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I really need to get less sidetracked by shops. On Saturday i headed out in the early afternoon to the Centre Pompidou to see their current modern art displays and that incredible building, having really enjoyed it thoroughly back in 05.
But i got sidetracked. A long-sought after widescreen edition of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (or Charlie et Le Chocolatier), a copy of Dancer in the Dark, a pair of $12 skinny jeans and a K Records 12″ from 1991 (anyone heard of Duck Hunt?) later, it was 5:30pm and I still wasn’t in the gallery.
Which is all good, last time i was there i remember it being pretty small. So the 2 1/2 hours i had to browse before having to leave for The Strange Boys would be fine. Except it wasn’t. Either my memory sucks or the Centre Pompidou has grown exponentially, because in that time I only made it through about 2/3 of the Elles@Pompidou exhibit. Granted, that’s the biggest one there, being a rehanging of the majority of their collection focusing solely on female artists over the past 100 years. It was probably the best art exhibit i’ve ever been to – absolutely massive in size, with wide range of works that were almost all pretty amazing. But that’s also why I only made it through most of the first floor – skipping the last part of it, the second floor of the permanent collection, the Kandinsky exhibit, and the handful of other ones. I’ll have to go back again.
So I headed to La Mécanique Ondulatoire for the second time, got there around 9, and there was already a band playing! Luckily it wasn’t The Strange Boys, but I caught about 20mins of them and they were pretty awesome. They were called Happy Burger, playing some sweet poppy garage rock. And the venue itself was awesome. It’s a subterranean room under the main bar, and appears to be a converted cellar or something along those lines. It’s a long brick room with a loud PA and a bar at the back, very small and very loud and very fun. Anyway, next up were The Strange Boys and they were heaps of fun. They all look really young, and there was a big sense of playfulness to their music. It was a really great show, so I’ll be sure to catch them again at Green Man… and before then they’re doing HEAPS of gigs through Europe so catch them if you can!
Yesterday I headed along to the Champs-Elysees to catch the end of the Tour De France and meet up with Meg, Liam and Marieke. The others had a long drive and took ages to get there, but it was a good chance to explore the (really busy) area, with all its shops and attractions, before finally meeting up with them and watching the race. The race was fun, and Liam’s knowledge of it made me really want to follow it next year… sounds like there’s a lot of politics behind it, sounds intriguing. Then we went across to the Bastille district for some wine, some dinner, and some more wine… stopping at some really cool little bars. The bar we ate at also had a completely insane woman talking about the secrets of the universe or something, it became annoying quickly though. She was like a David Lynch character. But the bars were ace… we went to a little one called Tape that in particular was very cool, quite small and with good french electronic music playing at just the right volume to enjoy a good conversation. Finished it all off with some ice creams, and it was one great night.
Liam’s gone home but I should be seeing the other two soon, yay! Seeing Meg again was the best thing ever. The next month should be amazing!
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