2007-11-30

kumimonster: (santoni butterfly)
When I was in high school in France, I remember seeing Les Rita Mitsouko for the first time.
I saw them in Montpelier.
after that, even when i was back in the US, I would the music being played on mostly college radio stations.
it was the 80's.

Well the founder of the band died.
I'm sure most Francophones have probably heard the news over and over again in the French media.

kind of bummed.

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Fred Chichin, the guitarist who founded the popular French pop group duo Rita Mitsouko, has died aged 53 of cancer, record label Because and concert organiser Corida said in a joint statement Wednesday.

Chichin, who formed the group in 1979 with his partner, singer Catherine Ringer, died after falling ill only two months ago. The group had had to cancel a string of recent concerts, including one on Wednesday evening at Paris' famed Olympia concert hall.

Rita Mitsouko's latest album "Variety" was released in April.

Ringer and Chichin, who in his teens was a fan of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix, chose the name of the group on the grounds that "Rita" sounded South American and "Mitsouko" meant mystery in Japanese.

Their first hit, the 1984 tune "Marcia baila", was a latino-rock piece written to pay homage to Argentine dancer Marcia Moretto, who died of cancer. It sold more than a million copies.

Their 11 albums carried rock, funk, punk, ska and latino sounds, as well as a dose of humour.

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kumimonster: (chrisVex)
so [profile] fd_midori and [profile] sfracerx just walked out the door. they're going to see the sights n stuff. they might even go clubbing tonite.
I, on the otherhand, am keeping my ass in front of the computer screen.
I've been in front of these things so much lately that it's actually giving me headaches. But it's got to be done.
I will go out with them tomorrow night at least. Torture Garden in town n all.

so far, i have downloaded all the gallery images from my paysite - well not all, but the ones in the main gallery. i've also got them sorted and prepared to edit down by taking out all the repeats n crappy images.  then photoshop out obnoxious watermarks. then i need to write appropriate text to go with it (to help in the new website's search function) and then FTP. just like i've been doing for the past few days. this is crazy!

oh, I also have to get my future updates ready to go since i wont have much computer time in the next couple of weeks!
Craaapppp!
kumimonster: (chrisVex)
hey

so i wont be writing everyone that wrote to me about the vex show immediiately.
it will take some time and i have to send all the stuff to laura to say 'yea' or 'nea' as well after we figure out the designs and who could wear what n all.
we're also trying to figure out how many girls we will actually need as some girls (um....<lj user="emilymarilyn">) can't figure out if they're coming or not til the last minute!

it will be sooner-ish rather than later-ish  as i like to have these things set in advance but probably at least not until i get back to the US.
(the party isn't til March remember!)

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