Quick reminder! The Paris Blog is sponsoring a FREE concert this Thursday by Franco-American singer-songwriter Charlie Sputnik. Click here for Sputnik’s SoundCloud page, and here for the new music video by his group Zoowax. (If the guy can sound this good when tipsy in the back of a taxi, you know the show’s going to [...]
Angeleno by way of Hong Kong and Tokyo–but originally from Caen, Normandy–Charlie Sputnik touches down in Paris Thursday June 2 at the Pop In. It’s a rare occasion to see the multi-hyphenate who produces, DJs, and best of all performs original music. Click here for his SoundCloud page, which has free tracks, both solo and [...]
A recent addition to the furniture of the Paris Metro has been the installation of electronic advertising screens. Although they throw light down the gloomy corridors, they also peddle the same asinine messages as the more traditional forms of underground publicity but in a more invasive manner, a fact that initially lead certain Metro users [...]
Hearing music in the street is pretty common in Paris, like in most cities. But it generally comes from bands or guitar players rarely from… (real) piano players! And though, here is what I just photographed at the Cadet Metro station. The interesting part is that it’s good marketing ; It works, people were fascinated [...]
The City of Paris commemorates the 140th anniversary of one of the bloodiest civil wars in French history with a free exposition In the Heart of the Paris Commune at the Hôtel de Ville through May 28. There are over 200 photographs, engravings and documents describing how the events of this rebellious Communist uprising (or people’s [...]
Saturday April 9th is Obscura Day worldwide, and in Paris that means a couple of events that I have had a hand in. I’m pleased to say that the visit to the Jardin d’Agronomie Tropicale in the morning has proved popular, with tickets selling out in less than a week. It’s a location that I find [...]
Sitting just behind the Garnier Opera house, the hôtel particulier (mansion house) in which the Fragonard museum is house was designed by one of Garnier’s students, Lesoufaché, in 1860 and reminds us of the old Parisian splendor of the 19th century. Painted ceilings, gorgeous molding, gold-leafing and brilliant crystal chandeliers that date from the time [...]
The Pont des Arts, a foot bridge that crosses the Seine between the Quai de Conti on the Left Bank and the Quai de Mitterand on the Right, is unquestionably romantic. But when did the tradition start of couples placing a lock on the railing and then throwing the key into the river? All I can say [...]
This Saturday, there is an open invite to a night of fire breathing at the basin of Le Palais de Tokyo. It’s the 7th anniversary of the first Saturday gathering organised by the Burn Crew Concept, back in 2004. Performers will ribbon dance, juggle flames and create fireworks amongst other pyrotechnic hijinks from 21h. Magical? You [...]
In winter (and not only in winter!) the sky is often grey in Paris. It does not necessarily rain, but it’s often covered. And then, one day, out of nowhere, you wake up to a blue sunny day. I recently took this photo near Bercy in the 12th arrondissement. The bridge in the background is [...]
