Hi list Philippe and Kevan were discussing French swingin' sixties stars like Francoise Hardy and France Gall here the other day,I just wanted to say that there also used to be quite a funny male called Michel Polnareff. When he started in around 1964/65 he looked very handsome and unassuming,singing beautiful little songs like "La poupee qui fait non","Ame caline","Le roi de fourmis" etc.,just accompanied by his guitar,some cellos and a squeaky hammond organ.I tracked down some of his orginal vinyl records a few years ago and never stopped listening to them. Unfotunately he later reinvented himself as some sort of androgynous,glam - creature,stalking the stage in his underwear,a pair of massive shades and a horrific haircut(possibly a wig?). Sadly photographs of that kind now grace every of his compilatons and are surely scarring of every half interested kid.It's a shame,he should have left the drag business to people who did it better than him. Well,he may not have the grace and style of our beloved Francoise and France,but his early songs are sweet anyway.Apparently he is still famous in Japan today... I thought I should just mention him,hope I won't get any abuse from all you French people.Bye for now... Stephane,if you happen to read this I hope that you are well,I've send a note to you last week,but since I've had some problems with the computer you might have never received it.I'm on Hotmail now,hope this works. NIK ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+