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Thursday october 7th 2004

You may never have heard of him, but André Verchuren is one of the kings of the accordéon in France, and sometimes he sings too !, as exemplified with "T'es balancée commme une reine" ("You're shaped like a queen"), one of his sixties single sides. André even has his own official website, full of stuff, including scans of the covers of the myriad of records he's released.
A few months ago, we played some songs by Les Kavéka, a band who have recorded some tamuré sides for Vogue in the early sixties. One of these songs was "Les femmes d'Amérique". It's the same song we feature this month, but with a versionn recorded in the USA in 1937, with lyrics in French to avoid censorship ! And to round up the real oldies, there's a "hawaiian" version of "St Louis Blues" from 1934. These last two songs are available on the Fremeaux label.
The new compilation of the Sorry But Home Recordings label is expected any time now, and it will feature a previoulsy unreleased Superflu song, but in the meantime we went fishing for an old Frères Nubuck song on the label's very first compilation. The cover of "Anarchy in the UK" by a Cantonese punk band, which was released in France in the eighties, was graciously supplied to us by our friend Le Colonel from L'Opération Kangourou. The Calexico track is a very good live version of one of the songs from their first album, available only on a 2002 tour CD. As for Kelley Stoltz, an American whose "Antique glow" album has just been released in Europe, he's crazy enough to have covered at home, alone and in its entirety, the first Echo & The Bunnymen album, that says it all !

T'es balancée comme une reine (Fabienne)
listen to it on Radio Vivonzeureux!

Monday september 6th 2004

On the Radio Vivonzeureux ! playlist this month a seasonal song to start the proceedings (Michel's "I felt better when I was on holiday"), followed by a rare nugget by Dogbowl, singing the praises of the 2CV in French with Frenchman Peter Parker. Two hip-pop classics follow suite, two paeans to the love of music and records. The Stereo MCs had paved the way in 1989 with "On 33", the opener of their first album. In a vey similar style, the short-lived Subsonic 2 did as well, if not better, in 1991 with their "Addicted to music" single, which can also be found on what must be their sole album, along with another single which praised the "Unsung heroes of hip hop".
Two of the artists we follow closely, Jonathan Richman and Pascal Comelade have released an album in 2004, but Comelade's seems to have been only released in Spain, so use your internet to hunt for it ! The Howlin' Wolf song is an excellent oldie ; Superflu's is one of their best songs, only released on an out-of-print EP, so the band had the good idea to make it available as a free MP3 on their website ; The Low track is from their just-released 3 CD + 1 DVD box set at the price of na single CD : an unbeatable value for money ratio !

Accroché à la musique / Addicted to music
listen to it on Radio Vivonzeureux!

Monday august 2nd 2004

"Why do I need a job ?" Thanks to Bobby Bare Jr., you'll find in this month's playlist the song that inspired last month's playlist title, from an album released 4 years ago (but he's just released a new one...). There's some other new stuff with Tall Dwarfs, Little Wings and Ben Weaver, but also some stuff that's not commercially available, like this track from the Giant Sand tribute album, "Dusted" by The Jellybabies, this probably unreleased track by San Francisco musician Jason Kleinberg, and the very nice gift from the Hinah label, a Kris Kristofferson cover by Marianne Dissard and Joey Burns (and John Convertino also features on this recording).
We'll just pretend the Fats Domino track is this month's oldie, but it's especially a tribute to one of our contemporaries, who's just celebrated his 75th birthday in New Orleans, including at least 55 years of artistic career. Bo Diddley has also recently turned 75, and is touring almost anonymously in the USA to celebrate. It's so annoying to see all these French weeklies put out special issue upon special issue dedicated to rock'n'roll's 50th birthday, and these two guys are not even on the front page or featured in exclusive interviews !!
Les Frères Nubuck are not much featured in the press either. So, here's a track from their famous "Chez les nudistes" album, perfect for the summer season.
Two tracks from Laura Veirs' latest album are featured in the show, for "Carbon glacier" is one of the most endearing albums relased this year, even if it's got some weaknesses. And we round it up on a very ethereal note with the aptly-monikered The Innocence Mission...

C'est la première fois que je vois ce jour-là

Monday July 5th 2004

A world tour and some travel in time with less than ten songs, that's what we offer you this month. We start this year with an ex-Monty Python who complains funnily (not surprisingly) that he's been fined heavily for a swear word. We end up, still this year, with the demo of a song from the forthcoming 3rd album by Superflu, and recent songs by our friends Look de Bouk and karine Bagot. In between, we'll have passed Louisiana in the 1930's, Ethiopia in the 1970's, Tahiti in the 1950's and the United States in the 1990's with a track from the first Tom Leach album (And when will the second ever be released ??).

Why do I need a job ?

Sunday june 6th 2004

The advantage of radio is that it's got sound ! And to illustrate "Tu m'as trompette mon amour", the discographical love story we've just published, there's nothing better than some Georges Jouvin titles, including two vocals ones, one by Georges and one by Dominique, so non one will be jealous !
Our friends at Rev-Ola have just released a compilation by our friends The Jasmine Minks, leading lights of the early Creation Records. We supply you with two songs from this album, to help you discover or rediscover them.
Our other selections this month will take you to country land, and in the isles...

Living out your dreams

Sunday may 12th 2004

I have some regrets about not drawing your attention last autum to the reissue of Lizzy Mercier Descloux's first two albums, especially as I have been following her career since I first heard one of her tracks on French national radio in 1981. It is especially sad as I missed the opportunity to give praise to a living singer, and I'm now reduced to some sort of necrological tribute, as Lizzy has just died at age 48. So, here are two tracks from her second album, "Mambo Nassau", as well as "Maïta", a very African sounding single, but which was recorded in Paris a year before her famous South African album.
Exotica prevails again with two very different sounding Tahitian tracks, the very beautiful "Rarahu ia loti", and the very funny (and very sexist) tamouré "Les femmes d'Amérique" by Les Kaveka, who also gave us "Elle est partie danser le tamouré".
Ever more exotic recordings, with After Dinner, from Japan, with a recording from the 1980's, the country music of Jimmie Davis and the soul music of Willie Mitchell, better known as a Memphis producer.
Lastly, thanks to Mr. Citoyen Lambda, we are happy to provide you with a rare version of "A picture of Dorian Gray" by Television Personalities.
Album of the month is "La maison de mon rêve" by CocoRosie, a timeless DIY album recorded in Paris by two American sisters.

Mambo cinq soucis

Sunday April 4th 2004

We pay tribute this month to John McGeoch, one of the virtuoso guitarists appeared alongside punk (which proves that these two notions weren't completely oppposite !), who died recently at 48. He started with Magazine, writing the music for the B side of their first single, which we program here, on which he plays not only guitar, but also saxophone
He then joined Siouxsie & The Banshees for their best work (including the "Happy house" single), before playing several years with John Lydon's PIL, the poor guy.
Punk and "consservative supporting Bush" are sadly not two opposite notions anymore, as shown on a sad site pointed to us by Les Inrocks magazine, www.conservativepunk.com, headkining with a link to an interview with Johnny Ramone, a cretin and proud to be one. How did the lyrics to that song go, "Beat on the brat with a base ball bat", no ??
I leave you free to enjoy the rest of our playlist, including a song from Bingo Bill Orchestra's excellent album, "Rangés des voitures", on the promising Sorry But Home Recording Records label.

Viens danser le rock

Monday March 8th 2004

Let's make way for nice monsters this month, first with Jonathan Richman's Little dinosaur, with a very rare live version, recorded for an Amreican radio show sponsored by... Penthouse Magazine ! We supply you too with the cover of this song by Dutch band John Wayne Shot Me, which will soon be released on a maxi single B side, as well as a Loch Ness monster by Jad et David Fair.
Some people just take their time... Like our friends from Look de Bouk, who have just released their third album... a mere twelve years the second one ! Here is a song tkane from "Le monde entier... sans vous".
St. Thomas have just released their fourth album, only availble right now in his native Norway, but we managed to dig one song from it.
Website of the month is TV Moulinsart (all in French though), which is like a newspaper made entirely with send-ups of Tintin !

I'm a little dinosaur

Sunday february 8th 2004

An unreleased track to start with this month, with a Giant Sand cover by Les Petits Sablés, from Nantes, available only on a CD made by and for the Tucson band fans (recipe based on a James Yorkston ingredient). A few more covers in our program : Jonathan Richman and The Kinks, our favourite Yayahoni and The Carter Family, Elliott Murphy and Percy Sledge.
Among this month's discoveries, please lend a particularly attentive ear to Les Frères Nubuck (album to buy absolulety through the label's website) and Mr. Maria & The Gays, a US band signalled to us by Philippe Dumez from the "Plus jamais malade en auto" fanzine. As for the reissues, a short sequence is dedicated to the Creation reissues by Rev-Ola.

There must be a better life

Sunday january 11th 2004

From the japanese Pascals testing their English to Peter Sellers' strange way of talking, from the French Warum Joe straight out of a French film noir to Robert Wyatt studying foreign accents, the main them for our monthly selection was easily found.
Last month, we had Howe Gelb and Kurt Wagner from Lambchop together live, this month we have them separately, Howe getting to task in Germany in 2003 with a momument, Leonard Cohen's Tower of song, while Lambchop delivers a very restrained version of "Up with people" for one of Bernard Lenoir's White sessions.
But the best current record is not available as a record. It is "Yayahoni plays his favourite songs in the morning", a collection of covers recorded by Yayahoni, one of the Herman Düne brothers, available as free mp3s on the Herman Düne site (www.hermandune.com).

Strange(rs') accents

Sunday december 14th 2003

After playing a 1967 Soft Machine song from very early in his career last month, we progress along Robert Wyatt's career, stopping in 1974 with "Sea song", from the very reputed "Rock bottom", of which I now love a good half. Next month, we'll come to new album "Cuckooland".
We've got a vrey special document in the show this month, with a live version of "Paradise without mistakes" by Howe Gelb, recorded in may 2003 in Germany, which integrates masterfully "The muss of paradise", recorded by Kurt Wagner in a car in front of Nashville airport. The "Muss" version is available on The Band of Blacky Ranchette's latest album; the "Mistakes" version is unfortunaletaly only available on the catalogue compilation of a German booking agent, in a release limited to 1500 copies.
We dedicate a little sequence to Television Personalities to celebrate the cover of their first single by Jeffrey Lewis on Rough Trade's 25th anniversary compilation, and a Robots music sequence, not to celebrate Kraftwerk's latest disappointing album, but rather the famous 70's Robots-Musicand the nice MP3s given away by They Might Be Giants and their friends.
Lastly, let's thank André Herman Düne for offering us a good Jonathan Richman cover (under the Yayahoni nickname) and let's salute the definitive album by our firends Brodé Tango, "Ordre de dispersion", of which we broadcast a first extract this month.

Pseudo punks

Monday november 10th 2003

Our selection this month is dedicated to one Karol Wojtila, the last of the priests, to celebrate his resistance while we wait for the fate reserved for him by Le Vieux Thorax in one of his older tracks, sung by himself, which has recently been made available as an mp3 on his website.
One of our pleasures in the past month has been the"Apocalypso" compilation released by Sorry But Home Recording Records, that its mainman Le Vieux Mad sent me. This compilation is made up of nearly 100% of optimistic hip-pop, so you can jump on it with closed eyes. As for ourselves, we couldn't miss the opportunity to follow "Le dernier des curés" with "Chez les nudistes" !
Lots of bizarre stuff in our program this month, starting with a single from producer Jack Clement in 1962, dedicated to voice changing, which contains snippets ofJohnny Cash's voice. There's "la fermeture éclair" too, sung by Delphine in Québec in the 1960's, over the original instrumental version originale of "In the past" by We The People, and also a song by Carla Bley thatis funny and not jazzy !
We also supply exclusively "83 in 2003", the unreleased track from the latest compilation produced by our virtual label, "I believe in rock'n'roll", which celebrates the 20 years of Creation Records.

Le dernier des curés

Sunday october 5th 2003

To learn about the death of Johnny Cash just when you' re in a British charity shop, going through piles of ageless records, in the hope, for instance, of finding a cheap 70's Johnny Cash compilation on Hallmark, that's rather fitting, and it remains a "bad news", even if not a surprising one, like Johnny himself sang in 1963, under the obvious influence of toxic substances. Rather than the overestimated American IV ("The man comes around"), it's toward number III, "Solitary man", that I turned to, and especially this "I see a darkness" that opens our selection, recorded with its creator Will Oldham on second voice.
The Leb Nichols/Schramm duet is a somptuous live cover of a Lucinda Williams song, unreleased on record.
Good news this month is the release of the Soft machine BBC sessions, especially the 5-song 1967 session which showcases in equal parts the talent of Kevin Ayers and Robert Wyatt, qui rend justice à part égale au talent de Kevin Ayers et de Robert Wyatt, who is also featured with a 2002 cover of a John Lennon song, released by Uncut magazine in 2002, and who has just released a new album...
Another good news, the release of the first Band of Blacky Ranchette (Howe Gelb's country band) album since 1990. Without Jonathan Richman, but with many guests. If it can be judged by this one extract, it might be Howe's best official album since "Chore of enchantment".
If you're looking for a song that sums up half of Jonathan Richman's career (which I doubt), stop looking now. We found it, by chance : it's called "Crackin' up" and it was recorded by Bo Diddley in 1958.

I see a darkness

Tuesday september 9th 2003

We're catching back on lost time this month with the Lewis Furey and the inestimable live track by The Honeymoon Killers, which all should have been featured on our programme these last few months if we hadn't been hindered by technical problems... Note that for The Honeymoon Killers song, the late singer is doing an encore, solo and acapella, in French in front of a German audience, and he wants them to keep quiet ! As for the new stuff, there's particularly the second album by Ray's Vast Basement, the San Francisco band who were featured on our "Surprise partie hoptimiste" compilation earlier this year. "By a river burning blue", which has just been released, completes the tale of the musical fiction created by the band around the basement that gives them their name, a tale which started in 2001 with the first album, "On the banks of the time". Le Vieux Thorax is also back with a split album with his pal Giscard le Survivant. Optiganally Yours is a band featuring a member of Pinback and, as their name indicates, they make use of the Optigan, this toy organ made by Mattel in the 70's which reproduced instrument sounds by using optical discs. Among the other rare documents proposed to you this month is a Jonathan Richman from the 80's from a tribute album to the Disney hero, and an Areski & Brigitte Fontaine song that could have been titled "Le 11 septembre"....

Lewis est fou

Sunday august 10th 2003

Chez les aborigènes

Sunday july 6th 2003

You're pretty good looking (for a girl)

Sunday june 1st 2003

L'autre côté de toi

Friday May 2nd 2003

Tu en sais plus que moi

Saturday march 29th 2003

Pardon me, I've got someone to kill

Friday march 7th 2003

Ah si j'étais Richman !

Saturday february 1st 2003

Many are my friends who ask me what I'm listening to at the moment, or what I recently fell for, or what are my latest discoveries. And very often, I don't know what to answer right away. Yet, I do listen to some music nearly every day, and there's a lot of stuff I like a lot ! So, as a kind of collective reply to my friends, here are the tracks I've loved enough to compile them and listen to them again and again on my car stereo.

J'aurais vraiment dû sortir hier soir... (24 janvier 2003)

Cabaret Voltaire : Nag nag nag (R. H. Kirk #4 remix) - Le Vieux Thorax : Pour roture, noblesse oblige - Pascal Comelade : Un train direct pour Charenton (part 1) - F. Barcellini : Mon oncle - The Mendoza Line : A damn good disguise - Irma Thomas : (You ain't) Hittin' on nothing - Ike & Tina Turner : Betcha can't kiss me (just one time) - James Yorkston and the Athletes : Cheating the game - Kathryn Williams : Flicker - The Softies : The best days - Nina Nastasia : This is what it is - St. Thomas : Oh, I have left the ground - The National : Bitters and Absolut - Little Wings : Faith children - Calexico : Not even Stevie Nicks... - The White Stripes : I'm bound to pack it up - David Dondero : Rosary - Alejandro Escovedo : Rosalie - Joe Strummer : A quarter pound of i'cense - Pratt All Stars : Strange mood - The Dirty Three : I really should've gone out last night - The Legendary Pink Dots : Puppets apocalypse - Catpower : In this hole - Orchestra Baobab : Bul na miin - Headley Bennett : Headley's medley

Saturday january 18th 2003

Souvenir Kiss ? (january 6th 2003)

Le Vieux Thorax : Réelle attaque - Paley Brothers & Ramones : Come on let's go - Dogbowl : Rock et Roll tout le nuit - Les Kavéka : Elle est partie danser le tamouré - Jean Claudric : Tiger-chark - The Rondelles : TV zombie - Charles Douglas : If - Miss Kittin and the Hacker : 1982 - Silicon Teens : T.V. playtime - The Mendoza Line : Something dark - Kathryn Williams : Soul to feet - Calexico : Si tu disais - The National : Cold girl fever - The Delgados : American trilogy - Shearwater : An accident - Precious Bryant : Georgia buck - Bobby Bare Jr : I'll be around - Ike & Tina Turner : I better getta steppin' - Etta James : I'd rather go blind - The White Stripes : Your southern can is mine - Mississipi Fred McDowell : Shake'em on down - Dogbowl : Rock and roll all nite - Les disques des jeunes - F. Barcellini : Adios Mario - Little Wings : Next time - Balsara and his singing sitars : Strawberry Fields forever - Jonathan Richman : Just about seventeen - Bonnie Prince Billy : Three questions - James Yorkston : Moving up country, roaring the gospel - Big Youth : Keep your dread - Bobby Kalphat : Artibella version

Sunday december 15th 2002

Gendarme, c'est possible ? (december 14th 2002)

Azure Ray : November - The Softies : Me and the bees - Kathryn Williams : Stood - Elysian Fields : Black acres - Sterolab : Long life love - X Ray Pop : Impudique est la prudence - Kevin Blechdom : Boob-a-q - Danielson Famile : Nice of me - Starlight Mints : Sir Prize - Spoon : Back to the life - Cake : Comfort eagle - Pixies : Broken face - Pop Tarts : Pop tarts pop tarts - Un quidam sous Pasqua : Gendarme, c'est possible encore une fois ? - Fairport Convention : Si tu dois partir - Dogbowl : Tourner dans toi - Ike & Tina Turner : Ain't nobody's business - The Baptist Generals : Preservatine - Precious Bryant : Broke and ain't got a dime - The Mendoza Line : The triple bill of shame - Pascal Comelade : Contre le style - Bright Eyes : Lover I don't have to love - Patrik Fitzgerald Group : Moon in the gutter - Tarwater : All of the ants left Paris - WC3 (A 3 dans les WC) : Léna - Taxi Girl : Jardin chinois - New Order : Paradise

Monday december 2nd 2002

Dis-moi ce que tu vois (december 1st 2002)

Sabres of Paradise : Wilmot - Dr. Alimantado : I killed the barber - Joe Gibbs : Chapter three - Gorillaz : Starshine - Kraftwerk : Expo 2000 (Kling Klang mix 2002) - Pere Ubu : Wasteland - The Beatles : Tell me what you see - The Baptist Generals : Alcohol (Turn & fall) - Radar Brothers : On the line - Clem Snyde : Nick Drake tape - Kathryn Williams : Fell down fast - Johnny Cash : I'll remember you - Ai Phoenix : Whishing lot - The Anomoanon : One that got away - Mark Robinson / Lois : Untitled - Migala : El pasado diciembre - Catpower : He war - Lambchop : 10 minutes with Joe Louis - St. Thomas : Lullaby from a wannabe - The Rondelles : Safety in numbers - Badly Drawn Boy : The shining (Avalanches good weather) - Pascal Comelade : Un train direct pour Charenton (part 2) - (artiste inconnu) : Penny Lane - Biff, Bang, Pow ! : It happens all the time (alternate version) - Vic Godard : Stop that girl - The Monochrome Set : Cargo

Wednesday november 20th 2002

S'il te plait, la ferme ! (november 19th 2002)

Ike & Tina Turner : I can't believe what you say - Charles Douglas : King of industry - Pere Ubu : 333 - Pavement : Here (Peel session) - The Rondelles : Please shut up - Chicks on speed : For all the boys in the world - The Witch Trials : Meat beat - Jad Fair & Teenage Fanclub : Behold the miracle - Adam Green : Dance with me - Rays Vast Basement : I can be alone - Kathryn Williams : We dug a hole - Gorillaz : Slow country - Primal Scream : Space blues #2 - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci : Only the sea makes sense - Luna : The slow song - Bevel : Lamp post - Alejandro Escovedo : I was drunk - Bright Eyes : From a balance beam - Sixteen Horsepower : Sinnerman - The Frogs : Homos - The Beatles : You're going to lose that girl - Kimyah Dawson : Everything's alright - Alix Marchetti, Robert Wyatt & Jean-Michel Marchetti : Dondesta - Pascal Comelade : In a Lebanon park - Mekons : Never been in a riot - Patrik Fitzgerald Group : One by one - John Lennon : Love - Terry Jacks : Me and you

Saturday november 2nd 2002

Y a mon copain qui m'attend (november 1st 2002)

Le Vieux Thorax : The French paradox - Andy Partridge : Don't you ever call me... - Primal Scream : Autobahn 66 - Lambchop : My cliche - The Residents : Picnic in the jungle - Jad Fair & Teenage Fanclub : Near to you - Pere Ubu : Phone home Jonah - Barbara Manning : Fireman - The White Stripes : You're pretty good looking - Vic Chesnutt : Deadline - Michael Hurley : O my stars - Kelly Joe Phelps : Worn out - Joseph Arthur : You are the dark - The Silos : Going round - The Danielson Famile : I am my beloved's - Wilco : Jesus, etc. - Kelly Hogan & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts : Papa was a rodeo - They Might Be Giants : Hope that I get old before I die (original version) - Calexico : The ballad of Cable Hogue (en français) - Raymond Scott : Tempo block - John Holt : Killing me softly with her song - Bob Marley & The Wailers : Kingston 12 shuffle - Dr. Alimantado : Poison flour - The Frogs : Where's Jerry Lewis ? - 1001 Strings : Blues for the guru - Lene Lovich : I think we're alone now - XTC : A dictionary of modern marriage (33 rpm) - Magazine : The operative

Sunday october 27th 2002

Aimez-moi les gens (october 26th 2002)

Robert Wyatt : Love - Le Népalais : Aimez-moi les gens - Tara Jane O'Neill & Daniel Litt : Oh la la - Daniel Johnston : Speeding motorcycle - The Danielson Famile : Flesh thang - Pere Ubu : The fevered dream of Hernando DeSoto - Wilco : I am trying to break your heart - Michael Hurley : Ohio blues - Vic Chesnutt : West of Rome - Handsome Family : Amelia Earhart vs the dancing - Mark Olson & The Creekdippers : Still we have a friend in you - Billy Bragg : Ice cream man - Kelly Hogan & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts :I still can't believe you're gone - The DeZurik (Cackle) Sisters : Sippin' cider through a straw - Stereo Total : Wir tanzen im 4 eck - Mali Music : Sunset coming on - Lambchop : Gusher - Alejandro Escovedo : Sex beat - Low : Starfire - Alasdair Roberts : The magpies nest - Bonnie 'Prince' Billy : The eagle and the hawk - Pleasant Grove : The ballad of James Snyder - Daniel Johnston : Girlfriend - Dick Annegarn : Le renard (live 1978) - Jimmy Cliff : Let your yeah be yeah - Pascal Comelade & Bel Canto Orquestra : Chanson pop (live 1986)

Sunday october 6th 2002

Ma femme n'est pas là (september 27th 2002)

The Avalanches : Frontier psychiatrist - Ginger Ale : Happy house - Momus : Mountain music - Eno / Cale : Lay my love - Arno : Je veux nager - Mali Music : Le Relax - Handsome Family : Weightless again - Walter Salas-Humara : Hold on - Pleasant Grove : The arrival - Low : In the drugs - The Heptones : That loving feel - Max Romeo : You can't stop me - Sam Cooke : Everybody loves to cha cha cha - The Baptist Generals : Evergone - 13th Floor Elevators : You're gonna miss me - Tornado : I'm the pavement of your way - Herman DŸne : Expect the unexpected - Sixteen Horsepower : Hutterite mile - Johnny Dowd : Divorce, american style - Lambchop : Uti - Pascal Comelade : A gracia (Territori sonori) - Ray's Vast Basement : Above the saloon/Why can't I be slow - The Rondelles : Six o'clock - The Grateful Dead : Ripple - The Grateful Dead : Brokedown palace - They Might Be Giants : Don't let's start (demo)

Monday september 16th 2002

Service your body if you want it to function (september 8th 2002)

The DeZurik (Cackle) Sisters : Peach pickin' time In Georgia - Moldy Peaches : Jorge Regula - The Baptist Generals : Wash sheets-Walls of blood - Dogbowl : Ecoutez-moi - Handsome Family : Where the trees lean - Gladys Patching : Les BalŽares en solo - Tony Scott : Darling if you love me - The Mad Professor : Night in Cairo - Johnny Clarke : None shall escape the judgement - Soul Coughing : Down to this - Cornershop : Motion the 11 - Lee Perry : Throw some water in - Audio Bullies : Real life - The Pixies : Subbacultcha - Bright Eyes : No lies, just love - M. Ward : I'll be yr bird - Low : Two step - Neil Young : Music arcade - Mark Lanegan : Cripple Creek - Bonga : Mona ki ngi xica - Arno : Lola, etc. - John Wayne Shot Me : Alphabetically ordered numbers - Pascal Comelade : Taking tiger mountain - Khartomb : Teekon warriors - Bush Tetras : Cowboys in africa - 1000 Mexicans : Diving for pearls

Saturday August 16th 2002

Stranger in the house (august 16th 2002)

Elvis Costello : Stranger in the house - Dogbowl : Bring it on home to me - Daho & Dani : Comme un boomerang - Devo : It takes a worried man - The Danielson Famile : Who are parents ? - Johnny Cash : I'm on fire - Caspar and Mollusk : Twig - Mull Historical Society : Instead - Mark Olson & The Creek Dippers : How can I send tonight (that I love you) - St. Thomas : Cornerman - The Baptist Generals : Sole spirit-ghost - Peter Tosh & The Wailers : Downpresser - Alton & The Flames : Cry tough - Les Juanitos : Apprenons le Cha Cha Cha - Cornershop : Good to be on the road back home again - Neil Young : Like a hurricane - Ai Phoenix : Ice-cold storm - Julie Doiron & The Wooden Stars : The last time - Kris Kristofferson : Shadows of her mind - Lambchop : Flub - Momus : Hairstyle of the devil - Endgames : Sin - The Melodians : I'll get along with you - The Kinks : picture book

Monday july 22nd 2002

Simple pleasures (july 12th 2002)

Mark Beer : Simple pleasures - Kris Kristofferson : The lady's not for sale - Ai Phoenix : Very kind - Brigitte Fontaine & Areski Belkacem : Diabolo - The Beach Boys : With me tonight - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci : The Johnny Cash lawsuit song - Syd Barrett : Late night (intrumental) - Mazzy Star : Happy - Low : In metal - Howe Gelb : America the beautiful / You can't put your arms around a memory - Julie Doiron And The Wooden St : The best thing for me - Devo : One dumb thing - Pascal Comelade : The blank invasion of schizophonics bikinis - Stanley Beckford : Hold my hand - Dandy : Won't you come home - Mad Professor : River Niger - Grandaddy : Glassy dusty (wordless) - David Bowie : Five years - The No-No's : Girlfriend - Dogbowl : Homos - Danielson Famile : Good news for the puss pickers - Tarmac : International - Songs: Ohia : Untitled 1 - Pixies : Ana - Elvis Costello : No action - Verdier : Chant et cri nasillard - David Whitaker : Vive l'amour - Stella : Cauchemar auto-protestateur - Gérard Palaprat : Et dieu viendra jouer des tablas- Mekons : Wild and blue - Marie Laforêt : Blowin' in the wind

Monday june 24th 2002

L'affront national (june 23rd 2002)

Gorky's Zygotic Mynci : (Do the) Chicken in the jungle - Ben Vaughn Combo : My first band - Cow : Cruisin - Silver Jews : Honk if you're lonely - Roman Stewart : Natty sing hit song - Mali Music : Niger - Mark Beer : Pretty - Catch 22 : L'affront national - DJ Shadow : Dark days - Richard Hell & The Voidoids : Blank generation - Ai Phoenix : This is close - Badly Drawn Boy : Silent sigh - The Tao Moe Family : Guitare hawaïenne - The Beach Boys : Then I kissed her - Neil Young : Harvest moon - Ween : I'm holding you - Kris Kristofferson : The junkie and the juicehead, minus me - Howe Gelb : What on earth will you do (for heaven's sake) ? - Julie Doiron & Herman DŸne : Dirty feet - Low : Sunflower - They Might Be Giants : Tiny doctors - Pere Ubu : Slow walking daddy - The Soul Brothers : Early bird - B.B. Seaton : Brothers stand up - Stella : Si vous connaissez quelque chose de pire qu'un vampire, parlez-m'en toujours, ça pourra peut-être me faire sourire - Jacques Dutronc : Le responsable - Ronnie Bird : L'amour nous rend fou

Monday june 17th 2002

Vivonzeureux Sound Sytem (Pop Art Café, 15 juin 2002)

Lewis Furey : Hustler's tango - Brigitte Fontaine : Tango pipeau - STTELLLA : Le tango du frigo - 3 MUSTAPHAS 3 : Si vous passez par lˆ - CAKE : Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps - T.TEX EDWARDS & OUT ON PAROLE : I'm-a-gonna kill you - Bob Dylan : Red cadillac and a black moustache - The Magnetic Fields : All my little words - Giant Sand : Shiver (remix) - Laura Nyro : I met him on a sunday - Brian Wilson : Love & mercy - The White Stripes : Rated X - The Ladybug Transistor featuring Kevin Ayers : Puis-je ? - IAM : Donne moi le micro - The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu : The queen and I - Stereo MC's & Cesare : Feel so good - STEINSKI & MASS MEDIA : The motorcade sped on - BECK : Loser - Gorillaz : 19-2000 - LE VIEUX THORAX : Le dernier des curŽs - FRIENDS OF DEAN MARTINEZ : All the pretty horses - SUPER CHICKAN : El camino - Yo La Tengo : Blitzkrieg pop - Jean-Claude Pascal : L'appareil ˆ sous - France Gall : Laisse tomber les filles - Pascal Comelade : Harley Davidson - THE MELODY FOUR : Papa n'a pas voulu - BAD II : Rush - Wreckless Eric : Reconnez cherie - Doug Sahm : Nitty gritty - STTELLLA : La valse du court-circuit - Les Boum Bomo's : N'importe quel jeu de mots en ska fera l'affaire - LES OLIEVENSTEINS : Fier de ne rien faire - ASH : Girl from mars - LES WAMPAS : Ma m�re me rend folle - Moldy Peaches : Who's got the crack - Richard Hell & The Voidoids : Blank generation - JONATHAN FIRE*EATER : When the curtain calls for you - Pixies : There goes my gun - GRANDADDY : Summer here kids - Kevin Ayers : Singing a song in the morning - THE MODERN LOVERS : Roadrunner - THE HALO BENDERS : Don't touch my bikini - XTC : Life begins at the hop - LES CALAMITES : VŽlomoteur

Saturday june 1st 2002

Life on the line (may 25th 2002)

Mark Beer : Road to somewhere - Bob & Marcia : Young gifted & black - Pascal Comelade : Vovo te bacella•re - Fad Gadget : Life on the line - Pixies : There goes my gun - John Wayne Shot Me : Hollywood - Moldy Peaches : Steak for chicken - Cow : Tall buildings - Hefner : The hymn for the cigarettes - Silvain Vanot : Les roseaux - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci : Spanish dance troup - St Thomas : The railroad - M. Ward : John King's watercolor bicycle - Stina Nordenstam : Sharon & Hope - Lambchop : I can hardly spell my name - Johnny Cash : I dreamed about Mama last night - Handsome Family : Drunk by noon - Kris Kristofferson : Come sundown - Papa M : So warped - Julie Doiron : Pour toujours - GŽnŽral Alcazar : Elle reste ˆ la maison - The Tao Moe Family : Hawaian Guitar - The Mountain Goats : Papagallo - The Jasmine Minks : Old world - The All Stars : Sleep walk (Nuit bleue) - Elvis Presley : Why me lord ? - Progress : There Is A Light

Monday april 30th 2002

We're going to be friends (april 26th 2002)

Laura Nyro : I met him on a sunday - The White Stripes : We're going to be friends - Moldy Peaches : Who's got the crack - Cow : Love takes care - Melon Galia : L'Žpaisseur d'un cheveu - Gorillaz : 19-2000 - Wagner Pˆ : Circo mistico - Shuggie Otis : Aht uh mi hed - Tortoise and The Sea & Cake : Grazing the grass - Pascal Comelade : Tribute to Joan Jett - Bob Dylan : Red cadillac and a black moustache - Kris Kristofferson : Help me make it through the night - Townes Van Zandt : For the sake of the song - Giant Sand : Wayfaring stranger / Fly me to the moon - Beck : Your cheatin' heart - Dave Schramm : Mailbox - Erik Ostrom : Carolina - The Walkabouts : Winded - East River Pipe : Baltimore - Gamover : Bonsoir - Michel Magne : OSS 117 hully-gully - Everly Brothers : All I have to do is dream - Ian Dury & Kilburn and the High Roads : You're more than fair - Heinz : Just like Eddie

Wednesday april 10th 2002


Un signe enivré (april 9th 2002)

Michel Magne : Un singe en hiver - Gregory and Sticky : You are my sunshine - Pascal Comelade & GŽrard Jacquet : Els espardenyers de Sant Lloren� - Cow : Tritan warrior - The White Noise : Love without sound - Melon Galia : I want you to tease me - The Chordettes : Eddie my love - The Heptones : Crying over you - The Heptones vs The Upsetter : Crying dub - Lambchop : Gimme little sign - The White Stripes : Sugar never tasted so good - Pixies : Wave of mutilation - Giant Sand : Johnny hit and run Pauline - Low and Dirty Three : I hear... goodnight - Ai Phoenix : We think you are very brave - Cyann & Ben : Heartlessly perfect - The Mountain Goats : Snow owl - Townes Van Zandt : Don't take it too bad - Wagner Pˆ : Xino xano - Gamover : To live that way - George Faith vs The Upsetter : Dub line - Orchestra Baobab : Ray m'bele - The Walkabouts : Desierto - Edith Nylon : Mariage, dernier délai - Juan & Maria : Juarez blues

Monday march 18th 2002

L'occasion de me taire (march 17th 2002)

Melon Galia : L'occasion de me taire - Gamover : Rossignolet dub wah - Cornershop : Heavy soup - Orchestra baobab : Balla daffe - Cow : Every man for miles - Silver Jews : Long long gone - Alejandro Escovedo : Pissed off 2 AM - Shannon Wright : Dyed in the wool - Willard Grant Conspiracy : Sticky - Mazzy Star : Fade into you - Morning Star : Tennessee waltz - Hefner : Home - TŽlŽcran : Cigarettes & cafŽ - Lucinda Williams : I envy the wind - Lambchop : Ovary eyes - Brian Wilson : Love & mercy - Max Romeo : Three blind mice - The Meditations vs The Upsetter : Dub of parliament - Areski & Brigitte Fontaine : Dis-moi - Howe Gelb : Now - Talking Heads : Pulled up - Paul Collins' Beat : rock'n'roll girl - Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper : Wash no dishes no more

Sunday march 3rd 2002

Ça tourne pas rond (march 2nd 2002)

The Touch Tone Tuners : Jocko homo - Pascal Comelade : Harley Davidson - Dogbowl and/et Peter Parker : Citro‘n - Professor Longhair : Big chief - Asie Peyton : I've got a friend - Steve Westfield : Smokin' hoes and blowin' joe - Brigitte Fontaine : Le train deux-mille-cent-dix - Heartbreakers : I love you - Daniel Johnston : Psycho nightmare - The Baptist Generals : Wrath you - Lambchop : Beyond belief - Morning Star : I heard beauty - Herman DŸne : By the door of the temple - Willard Grant Conspiracy : Color of the sun - Songs: ohia : The ocean's nerves - The Cure : Boys don't cry - Poi Dog Pondering : Ta bouche est tabou - Paula Frazer : Watercolor lines - Doug Sahm : Nitty gritty - Gamover : Wailing voices - Kevin Ayers : Jolie Madame - St. Thomas : Take a dance with me - Swell Maps : Secret island - Francis Blanche : Ca tourne pas rond - Areski & Brigitte Fontaine : L'engourdie - Johnny Cash : This train is bound for glory - Georges Jouvin : Et je m'en vais - The Band of Holy Joy : Who snatched the baby ?

Monday february 4th 2002

L'amour c'est du pipeau (3 février 2002)

Friends of Dean Martinez : All the pretty horses - The Baptist Generals : 2/3rds Jim's Head - The White Stripes : Hotel Yorba - Daniel Johnston : When I met you - Jonathan Richman : Springtime in New York - Heartbreakers : It's not enough - The Meat Puppets : What to do - The Rolling Stones : No expectations - Mazzy Star : Be my angel - Brigitte Fontaine : Tango pipeau - The Ladybug Transistor featuring Kevin Ayers : Puis-je ? - Giant Sand : Shiver (remix) - Lambchop : Cigaretiquette - Herman DŸne : Heed the wrath - Julie Doiron : And there is still enough - Greg Weeks : Shady skies and lullabies - Kevin Ayers : Don't blame them - Magnetic Fields : Le tourbillon - Fall Of Sa•gon : Visions - Max Romeo : Warning warning - The Upsetters : Black Panta - Reggie Anthony : So many skanks - Songs: ohia : Ghost tropic - Bright Eyes : A perfect sonnet - Willard Grant Conspiracy : The work song - Jacques HŽlian et son orchestre : Jumbalaya - Areski & Brigitte Fontaine : Les blanchisseuses - Albert Marcoeur : Cher Roger - (bonus cassette) Polyphonic Size : Je t'ai toujours aimée - Tuxedo Moon : I heard it through the grapevine - David Byrne : (the gift of sound) Where the sun never goes down

Sunday jannuary 13th 2002

Faites de beaux rêves (january 7th 2002)

Kevin Ayers : Thank you very much - Lambchop : Backstreet girl - Morning Star : Hereafter - Willard Grant Conspiracy : Another lonely night - Brigitte Fontaine : Le goudron - Julie Doiron : Faites de beaux r�ves - Fall Of Sa•gon : So long - Richard Hawley : Sunlight - A Camp : Rock'n'roll ghost - Herman DŸne : They go to the woods - Danyel GŽrard : Tout l'amour - The Magnetic Fields : Meaningless - Jacqueline Ta•eb : 7 heures du matin - The White Stripes : Rated X - The Baptist Generals : Wrath You - Hamell On Trial : Judy - Blind Willie Johnson : Church, I'm fully saved today - The Danielson Famile : Rallying the dominoes - The Staple Singers : Why ? (am I treated so bad) - Jacques HŽlian et son orchestre : Istamboul - Max Romeo : Open the iron gate part 2 - Jonathan Richman : I took a chance on her - Loretta : Unhappy - Tim Hardin : Black sheep boy - Jim O'Rourke : Prelude to 110 or 220 / Women of the world - (bonus cassette) Brigitte Fontaine & Areski : Le 6 septembre - Walter Salas-Humara : You look like Sheila - Johnny Cash : I talk to Jesus every day

Dimanche 6 janvier 2002

All this crazy gift of time (26 décembre 2001)


1 Kevin Ayers : All this crazy gift of time - 2 Brigitte Fontaine : Une fois mais pas deux - 3 Daniel Johnston : Happy time - 4 The Magnetic Fields : Time enough for rocking when we're old - 5 They Might Be Giants : Older - 6 The Modern Lovers : Dignified and old - 7 Family Fodder : Savoir faire - 8 The Feelings : Friends rock and roll - 9 The Jasmine Minks : Soul children - 10 Television Personalities : Three wishes - 11 The Carter Family : Keep on the sunny side - 12 Rainer : Di Lantin - 13 M. Ward : Persuasion - 14 Norfolk & Western : Brigadier farewell #8 - 15 Lambchop : Masters of none - 16 Stuart Moxham : Final day - 17 Les Boum Bomo's : Tribute ˆ zŽro - 18 Howe Gelb : Dear diary - 19 Johnny Cash : Bad news - 20 Yo La Tengo : Blitzkrieg pop - 21 Dogbowl : Hot day in Waco - 22 Steve Westfield : Underwhelmed - 23 Aaron Nudelman : Rainy day okay - 24 St. Thomas : The proud St. Thomas - 25 Pascals : Mata aou - 26 Bonnie 'Blue' Billy : Blue boy

Dimanche 23 décembre 2001

The one you really love (22 décembre 2001)

1 Norfolk & Western : The absence of photographs - 2 Jonathan Richman : Couples must fight - 3 Herman DŸne : Little architect - 4 Blind Willie Johnson : Let your light shine on me - 5 Lambchop : Moist towelette - 6 Greg Weeks : Duress - 7 The Go-Betweens : He lives my life - 8 Rodolphe Burger & Olivier Cadiot : Tante Elisabeth - 9 GŽrard Jacquet & Pascal Comelade : El capellˆ i la gallina - 10 The Magnetic Fields : The one you really love - 11 The Plastics : Copy - 12 They Might Be Giants : Feast of lights - 13 Loretta : Last plane home - 14 Pablo Moses : Music is my desire - 15 Prince Far I & the Arabs : Message from the king - 16 Mikey Dread : Pre dawn dub - 17 Welton Irie : Rolling stone - 18 Max Romeo : Blood of the prophet part 2 - 19 James White & The Blacks : Contort yourself - 20 De La Soul : Eye know - 21 Lambchop : Whitey - 22 Jonathan Richman : Tonight - 23 The Magnetic Fields : Yeah! oh, yeah! - 24 Johnny Dowd : Mother's little helper - (bonus cassette) POLYPHONIC SIZE : Mother's little helper - DAVID BYRNE : In the future - BRIGITTE FONTAINE & ARESKI : Moi aussi

Dimanche 2 décembre 2001

Play me a melody (1er décembre 2001)

1 The Magnetic Fields : A chicken with its head cut off - 2 Fred Neil : The water is wide - 3 Boxhead Ensemble : Send in the clowns - 4 Richard & Linda Thompson : The cavalry cross - 5 Norfolk & Western : Say goodbye (play me a melody) - 6 Lambchop : Or thousands of prizes - 7 Daniel Johnston : Mind contorted - 8 Jonathan Richman : Her mystery not of high heels and eye shadow - 9 The Undertones : Wednesday week - 10 Neil Young : Don't cry no tears - 11 Willie Williams : See you when I get there - 12 Grace Jones : She's lost control - 13 Max Romeo : Tacko - 14 De La Soul : Ghetto thang - 15 Momus : Akiko Masuda - 16 Les Boum Bomo's : L'alcool de la rue - 17 Pinback : Offline pk - 18 Matt Pond PA : The hollows - 19 Norfolk & Western : Border Oklahoma - 20 Boxhead Ensemble : Who - 21 Lambchop : Masters of none - 22 Richard & Linda Thompson : The end of the rainbow - 23 Pascal Comelade : Ha•ku de tango - (bonus cassette) The Beatles : here comes the sun - Georges Jouvin : Fille sauvage - Robert Wyatt : Caimanera

Face B : Just to see you smile
PASCAL COMELADE : l'italiano - DENNIS BROWN : concentration - LEE PERRY : throw some water in - ALBERT PREJEAN : amusez-vous - DEVO : we're all devo ! - DEVO : words get stuck in my throat - ST. THOMAS : invitation - AI PHOENIX : revolution is grey - THE PASTELS : kitted out - JASMINE MINKS : midnight and I - ALAIN BASHUNG : imbécile - SPARKLEHORSE : more yellow birds - BONNY BILLY : just to see you smile - JOHNNY DOWD : I don't exist - PASCAL COMELADE : signed curtain

Face B :
FRANCOIS DE ROUBAIX : dernier domicile connu - MERCURY REV : tonight it shows - WALKABOUTS : train to mercy - TRAM : once I was - ASIE PEYTON : please tell me you love me - BOB DYLAN : rainy day women nos 12 & 35 - KEVIN AYERS : beware of the dog - LEONARD COHEN : dance me to the end of love - BIG YOUTH : miss lou ring a ding - BIG YOUTH : same thing - DELRON 3030 : mastermind - SWELL MAPS : full moon in my pocket

Face B :
RAMONES : I don't wanna grow up - SKATALITES : beardsman ska - PASCALS : nata anou - JEAN BART : salaud admirable - BRIGITTE FONTAINE / JACQUES HIGELIN : maman j'ai peur - JIM WHITE : hey! you going my way ?? - LILI BONICHE : bambino - SUPER CHIKAN : el camino - BONNY BILLY : sweeter than anything - GANG OF FOUR : it's her factory - JOHNNY CASH : wide open road - TRIFFIDS : wide open road - JOHNNY DOWD : heavenly feast

Face B :
RAINER : di lantin - NEIL YOUNG : good to see you - BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY : after I made love to you - THE GO-BETWEENS : spring rain - RAMONES : sheena is a punk rocker - MAGAZINE : touch and go (peel session) - FAD GADGET : newsreel - THE SKATALITES : silver dollar - PASCALS : skatalan logicofobism - MANU CHAO : me gustas tu - CALEXICO : lunada lando - AYERS AND ARCHIBALD : o wot a dream - THE (HYPOTHETICAL) PROPHETS : around the world with the prophets - STEREO TOTAL : tu peux conduire ma bagnole - PETER SELLERS : she loves you - KLIMPEREI : la robe grise

Face B :
BONGO HERMAN, LES & BUNNY : know for I (+ version) - BURNING SPEAR : 2000 years - MULUQEN MELESSE : wèlètié maré - TAJ MAHAL : ain't gwine' to whistle dixie (any mo') (live) - CALEXICO : crystal frontier (widescreen version) - JOHNNY CASH : understand your man - WILLIAMS FAIREY BRASS BAND : day in the life / can u party ? - THE TORERO BAND : can't buy me love - LONDON SOUND DANCE ORCHESTRA : les petites papiers - MARIE LAFORET : que calor la vida - FRANCK POURCEL ET SON GRAND ORCHESTRE : salade de fruits - DOGBOWL : you love me

Face B : First day at work
PHAROS : pinter - SEÑOR COCONUT Y SU CONJUNTO : neon lights - CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG : élastique - KEVIN AYERS : singing a song in the morning - DOGBOWL : fantastic carburetor man - JULIAN COPE : stones circles 'n' you - JAD FAIR & DANIEL JOHNSTON : first day at work - M. WARD : end of amnesia - TERRY LEE HALE : fading anger - CHRIS & CARLA : nights between stations - TIM HARDIN : how can we hang on to a dream - J.J. CALE : you got something - TERRY LEE HALE : rainer's song - HOWE GELB : saint conformity

Face B :
GIANT SAND : vanishing point - BONNIE 'PRINCE' BILLY : at break of day - KEVIN AYERS : all this crazy gift of time - BRIGITTE FONTAINE : une fois mais pas deux - HAWKSLEY WORKMAN : old bloody orange - STEVE WESTFIELD : underwhelmed - CACHAITO LOPEZ : mis dos pequeñas - CARTER FAMILY : keep on the sunny side - M. WARD : color of water - PLEASANT GROVE : the mountain - ABBC : je voudrais me rappeler - HEFNER : to hide a litle thought - JOHNNY CASH & CARL PERKINS : ballad of little fauss and big halsy (instrumental)