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Bisoux (!!!), Souady.

Nous   chantons.
Vous   chantez.
Ils   chantent.

VIDEOLOG 003: Non-plussed. [22nd Jul. 2010  •  23:06]
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The video is short, partially because it's quite clear that Souady is posting it in a particularly noisy public place. Hello, mall! Clearly, she looks irritated to the max; although you can't see her face behind the shades, her body language -- and tone -- say it all:

"So, I talk with my friend on the way to get la falafel et we see un poster pour Perrault. It gives us un question pour tout la monde:

"So he is good, oui? This is true, I like what he say -- when he is allowed to say it. But when do we get a man to speak for us that does not have to have un puppeteer holding his mouth all of the time? When we do, please tell me. I would much like to participate in this supposed democracy then."

And it shuts off.
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BLOG 002: Une fête! [1st Jun. 2010  •  21:01]
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mes amis i am out the door, mais i am beaucoup de fortunate enough to have une job tonight!!! a lovely man in the middle aged named devendra tells me i must come et mix at his party tonight! MAIS he also wants beaucoup de visitors so maybe you would like to come yes??? monsieur devendra is v. nice mais he may look un peu shaggy with his long hair et beaucoup de beard!!! he says he made musique once upon a time so maybe he do un solo tonight??? i do not know!

anyway i hope it is a great time!! i will tell you how it goes if you do not come. :)
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VIDEOLOG 002: Avec the singing and dancing. [27th May. 2010  •  00:23]
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The setting of the video: a very run-down hostel that probably hadn’t even seen its heyday twenty-odd years ago. Paint is peeling and looks gray, but at least the trappings in the room look up-to-date. At the beginning, Souady stands in front of the camera in a very solemn manner, poker face and all:

“So, a handful of days ago, I hear une beautiful piano playing – c’est magnifique, if you ask me, or even if you do not. The past week or so, she has been a little rough on me, et that of my friends. Mais the piano player, who goes by La Merry Muse, he or she played with such conviction et expression. La Merry Muse, he or she was quite sad I think – or perhaps I project? I do not know. But the beauty of what was played, it made me get to writing. I have not been able to talk to the usual person who helps me so very well with translating from the English to French when I write, et so my song, she is bilingual. Mais it is from the heart, so perhaps I will be lucky enough to touch in the same way. If not, then perhaps I am good enough to entertain, n’est-ce pas?”

And with that, Souady looks to the side and presses a button on a small box with reasonably-sized speakers. Soon, there’s some sampling in the background (presumably to make up for a lack of instrumentals) and Souady starts to do her thing. At first, the song’s a little quiet and slow, but there’s pep and energy within the first minute – as well as dancing from the chanteuse. As explained, a lot of the lyrics are in French (and heavily colloquial French, at that), but a few gems of English come through, including a stanza of the following:

“Rubber to the cement
“And it’s the same as heels to the dirt
“Same faces running laments
“Same kids cleaning bloodstains out of shirts
“Systematic reason, chronologic order
“Alphabets and atlases makes me wonder:
“What reason we’ll say next for taking over?”
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BLOG 001: Good dancing + good music = good times. [13th May. 2010  •  19:31]
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this is 'les hemiolas,' one of my favorite touring jazz funk bands that come to the cafe!!! they are so cute, n'est-ce pas?

so, i am at work un peu early mais the head band tonight is very busy being fabulous et therefore i must be very quiet! so blog it is, mais it is not my favorite way to write here. i think it is important to write in this instance though because i really think that people should hear les hemiolas in person instead of via moi, as i am not them et it is not my permission to give their beautiful musique to you! but perhaps to entice, i describe, ouais?

so, you have this really peppy beat! it is a great beat, she shimmers -- you know, it is because of those maracas the lead singer has, you can thank her for that. and good bass, but it is all bowed et plucked (and you know, having stand-up bass in band is rare these days, no? it is something i miss). sometimes when you listen, it is like you suddenly learn a salsa step! you are dancing up and down before you know that you dance! do any of you listen to music like that? you know, that makes you dance without you knowing it??

actually i must go dance now too but it is to a different way, you know, it is to the kitchen because we must feed our act before they go up tonight! i think they do well, but they must be nourished first. :)
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VOICEPOST 002: Beaucoup des problemes. [27th Mar. 2010  •  23:56]
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The majority of this post sounds scratchy, as if the microphone has seen better days:

"Hallo! Eugh, it seems like beaucoup de lifetime has passed since I said something in here. Mais it was only a handful of days ago when I was telling people to enjoy la concert et poof! It goes up in smoke. That is not how Souady likes to do things, mais the problem is that I did not have la iHolo to tell you so! Everyone seems well now, though, so it is all well that is ending well -- I am thinking this is phrase? I am hoping so! It sounds nice and good."

Humming: "I am unsure of the word, but I must change la subject abruptly! Does anyone here know of a good iHolo repair shop? My misfortunes were many, parce que someone stepped on my iHolo et it has taken une while to get it to even be able to hear my voice! C'est une probleme, I think, as j'aime beaucoup to film la video!" Static. "And it goes again! Beaucoup of thanks in advance, mes amis. I wish there was une way to do the sad Poirot face because of this, sacre bleu! Mais it shall be okay -- er, bye!"
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VOICEPOST 001: RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! [18th Mar. 2010  •  00:25]
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A short clip, invariably noisy with the sudden eruption of chaos; the size of the font indicates the volume of the shout:

"LES FLICS!"
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VIDEOLOG 001: Une petite invitation. [15th Mar. 2010  •  17:31]
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For a moment, the screen is only filled with the background of a white-and-green pinstriped sheet. It flutters once or twice before the vlogger appears, all grins and decked out in a bright green blouse. Although there’s something in her hands, it doesn’t quite appear at first.

“HALLO, MES AMIS! Souady, she has not been able to have too many videos lately, it is trés sad – beaucoup de sad, for I have missed seeing your videos and having lots of talks! But I promise you, I have brought back lots of good things for you! I do not do this silly ‘goodbye, I do not talk now!’ thing without giving help to you to have fun, no, it is not my way. You are so kind to me that I want to be beaucoup de kind to you! Ouais, I have been trés busy, you shall see right now, but all pour vous – j’ai une moment, mes friendly faces, let me adjust the une petite camera!”

There is an adjustment (and a drum roll cueing in the background), followed by Souady crouching slightly before revealing – with flourish! – what was hidden in her hands: a bright yellow flyer that lists, in bold lettering, a music festival of one sort or another. After the cursory “tada!” horn cry, Souady begins to read off the contents, occasionally turning the paper around so that she can remind herself of the contents:

“VOILA! Mes friends that I work with sur the Nuyorican Café, we have been hard at work making a Saint Patrick’s Day party worth its weight in gold! In fact, we work so hard that even our petite café, she cannot hold it! It is that big! And beautiful! So many wonderful people are at it, really and truly, and they have been une delight to work with! So, we come to the Williamsburg Concert Hall and we ask, ‘Concert Hall, may we have les best party in the world this night?’ And what does Williamsburg Concert Hall say to us? Euh, they say, ‘Mais of course, party people, we adore les musiques! And so we make this! And we ask all of you to come, please do! Mais here are the details, LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY:

“The name of the party? PADDYTOWN BASH – you see what we do there? Partytown, Paddytown? Beaucoup de cute, oui? It is $20 for cover, with so many delicious drinks! So many! So delicieux! I am not bartending, but I know the person who does the best green Jell-o shot drink and she is making them! And the Jameson et Guinness, she is but $5! So cheap! So good! Mais you are not here just for delicious beers, oh no! No, we have SO MANY BANDS, my friends – not seventeen, no, but we do have seven! SEPT, my friends, SEPT bands for the day! You may know some – I am one, yes, c’est vraiment, and I play at nine-thirty so I may help my friends have the best party! There is also Endocrine Disaster et SPORTACUS avec the capitals et Occam’s Razor et Termite Charmers, they are les petites acts avec moi! Mais my friends, we also have Les Magnifiques Libellules (euh, trés fun, trés magnifique!) et la headliner – The Eleventh Hour! Is it not the best? The most fun? SO SUPREME ET TUBULAR!” A strangled squeak of excitement! And clapping!

“I do hope you come, all of you, mes amis! It will be the best! The absolute! So much fun et excitement! And I do it all pour vous, my friends, really and truly! I will come back with more video soon, so soon, I promise! But first I give you all the bisoux,” and there are moves to faux kiss the screen, “from Souady!”
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000: discography. [8th Mar. 2010  •  11:17]
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( SOUADY'S MUSIC AND INFLUENCES. )
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[info]manhattanmods [20th Feb. 2010  •  20:14]
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Like fire in Freetown, you old magic ( spoiler. )

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