On 15 September at the Atomic Café, Munich, Germany, the man behind the French Cuts compilations Martin Hemmel will be spinning 60s, R&B, US garage punk, power pop and of course, yéy&#233 . Laissez les bons temps rouler! More from Martin Hemmel at Myspace.

Interesting combination! If only Mireille Mathieu had worn her hair like this more often (she usually has this ‘bowl’ hair cut) and controlled that wicked tremelo of hers… Petula Clark was on TV so often in France, so here’s a sample.

Just in time for the weekend, the Radio Oh la la web radio has had an injection of HOURS of new tunes!

What’s with the picture? It was taken at the late Serge Gainsbourg’s house in Paris. The house is still closed to the public and the story is that daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg wants to turn it into a museum. I was there early in the morning when a French couple were taking pictures. I took pictures of them and they of me, and just this week, the man, a major Gainsbourg collector, sent me some pictures of what he owns (like 800 different Gainsbourg-related albums!).

More on this in a future podcast!