All Posts A Mad Belgian Around London in 80 days Blue Badge Tourist Guide Music Theatre 3500 Simple Haiku Date 4 years ago A little Haiku inspired by this article from the Guardian It was that simple What were we worried about Very good thinking https://twitter.com/pourquoipasfou/status/824750142695800832 via Daily Prompt: Simple monitor-1303205_1280 The Tall Man, the Tiny Old Woman and the Fool Date 4 years ago A beautiful old mansion on Franklin Roosevelt avenue. Unaware still of the surreal experience that is coming my way, I push the door. I’m right on time, though a bit out of breath. I left in a hurry, and didn’t even have time to eat. Got a hazy feeling this first ever effort test might not… tomatoes A tacky take on tasty tomatoes Date 4 years ago A little while ago a friend challenged me to write a Petrarchan sonnet dedicated to a tomato…with no adjectives. I didn’t know what a Petrarchan sonnet was. But thanks to google, I soon learned it is “a sonnet form popularized by Petrarch, consisting of an octave with the rhyme scheme… IMG_0499 Overworked Haiku Date 4 years ago Woke up at 5ish Played two shows and a concert Must now go to bed This Haiku was written in response to a Daily Prompt: Overworked | The Daily Post Screen Shot 2017-01-18 at 21.35.12 copyright Franz Dostal http://franz.dostal.free.fr/dostal02.htm The greatest “local” in the world Date 4 years ago The scene is set in a tiny tiny barAs soon as I walk in, I know with certaintyThat this visit is but the first one of manyI found my new “Local”, even if it’s quite far At first it seems normal, or even slightly trendyBut as I move closer, I… IMG_0587 In praise of “useless” challenges Date 4 years ago A few years ago, I read a short essay by Bertrand Russell titled “Useless” knowledge. The paper argued that what is considered “useless” knowledge, knowledge that doesn’t have a direct technical use in one’s life, is unjustly disregarded by many. Russel argued that it is precisely these little pieces of information that… grilled-meats-1309477_1280 Everything has an end Date 4 years ago Everything has an end. Only sausages have two. On this ancient German saying I built my own wisdom The problem however, is I don’t have a clue I have means but as for the end I confess I have none img_0572 A year ago today Date 4 years ago A year ago today, I didn’t know it yetYou walked away from us. And quietly you leftThere are so many things that could or should be saidBut words fail me so I’ll just say I’m very glad we met I’m glad we got a chance to talk, laugh and debateabout… img_0531.jpg Ode to a Gourde Date 4 years ago My dearest companion, I didn’t realiseWhen I decided to bring you to that cursed Wednesday runthat it would be the last time that I set my eyeson You, darling travel partner in old cloudy Britain Oh the glorious trips, the thrilling lows and heightsThe wonder inspired by the ever-changing horizonThe many encounters, the fascinating livesThe… IMG_0499 NYE Haiku Date 4 years ago Twenty Seventeen! Twenty Sixteen was a bore Please don’t let us down Identities Date 5 years ago A series of workshops developed in late 2015 with Les Sentiers de la Communication, around 6 small portraits by French artist Franz Dostal. https://vimeo.com/150120740 An English trailer for “Sur les traces…” Date 5 years ago An English version of our last show’s trailer: Sur les traces…, a musical show inspired by the real-life story of Ben & Adam, two Australian friends who discovered that they each had a great uncle who died in the Somme Valley during World War One… but on opposite sides. A… IMG_1471 Sur les traces…: the CD Date 5 years ago The Sur les traces… album is out! Quick, get your headphones! And just for fun, here are a few photos from Pascale Snoek’s studio: Naragonia, 10 years: the video! Date 5 years ago About two years ago, I was lucky enough to replace Philippe Laloy on stage for Naragonia’s 10th anniversary. A great concert with fantastic musicians such as Andy Cutting and Grégory Jolivet. I just discovered that there was a video of this fantastic gig, so here it is: 2015-06 008 Road Trip! Date 6 years ago Today, we went on a fantastic road trip with the team of Sur les Traces…, our new show (set to premiere next August). To add to the realism of the story, we actually went on the roads we describe in the show… in character and with our instruments! So all… Gig with Dyna B (2013) Date 7 years ago Fun gig with Dyna B at L’Espace Delvaux a little while ago. Can’t quite see me? I’m the dark shape with the golden “clarinet”, to Dyna’s right. By the way, do you know the difference between soul and jazz musicians? Soul musicians play three chords to a thousand people… and… Load More Loading More… You’ve reached the end of the list
3500 Simple Haiku Date 4 years ago A little Haiku inspired by this article from the Guardian It was that simple What were we worried about Very good thinking https://twitter.com/pourquoipasfou/status/824750142695800832 via Daily Prompt: Simple
monitor-1303205_1280 The Tall Man, the Tiny Old Woman and the Fool Date 4 years ago A beautiful old mansion on Franklin Roosevelt avenue. Unaware still of the surreal experience that is coming my way, I push the door. I’m right on time, though a bit out of breath. I left in a hurry, and didn’t even have time to eat. Got a hazy feeling this first ever effort test might not…
tomatoes A tacky take on tasty tomatoes Date 4 years ago A little while ago a friend challenged me to write a Petrarchan sonnet dedicated to a tomato…with no adjectives. I didn’t know what a Petrarchan sonnet was. But thanks to google, I soon learned it is “a sonnet form popularized by Petrarch, consisting of an octave with the rhyme scheme…
IMG_0499 Overworked Haiku Date 4 years ago Woke up at 5ish Played two shows and a concert Must now go to bed This Haiku was written in response to a Daily Prompt: Overworked | The Daily Post
Screen Shot 2017-01-18 at 21.35.12 copyright Franz Dostal http://franz.dostal.free.fr/dostal02.htm The greatest “local” in the world Date 4 years ago The scene is set in a tiny tiny barAs soon as I walk in, I know with certaintyThat this visit is but the first one of manyI found my new “Local”, even if it’s quite far At first it seems normal, or even slightly trendyBut as I move closer, I…
IMG_0587 In praise of “useless” challenges Date 4 years ago A few years ago, I read a short essay by Bertrand Russell titled “Useless” knowledge. The paper argued that what is considered “useless” knowledge, knowledge that doesn’t have a direct technical use in one’s life, is unjustly disregarded by many. Russel argued that it is precisely these little pieces of information that…
grilled-meats-1309477_1280 Everything has an end Date 4 years ago Everything has an end. Only sausages have two. On this ancient German saying I built my own wisdom The problem however, is I don’t have a clue I have means but as for the end I confess I have none
img_0572 A year ago today Date 4 years ago A year ago today, I didn’t know it yetYou walked away from us. And quietly you leftThere are so many things that could or should be saidBut words fail me so I’ll just say I’m very glad we met I’m glad we got a chance to talk, laugh and debateabout…
img_0531.jpg Ode to a Gourde Date 4 years ago My dearest companion, I didn’t realiseWhen I decided to bring you to that cursed Wednesday runthat it would be the last time that I set my eyeson You, darling travel partner in old cloudy Britain Oh the glorious trips, the thrilling lows and heightsThe wonder inspired by the ever-changing horizonThe many encounters, the fascinating livesThe…
IMG_0499 NYE Haiku Date 4 years ago Twenty Seventeen! Twenty Sixteen was a bore Please don’t let us down
Identities Date 5 years ago A series of workshops developed in late 2015 with Les Sentiers de la Communication, around 6 small portraits by French artist Franz Dostal. https://vimeo.com/150120740
An English trailer for “Sur les traces…” Date 5 years ago An English version of our last show’s trailer: Sur les traces…, a musical show inspired by the real-life story of Ben & Adam, two Australian friends who discovered that they each had a great uncle who died in the Somme Valley during World War One… but on opposite sides. A…
IMG_1471 Sur les traces…: the CD Date 5 years ago The Sur les traces… album is out! Quick, get your headphones! And just for fun, here are a few photos from Pascale Snoek’s studio:
Naragonia, 10 years: the video! Date 5 years ago About two years ago, I was lucky enough to replace Philippe Laloy on stage for Naragonia’s 10th anniversary. A great concert with fantastic musicians such as Andy Cutting and Grégory Jolivet. I just discovered that there was a video of this fantastic gig, so here it is:
2015-06 008 Road Trip! Date 6 years ago Today, we went on a fantastic road trip with the team of Sur les Traces…, our new show (set to premiere next August). To add to the realism of the story, we actually went on the roads we describe in the show… in character and with our instruments! So all…
Gig with Dyna B (2013) Date 7 years ago Fun gig with Dyna B at L’Espace Delvaux a little while ago. Can’t quite see me? I’m the dark shape with the golden “clarinet”, to Dyna’s right. By the way, do you know the difference between soul and jazz musicians? Soul musicians play three chords to a thousand people… and…
