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French singer (and daughter of Serge) Charlotte Gainsbourg is recovering after undergoing surgery for a minor brain hemorrhage on Wednesday night; she'd had chronic headaches in the weeks following a waterskiing accident. [AFP via Yahoo!]

1:16 PM on Thu Sep 6 2007, by mjohnston, 203 views, 3 comments

Please Release Me (Sooner): Charlotte Gainsbourg Teams Up With Air

Welcome to another edition of "Please Release Me," in which your Idolators request—nay beg—that an out-of-print, delayed or held-up-in-customs album be issued stateside:

2:54 PM on Mon Nov 20 2006, by mjohnston, 1,028 views, 2 comments

And What Does Mrs. Hazlewood Have To Say About This?

Hey, cowboy! That's some serious Serge Gainsbourg territory you're getting into there!

4:02 PM on Fri Jan 19 2007, by Brian Raftery, 31 views, 2 comments

France Furthers Anti-iPod DRM Bill

Liberte, Egalite, no DRM? The French are voting on legislation that would restrict iTunes and its ilk from from limiting upon which devices the music can be played or how the songs can be shared. [Photo from recent student demonstrations outside...

9:21 AM on Wed Mar 22 2006, by popkin, 71 views, 5 comments

Ending On A Good Note: Wednesday's MP3 Roundup

PICK TO CLICK: Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie And Clyde [more info]

3:45 PM on Wed Nov 22 2006, by mjohnston, 35 views, Comment

The New Feist Video Is Pretty Great.

Canadian chanteuse Feist is like Charlotte Gainsbourg minus the pedigree mixed with Arcade Fire minus the manparts plus Cat Power minus the blah whatever diva moodiness with some Patti Smith minus the ugly. She just released the video for the...

5:58 AM on Fri Jan 25 2008, by Joshua David Stein, 1,516 views, 44 comments

Ending On A Good Note: Monday's MP3 Roundup

PICK TO CLICK: Charlotte Gainsbourg - AF607105 / Everything I Cannot See [more info]

5:53 PM on Mon Nov 20 2006, by mjohnston, 9 views, Comment

Mon Dieu! French PSP Controlled Robot

God bless the French for the Nouvelle Vague, good wine, Serge Gainsbourg and PSP controlled robots. Big brother site Gizmodo points to this mod that uses the PSP's Wi-Fi capabilities to control a ramshackle robot. Solid proof that the PSP can be...

8:22 AM on Mon Jul 3 2006, by Brian Ashcraft, 207 views, Comment

Ron Artest Wants You To Know That His Heart Will Go On

Sacramento King-slash-MC Ron Artest revealed his sensitive side in an interview with The Smoking Section , where he praised Nelly for not "talking about killing people" and gave a certain breast-beating Canadian some love:

11:30 AM on Wed Nov 22 2006, by mjohnston, 193 views, 6 comments

Stuck On Repeat: Jean-Claude Vannier Flies From Our Speakers

Despite constant listens, we're unable to come up with a fitting genre classification for Jean-Claude Vannier's 1972 opus L'Enfant Assassin des Mouches (translation: The Child Assassin of the Flies), which finally saw reissue last year on Finders...

3:37 PM on Fri Feb 2 2007, by idolguest3, 230 views, 5 comments