No question about it – this is probably the zenith of rap videos, the new clip for Kanye West – Can’t tell me Nothing – which stars comedian Zach Galifianakis, and features various chainsaw action, tractor driving and dancing country girls. Seriously. It WILL NOT get any better than this. Ever.
Fact fans will also notice that it has a cameo from Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
You can watch the whole video here and there is some background info on how this most unlikely collaboration came about of one fader.com.
Man, you’ve got to admire the dude in the driver seat of this one…decides to stop for some cigarettes – pulls into a petrol station and lets his girl get out of his very nice Ferrari for a pack of fags.
All good – ‘cept she’s nekkid – dressed only in gold stillettos, a bracelet and some serious tats.
There are sooooo many unanswered questions in this one, but I’m not even going to speculate on who, why and what?
Check out the story here on bild.de and heres an English version of it.
It appears that the trick behind getting the French to queue for something, is all in the secret sauce. This report explains how a restaurant in Paris (Relais de Venise) serves only one dish (steak frites) but manages to do it better than anyone else. So without reservations and only one dish on the menu – people queue out of the door.
This reminds me of a restaurant in Strasbourg – Le Fossile – which was a huge favourite during my visits there. Whilst there were more things on the menu, there was only one main course of any interest, onglet à l’échalote- a beautifully cooked steak, which was then chopped at the table and mixed with a jus containing shallots and lots of pepper. This was a serious meal – served with copious amounts of fries, some good margaux – it was a pilgrimage every time I went to Strasbourg.
RELAIS DE VENISE - 271 Boulevard Pereire, Porte-Maillot, PARIS / Tel. 01 45 74 27 97
RESTAURANT LE FOSSILE – Place Orphelins, 67000 STRASBOURG / Tel. 03 88 36 39 76
Update – the Relais De Venise is now open in London – 120 Marylebone Lane, London, W1U 2QG, Tel. 020 7486 0878 (I’m gonna try that one out!)
If you don’t get it – you don’t need to…found here.
I cannot WAIT to see this film….it’ll be out JUST before I go on holiday, so I’ll be taking a trip before then!
Apparently – pagans are upset with this, because a picture of a dude waving a stick with his cock in the air is absolutely NOT to be tampered with by people with a sense of humour.
Personally – its temporary, so I’m cool with it…
Taken from this weeks Holy Moly mailout…
Now, I’m getting into this – after the revelation about the tale of the tape earlier this week its time for another weigh-day friday…and I’ve been really focused for the last two weeks. I finally understand that the absolute correct way to do this whole weight loss thing is really really simple.
Eat Less, Move More
To add to that, I’ve learnt that there is an optimum way of burning fat (which, to be frank, is what I’m all about at the moment), they even mark it on the machines… 65% = Burning Fat / 85% = Cardiovascular. So after spending my first few weeks focused on the CV speed to get my fitness up, I can now spend 95% of my time at the gym with my pulse rate sitting at 65% of my recommended maximum.
So I do a quick warm up on the treadmill, followed by about 40-45 minutes between the elliptical machine and the cycle.
The results are speaking for themselves!
My first trip to the Hexagon in Reading, which could quite honestly be the ugliest building in the western world, but it has parking close by and places to eat in reading – so its not a bad venue. We pitched up at around 8pm, and the venue was nicely full of very well behaved couples – exactly as you’d expect the audience at a Damien Rice concert to be, we strolled into the standing area and managed to stand about three rows back to the right hand side of the stage.
About half eight, there was the sound of a violin tuning up or soundchecking, which built up into about 8 or 9 minutes of earsplitting violin/cello/bass loops…it was utterly shocking….and quite a few people had their fingers in the ears. I’m still not sure if it was part of the music played by the production crew, or whether it was an intro to the gig, but right at the end Damien and the band ambled on – and right on cue started talking.
He opened up with a gently rambling story, whilst a wine waiter served them all a glass of wine – and the delivered an excellent, drunken ’Cheers Darlin’ to kick us off. He played a fantastic version of my favourite ‘La Professor et la Fille’, with its lovely french ending, and a great version of Eskimo Friends. Towards the end he was talking with the crowd and asked a guy in the front row what he did…he obviously said he was a singer/guitarist and Damien Rice actually pulled him up on stage to sing with him, the guy did a great version of ‘Cold Water’ with Damien Rice singing Lisas backing vocals – it was an amazing moment at a great gig.
At the end of the gig – Damien Rice stepped in front of the mic, and sung one with out any amps – purely busker style, you could hear a pin drop.
Damien Rice redeemed himself yesterday- last time I saw him I didn’t think he was much good (Brixton Academy 2005), but last night he was excellent.
My pictures from last night in Reading are here
UPDATE : This is the guy that got up on stage last night with Damien Rice – he even has Cold Water as a cover on his myspace…
By: mattr
Category: music
They still compare boxers by size as well as weight – you see heavyweight boxers compared by the size of their waist, thigh and then their reach. Its clear to me that two people can weigh approximately the same – and yet have two different body shapes.
So why the hell didn’t I start measuring myself when I started on my quest to lose weight and get fit. I’ve been mildly frustrated by the fact that I’m eating really well (healthy, lean food), and working out almost every day (6 out of 7 last week) – and yet the weight loss progress seemed to plateau a bit.
However – this weekend, I had a revelation…I went to buy some clothes for an upcoming holiday…and nothing fitted. I had to go a size down on shorts/trousers and ended up buying shorts for my holiday that I wouldn’t have fitted into for the last 5 years.
Thats the tale of the tape!
Blonde Punter : “You look like a famous DJ, are you famous?”
Me : “Nope, just a local DJ”
Blonde Punter : “No, really – you look like that guy…erm”
Me : “Whoever he is, I’m not him…”
Blonde Punter : “Thats it, Chris Moyles…”
Me : “…”
Blonde Punter : “Yeah, you really look like him…”
Mr : “Thanks…”
(Shikaras / Friday 29th June 2007)
No question about it – this is probably the zenith of rap videos, the new clip for Kanye West – Can’t tell me Nothing – which stars comedian Zach Galifianakis, and features various chainsaw action, tractor driving and dancing country girls. Seriously. It WILL NOT get any better than this. Ever.
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