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exotica-digest          Sunday, July 19 1998          Volume 02 : Number 157



In This Digest:

(exotica) Vik's Lounge/Claudine
(exotica) North Dakota Thrift Finds
(exotica) NEW ESQUIVEL BOOTLEG!!!!
(exotica) re:  CD vs LP vs Left-Handed Monkey Wrench
Re: (exotica) Indian pop
Re: (exotica) Do you actually like this stuff?
Re: [Charles Moseley: Re: (exotica) Indian pop]
Re: (exotica) New Ultra-Lounges
Re: (exotica) Do you actually like this stuff?
Re: (exotica) New Ultra-Lounges
(exotica) RE: Indian Pop
(exotica) The RCA Logo
Re: (exotica) The RCA Logo
Re: (exotica) New Ultra-Lounges
Re: (exotica) NEW ESQUIVEL BOOTLEG!!!!
Re: (exotica) RE: Indian Pop
Re: (exotica) New Ultra-Lounges
Re: (exotica) New Ultra-Lounges
(exotica) Roger Williams
(exotica) Paul Beckwith and Bad Music
Re: (exotica) Lurkers
(exotica) Thrifts scores posting
Re: (exotica) Lurkers
(exotica) "Core" as in Loungecore
Re: (exotica) "Core" as in Loungecore
(exotica) Moon Gas
(exotica) TV, SG, AM, SF
Re: (exotica) Indian pop
Re: (exotica) Do you actually like this stuff?
Re: (exotica) re:  CD vs LP vs Left-Handed Monkey Wrench
Re: (exotica) RE: Indian Pop
(exotica) Music for Better Living
(exotica) What do you think?
(exotica) it's baaaaack...
Re: (exotica) it's baaaaack...
Re: (exotica) Do you actually like this stuff?
Re: (exotica) Roger Williams
Re: (exotica) Cocktail Nation gets it up

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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 18:17:57 -0700
From: Eb <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Vik's Lounge/Claudine

Hi,

Until recently, there was a neat Claudine Longet article, posted within the
Vik's Lounge site at http://www.chaoskitty.com/b_kitty/html/models.html.
(The article originally appeared in Girlyhead magazine.) Apparently, Vik's
site has been revamped and reorganized, and now I can't find the article.
Is it still there? Can Vik or someone else point me at the exact URL?

EB

Cuddle Up With Claudine: http://users.deltanet.com/~gondola/longet




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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 21:25:27 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) North Dakota Thrift Finds

Normally I don't post thrift store finds, but last week I broke away
from the urban complexity of the D.C. area and visited the rural,
isolated, and usually very cold state of North Dakota.  Thought some of
you might be interested in what's available in the thrifts of N.D.'s two
largest cities; Fargo and Grand Forks.  The total population of these
two cities is around 130,000

Not much of a selection to choose from, mostly an emphasis on religous
and exercise records....not much to do way up there I guess.

Biggest surprise was what I did NOT find..... only a single Lawrence
Welk record, even though North Dakota was the home state for Mr. Welk.
Maybe everyone is still keeping and treasuring his records.

I did get a few finds, however, so here is the cream of the crop.

- - Arthur Lyman :   Call of the Midnight Sun
    the highlight of the trip...A Lyman disc I did not already own

- - Terry Snyder's World of Sound

- - Various Artists: Great Songs From Around the World
   Terry Snyder, the Hi-Lo's, Norman Luboff, and Percy Faith

- - My Moods and Feelings: A Self-Discovery Record
   A psychological record for children, with titles such as "Happiness",
    "Unhappiness", "Afraid", "Shy", "Envy", and "Feeling Good All Over"

- - Good Morning Mrs. Miller
   "teaches the pupil the necessity of greeting persons in a friendly
     matter...the aim is to make the child proud that he can greet
     persons correctly"

- - Chopin Hits in Stereo Hi-Fi
    classical, but a great cover shot of a nude with a "checkered flag"
    shadow pattern projected onto her back

- - Twistin' Twelve Great Hits:  George Cates & his orch.

- - A Night Out With Cindy and Lindy (Songs and Stories: Nightclub Style)

- - The Phoenix Singers In Concert
   a black folk trio....this record was recorded in a night club in
   D.C. and somehow found it's way to North Dakota.  I just had to
   buy it and return it to the D.C. area where I will soon listen to it.

- - Bacharach for the Ladies:  Music Minus One Girl Singer
   this comes with a 24 page booklet presenting the music and lyrics so
    you can practice your karaoke techniques at home on Bacharach's
    greatest hits.

- - Barbara
    not Barbara Streisand....this is a french record by an atractive
    woman with short black hair.


That's all for now;
Vern


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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 23:00:55 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) NEW ESQUIVEL BOOTLEG!!!!

Hey gang! Since our friends at Bar-None decided not to release the last few
Esquivel LP's on CD's, we've been all bummed out. Well to my surprise, I ran
across a BOOTLEG  of "ESQUIVEL 1968" and "The Genius of ESQUIVEL" on the same
CD! The quality is fantastic--both from vinyl and in STEREO!.....It's limited
to 1000 copies....the bootleg is from a company called LATIN JAZZ INTL. 131-3
East 23rd ST. NY, NY.......I found mine at Cantaberry's Music in Pasadena CA
(They did have one more left!) new, for only $14!!!!

Jayson

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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 00:01:54 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) re:  CD vs LP vs Left-Handed Monkey Wrench

>CD's and LP's both sound like doodie compared to LIVE music. Especially if
>acoustic. More iffy the more dependent it is on a PA or sound system. All
bets
>off if the soundman is a moron.

Yo, M. Ace-
You are dead-right!!!  Thanks for saying it!!!
Music was intended to be heard live, esp. jazz/improvisational.  Performances
exist in their moment.
Philosophically yours,
Chuck


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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 23:31:09 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Indian pop

>>>>The tune "Jaan Pehchaa Ho" by Mohamed Raffi is such a great rocked
out song it'll make you crazy! (I have a single by some band that
actually covered this song, hmmm, I'll have to dig it out.)>>>>>

Holy shit!  I have the video for that song (but never knew the artist or the
title, but I recognize it now that I see it).  It is - without question - the
coolest thing I own on video.  Ballroom scene with everybody in Zorro masks
dancing with insane ultratwist energy.  Namaste America rules!

- --David


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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 22:55:32 -0700
From: Dave & LeAnn Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Do you actually like this stuff?

You know why I thrift?  Because it's fun!  Fifty cents or a buck is a small
price to pay for discovering new artists or a known-artist's release that
you don't know.  If it's crap, so what - that's part of the fun!  I
consider the time spent sifting through dusty bins well spent, and
addictive.  And it's a direct link to that past culture, not someone
reclaiming it and marking up the price for you.

As far as never finding a certain release thrifting, I wouldn't be so sure.
 These records end up there, for the most part, because the owner died.
Many times, the bereaved relatives would probably feel sinful to take them
to a collector's shop to get a few more bucks, and cleanse their soul by
donating them to a charitable organization.

Dave


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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 23:08:18 -0700
From: Dave & LeAnn Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: [Charles Moseley: Re: (exotica) Indian pop]

At 06:53 PM 7/17/98 +0100, Peter wrote:

>Ravi Shankar albums are always worth picking up, I think. A cool one
>is "Transformation Macabre", the soundtrack to a British artfilm
>("Viola"), with short pieces such as "Madness" and "Death"; much more
>eerie and aggressive sitar/tabla playing than I've heard
>elsewhere. Again, not really pop, but fascinating.

I just saw this out on CD.  I will look for it again tomorrow, and post the
information on label and catalog#....

Dave



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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 06:08:52 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New Ultra-Lounges

<< New Ultra-Lounge "tiki" sampler late September-a greatest hits package! In
 October, watch for 5 Wild Cool and Swingin' titles!<<<

 To which I reply, *five* WCS titles? Isn't that overkill? One thing I love
 about the series is that each disc strives to carve out its own niche. This
 seems headed in the opposite direction entirely.

 Besides, there are much better volumes I'd rather see sequels to (The Crime
 Scene, for instance). >>

5 WCS's  -- what will happen is that instead of 16 good tunes outta 18 there
will be 5 outta 18.

i wish they would do another Organs In Orbit.  i actaully wrote them and asked
such.  no response btw.

that tiki one may be good but how they gunna top "Mundo Exotica"  which i
think is a great sampler for those just joining the cult (tribe, group, take
your pick)

robert


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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 06:11:38 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Do you actually like this stuff?

In a message dated 98-07-18 02:20:03 EDT, you write:

<< You know why I thrift?  Because it's fun!  Fifty cents or a buck is a small
 price to pay for discovering new artists  >>

is it just me but does anyone else get bugged that some of the thrifts are so
dirty????  sometimes i come home and feel like i need to take a bath because i
got so many other peoples "stuff" on me?

now is this not a curious thread?

scrubbing,

robert


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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 14:41:55 +0200
From: Marco 'Kallie' Kalnenek <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New Ultra-Lounges

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> << New Ultra-Lounge "tiki" sampler late September-a greatest hits package! In
>  October, watch for 5 Wild Cool and Swingin' titles!<<<


Why don't they reissue some nice ORIGINAL albums, instead of all those
compilations?? An extensive reissue-programme for, let's say, Les Baxter
would be more than welcome.

Marco
http://home.wxs.nl/~kalne000/home.html


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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 09:49:40 -0500
From: "Bryan J. Cuevas" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) RE: Indian Pop

I posted this question back in March, but the time didn't seem ripe just
yet, so now I post it again....

I recently returned from India (I lived there for almost a year) and spent
some of my time collecting Hindi film soundtracks from the 60's and 70's. A
few months back Grand Royale magazine printed an ad for a new Motel Records
CD with some title about sitars and Bollywood, etc. - promising to be a
compilation of some of the groovier music from Indian cinema. Anyone know
anything about this CD?

HMV is the premier label in India. They produce * extremely * cheap 2-fer
cassettes of filmi soundtracks from the late 40's through the present. Like
someone here mentioned previously, you can also find these tapes (but
usually not in great quantity) at Indian grocery stores in the bigger
cities at a considerable mark-up. In India, I picked up over 100 of these
little gems - at about 80 cents a-piece it was truly like thrifting abroad.
Gradually, after months of listening and research I learned about the
styles, composers, artists, etc. that really got me going. My highest
recommendations for composer go to Rahul Dev Burman and to the duo of
Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The sister team of Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar are
omnipresent - I believe Ms. Bhosle holds the record for the most recorded
songs in history. As for male vocalists, my favorites are Kishore Kumar,
Bhupinder, and Mohammed Rafi. As you might expect, some of the movies I
think really groove are from the 70's - check out "Hum Kisise Kum Naheen"
(1977), "Caravan" (1971), "Hare Ram Hare Krishna" (1971), "Bombay to Goa"
(1972), "Sholay" (1975), to name just a few. The mod "Jaan Pahechan Ho"
sung by Mohd. Rafi was from the film "Gumnaam" (1965) - I'm reminded of
"munsters-era" Billy Strange when I hear the groovy guitar in this tune.

Here's a list of other film composers worth seeking out: Shankar Jaikishan
(Gumnaam), Kalyanji-Anandji, Khaiyyaam, Bappi Lahiri, Naushad, and Rajesh
Roshan.

Cheers!
Bryan (proud lurker and occassional poster since this list's inception)

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Bryan J. Cuevas
Department of Religious Studies
University of Virginia
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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 98 10:31:25 Pacific Daylight Time
From: darren hutton <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The RCA Logo

Hello Again!

This came to me from a trivia mailing list. I thought some of you might find it interesting

>Everyone is familiar with the RCA logo with Nipper the dog listening to
>the RCA grammaphone. But the original picture had both the dog and the
>grammaphone sitting on his dead masters casket. The idea being that the
>closest thing to his dead master's voice was the RCA grammaphone.  The ad
>was considered too morbid - so they removed the casket.
>----




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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 10:34:33 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The RCA Logo

In a message dated 7/18/98 10:23:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

> >Everyone is familiar with the RCA logo with Nipper the dog listening to
>  >the RCA grammaphone. But the original picture had both the dog and the
>  >grammaphone sitting on his dead masters casket. The idea being that the
>  >closest thing to his dead master's voice was the RCA grammaphone.  The ad
>  >was considered too morbid - so they removed the casket.
>  >----
I SAY BRING BACK THE CASKET!


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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 10:35:51 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New Ultra-Lounges

In a message dated 98-07-18 08:44:03 EDT, you write:

<< An extensive reissue-programme for, let's say, Les Baxter
 would be more than welcome.
  >>

they did nice double cd sets of denny and baxter.


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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 10:02:16 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Hess Jeffery)
Subject: Re: (exotica) NEW ESQUIVEL BOOTLEG!!!!

   I have the exact same thing.  I bought it almost 2 yrs ago in St.L.
You may notice that some of the songs do not match up with liner list.
It's a wonderful cd,  although I paid 25 !@#$%& clams for it.

Jeff


Jason:
>Hey gang! Since our friends at Bar-None decided not to release the
>last few Esquivel LP's on CD's, we've been all bummed out. Well to >my
>surprise, I ran across a BOOTLEG  of "ESQUIVEL 1968" and "The >Genius of
ESQUIVEL"


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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 11:45:53 -0400
From: Lang Thompson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) RE: Indian Pop

At 09:49 AM 7/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>few months back Grand Royale magazine printed an ad for a new Motel Records
>CD with some title about sitars and Bollywood, etc. - promising to be a
>compilation of some of the groovier music from Indian cinema. Anyone know
>anything about this CD?


This doesn't seem to be the same thing but Metro Music ran an ad in
Goldmine for the VA comp "Electric Psych Sitar Headswir" (sic) which they
described as "killer 60's psych trax w/wild sitar."  It costs $24 but I
couldn't find it listed from the other sources that I checked.
- ------------------------------------------------------
Lang Thompson
http://www.tcf.ua.edu/wlt4

New at the Funhouse website:  Best Films of 1997,
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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 11:57:45 -0400
From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New Ultra-Lounges

At 6:08 AM -0400 7/18/98, <[e-mail]> wrote:

><< New Ultra-Lounge "tiki" sampler late September-a greatest hits package! In
> October, watch for 5 Wild Cool and Swingin' titles!<<<
>
> To which I reply, *five* WCS titles? Isn't that overkill?

Simple record company philosophy : Swing is selling. It's a hot topic
nationwide. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy sells 500,000 CD's in 3 months. Reissue
philosophy : more swing.

This is what happened 3-4 years ago when lounge was the hot topic. 18+
volumes of UltraLounge. Morton Gould and Jackie Gleason as the godfathers
of lounge. Reissue the same Esquivel songs over and over (oh boy, another
CD with Mucha Muchacha! Collect 'em all!!!!). Stop reissuing once you
realize you've saturated the market with more dreck than good stuff (hello,
full album releases?) and move on to the next hot trend.

It has nothing to do with the quality of the music. It's just cash-in while
there is a trend; then watch  the media react against the trend and kill
it. Then start another one. Simple.

br cleve




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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 12:01:09 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New Ultra-Lounges

<< Besides, there are much better volumes I'd rather see sequels to (The Crime
 Scene, for instance). >>

If you liked that, try the two volumes of Crime Jazz - Music in the First (and
Second) Degree on Rhino.


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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 20:01:22 +0100
From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Roger Williams

Saw an advert recently for a Roger Williams concert billed
as celebrating his 60th year in showbiz.  I highly expect
that he was an infant prodigy and perhaps performed in
public first when he was eight or something like that.
Anyone got an accurate date of birth for the guy please?

Hugh.


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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 15:14:02 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Paul Beckwith and Bad Music

I was listening to Ronn Owens KGO (810AM) talk radio show yesterday which is
in San Francisco yesterday and he had on an interesting guest.

Paul Beckwith is his name and what he does during his regular guest spot is
share his "bad music" with the listening audience.  He explains it is music
that was created with serious intent, but the results were horrible.  During
the last 15 minutes or so of the broadcast I caught The Glenn Green Singers,
yodeling Mary Schneider, and - no offense, Jill and Robbie - The Free Design's
Kites Are Fun.

Of course, I liked all of it and wonder, Paul, are you out there lurking?  I
have some things to share with you.  Kazoos, calliopes, nickelodeons, and
wonderful Eilert Pilarm, Sweden's Elvis impersonator.


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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 15:19:45 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Lurkers

In a message dated 98-07-14 21:59:14 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< .Its better to have 42 strong participants than 329 people, 75% of whom
 just watch >>

Can you imagine what you email load would be like if all 329 people were
posting on a regular basis?  Pretty insane!  With the few active posters we
have, I have way more than enough email to read every night!

- - Michele


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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 15:19:53 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Thrifts scores posting

In a message dated 98-07-14 23:24:52 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< Maybe you could explain to me the distinction.  I was actually about to
 post a list of records I got the other day.  Those would be lounge and
 exotica recordings.  Would it make any difference if someone included a
 thumbs up or down?  A description?  That could make the posts pretty long
 but I would like to see that occasionally myself.
  >>

As one of the more vocal "thrift scores" critics, the answer is yes!  We
greenhorns  would get alot out of a brief descrip or just a thumbs up or
down... I often will save to a records search file all you posters
recommendations that I use on my own searches as record swapmeets... those
types of posts are most useful.  I realize that the ability to post such a
list also depends on one's time availability, but the answer to your question
is yes!

- - Michele


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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 15:19:58 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Lurkers

In a message dated 98-07-15 01:59:27 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< But again, I'm not complaining about these posts. It was just the
 suggestion that the lurkers are lurking to pass the insights here as their
 own when I suspect a lot of it is lack of interest.
  >>

Oh, yeah.  I would imagine that to be the case - a lack of time - they may not
be reading even half the postings, if they are on the "live" version of the
list.  And then some people may be just subscribed to the digest version,
which also doesn't really allow for posting on current discussions.... since
you are always getting stuff late.

- - Michele


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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 15:19:52 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) "Core" as in Loungecore

In a message dated 98-07-14 23:05:22 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< But I thought "loungecore"--again, a recent construction(?)--specifically
 referred to the groovier, and mostly later, recordings of British artists,
 such as those that appear on _The Sound Gallery_ discs and the Sequel
 compilations (like _20 Loungecore Favorites_).

I'd have to agree....

 <<And the term "loungecore" differs from trying to define a "core lounge"
 sound or canon, right?  I get the sense that, since hardcore, one applies
 the suffix "-core" to any type of music that supposedly provides more
 "edge" to the genre (e.g., most recently, "ska-core").  >>

As a punk fanzine writer I saw this "core" suffix applied any time it was
convenient.   I've seen it also applied to the harder-edged poppy punk bands
like Everready and Green Day to decribe that sound as "melodicore"  And I've
even seen it (by one of our writers) used to describe criminology as in
"crimecore".

Seems to be a catchall "cool" term that people like to tag on to music these
days.

- - Michele


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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 22:03:18 +0100
From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) "Core" as in Loungecore

Michele wrote:
>As a punk fanzine writer I saw this "core" suffix applied any time it was
>convenient..
>
>Seems to be a catchall "cool" term that people like to tag on to music these
>days.
like "-gate" in the aftermath of Watergate?

Anyway, about Loungecore, is it the same as 'cheesy listening'?

Hugh.


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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 14:07:35 PDT
From: "Magnus Sandberg" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Moon Gas

Aloha!

While on a vacation in the soutern parts of Sweden, i have had time to
terrorize a jazzfestival at the Koster Islands with Jack Diamonds
Private pressed CD of Moon Gas and Twillight Zone. I played the whole cd
in the restaurant twice and the middleaged, middleclass people who sat
and relaxed after the jazzbands didnt mind at all. Amazing experience.

Now I am going to Gothenbourgs (Swedens?) biggest jazzclub, Nefertiti,
and do the  same thing. But this time i think i will throw in Russ
Garcia as well. I let you know what happened.

Also got my own LP copy of Moon Gas the other day and the condition was
fantastic, so I have to recommend the company "All Jazz". mostly 78s,
but also some LPs.
www.alljazz.com

magnus


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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 19:52:36 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) TV, SG, AM, SF

Earlier tonight, I stumbled into the middle of a documentary program about
Serge Gainsbourg on an obscure (US) cable channel called Knowledge TV. What I
saw consisted of old promo films (or I suppose they would be called music
videos now), including "Les Sucettes" with France Gall and "Bonnie and Clyde"
with Brigitte Bardot. There was occasional English narration, which was
sometimes severely undermixed. The production seemed kind of lowball, but it
did supply a lot of cool old footage and played the songs out at virtually full
length, which is very rare with these sorts of shows. Wish I'd seen the whole
thing -- and been able to tape it! But this is one of those obscure channels
that doesn't get listed anywhere.

So, I just dug them up on the web in hopes that I might find a late night
re-air to tell you about, but it doesn't look good. This was actually an
edition of a program called "FranceVision", which airs each Saturday at 5:00pm
(eastern daylight time), 1 hour long. Unfortunately, they don't provide
individual episode descriptions. Just tune in next Saturday and hope they show
the same episode all month, I guess.

Also imminent on the tube (eastern daylight times):

A&E -- Monday night, 8:00pm -- "Biography" -- Ann-Margret.

Bravo -- Friday, 8:00pm, 1:00am -- "The Typewriter, The Rifle and The Movie
Camera" -- this 1996 documentary on filmmaker Sam Fuller gets another
well-deserved airing.

m.ace  [e-mail]
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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 20:15:32 -0400
From: Karl Engel <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Indian pop

There is wealth out there in terms of Indian pop....last Spring I attended
an inspiring evening called "Blast '98" which featured an outstanding
concert performance of the Sikh named Daler Mehndi among others.

To hear some RealAudio streams of vairous Indian pop (including the great
Daler Mehndi), visit:

http://www.music-from-india.com/home.htm

and follow the "Music Room" link.

Also, there is a weekly U.S. syndicated cable TV show which seems to air on
weekends called, "Namaste America" - it's an hour long and the first half
hour is usually Indian pop music videos which provide a wealth of names and
the ads often include upcoming concerts in the area.  The second half hour
is news from the Inidan subcontinent.

Having done so for the past year, I can testify that this is a very
exciting musical world to explore...

- -KE


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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 22:15:28 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Do you actually like this stuff?

At 06:11 AM 18/07/98 EDT, [e-mail] wrote:

>sometimes i come home and feel like i need to take a bath because i
>got so many other peoples "stuff" on me?

As I'm sure you know, you don't have to go to a thrift store in order to
get other people's stuff on you.  The world is filled with their dead skin
follicles among other thngs.  If I have to get their crap all over me, at
least I like to get a few of their crappy records in the bargain.

Nat



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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 22:15:26 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) re:  CD vs LP vs Left-Handed Monkey Wrench

At 12:01 AM 18/07/98 EDT, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>Music was intended to be heard live, esp. jazz/improvisational.  Performances
>exist in their moment.
>Philosophically yours,

I thought "oh you have to respond to that".  Then I thought "he must be
kidding", otherwise why the "philosophically yours" signature.

Are you kidding?  Trying to stir something up?

I reserve the right to actually respond later to that absurd statement if I
find that you weren't kidding.  Or if others jump on the bandwagon.

Nat



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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 22:15:30 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) RE: Indian Pop

At 11:45 AM 18/07/98 -0400, Lang Thompson wrote:
 Metro Music ran an ad in
>Goldmine for the VA comp "Electric Psych Sitar Headswir" (sic) which they
>described as "killer 60's psych trax w/wild sitar."

Well this is not exactly my area, though I did pick up a few of these
soundtracks at the Salvation Army store recently and the best moments are
indeed spectacular.

But if you want something similar or kind of reminiscent of this stuff, you
might check out any of the ASHWIN BATISH CD's.  I have "Sitar Power #2" but
I've heard bits of the others and they seem about the same.  They're more
fusion-y than pop but there is something about that sitar sound.

I know this isn't a sitar thread but I heard this Dave Pike cut on this
compilation and it had electric sitar on it and it was just killer.  Anyone
know if there's a whole record like that somewhere?

Nat



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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 23:03:42 -0400
From: Peter Ledebur <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Music for Better Living

Since I stopped posting our playlists a while back, I just thought
I'd let you all know that our show is still going strong. You can
access all of our playlists via our web page:
     http://members.aol.com/Hifibliss/mfbl.htm

As Jessica always used to say, "Thanks for the space!"
- ----
Peter L.
Music for Better Living
Wed. 6-7pm -- WZBC 90.3 fm Newton/Boston




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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 20:41:19 +0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) What do you think?

Hello.

I have updated the Mr. Smooth Website.  It works best on Netscape 4
and does okay on Netscape 2 (although animated gifs are a bit choppy).]
Microsoft Explorer handles the table format differently, so some things
don't quite look as good.

Please look over the record shopping section especially.  Do you have
any additions...any sites you regularly use?

Any comments are welcome... especially ideas, complaints and additions.

More to come...but it all depends on the whim of the moment.

Byron

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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 01:03:33 -0400
From: Jordana Robinson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) it's baaaaack...

I saw this while doing some on-line browsing:

Wendy Carlos
Switched on Bach 2000
Telarc CD

Jordana
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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 22:08:55 -0700
From: Pea Hicks <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) it's baaaaack...

Jordana Robinson wrote:
>
> I saw this while doing some on-line browsing:
>
> Wendy Carlos
> Switched on Bach 2000
> Telarc CD
>

not to burst your bubble or anything, but this album was actually
released around 1990 or so.......


it's the same lineup as the original in terms of pieces, but they're all
done with digital synths this time around. all digital except for *one*
note played on the old moog modular. of course, wendy made a kind of
contest out of this- "spot the moog." if you look on he website, there's
a list of all the people to date who have correctly identified the moog
note in question.

i for one never spotted it...........

cheers.pea


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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 00:07:52 -0700
From: Dave & LeAnn Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Do you actually like this stuff?

At 06:11 AM 7/18/98 EDT, you wrote:

>is it just me but does anyone else get bugged that some of the thrifts are so
>dirty????  sometimes i come home and feel like i need to take a bath
because i
>got so many other peoples "stuff" on me?

Dirty indeed.  It can also be quite surreal to watch the other shoppers,
sifting through the clothes, books, dishware, etc.  Kind of like the cast
of Cuckoos Nest going out for a field trip.  Especially on those
red-tag-sale days!

Dave (freshly scrubbed)


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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 00:20:53 -0700
From: Dave & LeAnn Davidson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Roger Williams

At 08:01 PM 7/18/98 +0100, you wrote:
>
>Saw an advert recently for a Roger Williams concert billed
>as celebrating his 60th year in showbiz.  I highly expect
>that he was an infant prodigy and perhaps performed in
>public first when he was eight or something like that.
>Anyone got an accurate date of birth for the guy please?

He was born in 1925 (not sure of the day or place), real name: Louis Weertz.
Other interesting trivia:

He studied at Julliard, under jazz pianists Lenny Tristano and Teddy Wilson.
The name "Roger Williams" was derived from the founder of Rhode Island.
He was the first pianist to recieve a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame.
He has played for every U.S. president from Truman to Clinton.

Dave



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Date: Sun, 19 Jul 1998 12:33:57 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Cocktail Nation gets it up

Lou Smith wrote:

> Subject: Viagra-laced cocktails latest craze in Philippine bars
>    MANILA, July 17 (AFP) - Viagra-laced cocktails are the latest craze
> at bars in a nightclub district near a former American air base in the
> Philippines, a newspaper reported Friday.
>    The drinks, including the "pecker upper", "the woodies" and "get it
> up" are even advertised on the Internet by at least four bars in
> northern Angeles City, the Philippine Daily Inquirer said.

Have you seen the new "energy"drink in a blue little bottle called VIAGRA? The
guy who branded that name worldwide actually went to Nassau Bahamas because
you can book rights very quickly and easily there.

MO



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