lundi 23 juin 2008

Bouton de Manchette (2)


ANNIVERSAIRE ROMANESQUE

«C'est le vingt-trois juin mille neuf cent soixante-quinze et il va être huit heures du soir. Assis devant son puzzle, Bartlebooth vient de mourir. Sur le drap de la table, quelque part dans le ciel crépusculaire du quatre cent trente-neuvième puzzle, le trou noir de la pièce non encore posée dessine la silhouette presque parfaite d'un X. Mais la pièce que le mort tient entre ses doigts a la forme, depuis longtemps prévisible dans son ironie même, d'un W.»


Aujourd'hui, c' est en effet le trente-troisième anniversaire de l'instant I qui contient toute La vie mode d' emploi de Georges Perec, qui s'achève sur ces quatre phrases.
Trente-troisième anniversaire, donc, de la mort de Percival Bartlebooth (mix du Bartleby de Melville et du Barnabooth de Valéry Larbaud), personnage protagoniste d' aquarelliste-voyageur-faiseur-de-puzzles-milliardaire-mysantrope-etc, qui vient à l' instant d' expirer.
C'est le moment précis où, ayant 'retiré' la façade de l'immeuble cis au 11 rue Simon-Crubellier -une rue fictive, mais bel et bien située par Perec dans le 17ème arrondissement de Paris, entre je-ne-sais-plus-quelle rue et j'ai-aussi-oublié l'autre-, on peut voir d'un seul coup d'un seul tous les appartements de l'édifice, avec leurs habitants, leurs meubles, leurs animaux domestiques, leurs décorations...
C'est la seconde exacte durant laquelle se déroule ce 'romans' -tel que l'a sous-titré Perec-, figeant tous les personnages qui peuplent l'édifice dans leurs quotidiennes activités ou, dans le cas de Bartlebooth, leur cessation d'activité.
Un anniversaire fictionnel et romanesque d'autant plus vertigineux si l'on pense aux centaines d' existences ramifiées que renferme cette seconde prodigieuse, donc.

dimanche 22 juin 2008

lesgantsetlestongs (2)


Jeudi 22 juin 1978, Londres-New York

«Londres était si amusant que j'ai dû partir.»

mardi 10 juin 2008

lesgantsetlestongs (1)


QUAND LES DIEUX VEULENT VOUS PUNIR, ILS EXAUCENT VOS PRIÈRES

jeudi 5 juin 2008

Le Club des 5 (1)




Broadcast - Come On Let's Go (2000)

You won't find it by your self
You're gonna need some help
And you won't fail with me around
Come on let's go

I will tell you if you change
And who's been saying things
It's hard to tell who
is real in here
Come on let's go

You know who to turn to
Now everything's changed
Come on lets go
Stop looking for answers
In everyone's face
Come on let's go

What's the point in wasting time
On people that you'll never know
Come on let's go

When you're looking for a friend
But it's empty at the end
When everybody's disappeared
You won't be alone

If you want I'll compensate
If you over estimate
So there's nothing left to fear
You won't be alone
You know who to turn to
Now everything's changed
Come on let's go
Stop looking for answers
In everyone's face
Come on let's go

What's the point in wasting time
On people that you'll never know
Come on let's go






The Coasters - Down in Mexico

Down in Mexicali
There's a crazy little place that I know
Where the drinks are hotter than the chili sauce
And the boss is a cat named Joe

He wears a red bandana, plays a blues piano
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
He wears a purple sash, and a black moustache
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico

Well, the first time that I saw him
He was sittin' on a piano stool
I said "Tell me dad, when does the fun begin?"
He just winked his eye and said "Man, be cool."

He wears a red bandana, plays a blues pianna
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
He wears a purple sash, and a black moustache
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico

In Mexico
All of a sudden in walks this chick
In Mexico
Joe starts playing on a Latin kick
In Mexico
Around her waist she wore three fishnets
In Mexico
She started dancin' with the castanets
In Mexico
I didn't know just what to expect
In Mexico
She threw her arms around my neck
In Mexico
We started dancin' all around the floor
And then she did a dance I never saw before.

So if you're south of the border
I mean down in Mexico
And you wanna get straight,
Man, don't hesitate
Just look up a cat named Joe.

He wears a red bandana, plays a blues piano
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
He wears a purple sash, and a black moustache
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico

Yeah, como est usted senorita
Come with me to the border, south of the border, that is
In Mexico, yeah in Mexico
You can get your kicks in Mexico
Come with me baby, come with me, come with me, crazy, yeah





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