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exotica-digest        Tuesday, January 8 2002        Volume 02 : Number 1095



In This Digest:

(exotica) Interstellar Cafe Weekly Download .......... Moon Gas
(exotica) "Bean in My Ears"
(exotica) Yma Sumac official website
RE: (exotica) Azeri music
RE: (exotica) Azeri music
(exotica) Zorn list: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge
(exotica) OT: thinking cap
(exotica) [obit] roundup
RE: (exotica) Yma Sumac official website
Re: (exotica) "Bean in My Ears"
Re: (exotica) Zorn list: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge
Re: (exotica) [obit] roundup
Re: (exotica) [obit] roundup
Re: (exotica) "Bean in My Ears"
Re: (exotica) "Bean in My Ears"
(exotica) Album Cover Art Show In Baton Rouge, Louisiana
(exotica) zornlist on exotica
Re: (exotica) Album Cover Art Show In Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Re: (exotica) Zorn list: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge
Re: Re: (exotica) Zorn list:
RE: (exotica) Azeri music
Re: (exotica) Zorn list: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge
Re: (exotica) Plastic Records
(exotica) Loungexotica group
(exotica) Re: (Fwd) Esquivel, R.I.P.
Re: (exotica) Re: (Fwd) Esquivel, R.I.P.
(exotica) Esquivel, R.I.P.
Re: (exotica) Esquivel, R.I.P.
Re: (exotica) Esquivel, R.I.P.
Re: Re: (exotica) Esquivel, R.I.P.
Re: (exotica) Esquivel, R.I.P.
Re: (exotica) Esquivel, R.I.P.
Re: (exotica) even more San Francisco record shops
(exotica) JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL  (1918-2002)

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Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 19:49:01 -0800
From: "Otis Fodder" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Interstellar Cafe Weekly Download .......... Moon Gas

Album of the week:

Dick Hyman & Mary Mayo - Moon Gas (MGM
SE4119)http://www.interstellarcafe.com/audioarchives/specials.html

01. Moon Gas
02. Maid of The Moon
03. Isn't It Odd
04. Stella by Starlight
05. Imagination
06. Space Reflex (Blues in 5/4)
07. Bye Bye Blues
08. They Can't Take That Away From Me
09. For All We Know
10. Desafinado (Slightly Out Of Tune)
11. I'm Glad There Is You
12. Star Eyes








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Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 07:23:48 +0100
From: Brad Bigelow <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) "Bean in My Ears"

Anyone happen to know what Clebanoff Strings LP this oddly-named tune
appears on?

Brad



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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 01:35:29 -0800
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Subject: (exotica) Yma Sumac official website

Can anyone verify something I suspect--which is that you have to PAY to view the official Yma Sumac website?  If so,
is anyone a "member" of that exclusive club?  I have a question about one of her CDs & I thinkk the answer may lie
within.  :-)  Thanks!

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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 11:23:17 -0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: (exotica) Azeri music

Alans working definition for 'Exotica' is one thing, but for 'exotica' as
far as interests of the list go, that seems to be quite another.

The working Definition for Exotica, being more or less, music played by
mainstream musicians to evoke primitive or exotic music.  For example Jazz
musicians or orchestral leaders playing music that has a sense of Hawaii,
without necessarily being Hawaiian.  So that it could be argued that Ethnic
Hawaiian music would not be Exotic, even though it would certainly be
exotic.  If you could find Ethnic Hawaiian music in the first place, that
is.

I'm not quite sure where that would leave Denny and Lyman as Hawaiians, and
being as they are central figures in Exotic music.  Its just full of
loopholes.

But as I'm at work, and can't listen to the Azeri music you posted about,
how does it sound?


El Maestro Con Queso

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> >
> >I don't know if it qualifies as Exotica (I've been told it doesn't, but
> who
> >believes anyone else anyway)
>
> Thanks for the input.  I'm back at one of my futile attempts to define
> 'exotica' or at least to devise a list of attributes.
> David


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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 14:04:13 -0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: (exotica) Azeri music

Alans working definition for 'Exotica' is one thing, but for 'exotica' as
far as interests of the list go, that seems to be quite another.

The working Definition for Exotica, being more or less, music played by
mainstream musicians to evoke primitive or exotic music.  For example Jazz
musicians or orchestral leaders playing music that has a sense of Hawaii,
without necessarily being Hawaiian.  So that it could be argued that Ethnic
Hawaiian music would not be Exotic, even though it would certainly be
exotic.  If you could find Ethnic Hawaiian music in the first place, that
is.

I'm not quite sure where that would leave Denny and Lyman as Hawaiians, and
being as they are central figures in Exotic music.  Its just full of
loopholes.

But as I'm at work, and can't listen to the Azeri music you posted about,
how does it sound?


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> >I don't know if it qualifies as Exotica (I've been told it doesn't, but
> who
> >believes anyone else anyway)
> Thanks for the input.  I'm back at one of my futile attempts to define
> 'exotica' or at least to devise a list of attributes.
> David
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Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 09:24:37 -0500
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Zorn list: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge

There's currently a thread running on the Zorn List called Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge.

If anyone's interested I can re-post it here, just so y'all can see what other interest groups think of the subject.

Lou



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Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 09:27:30 -0500
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) OT: thinking cap

OT in the extreme but this article from Information Week is so space-age that I just had to share it with you.

Lou



The year is 2006. You're in the office trying to make a tough
decision. You need to think objectively, so you reach into
your desk and pull out a thinking cap, a heavily wired beanie
with a long electrical cord. Fitting the cap carefully on top
of your head, you lean back and plug it into the wall. And in
a flash, you've decided what to do--it's so clear! Why didn't
you think of it sooner?

World-renowned physicist Allan Snyder is working toward that
scenario. Known for his work in optics and telecommunications,
Snyder now heads the Centre for the Mind, a joint venture
between the Australian National University (where he's also a
professor) and the University of Sydney. Snyder and his
colleagues are investigating what he calls "mind physics"--
ways to use technology to make the brain work more efficiently
and to expand creativity.

The inspiration for the project came from studying the brain
functions of a severely autistic girl. A savant, similar to
Dustin Hoffman's character in the movie "Rain Man," she could
barely communicate with other people, yet was able to draw
incredibly accurate pictures of the world around her. Snyder
theorized that some of the damaged parts of her brain were the
areas that let healthy people see the world subjectively. So
he began trying to simulate that condition in another person.

"We located the area of the brain that's damaged in a savant
and switched it off [in a healthy mind] with magnets," Snyder
explains. By turning off the part of the brain that supports
subjectivity, "we have been able to enhance objectivity," he
says. Test subjects are temporarily able to draw pictures far
more accurately than they normally can, he says. Ultimately,
the research could lead to more ways to make workers smarter,
bosses fairer, and decisions easier to make. Says Snyder, "We
can create more-objective people." - David M. Ewalt

Read on at
Optics Trailblazers Are Still At It
http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eFc80BdNej0V20BE380Az

Try Chewing Brain Gum
http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=eFc80BdNej0V20BE4A0AB





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Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 09:31:42 -0500
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obit] roundup

Saturday, 29 December
Cassisa Eller, Brazilian rock singer, cause not announced, 39.
Ralph Sutton, jazz pianist, 79.

Monday, 31 December
Eileen Heckart, actress ("Butterflies Are Free"), of cancer, 82.
Paul Hubschmid aka Paul Christian, actor ("Funeral in Berlin"), of a
pulmonary embolism, 84.
David Swift, TV & film director, ("Mr. Peepers"), of heart failure, 82.

Tuesday, 1 January
Julia Phillips, film producer (The Sting), of cancer, 57.
Catya Sassoon, actress/model, in her sleep - cause not announced, 33.

Thursday, 3 January
Miklos "Miki" Dora, surfer, of pancreatic cancer, 67.


I've also heard rumors that Florian Fricke of Popul Vuh may have died recently




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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 14:48:04 -0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: (exotica) Yma Sumac official website

Don't know about that, but I remember someone posting a link to one of the
inside pages just after I joined the list, and the guy who runs the site
went ballistic.  Maybe that was why....

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> Can anyone verify something I suspect--which is that you have to PAY to
> view the official Yma Sumac website?  If so,
> is anyone a "member" of that exclusive club?  I have a question about one
> of her CDs & I thinkk the answer may lie
> within.  :-)  Thanks!
>
> Mike


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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 11:18:13 -0800
From: "Doug Dale" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) "Bean in My Ears"

Brad Bigelow asked: "Anyone happen to know what Clebanoff Strings LP this
oddly-named tune appears on?"

No, but I've got it on my K-tel's Greatest Stars/24 Greatest Dumb Ditties
album performed by the Serendipity Singers.  It's pretty funny.

Doug



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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 11:18:38 -0500
From: "Carl Howard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Zorn list: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge

Could be because Zorn has been a geek fan of Outsider and Cartoon Music for
years.  I don't necessarily think Zorn is fit to walk in many of the shoes
of those whose work he has extolled over the years, such as Anthony Braxton,
Raymond Scott and Carl Stalling, but he's certainly generous enough to share
his appreciation with the general public.

Carl Howard
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>
> There's currently a thread running on the Zorn List called Esquivel/Easy
Listening/Exotica/Lounge.
>
> If anyone's interested I can re-post it here, just so y'all can see what
other interest groups think of the subject.




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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 11:22:19 -0500
From: "Carl Howard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit] roundup

Yeah, it was Florian Fricke, also Gareth Williams of This Heat.  Gareth
Williams employed a kind of "tape keyboard" if you will, a home-made device
which, if you will, allowed him keybased access to any number of off the
wall sounds he wished to use in performance.

Carl Howard
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> I've also heard rumors that Florian Fricke of Popul Vuh may have died
recently




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Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 16:31:19 +0000
From: Michael Jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit] roundup

[e-mail] wrote:
>
>
> I've also heard rumors that Florian Fricke of Popul Vuh may have died recently

yes: http://raq491.uk2net.com/florian/


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Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 16:37:21 +0000
From: Michael Jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) "Bean in My Ears"

Doug Dale wrote:
>
> Brad Bigelow asked: "Anyone happen to know what Clebanoff Strings LP this
> oddly-named tune appears on?"
>
> No, but I've got it on my K-tel's Greatest Stars/24 Greatest Dumb Ditties
> album performed by the Serendipity Singers.  It's pretty funny.
>

my dad used to sing a song when i was little, that went 'My mother told
me not to put beans in my ears, beans in my ears, beans in my ears...'
is that the same one? i can't imagine there are many songs about such
subject matter


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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 11:39:02 -0800
From: "Doug Dale" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) "Bean in My Ears"

Michael Jemmeson asked: " my dad used to sing a song when i was little, that
went 'My mother told me not to put beans in my ears, beans in my ears, beans
in my ears...' Is that the same one?

Yep, same one.

Doug



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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 09:31:11 -0800 (PST)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Album Cover Art Show In Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Hi everyone

I went to an album cover art show put on by our own exoticat Paul
Dean aka Dj squeaky at Luxuria Music.  Paul is a good friend and
has an incredible lp collection.  The show Paul put on has its
official opening this Weds night in Baton Rouge LA. There are
around 135 lp covers on display in a beautiful and peaceful art
gallery.  Paul has made a cool comp to play as at the show.

The show is called "Whipped Cream and Other Delights"

It was quite impressive to listen to an exoticat's easy listening
comp while gazing at a large room full of some incredibly cool lp
covers. Journey to the Moon was there as was Soothing Sounds for
Baby.  Cool Jazz covers, funk, easy listening, cheesecake, exotica
and rock.  Amazing Paul!  Glad I got to go.

Paul what is the name of the gallery and how long will the show be
running?   Could you post some pictures for us to view?

Easy listening in the Big Easy,
Chuck


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Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 12:35:42 -0500
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) zornlist on exotica

I sent the exotica-related extracts from the zornlist to this list a few hours ago. Since the post hasn't shown up yet I suppose majordomo is holding onto it for some reason or other. Maybe it'll show up at some point.

If you can't wait, read here:
ftp://ftp.xmission.com/pub/lists/zorn-list/archive/zorn-list.200201

Lou




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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 16:59:57 -0500
From: "Carl Howard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Album Cover Art Show In Baton Rouge, Louisiana

SQUEAKY did it???  He's CONNECTED!

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>
> Hi everyone
>
> I went to an album cover art show put on by our own exoticat Paul
> Dean aka Dj squeaky at Luxuria Music.  Paul is a good friend and
> has an incredible lp collection.  The show Paul put on has its
> official opening this Weds night in Baton Rouge LA. There are
> around 135 lp covers on display in a beautiful and peaceful art
> gallery.  Paul has made a cool comp to play as at the show.




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Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 14:28:52 -0800
From: crymad <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Zorn list: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge

Zorn list?  How do I go about subscribing?  Is there a one-stop source
for info on various mailing lists such as this one?

By the way, this is a second posting.  My original -- identical to this
one except for the "Need help..." blurb added automatically -- came back
returned.  The stated reason was that too much text was quoted.  Four
lines is too much?

- --crymad

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>
> There's currently a thread running on the Zorn List called Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge.
>
> If anyone's interested I can re-post it here, just so y'all can see what other interest groups think of the subject.
>
> Lou


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Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 18:00:29 -0500
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) Zorn list:

Take a look at:
http://paml.net/
and
http://www.browbeat.com/zornlist.html


crymad <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
Zorn list?  How do I go about subscribing?  Is there a one-stop source
for info on various mailing lists such as this one?

- --crymad




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Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 20:32:35 -0500
From: "M.Ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Azeri music

>Thanks for the input.  I'm back at one of my futile attempts to define
>'exotica' or at least to devise a list of attributes.

My old definition of classic exotica (ala Baxter, Denny, etc.) runs along
the lines of:

Mood music employing real or imaginary elements of non-western musics to
evoke exotic emotions or locations.

So, I suppose, authentic Javanese gamelan would be exotic (unless you
happen to live there).

But L.A. studio musicians doing an interpretation of gamelan (combined
with, say, a string section) would be exotica.

Exotica in the sense of the name of this list is another messy matter. It
sort of just happens to be the name of the list, which even in early days
was not totally exotica-centric (it's mainly been
finding-old-records-centric through its lifetime). I think Alan hit it
pretty well when he suggested that it's not so much a list about exotica as
a list for people who like exotica, among other things. But at the same
time, I think the classic exotica does sort of serve as an emotional core
for the list.


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Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 20:36:47 -0500
From: "M.Ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Zorn list: Esquivel/Easy Listening/Exotica/Lounge

At 12:35 PM 01/07/2002, Lou wrote:
>I sent the exotica-related extracts from the zornlist to this list a few
>hours ago. Since the post hasn't shown up yet I suppose majordomo is
>holding onto it for some reason or other. Maybe it'll show up at some point.

At 02:28 PM 01/07/2002, crymad wrote:
>By the way, this is a second posting.  My original -- identical to this
>one except for the "Need help..." blurb added automatically -- came back
>returned.  The stated reason was that too much text was quoted.  Four
>lines is too much?

Maybe that's a cue to switch over to the new list system and see if it's as
cranky as the old one has gotten in the last couple of years?

http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/exotica


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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 22:50:32 -0500
From: Peter Ledebur <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Plastic Records

"Domenic Ciccone" <[e-mail]> says:

 >What a great find. A Boston area store, Newbury Comics, opened up here
in
 >the burbs and I found 6 comps from the Italian Plastic label.
 >These were all in the used section even though they were never used.  8
 >bucks each!

It's true. Many of the chain's 23 stores recently received shipments of
most or many of the following compilations as cheap "used" (in name
only) CDs:
Spectrum, Mondi Caldi di Notte, Vroommm, Stroboscopica (Vols. 1-3), I
Gres, Phase 6 Superstereo, Harlem Shuffle, Morphine, and Kaleidoscopica
(almost the entirety of Plastic's "Blue" series
<http://www.plastic.it/blue.html>).

You might have to check a few different stores to find them all. Some
locations also got select titles on vinyl (selling for about the same
price as the CDs -- $7.99 -- still sealed.

Disclaimer: I do work for Newbury Comics. I also bought all the ones
that I hadn't already bought at regular price.


Peter
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Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 13:14:38 +0000
From: Joe Batutis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Loungexotica group

Hi there-

I'm back from vacation and I restarted the loungexotica group at
Audiogalaxy.com

Stop on by for some exotica fun.

Joe Batutis
aka djfreshmoney
aka enok lite



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Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 08:28:27 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: (Fwd) Esquivel, R.I.P.

- --- Forwarded mail from Irwin Chusid

Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 00:40:50 -0500
Subject: Esquivel, R.I.P.
From: Irwin Chusid


Jan. 20, 1918 - Jan. 3, 2002

Details to follow, when I get them.

- -ic >>





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Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 10:12:21 -0500
From: "Carl Howard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: (Fwd) Esquivel, R.I.P.

This is gonna hit Brother Cleve like a ton of bricks.  Well I imagine he
knows by now.

Jack Fetterman and perhaps Cleve will be at In Hi-Fi on Thursday night; I
imagine they'll know a tribute is in order.

I had been afraid for some time that El Maestro might pass away before the
film about him was made.

This is rotten stuff.

Carl Howard
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> --- Forwarded mail from Irwin Chusid
>
> Date: Mon, 07 Jan 2002 00:40:50 -0500
> Subject: Esquivel, R.I.P.
> From: Irwin Chusid
>
>
> Jan. 20, 1918 - Jan. 3, 2002
>
> Details to follow, when I get them.
>
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Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 13:29:34 -0500
From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Esquivel, R.I.P.

As you all saw from Lou's post, Juan Garcia Esquivel died last Thursday, due
to complications from a stroke, at his home in Juitepec, Morelos, Mexico. He
was 83 years old.

On a postive note, at least Esquivel lived long enough to see his work
rediscovered and appreciated by a new audience around the world. After being
bedridden for close to 10 years due to a back injury, he thought of himself
as a forgotten man, but the 1994 release of "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music"
changed all that, and the last 7 years of his life were quite joyous. I can
remember the look on his face when he'd be getting calls from, say, Rolling
Stone or the New York Times, or when I showed him Joe Holmes' Space Age
Bachelor Pad website - everything was so exciting he was completely
revitilized [It also gave him the opportunity to exude his impeccable charm
on a great number of female reporters]. Unfortunately, his health continued
to fail, although through therapy he was able to get out of bed for the
first time in years and get into a wheelchair for short periods of the day.

It's a shame he didn't live long enough to see the proposed film story of
his life made, although I doubt he would have been happy with the emphasis
on the more sordid elements of his life. For Juan, it just all about the
music, and that's what we can be thankful for today - the incredible
imagination, style, humor and life found in the body of work he's left for
us to enjoy.

br cleve




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Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 13:43:34 -0500
From: Will Straw <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Esquivel, R.I.P.

That was a very nice post, Brother Cleve.  I can't claim to have known
Esquival at all, but my Mexican friend Graciela and I spent a very nice
afternoon with him in 1996, and I remember his delight in showing photos of
himself with US celebrities, and his obvious joy in being rediscovered.

Will



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Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 16:22:18 -0500
From: "Carl Howard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Esquivel, R.I.P.

Cleve, you certainly were closer to El Maestro than any of us.  Are you
okay?  Did this hit you hard... or did it hit you harder when he married his
nurse??

Has anyone spoken to John Leguizamo since this became known?

I already checked the New York Times obituaries and they have not carried
this yet.  I suppose it will be written by Neil Strauss... god I dislike
that peewee brat.

(((HUG))) Cleve!

Carl Howard
Ohio Regional WUV Supervisor
Alien Abduction Coordinator
Communist Dupe Extraordinaire


- ----- Original Message -----

> As you all saw from Lou's post, Juan Garcia Esquivel died last Thursday,
due
> to complications from a stroke, at his home in Juitepec, Morelos, Mexico.
He
> was 83 years old.




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Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 16:58:16 -0500
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) Esquivel, R.I.P.

Carl Howard <[e-mail]> wrote:
> I already checked the New York Times obituaries and they have not carried
this yet.  I suppose it will be written by Neil Strauss... god I dislike
that peewee brat.


If we're lucky Douglas Martin will write the obit.
Lou



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Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 18:24:33 -0500
From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Esquivel, R.I.P.

on 1/8/02 4:22 PM, Carl Howard at [e-mail] wrote:

> Cleve, you certainly were closer to El Maestro than any of us.  Are you
> okay?  Did this hit you hard... or did it hit you harder when he married his
> nurse??

yeah, it has hit me fairly hard, especially since I had been trying to call
him for the last few weeks and not being able to get through - the Mexican
phone system is not particularly dependable. And I was planning another trip
down there this spring.

> Has anyone spoken to John Leguizamo since this became known?

I don't know

> I already checked the New York Times obituaries and they have not carried
> this yet.  I suppose it will be written by Neil Strauss...

Irwin has written it and it will be sent out tonight.

We didn't have confirmation of his death until yesterday afternoon, when
Irwin spoke with Juan's son Mario.

br cleve



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Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 18:54:00 -0500
From: "Carl Howard" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Esquivel, R.I.P.

WHILE (((((HUGGING)))) CLEVE!!!!

Carl Howard
Ohio Regional WUV Supervisor
Alien Abduction Coordinator
Communist Dupe Extraordinaire


- ----- Original Message -----

> > Cleve, you certainly were closer to El Maestro than any of us.  Are you
> > okay?  Did this hit you hard... or did it hit you harder when he married
his
> > nurse??
>
> yeah, it has hit me fairly hard, especially since I had been trying to
call
> him for the last few weeks and not being able to get through - the Mexican
> phone system is not particularly dependable. And I was planning another
trip
> down there this spring.
>
> > Has anyone spoken to John Leguizamo since this became known?
>
> I don't know
>
> > I already checked the New York Times obituaries and they have not
carried
> > this yet.  I suppose it will be written by Neil Strauss...
>
> Irwin has written it and it will be sent out tonight.
>
> We didn't have confirmation of his death until yesterday afternoon, when
> Irwin spoke with Juan's son Mario.
>
It is a great relief, at least, that someone we know and can trust has
written the obituary.  I know I will keep a copy on my hard drive.  So now
it is just up to the editorial butchers at the Times, who will have the
OFFICIAL WORD on how important THEY considered Esquivel to be.

It works like this:


Eden Ahbez is hit by a car and dies, wrote "Nature Boy," was rumored to be a
real handful.
Ho hum.


LUCIANO PAVAROTTI STUBS HIS TOE ON AN ERRANT CROISSANT, WORLD IN SHOCK,
LEADERS OF ALL COUNTRIES CALL SUMMIT TO DISCUSS HOW THEY WILL EXPRESS THEIR
OFFICIAL SYMPATHY.




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Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 21:14:13 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) even more San Francisco record shops

In a message dated 1/4/02 7:18:09 AM, [e-mail] writes:

<< Jack's Record Cellar in the lower Haight (on Scott) has a great collection
of
78s (and Roy Loney works behind the counter).  Grooves is in the lower Haight
also, around the corner.  Oh - definitely check out Open Mind Records - again
in the Lower Haight, but on Divisidero.  Also, across from Open Mind is a
shop that specializes in estate sales, and they have an excellent selection
of jazz and exotica (and tons of groovy sixties furnishings).  Prices there
run around $7 a pop, but I've gotten good things there.
...Howling Bull is walkable from Aquarius.  Their
limited record selection is mostly metal - however, they have tons of cool
Mexican Wrestling stuff there, and rare action figures etc. >>

If Amoeba doesn't wear you out, also on Haight is Groove Merchant (a little
pricey but ultra-hip) and my personal favorite, Rooky Ricardo, where the
stacks of 45s seem endless, and Dick and/or Ms. Jerri provide possibly THE
friendliest retail experience imaginable. (actually, Jack's is pretty close
in that regard)

Howling Bull Syndicate is closed, though.



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Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 00:23:50 -0500
From: Irwin Chusid <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL  (1918-2002)

JUAN GARCIA ESQUIVEL (1918-2002)

Juan Garcia Esquivel, celebrated pianist, composer, bandleader, stereo
recording pioneer, and glamorous Space Age Bachelor Pad Music icon, died at
his home in Jiutepec, Morelos, Mexico, on January 3, 2002. He was 83.

The death was reported by his widow, Carina Osorio vda. de Garcia, and by
his son, Mario Eddi Garcia Servin, of Taxco. According to a longtime friend=
,
Steve Reed, of Los Angeles, three months ago Esquivel suffered a stroke,
which had left him paralyzed on one side and unable to speak. He recovered
in a short time, but suffered a second, more severe stroke on Dec. 30. He
died four days later.

Esquivel was born on January 20, 1918, in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He
was a renowned pianist/bandleader in his native country, garnering much
acclaim on stage, television and radio. He starred in and scored two films,
"Cabaret Tragico" and "La Locura de Rock'n'Roll," before being brought to
the U.S. by RCA Victor Records in 1957. Working primarily in Hollywood, New
York, and Las Vegas, the suave maestro recorded prolifically, led an
explosive big band, and scored for several TV programs. His elegant,
idiosyncratic, and very meticulous arrangements were colored by radical
dynamic shifts, playful percussion, wordless vocals, and Esquivel's own
virtuoso keyboard runs. When it came to recording sessions, he was notoriou=
s
for budget-busting extravagance. His offstage life was filled with celebrit=
y
hobnobbing (e.g., Sinatra, Liberace, Ernie Kovacs), romantic intrigue (he
embodied the charming Latin Lothario mystique), and unfortunate bouts of
drinking and prescription drug abuse that eventually curtailed his success.

Many of Esquivel's saucy compositions, such as "Mucha Muchacha,"
"Whatchamacallit," "Latin-Esque," and "Mini Skirt," have come to symbolize
the wild hyper-stereo orchestration of the 1950s and '60s. Ironically, his
most familiar composition -- and one for which he is little known -- is the
"Universal Emblem," a two-second blast of Wagnerian thunder which has for
decades accompanied the Universal Studios logo at the conclusion of hundred=
s
of television programs.

"Space Age Bachelor Pad Music," a 1994 Bar/None Records compilation of
Esquivel's 1950s-'60s RCA Victor recordings, sparked a resurgence of
interest in his work. Simpsons creator Matt Groening declared Esquivel "the
great unsung genius of space age pop." Subsequent releases, such as "Music
From a Sparkling Planet" (1995, Bar/None), "Cabaret Ma=F1ana" (1996, BMG), an=
d
the 40-years-locked-in-the-can "See It In Sound" (1999, 7N), launched his
vintage recordings into wide circulation on TV, in films and commercials,
and as background music in restaurants, lounges, and stores. Several of his
compositions have been used in the soundtracks of major Hollywood films,
including "The Big Lebowski," "Four Rooms," and "Beavis and Butt-Head Do
America." His riffs have been widely sampled and emulated by audio
mixologists and turntable wizards worldwide.

The Kronos Quartet recently commissioned and performed a string arrangement
of Esquivel's 1967 composition "Mini Skirt." The original handwritten score=
s
for his 24-piece orchestra no longer exist, having reportedly been hauled
away as trash years ago when rent was in arrears on a Las Vegas storage
facility.

Though he was an American citizen, Esquivel moved back to Mexico in the
1980s. For the Televisa network, he composed soundtracks for a children's T=
V
program, entitled "Burbujas" ("Bubbles"). He was inactive in the music
business during the 1990s, due to a broken hip and an aggravated spinal
injury which left him bedridden and unable to walk. He lived at the home of
his older brother, Sergio, in Jiutepec, until Sergio's death in 1999.
Esquivel then bought and moved to a home in Villas del Descanso, also in
Jiutepec.

In May 2001, Esquivel married 25-year-old Carina Osorio, who had assisted
the ailing legend as a home health care aide for several years. They were
wed in a simple ceremony administered by a justice of the peace at
Esquivel's home. Esquivel claimed that Carina was his sixth wife. He had
married and divorced twice while residing in the United States. He describe=
d
Carina as "a simple girl, who is attentive and honest," adding, "I am very
happy, and she is too. We both stay up until 2:00 in the morning, and she
helps me. Our house is not too big, not too small. Just for the two of us,
it is nice. It has a nice garden."

A film biography about the Space Age Pop avatar is in script development at
Fox studios, with John Leguizamo slated to star and Alexander Payne signed
to direct.

Per his wishes, Esquivel's remains were cremated, and his ashes were
returned home with Carina.


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