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exotica-digest        Thursday, August 6 1998        Volume 02 : Number 181



In This Digest:

Re: (exotica) Thrifting: Pro or Con
Re: (exotica) More on Thrifts
Re: (exotica) Re: beyond the valley of thrift stores
Re: (exotica) Thrift store conspiracy
Re: (exotica) Re: beyond the valley of thrift stores
Re: (exotica) Saving Jessica
(exotica) Suspicious motives....
(exotica) one of the signs of the Apocalypse
Re: (exotica) Re: beyond the valley of thrift stores
Re: (exotica) Re: beyond the valley of thrift stores
Re: (exotica) Question List
Re: (exotica) one of the signs of the Apocalypse
Re: (exotica) Disney Equation -Ducks Reply
(exotica) Re: D.E.N.: eXotica Releases Overview Update (18 Jul 98)
Re: (exotica) Question List
(exotica) Question List
(exotica) Cleaning, again
(exotica) Raymond Lefevre
(exotica) FAQ temporarily on hold
Re: (exotica) Question List
Re: (exotica) Disney Equation -Ducks Reply
Re: (exotica) Saving Jessica
(exotica) Gainsbourg Jazz
Re: (exotica) Re: D.E.N.: eXotica Releases Overview Update (18 Jul 98)
Re: (exotica) Man In Space With Sounds VINYL
(exotica) Playlist for Jack, 7-19-98
Re: (exotica) Whither Vik?
(exotica) Tommy Garrett/50 Guitars

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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 01:25:17 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Thrifting: Pro or Con

In a message dated 98-08-04 00:31:29 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< I do see record dealers in the thrifts....they come in, zero on the
 records, and then they usually leave.  With me, I'm also usually going
 to the book section, the painting section, the knick-knack section, the
 toy section, etc, etc...  I think someone like me will tend to have a
 more favorable view of thrifts and what they can provide versus the
 people who are only looking for one item. >>

You can bet there's dealers who peddle retro stuff at swap meets - they are
probably scouring thrifts every week (as well as attending auctions).  The
thrift stores know it, but how are they going to know a dealer from just an
average bargain hunter?  I imagine they figure out who some of the dealers are
because they are the ones coming in on a regular basis or asking alot of
questions, like "When does your shipments come in?"  How many of the thrifts
then figure out what those dealers are after and attempt to price gouge them
is a good question.

Just a few thoughts.

- - Michele


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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 01:25:23 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) More on Thrifts

In a message dated 98-08-04 01:28:14 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< p.s. on a slightly related note, I just heard that Emerson College (Boston,
 MA) today threw their entire vinyl record collection (around 40 years worth
 of records) into a dumpster, as part of their effort to 'modernize' their
 radio station [WERS-FM, the studio of which is being rebuilt].
 #!^$@*&!!!!!!!!!! >>

A total crime - at the very least they could have donated it to a library or a
small deserving campus.

- - Michele


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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 01:25:24 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: beyond the valley of thrift stores

In a message dated 98-08-04 02:57:52 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< Anyway, as enticing as this sounds to me, I can NOT get myself to walk up
 to some stranger's lawn/garage and start pawing through the accumulated
 debris of his life. Really gives me the heebie-jeebies. And then, if you
 don't buy anything, it's like you're telling him that his life was of no
 worth. ;) >>

Good luck Eb!  You know what it is like to get anything good at a garage sale?
The dealers line up on the front lawns at 5AM - so by the time you get there,
the good stuff is gone - unless you want to compete with the dealers - better
set your alarm clock.

- - Michele


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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 01:25:21 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Thrift store conspiracy

In a message dated 98-08-04 01:24:17 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< In most large cities here, the thrifts are hit every day by dealers -
 antique dealers, record and book people, specialists in furniture and
 glass, etc. A friend has an antique barn up in New Hamshire, and he has the
 delivery times/days for every Salvation Army, etc in the area. He hits them
 all and buys up stuff to sell on the weekends. He sees all the same faces
 every morning, all of them dealers vying for and fighting over picking up
 the new stuff as it makes it way onto the sales floor. You should see the
 records he finds (and has found over the years). >>

Well that sort of throws the wrench into the thrifting in L.A. concept that
everybody here on the list wants to sell me.  "I've got a bridge in
Brooklyn....."  This is a big city with huge swap meets every weekend.  I
would have little hope then that dealers aren't scouring the local thrifts and
cleaning them out.  I'll stick to my record swapmeet and pay the prices!

- - Michele


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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 01:25:45 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: beyond the valley of thrift stores

In a message dated 98-08-04 12:15:43 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< A friend
 of mine who does it more seriously - and hits the outlying areas - picked
 up 450 records in the first few weeks of this season and he won't buy just
 anything.  >>

450 records??  And I' assume this is adding to an already established
collection!  I am now getting grief from Mike about the swap meet records:
"What? More records?  Where are you going to put them?"  Then he made me
promise that I wouldn't go back for  6 months and this is after you guys gave
me all those Bert Kaempfert and Edmundo Ros recommendations!

Where do you guys put all your records anyway?  I've only got one old Licorice
Pizza crate and its full of the old punk albums.

- - Michele


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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 01:25:50 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Saving Jessica

In a message dated 98-08-05 21:36:30 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< >First Irwin left, then Jack and now the Vinyl Collecting Queen of the
 >Exotica Scene, who is next? >>

Geez, she's been gone a long time!

- - Michele


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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 01:25:46 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Suspicious motives....

In a message dated 98-08-05 07:50:17 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< As I've said before it is the reclaiming of
 discarded junk culture that is, for me one of the central joys of
 exotica. >>

Excuse me, are you saying that your primary motivation for collecting "lounge"
music is that you are recycling junk culture?  I would think the primary
motive is you like the music and THEN maybe you think you've done a good deed
by reclaiming/recylcing the old vinyl.

I welcome response from others on this question.

- - Michele


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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 01:56:46 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) one of the signs of the Apocalypse

Earlier tonight I posted on this list something to the effect that I would
be spending the evening listening to a bunch of questionable records I
bought at the Goodwill on my way home today.  A bunch of nothing special
stuff that I bought because I wanted to hear something "new" and I didn't
want to actually look at my record shelf and have to decide what I actually
WANTED to hear.
I listed some of the records I bought but I didn't list ALL of them.
I was ashamed of one of them.
I've seen it a thousand times before in the Goodwill store.  I've passed it
up a thousand times before.
But tonight I guess I was desperate enough to look at it and think to
myself "Maybe Music Box Dancer ISN'T typical of the rest of the record".

That's right.  I bought "The Poet and I" by none other than my homeboy
FRANK MILLS.

And I just listened to it and... I didn't mind it.  Even had a couple of
cuts I might put on a tape eventually.   I'm pretty sure I could put the
song "You don't love no more" on a tape for some of you - like someone in
Ottawa who shall remain nameless - and it would just slide right down with
the rest of the pap.

Yes I bought a Frank Mills record.  And not just any Frank Mills record.
The record with "Music Box Dancer" on it.  And I listened to the record and
I didn't run and take it off when that horrid song came on.

That's it.  It's over.

Phone your loved ones, pack up your records, the world is ending.

Nat



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Date: Wed, 5 Aug 1998 23:08:27 -0800
From: "paul m." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: beyond the valley of thrift stores

>Where do you guys put all your records anyway?  I've only got one old Licorice
>Pizza crate and its full of the old punk albums.
======

don't i wish i could buy more of those!  i have the majority of mine in the
Licorice
Pizza crates, but am now about 15 short of what's needed.    scored the
cool bin
card 'genre headers' from the LP bins at L'Pizza too (ala "Disco Hits",
Rock, etc).

sometimes i think if Licorice Pizza didnt fold, i'd still be working there.
what a
astoundingly cool record store chain.

anyone know where to find old orange crates cheaply these days?   ferrante &
teicher would love to be 'off the floor' out the my kats reach!





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p.o. bx. 1833, los angeles, calif. 90078
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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 04:18:41 -0600
From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: beyond the valley of thrift stores

>Where do you guys put all your records anyway?  I've only got one old Licorice
>Pizza crate and its full of the old punk albums.

Shelves, shelves and more shelves. I'm running out of room for shelves. I've
had to put my bed on stilts so I can buy...more shelves...

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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 13:15:31 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Question List

> I do however own one pretty unique piece of tiki paraphenalia and someday I
> plan to send it to someone on this list if in return he will agree not to
> post anything about Thor Heyerdahl for a whole month.
>
Here's my adress:

Moritz Reichelt
Thierschstrasse 43
D 80538 Munchen
Germany

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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 13:16:27 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) one of the signs of the Apocalypse

> Yes I bought a Frank Mills record.  And not just any Frank Mills record.
> The record with "Music Box Dancer" on it.  And I listened to the record and
> I didn't run and take it off when that horrid song came on.
>
> That's it.  It's over.
>
> Phone your loved ones, pack up your records, the world is ending.
>
> Nat
>

First send me the tiki!
BTW Let's open a new subject! "The most embarrassing song I once loved"
I start with "Joyride" by Roxette. See! And I still live.

MO



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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 04:54:13 PDT
From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Disney Equation -Ducks Reply

This is Ariel Dorfman, and good tongue-in-cheek fun. I think Picador
publishes his stuff.

>Along these lines of discussion, I _heartily_ recommend finding a copy
>of "How To Read Donald Duck" - it's a 1971 Chilean Marxist
>deconstruction of DD comix. Pretty entertaining, and interesting. Much
>of it goes way too far, but there are some poignant points made. Finds
>capitalist symbolism in the plots, character relationships, and the
fact
>that none of the ducks wear pants. (This was assigned reading for an
MFA
>seminar of mine...)

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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 13:57:54 +0000
From: "Giovanni Berti" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: D.E.N.: eXotica Releases Overview Update (18 Jul 98)

Johan listed this new release:
> * Various Artists: "Formation 60"
>       CD/LP, JazzanovaCompostRec JCR003, Germany, 1998
Does Johan or our german friends or anyone in the list know more
about this?
I appreciate your help.

J. also listed this "interesting find":
> * Booker T. & The MGs: "Play The Hip Hits "
>       CD, Ace, USA?, 199?
It's on Stax, actually: CDSXD 065 - it came out 2-3 years ago.
Does anybody knows if the scheduled cd boxed set of Booker T. & the
M.G.'s is already out, and how many cd's are in it?
I was happy to read in the list from Fluid Floyd/Don Tiki that Booker
T. did an excellent show in Hawaii some time go.
(Hey Don, had your cd, and I just love it!)
What the world needs now is more groovy Hammond B-3 organ sound.
Alohaderci
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 05:23:00 PDT
From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Question List

Well, I never hesitate to procrastinate, so:

>
>> 1. Are you a musician? Explain...

No.
>> 2. Space-age/exotic LP/CD that turned you on to this?

Martin Denny: Primativa
>> 3. This list could help you more by...

Forever continuing to describe at length and lovingly curious finds or
objects of desire that otherwise I might never know exist... and to err
into curious conversation, not always record related.

>> 4. Other exotica/things you collect

Tiki mugs, Hawaiian shirts, beer cans (just kidding. remember the
70's?).

>> 5. Unrelated music genres/acts you like

Iggy and the Stooges, The Seeds, 50's rockabilly, US & Australian
instrumental "surf" music, Michael Nyman, on and on.
>> 6. What are you just dying to tell us?

My real name. Horse.

>> 7. Initials you prefer, CD or LP?  And why do you?  Is it a sound
quality
>> consideration?  The aesthetics of LP art?  The supposed clarity of
CDs?

....
>> Tell us more!
>
>> 8. Own a fez?  If so, what color, texture and tassel color? Describe
it or
>> other lounge-wear of which you are proud?

No, alas, fezless.
>> 9. Shaken or stirred?

Yes, please.

>> 10. I clean my LPs with ...

a quica!
>> 11. My home page URL is:

http://www.toolazytobother.com
>> 12. I have a Licence To ...
swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing.

Current favorite 3 lps in Exotica Collection:

The Guglielmi thing, Dick Hyman: Moog, Ken Nordine: Word Jazz

Latest cd purchases that you are most pleased with:

Man In Space With Sounds(!)
The Moog Cookbook

Now to work

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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 09:02:49 -0400
From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Question List

> 1. Are you a musician? Explain...

I beat drums, but not much any more.

> 2. Space-age/exotic LP/CD that turned you on to this?
None of the above.  I got my first kick off listening to John Zorn's Naked
City run through Barry, Morricone, Mancini etc.  Then I thought, that's way
cool, and started picking up stuff like that on Vinyl.  Soon, I was
incorporating these and any other oddities I could find into my radio show
(WRUW Cleveland, a music-lover's paradise with over 80,000 title).  That
was as far as I got.  Then I aaccidently stumbled over this list in the
list of lists on Xmission.com (where the Zorn list also lies) and bam, I
was hooked.

> 3. This list could help you more by...
I don't think it could help me more.  It's a fantastic list.

> 4. Other exotica/things you collect
Nuthin.  Well... no, nuthin.
I got four Kiss action figures on my desk here at work.
I like toys.
That's about it.

> 5. Unrelated music genres/acts you like
I still partake in good rock, classic rock, funk, 80s (from my childhood),
heavy rock verging on noise, like Melvins, Helmet, Zeni Geva, etc.  Yeah,
I'll go from Esquivel to the Melvins to Lenny Dee to John Zorn.  I'm a
moody guy.

> 6. What are you just dying to tell us?
Your zipper's down.


> 7. Initials you prefer, CD or LP?  And why do you?  Is it a sound quality
> consideration?  The aesthetics of LP art?  The supposed clarity of CDs?
> Tell us more!
eh, CDs.  Mostly because my turntable is currently banished with the rest
of my stereo and computer up in my office, so I need CDs to take to work.
That's for convenience.  As far as delivery, I like the nostalgia feel of
LPs and definitely the big 12" cover.  But I also like holding little CDs
in my hands, and I think my racks of discs look cooler on the wall than my
racks of LPs, cuz you can see all the spines.
Also, these days, I'm very hip on MP3.


> 8. Own a fez?  If so, what color, texture and tassel color? Describe it or
> other lounge-wear of which you are proud?
No.  I'm only in it for the music.

> 9. Shaken or stirred?
Milk.  Shakes, or Nestle Quik, stirred.

> 10. I clean my LPs with ...
Nothin' yet, although I really want to before I cut 'em to CD (convenience,
I said, remember?).  I was planning to use distilled water and some sort of
alcohol, but I couldn't remember the proper combination.
I got plenty of diapers though, with my baby still padded.

> 11. My home page URL is:
out there and has nothing to do with anything Exotic.

> 12. I have a Licence To ...
Smack people who say they like "lots of music" but have no idea what
they're talking about.  It reminds me of the Blues Brothers, "We got BOTH
kinds of music here! Country AND Western!"

> 13. The first album I ever bought was:
Well, probably the first album I ever got my parents to buy for me was a
Bill Cosby album, but the first I ever bought myself was, I think, the
first Men at Work album, and the Styx album with Mr. Roboto.


And though my children find my music "weird" at least they don't like
country and they do like to boogie to James Brown.  Even the baby.  That's
not bad, hey?


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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 09:04:13 -0400
From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Cleaning, again

Sorry to rehash this, but I lost the post that had the answer.
I'm really leaning towards the alcohol and distilled water, but I can only
remember that it's 2 parts water to 1 part alcohol.  Is this correct?

Any particular type of alcohol?
And what's the best type of rag to use?
A sponge?  A rag?  Steel wool?  (Some need it!)

Someone re-elucidate me please!

Thanks,
Peter
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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 98 09:45:19 Pacific Daylight Time
From: darren hutton <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Raymond Lefevre

The most embarrasing song I once loved? Too many to list. But My Woman My Woman My Wife by Dean
Martin would sure be on this list.Andy Williams' version of You Are My Sunshine would be right behind it.

By the way......I was at a garage sale this past weekend and bought a big stack of about 50 or so 45's for 3
bucks. One of them is called "Ame Caline (Soul Coaxing)" and on the other side is "Pense A L'ete"....by
someone called Raymond Lefevre. I really like the first song, but 've never heard of it or the artist. Does
anybody here know anything about it? I know that some of you have those books that list the records and how
they did on the Billboard popularity charts. Any info?

Darren!


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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 10:11:45 -0400
From: Ross Orr <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) FAQ temporarily on hold

Hey all--

Thanks for all the helpful feedback and nice comments about the FAQ--but
just I wanted to say that if you've emailed lately I might be a little
erratic about answering: This morning we woke up before dawn to discover 5"
of rain had fallen, and water levels in the basement were quickly rising
past ankle level.

Thanks to quick action that valuable old Osborne One was saved--but it's
going to be a rough couple of days here. . .

Soggily,

 --Ross

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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 15:15:44 +0100
From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Question List

> From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
> At 02:01 PM 8/5/98 EDT, Robert wrote:

Oh, go on, I've never done this.

> > 1. Are you a musician? Explain...

Yes, I have played the electric bass for the past 10 years. And a
smidgeon of guitar. And I picked up some castanets and maracas from a
charity shop, but just use them as decorations. Oh, and this tiny
little celesta thing, I think that's what it's called, keyboard -->
hammer --> resonating metal bar, that looks home made and is about as
big as a reasonably large handbag, although the highest note was
missing and it was maladjusted so it was really what you might call a
honky-tonk celeste, but an unfortunate accident caused three of the
keys to shatter so what I really need to do is find a shop that sells
plastic keys and figure out how to replace them or do some
jury-rigging but I haven't had time so far. I used to play around with
that as well. But this is all fairly theoretical, because usually when
other musicians hear what I'm playing they run away.

> > 2. Space-age/exotic LP/CD that turned you on to this?

"Swinging Safari" by Bert Kaempfert. S'true.

> > 3. This list could help you more by...

...it's ever-increasing diversity. That's good. Since subscribing, I
know plenty about artists such as Esquivel and Denny, but there are
other, obscurer areas waiting to be illuminated.

How many albums did Andre Brasseur make, and does anything else rival
"Mad Train" from "Tasty"? Which Windmill records were orchestrated by
Syd Dale, and are they as groovy as "The Chaplin Collection"? Is
T. W. Ardy always up to the level of "Hammond Gold" and why does he
look so scary? Did "Diabolic Man" record anything other than "Diabolic
Man"? Which Franck Pourcel tracks feature sitar? Did BBC Records put
out some great albums, or what? Was Jack Emblow insane? HAVE YOU HEARD
KLAUS WUNDERLICH'S VERSION OF CARAVAN??? Why do recent compilation
albums have groovily-designed covers but never any liner notes telling
you about the artists and music?

Essential questions like that need answers.

And anecdotes. I want to hear that Geoff Love was an alcoholic
kleptomaniac with three nipples, and that if you play the first track
of "Exotica" by Manuel and the Music of the Mountains backwards you
hear his stertorus voice declaring his secret lust for Cilla
Black. That kind of thing.

> > 4. Other exotica/things you collect

Books: cheesy science fiction; on/by comedians; of strange,
unclassifiable nature.

> > 5. Unrelated music genres/acts you like

Contemporary classical music, a branch, or maybe whole other tree, of
"incredibly strange". Worlds of neglected musical idiosyncracy (and
wild album covers) to explore here. Also "classical perversion"
records: "pops" tunes subjected to jazzing, bossanovaing, mamboing,
countrifying, mooging... (guess this belongs under "exotica" anyway.)

Comedy records and really really really badd OTT heavy metal, which
amounts to the same thing.

Pre-War British dance band music with vocalists with toffee-nosed
Bertie Wooster accents singing about drinking tea, nudist colonies,
other kinds of colonies, jolly fun, picnics, the talkies, keep fit,
etc. etc. George Formby. (And George Formby's dad, who also made
records and sounds exactly the same). And also music by, about, or
traditionally associated with cockneys (excepting Dick van Dyke). This
is the most depraved, hideous musical sub-sub-sub-genre that
exists. It stinks, it rules! Key works: "The Ugly Duckling" by Mike
Reid and "London Is My Cup Of Tea" by Mr. Acker Bilk.

Astor Piazolla, Terje Rypdal, Tom Waits, Frank Zappa, John Zorn.

> > 6. What are you just dying to tell us?

I just picked up Terry-Thomas's one and only album. It's
silly. Terry-Thomas is a demi-god. The book he wrote is silly too.

> > 7. Initials you prefer, CD or LP?  And why do you?  Is it a sound quality
> > consideration?  The aesthetics of LP art?  The supposed clarity of CDs?
> > Tell us more!

CDs look strangely like an artifact that escaped from an old SF idea
that got "the way the future will be" all wrong. LPs are comfortingly
large, and you can see them spinning round.

> > 8. Own a fez?  If so, what color, texture and tassel color? Describe it or
> > other lounge-wear of which you are proud?

I have never seen a fez in real life. If you wore a fez in the UK
people would make comments about Tommy Cooper, who was a clowning
magician/comedian, whose tricks always went wrong. This is the only
route via which the fez has really surfaced into the British
consciousness. And he would say "a hah hah hah hah -- like that, not
like that". It loses something in the description. Maybe teenagers
nowadays wouldn't know who Tommy Cooper was though. I don't know.

I like my enormously wide purple tie with the light purple and white
"O" shapes on it.

> > 9. Shaken or stirred?

Brown ale.

> > 10. I clean my LPs with ...

Loving care.

> > 11. My home page URL is:

Dead for two years.

> > 12. I have a Licence To ...

rabbit on.

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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 00:05:56 -0500
From: Robert Sloane <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Disney Equation -Ducks Reply

At 02:48 PM 8/5/98 -0700, Thom Heileson wrote:

>Along these lines of discussion, I _heartily_ recommend finding a copy
>of "How To Read Donald Duck" - it's a 1971 Chilean Marxist
>deconstruction of DD comix. Pretty entertaining, and interesting. Much
>of it goes way too far, but there are some poignant points made. Finds
>capitalist symbolism in the plots, character relationships, and the fact
>that none of the ducks wear pants. (This was assigned reading for an MFA
>seminar of mine...)

The book is by Ariel Dorfman (the playwright) and Armand Mattelart, and its
most recent edition can be found on the press International General.  I,
too, read the book for a class (last fall), and I second your comments.

Rob


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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 07:57:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Saving Jessica

If  Jessica is on a road trip, I can't wait until she gets back and
tell us what she found in the thrift stores around the country.

- ---Lou Smith  wrote:
Didn't she have an .edu e-mail account? Perhaps she's on a roadtrip
during summer break.

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Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 09:15:22 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Jonathan M Perl)
Subject: (exotica) Gainsbourg Jazz

>Billboard also reports that they will be releasing an album of jazz
>reworkings of Burt's material.

This made me wonder, has anyone heard or does anyone own the album of
jazz interpretations of Serge Gainsbourg's songs which is mentioned in
the 'du jazz dans le ravin' cd?  I don't remember who the artist was, but
it was a reasonably recent (1994 or something) release from France.
Anyone?

regards

Jonny

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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 09:21:32 -0600
From: Jill Mingo <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: D.E.N.: eXotica Releases Overview Update (18 Jul 98)

At 13:57 06/08/98 +0000, you wrote:
>
>Johan listed this new release:
>> * Various Artists: "Formation 60"
>>       CD/LP, JazzanovaCompostRec JCR003, Germany, 1998
>Does Johan or our german friends or anyone in the list know more
>about this?
>I appreciate your help.

I'm not German, but I do their UK publicity. What do you wanna know? It is a
compilation of East German jazz from the former East German state label
Amiga. I think it is very straight jazz, but it is getting a very good
reaction over here. Not very loungey. I wouldn't play it out...

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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 17:23:40 +0200 (MET DST)
From: [e-mail] (Subliminal Sounds)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Man In Space With Sounds VINYL

The Spanish vinyl pressing of "Attilio Mineo presents Man In Space with
Sounds" by Wah-Wah is legit. It was licensed to them by me, Jack and
Mr. Mineo. I never saw it mentioned as a possible bootleg in any earlier
posting otherwise I would have protested earlier.

Stefan

>At 01:52 PM 8/5/98 -0700, Jaaaack wrote:
>>Hello all,
>>I have a *few* copies of the Spanish Import LP Reissue  of the
>>"Attilio Mineo Conducts Man in Space With Sounds" Catalog # 66666
>Lou Smith wrote:
>OK, now I'm confused! Didn't we conclude that these Limited Edition Spanish
>import LPs (like Moon Gas) are pirate copies. Does this mean Jack is selling
>illegal copies of his own legit re-issue?!? What gives?



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Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 08:23:03 -0700
From: Jack Diamond <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for Jack, 7-19-98

 KFJC play list 7/19/98 for Jack Diamond

 ARTIST                TRACK                     ALBUM
__________________________________________________________________
 The Planets           Chunky

 Art Pepper Qrt        Cool Bunny                Jan, 1957
 W/ Russ Freeman-Pno;
 Ben Tucker-Bass
 Chuck Flores-Drums

 Big Jim Sullivan      Sunshine Superman         Sitar Beat!
 Air                   Talisman                  Moon Safari

 101 Strings Orch. W/
 Bebe Bardon           Je T'aime                 Love at 1ST Sight

 The Ventures          Psyched-Out!

 Mancini! with         The Party (Instro)
 Bill Plummer-Sitar
 Plas Johnson-Tenor Sax
 Jack Sheldon

 Gershon Kingsley      Trumansburg Whistle       Music to Moog By

 Leith Stevens Orch;   The Movie Star            Arr X Bill Holman
 Chet Baker            Mike Pacheco-Bongos
 Bud Shank-Alto Sax    Richie Kamuca-Tenor
 Pepper Adams-Bari

 Woody Phillips        Dance Of...Sugar Plum
                       Fairy

 Hot Club of America   Caravan                   Coral
 Fred Lowery           Tennessee Waltz           Mid 50'S Whistling

 Cinzano Commercial    Cinzano Makes Ashtrays    1966
                       ???

 Jim Gordon            Rites of Passage
 Mort Garson           Witch Trial               Black Mass Lucifer

 Bill Jennings-Gtr     Cool Grits
 Jack Mcduff-Organ
 Willis Jackson-Tenor
 Tommy Potter-Bass

 Gabor Szabo With;     White Rabbit              Bill Plummer-Sitar
 California Dreamers

 Fifty Foot Hose       Fantasy                   Cauldron
                       (1ST Half of Tune)        Limelight, 1967

 Lewis Sisters         S'wonderful               Liberty
 The Forbidden 5       Enchanted Forest          60'S Psych Quiet Village

 Ken Nordine           What Time Izzit           Dot, 1957, Mono
                       ??????????

 Mark Renwick          Melancholy Serenade       Mussette Records
 Clyde Borley          S.O.S. Force              Atco, 1966, France

 Nino Rota:            Ballando Con Raquel       Soundtrack:
                       Alberto Investiga         Spara Forte...
                       Raquel
                       Mistero 2
                       Alberto and Raquel

 Sidney Poitier W/     Discovery of the Good
                       Life
 Fred Katz Orch.

 Jerry Goldsmith       Westward Ho-O-O!          In Like Flint

 Robert Prince         Dance at the Gym:
                       Mambo

                       Maria Cha Cha
                       Jump

 Kenyon Hopkins        The Chase                 Nightmare!

 David Jannsen &       Public Service
                       Announcement
 Jack Webb             For Dope Smuggling

 Bob Leaper Orch       High Wire
 Dean Elliot Orch.     College Confidential
 Kenyon Hopkins        Going                     Rooms Ost
 Enoch Light           What the World Needs Now  Spaced Out!
 Ed Wood               Main Title                Ed Wood

 Cale, John            Kiss Movement 01          Eat/Kiss: Music for the
                                                 Films

 Taxi Driver           Thank God for the Rain    Taxi Driver
 Taxi Driver           Cleaning the Cab          Taxi Driver
 Taxi Driver           I Still Can't Sleep       Taxi Driver

 La Morte Accarezz     La Morte Accarezza a      La Morte Accarezza
                       ......

John Zorn's Naked City   The Sicilian Clan         Morricone Title
 Electric Piano-       I Had Tooooooooo Much
 Playground            To Dream Last Night

 Kenneth Patchen W/    As I Open the Window      Folkways, 1959
 Alan Neil Qrt

 Johnny Kidd/Pirates   Restless                  1960
 Nutty Squirrels       Yardbird Suite            Cannonball Adderly
 Roy Clark             Roy's Guitar Boogie
 Liquid Sky Ost        Nightclub 2

 Pete Rugolo           Diamond on the Move

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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 08:34:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Whither Vik?

Very sad news indeed.  A moment of silence please for the end of an era.

At least its frozen in time.

Easy Listening in the Big Easy,
Chuck


- ---"Br. Cleve"  wrote:
>2) Radio Vik is suddenly "off the air"!

 >Are these items connected?

 I'm sure Vik is aware of these legal issues, as by day he is a
webmaster for a record company. But in a related note, he told me last
week that he has shut down Vik's Lounge, but will be keeping it
"frozen in time", like the Space Age Bachelor Pad site.

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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 10:32:00 -0500
From: "Fred Loewen" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tommy Garrett/50 Guitars

I'd like to know from the group:

Does anyone know the name of the Tommy Garrett/50 Guitars album with the
following 2 songs on it: "This Guy's In Love With You" and "Can't Take My
Eyes Off Of You".  While these 2 songs do appear on his "Best of the 50
Guitars, Volume 2" recording, that is not the album that I'm thinking of.
There must be another Tommy Garrett/50 Guitars album with these 2 songs on
it.  Anyone know what the name of that album is?

Please respond to me directly at:
mailto:[e-mail]

Thanks,
Fred Loewen
Winnipeg, CANADA


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