Back from two weeks of French record shopping in Montréal, Québec, I scored me an interview with record collector and sixties girl group enthusiast Denis Lalonde (photo) of the well-known Ultra Chicks compilations and record store Le Pick-Up. Podcast No. 25 features this interview as well as an all-out French Canadian music podcast, complete with accents and quebecisms.

Les Minous Blancs need to be believed, while Les Milady’s cover France Gall oh so sweetly. Karo sings a song about buzzing bugs, Les Hou-Lops show off their buzzing guitars and Michèle Richard & Denis Pantis cover Serge Gainsbourg. In the end, you can picture me singing along to Pierre Lalonde when nobody is watching.

Playlist
Les Minous Blancs – Oh non jamais
Les Milady’s – Jazz à gogo
Karo – Les bibittes
Les Hou-lops – Oh non !
Michèle Richard & Denis Pantis – Bonnie and Clyde
Pierre Lalonde – Nous on est dans le vent

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On November 24, French grooviness will descend upon Amsterdam! Come one, come all!

This is my last posting before going on a well-deserved vacation to Montréal. Sure, I have that one gig (mentioned below) and a private Halloween party, but I plan to chill as well.

Do not forget to mark Saturday 24 November in your diary, as the big Chick Habit party is going to ooze of French girl grooviness! Together with Guuzbourg of Filles Sourires, who will be releasing his Filles Fragiles CD, we are going to have guests, acts and who knows what else.

Not only are we francophiles joining forces in Amsterdam, but I was just interviewed by Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad about Radio Oh la la. Watch for that sometime this month.

NEWS: the gig in London has been cancelled. These things happen!