adidas+ argentina=March 15

For the last 2 1/2 months, I have been working on a very exciting project for adidas: Your World by adidas. The teaser is live since March 1 and the full version site is going live on March 15. Be sure to check it out!

March 15 is also the date I'm finally going on Holidays!! I was originally planning to go to New-Zealand with Marie-Hélène but things have changed and I'm going to Argentina for 3 weeks with Iléana and Véronique! I can't wait! You can follow our trip on our blog Carnet de voyage : trois filles en Argentine.

Arcade Fired

If you live in Montréal, you are well aware that Arcade Fire are giving five shows this week at the Ukrainian Federation Hall. The venue being very small, the tickets for the 5 shows were sold out in a couple of minutes. I was not lucky enough to get mine that day but my prayers paid off since a co-worker who could not attend anymore sold me his tickets for tonight’s show. I invited my friend and music lover Véronique who also tried to get tickets the day they went on sale so she totally deserved to come with me to this very special event.

I saw Tapes ‘n’ Tapes at the Ukrainian Federation Hall last fall and the first time I walked in the place, I told myself ‘I feel like I’m in Prague'. Well, I haven’t been to Prague yet but that’s how I imagined an alternative venue in Prague would feel like.

The show was short (around 70-80 minutes) but I enjoyed every minute of it. The venue does not feature the best sound system but the spirit of the place totally fitted with the event in my opinion. I saw them when they opened for U2 in 2005 (they gave a mind blowing performance that night) so it was also a very nice experience to see+hear Arcade Fire in such a small venue. As stated in the newspaper, it might not happen again in the future given their popularity.

You can watch a video filmed at the first concert at the Ukrainian Federation last night:


Neon Bible is the title of their upcoming album...Tonight, once again, I realised that music is my religion.

Best of 2006

As posted on Wézo’s blog, my 10 2006 coups de coeur (not in order):

-Hot Chip (le show à la Sala Rossa et l'album The Warning)
-Diplo à la Sala Rossa
-Babel (le film)
-Copenhague (la ville)
-Figurines (le show au Main Hall et l'album Skeletons)
-Teitur (le show au Cabaret et l'album Stay under the Stars)
-Pâté de campagne à St-Côme
-Patrick Watson (l'album Close to Paradise)
-Gorillaz (l'album Demon Days)
-Rex the Dog à NYC (oui ça compte car il a spinné le 1er janvier!).

Diesel new identity is unveiled

Please welcome Sid Lee!

Artsy Lördag

Yesterday I went to a Swedish exhibition called 'Touching the Invisible'' at la Sat. It's quite an original exhibition that is mixing art, science and technology. The 'Brain ball' installation is a futurist battle between 2 'competitors' alpha waves. Quite unusual! Oh and it's free so you don't have any reason to miss it!

Later that night, I went to a dance show called Import/Export by Les Ballets C. de la B. from Belgium. It was a mix of dancing and theatre with a live string quartet. It's kind of difficult to describe the performance but I can say it was very touching. The more I think about it, the more it grows into me.

Diesel new identity

Next Monday, the firm where I'm currently working, Diesel , will change its name...

November rain

Highlights

Cinema
Babel (Alejandro Inarritu Gonzalez): beautiful and touching movie. A real masterpiece. Best movie of 2006 in my humble opinion. Run see this movie!

DVD
-I'm watching the last season of Six Feet Under these days...What a great TV serie. Two DVDs to go but I don't want to watch them...I just don't want my Six Feet Under journey to be over. Nate, poor thing, call me and I'll help you out.
-Jack will be back soon so that's comforting :-)
-Brothers and Open Hearts (Susan Bier): I liked these movies as much as 'After the Wedding'. Bier is very talented. I was particularly touched by Brothers. The final part is emotionally charged. Great actors. Nikolaj Lie Kaas is not only talented but very handsome (sorry, I could not help it, he he).

Music
-The Rapture (November 2, Club Soda): The guys have a cool stage presence. They overcame my expectations! Personal highlight: I Need You.
-Hot chip (November 5, Sala Rossa): I was very excited about this concert. I LOOOOOVE their second album (which remind me I should buy their first) so I could not wait for their concert. Iléana, Véro and I had dinner at Sala Rossa, the restaurant (the venue is upstairs). And guess what? The guys from Hot Chip had dinner at the table next to us! Oui mes amis. But as very bad fans, we didn't recognized them...We even mentionned 'Whoa, what a bunch of weirdos' when they came in the restaurant. Ouch! The show was amazing!!! The re arranged their songs so it does not sound exactly like the album and they played quite a few new (+excellent) songs. They played Over and Over at the encore and I'm telling you, I thought the floor would break! Amazing show! I hope they'll come back soon!

How cool is that?
On this rainy and cold day, I'm reading the 20th anniversay issue of Q magazine. I got the one with Madonna which is pretty cool. I'd exchange it for the one with Damon Albarn or Noel Gallagher though...Anyone? ;) This is issue is like candy to me. When they asked Larry Mullen his favorite artist of the last 20 years, he answered Arcade Fire. Pretty cool, huh? Crazy how we're proud of the artists who are from our hometown...They listed Definitely Maybe from Oasis as a must have album of the last 20 years. I haven't listened to it for a while so I put it in the cd player and yeah, it rocks! I always liked Oasis even in their lows.