Rock 'n' Roll

That time we went to London…. For 12 hours. From Moscow. For these guys. Demented Are Go When Olivier and I first got together, I’d never heard of Demented Are Go – yes, I know, I led a sheltered life.  And after seeing their album covers, I decided I didn’t want to hear of them.  […]

You like going to concerts, don’t you?  And like all oldies, you’ve been to hundreds, if not thousands of them. And it’s always with great pleasure that you go there, in order to spend a good evening with your friends, at the same time as seeing the concert of one of your favourite bands. However, […]

Do you know how many concerts you’ve attended during your life? Maybe thousands, like me?  And so I could tell you all about my experiences and the concerts I’ve seen and how great they were…and so what?   If you’re an ‘elder’, you too have seen some great live shows.  You’ve seen bands you’ll remember […]

I’ve seen a lot of reports from the UK recently about pubs and other live music venues closing down to make way for blocks of flats, or commercial buildings, or something else.  Apparently pubs are becoming less and less financially viable, people are going out less, bands are playing less, etc. That’s not a good […]

Cannes film festival?  It’s not for me!  The Punk Festival of Mont-de-Marsan (a famous punk festival in France in 1976-77)?  I was too young to go!  So, I’m just going to talk about festivals in general. I’m not going to talk about specific bands and concerts, because we all have a lot of stories to […]

If you ever find yourself in Berlin, you’ll soon realise that there are more museums in that city than you could have imagined! There are history museums, Berlin Wall museums, War museums, DDR museums, and many, many more.  There’s even a Museum Island where you’ll find 5 museums to visit. And a lot of them […]

If you are 50 or older (or a little younger) you have all had, or still have, vinyl records.  These black plastic discs, or sometimes coloured ones, for which you tightened your belt to be able to buy.  The new album of your favourite band.  These objects so fragile and so resistant at the same […]

Before I start this post, I would like to point out that there are 100 ways to be a punk, so please, don’t waste your time with your criticism or arguments!  Everyone can be a punk, with or without a look, without a tattoo, without piercings or even without beer … well, I must admit […]