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exotica-digest          Monday, May 25 1998          Volume 02 : Number 116



In This Digest:

(exotica) Re: Sinatra non-US
Re: (exotica) Exotica fiction/What do you like?
Re: (exotica) Re: Sinatra non-US
(exotica) Sinatra/Dino/Sammy Rarities :)
(exotica) A new Thread?
(exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update
(exotica) Annotated Playlist Fantastica # 54
(exotica) Beach Boys
(exotica) Wide Weird World of Shorty Petterstein
Re: (exotica) The latest haul, but don't tell my wife!
Re: (exotica) Exotica fiction/What do you like?
(exotica) Re: A new Thread?
(exotica) Ken Nordine Ikea Commercial
(exotica) The East Coast "Beach Music"
Re: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update
(exotica) Wildwood, NJ
(exotica) June on GROOVIE MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS
(exotica) Exotic Fiction

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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 11:22:21 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Re: Sinatra non-US

At 10:12 AM 5/23/98 EDT, Ashley wrote:
>It is the only Sinatra album ["Great Songs From Great Britain" Reprise]of
material that was not recorded in the U.S.

That is, until 1997 when Capitol released for the first time (on CD): Frank
Sinatra with the Red Norvo Quintet Live in Australia, 1959. Of course, it
was Live and it was never released as an LP album, but I thought it was
interesting to point this out anyway.

Byron

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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 17:27:59 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotica fiction/What do you like?

If you're looking for something with the music woven deeply throughout the
fabric of the book, uh, I draw a blank.

More tangentially, Thomas Pynchon often works some interesting music into his
books.
"The Crying Of Lot 49" (1966) includes (along with other assorted musical
moments) a scene set in a bar called The Scope -- dedicated to avant garde
electronic music. "The early crowd tends to dig your Radio Cologne sound."
"V." (1963) includes the character, Roony Winsome, an executive for Outlandish
Records, with such releases as "Volkswagens In Hi-Fi" and "The Leavenworth Glee
Club Sings Old Favorites". His dream project is a version of the "1812
Overture" which uses real H-Bomb explosions for the cannon shots.

More for atmosphere than music, Michael Moorcock's "Jerry Cornelius" novels
usually have a dose of swingin' 60's/70's space-age future ambience (the early
ones more so). I noticed that the Sound Gallery crew referenced Jerry in the
liner notes of volume 1. And some of Philip K.Dick's novels are set in swank
future worlds -- "Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said" (1974) and "The Zap Gun"
(1965) for example (some have settings very opposite to that however).
Generally dark and paranoid, but maybe a good match for reading while listening
to Moog/electronic records?

But to be honest, I don't really know what's up with fiction. I've been more
interested in non-fiction for quite a while. "Space Is The Place", the recent
Sun Ra bio by John F. Szwed (recommended on this very list!) is waiting on my
shelf, if I ever get around to it.

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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 20:42:10 -0700
From: LeAnn & Dave Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Sinatra non-US

At 11:22 AM 5/23/98 +0000, Byron wrote:
>
>At 10:12 AM 5/23/98 EDT, Ashley wrote:
>>It is the only Sinatra album ["Great Songs From Great Britain" Reprise]of
>material that was not recorded in the U.S.
>
>That is, until 1997 when Capitol released for the first time (on CD): Frank
>Sinatra with the Red Norvo Quintet Live in Australia, 1959.

Just thought I'd throw my two cents in, on how disappointed I was with the
sound quality of this CD.  The music is great, and full of Frank-ism's
inbetween the songs ("get your hands off that broad", etc.), but the sound
drops out reguarly, and the source tape's hiss throughout was unbearable -
for me, anyway.  Too bad, because like I said, the music and
between-song-banter was excellent.  And there was nothing in the liner
notes to warn the consumer that the source tapes had been damaged or
anything.

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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 21:48:27 -0800
From: "mighty recording corp." <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Sinatra/Dino/Sammy Rarities :)

it is a marginal quality recording (the Sinatra/Red Norvo Live).  i'm not
even too crazy about the small combo arrangements on that one either.

the one *everyone* here ought to hear is the Sinatra "Live In Seattle 1957".
this boot cd, is stunning the quality is as if it were recorded deliberately
*today* not '57.  frank is at his peak of peaks in sheer vocal power and the
material is of course stellar.  it was just about time his groundbreaking
"songs for swinging lovers" Lp came out.

believe it or not, there are many many frank boot cds and audio tapes
circulating amongst collectors.  this one, is one of the big standouts of
hundreds out there.  there is a world of frank collectors out there trading
rare videos and audio not unlike grateful dead fans.  i thought this was
particularly cool when i first really got into this FAS thing deeply.

the place you want to start, is getting in touch with rick apt and
requesting
his catalog.  bear in mind also, that it includes many other comparable
items
from dino and sammy too.

rick apt sinatra collectables
p.o. bx. 620
pomona, nj 08240
(fax) 609-804-9174
[e-mail]
http://www.blue-eyes.com

i would strongly suggest writing *via post* to request a catalog rather than
emailing, particularly now.  rick's site is cool and has many of the sinatra
items you would find in stores, but the printed catalog is the one with the
mega choice items i speak of  :))    his prices are really reasonable too.

knock yerselves out !

paul moshay
mighty recording corp.
p.o. bx. 1833
los angeles, calif. 90078
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Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 13:10:56 EDT
From: Micheleflp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) A new Thread?

In a message dated 98-05-20 05:44:40 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< Frankly, if someone showed me their exotica collection and they DIDN'T have
 a couple Beach Boys records in it, I might think that they had missed the
 point somewhere...

 It's all subjective, but I think most of the topics posted are of interest
 to several people on this list. We're all just pretty passionate about
 music, aren't we? >>

Hey, here I am - a person with NO Beach Boys in my collection (what little
vinyl I have) - who needed to buy a Beach Boys record when I was a kid? The
radio was fully saturated with their music, not to mention (since Jill brought
this up earlier) the 2 fine exotica hang-outs in L.A., Bahookas and Tiki Ti's,
play the Beach Boys til you can't stand it anymore - at least that was our
experience a year or so ago when Janet and I hosted a dinner at Bahookas (so
we were there for a good 3 hours) and they continued to play the Beach Boys
like it was on an endless tape loop or something.  I am totally SICK of them
(I hope I don't offend anybody).

And not to loose this off-hand point, don't you just wish when you go to these
classic exotica places like Trader Vics, Tiki Ti's, Bahooka's, that they'd
have enough class to play the appropriate music (Martin Denny, Lex Baxter,
etc.) instead of lstuff like the Beach Boys or a television ball game?  This
is one point that really irks me. If I want ambience Like that, well, I have
to resort to make a drink and drinking it alone at my OWN tiki bar in my
living room.

- - Michele


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Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 19:37:30 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update

A new update to the eXotica Releases Overview is available.
These are the most important recent additions, that where not yet announced
here:




          - new (1998) releases & announcements -


* Bert Kaempfert: "That Latin Feeling"
      CD, Good Life Music? 537 468, ?, 1998

* Lesiman: "The Future Sound Of Lesiman"
      Double LP/CD, Right Tempo/Easy Tempo ET 920, 1998

* Attileo Mineo: "Man In Space With Sounds!"
      LP, Wah-Wah, Spain, 1998

* Hugo Montenegro & Ennio Morricone: "Western Spaghetti"
      CD, BMG 4321339432, Germany?, 1998

* Santo & Johnny: "I Successi"
      CD, Ricor LOCD 300392, ?, 1998

* Yma Sumac: "Shou Condor"
      CD, ? E 367, ?, 1998

* Various Artists: "Gregorian And Religious Beat And Psych"  (65-69)
      CD, Distortions-Waterpipe, Netherlands, To Be Released

* Various Artists: "The Fatastic World Of Spaghetti Western"
      CD, Vivi Musica 7016, Italy, 1998

* Chico Buarque: "Chico Total"
      CD, Motor 536 364, Germany, 1998

* Blossom Dearie: "Give Him The Ooh-La-La"
      CD, Verve, USA, 1998

* Stan Getz: "Jazz 'Round Midnight"
      CD, Verve, USA, 1998

* Mike Nichols & Elaine May: "Improvisations To Music"
      CD, Mercury, USA, 1998

* Soundtrack: "Taxi Driver" [by Bernard Herrmann]
      CD, Arista, USA?, 1998

* Soundtrack: "The Chase" [by John Barry]
      CD, Pendulum, USA, 1998

* Various Artists: "Sex-O-Rama Volume 2"
      CD, Oglio, USA, 1998

* Various Artists: "Stereo-Ultra"
      CD, Big Cheese, USA, 1998

* Walter Wanderley: "Rain Forest"
      CD, Verve 825-533-2, USA, 1998

* Walter Wanderley: "Talkin' Verve"
      CD, Verve, USA, 1998





          - old but interesting finds I stumbled on -


* Stan Getz: "Big Band Bossa Nova"
      CD, Verve 825 771, USA, 199?

* Soundtrack: "Destination Moon" [by Leith Stevens]
      CD, Citadel STC 77101, USA, 199?

* Eilert Pilarm: "Greatest Hits"
      CD, Green Pig Production GPPCD 01, Sweden, 1995

* The Tornados: "The EP Collection"
      CD, See For Miles 445, UK, 199?





        The eXotica Releases Overview is part of
        "Dada'quariums Exotica":
        <http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/>

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Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 16:30:06 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Annotated Playlist Fantastica # 54

Fantastica runs on:
* Radio Scorpio, FM 106, Leuven, Belgium, each Saturday 15-16 h.
* Radio Centraal, FM 103.9, Antwerpen, Belgium,
  at irregular times in their "Night Machine".


                             Fantastica # 54


 1. Stanley Black: "Berimbau"
       o compil. "The basic principles of sound"
       o Double LP, Soundsational (bootleg) | +++
 2. Ed Linclon: "Cochise"
       o compil. "The basic principles of sound"
       o Double LP, Soundsational (bootleg) | +++
 3. Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra: "The spell of the sinister one (Im Banne
    des Unheimlichen) part 6: The space of today"
       o album "FutureMuzik"
       o CD, Scamp 9724, USA, 1998 | +++++
       o Review:
         "http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/critiq/A/PeterThomasFuturemuzik.htm"
 4. THREAD/RODE DRAAD: Sound Effects: "Heartbeat"
       o album "The Essential Death & Horror Sound Effects Vol. 2"
       o CD, BBC | +++
 5. Emil Richards: "Blues for Hari"
       o compil. "The basic principles of sound"
       o Double LP, Soundsational (bootleg) | +++
 6. Frankie Stein: "Lullaby of ghost land"
       o compil. "Monster's sounds and 'boppin' tracks Volume 1"
       o CD, Marginal MAR 003, Belgium, 1995 | +++++
       o Review: "http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/critiq/T/Mnstrbop.htm"
 7. Frank Dingenen: "Kazoo reklame"
       o "Meester hij begint weer?"
       o recorded from TV | not rated
 8. Mort Garson: "Pisces"
       o album "The Zodiac Cosmic Sounds" (Celestial counterpoint with
         words and music)
       o LP, elektra EKL-4009 mono | ++++
       o info: Excellent mix of spoken word (dramatic, under-cooled
         readings about the 12 signs of the zodiac), spacey rock music,
         some exotic percussion and electronics.
 9. Vincent Price (Background music by Ennio Morricone): "Epilogue 1: is
    this the dawning of the age of Aquarius?"
       o album "Witchcraft & Magic; An Adventure In Demonology"
       o Double LP, Capitol SWBB-342 | +++
       o info: Four sides of mysterious blabla about witches and their
         magic powers. About 5 interventions by hilarious cliche witches
         casting their spells while bent over their boiling "soup". A bit
         of electronics thrown in here and there for the spooky effect.
10. The Moog Machine: "Aquarius/Let the sunshine in"
       o album "Switched On Rock"
       o LP, Columbia | ++++
       o info: Moog rock covers of pop hits
11. Astrud Gilberto: "Beginnings"
       o compil. "The basic principles of sound"
       o Double LP, Soundsational (bootleg) | +++
12. The Bob Crewe Generation Orchestra: "The sex machine"
       o Soundtrack "Barbarella"
       o CDR, bootleg | +++++
       o info: Classic and highly collectable outer space "now" sounds.
13. jingles: "And the beat goes on"
       o album "100 Discotheek jingles"
       o LP | +++
14. The Free Pop Electronic Experiment: "Chewing gum delirium"
       o compil. "The basic principles of sound"
       o Double LP, Soundsational (bootleg) | +++
15. Franco Micalizzi: "Crescendo / Emmelle"
       o compil. "Erotica Italia"
       o CD, BMG/Arista 74321541932/Bistro LC 3484, UK, 1998 | ++++
       o info: PROS: varied, 20 good to excellent tracks, lots of wordless
         vocals, 2 sitar tracks. CONS: no liner notes, no mentioning of the
         featured original soundtrack titles... boo!
16. Ennio Morricone: "L'uccello dalle piume di cristallo"
       o Soundtrack "An Ennio Morricone-Dario Argento trilogy" (Bird with
         crystal plumage/Cat o' 9 tails/4 flies on grey velvet)
       o CD, DRG 32911, USA, 1996 | +++
       o info: "The bird with the crystal plumage" is by far the most
         interesting and pleasant of the 3, with nice melodies that are in
         strong contrast with the horror nature of the film. "L'uccello
         dalle piume di cristallo" consists of nothing more than the
         heartbeat and moaning of a woman. It's a shame that DRG decided to
         drop 3 tracks from the original "The bird..." LP release in favor
         for... an interview with Dario Argento.
17. Nelson Riddle: "Dialogue (yayayayaya)/Charlotte is dead"
       o Soundtrack "Lolita"
       o CD, Rhino R2 72841, USA, 1997 | ++
       o info: If you think you'll be treated to more of those charming
         "Lolita Ya Ya" songs, you're in for a big disappointement! Most of
         this soundtrack is so incredibly dull, mediocre hard-core easy,
         that only fans of the Melachrino Strings or Liberace might like
         it. My advice: listen to the CD before you buy!
18. Marilyn Monroe: "My heartbeat belongs to daddy (subliminal MIX)"
       o album "Marilyn Monroe"
       o CD, The Entertainers | ++++
       o info: Good compilation of 25 of her best known tracks. Some of
         these arrangements, like in "My heart belongs to daddy" (from the
         movie "Let's make love") are really great swingin' big band jazz!

    album ratings:

         +++++outstanding, ++++very good, +++good, ++not bad, +so-so, -yuk

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        <http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/>


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Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 22:42:11 +0100
From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Beach Boys

In moderate quantities, the Beach Boys music is great.
BUT, do watch out for some budget albums which contain
some hits rerecorded for stereo.  Their arrangements are
different and substandard.  A good CD compilation called
"Summer Dreams" has the mono originals and is all the
better for it.

Must go, surf's up......

HP.


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Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 23:38:06 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Wide Weird World of Shorty Petterstein

Wonder if anyone can help me.  Have had no luck in locating a copy of an
LP called The Wide Weird World of Shorty Pedderstein--World Pacific
Records--1959.  I wonder if anyone out there has a copy I could get a
tape of--for sale?  Trade?  Email me privately if so--thanks!

Meanwhile--since I've got your ear (eye?)....feel free to send me
your email address if you'd like to be added to my mailing list & receive the
list of new releases/arrivals (vocals, easy listening, incredibly strange music,
shows) that I put together every 3 mos. or so.  Working on the next
one right now& hope to email it out in a cuple of weeks or so....

Thanks!




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Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 01:20:27 PDT
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The latest haul, but don't tell my wife!

Brian wrote:
>
>2. Apparently, all this talk of 10" records and Cook has gotten to me.
Not
>only do I find a record (12 inches) supervised by Cook  (a fellow named
>Foote?), I found a 10" record called "Speed the Neighbors Exit" by
Jimmy
>Carroll.  With a note on the back that said something about "Bull in a
China
>Shop Hi-Fi", this record yelled "Buy me, daddy!".  It is an assault of
>bells, drums and other percussion, much like DAVID Carroll.  One of the
>tracks is "Tinkle, Tinkle Little Bell" Is Jimmy a brother to David?
Has
>anyone else heard this?  Do I know where the question mark key is on my
>machine or what???

My only Jimmy Carrol is a Cock Laboratories 10" is called "Speed the
parting guest". and seems to contain the same tracks you've got on
yours. I bought it last year because it featured a buzzimba. Lots an
lots of percussion but although the record looks NM the fidelity is
really bad, maybe another type of needle is appropriate...

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Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 02:18:56 PDT
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotica fiction/What do you like?

For exotica fiction, try Amos tutuola!

I've read the "Palm-wine drinkard" and "My life in the bush of ghosts".
Both are totally amazing and fascinating out of this world stories.
Highly recommended!! And look at the other titles near this page
bottom... Try them out and please let me know what you thought.

Then there is my all time french favorite, Raymond Roussell! Early Sci
Fi Exotica Fantastica. He is the best, I kid you not. First try the
novel "Locus Solus"!.. if you can find it ;)

Amos Tutuola bio:
Amos Tutuola was born in 1920 in Abeokuta, Nigeria. At the age of
twelve, he first entered school in his home
village. He was the son of a farmer, whose death put an end to Tutuola's
formal education in 1939. Also during
that year, Tutuola apprenticed as a blacksmith, then served in the
R.A.F. in Lagos during World War II.

Though his native language is Yoruba, and his formal education never
extended beyond elementary school,
Tutuola has written all of his novels in English. While working as a
messenger for the Department of Labor,
Tutuola wrote the first draft of THE PALM-WINE DRINKARD, a romance built
out of elements from Yoruba
folklore. It was published by Faber and Faber in London in 1952, and is
considered the first of all Anglo-phone
African novels. Due to the critical and popular success of this novel,
Tutuola became the first Nigerian novelist to
win international acclaim. THE PALM-WINE DRINKARD was followed by MY
LIFE IN THE BUSH GHOSTS
(1954); SIMBI AND THE SATYR OF THE DARK JUNGLE (1955); THE BRAVE AFRICAN
HUNTRESS (1958);
FEATHER WOMAN OF THE JUNGLE (1962); AJAIYI AND HIS INHERITED POVERTY
(1967); THE WITCH
HERBALIST OF THE REMOTE TOWN (1981); THE WILD HUNTER IN THE BUSH OF
GHOSTS (written in the
late 1940s, but not published until 1982); PAUPER, BRAWLER, SLANDERER
(1987); and THE VILLAGE
WITCH DOCTOR AND OTHER STORIES (1990).

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Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 04:09:59 -0600
From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: A new Thread?

>And not to loose this off-hand point, don't you just wish when you go to these
>classic exotica places like Trader Vics, Tiki Ti's, Bahooka's, that they'd
>have enough class to play the appropriate music (Martin Denny, Lex Baxter,
>etc.) instead of lstuff like the Beach Boys or a television ball game?  This
>is one point that really irks me. If I want ambience Like that, well, I have
>to resort to make a drink and drinking it alone at my OWN tiki bar in my
>living room.

I KNOW. That is always the number one killer going to tiki bars. I always
start whining, "Why can't I DJ here???!!" But the last time I was in Trader
Vics in London, the music wasn't THAT bad. It seemed fairly loungey, even
tropical at times without the usual Gypsy Kings or bad ballad nonsense.
Frankly, I wish I went to tiki bars that played Beach Boys. The music isn't
normally even that good. True fitting ambience is usually achieved in my
living room too. SIGH!

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Date: Sun, 24 May 1998 17:25:44 +0100
From: "Phil Clark" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ken Nordine Ikea Commercial

hey y'all

so has anyone figured out whether it really is Ken Nordine doing the voice
over for the current UK IKEA commercials ????

or is it a soundalike?

phil




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Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 08:41:16 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The East Coast "Beach Music"

In a message dated 98-05-25 06:12:10 EDT, Mingo-go writes:

<< I wish I went to tiki bars that played Beach Boys. The music isn't
 normally even that good. True fitting ambience is usually achieved in my
 living room too. SIGH!

 Jill "Mingo-go" >>

On a slightly related thread:

Here in South Carolina we have a fondness for "Beach Music" which has nothing
to do with Beach Boys, Surf Music, etc.  This is music the came from what use
to be called "Race Music".  Basically, Black bands played for white teenage
parties in the late 40's and 50's.  These bands usually did not play for adult
white parties.  The classic song is "Sixty Minute Man" by the Dominos and was
recorded in 1951.  Later groups like the Tams, Drifters, Catalinas, etc.
became a little more mainstream and few had success on the pop charts.

The dance that went with beach music was the Shag and was brought to national
(at least somewhat) attention with the movie of the same name released about
10 years ago.  This is not obscure music to this area.  There is actually a
radio station with towers spread out to reach all the way from Wilmington NC
thru all of the South Carolina coast and to Savannah GA that plays nothing but
Beach Music.

I was curious, because I don't ever remember the list ever going on this
thread, what the comments are out there on this type of music?

Robert


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Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 10:04:46 EDT
From: BasicHip <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New eXotica Releases Overview Update

Johan writes:

<< * Eilert Pilarm: "Greatest Hits"
       CD, Green Pig Production GPPCD 01, Sweden, 1995 >>

Fellow listee Magnus included the above "artist" on the demented B side of a
tape he mailed to me.

Hilarious, horribly *good* versions of Elvis Presley classics.

I've got it on order and can't wait to torture the next (un)lucky recepient of
a tape with a track or two.


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Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 11:47:45 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Wildwood, NJ

I'm a little late on this question, but yes, Wildwood on the New Jersey shore
does have a lot of cool 50's/60's architecture. Lots of fake palm trees too.
There was actually a story about it in this morning's paper. They've got some,
uh, interesting issues going on there these days. Hope it turns out alright.
Normally, I would just give you a short & snappy link to the story, but AP's
stupid site has frames and stuff that prevent me from linking you to it. So the
whole blasted story follows below. Apologies if you're not interested.

m.ace  [e-mail]
OOK   http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/
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MAY 24, 11:47 EDT

 Yesterday's Architecture Returns

 By TED ANTHONY
 AP National Writer

 WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) -- On warm summer nights, the edge of the land glows with
a
 neon exuberance that seems oddly out of time -- beacons of an America full of
families
 with money in their pockets, tail-fin cars in their driveways and their best
days just
 down the road.

 Each season, the moteliers of the Wildwoods switch on their iridescent
marquees, and
 the signs over 13,000 rooms come wildly alive: Caribbean and Lollipop.
Satellite and Bel
 Air and Ebb Tide. Aquarius and Ala Moana and Grecian Gardens. Then come the
 beach-goers, seeking their annual few days in an exotic place that echoes
other, even
 more exotic places.

 Today in the Wildwoods, a barrier island on the South Jersey shore, the feel
of the
 1950s endures in architecture if not in spirit. But its summer is too short a
season.

 Many of the island's bread-and-butter vacationers from Philadelphia have found
more
 upscale towns; others simply perceive Wildwood as a day's diversion rather
than a place
 to stay. Still others think it has become a bit too wild for family fun.

 So the town's entrepreneurs, with help from architecture students from three
 universities, have come up with a plan: Pump up the volume. Paint with the
palette of
 Pez. Let plastic palms proliferate. Make the 50s -- ``Doo-Wop architecture,''
they've
 dubbed it -- the official theme of the place and go with it.

 This is a tale about place and what it means. About how nostalgia for the
1950s and
 1960s is being used as an advertisement, a way to take a commercial ``feel''
that
 developed organically and augment it with the artificially conceived.

 Will the Wildwoods, as a place, become a better version of itself or yet
another theme
 park -- packaged, processed and performed like a play? Is there a difference?

 ``We're giving our towns some medicine,'' says Jack Morey, a founder of the
Doo-Wop
 Preservation League, which is leading the effort from its neon-festooned
downtown
 headquarters. ``The risk is that you gentrify something to the point where you
destroy
 its heritage. But if you don't gentrify at all, you die.''

 For years, Wildwood -- visitors' collective term for the communities of
Wildwood, North
 Wildwood and Wildwood Crest -- has been an ever-expanding world of gargantuan
 commercial messages, mom-and-pop ingenuity and shore-town aesthetics, brought
to
 life in bright oranges, sunshine yellows, eye-popping pinks and tropical
aquamarines.

 In 1900, Philadelphia's manufacturing revolution was doubling its workers'
salaries and
 giving them something new: vacation time. They streamed toward the water --
and
 Wildwood.

 ``They created a world of vacation and mass experience, the world out of which
this
 town comes,'' says George E. Thomas, a historian of the New Jersey shore.

 With the help of Morey's father Wilbert, who built Wildwood's seaside
amusement
 parks and opened motels that pushed the architecture to fantasy proportions,
the island
 became a blend of beach and gaudy boardwalk -- a penny-candy Atlantic City of
 Skeeball machines and pizza slices.

 But the baby boomers grew up and had fewer kids than their parents. The motels
and
 boardwalk aged, and communities like Stone Harbor and Avalon to the north
became
 fashionable. Though the Wildwoods still attracted legions of stalwarts, their
 entrepreneurial glee began to be a curiosity -- and a rumpus room for
graduating
 high-school seniors.

 Add some boarded-up storefronts downtown, some nagging unemployment and the
 ebbing of Philadelphia's industrial economy, and the Wildwoods were
understandably
 seeking new ways to extend the season and attract newcomers.

 ``We do need help here,'' acknowledges Maryann Hartlein of Wildwood Crest. She
and
 her husband, Bill, operate the Casa Bahama Motel, rich with dramatic A-frames
and
 plastic palms.

 Enter the doo-wop revival, which started in the 1970s with ``Happy Days'' and
 ``American Graffiti,'' gained momentum throughout the 1980s with theme
restaurants
 and oldies stations and still thrives: The movie ``Grease'' was re-released
this spring to
 wide fanfare. Virtually anything from that era sells.

 ``The motels in the Wildwoods are icons of the century. And nostalgia is good
business,''
 says Alex Shear, who runs Nostalgia Brokers in New York City.

 He spoke earlier this month at the preservation league, where architecture
students
 from Penn, Yale and Kent State presented their six-month study of how to make
 Wildwood more Wildwoodian.

 Some conclusions: Build a doo-wop-style sports center. Combine smaller motels
into
 supermotels with even brighter colors and louder architecture. Organize a
1950s film
 festival. And take those decades-old signs from boarded-up businesses to the
center of
 town for a street-corner signage museum.

 ``The message is, `Please don't make it too tasteful.' We don't want a backlit
Holiday
 Inn,'' says Steven Izenour, a Philadelphia architect who advised the students.
``The
 American commercial vernacular has produced some very beautiful items. Our
role is
 popularizers on one level -- to say, `Hey, everything you take for granted
here is great.
 But tweak this 10 percent and you've really got something.'''

 Their models are the revival of Florida's art deco South Beach, California's
Santa Monica
 and especially Cape May, another Jersey Shore town six miles south. Lined with
 Victorian houses, today it is one of its region's biggest draws and a national
architectural
 attraction.

 It wasn't always seen as tasteful, though.

 ``Victorian Cape May was kitsch 20 years ago,'' says Thomas, the historian.
``These
 towns are the places where the culture plays out, where it reveals what's
next.''

 But in today's world, where conglomerates like Disney take an empty field and
erect a
 synthesis of town, amusement park, theme hotel and entertainment center, there
is
 another issue: Will premeditated doo-woppery make the Wildwoods less real?

 Although some warn about taking on too much too soon, few show reservations.

 ``I frequently think of the Wildwoods as a giant, real-life theme park,'' says
Morey, who
 now helps run the theme parks his father built. ``But we don't want there to
be too
 much control. We want it to be edgy without being risky.''

 Adds Izenour: ``We're not denying the Disney sort of make-believe ... the
elements of
 play-acting and stage-setting. Inauthentic? Yes, you need to think about that.
The
 newest is always the most inauthentic. But let it age awhile and it becomes
authentic.
 The measure of authenticity is time.''

 Developers and motel owners are excited, too. ``We're poised for success,''
says Lester
 Katsanis of the Quebec Motel. And down at Schellenger's Restaurant, owner Tony
 Trivelis is remodeling to add bright colors, a 35-foot rooftop lighthouse, a
backlit boat
 and myriad fake fish.

 ``People are going to themes. They like to see attractions,'' he says.
``People will see
 we're successful. And they'll say, `If he can do it, why can't we?'''

 Newcomer Peter Ferriero, too, has joined the effort. He bought the old
Georgeanna
 Motel this year and has spent the past month and $125,000 changing it into the
 Memory Motel, which will feature a movie-and-music motif. Each guest room will
 feature a star, and old movies will show on a giant-screen TV in the lobby by
the pool.
 The grand opening is Saturday.

 Oh -- and the architecture will be loud, beckoning and larger than life. In
other words, a
 perfect fit for the Wildwoods' plan for its tomorrow -- built by a guy who
came here as a
 kid.

 ``I always remembered the signs -- how big they were, how they glowed,'' he
says. ``I
 said to myself, `Let me go back there and theme it.' I've always loved
Wildwood. And
 now me and my business are going to be part of its future.''


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Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 09:03:24 -0700
From: "Carl Russo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) June on GROOVIE MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS

============== P R E S S   R E L E A S E ================

June Highlights from GROOVIE MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS

Radio's weekly orgy of weird and wild music from the movies!

Sundays, 7 - 8 pm (PST) on KUSF 90.3 FM, San Francisco
RealAudio BROADCAST: < http://www.kusf.org> for instructions to access
stream

CONTACT:  "Ratso" Russo, Producer.  E-mail: [e-mail]

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SHOW 49,  June 7
The Sloopys warn the world about evil Vincent PriceÆs nuclear navel devices
in DR. GOLDFOOT AND THE GIRL BOMBS (66).  Duck and cover to Cold War ditties
about doomsday devices in ATOMIC CAFE (82).  "Are you ready to die?" queries
acid showman Timothy Leary as he guides a fellow shrink through kosmik
rebirth in TUNE IN, TURN ON AND DROP OUT (67).  The Sidewalk Sounds tune up,
turn up and burn rubber in the Fabian stock-car race flick THUNDER ALLEY
(67).

SHOW 50, June 14
One wonders why Mikis TheodorakisÆ groovie score couldnÆt save the Greek gay
mutant hippie comedy THE DAY THE FISH CAME OUT (67).  Andy BodaleÆs
five-star blaxploitation soundtrack for GORDON'S WAR (73) rallies the filmÆs
returned vets to rid Harlem of The ManÆs Dope.  Lalo SchifrinÆs breakneck
beats in BULLITT (68) take gratuitous San Francisco chase scenes to new
heights.  Davey AllenÆs surf riffs bring HellÆs Angels p.r. to new lows in
THE WILD ANGELS (66).

SHOW 51,  June 21
The Nazis invade Broadway with a two-step goose-step in Mel BrooksÆ THE
PRODUCERS (68).  AinÆt no springtime for Hitler in Walter QuintusÆ sure-fire
flop, DER FUHRER, A ROCK OPERA (77).   Somebody inhaled when they hired Mrs.
Miller to sing the theme for the bogus pot scare-film MARYJANE (66).  Even
The Monkees turned on for HEAD (68) (includes bites from RatsoÆs 1995
interviews with Davy Jones and Peter Tork.).  Plus James BrownÆs BLACK
CAESAR (73).

SHOW 52,  June 28 (Farewell Show)
"Always leave æem wanting more!" is part of the guiding philosophy that
draws to a close this one-year series.  Tune in for an evening of favorite
and most-requested soundtracks from an era whose history is only now being
written.  Thanks to Kate, Stephen, Gary the Owl, Sean, Scott, David, Carrie,
Mandy, Marisa, Colin Sick, Chris S., Ira, Dave, J. Boog & Posse, Jason K.,
the SF CHRONICLE, the SF WEEKLY, FILM/TAPE WORLD, SCHLOCK, IndieWIRE and all
the groovie composers, sleazy producers, hack directors, twisted writers,
hungry actors, and outtasight record labels.

===================================================

Outside the Bay Area?  Listen on the Internet!  http://www.kusf.org

C. "Ratso" Russo
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Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 12:19:54 -0400
From: Mark Benton Reed <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Exotic Fiction

Three writers of what I would call exotic fiction: from several decades
back, Raymond Chandler, a real noir version of Los Angeles.

Two more recent authors whose work features the Miami area are Charles
Willeford (spelling may be wrong) and Carl Hiassen.  Having lived in the
Miami area for a dozen years, the books are funnier and more relevant to
me than they will be to most of you.  Two observations on these
writers:  Willeford created fictional Miami locations, while Hiassen's
are real for the most part.  Hiassen takes many of the incidents in his
books from real life happenings in South Florida.  Hiassen is a
columnist for the Miami Herald, while the deceased Charles Willeford
wrote for the deceased Miami News.

Miami has always been built on hype and ersatz imitations of the real
thing, like SOME exotica is. (Bet I generate lots of comments with that
one!)  These two writers capture South Florida in all of its
sub-tropical spender.



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