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exotica-digest Friday, September 11 1998 Volume 02 : Number 206
In This Digest:
(exotica) Space Ghost
(exotica) question
Re: (exotica) Akira Kurosawa R.I.P. (long)
(exotica) Akira Kurosawa and Revisionist History
Re: (exotica) Space Ghost
(exotica) Re: Sinatra, Disney
Re: (exotica) Blacula and Carter on vinyl
Re: (exotica) Space Ghost
(exotica) Here's a response that "drips" with nostalgia
(exotica) And a separate follow up to the "drip"
Re: Re: (exotica) Space Ghost
(exotica) Scamp Label
(exotica) Tiki Nike
Re: (exotica) Re: Sinatra, Disney
(exotica) Re Harry Stoneham /
Re: (exotica) Scamp Label
(exotica) 4 obits
(exotica) new release dates
(exotica) Kurosawa
Re: (exotica) new release dates
Re: (exotica) 4 obits
(exotica) re: tiki nike
(exotica) Why Nostalgia?
(exotica) Playlist for Jaaaaaaack
(exotica) Reckless Nights And Turkish Twilights
(exotica) Kahimi (Minty Fresh)
(exotica) Hot Babe
Re: (exotica) Why Nostalgia?
Re: (exotica) Why Nostalgia?
(exotica) Re: Surf Lounge Music and Vibes CD
Re: (exotica) new release dates
(exotica) Splaw! or Shooby, where art thou?
Re: (exotica) Why Nostalgia?
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Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 15:24:53 -0500
From: Lou Smith <lousmith@pipeline.com>
Subject: (exotica) Space Ghost
Now in the racks:
Space Ghost's Surf & Turf With 22 Tiki-Torched Tunes (Rhino).
Yeah/Nay, anyone??
- -Lou
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 15:02:15 -0500
From: grinderman@juno.com (Hess Jeffery)
Subject: (exotica) question
Does anyone know who played the eastern background
music to the Butthole Surfers "Kuntz"? A very twisted exotic
tune. Did the Surfers lift it?, or did Gibby somehow learn
eastern scales for the song?
Thanks,
Jeff
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 16:39:03 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) Akira Kurosawa R.I.P. (long)
In a message dated 98-09-09 14:49:54 EDT, you write:
<< TOKYO (AP) -- Akira Kurosawa, whose hauntingly poetic vision, innovative
style and stunning technical virtuosity made him Japan's most celebrated
film director, died at his home Sunday. He was 88.
Kurosawa died of a stroke before he could be taken to a hospital, >>
It still don't beat a wall of fake lava falling on ya.
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 16:48:42 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: (exotica) Akira Kurosawa and Revisionist History
In a message dated 98-09-09 14:49:54 EDT:
<< "Rhapsody in August" (1991) with Richard Gere as a
second-generation American-Japanese who visits his relatives in
Hiroshima and apologizes for the US atomic bombing on the city in
August 1945 stirred controversy abroad for failing to address
Japan's war guilt. >>
This film turned my opinion about Kurosawa because it did seem one sided.
Earlier works are more "cutting". It has always bothered me that the Germans
(and the term "Nazi') are always so stressed as being the ultimate committers
of war crimes and little is said of the Japanese. Their crimes against the
Chinese (amongst others) was just as atroucious. "Rapsody in August" marked a
bow to the re-visionist history that Japan had created in their history books.
Anti-American I don't care about -- recreating history and distributing pity
and sorrow at that expense is inappropriate and the worst form of mass media
entertainment.
Plus I never liked Richard Gere.
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 16:50:08 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) Space Ghost
In a message dated 98-09-09 15:30:13 EDT, Lou writes:
<< Now in the racks:
Space Ghost's Surf & Turf With 22 Tiki-Torched Tunes (Rhino).
Yeah/Nay, anyone??
-Lou
>>
And a play list por favor.
Robert
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 14:15:44 -0700
From: Eb <gondola@deltanet.com>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Sinatra, Disney
>* A short look at the WORST RECORD EVER MADE BY FRANK SINATRA! Humorist Pat
>Reeder, enlights us with the details in our irreverent tribute/farewell to the
>Chairman of the Board and one of the STUPIDIST records he ever made!
What record is this? Did Frank record a KISS tribute album?
Eb, who would be intrigued to see someone attempt a defense of the Tiki
Room or Submarine Voyage that isn't 100% based in drippy sentimental
nostalgia
PS Every submarine reeks of vestigial kiddie urine.
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 15:23:10 -0700
From: "Carl Russo" <c_russo@email.msn.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Blacula and Carter on vinyl
>Can anyone recommend Blacula? Does anybody have it?
As funky as you wanna be! Just wish it had a title song!
C. "Ratso" Russo
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 15:29:54 -0700
From: "Carl Russo" <c_russo@email.msn.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Space Ghost
> Space Ghost's Surf & Turf With 22 Tiki-Torched Tunes (Rhino).
>
> Yeah/Nay, anyone??
I'ts not a collection of real Hawaiian or exotica or surf tunes. But it is
INSANE! So's their BBQ CD!
Someone must know--is one of those cartoon voices the same guy that's in the
Frogs? It's gotta be! Also, not having cable: is their cartoon as crazed
as these albums?
C. "Ratso" Russo
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 20:41:50 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: (exotica) Here's a response that "drips" with nostalgia
In a message dated 98-09-09 17:15:44 EDT, Eb wrote:
<< Eb, who would be intrigued to see someone attempt a defense of the Tiki
Room or Submarine Voyage that isn't 100% based in drippy sentimental
nostalgia
>>
OK, I'll bite.
I appreciate the Tiki Room and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea the same way I
appreciate a Victrola, the advent of the LP, the 8 track or the marvel of the
CD.
All of these things represent technology at their highest when they debuted.
Think about it. Can you imagine what the Tiki Room was like when it first
opened in the 1950. Audioanimatronics ! ! ! Wow. And how about the Leagues
ride. It was not just adults being dragged onboard because their kids wanted
to see it -- the parents wanted to see it to.
Now, I might not get the thrill from riding, say, a carousel, that I did when
I was younger but I am so impressed with the mechanics. And with age comes
knowledge. Carousel means "little war" and the original carousels were
created for nobility -- not kids. American carousels go in one direction and
European carousels go in another. The animals are carved more elaborately on
one side depending on the continental origin. This just serves to demonstrate
the complexity of "a simple kiddie ride". As kids we enjoy the experience --
as adults we appreciate the experience.
Come on Eb, or any other skeptic out there, there is always some old,
nostalgic, antiquated, etc. thing out there that makes you smile because of
appreciation. I get it when the needle drops on an LP (and I know there are
those of you who cringe), when a player piano roll spins just moments before
the music starts or even the simple act of winding a Victrola mid-song because
the RPM's start to slow.
It has got to be something more than "drippy sentimental nostalgia" because I
wasn't around when these things came out and by definition my enjoyment can't
be considered nostalgic.
I am sure there is some way to debunk all of my observations, but honestly, I
really don't want to hear them.
Fondly submitted,
Robert
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 20:45:20 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: (exotica) And a separate follow up to the "drip"
In a message dated 98-09-09 17:15:44 EDT, an articulate list member commented:
<< PS Every submarine reeks of vestigial kiddie urine. >>
I'm not sure of urine, but the above statement is a pile of shit.
Just plain mean-spiritedly submitted,
Robert
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 17:54:34 -0700
From: "Carl Russo" <c_russo@email.msn.com>
Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) Space Ghost
>what do you mean by insane--good? bad?.......Jimmy/trying to interpret~
I mean fucking INSANE! Wouldn't you buy a record that's fucking insane?
Hmm?
Hilarious and weird as hell. 3 twisted guys, some music. Could be filed
under COMEDY, I suppose.
Speaking of which, thanks to whomever for the review of the new FIRESIGN
THEATRE album. Gotta get!
C. "Ratso" Russo
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Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 23:24:55 -0400
From: Risser Family <risser@goodnews.net>
Subject: (exotica) Scamp Label
I recently sent an inquiry to a press person at Caroline about future Scamp releases and this is the reply I got:
> Hi Peter. The Scamp label is on hiatus. Sorry! thanks for your interest.
Say it ain't so Joe! Did I miss a discussion on this already?
What does hiatus mean? What's their plans? Does anyone know? Ashley?
Thanks,
Peter
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 03:07:08 EDT
From: Ottotemp@aol.com
Subject: (exotica) Tiki Nike
Anyone know the location/source of the Nike national TV commercial that
appears to be shot in a Tiki bar?
It shows a guy gagging on a chunk o steak and a girl leaping to his rescue.
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 03:48:31 -0600
From: Jill Mingo <mingo@cqm.co.uk>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Sinatra, Disney
>Eb, who would be intrigued to see someone attempt a defense of the Tiki
>Room or Submarine Voyage that isn't 100% based in drippy sentimental
>nostalgia
HEY! I went to this ride for the FIRST time this spring, and it was my
favourite ride in the whole damn park. It blew me away. I'm gutted it's
closed. I was looking forward to it again this winter. Different strokes for
different folks, man.
DIVE!
Jill "Mingo-go"
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 12:46:08 +0100
From: Reader Geoff <G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk>
Subject: (exotica) Re Harry Stoneham /
At 09:28 -0600 98/09/08, exotica-digest wrote:
>Some bloke playing the Hammond
>All the songs in segues of three, this must be the pick of the bunch.
>I wish I could remember his name.
Harry Stoneham: "Hammond Hits The Highway/High, Wide And Hammond"
The "eXotica Releases Overview": <http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/>
Thanks very much Johan.
Also does anyone know if the 'Coll and Strange Music magazine' can be found
in the UK? It looks interesting.
Il Maestro Con Queso
djcheesemaster@yahoo.com
grr@brighton.ac.uk
http://www.sgillitt.dircon.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 07:50:25 EDT
From: SLarry3595@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) Scamp Label
In a message dated 9/9/98 11:45:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
risser@goodnews.net writes:
> The Scamp label is on hiatus. Sorry! thanks for your interest.
>
> Say it ain't so Joe! Did I miss a discussion on this already?
> What does hiatus mean?
In this case it probably means gone for good. That is very unfortunate.
Larry
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 10:21:05 -0500
From: Lou Smith <lousmith@pipeline.com>
Subject: (exotica) 4 obits
*Lucio Battisti
MILAN, Italy (AP) -- Lucio Battisti, known in Italy for his romantic and
often sad songs of the late 1960s and 1970s, died Wednesday. He was 55.
The hospital and his family did not release the cause of his death, but RAI
state television reported that he had liver cancer.
Many of Battisti's songs, like the hit ``Emozioni'' (Emotions), were
melancholy or sad and often spoke of betrayal in love. His biggest successes
were a result of his collaboration with lyricist Mogol.
His old songs, including ``Pensieri e Parole'' (Thoughts and Words),
``Fiori rosa, fiori di pesco'' (Rose petals, peach blossoms), and his
fast-stepping ``Acqua Azzura, Acqua Chiara''(Blue Water, Clear Water),
continued to sell well.
*Paul Earls
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Paul Earls, an electronic music composer who
worked to combine music and visual arts, died Monday of heart failure. He
was 64.
Earls, who experimented with laser and electronic effects in his music, was
affiliated with MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies and taught at the
Massachusetts College of Art.
He composed ``The Death of King Phillip,'' an opera about an Indian
uprising in Colonial days, and another opera based on the legend of Icarus.
He also composed ``Mozart and Cosmology'' in collaboration with modern
dancer Beth Soll.
*MaryAnne Kasica-Scheff
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- MaryAnne Kasica-Scheff, a television writer and actress
who penned episodes of ``Moonlighting'' and ``Murder, She Wrote,'' died
Saturday of a brain tumor. She was 58.
Kasica-Scheff, who acted in the television series ``Marcus Welby, M.D.,''
began writing one-act plays when she was an actress with ``Theatre East.''
She earned a UCLA Playwright's Award in 1975.
She also co-wrote the top-selling novelty book, ``The Pushbutton Telephone
Songbook.'' She shared writing credits with her husband, television writer
and executive Michael Scheff, for television movies ``Topper'' and ``Tall,
Dark and Deadly.''
Kasica-Scheff also wrote episodes for ``Hart to Hart'' and ``Magnum, P.I.''
*Richard Martin Heard
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Richard Martin ``Dick'' Heard, a country music
producer and songwriter who co-wrote Elvis Presley's hit ``Kentucky Rain,''
died of cancer Tuesday. He was 61.
A native of Little Rock, Ark., Heard moved to Nashville in 1968 to become
president of Royal American Records and later served as general manager of
two other record companies.
In those capacities, he was instrumental in the careers of Freddy Fender,
Jimmy Dean, Ronnie McDowell and Johnny Lee.
In addition to helping to write Presley's tune, he also co-wrote ``Abigail
Beecher, My History Teacher'' with Eddie Rabbit. Heard's hits as a producer
include ``Borrowed Angel,'' and ``Lovin' on Back Streets.''
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 10:21:03 -0500
From: Lou Smith <lousmith@pipeline.com>
Subject: (exotica) new release dates
Here's a few upcoming releases. Anyone know any others of which we should be
aware?
- -Lou
Aug. 11
Varttina: Vihma (Wicklow-BMG)
Sept. 8
Kahimi Karie: Kahimi Karie (Minty Fresh)
Tom Ze: Com Defeito De Fabricacao (Fabrication Defect) (Luaka Bop)
Sept. 14
Philip Glass: Complete Koyaanisquatsi (Nonesuch)
Sept. 15
Fantastic Plastic Machine: FPM (Emperor Norton)
Sept. 29
Oranj Symphonette: The Oranj Album (Rykodisc) -- Joe, you still here? What's
this one like?
Oct. 6
Combustible Edison: The Impossible World (Sub Pop)
Wagon Christ(aka Luke Vibert): Tally Ho! (Astralwerks)
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:17:20 -0400
From: "m.ace" <ecam@voicenet.com>
Subject: (exotica) Kurosawa
A fine Kurosawa film that is rarely mentioned is "Stray Dog" (1949). A
present-day police procedural set in post-war Tokyo, starring Toshiro Mifune as
a young detective. To me, it feels like a Sam Fuller film (actually, Fuller &
Kurosawa's works feel rather parallel to me -- did anyone else ever notice
that, or am I out there in space with Sun Ra?). There's one fascinating
sequence where Mifune is out doing "legwork", walking throughout the streets of
the city, no dialog -- basically a verite (with jump cuts) walking tour of
late-40s Tokyo.
Bringing it back to music, "Yojimbo" (1961) has a very interesting score by (I
think) Masaru Sato. A mix of Japanese and Western instrumentation -- lots of
harpsichord and percussion, with some swaggering saxes thrown in. Cool, nervous
music.
m.ace ecam@voicenet.com
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:18:44 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: Re: (exotica) new release dates
In a message dated 98-09-10 10:26:46 EDT, you write:
<< Oct. 6
Combustible Edison: The Impossible World (Sub Pop) >>
Boy, I can't wait for this one. All the talk is that it will be more
"progessive" compared to past albums.
Robert
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 08:49:47 -0700
From: Steve Sando <mrlucky@mrlucky.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 4 obits
Thanks for this news. I doubt I would have heard about this for quite
awhile. Battisti wasn't exotica, but he was Mina's favorite contemporary
during the early 1970s, writing her big comeback hit 'Amor Mio', amonhg
others. He's really pretty great in that singer/songwriter vein but fot the
last few years the rumour has been he became a facist!
His song 'Bella Linda' was a moderate hit for the Grass Roots.
How sad with all four of these obits and everyone so young!
At 10:21 AM 9/10/98 -0500, Lou Smith wrote:
> *Lucio Battisti
> MILAN, Italy (AP) -- Lucio Battisti, known in Italy for his romantic and
>often sad songs of the late 1960s and 1970s, died Wednesday. He was 55.
> The hospital and his family did not release the cause of his death, but RAI
>state television reported that he had liver cancer.
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:49:25 -0700
From: "super k. riot" <kriot@pacbell.net>
Subject: (exotica) re: tiki nike
i don't know the location of the tiki bar but the girl who leaps to his
rescue is gabi reese she;s a volleyball player.
ken
if you find out where that bar is please let us all know
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 21:08:39 +0000
From: Moritz R <Moritz.Reichelt@munich.netsurf.de>
Subject: (exotica) Why Nostalgia?
Dear
> Eb, who would be intrigued to see someone attempt a defense of the Tiki
> Room or Submarine Voyage that isn't 100% based in drippy sentimental
> nostalgia,
Now you come to the interesting point, that is so closely related to this list.
If I'm not mistaken, 87% of the records that are discussed in this list are at
least 20 years old, many are from the exact age when Disneyland was built. The
interesting point is: Why does this music of the past obviously mean so much to
us? Why do we not only privately listen, but publicly discuss this what many
regard as "awful music", others as drippy sentimental nostalgia? I don't want to
become polemic about this, Eb, but it's so apparent, that the past is not simply
the past. I'm rather curious what everybody of this list thinks about this basic
question of nostalgia. I'd like to give some suggestions although I don't claim
that I already know what it's all about.
First I believe that the concepts of the future are always made by taking a look
on the past. The past is everything you know anyway. But you judge and tidy up the
past. You select elements that you're fascinated with and want to put them
together in a new if possible surprising way.
So why Exotica and why now? The reason must be that there is something missing in
the music and culture of today, something elementary, basic and important. Like
melody, multi-melodic arrangements, physically produced sounds, human voices,
emotional values that are to important to call them Kitsch, primitive simplicity
in a high tech world. Exotic music structures time differently to sequenced
electronic music. So for all purposes other than high energetic dancing it might
be more appropriate.
I guess memory is essential for human beings and history is just systematic
memory. The possibility of recording music offers us to take a detailed look into
music history. Todays music is already so much composed by elements of all ages
that we can hardly discern them. We try to do it though and learn a lot about the
artists and their ulterior motives. We are also able to draw a line to our own
present and become aware of what's going on now.
For many the Enchanted Tiki Room is such a "recorded" art concept of the past. And
because it is so unique (you can't just buy a copy in a thrift store) they would
feel sorry if it would be closed down forever.
Mo
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 12:37:03 -0700
From: Jack Diamond <jack@jackdiamond.com>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for Jaaaaaaack
KFJC play list 8/30/98 for Jack Diamond
ARTIST TRACK ALBUM
The Planets Chunky
Latin All Stars; Jazz Heat Bongo Beat Crown Label, 58
W/ Buddy Collette
Tommy Tedesco-Gtr
Carlos Mejia-Bongos
Darias-Conga Drum
Tony Reyes-Bass
Gabor Szabo; White Rabbit
California Dreamers
Bill Plummer-Sitar
Emil Richards
Herbie Hancock Paint Her Mouth Death Wish Ost
Boris Karloff The Man in the Raincoat Mercury, 1963
The Music that Runs Underneath the Story By Boris Above
Is Tom Dissvelt and Kid Baltan's "Song of the 2ND Moon" Cool, Huh ?
Mayfield, Curtis Pusherman Super Fly
Fabulous Jokers Song of the Orfeo Negro 1964, Monument
Ennio Morricone Shangai Joe Ost
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Acme Rocket Quartet Will Monster Zero Ever Ultra-High-Frequency
Die ?
Alberto Bembo Io E Mara Side 1
Frank Rosolino Qrt. Rubberneck Savoy Label
W/ Barry Harris-Pno
Ananda Shankar Orch. Raghaputi 1970
Koray, Erkin Inat Elektronik Turkuler
Lalo Schifrin Bullitt Main End Title
Lesiman Direzioni Future Sound of Lesiman, the
Mort Garson Music for Sensuous
Lovers By "Z
Side 2 or Climax 2
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Umiliani, Piero Le Ragazze' Sweden Heaven and Hell
Dell'arcipelago
Dean Elliot Raid College Confidential
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Chet Baker Qrt The Lamp Is Low 1ST 10", 1953
Kenneth Patchen Four Blues Poems Folkways, 1959
Armando Travajoli Luna Park March The Raffle Ost
Tom Glaser Rock-A-Billy Rock A Face in the Crowd
Lincoln Chase Double Take Liberty
Les Paul Caravan Fuzz, 1968
Leith Stevens Orch; The Heavens Exploring the
Paul Frees-Sp Word Unknown
Walter Schumann
Choir
Cale, John Kiss Movement 01 Eat/Kiss: Music for the
Films
Victims of Chance Tuesdays Victim Crestview
Roy Glenn Big High Song for 1957
Somebody
Jeff Beck/Yardbirds Someone to Love Instro 1966
Lucas and Friends Deck the Halls
Donuts
Jerry Goldsmith The Search Planet of The Apes
Barbarella (Sound Fight in Flight Barbarella
Hello Pretty Pretty
Entrance Into Sogo
Pygar's Persecution
The Black Queen's Beads
Roy Orbison In Dreams Jan, 1963
Last Tango in Par Last Tango...-Jazz Last Tango in Paris
Waltz
Mary Mayo Desafinado Moon Gassssss
La Morte Accarezz Il Viaggio La Morte Accarezza
David Chazam and 2 Kilo Chef!
Monsieur Gadou
Hunter S Thompson White Rabbit Fear and Loathing in LV
Jimmie Haskel Orch Asteroid Hop Countdown
Pete Rugolo Orch Diamond on the Move
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 15:54:44 -0500
From: Lou Smith <lousmith@pipeline.com>
Subject: (exotica) Reckless Nights And Turkish Twilights
Just noticed at the official RaymondScott.com site.
- -Lou
Reckless Nights And Turkish Twilights
Basta (30-9073-2) 1998
22 tracks. Original 78 rpm recordings (1937-40) by the Raymond Scott
Quintette, including those used in CARTOONS, such as "Powerhouse," "The Toy
Trumpet," "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals," & many, many more!
NOW AVAILABLE:
Newly remastered edition, featuring fuller sound, updated liner notes, and
two tracks
replaced with better performances found in the archives.
Newly remastered CD is $16 (plus $2 for US shipping)
TO ORDER email: CD@RaymondScott.com
&/or send check or MO payable to Irwin Chusid to: PO Box 6258 Hoboken NJ
07030 USA
(Delivery promised within 1 week of receipt of payment.)
- - Europe: order newly remastered CD direct from Basta: www.Basta.nl
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 11:26:59 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <nminer@jhmi.edu>
Subject: (exotica) Kahimi (Minty Fresh)
Has anybody gotten this? How is it?
I've wanted to get some of her stuff, but don't know where?
- - Nate
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 13:58:07 -0700
From: Jack <Jack@JackDiamond.com>
Subject: (exotica) Hot Babe
http://www.jackdiamond.com/Franklyn_McCormack.JPG
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 98 21:16:31 -0500
From: recliner <recliner@ime.net>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Why Nostalgia?
I think of nostalgia as more of a feeling of wishing that the present
was more like the past or some 'golden era'. And so to talk about
things as being nostalgic means that they cater to this 'golden era'
world view by "reminding" someone of "those days gone by" whether or not
he or she actually lived during that time. For instance, I would be
nostalgic for the days of the courtly knights if I harboured some glossed
over images of how wonderful things were then.
So, a thing is only nostalgic in degrees depending on how much it
'harkens back' and how much it 'glosses over' the past (or as Moritz put
it, a tidying up of the past).
Harkening back happens with the individual, some thing will remind
someone of a specific past event. This in itself is not nostalgic but in
combination with a glossing over or a soft focus reminiscing of that
event, it becomes nostalgic. This is why there are so many ready made
nostalgia items. I hate to say it but a present day tiki bar would fall
into that category as it tries to capture some limited aspect of the tiki
bar of the past. But, even though the contemporary tiki bar itself is
nostalgic does'nt mean that your enjoyment of such a thing is nostalgic
as long as you dig the way it somehow fits into your present. You would
be nostalgic about tiki bars the moment you started believing that this
bar is what all those tiki bars of the past "must have been like."
>So why Exotica and why now?
My on take on this is base upon a demographics of listeners to my radio
show.
In general:
The parents of Boomers like it because they remeber the music when it was
popular.(read notalgia)
Boomers hate it, primarily because it as the music their parents listened
to , which they rebeled against, but also because acknowleding it defies
their image of what that time was really like.
Post-boomers love it because it's wierd, cool and "new" to their ears,
replaces whats lacking in contemporary music and perhaps even more of
that parental rebelion if their parent
can't understand their interest in it.
(Ok, I know I'm generalizing, please no comments!)
Why exotica now? It's a generational thing. Thats a short answer.
There are many many facets to this question and hence many answers but,
I still think it comes down to a generational type thing. Especially if
you ask "why now?" because what you're really asking is why is it now a
'recognized' interest with a specific social set. There might very well
have been exoticats in 1972 but it took a critical mass for anyone to
take notice. It also took time for post boomers to get to positions in
the various media where their voices would be heard.
I have thoughts on my personal struggle with this nostalgia issue but I
think I'll save that for another post. Suffice to say that I think that
most Exotica listeners have more of the fanatical cultural anthropoligist
in them rather than the romantic wishing for the past.
Thank's Moritz for the food for thought. I hope I've given folks more to
chew on.
Frank, (nothing against tiki rooms)
My Vinyl Recliner - Music from the in-seam of the 50's and 60's
Every Tuesday night from 10 - 11:30 on WMPG 90.9fm, Portland Maine!
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 98 21:22:32 -0400
From: Elisabeth Vincentelli <teppaz@panix.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Why Nostalgia?
"Nostalgia" is a very interesting topic. Being brought up in France,
where an interest in, and knowledge of the past is considered not only
normal but necessary, I'd never heard anybody talk about nostalgia. Well,
I mean in the sense we use it here in this discussion (it'd be used by
the National Front to talk about a mythical glorious past for instance).
But in the US "nostalgia" mainly means a fetishization of a recent past.
A few months ago, I ran into an A&R guy for a major label whom I vaguely
know. "So what are you listening to these days?" he asked me. "A lot of
1920s musicals" I said. "So you're on a nostalgia trip" was his reply. I
was really annoyed. Nostalgia, to me, means that one somehow glorifies
the era in question. I don't want the 1920s to be back (and I use a
computer, not a quill) but I like all kinds of music. Being aware of
history is crucial, that doesn't make you nostalgic. On the other hand,
I'm always a little wary of people who listen exclusively to old (defined
as anything from the Doors to, say, Bach) music or reject contemporary
culture.
Sorry for the extended rant!
Elisabeth
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 23:53:01 EDT
From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com
Subject: (exotica) Re: Surf Lounge Music and Vibes CD
Don't be bashful -- give us a run down on what to expect from this CD.
Robert
In a message dated 98-09-10 23:43:15 EDT, you write:
<< housands of friends have shared sunsets and good times with us, either
surfing by in real life, or virtually on the internet. We are stoked to
offer this digitally re-created ambience of the "Music and Vibes" from
Crazy Joe's Surf Lounge.
CD available through the http://www.surflounge.com web site
or order direct now: >>
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Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 22:41:20 -0800
From: Action Plus <action+@pop.sirius.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) new release dates
>Here's a few upcoming releases. Anyone know any others of which we should b=
e
>aware?
>-Lou
>
>Sept. 29
>Oranj Symphonette: The Oranj Album (Rykodisc) -- Joe, you still here? What'=
s
>this one like?
Hi Lou--yeah, still here...
Our second album is a mixed bag of film music and standards. It's much
better performed and recorded, probably 'cause we've been playing together
a couple of years. (The first one was done before we were really a
band--one of those "make a record, then learn how to play it" deals.) Like
last time, the group features me, Matt Brubeck, and Ralph Carney, but this
time with Pat Campbell (also of Action Plus) on drums and an absolutely
astounding keyboardist/accordionist named Robbie Burger (you may have heard
him on the Tipsy record or with Bill Frisell). I produced and engineered,
and Matt arranged most of the tracks. Matt's work is witty and wise-assed,
yet always musically credible. There's a Zulu-stomp version of "Magnificent
Seven," a noisy, Waits-ian desecration of "Satin Doll," a Sonic
Youth-meets-Lalo Schifrin take on "Call Me Mr. Tibbs," plus some very
pretty things, like a Salvation Army band version of Andr=E9 Previn's "Valle=
y
of the Dolls" and a ambient-dreamy "Midnight Cowboy." We hope you like it!
- --Joe Gore
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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 03:26:02 +0000
From: Brian Phillips <hagar@mindspring.com>
Subject: (exotica) Splaw! or Shooby, where art thou?
Does anyone have the tape of Shooby Taylor's "The Human Horn"? I snoozed
and lost the opportunity to buy it from WFMU's catalog.
Eep doodly blobby,
Brian Phillips
http://www.mindspring.com/~hagar
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Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 12:56:13 +0000
From: Moritz R <Moritz.Reichelt@munich.netsurf.de>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Why Nostalgia?
> But in the US "nostalgia" mainly means a fetishization of a recent past. (Elisabeth)
>
> I think of nostalgia as more of a feeling of wishing that the present
> was more like the past or some 'golden era'.
>
> Why exotica now? It's a generational thing. Thats a short answer. (Frank recliner)
>
English is only my second language, but in German "Nostalgie" means
about the same. Still I don't know a better word for what we're actually
doing here. I just think the term is overdue for a redefinition.
I remember that Pop Art, when it was still new and fresh, produced some
pretty old-fashioned images that were immediately commercialized, like
these big Grandma-alarmclocks or the ever-present images of red British
phone booths and double-decker omnibusses. ...John Steed... That was
when Nostalgia became fashionable. It was a form of irony that you could
attach to your ambiente in addition to brandnew psychedelic posters or
whatever. It WAS a generational thing; the young generation would attack
their parents from their backs with symbols of their own parents that
they had just gotten rid of. It also became a form of mild rebellion for
all those who didn't dare to really drop out.
Seeing Nostalgia as a generational thing still needs an explanation: Why
pick what exactely from the past? I mean you go for Exotica jazz of the
50s but you certainly don't go for the sexual repression of those days.
You are aware of the fact that this Exotic culture in those days was an
attempt to break out of the rigid moral laws of the western civilisation
without openly attacking it. It was a trick! It became pointless, when
sexual freedom was realized. Today we rediscover it for a different
reason. I see it more as a piece in an anti-technological movement. You
combine it with other elements like Japanese high tech or psychedelic
drugs and - voila! - you have something new: A redefinition of the
purpose of technology...
For instance...
(One of the most revolutionary epochs of mankind, the Renaissance
("rebirth"), culturally was a return to the forms of the anchient Greek
past of 2000 years ago...)
> Suffice to say that I think that
> most Exotica listeners have more of the fanatical cultural anthropoligist
> in them rather than the romantic wishing for the past. (Frank)
>
You're free to pick what you like and leave in the shelf what you don't.
Besides I don't believe that you unemotionally listen to those Exotica
objects of investigation and categorization. You do have your
preferences, don't you?
Mo
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