Word: brasses
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...night owl, attracted to a city couched in the glow of street lamps and dense mist. Nocturnal Paris was, to him, a "world of pleasure, of love, vice, crime, drugs ... Paris at its most alive." The work of Brassaï, as Halász became in 1932 (meaning "from Brassó," his native village), made him one of the most admired and enduring photographers of the last century. And when 750 of the artist's works are auctioned at Drouot Montaigne in Paris Oct. 2-3 - two-thirds of them photographs - expect his images of the city after dark...
...directive] glow of street lamps and dense mist. Nocturnal Paris was, to him, a "world of pleasure, of love, vice, crime, drugs ? Paris at its most alive." And best illuminating it called for a camera. The work of Brassaï, as Halász became in 1932 (meaning "from Brassó," his native village), made him one of the most admired and enduring photographers of the last century. And when 750 of the artist's works are auctioned at Drouot Montaigne in Paris Oct. 2-3 - two-thirds of them photographs - expect his images of the city after dark...
...even harder to leave. PHRANAKORN NORNLEN: Not so much a boutique hotel as a backpacker hostel done right, the 50-room Phranakorn Nornlen, www.phranakorn-nornlen.com, wins the approval of its bearded, tie-dye clientele by incorporating recycled materials in almost every aspect of the fittings. Showerheads are hammered together from brass dessert bowls; remaindered tins of mismatching emulsion from the local paint shop give the walls a dappled charm; lamps are acquired from thrift stores. The location (a kilometer from Khao San Road) and housekeeping rules are equally boho: there's no smoking on the property, no TV in the rooms...
...Those community groups that kept the flame alive, the social aid and pleasure clubs, the Mardi Gras Indian bands and brass bands that played at jazz funerals, have been scattered. Even before Katrina, New Orleans music was in danger as venerable nightspots in the French Quarter were replaced by tourist bars. Music was touted, "Disneyfied," Butler said, but not supported, and Katrina blew apart the social fabric that kept the traditions alive. Michael White, a clarinetist and musical historian at Xavier University, said it was shameful that so many valuable musical collections, like his own, were in private homes...
...voice with the blasting power of a fire hose and the gumption to treat every song like a five-alarm blaze. She absolutely devours Makes Me Wanna Pray and Ain't No Other Man, a great big goofy love song that moves with such pace and brass that you can imagine taking two quick steps, thrusting out your chin and taking flight over its chorus...