The Jim Jones Revue @ Album de la Semaine Canal+ Paris Jan 19th 2009

After leaving the Wampas ( review below ) and their dedicated fans we went straight to Canal+

New english rock ' n roll band The Jim Jones Revue is playing for the first time famous french tv show "L' Album de la semaine " .
They are greasy & sleazy and really rocking , i mean reaalllly rocking.
Dressed up like 50's rockers, they're playing a heavy rock very 50's orientated
The singer is also playing the lead guitar and is screaming like a maniac. They have a piano that keeps their heavy rock swinging ( The Killer would be proud ).
Very nice set with 2 covers as an encore Elvis' " A big hunk of love" and Little Richard 's " Good golly miss Molly" just in case you didn't noticed who their influences were.
sorry no pictures for this one it's forbidden

Those bastards from White Lies were supposed to play a Black Session tonight on C'est Lenoir but cancelled it at the 11th hour. The singer was sick. What a surprise when i looked at the NME website the day after, the band is playing a free gig @ the HMV store in London.
He made a quick recovery.
http://www.nme.com/news/white-lies/42186

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Les Wampas Virgin Megastore des Champs Elysées Paris 19 Jan 2009

The french punk rock band Les Wampas is playing live @ the Virgin Megastore on the famous Champs Elysées to promote their new cd " Les Wampas sont la preuve que dieu existe " , ( The Wampas are the living proof that god exists ) .
Not to be taken too seriously of course. That's why the record cover is what it is : an Ostrich .
It is packed , their fans are bit like a family so everyone knows eachother and quite unusual for a french punk rockers they attract many girls some of them very pretty ( even more unusual for a punk band ).
As always The Wampas are kicking ass live, their heavy rock is lively and makes you wanna jump.
Short set : half an hour but fool of energy.
The singer Didier Wampas is mad and went several times singing in the pit , crowdsurfing ...in a very nice atmosphere.

Here's a nice video from the event :

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Entertainment for the Braindead Oliver Peel session # 3 Paris Jan 18th 2009

Oliver Peel session #3 with Entertainment for the Braindead
review tonight

Julia in front of an impressive catering ( right )

Some of the beautiful people ( left )

Entertainment for the braindead at work

Nice little girl's handwritting for the setlist ( left ) and band's cds

Video from the show available here :
http://fr.youtube.com/user/rockingparis
Check her website for more :
http://www.entertainmentforthebraindead.com/
Hear some music here:
http://www.myspace.com/entertainmentforthebraindead

Check Oliver Peel ' s website for more ( lots of reviews in German & LOTS of pictures from gigs in Paris and Germany ) : http://meinzuhausemeinblog.blogspot.com/

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Madonna Nude 1979 on sell at Christies New York Feb 12th 2009

Christies in New York will be selling pictures in a sale called :
Icons of Glamour and Style: The Constantiner Collection Part II
It will include pictures from famous photographers such as Ellen Von Unwerth , Jean Loup Sieff & Helmut Newton among others.
Most of the pictures will be fashion related , some movie related ( with lots of pictures from Marylin Monroe ) & some nudes including one of Madonna pictured by Lee Friendlander in 1979 when the singer was broke and paid 25 dollars for the session.
And here it is :

That's what i call Information !

More pictures from this session here :
http://zelebs2.blogspot.com/2008/08/madonna-old-nude-photo-shoot.html

More nude pictures from 1979 on this site :
http://www.madonnashots.com/1979.html

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