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exotica-digest         Wednesday, July 8 1998         Volume 02 : Number 147



In This Digest:

Re: (exotica) Record obsessive
(exotica) WOJ (writing on jacket)
Re: (exotica) Who's met who?
(exotica) Re: Who's kidding who?
(exotica) Re: The inherently un-cool: like a limp handshake
Re: (exotica) Who's met who?
(exotica) Re: Kung Fu
Re: (exotica) Who's met who?
(exotica) It's a small world
(exotica) Lionel Hampton
(exotica) Big Thanks!
Re:  (exotica) Who's met who?
(exotica) The Nostalgia Pages
Re: (exotica) The inherently un-cool (was Tiki Lites / swing / etc)
(exotica) RE:  who's kidding who? -reply
Re: (exotica) Who's kidding who? -Reply
Re: (exotica) The inherently un-cool (was Tiki Lites / swing /
Re: (exotica) Record obsessive
(exotica) Un-cool
(exotica) WOJ (writing on jacket) & Ersatz Covers
(exotica) - To Brad Bigelow - sorry cant find his emailaddress just now.
Re: (exotica) Who's met who?
(exotica) Musical Analgesia for Delivery rooms
Re: (exotica) Enter the Lalo Dragon
(exotica) PopKomm.98 info
(exotica) more dirty lalo
Re: (exotica) Re: Kung Fu
Re: (exotica) Who's kidding Ho (or is it Schmoe)?
(exotica) Dirty Harry
(exotica) Musical Analgesia for Delivery rooms
Re: (exotica) Who's kidding who?
Re: (exotica) Lounge forever

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Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 18:19:14 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Record obsessive

Mr. Smooth says;

<< after that, the ones with excellent covers get the mylar bags (open side
up)
 and then they get inserted properly on the shelves (alphabetical/label
 number order of course). >>

and how about the inner sleeves?  Do they face in the same direction (up)?
Meaning you would have to slide out the entire sleeve to remove the LP.  Or
does the opening of the innie face in the same direction as the jacket opening
so the record slips out easily?  That's how I do it, because it means less
handling.  There was a time when i did have them face up, because I thought
they were more protected from dust.  You know, tucked away safe and sound.  I
even experimented with NOT putting the record and inner sleeve inside the
jacket at all, but inserting them between the jacket and protective sleeve,
which by the way I must have on hand at all times.

I have similar rituals.  Many of you may be shocked by this, but I was my
records in the sink like a dish.  Gentle, circular motions with cold water (do
not use hot!), a drop of rubbing alcohol and dishwashing liquid.  Rinse
thoroughly and air dry in the Rubbermaid rack.  Pat the label dry to avoid
water marks.  Most labels don't mind the water, but some will BLEED!  After
ten minutes of air dry, finish off with clean, soft towel and slide your
platter lovingly into a fresh innie.  Then into the jacket, which has had any
stickers removed earlier with the same lighter fluid trick.  The album is now
ready for shelving.

It is sexy and I love it.

Next time, I'd like to talk about my obsessive, compulsive buying habits and
how I NEVER stop thinking about what I am going to purchase next.

the only two (ex)members I have met, by the way, are Preston Peek and my
mentor, Jack Diamond.

And I sure miss Jessica.






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Date: Tue, 07 Jul 98 18:07:13 PDT
From: "B. Yost" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) WOJ (writing on jacket)

Byron ("Mr. Smooth") commented a while back how he rather likes some forms
of writing on old record jackets and labels, like when it is the former
owner's name or if there is a personal comment about the record.  I've
noticed that a lot of people in the '60s seemed to put those return address
labels on their records.  It seems to suggest that people either loaned out
their LPs frequently, or that they took them to parties at other peoples'
houses, etc.  I find those addresses to be kind of entertaining, because so
often they're from an entirely different part of the country, and it is
somewhat intriguing to think about what is at those addresses now, i.e., is
it still the same house, or is it a strip mall or restaurant or something
else now?

I also not infrequently see notes that people wrote on their albums when at
some point they made cassette tapes of them, specifying the "good" songs
and "bad" songs, or tempos, and the like.  Sometimes they are quite
detailed.  A recent favorite incident of WOJ from my collection is a copy
of Lew Davies's "Two Pianos & Twenty Voices" on Command.  The former owner
made the sardonic comment on the back of the LP:  "2 pianos just may not be
sufficient for dancing."  Guess it wasn't slamming enough for their needs.

Finally, to Pea Hicks who talked about how he liked coming across
incredibly personal things about peoples' lives in thrift stores, about two
years ago in one thrift store I saw an entire shelf full of probably 60+
coffee mugs from one of those places that puts photographs and your
personal caption on mugs.  The mugs they donated to the thrift store all
had some (usually slight) flaw with the print process.  Taken together,
these mugs exuded a palpable creepiness, what with the pictures of total
strangers (often smudged or blurred), coupled with captions such as "To the
best Grandpa in the World" and such.  I mean, who would buy these random
mugs and then take them home and bring beverages to their lips in them???
(Of course, in hindsight I sort of regret not buying them just for
weirdness value and the thought of displaying them in some creative way).

- -- Brad Yost


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Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 00:50:59 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Who's met who?

> i am only dreaming when i say everyone should meet for an annual or
> bi-annual "rendezvous" at some EXOTIC locale.=20

How about Teneriffa?

BTW: The Pop Komm in K=F6ln (Cologne, Germany) starts on the 13th of Augu=
st and
ends on the 16th. I will be there (Halle 13.2, Reihe H 081) presenting my
book. I heard that some list members want to go there. It's Europe's bigg=
est
music fair. Of course Motor will also have a stand. There will be gigs in=
 all
the clubs in town all the time. I'm trying to find out more information a=
bout
Exotica-related events.

MO


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Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 15:55:28 PDT
From: "Jordana Robinson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Who's kidding who?

>Excuse me, not to niggle, however---who you people kidding?
>it seems to me that you'd have to search Goodwills & Salv Armies day
>and night to find a REALLY near-mint copy of Mendes / Claudine etc.

I have found _some_ great records, in good condition, at thrift stores,
so I guess it's a question of luck and geography.  But... and I'm only
letting the cat out of the bag because the one I used to go to is
already over for this year.... I have found most of my good, cheap
records at a AAUW (Association of American University Women) book sale
held annually at my old college.  Most people there were trying to grab
the first edition novels, so it was always relatively empty in the back
where the record bins were, and condition-wise, everything was great (I
think they must have declined to accept any moth-eaten hockey pucks.),
and except for the fact that a local record store owner volunteered
there every year just so he could weed out any jazz records pre-sale,
there were some real gems.  I think the AAUW is a national group so they
probably have sales all over the place.



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Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 15:47:32 PDT
From: "Jordana Robinson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: The inherently un-cool: like a limp handshake

This whole thread reminds me of a conversation I had a while back with a
friend, which boiled down to "these kids today have it easy" because in
our day [granted, I'm 23, so I'm talking 5 to 7 years ago :) ] you had
to really do some hunting and research to find your niche in some
musical subculture thingy - reading fanzines, looking in the
under-the-table bins at the back of the used record shops, scouring your
parents' records for good stuff, sifting through the junk at the thrift
store - and in the process you learned a lot about all these subgenres
of music (punk, post-punk, pop-punk, ska, indie, exotica, SABPM,
post-rock before it was called that, blah blah blah).  And then today's
young rebels seem more inclined to listen to "whatever's on the radio"
or on sale at Tower Records.  I remember that the kids like that in my
age group were always into hard rock or 80s hits because that's what was
on the radio, but now the noncomittal people are into ska, or swing, or
alternative, or something with more of an accompanying clothing style
and assorted trappings, because it's easier to do that now, without all
the research.

What a bunch of run-on sentences, but I hope it made sense.  If it
didn't, sorry, but I'm not prone to ranting so I'm out of practice.



Jordana Robinson
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Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 16:00:35 PDT
From: "Jordana Robinson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Who's met who?

I have _seen_ Jay Schwartz a couple times because he does Secret Cinema
locally, but never introduced myself.  Any listers in Philly should
check out his screenings; they are often like the cinematic equivalent
to the kinds of music we all like.

It always makes me smile when I notice the other people who, like me,
are also on the Modslist or the Peng (Stereolab and related) mailing
list, or both.

Jordana Robinson
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Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 16:19:42 -0700
From: "Carl Russo" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Kung Fu

>> Any more martial arts songs out there?


From my file of "Pointless Theme Sets:"

Carl Douglas -- "Kung Fu Fighting" and "Dance the Kung Fu"
Robyn Hitchcock -- "Kung Fu Fighting"
Curtis Mayfield -- "Kung Fu"
Robert Lee -- "The Ballad of Kung Fu"
National Lampoon -- "Kung Fu Christmas"
"Kung Fu" -- Ash
Mad Mongols -- "Bruce Fuckin' Lee"
Red Aunts -- "Kung Fu Kitten"
Banzaii -- "Chinese Kung Fu"
Bobb Jarman -- "Hong Kong Flu"
Hickoids -- "Corn Fu Fighting"
Bedwells -- "Karate Song" (Del-Fi comp)
Picanic Basket #3 -- "Hong Kong Phooey"
Lung Leg -- "Kung Fu on the Internet"

C. "Ratso" Russo






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Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 16:41:00 PDT
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Who's met who?

Michele wrote:

>I think it is really neat to meet other list members in person.  I only
wish I
>travelled more so I could meet more of you!

I agree. I guess its time for a trip overseas soon... Would love to meet
everyone of you, and also get the oppurtunity to steal some more of your
national treasure :)

Its getting tougher every day here to find records, today I come home
emptyhanded, even though I also took a serious look at the 78s that was
offered. Found a Three Suns, some Ron Goodwin, a yodel record, 1 with
the Voices of Walter Schumann and others that I have LPs with and adore.
Now they were either to pricey, or beat up so i didnt buy any. But it is
fun to see earlier documents from these guys. And the hunt is
thrilling... You'll never know...

Magnus





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Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 01:42:41 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) It's a small world

This I found quite funny:

http://photo.net/photo/pcd0738/tivoli-easter-island-76.tcl

MO


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Date: Tue, 07 Jul 98 19:09:53 Pacific Daylight Time
From: darren hutton <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Lionel Hampton

- --------
>From: [e-mail]
>To: [e-mail]
>Subject: Lionel Hampton
>Date: July 06, 1998
>
>My name is Jeff and I'm a college radio DJ as well as a jazz vibist;
>needless to say I was quite excited when I got the word that Lionel
>Hampton would be coming to town, playing a rare small-club appearance.
>However, I got a message on my answering machine today saying that the
>concert, scheduled for tomorrow, was "postponed indefinitely."
>
>Of course, when this is about a musician who is 90 years old, the first
>thing that comes to mind is that he's having health problems, but I
>haven't been able to find out anything about if he's okay or when (or
>if) it'll be rescheduled. If anyone has seen him recently or knows
>anything about his health or why he's postponed shows, I'd really
>appreciate it.
>
>Jeff Lash
>DJ, KWUR 90.3 fm
>http://kwur.wustl.edu
>
>P.S. Saw Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra last
>night live - the PBS performance doesn't do their sound justice. This
>was one of the best concerts I've ever seen.
>
>
>



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Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 16:51:21 -0700
From: jasmine j jopling <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Big Thanks!

Hi everyone,

Last week I sent you all the URL for my weekly column, and good god, am I
glad!  It did really, really well, getting almost twice as many hits as
some of the other music-related pages on our site.  I'm thrilled to bits,
and am hoping to keep up the trend.

So, be sure to check back every Thursday, cos I'll continue to try and pick
the best live shows and events in the bay area.  With time (and enough hits
to prove people care) I hope to expand to include music and show reviews.

Also, don't hesitate to write in with story ideas.  Especially if you know
about a Bay Area band that never gets any press...

Thanks again!!

    *jasmine

p.s. you received this email because a) you're on a mailing list that I'm
on or b) you expressed some interest in indiepop, exotica and other
less-talked about music type things.  If you want me to stop bugging you,
just let me know, and I'll take you right off!

- - -- -- -- -- -- -
Looking for Indiepop / Exotica / Space Bachelor shows, releases and news?
Check out the Bay Area's (and beyond) weekly source:
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Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 20:00:02 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Who's met who?

Michele--from now on please refer to me as a "respected" member of this list
only. JOKE...Actually it was a pleasure to meet you because I had never
visited Kowloon's or fully appreciated the plastic cow in front of the Hilltop
Steakhouse (I'm also reminded me of Groucho's manifesto: "I wouldn't join any
club that would have me as a member") ;-)...summer on all...Jimmy


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Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 20:39:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Nostalgia Pages

FYI - for fans of OTR.
- --Lou


Title:       The Nostalgia Pages
URL:         http://www.lofcom.com/nostalgia/
Keywords:    nostalgia, otr, television, family, entertainment
Description: To spend just a little while in the simpler time of the
past, visit The Nostalgia Pages! Introducing Old-Time Radio to a
generation who's parents barely remember it, The Nostalgia Pages
include photos from the Friends of Old-Time Radio Conventions,
"Hello's" from the stars of the past, and even complete Old-Time Radio
shows!




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Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 18:29:42 -0700
From: LeAnn & Dave Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The inherently un-cool (was Tiki Lites / swing / etc)

>I'll probably get flamed for agreeing with you here... as everyone well
knows,
>I HATE those thrift store finds lists and love to talk about the "issues".
>But lately we've been talking alot more about issues and a lot LESS about
>people's scores.  So I'm happy with that.

This ain't a flame.  But I do disagree.  I find most of these "issues"
threads  very dry, boring, redundant and kind of snobbish.

I am delighted to read people's latest thrift scores (or
wherever-the-source-scores).  It quite often leads me to an artist I hadn't
considered before, or gives me one more item to keep an eye out for.  The
more talk about the music, the better.

Keep posting those scores!

Dave



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Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 22:44:32 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) RE:  who's kidding who? -reply

hello everybody-
My recent comments generated a lot of responses--thanks to all of  you who
emailed!
I'd like to clarify my position, which I feel is reasonable and perhaps I
didn't express well:
#1 - I spend countless hours plowing through records in a variety of places.
#2 - My experience tells me, Yes, you will now and then find something NM or
(dare I say-better)in a thrift shop.  Usually it's not what I'm looking for,
but I may buy it anyway.  If I sell it at a small profit (to help pay for my
"habit"-time, gas, etc) what's wrong with that?  Especially since:
#3 - I have on occasion spent A LOT of money on an LP knowing that it was
probably acquired by the seller in the same way, and I was happy to pay it.
Again, what's wrong with that?  VALUE = willing buyer + willing seller + price
agreeable to both.  Why is this concept so difficult for some people to
understand???
Love and kisses
Chuck


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Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 23:08:21 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Who's kidding who? -Reply

In a message dated 98-07-07 16:40:09 EDT, you write:

> <<I figure most of the stuff you see at the thrifts are from your average
>  Joe Shmoe homeowner who had pretty pedestrian tastes and didn't know how to
>  take care of vinyl.>>
>
>  Bullshit.
>
In fact, that was Michelle's comment, not mine  ; >
I don't agree with her either--kinda snobbish attitude, n'est pas?
Chuck


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Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 22:11:03 -0500
From: Robert Sloane <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The inherently un-cool (was Tiki Lites / swing /

At 02:38 PM 7/7/98 -0500, recliner wrote:
>
>Sorry to bog down the usually carefree happy tone of the list.

Frank,

Thanks for responding.  I'm afraid it was I who "bogged down" the list, so
apologies to anyone put off by the discussion.  The kind of person I was
imagining saying, "I like all kinds of music" is not the person you were
imagining; that's fine.  However, I would like to put in one last plug for
the so-called "dupes" and "dabblers."  Everyone starts somewhere, and acts
for their own reasons.  And if someone blindly follows some trend, and that
leads him or her to make vast new discoveries, well then all right. And if
it doesn't, I only hope s/he is at least getting some enjoyment out of the
music.

And then,

At 04:03 PM 7/7/98 -0400, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>as everyone well knows,
>I HATE those thrift store finds lists and love to talk about the "issues".
>But lately we've been talking alot more about issues and a lot LESS about
>people's scores.  So I'm happy with that.

Thanks, Michele.  But I really didn't mean for it to be a dis on the score
lists per se.  I often like them--they're very educational, and I learn a
lot from what other people are listening to, etc.  And I think we should be
talking about music; of course.  I was just trying to say that music fans
should, it seems to me, have plenty more to talk about than simply music.
We already share a common interest, right?  My rant about genres stems from
seeing people distance themselves from others because of the music they
listen to, or the clothes they wear, or the place they live.  I simply
think this kind of divisiveness is ironic, given the nature of music and
its historical trajectory.

Okay, right, thanks.  Carry on, all.

Best,
Rob





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Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 03:28:41 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Record obsessive

At 06:19 PM 07/07/98 EDT, [e-mail] wrote:
>
Many of you may be shocked by this, but I was my
>records in the sink like a dish.  Gentle, circular motions with cold water
(do
>not use hot!), a drop of rubbing alcohol and dishwashing liquid.  Rinse
>thoroughly and air dry in the Rubbermaid rack.

I think the only shock would come from the fact you let them dry instead of
patting them dry right away with a disposable diaper.
Not that I do that myself.
And how come no one has mentioned P7 or whatever it's called.  That special
kind of plastic innersleeve which is neither acid nor alkaline.
I don't do that either but I thought it was de-rigeur among condition freaks.

Nat









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Date: Tue, 07 Jul 98 22:51:06 Pacific Daylight Time
From: darren hutton <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Un-cool

Here's my two cents on the "un-cool" issue. In Dr. Zhivago, Boris Pasternak wrote that having average taste
was worse than having no taste at all.

Darren


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Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 11:15:26 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) WOJ (writing on jacket) & Ersatz Covers

I own a copy of a 10" by "Die Dominas"(1980), a side project of then members
of Kraftwerk Ralph Hutter and Karl Bartos; somebody has written his whole
shopping list on the front cover.

You often notice that people make little crosses, dots or check marks to
indicate which songs in their opinion are the best on that certain record. I
sometimes do it myself. On my France Gall-Greatest Hits the fore-owner had
cross-marked each and every song, probably because he liked them all so much...

The highest form of this kind of cover art is, when people replace the lost
cover of a record by something they have made themselves. Entire record covers
psychedelically drawn with thin felt-tip pens, daring collages that look like
the photo-albums they have of their stars or random photos from magazines,
used as illustrations for what they feel fits to the music of that record. I
suggest these items are the musical equivalent of the lately fashionable
Thriftshop art. It's true modern Primitivism if you like. And highly collectable.

MO


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Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 02:43:40 PDT
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) - To Brad Bigelow - sorry cant find his emailaddress just now.

Brad,
Thanks for your "Unoriginal sin" tape! We listened to it on our way to
the Norvegian Kon-Tiki Museum and it was a really fun experience.
Tha perfect soundtrack when sunbathing, and watching girls.

You'll get your tape soon, gotta find me a better stereoset to record it
on, my tapedeck isnt good at all.

respect,
Magnus


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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 03:59:08 -0600
From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Who's met who?

At 00:50 08/07/98 +0000, you wrote:
>
>> i am only dreaming when i say everyone should meet for an annual or
>> bi-annual "rendezvous" at some EXOTIC locale.=20
>
>How about Teneriffa?
>
>BTW: The Pop Komm in K=F6ln (Cologne, Germany) starts on the 13th of August=
 and
>ends on the 16th. I will be there (Halle 13.2, Reihe H 081) presenting my
>book. I heard that some list members want to go there. It's Europe's=
 biggest
>music fair. Of course Motor will also have a stand. There will be gigs in=
 all
>the clubs in town all the time. I'm trying to find out more information=
 about
>Exotica-related events.

There is usually one or two vaguely exotic gigs going on at PopKomm.
Crippled Dick Hot Wax was meant to have a big party,but the venue cancelled
on them about a week ago and now all the other places are booked full! I was
meant to DJ at it (sigh...)=20

However, I will be DJing at the Disko B - International Deejay Gigolo -
Kurbel - Go Records party at POPKOMM PARTY @ RHENANIA - AUG. 15th '98
Bayenstr. 28 (Rheinauhafen) - start: 11p.m. Much more of a techno sort of
thing, but I won't be spinning that kind of thang in the chill out room.=20

As for PopKomm, it is VERY music business oriented. Other conferences are
sometimes more party oriented. Motor has a stand, but you have to find a
Jazz Motor rep. The others probably wouldn't know that much about those
releases (at least that has been my finding and I know people who work
there). And everyone is having meetings and blah, blah, blah. It can be very
boring if you're IN the music business. Shutter to think what it would be
like if you're NOT in it.

Jill "Mingo-go"



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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 03:19:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Peter C <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Musical Analgesia for Delivery rooms

My wife gave birth to our first child about a month ago and we tried a
lot of music in the delivery room.
The far best pain easer was "Eden Abez - Eden┤s Island" and a very
good way to start life to.
Arthur Lyman┤s "Colorful Percussions" was pretty good analgesia too.

This records comes with our best recommendations for such events.

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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 11:23:44 +0100
From: dan hill <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Enter the Lalo Dragon

apologies if this is well known to listmembers:

>DIRTY HARRY I,II,III ... None of which exist as a released OST. As for the
>other two, I have them
<snip>
>as I think most of the
>people on this list know, "Sudden Impact and the Best of Dirty Harry" and a
>7" of "Dirty Harry" are the only official releases of this music bar a few
>compilations that have tracks from both of these...


a couple of days ago there was talk about whether dirty harry existed as a
release or not - as i understood it ... well, i just checked the great
man's website (http://www.schifrin.com) and spotted this at the top of the
discography:

    DIRTY HARRY ANTHOLOGY (Aleph - 1998)

it's also on douglas payne's discography at
http://siteworks.com/szabo/schifrin.htm

is this the soundtrack(s)??? anybody any more on this???

cheers,
dan.


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Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 12:22:58 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) PopKomm.98 info

The off. homepage:

http://www.popkomm.com/

Events in Clubs and Discos:

http://www.cologne-in.de/popkomm/popkomm1.htm

Regional info (Hotels etc.):

http://cologne-hotels.com/tour.shtml

MO


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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 11:31:35 +0100
From: dan hill <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) more dirty lalo

ahem. should've clicked a couple more links on schifrin.com to find more
info about this release (got too excited - soz). again, sorry if everyone
knows this, but i don't recall it cropping up in exotica conversation - i
often get asked when this lot is gonna be reissued via visitors to our
specialist record shop finder site ... anyway, can't wait to hear this ...

ciao,
dan.

>      DIRTY HARRY ANTHOLOGY -
>      $17.95*
>      AVAILABLE NOW!
>
>
>                                          Lalo Schifrin presents a Dirty
>Harry Anthology, featuring
>                                          music from the soundtracks of
>"Dirty Harry," "Sudden
>                                          Impact," and "Magnum Force."
>Also features cues never
>                                          before released on record!
>
>                                          Dirty Harry Anthology
>
>                                              1.Dirty Harry's Creed
>                                              2.Scorpio's Theme
>                                              3.Sudden Impact
>                                              4.Road to San Paulo
>                                              5.Hot Shot Cop
>                                              6.Magnum Force Theme
>                                              7.Stake-Out
>                                              8.Another Victim
>                                              9.Robbery Suspect
>                                             10.Floodlights
>                                             11.The Cop
>                                             12.Unicorn's Head
>                                             13.Good-bye Cop
>                                             14.The Bait
>                                             15.San Francisco After Dark
>                                             16.The Crooks
>                                             17.The Mayor
>                                             18.Palancio
>                                             19.Ray of Light

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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 06:59:33 -0400
From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Kung Fu

> >> Any more martial arts songs out there?

To your list I would add:

Alan Vega's "Kung Foo Cowboy" (on his first solo lp) and  Charlie & Chan's
"My Boyfriend's Learning Karate" (on the compilation "Bent, Batty and
'bnoxious!").

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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 08:40:54 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Who's kidding Ho (or is it Schmoe)?

In a message dated 98-07-07 17:22:01 EDT, bruno wrote:

<< I love the idea that Joe Shmoe had these Mancini's and Denny's and that
 record with the babe on the cover that he hid from his wife and the Don Ho
 record they bought on vacation in Hawaii >>

so let me get is straight -- joe schmoe bought a record by don ho?  i couldn't
resist.

robert


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Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 07:57:10 +0000
From: Darrell Brogdon <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Dirty Harry

> >DIRTY HARRY I,II,III ... None of which exist as a released OST.

There was also an LP release on Viva called "The Best of Dirty
Harry", containing music by Lalo Schifrin and Jerry Fielding from all
the Dirty Harry films except for "The Dead Pool" (which hadn't been
made at the time of the LP's release).  Just found a copy last week.

Darrell Brogdon
Program Director
KANU
Broadcasting Hall
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 09:07:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Musical Analgesia for Delivery rooms

At 03:19 AM 7/8/98 -0700, Peter wrote:
>My wife gave birth to our first child about a month ago and we tried a
>lot of music in the delivery room.
>The far best pain easer was "Eden Abez - Eden=B4s Island" and a very
>good way to start life to.
>Arthur Lyman=B4s "Colorful Percussions" was pretty good analgesia too.
>
>This records comes with our best recommendations for such events.

Congratulations, Peter! I guess now it's time to move on to Raymond Scott's
Soothing Sounds For Baby. Tell us how effective that set is if you decide to
play it for your new one.

- -Lou




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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 09:45:02 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Who's kidding who?

>Magnus wrote:
> And the hunt is thrilling... You'll never know...

That's the fun of collecting for me.

Especially in thrifts I find myself thinking about what used records and
other artifacts say about the times in which they were produced. Embedded
messages lurk in the music, the technology used to record the music and
whether it's highlighted with murky art of hypodermic syringes or stereo
sets, the typography and illustrations, the photos and their content and
how they were staged and cropped, liner notes and their tone, the labels on
the disks. It's intriguing to figure out what Joe Schmoe valued in 1962,
and used records are a great window for glimpsing a forgotten detail of
Joe's life. Voyeurism? You bet.

I've had a similar experience buying at a record show or in a used store,
but that appeals to me less than thrifting. I prefer to unearth this stuff
myself, and shopping at used stores or shows means the records are
preselected. It's akin to buying a CD or seeing a film because you read a
good review of it. Sometimes I'll do that because I've figured out, Ah, X
reviewer has tastes similar to mine. But generally, I don't want any
intermediaries involved.

And I'll get a record home, slap it on the turntable, wipe it with the
trusty Diskwasher, and listen. The first time. Did I score or not? I get
excited because I'm entering the world of novelty. Most of the time, I'm
disappointed or indifferent or the record will have only one or two cuts
worth hearing again -- of course. The good stuff is somewhat rare, but the
comparative rarity is one of the qualities that makes it good.

So I'll while away an hour at Thrift City and maybe I'll find a Three Suns
or a Lenny Dee I don't have for a buck or two. And everyone on this list
can dig that "I finally found it!" experience. Yeah, you got that music
you've been craving -- or maybe you didn't realize you'd been craving that
particular music before that first listen -- and its yours, yours, yours to
enjoy anytime you want to.

Sure, I cull through tons of trash. The neighborhood Goodwill stays stocked
with my rejects. But the fun of treasure hunting is not only in the hunt,
it's in bagging the prize myself.

Mimi




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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 10:51:40 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Lounge forever

In a message dated 98-07-07 12:20:21 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< I was NOT saying "lounge" itself is dead. I WAS saying that I have the
feeling
 that the mass media & major label interest is moving on to the next shiny
 object that catches its eye. Which doesn't necessarily have that much to do
 with us, other than to the extent that it affects our supply lines.
  >>

Well I'm glad you're in my court on this because Michael thinks the record
industry is bailing out on us.  Sorry 'bout the context mess; just having a
bit of fun with it.

- - michele


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