cherry blossom girl

Click here to listen to Saturday's broadcast of WFMU 's Cherry Blossom Clinic , featuring the wonderful Mimi La ...

a spiked xmas

The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping (1981)

au revoir, poupée

Well, it was bound to happen that I'd get sick of posting the 'Poupée De Cire...' covers long before I'd run out of ...

elle fait non non non non (part 2)

Saint Etienne - La Poupée Qui Fait Non (1994) This English-language cover is top-form Saint Etienne - just lovely. ...

hey toni, you're so fine!

Toni Basil - Breakaway (1966) It's very surprising to discover that 80s one-hit wonder Toni Basil (possibly the ...

his 'n' hers

Françoise Hardy - Le Temps de l'amour (1962) Written by Jacques Dutronc for Françoise (a few years before they ...

hey miki! a double double-up

When I picked up Lush's Topolino on CD for a couple of pounds in London years ago, I didn't know it was a ...

attack of the drone-voiced ladies

Amanda Lear - Pretty Boys From the 1977 Album I Am A Photograph . From allmusic.com : Amanda Lear first surfaced in ...

italians do it better.

Holly and The Italians - Tell That Girl To Shut Up (1980)