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exotica-digest         Monday, April 12 1999         Volume 02 : Number 369



In This Digest:

(exotica) Re: Gloria Wood
Re:  Re: (exotica) The Gap marketing ploy...
(exotica) Citizen Kafka NYT article link...
(exotica) INDIAN VIBES Newsletter
(exotica) Techno Humppa
(exotica) Aavikko
(exotica) Della Cha Cha Cha
(exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour This Week
(exotica) Beauty Bar this Tuesday
(exotica) Pardon my (temporary) silence
(exotica) Two and a half Collector's records
(exotica) (off-topic) Celebrating Y2K at Chuck E. Cheese!
Re:  (exotica) Tiki Bob's "Denny Birthday Tribute"
(exotica) sadie: Citizen Kafka NYT article link...
(exotica) FMR in Salon Magazine
(exotica) Andre Williams concert
Re: (exotica) Della Cha Cha Cha
(exotica) Re: Citizen Kafka in Sunday New York Times
(exotica) Advice Please re: Ray Martin / Quartette Tres Bien
Re: (exotica) Project Comstock
Re: (exotica) Advice Please re: Ray Martin / Quartette Tres Bien
(exotica) MeL Blanc
(exotica) obits: Helen Mayer,Brother John Sellers
Re: (exotica) MeL Blanc
Re: (exotica) MeL Blanc
(exotica) Project Comstock
SV: (exotica) Project Comstock
(exotica) Citizen Kafka NYT article link...
Re: (exotica) Della Cha Cha Cha

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Date: Sat, 10 Apr 1999 22:20:52 -0700
From: Matt Hinrichs <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Gloria Wood

Byron wrote:

> Her voice was featured with Mel Blanc's in a 1961 cartoon "Nelly's Folly"

This is interesting, because it was one of the few times that another
voice talent beside's Mel Blanc was credited on a Warner Bros. cartoon.
I think there was some kind of stipulation in Blanc's contract thtat
prevented other voice people to take credit, except in this case
obviously.

This was the one about a singing giraffe, directed by Chuck Jones.

- - Matt


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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 03:28:01 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  Re: (exotica) The Gap marketing ploy...

In a message dated 4/10/99 6:49:42 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>I need some tight peg-leg wear to show off my sexy butt.

Just send us a jpeg of your tight ass Mr. Man!


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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 03:57:21 -0400
From: Citizen Kafka <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Citizen Kafka NYT article link...

Hi, all,

Here's a link to the Sunday Times magazine article. It might be
necessary to sign up with the times to see it (no charge!). Enjoy.

http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/041199wolf.html

I'm the bald one in the bright colors on the ladder in the back left,
holding a "White sisters" LP...

enjoy!

ck
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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 09:57:37 +0200
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) INDIAN VIBES Newsletter

(I'm only forwarding this...)

Hallo,

hier sind einige Radio- und Clubtips f=FCr alle, die sich f=FCr New Asian=
 Dance=20
Music interessieren:

INDIAN VIBES!-Clubnacht
Mi, 14. April 22 h @NACHTLEBEN, Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 45, Frankfurt

DJ:  Eastenders - Petra Klaus
Visuals & Scents

VORSCHAU
12. Mai JOI Soundsystem + Tablapercussion aus London live zu Gast.bei Ind=
ian=20
Vibes!

Hier noch einige Radiotips

So. 11. April, 19.15 - 21 h HR 1 schwarzwei=DF:  =20
New Asian Dance Music
Interviews mit State of Bengal, JOI, Osmani Soundz, New Breed, Friedel=20
Lelonek u.a. =FCber ihre Neuver=F6ffentlichungen, ihre Arbeit in den Comm=
unites,=20
Rassismus in GB und die gegenw=E4rtige Situation in der New Asian Dance M=
usic=20
und nat=FCrlich jede Menge Neuvorstellungen.
Mit Klaus Walter und Petra Klaus


INDIAN VIBES on air bei Radio X 97.1
Mi, 14. Apr. 13 - 14 h
Interview mit STATE OF BENGAL:
=FCber sein neues Album "Visual Audio", seine Zusammenarbeit mit Ananda=20
Shankar, den Massive Attack-Remix, Rassismus in Gro=DFbritannien, Communi=
tywork=20
im Londoner Eastend und vieles mehr
Und jede Menge Musik von SOB


MIXED Masala
Mi. 14. Apr. 14 - 15 h
India on air mit Choosy uneJan-Malte. Informationen aus Indien, Sketch mi=
t=20
Upma und Sanjay; Special: Hinduismus 2. Teil



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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 14:05:19 +0200
From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Techno Humppa

Don't think I mentioned this before but the German compilation "Humppa goes
tek oh-no!" has to be one of the most  idiotic things I've heard in years.
Released last year on the German Humppa records label it features remixes of
Elakelaiset material by a number of European techno luminaries.  Finnish
humppa get remixed in ambient or full frontal techno assault mode with
sometimes jawdropping results. There's even a "gabber" (surely the most
irritating music the Netherlands ever produced) remix. Anyway, a complete
hoot all the way.

Arjan



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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 14:51:23 +0200
From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Aavikko

This amazing Finnish band have a homepage at
http://tuli.cc.lut.fi/~tinkala/aavikko.html
Check out the  sound samples!

Arjan



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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 07:19:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: d th <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Della Cha Cha Cha

Once again, I lost the address for whoever asked me about Kay Starr/Lee
Wiley stuff from the 40's/50's.....A fairly decent web-site at
http://baldwin-streetmusic.hypermart.net has a bunch of stuff like
that.

Does anyone here have (or has heard) the Lee Wiley+Bongoes LP? I've
been looking for years.

Also: Can anyone give me a rating on the Della Della Cha Cha Cha LP?

DH!

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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 11:57:18 +0000
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour This Week

On this week's Retro Cocktail Hour webcast, our special guest is Dana
Countryman, editor of "Cool and Strange Music".  Dana talks about how
the mag got its start, the upcoming CD project and about the new Cool
and Strange Music website!

Also on the show, two sides of Dean Elliott - from the inspired
zaniness of "Zounds! What Sounds" to the edgy crime jazz of "College
Confidential";  Jack Webb (aka Sgt. Joe Friday) goes all mushy on us
with "You're My Girl";  Sascha Burland swings the "Chiquita Banana"
jingle;  Billy Ward (of the great '50s R&B group The Dominoes) tries
out his Exotica chops on the album "Pagan Love Song";  plus Les
Baxter, Eden Ahbez, George Duning (from "1001 Arabian Nights"),
Shorty Rogers and Buddy Cole!

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

http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html

Requires at least a 28.8 Internet connection and RealPlayer 5.0 or
G2, which you can download for free at:

http://www.real.com/products/player/50player/index.html?src=download

As you listen to the show, please drop us a line and let us know
you're out there.  It helps us keep these webcasts going!

Thanks for the space.


Darrell Brogdon
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KANU FM 91.5
Broadcasting Hall
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
Visit The Retro Cocktail Hour at:
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Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at:
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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 19:02:04 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Beauty Bar this Tuesday

tues apr 13
9 - close

our guest dj this week is Steve Mak
spinning new sounds from around the globe

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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 19:34:52 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Pardon my (temporary) silence

I will be out of town for a week and this will be a WORKING vacation, so if
I don't respond to anything, that is the reason.  I will not have too much
time to post.  To the listmasters, no I will not be turning on a vacation
message.  See you when I get back into town and all will know if I find any
cool discs (I am making time for that :^)

If silence is golden, my wife has a ring due her,
Brian Phillips
Brian Phillips
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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 23:50:40 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Two and a half Collector's records

I don't know what came over me on Saturday but I bought two "collector's
records" each for 15 bucks (Canadian though).
I try not to do that and usually succeed but in each case, there I was with
a few f five dollar records that I didn't really have to buy and in each
case decided to put those away and go for so-called "quality" over quantity.
At the first store I bought...
The Soundtrack for John Cassavettes' "FACES", arranged and conducted by Teo
Macero.
I've always been jealous when I saw this record in other people's
collections, not because I knew the music but because Cassavettes was the
filmmaker that made me want to make films myself.
I knew about Cassavettes well before I saw any of his films.  One of the
first records I ever bought was "The Best of the Animals" and in the liner
notes, Eric Burdon mentions Cassavettes and "Shadows" as the kind of film
he wanted to make with the Animals.  At 13, if Eric Burdon had said "jump!"
I would have.
The music alternates between jazz, quasi crime jazz and atmospheric
soundtrack jazz.  I don't associate all the music with my memory of the
film but some of the music is (only) inspired by the film.
I would have bought this even if the music had been composed by Little
Marcy but it's a nice bonus that it's pretty good.

At the other store, I bought
"GREATEST SCIENCE FICTION HITS" by Neil Norman with Les Baxter
I guess I bought this because of all the space stuff on the list lately and
the fact that one of the cuts is "Space 1999".  And because Mr.Norman is
credited with playing moog and theremin.
This record has a lot of nice moments but it's actually a bit too
"contemporary" sounding for my taste.  It came out in 1979 and I guess
that's too late for me.  For this kind of stuff anyway.
But I think I'm going to sample some of the theremin before I decide what
to do with it.
(You guys made me buy that one!)

I also bought this curious-looking BOB CREWE GENERATION record but it was
five bucks so I don't call it a "collector's record" though maybe it is.
It's called "Let me touch you" and one of the curious things about it is
the "Crewe 4, 2, 1" label that's all over it.  It's a reference to the fact
that the record can be played in "quad", stereo or mono.  Except they don't
call it quad. They call it "decoded 4 channel for true 4-Track"
This is another one of those records with what I consider somewhat strange
track selection.  The last two tracks on side one are "Barbarella" followed
by "Moon River".
I think it came out after but this record is not as "modern" or exotic as
his "Music to Watch Birds By".
Two collector's records but I'm still not going near ebay.  Of course the
fact that no one would give me a credit card influences my decision there.

Nat



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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 21:25:36 -0700
From: Pea Hicks <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) (off-topic) Celebrating Y2K at Chuck E. Cheese!

Howdy all!

this is a little off-topic, but thought some of you might enjoy this:

i went to my nephew's 2nd birthday party today at Chuck E. Cheese. (for
those of you who don't know what Chuck E. Cheese is, it's a pizza place
with lots of arcade games and stuff for kids and they have these big
animatronics shows hosted by Chuck E. Cheese- a big pizza-eating rat.)

anyway during one of the animatronics shows one of the characters (the
big purple keyboard-playing monster guy- can't remember his name) came
on and started talking about the Y2K problem and was wondering whether
or not they would be affected by it. so Chuck E decides to turn the
clocks ahead to test out the system, and what follows is a test-run
countdown to new years, 2000... after that, everything seems fine for a
few seconds and then the monitors go fuzzy and all the animatronics go
haywire and then shut down EXCEPT for the purple guy, who's left
wondering what the hell happened. then a few seconds later everything
comes back on and of course it turns out they were playing a joke on the
purple guy and everything's fine in pizza-land!

maybe i didn't do a great job of conveying this story, but it was
EXTREMELY surreal, given the fact that Chuck E Cheese is totally
kid-oriented and the joke was sure to be way over most of their
heads....... i'm gonna go back and videotape it so when my grandkids
have to do a termpaper in their history class on Y2K, I'll have some
interesting cultural documentation of the craze...

my guess is that the Chuck E. Cheese techies were genuinely working on
Y2K problems, and decided it might be funny to build a little skit out
of it...

anyway! if you have a Chuck E. Cheese near you, you might want to go
check it out........

cheers!
pea


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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 02:04:32 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Tiki Bob's "Denny Birthday Tribute"

Robert, I don't read everything on the list but I took the time to read your
message and gotta say thanks a lot

hope you and you're son enjoyed the day

Otto


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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 03:57:21 -0400
From: Citizen Kafka <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) sadie: Citizen Kafka NYT article link...

Hi, all,

Here's a link to the Sunday Times magazine article. It might be
necessary to sign up with the times to see it (no charge!). Enjoy.

http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/041199wolf.html

I'm the bald one in the bright colors on the ladder in the back left,
holding a "White sisters" LP...

enjoy!

ck
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Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 02:45:41 -0700
From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) FMR in Salon Magazine

Well, It looks like a banner week for publicity for listees. If you have =
not seen the excellent article on WFMU and Citizen Kafka, take the time =
to read it. Amazing! Few radio stations ever reach the level of =
excellence of WFMU. Fewer manage to maintain that level.

M.ace was kind enough to point out an article in Salon Magazine in which =
FeelthyMonkey gets mentioned briefly. (Thanks, M!)
Though not about FMR, it tells of what's going on with the new wave of =
internet broadcasting.=20
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/04/09/shoutcast/index.html

Listen to FeelthyMonkeyRadio
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 15:13:51 +0200
From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Andre Williams concert

The concert with Andre Williams turned out to be rather strange...

I have known about Andre Williams since the late 80s when I bought The =
"Wawy Grawy" (or "Four hairy policemen") compilation and i fell in love =
in the song "greasy chicken", it took me several years to find his stuff =
on LP, but when i did i found that most tracks wasnt that satisfying to =
me. The same trouble for me as with Screaming Jay Hawkins, In the 80s I =
bought his LP called Frenzy which is really great, but trying to find =
more gems has been hard. (Not to find LPs and CDs, but to like the stuff =
i have bought -They are not that good. After 6 albums I decided not to =
explore his world any further, the classic stuff on Frenzy is still the =
best I have heard by him)

Anyway, Andre Williams is one of a the chosen few that i have thought =
would be very thrilling to see perform live, even though i didnt think =
he was alive until i heard that he was going to play on Becks gig in =
Stockholm last year.
I missed that gig, and it was probably lack of money, because like many =
of you i like what Beck has done, even though i probably wouldnt listen =
to it at home if i got his records.

So here is Andre Williams going to perform in Stockholm again. Not =
before Beck or some other guy. He is THE main event for the evening, and =
there is even a swedish band called "the Blacks" warming up the audience =
as we arrive to enter "Studion". We are about 100 people there, 6-7 is =
friends of mine.

I feel great at the club, the effect of the joint i shared with a friend =
earlier makes it even better. I buy a beer and wait...

Then... heawy drums... electric guitars... Whats this? I go down the =
stairs to see better. Four young white guys is on stage. They is called =
"the Countdowns" and they are the band that Andre Williams is going to =
perform with. I get a bad feeling at first. The band sounds very very =
white, if you agree that is possible. I dont really like it, but i might =
have earlier in my life so I wait for Andre Williams to arrive on stage, =
I start imagine how they will play with him singing...

But what? The Countdowns keep playing, and to give them credit for =
something there must be for their ENERGY. And the drummer is doing a =
good job, but it IS NOT the music to accompany Andre Williams. This is =
hard rock. Where is the groove...? The sleazy Rhythm n Blues...??

After 5-6 songs, the audience seem a little confused... -Where is Andre =
Williams? -Is this Andre Williams?
- -Who is Andre Williams? -Is'nt Andre Williams going to enter the =
stage???=20

Finally the man shows up, in a fancy white suit and a hat that looks =
really neat. He looks like "that guy in the movies". The audience is =
giving him a warm velcome as they clap their hands.

So, are the Countdowns going to slow down a little, I kind of think that =
would be a nice idea, because they play with a man in his 70s, who is =
the main event for this evening, and who has devotees in this far-away =
town... No, the band keep pounding out their own stuff, and Andre =
Williams is supposed to sing along with them. I begin to dislike the =
Countdowns. They seem arrogant. It seems they do not really like to =
accompany Andre Williams.=20

Sometimes it works, and Andre Williams actually seem to enjoy it, but i =
must say his voice isnt making it with this kind of music. But it is =
quite sleazy sometimes. But not sleazy funny.

Finally there is a 1 minute medley of the classics... Bacon Fat, Greasy =
chicken, Jail Bait and some more favorites of mine... And thats that. =
Then some more Countdowns.

The conert is ended. And I feel robbed. Max, a friend comes and ask if i =
need some Andre Williams Fortune singles... He is not sure if he wants =
them any more... I says no...

But... at least i got to be confused, and maybe that is good, think of =
it, to actually hear Andre Williams perform the stuff he made in his =
youth today, wouldnt satisfy me either with a band like the countdowns.=20

He should have played with my swedish musician friends. That would have =
been an amazing experience. AND they would have treated Andre Williams =
with RESPECT. And Andre Williams would have loved it, That I am sure of.

The night ended with a jamsession, I tried the sitar... Which must have =
been the worst performance on this instrument in years. So who am I to =
complain? I am just a mad artist. And a silly recordcollector.
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:27:28 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Della Cha Cha Cha

d th wrote:

>
> Also: Can anyone give me a rating on the Della Della Cha Cha Cha LP?
>
> DH!
>

This is a pretty fun record. I have to admit I'm not the biggest Della fan,
her showy schmaltz can be a little too Broadway-ish, which in my book is a
detraction.
The band cooks, the arrangements a good standard cha chas and it's a great
party record, meaning that you can feel at ease in putting this on with
guests, knowing that there won't be any embarrassing clunkers.
The only thing I have against it is that there is nothing tin the arrangements
to bring it up over the top, unless you think Della's style is weird enough to
make it stand out.

An aside: This is probably coincidental but as I was listening to this album I
couldn't help thinking that Della Resse's vocal stylings were very similar to
a male vocalist that I was listening to just the other day. Tony Newly! Ok,
it's probably my hallucinating imagination but, listen to the way both of the
vocal stylists enunciate their words. It seems they both have this way of
adding three or four extra syllables on a key word in a song for added
emphasis. It's difficult to explain this one so I hope that if you've hear
both of these singes that you can hear what I'm talking about.

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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 07:34:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Citizen Kafka in Sunday New York Times

I hope everyone was able to get their hands on
Sunday's NYT(tangibly, or otherwise): both for the
article on WFMU and the article on the resurgence of
"Home-Grown Radio" (RIP WGTB, WHFS) in the US.

While I enjoyed the articles and was happy to read
that  Exotica@xmission's own Citizen Kafka and others
are working to give listners not only a choice of
musical diet, but providing exposure to entire
expressions of human experience that might otherwise
have utterly vanished - as though they, or the desire
that produced them never existed, I am a bit envious.
I'd love to be able to turn on the radio in DC and
hear The White Sisters (what ever it is they do) or
Inuit song swapping, etc....

Thanks, Citizen K.!


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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:49:06 -0500 (CDT)
From: Kirsten Noel Whitley <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Advice Please re: Ray Martin / Quartette Tres Bien

Howdy everyone,

After several months on a business trip of intensive work
(yuk!), I am getting to go home (yeah!).  I'm really excited
about getting back to my home.

Before leaving for home, though, I have a few days left to
make 2 LP purchasing decisions. I need your help in deciding
whether to buy:

Both of these are at a the kind of record store that thinks
that every LP (trashed or not) is worth at least 10$. They
have a lot of LPs marked 50$ or up... which leaves me feeling
unsure about:

* Ray Martin, Dynamica (or whatever the LP is that has the
"Shadrack" track on it), 15$  -- I like "Shadrack" (thanks,
Nat!) but I know nothing about the rest of the album.
Is that an album that I would be able to find elsewhere, or
should I be willing to pay 15$ on the basis of that one zesty
little song?

* Quartette Tres Bien, Kilamanjaro, 20$ -- I don't know much
about this jazz ensemble, either. I have heard one track ("Boss")
off of a different LP. This is the first time that I have come
across any of their LPs, which makes me want to buy it...
but, on the other hand, no one on this list has ever mentioned
them, which makes me wary.

Thanks,
- --Kirsten



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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:25:22 -0400
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Project Comstock

Assuming Project Comstock finally is released on a cd2fer, what would
be the best choice for the second album?   Some of the recommendations
previously were outstanding!


Groggy Morning to all:...Hmm...does it have to be a Space rekkid per se, or
can we lick the "boots" of those whom have the BEDAZZLED OST, which I would
like to see "released" in some form, legit or no.  Or, were there any BeBe
and CeCe Baron pre-synth electronic albums besides FORBIDDEN PLANET, that
will ever see the light of day?
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:30:50 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Advice Please re: Ray Martin / Quartette Tres Bien

>
> * Ray Martin, Dynamica (or whatever the LP is that has the
> "Shadrack" track on it), 15$  -- I like "Shadrack" (thanks,
> Nat!) but I know nothing about the rest of the album.
> Is that an album that I would be able to find elsewhere, or
> should I be willing to pay 15$ on the basis of that one zesty
> little song?

While Shadrack IS the standout song on this record the rest of the album is
truly wonderful. So I would say it was a tough call as to whether or not the
rest of the LP will click with you. As for the price.... I myself am used to
paying $1-$5 for albums at thrift stores or at record shows but if I see
something for $10 that I've been looking for for years and know for a fact
that it's a great album I'll grab it. So, if you are used to spending $8-$10
for records $ 15 might not seem too steep, or think of it as a CD purchase.
I've tried to make the price relative to your situation. I know in the past on
this list there has been much debate on how much you should pay for a
record....so, I'm busy working out a formula that relates a record price to
yearly income...

> * Quartette Tres Bien, Kilamanjaro, 20$ -- I don't know much
> about this jazz ensemble, either. I have heard one track ("Boss")
> off of a different LP. This is the first time that I have come
> across any of their LPs, which makes me want to buy it...
> but, on the other hand, no one on this list has ever mentioned
> them, which makes me wary.
>

After my exposition on relative price let me say point blank that this is a
ridiculous price for this record.
This group is quite fun though they straddle that line that demarks real/fake
jazz, the preference,  in our case, being toward fake. So the fact that they
are borderline takes them down a peg. I routinely see QTB records for a
dollar, even in record shops they are never priced over $7.

Hope this helps,
Frank





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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 10:37:43 -0400
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) MeL Blanc

>This is interesting, because it was one of the few times that another
voice talent beside's Mel Blanc was credited on a Warner Bros. cartoon.
I think there was some kind of stipulation in Blanc's contract thtat
prevented other voice people to take credit, except in this case
obviously.

Not so fast!  What about June Foray, the gravely-voiced, uh, voice, who is
also oft credited?

>This was the one about a singing giraffe, directed by Chuck Jones.

Who is GOD, btw...(ok, let's not start a wrasslin' match over who is
better, Jones or Tex Avery, cuz I love him,too!)
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:43:24 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) obits: Helen Mayer,Brother John Sellers

                            *Helen Mayer
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Helen Aberson Mayer, who wrote the children's story that
inspired the 1941 Walt Disney cartoon ``Dumbo'' died Saturday. She was 91.
    Mrs. Mayer, known as Helen Aberson when she wrote ``Dumbo, the Flying
Elephant,'' moved from Syracuse, N.Y., to California in 1939 at the request
of the Walt Disney Company.
    Disney, following the 1940 release of the animated film ``Pinnochio,'' used
Miss Aberson's tale of a flying elephant to create one of the most easily
recognizable cartoon characters and stories.
    In the story, Dumbo the baby elephant is teased for his oversized ears, but
eventually becomes a circus star when he realizes his ears allow him to fly.

 *Brother John Sellers
    NEW YORK (AP) -- Brother John Sellers, a blues and gospel singer who
started his climb to fame at age 5, died March 27. He was 74.
    Sellers performed regularly in the early 1960s at Folk City, a Greenwich
Village nightclub where musicians including Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and Joan
Baez sang early in their careers.
    He was born in Clarksville, Miss., where he was inspired by street
performers like Robert Johnson and Blind Lemon Jefferson. By age five, he
had begun singing, dancing and playing the tambourine in church-organized
tent shows.
    Four years later gospel singer Mahalia Jackson saw Sellers perform, and
brought the boy, whose parents had abandoned him, to Chicago with her. As
Jackson's fame grew, they sometimes sang together, and Sellers occasionally
filled in for her at concerts.
    Sellers made two recordings for Vanguard Records' new jazz line in the
mid-1950s, teaming up with musicians like Sonny Terry, Johnny Johns and Jo
Jones.
    It was during a Folk City performance in 1961 that choreographer Alvin
Ailey noticed him. The two later collaborated on Ailey's ``Blues Suite'' and
``Revelations.''
    Sellers' final performance with the well-known Ailey company was in 1997.
At his death, he was involved in litigation with the troupe over royalties
and the copyright to ``Revelations,'' one of Ailey's most famous compositions.




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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 16:48:45 +0100
From: VANESSA COX <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) MeL Blanc

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> >This is interesting, because it was one of the few times that another
> voice talent beside's Mel Blanc was credited on a Warner Bros. cartoon.
> I think there was some kind of stipulation in Blanc's contract thtat
> prevented other voice people to take credit, except in this case
> obviously.
>
> Not so fast!  What about June Foray, the gravely-voiced, uh, voice, who is
> also oft credited?
AFAIK June Foray has never appeared in the credits for a CLASSIC Warner
Bros. cartoon. If you know better, then enlighten me.
> >This was the one about a singing giraffe, directed by Chuck Jones.
>
> Who is GOD, btw...(ok, let's not start a wrasslin' match over who is
> better, Jones or Tex Avery, cuz I love him,too!)
Nah- Bob Clampett is the best.


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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 16:52:55 +0100
From: VANESSA COX <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) MeL Blanc

VANESSA COX wrote:
>
> [e-mail] wrote:
> >
> > >This is interesting, because it was one of the few times that another
> > voice talent beside's Mel Blanc was credited on a Warner Bros. cartoon.
> > I think there was some kind of stipulation in Blanc's contract thtat
> > prevented other voice people to take credit, except in this case
> > obviously.
> >
> > Not so fast!  What about June Foray, the gravely-voiced, uh, voice, who is
> > also oft credited?
> AFAIK June Foray has never appeared in the credits for a CLASSIC Warner
> Bros. cartoon. If you know better, then enlighten me.
Actually, I can think of several examples now. Sorry.
> > >This was the one about a singing giraffe, directed by Chuck Jones.
> >
> > Who is GOD, btw...(ok, let's not start a wrasslin' match over who is
> > better, Jones or Tex Avery, cuz I love him,too!)
> Nah- Bob Clampett is the best.


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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:05:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Project Comstock

Jane Fondle
I also would like to see Bedazzeled OST finally released. For me this
would make a perfect twofer.   Also, I don't know anything about  Bebe
and Cece Baron's albums besides Forbidden Planet but I sure would like
to hear them.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck


 >
> [e-mail] wrote:
>
>  Assuming Project Comstock finally is released on a cd2fer, what
would be the best choice for the second album?   Some of the
recommendations previously were outstanding!
> > >
> > >
Groggy Morning to all:...Hmm...does it have to be a Space rekkid per>
se, or can we lick the "boots" of those whom have the BEDAZZLED OST,
which I would like to see "released" in some form, legit or no.  Or,
were there any BeBe and CeCe Baron pre-synth electronic albums besides
FORBIDDEN PLANET, that will ever see the light of day?

 Krell music for all! Jane Fondle

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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 18:01:31 +0200
From: "Sandberg Magnus" <[e-mail]>
Subject: SV: (exotica) Project Comstock

>
>
>Assuming Project Comstock finally is released on a cd2fer, what would
>be the best choice for the second album?   Some of the recommendations
>previously were outstanding!

Richard Marino -Out of this world.=20



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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 12:09:40 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Citizen Kafka NYT article link...

At 03:57 AM 4/11/99 -0400, Citizen Kafka wrote:
>Hi, all,
>Here's a link to the Sunday Times magazine article. It might be
>necessary to sign up with the times to see it (no charge!). Enjoy.
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/041199wolf.html
>
>I'm the bald one in the bright colors on the ladder in the back left,
>holding a "White sisters" LP...

Which points to an unusual oversight by the Times - they didn't identify
anyone in the group photo! I recognize a few but not all of y'all, so how
about IDing everyone??

BTW, I thought it was a fine article and an interesting pairing with the one
on Ira Glass/TAL. How do you feel about it, CK? Did they get it right? Were
you misquoted or anything?

- -Lou
PS I can't wait to get my hands on your Vox Populi Americana CD as part of
my 'FMU HOT pledge!!




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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:01:14 -0400
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Della Cha Cha Cha

>An aside: This is probably coincidental but as I was listening to this
album I
couldn't help thinking that Della Resse's vocal stylings were very similar
to
a male vocalist that I was listening to just the other day. Tony Newly!


I agree Della ain't for everbody...but I love her!  I have this great live
record where she sounds like a drag-queen hosting a night!  You may think I
am crazy, but there's another man I think she sounds like:  Johnny Mathis!
Play her album with Neal Hefti back-to-back with Mathis/Nelson Riddle, I'LL
BUY YOU A STAR(which is a swingin' mutha-%(#!)(@&% of an album if I've ever
heard one!)...and only an expert can tell them apart (especially on "The
Best is Yet to Come")!  Other celeb matches:  Nancy Wilson=Lil' Jimmy
Scott!
Jane Fondle








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