This week I have picked up two very nice mixes and one nice video of an installation by two artists, Romain Tardy and someone hiding behind the “Squeaky Lobster” pseudo. It’s called the Ark and it’s a beautiful combination of lights, water reflections and structures. Let’s start with these guys: …
This month’s Eyes and Ears will not be about books, only about good music and videos. Hanoi: 17 years ago, I made a student trip to Vietnam that lasted 1 month and half. Hanoi from Matt Devir on Vimeo. La Grande Dune, by Lemongrass on its Papillon release, one of …
This is the second edition of my “Eyes and Ears” series of posts and this time it’s Christmas time, so I felt the urge to start by sharing this typical Christmas music video (yes it is typical): Christmas Is All Around from Clips on Vimeo. And without much further ado, …
I recently discovered an electronic music band that has already quite a history, Isan. I thought only bands like Axiotronic and StarGarden were doing these kind of sounds, but apparently I was wrong. One thing led to another, and I spotted this cool experiment made with a Kinect, special effects …
Sometimes I post videos of tracks I like on this blog, but I’ve decided not just to make it something more regular, but a more complete books and tracks listing as well. Without much further ado, welcome to the Eyes and Ears section, November 2013. Tracks Madeon – The City …
The title of this post may sound rather belligerant, but it is for a reason. Ever since this Summer -longer in fact- I ended having several conversations with people from the FSF, OSI, April and FSFE (as well as other orgs). Something is becoming increasingly obvious: FOSS has come of …
As days grow short in this northen hemisphere and Fall extends its red and yellow hand over trees washed by ever colder rains, I thought we all needed a few reminders of the Summer. And what’s better to help us than some Balearic music sessions? One of the Sol Sessions …
This is just short post as I’m currently swamped by many different tasks here and there. I don’t always post something at the occasion of each new 9/11. Today, after the world has started to realize the growingly pervasive surveillance that our societies seem to tolerate (and not necessarily coming …
Today, as we’re back in Paris since a few days only we decided to go out and enjoy the afternoon in the Latin quarter in Paris. This is the boulevard St. Germain seen from the 3 Magots Café. We don’t get to go there that often and play tourists with …