Paris is the only city in the world I feel I could walk out into the street in broad daylight wearing this shade, Bordeaux, of lipstick. It’s strangely empowering, I was struttin’ all day. As a thank you to my gracious Parisienne host, GB, I’m embedding one of her favourite songs. Enjoy. “Elle me dit” par Mika
Categories: Dance, Electronic, French, Pop • Tags: blonde, dance, electric, France, french, lipstick, Mika, music, Paris, photography, pop
Fun fact: it is impossible to take a bad photo of Paris between the hours of 5pm and 7pm. This city is so freaking gorgeous. I should really just rename this blog “Paris Shots and Needle Drops” because that might be all get from me for awhile. I’m giving you some vintage Feist. This song was used on the Paris, je t’aime soundtrack- something I had not thought about when I titled this post. For those who haven’t checked out […]
Categories: Alternative, Canadian, French, Indie, Pop, Rock, Soundtrack • Tags: Eiffel Tower, Feist, France, music, Paris, Paris je t'aime, photography, soundtrack, sunset
Eeeks! I had got complaints, but I hadn’t realized it had been nearly two weeks since I had posted! Sorry, it’s been fast-times in the world of VApps, and at the moment, I’m writing to you from my best friend’s place in Paris. Alright, so about a month ago, I was fortunate enough to attend the album release concert for The Barr Brothers. The Brothers have been a big hit on this blog. For previous posts click here (coincidentally a photo […]
Categories: Alternative, Canadian, Concert Pics, Experimental, Folk, Indie, Rock, Soul • Tags: album review, alternative, Canada, concert, experimental, folk, guitar, Harp, indie, La Tulipe, Montreal, music, Paris, photography, Rock, soul, The Barr Brothers
I spent a long time trying to find a photo to match the song I had selected for today. I eventually decided on this one because the band, Fleet Foxes, often use incredible and layered vocal harmonies… they’re almost choral-like. As well, there’s this reverb quality to their sound almost as if they record in an empty cathedral. This week I was a very proud daughter. My dad was visiting for a couple days and we spent some time in HMV. […]
Categories: Americana, Folk, Indie, Rock • Tags: Basilique Saint-Denis, cathedral, father-daughter, Fleet Foxes, folk, indie, music, Paris, photography, Rock, shopping
I think I just ate some questionable cheese. Okay yes, another Paris photo. I was listening to The Zolas and ‘Zolas’ makes me think of Émile Zola, who makes me think two things: 1) “J’ACCUSE!” 2) the French Revolution. Which is why The Zolas are being paired with this images of Les Invalides, a series of buildings that honours french military history and where Napoléon Bonaparte is entombed. “Cause we all want something that’s bigger than fashion.” You’re Too Cool […]
Categories: Canadian, Indie, Rock • Tags: Canadian, indie, music, night, Paris, photography, Pont Alexandre III, Rock, Seine, The Zolas
It’s been a dreary day and my energy level has been at zero. I’ve selected an image and music to match. The song is the standard I Wish You Love. Originally written in French, the English version has been sung by greats like Ella Fitzgerald, Shirley Bassey, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, The Drifters, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Barbra Streisand… the list goes on and on and on. I like a relatively new recording; the Rachael Yamagata version was […]
Categories: Jazz, Soundtrack • Tags: Black and White, Jardins des Tuileries, jazz, music, Paris, photography, Rachael Yamagata, rain, soundtrack
I’ve mentioned before that I do some work at a radio station. Yesterday I was preparing to pre-record a show and grabbed Iron & Wine’s album of rare-releases “Around the Well” from the station’s library (which, by the way, is a Mecca of music). I was scrolling through the tracks when I found this gem God Made the Automobile…. Psych! Can’t actually embed that track but I found a youtube video that I really enjoy that uses it. So check […]
Categories: Acoustic, Folk, Indie • Tags: Acoustic, Bon Iver, folk, indie, museums, music, Paris, photography, Seine
Yesterday I went a little more public with this blog than I had before. The response was overwhelming. The stats on this page skyrocketed. Thank you all so much for your kind words of feedback, you guys are all kinds of awesome, particularly NA, MH and BB… Aces. Today I wanted to share a song by the Montreal band The Barr Brothers. I like Beggar in the Morning because of its simplicity. Consequently, I’ve chosen a simple photo. I don’t want to […]
Categories: Acoustic, Canadian, Folk, Indie, Unsigned • Tags: Acoustic, Boston, Canadian, Eiffel Tower, folk, Harp, indie, Montreal, music, Paris, photography, sunset
Alright, so first post… well that’s a lie. This post originally said something else about testing all of this out. After four days of sorting through coding languages and uploading plugins I finally found a way to embed an audio file so that it would actually play on the blog. I know my more tech-savvy friends are definitely laughing at me by now but I am going to maintain that it was the third-party site error and not my own- […]
Categories: Folk, French, Indie • Tags: Canadian, folk, french, indie, Montreal, museum, music, Paris, Patrick Watson, photography
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