Day Twenty Five

Ok, now that we got Internet back, photomania doesn't work...So no pics tonight.I can't catch a break i guess...
so today, I went to Camden to check how serious was the fire that took place last sunday...
It mostly destroyed the right part of the market after the canal which i wasn't too familiar wit...I realized it was pretty heavy since some buildings were like totally down...Still i hope, they're gonna rebuild it nicely cuz Camden is really a dope place to hang out.
Fortunately, none of the record stores got damaged...i went thru the bargain broken and hip hop crades and there were some great wax, but i'm just trying to save some money...once i get a job, of course imma get gorilla on 'em...
We were so happy we got Internet back that we were late for Jazz Re:freshed and ended up not going...That was not a good move.

Day Twenty Four

I was not dead, I just didn't have Internet connection...Just when you thought you would see how the resuscitation mask works...

Day Twenty Three

Today was really pleasant..My good friend Tuyen was in town for work...it's always good to have friends from Paris around, it's like having a piece of home with you. Especially with Tuyen since she moved in my former flat.



She works in events and was visiting this huge exhibition at Earl's Court. She brought a couple of goodies including this...



It looked really intriguing to us but i guess we'll have to wait until someone gets close to death to see how it really works...we went to Jen's café for lunch, had some dim sum and pearl juice, then went shopping at Uniqlo...she got some great deals on jeans...20 for 40£...see London is expensive but you can always manage to get gear for great prices...
but better than a great price, i got this...



Mac G4 in great (physical) condition for......FREE !!! hahaha
Steph's agency were gettin rid of a couple of computers and i got the only working mac...
best case, everything works fine and it's powerful enough to handle all my music shit...worst case, it's not powerful enough, i sell it and invite my friends for dinner...

Day Twenty Two

Nothing, Nada, Zippo...

Dilla Day Twenty One (Jaydee's Revenge remix)

Alright, just got back from Cargo...and we didn't get in :(
the night started at 7 but we got there at 8.30 and the line was like 300 meters...the place was so packed that they had a "1 out = 1 in" policy at the door...



we queued for about 45 mins and weren't even at half of it...saw my friend Marc from 4Hero and he said it was crazy jammed inside...we quickly realized that we weren't gonna make it so we gave up...i was a bit disapointed but on the other hand, i'm glad londoners are showing love and respect to Dilla...he deserves it.

On the way back, i saw this ad on the tube...



Thought the Whitney and the Hammer ones were mad funny...the two others, not so much...but still that's great copyrighting (from a 27 years old retired copyrighter point of view...haha)

Dilla Day Twenty One

Two years ago we lost one of the most creative men in the history of modern music...Dilla was inspiration, motivation, education...i guess i speak for hundred of thousands when i say we truly miss him...
I can't even name all the tracks he did that got me screaming "How the hell did he do that??!!!" but here's a few of my favorites...
De La's Stakes Is High and Verbal Clap
Pharcyde's Runnin'
Busta's Ill Vibe remix, Enjoy Da Ride, It Ain't Safe No More and Enjoy Da Ride
Tribe's Find A Way
Tip's Let's Ride
Common's Nag Champa
Erykah's Didn't Cha Know
Spacek's Eve remix
Bilal's Reminisce
Four Tet's As Serious As Your Life (remix)
Frank N Dank's Ma Dukes
Slum's Fall In Love
and many of his own tracks like Workinonit or Won't Do...

These are just A FEW of my fav tracks from him...and yes J Dilla changed my life, so tonight we're going to this tribute party at Cargo, hope it will raise good money for the foundation...let's support and pay our respect...




Well, today was the festivites in Soho for the Chinese new year so we tried to take a walk overthere but it was waaaaaay too crowdy...so we went for a cool walk in Carnaby street...it was really chilled out with the nice weather and all...
In a small street, i saw a couple taking a pic of a door and i wanted to find out what it was about, i wasn't disapointed at all...haha



Then we met this very cool man...i asked him if i could take a pic of him and he said yes but only if he could take the same pic with me...of course imma keep the later for me cuz believe me i don't look as cool as him riding a bike like that...

Day Twenty

So today was a beautiful day in London. nice sunny weather...Of course, we have waited until it was dark to go out...
I was pretty sad because my camera died today...I had it for 7 years...it wasn't the best camera, i had to work hard to take decent shots and as you could see most my pics still came out blurry but...i think it always brought some kind of extra charm into the pics...RIP my dear...
So today, i had to use Steph's camera, no disrespect cuz it's also a dope camera but it's so technologically advanced, the picture looks cold to me...it's like making a beat on a computer comparing to the SP1200...just not the same...
Tonight we had a crepes party at my fake sister Sandrine's new place...she just moved in with her boyfriend Wilhem and invited some of their friends for dinner...We had some delicious salty and sweet crepes (nutella and bananas is THE classic !!!)



All caught up in the action of eating and debating, no one but me caught her living plush Tchoupi stealing from the candy jar...That's what I call an indeniable evidence here ! We might end up in court soon...



Since i got the news that Angelo and Steph's friend Marlène wanna become a food designer i try to practice shooting my own food...so here's one of my delicious crepes and i think i could already give Marlene some tips...haha