November 06, 2009Portrait of Alex Lapointe in Montreal

ALEXANDRE LAPOINTE, Axel.

Musician.

YOUR FAVOURITE SPOT IN MONTRÉAL

Café Olympico on St-Viateur and Waverly. My first coffee there…was like my first love.

YOUR FAVORITE PURCHASE FROM ALTITUDE-SPORTS.COM

My Atom LT Hoody!

SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD NEVER DO

Have sex in my parents’ yard.

YOUR BIGGEST MISTAKE

Playing a show at the Carnaval de Québec without having learnt the songs. Awkward.

YOUR PASTIME WHEN YOU ARE ALL ALONE

I make myself a coffee, I light myself a cigarette and I listen to music.

THE PLACE YOU FEEL THE GREATEST

On stage or in a studio.

YOUR MOST COMFORTABLE POSITION

Lying down.

YOUR INTIMATE OUTDOOR SPOT

Anywhere. I’m pretty open. I think it might be a good thing to point out that I would not do it in my parents’ yard.

BEST CONCERT YOU’VE SEEN

The Roots, Osheaga 2009.

FAVORITE SONG FOR LOVE MAKIN'

There are so many different styles. You can make love on a super smooth Marvin Gaye track, just like you can do it hard on some Eagles of Death Metal.

EPITOME OF FEMININE BEAUTY

Mark Smith or Hugh Jackman.

LE PLUS BEAU COMMENTAIRE QU’ON T’A DIT

My smile. Listen, there are so many! Ha! Ha!

YOUR PRIDE

My musical side.

YOUR WEAKNESS

I give too much.

BEST ADVICE YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN

Let go, in the sense of taking it easy and letting go.

A WAY TO ESCAPE

A John Coltrane album.

DESCRIBE YOUR IDEAL DAY

Hmm... Make myself a nice fruit shake. Take a shower. Join my friends on a terrace for a coffee. Do some studio time. Finish it all off by seeing a good show.

ONE THING THAT YOU CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT

My bass or my Mac.

BEST MOMENT OF 2009

When we did the first part of the Joseph Arthur show at the Club Soda.

YOUR NEXT TRIP

I’d like to go to Tunisia or Peru, for the culture shock.

A SITE THAT HAS TO BE SEEN

blogotheque.net

A QUESTION YOU WOULD HAVE LIKE TO BEEN ASKED

Where did you most feel culture shock? My trip to Central America.

NEXT ALTITUDIAN IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Mark Smith

TO GET TO KNOW ALEXANDRE LAPOINTE MORE INTIMATELY, CHECK OUT HIS MYSPACE

http://www.myspace.com/alexandrelapointe

Photos by Dave Todaro

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