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exotica-digest       Tuesday, September 15 1998       Volume 02 : Number 210



In This Digest:

(exotica) Mexicali Brass
Re: (exotica) Mexicali Brass
Re:  (exotica) "Mondo Bongos" Playlist for 16 Sep 98
Re: (exotica) Tiki Room/Nostalgia
(exotica) Tiki room context
(exotica) SITCOM ROCK at Acme Underground, NYC this Wednesday
Re:  (exotica) Hi-Fis and Hi-Balls book
(exotica) re: Tiki Room/Nostalgia
Re: (exotica) SITCOM ROCK at Acme Underground, NYC this Wednesday
(exotica) NEW Peter Thomas CD
(exotica) Herman: Scooby do and scooby de
(exotica) Franken-ghetti
Re: (exotica) Celeste
(exotica) Johnny Adams, Dane Clark obits
(exotica) Bob Dixon obit
(exotica) ! WIN A FREE ARTHUR LYMAN CD !
(exotica) Marco Rizo obit
(exotica) Tiki room context
Re: (exotica) Celeste
Re: (exotica) Touch of Evil (Retouched)
(exotica) Classical surf
(exotica) Classical surf
Re: (exotica) Bob Dixon obit
(exotica) Kahimi Karie - Bio & Tour Dates
(exotica) Bob Dixon obit and, no, this guy ain't dead
Re: (exotica) Kahimi Karie
(exotica) PLUGOLA: Is Doris Day Exotica?
Re: (exotica) Herman Munster Reads
(exotica) RadioNow
Re:  (exotica)   Dane Clark obit
(exotica) Jean Jacques Perrey

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 98 19:34:15 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Mexicali Brass

>Byron sez
>  The Mexicali Brass....  There is a little bit of Tijuana Brass
>sound here, but it is not complete knock off: the music stands on its own.

I love  the sound of the Mexicali Brass!

Actually I'm a big fan of the genere that I've dubbed "budget brass".

Too often this stuff gets slighted as cheap Herb Alpert imitators but
that denys the true listening experience where the music tells the whole
story. The truth is that many of these'brass' groups don't sound much
like that slick Alpert sound. As Byron has discovered, the music stands
on its own. True, the packaging and sales pitch and many of the source
songs ride on the coat tails of the phenomenal sales of those TJB albums,
but each group has their own identifiable sound.

The Mexicali Brass are the kings of the budget brass heap. I am totally
anamored by their 'lo-fi' sound that makes you think that most garage
bands even had better recording equipment. The arrangement are always
frantic and sometimes downright loony, check out there version of the
Volga Boatmen which really breaks the mold of that south-of-the-border
sound. And what about their guitar player! Check out any guitar breaks or
fills in their songs, they can be demented. Their playng is usually right
on, however there always seems to be a tension that they are playing
right at the max of their capabilities. All this adds up to an exciting
overall sound. The couple of drawbacks of their albums are only
tangential related. First, may of their albums feature the same somg but
with different titles! (This has proven mighty confusing when I featured
the Mexicali Brass on a radio show.) The other drawback about collecting
these albums is that they seem to be the most trashed of any single group
of albums I come across while thrifting.

Frank


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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 19:45:15 -0400
From: Will Straw <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Mexicali Brass

My late father, who was a part-time trumpeter and rode
the coattails of the Tijuana Brass boom in the 1960s,
always claimed he preferred The Mexicali Brass, and I
always thought it was just a way of justifying his unwillingness
to pay full price for the real thing.

But they're not bad, as you say,
and there's something about the multiple versions of the same song
that, of course, clearly anticipates today's multiple 12" mixes.
(Heh-heh).

Will

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Will Straw
Associate Professor and Director,
Graduate Program in Communications, McGill University
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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 21:09:29 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) "Mondo Bongos" Playlist for 16 Sep 98

In a message dated 9/14/98 11:19:04 PM, Allan wrote:

<<[uncredited]: Pot Party "Only in America"

- - contains the classic line "Will drugs pave the road of destruction for

the Now Generation?"

>>
This is originally from the Teenage Rebellion soundtrack, by Mike Curb
(our ex-lieutenant governor) with Davie Allen & the Arrows.
Terrific/hilarious album, by the way, well worth looking for.
- -dave g


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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 23:42:08 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Tiki Room/Nostalgia

In a message dated 98-09-12 09:06:18 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< I can't see how you can write something off to nostalgia like it doesn't
matter.  >>

Exactly!  Nostalgia is the name of the game here in the U.S.A. in so far as
new planned shopping centers, town squares, etc.  Some cities/towns like
Irvine California are making up an "old town" complete with a fake big water
storage tower (ala the early 1900s), that never even existed (since Irvine was
just a big land parcel that didn't come under this kind of development til
approx. the 1970s).

Nostalgia is a very popular theme in redevelopment/development these days
(U.S.A.)   It's too bad this idea can't be sold to D.land so they will stop
tearing down these treasured rides of the past.

- - Michele


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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 23:42:04 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Tiki room context

In a message dated 98-09-11 11:05:43 EDT, [e-mail] writes:

<< I think that really the reason that Disney
 would drop it more than any other is that it doesn't fit into their
 marketing strategies,  it is outside the main film themes that tie up the
 other rides to the Disney 'Universe'  and therefore doesn't further sales of
 anything from the shops.  As someone pointed out a few weeks back,  there is
 only one song available on CD from the tiki room. >>

Sorry if you guys are already over this thread - I haven't been able to keep
up with the list lately.

Anyway, I think the real problem is that as the years pass, the tiki room is
loosing its cultural context.  There's just fewer and fewer of us out there
that know what the tiki room was supposed to be about/why Disney made a tiki
room (i.e., the exotica phenomenon).   Disney folks realize that and therefore
realize there will be less and less of an appreciative audience for it as the
years go by.

- - Michele


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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 00:48:17
From: Jay Schwartz <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) SITCOM ROCK at Acme Underground, NYC this Wednesday

The Secret Cinema presents=20
SITCOM ROCK: Rock 'N' Roll Episodes of  Classic TV Comedies
at Acme Underground

Acme Underground, 9 Great Jones Street, NYC =B7 212-677-6963

On Wednesday, September 16, The Secret Cinema will present the latest in
its series of offbeat film retrospectives. "Sitcom Rock" showcases special
episodes of classic situation comedies from the past -- all featuring rock
band guest stars and/or rock 'n' roll storylines. As always with Secret
Cinema presentations, the shows will be projected in 16mm film on a giant
screen, from rare, original film prints (not video!).

The situation comedy, television's equivalent to the "two-reeler" comedy
shorts that played movie bills for decades, reached a certain summit by the
mid-'60s, the same time that rock music achieved its long-lasting position
as the predominant music of its time. It was only natural that these
bizarre worlds would collide.

There will be one screening at 9:00 pm. Doors open at 8:00 pm. Admission is
$6.00.

Highlights of "Sitcom Rock" will include:

THE MUNSTERS: The Munsters agree to rent out their house to touring rock
group The Standells. When they return, they find a way-out beatnik party in
progress, but Herman soon gets in the spirit and tries out some impromptu
beat poetry (The Standells, in a pre-"Dirty Water" phase, perform "I Wanna
Hold Your Hand" and "Do The Ringo").

THE MOTHERS-IN-LAW: In a special episode of this somewhat-forgotten series
about the trials of two pairs of middle-agers coping with their married
offspring, the older set have a go at managing wild primitive rockers Sky
Saxon and The Seeds! This amazing show was directed by Desi Arnaz, and also
features Joe Besser of The Three Stooges (what a meeting of the minds!).

THE FLINTSTONES: In "Shinrock-a-Go-Go," then-popular rock showcase Shindig
and its host Jimmy O'Neill are caricatured, as are San Francisco's genius
folk-rock/beat group The Beau Brummels. Fred inadvertently invents a new
dance craze, "The Flintstone Flop," as "The Beau Brummelstones" play their
hit "Laugh Laugh."

THE BRADY BUNCH: The ever-popular Brady kids perform "It's a Sunshine Day"
on a TV talent contest as "The Silver Platters."

Other shows to be screened are MY THREE SONS (Chip's rock band gets help
from visiting Brit Jeremy Clyde of Chad & Jeremy), THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW
(Opie's garage band play their first gig at a teen party), and THE PHIL
SILVERS SHOW (When rock star "Elvin Pelvin" gets drafted into Sgt. Bilko's
unit, the ever-opportunistic Bilko plots to make a bootleg recording of the
teen idol).

There will be more surprises, and between reels, an all-TV rock soundtrack
will be played, including records by The Monkees, The Archies, and The
Yellow Balloon (featuring Don Grady from My Three Sons).

The Secret Cinema is a floating repertory film series, based in
Philadelphia. In New York, The Secret Cinema has already presented three
highly-successful events at the Fez nightclub -- "Exotica Music Films,"
"Other Peoples Movies: Home Movies of Total Strangers," and most recently,
"Stag Movie Night: Vintage Porno From The '20s, '30s and '40s."









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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 04:15:38 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Hi-Fis and Hi-Balls book

I personally think it is Bacheor Pad lite

Chronicle is obviously fishing for a Lounge pulse and doesn't quite know where
to find it so they went for the LCD photo-heavy approach rather than anything
with substance that anyone would ahve to think about


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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 06:55:43 -0400
From: Risser Family <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) re: Tiki Room/Nostalgia

You know,

maybe somebody somewhere could Buy the Tiki Room from Disney.  And Mr. Toads.
Or maybe Disney could actually open a "Disney Museum".
Lord knows, I'd pay a little exytra dough for a trip into that park!!
Especially as it grew bigger as the cool old rides were replaced with spectacular new rides...

Anyone else?

Peter


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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 07:11:50 -0400
From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) SITCOM ROCK at Acme Underground, NYC this Wednesday

Jay wrote:

THE MUNSTERS: The Munsters agree to rent out their house to touring rock
group The Standells. When they return, they find a way-out beatnik party in
progress, but Herman soon gets in the spirit and tries out some impromptu
beat poetry
****************
A selection of this can be found as the opening track on the compilation
"Beat, Beat, Beatsville!" (Bongo 001cd). Herman's poetry contains such
memorable lines like:

"Hippety, Bippety Canal Boat" or (my fave)

 "Life is real, life is earnest, if you're cold turn up the furnace".

Allan

++++Unusual Music+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"Mondo Bongos" Wednesdays 9 - 11 am on CFRU 93.3 fm in Guelph, Ontario,
Canada
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Unusual Music++++




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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 13:39:00 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) NEW Peter Thomas CD

Peter Thomas' new CD is out. It's called "Moonflowers & Mini-skirts".
Nice collection, pretty artwork by Stefan Kassel. Along with the CD
comes a Vinyl-Maxi with different versions of "Opium" , one by Maxwell
Implosion.

http://www.marina.com

MO



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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 08:25:40 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Herman: Scooby do and scooby de

In a message dated 98-09-15 07:23:03 EDT, you write:

<< A selection of this can be found as the opening track on the compilation
 "Beat, Beat, Beatsville!" (Bongo 001cd). Herman's poetry contains such
 memorable lines like:

 "Hippety, Bippety Canal Boat" or (my fave)

  "Life is real, life is earnest, if you're cold turn up the furnace".

 Allan >>

These are so funny -- I really did laugh out loud.  (What does the canal boat
reference mean???)

Are there any more of these.  Please post ! ! ! ! ! !

Robert


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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 08:44:30 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Franken-ghetti

>These are so funny -- I really did laugh out loud.  (What does the canal boat
>reference mean???)

During the impromptu party that the Standells are giving, the beatniks are
wowed by Lily's harp song, "Look Away" and someone shouts out, "And now
let's hear from the Jolly Green Giant!", at which point he makes up the
aforementioned beat poem.

The Munsters also walk in on one of the beatniks, whose poem ends, (I
think), "Howdy-Doody's come to town!"

As to the meaning of "Canal Boat", I think it means that Paul McCartney is
dead.  Did you see how distorted his head looked on the Rubber Soul album?

Which is to say, it is just the first thing that came to Herman's electrodes.

Brian "Snap, snap" Phillips



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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 02:03:57 -0700
From: "belikian" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Celeste

According to the notes from my Buddy Holly boxed set,

The flip side of 'Peggy Sue' [1957] was 'Everyday', and,
as Norman Petty recalls, was more time consuming
than usual:  " 'Everyday' took us a long time because
I played celeste on it.  I would have to go in and set the
level, walk back into the studio and hit the recorder, so
it made it a little bit time consuming."  The recording is
also unusual from the point of view of Jerry Allison's
performance . . . the only drumming on the recording
is Jerry Allison slapping his knees.

Les


>a celeste is a set of chimes with a keyboard attached.
>as i recall(i haven't played one in 15 years),
>it looks much like an upright piano,
>and works more or less like an electric piano, but
>it sounds very different. (for one thing, it's acoustic)
>fender/rhodes might have made one, i wouldn't be
>surprised you can hear it in a lot of christmas music
>and '70s soul ballads. it sounds gorgeous.
>dave g














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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 12:00:59 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Johnny Adams, Dane Clark obits

                           *Johnny Adams
    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) -- Johnny Adams, a New Orleans-born rhythm and blues
singer with an international following, died Monday of cancer. He was 66.
    Adams, dubbed ``the Tan Canary'' by a local disc jockey, began singing with
neighborhood gospel quartets in the 1940s.
    In the 1950s, he met New Orleans songwriter Dorothy LaBostrie who convinced
him to record one of her secular compositions (different biographies say it
was entitled ``Oh Why'' or ``I Won't Cry''). The song established Adams as a
local and regional
favorite.
    After recording with a succession of different companies and hitting R&B
charts with ``Release Me'' and ``Reconsider'' in the late 1960s, Adams
achieved perhaps his greatest notoriety after signing with Rounder records
in 1983. It led him to featured spots in college bars, nightclubs and
festivals throughout America and around the world.

                            *Dane Clark
    LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Dane Clark, an actor whose career on stage, film and
television spanned over 50 years, died Friday. He was 85.
    Clark started acting in the 1930s with the Group Theatre in New York. He
went to Warner Bros. in the 1940s, and later acted with Humphrey Bogart and
Raymond Massey in ``Action in the North Atlantic.''
    Clark joined Cary Grant and John Garfield in ``Destination Tokyo'' and
worked with Garfield again in ``Pride of the Marines.'' His other film
credits include ``Hollywood Canteen;'' ``A Stolen Life'' with Bette Davis;
``Without Honor'' with Franchot Tone and Agnes Moorehead; and ``Go Man Go''
with Sidney Poitier.
    After leaving Warner, Clark worked for J. Arthur Rank in London and made
several films including ``Highly Dangerous,'' ``The Gambler and the Lady,''
and ``Blackout.'' In France, Clark worked with Simone Signoret in ``The
Hunted.''
    Clark starred in three television series, ``The Jimmy Dean Story,'' ``Don't
Cry for Me Maggie Cole,'' and ``Murder on Flight 502.'' He also was a guest
in numerous television shows, including ``Twilight Zone,'' ``The Name of the
Game,'' and ``Cannon.''
    His last film was ``Last Rites'' with Tom Berenger in 1988.




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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 12:00:57 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Bob Dixon obit

 *Bob Dixon
    BETHEL, Conn. (AP) -- Bob Dixon, a radio announcer who personified the Wild
West as Sheriff Bob Dixon on television shows in the 1950s and was a friend
of Edward R. Murrow, died Aug. 22. He was 87.
    The tall, rangy Connecticut-born Dixon was the host of ``The Chuck Wagon,''
on WCBS-TV in New York and ``The Chuck Wagon Playhouse'' on the CBS network.
    He initially was hired to introduce the TV Westerns but expanded the role
to include show-and-tell segments in which he would display and discuss
saddles, harnesses and other cowboy gear.
    The segments were introduced as time-stretchers after parents' groups
complained the Westerns had too much gratuitous violence. The films were
trimmed, and Dixon's segments became so popular that, as he later recalled,
``the movies got shorter and shorter and I got longer and longer.''
    Dixon's show also included celebrity appearances, including the television
broadcast debut of his bird-hunting buddy, broadcasting giant Edward R.
Murrow, who came on the show to discuss shotgun safety.
    The two met in 1947 when Dixon was hired to do a commercial after Murrow's
radio program. Dixon went on to become Murrow's announcer and later worked
on ``See It Now,'' and other Murrow television programs.
    Dixon also helped nurse Murrow through the final days of his life, as
Murrow succumbed to brain cancer at his Connecticut home.
    Survivors include two sons, two daughters and a sister.




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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 12:00:53 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) ! WIN A FREE ARTHUR LYMAN CD !

Forwarded for Dana Countryman:

Hey!
You could easily win a new copy of Five different ARTHUR LYMAN CDs from
Rykodisc, or a cassette single of the tough surf/instrumental from the film
SIX-STRING SAMURAI.

How can you win? Just go to the Web Page for Cool And Strange Music! Magazine
at:
<<http:members.aol.com/coolstrge/coolpage.html>>

Scroll down to the bottom of the page for info on entering the contest.
Hurry! Supplies are limited and all good things (especially the FREE ones)
don't last FOREVER...

- - Dana Countryman
Publisher/Editor

Cool And Strange Music! Magazine:
1101 Colby Ave
Everett, WA USA 98201
Web Page:  <<http:members.aol.com/coolstrge/coolpage.html>>

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 12:00:55 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Marco Rizo obit

                            *Marco Rizo
    NEW YORK -- Marco Rizo, the Cuban-born orchestrator and pianist for the ``I
Love Lucy'' television show, died of a heart attack Tuesday. He was 78.
    Though Rizo was best known for his work on the TV show, he recorded about
30 albums during a career that focused on classical, Afro-Cuban and jazz music.
    Born in Santiago de Cuba, Rizo was the son of the principal flutist with
the Santiago Symphony Orchestra. His father also ran a jazz band.
    At 16, Rizo was known as Santiago's most important concert pianist. He won
a scholarship to Juilliard in 1940.
    After touring with Desi Arnaz and his orchestra, Rizo took a job in 1951 as
the composer and pianist for ``I Love Lucy.'' He left the show in 1959. A
year later, Rizo became a staff orchestrator for CBS. He also continued
composing and performed in concerts.
    In 1989, he won the Silver Medal of the French Academy of the Arts,
Sciences and Letters in Paris.




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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 12:20:22 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Tiki room context

At 11:42 PM 9/14/98 EDT, Michele wrote:
>Anyway, I think the real problem is that as the years pass, the tiki room is
>loosing its cultural context.  There's just fewer and fewer of us out there
>that know what the tiki room was supposed to be about/why Disney made a tiki
>room (i.e., the exotica phenomenon).   Disney folks realize that and therefore
>realize there will be less and less of an appreciative audience for it as the
>years go by.

So all Disney's gotta do is a Tiki-flavored movie (animated or not) and the
Tiki Room would be back with a vengeance. Has Disney picked up on the
Exotica/Lounge vibe yet? But then again what would a Tiki Room 2000 be like?

I can see how DisneyLand might need the space for new attractions and have
to sacrifice an old attraction, but there's plenty of room in DisneyWorld.
They should create a space for all the old attractions to go when they
retire. That's what Florida is for, after all! Nothing wrong with them
creating a retirement community for elderly attractions, is there?

- -Lou




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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 16:56:50 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Celeste

Thanks to everyone who has posted information about the Celeste. I wonder
if anybody knows a manufacturer's name or brand name? Or does anybody have
a picture? I searched the web but could only come across a Rhodes Celeste
(which is remarkably similar - the top three octaves of a Rhodes piano -
hammers hit tines to make sounds like a xylophone).

Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with Buddy Holly's work with a Celeste.

Thanks again




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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 10:10:40 -0800
From: Action Plus <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Touch of Evil (Retouched)

>While watching "Sex On South Beach" on E-Channel today I saw a short feature
>about the re-release of the Orson Welles classic "Touch of Evil" which was
>Henry Mancini's first foray into the world of the soundtrack.

Perhaps it's the late Hank's first *great* score, but it followed in the
wake of such credits as "Abbott & costello Go to Mars," "Creature from the
Black Lagoon," "Lost in Alaska," "Tanganyika," and many more. Mancini did
tons of schlock at Universal in the early '50s.

It's an understandable mistake, though, since young Mancini contributed to
many composite scores, and in those days such contributors never got screen
credit. (Actually, they still don't--"music by Hans Zimmer," for example,
is far from a  guarantee that Zimmer wrote the whole thing.) Also, Mancini
himself tried to downplay this part of his career, and none of his B films
are cited in the "Complete Musical Scores" discography of the posthumous
RCA Mancini box set.

There CD booklet that accompanies the disc "More Monstrous Movie Music"
[Monstrous Movie Music, Box 7088, Burbank, CA 91510] includes a great
article on this very subject by David Schecter. He details the stuff you
never hear about Mancini's early years and even reproduces several pages of
score, including the title page to Mancini's "Amorous Mutant" cue from
"This Island Earth." The disc sounds good too, though, for better or worse,
it's a relatively hi-fi reconstruction played by an Eastern European
orchestra, not the original soundtrack.

BTW, does anyone know who the guitarist on the *Touch of Evil* soundtrack
is? Since I've played tons of Mancini with the Oranj Symphonette and worked
as an editor at a guitar magazine for a decade, you'd think I'd know, but
I'm stumped. I'm guessin' Barney Kessell, but...

- --Joe Gore




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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 19:22:05 +0200
From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Classical surf

Just like to mention that Get Bach! by the Baronics is a fun album. Hear
all-surf versions of the classics! Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi and the likes.

http://pages.infinit.net/baronics/index.htm


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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 13:43:26 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Classical surf

At 07:22 PM 9/15/98 +0200, Arjan wrote:
>
>Just like to mention that Get Bach! by the Baronics is a fun album. Hear
>all-surf versions of the classics! Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi and the likes.
>
>http://pages.infinit.net/baronics/index.htm

This reminds me (in concept) of an old Nonesuch release called 'Jazz Guitar
Bach'. I forget the performers, but I think they were a French trio. Anyone
know the LP I'm thinking of?

- -Lou




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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 14:17:41 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Bob Dixon obit

In a message dated 98-09-15 12:06:34 EDT, you write:

<< Bob Dixon, a radio announcer who personified the Wild
 West as Sheriff Bob Dixon on television shows in the 1950s  >>

Was this the guy on the Emmy's???

Robert


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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 16:38:04 -0400
From: [e-mail] (Wayno)
Subject: (exotica) Kahimi Karie - Bio & Tour Dates

Here's a record-company bio of Kahimi Karie and dates for her current
mini-tour, cut and pasted from the Minty Fresh web page.

- -------------------->

Kahimi Karie never thought she would be an international girl-wonder.
Beginning her career as a music photographer in Japan, her then boyfriend
Keigo Oyamada (now known as the Japanese superstar Cornelius) asked her to
sing for a house band on his friend's record label. Her first EP included
the track "Mike Alway's Diary" (written about noted British music
journalist Mike Alway) and propelled Kahimi's career into stardom mode.

Kahimi Karie became a figurehead of Shibuya, the fashionable Tokyo hub that
also spawned the careers of Pizzicato Five and Cornelius.

Kahimi continued releasing EPs, many reaching gold status in Japan and
hosted one of Tokyo's most popular radio programs. She also recorded the
theme song for the animated series Chibi Maruko Chan, a sort of Japanese
version of The Simpsons.

Kahimi caught the attention of Scottish cult figure Momus, and the two
began a fruitful series of collaborations together. The Momus penned song
"Good Morning World" (heard in demo form on Momus' 20 Vodka Jellies) was
commissioned by a cosmetic company and reached top five on the Japanese
charts. Not only does the track feature background vocals by Momus himself,
it also boasts a sample from The Soft Machine's "So Boot If At All".

In addition to collaborating with Momus and Cornelius, Kahimi Karie has
also worked with Pizzicato Five's Yasuharu Konishi and French indie pop
star Katerine. Beck's signature harmonica sound is even heard on the Momus
penned and produced track "Lolitapop Dollhouse". Kahimi sings in English
and French in addition to her native Japanese language.

Kahimi Karie has since moved out of Shibuya and currently lives in Paris.
Touring these shores for the first time this Fall, Kahimi is prepared to
overwhelm the sense and sensibility of America and introduce her brand of
seductive, breezy pop to The West.

- -------------------->

The long awaiting Minty Fresh debut by Japanese pop sensation Kahimi Karie
has been released on Sept. 8th. Guests on the record include Momus,
Cornelius and even Beck on harmonica.

The track listing is:

1. Good Morning World
2. Candyman
3. Elastic Girl
4. Mike Alway's Diary
5. Le Roi Soleil
6. Take It Easy My Brother Charlie
7. Zoom Up!
8. Serieux Comme Le Plaisir
9. Lolitapop Dollhouse
10. Dis Moi Quelque Chose Avant De Dormir
11. When You Close Your Eyes

Kahimi Karie will embark on her first tour of the U.S. starting on October
13 at Fez in New York City. By arrangement with Le Grand Magistery, the
tour will start with Frenchman Giles performing a short set, then
continuing the show will be Momus who asks, "Please enjoy analogue
baroque." "The show will then climax with Kahimi Karie" says Momus in an
exclusive interview from his London flat . "Shibuya-ke is dead. Long live
Kahimi Karie!"

Here are the current tour dates:

October
13-14     New York City  Fez
15   Cambridge The Middle East
16-17     New York City  Fez
20   Philadelphia   Khyber
21   D.C.      The Black Cat
23-24     Chicago   Empty Bottle
29   Los Angeles    TBA
31   San Francisco  Bottom of the Hill

November
1    San Francisco  Bottom of the Hill
4    Seattle        Aro.space
6    New York City  Mercury Lounge





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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 16:35:12 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Bob Dixon obit and, no, this guy ain't dead

In a message dated 98-09-15 15:05:40 EDT, Brian and Robert exchanged:


<< Bob Dixon, a radio announcer who personified the Wild
 West as Sheriff Bob Dixon on television shows in the 1950s  >>

Was this the guy on the Emmy's???

<<that was Buffalo Bob Smith of the Howdy Doody Show.>>

No it was not Buffalo Bob either.  There was a guy in the audience who was
recognized
 by one of the actors who came out with a "sherrif's" badge on.  It was a
 40-ish white actor.  I must be loosing it because I cannot remember the guys
 name (the actor that is).

<< Well that WOULD have been a feat, considering Smith passed!>>

Ok -- Let's get this thing straight.

I totally messed that up.  In the first 30 minutes of the show, one of the
host/actors came out and he had a sheriff's badge on.  He then showed a clip
of this cowboy type kiddies show where the sheriff was singing about the
merits of smiling and being polite.  Next the host/actor said this guy
influenced him alot then introduced the sheriff who was in the audience in the
same sheriff outfit and he stood and took a bow.  The sheriff-guy was in his
eighties now.

Does anybody remember what the sheriff's (or shows) name was?
What the actor who played the sheriff name was?
What the name of the host/actor who recoginzed the sheriff name was?

Geez -- sorry this got so involved.

Robert


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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 13:42:22 -0700
From: jasmine j jopling <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Kahimi Karie

my buck on kahimi:

her voice is great, but it's very obvious on her latest release that she's
being styled by the boys in her life.  Her best songs are the ones that
Momus, the international popstar, wrote and co-played on.  The other hits
are the ones arranged and written by beck or cornelius.  kahimi makes a
great blank canvas for the works of these other artists, because she,
unlike them, has a *very* high, syrupy sweet voice, which i bet they love
experimenting with.   Perhaps i'm just annoyed that it's not a compilation
album or something, with all of the (imo) more-talented artists getting
equal billing.

that said,  i liked it enough buy and listen to repeatedly, as i am now.

oh, and in the same sort of frenchie-euro-pop vein, the new st. ettiene
album, good humor, has finally been released domestically in the US.

- --jasmine


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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 14:01:14 -0700
From: Steve Sando <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) PLUGOLA: Is Doris Day Exotica?

Not hardly but all of us with an open mind realize how wild and wonderful
she is.
Turner/Rhino Soundtracks is holding a contest to win their new CD
complilation It's Magic on the MisterLUCKY site (www.mrlucky.com) and
exotic people and their friends are invited to enter.

Thank you for your very kind attention.

MisterLUCKY, published by Coconut Grove Media
Visit MisterLUCKY on the web: http://www.mrlucky.com
PO Box 78146, San Francisco, CA 94107
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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 18:11:49 -0400
From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Herman Munster Reads

Robert wrote:

> These are so funny -- I really did laugh out loud.  (What does the canal
boat
> reference mean???)
>
> Are there any more of these.  Please post ! ! ! ! ! !

Happy to oblige...

"Hippety bippety, zippity zab
hippety bippety canal boat.
dictionary, sound of ferry [not sure about this one]
Mary Mary quite contrary.
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear
Fuzzy Wuzzy lost his hair.
Scooba Doo and scooba di
that chicken's not too young to fry.
Life is real, life is earnest,
if you're cold turn up the furnace.

I thank you"

& one of the young hipsters comments, "Man, that Cat is deep!"

Allan

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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 18:53:15 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) RadioNow

There's been some local interest in the Firesign Theatre's new CD 'Give Me
Immortality or Give Me Death.'

You (and you know who *you* are) will want to know that Doctor Technical
just put "The RadioNow Story" on
<http://www.firesigntheatre.com/main.shtml>, by "Bebop Loco" aka Phil Austin.

See you on the Funway!
- -Lou




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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 19:43:16 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica)   Dane Clark obit

In Go Man Go, Dane Clark stars with the Harlem Globetrotters (as themselves)
and
the irresistable Slim Gaillard, as well as Sidney Poitier. Pretty interesting
little movie, directed by oscar-winning cinematographer James Wong Howe; check
it out if it ever surfaces again.
- -dave g


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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 17:05:59 -0700
From: Jack Diamond <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Jean Jacques Perrey

I can't remember if I told you all BUT.............

Jean Jacques Perrey will be having a live in store appearance at the Groove
Merchant on (lower) Haight St this Saturday at 3PM

68 and still rockin'!

BE THERE !


Jack
Jack Diamond Music
Http://www.jackdiamond.com

Tune in The House of Games with Jack Diamond
Sundays 10AM-1PM
Http://www.KFJC.org (Internet Broadcast)
KFJC-FM, 89.7
12345 El Monte Rd.
Los Altos Hills, CA
Since January 1993


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