience désirait une massacre.

Des flots champagne finissait sur ma tête à rythme soutenu, donc je me suis tourné avec une curiosité mélangé d'une pointe d'irritation et j'ai surpris le suspect dans l'acte.*

If ever Pete decides to retire may be he could move into cinema and thus slingle-handedly resurrect Hammer horror and that rarest of species: the British genre movie.

I should interject: I am not one of those people that squabbles for Pete Doherty's water bottle on the slimy floor of a London pub.

I thought I would take a couple more photographs being rather impressed by his stature. After the second shot, I checked the framing on the preview screen and I realised that I had unwittingly sliced Kate Moss in half.

Si jamais Pete décide de changer de trajectoire il pourrait très bien avec sa carrure réanimer le film d'horreur anglais dans le style formaliste des productions Hammer.

Je m'interrompt: Je ne suis pas un de ces gens qui collectionnent les bouteilles d'eau de Pete Doherty après son concert dans encore un autre pub Londonien.

Impressionné par sa carrure, j'ai pensé à prendre deux autres prises de Pete. Après la deuxième prise je me suis rendu compte que j'avais coupé Kate Moss en deux.

Once onstage the crowd went crazy and it was push come to shove. A moshpit was in formation and I was in the damn middle of it, shit it.

I felt something between my legs as I was lining up my next frame. I looked down for a second...Kate Moss was crouching between my feet.

I tried to make her some space but to little avail as bodies piled forth. Pete sang a couple of songs with the Paddingtons including an impromptu Happy Birthday. Once that was over a pair of arms slid over my shoulders to rescue the moshpit lady herself. I turned around and the knight in shining armour was one of the Pet Shop Boys.

Une fois sur scène, la foule a perdu son calme et c'est devenu une question pousser, tirer. Un monstre était en gestation et j’étais au milieu...argh!!

J'ai senti quelque chose effleurer mes jambes à même temps que j'avais ma prochaine prise dans le champ de mire. J'ai regardé et j'avais Kate Moss entre mes pieds, Pete Doherty devant moi et les bras des Pet Shop Boys à la rescousse de la madone du 'moshpit' derrière moi. Bref, je me sentais violé par la célébrité.

I thought it would be polite to bring a gift so I made a homebrewed compilation. However even on his birthday, Hedi Slimane remained relatively self-effacing and over the few words we exchanged he appeared thankful.

The compilation included (unless I messed up the tracklist): The Fever, The Chap, Ima Robot (thanks DD), Liquid Liquid, Basil Poledouris (Cherry 2000), Virna Lindt (Thanks MPB), Le Club des Chats and Lawrence Wasser.

Once that was done I returned to the little red dressing room and collapsed there for a bit.

J'ai pensé que cela représenterait un minimum de politesse d'apporter un cadeau. Donc j'ai regroupé quelques pépites auditives (voir au-dessus) pour Hedi Slimane. Même à son anniversaire il restait enveloppé d'un calme discret. A travers les quelques mots échangés, j'ai eu l'impression qu'il était reconnaissant de ce CD fait-maison.

4.30p.m What time is love? The washed up dj is playing The Verve and Placebo... it's time to go.

Outside on the dewy tarmac and vacant streets I bump into E. and his Ruskin friend again and we repair to their two star hotel before dawn breaks.

Le Dj a moitié endormi joue Placebo et The Verve... c'est l'heure.

Dehors sur les rues rosées, je retrouve une ancienne connaissance et je le rejoints dans son hôtel avant que le soleil vienne casser tout.

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Thanks and Hello to Sean, Cazals, The Paddingtons, Goatie, Edward, Maarkel, the two Swedish English guys and Hedi Slimane.
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Heady Sounds - Hedi Slimane Birthday Part I

2005-07-23T16:16:00.000+02:00

Hedi Slimane's Birthday, Triptyque, Paris, 05-07-05

with: Cazals, The Paddingtons, The Others, Alan McGee and a special appearance from Pete Doherty

9p.m Dan and Luca Cazal, a Paddington guitarist, a pirate and an A&R bloke in the background (who kept wittering on about 'Chromeo's distribution') .

Dan et Luca des Cazals, un guitariste des Paddingtons, un pirate et un mec de A&R au fond qui n'arrêtait pas de parler de Chromeo.

11p.m Beer and Moët open the proceedings... However due to medication, obligations and my quirky lawyers I could not fully partake in the intoxication.

La bière et le champagne se versent à volonté...cependant à cause de ma médication, mes obligations et mes avocats je suis obligé contre mon gré à faire appel à la modération.

1a.m Martin Cazal head over bass.
Martin Cazal sur la basse...et regardez moi ces chaussures.

1:12a.m "What is more important?" I argued with my camera's focussing priority circuits "the fucking microphone or Phil Cazal?"

Je m'engueule avec mon appareil photo: "Qu'est-ce qui est plus important le micro ou Phil?"

1.33a.m This picture takes on a complete different meaning when viewed as a portrait. Cazals went down really well with everyone present...

Cette image prend une toute differente allure quand on la visionne au format portrait.

Furthered and expanded upon with sordid details from onstage and backstage in Part 2 available now(click here)...(cliquez ici pour la deuxième partie)

The Cool Cats crash Standard Party

2005-07-18T18:52:00.000+02:00

This is rather overdue I'm afraid. Apologies to everyone especially FNY.
Ceci est très en retard. Excuses à tous spécifiquement à FNY.

Maïa (axe) and Guillaume (drums) from Le Club des Chats. Check out their seductive purrs.
Maïa (guitare) and Guillaume (batterie) from Le Club des Chats. Ecoutez leur ronronnements punk-séductifs.

Let's stop using the slo-flash now...
Arrêtons d'utiliser le slo-flash...

Standard is a rather fine magazine... check out FNY's log for more more info.
Standard est un magazine très classieux... voir le site de FNY pour plus d'infos.

It was wonderful to finally meet the mysterious FNY and to bump into Le Club des Chats again (these cats are party hard!) and Hendrik whom I also constantly bump into.

C'était un plaisir de rencontrer finalement la mystérieuse FNY et de retrouver Le Club des Chats (c'est des chats très nocturnes) et de recroiser Hendrik.