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Le Parc de la Vilette is a rising area for music in Paris. The most renown place might be La Grande Halle de la Villette, an infamous and patrimonial XIX century metal building, which was hosting the Pitchfork music festival not so long ago. Read More
IFTT is an internet tool. You know what they do these tools: they make things easier. If you attend scholar conferences on Facebook and Twitter you might have heard a formula like “industrialisation of the self-publicity” to name the way the content management systems and forms are pushing us to reveal info about ourselves almost without thinking about it. Read More
It is a well-known thing that a secret gives more value. This is also true for restaurants. The best kept addresses are the best indeed. But secrets don’t mean anything if you can’t chose to share them with the people you care about. Golden Pat is one of these addresses where you can’t just go with anyone, because it’s nothing fancy. It’s not a bistro playing on the retro flavor: it’s a real, authentic, old-fashioned and pretty cheap restaurant.
With French Trotters nothing is random. The Parisian shop, pioneering the trend of heritage fashion, has launched its own brand a few seasons ago, and is still providing a selection of shirts, scarves, shoes and collabs that never miss the spot. Read More
The neighbourhood around the Grands Boulevards subway station in Paris attracts a lot of tourists, but it is difficult to understand exactly why. Here is an alternative itinerary if you happen to lose yourself there.
The last episode of my shopping adventures consisted in finding the right bag to carry my 13’ Macbook around. I’ve been buying into the college satchel revival. Here is a short review of the options I checked on before finding the ideal product .
Sempé has played a great role representing France in foreign media, with his numerous drawings for the cover of the New Yoker institution.
When craving for an affordable and comforting lunch the options might not be so obvious in Paris: from the usual sushi place to the bistros charging nearly 15€ for French classic meals of standard quality. Let’s rather go for couscous. Here are the three places, each of them being the best in its own category…
When I interviewed Phoenix in 2009 for the release of their album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, they just came back from their show on Saturday Night Live. This came as the much deserved and logical recognition everybody had been waiting for.
I didn’t quite understand what Lacoste was trying to do with its “L !ve” line until I saw this making-of of their latest video campaign and somehow it all fell into place. Read More
A few years ago, the main French electronic music magazine, Trax, was bought by a new company and the former editorial team went on to set up a new magazine named “Tsugi”. Read More
Under the name Born Bad, Bad music for bad people stands a record shop and a record label which has been a strong protagonist in the Parisian rock underground scene for some time now.
Have you heard of Lip? As far as watches are concerned, France might not be the most famous country but if we have a brand to be proud of, it sure is Lip.
Juan De Guillebon aka DyE played with several bands revolving around the Tigersushi team before he released his first EP, with a string of raw, abstract and electronic material.
How can you become a ninja for free? This quintessential question isn’t asked by a young padawan on his way to his first LSD super trip. In fact, it is the title of a book, the first one from the team behind French web magazine Brain.