“I love Paris, why oh why do I love Paris
Because my love is here” - Frank Sinatra
I am as excited about the release of ‘The Great Gatsby’ movies as much as the next Jazz Age and modernism enthusiast. After I discovered this marvel in uni, I spent ample of my time over analyzing all the various events that take place on East Egg and West Egg, and what FSF was trying to say.
I’m now however quite scared that the movie might not give the book justice, and how could it, we are only talking about one of the greatest modernist writers to have ever graced us.
I suppose what is quite scary about this is the realization that once I do see the movie, whatever alternate movie that has already been created in my head after reading the book so many times, is going to be at at best distorted.
It is indeed a delicate balance, because so much resources and effort has been put into the movie, yet Hollywood does have this bad habit of ultimately caring more about profits than about artistic integrity. Alas, it will be quite sad if the movie was produced for the mass market. But ‘The Great Gatsby’ remains, and Mr Fitzgerald’s world at West Egg remains, and those words no matter how many times reproduced, remain. Hence why I will go into the movies not worried about the legacy of Mr Fitzgerald, but the legacy of modernist fiction as a whole.
Just a quick on the fly edit. Although it’s a very poppy track and I’m not normally into these sounds, I liked the melodic hook of the track. Nothing fancy, just extended it so I can drop it in my mixes and tweaked and filtered here and there. Free download for you lovely people! :)
The year has drawn to an end. Music-wise it saw the end of the ‘District Funk’ series and the start of the ‘Disco Blasphemy’ series. Hence, this time around a Disco Blasphemy 2012 is in store for us. 4 hours of eclectic vibes drawing on grooves as far reaching as 70s Turkish disco and deep house tunes that made this year happen. Enjoy and have happy holidays, 2012 was a good one!
01- Dexter Wansel - Time Is The Teacher
02- Billy Paul - Let’s Make A Baby
03- Jazzanova - Rendezvous
04- Patrice Rushen - Where There Is Love
05- DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Definition (ft. Kel Spencer)
06- Ryo Murakami - Just for This
07- Skudge - Ontic (Rolando Understands Remix)
08- Moomin - Raw Like 97
09- James Mason - Nightgruv
10- Tiger & Woods - Gin Nation
11- Dusky - Henry 85 (Fcl Weemix)
12- Blawan - Why They Hide Their Bodies Under My Garage
13- youANDme - Mouche (Luke Hess Electric Dub)
14- Mic Newman - Knickerbocker
15- Smallpeople - Move With Your Vision
16- Detroit Swindle - Guess What (Leftside Wobble Remix)
17- Homework - Cmon Start Moving
18- Drew Sky - Razzmatazz
19- Hodges, James & Smith - What Have You Done For Love
20- First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder (12” Remix)
21- Leron Carson - Dedicated
22- Rene Bandaly Family - Tanki Tanki
23- Objekt - Porcupine
24- Wil Maddams - My Turn
25- Phors - Fading Away
26- Phors - Shining Star
27- Everything But The Girl - Compression
28- Detroit Swindle - Jick Rames
29- Chasing Kurt - Galaxy Hero (Deep Space Orchestra Remix)
30- Pan/Tone - Stay (Nikki Gibler Remix)
31- Andrés - New For U
32- Joy Orbison - Ellipsis
33- WK7 - Do It Yourself
34- Tony Lionni - Afterhours
35- Green Velvet - Never Satisfied (Studio 54 Re-Re Mix)
36- Bicep, Ejeca - You (Steffi Remix)
37- Azuni - Raw Chord
38- Midland - What We Know (Motor City Drum Ensemble Remix)
39- Groove Armada - Don’t Take Your Love Away
40- Lee Jones - Moment (George Fitzgerald Remix)
41- Deep Future - You Need It (Detroit Swindle’s ‘Never Enough’ Interpretation)
42- Chris James - Kind of Heavy (Andre Crom Remix)
43- Jask - Life
44- Rahbani Brothers - La Tehtab Alayeh
45- Ziad Rahbani - Abu Ali
46- Erol Evgin - Sevdan Olmazsa
Awesome bourbon during prohibition? check
ODing on Pomade? check
Cigarette attached to face? check
Incredible lampadina? check
Oh wait, out of this world tattoos?! CHECK!!
Tattoo parlor, 1920s
(Source: style-cool-ture, via my1930s)
The view from the steps of La Basilique du Sacré Coeur de Montmartre is one which no person can ever tired of. I still remember the first time I came up those steps and Paris in all its glory reigned down on me at once, I fell in love with a city, a fantasy, a beautiful painting, a myth!
No wonder this view has featured so heavily in popular culture, referenced everywhere from the legendary 1976 short movie ‘C’était un rendez-vous’ to Woody Allen’s soon-to-become cult classic ‘Midnight in Paris’, it’s been a view that has hardly been distorted along the years. Many have come and gone on these steps and wondered in awe, but Paris, La Ville-Lumière, remains.
