Monthly Archives: December 2008

In the series Signs and Meaning in Cinema on the blog with the longest name: Signed by Jean-Luc Godard; 1967

From yesterday’s Ripley’s Believe It or Not! It’s true. More on English Wikipedia, and even more on French Wikipedia.

Paris life models make nude protest to demand respect … and better pay. The Guardian has the story but didn’t dare to show the matching picture. Fortunately, the French press has less scruples with nudity: From Rodin and Courbet’s naked … Continue reading →

Now that the offending Carla Bruni bags are all going to be burned, the Sarkozys can send their lawyers to America, where Cafépress sells all sorts of illegal apparel with flattering portraits of Our Beloved Leader, like this lovely Tank … Continue reading →

After years of decline, Paris is growing again. Since 1999, Paris has welcomed 53,000 new inhabitants, reversing the trend of the period between 1975 and 1999 when the capital lost 171,000 locals. The total number of Parisians is now 2,201,000. … Continue reading →

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After wine in bottles, cans and boxes, here’s wine in glasses. What? It took ten years of development, but here is finally the ready-to-drink-one-glass-wine. The packaging is made from specially treated glass, and the production method, together with the airtight … Continue reading →

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Is it all getting a bit too much? Feeling desperate to relieve your stress? Now you can shoot anyone or anything you want without ending up behind bars. Here’s a random suggestion: Shoot it! (Click pic to upload your own … Continue reading →

Approaching the tender age of 100, famous French photographer Willy Ronis (born August 14, 1910, wiki) found a large amount of nude photos in his archives, which were never published before. These hidden nudes, together with some well-known ones, have … Continue reading →

On French TV this weekend: first rocker Johnny Hallyday and first lady Carla Bruni performing “Quelque Chose De Tennessee”

If it’s Monday today it must be Postcard Day. Here are some pretty pictures. Click each for source & bigger.

From an unknown source, but it could be anywhere, anytime in France: French Politics is also the name of an excellent blog which, together with Sarkozy the American, is on my daily menu.

Each year, French garçons and filles strip by the dozens for their traditional nude calendar. For 2009 the choice is even bigger than before. In this series I’ve presented twelve calendars of (more or less) undressed French of all walks … Continue reading →

Unfortunately, that was 55 years ago. Denise Perrier [wiki] took the crown in 1953, and no French girl has won the pageant ever since. Mademoiselle Perrier quickly disappeared from view, but she made one (uncredited) appearance in the 1971 James … Continue reading →