Day Forty

Today's weather is crap !!! so all i did was going to see an photo exhibition about Jimi Hendrix. It was really great but it reminded me two things...I don't think i'd ever financially be able to buy one of these limited edition photos even tho they would look great in my bedroom...and that i'm still mad i don't have the OG edition of electric ladyland with the naked women cover...
Anyway, just found this online and thought it was funny...

Day Thirty Nine

Nothing special in the day time...then in the evening, Drine came over for dinner and we went to East Village, a new club in Old Street...I tend to think that i spend way too much time in the east side of town...Giles Peterson was spinnin' his usual great set of tunes and the place was very nice and chill.
I was having a drink when all of a sudden, someone tapped my shoulder...i turn around and this girl asked me "are you french?"..."humm yes".."je te connais, tu organisais broken vibes au djoon!"...the world is waaaay to small..
did i ever tell you the story of Virginie??? well basically the story is...my dear Cindy gave me this TV producer contact in London, he said his daughter got a friend in the music industry...we met up, after 5 minutes we realised we knew one person in common in the music biz..weird already..then while we were leaving she told me she comes from this tiny town near Paris and i was like "oh i went there once at my classmate's birthday, her name is marjorie"...and of course, she knew marjorie...
talking bout how small the world is...it's scary !!!

Ok so ever since i can't post pics anymore, imma post vids...That's Kenna performing on David Letterman's with Skateboard P on the drums and Chase Chad on keys...I LOVE THIS TUNE !!!

Day Thirty Eight

Alright, I won't have pics for a couple of days cuz i broke another camera...it must be my thing, some people are good for football, some others are talented singers, i'm just the master at breakin cameras...

Today was a very pleasant day. Sunny and funny since i got to learn about Ousama Ben London in the papers (i just hope he won't read this and chase my ass...for real, you never know !!!)
After an interview with a digital agency, i went to the Tate.
Last time was really nice because they had these huge slides coming from all levels...
These days they have this huge crack on the lower level which looks like some earthquake just happened and guess what? some earthquake happened this morning, i didn't feel it tho..i was too busy sleeping

I like Tate cuz they have a very interresting way to expose art, very non elitist and accessible for everyone...Tho they don't have any Dali pieces, they have a couple of Miro's who is really one of my favorite painters.

In the evening, i went to la Favela Chic to check Treklife, Oddisee and Olivier Day Soul...I've been talking thru AIM to Star Trek for about 2 years now and i met Odd and Olivier thru Kev Brown last year. It was good to see them again. I mean they are the REAL hustlers of this hip hop game : non stop touring, putting out records, selling records hand to hand...they put on a nice show and Ty showed up on stage to show them some love...

On the way back, i waited 33 mins for the 205, perfect setting to take pics for my "who's waiting for the 205 at the old street stop??? collection" but of course i had no cam...what a shame !

Day Thirty Seven

Yes they are. So after two days of having soup for lunch, tonight i went for...



I joined Angelo and 3 of his girlfriends and we went to Icco which is a cool pizzeria i mentionned sometime in january...one of his girls is named Anne Laure and she's known for having the hugest boobs on this side of earth...However, as i am a gentleman, i turned her into a glamourous lady...

Day Thirty Six (Day Thirty Five remix)

Maartje is in town.



she's a former residant of the balcombe street flat. she moved back to amsterdam a couple of months ago but her work allows her to be in town from time to time...she's a big fan of crispy duck so we went there tonight but since you already saw pics of it, i'll just rewind yesterday...
we had a nice dinner at marlène's...raclette indeed...yeah that's one of the only way i can eat cheese...we were so full that we lost part of our brain activity and it became "n'importe nawak" angelo asked claudine to fix his coat...i agreed to drink hot tea with dried roses in it...wicked !

Day Thirty Five

Day Thirty Four

My best friend Tom was in town with his girlfriend Stéphanie...We met up for lunch in Notting Hill with the whole bunch and ended up in this place called S&M...no not sado & maso but sausages and mash...man it was really good even tho when we came out we did really stink of sausages...



After that we went for a big walk in Camden, i couldn't believe i saw Jermaine Jackson's "let's get serious" (produced by Stevie !!!) 45" for 50p when i bought it for 15 euros off ebay...
for dinner, Angelo took the challenge of cooking pastas for 7 people...it was great as usual...



L to R : Marissa, Angelo, Tom, Stéphanie, Claudine, Steph

Back in January, we filmed my parisian friends reaction to 2girls1cup...with Tom and Vouky as guests stars



...and here's what the girls had to say about it tonight...



Then we went for a nice walk on Jubilee Golden Bridge...very inspiring...and romantic as well...haha

Day Thirty Three

After sending some cv's this morning and taking care of some duties for drink water, i was really feennin' for some fallafel so i went to the west end...Last year my friend Stéphane showed me this tiny place in St Michel, Paris where they was doing these very nice fallafel, well basically it's a chain and they have many spots accross Europe...the one in London is located in Old Compton street...does it have a link to the Compton hood in LA tho?



Then I went for a walk and came across the institute of contemporary arts where a exhibition called "double agent" was held...the whole thing was cool but what really got my attention is this huge empty room with a projection of sentences on the wall ...i quickly realised that it was someone who was freestyle writing for a dark corner of the room about visitors who were passin' by..how? because she started writing about me !!!...the artist is a spanish bruxelles based lady by the name of Dora Garcia...I just thought the idea was brilliant...it was the first time in my life that i was somehow inspiring someone, it was the first time in my life that i felt like i was part of art...yeah the narcissist part of me...she turned me into a few metaphors : a hedgehog, a stamp, a sloth...nothing super flattering...however she did mentionned the trench, that made me grateful...i sat there in the room for 45 mins, just reading what she had to write about me, other people...



i kinda felt frustrated that there was no interaction even tho i guess that what makes this piece interresting but i feel like going back someday with a bunch of post it's and reply to her writings with my writings that i would then leave on the floor...it would kinda turn this piece into a new piece...well, anyway...when i left she wrote "Farewell mister hedgehog/stamp/sloth"...
After that, I joined Steph and we went to the movie. Of course, what movie do you check when you're in London??? A french movie...we went to see "Le Scaphandre et le papillon" which was out last year in France and all i gotta say is that it was brillant...

Day Thirty Two

So today, we were all invited to Crispy Duck by Angelo's friend Enrico. He's an safety engineer for a big oil company and he gets a 60£ voucher for each meal whenever he's abroad and basically he's in London once a week...



L to R : Marlène, Claudine & Steph



L to R : Enrico & Angelo



L to R : Marissa & Thili

So crispy duck is a meal i've never seen in Paris, i've seen things that looked like it but not so much actually..haha...i dunno why cuz it's pretty delicious...well basically deep fried duck...
here are the three steps to eat it...

1/drool over this...that's one+one half crispy duck



2/take a pancake and fill it with vegetables, barbecue sauce and crispy duck



3/wrap it up and enjoy !

Day Thirty One

Ok Today wasn't exactly the same day as the past two days...same mornings however...In the afternoon, i had an interview in Picadilly. On the way back i wanted to take the bus so i stopped here...
You're prolly wondering why i'm showing you this tea store...



well it's a very strategic location right in between two bus stops which got the only two busses going from Picadilly to Marylebone the 13 and 453...so whenever i wait for the bus, i stand outside this store. Plus they have people serving free hot tea so i always make sure i get one cup before gettin in the bus. it is very helpful since it is freezing cold these days...
so freezing that i felt a bit sick when i got back home...i stayed in bed most of the evening.
you know everytime you're sick, you feel like being home...so what could make me feel like i'm in Paris?? or at least in France???

Pimp's cookies who are re-named "Encore"...



and great cultural magazines like...



I love Beyoncé, she's a beautiful woman (all the ladies who don't say so are just soooooo jealous...)
NB : Public was NOT bought by me but by a third party...geez

Day Thirty

A boring day in the life of Dav...wait Iv'e done this already haven't I? guess it was just the same day then...

Day Twenty Nine

A boring day on the life of...ME !

First thing i do in the morning...no i don't put some pants on, no i don't brush my teeth or wash my face, no i don't drink tea with biscuits or even open the curtains...
I go to...



Yeah Monster.co.uk to refresh my CV...THAT's the first thing i do when i get up, then i do all the things that i listed...and it's the beginning of the long "sending cv's" run... A couple of times a day, i go to Angelo's room to smoke and it's always this view on the mint chocolate complex...



...And it goes on until about 6pm...and finally i go to the local Tesco to get some food...



How exciting !!!

Day Twenty Eight

Ok so today i went to Willesden Junction at Mash's place where i'm moving...
So to all the girls who heard about the creepy little way from the station to the street, here it is...



Yeah i took it on a nice sunset so you wouldn't be too scared in advance...haha
so here's my room...





It's messy with gear and records all over the place so i feel like my Paris room just teletransported itself in this house...haha
and then Massina, Mash's son, will take you on a tour in the rest of the house...hey gotta make the kids work !!!

The Bathroom



The Kitchen



The Living Room