Sunday 28 June 2015

Monsieur Populaire – la barbiche de Champlain (1995) (mp3)



Jimmy Beaulieu recorded this album in one evening (wish I could do the same, yes I did; Flesh For Frank`s - the CHRNX sessions). I like this album it is more `rock `oriented than previous albums. I enjoyed all the pieces but a couple of tracks literally blew my mind, and they are:
1 – vouiquainde neige frette (53 seconds) = amazing experimental ambient minimalism.
3 – mon beau squidou – démo (7.07 minutes) = nice instrumentations, a good mix of techno / rock / new wave (the Ryback in me says; FEED ME MORE!!!).
5 – Champlain (7.40 minutes) = it sounds like track number three but has a more melancholic, somber and / or jazzy feel, good stuff.
6 – ce re alement beau (9.50 minutes) = dance floor oriented techno with some minimal house, acid techno elements thrown in for good measure.
7 – sergent fais-moi beurre (5.24 minutes) = minimal techno + house = electronic bliss.
Download link here (batteries not included):  http://jimmybeaulieu.com/monsieur-populaire/

Dandelion Council – essa misteriosa estrela (mp3)



I got this one as a recommendation from me good friend SampleScience (aka Counterfeit). We are both into electronic music but our taste buds are quite different. It`s normal, to each his own. Upon the first listen I`m pleasantly surprised. This is a really good short EP (21.04 minutes). The Dandelion Council is the solo electronic music project from Pip Craighead. This album is a relaxing listening experience (after hearing a lot of experimental noise / noise, this is a deserved break for me poor bleeding ears). The music is a mixture of ambient techno, minimal electronics, light ambient chill out music with smooth electronic grooves included. Amazing music!!! Standout tracks this time around are:
1 – Palace of summer (3.26) = voice samples collide with minimal synth + percussions (the perfect soundtrack for any summer day).
4 – Terra des cataratas (2.24 minutes) = chill out ambient techno, YESSSSSS!!!
6 – Lensflares and sunbeams (1.28 minutes) = weird ambient techno (take a walk on the warped side).
7 – Streets named after constellations (3.21 minutes) = relaxing, chill out ambient techno (that`s what I`m talking about).
More freebies here: https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22The+Dandelion+Council%22

TFTTDH # 19

The redneck from Sault St-Marie
I get a call from Pat
Chris moved… again
He needed a bigger place
He has a roommate now
Cool
I just hope it`s not one of those morons Pat
I dunno man 
I never met the guy
We`re going to the Peel pub tonight
Wanna join us Tom?
Yeah sure thing bro
It`s been a while
I know
Good place to get drunk for cheap
Dirt cheap
What time do we meet?
Around seven thirty eight o`clock
I`ll meet you guys inside
It`s always crowded so we have to be early
And I`m an early drinking bird
You`ll find a table for us then?
Of course bro
I`m a team player
Cool thanks man
Don`t mention it
See you later alligator
Ciao amigo
I light up a smoke
I`m dead tired
I didn`t sleep for a week
I`m gonna take a shower
Hopefully
I`ll feel better
Stronger
More technology
After the shower
I`m cool, relaxed
Too calm
I pass out on me couch
Later on
I hear a small buzzing sound
Da fuck is this?
The phone again
Hello
TOM WHERE DA HELL ARE YOU MAN?
Pat is that you?
MORON IT`S EIGHT O`CLOCK!!!
HOW COME YOU`RE STILL HOME???
Sorry bro I passed out on me couch
Insomnia?
Yeah I`ve had trouble sleeping the last couple of days
I understand
You`re staying home then?
Of course not
You woke me up and now I`m thirsty again
I`m getting dressed and I`ll meet you there
Ok
See you guys later
Good we`ll be waiting
Save me a seat
Of course
Cool
Later
Later
I get dressed and exit my apartment
I light up a well deserved smoke
Regarding cigarettes
I like them strong which means
I`m into Players special blend king size
Or
Players filter king size
Otherwise
A pack of Kent will do
I`m in luck
The bus is here
After the bus ride I take the metro
I get off at Peel station
I arrive at the Peel pub around nine
Motherfucker there`s a lineup
Fortunately
I`m friends with Duke
He`s one of the bouncers
You feed an animal once
Next time it sees you
It thinks you`re it`s meal ticket
Bouncers are the same
First time I came here
I gave Duke five dollars tip
HEY TOM WAZZUP!!!
I`m alright
And you?
Busy man the place is crowded
I know this lineup will take forever
Sorry man
I open my wallet
Take out five dollars
I understand Duke
But I`m sooooooooooo thirsty you know
My friends are waiting for me inside
He sees the five spot
Your friends are inside?
Yep
Follow me then
We pass the lineup
There`s this small asian guy staring at me
HOW COME HE PASS IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY???
HE DON`T WAIT IN LINE?
Listen son this is a private matter here
Duke approaches him
Stares him straight in the eyes
You wouldn`t want any troubles
WOULD YOU?
No no problems it`s cool man
As soon as I`m done with this gentlemen 
I`ll be back and find you a nice spot
You`re cool with that
Yes me cool
Hey my friends are here
Thanks for the help Duke
Here keep the change
Well merci mon Tom
Anytime man
Hey guys
Hey Tom!
BIG SEXY IN DA HOUSE!
Have a seat
Sure thing
I`m Beau pleased to meet you
Bo?
Like Bo Diddley?
No Beau
B-E-A-U
Beau
Like cute in English
I`m sorry man I barely speak French
I know a couple of words though
Like?
Ostie de colice de tabarnakle
We all start to laugh
It`s alright Beau we`ll continue in English
Thanks
Don`t mention it
I light up a smoke that`s when I notice
A lot of girls are staring at us
Trying to figure out why
I look around
That`s when I realize
Beau`s a babe
He`s got dirty blond hair
He`s six foot two
Around 160 pounds
Cowboy boots
Tight white jeans
Grey shirt
He looks like a white trash version of Jon Bon Jovi
He`s a regular chick magnet
This is a good thing
We might get some ass tonight
So like Beau
Where do you come from?
Sault St-Marie Ontario
You come from the Sault?
Yep ever been there?
I stayed there a weekend
My ex girlfriend came from the Sault
Really?
You`re not bullshitting?
Of course not
Didn`t come here to bullshit came here to drink
Do I look like a fucking politician?
We all start to laugh
What did you do during that weekend in the Sault?
The usual
The usual?
Have sex and get drunk
Or the opposite in no particular order
Did you go out?
Sure did I checked out a couple of dive bars
Like?
I got barred from Top Hat Billiards
How come?
Hustling pool players what else
You`re a pool shark?
No
I`m a hustler
Ah it`s all the same
No
There`s a difference
A shark is a professional pool player
Who will gamble for lots of money
Against professional pool players only
Whilst a hustler
Like moi
Hustles people
And tries not to get caught doing so
Like the devil
His biggest accomplishment
Is to make you believe he doesn`t exist
Except that time
I got caught in a turmoil
Turmoil?
I was winning so much so easily
I got carried away
I wasn`t subtle at all
I was careless
You know Becky the bartender with pink hair?
A little
Well she told me to stop
Because people were pointing at me
I didn`t listen
Like usual
When I was about to leave
One of the bouncers
Came close to me
And said
Listen man
If you ever come here again
I`m not responsible for what will happen to you
What for?
You`ve just about hustled everybody here
Who me?
Yes you
Check how much cash you made tonight
Ehhh…
Don`t answer my question
I highly recommend
For your own sake
That you never
EVER
Show your baby face here
AGAIN
Sure thing
Needless to say Beau
I never
EVER
Went there
AGAIN
Ah ah ah
One thing peculiar about Beau
This guy drinks like a fish
The pitchers are huge at the Peel pub
I drank half of my first one
Beau just finished his second pitcher
He`s ready to order a third one
This is not a good sign
If we`re lucky, he`ll pass out while drinking
If not
He might get sick
Stir up some kinda shit like a fight or something
Or
He`ll remain remotely normal like all of us
Only time will tell
I light up another smoke
My spider sense is tingling
Someone or something is watching me
I look around
Nothing
Hey wait a minute
At the bar
I see this tall black girl
With curly long hair
Wearing a short, oh so damned short mini-skirt
Long skinny legs
Like a black spider
A black widow spider
A black diamond in the rough
A black panther perhaps
Hey, I`ll take my chances
I get up
Walk slowly
Trying to act / look cool
Trying to hide my state of semi drunkenness
If that`s a possibility
Hey girl, how are ya?
Feeling fine and you?
Feeling finer already
Ah ah ah
You`re a slight little devil aren`t you?
The devil in missus Jones honey
Indeed
So like who`s the babe
Tom`s the name and babe`s my game
Not you
I`m talking about the Jon Bon Jovi lookalike
That
That would be Beau
Now I`m feeling a little disappointed
I want him
C`mon introduce me
Be useful for a change
What a nasty attitude
Imagine when she`s making out
DAMNED!!!
Ok let`s go I`ll introduce you
About time
We arrive at our table
Pat is having a smoke
Beau looks weird though
Is eyes are rolling strangely
HOLY FUCKING MOLLY!!!
He`s totally wasted
This is gonna be fun to watch
Let the games begin
So like
What is a cute boy like you doing in a dump like this?
Unh???
Beau stares at her and says
Youse a black chick
Say what?
He gets up
Unzip his pants
Grabs his dick and says
NIGGAH CHICK WANTS SOME WHITE MEAT FO SUPPAHH!!!
YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!!!
She kicks him in the balls
He lands on the table behind him
The table collapses
I see a lot of bottles crashing on the floor
What a waste I`m thinking
Four Asian guys where at the table
They help Beau get up
He`s staggering
LEMME GO YOU FUCKKKING CHINKS!!!
MOTHAFUKA!!!
One of them smashes a beer bottle on Beau`s head
He falls on his ass
Again
Lucky him he`s not bleeding
He`s sporting a big bump on his forehead
Sorry guys don`t mind my friend
He`s just drunk
And extremely stupid
Is ok
MUTHAFUKA HE DON`T WANNA FUCK WITH US!!!
Nobody wanna fuck with you guys for sure
Sorry again
TOM!!!
HEY TOM!!!
Yes Duke what is it?
You have to get out
You`re friends rude and impolite
He`s a rascist piece o`shit
We don`t tolerate this kinda behevior here
It`s ok man we`re leaving
I don`t like trouble either
You know me
I do know you and appreciate you Tom
Especially when I give him a big tip
I know man
We`re leaving sorry for all the troubles
It`s cool see you around
See you
Beau`s so damned drunk he needs help just standing up
So we carry him
Let`s grab a cab guys
We`ll split the ride
Good idea Pat
We get inside a big green station wagon
Frontenac metro station please
Yes sir
Tom the metro`s closed at this time
I know
We can take bus # 357 after
What`s that?
St-Michel night bus
We`ll save some cash
More drinking money next time
Good thinking
I pay the fee my treat guys
Thanks Tom
Don`t mention it
I don`t know if I`m the only one
Who noticed the driver`s black
And I don`t want asshole
I mean Beau
To open his racist mouth again
We exit the cab
We`re in luck tonight
The bus arrives right away
We enter
Holly shit I`m thinking
The bus is half full
We`re the only whites in here
I hope asshole
I mean Beau stays put
I wanna live long and prosper
We`re sitting in the back
I`m sitting near the back exit
Just in case
Better be safe than sorry
We pass a couple of bus stations
And Beau stays put
I thought we were gonna make it
Boy was I wrong
At the corner of Laurier he sort of wakes up or something
IT SMELLS LIKE SHIT IN HERE!!!!
WHAT IS THIS NIGGAH TOWN!!!
ALL TAKE YOU ALL AT THE SAME TIME!!!
MY FRIEND PAT WILL KICK YOUR ASSES TOO!!!
CHRIS AND TOM WILL HELP ME!!!
We look at him
Totally shocked
Pat gets up grabs him by the throat
Shoves him on the floor
SHUT THE FUCK UP BEAU!!!
YEAH SHUT UP!!!
Chris turns around
I`m sorry my friend is drunk
And he`s incredibly stupid too
We`re not like him
Beau gets up
YOUSA BUNCH OF FUCKING PUSSIES
I`LL TAKE THEM NIGGAHS MYSELF
He tries to walk
But falls on his back
Everybody looks at him
We all laugh
He looks so damned ridiculous
I help him get up
Have a seat and please stay put
He spits in my face
I punch him in the stomach
He falls on the floor again
He seems in pain
But not enough to shut up
YOUSE A NIGGAH LOVER, ARE YA?
Before I could do / say anything
There`s this huge black guy who gets up
Grabs Beau by the throat and lifts him up
LISTEN SON
IF I HEAR YOU SAY THE WORD N AGAIN
YOU`LL BE GOING CAMPING
UNDER AN OXYGEN TENT PERMANENTLY
DO I MAKE MYSEL CLEAR?
Uhhh
I SAID
DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR
Yeah sure
He lets him go
Motherfucking nigger
WHAT DID YOU SAY?
Nothing, nothing at all
I thought so
Everybody is staring at us
You could hear a bee flying
It`s so silent
I can sense anger, frustration in the air
And I`m thinking
We`re safe inside
What happens when we get out?
I decide to exit right away
I don`t mind walking home
I get up
Ok guys this is my stop I`m leaving
Ciao Tom
Goodnight dude
They didn`t realize a thing
They`re scarred shitless and can`t think straight
Good for me
I came home around three a.m.
I didn`t hang out with Chris and Pat
And assshole
I mean Beau
For a couple of weeks
After awhile I get a call from Pat
How come you`re not calling me anymore?
You angry at me or something?
Not at all
I wanna live long and prosper
I don`t want to hang out with rednecks
Racist hicks and what not
I understand
Don`t worry though
I kicked him out the next day
You have a new roommate now?
Yes
You know him it`s Chris
Good thing
Peel pub tonight?
I`ll meet you guys there
Beau came from Sault St-Marie
He could have come from Montréal
Ville St-Laurent
New York
India
Tokyo
The world is full of
Rednecks
Hicks
White trash
Religious / political fanatics
Human garbage
Racist / sexist closed minded bigots
Look around
They`re everywhere
Makes you proud to be human
Doesn`t it?
Signing off.


Saturday 13 June 2015

homemade postcards of the day...




Monsieur Populaire – sur le bateau de l`amour (1994) (mp3)




This short live set (23.01 minutes) was created in the summer of 1994 for the `love boat `, a rave held on the `Louis Jolliet `boat. There`s four tracks which are:
1 – plein air version 1 (3.27 minutes) = dance floor techno mixed with some acid undertones.
2 – hype (5.56 minutes) = more dance floor mixed with acid and down tempo, chill-out dude…
3 – lustucru (6.42 minutes) = hey, is that a guitar I`m hearing? Smooth techno with some nice dance vibes.
4 – la petite bulle rose (6.56 minutes) = relaxing, peaceful, chill-out electronica, damned I hate that word, let`s call it electronic music, shall we. This song recalls Moby`s `porcelain `track, which was recorded circa 1999 (sad but true, sorry Metallica, I meant strange but true). Get the whole enchilada here and then some: http://jimmybeaulieu.com/monsieur-populaire/http://jimmybeaulieu.com/monsieur-populaire/

mail art of the day...


Monsieur Populaire - au naturel (1993) (MP3)



First live set, post Disko-Tech, after a heartbreaking breakup. Last time I had my heart broken I wasn`t doing music / noise. I remember during that period I wrote a lot of pissed off / angst ridden / depressed poetry. I used poetry as a catharsis to mend me inner wounds, it worked. This is a short (37.18) and sweet live set (the various tracks are mixed perfectly, there`s a nice musical / rhythmical evolution here, even an old geezer like myself feels like dancing naked in the moonlight). The music is a potent mix of: beat oriented instrumental tracks (intro cinq, laika, soyons sérieux), dance floor oriented techno (perverse, Venus, mentor 27 alpha 7 gamma), mighty impressive minimal techno (J+LHv2), and that quirky / kitsch techno tracks which I can`t stop listening (weenie boppie version 2). I recommend this one all the way baybee!!! Get it here:  http://jimmybeaulieu.com/monsieur-populaire/

Wednesday 10 June 2015

Art is everywhere part 25

Postcards galore!!! Enjoy the show!!!









Hiroshima Yeah! # 124 – June2015 (zine)



This is me favorite 8.5 by 11 inches cut and paste, black and white, five pager, monthly zine. Cover star of this issue is none other than Alan Bennett (English playwright, screenwriter, author and actor). We also have on the front page poetry, `guilt, greed and genocide `. Favorite poems this time around are:
New Dark Age
They get so angry
Because they can`t download
Some insignificant shit
Onto their phone,
Instantly.
They are a generation that feels
Entitled to everything
Bit knows the true value
Of nothing.
When the new dark age comes,
It will be all they deserve.
And:
The past is a parallel universe
The past is a parallel universe
In which I have a job I enjoy,
In which I have hair,
Have more years ahead of me
Than behind.
But I don`t care about any of that
Because the past is also a parallel universe
In which I don`t know you,
And knowing you makes
All of the other shit
Worthwhile.
And:
Gamblers
It`s not about the money,
It`s about the risk.
And last but not least:
Humanity
Don`t look at humanity
Too closely,
It will burn your eyes out.
Need I say more? Simply magnificent!!! Then we have the usual stuff like: `the great rock `n `roll tolchock, selected dispatches from an ultra-violent offender out on probation `(Gary Simmons baybee!!!), music & DVD reviews, `I am the westend, I am the love and I am the fucking light too… I guess` (more texting gozungus nonsense from the likes of Mark Ritchie, Gary Simmons, Maggie Ponce and T-Mobile), `Stonehenge` (a short rant dissing Stonehenge by Robert Dellar), and we end all of them things with `the queue`. Time stops still when you`re waiting in line like a bunch of sardines. Don`t just stand there. For our next trick you need the following four items: paper, pen, some stamps and an envelope. You know what to do next, send it by mail to: Mark Ritchie
94 Main Street
Forth
Lanark
ML11 8AB
UK
 

 

Hiroshima Yeah! # 123 – May 2015 (zine)



This is the latest issue of my favorite 8.5 by 11 inches cut and paste, black and white, monthly zine (six pages long this time around). The cover star of this issue Chan Marshall herself i.e. Cat Power. Let`s begin with poetry and `the certainty of sickness and sleep `. Top notch poems, favorite ones are:
Reasons to kill
Sometimes it`s
Everything they do:
The way they talk,
The way they move,
The way they shovel snacks
Into their little faces,
All reasons to kill.
And
The teenage me
The teenage me would be disgusted
That I have coffee in McDonald`s
Most mornings.
The teenage me would scoff
At my new-found hatred of drugs.
The teenage me would not recognize
The person I have become;
Bloated, bored and adrift.
But who I was
Is not who I am
And the teenage me
Was a bit of a twat.
Damned, I can relate to that. The teenage me would go out every weekend the get laid and / or wasted in no particular order. The old age me likes to stay home and work on various art related projects and enjoy a cold one (actually more than one, hey. It`s a figure of speech). Gary Simmons provides us with `1.5 years on probation `a monthly installment about life in jail. Gary has a unique writing style kinda like a mix between Charles Bukowski and E M Cioran (for his nihilist imagery). There`s a couple of music, DVD and zine reviews as well. Next in line we have `a rainbow for me mum ` (a threesome texting collaboration with Mark Ritchie, Gary Simmons and Wayne) and `guide to sex, love and relationships part 2 ` (Simon Morris). Mark ends this zine with `work `. A short story about being stuck with a job you hate and remotely trying to deal with it. At least it pays the B + B (da bills and da booze). Alleluia brothers and sisters, testify. Contact:
Mark Ritchie
94 Main Street
Forth
Lanark
ML11 8AB
UK
 

 

Shy Rights Movement – draining the sunlight (cd-r)


I love receiving real letters / parcels by the good old unreliable, nearly obsolete rectal / postal system (gimme some physical media DAMMIT!!!). Physical, physical I wanna get physical let`s get into physical lemme hear your body talk. I`m getting carried away, again (kinda easy in my case). Anyways, where was I? Oh yeah, this is the latest Shy Rights Movement short, short, ok then, mini-album (4 songs 17.25 minutes). SRM is the solo music project from one Mark Ritchie. Mark is also the head cheese / writer of my favorite monthly zine, the one and only `Hiroshima Yeah! `. The music on this album is pretty basic. Mark sings and plays electric guitar at the same time (just like a twotopus i.e. two hands octopus). I like this mini album a lot. The songs are a nice mix of indie / alternative / country / low-fi with a nice homemade feeling. The electric guitar sounds at times sludgy / grungy, kinda like a threesome between Tad, Low and maybe Neil Young`s more electric guitar moments, good stuff. Mark does a nice version of `Big night `(written by Mark Eitzel, taken from American Music Club`s second album `Engine`). Contact: 
Mark Ritchie
94 Main street
Forth
Lanark
ML11 8AB
UK


 

Monsieur Populaire – Monsieur Populaire et le mondocle interstellaire (1993) (MP3)



Jimmy Beaulieu composed this set at the last minute for a rave which happened in the city of Granby, circa fall 1993. A great live set where the music oscillates between: acid techno (funlight, océans, le ge re – version originale), dance floor techno + big beats included (mentor 27 – version 2, whispery wind, world ends), old school techno music (machine, cerveau édenté), cool quirky / weird / kitsch electronic music (weenie boppie version 3), and ambient techno (j+lhv4). The final track `oceans – reprise `, simply took my head off. What an amazing piece of pure ambient techno bliss: peaceful, meditative, relaxing. Words fail me to describe this chef d`oeuvre i.e. masterpiece. Great job senior Populaire. Get it here: 
http://jimmybeaulieu.com/monsieur-populaire/
Eye candy material: http://jimmybeaulieu.com/carnets-histoires/
Biography / info / contact (French language): http://jimmybeaulieu.com/info/

Monsieur Populaire - en stop motion (1992) (MP3)



He recorded this album while he was part of Disko-Tech, with Fred Everything (world renowned house / deep house DJ). His first effort `pensées de bouteille` was an abrasive / noisy, but still challenging and interesting listening experience. This second outing is a definite evolution in sounds / styles. The sequencing steps in, nice synthesizer works, good beats, more complex arrangements are at work here. This album offers a mix of: instrumental electronics, downtempo, bossa nova, techno, house, dare I say bedroom techno house music perhaps? Nice little album (10 tracks = 39.05 minutes), I liked everything. My favorite track is:
9 – weenie boppie (version 1)  = electronic + techno + house with bizarre, strange, quirky undertones. It reminds me of Monsieur Blumenger`s sole album release `musique et couleurs`, yes it`s that damned good. I gotta say DAMNED I`M IMPRESSED!  Get it here:  http://jimmybeaulieu.com/monsieur-populaire/