Here are some of the musical and not so musical highlights of my Fête de la Musique education:
1. Parisians signing in English. From Bono to Lady Gaga, accents and warbly voices never get old.
2. Little kids dancing. I think I watched a future Chris Farley tap dancer do his thing.
3. Spontaneous parade of revelers following a marching band composed of very, very old band campers. Awesome.
4. Enough smoke to make Smokey the Bear nervous coming off the food carts selling merguez sausages.
5. A band performing Peter’s Dracula song from the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It sounded that similar, trust me.
6. Weed, weed, weed, and more weed wafting through the streets.
7. Open containers of alcohol in everyone’s hands. Bottle of wine anyone?
8. No police presence. Zero. Zilch.
9. French rapping. You try to listen to it.
10. No music after 2AM. YAY! Sleep!

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