Alan Vega & Christophe

 I have two special funny souvenirs, one with Alan Vega, the other with Christophe.

Alan Vega was in Berlin when my friend Alex Chilton opened Alans $how in Berlin at "Quartier Latin".

Backstage @ Quartier Latin pic by Alex Chilton

They kind of knew each other but it was before their comon project Cubist Blues.

Nevertheless Alex introduced me to Alan: This my friend Coco from France.. Alan said: ah.; tu es français with a perfect accentn so i went on speaking french with him, but then he came: "Moi, non" (I don't)

Anyway Alans show that night in Berlin was just incredible !

He was backed by a redhair lady on some sequencer machine and a guy lookinkg like something between a redneck and a porn producer on a "headless guitar"

Alan came on stage and asked for more monitor, less, more...The whole thing lasted for about 20 ultra dramatic minutes after Alan eventually smashed the mic and left stage. That was it !

To my surprise the audiance didn't Riot or something..It was just a perfect Rock'N'Roll $how !

Christophe now called me in Paris while I stayed a little while at my mums place in Paris in the middle night, 3:00 am or something...

he was a notorious nightowl. The story was that he wante'd my band Lolitas to back him on some TV $how for his record hit "Aline" that we had Covered on our record "Fusée d'amour" produced by Alex Chilton.

It eventually didn't happen because the producer on TV didn't agree on that.

Nevertheless a couple of years later Alan worked with Alex and Christophe...

The Legendary Coco Nut $how @ Pepina's New Orleans, La

 In 1993 Coco Nut stayed a little while in New Orleans, La . Along with Bar owner Pepina from Venezuela he hosted the legendary "Coco $how" @ Pepina's on Melpomene Street with a bunch of famous and unfamous guests as Joe Triola Drake, Scary Mary,Peggy O'Neil, Melinda Pendleton, Brezel Göring, Françoise Cactus, Jacques Palminger, Jerry Anderson and many others.

Coco and Pepina  

Lucky Joe Drake,  &  unknown

Coco & Brezel Göring

 Françoise Cactus, Brezel Göring & Melinda Pendleton

Jacques Palminger, Melinda Pendleton, Coco & Lucky Ioe Drake

Unknown Musician from Cuba & Coco

Jean Caffeine & Melinda Pendleton

 Pepina &  Françoise Cactus

 Bartender Greg &  Françoise Cactus

With Scary Mary

Scary Mary

This is a very nice memory. When I moved to New Orleans in 1992,

Françoise Cactusand Brezel Göring came to visit me on 2425 Barracks. By this time we cut a couple of Stereo Total Tracks wih me on Guitar & Bass, Alex Chilton on the drums and Lucky Joe Drake on Bass.

The tracks where : "Souvenir Souvenir","Get Down Tonight" and "Je suis venu te dire que je m'en vais". Françoise & Brezel had also participated to the Lengendary Coco Nut Pepina $how: