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tintin américain

and the beat goes on...

About Me

... né aux états-unis, mais de parents belges. je suis de bruxelles mais j'ai de la famille à washington d.c., miami, buenos aires, capetown et un peu partout en belgique. mes parents ont beaucoup déménagé donc j'ai grandi à lyon, casablanca, quito, caracas, etc... 'I ALWAYS LIKE IT WHEN THERE ARE BENCHES IN A PLAZA - BUT I LIKE IT MORE WHEN PEOPLE DECIDE TO SIT ON THE STEPS. IT'S THE FIRST ACT OF REVOLUTION: A BENCH HAS TOLD ME TO SIT DOWN, SO INSTEAD I'M GOING TO SIT WHERE I WILL BOTHER PEOPLE WALKING UP THE STAIRS' (Vito Acconci). the never ending question: Bat For Lashes - Whats a Girl To Do

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My Interests

SUMMER ON THE BEACH...
Une robe d'ete
Uploaded by Erottika ... PARTY & BULLSHIT .. width="425" height="350" .. and BOYS BOYS BOYS... .. width="425" height="350" .. chorizo anytime! philthy por favor:)

I'd like to meet:

ELLI MEDEIROS and now her biggest hit: ok ok, back to the 21st century; this ain't no video but plays a song that is the kinda tune where embracing the cheese & dancing your ass off works real good:

Music:

.. width="425" height="350" .. stevie wonder, barry white, roy ayers, kool and the gang, minnie riperton, millie jackson, fela kuti, jamie lidell, sia, clap your hands say yeah, jill scott, kelis, cee lo (& gnarls barkley), nina simone, angie stone, cinematic orchestra, a band of bees, bebel gilberto, gilberto gil, the gotan project, truby trio, osunlade, bugz in the attick, jodie aysha's heartbroken, fannypack, avenue d, the sparks, les rita mitsoukos, the knife, the blow, mu, junior boys, fujiya & miyagi, datarock, the strokes, the yeah yeah yeahs, the white stripes, the pixies, the chills, the fall, grandaddy, broken social scene, the rolling stones, prince (pre name change), bjork, pj harvey, janis joplin, acdc, robert plant / led zeppelin, !!!, shout out louds, clapyourhandssayyeah, the arcade fire, batforlashes, electrelane, hot chip, chikinki, the knife, peaches, eagles of death metal, modest mouse, truby trio, n.e.r.d., sade, radiohead, matthew herbert, architecture in helsinki, diplo, kavinsky, justice, M.I.A., LCD Soundsystem, the postal service, metro area, andre3000, biggie, tupac, madlib, sa-ra, mc solaar, salt'n pepa, a tribe called quest, the roots, questlove, d'angelo, neneh cherry, de la soul, portishead, prefuse73, mike milosh, jorge ben, jose gonzales, coco rosie,... afrobeat, reggae, dancehall,... um, juan luis guerra y 4:40, ruben blades, serge gainsbourg, jacques dutronc, téléphone, mano negra... um, oh shit, i almost forgot Boney M (that's what blasted out of the speakers, with some abba & neil diamond & claude francois on road trips with my folks, between brussels & antibes)...

Movies:


BJORK - DRAWING RESTRAINT 9
Uploaded by ESTETTE c'est arrive pres de chez vous (Man Bites Dog) is the best! OLD BOY (a crazy korean movie) is my all time favorite of 2005! king kong and brokeback mountain really got to me... roll bounce made me shake my derriere on my seat... the new world & terrence malick films, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind and all michel gondry music videos (also david chapelle's block party), punch drunk love, motorcycle diaries, johnny guitar, the 10th victim, tie me up tie me down and all almodovar's films, l'aventura and other antonioni films, underground and all emir kusturika films, older woody allen movies, the ice storm and other ang lee films, chungking express, in the mood for love and other wong kar wai films, being john malkovich and all spike jonze music videos (i can't wait for where the wild things are), thumbsucker & mike mills' video for air "all i need", most roman coppola's music videos, most music videos by dougal wilson, safe & other todd haynes films, love me or leave me, the party with peter sellers, it's a mad mad mad world, flirting with disaster, the royal tenenbaums, the election, happiness, run lola run, sitcom, the swimming pool, the umbrellas of cherbourg, contempt, breaking the waves, dancer in the dark, the idiots, the celebration, the godfather films, alien, city of god, city of lost children, delicatessen, bring it on, saved, boogie nights, burnt money, pirates of the caribbean, paris is burning, baraka, microcosmos, spellbound, lost in translation, the triplets of belleville, the 1st 5 minutes of you got served... music videos & visual installations by andreas nilsson:
The Knife - Heartbeats (live)
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Television:

BEST TV MOMENT EVER: .. width="425" height="350" .. ... MIAMI VICE, the office (uk), nip/tuck, weeds, ali g, muppett show, benny hill show, strangers with candy, nigella bites, abfab, pbs & bbc world news... america's next top model... renting movies like "a mighty wind"; brought ONE tear to my eye... i can't cry cuz my pad is too small & i would quickly drown in the lake of my tears. so i usually rent shit like "the queens of comedy."

Books:

the big book... stuff from milan kundera, pablo neruda, jose moro de vasconcellos, baudelaire, laclos, molière, david sedaris, mcsweeney, chris ware,... mostly magazine: anthem, dazed & confused, ID, blue, index, dwell, teknikart, the fader, ready made, big, national geographic, the new york times...

Heroes:

SERGE GAINSBOURG... JERRI BLANK... STEPHEN COLBERT... LA CICCIOLINA... RICK JAMES... KLAUS NOMI... GORE VIDAL... IRA GLASS (i have a crush on him!)... MAGNUM PHOTOGRAPHERS... PEPPER LABEIJA... AND ALL THE HEARTBREAKERS OUT THERE, U KNOW WHO U ARE! .. width="425" .. .. width="425" height="350" and this, andy, is my all time hero hit from rita mitsouko (they might sing in french mostly, but they are from brussels too; the ultimate 80s chic!); they actually inspired jean-paul gaultier in his 80s heyday (look up the antwerp 6 if u don't know who they are!!!):
Rita Mitsouko - Andy
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