I am here for the music !

I am here for the music ! http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/ @ French readers... : le Blind Test "Rock" de l'été <div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://influenceurs.net/cgi-bin/display_news.pl?site_id=influenceurs&news_id=3206&skin_file=redirect.html&redirect=1" title="Blind Test de l'EtÃÂ© 08"> <img src="http://influenceurs.net/images/blindtest08resse-160x263.gif" alt="Blind Test de l'EtÃÂ© 08' /" height="263" width="160"></a> Recommandé par des <a href="http://influenceurs.net/news/blind-test-de-l-ete-08" title="Affichez votre soutien (code html Ã  insÃÂ©rer sur votre site)">Influenceurs</a> </div> Me and Myself on the web...: @Facebook.............. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=609953622%20" title="Facebook de Frederic (www.rugby-pioneers.com), sur Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2202/2110653814_af703b23bf_t.jpg" alt="Facebook' /" height="99" width="100"></a> @MySpace...<a href="http://www.myspace.com/rugbypioneers" title="MySpace de Frederic (www.rugby-pioneers.com), sur Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2032/2110653956_32f9b5c519_t.jpg" alt="MySpace' /" height="93" width="100"></a> @Rugby-Pioneers... <a href="http://www.rugby-pioneers.com" title="www.rugby-pioneers.com de Frederic (www.rugby-pioneers.com), sur Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2069/2109876923_4e38064498_t.jpg" alt="www.rugby-pioneers.com' /" height="100" width="100"></a> @Flickr.........<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rugby_pioneers" title=" Flickr de Frederic (www.rugby-pioneers.com), sur Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2321/2109876971_9833e789e1_t.jpg" alt=" Flickr' /" height="99" width="100"></a> @Bazaar.....................<a href="http://rugby-pioneers.blogs.com/perso" title="Bazaar de Frederic (www.rugby-pioneers.com), sur Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2357/2110654236_bd51993a0d_t.jpg" alt="Bazaar' /" height="100" width="90"></a> @Linkedin......<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/fhumbert" title="Linkedin de Frederic (www.rugby-pioneers.com), sur Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2292/2110654320_10a729af4d_t.jpg" alt="Linkedin' /" height="99" width="100"></a> <object height="80" width="300"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="movie" value="http://media.imeem.com/m/sT04X3yLj1/aus=false/"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed allowscriptaccess="never" src="http://media.imeem.com/m/sT04X3yLj1/aus=false/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="80" width="300"></object> Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:18:25 -0000 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:12:01 -0000 I am here for the music ! http://images.rugbypioneers.multiply.com/logo http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com 100 100 A not-so-universal theory about stripes <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/473413891_6ddfa1dc6e.jpg" width="480" height="319" /=""> I am sometimes asked why ruggers do wear horizontal stripes, while footballers wear vertical stripes... ? My not-so-universal theory about it brings three facts on the table... First, why stripes ? this is a very complex question, that have been discussed by French historian (and rugby-fan...) <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Pastoureau">Michel Pastoureau</a> in a splendid book named "The Devil Cloth : a History of Stripes" (Columbia 2001)... it's just brilliant... and too rich or too complex to be sumerized here...it talks about jokers, musicians, fools, prisonners... and sportsmen... and why stripes used to be a symbol of exclusion or infamy in ancient times... it's an amazing analysis from one of the most reknown scientist in medieval history and heraldic history... just read it ! (here at Amazon in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.fr/LEtoffe-diable-histoire-rayures-tissus/dp/2020968207/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214570385&sr=1-4">French </a>or in <a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Devils-Cloth-History-Stripes/dp/0743453263/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214570849&sr=8-2">English</a>) Second, as football code began to evolve into two different codes ("Football Rugby" and "Football Association") in the second part of the XIXth century, it was a natural thing for each "football familiy" to have ado... http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/275/A_not-so-universal_theory_about_stripes Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:12:01 -0000 Sonic Youth "live" - mieux vaut tard que jamais... <img src="http://www.saint-nazaire-tourisme.com/stock_images/mcpid/1/imgs/sonic%20youth-aff2-140.jpg" alt="" width="198" height="285"> <img style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in;" alt="http://www.roots-and-branches.com/Sonic%20Youth%20Goo%20DL.jpg" src="http://www.roots-and-branches.com/Sonic%20Youth%20Goo%20DL.jpg" width="284" height="284"> Sonic Youth en concert le 9 août... en marge de l'exposition "<a target="_blank" href="http://www.saint-nazaire-tourisme.com/index.php?Ids=RAjzyUcyxqxpgiECnjyq&Menu=Mcpid&dr1=&dr2=&Action=777&idn3=580">Sensational Fix</a>" qui leur est consacrée au LiFE de St Nazaire... Sonic Youth est sur la route depuis plus de 25 ans... et dans mes K7, LP, CD, balladeurs, iPods, playlists depuis 20 ans... Sans doute un des groupes que j'ai le plus de plaisir à écouter, réécouter, écouter encore... un de ceux qui passent toutes les épreuves du temps... un de ceux qui me touchent le plus... et dont j'ai toujours raté les passages à Paris :-( Mieux vaut tard que jamais, je viens d'acheter les tickets... Et ça me fait sacrément plaisir... Sonic Youth - Sugar Kane ( Live - Jools Holland Show ' 92 ) http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/274/Sonic_Youth_live_-_mieux_vaut_tard_que_jamais... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:15:38 -0000 Hard times down under... <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/2572491489_ea3fee6db9.jpg" width="480" height="309" /=""> After England had some very <a target="_blank" href="http://scrum.com/41_54841.php">bad times</a> in New Zealand last week, an inexperienced French side is now heading to Australia... hard times for European teams... I guess that this tour will very much look like this 1903 comic postcard, titled... "the weakly rugger"... (full size pic <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rugby_pioneers/2572491489/sizes/l/">here</a>) http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/273/Hard_times_down_under... Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:26:10 -0000 I (used to) like French football... <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2039/2291175242_197f36f716.jpg" width="480" height="750" /=""> Bashing French football is such an easy game... that I won't play it (yet...) Having said that, let's confess a couple of things related to football... First, I do have some nice football pictures in my rugby collection, such as this early XXth century postcard... <a target="_blank" href="http://www.avfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/TheVillaYearsDetail/0,,10265%7E1331449,00.html">claret and blue</a>... Then, I used to play international football with "Equipe de France"... okay, it was the team of French Embassy in Singapore back in 1991... some serious and "official" games vs England, Germany or Dennmark... all teams wearing their respective colours, like these French jerseys drying at home after my washing duties... <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2161/1533874401_5e4afd4e28.jpg" width="480" height="326" /=""> There's one thing for sure, I enjoy playing football with friends much more than watching it on TV... and let's not even think of going to a football stadium !... http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/272/I_used_to_like_French_football... Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:35:31 -0000 Justin Timberlake vs Fred Astaire "Fred Astaire brings sexyback", via <a href="http://7and7is.over-blog.com/">Ska</a> Video mix credit to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nedyken">Nedyken</a> http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/271/Justin_Timberlake_vs_Fred_Astaire Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:50:35 -0000 La France Sportive - numéro spécial... <img width="480" height="687" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3124/2548972140_de587928be_b.jpg" /> "Sporting France" - special issue... a special booklet published by French magazine l'Illustration to discuss sports in France after the 1924 Olympics in Paris. A rugby ball on the cover... and a full page article by Octave Levy, first President of the newly created Federation Française de Rugby (French Rugby Union) about the poor 1924 rugby tournament eventually won by US team vs France... like in 1920... to the disappointement of the crowd... <img width="479" height="148" class="reflect" onload="show_notes_initially();" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/2548972174_689ebe3523.jpg?v=0" /> On the cover page are the football players from Uruguay, winners of the Olympic tournament... say, that's my (small) tribute to Euro 2008 in Austria & Switzerland... as France is playing tonight a win-or-get-back-home match vs Italy... <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/2548972156_ff91718861.jpg" /> (larger picture @ Flickr : <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3124/2548972140_de587928be_b.jpg">1</a>,<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/2548972174_689ebe3523_b.jpg">2</a> or <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3186/2548972156_ff91718861_b.jpg">3</a>) http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/270 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:30:09 -0000 Stade vs Stade <img width="480" height="318" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2337/2536324888_9495ae3bfa.jpg" /> Tomorrow is the last round of French pro championship ("Top14") before semi-finals and final... Clermont, Stade Toulousain, Stade Français and Perpignan are already qualified, but it remains some uncertainties to know which teams will be 3rd and 4th... my bet is that Paris will remain third, thus playing vs Toulouse in semi-finals... Stade Français vs Stade Toulousain... a long time "classic" ... and my two favorite teams... And here is a postcard from the 1920s showing the entrance of "Ernest Wallon" stadium... long time "home" of the Stade Toulousain... (larger pic <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rugby_pioneers/2536324888/sizes/l/">here</a>) http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/269/Stade_vs_Stade Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:30:12 -0000 Le Blind Test "Rock" de l'Eté 08 <a href="http://influenceurs.net/cgi-bin/display_news.pl?site_id=influenceurs&news_id=3206&skin_file=redirect.html&redirect=1" title="Blind Test de l'Eté 08"> <img src="http://influenceurs.net/images/blindtest08resse-160x263.gif" alt="Blind Test de l'Eté 08" height="263" width="160" /=""></a> Recommandé par des <a href="http://influenceurs.net/news/blind-test-de-l-ete-08" title="Affichez votre soutien (code html à insérer sur votre site)">Influenceurs</a> Le grand <a target="_blank" href="http://blog-hrc.typepad.com/">Hervé Resse</a> est de retour ... 100 questions musicales pour passer l'été... il a juré que ce serait plus facile que l'an dernier... Les règles sont <a target="_blank" href="http://www.blog-hrc.typepad.com/ressepire/blind-test08.html">là</a>... et le groupe Facebook <a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19791821921&ref=ts">ici</a> Je compte tricher et demander beaucoup d'aide autour de moi...! On peut même faire équipe ! http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/268 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:52:48 -0000 Rugby for schoolboys, 1901 <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3006/2509312084_9f32912e4c.jpg" height="487" width="480" /=""> All what I like ! A French colourful illustration describing a rugby game to 1900s kids... Great artwork ! Movement and colours... This print is the cover page of "Le Petit Français lllustré - Journal des Ecoliers et des Ecolières" ("Illustrated Young Frenchman - Schoolboys and Schoolgirls newspaper"), November 1901. <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3012/2509312080_b689befc8f.jpg" /=""> (very large picture <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rugby_pioneers/2509312080/sizes/o/">here </a>@ Flickr) http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/267/Rugby_for_schoolboys_1901 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 03:27:13 -0000 4 ans.. déjà... <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x119_entrainement-italie">Entrainement Italie</a> Vidéo envoyée par <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/Frederic">Frederic</a> enfin le retour du come-back ! http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/266 Fri, 6 Jun 2008 04:00:34 -0000 O tempora, O mores ! <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3001/2548972108_fd4007c844.jpg" style="width: 470px; height: 346px; " /=""> College kids advertising for Ogden's cigarettes... published in The Graphic, March 1902... Caption reads : - I say, Bert, why don't you make your own cigarettes ? - Because, Jack, I can't make Ogden's 'Guinea Gold' My friends in advertising business will enjoy the simplicity and the ingenuousness of the message...and some other friends will regret these days when noboby was there to regulate and take care about your health, your feeding, your drinking or lifestyle... "O tempora, O mores !" as old Cicero used to say... (larger pic <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rugby_pioneers/2548972108/sizes/l/" target="_blank">here</a>) http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/265/O_tempora_O_mores_ Wed, 4 Jun 2008 13:05:12 -0000 The Country Gentleman, 1931 <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2150/2509312092_dc9ea3d197.jpg" height="659" width="480" /=""> No doubt, it's US football... but still a rugby attitude... and H-bars... and a handsome athlete... in this nice magazine cover issued in 1931. There's a full size print <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rugby_pioneers/2509312092/sizes/l/">here</a>... http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/264/The_Country_Gentleman_1931 Sun, 1 Jun 2008 20:47:39 -0000 French rugby against racism <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2012/2536293516_037e83eda3.jpg" height="328" width="230" /=""> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2135/2536293718_9f7cddabd8.jpg" height="327" width="228" /=""> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/110/289964576_4547aba687.jpg" height="298" width="477" /=""> Tonight on French TV, there'll be a documentary about the history, role and input of Black athletes in French football (see trailer - in French - below feat. Marius Tresor, Lilian Thuram, Patrick Viera and many more...). This work aims to explain, discuss and ease the issue of racism in football... or not only in football... When I read the news this morning, I said to myself that it would be interesting to recall that early French rugby had always welcome players from all nationalities, from all social backgrounds.. and from all colours... since the very first days of French championship back in 1892. As a symbol, let's not forget that two Black ruggers were capped with the very first Equipe de France vs New Zealand in 1906. Georges Jérome (left) and André Verges (right), both forwards from Stade Français, were here shot in La Vie Au Grand Air, Dec. 1905, in an article introducing the newly formed team to the public. They are also sitting 3rd and 6th in the front row of Equipe de Fra... http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/263/French_rugby_against_racism Fri, 30 May 2008 16:34:27 -0000 Australians Ghosts... <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2403/2522157193_4a9dd6f17e.jpg" height="308" width="480" /=""> My friend <a target="_blank" href="http://www.rl1908.com">Sean </a>in Sydney is now chasing for ghosts... He wanted to share with us this old and unidentified photo, found with 3 or 4 newspaper cuttings of rugby matches in the very late 1890s in New South Wales... Ethereal appearance, as Sean said... (larger picture <a target="_blank" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2403/2522157193_4a9dd6f17e_b.jpg">here)</a> http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/262/Australians_Ghosts... Wed, 28 May 2008 22:31:02 -0000 Ô Toulouse ! <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/2497254128_4969271bb4.jpg" height="333" width="480" /=""> I'm not going to discuss the defeat of Stade Toulousain in HCup final... the end of the season will be real tough for these guys... But let's keep with Stade Toulousain for a while, and share with you some views of this real treasure for a rugby collector... Here is a scrapbook, made by a young boy from Toulouse, which covers French rugby championship in the 20s... mostly Toulouse, but also Bayonne, Biarritz, Perpignan, RCF... or the All Blacks... mostly press clippings, and some postcards or drawings... Some larger pics on Flickr <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rugby_pioneers/2497254128/sizes/l/">here</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rugby_pioneers/2497254132/sizes/l/">here </a>or <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rugby_pioneers/2497254116/sizes/l/">there</a>... cool, isn't ? <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2384/2497254116_9620bb1d0a.jpg" height="305" width="476" /=""> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2255/2497254132_03b6a2e55d.jpg" height="211" width="476" /=""> http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/261 Sun, 25 May 2008 21:31:16 -0000 Pooh - It's father's ! <img width="480" height="310" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/2509284550_f4207a86ef.jpg" /=""> Initially, I was planning to write something about the H-Cup final (Go, Toulouse ! Go !) tomorrow in Cardiff... I was searching for pictures "connecting" Toulouse and Ireland... and changed my mind when I came across this picture... Here is the boys' team of <a href="http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&hl=fr&geocode=&q=lascaux&sll=47.15984,2.988281&sspn=11.477232,113.818359&ie=UTF8&ll=45.301939,2.032471&spn=1.441123,7.113647&z=8&iwloc=addr" target="_blank">Lascaux </a>(yes, the famous <a href="http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/fr/" target="_blank">cave paintings</a>...) in 1913... as very often, the team is a mix of all social classes... the son of farmers, the son of the butcher, the son of the teacher, etc... in a very poor rural France like Lascaux, you can immediately identify the boys who couldn't afford the "official" rugby jersey or even boots... on the opposite, you can always identify at first glance the most favoured boy ! Like in this postcard... just check the boy in the middle of the picture wearing an Irish jersey with a shamrock (yep, my connection with the HCup final...) ! he's got the nicest jersey, he owns the ball (a heavy investment indeed), he is the captain... and I'm sure that his father owns the rugby field and ... http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/260/Pooh_-_Its_fathers_ Fri, 23 May 2008 22:36:55 -0000 Rugby + Basket Ball = Cornwall Net Ball... 1910 <img width="230" height="315" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2367/2511189494_b2aeb19f50.jpg" /=""> <img width="227" height="315" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3058/2511189512_316ed950c7.jpg" /=""> <img width="477" height="246" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/2510358269_6cb9563caa.jpg" /=""></img></img></img> Another sport from the deadpool of forgotten sports... the game of Net Ball, as reported by The Boy's Own Paper in a 4 pages article in 1910, seems to be a great blend of Rugby and Basket Ball ! This article explains that this game is a modern codification of a ball game that has been played for centuries in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornwall" target="_blank">Cornwall </a>- called "Hurling" (though it as no affinity with the Irish game...) Nothing to do either with Net Ball <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netball" target="_blank">as it is played today by women</a>... ! This Cornish Net Ball seems to be much funnier... ! nine players-a-side playing with a rugby ball on a rugby ground (physically demanding !)... running and passing only, as kicking and dribbling are forbidden... no off-side and forward passes allowed... and so are tackles, of course ! No scrums : when a player and the ball are held ("a lock") after a tackle, the forwards gather round and the referee bounces the ball on the ground midway between them... as below.... <img width="476" height="309" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/2511191772_b851aeac63.jpg" /=""> <img width="474" height="411" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/2510358959_903ce50a2e.jpg" /=""> <img width="182" height="377" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3033/2511191102_3fec956f40.jpg" /=""> <img width="258" height="377" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2011/2511191000_d8ee8eb918.jpg" /=""></img></img></img></img> Anyone knows if this Net Ball has survived ? You co... http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/259/Rugby_Basket_Ball_Cornwall_Net_Ball..._1910 Wed, 21 May 2008 22:34:04 -0000 A perfect rugby photography, c.1925 <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3036/2497262022_8177da77f1.jpg" height="274" width="480" /> A perfect photography... a perfect goal kick... I am very impressed by this photography, shot in England c.1925 (Guys Hospital vs Harlequins) and published in French magazine "Le Miroir des Sports" (I don't know the exact date or year, I am afraid). Splendid work by the photographer who managed to capture all the energy and commitment of the Guys Hospital kicker (larger pic <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rugby_pioneers/2497262022/sizes/l/">here</a>)... a rather unusual centring as the photographer was probably lying on the ground behind the players... great technical skills to focus on the action... I'd want to know more about the photography and reprography techniques from this "rugby-pioneers" era... I just bought a small <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.fr%2Fphotographie-L%25C3%25A9poque-moderne-1880-1960%2Fdp%2F2070300692%3Fie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1211212517%26sr%3D8-3&tag=rugbypioneers-21&linkCode=ur2&camp=1642&creative=6746">book (in French)</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.fr/e/ir?t=rugbypioneers-21&l=ur2&o=8" alt="" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important;" border="0" height="1" width="1" /> about the history of photography... http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/258/A_perfect_rugby_photography_c.1925 Mon, 19 May 2008 20:38:17 -0000 Natives vs Show-Bizz : it's a matter of tie... <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2066/2489394237_9844834535_m.jpg" height="245" width="200" /> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/2489394215_668454976f.jpg" height="246" width="231" /> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3023/2488920739_e6f430f06c.jpg" /> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/2489374015_c6a51773e1.jpg" height="375" width="480" /> I started to play rugby in 1986 when I was 20... At the time, French rugby was revigorated by a gang of 5 talented players from Racing Club de France, self-named the "Show-Bizz" aka Franck Mesnel, Jean-Ba Laffont, Eric Blanc, Yvon Rousset and Philippe Guillard... These gentlemen brought to the highest point the rugby values of fun, flair, friendship, eccentricity... together with performances and hard work... culminating in 1987 when Racing three-quarters played (but lost...) the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.finalesrugby.com/match.asp?idMatch=95">final of French Championship</a> wearing a pink bow-tie... or in 1990 sipping Champagne in crystal glasses (served by Yvon Rousset...) at half-time of their their <a target="_blank" href="http://www.finalesrugby.com/match.asp?idMatch=98">second (and winning!) Champional final</a>... At the end of their "rugby years", the "Show-bizz" five founded <a target="_blank" href="http://www.eden-park.fr/en/institutionnel.htm">Eden Park</a>, a tremendous sucess story in sportswear and fashion, which brand logo couldn't be anything else than a pink bow-tie... This 20 years adventure is commemorated in a richly illustrated book published last year, "Rugby Papillon" (on sale <a target="_blank" href="http://livre.fnac.com/a1963357/Collectif-Rugby-papillon">h... http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/257/Natives_vs_Show-Bizz_its_a_matter_of_tie... Fri, 16 May 2008 14:19:09 -0000 Rugby in French army, Lyon, 1905 <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2172/2395007237_375a177d69.jpg" height="314" width="476" /> Rugby in the army... propagating the game in France in the early XXth century... nice scrum indeed... everybody freezing for the photographer... it could be a bit tough to distinguish the white side from... the other white side... Caption reads : Lyon - 98e Régiment d'Infanterie - Football. - Une mélée (a scrum) (larger picture <a target="_blank" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2172/2395007237_375a177d69_b.jpg">here</a>) http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/journal/item/256/Rugby_in_French_army_Lyon_1905 Thu, 15 May 2008 02:52:39 -0000 Bootlegs... list 6 April 2008... my first playlist in a year.. 15 songs (hey ! I'm a rugger...)... Mr.Multiply : please dont delete it ! Some of my favorites (ToTom, ElectroSound, Copycat...)... some recent productions (ToTom's "Bootleg is resistance")... some not so recent (I just "discovered" TimG...)... some smash hits... great music only ! Credit and warm thank you to the bootleggers ! ElectroSound <a href="http://www.electrosound.eu">http://www.electrosound.eu</a> ToTom <a href="http://www.boototom.info">http://www.boototom.info</a> + <a href="http://www.bootlegisresistance.com/">http://www.bootlegisresistance.com/</a> DJ Zebra <a href="http://www.djzebra.com">http://www.djzebra.com</a> Copycat <a href="http://djcopycat.blogspot.com/">http://djcopycat.blogspot.com/</a> TimG <a href="http://www.timgmusic.co.uk/mash.html">http://www.timgmusic.co.uk/mash.html</a> 10000 Spoons <a href="http://10000spoons.blogspot.com/">http://10000spoons.blogspot.com/</a> DJ Clive$ter <a href="http://www.mashup-industries.com/">http://www.mashup-industries.com/</a> Sebwax <a href="http://sebwax.bootlegs.free.fr/">http://sebwax.bootlegs.free.fr/</a> And not to forget <a href="http://www.bootlegsfr.com">http://www.bootlegsfr.com</a> http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/music/item/94/Bootlegs..._list_6 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:26:16 -0000 Contrechamp Media http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/links/item/4/Contrechamp_Media Fri, 4 Apr 2008 08:59:41 -0000 Bootie Paris 26 juillet 2006 http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/photos/album/9/Bootie_Paris_26_juillet_2006 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:25:44 -0000 Bootlegsfr.com The one and only forum about bootlegs (in http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/links/item/3/Bootlegsfr.com Fri, 9 Mar 2007 23:06:25 -0000 Jad Wio pour Radio Neo Live at Studio Plus XXX, Paris, March 6. http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/video/item/3/Jad_Wio_pour_Radio_Neo Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:17:12 -0000 Radio Neo 24h00 24h "live" sets @ Studio Plus XXX March 6, 2007 Poor pictures I am afraid... I bought a new camera yesterday ! I also shot some vids (poor vids, again..) : check the "blog" http://rugbypioneers.multiply.com/photos/album/8/Radio_Neo_24h00 Fri, 9 Mar 2007 17:46:21 -0000