we were delighted by these little glow in the dark instructional stickers... for obvious reasons this was our favorite..here i am demonstrating how it works.. =P
upon arrival in Paris we linked with Frenchy! he took such good care of us!
we headed over to the champ de elysees 4 a quick photo shoot & interview with Respect magazine...this is Guillaume the photog
then it was back 2 the airport, but on the way we passed right under this... (best view from a taxi ever!)
fly 2 Bordeaux ....
home of this...
and this...
we check in to the most gorgeous hotel in the most beautiful part of the city, but alas my head would never even touch the pillow ..
i did have enough time 2 pick up a nicely discounted thierry mugler purse tho (hehe) then it was off 2 the club...
we had fun but i must say it was the bittersweet kind as we had just learned of MJ's passing:(((((.... HIS music was blasting everywhere u went & i know that the whole world was dancing to his vibration that night!!!!as the sun rose it was back 2 the airport ..this is the view from my room window...i coulda used just one more day there!!!
back to Paris & 5 hours to Luxembourg...
this is the philharmonie where the celebration was to go down...
this is Kool Herc . Legendary Status. the Godfather of Hip Hop.....the originator of the DJ as we know it ...DEEP.
Clive Campbell (born April 16, 1955), also known as Kool Herc, DJ Kool Herc and Kool DJ Herc, is a Jamaican-born DJ who is credited with originatinghip hop music, in the Bronx, New York City. His playing of hard funk records of the sort typified by James Brown was an alternative both to the violent gang culture of the Bronx and to the nascent popularity of disco in the 1970s. In 1972, in response to the reactions of his dancers, Campbell began to isolate the instrumental portion of the record which emphasized the drum beat—the "break"—and switch from one break to another to yet another.
He broke up different records and put them together with other records so he could play breaks from different songs on the same record.. This breakbeatDJing, using hard funk, rock, and records with Latin percussion, formed the basis of hip hop music. Campbell's announcements and exhortations to dancers helped lead to the syncopated, rhymed spoken accompaniment now known as rapping. He called his dancers "break-boys" and "break-girls", or simply b-boys and b-girls. Although he did not come up with these terms he used them often when making his toasts to the crowd. Campbell's DJ style was quickly taken up by figures such as Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash. Unlike them, he never made the move into commercially recorded hip hop in its earliest years.
He & his sister told me some stories of their first parties...she would make up these flyers ..25 cents for the ladies, 50 cents for the fellas....
how cool is this!!!?? the o9 version
Cindy C,Herc,moi, et Bernard...
it was an emotional night...we gave it up for MJ & his music that night...the spirit in the room was incredible..there was a lot of love & a lot of dancing...big ups 2 all the b-boys & b-girls that came out!!
it was an honor to play with one of my musical heroes! Thank u Herc! big ups to Bernard & Frenchy 4 all the Love till next time...
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