Minty Fresh just posted this as their video of the day and it just tickled my fancy so here ya go... It's a video by Kahimi Karie and the song is called Le Roi Soleil.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
FRANCE 1979, PUNK ROCK MOVIE!
la brune et moi screening
Sat, 3/31@ Monkeytown
7:30 and 10:00pm
58 N 3rd btwn Wyth and Kent
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
DJs Ceci Moss and Dan Selzer to spin in between and after the film showings
*La brune et moi* - a play on the French
title for the American 50s rock 'n' roll film The Girl Can't Help It (La
blonde et moi) - was shot in one week, on a Saturday. Like it's American
counterpart, the story is a thin prop for the rockin' performances.
The film stars scenester Anoushka and actor Pierre Clementi (*The Conformist
*, *Belle de Jour*) and features the following bands on the soundtrack: Ici
Paris, Artefact, Astroflash, Edith Nylon, The Questions, The Party, Marquis
de Sade, Dogs, Go-Go Pigalles, Taxi Girl, Les Prives.
Watch the Trailer here: http://bardotagogo.com/brune
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Japanese cuties, Kiiii, are touring the USA!!
My darling friend Sheila B of Cha Cha Charming Magazine turned me onto this band from Japan called Kiiii about a year ago. Kiiii consists of two Japanese girlz, Utako Tayama (vox) and Reiko Tada (drums). Their music is a playful mush of sounds, bop-trot beats, and silly audio clips from cartoons. Singing things like "No more monkeys jumping on the bed" in their song, 4 Little Joy (remix) and "take me to the Disney Land" in their song, The World According To Corp. I've never seen them live, but from the songs I have heard and just for the fact that they are Japanese, I'm sure they will be ton's o fun live!
Free Downloads here (courtesy of Kiiii:
The World According To Corp
4 Little Joy (Remix)
My darling friend Sheila B of Cha Cha Charming Magazine turned me onto this band from Japan called Kiiii about a year ago. Kiiii consists of two Japanese girlz, Utako Tayama (vox) and Reiko Tada (drums). Their music is a playful mush of sounds, bop-trot beats, and silly audio clips from cartoons. Singing things like "No more monkeys jumping on the bed" in their song, 4 Little Joy (remix) and "take me to the Disney Land" in their song, The World According To Corp. I've never seen them live, but from the songs I have heard and just for the fact that they are Japanese, I'm sure they will be ton's o fun live!
Free Downloads here (courtesy of Kiiii:
The World According To Corp
4 Little Joy (Remix)
Kiiiiiii US tour 2007!!
03/14/2007 08:00 PM - SXSW2007 @Beauty bar
617 E7 Street
Austin, Texas
03/18/2007 07:30 PM - Sams Burger Joint
w/Metalchicks,Peelander-z, Mothercoat, Nekomushi
330 E Grayson St.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas 78215
03/21/2007 07:00 PM - Asian American film festival@The Rickshaw Stop
SanFrancisco, California
03/23/2007 09:00 PM - Chop Suey
w/OOIOO
1325 E. Madison
SEATTLE, Washington 98122
03/26/2007 09:30 PM - Towne Lounge
714 SW 20th Place
PORTLAND, Oregon 97205
$5.00 at the door.
04/01/2007 07:00 PM - Velvet Lounge
915 U Street, Washington DC
04/02/2007 07:00 PM - secret project robot
210 Kent Ave (entrance on river stree)
BROOKLYN, New York 11211
Lakin's art show Kiiiiiii will play 2 or 3 songs without drums
04/03/2007 07:00 PM - tonic
107 Norfolk Street
New York 10002
04/04/2007 08:00 PM - cakeshop
CAKESHOP 152 Ludlow
New York 10002
door: $tba
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
3/11 (Sun.) NY @ Knitting Factory - MAIN SPACE
Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St., New York, NY
Pre: $10 Day of: $12 Show starts: 7:00PM
http://www.knittingfactory.com
Performing live:
HY The Emeralds * The 50 Kaitenz * GO!GO!7188 * Pistol Valve * Asakusa Jinta
More info here: Japan Nite 2007
The Britpop group, Zoé, from Mexico, is coming to NYC on March 11th and 12th the shows are FREE!!***THESE SHOWS ARE FREE BUT YOU MUST HAVE A PRINT-OUT FROM THE FOLKS AT JACK DANIEL'S WHO ARE PUTTING IT ON. CLICK HERE FOR YOUR TICKETS AND SHOW UP AS EARLY, 'CAUSE IT'S FIRST COME FIRST SERVE***
If you love Britpop and The Cure, you are bound to fall in LUV with Zoé. If you’re not familiar with these boys, think britpop, but britpop from Mexico. Sung in English and Spanish, which my friends over at NYREmezcla.com and I both agree that they could be one of the first rock en español bands to truly make the crossover into the "anglo" market.
Last time they were in New York, they put on an excellent show, and Nacotheque hosted the official after party for them at the all famous rock n' roll bar, Niagara, in the East Village. Memory Man (Zoé) guest DJed and everyone got super trashed while dancing all night!
Zoé's first show will be on Sunday, March 11th at D'Antigua and the second show will be on Monday, at SOB's where Nacotheque will be hosting the official after party at Luke and Leroy!!
Recommended songs:
Dead
Love
No Me Destruyas
Via Lactea
www.zoetheband.com
myspace.com/zoetheband
Monday, March 05, 2007
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
BOLLYWOOD DISCO™
retro filmi eclectic disco grooves
Featuring DJ Rekha & Eddie Stats
Visuals by FICTIVE
Doors at 9pm
Free from 9-10. $12 after.
Cielo
cieloclub.com
18 Little W. 12 St.,
New York City, NY 10014
A, C, E to 14th St
Bol•ly•wood, n. [Humorous blend of the names of Bombay and Hollywood.]
1. The Indian film industry, based in Bombay; Bombay regarded as the base of this industry.
Bollywood is shorthand for the Hindi-language film industry centered in Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India. It is the world's largest, yearly churning out hundreds of 3-hour musical epics that also drive South Asia's pop music industry. To the current generation of South Asian club-goers, Bollywood is synonymous with the 1970s golden age of masala films. This decade produced blockbusters like Don and Sholay (which still holds the record for most-viewed film ever made) not to mention "some of the fattest funk tunes that ever pimp-rolled their way down Music Street, Bombay."
More Info Here: http://www.bollywooddisco.com
This just in...One of my fav bands from California, Persephone's Bees, will be making their way to SXSW this year so I'm looking forward to checking them out live on stage!! My two favorite songs on their album, Notes From The Underworld, are Nice Day and Muzica Dyla Fil'ma.
A message from Persephone's Bees:
"Ladies and gentlemen,
You've been asking when Persephone's Bees will be back in Austin. Well, it's this time of the year, the spring is around the corner and that means SXSW festival is on!!! We took a little time off after the tour, but now we're back in action and happy to bring our music live to you.
Here're the shows we're doing in Austin:
Wednesday, March 14, 11:30 p.m. @ Molotov Lounge (719 W 6th Street)
The Harry Ransom Center American Twenties
Mr. Lewis & The Funeral 5 8:30 p.m. Austin TX
Bright Lights Society 9:30 p.m. Ausitn TX
G. Forsyth 10:30 p.m.
Persephone's Bees 11:30 p.m. Oakland CA
White Ghost Shivers 12:45 a.m. Austin TX
Friday, March 16th, 9 p.m. @ Stubbs (801 Red River St)
Arts and Crafts Label 9p.m.-2a.m.
Persephone's Bees 9:00 p.m.
To follow:
the Dears, Apostle of Hustle, Amy Milan (of Stars) and Young Galaxy.
See you there. Angelina and Persephone's Bees."
P's Bees website
P's Bees on myspace
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Yesterday I bought myself a Vintage 1960's Raleigh Bicycle that's a bit of a fixer upper, but I'm looking forward to fixing it up! Since last summer, I've been looking for a bicycle like this one and I finally got one:)
I've been in search of a unique bicycle basket and I found one that I really hope will be available to order by April '07 (much thanx to OhJoy.blogs.com posting). Designed by Marie-Louise Gustafsson, this basket is made of hard plastic and comes in three colors, green, white, and was inspired by Swedish crochet tablecloths. It even has a name, CARRIE! Ugh, so cute! I think I'm going to keep my bike the color it is so the color that'll prolly look best is green or black for the basket.
Speaking of things that make me happy today, I am excited to tune into East Village Radio today (Sunday, March 4th) to listen to my friend Melody Nelson's DJ debut on East Village Radio from 4 to 6pm EST. This will hopefully be the first of a weekly show (final slot TBD). The show will be all french pop and she'll be spinning everything yé-yé, oldies, chanteuses, 70's party jams and classic 80's pop/rock. EVR is an internet radio station, so anyone in the world with a computer and an internet connection can listen to its live streaming. The show will be archived so if you miss it, you can always listen to it later!
Friday, March 02, 2007
Bonde do Role… With Lasers!
Hailing from Brazil, Bonde Do Role takes Bailefunk rhythms of their
homeland and mash them up, rapping in their native tongues. Not only
was the band was discovered by our favourite DJ, Diplo, who they’ll be
touring with in America this month, but they’re also doing some dates with
The Klaxons and CSS this spring. Recently signed to Domino Records,
Bonde Do Role will release their first international single “Solta O Frango”,
which literally translates as ‘Release The Chickens’, on March 19, 2007.
View the awesome video for “Solta O Frango” here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgb6FxuaPQA
Bonde do Role @ SXSW
THU 3/15 Urban Outfitters In Store 1pm
THU 3/15 Fader Mag Day Party 4:30 PM
THU 3/15 NORWEGIAN TV INTERVIEW
THU 3/15 CLUB BARCELONA Peaches event 10.30
THU 3/15 RED SCOOT INN SQUEEK E CLEAN PARTY, STAGE TIME TBC
FRI 3/16 KCMP In Studio 2:30 pm Radio Session
FRI 3/16 Vice Mag Day Party 4:45 pm
FRI 3/16 Biz 3 Showcase – 10.40 pm
FRI 3/16 I Heart Comix Party 1:30 am
Bonde do Role on tour with DIPLO
SUN 3/11 SAN DIEGO, CA Casbah
TUE 3/13 LOS ANGELES, CA Safari Sams
SAT 3/17 NEW ORLEANS, LA REPUBLIC
MON 3/19 TALLAHASSEE, FL CLUB DOWN UNDER FSU
TUE 3/20 GAINESVILLE, FL Common Ground
THU 3/22 ORLANDO, FL Firestone
Bonde do Role headling
FRI 3/23 Jacksonville, Fl TSI
SAT 3/24 ATLANTA, GA Drunken Unicorn
SUN 3/25 day off
MON 3/26 CHAPEL HILL, NC Local 506
TUE 3/27 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA Satellite Ballroom
WED 3/28 BALTIMORE, MD Ottobar
THU 3/29 PHILADELPHIA, PA Danger Danger house
FRI 3/30 BROOKLYN, NY Studio B (with Diplo)
SUN 4/1 BUFFALO, NY Soundlab
TUE 4/3 MONTREAL, QC LAMBI
WED 4/4 OTTAWA, ON BARRYMORE MUSIC HALL
Bonde do Role on tour with THE KLAXONS
SUN 4/8 TORONTO, ON Lee's Palace
TUE 4/10 NEW YORK, NY Bowery Ballroom
WED 4/11 BOSTON, MA Great Scott
FRI 4/13 BROOKLYN, NY Studio B
SAT 4/14 PHILADELPHIA, PA Making Time @ Transit
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
The time has finally come for the ultimate international pop party, Le One Night Stand, on this Thursday night! We have a fancy open bar sponsored by Beaujolais,chilled red wine with yummy French bread and olive oil:) Our guest Djs are Mon Mon Mon Amour's, Jaiko Suzuki, and Saint Etienne's, Bob Stanley!! I'll be Djing Spanish and Portuguese dance numbers too! You can hear some samples of the music we spin here: http://www.myspace.com/leonenightstand
Cheers!
Amylu
Le One Night Stand
The Language Of Love, Valentine's Celebration - Album release party
for The Postmarks!!
Hosted by Andy Shaw, Amylu, Melody Nelson, Sheila B
Thursday, February 8, 2007
10 pm - 4 am
LOVE - 179 MacDougal Street at 8th Street, New York City
Cover: $5 / 21+ with ID
Complimentary Beaujolais chilled, red wine and yummy French bread 10
pm - 11 pm
$4 Chupa Chup Shots 2 am - 3am (Secret love potion Emergen-C
included!)
Guest DJs:
Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne, UK)
Jaiko Suzuki (Mon Mon Mon Amour NYC)
Sunday, February 04, 2007
NACOTHEQUE interview
by Jun Olman NYC
Our super chido friend Jun interviewed Marcelo and me about Nacotheque. Check it out and see what everyone is talkin' about. Mind you he interviewed us at the end of the night after a few vodka sodas and I was all hyped up from dancing all night...
NACOTHEQUE (Interview Marcelo Cunning & Amylu)
by Jun Olman NYC
Our super chido friend Jun interviewed Marcelo and me about Nacotheque. Check it out and see what everyone is talkin' about. Mind you he interviewed us at the end of the night after a few vodka sodas and I was all hyped up from dancing all night...
NACOTHEQUE (Interview Marcelo Cunning & Amylu)
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Monday, January 22, 2007
Saturday, January 20, 2007
María FélixWith Salma Hayek's ABC hit Ugly Betty poised to win a Golden Globe or two, and a host of Mexican directors including Children of Men's Alfonso Cuarón and Babel's Alejandro González Iñárritu in the spotlight, it's only fitting that the country's first female movie star, María Félix, is back on the pop culture radar. The actress's femme fatale locks, assertive brows, dark eyes, and tiny waist made her a national treasure from the forties on. They would seem to have had Hollywood written all over them, too. But despite making over 45 films (one with Luis Buñuel), "La Doña," as she was called after her 1943 role in Doña Bárbara, never became as famous north of the border. Blame it on her refusal to learn English.
An unrepentant diva, Félix had a penchant for collecting husbands (four, officially) and lovers (Diego Rivera, for one) that was only surpassed by her love of jewelry. The pièce de résistance of a collection Cartier released in her honor last year is an emerald-and-diamond-encrusted gold necklace modeled after one particularly famous commission. She is reported to have stalked into the Paris boutique with a baby crocodile in tow and asked the stunned jewelers to replicate the reptile in gems, stipulating, no less, that the piece be done to scale. Now, her flamboyant style and beauty—Egypt's King Farouk allegedly promised her Nefertiti's crown for one night together—have inspired a new book, María Félix La Doña, out next month from Assouline.
—Sarah Cristobal (STYLE.com)
Friday, January 19, 2007
ZIGMAT tonight @ Pianos!!
This Disco pop-rockers, Zigmat will be performing at Pianos tonight!! I think the bands main mamacita, Monica Rodriguez's voice is a mixture of Nirmala Basnayake (Controller Controller) and early Emily Haines (Metric), and it's great! Actually, the song Glowstick has a bit of the same taste as Metric's song Dead Disco...makes you wanna dance in the middle of the room or just stand in the corner watching others dance.
Go check em' out cause they're super fun live! Expect lots of jumping around and glamtastique makeup on Monica's lovely face!!
http://myspace.com/zigmat
Also....
MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND IN NYC!!
MIS on myspace
FRIDAY
Feb.19th
SOB´S
204 VARICK ST @ West Houston
12 AM
SATURDAY
Feb. 20th
UNION HALL
702 UNION ST, PARK SLOPE
BROOKLYN, NY
8PM
This Disco pop-rockers, Zigmat will be performing at Pianos tonight!! I think the bands main mamacita, Monica Rodriguez's voice is a mixture of Nirmala Basnayake (Controller Controller) and early Emily Haines (Metric), and it's great! Actually, the song Glowstick has a bit of the same taste as Metric's song Dead Disco...makes you wanna dance in the middle of the room or just stand in the corner watching others dance.
Go check em' out cause they're super fun live! Expect lots of jumping around and glamtastique makeup on Monica's lovely face!!
http://myspace.com/zigmat
Also....
MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND IN NYC!!
MIS on myspace
FRIDAY
Feb.19th
SOB´S
204 VARICK ST @ West Houston
12 AM
SATURDAY
Feb. 20th
UNION HALL
702 UNION ST, PARK SLOPE
BROOKLYN, NY
8PM
WANNA BE IN AN URSULA 1000 MUSIC VIDEO??
A message from Alex (Ursula 1000):
Hey everyone-
Sorry for the mass email but we have a special event that we'd love for you to participate in.
We are filming a video for Hello! Let's Go To A Disco (the glam rock track off the Here Comes Tomorrow LP) and are doing a "club scene" at this AMAZING place called
Let me know if you are game. We are trying to get a good 30 to 40 people head count.
Feel free to pass on this info to any of your friends that you think would be into it too.
Thanks for listening. Hope to see you there!
Cheers,
Alex
Ursula 1000
http://www.ursula1000.com
http://www.myspace.com/ursula1000
Monday-January 29th-7pm till 11pm
Galaxie
55-07 Metropolitan Ave. Ridgewood, NY 11385
TRAINS - Take the JMZ to Myrtle Ave, from there take the M to Forest Ave. (about a 10-12 block walk from there) or take the L to Dekalb. (about a 12 block walk)
hopstop.com can give you walking directions from the train.
The Q54 bus goes down Grand Ave. to Metropolitan Ave. Get off at the first stop after you pass Mcdonalds. Across from a rite-aid drug store.
Sorry for the mass email but we have a special event that we'd love for you to participate in.
We are filming a video for Hello! Let's Go To A Disco (the glam rock track off the Here Comes Tomorrow LP) and are doing a "club scene" at this AMAZING place called
Let me know if you are game. We are trying to get a good 30 to 40 people head count.
Feel free to pass on this info to any of your friends that you think would be into it too.
Thanks for listening. Hope to see you there!
Cheers,
Alex
Ursula 1000
http://www.ursula1000.com
http://www.myspace.com/ursula1000
Monday-January 29th-7pm till 11pm
Galaxie
55-07 Metropolitan Ave. Ridgewood, NY 11385
TRAINS - Take the JMZ to Myrtle Ave, from there take the M to Forest Ave. (about a 10-12 block walk from there) or take the L to Dekalb. (about a 12 block walk)
hopstop.com can give you walking directions from the train.
The Q54 bus goes down Grand Ave. to Metropolitan Ave. Get off at the first stop after you pass Mcdonalds. Across from a rite-aid drug store.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
okay so it's been a while since my last post, but I've been busy w/ my new job @ BaebleMusic.com and loving it! We've got some great stuff happening over there and I'm in charge of setting up some super fun monthly events as well as a day show @ SXSW!!! So check it out!
BaebleMusic.com, is a new website that broadcasts professional quality videos of live indie music shows at clubs in various NYC. The site also lets users create their own personal pages, comment on the shows, communicate with other users, and create their own blogs. It’s almost 3 months young and we’re already getting visitors and orders from around the globe (France, Peru, Japan, and the boonies of USA)!
Baeble has filmed live shows for Electric Six, Aberdeen City, The Big Sleep, Emily Haines (Metric), Made in Mexico, Monsters Are Waiting, Silversun Pickups, Snowden, and many more. We'll be filming a bunch of awesome bands this year, including:
Action Action * Daylight for the Birds * Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players * The Primms * The Annuals * Goes Cube * Young Love * Band of Thieves * Midlake * Tiger City * Ra Ra Riot * Mixel Pixel * Grizzly Bear!!
The very first show I'm producing for Baeble Music is Wednesday, Feb. 21st @ Canal Room. Check out the details below and don't forget to RSVP!!!
In addition, my partners and I have been working on the next Le One Night Stand for Feb. 8th!! Read all the deets below!!
Le One Night Stand
The Language Of Love, Valentine's Celebration
Hosted by Andy Shaw, Amylu, Melody Nelson, Sheila B
Thursday, February 8, 2007
10 pm - 4 am
Complimentary Beaujolias chilled, red wine and yummy French bread 10 pm - 11 pm
$4 Chupa Chup Shots 2 am - 3am (Secret love potion Emergen-C included!)
Guest DJs:
Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne, UK)
Jaiko Suzuki (Mon Mon Mon Amour NYC)
Album release party for The Postmarks!!
LOVE - 179 MacDougal Street at 8th Street, New York City
Cover: $5 / 21+ with ID
BaebleMusic.com, is a new website that broadcasts professional quality videos of live indie music shows at clubs in various NYC. The site also lets users create their own personal pages, comment on the shows, communicate with other users, and create their own blogs. It’s almost 3 months young and we’re already getting visitors and orders from around the globe (France, Peru, Japan, and the boonies of USA)!
Baeble has filmed live shows for Electric Six, Aberdeen City, The Big Sleep, Emily Haines (Metric), Made in Mexico, Monsters Are Waiting, Silversun Pickups, Snowden, and many more. We'll be filming a bunch of awesome bands this year, including:
Action Action * Daylight for the Birds * Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players * The Primms * The Annuals * Goes Cube * Young Love * Band of Thieves * Midlake * Tiger City * Ra Ra Riot * Mixel Pixel * Grizzly Bear!!
The very first show I'm producing for Baeble Music is Wednesday, Feb. 21st @ Canal Room. Check out the details below and don't forget to RSVP!!!
In addition, my partners and I have been working on the next Le One Night Stand for Feb. 8th!! Read all the deets below!!
Le One Night Stand
The Language Of Love, Valentine's Celebration
Hosted by Andy Shaw, Amylu, Melody Nelson, Sheila B
Thursday, February 8, 2007
10 pm - 4 am
Complimentary Beaujolias chilled, red wine and yummy French bread 10 pm - 11 pm
$4 Chupa Chup Shots 2 am - 3am (Secret love potion Emergen-C included!)
Guest DJs:
Bob Stanley (Saint Etienne, UK)
Jaiko Suzuki (Mon Mon Mon Amour NYC)
Album release party for The Postmarks!!
LOVE - 179 MacDougal Street at 8th Street, New York City
Cover: $5 / 21+ with ID
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Happy new year!! Feliz anio nuevo!! It's a brand new year and I'm feeling optimistic:) Today was a happy day with the sunlight out and a smile on my face. I wanted to share three videos that make dance in my pants! The first one is of a dancing, singing gummy bear who sings in Dutch, French, English and one more! You can listen to different of the versions and remixes on the website. I think this video is a more sophisticated version of the dancing hampster song that was all the rage a few years ago. Lets see if it get to the dancing with Ally McBeal cameo on TV...
Gummy Bear Website
Gummy Bear Dance
(English version)
Quiero Club
The second music video that I just can't stop listening to is by an indie pop group from Mexico, called Quiero Club (Happy-Fi Records). The song is called "No Coke". I think they are talking about all kinds of Coke (the stuff you drink and the stuff you put up your nose). Quiero Club sorta remind me of CSS mixed with early Chicks on Speed.
Quiero club website: http://www.yotambienquieroclub.com
Quiero club on myspace: http://myspace.com/quieroclub
Happy-Fi website: happyfi.com
The third video is by the Rapture's new song "Whoo! Alright Yeah... Uh Huh". It's so true, people don't dance no more...well at least not at your typical i'm-too-hip-for-your-mama parties. I must happily admit that my two parties Le One Night Stand and Nacotheque, people dance until the club kicks us out!
Gummy Bear Website
Gummy Bear Dance
(English version)
Quiero Club
The second music video that I just can't stop listening to is by an indie pop group from Mexico, called Quiero Club (Happy-Fi Records). The song is called "No Coke". I think they are talking about all kinds of Coke (the stuff you drink and the stuff you put up your nose). Quiero Club sorta remind me of CSS mixed with early Chicks on Speed.
Quiero club website: http://www.yotambienquieroclub.com
Quiero club on myspace: http://myspace.com/quieroclub
Happy-Fi website: happyfi.com
The third video is by the Rapture's new song "Whoo! Alright Yeah... Uh Huh". It's so true, people don't dance no more...well at least not at your typical i'm-too-hip-for-your-mama parties. I must happily admit that my two parties Le One Night Stand and Nacotheque, people dance until the club kicks us out!
Monday, December 25, 2006
Feliz Navidad!!! Beacause as I love christmas, I love the movie Nightmare Before Christmas, and because I love languages I thought I'd give my readers a gift various singing scenes the movie in different languages!! Hope you are all enjoying your holidays:) Enjoy my gift!!
xoxo Amylu
Making Christmas (Spanish)
What's This? (Japanese)
What's This? (French)
What's This? (Portuguese)
What's This? (German)
xoxo Amylu
Making Christmas (Spanish)
What's This? (Japanese)
What's This? (French)
What's This? (Portuguese)
What's This? (German)
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Bridging a Language Barrier
These three events used bilingual staffers to make international guests feel at home. by Lisa Cericola
Cristophe Carrere made sure the models looked (and spoke) French at the Longchamp event.
Get Them Talking To drum up excitement for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Franz Beckenbauer, president of the FIFA organization committee, went on a worldwide welcome tour, visiting eight countries in 11 days, including a stop at Gotham Hall last February. The guest list for the New York event was almost as global as the tour itself, so FIFA organizers and destination management company New World Travel asked Elizabeth Frank of Eye5 to handpick models fluent in German, Spanish, French, and Hebrew to work the party. “In international social situations, understanding cultural differences is just as important as knowing the language,” Frank says. “Because the models were not only checking people in and directing them around the event but also socializing with international guests, we only chose models native to another country or who had traveled extensively.” Most of the V.I.P. guests were German, so Frank assigned two German-speaking staffers to serve as their personal hosts. The models translated conversations, mingled, and helped the guests feel comfortable speaking their native language. The German-speaking staffers also proved helpful before and after the event, by translating emails for Frank and interpreting conversations with FIFA organizers.Global Greeting For the opening of Longchamp’s New York flagship store in SoHo in May 2006, the Paris-based clothing retailer wanted sophisticated French flair, right down to the people working the door. Christophe Carrere (pictured), creative director of Reflexgroup, which produced the event, had eight staffers from Soza Models brush up on their conversational French so they could greet guests (including Longchamp president and C.E.O. Philippe Cassegrain and celebrities such as Susan Sarandon and Lucy Liu) on their way into the store. “It was a great success,” Reflexgroup production manager Carine Bauvey said. “The models only had to speak a few basic phrases, but it gave the event a French touch and added a sense of refinement.”Add Cultural Flavor The Brazilian Gastronomic Food Festival, which markets Brazilian food products to U.S. consumers, drew about 30 Brazilian manufacturers to the Time Hotel in December 2005. To bridge the Portuguese-English language gap, event planner Maria Benvenuti of Benvenuti Public Relations recruited a wide variety of Portuguese-speaking staffers, including document translators, interpreters, and entertainers. Although the Brazilian-born Benvenuti has hired Portuguese-speaking musicians and servers to work at events in the past, she says that New York’s Brazilian consulate was one of her most valuable resources for staffing. “The Brazilian consulate—or any country’s consulate—will provide a list of interpreters who can speak the language you need,” Benvenuti said. “Within the consulate, the Brazilian cultural attaché put me in touch with Brazilian dignitaries and people who do business in Brazil, which helped with the guest list.” The highlight of the weeklong event was a press dinner, where guests dined on a multicourse menu featuring all the Brazilian products. To accommodate both English and Portuguese speakers, Benvenuti hired bilingual servers, interpreters who translated a PowerPoint presentation, and a Brazilian band, which played while everyone dined.
Article from BizBash: http://www.bizbash.com/content/editorial/e7124.php
These three events used bilingual staffers to make international guests feel at home. by Lisa Cericola
Cristophe Carrere made sure the models looked (and spoke) French at the Longchamp event.
Get Them Talking To drum up excitement for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Franz Beckenbauer, president of the FIFA organization committee, went on a worldwide welcome tour, visiting eight countries in 11 days, including a stop at Gotham Hall last February. The guest list for the New York event was almost as global as the tour itself, so FIFA organizers and destination management company New World Travel asked Elizabeth Frank of Eye5 to handpick models fluent in German, Spanish, French, and Hebrew to work the party. “In international social situations, understanding cultural differences is just as important as knowing the language,” Frank says. “Because the models were not only checking people in and directing them around the event but also socializing with international guests, we only chose models native to another country or who had traveled extensively.” Most of the V.I.P. guests were German, so Frank assigned two German-speaking staffers to serve as their personal hosts. The models translated conversations, mingled, and helped the guests feel comfortable speaking their native language. The German-speaking staffers also proved helpful before and after the event, by translating emails for Frank and interpreting conversations with FIFA organizers.Global Greeting For the opening of Longchamp’s New York flagship store in SoHo in May 2006, the Paris-based clothing retailer wanted sophisticated French flair, right down to the people working the door. Christophe Carrere (pictured), creative director of Reflexgroup, which produced the event, had eight staffers from Soza Models brush up on their conversational French so they could greet guests (including Longchamp president and C.E.O. Philippe Cassegrain and celebrities such as Susan Sarandon and Lucy Liu) on their way into the store. “It was a great success,” Reflexgroup production manager Carine Bauvey said. “The models only had to speak a few basic phrases, but it gave the event a French touch and added a sense of refinement.”Add Cultural Flavor The Brazilian Gastronomic Food Festival, which markets Brazilian food products to U.S. consumers, drew about 30 Brazilian manufacturers to the Time Hotel in December 2005. To bridge the Portuguese-English language gap, event planner Maria Benvenuti of Benvenuti Public Relations recruited a wide variety of Portuguese-speaking staffers, including document translators, interpreters, and entertainers. Although the Brazilian-born Benvenuti has hired Portuguese-speaking musicians and servers to work at events in the past, she says that New York’s Brazilian consulate was one of her most valuable resources for staffing. “The Brazilian consulate—or any country’s consulate—will provide a list of interpreters who can speak the language you need,” Benvenuti said. “Within the consulate, the Brazilian cultural attaché put me in touch with Brazilian dignitaries and people who do business in Brazil, which helped with the guest list.” The highlight of the weeklong event was a press dinner, where guests dined on a multicourse menu featuring all the Brazilian products. To accommodate both English and Portuguese speakers, Benvenuti hired bilingual servers, interpreters who translated a PowerPoint presentation, and a Brazilian band, which played while everyone dined.
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