The Sofia maternity hospital "Sheinovo" celebrated Tuesday the 75th anniversary of its establishment in the presence of Bulgaria's PM, Boyko Borisov, and French pop star of Bulgarian descent, Sylvie Vartan. “My wish is for many and more beautiful and healthy little Bulgarians to be born here. The doctors and the entire staff are perfect; they really care about the babies and their mothers,”...
Eminent French pop-singer of Bulgarian origin Sylvie Vartan, will see the movie Cherchez l`idole (Search the Idol) at this year`s edition of Cinemania in the National Palace of Culture (NPC) in Sofia . Especially for Vartan, the organizers have imported...
Famous singer Sylvie Vartan and Dimi Panitza, founder of the Free and Democratic Bulgaria Foundation and former Managing Editor of Reader's Digest, were among the Bulgarian migrants who gathered to meet Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in Paris. “We should put in every effort so that Bulgaria is not viewed as a top-scorer in corruption and the poorest country in Europe,” Borisov said at the...
WFMU's Record & CD Fair returns October 23, 24 and 25, 2009, at Manhattan's Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street. This year Bedazzled.tv and Scopitones.com will present our 5th annual WFMU Record Fair A/V presentation: "The Bedazzled Video Hour (and...
Qui est Gigi? . "...Born Gergana, to Gypsy parents in Bulgaria in 1943 on Saint George's Day, Gigi's improbable journey to stardom, celebrity, notorious infamy and finally back to anonymity began when she became (along with her other teenage cohorts; Sylvie Vartan, France Gall, Sheila and Francoise Hardy) one of the most successful of the yéyé singers of the 1960s." More Gigi...
Nous Non Plus - Ménagerie ( Aeronaut ) [ audio ] [ upcoming shows ] I typically don't mind listening to bands with non-English lyrics, since lyrics are usually among the least of my concerns. But when that band is made up of New York musicians, it seems a little more like a gimmick. That colors everything else about Ménagerie, from the tongue-in-cheek disco tracks which sound like Scissor...
The only time I took a decided break from blogging was in June 2007 when I went to Carmarthern in South Wales for a week. When I went to Llandudno in North Wales at the turn of 2007/2008 I wrote and blogged in Russian. The blog's archive is the testimony to the fact that I've rarely if at all left my readers with nothing to read or see. In the last six months I've also been blogging a lot on the subject...
Ragga Twins step out ... Gill Scott-Heron - No knock - (?) - 1970 - LP - more info The Tony Hatch Orchestra - Crossroads Theme - (Astor) - 1974 - LP - more info The Rass-es Band - Terrestial Dub - (Ballistic Records) - 1980 - LP - more info Blancmange -Business Steps - (London) - 1982 - 12" - more info Sam Spence - Sunken Ship Version 2 - (Music De Wolfe) - 1972 - LP - more info Data Processed...
One of the challenges I face in making the documentary is illustrating the pleasure derived from the lyrics of French Pop songs. For years my DJ focus was on enjoyable music that didn’t require a comprehension of the language since my audience primarily didn’t know French. As I got better at speaking and understanding the [...]
Until recently, I only had a very superficial understanding of what the Yé Yé movement represented. For me, it conjured up images of pretty French teenagers like Françoise Hardy or Sylvie Vartan. They would inevitably sport blunt fringes, baby doll dresses and uncomfortable shoes. Despite my obsession with France Gall's album Baby Pop , I didn't understand the revolutionary aspect...
Latest polling Outre Manche has Sarko's lot well ahead, at 26% to 20% for the Socialists. The Liberals add a further 13%, thus 59% of our Gallic chums support the mainstream parties. A further 26.5% favour the extreme left. Elsewhere, Libertas looks likely to reach the seat threshold at 4.5%. Libertas in France is the non de plume for an alliance of the Eurosceptic Mouvement pour la France, and the...
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