Get ready from some ooh aah weirdness! I did all the crate digging so that all you have to do is dig these sounds from the comfort of your own happy place. Podcast No. 41 has lots of 1960s covers from Québec that I just had to share with you along with some French freak beat.

Playlist
Les deux et demi – Voulez voulez
Nanette Workman – Quand-je reviendrai
Ginette Reno – Les cornichons
Les Baronets – Hello, je t’aime
The Haunted – Vapeur mauve
Les Papyvores – Psychedelque badge
César et ses romains – Egg roll

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Radio Oh La La podcasts are finally back with some fuzz and garage sounds from new artists and the real deal from back in the 1960s. Check out and tune into Podcast No. 40 and kick start your day with some 60s vibes that I have been promising you for way too long! Yes, there still is some background noise, but it’s that or nothing at this point…!

Playlist
Sheetah et les Weissmüller – Mets des badges
Larry Greco – J’y laisserai ma peau
Les Limanas – Je ne suis pas très drogue
Philippe Bruna – Et pourquoi pas
Les Terribles – C’est fini
Les Gypsys – Prolétaire
Sheetah et les Weissmüller – Le Monkiss de la police

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Yes! French funk and soul does exists and not all of it is a watered down version of some Motown hit. The proof is in Podcast No. 39, compiled by yours truly with some extra spice added in by Guuzbourg over at Girls and Giggles (Filles Sourires).

Some of the songs here may have been featured before, that is a first, but some things are definitely worth repeating. As well, some of the songs here are more recent, but their soulfulness is unquestionable.

Playlist
Gil Now – Dis-le moi
Eddy Mitchell – Vieille fille
Sévérine – Je suis la même
Claude François – Un homme libre
Ben L’Oncle Soul – Demain j’arrête
Nino Ferrer – Je veux être noir

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With many thanks going out to Ingeborg and film company Cinéart who convinced Joann Sfar’s to come to Amsterdam for the first time and for the première of his own film a few weeks ago, here is Podcast No. 38 featuring a unique interview I managed to get with the ‘puppet master’ himself.

More thanks to Francois Pieneman who recorded the interview and took pics.

Find out more about the release of the film in English on Gainsbourg, le fim, le blog.

Playlist
Eric Elmosnino & Anna Mouglalis – La javanaise
Eric Elmosnino & Laetitia Casta – Comic strip
Eric Elmosnino – Parce que
Eric Elmosnino – Aux armes, etc.
Eric Elmosnino & Lucy Gordon – Le canari est sur le balcon

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(Photo: Francois Pieneman)

“It’s like an enormous library falling down whevener you talk about Serge. There’s so many references.” – Guuz Hoogaerts.

Special guest star on this podcast is journalist, blogger and huge Dutch Gainsbourg fan Guuz Hoogaerts, aka DJ Guuzbourg.

In honour and anticipation of the release of the film Serge Gainsbourg – Vie Héroïque (Serge Gainsbourg – A heroic life), Podcast No. 37 features an all Serge affair, with music from the film and a selection of special songs you don’t hear very often.

Playlist
Eric Elmosnino & Philippe Katerine – Je bois vs. Intoxicated man
Emily Loizeau & Jeanne Cherhal – Qui est ‘in’, qui est ‘out’
Alain Chamfort – En relisant ta lettre
Serge Gainsbourg – La noyée
Serge Gainsbourg – Evgénie Sokolov
Serge Gainsbourg & Eddy Mitchell – Vieille canaille

If you want more exciting up-todate info about the film in English, be sure to check out Gainsbourg, le fim, le blog.

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Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année ! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Thanks everybody for your support and help this year!

And here it is, the last podcast of the year and it’s all yours right in time for Christmas! Podcast No. 36 has some jingling bells sung by Québec bands, a French band and an Englishwoman who made France her home. I’m off to cook and bake now!

Playlist
Tony Massarelli – Cette nuit les clochent sonnent
Ginette Reno – Vive le vent
Les Chaussettes Noires – Noël de France
Les Classels – Le sentier de neige
Petula Clark – Mon beau sapin
Danièle et Michèle – La neige sous mes pas

If you want more French Christmas songs or funky, dirty, sexy, odd, funny ones sung in all kinds of ways, check out Christmas a gogo, where I’ve contributed this year along with many cool bloggers from around the world.

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It’s cocktail time! Podcast No. 35 features some new and old, dry and wet, strong and soft, all in one! Go go go and get more information about this brand spanking new single off the Gainsnord album and hear music and check out videos.

Get ready for some soul, samba, scatting, sleazing along, getting sultry and even a tad sad yet happy inside.

Podcast No. 36 will be a French Canadian Christmas affair, perfect for spicing up your office parties!

Playlist
Juicebox – Chatterton
Serge Gainsbourg – Les Sambassadeurs
Michel Legrand – Quand ça balance
Françoise – Hum ! Hum !
Eartha Kitt – Je cherche un homme
April March – Le temps de l’amour

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Not going on vacation? Never seen St. Tropez, let alone France or even Europe? Then this year’s summer podcast is for you! Podcast No. 34 is one big vacation, with sea, sex, sun, sadness, teenage romance, small hotel rooms and expensive drinks. Pretend you’re a teenager like France Gall here, sitting on a boat near Nice. Your family drags you down there from Paris every year and the boys keep trying to coax you to parties and kiss you while your sweetheart is stuck in the Canary Islands with black haired Spanish beauties in their bikinis. Life is so tough!

Playlist
Petula Clark – Voilà les vacances
Nelly Perrier – Un soir d’été
Serge Gainsbourg – Sea, sex and sun
France Gall – Le temps de la rentrée
Sacha Distel – C’est les vacances
Sheila – Pendant les vacances

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We have it, it’s here and it’s all yours: Podcast No. 33!

A big thanks to Insult Masterrr! an iPhone application that made a generous donation to this podcast.

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And feel free to read a nice blurb about me and this podcast by Meribeth Deen, a Canadian journalist living in London. Cheers!

Playlist
The Madd – Je suis parti
Les Mersey’s – Si tu m’aimes
Jacques Dutronc – J’ai un tigre dans ma guitare
Françoise Hardy – Je suis d’accord
Les Serfs – Mademoiselle yéyé
Teddy Scholten – Un petit peu

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Hold the phone, it’s Podcast No. 32! It was time to dig deep, to soul search and cook up a serious dish of French music with a side dish of soul. Nino Ferrer often said he wish he was black (yeah, baby), André Brasseur is simply possessed by the devil but in a good way, The Velvelettes show off their French skills Motown style, Denise Brousseau does Gainsbourg and by special request, Catherine Desmarets tries her hand at computer dating, sixties style. Oh and for dessert, Alica Dona covers an Italian classic! Yum!

Playlist
Nino Ferrer – Le Roi d’Angleterre
André Brasseur – The Duck
The Velvelettes – Je veux crier
Denise Brousseau – N’écoute pas les idoles
Catherine Desmarets – Les petites croix
Alice Dona – Stasera no no no

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First, this rare photo of famous Dutch singer Liesbeth List singing with Serge Gainsbourg (thanks Guuzbourg!). Then, we have winter as the main theme running through Podcast No. 31, although sparingly since most of you get bombarded with way too much of this normally. I decided to keep it low key, retro, snowy, with a hint of Christmas. Think of these songs like gifts, one more relaxed for the parents, one for grandma, one for the boisterous kids, etc. Just use your imagination!

Playlist
Liesbeth List – L’anamour
Michel Polnareff – La mouche
Claude Dubois – Sullivan
Ronnie Bird – SOS mesdemoiselles
Ginette Reno – Père Noël arrive ce soir
Danièle et Michèle – L’hiver

And I found a picture of me back in Brossard, Québec, when I was much smaller and apparently already colour coordinated.