Spirits rejoice (now and then)

Edward Larry Gordon "all pervading"

Teebs "verbana tea with Rebekah Raff"

Expand your mind

Ghost Note "kapwa"

Bobbie Marie "ship overboard"

A Buckleytful of nuggets

Tim Buckley "cafe"

Tim Buckley "down by the borderline"

Guilty pleasure : cuisines du monde

Fatima Al Qadiri "how can i resist u"

Maria Minerva "laulan päikse käes"

The now sound of UK

Loops Haunt "ark"

Egyptrixx "hiawatha"

La classe internationale

Mind Fair "Kerry's scene"

IFEEL Studio "morgengruss III"

And i was there...

What i was expecting ? GUITARS, LOUD GUITARS...

Glenn Branca was conducting his soloists like a rocker with a touch of class.

Disco Dell

Disconnection "Bali ha'i"

Disconnection "we love you (sweetdance mix)"

Lost files from NYC

The Dance "she likes to beat"

Last Men "Jimmy Igo"

Love Of Life Orchestra "extended niceties / reprise"

Creepy Kevin

Kevin Ayers "irreversible neural damage"

Kevin Ayers "song from the bottom of a well"

Shiny Kevin

Kevin Ayers "circular letter"

Kevin Ayers "decadence"

Spleen

Bass Clef "so cruel"

Shackleton "deadman - death dub remix by King Midas Sound"

And i was there...

Yes, mates... the Pixies ! Bossanova tour...

Unfortunatly, i was a little bit disappointed. First, the Zenith hall is too big to my taste. Then, i was just in front of the scene and tried not to be crushed against the fences during all the gig. Finally, the band wasn't much communicative and just play the tunes as on the records... a little bit boring.

In fact, i pretended to my friends that the guest band was better and more fun... which was The Real People (third rate baggy band... remember them ?).

What a wanker !!!

Blue Daisy "only for you"

Drugg "in those found times"

3∆

Balam Acab "motion"

Clams Casino "waterfalls"

Water Borders "waldenpond.com"

Dark side of the gloom

Mark One "devil man"

Too Many People "here come the freaks"

Sea stories

San Sebastian Strings "the gypsy camp"

Heroes Of The Galleon Trade "winter island romance"

Pacific Horizons "universal horizons"

Basta Battisti !

Lucio Battisti "la collina dei ciliegi"

Lucio Battisti "l'Aquila"

Lucio Battisti "i giardini di marzo"

Lucio Battisti "anonimo"

And i was there...

This was the second time i went to see the fannies (see the february entry... in the same concert venue, by the way).

But this time, the place was full to see the band in the peak of their stardom (it was the "Bandwagonesque" year).

Of course, they were fantastic.

Catherine Wheel were quite pallid in comparison... but maybe not?... i don't remember.

I want my punks rough

The Adverts "no time to be 21"

Snatch "all i want"

Spizz Oil "6000 crazy"

Flowers of Scotland

Orange Juice "L.O.V.E... love"

Josef K "chance meeting"

Fire Engines "meat whiplash"

Basta Battisti ?

Lucio Battisti "amarsi un pò"

Lucio Battisti "confusione"

Lucio Battisti "gente per bene e gente per male"

Lucio Battisti "si, viaggiare"

The general

The Fall "look, know"

The Fall "middle mass"

The Fall "the classical"

The zulus

Adam and the Ants "Picasso visita el planeta de los simios"

Bow Wow Wow "go wild in the country"

Wide Boy Awake "Billy Hyena (instrumental mix)"

The light brigade

The Purple Gang "granny takes a trip"

The Hollies "lullaby to Tim"

The Californians "the cooks of cake & kindness"

The Hollies "King Midas in reverse"

And i was there...

Holiday mix

lèvres turquoises

Margo Guryan "love"
Northern Picture Library "love song for the dead Ché"
Billy Comfort "wonder of we"
Glasser "tremel"
Factory Floor "-(REALLOVE) - Optimo remix"
Drugg "crooks - Visions Of Trees remix"
CFCF "it was never meant to be this way (piano version)"
Rubies "the keys (Studio remix)"
Love Inc. "life's a gas"
The Heliocentrics "winter song"
Svarghi "replant"
Jarboe & Lary Seven "liquid bébé psychedelia"
Lena Platonos "aimatines skies apo apostasi"
Kate Bush "running up that hill - Ashley Beedle edit"
Modern English "life in the gladhouse"
Margo Guryan "love" (reprise)
The Troggs "summertime"


see ya !

Invasion of the Beardbarian bord

Barrabas "along the shore"

Supermax "raindance"

Tantra "a place called Tarot - Idjut Boys re-edit"

Something beginning with...

Hype Williams "farthing wood dub"

Hyetal "searchlight"

Psych-Hop

DJ Shadow "the number song (Cut Chemist remix)"

Bullion "you drive me to plastic"

Four Tet "glasshead"

Heureusement en France, on ne se drogue pas

Ophiucus "prenez-donnez"

Ilous & Decuyper "beurk !!!"

Ophiucus "éveil de notre temps"

Jeanne-Marie Sens "tape tape tape"

Ophiucus "djukela"

Sheffield aristocracy

Cabaret Voltaire "control addict"

The Human League "morale / you've lost that loving feeling"

Harvey's milk

Locussolus "throwdown (Harvey's long dub)"

Map Of Africa "map of Africa"

And i was there...

This was of course a really cool memory, everything i liked with mavericks american bands : innocence and true spirit of rock attitude.

The band played at the American Center (now the new cinémathèque française).

Les professionnels

Harry Nilsson "there will never be"

Dion "sun fun song"

Bob Lind "cool summer"

Psychéric

Eric Charden "l'homme de cristal"

Eric Charden "avec elle"

Eric Charden "le retour"

Bliss

Pictureplane "transparent now (thin veil)"

Baghdaddy "hot shit (Creep remix)"

Holy Other "touch"

Slava "anything"

Strange worlds

Mo Kolours "biddies"

Too Many People "heart of darkness"

Système C

Le Système Crapoutchik "quand je serai grand"

Le Système Crapoutchik "j'ai regardé passer le temps"

Le Système Crapoutchik "chagrin d'amour"

Revenge of the beards

Seahawks "oh baby"

Rub N Tug "all 4 U"

Laurel canon

Laurel Halo "supersymmetry"

Sleep ∞ Over "casual diamond - Laurel Halo remix"

And i was there...

Well, this was certainly my really first electro-techno-house thing concert.

And it was for sure a revelation.

Everything was fine, the visuals, the mad scientists on scene with their frontal lamps... and of course the music... "Chime", men !

Never stopped dancing.

Stop that beat !

B+ "b-beat classic"

The Art Of Noise "close-up"

Future jazz

Underground Resistance "Jupiter jazz"

Galaxy 2 Galaxy "hi tech jazz"

Italian technology IV

Koto "chinese revenge"

Kano "another life (instrumental)"

Southland tales

Joe South "hush"

Johnny Jenkins "i walk on gilded splinters"

Leon Russell "out in the woods"

Link Wray "be what you want to"

Guilty pleasure : balearic fruits

The Grid "central locking / intergalactica"

Bell X1 "flame (Chicken Lips version)"

Phantom Hand Band "bangers'n'mash (sore in the morning but worth it mix)"

Ennio fortissimo !

Ennio Morricone "un uomo da rispettare"

Ennio Morricone "symphonie pour l'attentat"

Ennio Morricone "ricerca (Senza Movente)"

And i was there...

I haven't seen the Weddoes during their heyday.

So, when they came in 1995 near my childhood suburb, i get to see them with a friend. Even if at that time, they were not so hype, they managed to be true to their legend : fast, fatless, short... no talking, no "encore"... just as in 1985 i suppose.

I managed to be true to my indie credibility and dance in front of the scene, pogoing in my leather jacket.