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exotica-digest          Monday, May 10 1999          Volume 02 : Number 390



In This Digest:

Re: (exotica) Cool music on reel-to-reel tapes?
Re: (exotica) Cool music on reel-to-reel tapes?
(exotica) Bruce Haack website
(exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour
(exotica) RE:  Cool music on reel-to-reel tapes
(exotica) sealed comedy & exotica LPs
Re: (exotica) Educational film soundtracks
Re: (exotica) Looking for more Astro Sounds info.
(exotica) shameless self promotion
(exotica) curd durca
(exotica) Re "She's My Witch" by Kip Tyler
(exotica) Good Weekend.
(exotica) 8-track question
Re: (exotica) 8-track question
(exotica) FW: Last Minute Brimstones Show!!!
Re: (exotica) 8-track question
Re: (exotica) 8-track question
(exotica) [obits] Darwyn Swalve,Dirk Bogarde,Dana Plato
(exotica) it's all connected, maaaan!
(exotica) ? & the Mysterians
Re: (exotica) 8-track question
Re: (exotica) Hawaii Trip
Re: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy Vol. 2
(exotica) [PR] Digital recording according to TDK
Re: (exotica) it's all connected, Everything, H2G2
(exotica) Two Reviews for Gainsbourg's Evguenie Sokolov
(exotica) Re: reels
(exotica) Now-Sound Ramones

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Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 21:45:01 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Cool music on reel-to-reel tapes?

In a message dated 5/8/99 9:39:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< maybe i'm just comatose most of the time, but i don't remember much talk
 on this list about gleaning good quality copies of classic exotica
 albums from old reel-to-reel tapes, both "official" reels and homemade
 copies taped from albums "back in tha day." recently i've gotten some
 good stuff from reels, and have burned CDs of them which rival the sound
 quality of some of the recent cd re-issues of this stuff... >>

There are tapes on Ebay occasionally by Martin Denny that never bid very
high.  You might want to jump in on these if you like the reel to reel
format.  The sound quality is excellent and plus I like to watch the wheel go
'round.

Tiki Bob


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Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 21:46:54 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Cool music on reel-to-reel tapes?

In a message dated 5/8/99 9:39:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< i got a home-taped copy of Esquivel's "Latin-Esque." Now, I know
 that one is available on CD, but i still find it interesting to hear the
 results of someone's adventures in hi-fi in the 60's... it's a really
 great quality copy! very little in the way of pops/clicks/surface noise. >>

I know what you mean.  I listen to all my vinyl on various Magnavox console
stereo units.  There is just something so nostalgic about the way these
consoles work.

Tiki Bob


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Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 23:19:39 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Bruce Haack website

The Works of Bruce Haack website is stabilized and now located at the
snappy address of:

http://www.brucehaack.com/

I have no involvement with the site (another in our recent series of
disclaimers).


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New: I keep forgetting to mention - my links page was updated a couple of
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Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 07:50:56 +0000
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Retro Cocktail Hour

Bongos, brass and and belly dancers spice up this week's Retro
Cocktail Hour webcast!

There's bongo action from Don Ralke's "The Savage and the Sensuous"
and Jack Costanzo's "Latin Fever";  swingin', finger-snappin' big
band exotica by Frankie Capp (just try to keep your toe from tapping
during "Montoona Clipper") and Enoch Light;  outer space pop from the
Evil Genius Orchestra, Jimmie Haskell's "Countdown in Stereo" and
"Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon";  and '70s crime jazz from
"Dirty Harry" and "Ironside", among others.

To hear The Retro Cocktail Hour on the 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/index.html?src=macbeta

And, as always, if you tune us in, please drop us a line and let us
know what you think.

Thanks for the space!

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: Sun, 09 May 1999 10:07:49 -0700
From: "B. Yost" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) RE:  Cool music on reel-to-reel tapes

Pea wrote:

> maybe i'm just comatose most of the time, but i don't remember much talk
> on this list about gleaning good quality copies of classic exotica
> albums from old reel-to-reel tapes, both "official" reels and homemade
> copies taped from albums "back in tha day." recently i've gotten some
> good stuff from reels, and have burned CDs of them which rival the sound
> quality of some of the recent cd re-issues of this stuff...

I rarely see "official" reels in the thrifts, except for fairly mundane
stuff you wouldn't want in any format.  However, I have picked up a few
reels that were home-made recordings by people in the 1960s.  One is a
rather unimpressive Hawaiian tape by Jack de Mello, "Ala Moana".
Another tape has 15 quite well-chosen songs by Henry Mancini.  Another
one is Clebanoff's "Strings Afire in Spain" which is not too shabby.
The other one I have is a various artists affair, which is labelled
"Mood Music for Dining," with tracks by Herb Alpert, Bert Kaempfert, and
others.

> well anyway last week i got 3 great Command tapes, all official copies:
> Brass Impact! (3.75 ips)
> Provocative Percussion Vol. 2 (7.5 ips)
> Persuasive Percussion Vol. 3 (7.5 ips)

As a Command fiend, I am quite jealous!

> as i said, i made CDs of these, and they really sound GREAT!

I strongly agree with the great sound quality aspect.  My reel-to-reel
player isn't hooked up to my stereo, so when I've listened to these
tapes, it is through headphones, which normally bring every click, pop,
and vinyl deformity to the forefront, but these are so amazingly clean
sounding.  I think in part it is because in the 1990s we are so used to
recordings of 60s music sounding somewhat beat up, but these recordings
archive that music in a format which time was kinder to.

I've also noticed this in a few home-made 8-track tapes from "back in
the day," but the reel-to-reel tapes, at 7.5 ips, have superior hi-fi
sound.  :)

- -- Brad




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Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 16:11:29 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) sealed comedy & exotica LPs

Hello fellow music lovers,
I wanted to take a minute to let all my pals on the exotica list know that I
am now doing some heavy trading on eBay.

Recently I managed to purchase over 500 still sealed LPs, most from the early
1970's.  All had been stored for over 20 years!  This was quite a large
investment for me, but, as I was recently laid off (along with several
colleagues) from my job I am trying to see if I can do eBay full time!

To see my records you can put in my eBay name in the seller search on the
search title search page.  It is:  pauldino

So far it is a lot of work, but it is fun to see all the records even though
I can't hear them.  It is still rewarding to send someone and record and have
them write me back and tell me they have been looking for it for years and
that it rules!

Anyhow, I need to increase my buisness if I have any chance of doing it full
time, and I have a lot of stuff that people on this list should like.

Hope everyone doesn't mind this little mention, as my prices are very low,
and never any reserve.

Thanks,
Larry


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Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 17:28:01 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Educational film soundtracks

Anyone looking for more production music willwant to pick up, the two volumes
of "Music For TV Dinners" - both CDs are 100% production library music that
have been used in old educational films, TV commercials etc.

Ashley


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Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 17:34:00 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Looking for more Astro Sounds info.

In a message dated 4/29/99 2:17:56 PM EST, [e-mail] writes:

<< This is all I could find on Brad's Space Age Pop Page:

 Astro Sounds from the Year 2000, 101 Strings (Alshire)
 Not a violin within a mile of this dense, funky collection of all-electronic
 music.

 I have a CD from Request Records that pairs the album with Yma Sumac's
 Miracles album. No linear notes at all....

 Any more info on the net? Any idea what year they were recorded? There was
 talk about Astro Sounds on the list a few weeks ago.

 I found it on my last CD hunting trip through the Boston stores.

 Lent it to my Led Zep buddy who found it to be a total rip off >>

Just play "Bali Hai" from "South Pacific" to your Led Zep buddy and he'll
head how Zep rip this song off for their (I believe this was it) "Immigrant
Song."

Ashley


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Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 20:38:56 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) shameless self promotion

have been absent from the contributing part of the list for a bit, but I have
been reading the list digest. was disappointed that no one responded to my
request for Probe and Limelight discographies -- maybe you all can recommend
some fav titles on these labels along with mini-reviews that we can be on the
lookout for. available now in your local CD retailer and NSYNC poster seller
is a CD which I compiled the tracks and wrote the liner notes for, subtly
titled "Swing Dance Special". it is released on the much-unfairly-maligned
Collectables label. mostly 40's jump blues and jazz, Tiny Grimes, Jimmy
Rushing, et al. it'll keep your toes tappin. I also penned liners for a Three
Suns two-fer of "Midnight For Two", and "Soft and Sweet", also on
Collectables. Admittedly not the most exciting 3 suns rec's, but that was all
they could license at the moment. in view of the passionate opinions that
have been previously expressed here on the Suns, I shall now humbly retire to
my Armor Room to prepare for battle.


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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 00:40:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (kevin leeeeee)
Subject: (exotica) curd durca

i must concur,
the easy listening cd and the other one i skimmed thru are very minimal.
and i have a feeling most fans of traditional exotica would really find
curd durca kind of lame or boring.

personally, i'd listen to stock,hausen, and walkman over curd durca any
day.  more accessible and playful.  still much more avant garde than tipsy
however.

out of curiosity, has anyone here listened to People Like Us?

kevin leeeee




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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 12:39:19 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Re "She's My Witch" by Kip Tyler

>Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 16:43:41 -0400
>From: "Lindholm, Jeffrey" <[e-mail]>

>
>I heard this song--know it's the song--by this guy. That's the name I
think
>the DJ said, but I can't find any hide nor hair of him on the 'net. Can
>anyone give me any info about this guy--records he's made, who he is,
etc?
>Thanks.
>
>Jeffery Lindholm

I've heard this as a sixties punk song,  by the Sonics,  and a wilder
(unlisted) version on Back from the grave vol 1.  Highly recommended for
lovers of low fidelity rockers,  worth having for The swamp Rats Psycho,
and The Rats   Rats Revenge Parts I and II.  The name Kip Tyler rings a
bell too,  didn't he have something to do with the Sonics?  but I could
be making it up.


El Maestro Con Queso

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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 12:49:53 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Good Weekend.

Someone at work  just told me that Good Weekend is an Oxymoron.  What a
sad life.  But then again,  how sad to spend it in Junk shops?

Just two finds this weekend,  Norrie Paramor's Latin for Lovers,  good
but not as much fun as the LP of Cliff Richard and the Shadows Latin
covers.  Couple of top tunes though.  Also the Happy Hammond plays music
from Films Vol2.  Again a couple of good'uns on here,  I bought it for
the James Bond Theme,  but its not as good as some of the other cuts.
Sadly I also bought a late seventies Shirley Bassey LP but didn't check
it properly and when I got home it was just a regular comp in the wrong
sleeve.  Doh.  So if anyone on the list got the wrong Shirley Bassey LP
from the car boot sale in Lewes,  get in touch.

Also I was very pleased to see that the old (relative terms here you
understand)  Lennie de Ice rave classic We Are i.e. has been
re-released.  Typically I'd got the artists name wrong and have spent
the last 8 years checking out the wrong bits of the record shops.  Oh,
well.  Got it now.  Thats why the other reviews are even more than
usually vague,  my girlfriends had this glued to the deck.


El Maestro Con Queso

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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 08:01:28 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) 8-track question

In a message dated 5/9/99 11:20:56 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< I've also noticed this in a few home-made 8-track tapes from "back in
 the day,"  >>

Can anyone explain to me how an 8 track player works?  Specifically, how does
the head distinguish between the tracks?  I know the head moves up and down
but I figure that in such a narrow tape there would be bleed over from
adjacent channels.

Thanks.  This has puzzled me for years.


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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 08:44:40 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) 8-track question

You are exactly right!  There is bleed over from adjacent channels.  That's
why the 8 track was not a very good idea!

You probably know this already, but, the 8 track had a predecesor. It was the
4 track.  4 track tapes worked in the same way as eight tracks, except they
were smaller, and only had 2 "programs".  I used to have a 4 track player.
It looked like a brief case, but when opened up the 4 track player was in the
bottom and the speaker was in the top.  There was a section for storing
tapes, and even a mic for making my own 4 tracks!

But even more amazing were the portable reel to reel players!?!?!?!  Tiny
little reels of tape that ran about 5 minutes.  Incredibly hard to load.  Had
one of those bad boys too, back in the day.

Best all,
Larry


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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 09:45:00 -0400
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) FW: Last Minute Brimstones Show!!!

Subject: Last Minute Brimstones Show!!!


The Brimstones will be appearing with Full Blown Cherry at The Melody Bar,
New Brunswick, NJ
on Monday, May 10.  21+, 50 cent Pabst Blue Ribbons til they run dry!!!


The Brimstones
NJ's Premiere Cloven Hooved Stompers
Eternal Surf 'N Garage Damnation at:
http://www.brimstones.com <http://www.brimstones.com>
info: [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>


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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 10:37:56 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 8-track question

8-track info galore:

http://www.8trackheaven.com/



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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 10:39:22 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) 8-track question

In a message dated 05/10/99 8:46:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< You are exactly right!  There is bleed over from adjacent channels.
That's
 why the 8 track was not a very good idea! >>

But I never heard that much bleed over on the things.  That is what amazed
me.  I can hear the music on a record BEFORE the track starts officially so
why doesn't the 8 track bleed more???

A funny admittance,  when I was a kid I thought the 8 track player "yanked"
the tape real hard to advance it to the next track.  I could "see" how a reel
to reel worked so I did not comprehend the nebulous idea of "tracks" and a
head that moved up and down.

Oh, I used an old reel to reel I found to play with the cat more than to
listen to music in my younger days (I was about 12).  I would string the tape
all over the house and then hit play and the cat would chase the tape.  It
still brings a smile to my face.  Of course the music was playing while the
cat was chasing.

I had recorded the TV movie "Once Upon A Mattress" with Carol Burnett (a take
off on the Princess and the Pea).  There was a comical tune that they danced
to at a ball.

I can still hear the tune in my head and I can still see that cat chasing the
tape.

Ain't that funny???

Tiki Bob


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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 10:56:04 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Darwyn Swalve,Dirk Bogarde,Dana Plato

                           *Darwyn Swalve
    RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- Darwyn Swalve, a 6-foot-9 actor who used his bulk
to advantage in a succession of television and movie bad-guy roles, died
Wednesday of a heart attack, The Press-Enterprise reported. He was 53.
    He had recently completed a role in Nickelodeon's ``The Journey of Allen
Strange'' series, scheduled to air this summer.
    Swalve weighed 300-plus pounds and was a onetime semi-professional football
player, but was known as a gentle man who disliked violence.
    He began acting after he was discharged from the Marine Corps in 1968. He
appeared with Southern California theater companies and worked as a stuntman
before making his film debut in 1983 in ``The Zoo Gang,'' which starred Ben
Vereen.
    Swalve's other films included ``City Heat,'' ``Heartbreak Ridge,'' ``Barton
Fink,'' ``Hands of Steel,'' ``Police Academy 6,'' ``Open House'' and
``Underground.'' Television credits included ``The A-Team,'' ``Jake and the
Fatman'' and ``Moonlighting.''

 *Dirk Bogarde
    LONDON (AP) -- Sir Dirk Bogarde, the British actor who starred in more than
70 films and captured the hearts of many women in the 1950s, died Saturday
of a heart attack. He was 78.
    The British film star, who achieved his greatest fame in ``Death in
Venice,'' suffered a stroke in 1996 and had been under 24-hour nursing care
since last May.
    He returned to England from military service in World War II and joined a
small theater group. Soon, he landed roles in the lighthearted ``Doctor in
the House'' series, and by the 1950s, the actor with the boyish good looks
had become a matinee idol.
    Screaming audiences mobbed him at public appearances. The attention soon
led to bigger roles in movies such as ``A Tale of Two Cities,'' in which he
played Sidney Carton, and other films such as ``Darling'' and ``The Servant.''
    During the 1960s, Bogarde sought a quieter life and retreated to a 15th
century farmhouse in France. He began a second career, producing several
novels and a series of autobiographical works, including ``For The Time
Being.''
    After being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease in 1986, he reluctantly
returned to England, where he became an enthusiastic supporter of voluntary
euthanasia.
    The actor was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1992.
See also: http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-bogarde.html

 *Dana Plato
    MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- Actress Dana Plato, who like her fellow ``Diff'rent
Strokes'' child co-stars had seen legal troubles since the show was
canceled, died Saturday of a drug overdose.
    Ms. Plato, 34, apparently took the painkiller Loritab along with Valium on
Saturday while visiting the home of her fiance's parents. Police said the
death appeared accidental and they did not suspect suicide.
    Ms. Plato played Kimberly Drummond on the NBC sitcom that ran from 1978 to
1984.
    She was arrested in 1991 for robbing a Las Vegas video store, and was
placed on five years' probation. In 1992 she was given an additional five
years' probation for forging prescriptions for Valium.
    ``If I hadn't gotten caught, it could have been the worst thing that
happened to me because I could have died of a drug overdose,'' she told
reporters in 1992.
    Ms. Plato and her fiance, Robert Menchaca, had stopped at his parents' home
in Moore for Mother's Day. Ms. Plato and Menchaca, 28, were en route to Los
Angeles after she appeared on the Howard Stern's radio program in New York
as part of an effort to jump-start her career.
    She went on the show to deny the stories of a woman who claimed to know Ms.
Plato well. The woman had called Stern's show, saying Ms. Plato was on drugs.
    Ms. Plato acknowledged the woman had been a roommate, but said she had been
sober for about 10 years. She also said she had her wisdom teeth out about
four months ago and had to take pain killers for that.
    Police said Ms. Plato went to take a nap Saturday afternoon. After Menchaca
realized that evening there was a problem, his mother, a nurse, and his
brother tried unsuccessfully to revive her with cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
    Ms. Plato's recent career had included mainly low-budget films such as
1992's ``Bikini Beach Race'' and the 1997 film ``Different Strokes: A Story
of Jack and Jill ... and Jill,'' a direct-to-video softcore tale about a
sexual threesome.
See also: http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/news/national/obit-plato.html

In alt.obituaries, [e-mail] (Lawrence Person) wrote:
>Dana Plato Dead
>Different Strokes, Different Needles
>Child Star Rampage Ends
>
>Shoplifter checks out
>Residuals pay food, rent
>But not heroin
>
>Teen star plague baffles.
>Does spoiled brat = early grave?
>Can't handle fame? Dorks.

May 10, 1999
Irving Stevens, 88, Ex-Hobo, Author, Inventor of Fly Dope
By NICK RAVO, NYTimes

     Irving "Fishbones" Stevens, who became a folk hero in Maine for his
tales of hobo life in the 1930s and his success developing a foul-smelling
insect repellent called Irving's Fly Dope, died at the home of his sister,
Dorothy Glazier, in Pittsfield, Maine, last Tuesday. He was 88 years old.
     Stevens, who was born on June 21, 1910, in Surry, Maine, and lived in
Corinna, Maine, picked up the nickname Fishbones as a youth, when he was
poor and hungry.
     "He was as thin as a rail," Ms. Glazier said. "So, everyone called him
'Fishbones.' You could see every bone in his body."
     As many down-and-out men did during the Great Depression, Stevens hit
the road, becoming what was then known as a hobo. When World War II started,
he joined the Air Force and served as a private. After the war, he never
returned to the hobo life. Instead, he became a machinist in Maine and
Connecticut.
     In the early '60s, Stevens, always a tinkerer, developed Irving's Fly
Dope by heating pine tar and adding a few secret ingredients. The
concoction, which he bottled himself and sold throughout New England, from a
car, was as effective as it was rank, and it remained a staple of campers
and fishermen during black-fly season until 1991, when environmental
licensing fees made it too expensive to produce.
     For some men, being the creator of Irving's Fly Dope might have been
enough fame for one life, but in the 1980s, Stevens self-published
"Fishbones: Hoboing in the 1930s," a collection of stories about his hobo
years. The book became something of a local sensation.
     Stevens wrote two more books, "Mandy's Washtub and Other Stories" in
1992 and "National King of the Hobos" in 1997. He was given the ceremonial
title King of the Hobos in 1988, at the annual National Hobo Convention in
Britt, Iowa. Five years later, he crowned one of his daughters, Constance
Hall of Dexter, Maine, as Queen of the Hobos.
     In addition to Ms. Glazier and Ms. Hall, Stevens is survived by another
sister, Sidney Hanscom of West Palm Beach, Fla.; three sons, James Stevens
of Stetons, Maine, Richard Russell of Worcester, Mass., and Philip
Batchelder of Abbot, Maine; two other daughters, Brenda Hall of St. Albans,
Maine, and Marybeth Cribbs of Waterville, Maine, and 13 grandchildren.








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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 13:14:59 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) it's all connected, maaaan!

Has anyone here spent time at DIRK (http://interconnected.org/ )?

As the site says:
DIRK explores the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.

It does this by having visitors enter a thing/person and then describing a
connection to another thing/person.

I entered a few exotica/lounge terms and names, and came up empty.
I think we should spend some spare moments over there building up the database!

DIRK currently knows about 6144 objects with 12290 connections. We have the
technology; we can make it better!

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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 19:23:38 +0200
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) ? & the Mysterians

M=FCnchen:

Morgen, Di, 11.5., Atomic Caf=E9, die psychedelische Pop-Legende, deren
gr=F6sster Hit "96 Tears" war. Kostet leider so 25 Mark oder so.

Mo



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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 13:53:54 -0400
From: Bump <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) 8-track question

>But I never heard that much bleed over on the things.  That is what amazed
>me.  I can hear the music on a record BEFORE the track starts officially so
>why doesn't the 8 track bleed more???

Records Warp, Pop and Skip (characters for a new cereal perhaps ;), you
hear the music before the track starts because of the REEL tape that they
mastered the record from. i think they called it something like "ghosting".
as the tape wraps upon itself sometimes the music bleeds thru the tape
magnetically onto the portion it is lying on or so i was told in SOUND-301
class!

vive le vinyl!

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Defective Records
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 19:50:37 +0200
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Hawaii Trip

Eric Marvin wrote:

> Will be at a soccer tournament in Honolulu the whole week

How exotic! Isn't Rugby the favorite sport in the south seas?


- -Mo

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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 19:49:29 +0200
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotic Trilogy Vol. 2

Tiki Bob wrote:

> Where can I get a copy of Vol. 2?  And is Vol. 3 out yet?

No Vol.3 out, as far as I know and I would like to get my copy of No.2 as
well. I think Capt. Nemo still has one for me, eh, Captain?

> Any comments/reviews on either?????

Has great "statistics" on the cover, things like "average listening pleasure
of exotic music compared to regular music" and those kinda jokes. All done
with neat nice graphics. Funny, good humor, recommend.

BTW: Does anyone know where the Shmaltzwald is now, resp. what happened to the
KBZ200-Gordons after leaving the Prater-location?

- -Mo

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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 13:53:15 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [PR] Digital recording according to TDK

     PORT WASHINGTON, NY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 1999--
     Comprehensive Informational Site Is Tied To TDK's New Brand Image
Advertising Campaign

     TDK has made it easier than ever before to learn everything you need to
know about the exciting new world of digital audio recording via a new World
Wide Web site named "Digital Audio: A TDK Guide," accessible via the
company's main Internet site, http://www.tdk.com.
     The new site is a comprehensive, easy-to-understand guide through all
aspects of today's digital audio recording technologies, including both
stand-alone and computer-based recordable CD (CD-R), the hottest new trend
among audio enthusiasts, MiniDisc, and more. Users can also learn details
about the next step in digital recording, DVD-R and DVD-RAM, as well as the
Internet-based MP3 music format.
     Guided by colorful graphics and simple text, visitors to the new TDK
site can instantly jump from the navigation page to special sections on
topics that interest them most. Visitors can learn, for instance, all about
the different types of stand-alone and computer-based CD-recorders (also
known as CD burners), as well as the various recording software packages
available. Visitors can even browse through hands-on reports to help them
choose the equipment that's best for them. A wide variety of tips are also
available on everything from what kind of equipment is needed for CD-R
recording to how to make the best-sounding CDs of all your favorite music.
     "Digital audio recording is one of the hottest trends in music today,"
notes Bruce Youmans, TDK Director, Marketing Services. "But like any new
technology, there's a lot of confusion. People have questions about
everything from what type of equipment is needed, to copyright issues, to
how to achieve the best results. This site is designed to answer all the
most frequently asked questions people have about digital recording. It's
perfect for both beginners, who want an easy-to-follow introduction to
digital recording, and experts who want to explore the exciting new
technology in-depth."
     The "Digital Audio" site will be frequently updated with information on
the latest audio recording equipment, software, and recording tips. In
addition to the "Digital Audio" site, TDK plans to create additional guides
for consumers such as "Digital Video", "Digital Office" and others yet to be
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:47:53 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) it's all connected, Everything, H2G2

>Has anyone here spent time at DIRK (http://interconnected.org/ )?
>I entered a few exotica/lounge terms and names, and came up empty.
>I think we should spend some spare moments over there building up the
database!

That's funny. I've been meaning to suggest the same thing about:
Everything
http://everything.blockstackers.com/
Somewhat similar, except you can contribute a longer blurb/article. And our
area of expertise is sadly uncovered. Let's move in.

And here's another one, based on the "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy":
http://www.h2g2.com/
Also wide open for contributions.


m.ace  [e-mail]
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 12:13:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (Tosh)
Subject: (exotica) Two Reviews for Gainsbourg's Evguenie Sokolov

Two reviews for Gainsbourg's Evguenie Sokolov:


CMJ: New Music Monthly (May)

Like the songs he penned for Brigitte Bardot, Jane Birkin, and himself, this
novelette by French singer/provocateur Serge Gainsbourg (who died in 1991)
is infantile, shockingly frank, and extremely clever. First published in
1980 but previously unavailable in English, Evguenie Sokolov is the
fictional
autobiography of the uncontrollably flatulent title character, an artist
who makes his distinctive drawings ("gasograms") by letting his hand move
while passing violent wind. Hiding his condition by publicly blaming the
inevitable
sounds and odors on his bulldog, and artifically inducing it when it
mysteriously vanishes, Sokolov climbs to the pinnacle of art-world success
before his untimely end. This is not a book for the easily nauseated, but
there's more substance than the one-joke premise suggests. Gainsbourg's
book is a scatological allegory for the dangers facing artist, like the
author himself, whoturn their own internal pathologies into public
spectacle.

- -Franklin Bruno

                           Top Ten list from Artforum International (May)


 'Ooo, don't come near me!' my grandmother said as I went to kiss her
good-bye. 'Why, Gran, have you got that flu?' I innocently asked. 'No,' she
said, wafting the air around her, 'I just fluffed.' Since bowel movement
always been a subject of great discussion in my family, I had been dying to
read famed French songwriter Serge Gainsbourg's 1980 novel Evguenie Sokolov
(TamTam Books), about an artist who uses the vibrations of breaking wind to
make his work. It's a funny yet tragic story, and Sokolov's technique and
the art "movement"(Hyper-Abstractionism) his gasograms inspire are
described so vividly you can almost smell the -.

                           Georgina Starr

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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:30:06 -0500
From: Jeffery Hess <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: reels

>Records Warp, Pop and Skip (characters for a new cereal perhaps ;),
>you hear the music before the track starts because of the REEL tape that

>they mastered the record from. i think they called it something like
>"ghosting". as the tape wraps upon itself sometimes the music bleeds
>thru the tape magnetically onto the portion it is lying on or so i was
told in
>SOUND-301 class!


Is it possible to prevent further ghosting by storing the reels
'tails-out?

Jeff
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Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 16:16:39 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Now-Sound Ramones

Spotted today:

Ramones Songbook as played by the Nutley Brass (1999;The Medicine Label).

The cover sez it's recorded in "Dynamic Extra-Relaxing Monophonic."

10 classic early Ramones tunes.

Anyone know anything about this? There's only one name visible,
arranger/producer Sam Elwitt, so this could be a one-man band type exercise.

I can see these tunes translating to a Now Sound treatment; can anyone say
if this is a successful experiment?

- -Lou




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