Three-dimensional French Mickey Mouse

Why am I writing about nothing but France these days? Is it a way of procrastinating in the face of impending law school exams? Well, today is not the day that's going to change, because the urge to share my discovery is strong: France has an excellent rock band. Yes! Mickey 3D. The recipe for Mickey 3D is as follows:

Take equal parts early Cure, Negresses Vertes, Moby and Shriekback; add half a cup of New Order and a pinch of Joy Division. Let rise. To bring out the flavor of the lyrics, sprinkle with Camper Van Beethoven and then dust lightly with Rimbaud. Just before listening, add a drop of Khaled in "Arab ululation" mode. Form the resulting mixture into a musical trio from Saint Etienne: two white blokes who look like they haven't been exposed to sunlight or performed any kind of exercise since the Cure released Pornography, and one beure (French-Arab woman), a certain Najah El Mahmoud who often dresses like a man, or more specifically, like a man who's a member of Run-DMC. Place in CD player for 45 minutes and dance. If you want to dance right now to perhaps their most mainstream-sounding song, watch the Quicktime video for Respire. This song is about what asses we human beings are for destroying the environment, and it proves that, yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as a serious political song that's also a great pop song. Allez Mickey 3D! (In French, that rhymes).

Recommended: Tu Vas Pas Mourir de Rire; La Treve.