Mon Pantalon blanc (album "6633", 1999). Video by François Brunet
Jonas (album "6633", 1999) NYC, Mercury Lounge. Video by Jeffrey Sher
Born in Mulhouse, Alsace, Toog endured a lonely upbringing. At the
age of 10, trying to escape an alcoholic father, Toog
is sexually molested by a family friend. His parents
divorce. Toog lives with his subversive radical
mother, and begins to dress up in women's clothing. In
1985, he stars in a porno film. The film quickly
becomes a phenomenon. It was unprecedented. The FBI
later estimated that Toog Goes to Hollywood had
probably grossed at least $600 million. The same year,
Toog was arrested after fleeing a shooting at Club
Palace in Paris, for criminal possession of a firearm.
Toog was also convicted on felony narcotic possession
charge, for trying to sell cocaine. He stayed in jail
for three months. In 1987, Toog beats a photographer,
and he is sentenced to one year probation. In 1993,
Toog allegedly stole a pair of sneakers, threatened to
kill his ex-girlfriend, threatened a security guard
and finally ended up in a drug treatment facility. In
2004, Toog's having an audience with the Pope. Pope
advises him to continue with music career, and not
switch to ministry work.
Prélude au sommeil (Prelude to sleep) is my 52 mn portrait of Jean-Jacques Perrey, our famous electropop music pioneer; featuring Gershon Kingsley, Angelo Badalamenti, Michel Gondry, Air, Joel Chadabe... Premiere at the LUFF Festival (Swiss, 10/2008). Also shown at FILMER LA MUSIQUE (Paris, 2009), OSCILLATIONS FESTIVAL (Belfast, 09/2009). DVD or VOD with english subtitles available (Les Films d'un jour/Harmattan TV)
Hello Toog, grande distribution de clip à budget titanesque featuring: 1247 épouvantails finlandais, une seule statue de Snoopy mais haute de 3 mètres, 10 bornes incendies ouvertes en plein Paris et au moins 2 fans de Joy Division qui se donnent des gros coups de bâtons sur une plage déserte en plein hiver!
Hi ! If I understood well we can see you tomorrow with your friend Nick aka the master of jokes at the Société des Curiosités. We'll GO TO there! Au plaisir de vous revoir et de découvrir votre talent de maître des marionnettes et aussi celui de la créatrice de ces pantins.
Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
My favorite makeout spot was in the parking lot for a nuclear power plant that was bathed in orange floodlights at midnight, it was the overflow parking area and was just a narrow strip of unpaved dirt in front of an old chain link fence. When I used it, the ground was coated with soot covered and trash infused snow in the dire days of March. March has always been the month of the dirty snow around here, all the filth shines through like sunlight on shit then. The snow by the roadsides is thick with layer upon layer of soot from all the passing cars, the snowbanks are littered with the trash thrown from cars and cigarette butts. I used to joke with D***n that enough sessions in that lot would give us nipples that could shoot putrid green beams of laser light that we could use to cut fresh apples, to make a kinder sort of "Mom's apple pie," a nuclear powered new way for an all American guy. I want to burrow into that urine soaked, soot covered snow and form a hovel and call it home, dreaming dreams of cocaine in Red Bull vans with drag queens on a Sunday night and chocolate covered key lime pie, staving off the hunger pangs of hustler borne starvation between daily stolen chili dogs.
The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website.
