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exotica-digest       Monday, September 3 2001       Volume 02 : Number 1038



In This Digest:

(exotica) Now Sound
Re: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, September 2
RE: (exotica) Claudine & Out of Sight
(exotica) Weird Flash Videos
(exotica) Fwd: Re: Hello
Re: (exotica) Weird Flash Videos
Re: (exotica) Weird Flash Videos
(exotica) Boards of Canada mystery
Re: (exotica) Boards of Canada mystery
RE: (exotica) racism shmacism
RE: (exotica) racism shmacism
RE: (exotica) racism shmacism
RE: (exotica) Good/Bad  Sells/Doesn't Sell
Re: (exotica) Weird Flash Videos
RE: (exotica) Good/Bad Sells/Doesn't Sell
Re: (exotica) Weird Flash Videos
(exotica) Petty Booka?
Re: (exotica) Good/Bad  Sells/Doesn't Sell
RE: (exotica) racism shmacism
RE: (exotica) Petty Booka?
(exotica) how to beat the high cost of living (stereo)
RE: (exotica) racism shmacism
(exotica) scores this summer
(exotica) Beating a Japanese collector horse/deja vu
Re: (exotica) scores this Weekend
(exotica) [obits] Jane Greer, Philippe Leotard,Frank Emilio Flynn

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Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 01:56:38 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Now Sound

 The first place I saw the term ôNow Soundö was on a
Brass Ring album, so for me the term has always carried
with it the connotation of groovy dance music with a
bouncy back beat, α la Herb Alpert & TJB, The Brass
Ring, The Bob Crewe Generation, the T-Bones and Xavier
CugatÆs last 4 albums on Decca.  The term Go-go music
pretty much describes what I think of as Now Sound.
While I love ôWarren Kime's Brass Impactö the intensity
of the music almost takes them out of the realm of Now
Sound for me, although they get close on occasion. Also
for the Claus Ogerman albums that seem the most Nowsy,
IÆd go with Saxes Mexicanos and Watusi Trumpets.

The acid test I use for a song being Now Sound, is if
you close your eyes while your listening to it and you
think you might be listening to sound-track music from
the television show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In then your
listening to The Now Sound.

More Now later,
Roy


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Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 00:15:32 -0400
From: "cheryl" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, September 2

Ironically, we have this soudtrack, and are playing it on the show - as the
last piece!  It accidentally got missed when I cut and pasted the
playlist!!!

So, the revised playlist has this as the last item:

Berry Lipman:  Star Maidens Theme  "Star Maidens"

cheryl


From: <[e-mail]>


> Ooh, you really need to track down Berry Lippmann's sdtrk for "Star
Maidens"
> - great German 70s sci-fi music.  Worth it just for the vocal, "Sex
World."
>



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Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 00:10:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Claudine & Out of Sight

Sonny Jim,

Thanks for the pun and the info. Don't know no Kahime
Karie. Am I missing out?

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Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 17:01:46 -0500
From: Matt Marchese <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Weird Flash Videos

Okay, I'm really intrigued by the music in these two, rather Dada, Flash
animations. Since they're uncredited, can anyone tell me who the
performers are?

This is some sort of Swedish kazoo/ukulele combo:

http://www.btinternet.com/~david.st/b3ta/

This seems to be a French children's song:

http://www.yomgaille.com/bordel/un_lapin.html

Obviously, bunnies are a common theme here. Any help with identity or
translation will be much appreciated and may help reduce the pesky
swelling in my brain that occurred after watching both these animations
repeatedly.

- --
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nightmare, too." -Frank Sinatra (The Manchurian Candidate)
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Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 19:47:00 -0500
From: "Colleen Pyles" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Fwd: Re: Hello

- ---- Begin Included Message ----

Just to let you guys know...Magnus is alive and well.

From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Sent: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 17:47:11 +0200 (CEST)
To: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: Hello


citerar Colleen Pyles <[e-mail]>:

> hi Magnus,
> Just wanted you to know I miss your postings on the list. =A0I know
you
> are busy with your job, but I sure do miss your opinions.
> Colleen
> =A0from the exotica list
>
>
> =A0Colleen


Hi Colleen!
I am writing this email in Norway, Kautokeino. I am very busy with
work, but I will join the exotica list later this year when this work
is finished.

Take care
Magnus


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Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2001 22:15:09 -0400
From: Carl Howard <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Weird Flash Videos

Lapin means Rabbit.  But that isn't what should be worrying you.  THIS is=
 what
needs to be worrying you: http://www.jocke.com/azar_habib/hatten.swf .


Matt Marchese wrote:

> Okay, I'm really intrigued by the music in these two, rather Dada, Flas=
h
> animations. Since they're uncredited, can anyone tell me who the
> performers are?
>
> This is some sort of Swedish kazoo/ukulele combo:
>
> http://www.btinternet.com/~david.st/b3ta/
>
> This seems to be a French children's song:
>
> http://www.yomgaille.com/bordel/un_lapin.html
>
> Obviously, bunnies are a common theme here. Any help with identity or
> translation will be much appreciated and may help reduce the pesky
> swelling in my brain that occurred after watching both these animations=

> repeatedly.
>
> --
> Matt Marchese

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Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 22:04:52 -0500
From: "Indy Rutks" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Weird Flash Videos

Matt Marchese wrote:
>
> Okay, I'm really intrigued by the music in these two, rather Dada, Flash
> animations. Since they're uncredited, can anyone tell me who the
> performers are?
>
> This is some sort of Swedish kazoo/ukulele combo:
>
> http://www.btinternet.com/~david.st/b3ta/

The ominous-sounding German dude at the start is from Rammstein. There are
also credits to Robert Manuel and the nation of Sweden.

So who's Robert Manuel? I'm afraid to look, but learn more at:

http://www.manuel.org.uk/

>
> This seems to be a French children's song:
>
> http://www.yomgaille.com/bordel/un_lapin.html
>

This one has the following credits at the end...

"Music by Chantal Goya and Benny B" or something like that...

For those who understand French, go to:

http://www.chantalgoya.com/intro.htm


- -Indy



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Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 01:16:16 -0400
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Boards of Canada mystery

There's a cut on a Boards of Canada CD called "roygbiv".
Is that Roy G. Biv?

AZ



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Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 01:19:59 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Boards of Canada mystery

In a message dated 9/3/01 12:11:42 AM, [e-mail] writes:

<< There's a cut on a Boards of Canada CD called "roygbiv".
Is that Roy G. Biv? >>

Yep.

Great, spooky album, by the way.

- --Rod
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Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 10:35:33 +0100
From: Charles Moseley <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) racism shmacism

Records are going for that kind of money because someone somewhere is
willing to pay that much for that record.

Exactly!

But if I'm looking for someone to blame for the high price of some records,
I will look to the people willing to pay those high prices.

Exactly - but how do you know who they are? Have you done a survey?
Research? Or based your knowledge on occasional anecdotal evidence?

I love a good debate! Especially when I thought it had all died away.

Charles Moseley
Editor - C3 magazine
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Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 09:46:17 -0400
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) racism shmacism

At 10:35 AM 9/3/01 +0100, Charles Moseley wrote:
>
.>
>Exactly - but how do you know who they are? Have you done a survey?
>Research? Or based your knowledge on occasional anecdotal evidence?
.
Anecdotal evidence is my middle name.
Charles, you're not the kind of guy that asks everyone to preface their
statements with "In my opinion", are you?
In a book called "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television", the
author pointed out that three hundred years ago, if native Americans walked
into the forest and two of them ate a strange plant and died, they'd just
say "Nobody eat that plant".  Now we appoint a commission to study the matter.

AZ



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Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 15:04:40 +0100
From: Charles Moseley <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) racism shmacism

Charles, you're not the kind of guy that asks everyone to preface their
statements with "In my opinion", are you?

No.

We could go on all day with this........ I hope.

But I do think it's very easy to use race or profession to conceptualise a
group of people who have priced records out of your range and who, in fact,
you might be feeling envious of. Japanese/DJs/Japanese DJs rather than a
worldwide interest that, by the rules of supply and demand, has caused the
price of said records to rise.
I don't think I need to use examples of powerful people who have blamed
racial groups for economic and social problems - it's easy to get  the
masses onto your side by inventing a common enemy that people can easily
visualise and despise. For instance can you get us all to picture in our
heads:
1. Japanese record buyers (simple, we've all seen them in shops and at
fairs)
2. DJs (easy, we all have an image of the DJ with his amazing record box
that we'd love to get a look at - there must be some good shit in there, etc
etc.)
3. People who buy Brazilian records (ummmm. Could be anyone!)

So blame the racial or professional group rather than speak the truth. It's
much easier.

Cheers all.

Charles Moseley
Editor - C3 magazine
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- -----Original Message-----
From: alan zweig [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: 03 September 2001 14:46
To: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: (exotica) racism shmacism



At 10:35 AM 9/3/01 +0100, Charles Moseley wrote:
>
.>
>Exactly - but how do you know who they are? Have you done a survey?
>Research? Or based your knowledge on occasional anecdotal evidence?
.
Anecdotal evidence is my middle name.
Charles, you're not the kind of guy that asks everyone to preface their
statements with "In my opinion", are you?
In a book called "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television", the
author pointed out that three hundred years ago, if native Americans walked
into the forest and two of them ate a strange plant and died, they'd just
say "Nobody eat that plant".  Now we appoint a commission to study the
matter.

AZ



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Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 16:18:18 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: (exotica) Good/Bad  Sells/Doesn't Sell

So whats that Steve, the crap pouring out of the states is suddenly the
fault of those scheming Brits, trying to make up for loss of empire? =
;=AC)

And I think that your generalisation is way off the mark anyway.  =
Theres
popular music and serious music.  It may be interesting to discuss when =
Jazz
jumped from one to the other (if it has).  Serious music has always =
been
music that appeals to the educated middle classes, and that old low =
brow
popular music has always been that which the working classes enjoy.  =
Its a
simple matter of snobbery.

And don't start trying to tell me that Music Hall songs or Vaudeville =
music
is serious....

El Maestro Con Queso

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> For the first half of the 20th century, popular music *was*
> serious music. The ghettoisation of popular music has only been
> since the British Invasion when marketing became more important than
> the music.
>=20
> See ya
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Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 11:40:46 -0400
From: "M.Ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Weird Flash Videos

Here's an index of some Flash items:
http://www.memepool.com/Subject/Flash/

But here's one of the scariest things I've seen in a while:
http://66.70.24.80/mj_send_01/mj_main.swf

aieeeeeee,
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Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 16:05:30
From: "Robert McKenna" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Good/Bad Sells/Doesn't Sell

>So whats that Steve, the crap pouring out of the states is suddenly the
>fault of those scheming Brits, trying to make up for loss of empire? ;¼)

Yeah Geoff. You exported vertical industrial integration (to ensure a
monopoly on the means of production/distribution), and media conglomerates.
You also exported mass advertising, and all its abuses of the centralisation
of mass communication for ends other than the good of the people, and
production line processes to ensure concentration of profits and economy of
scale which has the side effect of diminishing consumer choice. Madison
Avenue, it is not well known, is just off Oxford Street in Merrie Olde
Englande and is patrolled by the evil sheriff of Notingham (who is now
charging huge fees for likeness rights and has tradmarked his name) and his
'band' of nefarious Americana Popular Music Revisionist Ripoff Merchants.
They can't play a note to boot.

>
>And don't start trying to tell me that Music Hall songs or Vaudeville music
>is serious....
>
>El Maestro Con Queso
>
Now Geoff, with words like that you are spoiling me for a fight...

Rob
PS how about that Michael Owen?

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Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 12:41:05 -0500
From: Matt Marchese <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Weird Flash Videos

Indy Rutks wrote:

> This one has the following credits at the end...
>
> "Music by Chantal Goya and Benny B" or something like that...

Interesting, Chantal Goya was a French YeYe star from the 60s who went on to
star in Jean Luc-Godard's "Masculine-Feminine" and sing children's songs in
the 70s. She's apparently still performing today. I assume that she's
associated with the girl and the cartoon rabbit somehow, but I can't tell by
reading the weird translations that Google's search engine produces from the
French webpages.

> For those who understand French, go to:
>
> http://www.chantalgoya.com/intro.htm

Sacre Bleu! That's even weirder than  the Flash animation!

- --
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nightmare, too." -Frank Sinatra (The Manchurian Candidate)
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Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 13:55:12 -0400
From: "M.Ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Petty Booka?

Has anyone actually heard these ladies?

http://www.sister.co.jp/pettybooka/e-pb.html



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Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 20:15:40 +0000
From: KK <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Good/Bad  Sells/Doesn't Sell

[e-mail] wrote:

> And I think that your generalisation is way off the mark anyway.  Theres
> popular music and serious music.

What purpose is ôserious musicö being made for? Just curious.

KK


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Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 16:12:58 -0400
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) racism shmacism

At 03:04 PM 9/3/01 +0100, Charles Moseley wrote:
>
.>But I do think it's very easy to use race or profession to conceptualise a
>group of people who have priced records out of your range and who, in fact,
>you might be feeling envious of. Japanese/DJs/Japanese DJs rather than a
>worldwide interest that, by the rules of supply and demand, has caused the
>price of said records to rise.

The thing that bothers me about my detractors here is the idea that any
generalization concerning the habits of a nation's citizens is inherently
racist.  That's a very low bar to set.
It's a long weekend.  There are a lot of American tourists milling about in
my fair city.  I'm not about to make generalizations about Americans but I
feel justified making certain generalizations about American tourists.
If that's racism then send me to the summit they're having and I'll join
"Zionism" in the list of Z's that are inherently racist.
You tell me what I should conclude from this single experience:
I go into this small record shop that, as far as I know, mostly caters to
DJ's here.
I look at the wall and see the records going for 100-200 dollars.  I
recognize the odd name but I see other records by the same artist in the
bins for twenty dollars.
Personally I don't distinguish between the cheaper and more expensive
records (so I'm not jealous of the ones that buy the expensive records.)  I
ask the owner, who's both a DJ and Japanese, what's the story with the high
priced items.  He tells me that he can get that price from Japanese
collectors.  He says on occasion he gets that price from a DJ - either
local or not - because those records all have at least one "wicked" cut
that DJ's like to play.  That's why they're so much more expensive than
similar records.  But, he tells me, most of his customers for those
expensive records are countrymen of his.  He sells them by mail and also
goes to Japan twice a year to sell there.  I ask him, in fact, whether he
sells to people from other countries.  He tells me "occasionally" but
precedes to inform me that Japan is where these records are most highly
sought.  Furthermore he tells me that Japanese are sort of "used to" paying
high prices for American - or any non-Japanese - records because the only
way they can get records like this is to order them from America or
actually go to America themselves.
He tells me that Japanese record collectors don't really have much
experience with scouring the local shops and finding some early Blue Note
record for the equivalent of ten or twenty dollars.  So they basically just
think of the records they want as costing A LOT.
And that makes sense to me because, for instance, I know people who collect
things - like movie posters - that never come cheap.  So I can understand
how that can set up an expectation and an acceptance of a certain price
threshold.
I ask this record store owner "What about Germany?  I know there are lots
of jazz collectors in Germany".  And he says "That may be.  But the records
I deal with, it's mostly DJ's and Japanese that are interested in them".

I walk away and I think to myself "If I accept what he said, some people
will call me a racist".
Then I think "Fuck it".

I agree that if I were to stand up on my soapbox and say "Record collectors
of the world unite!  Let's cast off the oppression of DJ's and Japanese!
We must take back the LP!  Kill a Jap for vinyl!"... then that would border
on racism.
But I was just reporting a bit of anecdotal information.

It's no different from saying that geeks collect Beatle records.

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Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 13:35:46 -0700
From: "Benito Vergara" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Petty Booka?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail]
> [mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of M.Ace
> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 10:55 AM

> Has anyone actually heard these ladies?
>
> http://www.sister.co.jp/pettybooka/e-pb.html

Petty Booka is/are quite good -- the playing itself isn't as interesting as
the prospect of the combinations (Culture Club done Hawaiian-style, or
Madonna done country), but it's still pretty goofy. Alas, I haven't been
able to find their albums in the usual North American outlets (jpophelp.com,
yesasia.com, my friendly neighborhood Kinokuniya, etc.). But in the glory
days of Napster, I was able to download their "Christmas Everywhere" ep as
well as a few assorted singles -- now if I could find the disc around here
somewhere...

Later,
Ben

np: cassandra wilson, "blue skies"

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Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 09:31:23 -0400
From: Jerry Nutter <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) how to beat the high cost of living (stereo)

Chuck Collazzi wrote: To blame the Japanese for rising vinyl prices is
ridiculous. Besides, if you're going to complain about vinyl prices, why
draw the line there?  What about real estate, autos, gasoline, food, etc?

Alan Zweig: The price of food operates under the same force as the price of
vinyl. Supply and demand. When a bunch of collectors or DJ's all want the
same record, the price goes up.  If a lot of the collectors come from the
same country, then they are collectively more responsible for the price
rise. What's ridiculous about that?

Jerry: I agree with Alan. I worked briefly in a "junk store" that sold used
vinyl and saw firsthand the Japanese kids plunking down absurd amounts of
daddy's cash for relatively "common" Lps. (This was before their economy
went splat.) This is great for the seller, but bad for the average buyer.
It also totally distorts the market values, and ultimately, turns off a lot
of potential record collectors who only know the CD and might be curious
about what they missed. As it is, the market for vinyl is dying out. For
me, faced with a choice between a brand-new $18 CD and a used $30 Lp, it's
a no-brainer! Or in the used shops, a choice between a $9 promo CD and a
$10 Lp... And I used to be steadfastly pro-vinyl!




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Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 16:36:29 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Bump Stadelman)
Subject: RE: (exotica) racism shmacism

>The thing that bothers me about my detractors here is the idea that any
>generalization concerning the habits of a nation's citizens is inherently
>racist.  That's a very low bar to set.


hear here!
people are just way too sensitive these days.
i mean stereotypes have to come from "somewhere" don't they?
reminds me of a saying i heard before,
if we cannot laugh at ourselves, we leave it up to others to do it for us.

a very ugly white american dj,
bump

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Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 22:13:43 +0000
From: "james brouwer" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) scores this summer

greetings

I spent a good portion of the summer in BC and below is a list of some of
the vinyl i rounded up there (if anyone is interested). In addition to
record searching at flea-markets, record stores and thrift shops I found
this guy who advertised in the paper and who had a whole warehouse full of
books, records and magazines. it was a nightmare searching through
everything but worth it for the various gems that popped up. he wasn't
always cheap though, he'd been selling for a while and had a good hunch as
to the worth of things. anyway, here's the summer score list from all the
places I visited:

1. "The Canaries". canary singing with the Artal orchestra. pretty weird and
moderately priced.

2. "Skins!" by Les Baxter. I like this one.

3. "Groovin' In The Sunshine" by the 3 Ring Circus. Alan zweig recommended
this one a while back when it was on eBay. It sounds a little like the
Barbarella soundtrack on one side, but the other side has mediocore vocal
tracks. Horrifying clown-kaleidoscope 60's sleeve. i found it in the
warehouse for $15.00 Cool record! thanks alan.

4. "The Family Way" OST. so-so. Paul Mcartney did the music.

5. "Music Machine" by Johnny Almond. 60's jazz sort of thing. ok.

6. "Les Galets D'etrat" OST by George Gavarentz. late 60's? Has a couple of
good tracks, nothing spectacular though. but only $5.00

7. "Release of An Oath" David Axelrod and the Electric Prunes. This copy is
a reissue from the 1980's, but I see it's been reissued this year. I liked
it a bit. I'll have to try harder with it.

8. "Roy Rogers Tells Songs about Pecos Bill" with The Sons of the Pioneers.
good thrift score in reasonable condition.

9. "Medium" by the Mandrake Memorial. a bit scratched but I'm not missing
much.

10. "The Sidehackers" OST. I got this on-line. has some Jerry Styner instros
and some psych tracks by the New Life. A pretty cool OST, especially the
"Psychedelic Rape" track.

11. "Inuit Throat and Harp Songs". field recordings of inuit throat singing
from the early 70's. beats Radiohead any day. a Great record! but a little
pricey (i traded for it).

12. "Love At First Sight" by Sounds Nice. Anyone out there heard this? it's
on Rare Earth records, and shows a bunch of pictures of a 60's chick against
a yellow backdrop on the cover. Has a GREAT sound-gallery funky 60's vibe to
it. I totally recommend this record. I had to trade for it from a record
dealer I know. I could swear I've passed it up at past thrifts since the
cover makes it look like some EZ listening cover album of McArthur Park and
the like.

13. "Lorne Greene's American west" garage sale score. a cleaner copy than my
old one.

14. "Contact High With The Godz" original east coast psych-noise on ESP
records. in VG so only $5.00 but it plays well. I'm happy.

15. "around The World" Santo and Johnny

16. "Secret Agent File" by Billy Strange

17. "Cine-Moog". so-so moog album but only $1.99.

18. "Brass Menagerie 1973" by Enoch Light. Has a FANTASTIC version of
'Season of the Witch'. again, only $1.99.

19. "Hi Fi Cuban Drums" has an amazing sleeve showing an exotica chick
playing the bongos. a couple of tracks are good too. I found it in a used
book store up the coast for a buck.

20. "Al Green Gets Next To You" by Al Green. A bit scratched but only 25
cents.

21. "Mellow-dreamin' by Young-Holt Ltd. early 70's jazz thing.

22. "scenes and Themes" by Hugo Montenegro. has that awful arp synth stuff.

23. "The Big Ball" A&M records comp. Has Zappa on it, and Wild Man Fischer,
whom I've always wanted to hear. (I really, really want to find the Wild Man
Fischer lp - anyone out there have a burn of it who's up for a trade?). The
wild Man track is all I wanted from this double record. Unbelievably, I
found it in the 25 cent bin of a record store.

24. "Near East Brass" by Jerry Fielding and orchestra. The east is so near
on this one that it sounds too much like the west. i wanted far east, far
out east, but this one's wayyy too close to home. i'm bored just mentioning
it.

25. a kiddie "alice in wonderland" lp

26. "open Letter" by Victor Lundberg. patriotic, conservative 60's thing by
the right-wing asshole mr. Lunberg. has this awful letter read to his son
where he states that if he does not go off to war he's "no son of mine".

27. "make Your Parrot a Star" parrot training record with recorded repeats
of lines from films.

28. "train Your Parrot To Talk" repeated parrot greetings.

29. a lefty frizell record, a roy acuff lp, a "tenessee guitar' instro lp,
and an amazing 50's lp by Stu Philips (the country singer, not the film
composer) called 'echoes of the canadian foothills' - all the songs are
death and tragedy narratives with some of them through a slightly spooked
echo effect. gotta be one of my all time favorite western records.

30. "African sanctus" by david Fanshawe. I read in Mojo that this is a hot
item for samplers. I'm not big on it so far.

31. "Look Inside" by The Asylum Choir. a psych thing with a young Leon
russell. i'm selling it.

32. "And This Shall Pass" by Warm Dust. rare psych-prog thing from early
70's. it's going on eBay.

hope this didn't bore the reader. not all of the above were cheap, but the
most was for the sidehackers OST @ $35.00 US for a sealed copy. a lot were
around $10 canadian.

good luck record hunting
jb



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Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2001 18:53:32 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Beating a Japanese collector horse/deja vu

With all due respect, didn't we already beat this particular "Japanese
collector/racism" thread into the ground a few months ago?
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Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 19:28:53 -0500
From: Clayton Black <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) scores this Weekend

James, I enjoyed reading your list, and it looks like you had a good summer.
I have been planning to send in my list of recent scores (Labor Day weekend)
as well.  I spent a total of about US$ 20 on all of these:

1.  Sauter & Finegan Orchestra, INSIDE SAUTER-FINEGAN.  I had a copy of this
already, but the vinyl on this one was better.  I couldn't have too many
copies of this cover anyway.
2.  Sammy Davis Jr.  I GOTTA RIGHT TO SWING (sp.?)  I've only listened to
one side of this so far.  It doesn't swing as much as I'd like, but I love a
good Sammy tune.
3.  Tony Mottola, HEART & SOUL GUITAR, Project 3.  Mellow, but nice.  Dick
Hyman has some good backup moments on this one.
4.  Tony Mottola, LUSH, LATIN & LOVELY, Project 3.  I had a copy of this
already, but this one was cleaner.  Good bossa nova (although not coveted by
the Japanese apparently)--nice version of A Man and a Woman.
5.  The First Percussion Sextet, THE FABULOUS SOUND OF . . ., Good, but not
exciting.  It's interesting to note the connection with West Virginia
University, in Morgantown, where the auditorium was evidently built with
near perfect accoustics.  I recently bought the WVU percussion ensemble
album PROTEST IN PERCUSSION (what "P" words were left by that point?), which
was also no great shakes, but made a big deal about the auditorium.  Anybody
know more about the history of the WVU-Percussion connection?
6.  The Ames Brothers SING THE BANDS--got this one because I LOVE
Destination Moon.  This is mostly big band stuff, but they're voices are
still fantastic.
7.  Sammy Kaye, SWING AND SWAY AU GO-GO.  Okay, I got this one on Alan's
recommendation, and I DO like it, especially the organ accompaniment.  I'm
still not a fan of the cascading saxophone sound (maybe my view of
saxophones is like his view of trombones?), but this IS a good album.  So
this is Now Sound?  (sorry, couldn't help it).
8.  Jimmy Smith, THE SERMON--Jimmy Smith, what can you say?  Incredible.
The album's in crappy shape, but it doesn't skip, and I just couldn't let it
pass for just a buck.
9.  Jimmy Smith, THE BOSS.  Ditto.
10.  Art Blakey, the Jazz Messengers, and Sabu, CU-BOP.  I haven't given
this a thorough listen through.  It's more "high" jazz than exotica, but
when you see an album like this in Goodwill you don't flip past it.
11.  Gary McFarland, SOFT SAMBA STRINGS--Soft Samba is still one of my
favorites, and this is a VERY nice complement to that.
12.  Gary McFarland, THE IN SOUND--I had a mono copy of this that I bought
off of e-bay (supposedly near mint but not), but this one's stereo and in a
condition that's just as good.  Couldn't let it pass.
13.  Billy May, SORTA BILLY MAY (? I think that's the title anyway?)  Good,
but not exceptional, quirky Billy May arrangements.
14.  Henry Mancini, SYMPHONIC SOUL.  No real "authentic" soul (whatever that
might be), but I haven't had time to let this one sink in.  It's very 70s
sounding, but in the sense that it belongs with 70s cop shows.  This was the
first time I'd ever seen this album (or even heard about it).

Others--Ted Heath, NEW PALLADIUM PERFORMANCES; Walt Disney, THE ARISTOCATS;
UA Artists, Various Movie Songs; Donald Byrd & ? Gigi (Eponymous, I
believe).

I got all of these in northern Delaware at a flea market and a Goodwill.
The Goodwill actually had three Les Baxter albums (African Jazz, Ports of
Pleasure, and Wild Guitars) that I was more than psyched to buy, but they
all looked as though they had been played on a lawn mower.  I have the first
two of those anyway, thankfully.  Weekends like that don't come around
often, and it looks as though I'll have to find more room for my records.
I actually wrote a long comment on the racism question, but decided against
it.  Everyone else has made the necessary points.

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Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2001 20:07:04 -0400
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Jane Greer, Philippe Leotard,Frank Emilio Flynn

Just back from vacation - catching up on email, digests, etc. -- Lou

Actress Jane Greer Dies at 76

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Actress Jane Greer, a film noir star and former wife of
bandleader Rudy Vallee, has died.  She was 76.

Greer, who as an icy brunette bested both Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas in
1947's noir classic "Out of the Past,'' died Friday of complications from
cancer, said her son, Alex Lasker.

The native of Washington, D.C. and former beauty contestant and model caught
the eye of Hollywood after appearing in Life magazine.  She later signed with
RKO, after studio head Howard Hughes became smitten with her.

While still a teen-ager, she married crooner Vallee in 1943.  The two divorced
in 1945.  She then married attorney and producer Edward Lasker in 1947, earning
the spite of Hughes who then sought to stymie her career.  They later divorced.


Greer was best known for her role as the seductive Kathie Moffat in "Out of the
Past,'' which cemented her reputation as a noir vixen.

"She was a bad girl you could fall in love with -- who could take on Robert
Mitchum and really make him melt,'' Lasker said.

Bettejane Greer and her twin brother, Don, were born Sept. 9, 1924, and grew up
in Florida.

Greer later said she was set on becoming an actress at 15, after awaking one
morning to find the left side of her face was paralyzed.  Months of facial
exercises eventually cured her.

"I'd always wanted to be an actress, and suddenly I knew that learning to
control my facial muscles was one of the best assets I could have as a
performer. Emotions often must be portrayed from an inner feeling, of course,
but I had a double advantage because I was learning to direct my as-yet
expressionless feelings, as well as gaining an ability to express emotion by a
very conscious manipulation of my muscles,'' Greer once told an interviewer.

Throughout the 1940s and '50s, she worked consistently, appearing in "Dick
Tracy, Detective,'' "The Prisoner of Zenda,'' and "Man of a Thousand Faces.''

Her career slowed by the mid 1950s, although she continued to act.

In 1984, Greer appeared in "Against All Odds,'' a remake of "Out of the Past''
starring Jeff Bridges.  In it, she played the mother of her original character.
 She later acted in David Lynch's TV series "Twin Peaks.''

Her on-screen character was not matched by her countenance in person, said
daughter-in-law Anne Wile-Lasker.

"She was just gracious and sweet. She had this image on film that she wasn't in
life,'' Wile-Lasker said.

Greer is survived by her twin brother; sons Alex, Lawrence and Steve; and two
grandchildren.  Her common-law husband, acting coach Frank London, died in
January.

A private memorial service will be held Sept. 9 on what would have been Greer's
77th birthday.

AP-NY / 08-26-01 20:24 EDT
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August 27, 2001   --  L.A. Times

Philippe Leotard; French Actor on TV and in Movies

Philippe Leotard, 60, French actor who worked with noted directors Francois
Truffaut and Claude LeLouch and won a Cesar, his country's equivalent of the
Oscar, died Saturday in a Paris clinic.

Born in the Riviera resort city of Nice in 1940, Leotard had a television
and movie career that spanned three decades and included more than 70 films,
the first being a made-for-TV movie, "Crime and Punishment," in 1966.

The actor won his Cesar for his role in the 1983 film, "The Balance." In
addition to Truffaut and LeLouch, Leotard worked with Fred Zinnemann in "Day
of the Jackal" and John Frankenheimer in "French Connection II." Leotard
spent years battling drug and alcohol addiction, which he detailed in a 1997
book. He was the elder brother of French diplomat Francois Leotard, who
serves as the European Union emissary to Macedonia.
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August 27, 2001   --  L.A. Times

OBITUARIES
Frank Emilio Flynn; Pioneer of Cuban Jazz

By AGUSTIN GURZA, TIMES STAFF WRITER

Frank Emilio Flynn, the blind Cuban pianist whose career spanned seven
decades and bridged musical styles as disparate as the courtly contredanse
and the improvisational descarga, has died. He was 80.

The frail but still active musician was at his piano when he had a heart
attack Thursday night and died at his home in Havana, said his cousin Kathy
Flynn of West Los Angeles. Granma, Cuba's official newspaper, reported that
Flynn was buried Friday at the Colon cemetery in Havana, the city of his
birth.

The legendary pianist and composer had lived in Los Angeles for several
months earlier this year after his cousin reunited the American and Cuban
sides of the Flynn family. The visit featured some of his final public
performances, including a guest appearance June 3 with the Latin Jazz
Ensemble of Cal State L.A., where he taught a spring series of classes as
artist in residence. During his stay, local fans flocked to greet the
diminutive musician, who was influenced by or worked with several seminal
figures of Afro-Cuban music, such as danzon master Antonio Maria Romeu and
percussionist Tata Guines, a founding member of Flynn's respected 1950s
quintet, Los Amigos.

"We created a whole new family here," said Kathy Flynn, whose great-uncle,
Francis Joseph Flynn, was the late musician's father. "He was just such a
beautiful person. He continued to care about people, despite all that he had
to go through."

Francisco Emilio Flynn Rodriguez was born in 1921, his eyesight damaged by
forceps during delivery. His mother died before his fifth birthday and his
father returned to the United States months later, leaving the boy in the
care of his Cuban aunt and uncle.

At 13, Flynn won an amateur contest and started his career as part of a
danzon orchestra, featuring the graceful ballroom music that preceded the
mambo and cha-cha. But tragedy struck again in his late teens when a
tuberculosis epidemic claimed the lives of his surrogate parents. By then,
Flynn had gone totally blind.

At the Forefront of a Musical Movement

He continued his studies at a school operated by Cuba's National Assn. for
the Blind, of which he would later serve as president from 1978-81. In the
mid-1940s, Flynn resumed his popular music career with his band Loquibambia,
featuring Omara Portuondo of Buena Vista Social Club fame. That placed Flynn
at the forefront of a movement called filin, which fused the traditional
Cuban bolero with U.S. jazz sensibilities.

But times were hard and Flynn made ends meet by selling cigars to shops on
consignment, walking the streets of Havana without a cane. In the 1950s, he
became a charter member of the Club Cubano de Jazz, a group of enthusiasts
who played descargas, or jam sessions, for free and raised money to sponsor
visits by jazz colleagues from the U.S.

By the end of the decade, Flynn led the seminal Quinteto Instrumental de
Musica Moderna, devoted to exploring Latin jazz. At the same time, he
pursued the study of classical music, which remained his true artistic
ambition. He cherished his recordings by Cuba's semiclassical composers
Ignacio Cervantes and Ernesto Lecuona, author of "Malaguena" and "Siboney."

Until his death, Flynn was thankful to his friend and fellow musician
Armando Romeu Gonzalez, who learned Braille to help him make the first
transcriptions of Lecuona's compositions. Flynn was also proud of having
developed a technique for teaching the blind to write music, countering
their natural tendency to learn by ear.

"If they want to be musicians," he told The Times in April, "they have to be
the real thing."

In February 1998, two years before his family reunion, Flynn made his U.S.
debut in New York at a climactic concert, part of the Jazz at Lincoln Center
program. Latin giants such as the late Tito Puente turned out to watch an
all-star reincarnation of Los Amigos, featuring bassist Orlando "Cachaito"
Lopez; percussionist Jose "Changuito" Quintana, formerly of Los Van Van; and
Guines, the group's original conguero.

"Frank Emilio is a pianist who has influenced every subsequent generation,
and those to come, because he's kept up to date," Cuban pianist Chucho
Valdes, who made a guest appearance at the concert, said at the time. "You
can't talk about Frank Emilio in the past because he's still very much
present."

Flynn leaves his wife of 47 years, Martha Montes Cobian; his son, Jesus; and
a granddaughter.












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