The world at my feet

APRIL77 is a very cool French brand of clothing. After associating with Gibson guitars, now it renders homage to one of the best independent labels, Domino Records.

Domino Records is in my heart because I love the music that it churns out. I like the Arctic Monkeys, the Kills, the Pavement..I am waiting with trepidation Franz Ferdinand’s new record. Well, after this musical soliloquy, I go back to the partnership between APRIL77 and Domino that has produced a limited edition box set containing a deluxe vinyl record with a compilation of the very best from Domino and April77’s polo shirt named “Manchester”, in honour of one of the most prolific cities in the British musical scene. There are only 440 copies, but you can win one in an internet competition at VoxPop (in French). You must be fast, you have until tomorrow at midnight.

I’m not a fashion addict nor a fan who collects stars “relics”, my teen room didn’t even see one poster, but I woo fortune. Tomorrow, a fashion addict or a collector could cough up a pot of money for my box set. I would be a rock star, but an accountant lives in me.

Photo by BrittneyBush

I like Almodóvar, I’ve seen all his films. I suggest you to get his two first movies: “Pepi, Luci, Bom and Other Girls on the Heap” and “Labyrinth of Passion”. They are two mad, outrageous, entertaining cult movies that fully express the free spirit of La Movida Madrileňa (The Madrid Movement), the sociocultural movement that took place in Madrid after the death of Francisco Franco. In the last two decades, he has had a very enviable career. Currently, he is working on a new film, “Broken Embrace”, that has a typical Almodóvar plot: a plastic surgeon seeks revenge against his daughter’s rapist. The shooting will start in May and the protagonists will be his muse Penelope Cruz, Lluis Olmar, Blanca Portillo and Jose Luis Gomez. Meantime, the fans can already follow the first phases of it on his blog (in Spanish, English and French), that contains pictures, videos and snippets of Almodovar’s world. It’s not a new thing, blogs are popular with many directors by now, but good Pedro’s movies are always a guarantee. Then, it doesn’t seem the posts are written by a ghost writer. It is not a trifling matter.

Photo El Mambo Taxi