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exotica-digest       Tuesday, September 29 1998       Volume 02 : Number 217



In This Digest:

Re: (exotica) early reprise and refuge labels
(exotica) Our Man Flint
Re: (exotica) Costello
(exotica) Why does England swing???
(exotica) Jeff Moss, Betty Carter obits
Re: (exotica) Why does England swing???
(exotica) This week on The Retro Cocktail Hour
(exotica) Re: Would you rather it boogie-d?
(exotica) Hank Levine
(exotica) Disneyland: Other
Re: (exotica) Hank Levine
Re: (exotica) Why does England swing???
(exotica) Now ain't that a knee slapper!!!
Re:  (exotica) Hank Levine
(exotica) Young Girls
Re: (exotica) Young Girls
(exotica) trading CD or MD copies of rare LP'S
(exotica) Why can't you roller skate in a buffalo herd?
(exotica) Airphibian
(exotica) Airphibian
Re: (exotica) Now ain't that a knee slapper!!!
(exotica) Evguenie Sokolov by Serge Gainsbourg
(exotica) Subliminal Sounds New List
(exotica) love that bob
Re: (exotica) Why can't you roller skate in a buffalo herd?
(exotica) misanthropy 961 playlist
(exotica) other music www address???
Re: (exotica) Young Girls
(exotica) Airphibian
(exotica) Re:  Bruce Haack
(exotica) Is this thing workin' ?

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Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1998 21:20:51 -0800
From: "paul m." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) early reprise and refuge labels

>entertainment.  This is not to say that Reprise did not do RnR, folk rock,
>etc. but that those genres were not what the label was all about.  I
>suppose at some point he lost enough control over the label so that in time

its not that he 'lost control'.  he actually sold it to warner bros.  after
that
point they started putting rock acts on the label.




paul moshay/mighty recording corp.
p.o. bx. 1833, los angeles, calif. 90078
new reply to: [e-mail]
soon:  http://www.mightyrecords.com




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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 08:44:06 +0100
From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Our Man Flint

This film was shown on UK TV last Friday night, and
was hugely enjoyable.  Standouts were the music by
Jerry Goldsmith and a sequence at a cold cream
factory called - Exotica!

Hugh.


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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 11:30:59 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Costello

I saw Elvis Costello on VH-1 the other night and I didn't like his
music, didn't like what he said (all this name-dropping of Paul
McCartney etc.) and I don't think he's exotic in any way.

Mo



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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 09:15:59 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Why does England swing???

In the song of the same name, Roger Miller sings:

"England swings like a pendulum do."

What the Hell does that mean???

Mr. Curious,

Robert


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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 09:45:52 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Jeff Moss, Betty Carter obits

                           *Jeffrey Moss
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Jeffrey Moss, a co-founder of ``Sesame Street'' who helped
create Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch and wrote the tunes ``Rubber
Duckie'' and ``I Love Trash,'' died Thursday of cancer. He was 56.
    Moss won 14 Emmy and four Grammy awards as head writer and
composer-lyricist for the educational show seen by millions of children in
130 countries. He also earned an Oscar nomination for his lyrics for ``The
Muppets Take Manhattan.''
    He was also the author of more than a dozen popular books under the
``Sesame Street'' name and three poetry collections.
    A Manhattan native whose father was an actor and mother was a writer, Moss
graduated from Princeton University and took a job as a production assistant
on CBS' ``Captain Kangaroo.'' He later became one of the show's writers.
    He was recruited to write for ``Sesame Street,'' a show he helped create in
1969 with Muppets wizard Jim Henson and Joe Raposo, the musical director.
    He came up with Cookie Monster after studying one of Henson's Muppets,
Boggle Eyes, envisioning it with childlike obsessions. The character's
mantras became ``COOOOOOKIEEEEEE!'' and ``Milk.''

                           *Betty Carter
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Betty Carter, a Grammy-winning singer who worked with
Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie and was known as the godmother of jazz
for nurturing young musical talent, died Saturday of pancreatic cancer. She
was 69.
    Ms. Carter won a best female jazz vocalist Grammy award in 1988. President
Clinton gave her a National Medal of Arts award in 1997.
    Her improvisational style, which included scat-singing and bouncing
syncopations, helped catapult her 1960 duet with Ray Charles, ``Baby It's
Cold Outside,'' to a jazz classic.
    Ms. Carter also was known as a nurturing but demanding godmother to
successive jazz musicians, including pianists John Hicks and Mulgrew Miller,
bassists Buster Williams and Dave Holland, and drummers Jack DeJohnette and
Lewis Nash.
    In 1993, Ms. Carter founded Jazz Ahead, a program that brings about 20
young musicians from across the country to New York every year during spring
break.
    Ms. Carter grew up in Detroit, where she studied at the Detroit
Conservatory of Music. When she was just 16, Ms. Carter was singing in jazz
clubs with Parker, Gillespie, Miles Davis and Max Roach. She started singing
professionally with Lionel Hampton's orchestra at age 18.
    In the late 1960s, she founded her own label, Bet-Car, which produced such
classic recordings as the Grammy-nominated ``The Audience with Betty Carter.''
    Ms. Carter supported herself by releasing albums, touring and hitting the
college circuit. In 1988, Verve offered her a contract, releasing the
Grammy-winning ``Look What I've Got'' and reissuing her four earlier Bet-Car
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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 11:01:27 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Why does England swing???

In a message dated 98-09-28 09:51:02 EDT, Basic Hip wrote:

<< Same thing as "rolling skating in a buffalo herd" !

 one of my first records as a kid - listened to it over n over....
  >>

Was this a Roger Miller also???  And it was "rolling skating" and not "roller
skating"?????

Also, I like how the British say "do your worst" while the yanks say "give it
your best shot".

And the song refrain goes something like this:

England swings like a pendulum do,
bobbies on bycycles two by two.
(something something) the tower of Big Ben
the rosey cheeks of the little children.

Right! Now on to discussion "Puff the Magic Dragon".

Bonny Bobby Brooks


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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 09:55:43 +0000
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) This week on The Retro Cocktail Hour

On this week's Retro Cocktail Hour webcast, passionate percussion by
Frank Barber, Dick Schory and the Markko Polo Adventurers;  exotica
on steroids by Jack Arel and Mandingo;  plus Mel Henke, Ken Nordine,
and Dean Elliott;  the Mambo King and the E-Man.

To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the World Wide Web, just go to:

http://www.ukans.edu/~kanu-fm/retro.html

Requires RealPlayer 5.0 or G2 and at least a 28.8 Internet
connection.  While you're there, browse our playlists, enter this
week's CD giveaway and check out this month's cover gallery,
featuring classic "space age" album covers.

The Retro Cocktail Hour is a production of KANU at the University of
Kansas, Lawrence.  If you tune in, let us know what you think!

Thanks for the space.


Darrell Brogdon
The Retro Cocktail Hour
KANU FM 91.5
Broadcasting Hall
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
[e-mail]
http://www.ukans.edu/~kanu-fm/retro.html
Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at:
http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/kanufm/public_html/retro/retrolisten.htm


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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 11:04:01 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Re: Would you rather it boogie-d?

In a message dated 98-09-28 09:52:21 EDT, Brian wrote:

<< "Bobbys on bicycle two by two" puzzled me more when I was a boy. >>

I guess a little child could mistake this as "Roberts on bicycles two by two".

Robert


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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 11:12:45 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Hank Levine

At 07:11 PM 9/27/98 -0400, m.ace wrote:
>
>Does anyone know about Hank Levine?
>So does anyone know more about Hank Levine? Did he do any other work we=
 might
>want to know about? Thanks.

I think Levine worked on the Sing Along With JFK oddity.=20

The AllMusic Guide shows the following:

Worked With: The Jordanaires  Neely Plumb  Ann-Margret  Darlene Love  Glenn
Yarbrough  The Other Half  Fire Escape  The Crystals  The Fleetwoods  Dick
Dale  Bobby Vinton  Hank Thompson  Bobby Bare  Chet Atkins  Ivory Joe Hunter=
=20
=20
1965 Yarbrough, Glenn Baby, The Rain Must Fall         Arranger, Conductor=
=A0=20
1967 Fire Escape Psychotic Reaction                    Producer=A0=20
1968 Other Half Other Half                             Producer=A0=20
1974 Hunter, Ivory Joe I've Always Been Country        Arranger=A0=20
1991 Spector, Phil Back to Mono (1958-1969)            Arranger=A0=20
1992 Crystals Best of the Crystals                     Arranger, Mastering=
=A0=20
1993 Fleetwoods Come Softly to Me: The Very Best of    Arranger=A0=20
1995 Bye Bye Birdie Bye Bye Birdie [RCA]               Arranger, Conductor=
=A0=20
1996 Ann-Margret Let Me Entertain You                  Arranger=A0=20
1996 Thompson, Hank Best of Hank Thompson: 1966-79     Arranger=A0=20
1997 Bare, Bobby Essential                             Arranger, Conductor=
=A0=20
1997 Dale, Dick Better Shred than Dead: The Dick Da    Arranger=A0=20
=A0 Vinton, Bobby Autumn Memories                        Arranger=A0=20
=A0 Washington is for the Birds                          Arranger, Composer,
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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 11:33:42 -0400
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Disneyland: Other

Hey list!!!


Is this good news or what?!?!?!

Did we make a difference?

surfing the chaos,
Charlieman

> ----------
> From:     Guest Mail
> Sent:     Saturday, September 26, 1998 8:43 PM
> To:     Rajnai, Charles, NPG  NNAD
> Subject:     Re: Disneyland: Other
>
>
>
> Dear Disneyland Guest:
>
> Thank you for your letter regarding the Enchanted Tiki Room attraction.
> We
> always appreciate it when our Guests care enough to share their thoughts
> and
> experiences with us.  Letters such as yours are welcomed by our staff as
> they
> assist us in evaluating our operation and our success in creating a happy
> place
> for our Guests to visit.
>
> In keeping with our philosophy of making Disneyland exciting and ever
> changing,
> we are continually evaluating our attractions, closing some existing
> attractions
> and developing new facilities to reflect progress and to maintain the
> interest
> of our visitors.  As Walt Disney himself said, "Disneyland will never be
> completed as long as there is imagination left in the world."  We are sure
> that
> you will agree that our Disney Imagineers have an outstanding track record
> with
> creating exciting attractions that appeal to visitors of all ages.
> However, at
> this time we currently do not have any plans to close the Enchanted Tiki
> Room
> attraction.
>
> Once again, thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts and
> concerns
> with us. We certainly appreciate your interest in the Magic Kingdom.  We
> hope
> that you will have the opportunity to visit Disneyland in the future and
> trust
> that your stay will be enjoyable in every way.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Dan Mc Kinney
> Guest Communications
>
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator
> _________________________________
> Subject: Disneyland: Other
> Author:  [e-mail] at film-online-access
> Date:    9/21/98 2:17 PM
>
>
> Please do NOT tear down the Enchanted Tiki Room!  I haven't seen it yet,
> and I
> hear that it is one of the COOLEST things at the park!  Does Disney know
> that
> there is a LARGE group of folks who feel the same way I do?  They have a
> web
> page:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Boulevard/1877/savetikiroom.html#virtua
> l
>
> I want to see it, DONT tear it down for a lousy food court.  You have the
> silly
> Main Street, keep a piece of REAL history that is Disney's own.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 08:53:09 PDT
From: "Steven Reed" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Hank Levine

I think Hank Levine produced the New Classic Singers' 1966 Capitol album
"Today's New Classics."  Tracks from it can be found on Ultra-Lounge
vols. 8 and 18.


>
>So does anyone know more about Hank Levine? Did he do any other work we
might
>want to know about? Thanks.


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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 12:08:58 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Why does England swing???

>Was this a Roger Miller also???  And it was "rolling skating" and not "roller
>skating"?????

That was a Roger Miller song and it was "You Can't Roller Skate in a
Buffalo Herd".  You also cannot ride around with a tiger in your car.  You
CAN be happy, if you've a mind to.

Asbestos I can recall:

England swings like a pendulum do,
Bobbies on bicycles two by two.
Westminster Abbey, the Tower, Big Ben
The rosey red cheeks of the little children.


And that's all from this Septic Tank.

Brian Phillips



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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 12:31:03 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Now ain't that a knee slapper!!!

I was bidding on a 78 record on eBay last week.  It was the Cordettes "Mr.
Sandman" and the label actually said "Knees played by Archie Blayer".  Man --
talk about a claim to fame.  Actually he also did the orchestration.

You can check out the label at:

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=31158390

And no, I was not the high bidder.

Robert


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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 13:56:44 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Hank Levine

thanks for the information you shared on the song Image..I have liked it ever
since it appeared on a UK Kent rare 6T's soul comp called "Shoes"...Semi-
informed sources tell me that Hank Levine was an arranger for Smash
Records...Jimmy/"Jimmy's Easy" airs on WMBR-FM, Cambridge Tuesdays 6-8a.m.


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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 14:07:44 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Young Girls

For those in the Metro-Boston area, Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline is
screening a fully restored version of "The Young Girls of Rochefort" starring
Catherine Deneuve this Friday evening. It is somewhat of a musical and
features an excellent soundtrack by Michel LeGrand...Jimmy


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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 11:15:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Mark Turner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Young Girls

>
>
> For those in the Metro-Boston area, Coolidge Corner Theater in Brookline is
> screening a fully restored version of "The Young Girls of Rochefort" starring
> Catherine Deneuve this Friday evening. It is somewhat of a musical and
> features an excellent soundtrack by Michel LeGrand...Jimmy
>

"Somewhat" of a musical?  It's one of the greatest musicals of
all time!!!  I just saw it in San Fran a couple weeks ago and I can't
wait to see it again!  Great music, great choreography, the
angelic Catherine Deneuve, and Gene Kelly to boot!  How can you go
wrong???  SEE IT AT ALL COSTS....

- --
Mark Turner         | Rocky Rococo's "Jazzadelica" on KFJC
[e-mail]  | Sundays 10pm-2am, 89.7 FM, Los Altos Hills, CA


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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 17:11:10 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) trading CD or MD copies of rare LP'S

i'm looking for people who are willing to trade CD or MD copies of rare
LP's from their collection against CD copies of stuff from my collection.
if interested, contact me <[e-mail]> and i'll mail you my
want list and/or a list of my lp collection.

currently, i'm especially looking for a copy of Roger Erikson's "Disney
Meets The Wizard" LP...

thanx for the space,

        Johan


        [e-mail]


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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 13:25:27 -0500
From: "Indy Rutks" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Why can't you roller skate in a buffalo herd?

Brian Phillips wrote:

> >Was this a Roger Miller also???  And it was "rolling skating"
> and not "roller
> >skating"?????
>
> That was a Roger Miller song and it was "You Can't Roller Skate in a
> Buffalo Herd".  You also cannot ride around with a tiger in your car.  You
> CAN be happy, if you've a mind to.

Now that you have me thinking about this tune, I remember these additional
prohibitions:

You can't go swimmin' in a baseball pool;
You can't change film with a kid on your back;
You can't go fishin' in a watermelon patch.

Hmmm, I can't think of any more... and maybe the fishin' & swimmin' are
switched around... I'll have to check the version I have by Jim Nabors (as
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.) when I get home.

- -Indy Rutks ([e-mail])



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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 14:27:59 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Airphibian

I don't remember if it was on here that I read Br. Cleve's story of Esquivel's
ride in actor Bob Cumming's flying car (and yes, they did exist -- I've read
about them and recall seeing period film footage of them somewhere).

Anyway...

I don't know if it's the same brand, but a 1949 Airphibian flying car is listed
among the automobiles on exhibit at the Louis Vuitton Classic this weekend at
Rockefeller Center, NYC (free admission -- Oct. 2 & 3, 9am to 10pm -- Oct. 4,
9am to 4pm). Other legendary cars listed include Buckminster Fuller's 1933
Dymaxion, the 1938 Phantom Corsair, Jim Hall's 1961 Chaparral I and a 1931
Bugatti Royale. There's supposed to be 51 cars altogether, and I'm sure there
will be plenty of those boring ol' Porsches and Ferraris as well.

m.ace  [e-mail]
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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 15:44:10 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Airphibian

At 02:27 PM 9/28/98 -0400, m.ace wrote:
>I don't remember if it was on here that I read Br. Cleve's story of=
 Esquivel's
>ride in actor Bob Cumming's flying car (and yes, they did exist -- I've=
 read
>about them and recall seeing period film footage of them somewhere).
>
>Anyway...
>
>I don't know if it's the same brand, but a 1949 Airphibian flying car is=
 listed
>among the automobiles on exhibit at the Louis Vuitton Classic this weekend=
 at
>Rockefeller Center, NYC

I made the mistake of confusing the Airphibian with the Aerocar (the model
Cumming's drove/flew), but Br. C set me straight.

Here's the fruit of some further research:

I couldn't find a site for the Airphibian brand flying car, but I did find
an odd item at:
<http://home.swbell.net/rrodrig3/new.htm>
This is a little tin toy model of the Airphibian, for sale at $1450. You can
sorta see what it looked like from the box illustration. Apparently
Airphibians were *big* enough to inspire a toy version. Weird.

Here's some good Aerocar pages:
<http://www.centralia.wednet.edu/title/FlyingCar.html> actually about the
Convaircar
<http://www.aone.com/~gford/aero.html>
<http://www.sciam.com/1097issue/1097rennie.html> has the paragraph:
Quite a few "flying flivvers" were tried, including models in which the
wings could be removed for driving. Henry Ford and major manufacturers such
as Studebaker and Convair flirted with them. The Aerocar, featured in the TV
comedy Love That Bob, was in production from 1946 to 1967; five were sold.=
=20

How can you resist a site called "Autoexotica?":
<http://www.westworld.com/~apenaut/autoexot.html>

And this site gives some history:
<http://members.tripod.com/~Walt_Shiel/skycar.htm>
Although Wernicke's Aircar may be the first flying car to look more like an
airplane than a car, it is only the latest in a long string of attempts to
create the ultimate blend of utility, recreation, and speed: the flying
car.=A0 The first recorded attempt was a gliding carriage built in the early
1800s.=A0 A century later, the renowned Glen Curtiss displayed his tri-wing
Autoplane at the Pan-American Aeronautical Exposition in 1917.=A0 In the=
 '30s
and '40s, as the automobile and the airplane fused with our fast-paced,
modern culture, it was only natural for inventors to try to meld them into
one vehicle. The inventor of the Pitcairn AC-35 autogyro actually landed in
downtown Washington, D.C., and drove his creation to the Department of
Commerce in the mid-1930s.=A0 Robert Fulton introduced his two-piece
Airphibian in 1946 and received FAA certification for production; the
Smithsonian Institute still owns one of the prototypes.=A0 In 1947,
Consolidated Vultee flew their prototype Convaircar, another two-piece
affair with an auto section for the road and an add-on aircraft section with
the wings, empennage, fuel tank, and a 190-horsepower engine for flight;
unfortunately, the prototype ran out of fuel and crashed, destroying
Consolidated's corporate interest in the project.=A0=20

Easily the best-known attempt to commercialize the flying car was made by
Moulton Taylor with his Aerocar, which first flew in 1950.=A0 In 1956,=
 Taylor
took the Aerocar on the auto-and-air-show circuit, even appearing on the
"I've Got a Secret" TV show.=A0 He built seven prototypes: Robert Cummings
used one regularly on his TV series; and a Portland radio station used
another for airborne traffic reporting.=A0=20

Taylor's Aerocar was a one-piece unit that converted from flight to road
configuration in about five minutes using only a handcrank.=A0 The wings,
prop, and V-tailed empennage folded back and trailer wheels popped out to
allow the flight components to be towed -- or detached and left in the
garage.=A0 A 143-horsepower engine powered both the pusher prop for flying=
 and
one pair of wheels for driving.=A0 The whole contraption looked a bit like a
futurist's vision of a tiny commuter car, but with an outrigger wheels at
each corner and wings and a tail boom added as an afterthought.=A0 At least
one flyable example survives in a flight museum near Boise, Idaho.=A0 In the
early '70s, Ford Motor Company considered producing a version of Taylor's
Aerocar but was stymied by Department of Transportation resistance.=A0 In=
 the
'80s, Taylor designed an Aerocar IV, based on a two-door Honda CRX and a
tailcone-mounted 500-horsepower turbine engine for flight, as an
experimental auto/plane kit conversion project.=A0=20


Here's one on the Volantor Skycar:
<http://www.subway.demon.co.uk/writing/tech6.html>


- -Lou






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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 21:42:24 +0100
From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Now ain't that a knee slapper!!!

Robert wrote:
>
>I was bidding on a 78 record on eBay last week.  It was the Chordettes "Mr.
>Sandman" and the label actually said "Knees played by Archie Bleyer".  Man --
>talk about a claim to fame.  Actually he also did the orchestration.

Didn't Mr Bleyer actually own Cadence Records?  I seem to recall albums
which were titled something like "Archie Bleyer presents ......"

The Chordettes were all from Sheboygan, in Packers country.  Anyone know
if "Mr Sandman" was written for the gals or had it been around some time?

Thanks, Hugh.




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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 14:21:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (Tosh)
Subject: (exotica) Evguenie Sokolov by Serge Gainsbourg

Evguenie Sokolov  by Serge Gainsbourg (1928-1991)
ISBN  0-9662346-1-8     Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 97-80957
Translated from the  French by John and Doreen Weightman

        This is the one and only novel by the 20th century provocateur of
French pop music and film  - the legendary Serge Gainsbourg .   This
prototype lusty punk tore into the threads of French society with his
numerous films, music projects, and outlandish persona.   He made
recordings with Brigitte Bardot, Jane Birkin  and a scandalous recording of
"Lemon Incest" with his own daughter Charlotte.   If that wasn't bad
enough, he told Whitney Houston  live on French TV that he would love  'to
fuck' her.

        Evguenie Sokolov  is a novel about an artist who uses his
intestinal gases as the medium for his scandalous artwork.  What once was a
huge smelly and noisy problem in his social and sex life becomes a tool for
success in the early eighties art world.   Please note that there is also a
song by Gainsbourg called Evguenie Sokolov  of farting noises over a reggae
track.

Some quotes about Gainsbourg and the novel:



"Gainsbourg is both the best and the worst, yin and yang, white and black.
This Jewish little Prince from Russia whose dreams were probably fueled by
Andersen, Perrault and Grimm, became, when confronted by the tragic reality
of life, a moving or repugnant Quasimodo, depending on his and your state
of mind.  Hidden deep within this fragile, shy and aggressive man lies the
soul of a poet craving tenderness, truth and integrity."   Brigitte Bardot

"Serge Gainsbourg is one of the world's great eccentrics.  His kinky
obsessions, smothering fashion with tastelessness have catapulted him into
super stardom in France.

This is his only novel and you have never read anything like it  Evgueine
Sokolov will make you squirm.  It will make you laugh.  It also may very
well make you sick.  Gainsbourg's vision is his own: authentic and
convulsive.  But don't forget to hold your nose."   John Zorn

Gainsbourg takes one childish, cheap and tasteless one-joke idea and
manages to keep it entertaining enough to last for a whole book. he has an
envious command of adjectives and adverbs." Mark Webber, Pulp

For those who are interested, this book can be special ordered thru Amazon
and Barnes & Noble website as well as thru your local independent
bookstore.

Thanks,

- -----------------
Tosh Berman
TamTam Books
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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 00:16:07 +0200 (MET DST)
From: [e-mail] (Subliminal Sounds)
Subject: (exotica) Subliminal Sounds New List

Just wanted you to know that Subliminal Sounds new e-mail order catalog is
now available at request (please e-mail me privatly).

Loads of rare Psychedelia, Exotica, Electronica etc LPs/45s/CDs etc up for
grabs.

Stefan
Stefan/Subliminal Sounds

web-site: http://home6.swipnet.se/~w-64169/
e-mail: [e-mail]

Subliminal Sounds
Brannkyrkagatan 112
SE-117 28 STOCKHOLM
SWEDEN
fax/phone: +46 - 8 84 56 66

"Attilio Mineo Conducts Man in Space With Sounds" Now on CD!
http://home6.swipnet.se/~w-64169/
http://www.jackdiamond.com/attilio.htm

European Wholesale Distribution/Retail Sales
Stefan Kery/Subliminal Sounds
[e-mail]
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e-mail: [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 18:25:23 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) love that bob

Searching for info on that Aerocar that Bob Cummings flew has brought back
some memories of his show. Was that not a classic example of a Space Age
Bachelor sit-com? Anyone know if it is still syndicated anywhere? I'd love
to refresh my memory (and see that Aerocar in action!).


LOVE THAT BOB ****************
30 MIN BW 1955-1959 COMEDY 25 EPISODES - Bob Cummings, Rosemary DeCamp, Ann
B. Davis, Dwayne Hickman. Bob Collins, a single, handsome photographer,
lives with his widowed sister and nephew. His plain-jane assistant, Shultzy,
is hopelessly in love with Bob who is constantly surrounded by glamourous
models. The Bob Collins character is camp by today's standards; actually a
classic. The playboy, man-about-town is a character of the '50s. Nancy Kulp
appears as Pamela Livingston, much the same character as her Jane Hathaway
in Beverly Hillbillies.


Apparently several episodes have been released on video. This compilation
looks promising:

Love That Bob! 4 (1958)
Category:  Comedy
Cast:  Bob Cummings
Ann B. Davis
Run Time:  100 (mins)
Distributor Name:  Shokus Video
Summary:  Four more episodes: "Collins the Crooner," "Grandpa Clobbers the
Air Force," "The Beauty Contest," and "Bob Sails to Hawaii."

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 15:31:52 PDT
From: "Ben Waugh" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Why can't you roller skate in a buffalo herd?

>You can't go swimmin' in a baseball pool;
>You can't change film with a kid on your back;
>You can't go fishin' in a watermelon patch.


You can't take a shower in a parakeet cage.

Gomer says hey,

bw


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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 17:28:56 -0500
From: misanthropy <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) misanthropy 961 playlist

MISANTHROPY 961--p.o.box 23093--detroit, mi 48223 u.s.
e-mail: [e-mail]

CJAM is now online with Real Audio. You can now hear Misanthropy 961
every Sunday night(Monday morning)from midnight -2 am (eastern standard
time) live on your computer. Write yourself a note to stay up late/get
up early. Look for us at: http://www.uwindsor.ca/cjam/live.htm

RADIO PLAYLIST (edited for exotica content)

ARTIST--TITLE--CD/CASS/LP--LABEL

SEPTEMBER 14, 1998

THE TIDES--midnight limbo--jungle exotica 2--STRIP
TERRY SNYDER & ALL STARS--i love paris--persuasive percussion--MCA
THE RESIDENTS--ships a goin down--not available--ESD
ARTHUR LYMAN--taboo--best of--DCC
PEOPLE LIKE US--track 1--another kind of humor--OUROUBOUROS
PEOPLE LIKE US--suite no.3--hate people like you--STAALPLAAT

SEPTEMBER 21, 1998

STONE/SHUMAN/MASIELL--marathon--jacquels brel is alive & well--WB
MOREAU/BARDOT--les petites femmes--viva maria sndk--UA
TOD DOCKSTADER--song & lament--quartermass--STARKLAND
BEBE & LOUIS BARRON--robbie the cook & booze--forbidden planet--MGM
FIRESIGN THEATRE--tracks 1-29--give me immortality or give me
death--RHINO

SEPTEMBER 28, 1998

ARTHUR LYMAN--love for sale--the best of--DCC
JACK VAN IMPE--side 2--hell w/o hell--JVI CRUSADES
JIMMY SWAGGART--side 2--the plague--JIM RECORDS
MYRON AUGSBURGER--the cross & forgiveness--2 sermons--WORD

these are great times to be a misanthropist.

Misanthropy 961 is broadcast on Sunday nights from mid-2am on CJAM 91.5
fm Windsor, Ontario  Canada. CJAM can be heard throughout the Windsor/
Detroit Michigan area.  Misanthropy 961 features from easy listening to
moments of mayhem. Surrealism in spectra-sonic sound.
http://www.uwindsor.ca/cjam/live.htm

We would like to thank all who have sent us promos. It is greatly
appreciated.

Misanthropy 961 is also broadcasted monthly on Radio Marabu. Radio
Marabu is based in Belm Germany and broadcast at various times on 13
different stations throughout Europe. It is also on shortwave throughout
Europe. Write to Radio Marabu for more info and tell them Misanthropy
sent you. Radio Marabu p.o.box 1166,  49187, Belm  Germany .  e-mail:
[e-mail]
web site: http://www.mediaDD.de/radiomarabu/

Contact us for info on our sound project: The Hearing Trumpet.

David Warmbier & Greg Hallock


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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 15:51:27 -0800
From: Jane Tunks <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) other music www address???

Please, can someone email me the Other Music website address.  My computer
died and now I have lost it.

Help!!!





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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 98 21:27:40 -0400
From: Elisabeth Vincentelli <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Young Girls

>It is somewhat of a musical and
>features an excellent soundtrack by Michel LeGrand
"Somewhat"? I'd say! It's wall-to-wall Legrand songs (lyrics by director
Jacques Demy) and it's one of my favorite film scores ever. All fans of
Exotica should check out Young Girls of Rochefort. Demy actually
repainted Rochefort's main square as well as several streets so
everything would be color-coordinated with the characters' outfits. The
men wear incredibly tight white pants and white gogo boots. Catherine
Deneuve and her real-life sister Francoise Dorleac play twins who look
like fabulous drag queens, with enormous hair and pastel-colored dresses.
The movie's is completely intense and direct in its madness. Again, the
music's fab (and everybody, except for Danielle Darrieux, was dubbed!)

Elisabeth


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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 11:13:11 +0000
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Airphibian

Last week I made an incredible find at the charity bazar: Almost
complete editions, 1953-1964, of a weekly magazine called "hobby", which
is like the German "Popular Science Monthly". Stories, reviews,
testdrives, pictures, drawings of all the new things, dream- and
concept-cars, back-pack-helicopters, rockets, planned atomic trains,
planes, cities of the future, how are we going to live in 1975
(everything will be atomic turbine driven of course) etc etc. Among them
photos of ca. 3 different flying cars. One day I'll go through the
material and start scanning pictures from it. If you are interested I
can send you some material for your home page, m.ace.

Mo



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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 15:23:36 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re:  Bruce Haack

I have another record with Bruce Haack, that he did with Tiny Tim, called
"Zoot-zoot-zoot here comes santa in his new space suit". Tiny Tim only
sings on 1 song, the rest are sung by either a children's chorus, or Bruce
Haack or his "robot man" (vocoder stuff). It's between silly and weird. Ra
Jo RLP 3000, 1981.

        Johan


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Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 11:24:26 -0700
From: Jack Diamond <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Is this thing workin' ?

I haven't gotten any posts in the last few hours
Is it me ?
JD


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