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Bleach : l’anime qui décape

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Si vous êtes fans de mangas et d’animes, je ne saurais trop vous conseiller BLEACH. Anime aux multiples rebondissements, l’histoire suit les aventures de Kurosaki Ichigo, jeune lycéen sans histoires, qui va devenir suite à une rencontre imprévue Shinigami.

En résumé le travail d’un Shinigami est de faire le tri entre les âmes qui n’arrivent pas à quitter la terre, les gentilles âmes vont à Soul Society, les méchantes appelées Hollow sont détruites. Kurosaki est capable de faire ce travail car il possède un don unique, celui de voir les âmes.

Ses aventures débutent donc par sa découverte de Soul Society qui est chargée de la bonne marche du monde des morts tout en assurant la défense des humains contre les vilains Hollows qui se nourrissent d’âmes vivantes.

Cela ne va pas s’arrêter là et de nombreux personnages viendront épauler Ichigo dans sa quête de justice. Peu apprécié de Soul Society qui voit en lui un gêneur, Ichigo n’aura qu’une idée en tête : protéger ses amis coûte que coûte. Divisé en plusieurs “arcs”, l’anime suit la progression du manga tout en insérant de temps à autres des histoires inédites.

Les génériques sont aussi des petits bijoux par leur graphisme varié et leur musique entraînante. Au départ, cet anime peut sembler réservé aux adolescents mais l’histoire puisant dans des thèmes relativement variés permet de plaire au plus grand nombre : il y a beaucoup de baston mais pas seulement !

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ZZ Top

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ZZ Top

ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Houston, Texas. For 51 years, the band comprised vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and vocalist-bassist Dusty Hill, until Hill’s death in 2021.

Rooted in blues, ZZ Top developed a signature sound based on Gibbons’ blues guitar style and Hill and Beard’s rhythm section.

They are popular for their live performances, sly and humorous lyrics, and the similar appearances of Gibbons and Hill, who were rarely seen without their long beards, sunglasses, and hats.

ZZ Top formed after the demise of Moving Sidewalks, Gibbons’ previous band. Within a year, the members signed with London Records and released ZZ Top’s First Album (1971).

Subsequent releases, such as Tres Hombres (1973) and Fandango! (1975), and those albums’ singles, “La Grange” and “Tush”, gained extensive radio airplay. By the mid-1970s the band became renowned in North America for its live act, highlighted by its performances during the Worldwide Texas Tour from 1976 to 1977, which was a critical and commercial success.

After a hiatus, ZZ Top returned in 1979 with a new musical direction and image, with Gibbons and Hill wearing sunglasses and matching chest-length beards. With the album El Loco (1981), the group began to experiment with synthesizers and drum machines.

They established a more mainstream sound and gained international favor with Eliminator (1983) and Afterburner (1985), which integrated influences from new wave, punk, and dance-rock.

The popularity of these albums’ music videos, including those for “Gimme All Your Lovin'”, “Sharp Dressed Man”, and “Legs”, helped propel them onto the television channel MTV and made the band one of the more prominent artists in 1980s pop culture. The Afterburner Tour set records for the highest-attended and highest-grossing concert tour of 1986.

After gaining additional acclaim with the release of their tenth album Recycler (1990) and its accompanying tour, the group’s experimentation continued with mixed success on the albums Antenna (1994), Rhythmeen (1996), XXX (1999), and Mescalero (2003).

They most recently released La Futura (2012) and Goin’ 50 (2019), a compilation album commemorating the band’s 50th anniversary. By the time of Hill’s death in 2021, ZZ Top had become the longest-running band with an unchanged lineup in the history of popular music. Per Hill’s wishes, he was replaced by their longtime guitar tech Elwood Francis on bass.

ZZ Top has released 15 studio albums and sold an estimated 50 million albums worldwide. They have won three MTV Video Music Awards, and in 2004, the members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked Gibbons the 32nd greatest guitarist of all time.

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Neil Young

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Neil Young

Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian-American singer-songwriter, musician, and activist.

After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, joining Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, and others.

Since the beginning of his solo career with his backing band Crazy Horse, Young has released many critically acclaimed and important albums, such as Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, After the Gold Rush, and Harvest. He was a part-time member of Crosby, Stills & Nash.

Young has received several Grammy and Juno Awards. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted him twice: in 1995 as a solo artist and in 1997 as a member of Buffalo Springfield. In 2000, Rolling Stone named Young #34 on their list of the 100 greatest musical artists.

According to Acclaimed Music, he is the 7th most celebrated artist in popular music history. His guitar work, deeply personal lyrics and signature high tenor singing voice define his long career. He also plays piano and harmonica on many albums, which frequently combine folk, rock, country and other musical genres.

His often distorted electric guitar playing, especially with Crazy Horse, earned him the nickname “Godfather of Grunge” and led to his 1995 album Mirror Ball with Pearl Jam. More recently he has been backed by Promise of the Real. 21 of his albums and singles have been certified Gold and Platinum in U.S by RIAA certification.

Young directed (or co-directed) films using the pseudonym “Bernard Shakey”, including Journey Through the Past (1973), Rust Never Sleeps (1979), Human Highway (1982), Greendale (2003), and CSNY/Déjà Vu (2008). He also contributed to the soundtracks of the films Philadelphia (1993) and Dead Man (1995).

Young has lived in California since the 1960s but retains Canadian citizenship. He was awarded the Order of Manitoba in 2006 and was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2009.

He became a United States citizen, taking dual citizenship, in 2020.

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The Inbetweeners saison 2

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The Inbetweeners reviennent pour une seconde saison.

Cette comédie adolescente hors du commun narre les aventures de quatre jeunes lycéens qui ne sont pas assez dans le vent pour être les stars de leur établissement, mais ne sont pas non plus assez marginaux pour être mis à l’écart.

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Omaha Bitch – The Slow

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Une petite ballade métal slow-tempo genre Scorpions ou Metallica, ça vous dit ?

Voici The Slow, un clip d’Omaha Bitch produit par l’agence Chainsaw sur une réalisation de Dimitri Costes qui vante le… monoï !

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The Internet Reposted

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Depuis la démocratisation d’Internet – c’est à dire depuis que le grand public y a accès à des tarifs raisonnables (circa 1997-1998) – vous avez été les témoins de la propagation de quelques milliers de vidéos et d’images, qui reviennent de manière cyclique dans votre boîte mail (un peu comme certains scams ou hoax), envoyées par un de vos contacts qui vient de les découvrir.

Je vous propose aujourd’hui une petite vidéo qui regroupe les vidéos les plus diffusées sur Internet depuis 10 ans : publicités virales, cascades, accidents… tout y est ou presque.

Cette vidéo est classée NSFW et contient des images pouvant choquer.

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The Lonely Island – Nathalie Raps

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Everybody knows Nathalie Portman. If you don’t, then you most probably haven’t watched Leon, Star Wars: Episode I, II and III, or V for Vendetta among a few others…

In this video by The Lonely Island, she spills the beans on what her private (non-Hollywood) life is like.

This is an explicit uncensored version. NSFW. You’ve been warned.

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Concert d’Electric Mary et Whitesnake au Casino de Paris

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Jeudi soir, j’ai filé après les cours pour prendre le RER et me rendre au Casino de Paris pour assister au concert de Whitesnake.

Manque de pot, la fort chaleur a bloqué les freins d’une rame de RER, ce qui fait que deux de mes RER m’emmenant sur Paris ont été annulés… un peu galère, cela fait 40 minutes perdues pour rien.

A St Lazare, je demande mon chemin : aucun des chauffeurs de bus ne connaît la rue de Clichy. Incroyable.

C’est finalement un bouquiniste qui a pu me renseigner. Ce n’est pas la première fois que cela m’arrive : les gens habitent Paris mais la plupart ne connaissent pas le nom de la rue d’à côté. Si vous devez vous y rendre, c’est du côté de l’église de la Trinité.

Au Casino de Paris, mon collègue Olivier est déjà là, m’attendant avec les billets. On entre, la salle n’est pas encore remplie donc nous nous mettons dans un des petits box situés sur la droite de la scène.

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