Vigon's French R&B

"Vigon" immigrated to France from Morocco and adopted this stage name because in his younger days his little schoolmates teased him about his incorrect pronunciation of "vagon" (wagon). He made several rhythm & blues records including this particularly strong cover of Little Richard's Bama Lama Bama Loo. (Thanks to my friend Max for the tip !)

Here he is live in 1969 with his band Les Lemons, doing "The Spoiler".

[Footnote : This is remarkable since there was almost no soul/R&B "made in France." The exception that proves the rule is, of course, Nino Ferrer, born in Italy. Here he is rocking the Brussels train station.]

[Footnote : Original version of The Spoiler (I think) by Eddie Purrel.]

US version  Ed.

[Footnote : As a bonus, here's a Finnish band's version of Bama Lama.]

But was Little Richard annoyed by these copy-cats ? We have the official response. After performing the song himself, Richard unambiguously sets the record straight. In a hilarious, pre-rehearsed interview with Dick Clark, he states that he is "very grateful to know that my material is the type of material that the entertainers today would like to use."

The Fringe Factory 8pm tonite!

We've got wylde cover versions, unlikely songs, before they were famous, brand new Pow Wows, new King Khan & BBQ Show, plus fuzzy faves and wacky way-outs! Check us out on WFMU.org at 8 pm ET

Crayons to Perfume! Cover Girls! 7pm Tonite!

It's our second installment of Cover Girls! This time the girls cover the Shirelles, British and American pop, rock and soul, plus a little bit of psychedelia! Tune into WFMU.org at 7 and look for the Ichiban stream. Join us in the chat room by clicking the comments and playlist link....and don't miss a show! Our archives have it all! and check out the interview on Cha Cha Charming!

Milk'n'Cookies Rock'n'Roll - No More Milk, No More Wine, Glass of Milk, Mighty Fine!

1. Cookie Man: Chips Ahoy!
2. Cookie & His Cupcakes: I’m Twisted
3. Els Xocs - Més Enllà
4. Nino Rota Drink More Milk
5. Jackie Lomax: Sour Milk
6. Ray Charles & The Cookies: Yes In Deed
7. Jerry Reed And The Hully Girlies - Spilled Milk
8. Red Foley: Milk Bucket Boogie
9. The Blisters: Cookie Rockin’ In Her Stockings
10. Big Jay McNeely: Mule Milk
11. Edd Byrnes: Kookie’s Mad Pad
12. Summer’s Children: Milk & Honey
13. The Cookies: Don’t Say Nothin’ Bad About My Baby
14. The Crickets: Milk & Gin
15. The Ventures: Cookies & Coke
16. The Liberty Party: Jim’s Milk Song
17. Marcie & The Cookies: Would If I Could
18. The Zipps The Struggle For Ice-Cold Milk Of Benzi The Bass-Player
19. Herman’s Hermits: No Milk Today
20. Cookie Roberts - Draggin' The Drive-Inn's
21. Kookie Cook: Revenge

Get an ice cold glass here!

The Fringe Factory's Got ACTION! Tonite at 8!

The Litter takes you to where the ACTION is tonight on the Fringe Factory at 8 on WFMU.org

Get Into the SWING of SPRING! on Crayons to Perfume! at 7

Tonight at 7pm on WFMU.org


The girls are putting on their best for Crayons to Perfume's spring fashion show featuring Barbara English and the Fashions! Hear Sugar Pie De Santo, Mamie Van Doren, Karen Young & The Knee Bones, Annette, Mary Ann and all the rest of the girls get dressed from head to toe!

Menu For Tomorrow's Fool's Paradise Program With Rex

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Songs The Lord Taught Us

Miriam

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Untamed Youth

Deke Dickerson

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Reigning Sound

The Fall

Jody

The live Zakary Thaks film

What if there were a half-hour film of a real 60s garage band performing ? Well, there is ! By some miracle, authentic 1966 Corpus Christi heroes the Zakary Thaks were filmed by a friend of their manager, who thought it would be a good promotional tool for the band. The film (click here) was never used and was lost for years. Now online, it's well worth watching all the way through.

Unfortunately, the guys seem self-conscious about the filming and they don't completely cut loose, and the same goes for their friends dancing in front of the stage during one take. Attempts at psychedelic lighting fail miserably. But who's complaining ?

Apparently it was a guy from Cicadelic Records who located the film and put it online. Thanks a lot, man ! He also did this insanely long but fascinating interview with the band, talking about everything that was happening around them in Texas at that time, including the film, their social life and the Jax beer commercial they recorded.

"...none of the Thaks finished high school except me. They all dropped out, because of hair codes and behavioral problems."

The film has some good songs, but does not include their garage hit, Bad Girl, which you already know from Pebbles Vol. 2.

"I want to say [Bad Girl] was like the one true picture of what the Zakary Thaks were as a group. That literally was written by all five of us in one afternoon."

The Fringe Factory Haunts You! at 8pm!

There's plenty of fuzz as the Haunted take the lead in our show for this evening at 8pm garage & psych, old & new!
WFMU.org Ichiban Stream! We're still raising funds for WFMU so GARAGE MANIACS!!

CLICK HERE TO PLEDGE TO THE FRINGE FACTORY

Thank-you!

Crayons To Perfume! at 7... don't miss it!

Tonites show features a foot movin' lineup of girls! Don't miss it!! WFMU.org at 7, ICHIBAN!!

I'll be giving away the three CD set of Girl Group Sounds and Bonnie & The Treasure's Home of the Brave 45!

Pledge here: do it for the GIRLS!

Merci!

Debbie's Back!!

Wailin' with the Fringe Factory!! tonight at 8pm!

We are WAILIN' tonight on the FRINGE FACTORY at 8pm here on WFMU's Rock'n'Soul Ichiban!

We're also raising some cash to keep ICHIBAN and WFMU on the air, so give us a pledge - and get some great WFMU swag which you can see here.. but wait! The Fringe Factory also has a heaping helping of PRIZES to award lucky pledgers!! We have Bananas magazines, a garage pinback collection, Goovie postcards, cd's and VINYL! Yes friends we're giving away vinyl: The latest LP from the Above, Le Chelsea Beat, The Future Primitives, Marshmallow Overcoat, Bipolaroid and the Cynics! So turn us on at 8, and don't be late!

Join us in the Ichiban chat room by going to WFMU and clicking on the slider that says "all streams" to reveal the Ichiban Stream and the Fringe Factory. There is text link for our playlist and comments - click that and land in the chat room with us...AND WIN!

GARAGE MANIACS!! CLICK HERE TO PLEDGE TO THE FRINGE FACTORY

and don't forget that 75 smackers gets you a copy of FRINGIN' FAVES #1 with an EXCLUSIVE CUT by the ROUTES of Japan and a special message from THE FLESHTONES as well as 28 other great garage cuts and a fantastic cover by our own Vikki Vaden!

Crayons to Perfume! 7pm Tonight!!

It's ANYTHING GOES on Crayons to Perfume! on WFMU.org's Rock'n'Soul Ichiban...I'm playing girl groups (of course), female fronted 60's soul, and international girls while I ask you to support WFMU and Crayons To Perfume!

I've also got GREAT GIFTS from my own personal collection to give to lucky pledgers!

Join me in the Ichiban chat room, at WFMU.org .. click the text "see all channels" just below the main image and open the slider to show Ichiban and Crayons to Perfume! I'll be there at 7pm, and by clicking the small link that says "playlist and comments" you'll end up in the chat room! I've got Ronettes pinbacks, cd's and even a copy of SHIRLEY MATTHEWS BIG TOWN BOY to give away!

CLICK HERE NOW TO MAKE YOUR PLEDGE!!!!!!!

for a pledge of $75 you can get Frozen Felines - 26 Canadian Kittens that will NEVER AGAIN be compiled! 1960--1969, coast to coast Canadian girls in a one of a kind collection!

Radio Alert!

Direct your ears to the next Fool's Paradise Program when Rex yacks it up with Gilbert Klein, author of Fat Chance.  Thrill to the story of KFAT on-air staff and how it all happened in the garlic capitol of the world!  Tune in to WFMU on Saturday 3/6 from 1-3PM EST!
Do it for Captain Biffco and the Raisin People!

Listen now!

Frozen Felines

It's time for WFMU's MARATHON and Crayons to Perfume! has created FROZEN FELINES - 26 Canadian Kittens! A cd collection filled with obscure (or obscure tracks by) Canadian soul and psychedelic sisters, teeners, girl groups and Francophone felines! - a mix of English and French.... GIRL GROUP LOVERS won't want to miss this one, it will never again be reproduced! A truly rare collection you can only get from WFMU.org! Why not go ahead and /marathon credit your pledge to Crayons to Perfume!

Then download a few of our Soeurs Canadiene (those are Canadian sisters) who didn't get the chance to make it to Frozen Felines! My gift to you, for loving the GIRLS! Your pledge also means you have the chance to win FREE STUFF during our shows March 11th and March 18th at 7pm on the Ichiban Stream! We have ORIGINAL GIRL GROUP 45's as well as compilation CD's to give to lucky pledgers! THANK YOU for supporting WFMU's Rock'n'Soul Ichiban and for keeping Debbie D's vision of the perfect mix of 50's & 60's obscure music of all kinds alive, 24/7!!!


download

1. Carole Robert & Les Improvistes: Le Fruit Defendu
2. Caroline: Le jeu du Telephone
3. Domenique Michel: Mirza
4. Karo - Un garçon en mini-jupe
5. Lynda Layne: Hang On To Me, Baby
6. Pat Hervey: Walkin' In Bonnie's Footsteps

Rest In Peace Brian Carman Of The Chantays

Obit

Droppin' the Easybeats with the Fringe Factory!

Check out the show now! Click here!!

are you a Fringin' Fuzz Freak? Then consider making a pledge to WFMU's Marathon fundraiser by offering your pledge in credit of the Fringe Factory!

wanna hear more shows? Check out the ARCHIVE!

Lori Burton is Crayons to Perfume's! Girl of the Week!

Crayons To Perfume has Singers & Songwriters featuring Lori Burton! You may know Lori as the stupendous Whyte Boots of NIGHTMARE fame - the song that epitomizes tough, NY girl rock'n roll. Lori helped write Nightmare, and tonight show features Lori along with Jackie deShannon, Barbara Lynn, Ellie Greenwich and of course Carole King! Join us at 7pm, click here look for the text link that says all channels, and you'll find the girls on Ichiban, click the link to the playlist and comments and you'll head right into the chat room with me!

if you love Crayons to Perfume! and Girl Groups, you can pledge your support by clicking here and offering any denomination and crediting your pledge to Crayons To Perfume!, but remember, for a pledge of $75 or more you can get our fab new DJ premium FROZEN FELINES, 26 Canadian Kittens - most of whom have never before been compiled or re-issued, featuring Canadian psychedelic and soul sisters, girl groups and teeners plus ferocious Francophones! During our shows on March 11th and 18th I will also be giving away girl group CD's to lucky listers who join me live, in the chat room and make your pledges while I'm on the air (if you call into the station, please credit the pledge to Crayons! Thank-you!) plus everyone who pledges to Ichiban gets a cool free retro radio Ichiban sticker!!

CITIZEN FREAKOUT with the Fringe Factory at 8pm!

Tonight The Fringe Factory has a KILLER lineup starting with those Frozen Freaks - the 49th Parallel, and we don't stop until we get to the latest track from Switzerland! Join the insanity for an hour, from 8-9pm tonight, right HERE - open the text link for all streams and find Ichiban! click the link for playlist and comments and you can join us in the chat room!

Crayons to Perfume! Girls of the week, the Pixies Three are throwing a PARTY!

The Pixies Three are throwing a party, and you're invited! Our party girls start the tater mashing at 7pm and don't stop until 8, and you can listen to it all, HERE! - just look for the link that says all streams, open it to find the Ichiban stream and another link that says playlist and comments - see what we're playing and even join in the party!

coming in March, WFMU will be holding it's annual pledge marathon and Crayons to Perfume! has added an extra treat for our listeners! Pledge $20 or more and you get some great WFMU stickers, $50 and you get a super cool t-shirt and $75 gets you a choice of DJ premiums...Crayons to Perfume! has created FROZEN FELINES .... 26 tracks of rare and obscure, mostly not re-issued CANADIAN KITTENS - 60's Canadian girls and girl groups! GIRL GROUP LOVERS YOU WILL NOT FIND THIS ANYWHERE ELSE! So please help support the best free form station in the Nation by offering us up a little love.

Evolution Revolution

Blind Date (2:05)

The Fringe Factory is Buzzin' Like A Hornets Nest!

Curtis Knight starts the Fringe Factory hive a BUZZIN' tonite with the help of Jimi Hendrix on guitar, in our fuzz filled hour featuring the Phroggs, Groep Reza, Giant Robots, The Third Bardo plus bands from Japan, Canada, Switzerland, the UK, and more! It's all HERE at 8pm and you can join us at wfmu.org look for "NOW PLAYING" and the Ichiban stream, then click the text link to Playlist and Comments to join us in the chat room!

Crayons To Perfume! Girls of the Week are the Shangri-las!!!

Last week, Crayons to Perfume! was all about love...but oh, oh! This week it's all about heartbreak and heartache...The Shangri-las lead us through the tempest of teenage trials along with Jackie de Shannon, Dean Cannon, Gloria Jones, Les Scarabees and the rest of the girls!

Click HERE at 7pm, and then head on over to WFMU.org, scroll down a bit under the title image to see the Ichiban Stream and links that appear shortly after 7pm leading you to our live playlist and chat room! Join me!

Mission: Impossible

1 Sarah Vaughan: Peter Gunn
2 Barbara Acklin: Am I The Same Girl (= "Soulful Strut")
3 Eddie Rambeau: Summertime Guy (= "Newlywed Game theme")
4 Johnny Mathis: Midnight Cowboy
5 Gary Glitter: Rock And Roll (pt. 1)
6 Richard Anthony: Take Five
7 Claudine Longet: Sleep Safe And Warm (= "Rosemary's Baby" theme)
8 Lorne Greene: Bonanza
9 Sammy Davis, Jr.: You Can Count On Me (= "Hawaii Five-0" theme)
10 Sonny James: Apache
11 Tommy Leonetti: Walk Don't Run
12 Cliff Nobles: Love Is All Right (= "The Horse")
13 Free Design: A Man And A Woman
14 Kathy Kirby: Spanish Flea
15 The Hands Of Time: Blue's Theme
16 Bobby Rydell: The Cha Cha Cha (= "Rinky Dink")
17 Pat Boone: Baby Elephant Walk
18 Darla Hood: My Quiet VIllage
19 We Five: Cast Your Fate To The Wind
20 The Supremes: Sleepwalk
21 Ann-Margret: My Last Date
22 Little Anthony & The Imperials: Exodus Song
23 Frankie Laine: Misirlou
24 Bobby Rydell: Telstar
25 Andy Williams: Music To Watch Girls By
26 Nichelle NIchols: Star Trek Theme
27 Andy Williams: Stranger On The Shore
28 Tamiko Jones & Herbie Mann: A Man And A Woman
29 Sy Oliver & His Orch.: Caravan
30 Lou Rawls: Soul Serenade
31 The Kane Triplets: Mission Impossible

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE

My Hi-Fi To Cry By

Jayne

Happy Valentine's Day!  Mix compiled by Greg Germani.

1-Tommy Collins - I Made The Prison Band
2-Bonnie Owens - My Hi-Fi To Cry By
3-Eddie Noack - Honeymoon With The Blues
4-Dal Perkins - Here's To The Girls
5-Cal Smith - To Save My Wife
6-Jack Eirwin - My Wife Is In Your Hands
7-Carl Butler & Pearl - Throw A Little Dirt
8-Johnny Sea - My Baby Walks All Over Me
9-Don Speer - Slave To The Bottle
10-Ernest Tubb - Wine Me Up
11-Buck Owens - Satan's Gotta Get Along Without Me
12-Rockin' "Rudy" Hansen - Mambo Queen
13-Deke Dickerson - I'm Gonna Live Some Before I Die
14-Billy Mure - Jambalaya
15-Bob Atcher - Down With The Feminine Gender
16-Porter Wagoner - I'll Go Down Swingin'
17-George Jones - Half Of Me Is Gone
18-Grandpa Jones - Half Of Me Is Gone
19-Bobbi Kaye - Don't Let Me Want Him
20-Carl Butler & Pearl - It's Called Cheating
21-Bonnie Owens - How Can Our Cheating Be Wrong?
22-Jimmie Lumsden - This Cheating Game
23-Bert Parker - The Tavern Across The Street
24-Ernest Ashworth - The DJ Cried
25-Walt Jr & The Country Division
26-Billy Larkin - The Devil In Mrs. Jones
27-Gene McKown - Keeper Of The Heartaches
28-Charlie Louvin - You Finally Said Something Good...
29-Willis Brothers - Good Girl Bad
30-Red "Suitcase" Simpson - Hey, Bin Laden
31-Jimmy Snyder - Our Boys In Viet Nam Are Coming Home
32-Two Dollar Pistols - That Someone Isn't Me

TURN ON! .... The Fringe Factory!!!!

The Fringe Factory turns it on with an hour of way out, high energy garage and psych from the 60's - present! Tonight we've got fuzz, grinding organs, a little bit 'o soul from all over the world!

Tune in with the Tune In Radio link at 8pm, and then check out wfmu.org shortly after 8 and scroll down below the image to find the Ichiban Stream! Your DJ's are there live, and you can click that link to see a real-time playlist and join us in the chat room!

Crayons to Perfume's Hearts belong to the Shirelles, our Girls of the Week!

The girls wish you many Happy Valentines (or even, just one!) as we get sweet on the Shirelles! You can listen through the Tune In Radio link which is my favorite way to listen, then head on over to wfmu.org where, shortly after 7, you can scroll down below the image to see the Ichiban stream and Crayons to Perfume at 7pm on Wednesdays. It only appears as your DJ's are live, on the air! Click that link to see our real-time playlist and join us in the chat room!

-with love, from Crayons to Perfume!

Purr-fect Pussycats!!!

Purr-fect Pussycats! The addendum to Crayons To Perfume's ferocious felines show! Crayons to Perfume! is live on WFMU's Rock'n'Soul Ichiban every Wed and 7

Purr-fect Pussycats

thanks to Snidley Whiplash!

The Fringe Factory is Where The Action Is!

The Fringe Factory goes...Where The Action Is! We start our show with a little tour of the North West, and move along to Australia, the UK, Spain, Greece - anywhere the action is!

Check Us Out HERE Our complete WFMU link archive can be found here

Crayons to Perfume! Girl of the Week is Miss Kitty du Mont!

We're just KITTENS over the a-meow-sing crime fighting pussycat Miss Kitty du Mont - you may remember her as the star of the World Of Tile website! Today we pay hommage to Kitty who saves the lives of countless felines by day, and saves the universe at night (and I hear on Sundays and Mondays too!) - so todays Crayons To Perfume! is filled with every feline imaginable!

Join us here now!

Here's the complete archive to all our shows!

sounds like ...

1 Classics IV: Don't Make Me Wait (= Buddy Holly)
2 Johnny Cymbal: Little Miss Lonely (= Dion & Belmonts)
3 Sherry Dinning: Obion Bottom Land (= Bobbie Gentry)
4 The Matadors: Nonsense (= Coasters)
5 Terry Knight & The Pack: Dirty Lady (= Donovan)
6 Mickey Gilley: Come On Baby (= Jerry Lee Lewis)
7 Johnny Doe: Plan Of A Lifetime (= Johnny Cash)
8 Jackie DeShannon: Are You Ready For This (= Supremes)
9 Kane & Abel: Break Down And Cry (= Righteous Brothers)
10 Jolly Joker: Lie-De-Lo (= Chubby Checker)
11 David Box: I've Had My Moments (= Roy Orbison)
12 Joe Freeman: My Nana (= Neil Diamond)
13 Belfast Gypsies: The Crazy World Inside Me (= Them / Van Morrison)
14 The Bee Gees: In My Own Time (= Beatles)
15 The Tikis: Pay Attention To Me (= Beatles)
16 David Box: Little Lonely Summer Girl (= Buddy Holly)
17 The Squires: Go Ahead (= Byrds)
18 Stacie Johnson: Woman In My Eyes (= Jackson 5)
19 Freddie North: Lovin' On Back Streets (= Charlie Rich)
20 The James Boys: Good Buddies (= Everly Brothers)
21 South Central Bell ad (= Aretha Franklin)
22 Eddie Rambeau: The Train (= Gene Pitney)
23 Billy Guy: Whip It On Me (= Isley Brothers)
24 Frank Williams & The Rocketeers: You Got To Be A Man (= James Brown)
25 The Two Of Us: Nothing But A Man (= Mamas & Papas)
26 Chris Clark: I Want To Go Back There Again (= Smokey Robinson)
27 Etta James: Tough Lover (= Little Richard)
28 Tommy Dae & The High Tensions: 1967 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie (= Mitch Ryder)
29 Richie Barrett: Some Other Guy (= Ray Charles)
30 Eddie Quinteros: Come On Little Girl (And Dance With Me) (= Ritchie Valens)
31 Johnny Taylor: Rome Wasn't Built In A Day (= Sam Cooke)
32 The Sands: Open Your Eyes (= Seeds)
33 Johnny Caswell: (You're) My Girl (= Ronettes)
 
SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY

WHIG OUT! Now, with the Fringe Factory!!

Richard and Glynis WHIG OUT with the WYLDEST 6T's-now sounds featuring records that have been in our record boxes lately and records that have come in our mail box lately! Fogbound, new High Learys, Sonics, Saffron Sect, The Maggies Marshmallows, Debutants, Roaring 420's, Deke & The Trashmen and much more! A full hour of WHIGGY sounds here
HERE

It's DJ's Choice on Crayons To Perfume tonight at 7 pm!!

Tonight I play whatever I wanna play - songs about snacks, dance songs, and even some SKEETER! At 7 CLICK HERE and scroll down to see the Ichiban stream, you can even hit the playlist and comments link which allows you to join me in the DJ booth for a chat!

keep us on your schedule for 7 pm next Wednesday! I'm going have a PURRR-FECTLY super spectacular hour of frolicking FELINES and an extra specially gorgeous PUSSYCAT of the WEEK. Take note when you listen, because you will also find the special secret pass key into a special secret download of a-MEOW-sing 60's girl pop, garage, soul & r&b!!!

Here's our girl, Josephine Sunday!!!

Dates Of Our Lives

1 Elmore James: 1839 Blues
2 The Honey Jug: In 1852 We
3 Liz Damon's Orient Express: 1900 Yesterday
4 Sparks: It Ain't 1918
5 John Cale: Paris 1919
6 Arthur Lee Harper: Living Circa 1920
7 Thalia Zedek: 1926
8 Henson Cargill: 1932
9 Billy J. Kramer: 1941
10 Burt Reynolds: Childhood 1949
11 Johnny Wright: '54 Blues
12 The Young Rascals: Nineteen Fifty-Six
13 Wilbert Harrison: 1960
14 Bobby Vee: 1963
15 The Sophomores: Summer Of '64
16 Little Jerry Williams: 1965 Kingsize Nicotine Blues
17 Miriam: In 1967
18 Marva Moore & The Gaysters: Great '68
19 The Stooges: 1969
20 Jimmy Radcliffe: 1969
21 Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin: 69 Année Érotique
22 The Stooges: 1970
23 Roky Erickson: Anthem (I Promise)
24 Grand Funk Railroad: 1976
25 The Clash: 1977
26 The Gizmos: 1978
27 Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby: 1983
28 Wheels Of Time: 1984
29 The Holy Mackerel: 1984
30 Paul McCartney & Wings: Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five
31 Martin Rev: Nineteen 86
32 Coo Coo Rockin Time: Jenny Got Naked At A Party In 1989
33 Bill Cox: In 1992
34 The Modernaires: October 32nd, 1992
35 Dave Sampson: 1999
36 Lucio Dalla: 1999
37 Chocolate Watch Band: Expo 2000
38 Tinkerbell's Fairydust: Twenty Ten
39 Nat Stuckey: In The Year 2525

DATES OF OUR LIVES

How To Relax

The Fringe Factory.....turns you...ON!

Tune into the Fringe Factory tonite at 8, right after Crayons To Perfume! and hear the best of the 60's underground, underknown, and well known! We say goodbye to the never to be forgotten Kim Fowley, check out some garage and mod bands of recent past years, hear the Animals and then Paul Revere & The Raiders doing the Animals and much more! Silly, Wacky, WAY OUT with Vikki V, Richard Whig and Glynis Ward.

Here's our archive

Tonight, Crayons to Perfume presents David Gates girls featuring Suzy Wallis!

Before David Gates became part of Bread, he was not only a musician and songwriter, but a producer and arranger - and even a record label executive! Tonight we feature the songs of little Suzy Wallis, early Merry Clayton, Dorothy "Mrs. Louie, Louie" Berry and many other girls that David Gates had a hand with. This show, and all of our shows are archived HERE!

RIP Kim Fowley

Kim Vincent Fowley

July 21, 1939 - January 15, 2015

Impresario, producer, songwriter, performer, genius, creep. An American original. 

it's a TROGGTASTIC! Fantastic! Fringe Factory at 8pm, tonight!

Garage, psych, freakbeat, jangle, soul... we've got it all for you right here tonight on the Fringe Factory, just click here for the Ichiban Stream at 8, and join us in our chat room and hang out with our dj's while listening to The Troggs, JD Blackfoot, The High Learys, The Village S.T.O.P. and many more!

Crayons to Perfume's Girls of the Week are The marvelous Marvelettes!

Happy Birthday to Katherine Schaffner of the Marvelous Marvelettes, our Girls of the Week!! Today's fun show features our girls on telephones, writing letters, shouting and whispering, and France Gall even uses her Computer nr 3!

Check us out on the Ichiban Stream at 7pm, where you can also join me to chat about your fave girls!

It's the Strawberry Jam...on the Fringe Factory! Tonight at 8pm

Rich men, money men, loosin, loving and strawberries - all part of tonight's jam on the Fringe Factory radio show! Check us out every Wednesday at 8, CLICK HERE TO HEAR THE SHOW NOW!

It's STONES GIRLS on Crayons to Perfume! and our Girl of the Week is Miriam Linna!

Once again, our Girl of the Week is the adorable MIRIAM, and this week she's leading the way for a bevvy of gals who love the Rolling Stones just as much as she does! Our girls cover the Stones, but they also do the songs the Stones also covered - we gather no moss at 7pm on Wednesdays!

Click here now to listen to the show!

Now check out Pan's People grooving to Thelma Houston as she dishes out her super funkified version of Jumpin' Jack Flash!!!

2015

The Year Of The Sheep by Takeshi Tadatsu