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exotica-digest         Monday, April 19 1999         Volume 02 : Number 375



In This Digest:

(exotica) Barbi in Bali
(exotica) three Suns/Celluloid
Re:  (exotica) Johnny Cool Soundtrack Memories
Re: (exotica) Johnny Cool Soundtrack Memories
Re: (exotica) Martinis With Mancini
Re: (exotica) Satan In High Heels
Re: (exotica) Hawaiian Exotica- recommendations?
(exotica) RE: Ashphodelic
(exotica) B.R.A.
(exotica) New (ish) Serge Gainsbourg biography
(exotica) Re: Nancy 'n' Rod
(exotica) net music industry
(exotica) Independent article on the Theremin
(exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #368
Re: (exotica) George Cates.......
Re: (exotica) The Three Sucks
(exotica) Esquivel the Squirrel
Re:  (exotica) Johnny Cool Soundtrack Memories
Re: (exotica) New (ish) Serge Gainsbourg biography
(exotica) Ultra-cool OUTER SPACE preformance!
(exotica) Soothing Sounds for Baby
Re: (exotica) Attn: Martini fans
Re: (exotica) "Lounge" Star Wars music
Re: (exotica) New (ish) Serge Gainsbourg biography
(exotica) George Maciunas fluxus audio!
Re: (exotica) Three Suns
Re: (exotica) George Cates.......
Re: (exotica) The Three Sucks

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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 10:16:57 -0400
From: Risser Family <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Barbi in Bali

Not particularly exotic, but
Barbie's little sister Kelly has a series of friends, one of whom is dolled up in a Hawaiian Grass skirt.
Very cute.

Looks nice next to my Tiki.

Peter


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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 12:02:08 -0400
From: Risser Family <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) three Suns/Celluloid

As for the three suns, they have a few more two word titles (Warm and Tender comes to mind) but on these the suck factor weighs heavily.

As for extracted Celluloid, it's far better than Deconstructing Beck, but still has some suck moments as well.
Just fewer.

My two cents.

Peter


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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 17:16:57 +0000
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Johnny Cool Soundtrack Memories

>I understand that Rykodisc either has or is shortly about to
> re-release this excellent soundtrack

It's out already and way cool it is!  Rykodisc has also reissued the
"I Want to Live" soundtrack.  It's got not only Johnny Mandel's
great film score, but the small combo stuff from the film, too.  And
if you've got a CD rom you can also see the film's original trailer.
Get it!!

Played from both "Johnny Cool" and "I Want to Live" on The Retro
Cocktail Hour recently.  It's program #161 for those of you
RealAudio-enabled.

Darrell Brogdon
[e-mail]
The Retro Cocktail Hour
KANU FM 91.5
Broadcasting Hall
The University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
Visit The Retro Cocktail Hour at:
http://kanu.ukans.edu/retro.html
Listen to The Retro Cocktail Hour at:
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 11:49:22 -0400
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Johnny Cool Soundtrack Memories

To:   Exotica Mailing List <[e-mail]>
cc:
Subject:  (exotica) Johnny Cool Soundtrack Memories


It seems possible that lounge/exotica music could be rolling around in the
back of our heads from watching so many old movies and TV shows?
To resurface as an interest  later in adulthood?Another example would be
Esquivel who wrote music for a lot of 70's TV shows
I used to watch.


>>>>>Dom, et. al..I JUST ___HAVE__TO GO ON AND ON(again...) about a record
sorta relevant to your question...The Skipjacks, a FINE vocal jazz group
along the lines of the HiLos, Honey Dreamers and Lambert, Hendericks& Ross,
have a SUPERB album I just picked up for a mere 33(1/3!) cents, SWEET, HOT
AND BLUE...It's funny, because when I listen to highlife, swinging vocal
jazz, I feel so "adult,", and as we were getting ready to go celebrate
Martin Denny's birthday, we had that on.  Without thinking, I said, "This
sounds like Flintstone jazz, music Fred&Wilma (RIP) would go out and listen
to..."  Funny how those associations creep in...of course, upon borrowing
the wonderous Hanna-Barbera box set, I see the likes of the Candoli
Brothers and Shelley Mann are cold kickin' it, WEST COAST STYLE!
I LOVE IT-Jane Fondle





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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 11:59:35 -0400
From: "Dom Ciccone" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Martinis With Mancini

From: B. Yost <[e-mail]> Friday, April 09, 1999 6:40 PM

>Um, with the new early a.m. broadcast time, maybe the show should be
>re-titled "Martinis with Gleason."  He's the first quasi-exotic/ez guy
>who comes to mind as a person who might be found sipping a martini at 6
>a.m.  :)

Brad, Ya, It's a corny title. Hope the martinis at that hour are more
figurative than literal.   Getting commuters into a "martini state of mind"
before doing the last 8 hours of the week.

Also WJUL plays a lot of indie rock and metal. Programs with titles like
"High Voltage Circumcision" and "Morning Wood".  I wanted something that
went against type and screamed lounge.

Next step: The station has a Metal/Music director. I want to become the Easy
Listening Music Director! That will look good on the bulletin board!

Domenic






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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 09:56:29 -0400
From: "Dom Ciccone" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Satan In High Heels

- -----Original Message-----
From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 1:22 AM
Subject: (exotica) Satan In High Heels

>Can anyone tell me about this record?   It's by Mundell Lowe, and has
>just been reissued on (probably bootleg) CD.  Recommendations?
>
This record, along with what looks like a lot of other cool music  is
reissued by Collectables Records. Their web page: http://www.oldies.com/
Check out the jazz listings. Pete Rugolo, Art Van Damm, Jimmy McGriff.

I want to know more about this too!



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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 20:17:38 -0700
From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Hawaiian Exotica- recommendations?

I am looking for the song "Tahiti", which is the song that is played by the
Royal Samoans before "Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle" cartoon.  All of the
Hawaiian and Hawaiian-flavored records I have seen don't have this song.
Who does?

Brian Phillips



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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 11:32:14 -0500
From: "Mark D. Head" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) RE: Ashphodelic

Chuck wrote:

>When is Tipsy ever going to release their sophomore effort?  It seems
>like years since their first release!

>And the same goes for the Gentle People, I mean here is shibuya-kei
>exploding all over the world and their fans are just waiting for more
>gentle sounds.  I love the Gentle People, I love the Gentle People, I
>love the Gentle People..............about waiting for the Gentle
People's next release

I agree - and the good news is, per Dougee Dimensional, that GP will
release their next effort sometime this summer - I for one will be
keeping a keen eye out!

- --

Mark D. Head
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:27:02 +0100
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) B.R.A.

     >The first track, Werner Muller's "Bodybuilder" was plagiarized in
     >a vastly more boring version as "Bentley's Gonna Sort You Out" by
     >Bentley Rhythm Ace.

     Is everything on this album basically just an uncredited cover
     version of an obscure song?  On first listen, I detected tracks I
     had heard on the 'las vegas grind' and 'nymphomania' compilations,
     but now keep hearing about more.

     And is it true that Bentley Rhythm Ace are in fact Pop Will Eat
     Itself?

     Jonny


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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 11:36:40 +0100
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New (ish) Serge Gainsbourg biography

     In case no one noticed, there is a new Serge Gainsbourg biography
     out (published in the UK and written by someone called Alan
     Clayson).

     I splashed out the 13 pounds (it's a paperback book) for this last
     week when I was in London.  I have read about half of it so far.

     Although big on facts I didn't previously know, I found the style
     unnecessarily wordy, with irritatingly long sentences.

     And the author does not seem to have a very open mind about music,
     dismissing much of Serge's early work (which incidentally is the
     stuff I like most) as 'dull jazz' or 'musak'.

     That said, it seems quite well researched, and there is nothing
     else available in English about him, so it's probably worth a look
     if you are as fascinated by Gainsbourg as I am.

     There is a cover scan of the book here:
     http://www.havic.com/Artist/A_Clayson/AC_serge.jpg

     Has anyone read Gainsbourg's novel, 'Evguenie Sokolov'?

     regards
     Jonny


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Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 16:25:16 -0400
From: Angela Sawyer <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Nancy 'n' Rod

    I do indeed believe that Nancy is the singer on The Wild Angels.  It's
actually one of her most 'experimental' moments, unless you count whichever
pop snippets constitute the remaining instances of her off-key singing.
     On another topic, once you've got your copies of The Sea, The Earth, &
The Sky, don't forget the lesser San Sebastian Strings titles like Home to
the Sea, The Soft Sea, La Mer, For Lovers, Bouquet, Spring, Summer, Autumn,
Winter, & With Love.  Also, I thought I might take this opportunity to
remind you of the existence of the Rod McKuen webcam, which gives you a
fresh image in the inimitable Stanyan style every 15 seconds:
http://members.aol.com/stanyanr/WebCam.html
    And should you exhaust the McKuen catalog (that'll take some time),
there's always Alan Burke's or Victor Lundberg's records.  Both are more of
that spoken word with mild orchestral backing, but Victor makes topical
Vietnam commentary, while Alan is more inclined to moisten housewife
underclothes.  Alan's quasi-philosophical poems about planet circumferences
and clouds of nebulae should especially please the Sea/Earth/Sky fans out
there.

others wrote:
I quite like those Sea, Earth etc. spoken word collaborations with Rod
McKuen in which
Ms.Kerr did the orchestration and arrangement.
But I might be alone on that

Hey, can any of you geniuses confirm that "Theme From The Wild Angels" --
the opening track of this soundtrack LP -- credited to a mysterious
"Visitors Featuring Barbara" is indeed sung by Nancy Sinatra (whose mug

- --
- -Angela
http://www.musicfile.com/sunshine
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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 16:49:50 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) net music industry

I subscribe to Iconocast, an Internet tip-sheet. Here's excerpts from the
latest issue.
- -Lou

I  C  O  N  O  C  A  S  T   b y  M i c h a e l  T c h o n g
         "More concentrated than the leading brand"
++++++++++++++++++++++++ 15-Apr-99 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
___________________________________________M a c r o v i e w
Rock and Row --> The Net music industry coalesces behind MP3
______________________________________T h e  J a c o b y t e
Foundation Room, "Behind the Blue Door"

___________________________________________M a c r o v i e w
Rock and Row
************
Two years ago, we wrote that the music business was in a slump due to
changing tastes. At the time, the top 10 all-time best-selling albums list
showed a definite bias
toward boomer tastes, with six out of the top 10 positions occupied by such
70s stalwarts as The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, Boston and Bruce
Springsteen.

Things are worse now. Among the top 10 is only one nineties phenom, Alanis
Morissette's Jagged Little Pill in 10th place, although the next 15 do
feature seven 90s acts, such as Garth Brooks.

The onset of the slump was partially masked by a huge lift created as
millions of consumers converted their record collections to CDs, a process
that began in 1983 and continued well into the 90s. But just as the
rollercoaster ride came to a grinding halt, another playback medium
appeared, the Internet.

It took society 105 years to replace Thomas Edison's analog technology with
digital recordings. But as is increasingly the case, the modulation of
technology waves is getting shorter and shorter.

Consumers will soon face the choice of no fewer than four audio standards,
including Minidisc (primarily Sony), SACD (Super Audio CD, a standard backed
by Philips and Sony),
DVD-Audio (a video derivative supported by everybody else) and, finally,
MP3, a standard propelled by the Internet.

Moreover, a host of digital download formats are being bandied by folks such
as AT&T, Microsoft and Real Networks (blissfully, Liquid Audio says its
system is "Switzerland,"
and will work with any codec).

But the music business has yet to recover from its malaise. Unit sales
declined 2.4% in 1997, equivalent to $12.2 billion in U.S. sales and $38
billion worldwide. Even the renewed interest in swing was insufficient to
stem the negative tide.

The crux of the problem lies with aging boomers, whose shifting tastes are
depressing rock music sales. That category slid from 33% of sales in 1997 to
26% in 1998. Saving the day are female buyers, who now account for more unit
sales than men, and whose tastes tend to favor pop and country.

There's a distinct possibility that the music economy's buoyancy will return
as the 60 million children born since 1979 (also known as Generation Y or
"echo boomers"), enter their teen spending years.

One thing that could also help is the adoption of the Net as a digital
distribution medium. Showing off the Net's multi- connected marketing power,
"MP3" moved to the forefront so forcefully that it reportedly has replaced
"sex" as the most popular search term. The technology was barely on the
radar screen when we wrote our first music analysis in 1997.

Despite MP3's runaway popularity, the record labels and their performing
rights and mechanical rights organizations have mounted an all-fronts
assault on the new standard. The studios' position is best summed up by
Sony's online music vice president, Mark Wachen, who says the company is not
philosophically opposed to MP3, but is concerned about artist's works being
stolen.

Taking the opposing view is mp3.com founder and CEO Michael Robertson, who
thinks the MP3 is enjoying so much success because it's an open standard. If
the crowds that mobbed Michael after his Internet World presentation were
any indication, the pendulum has clearly swung to the MP3 camp. mp3.com,
which already features 10,000 artists with 125 new ones joining each day,
recently received $11 million in funding, led by savvy Sequoia Capital Partners.

But don't count Sony out. The company can now lay claim to uniquely being
able to influence playback hardware design (both Sony VAIO and Minidisc,
which is a far superior storage device than so-called MP3 players), content
(Sony Music), distribution channels (Sony Music sites, investments in both
Launch.com and Spinner.com) and now, e-mail marketing (InfoBeat).
Unquestionably a formidable player that everyone has to reckon with.

Some other industry snapshots:

* Installed base -- Real Networks says that it has more than
  55 million registered users. Meanwhile, the MP3 camp
  claims 5 million Winamp users, 11 million Real Networks G2
  users plus Windows 98 users.

* Online sales volume -- The RIAA reports that 1.1% of music
  buyers made purchases via the Internet. While instances of
  online purchasing are still relatively low, this number
  has tripled from last year (0.3% to 1.1%) and now equals
  buying from television offers.

* Online sales growth -- In July 1998, a Cyber Dialogue
  survey found that 3.3 million had bought music online, a
  269% growth from the same time last year. Jupiter predicts
  that online music sales will increase to $1.6 billion by
  2002, or 7.5% of the overall music market. Forrester is
  slightly more optimistic, believing that online music
  sales will represent $1.9 billion by 2002.

One thing is for sure. The music business will look quite different five
years from now.


______________________________________T h e  J a c o b y t e
<*> Speaking about Internet economy, the attention this week was focused on
good ol' Tinsel Town where Internet World was being held. First stop on the
party circuit was Microsoft's extravaganza for "Audisee" at the House of
Blues, which featured band leader Mick Fleetwood shamelessly plugging their
MP3 technology.

The funniest part came when, after he had repeated for the umpteenth time
that Microsoft's MP3 technology was better than Real Network's, he muttered:
"I don't even know why I'm up here really." Because you're being paid, meathead!

Kinda reminds Jaco of that very funny comedy skit where, in a take-off on
those mind-numbing New York TV commercials for CATS, patrons, asked what
they think of the famous Broadway play, say in an obviously deep hypnotic
trance: "It was the greatest musical I've ever seen, I'll see it again...and
again...and again." Hey, Mick, can you pass some of that Ecstasy?

<*> Speaking about ad campaigns that go awry, The Jacobyte hears Intel is
being sued by an "adult entertainment" site (http://www.bluedoor.com) for
using their trademarked imagery in their latest ad campaign.

Apparently, Intel's legal eagles overlooked their four-year-old trademark
before kicking off a multi-million dollar ad campaign. Unless Intel coughs
up some big bucks, the blue door is out of the window!

<*> More Intel scuttlebutt. The person responsible for that serial code
identifier in the new Pentium chip has been fired. After doing a study on
the implications of including the identifier in the chip, this brilliant
seer said there would be no impact. Looks like the award for chip design
brilliance will have to be given posthumously!
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 11:34:35 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Independent article on the Theremin

I bounced a copy of the Independant article to Irwin Chusid.
Here's his comments on it.
- -Lou


From: "Irwin Chusid" <[e-mail]>

Jeez....this article is LOADED with mistakes. Here's just the ones I
noticed immediately....


> American avant-garde composer Henry Crowell

That should be "Cowell"


>  The Clavivox was one of the first polyphonic sequencers

Not true. It was a keyboard theremin.


> Scott also wrote merry melodies for Warner Bros cartoons and
> in the Seventies he was hired as an electronics whiz-kid at Motown
> Records.

He never worked for WB, never wrote for cartoons.
"Whiz kid"? He was 64 when Motown hired him.

- -ic



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Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 20:44:02 +0000
From: "Keith E. Lo Bue" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #368

Hey, kids!  I thought some of you might be interested in this LP I've
put up on eBay...KATIE LEE: SONGS OF COUCH AND CONSULTATION from the
Incredibly Strange Music comp!

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=92053026

The tunes were arranged by BOB THOMPSON (Mr. "Sound of Speed").  I hope
I haven't offended by putting this link up.  If any of you don't want me
to do this again, please do let me know privately, and I won't repeat
it.  I simply figured that they appear from time to time on here, so you
must not mind it.

Anyhow, there's no reserve on it (as usual).  Good luck!

Keith



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 http://www.lobue-art.com
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A Virtual Gallery and info site
for the artwork and workshops
of KEITH E. LO BUE



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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 19:15:05 -0400
From: Peter Ledebur <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) George Cates.......

"Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]> writes:

>the Three Suns SUCK!  It's just "cool" and "trendy" right now to like
>them - and if you live in Baltimore, you remember they used on of
>their songs for the opening of "Captain Chesapeake."

"Stumblin'," to be precise!


Peter
Music for Better Living
Wed 6-7pm -- WZBC 90.3fm Newton/Boston
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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 18:59:46 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Three Sucks

>   And also, the Three Suns
> >SUCK!  It's just "cool" and "trendy" right now to like them.
>
> this is just retarded.
>
>

Yes, this is retarded, I was assuming that the original poster was kidding
around.

My question is, if the Three Suns suck does that mean that Arthur Lyman bites
and Esquivel blows?

The English language has the potential to be incredibly articulate and I enjoy
seeing it in action with caring descriptions of this wonderful music.


Sarcastically yours,
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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 19:14:41 -0500
From: recliner <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Esquivel the Squirrel

I get a laugh when ever my spell checker tries to substitue Esquivel
with squirrel.

An easile ammused Frank



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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 20:38:34 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Johnny Cool Soundtrack Memories

At 05:16 PM 4/13/99 +0000, Darrell Brogdon wrote:
>
>>I understand that Rykodisc either has or is shortly about to
>> re-release this excellent soundtrack

Speaking of Johnny Cool, I just bought this LP which is part of a series
called "Superalbum" in which fairly hefty chunks of four soundtrack records
are put on each LP.  The one I have is Volume five and puts together "Taras
Bulba", "Johnny Cool", "The Big Country" and "Dr.No."
Talk about strange bedfellows.

I'd need a magnifying glass to read the other LP's but I can see that one
has "Never on Sunday" and "I want to live" as two of the four and another
one has "Paris Blues" among the four.  Too bad they didn't put Johnny, I
want to.. and Paris Blues together.

The Johnny Cool cuts are  J.C. Theme, The Lizard, Morning in Balboa, Juan
Coolisto and The Coolest Pad.

Am I missing any of the best tunes?

Nat



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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 20:28:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (Tosh)
Subject: Re: (exotica) New (ish) Serge Gainsbourg biography

Hi,

In my opinion, the bio is very so-so.  I gather the author is not really
into Gainsbourg - which is a drag.  But the novel I think is great... well
I publish it!  If anyone is interested one can purchase the book via
Amazon.com (U.S.) or have your local bookstore special order it.  Enclosed
is the press release for the book.  If anyone has any questions, don't
hesitate to write:  Anyway here it is:

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  103 pp.  $17.00

"I have  the decency to write and sing only my defeats in love. " Serge
Gainsbourg

        This is the one and only novel by the 20th century provocateur of
=46rench 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.

        Evgu=E9nie 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.
        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
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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


It's a parable of a guy who's got a serious farting problem. I know it
sounds ludicrous, but it's one of the most well-written books I've ever
read. It's really
serious in tone because this guy has this malady and uses it to create art.
It's not for the faint of heart.    Russell Mael, Sparks

        The book also includes an afterword from Russell Mael of Sparks and
an introduction by bart plantenga.

Books are available through:

                                                                AK Press
and Distribution
Small Press Distribution                                        PO Box 40682
1341 Seventh Street                                     San Francisco, CA 94=
140
Berkeley, CA 94710-1409                                 ph:415.864.0892
800-869-7553

- -----------------
Tosh Berman
TamTam Books
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Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 23:41:23 +0000
From: "Keith E. Lo Bue" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ultra-cool OUTER SPACE preformance!

For anyone in the PITTSBURGH area, or thereabouts, this event promises
to be a memorable one.  Gordon is a filmmaker with a trove of industrial
and institutional films in his collection. I will be performing some
theremin music on tape, which will be incorporated into the soundtrack.
The late late hours of the event should add a little outer space quality
all its own!  Thought some of you might wanna show up.  Ciao!  Keith

Gordon and Sera welcome all to our special film exhibition:

frontal element fungus presents...

                Electrophonic and Photochemical Projections

                Featuring the Sights and Sounds of OUTER SPACE

                Marking Tonight's Opposition of MARS

        WHERE:          Art All Night at the old GC Murphy's building on
Butler St. (at 44th                                            St.),
Lawrenceville. (Pittsburgh)

        WHEN:           Our exhibition begins early Sunday morning,
April 25 at 1:00AM
                                (late Saturday night the 24th), and ends
at 4:00AM.

        ADMISSION:      Free!


We are making a space-environment which allows guests to come and go,
talk, eat, drink, dance, etc. throughout the show without feeling
something important will be missed. We are simultaneously projecting
multiple photochemical movies and filmstips. Electrophonics will be
created by manipulating the soundtracks. Viewers can also participate by
selecting (and possibly projecting) filmstrips. The movies are
scientific in nature containing themes from outer space. In remembrance
of this celestial celebration souvenir "Mars Opposition Magnets" will be
given away... The "opposition of Mars" is a reference to the alignment
of the Sun, Earth and Mars, a rare celestial phenomenom that is going to
happen on April 24.

Here is our f.e.f. web-poster:

http://home.earthlink.net/~serrog/gyrus.jpg

Opposition of Mars website:

http://eclipse.span.ch/24ap99.htm





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 http://www.lobue-art.com
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A Virtual Gallery and info site
for the artwork and workshops
of KEITH E. LO BUE



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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 10:44:27 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Soothing Sounds for Baby

I just got Raymond Scott's Soothing Sounds for Baby on triple vinyl and=
 I'm
confused. I found every track to be repetitive and boring, with almost =
no
variation and few fresh ideas. I realise that the music makes use of
electronic sounds but is that it?
I could understand the excitement of finding the original 78s (were the=
y
originally on 78?) for 50p each but for the asking price of =A336, this=
 music
is just too unimaginative.
So if anybody wants the vinyl edition at a knockdown price, email me an=
d we
can discuss it.


Charlie.

PS. Does anybody else want the software theremin before I bin it?
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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 10:49:57 +0100
From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Attn: Martini fans

> From: [e-mail]
>
> A few of my favorite quotes on drinking:
>
> 1.  Never drink and drive -- you might hit a bump and spill your drink.
>
> 2.  The only time I ever refused a drink I misunderstood the question.
>
> And from W. C. Fields:
>
> 3.  Some scoundrel stole the cork out of my lunch.
>
> 4.  I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.
>

"If I had all the money I've spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink."
(from "Sir Henry at Rawlinson's End").



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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 11:01:14 +0100
From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) "Lounge" Star Wars music

> From: "Robert Baldock" <[e-mail]>
> Kevin C
>
> > About 2/3 down this page... details of a CD with Lounge versions of all
> > your favorite Star Wars themes...
> > http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/directorscut/homepageFramed.html
>
> Two I like are Tomita's funky little version and the recently issued
> version by former Command alumni Lounge Brigade on their CD
> "Put Some Style In It" - though this vocal version does veer quite
> close to being stomach-churning...
>

For more extraterrestrial fun, I recommend Geoff Love's "Galactic
Disco Themes" album. A marvellous version of S.W. Main Theme/Cantina
Band, and VERY scarily, disco versions of the "Blake's 7" theme, "The
Omega Man", "Logan's Run" (TV series -- anyone remember that?),
etc. etc. which proves that ANYTHING can be disco-fied. Except maybe
"The Andromeda Strain".





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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 12:01:32 +0100
From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) New (ish) Serge Gainsbourg biography

> From: [e-mail] (Tosh)
>
> 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  103 pp.  $17.00
>
>
>         Evgu=E9nie 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.

Um, there really was a French guy who made his living through
farting. He was, IIRC, known as "La Petomaine", and he was a big noise
(ha ha) in the French music hall (or equivalent) around the turn of
the century. I think he farted melodies, did animal noises, that kind
of thing. No recordings available, as far as I know...



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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 08:27:47 -0400
From: Citizen Kafka <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) George Maciunas fluxus audio!

Here is a great interview with a really interesting fluxus artist:

http://www.fluxus.org/FLUXLIST/maciunas/

enjoy...

ck
- --
Citizen Kafka, Producer, "The Secret Museum of the Air"
every Wednesday 7-8 PM EST WFMU 91.1 FM & WXHD (Hudson Valley) 90.1 FM
http://www.megasaver.com/page2/smradio.html
http://wfmu.org/ then go to 'listen to wfmu'


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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 08:54:25 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Three Suns

Nat:

I haven't heard Danny's Inerno.......but it sounds like you're basically =
saying that they suck 95% of the time.........

Okay, so maybe only a "handful" of people like The Three Suns as some sort =
of mis-led misconception of being "hip" and "in" - but I happen to speak =
to these people and they irritate to no end.  I bet they brag about =
finding all the 3 Suns albums, then go home and listen to their CD of Led =
Zepplin or something......

- - Nate




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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 08:59:11 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) George Cates.......

Okay, just listened to this album while dolling up for work, and I can =
empahtically say that Polynesian Percussion is LAME LAME LAME. =20

That said, there is *ONE* shining track, the last one on side A, "Chant of =
the Jungle" or something like that.

This album mixes the irritating "bomp bomp ba-domp domp" bongo rhythm line =
found on just about *every* damn "Percussion" album ever made with poor =
orchestration and annoying "Hawaii sound" thrown into the whole concoction.=


- - Nate




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Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 09:00:53 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Three Sucks

<<assuming that the original poster was kidding
around.<<

Ah, yes, you did see my tongue lodged in cheek.

Nate (A bitter guy who likes to shake the beehive...........)





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