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About Me

bastard child, rootless vagabond that no land can claim. nighttime pseudo-traveller. transient presence. free from the outside world, but trapped in between the voicez in my head. guitar playing fingerz, clumsy fingerz, bass playing fingerz. wannabe artist, self-taught drawin handz, slam poetry writin handz. untalented musician, untalented writer, untalented artist. not an artist in fact. no results so far. slow learner. outta tune singer, outtaseazon character. adept of the masquerade n lil games we play in the circus. cold inside but smilin lips, reassuring-wordz-creating lips. dancin wordz & bookz of rhymez & sketchbooks in my drawerz n on my shelvez. meaningless useless person, but ok with that."stage performances" so far:...03.06: Soirée Cabaret EII (cover of "My Yard" by Jamie Cullum)//////////////16.11.06: Soirée Cabaret EII (cover of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Nina Simone)//////////////22.11.06: Slam Session Mons #1//////////////06.02.07: open mic @ le Bâteau îvre, Mons (covers of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Nina Simone, "Daily Bread" by Martin Luther, "Between the Bars" by Elliott Smith, "Intro+Let's Get Lifted" by John Legend)//////////////08.02.07: Slam Session Mons #4, ranked second//////////////06.03.07: Open Mic Session @ le Bâteau Îvre, Mons (covers of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Nina Simone, "Femiliarize" by Keziah Jones, "Intro+Let's Get Lifted+Rappin" by John Legend, "Mr Jones" by Counting Crows)//////////////08.03.07: Slam Session Mons #5, ranked fifth, not selected for the national slam team to go to Paris in June.. but it's cool though//////////////13.03.07: Open Mic Session @ Le bâteau îvre, Mons. played covers of "On My Own" by The Used, "Dear Life" by Anthony Hamilton, "In Love Witchu" by Erykah Badu & Lion Marley, "The Blower's Daughter" by Damien Rice. but fucked it up on almost every single track...//////////////20.03.07: Open Mic Session @ Le bâteau îvre, Mons. Sang "Creep" by Radiohead, Played "Intro+Let's Get Lifted+Rappin" by John Legend, "Medicine 4 My Pain" by Lynden David Hall (RIP), dedicated to Sarah (she would've turned 19 today, RIP) memorable quotes of the day: whisperz: "j'arrête la zik, man!-Ismaël: "faudrait déjà l'avoir commencée!"//// whisperz: "merde je chante faux"- Ismaël: ben t'as qu'à mal t'accorder au départ, comme ça tu seras juste"//// a woman after the open mic: "je ne sais pas si t'as un groupe, mais il faudrait y penser!"- Quentin: "Qu'est-ce qu'elle a dit?" whisperz: "je sais pas si t'as vu ma croupe, mais tu peux y renoncer" //////////////29.03.07: Soirée Cabaret II. "Like A Star" by Corinne Bailey Rae (as a guitar player for a female singer named Charlotte) and "One" by U2 (duet with Charlotte, i was on guitar n vocalz n i hope no U2 fan will ever ear the massacre i did on that track, i apologize)//////////////19.04.07: Slam Session #6, ranked first ex-aequo with national team member Fleur. that earned me the book "Afro Blue Diaspora" by Jah Mae Kân... )//////////////03.05.07: "Spanish party": Bass on "Chan Chan" by Buena Vista Social Club and on "Wikked Lil' Grrrls" with Gaël on vocalz and Max on rythmic guitar.//////////////11.05.07: Poet Nausica steps out of the Slam team... that means, i'm goin to Paris on 29th and 30th of June to represent Belgium @ the Grand Slam National. WOW //////////////15.05.07: Slam Session #7: didnt pass to second round cuz i tried a funny text. i guess ppl felt it wasnt really me... lol //////////////12.06.07: open mic session @ le Bâteau Îvre. played & sung covers of "Seaside" by The Krooks, "Jusfriends" by Musiq Soulchild, "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Nina Simone, "Lover, You Should've Come Over" by Jeff Buckley, "Daily Bread" by Martin Luther, n then, a guy came upstage, picked the guitar, n i did beatbox ova his stuff.. for almost half n hour.. had a big time ;-) //////////////19.06.07: open mic session @ le Bâteau îvre. did covers of "Medicine 4 My Pain" by Lynden David Hall (RIP), "Dear Life" by Anthony Hamilton, "Femiliarise" by Keziah Jones, "Dance With You" by Live. //////////////29 & 30.06.07: Grand Slam National de Bobigny as a member of the team representing Mons. made it past quarter-finalz 2 semi-finalz. still waitin for the final ranking of the competition. /////////////08.11.07: Teteria Baños Arabes de Almería, with a fucked up throat from the cold i was recovering. fucked almost all my songs up... /////////////22.11.07: Tetería Baños Arabes de Almería, "Sideways" by Citizen Cope (duet with Marijke, my canadian flatmate), "Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight" by Amos Lee, "The Blower's Daughter" by Damien Rice... fucked my songz up again...

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My Interests

Musiq==Folk, Soul, Nu-Soul, Jazz, Spoken Word, R&B, HipHop culture with all the art forms related to it. slam, poetry, literature, movies, comics n graphic arts.
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I'd like to meet:

Chrissy DePauw, Van Hunt, Andre Benjamini wanna have bass lessons with Me'shell Ndegeocello, i'd like Keziah Jones to teach me how to play guitar the way he does, n D'Angelo to teach me piano.....Cherokee feat Andre 3000: "Nectarine"Sy Smith: "Fo Sho"SY SMITH

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Music:

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Movies:

Once, Last Days, Diarios de una motocicleta, Crash, The Hours, Black Wax, Ghost Dog, Slam, Requiem For A Dream, A Beautiful Mind, Big Fish, Good Will Hunting, Million Dollar Baby, Hotel Rwanda, Redemption, Hurricane Carter, Cinderella Man, Fight Club, Domino, Interview with a Vampire, Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, Ray, The Constant Gardener, Stealing Beauty, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, The Science of Sleep, Moulin Rouge, Finding Neverland, Pirates of the Carribean, V For Vendetta, Sin City, From Hell, Memento, Paris 2054: Renaissance, 2:37 (check out www.mkt7.com and support this movie), The Notebook (courtesy of lil sista Stif, makes u wanna believe in luv!thx), The Colour Purple, Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain, Idlewild, Garden State, Wicker ParkAceyalone feat Goapele: Moonlit Skies

Books:

"Kabuki" by David Mack, "The moments, the Minutes, the Hours" by Jill Scott, "Sin City" by Franck Miller, "L'étourdissement" by Joël Egloff, "Le matin brun" by Franck Pavloff, "Le Horla" de Maupassant, "Les fleurs du Mal" de Baudelaire, "Les contemplations" by Hugo, "La nuit remue" by Henri Michaux, "La mastication des morts" by Patrick Kerman, "L'ombilic des limbes" by Antonin Artaud, "Asphalt" by Carl Hancock Rux

Heroes:

Damien Rice, Amos Lee, Jeff Scott Buckley, Elliott Smith, Tom McRae, Glen Hansard, Rachael Rachael, Fink, Joshua Radin, Ayo., Patrice, Cody ChesnuTT, Martin Luther, Keziah Jones, Lynden David Hall, Don-E, Kevin Mark Trail, Mattafix, Nate James, Jamie Scott, Lauryn Hill, Bilal, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, D'Angelo, Dwele, Amel Larrieux, Novel, Raheem DeVaughn, India.Arie, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Bai Kamara Jr., Saïan Supa Crew, Jaheim, United Soul, Sade, BoyzIIMen, Cee-Lo Green, Gil Scott-Heron, Q-Tip, Musiq, Myron Davis, Floetry, V, Eric Roberson, Glenn Lewis, Brother ?uestlove, Van Hunt, Goapele, Rahsaan Patterson, Lathun, Amp Fiddler, Alice Russel, Joy Denalane, Katie Melua, Nelly Furtado, Angie Stone, Raphael Saadiq, The Legendary Roots Crew, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, Goapele, Floetry, Conya Doss, Lizz Fields, Tasha's World, Maxwell, Ginuwine, Terrell Carter, Tank, Eric Benet, Randevyn, Dead Prez, Ohmega Watts, Rich Medina, Jazzy Jeff, 9th Wonder, Illmind, Symbolic One, J. Dilla, Madlib, Nicolay, The Strange Fruit Project, Urban Ave 31, Little Brother, The Foreign Exchange, Darien Brockington, Yahzarah, Nuwamba, Jus, Rogiers, Alicia Keys, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Smokey Robinson, Nathalie Cole, Lisa Ekdahl, Orishas, Cesaria Evora, Henri Salvador, Billie Holliday, Miles Davis, Tupac Amaru Shakur, Nasir Jones, Buena Vista Social Club, Camille, Tete, Vibe, Sandy Cossett, Spleen, Dan Kamit, Corneille, Rony, Philemon, Teri Moise, Afrodiziac, Les Nubians, Emilie Simon, Bev Lee Harling, Shu, Raul Midon, Tre Hardson, K'Naan, Saul Williams, W. Ellington Felton, Chrissy DePauw, Hal Linton, Hope, Corinne Bailey Rae, Moonchild, Mrs Dynamite, Sy Smith, Yahzarah

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influences

if i were to narrow down the list of the artists that i would state as my main influences... i guess i'd go for -Michael Eugene Archer aka D'Angelo, -Me'Shell Ndegeocello, -Van Hunt, -Andre Lauren...
Posted by whisperz on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:32:00 PST

other blogs

our Slam team's blogs: - our collective diary : www.rienquedesmots.blogspot.com - our texts : www.rienquedestextes.blogspot.com   my personal stuff: - the old blog : www.esflog.com/transientwhisp...
Posted by whisperz on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:26:00 PST

soundtrack 2 my funeral

just in case: "I'll Be Seeing You" by Billie Holiday "Going Nowhere" by Elliott Smith "Smile" by Madeleine Peyroux "Sacred" by Amel Larrieux "TruLuv" by Randevyn "Gone" by Esthero & Cee-Lo Green "...
Posted by whisperz on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:31:00 PST