“A big fat shot in the ass”

In a wide-ranging speech at a campaign rally Saturday 9/20, President Donald Trump ramped up attacks against his opponent, Joe Biden, calling Biden the “dumbest of all candidates,” and went so far as to declare, “maybe I’ll sign an executive order that you cannot have him as your president.”

Tonight 22:10 (2:30 pm EST) watch live concert from “Birds on a Wire”

Watch the concert here

Birds on a Wire is the project of singer Rosemary Standley (voice of Moriarty) and cellist Dom La Nena. The two artists weave an entire universe built around song and emotion. A symbiosis that allows them to take back, in their own way, musical monuments ranging from Pink Floyd to Gabriel Fauré. David Walters’

heart swings between Paris and the West Indies, just like his music. Thus, the artist draws his inspiration as much from the side of Creole and African cultures as from that of electronic music. By drawing the thread of his origins, David Walters invites us to discover sunny compositions full of groove. The Bab L’Bluz group

launches bridges between Morocco and France, blues and music from North Africa. Infused with Gnawa culture, the band uses traditional instruments to make their swaying and electric songs thunder. The whole is psychedelic at will and makes you want to undulate.

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Paris Chic: Photos To Make You Want To Visit France Next Year

In this time of being grounded at home in the United States due to the novel Coronavirus, American lovers of Paris can still enjoy the City of Light. Here’s how.

In this wing-clipped year of being grounded at home in the United States due to the novel Coronavirus, American lovers of Paris can still gaze eager eyes and open their hearts to the City of Light via Paris Chic, an elegantly hefty book published this month by stylish Assouline. With more than 200 photographs by Oliver Pilcher and text by Alexandra Senes, this heady tome abundantly delivers images and words artfully woven with sophistication and seduction: unfolding broad cityscapes and intimate corners, well-known hot spots and mysterious hideaways, lively action and lovely stillness, intriguing perspectives and personalities.

With Paris Chic, you can rejoice in the role of armchair traveler, taking flight while staying in place for now. Appreciate the thick feel-good paper as your fingertips turn 280 pages. Go slowly, as though you are strolling next to the River Seine, noticing every detail. Throughout Paris Chic, understand the appeal of the city’s tantalizing temptations as well as its poetic comfort, its centuries-old splendor and its of-the-moment energy. Revel in enchanting voyeurism, looking at behind-the-scenes gatherings in homes, offices and restaurants.

Imagine yourself (oui, fantasize!) slipping inside the images of Paris Chic as well: Peering over the edge of a hotel balcony; striding Avenue des Champs-Élysées; meandering public gardens; exploring galleries and workshops and bookstores; nosing around boutiques (a perfumerie!); indulging in treats (macarons!); relishing bistro meals that leisurely linger; meeting fab fresh amis. This is not a guidebook, although it certainly points in inviting directions. Like the best of travel-themed coffee table books, Paris Chic offers a sumptuous portal that woos and nurtures wanderlust.

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France24 looks at Trump’s “Patriotic Education Commission”

Donald Trump is setting up a “Patriotic Education Commission” to promote a “pro-American curriculum” in US schools… Or a propagandist “Hitler Youth” programme, as many commentators see it. Elsewhere women protesters in Belarus and an anonymous website targeting Hong Kong pro-democracy activists, are both employing a doxing-style strategy.

Birds on a Wire in live session at Studio Ferber – streaming video

The poetic duo Birds on a Wire enchants the legendary Studio Ferber for a unique live session.

The haunting voice of Rosemary Standley and the cello of Dom la Nena take us on a musical journey through two albums, under the name Birds on a Wire, a nod to Leonard Cohen.

In Italian, Greek, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Breton, Catalan or Russian, they perform their creations and the covers that make up their unique repertoire. Last June, the two singer-songwriters offered a live session in the studio Ferber setting.

Watch at FRANCE TV: Birds on a Wire in live session at Studio Ferber – streaming video | France tv