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exotica-digest         Friday, August 27 1999         Volume 02 : Number 487



In This Digest:

(exotica) The Plastic Fantastic Vinyl Factory
(exotica) Re: rekkid/The Art of Show Drumming (Sam Ulano)
Re: (exotica) The Plastic Fantastic Vinyl Factory
(exotica) OT Web Site Listing
(exotica) Welk question
Re: (exotica) trader vic's atlanta
Re: (exotica) trader vic's atlanta
(exotica) Atlanta News
(exotica) The Great One
Re: (exotica) trader vic's atlanta
(exotica) Mambo #5
Re: (exotica) Mambo #5
(exotica) velvet painting exhibit Seattle
Re: (exotica) velvet painting exhibit Seattle
(exotica) new motion reviews ---+ date: 27.aug.99
(exotica) Opinions wanted on records
RE: (exotica) Mambo #5
Re: (exotica) Thomas Crown
(exotica) Re: The Singing Dogs
Re: (exotica) Thomas Crown
(exotica) For those who Hate Mike Love
(exotica) Fininish madness!
Re: (exotica) Yet Death Again - Part 2
(exotica) exotica-furniture
(exotica) Cliff Edwards / Tex Williams / Louvin Bros
Re: (exotica) trader vic's atlanta
Re: (exotica) trader vic's atlanta

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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 12:13:46 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) The Plastic Fantastic Vinyl Factory

The active list subscriber Dom Ciccone recently offered some of us locals=20
(that=92s the New England states, United States of America, Planet Earth, fo=
r=20
you non locals) the opportunity to scrounge around the record collection of =
a=20
friend of his.

His friend, let=92s just call him =93Tony=94, owns a plastic factory.  In th=
e dusty=20
attic above the back half of the factory is where Tony keeps his record=20
collection. He=92s been at it awhile, I=92d guess there were 10 to 15 thousa=
nd=20
albums there plus a mess of singles and 78=92s.  Now this all could have eas=
ily=20
been another Herb story, but Tony is an orderly fellow.  Tony kept the vast=20
majority of his collection in alphabetized boxes, and he even had some sorte=
d=20
by categories.  Tony is planning to move, and he let Dom bring some folks by=20
before he dumps the whole mess-O-records to some dealer. =20

Dom had contacted everyone he knew in the area who might be interested, but=20
with crazy schedules and the general pain in the ass of living, only three=20
people showed up.  Me, Dom and Br. Cleve. =20

Tony=92s factory was making chess pieces on Saturday when we visited him. Up =
in=20
the attic Tony set up a turn table so we could listen to anything we found. =20
I was a bit overwhelmed by all the boxes and the plastic fumes rising up fro=
m=20
down stairs, so I flitted around looked here and there.  Dom uses this=20
collection as sort of a lending library, so he spent part of his time helpin=
g=20
look for things I was interested in.  Br. Cleve had a Yoda like record=20
finding technique that comes with years of experience.  He started at the=20
letter A and continued on to the letter Z.  It seems simple, but it takes a=20
cool head and nerves of steel and Cleve demonstrated both. =20

In addition to Br. Cleve=92s amazing understanding of the alphabet, he was v=
ery=20
helpful in directing a neophyte like myself towards some groovy albums and=20
away from some evil ones.  As an added bonus Br. Cleve regaled Dom and I wit=
h=20
some great impressions of Esquivel and even greater impressions of our own=20
Jane Fondle during her steamier moments on stage.  As part of this latter=20
impression, Br. Cleve actually stripped down to bra and panties and writhed=20
around on top of some old boxes of records, while pleasuring himself.  Tony=20
came out of his office where he=92d been pricing some of the albums we had=20
selected.  When he caught sight of Cleve=92s erotic dance spectacular, Tony=20
rushed back into his office and dialed up his favorite local escort service. =20

In less then 15 minutes a micro-bus pulled up in front of the plastic factor=
y=20
and out stepped 9 hired hands (actually 18 hands on 9 beautiful females -=20
actually 5 females - 2 she-males and one pseudo-hermaphrodite).  A small=20
nearby caterer arrived seconds later, packing trays of multi-colored finger=20
sandwiches and 4 cases of champagne.  They all marched up into the attic=20
record loft and joined Br. Cleve in a hypnotic gyrating mass high atop the=20
mountains of records. The burly Tony swung out of his office wearing noting=20
but a leopard skin thong and a smile.  Dominic was right behind him wearing =
a=20
powdered wig formed from Cool Whip and a grass skirt.  The fumes from the=20
plastic works downstairs were getting very strong, and everything started to=20
take on the quality of a Jefferson Airplane light show.  The sound of Dom an=
d=20
Cleve yelling =93More, more!!!=94 could be heard intermingling with Xavier=20
Cugat=92s =93Dance Party=94, Crazy Otto, and The California Poppy Pickers al=
l being=20
played on a slightly off speed turntables. =20

It was at this point that things started getting weird.  I think the=20
champagne and plastic gas got the better of all of us, especially the=20
she-males.  A whip topping encrusted Cleve pulled a rare Les Baxter/Hoffman=20
=9178 from a stack of filth.  He handed it to one of the well oiled Ladies o=
f=20
the Evening (early afternoon), who placed it on nearby Fisher Price=20
turntable.  There was a blinding emerald green flash from the rickety Fisher=20
Price and a tropical mist filled the attic.  Hovering over the turntable was=20
Les Baxter draped in a diaphanous gown.  He started to speak and that was th=
e=20
point at which I passed out. =20

I woke up with Dom and Cleve, in a heap out behind the plastic factory,  a=20
fully dressed Tony was hosing us all down.  He said the vapors from his=20
chessmen must have knocked us senseless.  The escort service=92s bus was gon=
e,=20
as was the caterer.  I dressed quickly paid Tony for the records I=92d found=20
and hit the road.  I=92m not sure what actually happened, maybe Dom or Br.=20
Cleve have a clearer recollection.

- -Roy G. Biv




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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 15:09:27 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: rekkid/The Art of Show Drumming (Sam Ulano)

also: "Sam The Drummer tells famous fairy tales for your children" on Lane
records too, the same kind of funny drumming + talking galore.

        Johan


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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 10:54:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jane Fondle <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Plastic Fantastic Vinyl Factory

Hmmm...why do I feel this story has been GREATLY
embelleshed?
Jane Fondle, who would NEVER do a thing like that!
;^<.
>=20

>=20
> In addition to Br. Cleve=92s amazing understanding of
> the alphabet, he was
> very
> helpful in directing a neophyte like myself towards
> some groovy albums and
> away from some evil ones.  As an added bonus Br.
> Cleve regaled Dom and I
> with
> some great impressions of Esquivel and even greater
> impressions of our own
> Jane Fondle during her steamier moments on stage.=20
> As part of this latter
> impression, Br. Cleve actually stripped down to bra
> and panties and writhed
> around on top of some old boxes of records, while
> pleasuring ...

=3D=3D=3D
"It's just my nature to do weird stuff." - Les Baxter

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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 11:23:57 -0800
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) OT Web Site Listing

Hey, I know this WAY off base (not to mention off topic), but I am hoping
that there are some good folks out there who may be able to help me. As you
know, we've got this company (Surreal World Products) and we have put up
our early version of our website.

How the hell do I promote it and get it listed on search engines?

I know that there are services that will charge you to do this, but I have
heard that these are not necessary as a person can do it themselves for
free.

Any help will be appreciated. Please email off list (don't want to clutter
the list more than i already have!)

Thanks....and I now return you to your regularly scheduled discussion.



thomas


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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 15:01:29 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Welk question

I saw a copy of LAWRENCE WELK DANCE PARTY at my local thrift. Does anyone
know if there are vocals on this disc and/or if it's a good Welk album to
own?

Also, I recently picked up a copy of LANI LAURENS, Surfing at Waikiki Beach.

Can't find any mention of Mr. Laurens on the web. Has anyone here every
heard of him?





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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 15:47:13 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) trader vic's atlanta

In a message dated 08/26/99 1:36:50 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Vic's is definately hard to get to...first off seeing it from the street
is
 nearly impossible, unless youre on a mission to find it, second, if you park
 in the parking garage (which is a must because theres no street parking) you
 have to ride an elevator up to the lobby of the Hilton- go across the lobby,
 find another elevator, and go back down to get to it.. >>


Totally correct evaluation.  And even if you stay at the Hilton you are still
not likely to know the resturant exists.

It is in the basement!

Tiki Bob


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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 14:13:50 -0400
From: Paul McKay <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) trader vic's atlanta

> Totally correct evaluation.  And even if you stay at the Hilton you are still
> not likely to know the resturant exists.
>
> It is in the basement!

But the only people who are ever there are the hotel guests. The one
time I have ever seen it approaching full was when it was full of PBS
conventioners from the hotel. Now that was a scary crowd. But at least
it was a crowd.

New Year's was sad. My date and I were the only two people there and the
staff was so upset when we left to be somewhere else at midnight.

- --
Paul McKay
Assistant Engineer

- -----------------------------------------
Institute of Paper Science and Technology
500 10TH ST NW
ATLANTA, GA 30318
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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 14:26:35 -0400
From: Paul McKay <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Atlanta News

This is sorta relevant, so for all of you in the Atlanta area:

The 50th Anniversary of Atlanta's LAST surviving Drive-In Movie!


Saturday, September 4,5,6th at the Atlanta Starlight Six Drive-In there
will be a three day Anniversary blow-out! Pay just $5 a WHOLE DAY to see
super cool hot rods and Atlanta's coolest bands like the Woggles,
Penetrators, Lizardmen, Caroline and The Ramblers play each afternoon.
Then snuggle up with your honey and view some great 50's, 60's and early
70's B-movies spiced with plenty of trailers and vintage cartoon reels.

Check out the website Starlight Six Drive-In
http://www.starlightdrivein.com don't forget the Drive-In-Vasion
Starlight Drive-In club each Tuesday Night at 7:30!! Here's the complete
itinerary thanks to Greg Germani!

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH
*       4 pm - Kings of the Lobby (Stax-style soul)
*       5 pm - Penetrators (Spaghetti-western spy movie surf)
*       6 pm - Woggles (Cave-stomping rock & roll)
*       7 pm - Johnny Knox Trio (Jump blues/rockabilly)
Movie theme: Rockets & Monsters:Attack of the 50-Foot Woman, Forbidden
Planet, Them!

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 5TH
*       4 pm - Caroline & The Ramblers (Western swing)
*       5 pm - Blue Avenue (50s/60s-inflected pop, rockabilly)
*       6 pm - Redneck Greece (Old-school country...aka country music
from the
gut!)
*       7 pm - Lotsa Poppa (Classic R&B)
Movie theme: Raging Hormones:High School Confidential, American
Graffiti, Jailhouse Rock

MONDAY SEPTEMBER 6TH
*       4 pm - Catfight (All-girl rock)
*       5 pm - Swami Blues (Chicago Blues)
*       6 pm - Truckadelic (Diesel-powered honky-tonkin' Southern
trash-rock)
*       7 pm - Lizardmen (British Invasion/Flamin' Groovies-style pop)
Movie theme: Conspiracy A Go-Go, Goldfinger, Dr. Strangelove, TBA
There'll be barbecue and coolers and lawn chairs and dancing are
permitted. There will be posters and t-shirts for sale.




- --
Paul McKay
Assistant Engineer

- -----------------------------------------
Institute of Paper Science and Technology
500 10TH ST NW
ATLANTA, GA 30318
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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 14:21:42 -0700
From: "Stephen W. Worth" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Great One

Plowing through backlogged exotica digest... sorry for the
tardiness...

>From: "Brian Tozer" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: (exotica) Gleason and...Como
>
>Just picked up "Music for Lovers Only" and "Music, Martinis &
>Memories" by Jackie Gleason for 50 cents. (both mono)  I
>like both of these
>LP's, but I do wonder...are all his others pretty much the same?

I love Gleason albums and I think Bobby Hackett was one of the
most soulful trumpet players ever. On some albums the tempo does
decend into lethargy though. My favorite Gleason albums are the
ones with "Brass" in the title. They are a little peppier. In
particular, Gleason's version of "You're Drivin Me Crazy" sticks
with me. It should have been on that Placidil album he made!

See ya
Steve


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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 20:28:54 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) trader vic's atlanta

In a message dated 8/26/99 12:55:14 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< But the only people who are ever there are the hotel guests. The one
 time I have ever seen it approaching full was when it was full of PBS
 conventioners from the hotel. Now that was a scary crowd. But at least
 it was a crowd.

 New Year's was sad. My date and I were the only two people there and the
 staff was so upset when we left to be somewhere else at midnight.

 --
 Paul McKay
 Assistant Engineer
  >>

SECO, the Southern Counsel of Optometrists, has it's annual meeting in
Atlanta and the Hilton (as well as other hotels in the vicinity) are booked
solid with close to 11,000 optometrists.  The Hilton is the host hotel and I
have stayed there many times. When I have been there during this meeting the
Vic's STILL is dead.

I swear that the place is so tucked away most of the hotel guest do not even
realize it is there.

Tiki Bob


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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 20:52:44 -0700
From: "B. Yost" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Mambo #5

I'm probably not very hip for just reading about this, but what's up
with there being a hit single which is a remake of Perez Prado's "Mambo
#5"?  Anybody heard it?  Any good?

The blurb I read was unfortunately calling it something like "this
year's 'Macarena'".  As if we needed another one...

- -- Brad


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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 22:02:48 -0500
From: "Elisabeth Vincentelli" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Mambo #5

I had to review "Mambo No. 5" so here's what I know.

They pretty much added lyrics to Prado's song of the same name, as well as
cheesy synths. The singer is Ugandan-Italian and works with a team of German
producers/musicians. It's not so much the new Macarena (although it'll do
*great* at weddings) as the new Boney M. The song has a certain catchiness
(it's Prado after all) but the album as a whole is dumb dum dumb dumb.

Elisabeth

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>From: "B. Yost" <[e-mail]>
>To: [e-mail]
>Subject: (exotica) Mambo #5
>Date: Thu, Aug 26, 1999, 10:52 PM
>

> I'm probably not very hip for just reading about this, but what's up
> with there being a hit single which is a remake of Perez Prado's "Mambo
> #5"?  Anybody heard it?  Any good?
>
> The blurb I read was unfortunately calling it something like "this
> year's 'Macarena'".  As if we needed another one...


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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 04:01:41 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) velvet painting exhibit Seattle

PRE-ELVIS VELVET =F1 A Major Art Discovery!!!

=ECVilla Velour=EE
The Velvet Paintings of Edgar William Leeteg=20
at=20
Bumbershoot=C6  The Seattle Arts Festival
Seattle Center=EDs Shaw Room
August 31-September 6, 1999=20
Open Daily 12-8pm
Free to the public, August 31-September 2=20
Opening Reception: Tuesday August 31, 6:00-8:00 P.M.=20

The Museum of Velvet Paintings is proud to present the premier exhibition=
 of=20
twenty-five velvet paintings by Edgar William Leeteg at the 1999 Bumbersh=
oot=20
Arts Festival in Seattle.  Co-Curator David Saylor Price has produced =EC=
Villa=20
Velour=EE, named after Leeteg=EDs legendary compound on the island of Moo=
rea in=20
Tahiti.. It is the largest and most comprehensive exhibit ever shown of=20
Leeteg=EDs work.  The collection adorned Bob Brooks=ED famous 7 Seas Nigh=
tclub in=20
Los Angeles (opposite Grauman=EDs Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard)=
 over=20
fifty years ago.  Seen for the first time in as many years, the exhibit w=
ill=20
also include ephemera, photos, and memorabilia of Leeteg=EDs life. Bernar=
d=20
Davis, Leeteg=EDs Honolulu dealer  best characterized the true spirit of =
the=20
painter: =20

An artist who started out with six jars of paint, and an old gramophone,=20
migrated to=20
a remote tropical island in the south Pacific, became a virtual king in h=
is=20
own private=20
Garden of Eden; had himself 14 wives (more or less); told the critics all=
 =EBto=20
go to hell=ED;=20
became a legend in his own time; who sold his first paintings for $4.00 o=
r a=20
bottle of=20
whiskey (hunger or thirst decided the price); whose paintings today comma=
nd=20
thousands of dollars; who left an estate valued at millions of francs; wh=
o is=20
considered throughout the world as the Rembrandt of the Black Velvet art=20
medium;=20
and who is referred to by many as the American Gauguin.=F3All this can=ED=
t help=20
but=20
make a =EBhellova tale.

This event will also feature the world premier of the newly released  boo=
k =20
=ECLEETEG of TAHITI, Paintings from Villa Velour=EE by John Turner and Gr=
eg=20
Escalante. The 96 page full color book by Last Gasp Publications, include=
s an=20
introduction by famous 50s tiki lounge bandleader Martin Denny.



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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 07:11:51 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) velvet painting exhibit Seattle

In a message dated 8/27/99 4:05:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]=
m=20
writes:

<< It is the largest and most comprehensive exhibit ever shown of=20
 Leeteg=EDs work.  The collection adorned Bob Brooks' famous 7 Seas Nightclu=
b=20
in=20
 Los Angeles (opposite Grauman=EDs Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard) o=
ver=20
 fifty years ago. >>

So do you think I claim a stake in this collection?

Tiki Bob
(wrapped in velvet)


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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:44:27 +0100
From: dan hill <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) new motion reviews ---+ date: 27.aug.99

- ---+ new reviews ---+ http://motion.state51.co.uk/reviews/

     The Cinematic Orchestra - Motion (Ninja Tune)
     The Ghost Orchid - An Introduction To Electronic Voice Phenonmena (Ash
International)

thanks, and apologies for cross-postings

the motion team

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 13:15:15 +0100
From: m h jemmeson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Opinions wanted on records

I'm sure all these have come up before but has anyone got opinions on these?:

v/a - Doob Doob o'rama
Nico Gomez + Afro Percussion Ensemble - Ritual
Tonto's Ex. Head Band - Time Zone

and there are two compilations of Polish Jazz out this week as well. The
tracklisting for one shows a lot of tracks by the Nivo Singers... interesting?

Thanks.


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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 09:30:17 -0400
From: "Rajnai, Charles, NNAD" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Mambo #5

>I'm probably not very hip for just reading about this, but what's up
>with there being a hit single which is a remake of Perez Prado's "Mambo
>#5"?  Anybody heard it?  Any good?

>The blurb I read was unfortunately calling it something like "this
>year's 'Macarena'".  As if we needed another one...

I wouldn't quite go that far.  I heard it on the radio, and must admit, the
vapid remake it is, it was much more interesting on first listen than the
rest of the crap they call "Best of the 80s and 90s"  And there really IS a
sample of our man Perez doing his "AARGH!"


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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 07:04:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jane Fondle <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Thomas Crown

> cheryl <[e-mail]> on 08/22/99 09:16:03 PM

> The only review that I read that touched on the
> subject of music said
> that the best thing about the remake was that it
> DIDN'T include
> "Windmills Of Your Mind".  Personally, I don't know
> how you could remake
> it without that song, but that's Hollywood for
> you...
>
> cheryl
>
I know I'm slow on the uptake here(actually,too busy
for long posts lately, but here I go!)
My point is, WHY REMAKE THIS FILM AT ALL!?  It set an
aesthetic standard for media beyond film for YEARS
after its release, in advertising, in design...you can
look at say, an old Playboy from 1970, and see an ad,
and think"Oh, that's SO Thomas Crown!"  The way it was
filmed, with the multi-screens, the lighting, the
design are what made this film so compelling, not the
plot-line, which is pretty standard.
As far as "Windmills", most know I pant madly over
Michel Legrand, but the BERGMANS are hacks, I'm sorry!
 The lyrics to that song are dreadful,
faux-Dylan-adults-trying-to-be-hip-but-not-even-achieving-now-sound-levels.
 The only lyric I like that they wrote is that to
"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"
Man, I feel so much BETTER!
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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:40:46 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: The Singing Dogs

    "Oh Susanna" can also be found on the comp CD "Golden Goofers (Your
hit parade)" - Time-Life HPD-40, US, 1995 - with lots more rare novelty
stuff, recommended for Dr. Demento fans.

        Johan


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>
>> Anyone have any recordings by "The Singing Dogs"? I've just seen a
>> 78 of them performing "Oh Susanna".........




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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 10:40:55 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Thomas Crown

The remake most certainly did include "Windmills of Your Mind" -- in many
permutations in fact - as a flamenco number, as closing credits music (with
Sting singing, I believe), and throughout the movie in little musical
vignettes.

not commenting on the movie, the need to remake it (or lack thereof), just=
 FYI
on the score.

clark


> cheryl <[e-mail]> on 08/22/99 09:16:03 PM
>
> The only review that I read that touched on the
> subject of music said
> that the best thing about the remake was that it
> DIDN'T include
> "Windmills Of Your Mind".=A0 Personally, I don't know
> how you could remake
> it without that song, but that's Hollywood for
> you...



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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 10:52:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jane Fondle <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) For those who Hate Mike Love

>
> Associated Press LOS ANGELES, California - Mike
> Love, lead singer of the famed
> California band the Beach Boys, filed suit yesterday
> in a Los Angeles court
> seeking unspecified damages for the alleged
> impregnation
> of his cat by a neighbor's feline. The suit charges
> Michael Garrity with
> failure to properly restrain his cat and negligence
> in the birth of nine
> kittens to Love's cat eight weeks ago. Love is
> seeking actual damages to
> cover
> his expenses for the care of the kittens and an
> unspecified amount in punitive
> damages caused by the hardship. When reached for
> comment, Mr. Garrity said he
> was unaware of the suit but that Love had recently
> confronted him with the allegation but was told that
> Garrity's cat had died
> several months before of complications from surgery.
> Love's attorney could not
> be reached for comment.
>
>
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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:10:24 -0500
From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Fininish madness!

About Allan's review from Cool & Strange music:

> There is something strange going on in Finland. There has to be to produce a
> group as odd as Elakelaiset!
>     On this, their newest release, the quartet perform a series of
> wickedly-humourous (and uncredited) cover versions of pop tunes that have to
> be _heard to be believed_.
As many of us have already suspected, something strange truly is
going on in Finland (and Iceland for that matter)... All you have to
do is listen to a few things off of the Bad Vugum Label, or maybe
Paska singing "I'm Sh*t", or Laika & the Cosmonauts' Finnish brand of
surf music, or better yet, watch a film by one or both Kaurismaki
brothers to know!  My theory is the proximity to Russia has injected
a whole differerent set of infuences to what would otherwise be a
quiet Scandanavian country! Second posssibility is the cold, as we in
Canada know all too well, ours being a country that's a natural stop
on the death metal tour circuit...

I'm waiting to hear this release after reading Allan's review as it
seems it may bear a strong resemblance to another project some may
know called Culturcide. This is a group that also lifts popular rock
and easy melodies but with lyrics you wouldn't want to play while the
kids are around.  I think the group comes from Texas and their best
known release, "Tacky Souvenirs from Pre-Revolutionary America", was
available on a CD a few years back. The original was a private
release and not too commonly available.

Brian Karasick
Physical Planner
McGill University
Montreal, Canada


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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 13:40:05 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jane Fondle <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Yet Death Again - Part 2

Well, Dang, I tried to send this to my Yahoo! address
and it truncated the part to which I wanted to
respond, and that was of Skip Heller wanting to
"orchestrate" a proper performance of Robert Drasnin's
VOODOO!  Here, here!  Bring it HERE(to Boston!) I have
oft wondered why orchestras like the Boston Pops don't
have an "exotica night" and perform Les Baxter
(imagine THE PASSIONS, which was SUPPOSED to be a
SERIOUS CLASSICAL WORK anyway!)or Robert Drasnin.  The
music is way meatier than a lot of the stuff the Pops
tackles on a regular basis...Maybe Jeff Phillips in SF
knows!  Maybe Cleve knows...anyway, Jeff, Cleve and
SKip, if this reaches you, it's an helluva idea.
Jane Fondle!

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 14:11:31 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jordana Robinson <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) exotica-furniture

I meant to post about this before, during the brief
"Barbarella furniture at Target" thread...

There's a mailing list at Onelist called
Midcenturymodern.  Those of you who like googie-shaped
coffeetables, tiki-pattern barkcloth drapes, and/or
Barbarella-esque plastic dinette sets (my personal
favorite) to match your music should go to
www.onelist.com and sign up.

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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 15:23:33 -0700
From: "Stephen W. Worth" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Cliff Edwards / Tex Williams / Louvin Bros

More long belated responses...

>Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 00:51:46 +0200
>From: "n.e.u. / Moritz R" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: (exotica) western swing

>For instance Cliff Edwards, or "Ukulele Ike". On this record on Totem
>Records he looks at you so guileless like a doggie and he says "I want a
>Girl",  of course: "(Just Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad"), but
>hey, this swings!

Cliff Edwards was best known as the voice of Jimminy Cricket... and
that gig ruined his career. Before Pinocchio, Ukelele Ike was quite
popular. After the film was released and "When You Wish Upon A Star"
became a hit, he had a brief flurry of work, then his career took a
nose dive. He lived on skid row and became an alcoholic. In the fifties,
Walt Disney searched him out, cleaned him up and gave him a lot of work
on the Mickey Mouse club and the educational shorts you might have
seen in school as a kid. ("I'm No Fool" and "You and Your Five
Senses"). Then, true to form, Walt dumped him again and Cliff hit the
skids again. Pretty sad story.

In any case, his best CD is called "Singing in the Rain". (Audiophile
ACD-17). It's a bunch of radio transcriptions from the early 40s. The
performances are spirited and the sound quality is better than some of
the other CDs I've heard. Edwards was a childhood chum of Bing Crosby.
Supposedly they sang a lot together to the radio in their early days.

You can see Cliff Edwards in the flesh in a Vitaphone short called
"My Little Buckaroo" which was released on a laserdisc set. He sings
the title song with loving, heartfelt feeling with his face about two
inches away from a big fat sleeping slug of a ranch hand. Really sick!

>One guy, who looks popular on his many records, wasn't such a great
>success with me: Tex Williams

Tex is great. He was the singer in Spade Cooley's band until Spade,
in a drunken rage, fired him for having a "big head". Apparently
Tex had been passing out 8 by 10 glossies of himself to the ladies
in the crowd. There is a good Tex Williams and his Western Caravan
collection on the Capitol Vintage Collections series, and his vocals
are all over the Spade Cooley CD called "Spadella", but the best
Tex Williams CD I've heard is a live broadcast from Los Angeles in
the late forties called "Tex Williams on the Air 1947-1949" (Country
Roots RFD CD 17).

>America wouldn't be America without performers like the Louvin
>Brothers.

Supposedly, the Louvins were a real "Cain and Abel" pair. Charley
was a quiet religious man, and Ira was an abusive alcholic boor.
Even his close friends described him as a "rattlesnake". The
Louvin Brothers were Elvis's mother's favorite musicians.
Elvis made them his opening act in the fifties. After belting
out Hound Dog and the rest of his rock n roll numbers for the
crowd, Elvis would go backstage and jam with the Louvins on
the gospel songs of his childhood. Ira Louvin was drunk one
night and said to Elvis, "You should play these gospel tunes
all the time... Give up that crappy nigger music". Elvis
walked out of the room without a word, and the next day the
Louvin's got the pink slip.

The Louvin Brothers are great because of their simple,
ignorant sincerity. You can tell they are singing songs that
they really feel. The pain is palpable. It's kind of like
a dog that has a broken leg and howls with pain without
really understanding what is happening to him. If you can
find "Tragic Songs of Life" on vinyl, pick it up. It's their
best album. Unfortunately, the CD reissues of it dull the
sharpness of the Louvin's sound to make it "more paletable
for modern ears". It takes a lot of the edge off the music
in the process.

>On their album "Satan Is Real", that shows a cute devil in
>the back, Ira and Charlie "pour out their beliefs and
>convictions born of a deep-seated religious upbringing.

The story goes that the brothers built that devil in their
back yard, then set fire to it and jumped in the flames to
have the picture shot. It is one of the best album covers
ever. The album is great too.

See ya
Steve


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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:34:02 -0700
From: "Kevin C." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) trader vic's atlanta

Paul McKay wrote:
> New Year's was sad. My date and I were the only two people there and the
> staff was so upset when we left to be somewhere else at midnight.

Is there something "sadder" than sad? If this isn't the definition I
don't know what is.

I've obtained the phone number for the Pres. of the Trader Vic's
restaurant division... I'll see if I can procure and interview.

If any of you have questions you'd like answered (both positive and
negative ones, I hope), please send em to me at [e-mail].

Kevin Crossman
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Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 20:45:17 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) trader vic's atlanta

In a message dated 8/27/99 7:36:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< I've obtained the phone number for the Pres. of the Trader Vic's
 restaurant division... I'll see if I can procure and interview.
  >>

the Trader Vic's home site make it clear that the resturants "are not family
run" anymore.

the home site and the heirs run the product selling / distribution end.

good luck tho.

tiki bob


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