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December 2005



your wish is spiked candy's command

Saturday, 31 December 2005 12:00 A GMT+10
Some requests:Anna Karina - Pistolet JoAnother track written by Serge Gainsbourg for the TV movie Anna, which I keep getting different dates for, but it seems to be from 1967. This is a bit of a novelty and not my favourite, so I thought I'd also pos

bella france

Friday, 30 December 2005 5:07 P GMT+10
France Gall - Zozoi (Italian)Super-extra rare Italian version of Zozoi. Thanks to Gerion for this one! Click the pics above for a pictorial from Italian magazine Anna Bella, from April 1969.

si elles chantent

Thursday, 29 December 2005 7:36 P GMT+10
Sylvie Vartan - Si Je ChanteCover of 'My Whole World Is Falling Down'. Sylvie bio here.Buy Stella - Pourquoi Je Chante (1966)From Pink Frankenstein's wonderful interview with Stella on ChaChaCharming.I'm not sure if this is a direct dig at Sylvie's s

Spiked Candy Canes part 2

Saturday, 24 December 2005 11:55 A GMT+10
Merry Christmas everyone!Spiked Candy Canes 4Spiked Candy Canes 5Spiked Candy Canes 64. Belle And Sebastian - I Took Some Time For Christmas, Brian Wilson - On Christmas Day, Ginette Reno - Vive Le Vent, Julie London - I'd Like You For Christma

Spiked Candy Canes part 1

Saturday, 24 December 2005 12:58 A GMT+10
Some Xmas packages for all my lovely readers. Thanks to Ion for the idea for the title!Spiked Candy Canes 1Spiked Candy Canes 2Spiked Candy Canes 31. Claudine Longet - Snow, Dressy Bessy - All the Right Reasons, Deerhoof - Christmas Tree, Isabelle An

christmas double

Friday, 23 December 2005 3:47 P GMT+10
Margo Guryan - I Don't Intend To Spend Christmas Without YouIf I have this right, this was an unreleased demo of the song Margo wrote for Claudine Longet. This and other demos were released in 2001's (imaginatively titled) 25 Demos.Margo on Cl

père noël tells me you've all been nice this year

Thursday, 22 December 2005 7:38 P GMT+10
Jacques Dutronc - La Fille Du Pere NoelEnough to deserve some Jacques.

christmas in april

Wednesday, 21 December 2005 3:24 P GMT+10
April March & Los Cincos - Last Train To ChristmasBUY

for the xmas blues

Wednesday, 21 December 2005 2:19 P GMT+10
Diana Ross and The Supremes - Just A Lonely Christmas

cherry blossom girl

Tuesday, 20 December 2005 11:09 P GMT+10
Click here to listen to Saturday's broadcast of WFMU's Cherry Blossom Clinic, featuring the wonderful Mimi La Twisteuse doing a guest dj spot. Mimi is the former host of 'Dodecaphonique Twist' on Montreal's, and compiled the sublime Girls In Th

finally!

Saturday, 17 December 2005 7:25 P GMT+10
The Brady Bunch - Frosty The Snowman (1969)Or, more specifically, Cindy Brady solo. Yes, I have been itching to post this for 6 months!Buy It's A Sunshine Day or Christmas with The Brady Bunch (or both!)

may all your christmases be twee

Saturday, 17 December 2005 5:14 P GMT+10
The Icicles - Snowman SongI Am The World Trade Center - The Rockefeller TreeBuy Cwistmas Twee from Total Gaylord Records.Buy A Kindercore Christmas Two fromCheck out Mistletunes for an excellent guide to rock 'n roll Christmas tunes.If you're a last.
Category: Indie/Indiepop

a spiked xmas

Thursday, 15 December 2005 2:34 A GMT+10
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping

the ghosts

Tuesday, 13 December 2005 4:15 P GMT+10
The Ghosts - HeartbreakerIf you listened to the Jarvis Cocker radio special I posted about a little while ago, you'd have heard a superb live set from The Ghosts. I really dug their music, so wrote to ask where I could buy a CD, and Mathew was
Category: Indie/Indiepop

mistletoe and wine

Sunday, 11 December 2005 7:02 P GMT+10
Don't worry, I'm not going to post any Cliff Richard. Although maybe a nice midi of it would be perfect to jazz up this blog for Xmas...A Girl Called Eddy - The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forgot (2004)And if you're in the mood for some more no

special guest post

Saturday, 10 December 2005 4:14 P GMT+10
A few months ago I was very surprised to receive an email from one Jacqueline Taïeb, complimenting me on my blog - so much so that I wrote back to ask if this was joke! After all, it's not every day you get a message from one of your favourite a

too damn hot

Wednesday, 7 December 2005 1:29 P GMT+10
It is obscenely hot here, and impossible to think in this sweltering room. Taking a break until I hopefully can get the computer moved to an air-conditioned room. Very jealous of you northern hemisphere dwellers right now!

blossom dearie

Sunday, 4 December 2005 9:06 P GMT+10
Blossom Dearie - Plus Je T'Embrasse (1957)Read about Blossom here.Buy Give Him The Ooh-La-La here.

équipe 79

Friday, 2 December 2005 2:19 P GMT+10
Equipe 79 - J'aime Ta Voix (1967)Ah yes, I'm in the mood for another trip back to 60s Québec today. Equipe 79 was made up of 5 teenage boys, all aged between 16-18. The band's name came from adding the ages of all the members (Team 79).Frenchy