#culture

I still go often to the SACD Writers' House . To write, to work, for meetings, for screenings. (Authors can rent offices there for free.) The Writers' House, like the SACD offices for that matter, are places where you feel welcome.

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I couldn't find the original source (even though I searched for at least 30 seconds), so I'm telling you from memory. It was a music critic who was talking about a new track: "Anyone eating alphabet soup would shit better lyrics to a better tune.

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In the "everyone knew except me" series, subsection "pretty song about birds but actually not," I give you Barbara's L'Aigle Noir, which is actually about the incest she experienced as a child. A friend mentioned it in passing, so I went to check.

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A music video I absolutely love shot by Camille Tardieu in a single take during this year's Off Courts festival: The musician is Édouard Pons (who composed the music for my film Migrul , also shot at Off Courts this year).

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I enjoyed the first podcast with Cory Doctorow so much that I listened to a second one : " Capitalism ruins everything ".

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Cory Doctorow coined the term "Enshittification." On Adam Conover's podcast , I thought he'd give a brief overview, plug his book of the same name, crack a few jokes, and that would be it.

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A beautiful quote from Primo Levi about the relationship between the inner tension of arches and human resilience.

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After more than 1,600 episodes over 16 years, American comedian Marc Maron released the final episode of his podcast this week. His last guest: Barack Obama. I love Marc Maron, his humor, his conversations, and I'm going to be sad that he's stopping.

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Last night, I was at the round table " Facing Crises: How to Prepare Collectively ," moderated by Alexandre Florentin with Ziad Touat , a Crisis Management Advisor, and Christian Clot , an explorer-researcher.

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Lazy Sunday at home. Still feeling a bit under the weather. I took the opportunity to rewatch " The People v. O.J. Simpson ". What an incredible miniseries. The writing, the direction. And Sarah Paulson is amazing in it. Brava! Bravo to everyone!

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Since the start of fall, I’ve been trying something new:Every Monday evening, along with some improv friends, we invite anyone interested to join us in the basement of Barlone for an improv workshop.

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Another Surprise Culture Night!I've mentioned before that I sometimes go listen to poetry in a cellar. Well, completely by chance, I stumbled upon the host of those evenings in another cellar, in the midst of a performance.

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Culture night was less of a surprise this time since I had made reservations.When I go see my friends' plays - especially in small venues where you can't hide - I always prepare a line to say after the performance in case I found it awful.

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There's something for scientists as well as beatniks. The common theme: reality isn't what you think. Let's dive in.

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Originally, it's a soundtrack of a video installation by Pipilotti Rist, a cover of Wicked Game. Despite (or thanks to) its strangeness, I find myself listening to it regularly:

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New surprise cultural evening (SCE, new acronym).I discovered that the café I regularly visit, called "The Cellar" (la Cave Café) has... a cellar. Where poetry is read on Monday evenings. Lots of people, mostly English speakers.

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I don't go there often, but every time I do, I emerge transformed.I never read the information: the author, the artistic approach, the family traumas that led them to make ceramics on cows, I couldn't care less. I disconnect my brain.

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I unexpectedly went to the theater last night and saw "Contre-Temps" by Samuel Sené. Fantastic!

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During this holiday season, a song that celebrates love. (Not the possessive and sentimental love of American romantic comedies, but the pure and immediate love of Eastern wisdom.)

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Lately, I've been going back to the theater.Yeah, I don't know what's gotten into me! Probably the onset of depression.I've seen some fantastic stuff – including I Wish I Were Jeff Bezos which is currently playing, go check it out!And then I saw...

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Before, I used to joke that only my mom read this blog.Recently, I got proof that not even she does.So when I promote an artist here, it's not like it's going to make a big difference or attract a crowd. But hey, it's a kind of journal.

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I've decided not to renew my subscription to the New York Times to not get stuck in my reading habits and discover new avenues.

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Going to see the plays of my actor buddies when I was in acting school disgusted me with broke theater, or even theater altogether. Now, I either go to the Comédie Française to see classics, or screw it: I watch Netflix.

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Of course, you've known about this song for ages. Because you guys are cool. But did you know that Dan Klein, the lead singer of The Frightnrs, died of Charcot's disease?

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I stopped watching the first episode of Wednesday half way through. (I tried to go to the end, I promise, I even stopped then resumed it). But I want to take this opportunity to tell you what I really liked about Barry Sonnenfeld's The Addams Family.

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