tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52888429554260695362024-02-21T19:21:26.453+02:00Chat Noirelafinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14467599060831708958noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5288842955426069536.post-47088931973837229122007-11-18T04:13:00.000+02:002008-12-12T00:14:29.656+02:00Le Chat Noir (18.11.1881)<div style="text-align: center;"><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqv0xGSylsjWTpfPBmopBUfm-mPLSkg1OxMSMT2bgkzGJOwf_nWYP_DkGenlScHFR3nhZ_XR4-0x6EUh9P3iqiC3f07mf3bocpOynQ4E4QtD6R4kHuS9B0jke-eyczubnAuikYAy8zho/s1600-h/Chat_Noir_E-SA139.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvqv0xGSylsjWTpfPBmopBUfm-mPLSkg1OxMSMT2bgkzGJOwf_nWYP_DkGenlScHFR3nhZ_XR4-0x6EUh9P3iqiC3f07mf3bocpOynQ4E4QtD6R4kHuS9B0jke-eyczubnAuikYAy8zho/s400/Chat_Noir_E-SA139.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5133999682154789074" border="0" /></a><b style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"><span style="font-size:130%;">Le Chat Noir</span> </b><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">(French for "The Black Cat") was a 19th-century cabaret<br />in the bohemian<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmartre" title="Montmartre">Montmartre</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> </span>district of Paris.<br />It was opened on</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">18 November 1881 at 84 Boulevard Rouchechouart<br />by the artist </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rodolphe_Salis&action=edit" class="new" title="Rodolphe Salis">Rodolphe Salis</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">,<br />and closed in 1897<br />(much to the disappointment of Picasso and others<br />who looked for it when they came to Paris for the Exposition in 1900).</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> </div><div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> </div><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); text-align: center;">Perhaps best known now by its iconic <a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9ophile_Steinlen" title="Théophile Steinlen">Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen</a> poster art,<br />in its heyday it was a bustling nightclub — part artist salon,<br />part rowdy music hall, partially due to an illegal piano.<br />The cabaret published its own journal <i>Le Chat Noir</i>.<br />It began as a small, two room affair,<br />but within three and a half years its popularity forced it to move<br />into larger accommodations a few doors down.<br />Salis most often played, with exaggerated, ironic politeness,<br />the role of conférencier (post-performance lecturer, or MC).<br />It was here that the <i>Salon des Arts Incohérents</i> (Salon of Incoherent Arts),<br />the "shadow plays" and the comic monologues got their start.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">According to Salis:<br />"The Chat Noir<br />is the most </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">extraordinary cabaret in the world.<br />You rub shoulders with the most famous men of Paris,<br />meeting there with foreigners from every corner</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> of the world."</span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirt77KSFk7xQ_x_TXH90SWL_cTBAc7Oozha7W_4EcsytE8ISNR8KhOCfNZ1cyqflGUPqukHxHc6rQ8eyQyXx6kxSpNcCzB0WP8C6q8atsT46ERwy-X8TXpgK0DTAbioumicKLVXmICRM8/s1600-h/Chat_noir.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirt77KSFk7xQ_x_TXH90SWL_cTBAc7Oozha7W_4EcsytE8ISNR8KhOCfNZ1cyqflGUPqukHxHc6rQ8eyQyXx6kxSpNcCzB0WP8C6q8atsT46ERwy-X8TXpgK0DTAbioumicKLVXmICRM8/s320/Chat_noir.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134000365054589154" border="0" /></a></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);font-size:85%;" >Chat Noir, 1906<br /><br /></span></div><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); text-align: center;">Famous patrons of the Chat Noir included<br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Willette" title="Adolphe Willette">Adolphe Willette</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caran_d%27Ache" title="Caran d'Ache">Caran d'Ache</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Cohl" title="Emile Cohl">Emile Cohl</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Verlaine" title="Paul Verlaine">Paul Verlaine</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">,<br /></span><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Rivi%C3%A8re" title="Henri Rivière">Henri Rivière</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy" title="Claude Debussy">Claude Debussy</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Satie" title="Erik Satie">Erik Satie</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">,</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cros" title="Charles Cros">Charles Cros</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Laforgue" title="Jules Laforgue">Jules Laforgue</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">,</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Mor%C3%A9as&action=edit" class="new" title="Charles Moréas">Charles Moréas</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Samain" title="Albert Samain">Albert Samain</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">, </span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Emile_Goudeau&action=edit" class="new" title="Emile Goudeau">Emile Goudeau</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Allais" title="Alphonse Allais">Alphonse Allais</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">,</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Rollinat" title="Maurice Rollinat">Maurice Rollinat</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Maurice_Donnay" title="Charles Maurice Donnay">Maurice Donnay</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armand_Masson&action=edit" class="new" title="Armand Masson">Armand Masson</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">,</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristide_Bruant" title="Aristide Bruant">Aristide Bruant</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Signac" title="Paul Signac">Paul Signac</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">,</span><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvette_Guilbert" title="Yvette Guilbert">Yvette Guilbert</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">, </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Strindberg" title="August Strindberg">August Strindberg</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">,</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"> </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Auriol&action=edit" class="new" title="George Auriol">George Auriol</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">.</span></p><p style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: center;"><a href="http://elafini.blogspot.com"><br /></a></p><p style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204); text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 204);"><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://elafini.blogspot.com">elafini</a><br /></span></p>elafinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14467599060831708958noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5288842955426069536.post-70637363143302385182007-11-04T23:40:00.001+02:002008-12-12T00:14:29.889+02:00The Black Cat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBQej0ugddoRfPYaaeotJtcWzdek1cITZqTG_bg0vuhQipHyEIGTW6y__9v_zmlumQI0CIt-BhzlJjhd6BW-pB1mghl_6M0-yyg4ayijyncjEy22RgxoN47ZK0N4W-SQPvl5krQ1J8pLM/s1600-h/cat+eyes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBQej0ugddoRfPYaaeotJtcWzdek1cITZqTG_bg0vuhQipHyEIGTW6y__9v_zmlumQI0CIt-BhzlJjhd6BW-pB1mghl_6M0-yyg4ayijyncjEy22RgxoN47ZK0N4W-SQPvl5krQ1J8pLM/s400/cat+eyes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129103561053040066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:100%;" >[...]Pluto --this was the cat's name --was my favorite pet and playmate. I alone fed him, and he attended me wherever I went about the house. It was even with difficulty that I could prevent him from following me through the streets.<br /><br />Our friendship lasted, in this manner, for several years, during which my general temperament and character --through the instrumentality of the Fiend Intemperance --had (I blush to confess it) experienced a radical alteration for the worse. I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others. I suffered myself to use intemperate language to my At length, I even offered her personal violence. My pets, of course, were made to feel the change in my disposition. I not only neglected, but ill-used them. For Pluto, however, I still retained sufficient regard to restrain me from maltreating him, as I made no scruple of maltreating the rabbits, the monkey, or even the dog, when by accident, or through affection, they came in my way. But my disease grew upon me --for what disease is like Alcohol! --and at length even Pluto, who was now becoming old, and consequently somewhat peevish --even Pluto began to experience the effects of my ill temper.<br /><br />One night, returning home, much intoxicated, from one of my haunts about town, I fancied that the cat avoided my presence. I seized him; when, in his fright at my violence, he inflicted a slight wound upon my hand with his teeth. The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight from my body; and a more than fiendish malevolence, gin-nurtured, thrilled every fiber of my frame. I took from my waistcoat-pocket a pen-knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat, and deliberately cut one of its eyes from the socket! I blush, I burn, I shudder, while I pen the damnable atrocity. [...]<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/ebooks/Poe/Black_Cat.pdf">continue</a><br /><br /></span></span>elafinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14467599060831708958noreply@blogger.com7