tue 15 jan 2008 17:28:02 — witte de withstraat
cleaning my desk off
on my desk i found all these little post-its and other slips of paper which i was supposed to record somehow before tossing them, and i dunno where to write them down so i'll write them here.
toothpaste, deodorant
ruth hopkins, onderzoeker mensenhandel
metje blaak, de roode draad
2 broers, turks duitse mensenhandelaars die vrouwen dwangen in de prostitutie
supercat -- lost
buckaroo's mercantile, 5 brookline street cambridge ma 02139.
"logan" sock monkey. sep 2007? (gift for my beloved.)
"augurken zijn net krokodillen" -- minheer beumer, mulisch "de aanslag"
ways of signalling
the only one listening
birds don't have passports, why do we?
PAL to 24 FPS: 95,904%
urban design: botanical shapes. nuts, peas, leaves, pods
castles rising high, edward afraid of the welsh, harlot?
aircraft carriers.
machu picchu.
strange jobs.
guy who writes the texts on the supermarket meat packages. saying nice things about smoked ham.
guy who watches the dodenherdenking wreathes over night so they don't get vandalized or stolen.
has tasted human flesh.
panic over guilt, unexplained attacks.
gypsy cimbalom zigeuner tsigan
cimbalom = a hammer dulcimer for gypsy music,
kalinka. be
stricat -- amsterdam klezmer band?
romanian music
bokkie vink.
cimbalom player.
miklos lukacs, cimbalom.
place de vosges?
ile de cite?
pont neuf?
"perfect place to fall in love"
st chappelle glass
heads -- mascaron -- replaced
street entertainment boss arino
rue du mouftarde
chocolate -- salon du chocolat
annual event
70% cacao.
louis 14 built new canals & new arches & porte sandini? left bank
hospital of petit san pierre.
he built versailles too
louvre was a palace
gallerie de la porot?
les gobelins.
colbert -- fashion as a way to make money for the king.
across from hotel de louvre
palais royale -- libertines
duke of orleans pleasure palace. cafes and brothels.
libertine. de sade. libertinism.
left bank enlightenment.
jardin royale du plant?
important scientific discovery "century of light" diderot, rousseau
reason = subversion
coffee came to amsterdam (you mean paris?) 1686 first cafe via the mayor of amsterdam, cafe procope early historical cafe voltaire rousseau diderot had coffee there. revolutionary frame
14 jul -- bastille attack (right bank)
1789 assemblee nationale. rights of man
jazz bar la guillotine on the left bank
has an old guillotine, 37 kg blade
1793 robespierre's "terror"
catacombs this is the empire of death skulls and bones! lots of skulls from the terror. revolution gone wrong.
presenter sandrine voillet.
bbc.co.uk/paris
(obviously i was watching tv)