A Spaceman's Blog - Philippe Rose

Saturday, 31 July 2004

Porcinet in London

Porcinet in London Flat hunting in London today. My plane takes off from Geneva in 7 hours. And James Eales took this picture while flat hunting in London, posted on the BBC News website. It cheered him up.

Et si je ne trouve pas d'appart, j'espère au moins rencontrer Porcinet!

[31 July]

Friday, 23 July 2004

Tonight

Muse gave all tonight at the Paleo Festival (main stage). What a show!!!

Muse, Paleo04

[23 July]

Monday, 19 July 2004

Ken Park

Hier soir, je suis allé voir Ken Park de Larry Clark à l'Usine. Le KAB projetait le film en entrée libre et il y avait une vingtaine de jeunes assis sur les tabourets de la salle.

Le film est tout ça: provocateur, pornographique, violent, amoral et dérangeant. Il montre les vies de jeunes skaters américains et de leurs parents, emplies de sexe, drogue et violence. Le regard de Larry Clark est autant plus cru qu'il retrace une part de son expérience personnelle et de ses contacts avec les jeunes.

Ken Park n'est pas un beau film. Je ne crois même pas qu'il permette une meilleure compréhension du monde des jeunes ou qu'il sensibilise les parents à la vie de leurs enfants. Mais tel n'est pas son but. Il montre une réalité où les parents sont autant des victimes que leurs enfants, comme s'il n'y avait pas de solution - une déclaration dérangeante pour les familles qui cherchent à protéger leurs enfants des actes crûment "surexposés" dans le film. Dans les mots de Larry Clark, "Ken Park est sur les parents qui utilisent leurs enfants pour remplir leur propre vide émotionnel".

Je comprends pourquoi Ken Park est autant critiqué, mais je suis content d'avoir pu le voir, je le reverrais volontiers et j'attends avec impatience les prochains projets de Larry Clark.

>Excellent review on Tiffany Limos' website

[19 July]

Friday, 16 July 2004

Signed!

Moscow - London - Z&Uumlrich - Geneva Today, a friend and I met in Geneva to celebrate our new jobs after graduation. Although we will be going different ways in different locations, our ambition remains similar. Up to now we had always been pushing each other to do just a bit more than we would maybe have otherwise, and it paid off.

We are now both looking forward to very interesting times, free of studying hassle! (Good luck for your finals!)

[16 July]

Tuesday, 13 July 2004

Kalpana Chawla

Almost one and a half years after the tragic disaster of the Nasa space shuttle Columbia, one of its crew, the late Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla has been honoured by the New York City administration. Kalpana Chawla was one of the seven astronauts killed when the Colombia shuttle disintegrated in mid-air on 1 February, 2003 (STS-107 mission).

74th Street in the Jackson Heights area of the city has now been renamed, 74 Street Kalpana Chawla Way. The Jackson Heights area, also known as Little India, has a strong concentration of people of South Asian origin who strongly favoured the move to honour Chawla. People from all walks of life remember the astronaut's warm smile and pioneering spirit. A life that ended so abruptly will now be remembered for generations to come every time they visit Jackson Heights.

[13 July]

Monday, 5 July 2004

Lucky boy

Muse at Glasto 2004 Nearly by accident, I ran into a ticket for Muse's Paleo Festival gig on 23 July! It was lying unwanted at a purchasing point, an early ticket (at a discount price) that somebody didn't want anymore. No shady deals at the festival gates or rush for the morning internet sales required (how dull!). The gig will be great, I know it!