Anybody on the list from Japan? I'm in search of some Japanese
soundtracks on the VAP and SLC labels, some of which may be
out of print. Is there anyone out there who can point me to a good
source? Thanks!
Darrell Brogdon
The Retro Cocktail Hour
KANU FM 91.5
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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 10:28:22 -0400
From: lousmith@pipeline.com
Subject: (exotica) [obit] Dagmar
October 11, 2001
Dagmar, 79, Foxy Blonde With First-Name Status in 50's, Dies
By DOUGLAS MARTIN,NYTimes
The statuesque performer who won fame as Dagmar, a dumb-as-a- fox blonde on one of television's first late-night shows, died on Tuesday at her home in Ceredo, W.Va. She was 79.
She was born Virginia Ruth Egnor in nearby Huntington and was renamed Jenny Lewis when she came to New York to model and act. She was given the name Dagmar when she became a character in "Broadway Open House," a vaudeville-style mix of music and jokes, which ran on NBC in 1950 and 1951 and was a forerunner of "The Tonight Show."
Standing 5 feet 11 inches in her heels, Dagmar combined "the voluptuous curves of a Venus, the provocative grace of a young Mae West and the virtue of a Girl Scout," Murray Schumach wrote in The New York Times in 1950.
Not to say that sexual innuendo was ignored. Once when she played the president in a comedy sketch, she said: "I've had a very busy day. I passed 19 vetoes and vetoed 19 passes."
She was billed as a singer on the program, but seldom sang. Instead, she recited poems and treatises ù she called them treasises ù in a delightfully ingenuous, deadpan manner.
Dagmar's significance transcended beating Cher and Madonna to first-name-only status. Her necklines were debated on the floor of the House of Representatives, and when her salary soared from $75 a week to $3,000, the government's Wage Stabilization Board took public notice.
In a 1951 profile illustrated with photographs by Alfred Eisenstadt, Life magazine called her a "national institution."
Her casual attitude about names came early, when she asked to be called Ruthie instead of Virginia. "It's easier to spell," she explained.
She graduated from Huntington High School and Huntington Business College, according to Huntington Quarterly, a local journal. She then went to work for a finance company, but quit because. she said, she felt sorry for all those people"who had to pay and didn't have enough to eat." She also worked as a waitress, sandwich maker, soda jerk and cashier. Two of her three husbands, Angelo Lewis and Dick Hinds, a bandleader, were from Huntington. The third was Danny Dayton, an actor. All died before her.
She is survived by her sisters Jean Nichols of Miami, Mary Ann Wolfe of Huntington and Theresa Jacobs of Vancouver, Wash.; and her brothers Jack Egnor of Tuback, Ariz., Robert Joseph Egnor and Dan of Huntington.
As an aspiring actress in New York, her first job was modeling sweaters. She was hired on a show- by-show basis for the new NBC show "Broadway Open House." She was told to wear a low-cut gown, sit on a stool and act dumb. When the host, Jerry Lester, asked where she was from, she smiled brightly and answered, "West Virginia."
"Where's that?" Mr. Lester demanded. She drawled, "In West Virginia," convulsing the host and the audience.
Soon she was receiving 8,000 fan letters a month, more than half of them from women. She lived in a Central Park South penthouse, and was often seen in the Stork Club.
She went on to perform in the theater, summer stock and Las Vegas. She was a regular on "Holiday Squares." Mitch Miller persuaded her to record a duet with Frank Sinatra.
During her run as one of television's early stars, she told an interviewer she thought she was becoming Dagmar. That meant being a "gentlewoman among roisterers" in Mr. Schumach's phrase.
When the heckling got out of hand as she recited yet another inane poem, Dagmar would say in a plaintive southern accent, "Please, you're tinkering with my art."
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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 14:16:18 EDT
From: DJJimmyBee@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) drying out your collection
In a message dated 10/10/01 9:59:41 PM, audiocarp@macconnect.com writes:
<< First, try to determine how the water is getting into your
basement in the first place. You may only need to redirect your downspouts
away from the foundation or slope the grade away from it. Obviously, any
exterior cracks should be patched with mortar mix or an all-silicone caulk.
In areas with really bad drainage, consider putting a layer of gravel
around your house with a "drainage tile" (perforated clay pipe) buried in
it hooked into the sewer...................................>>
if you don't own the house, or are unable to do all the mortar/downspout work
at present, a $200.00 de-humidifier from Sears will do the trick nicely. also
keep your records waist high and above. It not only avoids the painful
stooping vinyl junkies suffer incessantly, it keeps them in a less moist spot
than the cellar floor. If you have a sink, hook it up next to it, it will
keep the sucked out water from the dehumidifier draining constantly avoiding
daily trips to the basement to empty the catch bin....JB/basement man
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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 13:17:32 +0100
From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk
Subject: (exotica) Thunderbird's on the big screen
One of the things about having nippers is the Saturday Morning Pictures,
and this week in our local Arthouse Cinema they're showing 'Thunderbirds Are
Go!', after the discussion in the summer I'm quite looking forward to this.
