rien qu'une photo

Spiked Candy kicked off with a France Gall video and a Quebecoise France Gall cover, so for old times' sake, I ...

candy break

Sorry, everyone, not to have blogged for a long time and to have neglected to let you know that I'm on (unintended) ...

shake, baby, shake

I'm sure if Emily Post had foreseen to write etiquette guidelines for music bloggers, having a Christmas post as ...

noël avec les yéyés

I've re-uploaded the Christmas-themed French 60s videos I had on YouTube last year: Sheila - L'Heure de la sortie ...

treats, no tricks

Before I bring you Part Deux of Swinging Mademoiselle , I'm going to briefly interrupt with my Halloween special, ...

christmas with serge and chantal

This is a sketch from an episode of Dim Dam Dom broadcast on Dec 23, 1966. I'm not exactly sure what's going on ...

france gall early 70s

From Mademoiselle Age Tendre, November 1971. A repost, as requested by Kate, of the two songs Serge Gainsbourg ...

lollipops and bananas

There's an interesting debate going on under the video for France Gall's 'Les Sucettes' on YouTube  ( Archived ...

roll-roll-roll rollergirl

The INA archives have quickly become my new favourite time-zapper. Among its wonderful offerings: This fantastic ...