Chic Electrique

My friend Jennifer and I went to the Airbourne concert on December 18 at Le Trabendo in Paris where they were one of the headliners at the Bring The Noise Festival (thanks to Olivier from Replica for the invitation). It was a tad too loud but it rocked – lots of rockin’ guitar riffs and headbanging! Here are some videos – including an 18-minute one! And who cares that there’s no zoom – it’s great even as background music!

Here are two videos of Papa Roach live that I recorded with my iPhone on December 14 in Paris at an invitation-only show that’s part of the Bring The Noise Festival. (Then I discovered that the iPhone has a zoom. OK, OK, stop making fun of me.) More details about the show on YouTube.

I’d never seen Papa Roach in concert before. Not only was it an incredibly energetic show, but the sound was great, too, and not too loud. It was the last date of their tour and lead singer Jacoby Shaddix was telling me after the show how weird it was to play in such a tiny venue (it’s club size) after playing stadiums. I’ve seen loads of big name bands play at Le Trabendo – System of a Down, Queens of the Stone Age, The Strokes, Green Day (they were mostly private showcases). Even Metallica played there a few years ago!

I don’t care about silly lists like “sexiest man alive” and tabloids even less but it’s a good excuse to post a photo of Jon Hamm, right? I realize these lists don’t take into consideraiton their acting abilities but how hot they look shirtless, but I think Hamm is more handsome and has more depth as an actor than People‘s 2010 list-topper, Ryan Reynolds. Is the tabloid’s choice of the “Sexiest Man Alive” PR-driven? Maybe. Ryan Reynolds has a major blockbuster coming out in 2011 (Green Lantern) and is was married to Scarlett Johansson, another hottie who tops similar career-shaping lists.

I never got that TMZ show (is it a show?) where they stand around in their “editorial” office space and talk about their latest juicy “finds”, while “editor” Harvey Levin stands there with a Starbucks drink and pretends to find all of that crap amusing. Yes, it is so exciting to watch amateur videos (filmed with a cell phone dating back to 2006) of a celebrity rushing through LAX or on their way to Rite Aid.

It was about time Levin and his team of we-failed-journalism-school reporters got punk’d by Ashton Kutcher. Watch.

I received the new Barbie Collector catalog the other day – it’s for the adult collector (it says so inside) – and was expecting to see a cool new Barbie Louboutin doll specially designed for the holiday season, not that I was going to buy one. I just love shoes and am curious (my journalistic trait).

Instead, they have Barbie Christmas tree ornaments. Yup, you can hang Barbie, Ken and even a tree decorated with shoes (not Louboutins). The thing is, they don’t look cute but creepy (except the shoe tree). Imagine hanging dolls on your tree – I totally imagine this in a Twilight Zone episode. Visions of Talky Tina come to mind…