Something très ludique for Friday. If you're learning French and you enjoy audio cut-ups and sound collages then you'll love this video of Etienne Charry's Lettre Anonyme, a mischievous, twisted take on the genre and the opening track to his underrated album, Aube Radieuse Serpents en Flamme. As part of his tongue-in-cheek send-up of himself and his new album, Charry manages to cram in audio snippets from sports news, TV shopping channels, crime scene reports, high-brow arts shows, the list goes on--you name it and it is probably in there somewhere.

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