Finding the love everywhere I go

The love what love? you will ask.

The Joss and RTD love, I will answer.

There's a seminar on homophobia this week in Paris, organised by Joey's LGBT youth association, for which people from similar associations all over Europe have come.

On Sunday my "Strong like amazons - No power in the 'verse" t-shirt helped me single out the one Irish Browncoat from them all. She looked at my t-shirt and went, "Firefly?" Oh yes, lady, now let's share the BDH love.

And today, I was talking with an Italian, and mentioned Manchester's gay neighbourhood, to which he went, very knowingly, "Canal Street?" Either he had been there, or had seen Queer as Folk. Predictably, as the geek and RTD fangirl that I am, I assumed the latter, and was right! I then quickly plugged in Bob and Rose and how much he should give that a try if he ever can.

Yes, yes, I'm hopeless. Although it could've been worse, I could've tried and pimped Who. But I don't think he's the right crowd for that. You have to know your target. Maybe I should ask the Irish Browncoat if she's seen Who.

But mostly? I'm shameless. I'm a geek. And I love it.

No, actually, scratch that. Mostly? I'm starving. I've just eaten some rice salad and sandwiches and it's only served to make me aware of actually how hungry I was. I'll go watch some more of Terminus (oh Turlough manipulating Tegan is a thing of glory) while I eat.

It's been too long since I last meme'ed

I like this meme, and meivocis was doing it again, so I figured... yeah, let's go for another round.

1. Put your MP3 player or whatever on random.
2. Post the first line(s) from the first 30 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
3. Let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
4. Bold out the songs when someone guesses correctly.
5. Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING.

( Songs. )

Fête de la Musique

So. Cultural moment for those of you not French: on June 21, each year, we have la Fête de la Musique, aka Music Day. Lots of performers everywhere, especially at night, in the streets, from established artists to small teen bands only doing covers. It's brilliant. And yes, it's tomorrow.

Now, you Parisians: where should someone who wants to hear good rock, and indie rock, that kind of stuff, head to for the Fête de la Musique ? Because I have no clue. And we might be taking some Italians around, and I'd hate to have them spend a bad Fête de la Musique. So, yeah. Suggestions, people, pretty please with Jason Mraz and/or Leisha Hailey on top?