TamTam (again)

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TamTams du Mont Royal, again. This is the prefect hang out place in Montréal on a summer sunday, with chilled white wine. I could do this every weekend, and each time take so many pictures of all the people there, these special Montréal folks. Read More

Juste pour rire

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And another festival has just started in Montreal. This time, its about laughter. Juste pour rire is an international comedy festival that brings brings together hundreds of acts in Montreal for a two-week run. I had a bit of a lazy and slow day, as I caught some stomach bug or had eaten something bad, […] Read More

Blond Ambition

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Totally unrelated, but today, 24 years ago, I was in the Olympic Equestrian Stadium in Munich, to attend my first ever Madonna concert, on 15 July 1990. She was on tour with her legendary Blond Ambition Tour, with the cone bras, corsets, crosses, priests, and a full on masturbation scene on a red bed. It was […] Read More

Village Éphémère

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I went to Village Éphémère again, with Joel and his friend Max, and ran into a number of his friends there. It’s really a cool place, and this time I brought my camera, so here are some proper pics of this place. There’s always a DJ playing cool tunes, you can sit in the sand or in one […] Read More

Piknic Electronik

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It’s an institution on Sundays, on Île Ste. Helene in the middle of the St. Laurent river. Piknic Electronik, a Montreal outdoor party tradition with DJs playing house, techno music and other genres. It is held in Park Jean Drapeau from May through to September, right underneath a massive modern art metal sculpture, with a view […] Read More

Coral Egan

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We wanted to walk to the Botanical Garden in Montréal, close to Renato & Dennis’ place. Alas, it started to drizzle when we walked over, not much, but enough to exclude any outdoor activity. So we hesitated between the other, nearby attractions like the planetarium and the BioDome. However, all the parents with kids headed for […] Read More

Beat Market

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The Jazz festival really brings far more musical styles into Montreal than just Jazz. Monday night, after a sleepy day in the park and a stop in a bar to watch the German team playing Algeria in the World cup, I went downtown to meet Joel and Greg to watch a couple of the free […] Read More

Les tam-tam du Mont-Royal

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I spent Sunday afternoon in the park on Mont Royal, at the Tam Tam festival… Hundreds of people gather there every Sunday during the summer months, to listen and dance to tam tam players, hang out on the greens, drink, smoke, or dance to the electronic DJ close to the gazebo. It is a pretty […] Read More

Festival du Jazz

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By coincidence, I came just in time for the opening of the 35th Festival International du Jazz de Montréal. From June 26th to July 6th, the city is buzzing. Two million visitors are expected, among them half a million tourists… Hundreds of concerts will happen over the course of two weeks, and I can hardly […] Read More

Music…

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… makes the people come together… (yeah)! A friend told me about the Palestinian queer party that happened once a month in a club in Tel Aviv. Friday evening, we went there, to a club called Comfort 13 in the Florentin neighborhood, one of the oldest in Tel Aviv. It was early though, Davidi asked me […] Read More

Recovery

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The day after pride, Sven his friend Tsjerk wanted to take the bikes and ride around town and over to Jaffa. I was too tired for that. I sent them on their way and took up residence at the Hilton Hotel pool, until the boys were back. I am really tired, and the little sleep […] Read More