I’m thrilled to have received yet more inspired music in my mailbox. For some uppity modern music with a definite French retro feel, there’s Boutique Chic. I’ve gladly added “La raie o milieu” by Minimatic to the playlist, as it sounded the most ‘oh la la-esque’, but the EP Chez le coiffeur (At the hairdresser’s) features three more beat big wonders: “Panique au salon” by Georges Deligny, “Bigoudis party” by Le Grand David and “Brilliantine a gogo” by Chris Joss.

If anyone out there has anything they think is ‘oh la la-esque’, feel free to send it in at the address indicated under the contact button.

Finally having a few minutes to spare for picking up my mail, imagine my surprise at finding a DVD and CD from Jacqueline Taïeb! The CD is called “Jacqueline Taïeb is back” and features new songs as well as an interesting remix of her big hit, “Sept heures du matin”.

I admire her for not clinging to her sixties image and doing all sorts of things. And since coincidences are popping up all over the place lately, it was in January 1967 in Cannes that Jacqueline’s first hit “Sept heures du matin” was played on the radio. This song, along with a few other guitar savvy numbers, can be heard on Radio Oh La La.

After a post-Christmas shopping spree at the nearby French music enclave of Brussels, I’ve added some tunes by Jean Constantin, Francoise Hardy, Claude François and Jeanne Moreau.

The music at Oh La La may be retro, but the technology is definitely modern. A Radio Oh La La podcast, Franco a gogo, is in the works; first some legalities need to be settled. In fact, podcasts are much like the twist or mash potato: everbody’s doin’ it.

I also wrote another piece over at Filles Sourires about the duet Dents de lait, dents de loup, sung by Serge Gainsbourg and France Gall exactly 39 years ago today (pure coincidence, I assure you).