Serge Gainsbourg for your pleasure

It was also at the time of Lemon Incest that Gainsbourg made a mortal enemy of Whitney Houston on live TV in France. With his characteristic lack of propriety and in his gravelly, cigarette-damaged voice he gazed sleepily over at Houston on the set of a popular Sunday night variety show and said, in the casual manner that one comments on the weather, "I want to fuck you." This didn't sit well with Houston, who flew into a rage, but everyone watching at home, chuckled. And no one, at least not in France, was going to make any apologies for Gainsbourg either, because everyone expected no less from him. In fact, Gainsbourg was at his best when he was at his most churlish. And he regularly outdid himself in that arena.

That irreverent spirit should be revived tonight in the movie and TV clips. Randy Lin (林志堅), who's also helped organize the event, explained that film clips will be silent, "because not many people understand French," which seems a shame. But, the music, however, will play all night.

Tonight's event is the second Lap Dance party, which was originally conceived as an assembly of experimental laptop musicians, but seems to have branched into theme nights like tonight's Gainsbourg tribute. The next Lap Dance will take place Jan. 1 at the Underworld on Shida Road and will be a tribute to Manu Chao and to his early band, Mano Negra.

What: Jeux Interdits: A Tribute to Serge Gainsbourg.

When: Tonight, 10pm.

Where: Nowhere, 1, Ln 60, Xinsheng S Rd, Sec 3, Taipei

(台北市新生南路3段60巷1號).

Tickets: NT$300 at the door, including a drink.