twice as nice

You may remember Tag from such guest Christmas posts as Things Fall Apart and Anorak Christmas . Fortunately for ...

let's swing again

This decade has seen lashings of CD releases for fans of 1960s French pop, like Femmes and Gentlemen De Paris , ...

treats, no tricks

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

swing, mademoiselle

Project: Yéyé Girl Comps When I first discovered music blogs, part of the pleasure for me was how each blog post ...

party like it's 1789

Sylvie Vartan - L'Ami des mauvais jours (1965) Or 1965, at least. For Bastille Day, what could I post but a French ...

jugobeat girls

Daniela songs (20 tracks): HTML5  |  Flash A little while ago, I came across the excellent Jugobeat site, ...

jany, elle est chouette

  Jany L. - Le Restaurant Chinois (1969) Kind reader Carl read my mind by sending me this song a while back, ...

party girl

Pic from jerseygirlssing.com Bernadette Carroll - Party Girl (1964) I notice I unwisely promised a 'farewell ...

mimi and mädchen

No songs today, but just a post to let you know about two new(-ish) blogs I'm loving. Zoi Zoi 's supergroovy Mimi ...