Paris Paris 89 - Tout seul ? 2022
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1956 television set this, 1936 Ford that, Tom Paris would rock out to 80's music and no force on earth will convince me otherwise. Never Let Me Down Again, Talk Talk, Burning Down The House. You can hear it all the way to the turbolift so the entire deck pools their replicator rations to install soundproofing.
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The Winged Victory of Samothrace, or the Nike of Samothrace - Musée du Louvre, Paris
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Paris Paris 88 - Architecture- 2022
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Laure Junot about Jérôme
While looking for more information on Jérôme's duel I came across what I presume to be the original source of the "nécessaire" anecdote. Turns out it's from the Memoires of the Duchess d'Abrantès, Volume 3. Which does not reassure me about it. Especially as Laure claims that the story was told to them by Napoleon himself. That's two dubious sources in one.
That being said, here it is because it's such a nice story 😁.
That same evening, when the conversation turned to Jérôme for quite some time, the First Consul told us that he had incurred one of the funniest debts imaginable at the age of fifteen. The First Consul was at Marengo, and his brother was already serving; but still too young to go to the cannon, or for whatever reason, Jérôme had stayed in Paris. On the return of the First Consul, Bourrienne was presented with a large number of memorandums for which payment was urgently required, and for quite large sums; Biennais figured prominently among them, for a total of eight or ten thousand francs. Huge investigation, huge buzz; how could such a huge debt have been incurred? Finally, after much searching, it was found that Monsieur Jérôme Bonaparte had bought from Monsieur Biennais, in the Rue Saint-Honoré, at the Violet Monkey ["Le Singe violet"], a magnificent travel set, with everything that can be invented for luxury and elegance, in gold, mother-of-pearl, silver and ivory; the finest porcelain, the best painted enamels, in short, a real gem: but one very essential thing was missing, and that was a beard so that it could be used; for everything it contained had no other purpose. Razors, beard dishes of all sizes in gilt, silver and porcelain, a moustache comb - in short, it was a marvel; but the beard was lacking, and unfortunately the young man was only fifteen: there were still many years to wait.
The First Consul told us this little story in a very pleasant way.
That implies that Jérôme had already joined the army before the Marengo campaign. And it makes his anger at not being allowed to follow the army at least understandable.
It also seems as if Napoleon in this case was not particularly angry at Jérôme, treating it as a boy's foolishness.
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VentiSongs | April 2023
1 | “labor” | Paris Paloma
2 | “Nothing Matters” | The Last Dinner Party
3 | “Lonely Lust” | Lady Lamb
4 | “Must Be Tears” | Lael Neale
5 | “The Fooler” | Nick Waterhouse
6 | “Wearing Blue” | Wild Child
7 | “Boat” | Ed Sheeran
8 | “She Smoked In The House” | Brandy Clark
9 | “The Feast of Saint Valentine” | Natalie Merhant
10 | “Once Upon A Poolside” | The National featuring Sufjan Stevens
VENTIPOP IS NOW ON SUBSTACK - EVERY FRIDAY 5 FAVORITE SONGS, NEW ALBUMS & A LOOK BACK AT MUSIC HISTORY
11 | “Wayfaring Stranger” | The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square & The Piano Guys
12 | “Peeve” | Katie Gately
13 | “MOTTO” | NF
14 | “Really Cute” | Your Best Nightmare
15 | “Wet Widow” | Bees In A Bottle
16 | “Salad” | Blondshell
17 | “Martyr Moves” | Feist
18 | “Now It’s On” | Spanish Love Songs
19 | “Beautiful View” | Hannah Georgas
20 |“Howl” | Katie Gately
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Sleeping Hermaphrodite, Bernini - Musée du Louvre, Paris
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