Merry Christmas to all! Hope you joined for the radio show yesterday. It was great fun. Thanks to Hervé and Fred at Couleur 3 who helped me realize one of my *wildest* dreams. Below the playlist I selected for the show. If you missed it, you can listen to it here (click on "Archives" and then on 24.12). Let me know if you want a CD of it!

• Souad Massi: Ghir Enta
• Groove Armada: My Friend
• Sing-Sing: I'll Be
• Everything But the Girl: Single
• Cubanismo: Marie Laveaux
• Lobith: Fairytale
• Keren Ann: Le sable mouvant
• Ani DiFranco: Here For Now
• Tanita Tikaram: Amore Si
• Michelle Shocked: Anchorage (Acoustic)
• Texas: Place In My World

What's cooking for Christmas? With only 3 days to go, I have not yet decided what to make for Christmas dinner!!! A recent change of plans means that I won't be cooking in my kitchen. I'm afraid I will have to make do with the smallest oven on earth...

Luckily, the first course(s) will follow the Swedish tradition and I'm told that usually quite filling. I might get away with only a small bird... Still looking for a recipe tho'.

The best of the season to you all! May the new year bring the loveliest of times!

Fame at last!!!! Well, just for one hour... I will be programming on Couleur 3 for the Tanger-Glasgow show on 24 December from 17.00 to 18.00. I am so psyched! I hope you will tune in (either on the FM or on the web).

All the best for this end of year.

Hello all,

It's been now 10 days that we are under the stupid "stratus" here. It's really depressing! It's so bad that we can't even see the other side of the lake from the office... However, living in Geneva is not that bad as it is easy to go up and escape the fog. I will post my pics from Chamonix soon, you'll see what I mean!

Last Sunday my PC decided not to come up anymore. I was really annoyed because I'd just downloaded iTunes and finished 2 mixes and wanted to share them with you. After a few days of agony, I have found a friend who had an old PC from and I was able to retrieve the spare parts I needed! Pfff. What a life saver!

So here I am, ready to share the 2 new mixes with you guys! You know how to go about getting your own!


MIX NOVEMBER 2004 – volume 1

1. R.E.M.: Leaving New York (Listen)
2. Badly Drawn Boy: Logic Of A Friend (Listen)
3. The Get Up Kids: The One You Want (Listen)
4. The Slackers: International War Criminal
5. Rachael Sage: It's So Hard (Listen)
6. American Minor: Walk On (Listen)
7. Slow Motion Reign: Flashbacks
8. Human Television: I Forgot
9. Rachael Yamagata: Worn Me Down (Listen)
10. The Twilight Singers: Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair (Listen)
11. Earlimart: The Hidden Track (Listen)
12. Jonny Polonsky: Even The Oxen (Listen)
13. The Cooper Temple Clause: New Toys (Listen)
14. Killradio: Do You Know - Knife In Your Back (Listen)
15. Green Preservation Society: Smile (Listen)
16. Bodega: Unemployed
17. Citizen Cope: Bullet And A Target (Listen)
18. Ed Harcourt: Born In The '70s (Listen)
19. Autumdivers: Turnaround (Listen)
20. The Randies: Boys In Stereo (Listen)

MIX NOVEMBER 2004 – volume 2

1. Angela McCluskey: Know It All (Listen)
2. Franz Ferdinand: The Dark Of The Matinée (Listen)
3. The Hellacopters: Carry Me Home (Listen)
4. Jane Birkin: Je m'appelle Jane (Listen)
5. Ari Hest: They're On To Me (Listen)
6. Faithless: Mass Destruction - P Nut Sister Bliss Mix (Listen)
7. The Head Set: A Regular Bonnie & Clyde (Listen)
8. Björk: Who Is It
9. Stimulator: 78 Stimulator (Listen)
10. Trent Dabbs: It's Not Like That (Listen)
11. Amy Winehouse: F**k Me Pumps
12. Ted Leo Pharmacists: Me and Mia (Listen)
13. Radio 4: Party Crashers (Listen)
14. A Girl Called Eddy: People Used to Dream About the Future (Listen)
15. Medeski Martin And Wood: End Of The World Party (Listen)
16. Tom McRae: Stronger Than Dirt (Listen)
17. J. Dimenna: For When We Fall
18. Cake: No Phone (Listen)

OK, I have been pretty silent lately. The start of the autumn has been a little tough and I am just starting to recover my stamina... Somehow one needs to be in the right mood to post something up here! Or have a good excuse...

You know that I am a big music buff already, well I am not alone -- who would have guessed! ;-). Last week I got an e-mail from Matt, a guy from Chicago, who had stumbled onto my website and decided to drop me a line about my music mixes. He likes them and wants us to share our respective ones. His winter mix is soon on the way!

Apart from that, for people who don't live in Geneva, you might want to have a look at the very impressive pictures taken during the recent storm. Gale force winds, high waves, trees tumbling down. Nature proves us once again who is the ruler!

You have not bought Christmas presents yet!?
Caza Allianza Switzerland have created a CD which is now for sale on their website. Cool music for a cool cause. Get it now!

If you still need ideas for your present list, check out the New Scientitst "No More Socks" website for a whole new way to look at Christmas gifts when you already have everything you need! I personally think I will be sending cattle to a family in Africa.

More soon!

Fab