Wow, I just read an article "Bands As A Business: Invest Money In Marketing" on Hypebot.com. This is second part of an interview segment with Paige X. Cho, who is the Administration and Promotions Manager for digital distributor Valleyarm and author of the Melbourne music blog Paper-Deer. In this part, Cho talks about the importance of bands thinking of themselves as a business, how pop suffers the most from file sharing, and the shutdown of LimeWire.
Now that is out of the way.
The very first question regarding "superfans" you would think it was written about Alizée:
Could you describe the relationship between superfans and the artists?
Cho: The term "superfan" reminds me of Mel from Flight of the Conchords - sometimes a little creepy, borderline stalker behavior but all done with good intentions. Like John Roderick writes, these are the obsessive fans that have a lot invested in bands and feel that their over-the-top and unsolicited help means that they should be friends with the band and get thanked on stage or first dibs on anything. I've even known a superfan who weirdly knew the shampoo her favorite singer used!
The problem with these fans is they aren't happy with just getting newsletters or buying autographed merch. They feel they deserve more, and the problem is that these fans get offended very easily. If you walk by them outside a venue without hearing them go "hi" or you don't personally reply to their emails, they seem to get upset and could possibly "turn" against you.
How often have we seen that happen...
Or are you an "IF" fan.... I am a fan "if" she does this or "if" she does that.
Alizee Lyonnet
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Alizée Superfans
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Alizee Nation autointerview
The AutoInterviw (self interview)
I really did not think there was enough information for an autobiography but an autointerview….sure.
Alizee Nation Question: How long have you been doing the blog?
Alizee Nation Answer: Coming up on 3 years
AN Question: And how did it come about?
AN Answer: There were several “projects” going on and I thought why not do a blog on Alizee too! Then it just kept going.
AN Question: When did you first notice Alizee
AN Answer: I don’t remember exactly, the early days of À Contre-Courant, then L’Alize and that smile. But what really hooked me was the interview Alizee walked out on. That’s when I said, I like her. That’s when it became more then the look, more then the song, it was the personality.
AN Question: Do you know Alizee?
AN Answer: (looking annoyed)
AN Question: What?
AN Answer: That’s a ridiculous question, don’t make me walk out…
AN Question: Moving on, do you think Alizee reads the blog?
AN Answer: No, not at all. Aware…maybe, but read it? She has better things to do.
AN Question: What do you think of all the new blogs and sites?
AN Answer: I think it’s great. Fans get to be creative, it’s more publicity for Alizee. Why not. I would encourage anyone to try their hand at it. As a matter of fact I just shared some words yesterday with Alizee South Africa. I suggested posting something, don’t make me kick your ass. Look, a fun post. It’s fun to encourage and nurture each other.
AN Question: What do you hope for next?
AN Answer: I got out of the “Alizee should” business.
If Alizee did what we wanted it would be like going to the zoo or circus to see animals perform. I prefer to see them in their wild state… like Alizee. I hope that clears that up.
AN Question: And about you?
AN Answer: No Comment
Sunday, November 7, 2010
More Magic Roundabout
More Magic Roundabout
In Paris until Jan 2nd
then they will tour throughout France and abroad until the end of 2011
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Alizée fan flashback
I had a flashback to 2008 (this is a fan flashback)
Maybe Alizée fans are ahead of the curve and not crazy.
Today a headline caught my eye "Offline & Anonymous File-Sharing Network Launches" Also know as "Dead Drops"
Hyperbot.com describes it as: Another p2p file-sharing network is starting in a public space near you. An artist based out of NYC has been embedding USB sticks into walls and curbs across the city. Aram Bartholl's project is called Dead Drops.
This offline and anonymous network allows anyone to plug into the network and upload or download anything they like. While the ports can mainly be found in Brooklyn and Manhattan, Bartholl plans to create a guide and enable people to create their own network anywhere. This is a small reminder that even if the web is locked down, people will still share their files.
Now before everyone screams virus and malware... it's the story that is important.
A few years back there was this Alizée fan that started dropping Alizée CD's around his city (Toronto if I recall). He called it Operation Disque Drop. Of course one of the drawbacks was... no one is going to put an anonymous CD in their computer for fear of a virus or malware.
Not recalling the exact spelling I searched for 'Disc Drop' ... and what did I find? There is a facebook page called "Operation Disc Drop" It is not updated and has been around about the same time as Operation: Disque Drop and it was out of Canada.
You can check out Disque Drop HERE
2 years later someone is making news embedding flash drives into public walls.
At the moment, Bartholl’s USB drives can be found at five spots in the Big Apple: 87 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn (Makerbot), Empire Fulton Ferry Park, Brooklyn (Dumbo), 235 Bowery (New Museum), Union Square (Subway Station 14th St), and West 21st Street (Eyebeam). Everyone is invited to go to these places to drop or find files. Exciting!
Disque Drop was an original "Street Team". 2 years ago flash drives were still expensive so "he" was sharing on the least expensive off line media of the day, CD's.
Crazy... innovative... silly... fun...
2008 revisted
Monday, November 1, 2010
Our Halloween treat - Alizée
Is it time to compare the impact of random internet posts vs. planned print media copy?
Over the past 2 weeks there has been a bunch of activity spurred by two events, the shirt photos and now the Halloween picture. As far as reaching the fan base, could any more activity be stirred by an article in some print media? As a random event such as this... not really.
Alizée has always been a bit of an internet darling. Back in the day there were her "World of Warcraft" fans. The the internet started the sensation we recognize as the miracle in Mexico.
If your current base is from the internet I would go with it. You can do your own Press Releases. Don't fight the karma soul sister.
Look at last years Christmas song! What label is that on? YouTube
Of course the next question is... but how do you make money?
Watch the movie "The Social Network"
Mark Zuckerberg fought off the how do you make money questions constantly and now look...
I'm not saying that's going to happen... just take a look at that business model is all I am saying.
If you build it they will come.
So how about those pics, they were fun!!!!
How about those T Shirt pics, did you notice Joe Jacotey used one for one of his pictures. You know, if I throw on my wayfarers, let my hair grow out, I think I could trick or treat as Joe. Perhaps I exaggerate...
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Just a thought Coachella
Just a thought that crossed my mind today regarding Coachella Festival.
Coachella does not seem to have a problem trying new things. Bringing in Jay-Z, changing to 3 day pass only... so...
How about a French Tent for a day? Maybe not even the whole day. There are two large stages and 3 smaller tented stages. I wonder if a tent for a day could have... (for example only) the likes of... Teki Latex, Para One, Surkin, Chateau Marmont, Sébastien Tellier, Kavinsky, The Teenagers, BB Brunes, Yelle, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alizée, Oxmo Puccino... Just to name a few, just saying there are a lot to choose from that could make it work.
Then it could transition to a main stage for the likes of a Daft Punk or a Phoenix!
Me dreaming... thanks for listening....
It would be awesome!
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Alimart CEO
Those pictures of the CEO of Alimart taken in the world headquarters of the Alimart warehouse are just a fine example of contrasts.
It is a wonderful thing to see the beauty of Alizée in a simple T shirt posed in front of a garage door, a block wall, a stack of pallets...
Contrasts extraordinaire
Friday, October 22, 2010
Alizée pic revisted...
I'm not finished with this pic yet!!!
1) This pic should be trending
2) as Katy Perry says and Alizée deserves... I think you're pretty without any make up on...
3) AND I am so happy Alizée has a daughter, no 5 1/2 year old boy should have a Mom that looks this hot. That just wouldn't be right. Yeah you know all you guys are shaking your heads in agreement. That would be therapy waiting to happen. Thank goodness for a daughter.
4) What's it going to take to get you into this garage door today?
Alizée latest Google Trends
The latest Google Trends for Alizée
Are you kidding me, US does not even list... :(
Let's try it with an accent (click on the pics to enlarge)
unbelalizeeable!!!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Alizée is looking and doing fine
Alizee Nation
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Talkin' 'bout my girl
Talkin' 'bout my girl
and still generating hot spots
while I'm in the mood for the Temptations...
We choose to follow Alizée...
We choose to follow Alizée not because it is easy, but because it is hard...
My friends call me a martyr, that I practice self deprivation...
No I don't have one of those things for my leg from the Da Vinci Code.
Yesterday I fasted, I probably fast about once every three weeks...
I am comfortable in tough times, I do not know what to do with myself and very uncomfortable in prosperous times.
The "Alizée Lifestyle" fits me perfect.
I wouldn't know how to act if she was extremely popular.
Where most complain... I feel most comfortable.
Even if something Alizée does shoots her to the top... how do you think she would react? Now that's something to ponder.
Para One Interview ...re: Alizée
http://www.sparse.fr/2010/10/19/para-one-interview/
Para One Interview ...re: Alizée
or my title: The More I See the Less I Know
My apologies to Para One for concentrating on the two Alizée paragraphs.
From the article:
Concernant Alizée, le morceau que t’as produit pour elle sur le dernier album
Je suis arrivé au dernier moment sur le projet, j’étais pas censé être dans le casting. Il a été monté par le reste du crew et c’était très bien. Jean-René, qui dirigeait un peu les opérations, avait envie d’un morceau à part, qu’on fasse vite, ça s’est fait au dernier moment. Moi j’avais cette instru, on a fait les paroles, elle a chanté, ça a été très vite. C’est le genre de projet, il y a quelques années on auraient été complètement hystériques de produire Alizée ou un disque de pop comme ça… Peut être que c’est un truc d’âge, maintenant ça m’obsède pas, je trouve ça intéressant de participer, mais je mettrai pas toute mon énergie dans un projet comme ça parce que je crois plus en l’underground. Je crois plus au truc de nerd extrêmement pointu et qui ne passe pas par les réseaux traditionnels. Pour moi il y a une impasse à vouloir absolument rentrer dans ces réseaux. Je pense que pour Alizée ils ont fait une sorte de sabotage, c’est un ovni dans un réseau traditionnel.
Tu penses que c’est pour ça que l’album n’a pas bien marché ?
C’est possible. En même temps, aujourd’hui les succès n’existent pas beaucoup et encore moins dans la musique qu’on aime. Ce sont des sortes de succès d’estime maintenant, des succès de blogs. Moi ça fait longtemps que j’ai fait une croix sur le fait que réussite commerciale et réussite artistique soient liées. Il y a Zaz… Yaz (?)… Zaz qui cartonne… Tu vois ça et tu te dis que c’est flippant, que ça soit validé par tant de gens comme Télérama, « ouais c’est génial, l’univers de cette fille » alors que c’est une arriviste qui fait de la merde. Le fait qu’à une époque, quand il y avait de la merde, c’était clair c’était vraiment de la merde… Maintenant c’est de la merde un peu déguisée, c’est un peu cool et ça commence à jeter le trouble.
En tant que musicien j’aime la musique et j’aime entendre un truc qui me touche vraiment, profondément et qui ait le mérite d’exister. Je ressens pas trop ça avec les trucs qui marchent au sens pop, qui passe à la radio en ce moment. Donc pour moi la guerre de la radio, de chercher absolument à placer des morceaux c’est un peu fini, c’est un fantasme qu’on avait au début des années 2000 mais qui ne nous passionne plus. Avec le développement des blogs et du net tu peux tout à fait avoir une carrière sans passer par les radios et c’est là que j’ai envie d’être aujourd’hui.
This is Google Translator
Alizée on the piece you got the product for her latest album, A Girl difficult?
I arrived at the last moment on the project, I was not supposed to be in the cast. It was mounted by the rest of the crew and it was very good. Jean-Rene, who ran a few operations, wanted a piece apart, makes it fast, it happened at the last moment. I had this instrument, it was the words she sang, it was very fast. This is the kind of project a few years ago it would have been completely hysterical Alizée produce or pop record like that ... Maybe it's something old, not now it haunts me, I find it interesting to participate, but I will not have all my energy into a project like this because I believe more in the underground. I think more nerd stuff extremely sharp and not through traditional networks. To me there is a deadlock to be determined to get into these networks. I think for Alizée they made some sort of sabotage, it's a UFO in a traditional network.
You think that's why the album did not go well?
Possible. At the same time, today many successes do not exist, let alone in the music we love. They are kind of success now estimates, success of blogs. Me that I have long given up on the fact that commercial success and artistic success are linked. There Zaz ... Yaz (?) ... Zaz cartons that ... You see that and you think it's scary, it is endorsed by so many people like Telerama, "yeah it's great, the world of this girl "while it is a social climber who is crap. The fact that at a time when there was shit, it was clear it was really crap ... Now it's a bit shit disguised, is a bit cool and it begins to throw disorder.
As a musician I love music and I hear something that really touches me deeply and has the merit to exist. I feel too that with the tricks that work under pop, which comes on the radio right now. So for me the war of the radio, look absolutely placing pieces is a little over, it's a fantasy we had in the early 2000s but that fascinates us most. With the development of blogs and anywhere you can totally have a career without going through the radio and that's where I want to be today.
or... The More I See the Less I Know
Monday, October 18, 2010
Alizée - The Semi Recluse
Alizée - The Semi Recluse
I settled on Semi Recluse, I think that it is accurate. It is not good or bad it just is.
The article How to be a recluse from The Independent.
"true reclusiveness always appears to shade into madness because, on the face of it, the practitioner is turning down money"
Short of hiding from the public for decades, the next most intriguing strategy is to be a writer or performer who "guards his privacy"
As a young journalist, I once asked Martin Amis's publicity people whether I could interview him. "You can't interview him now," they carefully stated, "because he has nothing to promote. When he has something to promote, then you can interview him." It fascinated me that (a) he had licensed these third parties to say this on his behalf and (b) that he didn't immediately find something to promote (options would include his last book, or his next one, or just himself in general) purely for the sake of being in the papers. But no. There was a time to be famous, and a time not to be.
The success of the strategy of semi-reclusiveness is determined by the degree to which the number of offers of publicity refused at inconvenient times is exceeded by the numbers of opportunities accepted at convenient ones. One of our leading semi-recluses is Alan Bennett, who generally succeeds in being either everywhere or nowhere at any given moment. The one biography of him, written by Alex Games, is called Backing Into the Limelight
Another interesting article: J. D. Salinger a Recluse? Well, Not to His Neighbors from the New York Times.
Despite his reputation, Mr. Salinger “was not a recluse,” said Nancy Norwalk, a librarian at the Philip Read Memorial Library in Plainfield, which Mr. Salinger would frequent. “He was a towns- person.”
And last week, after his death, his neighbors would not talk about him, reflecting what one called “the code of the hills.”
The Corsican Code!
“Nobody conspired to keep his privacy, but everyone kept his privacy —
He was an individual who just wanted to live his life.”
Alizée is surrounded by people that will keep her privacy...that allows her to just live her life between appearances.
And of course there is the Are You a Recluse Quiz
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Bisoux is on My List
My friends wonder why I BLOG you all the time,
What can I say?
I don't feel the need to give such secrets away
You think maybe I need help though I know i am right, all right
I'm just better off not listening to friends advice
When they insist on knowing my bliss,I tell them this
When they want to know what the reason is
I only smile when I lie, then I tell them why
Because your kiss, your kiss is on my list
Because your kiss, your kiss is on my list
Because your kiss is on my list of the best things in life
Because your kiss, your kiss is on my list
Because your kiss, your kiss I can't resist
Because your kiss it's what I miss when I turn out the lights
I go crazy wondering what there is to really see
Did the night just take up your time, cause it means more to me
Sometimes I forget what I'm doing, I don't forget what I want,what I want
Regret what I've done, regret you? I couldn't go on
But if you insist on knowing my bliss,I'll tell you this
If you want to know what the reason is
I only smile when I lie, then I'll tell you why
Because your kiss, your kiss is on my list
Because your kiss, your kiss I cant resist
Because your kiss is what I miss when I turn out the lights
Hall & Oates 1980, 30 years ago! At least Jo & I can enjoy it.
hmmmmm
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Some Alizée Name Dropping
Some Alizée Name Dropping
Paris Match
Premiere.fr
Foxoo.com
Le Nid is naming the fake sites, I'll catch the name drops and Alizée...you...you... Alizée??? What are you doing? Am I going to have to carry you until 2011? oh my aching back...
:)
Monday, October 4, 2010
Alizée 2011
In case you missed it... concert, single...2011
There we go
it's news
it's good news
it's great news
Is anyone running out betting the house?
I didn't think so...
I want it, I really really want it...
but...you know... Shanghai, 2010 tour, Aesop, wolf...
I wonder what the Vegas odds makers are saying.
Lets keep a good thought and we'll put it on the map
Le Nid is back
Following Alizée is always an adventure. You actually learn a lot about French culture and idiosyncrasies.
About 2 weeks ago Le Nid posts on Facebook and Twitter ( @nidalizee ) that the website was going down.
That was it, that was all, nothing else. A quite panic set in....
Today it is back. Me taking a SWAG...
SWAG is a Scientific Wild Ass Guess as opposed to a...
WAG which is just a Wild Ass Guess
my SWAG is... URL registration was due, perhaps some change in hosting and back online. I think it's just hilarious that they don't mention it. Oh those French, it's none of our business. See the culture difference. What a hoot.
Of course I could be wrong.... let me think about that... naaaaaaa
Welcome back Le Nid
you come and go, you come and go...
I wanna be like Le Nid and Alizée when I grow up :)
Friday, October 1, 2010
Alizée Twitter and WWCD
Oh come on, you all saw it...
Did I really need to post it. There! See for yourself. Alizée actually updated her Twitter account. Not just her bi-monthly or is it semi monthly or what ever term is used for tweeting every other month... But actually updated who she follows.
:(
No "Alizee Nation" follow... I have been drowning in a sea of self pity ever since. How can I go on, my blogging life is just not worthy. I could live with no twitter account update, we have all come to accept that. Pretty girls do what they want. I mean... I can live with being ignored, but this... this new turn of events... being rejected! I couldn't eat, I couldn't tweet, blogging was out of the question. I looked to see if blogger had a "hot line" number, someone to talk to about my thoughts of ending it all. Then even worse!!! My thoughts went to those who have flipped to the 'dark side', you know, the ones we can't talk about, the unmentionables. Many have fallen before me, just another notch on her lipstick case. I came this close to ending it all... there it was... right in front of me....'DELETE THIS BLOG'
But then... out of nowhere came this song, this answer to my prayer...
and I had this epiphany!!!! WWCD .... What Would Charlie Do?
Charlie would get right back on that horse and keep going, keep trying... I don't know why I had the TV on the educational channel that night but it was exactly what I needed. WWCD
So here we go, giddyup...
Monday, September 27, 2010
Alizée - Karma Kameleon
Alizée - Karma Kameleon
"I'm a man who doesn't know
How to sell a contridiction
You come and go, you come and go"
I had hoped to continue the map at the top of the blog but it looks like we ran out of things to put on it.
There sure a lot of suggestions out there... from duets to Eurovision. I got out of the suggestion business a while back.
So, we have again hit one of these times which I just call Alizée being Alizée. Just accept it and enjoy whatever comes our way. Que Sera, Sera and be glad I didn't play Doris Day singing that song.
This is all part of the package we call Alizée. It's part of her uniqueness, it's part of her... charm.
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Accept the things you cannot change...
Alizee Nation being Alizee Nation
it's an agreement we have
red, gold and green
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Muzik'Elles - rain rain go away...
Muzik'Elles - rain rain go away...
The weather was not cooperating, it was rainy and cool.
Here are some of the early posts coming in....jpg)
an early audio..
Friday, September 24, 2010
Alizée and BB Brunes from Muzik'Elles
Alizée and BB Brunes from Muzik'Elles
For those of you that don't tweet or follow Alizée's blog or Lilly's nest facebook.
Alizée will be singing "Laisse tomber les filles"
Originally by France Gall (written by Serge)
The April March version
and of course the version Quinton Tarantino used in 'Death Proof'
I love posting about Apirl March also :)
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
8 out of 10...
8 out of 10...dentist recommend...just kidding
I thought I would poke my nose into Twitter Search and see what was up with Muzik'Elles. What did I find? 8 out of the last 10 tweets were Alizée.
Does that fascinate you as much as it fascinates me? It's not like there is this big momentum push, this media wave driving this. Alizée has not tweeted since July. She was on TV in August that had little publicity and was not mentioned by her Twitter, blog or smoke signals. Tel Aviv in July was mostly obscure... and here we are with 8 out of the last 10 tweets.
So what is it?
Alizée fans are:
Loyal?
Dedicated?
Obsessed?
Have no life?
Twitterholics and internet junkies?
All of the above?
But wouldn't the other artists have a similar group of fans doing similar things? If so where are they? I understand an artist that is running white hot has a lot going on, but keeping in mind the activity level of Alizée as compared to other artist at the same activity level, it just does not compare.
So here I am just doing my part in this whole thing, keep the faith.
Muzik'Elles...there's an app for that
Muzik'Elles...there's an app for that
Muzik'Elles de Meaux
Might be fun for the iPhone people...
A friend was showing me live streaming via their iPhone today... I don't even want to think of the possibilities with that... iAlizée
I find it best just not to think about it.
Pariscope, BB Brunes... a quick tease
Pariscope
This issue (2209) page 182, Muzik'Elles, BB Brunes, Alizée...
a small excerpt:
"Aux Muzik' elles, vous allez jouer avec Alizée, Emmanuelle Seigner, Arielle Dombasle, Camélia Jordana. Qui a eu l'idée de ces duos ? F.H. et B.C.: nous. ... jolie voix. Arielle Dombasle, on ne l'a jamais rencontrée, ce sera l'occasion. Quant à Alizée, son physique a joué dans notre choix. On fantasmait sur elle"
In Muzik' they, you are going to play Camellia Jordana with Alizée, Emmanuelle Seigner, Arielle Dombasle. Who had the idea of these duets? F.H. and B.C.: to us. pretty voice. Arielle Dombasle, she has been never met, it will occasion. As for Alizée, her physical appearance played in our choice. They fantasized about her
yeah BB Brunes, how are you going to do this?
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
BB Brunes Invited...
with Muzik'Elles coming up... BB Brunes Invited...
BB Brunes performing Blondies 'Call Me' with Emmanuelle Seigner
Diane Birch
Camelia Jorana - Non non non
Arielle Dombasle
...and you thought Jo had a great gig with the photography. BB Brunes is not doing to bad for themselves either.
Circulo Mixup Podcast
Yes, as you read! With the help of Dixon, each week we will have a new podcast for you with the best of the music: releases, news and interviews ... Well, part of what we do in our physical number but now ready to listen.
In this first installment, Alex Castro (the same as the Fast and Furious writes in the journal Physics) we talk of Lady Gaga, The Ting Tings, the relationship between Alizée. Adanowsky and Rob (part of Phoenix) and Nortec Bostich + Fussible
[side note, that Nortec Bostich + Fussible is a different sound, Mariachi meets Daft Punk - http://www.myspace.com/tijuanasoundmachine]
The Podcast is in Spanish...
From http://www.circulomixup.com/nuevo/noticias/%C2%A1por-fin-en-circulo-mixup-estrenamos-podcast/
perhaps a little twitter bird will help with the translation or just the overall Alizee part of the conversation... Alizee Nation
Monday, September 20, 2010
Andanowski interview - Circulo Mixup
Andanowski interview - From Circulo Mixup
Adanowsky still lonely Click for article
From the article:
Record these songs in Spanish and then in English. What about your native language?
I'm not recording in French, because he stays in France French. And I want to travel, I prefer to play in Colombia, Cuba, Argentina, Chile and Mexico, to go to play in the province of France.
Well, Alizee, with whom he worked recently, sings in French and not stay in France.
But Alizee is another style of music has nothing to do with what I do. Others French Citame singing in French, apart from Manu Chao, because he sings in Spanish too. There is no other. Alizee What is a miracle. Do not hit here as singing in French, is so rare.
Because exploiting other attributes.
Yes, it was sexy and all that. I met her at Rob. It was he who told me: "Why do not you give a song in Spanish to Alizee? I thought "Did I do or not?" But I remembered Gainsbourg, who wrote for many singers, and I said "If he did, why not me?" So wrote the song and recorded it, it was very nice. Well, that's another story.
Do you enjoy writing for others?
Yes, I like a lot. I have to get my life too (laughs). If I could, I would write for anybody.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Corsica Bullitinu
The quarterly Corsica Bullitinu arrived in my email yesterday. Something I always enjoy.
Articles this issue:
Where is this scene?
Why July is a wonderful month to visit Corsica.
Anyone for golf?
The Pope's Corsican Guard
The Ryanair experience
King Theodore needs your help!
The other day I was just commenting on how I liked one of Jo Jacotey's photos of spices in bags, they have a similar one in this issue. What is it with spices in these little burlap bags in Corsica? Still need to get that Jo photo.
I am not going to reprint it here but, you can have it sent to your email here
You may also catch my friend Mac here http://corsicaholiday.blogspot.com/
and at this website Corsica Holiday
Alizée, I think...
Alizée, I think... you should...
oh yeah, what WAS I thinking...
calm down, I was just having some fun, but if I would have said stubborn...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Special Alizée Pics
Special Alizée Pics
Calvin Klein, Emanuel Ungaro, Kiliwatch, American Apparel...ALL awesome and cool!!!! MORE PLEASE
But also the left side part. The left side part always makes me do a double take for some reason, why is that?
Some other left side parts...and I have to assume it's not reversed. 
Back in the psych days I saw an autograph signing with the left hand (pic was reversed)so you never know.
Alizée - media identity crisis
I have been really thinking about this subject ever since I read about it in Charts in France. This statement: "unfortunately difficult to identify for the media".
I don't have an identity crisis with Alizée. I am so used to Alizée being Alizée that I just don't think about it. It's soul sister... what's the problem.
I decided I needed and out of body experience and look at it from someone else's view. If you need to classify her and the world does I suppose I can understand where they are coming from. I said understand... not agree.
If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, acts like a duck, smells like a duck... then its a duck.
Then there is Alizée! She looks classy, elegant, beautiful...
You see "that" and you put that together with the Une Enfant Du Siecle "team"
Wait a second, I see this swan hanging with all these ducks and everyone is confused. Now don't get me wrong. They are an extremely talented bunch, they just are not on the cover of GQ magazine. That's all I am saying. It confuses people. They want to be able to classify people. If Alizée dressed in more of grunge fashion a certain group may accept her more, if the "team" looked more GQ-ish then another group may accept her more. No it's not fair but it's the way of the world.
So, OK... I'll give you a little media confusion. No matter how well Eminem could sing a country and western song it would be hard to accept, especially without changing his look. Perhaps Michael Buble can rap, his look with a classic button down oxford shirt... going to be a tough sell.
But to me it's just Alizée being Alizée.
Coming up soon for soul sister is Muzik'Elles. I wonder what BB Brunes has up their sleeve. I did read Alizée invited by BB Brunes and "going rock". But really... what is the common thread here: BB Brunes, Camellia Jordana, Arielle Dombasle, Emmanuelle Seigner, Diane Birch and Alizée??? It's Serge! What does this mean? I don't know but it's something to look forward to. It sure would be nice if some one or some magazine in the know do a little article on the pieces of this new little puzzle.
Something like.. BB Brunes are you planning to do some sort of Serge tribute? Will it just be fellow Serge admirers supporting each other doing a bit of your own thing? Maybe you could tease us a bit?
Someone, give us a warm up, an introduction, some anticipation, anything... don't let that tree fall in forest with no one around to hear it.
How did I get here from there?
Monday, September 13, 2010
Alizée... in the wild
Just doing some organizing of files... and of course this Alizée file always slows me down. I just have to look at pics. I have always felt that no matter how wonderful the posed photos are, there is just something special about the regular pics, the ones where it's just Alizée in the wild or Alizée in her natural habitat.
Recently this is one of my favs... just caught shopping...
Occasionally we catch her with a ribbon or flower....hmmm, left side...
That's about it, me enjoying the rare in the wild pics...
But speaking of photos, Jo Jacotey mentioned something about starting up a website again for his photos... this is what I see currently, click here
I hope he posts some of his older work. There is one I have always thought I wanted to utilize. Now I don't have photos hanging up at all. I do have prints... you know, the standard... Van Gogh Cafe at Night .... But in my kitchen I think it would be cool to have a Jo photo. Does anyone recall the one of the multiple open bags of spices? I really liked that and think it would be cool in the kitchen area. Any who... let's see what develops...
Saturday, September 11, 2010
LES COLLINES Alizée (WAGNER Remix)
LES COLLINES Alizée (WAGNER Remix)
LES COLLINES Alizée (WAGNER Remix) by Yan WAGNER
It sure was nice to see a post and a tweet from Le Nid.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Google Instant and Civilization
Google Instant and Civilization
"As someone has said, civilization advances mainly by conquering time. Everything that permits man to do in five minutes what previously took him an hour, is a great boost forward for civilization. It enables him to live more than the lifetime of earlier men, because he makes more contacts, accomplishes more work, adds more stimulation and interests to his life, increases his comforts and satisfactions, speeds up his aims and multiplies his abilities."
Pertinent stuff... it is the first paragraph from the book "How to get More Business by Telephone" by Jack Schwartz. Published 1953, and he was referring to the telephone!
"Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose." - Alphonse Karr 1808-1890
(usually translated as: The more things change, the more they stay the same)
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Alizée - L'Alizé (sweet brise slow remix)
Imagine yourself sitting on the beach at Saint Tropaz... sit back, relax, take in the mood... garcon, garcon... another one of those drinks with the umbrella...
Alizée - L'Alizé (sweet brise slow remix)
Following Alizée
Following Alizée in the "old" days was simple. Her name was unique and rare. What has happened? There are Alizée's everywhere. Skiing, swimming, surfing, tennis, models... and yes the occasional description of a Mediterranean breeze.
Items catch my eye and most cases are referring to one of the "other" Alizée's. I long for the good ole days...
OH! and the fake accounts... frustrating does not even describe it.
And we have the ones using her name in some form as a compliment, facebook for instance. I have more Jacotey's following me then Jo taking a family portrait at a Jacotey family reunion!
Today I thought I would share one. I give you the pieces of the puzzle and you work on it. Don't worry, I'll pay you the same wages I receive. So here we go, let's see, where should I start...
Here is an site. IDEN... in French... (click on pics to enlarge)
It's about "Excuse my French" on September 24th, don't forget to check the year...oh good 2010. It's about music, it mentions DJ Karve... let's find out more about this DJ Karve...
Well here is a MySpace for DJ Karve. A DJ out of Paris. It's not a surfer or a swimmer, so far so good. Scrolling down I see a friend? Melle Alizee ? Now what is this??? Melle Alizee MySpace?? 
So where are we...
IDEN has a post
an event called excuse my French
the name Alizée is mentioned
the name DJ Karve is prominent
DJ Kruze has a MySpace where this Melle Alizee MySpace is a friend
What of this Melle Alizee Myspace... its private
As compared to...
Without real information this is what you have to "cut" through... what's real, what's fake, what misinformation, what's going on...
Is it just a comparison to Alizée? Is DJ Karve just friends with a fake MySpace? Does DJ Kruze remix Alizée?
I will leave it there, just having some fun with you... what else is there to do?
http://www.excusemyfrench.fr/
http://www.myspace.com/exmyfrench
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6619403438
.................
there, the typos are fixed
so the answer is......
Sunday, September 5, 2010
BB Brunes Lalalove You
BB Brunes
Since we are 3 weeks away from Muzik'Elles lets take a look at BB Brunes
Wikipedia: A French pop rock band, part of the "new French rock scene" (la nouvelle scène rock française)
Now I have been referring to Alizée and associates as Le Nouveau Rive Gauche and I should have been calling it the New French Rock Scene.
The band took the name BB Brunes, which comes from a song by Serge Gainsbourg, Initials BB and from Paris's boulevard Brune, where the band was[3]. The band's musical influences are punk and rock groups from the 1960s and 1970s, as well as current groups such as The Strokes, Amy Winehouse, Paul Bul, The Clash, David Bowie, Ray Charles and singers like Serge Gainsbourg, Jacques Dutronc[2], etc. They write mostly in French.
Ahhh, a Serge Gainsbourg connection, nice.
They can be found around the web:
MySpace
Website
Twitter (I hope it is official)
Wikipedia
Lalalove You
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Right here, right now - Social Media Revolution
Right here, right now - Social Media Revolution
you're the only one holding us up Alizée
we can't do it without you
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
some "A Coeur Fendre"
For asking the question what pic and getting the blog out of self imposed double secret probation... we will share his latest creation. An autobiographical video.
Great stuff... @mellealizee pay attention around 3:20 into it....
That was fun, yeah a flatlander from Florida... I guess we can pretend they are waves... just kidding. Poor guy is probably an Orlando Magic fan too so cut him a break.
Did you take "your" skateboard to South Korea? The reason I ask... lets just say I was responsible for a skateboard and ended up taking it on the plane as a carry on. I put it in the overhead bin. When we arrived some lady jumped up (as they always do) and grabbed her case, yanked it out, not looking... and along came the skateboard and hit her on the head. I was detained by police... nothing happened but do you think I would have been detained if it was my carry on luggage that fell out on her head? Sorry just another of my many stories...
Great stuff, nice use of "A coeur fendre" don't you think so Alizée?
Just think, we are going to get to say: "We knew him when..."
Kudos
Odd Facts - Alizee Nation Blog...continued
Whew, I was not going to post again until someone asked for the answer to the previous post. I was prepared to hold out through the winter... I would have done it too!
But saving the day (or perhaps ruining it for some) was our skateboarding friend.
So, a picture or photo of Alizée was not the most downloaded picture from this blog. Of course second place and on goes to Alizée... starting with those "feet" pictures to all you feet freaks out there. You really need to get help.
But the one that just blew up, had a mini viral moment... was that little picture of Serge Gainsbourg in the newspaper... believe it or not
and now you know the rest of the story...
