The blog of author Dennis Cooper

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DC’s 14th annual Bûche de Noël Beauty Pageant

 

‘The earliest recipe of the Bûche de Noël shows up in Pierre Lacam’s 1898 Le memorial historique et géographique de la pâtisserie. The earliest mention however is a couple of years earlier in Alfred Suzanne’s 1894 La cuisine anglaise et la pâtisserie where he notes in passing that it is (was?) the specialty of a certain Ozanne, presumably his friend Achille Ozanne (1846-1898). Of course we have no idea of what this looked like. An article in the French newspaper Figaro adds an interesting tidbit (see Pierre Leonforte, “La bûche de Noël : une histoire en dents de scie,” Figaro, 17 December 2000): according to Stéphane Bonnat, of chocolatier Félix Bonnat her great grandfather’s recipe collection from 1884 contains a recipe for a roll cake make with chocolate ganache. Admittedly she makes no claim to this being the first bûche de Noël.

‘One of the famous stories about this French dessert is associated with Napoleon Bonaparte of France. He issued a proclamation, as per which, the people of Paris were ordered to close the chimneys of their houses, during winters. It was thought that entry of cold air into the houses was causing spread of illnesses and the proclamation was aimed at prevention of such diseases. It was during this time that Buche de Noel or yule log cake was invented in Paris. As use of hearths was prohibited, they needed some sort of traditional symbol that can be enjoyed with family and friends during the festive season that falls in winter. Thus, this cake became a symbolic substitution around which the family could gather for storytelling and other holiday activities.

‘It makes sense that the cake, like so many other Christmas traditions (think Santa, decorated Christmas trees, Christmas cards, etc) dates to the Victorian era, to a time of genteel, bourgeois domesticity. In France, in particular, a certain romantic image of peasant traditions had become part of the story the French told themselves about themselves and while the average Parisian bourgeois could hardly be expected to hoist logs into their 4th floor apartment, they could at least show solidarity for their country cousins by picking up a more manageable bûche at the local pâtisserie. That the result was a little kitsch fit the middle class sensibility too.’ — collaged

 

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This year’s candidates

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Buche, Hôtel Plaza Athénée
‘Jean Imbert, Elizabeth Hot et Angelo Musa s’unissent afin de nous faire découvrir leur bûche très originale à la forme de cheminée haussmanienne. Un classique parisien ! L’amande et le chocolat se marient à la perfection autout d’une ganache gourmande au chocolat infusée au cascara de café et son biscuit à l’amande enrobé de praliné.’

Disponible en précommande dès le 02 décembre 2024.
TARIF: 125€

 

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Martinez Production, Hotel Martinez Cannes
‘« Martinez Production », un trompe-l’œil sous forme de bobine de film XL en hommage au festival de Cannes, composé d’un croustillant praliné-sarrasin soufflé, d’une mousse chocolat-caramel, de poire pochée et biscuit chocolat, ainsi que d’une crème légère au pop-corn.’

Sur commande à partir du 21 novembre. Retrait à l’hôtel du 21 décembre au 1er janvier 2025. Livraison offerte en Méhari électrique siglée Martinez les 23 et 24 décembre à Cannes et alentour.
TARIF: 6 personnes, 95 €

 

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Signature, Hotel Le Prince de Galles
‘« Signature » reprend l’architecture des colonnes en mosaïques Art déco de l’exotique patio de l’hôtel parisien autour d’un croustillant et d’un biscuit à la pistache, d’une mousse à la fleur d’oranger, d’une compotée de clémentine de Corse et mandarine et de lemon curd (crème fondante au citron).’

En commande jusqu’au 29 décembre, retrait du 15 au 31 décembre.
TARIF: 6-8 personnes, 95 €

 

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Triton, Shangri-La Hotel Paris
‘For this Christmas 2024 at the palace, the Pastry Chef has created a crazy log in the shape of a Triton, the famous shell from the shores of Anse du Guesclin near Saint-Malo. It’s a poetic tribute to the Breton coast from which he hails. This creation is a marriage of gourmet goodness and graphic design, which should enhance your holiday table.

‘Draped in dark chocolate, this Yule log seduces with its glossy texture and golden glints reminiscent of a winter sunset. Inside, a play of textures and flavors unfolds: a crisp chocolate cookie with fleur de sel welcomes a creamy, frosted vanilla mousse, made with Galand vanilla, and a roasted pear marmalade with Christmas spices. This melting, spicy heart evokes warm holiday memories.’

DATES AND OPENING TIME: From December 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
PRICE: La Bûche 8 personnes: €128

 

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Buche, Michalak Paris
‘Hommage au Japon et ses mets délicats, ce trompe-l’œil repose sur un biscuit gourmand nantais sans farine de blé au citron vert légèrement agrémenté de punch citron vert, d’un crémeux framboise, d’une compotée et confit framboise-litchi et d’une ganache litchi. Les sushis sont en panacotta de riz au lait-litchi, les baguettes d’imitation parfaite sont en chocolat Dulcey, la cordelette en pâte à sucre au chocolat.’

TARIF: 8 personnes, 80 €

 

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Composition Festive, Royal Champagne hôtel & Spa
‘Hommage à Vassily Kandinsky, cette « Composition Festive » s’inspire de la collection de tableaux du maitre de l’art abstrait, notamment Sur Fond Blanc II. Plusieurs compositions graphiques sont proposées pour créer une bûche sur mesure comme un tableau pour bluffer vos invités. Sur le plateau, 6 petits entremets colorés composés de sablé Speculoos, biscuit à la cannelle cassia bio, ganache chocolat Côte d’Ivoire 56 % et crémeux aux 4 épices.’

TARIF: 6 personnes, 120 €, sur commande

 

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Slave, Maison Sarah Lavoine x Angelina Paris
‘Inspiré du bougeoir ‘Slave’ de Sarah Lavoine, la bûche reprend ses courbes et sa teinte mordorée. Le goût, lui, revisite la recette du Mont-Blanc, une spécialité d’Angelina Paris, avec une meringue légère, mousse aux marrons et un cœur fruité acidulé au cassis, le tout entouré d’une coque de chocolat noir croquant, et décoré de fines vermicelles à la crème de marron.’

TARIF: 6 personnes, 89 €

 

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Move, Le Meurice
‘La marque de joaillerie Messika s’empare du décor du restaurant Le Dali pour les fêtes dans une partition dorée, argentée et rose cuivrée, un trio précieux inspiré du motif « Move » de la maison joaillère, qui se retrouve jusque dans l’assiette grâce à cette bûche cachée dans un écrin chocolat-praliné de la Manufacture de chocolat Alain Ducasse. À l’intérieur, un biscuit gourmand sucré-salé surmonté de capsules crémeuses, vanille et praliné-chocolat à la fleur de sel enlacent un diamant saveur eau de vanille.’

DATES ET HORAIRES: à déguster au restaurant Le Dali du Meurice, du 23 novembre au 6 janvier.
TARIF: 28€ la part

 

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Le Sapin, Nina Métayer
‘L’entremets (les 2 étages à la base du gâteau) : sablé croustillant à la farine française Moulin Viron, beurre Charentes-Poitou AOP, sucre muscovado et poivre de cassis, feuillantine, chocolat blanc et pointe de fleur de sel. Biscuit pain de Gêne moelleux. Compotée aux poires caramélisées, ensuite épicée à la poudre de citron noir séché Maison Boteh. Mousse légère au lait infusé aux pousses de sapin bio de France Sapin. La friandise (la pointe du sapin, 3ème étage) : coque en chocolat blanc, petits chocolats noirs. Le décor des 3 étages : flocage vert au chocolat blanc. Petites plumes maison en chocolat blanc. Billes de sucre candy maison blanches, feuille d’or.’

TARIF: 150€

 

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La Grande Cascade, Joris Vée
‘L’idée de cette bûche de Noël ? Un hommage au homard bleu à l’américaine, le plat signature du restaurant emblématique du bois de Boulogne. Ce lobster géant cache sous sa carapace rouge flamboyante un croustillant noisette, un biscuit fondant, une ganache chocolat noir 64%, un caramel onctueux et une mousse légère au chocolat.’

Précommande du 10 au 20 décembre
TARIF: 6 personnes, 120 €.

 

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La bûche Guitare, Hôtel Kimpton St Honoré
‘La marque de guitares iconique Gibson s’associe cette année avec l’hôtel Kimpton Saint-Honoré Paris pour vous offrir la plus rock’n roll des bûches de Noël. Composée d’une coque en chocolat noir, d’une mousse au chocolat 75%, d’un insert exotique (mangue, banane, passion et ananas), et d’un biscuit brownie au chocolat, cette guitare va électriser vos fêtes de fin d’année !’

📅Date : disponible 72 h à l’avance
💵 Prix : 90 euros

 

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La ROMY, Maison Caffet
‘La marmelade de clémentine et pointe de yuzu se laisse envelopper par la mousse gourmande et généreuse à la vanille rouge de Madagascar. Ce chef d’oeuvre pâtissier paré d’oursons immaculé repose sur un croustillant aux amandes… Une symphonie de saveurs qui illumineront vos fêtes ! Vendue dans son écran ultra précieux. Taille unique 9 à 10 personnes.’

TARIF: 120€

 

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Bûche signature, Fauchon
‘Fauchon présente sa bûche signature, une création raffinée alliant des saveurs fruitées, crémeuses et croustillantes pour une expérience gustative cosmique. Au cœur de cette bûche, une compotée de pamplemousse rose de Corse se mêle à une crème de marrons glacés de Naples, relevée de vanille de Bourbon et d’une touche de cognac. Cette composition est enrobée dans une ganache montée à la vanille de Madagascar et repose sur un sablé breton au sarrasin. Sébastien Monceaux, chef exécutif, a collaboré cette année avec l’artiste Gaël Gaborel, dont les globes terrestres artisanaux sont ornés de constellations inspirées par l’univers FAUCHON.’

TARIF: (pour 8 personnes: 110 €) ou avec son globe artistique en édition limitée (pour 8 personnes: 450 €)

 

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Bûche patissière famille d’oursons, Maison SEVE
‘Inspirée du précieux outil artisanal en bois que Richard Sève utilise pour réaliser les empreintes des oursons dans l’amidon, cette création sublime le cacao fin du Nicaragua 100 % équitable et durable de la Plantation Rio San Juan – El Castillero, se mariant à un biscuit moelleux au chocolat, une crème onctueuse et mousse légère au chocolat noir ainsi qu’un croustillant au praliné au grué de cacao.’

TARIF: pour 6 personnes vendue 59€

 

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L’Etoile Gabriel, La Réserve Paris
‘« L’Etoile Gabriel » est un hommage aux 3 étoiles Michelin du restaurant Le Gabriel orchestré par Jérôme Banctel. L’entremets est composé d’un croustillant cacao sablé à la fleur de sel, d’un biscuit moelleux au chocolat, d’un crémeux infusé au blé noir et caramel onctueux au beurre salé, et d’une mousse au chocolat grand cru. La tablette de chocolat qui orne l’étoile, au praliné blé noir et fleur de sel, évoque le cuir de Cordoue qui pare les murs de la salle du restaurant.’

Précommande du 1er au 20 décembre.
TARIF: 6 personnes, 90€

 

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Buche, L’hôtel Le Royal Palm
‘La création de cette année s’inspire des paysages luxuriants et des produits abondants de l’île. La bûche présente un délicat équilibre de goûts et de textures, avec une ganache au chocolat blanc infusée de vanille, qui constitue une base onctueuse. Une couche de biscuits à la noix de coco apporte un léger croquant, tandis qu’un élément de noisette apporte une touche de gourmandise. La véritable star du dessert est l’insert mangue-fruit de la passion, qui offre une explosion de saveurs tropicales complétant parfaitement les éléments les plus sucrés. Cette combinaison de fruits locaux rend hommage aux vergers abondants et aux champs ensoleillés de l’île Maurice.’

‘La véritable star du dessert est l’insert mangue-fruit de la passion, qui offre une explosion de saveurs tropicales complétant parfaitement les éléments les plus sucrés. Cette combinaison de fruits locaux rend hommage aux vergers abondants et aux champs ensoleillés de l’île Maurice.’

TARIF: 110€

 

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Buche, Le Carlton Cannes
‘Une voiture de collection en chocolat au lait qui cache une ganache vanille de Madagascar, un craquant praliné pop-corn, un biscuit moelleux aux éclats de noix de pécan caramélisées et un caramel onctueux.’

TARIF: 4 personnes, 110 €

 

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Hespéridée, Peninsula Hotel Paris
‘Cette année, Anne Coruble, la talentueuse Cheffe Pâtissière du Peninsula Paris, nous fait voyager à travers une bûche de Noël exceptionnelle : la Bûche Hespéridée.

‘Inspirée des « Dancing Leaves », ces feuilles de cristal de Bohème soufflées à la main qui ornent le hall d’entrée du palace, la bûche « Hespéridée » repose sur une base croustillante de vanille givrée de Bretagne et de zeste de citron jaune. Elle se compose d’un biscuit à l’huile de chanvre et d’olive, relevé par la fraîcheur de la pulpe de citron. Une pâte de citron brûlé et bergamote apporte une subtile amertume, équilibrée par la douceur d’un cheesecake au lait cru. Une mousse au lait ribot confère une texture légère et aérienne, tandis qu’une délicate couche de citron d’Amalfi confit, de citron frais et de citron caviar ajoute une touche finale délicieusement acidulée. L’ensemble est enveloppé d’un enrobage de chocolat blanc et de yaourt, dévoilant des lignes immaculées rappelant la fragilité d’une feuille de cristal.’

DATES ET HORAIRES: Du 1er décembre 2024 au 31 décembre 2024
TARIFS: 4 personnes en commande 72h avant min : 80€

 

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Le Skieur, Arnaud Larher
‘« Le Skieur », un entremets Ivoire, une dacquoise coco, une crème mangue-passion aux morceaux de mangue et une mousse ivoire au chocolat blanc, le tout enrobé de meringue.’

TARIF: 4-5 personnes, 58 €.

 

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Fragment, Pierre Herme
‘Biscuit aux éclats d’amandes grillées, pâte d’amande parfumée à l’eau de fleur d’oranger, compote d’orange, croustillant amlou.’

Disponible dès à présent en pré-commande pour une livraison par coursier ou un retrait en boutique à partir du 12 décembre.
TARIF: 130,00 €

 

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Au coin du feu, Saint-James Paris
‘« Au coin du feu » est une très bonne bûche de Noël XXL inspirée de la cheminée qui trône au restaurant Bellefeuille de ce chic hôtel (particulier) parisien. Elle est composée d’un croustillant chocolat noir aux pignons de pin, d’un biscuit fondant au chocolat, d’un crémeux d’aiguilles de pin Sylvestre et chocolat fumé et d’une mousse au fromage blanc marbrée de chocolat. Les bûchettes sont en truffe chocolat.’

Précommande jusqu’au 15 décembre. Retrait du 23 au 25 décembre.
TARIF: 6-8 personnes, 140 €

 

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Ceci est un sapin, Château Troplong Mondot
‘« Ceci est un sapin » est un audacieux trompe-l’œil, côté pile une grappe de raisin géante, symbole du château Troplong Mondot, l’un des prestigieux vignobles de Saint-Emilion et côté face, un sapin. Car il faut le voir d’un point de vue différent pour découvrir le raisin transformé en sapin… À l’intérieur, un biscuit madeleine aux pignons de pin caramélisés, d’un confit de cassis aux bourgeons de sapin, d’une mousse légère à la vanille de Madagascar et d’un crémeux cassis.’

En vente à la boutique du domaine et à la boulangerie La Petite Perdrix à Saint-Emilion, ainsi qu’à Paris et Bordeaux.
TARIF: 8 personnes, 70 €

 

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Malle Impériale, Mandarin Oriental Paris
‘Une « Malle Impériale » inspirée du mobilier sculpté ancien de Chine en Zitan, un bois rare et précieux — singulière idée pour une bûche de Noël. Le coffre est en chocolat noir 70%, enrichi d’un croustillant feuillantine à la crème chocolat, d’un biscuit moelleux chocolat, d’un coulis passion infusé au jasmin et crémeux au jasmin, et enrobé d’une mousse au chocolat Guanaja 70%.’

Sur commande 72h à l’avance au Cake Shop du Mandarin Oriental du 21 au 26 décembre. En version individuelle au restaurant Le Camélia 20 €.
TARIF: 6-8 personnes, 140 €

 

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Enchantée, Café de la Paix
‘« Enchantée », avec cet ourson à croquer en chocolat au lait et Dulcey (blond) entouré de cadeaux sur un rondin de chocolat qui cache l’entremets composé d’une mousse à la vanille bio de Madagascar, d’un biscuit à la vanille, de la feuillantine pralinée aux noix de pécan caramélisées, d’un crémeux aux noix de pécan et d’un caramel beurre salé. Surprise : L’ourson cache des billes craquantes aux 3 chocolats (Dulcey, noir et blanc).’

Sur commande 48h à l’avance, du 16 au 31 décembre.
TARIF: 6-8 personnes, 85 €

 

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Buche, Dior
‘Cette bobine de fil XL façon Alice au Pays des Merveilles, son aiguille à coudre et son fil en sucre sont une prouesse pâtissière 100% noisette aux légères notes d’orange, composée d’un biscuit Joconde, d’un crunchy, d’un crémeux, d’un confit et d’une mousse légère. Le socle est une tablette de chocolat motif pied de poule, tout comme le dé et les boutons gravés Dior, CD et de l’étoile porte-bonheur, clin d’œil à l’atelier de couture de la maison.’

À partir du 14 décembre à la pâtisserie Dior Paris 30 Montaigne, sur place ou à emporter.
TARIF: 130€

 

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En Route Sur Les Rails, Printemps Haussmann
‘Le compte à rebours des fêtes est lancé, et cette année, le Printemps Haussmann nous fait voyager en première classe avec son Printemps Express, un petit train, mi-branché mi-enchanté, qui file à toute vapeur dans les vitrines du grand magasin et s’arrête en gare… dans nos assiettes. À bord ? La bûche signature de Noël 2024, imaginée par le chef pâtissier de la maison, Bryan Esposito, qui nous embarque pour une escapade gourmande à toute vitesse ! Inspirée de ses souvenirs d’enfance et de l’excitation magique des matins de Noël, cette création ravive la féerie des réveils qui font pétiller les mirettes et frémir les papilles.

‘Côté saveurs, c’est un retour express en enfance : une mousse infusée de brioche perdue au caramel beurre salé pour le côté cosy, un crémeux dans l’esprit d’un chocolat chaud pour le clin d’œil régressif, un croustillant de corn flakes au Gianduja pour un petit twist de croquant, un biscuit madeleine moelleux tout doux et une compotée de cranberries qui apporte l’équilibre parfait. Le tout est enrobé dans une coque de chocolat noir 66% Valrhona, façonnée en un wagon chargé de cadeaux. Cette délicieuse parure sonne comme une invitation à monter à bord de l’épopée féérique concoctée par le Printemps pour célébrer la fin de l’année.’

DATES ET HORAIRES: Du 3 décembre 2024 au 31 décembre 2024
TARIFS: 6 à 8 personnes : 75€

 

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Bûche de Noël CHALET, Chocolat Chocolat
‘Découvrez la version moderne d’un gâteau traditionnel avec Chalet, un design développé en collaboration avec le maître mondial du chocolat Frank Haasnoot, pour des bûches de Noël pleines d’élégance et de créativité, à réinterpréter avec votre propre style. Moule en silicone pour bûche Chalet.’

TARIF: 39,95€

 

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Télécabine de Rochebrune, L’hôtel Four Seasons Hotel Megève
‘« Télécabine de Rochebrune » du Four Seasons Hotel Megève est inspirée du téléphérique de Rochebrune. Elle se compose de plusieurs couches de saveurs et de textures, dont une crème de noix de Savoie, une mousse à la vanille et du chocolat blond caramélisé.

‘Cette bûche de Noël est une expérience culinaire minutieusement élaborée. La base est une tablette de chocolat blond caramélisée, dans laquelle fond un praliné Noix de Savoie, en clin d’œil aux célèbres noix de la région. Une mousse légère et aérienne à la vanille, mélangée à de la vanille de Tahaa et de la vanille Bourbon, lui confère une note florale exotique. Une gelée de vanille infusée au yuzu apporte un contrepoint rafraîchissant à la douceur, tandis qu’une riche crème de noix de Savoie apporte une sensation de luxe en bouche. Enfin, une couche croquante de noix de Savoie provenant du Clos des Franquettes offre un contraste de texture satisfaisant.’

Est disponible à la vente du 20 au 31 décembre
TARIF: 8 ou 10 personnes 120€

 

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Palais du voyage, Hôtel Westin Paris
‘Pour la bûche de Noël 2024 du Westin Paris, le chef pâtissier Valentin Sevilla dévoile une création gourmande intitulée “Palais du voyage”. Il revisite le Napolitain, délicieux entremet à trois couches italien. Sous forme de bûche, il représente le portail iconique de l’entrée de l’hôtel. Ses décorations florales rappellent le style Second Empire que l’on retrouve au sein du Westin Paris. Sur une base de biscuit au chocolat intense, des ganaches vanille délicatement parfumée, et noisette gourmande entourent un biscuit, à la vanille de Madagascar cette fois ci.’

Disponible en précommande à partir du 1er décembre 2024.
TARIF: 58€ pour 6/8 personnes

 

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La Bûche Père Noël, Ritz Paris
‘La Bûche Père Noël, pièce phare de la collection, incarne un Noël régressif et plein de fantaisie. Ce dessert associe un biscuit coco légèrement relevé aux quatre épices, une mousse coco légère, et une compotée de mangue au citron vert accompagnée de morceaux de coco frais. Son design ludique, imaginé par François Perret, détourne la forme classique pour transformer la barbe du Père Noël en une madeleine moelleuse, clin d’œil à la pâtisserie signature du Ritz et à l’univers de Marcel Proust.’

DATES ET HORAIRES: Du 29 novembre 2024 au 31 décembre 2024
TARIF: 110€ pour 6 à 8 personnes

 

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Le Grand Contrôle à Versailles, Château de Versailles
‘Cette création, conçue comme une véritable œuvre d’art, mêle habilement savoir-faire artisanal et élégance à la française. Un hommage à l’héritage et à la majesté du Château de Versailles, qui séduira aussi bien les fins gourmets que les passionnés de patrimoine. Sous ses airs royaux, cette bûche dévoile une composition de saveurs délicates : un biscuit au miel de châtaignier, enrobé d’une mousse Miel infusé à la cire d’abeilles, d’un cœur aux agrumes pour une touche de fraîcheur, un biscuit pollen et d’un crémeux au propolis. Une alliance audacieuse et subtile, évoquant les somptueux festins de la Cour.’

Disponible en édition limitée du 20 décembre au 2 janvier 2025 sur notre boutique en ligne
TARIF: 115,00 €

 

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Buche, Alain Ducasse
‘Pour Noël 2024, la Manufacture de Chocolat Alain Ducasse propose de faire le plein de surprises chocolatées sur le thème de Casse-Noisette. Pour la première fois, on découvre également une bûche de Noël qui réunit les savoir-faire de la manufacture, du glacier et de la biscuiterie du célèbre chef étoilé.

‘Imaginée par Marcelo Mabilia le chef glacier, cette bûche de Noël gourmande a de quoi réunir les générations à travers un combo de saveurs douces, réconfortantes, au parfum d’enfance. Sous une fine couche croquante de chocolat noire, on retrouve un duo croustillant noisette et glace praliné noisette au cœur duquel se niche une glace aux trois vanilles. De quoi concilier fraicheur et gourmandise pour clôturer les banquets festifs les plus copieux.’

TARIFS: Bûche 830g : 70€

 

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Bûche Bureau du Père Noël, Patisserie Au Petit Prince
‘Quel originalité ! La buche gourmande « Bureau du Père Noël » créé par Maëlig Georgelin est aussi belle que bonne. Vous y découvrirez un biscuit moelleux, Crémeux intense et ganache montée au chocolat noir 75% de Madagacar – Croustillant de sablé au praliné, Suprême à la vanille bio de Madagascar.’

TARIF: pour 6 personnes vendue 60€

 

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Les vitrines s’illuminent, Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris
‘L’inspiration derrière la Bûche de Noël 2024 du Royal Monceau ? L’iconique marquise rouge qui orne l’entrée du palace, elle-même inspirée d’une noble dame mystérieuse, toujours vêtue de rouge, qui aurait autrefois séjourné dans l’une des suites luxueuses de l’hôtel.

‘Revisitée en chocolat finement ciselé dans l’esprit du fer forgé, la marquise semble flotter au sommet de ce dessert haute couture, posée sur un glaçage miroir impeccable. Un médaillon argenté en chocolat, frappé de l’emblème du Royal Monceau, couronne cette création raffinée, sublimant l’allure singulière et sophistiquée de l’établissement.

‘Côté saveurs, la bûche mise sur des accords riches et réconfortants : une mousse au chocolat aérienne infusée au lait de ferme, parfumée à la cannelle, à l’anis, et autres épices de Noël, enveloppe un cœur onctueux de praliné noisette et caramel fondant, le tout sur un biscuit croustillant aux amandes et chocolat.’

DATES ET HORAIRES: Du 1er novembre 2024 au 31 décembre 2024
TARIFS: Bûche individuelle : 25€, Bûche pour 5 à 6 personnes : 90€

 

 

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p.s. Hey. It’s a tradition here in France that, every Xmas, many of the patisseries and fancy hotel chefs set out to make the most imaginative and ideally delicious holiday cake they can, and they informally compete to concoct the most covetable Bûche de Noël of the year. It’s a more recent tradition that my blog annually gathers the best seeming entrees and holds a Beauty Pageant both to let you non-Frenchies in on the phenom and to help my friends and I decide which cake or two we’re going to spring for. Thats what you’re seeing up there, and your thoughts/opinions on what seem to you to be the greatest scores would be most welcome and helpful. ** jay, You know the Turk, do you? Fake ghosts can be very photogenic, yeah. I like when a film has a complicated plot, but mostly only when it’s well hidden, I guess. I’m a disaster movie fetishist so they’re all just variations on okay to especially okay to me. I like them all, but I don’t really have a favorite. I guess ‘San Andreas’ was a good one because it had so many huge disasters in it and the CGI work was solid and there was minimal character interpersonal development. The worst ones have an absurd idea that the viewer actually gives a shit about the people trying to escape or being killed by the disasters at hand. The good ones are just like flat, vertical rides. Right, ‘Inland Empire’ and ‘Audition’ are both very good examples, I agree. See ya too! ** _Black_Acrylic, I do know that 2008 guy, yes. A most excellent example. Why I didn’t think to include it is a mystery. Thanks, B! ** Steeqhen, Hey there. I have never watched ‘The Real Housewives’. Weird, no? I think it became a thing just about the time I moved over here, and, as far as I can tell, the French don’t have an equivalent show, which is interesting. I think the premise is very non-French or else the French would feel too humiliated to embrace such a wealthy people-coddling concept. Anyway, point is, you have actually and convincingly made me interested to get in on that phenomenon. I used to be addicted to the fake version shows like ‘Melrose Place’ and ‘The Colbys’ years ago, and I am a big documentary nut, so … Yeah, you make it sound fascinating, I must say. Thank you for luring me into that. The books sound curious, of course. December 12, so two weeks. Here’s hoping they scamper by. May that be so. ** James, Thanks, James. I should think up a nickname for you. I’ll try to do that. Glad you liked the fakes. Uh, hm, I don’t recognise that pre-determined present feeling that you describe, so maybe I don’t do that. You don’t meant deja-vu, obviously. I do get that. You’ll get your stuff out there. You definitely have the drive, and it’s about 80% to do with drive. Fem boys know where the keys to the kingdom are. I have no idea what I meant by that, but it felt true as I typed it. Patience + confidence + diligence. That’s the combo. Cool about the two new Things. And about the prestigious university interview! Whoa! Just be yourself. Uh, sure, I think I can share my thoughts on the mss., and I’ll endeavor to do that clearly yet discretely. What’s the root of the word Blighty or why is the UK called that? Do you know? I trust I’ll see you again today. ** Lucas, Hi. It was nice even though the Xmas carnival didn’t have a dark ride this year, which was quite disappointing, the bastards. I saw lots of food that I actually wanted to purchase and eat, but I had just eaten, so I’m going to back there again with a big bag and load it up with strange French Xmas foods like melted cheese in a box! I rode the ferris wheel. That was pleasant. Gosh, Paris is pretty. I already knew that but the aerial view brought it home. I’ve never drunk mulled wine. I guess I’ll try it although I don’t really like alcohol very much. And okay I’ll do Cologne at Xmas when I next can. And you have to do Paris at Xmas in return. Enjoy the day off even if it’s tinged with that scribbled weirdness. xo. ** Misanthrope, Hi, G. It’s hard to have a good feeling about what’s coming, that’s for sure. Again, may the unions or whoever ward that shit off. Weird how the people who are noisiest about personal freedoms are so often the biggest fascists. What’s next on your Thanksgiving-providing agenda? ** Darbz, Darbz! Holy shit! You’re back! I was just about to finally write to you after months of being even more email-phobic than normal. Wow, great, I missed you big time, my pal! Oh, damn, I’m so sorry that your time away was such a hard time, but I’m so glad you’re okay and seem to be fully aware that you’re okay. Well, much more than okay, obviously, in my and the world’s book. I was just at Paris’s Xmas fair yesterday, and I spent a fair amount of time studying the carnies who work there and wondering who they are and what they do when they’re not operating rides and trying to get people to throw balls at stacks of metal milk bottles so they can win a gigantic stuffed animal. Yay for meds! Happy Thanksgiving to you from a world that doesn’t celebrate it or understand why it exists. How are the art classes? What are they like? It’s good to know what Atsuo’s hands are like. Now I don’t have to touch them myself because I already know about them, thank you. Again, I’m so happy you’re back!!!! Big love to you from your pal aka me. ** HaRpEr, Exactly about ‘AVTAC’. You are so amazing at characterising things. It’s always a real rush to read you describing something intricate. Firbank! Awesome! Absolutely singular and godlike, that guy. I’m going to find something by him I haven’t read and read it. I think there’s still a couple I don’t know. I do know of the Cottingley Fairies. I thought I did a whole blog post about them, but I just checked and couldn’t find it, so maybe I will. ** Joe, Aw, thanks, Joe. My slowness is at its all-time worst. But, yeah, if by some miracle this film problem-solving thing works, I’ll be much less crabbed upstairs. You’re related to the Cottingley Fairies family? Wow, I didn’t see that one coming. I did see ‘The Reflecting Skin’ quite some time ago. My memory is that it was pretty good but not mind-blowing. But my memory is hazed, so what did you think? ** Right. Buches are your entertainment for today as you already well know. See you tomorrow.

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In the 1970s and early ’80s, the East German Olympic program employed the electronic composer Martin Zeichnete to create workout soundtracks for the GDR’s teams — shimmering, motorik pulse-music that, in combination with a top-secret doping program, would aid the athletes in their goal to become the ultimate Menschen-Maschinen. Now, Edinburgh’s Unknown Capability Recordings has collected some of Zeichnete’s work as Kosmischer Läufer: Cosmic Music of the East German Olympic Program 1972-83. In an interview published in Slow Travel Berlin, Zeichnete discusses how he was influenced by West German artists like Kraftwerk, Cluster, and Neu!; he discovered the music — banned in the GDR — by listening to Düsseldorf radio broadcasts he managed to pick up in his native Dresden. As an amateur runner, he had the idea that hypnotic, repetitive music might help athletes focus. When, in 1972, the German-Brazilian inventor Andreas Pavel introduced the Stereobelt, a predecessor of the Walkman, Zeichnete knew how to make his dream a reality. Strangely, a Google search for “Martin Zeichnete” only turns up links related to the compilation; a Google search for German-language documents returns no results at all. (Indeed, “Zeichnete” — which is also the third-person preterite of “to draw” — doesn’t appear to be a common German surname, although “Drew” does happen to be the name of one of the label’s founders.) The interview published in Slow Travel Berlin turns out to have been published on Scribd.com by Unknown Capability Recordings, the label responsible for the anthology, back in February. Neither interview includes photographs of Zeichnete, and he doesn’t appear in a series of promotional videos for the release. And the more you listen to the music, the more it begins to sound both too pristine, given the tapes’ alleged age, and too stylistically perfect in its aping of Neu! and Kraftwerk.

 

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Very strange and bizarre footage which purports to show a weird stick-insect type creature, crawling down some buildings in Russia.

 

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A girl who was reported to have died after being hit in the head with a shovel is still alive – despite a hoax death article being posted on the internet. Last week, a video of a girl getting hit in the head with a metal shovel generated a whopping 500,000 views in the first two days of being uploaded online. Rumours circulated on the internet soon after that the teenage girl suffered serious head injuries and dropped dead while she was watching the movie Mean Girls at home. A now deleted iPhone clip shows two girls called Miranda and Emily fist fighting over Emily’s boyfriend, who threatens her rival with an air soft gun which shoots plastic BBs. Instead, when Miranda charges at her, Emily picks up a metal spade and throws it at her with full force. It hits Miranda in the back of the head, who then falls on the kerb, cracking the side of her skull on the road.

 

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Wrestling is fake

 

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Cast your mind back to 2003 and you’ll remember two Russian pop stars who dressed in school uniforms, sung about being lesbians and snogged on stage a lot. Yes, we are talking about t.A.T.u. and their Number 1 single “All The Things She Said”. Speaking on Russian TV, one half of the duo, Yulia Volkova, said that she would not accept her son as gay, because men are made to have sex with women and make babies and anyone who doesn’t is wrong. “Yes, I would condemn him” she said, “because I believe that a real man must be a real man. God created man for procreation, it is the nature. The man for me is the support, the strength of… I won’t accept a gay son.” But before you get on your high horse and say that fake lesbian Yulia doesn’t like gay people, she also says being homosexual is still “a little better than” killing people. “I just want my son to be a real man, not a fag,” she said. “I believe that being gay is all still better than murderers, thieves or drug addicts. If you choose out of all this, being gay a little better than the rest.”

 

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Hotelicopter

 

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In 2009, a strange Facebook account appeared out of nowhere and friended people en-masse. The name on the account was Junko Junsui, and she had a message for anyone willing to listen. Thus began a strange mystery that would continue for years to come, as countless people across the internet became enamored of Junsui, her story, and the shadowy organizations she claimed were hiding in plain sight. Some people actually accepted the seemingly random request, and, upon investigating further, found that Junko was not just a friendly Russian beauty, as her profile initially made it seem. Rather, she appeared to be a part of a weird alternate reality game involving a terrorist group called ‘The Junsui,’ Russia, and private military companies—all of which were warring with one another across the internet. Many found untangling Junko Junsui’s web to be a thrill, which makes sense: the confusing premise seemed as if it was lifted straight out of a Metal Gear Solid plot. Shadowy organizations, corrupt governments, overzealous groups defined by genetic modification, a huge conspiracy: Junko Junsui delivered on all fronts. But more than that, people found the entire thing disturbing, too. One of the most notable early clues in the ARG led players to discover video clips of a woman trapped inside of a room. If there was a “puppet master” behind it all, that person seemed particularly antagonistic toward people who participated. Junko Junsui is said to have became irate in her Facebook posts whenever people posted her communications on forums, sometimes allegedly outing anonymous participants who believed they were just playing a game. In the end, there was no grand conspiracy. There were no terrorist groups, and no shadowy government organizations. There was only a slick game that got out of hand, and players that desperately wanted to believe in something.

 

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This photo, taken by Jim Templeton, shows his daughter sitting in a marsh in the north of the UK. However, what makes this photo interesting is the fact that Templeton claims there was no one standing behind his daughter when he took the picture. It is clear to see that in the photo, which Kodak have examined and confirmed has not been tampered with, there is a figure which seems to resemble a ‘spaceman’ in full astronaut clothing. This has lead to many ‘believers’ claiming that Solway Firth, the location the picture was taken, could be an area of ”space-time displacement” that allows ‘non-Earthlings’ to be seen and captured on film. The most likely explanation is that photographer’s wife is stood in the background, with her back towards the camera and her blue dress appearing white due to overexposure.

 

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In 1770, an astonishing robot was unveiled that possessed the artificial intelligence needed to defeat any human players in a game of chess. Nicknamed “The Turk,” this animatronic chess champion was created by Wolfgang von Kempelen, and it toured Europe and America until it was destroyed in a fire in 1854. That’s when it was revealed it wasn’t a robot at all, but an elaborate hoax, with a human chess master hiding inside The Turk all along.

 

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Irena Kolokov was caught off guard when she turned up to meet her boyfriend, Alexey Bykov, 30, but found what appeared to be a horrific car accident when she arrived. “We’d arranged to meet at a certain place, but when I arrived there were mangled cars everywhere, ambulances, smoke, and carnage,” Kolokov told Orange News. “When I saw Alexey covered in blood lying in the road, a paramedic told me he was dead, and I just broke down in tears.” His face covered in fake blood and his head wrapped in gauze, Bykov staggered up to his love, who was so distraught that when her boyfriend approached her she shoved him off while crying uncontrollably. “I wanted her to realize how empty her life would be without me and how life would have no meaning without me. I think it worked,” he said.

 

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This is a Moon Melon, scientifically known as asidus. This fruit grows in some parts of Japan and it’s know for its weird blue color. What you probably don’t know about this fruit is that it can switch flavors after you eat it. Everything sour will taste sweet, and everything salty will taste bitter, and it gives water a strong orange-like taste. This fruit is very expensive. It costs about 16000 JPY (which is about 200 dollars).

 

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Naked Came the Stranger is a 1969 novel written as a literary hoax poking fun at contemporary American culture. Though credited to “Penelope Ashe”, it was in fact written by a group of twenty-four journalists led by Newsday columnist Mike McGrady. McGrady’s intention was to write a deliberately terrible book with a lot of sex, to illustrate the point that popular American literary culture had become mindlessly vulgar. The group wrote the book as a deliberately inconsistent and mediocre hodge-podge, with each chapter written by a different author. The book was submitted for publication under the pseudonym “Penelope Ashe” (portrayed by McGrady’s sister-in-law for photographs and meetings with publishers). The publisher, Lyle Stuart, was an independent publisher then known for controversial books, many with sexual content. According to Stuart, he appropriated the cover photo (a kneeling nude woman with very long hair down her back, photographed from behind) from a Hungarian nudist magazine. By the end of the year, the book had spent 13 weeks on the New York Times Best-Seller List. As of May 2012, the book’s publisher reported the book had sold 400,000 copies.

 

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A 1931 photo in the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung showing the US Navy airship “Los Angeles,” blown by a gust of wind, lifting a ship into the air.

 

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Erik Nordenankar’s self-portrait – which straddles the entire globe – was allegedly created by tracing the route taken by the specially-primed case on its 55-day journey around the world. The artist claimed he gave the case to DHL, the package delivery firm, with exact co-ordinates detailing the stages of its tour. When the package was returned to Stockholm he claimed he downloaded the GPS’s route memory to produce the enormous drawing above. It is composed of a single 110,00km-long line that passes through six continents and 62 countries. But after bloggers pointed out holes in Nordenankar’s claim, DHL confirmed that the artwork was an “entirely fictional project”.

 

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Michael Jackson is alive


Memorial Strangeness


Michael Jackson This is it backwards


Michael Jackson Death Hoax – LaToya’s best slip ups


MICHAEL JACKSON IS ALIVE, I SAW HIM IN PARIS !

 

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In June of 1972, a woman appeared in Cedar Sinai hospital in nothing but a white, blood-covered gown. Now this, in itself, should not be too surprising as people often have accidents nearby and come to the nearest hospital for medical attention, but there were two things that caused people who saw her to vomit and flee in terror.The first being that she wasn’t exactly human. she resembled something close to a mannequin, but had the dexterity and fluidity of a normal human being. Her face, was as flawless as a mannequins, devoid of eyebrows and smeared in make-up. From the moment she stepped through the entrance to when she was taken to a hospital room and cleaned up before being prepped for sedation, she was completely calm, expressionless and motionless. The doctors thought it best to restrain her until the authorities could arrive and she did not protest. They were unable to get any kind of response from her and most staff members felt too uncomfortable to look directly at her for more than a few seconds. But the second the staff tried to sedate her, she fought back with extreme force. Two members of staff had to hold her down as her body rose up on the bed with that same, blank expression. She eventually fought herself free, causing serious injuries to the staff members, then walked out of the hospital. There was never a sighting of her again.

 

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A living Wooly Mammoth shot by a German camera man in 1943 while being transported to Siberia.

 

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It seems almost incredible that Ursula Bogner’s musical talents should have remained undiscovered until now. Yet in view of her biography, this might have been just as inevitable. It was on a flight to Vilnius that I met Sebastian Bogner, Ursula’s son, who told me he was on a business trip for a pharmaceutical company. The usual small talk soon led to the topic of his mother Ursula, who also ‘liked to play around with synthesizers’, albeit purely on an amateur level and in a dedicated music room fitted especially for this purpose in the parental home. In the late 1960s, Ursula Bogner started to record her own music on reel-to-reel tapes. With some of these titles, we only found individual tracks of pieces recorded on a four-track-recorder – in these cases, I had to recombine the separate tracks to recreate the original piece. Unfortunately, I could not involve Ursula Bogner in the mixing process as she passed away in 1994. Invoking the original’s authenticity might seem insensitive, yet there was no other way to release them in their entirety. Ultimately, only three of the tracks featured on this CD/LP are such ‘reworkings’. All other titles were taken straight from the original reels. Covering a fairly short period of her creative career, they also convey a peculiar coherence in both form and content. A coherence that reflects her accessible, rhythmic and sometimes even ‘poppy’ side. Naturally, my own preference played a part in the selection process. All my personal favourites made it on the CD/LP, and whenever I listen to this collection, I invariably succumb to the titles’ light-hearted nonchalance. This might leave many hours of undiscovered gems, but a further compilation is already in the works.

 

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Donald Charles Alfred Crowhurst (1932–1969) was a British businessman and amateur sailor who died while competing in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a single-handed, round-the-world yacht race. Crowhurst had entered the race in hopes of winning a cash prize from The Sunday Times to aid his failing business. Instead, he encountered difficulty early in the voyage, and secretly abandoned the race while reporting false positions, in an attempt to appear to complete a circumnavigation without actually circling the world. Evidence found after his disappearance indicates that this attempt ended in insanity and suicide.

 

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We found out recently, through conducting customer surveys, that the crust is overwhelmingly the most popular part of the pizza experience, and also that the majority of Domino’s devotees crave extra crust once they’ve finished their meal. These findings, along with our love of surprising people and pushing boundaries, led us to the Edibox. With every future Domino’s delivery, you’ll see the Edibox upgrade option: double the dough to enjoy alongside double the glorious garlic and herb dip. And the best bit? You won’t have to fight to fit that square box into a round bin – this is a waste-free dining experience.

 

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When three young men in Georgia claimed to have run over an alien in 1953, they caused a media frenzy. The 2ft hairless, creature with eerie, dark eyes was quickly confiscated and taken to Emory University to be examined. Experts revealed it was in fact a Capuchin monkey that had been made to look alien by having its tail cut off and fur its removed with depilatory cream. It was then the boys confessed that they’d come up with the idea over a card game. One of them bet his friends $10 he could get himself in the local paper within a week. He bought the poor monkey at a petshop, gave it a lethal dose of chloroform before removing its hair and tail.

 

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Nat Tate was an imaginary person, invented by writer William Boyd and created as “an abstract expressionist who destroyed ‘99%’ of his work and leapt to his death from the Staten Island ferry. His body was never found.” Boyd published a book about Nat Tate as a real biography. Gore Vidal, John Richardson (Picasso’s biographer), and David Bowie were all participants in the hoax. “Nat Tate” is a combination of the names of two London art galleries, the National Gallery and the Tate Gallery. Boyd and his conspirators set about convincing the New York glitterati (social elites) that the reputation of this influential abstract expressionist needed to be re-evaluated. Bowie held a launch party on April Fool’s Day eve, 1998, and read extracts from the book, while Richardson talked about Tate’s friendships with both Picasso and Braque.

 

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Ashley Casey Martin reportedly posted photos of herself with what appeared to be injuries — or at least what she thought appeared to be injuries. What she posted with the photos led to her post going viral. In fact, the use of makeup (in particular, black eyeliner and shadow) appears to be more than a little obvious. In fact, it looks similar to the eye makeup used by at least one member of the band The Misfits. Are they her inspiration for this harebrained hoax?

 

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This incredible video of an eagle swooping down and snatching a toddler with its talons from a Montreal park has been watched more than 1.2 million times. Social media verification experts at Storyful point to evidence of fakery, including Twitter user @thornae’s animated GIF showing inconsistencies with the eagle’s shadow. New Statesman writer Alex Hern also points out that “there is the slightly odd motion of the child after the eagle lets go of it. Not only does it carry on going up — which would just be momentum — but its ascent actually speeds up a bit before falling.”

 

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While cleaning up after the 1959 Tulare County Art League exhibit in Visalia, California, a group of janitors and maintenance men remarked to each that they could make “modern art” that was just as good. So the next year, they set out to prove it. They took a piece of scrap metal from which holes had been cut for door latches, and they painted it black. One of the group remarked that the metal vaguely resembled the shape and size of a cat. So they titled the piece “Peterfid Tomcat” — deliberately misspelling the word “petrified.” And as a finishing touch, they put a $350 price tag on their creation. Then they snuck their piece into the display area of the exhibit. Its presence raised no eyebrows. In fact, it was promptly awarded a ribbon for merit.

 

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This photo shows the Cooper family sitting around a table, just days after they had moved into their new family house in Texas. What the family was unaware of is that when the photograph was developed, the image of what appears to be a falling body emerged in the left hand side of the room. Although the photo has been cropped, hence the family not appearing in the centre of the image, it was examined by experts, and deemed to be genuine. But as film was so expensive in the 1950s, it was common for people to re-use film. This meant that two separate images could be developed on top of one another.

 

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A video apparently showing an cocky Italian teenager lying under a speeding train has tuned out to be a fake. The 26-second YouTube clip shows the prankster seemingly lying down on tracks in Perugia, Italy, before goading an oncoming locomotive as it races towards him. Seconds later he lies flat on the track as the train appears to whizz over him at high speed.

Watch it here

 

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In September, 1726 Mary Toft began to give birth to rabbits. The local surgeon, John Howard, responded to her family’s summons and hurried to Mary’s house where, to his amazement, he helped her deliver nine of the animals. They were all born dead, and they were actually rabbit parts rather than whole rabbits. Nevertheless, this didn’t lessen the amazing fact that she was giving birth to them. Then, when a famous London physician, Sir Richard Manningham, threatened that he might have to surgically examine Mary’s uterus in the name of science, she wisely decided to confess. She explained that she had simply inserted the dead rabbits inside her womb when no one was looking, motivated by a desire for fame and the hope of receiving a pension from the King.

 

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Since his suicide in 1991, the literary reputation of Jerzy Kosinski has continued to sink. At one time he was one of the most promising writers on the American scene, pounding out three hits in a row-the cult classic The Painted Bird, Steps (winner of the 1969 National Book Award), and Being There (filmed in 1980 with Peter Sellers in the starring role). With their grisly violence and a sexuality bordering upon the sadomasochistic, the books raised Kosinski into the ranks of America’s celebrity class. He appeared repeatedly on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, played the role of Lenin’s stooge Grigory Zinoviev in Warren Beatty’s film Reds, posed for the cover of the New York Times Magazine, and presented the Oscar for screenwriting in the spring of 1982, watched by 600 million people. Even as his star was ascending, however, Kosinski was all but finished as a writer. His last six books became progressively more trivial, self-absorbed, and unreadable; and there drew closer the day of his exposure as a literary fraud. In June 1982, the Village Voice revealed that Kosinski (for whom English was a second language) had made extensive use of translators and collaborators to write all his books, and then had concealed the fact. George Reavey, a poet who was embittered by his own lack of literary success, complained to anyone who would listen that he wrote The Painted Bird. But Reavey was only one of several who could have made the same complaint, and not only about The Painted Bird. Being There so closely resembled a prewar Polish bestseller called The Career of Nikodem Dyzma as to deserve the charge of plagiarism. Kosinski never fully recovered from the Voice’s expose. The remainder of his life, as he himself said, was spent running from it.

 

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Are certain of the fake actors of the Sandy Hook hoax directly connected to the Rockefeller cabal? They are, regardless, all fakes and hucksters, that is those who claim that the event was real and testify to the same. There are no exceptions. All the people involved at the most crucial levels in Sandy Hook are actors playing a pre-determined role.

 

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This photo seems to depict a man in what would be described as modern-day hipster clothing – in 1940s Canada. Sceptics were quick to attack the image, claiming it must be photoshopped, however, after much research it was confirmed that copies of the same picture are kept at the Bralorne Pioneer Museum in British Columbia, Canada. So is this guy a time-traveler or just a very modern looking 1940s man? Well its hard to tell. His clothes, sunglasses and modern looking camera could all have technically been made in 1940, however, historians have said it would have been extremely unusual to see a man walking around looking like this at the time. Kodak have confirmed that small cameras, like the one our ‘hipster’ appears to be holding were available in 1940, however were rare due to their high cost.

 

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Benjamin Vanderford is a 22 year old banker who in his spare time enjoys video art, as well as music; Ben is also known as The Great White Hype on the label Record Label Records. He is an experimental freestyle rap artist, who records all his rapping in one take Last August, Vanderford was seen being decapitated on a tape which was quickly picked up by an Islamic website and then disseminated around the net and western media. The fact that the entire event was staged by a group of San Francisco friends was only made apparent when Reuters showed up at Ben’s apartment complex. For his side, Ben faulted the mass media for publicizing the stunt without first verifying that the video was genuine.

 

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UFOs

 

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John Ernst Worrell Keely was a US inventor from Philadelphia who claimed to have discovered a new motive power which was originally described as “vaporic” or “etheric” force, and later as an unnamed force based on “vibratory sympathy”, by which he produced “interatomic ether” from water and air. Despite numerous requests from the stockholders of the Keely Motor Company, which had been established to produce a practicable motor based on his work, he consistently refused to reveal to them the principles on which his motor operated, and also repeatedly refused demands to produce a marketable product by claiming that he needed to perform more experiments.

 

 

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p.s. Hey. ** jay, Hi. ‘IYIP’ is one of those books I feel like everyone should read even though everyone should do whatever they want obviously. It’s kind of sublime though. I agree, that’s why I’m rarely drawn to films that have a premise, and more to films whose premises just state the setting or world of the films. Like ‘A family builds a haunted attraction in their home’, to use our film’s example. Something open-ended, and the film’s world is either charismatic to you or not. Exceptions being disaster films, I do love those. Failed goals, yes, totally. All of Zac’s and my films are about characters having ambitious goals and their failure to achieve them, and that carries through to the films themselves, although the films’ ‘failure’ is the point, not a mistake. When I get into that ROM world, I will share my thoughts. Thanks! Happy not having to celebrate Thanksgiving! ** _Black_Acrylic, It’s so good. I think you’ll really like it: ‘IYIP’. Ouch, I hope your dental surgery is as ‘whatever’ as that root canal I had a couple years ago. Sounded so intimidating but was just a mere slight hassle. Mickey Mouse ears! Dude, so extremely stylin’ (in my book)! ** Misanthrope, One can only hope their Walter Mitty-ish, power mongering dreams will clash with reality and practicality long before their fingers have a chance to get dirty. Happy Thanksgiving. I don’t know what the Greene Turtle is, obviously, but that extra ‘e’ on Green intrigues. Thanks about ‘Flunker’, man. ** James, I really recommend you go ahead and read the novel. I can’t begin to imagine you’ll be sorry. Nice you read the journal excerpts so closely. Never say never on publishing. You just never know. Who’d have thought my stuff would get in print. You can call me D-Dawg if you like. It would be a first, and that’s a plus. I think exploitation films are still in-process, but the term is too cancellable to be applied? I guess sub-shoulders hair would qualify as hippie-ish, although I guess if it’s just below the shoulders it’s maybe more skater-ish or, in some cases, ‘fem’? I wanted to make films as a teen, but then I took a filmmaking class in college and realised I didn’t have that talent on my own. Then for years and years I wanted to make the ‘Citizen Kane’ of porn films, but then Zac and I made our faux-porn or porn-addressing first film ‘LCTG’, and I realised I didn’t have that talent for either and that quite possibly no one does. Only time will tell is a cliche, but it’s true. Wait and see. I have two or three novels in manuscript that people sent me to read that I’ve been supposed to read for ages and haven’t, so I’ll read those. ‘Til Friday then, yes. ** Steve, No, I never had any contact with the Best Deaths guys. Happy your parents have company on Thanksgiving. ‘The End’, okay, interesting. I’ll look for it. ** Justin D, Read it. It’s great. I swear you’ll love it. I hope your Thanksgiving get together stays civil if not even, dare I hope, joyful? I’m so happy to be over here and have Thanksgiving as an increasingly distant memory. Never went well. I’ll listen to that track, thank you! Trauma Ray is a nice name. I’ll try to find some addictive track and share it back with you. Enjoy the … turkey, I guess? I’m near-lifelong veg, so I only ever ate the mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie myself. ** Steeqhen, Hi, S. Oh, cool about UCC. Score on the 10 books. Anything particularly mouth watering? High hopes and fingers scrunched/crossed re: you and the prestigious journal. I’m waiting to hear if Zac’s and my new film get into a prestigious film festival, so maybe we’ll give each other luck. Weather’s nice here if you like cold-ish weather. It’s not burdensome cold yet. Brisk. A little too wet, but hey. It used to get scary cold here years ago, but it hasn’t in recent years. There’s no predicting anymore though, I guess. Stay warm. Sit near the fireplace. ** Lucas, Oops. Right, just pass and don’t worry about it. I did that in high school, i.e. aim for D’s or maybe C’s because I wasn’t hoping to go Yale or Harvard or anything. Zac and I wandered all over the 10th and the Marais checking out as much art as time allowed. Highlight was the big Arte Povera show at Pinault Collection. Pretty great. Otherwise, some good stuff, nothing that blew our heads off. Amazing dinner though. If one is veg, Potager du Marais is kind of heaven. Ooh, a tiny novella. I like the sound of that. I’ve noted it. Do read the Welch novel. It’s so good, I’m sure you’ll like it. Today I’m going to check out the Xmas carnival in the Tuileries. The dark ride is cool because they just take a usual ‘scary’ dark ride and put Santa Claus hats on the mechanical monsters and play slowed down Xmas music instead of the usual Death Metal, and it’s usually pretty ridiculous aka fun. And this and that. How was your Thursday? ** HaRpEr, It’s a great favorite book. It’s one of mine. And, yes, the secretiveness is key to its greatness, and how the prose acts so innocent. I think the first, like, three-quarters of ‘A Voice Through a Cloud’ is astonishing, but then you can really feel him fading out and dying, which is interesting, but also sad to watch the glory sort of conk out. Wow, that’s fantastic about the Dahl/Welch punishment. Wow. ** Uday, Yes! The great and powerful and weak and tender and sneaky Mr. Welch! I lustrously await your email and blog ideas. Thank you so much again. Honored. I’m going to a Xmas Fun Fair today so I might actually frolick and not just mentally. ** Joe, Hey, Joe! I know, so great, that book. Singular. Yes, I am infinitely sorry for being out of touch. I’m kind of really mentally swamped in recent times. But I’m getting better. We’re possibly on the cusp of solving our film’s biggest problem, and, if that works, life and attentiveness will improve immensely, and if doesn’t, … I don’t even want to think about. Anyway, so sorry, really, and I’ll get to you as soon as I possibly can. I hope you and our surroundings are at their best. ** Right. Today I present a whole bunch of hoaxes to you, and the cool thing is that all of them predate AI, so no need to feel suspicious due to that. See you tomorrow.

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