Whyd Paris: Coming Soon (OFFICIAL LAUNCH PARTY APRIL 24th)

Paris has long been one of the world’s cultural centers. From the Pagans who flogged witches on the marshy banks of the Seine to the philosophers and impressionists of the Left Bank to the music collectives of 2014, Paris has never followed. 

It is appropriate, then, that Paris, our sweet home, leads the Whyd community with our innovative approach of promoting our community to mainstream audiences. Whyd’s Parisien selectors are sharing some of the best music, no matter where it is coming from in the world. 

So, on April 24th, we will celebrate the launch of the Official Whyd Paris page, a place uniquely suited to give you the pulse of the music scene here, putting forward our trendiest music lovers and giving everyone a window of access into this whirlwind of sounds rotating around the Eiffel Tower. 

If you’re here in Paris, you’re invited to the official Launch Party at Le Dandy, organized in collaboration with our buddies at Bathroom, Thursday, April 24th. Tony will be cooking all day to bring you some delicious bites to eat, and of course, we have much to toast, so bring your drinking hats, and never stop jamming! 

Track of the Weekend #66: Sam Cooke - “Having A Party” (ProleteR Tribute)

The holiday season is officially upon us, and we are looking forward to one of our favorite things: lots and lots of parties. Fitting then that the Track of the Weekend this week is a spiced-up tribute to Sam Cooke’s Motown classic “Having A Party" put together by French beatmaker ProleteR. How can you not love a song that so effortlessly croons:

Mister, Mister DJ, keep those records playing,
Because I’m having such a good time, dancing with my baby.”

Never stop jamming! 

Tony’s Hypebot Essay: “What Social Media Is Doing To Music (Hint: It’s Not Good)”

After nearly six months of edits, Tony has published an essay about one of the key trends in this world ASM (After Social Media). In it, he talks about how the internet provides an infinite skip option, and that with so many different things competing for our attention, social media is stripping away our ability to connect with anything in a meaningful way, which was the goal in the first place. Music here is the victim. There is hope however, in topic specific social networks for the truly passionate to separate gold from noise. The answer for music is quite clearly Whyd, though that does not get stated in the essay. 

Read the whole thing here.

What do you think? If you have any thoughts after reading the piece, please feel free to email tony <at> whyd.com. 

Eat, Drink, Sleep: Thanksgiving in Paris [PHOTOS]

Adrien with Geek Beer.

Thanksgiving is an easy holiday to miss when you are not in the United States. There are no turkey window decorations, no Happy Thanksgiving messages at supermarkets, no chance of getting a Thursday off to spend the day eating. But, thankfully, in Paris there are many people who are interested in trying the famous Thanksgiving cuisine, and everyone is happy to come together for a night of eating.  

Look at that bird!!

At Tony's place on Saturday night, we ate turkey, corn-bread stuffing, sweet potato purée, green beans, and the highlight: heavenly pumpkin pie. There was also  excellent pecan pie, salted caramel ice cream, curry shrimp samosas, and not a bad bottle of wine to be found. In fact, our dear Manu even managed to find Sam Adam’s and Blue Moon, two American beers that really made the evening feel like home. At the end of the night we sampled (liberally) three different types of whiskey, French, Japanese, and of course, Jack. 

Gilles is not creepy at all…

It was a truly magical night, and we were very fortunate to have most of the Whyd team there to celebrate together. After consecutive weekends of sushi and Thanksgiving, the neighbors will be happy to know that Tony doesn’t want to cook again until 2013.