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exotica-digest      Wednesday, September 1 1999      Volume 02 : Number 489



In This Digest:

(exotica) Has anybody here seen my old friend Rosie Jacuzzi?
Re: (exotica) Thomas Crown
Re: (exotica) TV Trivia
(exotica) the MOOG and Boston...
(exotica) Caught up in an EZ world!
(exotica) Rudi Gernreich
(exotica) Re: Calexico (was: Friends of Dean Martinez
(exotica) Weekend finds
(exotica) Space Ghost Tiki
(exotica) Only for King of the Hill Fans....
(exotica) Fwd: Re: Don Ho...
(exotica) Playlist for "Jimmy's Easy" 8.31.99
(exotica) Denny - Coconut Cream of . . .
(exotica) Words to Quiet Village
(exotica) Space Ghost Tiki
(exotica) Astroslut Maniftesto(long)
Re: (exotica) sandy nelson
Re: (exotica) sandy nelson
(exotica) Playlist for "Mondo Bongos" Sept 1, 1999
Re: (exotica) sandy nelson
Re: (exotica) Re: Calexico (was: Friends of Dean Martinez
(exotica) Denny McLain
Re: (exotica) Denny McLain
Re:  (exotica) Space Ghost Tiki
(exotica) week off
Re: (exotica) Denny McLain
Re: (exotica) week off
Re: (exotica) Space Ghost Tiki
(exotica) Fashion Show

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Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 09:50:43 -0400
From: Will Straw <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Has anybody here seen my old friend Rosie Jacuzzi?

"Rosie Jacuzzi, the oldest member of the Jacuzzi family and a 1906 earthquake
survivor, died Aug. 4. She was 95."

Now there's a low-concept tv-movie-of-the-week biopic idea.

Will




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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 08:20:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jane Fondle <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Thomas Crown

Nat penned:
> > > Actually I was less distressed by the remake
> itself
> > > than I was by the idea
> > > that Rene Russo is this year's Faye Dunaway.
> >

And yesterday's news, don't worry about it!


> > > At the time this song was foisted upon the
> world, I
> > > couldn't have agreed
> > > more.  And yet now, when I hear it sung by Jack
> > > Jones or Mel Torme (or even
> > > Ed Ames??) I actually like it.

Don't misunderstand me!  I like the song, but I
> think the Bergmans wreck it, and if that great
melody
> had better words, such as those of Demy, then we'd
be
> in good shape!  THEY ARE HACKS! I have the JACK
> > JONES/MICHEL LEGRAND album-and I love the way Jack
> > sings it!  But c'mon, ova-hear, HACKS~!


> >
> >   And not just that.
> > > I actually understand
> > > the lyrics. But if I start liking "The night
Chicago died",
> I'll
switch to hip hop
 immediately.

> > > Nat

> > YO!  Bruddah Nat, I hear you!
> > Jane Fondle

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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 12:07:22 -0400
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) TV Trivia

At 05:47 AM 8/30/1999 -0700, you wrote:

>Okay, we've all heard the WKRP theme at the beginning of the show.
>It's great.  But what's that song that they close with?

I don't know the name of it, but the origin of it was that the fellow who
composed it wrote and submitted in raw form, saying that the lyrics should
sound something like what he sang.  They liked the song the way it was, so
the lyrics are complete nonsense.  A partial transcription:

"Wet too a ponny, bossa fell a hen,
A sibba wonna sib, got a filler ron a sit, uh huh."

And so forth.

 From http://www.tir.com/~rtw/inside.htm

What Are They Saying?" Ever wonder what the words are to the closing theme
of WKRP? Before you get excited about finding those long lost lyrics, the
actual answer is -- there are none! Tom Chehak, a first season
writer/producer who was present at the Atlanta recording session of the
theme, recalls how Tom Welles, theme writer, suggested to Chehak and Hugh
Wilson a closing theme for the song. According to Chehak, the singer just
started blarring out a bunch of nonsense words; if any of them were actual
words, they're lost to history. Indeed, Chehak recalls how great they all
thought it would be to leave fans guessing forever -- looks like they got
their wish.


Brian Phillips



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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 11:29:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jane Fondle <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) the MOOG and Boston...

I guess I'm too quick on the draw, but I deleted Jeff
Phillips response to "Why doesn't the Boston Pops do
an Exotica performance" ...He said that
then-and-now-conductor Keith Lockhart balked at
Esquivel charts ever being performed in Boston!  I
guess even Keith knows how square this city is.
Anyway, refresh me, but were there not some
zany-by-Pops standards performances in the 7ts with
MOOGS and perhaps Theremins under the batons of
John(ny) Williams or Arthur "Saturday Night" Feidler,
or do I just wax wishfully?
Jane Fondle-swimming-in-a-sea-o'-squares
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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 22:27:18 -0500
From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Caught up in an EZ world!

Johan wrote:

> I used to like Culturcide, ...but now, after listening so much to
> EZ etc, I can't bear Culturcide's loud guitar "noise" anymore ;-)
> this is not meant to attack them! I'm sure there are plenty of
> folks on this list who like them...
I can truly relate to this myself! I find a lot of those experimental
oddities like Culturcide not getting the playing they deserve here and
it's totally our own doing, both of us being so caught up in the EZ
craze. Still, their version of "White Christmas"  is a bit softer and
may appeal to more list members. It's called "Depressed Christmas",
and aside from showing a cover with a guy slashing his wrists, the
song goes ...I'm having a depressed Christmas, just like the one I
had last year... We still try to include these kind of things from
time to time in Space Bop as part of our station's mandate is to play
non-mainstream music and we can't disappoint! Now if we could only
find a bit more Canadian content we'd be set...

Brian Karasick
Physical Planner
McGill University
Montreal, Canada


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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 19:33:07 -0700
From: Jim Gerwitz <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Rudi Gernreich

For an incredible dose of 60's fashion and topless bathing suit model
Peggy Moffitt, marvel at "The Rudi Gernreich Book" next time you are in
a well-stocked bookstore. Beautiful photos of perfect clothes for those
Now Sound parties... It's from Taschen Books, known by some for their
art books and by others for their Eric Stanton and John Willie reprints.

JB Le Noir


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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 99 23:19:46 -0500
From: Michael Toth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Calexico (was: Friends of Dean Martinez

"B. Yost" <[e-mail]> wrote:

>Lately I've been listening to the FODM "Shadow of Your Smile" album and
>really liking it.  But I have to admit I like their winsome covers of
>some pop warhorses (Shadow of Your Smile, Misty, I Wish You Love) more
>than their other material.  There's something about their earnest yet
>somewhat amateurish and perhaps blase sound that I find really
>appealing.

I personally would NOT say in any way "amateurish" or "blase," but
definitely REALLY laid-back, informal, and, well, *earnest*.

>Do any list members know of other bands I could check out
>that have a similar style or approach?  I want more stuff like this.

I too really liked this first FODM album, but I deeply and passionately
*LOVED* Calexico, and obtaining their CDs may be more important than your
next breath.

I still haven't picked up the second FODM, which I've been told from a
couple of sources, is not as interesting, with conjecture that when John
Burns & John Convertino split FODM to form Calexico, they took its spark
with them.

The first Calexico album, _Spoke_, I described to a friend (who agreed
with my description) as something like the dreams you might have falling
asleep to Friends' _Shadow of Your Smile_. Much more ethnic and eclectic
than SoYS, with even more of a wandering-the-desert-on-a-motorcycle sort
of vibe. Songs with Morricone-esque guitars, accordions, and vibes drift
in and out of eerie ambient sound field recordings with a fab, raw,
ultra-lo-fi surf number poking up midway. Slurred and dreamy, restless,
distinctive, visionary, haunting, and moving... particularly with some of
its poetic vocal numbers. Yow, I *love* that album.

I bought the album in its original form on German vinyl from the band
(when I saw them as part of Victoria Williams' 7-piece backing ensemble
in Ann Arbor in early 1998 -- side note: Vic's stuff has evolved from the
delightfully bizarre avant folk swamp rock of her first Rough Trade album
to an almost-easy-listening approach complete with more orchestral and
percussive arrangements and quirky covers of standards. Her 1998 cover of
Eden Ahbez's "Nature Boy," particularly with the Calexico & co. exotic
percussion backing, definitely rates as "Exotica" in my book. She's hard
to peg, which is so much of why I *love* Victoria...).

The gatefold LP doesn't even have the band name "Calexico" on it
anywhere, making me wonder if they were first going under the name
"Spoke." I vaguely recall reading somewhere that the original intent was
to ONLY release this album on 12" vinyl, but it since came out
domestically in the US on CD.

After it became probably my favorite album of 1998, I proceeded to also
purchase the CD, so I loved it enough to buy it twice (mighty nice
packaging on both formats, BTW). But, if you recall, I haven't yet taken
the plunge on the second FODM on SubPop, so you can see where my
priorities are.

There's a follow-up that came out about a year ago called _The Black
Light_, which is also fabulous, and has grown on me to the point where
it's about equal with _Spoke_ in its musical appeal. Somewhat of a more
Duane Eddy meets up with a Mariachi band in the desert kind of vibe in
places, and a track called "Fake Fur" that most folks on this here
Exotica list should find cuddly. One friend prefers its slightly more
tangy twang to the first album, but they're pretty consistent in overall
tone and both equally endorsed.

Somewhat of a narrative concept album, I don't think I've yet really
plumbed The Black Light's depths -- it still hasn't gripped me from a
conceptual/content aspect as much as _Spoke_ moved me, but it still
might. (Both albums available domestically on Quarterstick Records)

     The newness is wearing in
     I check my eyes to see if they have spokes
     To see if they are moving
     To see if they have spoke
     To see if there is somewhere else to ride...

Could not possibly yield a higher recommendation from this guy,

Michael David Toth
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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 12:31:55 +0100
From: "Charles Moseley" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Weekend finds

Not a lot of turnups recently but this weekend I found:

Supercharged - Paddy Kingsland (Studio 2). This is one of the most dreary
moog (VCS3 actually) records I now own (possibly apart from Ye Old Moog),
saved only by The Earthmen (featured on the first Sound Gallery
compilation) which is a superb track.

Berry Lipman - With Love from Germany. A horrible, mushy, sickly lp with
every track suffering from an incessant swinging rhythm that makes me want
to vomit. I am still desperately looking for 'The Most Beautiful Girls in
the World' by Mr Lipman though, as well as a couple of his library lps so
if anyone has any leads.....

Thats all for now.


Charlie

PS. I missed out on a leather sofa from an old shop in Brighton. Apparently
it had been sold that morning to the dreadlocked bird from Steps!




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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 13:34:23 +0100
From: Robbie Baldock <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Space Ghost Tiki

Has anyone come across "Space Ghost's Surf & Turf: 22 Tiki-Torched
Tunes"?  Just seen it on CDNow and it looks (and sounds) interesting!


Robbie

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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 08:52:21 -0400
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Only for King of the Hill Fans....

Did the new season start???

It's on Sunday at 7:30pm now?

Last one I saw, Peggy was hurtling to her death after a failed parachute =
attempt........




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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 06:30:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jane Fondle <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Fwd: Re: Don Ho...

OK!  Kids, a friend is listening to Darrell Brogdon's
show, and hears the WORDS to "Quiet Village", by Don
Ho!  The following is a transcription of our
conversation....READ WITH CAUTION!
Jane Fondle


>
> At 06:14 AM 8/31/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> >Geez!  What are the woids?
> >
> >
> Pretty dismal...like they were written during the
> cab ride on the way to
> the session.
>
> He speaks a bunch of ad lib gibberish during most of
> it, then in the ending
> part where it gets happy sounding, he croons the
> following in his lethargic
> baritone:
>
> Alone...In my Quiet Village I pray
> You will be returning on day
> To me.
> (Return to me).
>
> Alone...Living in a memory of you
> Promising you'll always be true
> To me
> (Be true to me).
>
> Above me there's a moon on fire
> Telling you to love me
> As I desire (yeeeeeech!)
>
> And ever the flame
> In my Quiet Village will burn
> Darling till the day you return
> To me
> (Return to me).
>

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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 10:58:42 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for "Jimmy's Easy" 8.31.99

Percy Faith-Make It Easy On Yourself
Martin Denny-On A Clear Day
MFSB-My Mood
Warren Kime Orchestra-Baubles, Bangles & Beads
Trombones Unlimited-Turn Down Day
Andre Kostelanetz-Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
New World Theatre Orchestra-Window Shopping
David Lindup-In The Limelight
Plastic Fantastic Machine-Theme Of Luxury
Pizzicato 5-Trailer Music
- -Leroy Holmes-Emotions
- -T-Bones-Shangri La
- -Sounds Orchestral-Image
- -Marty Gold Orchestra-High On A Windy Hill
- -Lindberg Hemmer Foundation-Golf
- -Sam Paglia-After Pizza
- -Kahimi Karie-Mike Always Diary
- -Eydie Gorme-Moon River
Basic Hip Mix
Flabby-Mambo Italiano
Rosemary Clooney-Mambo Italiano
Jimmy McGriff-Let's Stay Together
Lou Donaldson-Pillow Talk
Richard Hayman-Goin' Out Of My Head
- -Hugo Montenegro-In Like Flint
- -Peter Thomas-Caught At Midnight
- -Charles Whilp-Powder Puff
- -Buddy Cole-Power House
- -Full Moon Ensemble-Samba Miaou
- -April March-Charlatan
- -Jefferson-Montage From "How Sweet It Is" (Jimmy Webb)
- ----------Wayne Newton-Wives & Lovers---------------
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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:53:28 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Denny - Coconut Cream of . . .

There has been an imported CD out for a few years called:  Martin Denny . . .
Coconut Cream of.

Has anybody seen or heard of this CD.  It is available at web CD sellers but
there is not a play list.

Even our resident authority of Denny disc, Ashley, has not heard of this CD.
Now that is rare!

Any comments?

Tiki Bob


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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:56:08 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Words to Quiet Village

In a message dated 08/31/99 9:33:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< > Pretty dismal...like they were written during the
 > cab ride on the way to
 > the session.
 >
 > He speaks a bunch of ad lib gibberish during most of
 > it, then in the ending
 > part where it gets happy sounding, he croons the
 > following in his lethargic
 > baritone:
 >
 > Alone...In my Quiet Village I pray
 > You will be returning on day
 > To me.
 > (Return to me).
 >
 > Alone...Living in a memory of you
 > Promising you'll always be true
 > To me
 > (Be true to me).
 >
 > Above me there's a moon on fire
 > Telling you to love me
 > As I desire (yeeeeeech!)
 >
 > And ever the flame
 > In my Quiet Village will burn
 > Darling till the day you return
 > To me
 > (Return to me).
 >  >>

Funny, I always kinda liked these lyrics.  I have about 4 or 5 recordings of
versions with lyrics.

The Trilogy series puts one vocal version on each disc.

My question is if old Les actually penned these lyrics.

Comments???

Tiki Bob


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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:15:20 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Space Ghost Tiki

Hi Robbie

I've got this and I think its great.  But you'd have to appreciate the idiotic Space
Ghost humor which can be quite obnoxious.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck

- --- Robbie Baldock <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> Has anyone come across "Space Ghost's Surf & Turf: 22 Tiki-Torched
> Tunes"?  Just seen it on CDNow and it looks (and sounds) interesting!
>
>
> Robbie
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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:48:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jane Fondle <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Astroslut Maniftesto(long)

Astroslut will be formed on planet earth in the late
23rd Century and
sent
back in time to the turn of the Millennium.  They will
bring to a jaded
and
doomed planet the promise of space exploration and
colonization through
pure, unadulterated sex, unsullied by such quaint
notions as commitment
and
monogamy.  By the late 23rd Century it will become
apparent that
humans, in
the vernacular of the 20th Century, just aren't
getting enough, and the
era
which will produce Astroslut will be suffering the
consequences of
sexual
frustration:  Three centuries of war, aggression and
oppression which
will
prevent peaceful space exploration and allow races
from other planets
to
grab up all the galaxy's choice real estate.  By the
time earth's
atmosphere is depleted and humans' need for
colonization grows
desperate,
the other races of the universe will be all to happy
to let the
bellicose
inhabitants of earth perish and to use the rubble of
their legacy for
aquarium gravel.  The few earth brothers and sisters
who do survive
will be
held down and hassled by the Intergalactic Man.
Astroslut's Millennium mission is to spread their
message of space
salvation through sex, and to change the course of
earth's destiny by
diverting human passions.  Should their mission prove
successful,
history
will be altered, thus negating their need to be
created and washing
away
all memory and record of Astroslut's existence.


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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 14:58:41 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) sandy nelson

Sandy Nelson is far from exotic, but am i the only person in the group that
cant get enough of him?

just curious.

- -the sensation


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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 21:07:13 +0100
From: Hugh Petfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) sandy nelson

Trebonious wrote:
>
>Sandy Nelson is far from exotic, but am i the only person in the group that
>cant get enough of him?
>

Count me in too!  But my memories of his material are all from the 60's.
If Preston Epps can still be gigging, then why not Sander?

Hugh.


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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 17:59:21 -0400
From: "telstar" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist for "Mondo Bongos" Sept 1, 1999

"Mondo Bongos" can be heard every Wednesday mornings at 9 on CFRU 93.3fm in
Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Comments & questions welcome.

The Prisoner Theme
The Barry Gray Orchestra - Captain Scarlet Theme "No Strings Attached"
The Saint Orchestra - Funko "House of Loungecore"

The Barry Gray Orchestra - White as Snow "Fireball XL5"
Elakelaiset - Humppabarbi "Werbung, Baby!"
Sinister Dexter - A Snake in your Car "Fifteen Years"

Sukia - Feel 'n Free "Contacto Espacial con el tercer Sexo"
Anandji & Kalyanji V Shah - The Great Gambler "Bombay the Hard Way"
Lata Mangeshkar - Sona Lai Ja Re "Doob Doob O'Rama"
Up, Bustle & Out - Emerald Alley "Funkungfusion"

Portishead - Wandering Star "Dummy"
Kvantett O. Jonson & Grjoni - Howlin' Wolfguitargrowl "Karnival i Texas"
Ennio Morricone - There's No One Left "A Dario Argento - Ennio Morricone
Trilogy"
Nico Fidenco - Red Hot Wax "Black Emanuelle's Groove"
Piero Umiliani - Saudade "Angeli Bianchi - Angeli Neri"

Seks Bomba - Rum Holiday "Operation Bomba"

Until next time...
Allan



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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 19:50:29 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) sandy nelson

At 02:58 PM 8/31/99 EDT, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>Sandy Nelson is far from exotic, but am i the only person in the group that
>cant get enough of him?

No, unfortunately you're not.  We went all through this a year or so ago
talking about "Now Sound versus plain old instrumental rock" and similar
subjects.
Actually I'm in the process of getting rid of almost all my early "Teen
Beat" and "Let there be drums" Sandy Nelson records since those records
kind of bore me and I don't want to be a Sandy collector.
The Sandy records I lurve are the later "quasi-psychedelic" ones with the
sixties rock covers and the far lower proportion of endless drum "solos".
My faves:  The Beat Goes On, Groovy, Cheetah Beat, "In" Beat, Rebirth of
the Beat and best of all Superdrums!

It's strange to be selling Sandy records but I'm up to 300 rejects and I'm
pretty proud of myself.  I'm trying to get rid of anything that I have just
because it relates to something else I genuinely love.
I'm even getting rid of a couple of Buddy Merrill records which only
recently were such a thrill to find.  But you gotta be ruthless.

Nat



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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 19:50:26 -0400
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Calexico (was: Friends of Dean Martinez

At 11:19 PM 8/30/99 -0500, Michael Toth wrote:
>
>I too really liked this first FODM album, but I deeply and passionately
>*LOVED* Calexico, and obtaining their CDs may be more important than your
>next breath.

Nice to see such an enthusiastic Calexico review here.  I'm still kicking
myself that I passed up seeing them live here recently.  Too old, too blase
I guess.
But I too love their CD's, though like Mr.Toth, the second one hasn't quite
sunk in yet.
I did buy the second Friends of Dean Martinez record.  I liked it the first
time I heard it and less and less with each subsequent play.  All I can say
is that it's slicker than the first one and a bit more standard.
As far as where you can get more stuff like the first Friends record, I
don't think you can.  Or at least not all in one place.
I have quite a few of those guitar instrumental quasi surf lounge CD's that
seemed to explode out of nowhere in the last few years and there are
occasional pleasures there, occasionally even resembling the pleasure of
that first Friends CD.
But nothing quite as laid back and loungey.
You could try The Henrys, a great local band whose leader plays a lap
Hawaiian guitar, sort of like a dobro.  I've seen their CD's reviewed in
American magazines so I assume you can find them.  (If you're really
interested and you can't find anything, I can probably hook you up.)
Any Mary Margaret O'Hara fans out there should also have the Henry's CD's
because she appears on guest vocals.
Then there are moments on one of the Aqua Velvas CD's.
And I have this one pretty obscure CD called "Slim Westerns" by "a small
good thing" which is sort of like a quasi-Morricone tribute soundtrack to a
western film that was never made.
So I know that there's stuff like this out there.
And you could try the first OP8 CD - if you haven't already - which is
obviously related to all this, being yet another Giant Sand/Calexico spinoff.

Then there's Tuatara.  I think the second one is better than the first.
Again, it's not exactly "like" the first Friends CD but if you like one,
you might like the other.

And while I'm at it, if you've ever been interested in Tortoise but you
couldn't get into their first two CD's, try "TNT", their third or fourth
which is easily the most "accessible".  (I like them all myself but...)

Yes I do have CD's.  I just don't have time to bond with them because I'm
too busy trying to decide which of my 16 Lenny Dee LP's I can live without.
 The problem is that the old ones have amazing covers and the "new" ones
have really surprising arrangements.

Nat



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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 22:06:51 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Denny McLain

Anybody out there with any Denny McLain tapes to trade (or records to sell)
or Milt Buckner ?

Please contact me ! ! !

Thanks,

Ed


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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 23:59:16 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Denny McLain

<< Denny McLain >>

Good chance not everyone on this list knows who Denny McLain is.

He was a 1968 Cy Young award winning pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and the
last player to win 30 games in a season.

He also made at least one record, "Denny McLain At The Organ" (Capitol ST
2881), playing a Hammond X-77.  Titles include:

The Look Of Love
Hurdy Gurdy Man
This Guys In Love With You
Cherish
Watch What Happens

Great cover photo of Denny on the mound in his Tigers uniform.

I think he is in jail now, got mixed up with John Gotti.

I'm fixin' Shakehip (Ed) with a CD-R of this, so if there any of you
interested in a generous slice of cheese, let me know off list.  My CD-R's
include a tray liner with complete LP details and indexed track list along
with full color jewel case insert of the record(s) cover.






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Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 05:42:16 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Space Ghost Tiki

In a message dated 8/31/99 1:38:15 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>
>Has anyone come across "Space Ghost's Surf & Turf: 22 Tiki-Torched
>Tunes"?  Just seen it on CDNow and it looks (and sounds) interesting!

Has a really wild and funny version of Hawaiian War Chant but it is short
(about 2 min or less)
otherwise it is mostly dislogue from the show which is interesting but not
Tiki


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Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 11:23:55 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) week off

Been off work for a week,  did a 5 hour stint DJing at a fashion show (40
degrees at earls Court) which I'll write about later.  Also found a couple
of interesting things in charity shops.

SAMPLE MANCINI
what a great record, well side one is anyway. It seems to be a sort of
compilation. Starts off with a latin version of The Magnificent 7 (from
'Mancini in Latin' I think),  then Senor Peter Gunn (no source record for
this,  but its a real corker,  nice organ in the middle - you know I'm gonna
love it).  Then side 1 rounds off with a great version of 'House of the
Rising Sun' from Mancini 67.  side 2 is pretty good,  but those 3 tracks are
just real winners.  The 'Mancini 67' LP looks well worth buying if you see
it.

The other thing I got was
STEREO 99
another compilation,  mixed stuff.  On the label 'Ninety Nine',  which I
think is the label I have my Buffalo Springfield LP on,  although the tracks
come from (German?) polydor releases it looks like.  Mostly the usual
suspects,  Roberto Delgado etc.  2 *gag* James Last tracks I liked, 'O
Manguero (the Bandit)'  and 'Happy Music'.  That was a shock.  A pretty good
John Scott version of 'Delilah',  I've not come across him before.  I
actually got it as it has a Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra track on it,
'Those were the days'.  Not my favourite song,  but a pleasingly interesting
arrangement.

That was about it.  I was up in East Dulwich for a while, which was one of
my favourite spots for charity shops,  but half of them had closed down,
and those that were open had either recent trance 12's or poor 80s pop.
very disappointing.

also new URL if anyone is interested (same old stuff though).

El Maestro Con Queso

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Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 07:10:27 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Denny McLain

In a message dated 8/31/99 9:01:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< << Denny McLain >>

 Good chance not everyone on this list knows who Denny McLain is.

 He was a 1968 Cy Young award winning pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and the
 last player to win 30 games in a season.

 He also made at least one record, "Denny McLain At The Organ" (Capitol ST
 2881), playing a Hammond X-77.  Titles include:

 The Look Of Love
 Hurdy Gurdy Man
 This Guys In Love With You
 Cherish
 Watch What Happens

 Great cover photo of Denny on the mound in his Tigers uniform.

 I think he is in jail now, got mixed up with John Gotti.

 I'm fixin' Shakehip (Ed) with a CD-R of this, so if there any of you
 interested in a generous slice of cheese, let me know off list.  My CD-R's
 include a tray liner with complete LP details and indexed track list along
 with full color jewel case insert of the record(s) cover.
  >>

My cousin "ghost wrote" his autobiography and later was pissed at him becasue
McLain lied to him about all the Las Vegas "problems".

I think he should of seen it coming.

TB


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Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 12:13:50 +0100
From: Peter Hipwell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) week off

> From: [e-mail]
>
> The other thing I got was
> STEREO 99
> another compilation,  mixed stuff.  On the label 'Ninety Nine',  which I
> think is the label I have my Buffalo Springfield LP on,  although the tracks
> come from (German?) polydor releases it looks like.

Stereo 99 is indeed a Polydor compilation -- now you have to look out
for volumes 2 & 3 as well. These (and other) Polydor comps always whet
my appetite for albums which I've never found: has anyone out there
ever found/seen copies of albums by "Certain Lions and Tigers" or
"Xylos Inc."?



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Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 07:31:28 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Space Ghost Tiki

In a message dated 9/1/99 2:43:44 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< Has a really wild and funny version of Hawaiian War Chant but it is short
 (about 2 min or less)
 otherwise it is mostly dislogue from the show which is interesting but not
 Tiki >>

I listened to this CD and, even liking the TV show, did not like the CD.

It is really not Tiki at all!

Tiki Bob


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Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 13:19:09 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Fashion Show

The temptation is to try and make this another epic tale,  but my writing
skills just aren't up to it I'm afraid.

 Anyway I was asked by the organisers to provide music in the central bar
for 5 hours Sunday afternoon, 1 - 6pm.  The show was 40 degrees,  and is a
'streetwear' show,  where designers,  manufacturers etc set up and buyers
for retailers come down to look,  make contacts and place orders.  Its a
trade fair rather than a catwalk thing.  'It's very URBAN,  ...FUNKY.  The
organisers said.  They had skateboarders from all over the world on this big
half pipe,  that sort of thing.

Fine.  They promised silly money, which was even finer,  but this was soon
scaled down, but it was still fine.  Although I haven't been paid yet.  So,
I packed up enough records (I hoped) for 5 hours and with a friend who was
doing an hour and a half after me on Sunday and then again Monday, set off
for the London.

We got up there early,  found the bar.  I was expecting it to be enclosed.
What it was, was a space for about 8 stands (say 30 Yards square) cleared in
the middle of the floor,  with a few chairs.  Totally open to the hall,  but
split down the middle with 2 bars back to back.  Next thing we noticed was
the stand with Drum and Bass blasting out from about 2 stalls away (they had
Goldie there on the Monday fortunately I wasn't up against him).  Then, no
booth for us.  The decks were set up on the counter behind the bar, so that
I had to stand with my back to the seating area,  looking through a little
hatch to another bit of the bar on the other side.  No monitors either so
all you could hear was the wash of bass coming out of the speakers,  the
walls were way too far away for echoes.

As soon as I started playing the other thing about that bass you noticed was
the rumbling feedback.  Not too bad at first,  but after about 3pm the DnB
stall starting really kicking in.  The Bass snaked out through the floor,
up through the bar into the decks,  out of my speakers and fed right back in
again.  Great.  Every Bass note from there just went round my system
endlessly. All I could do was turn the bass right down and float stuff out
over the top,  fortunately I had some sitar bits that did very nicely,  as
did the more laid back exotic stuff,  Denny and Baxter.

Then one of the bar staff (we'd been bumping backs and getting in each
others way all afternoon) spilt a skip of ice and water all over the bar
floor.  Just what you need with amps and wires and records all over the
place.

I think it went well in spite of it being far more stressful than it should
have.  I started off with Euro go-go stuff,  Peter Thomas, Vampyros Lesbos,
Gert Wilden etc,  down through Brasilian Samba to some jazzier bits for
about 3 when I had the bass problems,  so it was off into Ananda Shanka and
Exotica,  then they unplugged the DnB PA as it was pissing too many people
off,  so then I could come back up through some Lounge stuff (Frank, Dino
etc) into Now Sounds and finished off with Funkier tunes along the lines off
the Incredible Bongo Band and Hells Belles.  Quite a musical journey.  I
must have played over 150 of the 200 records I took.  I think they liked it.
My friend played some disco tunes afterwards and on the Monday,  and we've
been asked back for February.

Not much feedback from bar users (one person asked about Tom Jones 'Witch
Queen',  but that was it).  But its funny the people you know who it turns
out make latex underwear.

And they forgot to give me any food.


El Maestro Con Queso

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