Daryl Ducharme 8/28/09 Daryl Ducharme 8/28/09

Friday ( French ) Humor - Florence Foresti

I remember seeing this video quite a while ago and meant to put it in a Friday Humor post. It's in French but with English subtitles. Given at least one of the jokes in this routine, that fact is funny. However, the punchline to this routine is a beautiful callback to the very beginning of the routine.

The follow up routine J'aime pas les filles ( without subtitles ).

Daryl Ducharme 9/12/08 Daryl Ducharme 9/12/08

Plus la musique française / More French Music

For my valentine's day post this year I posted a youTube video of Francis Cabrel, who I heard about from FrenchPodClass.com ( 72, 73 ). Recently I purchased L'Essentiel 1997-2007 so that I could listen to his music more frequently. It is a great collection of music. Now that I have one collection of music I thought I'd look into another group I heard from FrenchPodClass.com ( 71, 72 ) and liked - Niagara. ...

Niagara was a mid to late 80's band that created pop music of the day. Since I grew up listening to late 80's music, it is no suprise I like ( what for me amounts to ) new 80's music. The song I most enjoyed from the podcasts was Pendant Que Les Champ Brûlent. Muriel Moreno's sultry singing style in that song reminded me of some great alternative bands of the early 90's while at the same time making me think of Billy Holiday's almost lazy singing style.

Since I wanted to hear more of the band to see if I liked them, I took a look at the track list for their album Flammes and made a youTube playlist of as much of the album as I could. The music was fun and the videos were definately indicative of their time. One song and video that really caught my eye was Les Flammes de L'Enfer. Between the circus theme and the colors it is quite spectacle. Here it is, enjoy.

^{On a personal note, I appreciate how the Daniel Chenevez had his conducting in time with the music.}

Daryl Ducharme 1/31/08 Daryl Ducharme 1/31/08

Citation Du Jour

This quote of the day is in French so the post title is apropos( pun intended ).

Originally posted by François-Marie Arouet, dit VOLTAIRE, Le Sottisier, Pensées détachées:

Quand on ne voyage qu'en passant, on prend les abus pour les lois du pays.

... The english translation: When one travels only in passing, one takes abuses for the country's laws.

It is important to travel in order to experience different cultures. By seeing differences in culture we can see that it is possible to handle things differently. Whether it be getting rid of traditions, gaining new ones, just another way of passing the time or learning that life ain't that bad - other cultures have a lot to teach us about living life.

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This quote of the day was pulled from the quote of the day for Jeudi, Janvier 31 2008 at french.about.com