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exotica-digest       Wednesday, January 5 2000       Volume 02 : Number 580



In This Digest:

(exotica) Re: if someone could comb through everything that everyone has sa id about various records
(exotica) The Dennies
Re: (exotica) First song of the year 2000...
(exotica) Jean De Vres and his Afro Drums
(exotica) Palm Springs Holiday
Re: (exotica) Palm Springs or Death takes a Holiday
Re: (exotica) Palm Springs or Death takes a Holiday
(exotica) Grammy nominees
(exotica) Bring Jack Back
RE: (exotica) Bring Jack Back
Re: (exotica) Recent Finds & digitized tradables
Re: (exotica) Palm Springs Holiday
Re: (exotica) Bring Jack Back
(exotica) A Les Baxter Mystery
Re: (exotica) A Les Baxter Mystery
Re: (exotica) Testing one, two...
(exotica) Fwd: Re: Today in music history....
(exotica) It wasn't me -- honest!
Re: (exotica) Palm Springs Holiday
Re: (exotica) A Les Baxter Mystery
Re: (exotica) A Les Baxter Mystery
(exotica) college capers (was: A Les Baxter Mystery)
(exotica) Johnny Gregory - Avengers
Re: (exotica) Bring Jack Back
(exotica) [obits] Bill Edwards,Pierre Clementi,Michael McEachern McDowell
(exotica) Recent Finds & digitized tradables
(exotica) The Ledgendary Stardust Cowboy
Re: (exotica) The Ledgendary Stardust Cowboy
(exotica) Lust - DC/Gainsbourg
(exotica) DC

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Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 15:17:43 -0000
From: Reader Geoff <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: if someone could comb through everything that everyone has sa id about various records

Johan,  you mad impetuous fool!  Did you awake one day and think,  'I just
have too much free time'?

Good work and good luck.

And as for Jack Diamond,  I seem to recall he said it was Lou or him and the
consensus seemed to go with the good Doctor (Death).  Mainly it must be said
in memory of Catch Ketchamori and the Lava Wall of Doom.

Happy new year.  What will we look forward to now we're in the 21st Century?

El Maestro Con Queso

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Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 19:06:39 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>

    i'm so glad you asked, Byron, 'cause that's exactly what i'm doing
right now... well, not comb through EVERYTHING, but i do save comments and
reviews about recent CD's and new vinyl now and then (so, not about old
collectable vinyl - someone else should do that). i put them in my
filemaker database, upon which the "eXotica Releases Overview" is based. in
its next version, all those quotes are to be combined under each record.
but it needs some programming work, AND i need to ask permission to each
and everyone who wrote a comment, to use it. i'm also thinking of changing
the name into something more appropriate, but i don't know what...
something like "fragments of the collective memory of some members of the
exotica mailing list about exotica and related CD's and new vinyl"...

    so, what do you all think?




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Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 08:33:43 -0800 (PST)
From: Peter Risser <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Dennies

Well folks, the new year is here and already we're
seeing a slew of awards shows on TV.  I been thinking
though that our type of music has been ignored enough.

I have brainstormed some categories and will present
them as soon as I'm sure I like 'em.  In the meantime,
be thinking about who and what you'd like to nominate
for the first annual Denny awards!

What I plan to do is first take nominations.
Basically, this is where you do a brain dump and
forward all potential nominees to me.  I'll coalate
and tabulate and present the top 4 or 5 nominees in
each category for voting.  Then we'll vote and I'll
announce the winners.

Remember, it has to have been released (or
re-released) in 1999 to qualify.

Also, for nominations, this only works if everyone
nominates as many albums/groups/acts as they can think
of.  I'll explain the details in the next post.

In the meantime, consider who you'd like to see get an
award!

PS: If someone would like to spend a little time
developing a graphic or something that people could
actually use, that'd be great too.

I hope there's lots of turnout and I'll be presenting
the categories in the next couple of days,
so stay tuned!

Thanks,
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Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 12:51:19 EST
From: "Jane Fondle" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) First song of the year 2000...

>
>In a message dated 1/1/0 10:19:07 AM, [e-mail] wrote:
>
> >the first song I
> >heard was "Friday at the Hideout" by the Underdogs!

First song off CD:  E.V.A. by JJPerrey
First song off LP:  Now I know how some of you boys feel...I got to UNSEAL
VIRGIN VINYL...and the song was "The Liquidator" off of Dick Hyman's MAN
FROM O.R.G.A.N.
Jane Fondle, breakin' a Hyman
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Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 19:47:32 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Jean De Vres and his Afro Drums

Jean De Vres and his Afro Drums: "Exciting Voodoo"
LP, Palace PST-636 stereo

Great voodoo chanting and Afro drumming. One odd thing: track B2, Fire
dance, also appears on Rykodisc's compilation CD, Music For The Jet Set,
under a different title, and credited to one Soubri Moulin, the only
difference being that Moulin adds a flute, and that his version is
shorter... did he borrow de Vres' recording, or did they both use the same
voodoo field recording? strange.

        Johan

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Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 10:48:40 PST
From: "jonathan richardson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Palm Springs Holiday

Interesting and fun item. On my xmas/new years vacation in the Southwest
(arizona,california) I was visiting my great aunt Rache in Palm Springs
California (who happens to live on a street called Tiki Lane). Palm Springs
has been a getaway for music/film people since the early part of last
century.  Anyway on my visit I soon found out that my family were pioneers.
Great, great grandparents, uncles, aunts etc, who moved there in the 20s
built and ran many of the first movie theaters, The Plaza Theater and The
Village Theater and night clubs, the Doll House and the Chi-Chi club as well
as others.  My aunt, pointed me into the direction of the Palm Springs
pioneer cemetery in case I was so inclined to go see some family headstones.
Anyway, I had a looksee and noticed that most of my family were clustered in
one area and in that cluster I found the headstone of none other than Hugo
Mario Montenegro. Whether I am related I do not know, but it was just
interesting to see the grave of someone whose music I enjoy. I looked around
briefly to see if there were any other famous dead folks (hello Lou!) but
was soon ran out by the guard who thought we were just dead star gazing. Im
sure that there were many more around if I looked longer.  Also while in
Palm Springs I saw the house that Les Baxter lived in (took some photos) as
well as Frank Sinatra's original house (2 doors down from my Uncle Earl
Strebe). I couldnt believe how modest some of these houses were.  And I hear
that Keely Smith still lives in Palm Springs. If you feel like it, I would
recommend seeing Palm Springs a lot of the old architecture is still
standing and its original charm intact. (for how much longer, I do not know)
Its history is neat and the weather is FABOOOO!!

Thats all, hope everyone had the best of holidays!!

- -jonathan
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Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 14:08:39 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Palm Springs or Death takes a Holiday

jonathan richardson <[e-mail]> wrote:
> My aunt, pointed me into the direction of the Palm Springs
pioneer cemetery in case I was so inclined to go see some family headstones.
Anyway, I had a looksee and noticed that most of my family were clustered in
one area and in that cluster I found the headstone of none other than Hugo
Mario Montenegro. Whether I am related I do not know, but it was just
interesting to see the grave of someone whose music I enjoy. I looked around
briefly to see if there were any other famous dead folks (hello Lou!)

Hey, yerself, Jonathan!
Before your next visit to PS, visit this URL:
http://www.findagrave.com/state/6.html

- -Lou



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Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 14:13:26 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Palm Springs or Death takes a Holiday

[e-mail] wrote:
>Hey, yerself, Jonathan!
>Before your next visit to PS, visit this URL:
>http://www.findagrave.com/state/6.html


Oops -- instead of URL above, try:
http://www.findagrave.com/city/138.html
At that site you'll find more info on such eternal PS residents as:
Farrell, Charles D.
Farrell, Virginia
Faye, Alice
Harris, Phil
Madison, Guy
Montenegro, Hugo
Robbins, Harold
Rogers, Buddy
Saunders, Jacqueline

- -Lou



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Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 15:19:02 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Grammy nominees

http://grammy.com/nominee/list.pdf

Those who are interested in the nominees in all 98 categories, and who have Adobe Acrobat, may want to slog through the URL above.

Y'all may be interested to know that Herb Alpert has been nominated in Category 9 for "The Look Of Love," and that Ultra-Lounge Tiki Sampler is up for a packaging Grammy in Category 77.

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Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 13:19:23 -0800 (PST)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Bring Jack Back

Hi Mimi

I certainly want Jack back on the list for his insights.   He knew a lot of
exotica no doubt about it.  I think the only way to get that guy back on the
list is to email him at his address which is of coarse
[e-mail]

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck

 Mimi Mayer <[e-mail]> wrote: Speaking of oldies but goodies, I'm
toying with relaunching a Bring Jack
> Back campaign. Quoths Ron: "He knows records and he knows how to use 'em.
> Plus Jack's a secret sweetie-pie. Who'd like to join me in a pro-Jack
> filibuster?

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Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 13:50:13 -0800
From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Bring Jack Back

I'm
> toying with relaunching a Bring Jack
> > Back campaign. Quoths Ron: "He knows records and he knows how
> to use 'em.
> > Plus Jack's a secret sweetie-pie. Who'd like to join me in a pro-Jack
> > filibuster?

I said that?  Whooee, I do have a way with words, don't I?

Jack once commented that he though he was barred from the list - Is this the
case?  If so, I can't imagine why. I know he is prickly at times (a comment
I am sure he sould not disagree with)but I can't imagine any infraction that
would get him banned - we are all big boys and girls, and able to deal with
all sorts of personalities, yes?

A movement to bring back Jack? Hell yes. A filibuster? Well... No.



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Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 18:45:35 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Recent Finds & digitized tradables

At 03:05 PM 1/3/00 EST, [e-mail] wrote:
>
>"Pagan Festival" by Dominic Frontiere uses an Inca theme and has the
>orchestral/choral chanting quality of Baxter's "Tamboo!" & "Scared Idol".
>This album also sounds enough like Baxter for me to like it, quite a bit.  I
>give it 11.21 on my scale of 0.86 - 13.004

Speaking of Dominic.
What's he most famous for?  Or what is it I think of when I see his name?
Some famous movie he scored or something?

Anyway, I recently picked up his record "Love Eyes, the moods of romance"
and I'd put is solidly in the category of "a lot better than it might have
been".  The tunes are all originals which in and of itself, is a relief.
The titles are all things like "Jealous", "Sultry", "Fickle", Wistful".
And they range from weepy to tres cool, especially the tune called
"Beatnick" which, I guess, describes a mood.

Jealous Innocent Lonely Childish Nat



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Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 18:45:39 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Palm Springs Holiday

At 10:48 AM 1/4/00 PST, jonathan richardson wrote:
>
> I found the headstone of none other than Hugo
>Mario Montenegro.

Didn't even know he was dead.

I know that you aren't telling a story here of going to visit famous
musician graves but I wonder if anyone here has such stories.

I actually think it's a kind of a strange thing to do.

Having said that, I did do it once.  In Memphis, I visited Furry Lewis's
grave.

There's this alternate guide to Memphis.  It's called something like "The
White Trash Guide to Memphis".  And they have directions for finding Furry
Lewis's grave.

We thought "What the hell".  But the guide didn't exactly prepare us for
the state of the graveyard that contained the grave or for the
needle-in-a-haystack that finding the grave would require.

If you go to Memphis, you gotta do it.  Even if you don't know Furry Lewis
or his music.  You gotta do it for the graveyard itself, unless such things
creep you out. If they do, then forget you read this.

Nat



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Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 19:30:06 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Bring Jack Back

<< A movement to bring back Jack? Hell yes. >>

Yes, get him back here!  It's always good to have the boat rocked a bit...

While we are on the subject of bringing back people, I nominate the
undisputed goddess of thrift store vinyl, Jessica Cameron.

She was always such a sweetheart, knew her stuff very well and how to write
about it and - I must confess - I had a bit of a crush on her.

thanks for the space :)






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Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 18:46:44 -0600
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) A Les Baxter Mystery

Maybe somebody out there knows the answer to this mystery.  I've
been unable to turn up the answer!

Some months ago, I acquired a beautiful poster for a film called
"College Capers" (Universal-International, 1954).  According to the
poster it was a "featurette" which, I assume, means a short.
What's intriguing, and what first attracted me to the poster, is that
the STAR of the movie is none other than Les Baxter!  I know Les
appeared in some films, but I've never heard of this one.

The poster shows Les in three poses--playing a flute, playing the
piano and leading a big band.  There's also a shot of his co-star,
Eileen Barton, wielding an African gourd shaker.

Since it apparently was only a short, it's been mighty difficult to
track down any information about "College Capers".  In fact, I
haven't been able to learn ANYTHING about it!  Anybody out there
know anything about this film, especially a video source?
Needless to say, I'd love to see it!!!

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks for the space!

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Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 22:53:22 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) A Les Baxter Mystery

In a message dated 1/4/00 7:49:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<<  "College Capers".  In fact, I
 haven't been able to learn ANYTHING about it!  Anybody out there
 know anything about this film, especially a video source?   >>

sounds like a predecessor to the music video!

tb


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Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2000 09:50:10 -0800
From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Testing one, two...

>Thanks Ron for putting Jack on.   What great taste in muic he has.
>
>This site didn't stream but started downloading with 3 hours left when I
hit
>the cancel button.   Don't worry about fixing it for me,  I just wanted to
>tell you to help you out
>
>Thanks
>Chuck

Since the list cannot handle HTML messages, the address is not "clickable."
You have to open your streaming player (Winamp, Sonique, RA7, whatever) and
plug the address in manually.

I did not want to go to the trouble of making an web-page untill I was sure
Live365 is stable. It used to be a nightmare, seems better now.

Those numbers again...  http://216.32.166.82:8698




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Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 16:01:42 -0500
From: "Nathan Miner" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Fwd: Re: Today in music history....

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In a message dated 1/4/00 10:26:41 AM Pacific Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< 1950
 RCA Victor announced that it would manufacture long-playing (LP)
 records. This news came two
 years after Columbia Records debuted the "album"  >>


The following is an email I meant to send in 1951 but the lack of computers
and internet at the time has delayed it a little:

Man these lp's suck compared to my good ol' '78's , I gotta tell ya. These
lp's spin way too slow and don't have the warnth of my '78's. Not only that,
but have you seen how flimsy these suckers are, talk about cheap! And who
needs to be buyin' all those extra "filler" songs.  Next thing ya know their
probably going to find a way to make us buy two speakers.

Marty


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Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 18:03:35 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) It wasn't me -- honest!

From: Reader Geoff <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: if someone could comb through everything that everyone has sa
Date: 04 Jan 2000 15:17:43 -0000
And as for Jack Diamond,  I seem to recall he said it was Lou or him and the
consensus seemed to go with the good Doctor (Death).
- --------------------
If we go back into the archives just 'bout a year, we find this:


From: Jack <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Mr Death is back
Date: 25 Jan 1999 20:35:20 -0800

Lou Smith Writes
(exotica) I'm back & they're gone (obits)

I knew something was missing from my life
It was you, Lou!

Welcome back, I's missed jda!
JD
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See, I'm innocent!! JD's absence ain't got nothin' to do wit me!

- -Lou
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(innocent i tells ya!)


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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 00:43:37 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Palm Springs Holiday

In a message dated 1/4/00 6:42:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< > I found the headstone of none other than Hugo
 >Mario Montenegro.

 Didn't even know he was dead. >>

Lou musta been asleep at the keyboard that day.

tb


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Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2000 21:35:20 -0800
From: Kevin Crossman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) A Les Baxter Mystery

Darrell Brogdon wrote:
> Some months ago, I acquired a beautiful poster for a film called
> "College Capers" (Universal-International, 1954).  According to the
> poster it was a "featurette" which, I assume, means a short.
> What's intriguing, and what first attracted me to the poster, is that
> the STAR of the movie is none other than Les Baxter!  I know Les
> appeared in some films, but I've never heard of this one.

From: http://home.earthlink.net/~spaceagepop/baxter.htm
Baxter also worked in radio and television. He was the music arranger
for the Bob Hope and
Abbott & Costello radio shows and wrote and arranged for such TV shows as
"Cliffhangers," "The Milton Berle Show," "The Tycoon" and "The Gumby
Special." He briefly
hosted his own variety show in southern California. He also dabbled in
acting, appearing in
"College Capers" (1954) and "Untamed Youth" (1957) with Mamie Van Doren
and Eddie
Cochran.

The Internet Movie Database does not have anything on this film:
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Baxter,+Les

There is a listing of a 3D movie from 1953 called College Capers
The movie poster is here, but does not mention Baxter:
http://www.matineetoday.com/3-D/COLLEG1.JPG

Sorry, that's all I could find too.

Kevin Crossman


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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 09:07:09 -0500
From: "Josh Renaud" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) A Les Baxter Mystery

| From: http://home.earthlink.net/~spaceagepop/baxter.htm
| He briefly
| hosted his own variety show in southern California. He also dabbled in
| acting, appearing in
| "College Capers" (1954) and "Untamed Youth" (1957) with Mamie Van Doren
| and Eddie
| Cochran.

I looked at that list of movies and I can honestly say I would pay for every
single one of them based on the titles alone. Just thought I'd mention
that...

JOSH





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Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 09:40:26 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) college capers (was: A Les Baxter Mystery)

> In a message dated 1/4/00 7:49:50 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[e-mail] writes:

Try these, though I'd bet the second 2 are for a different version of College Capers:
http://www.matineetoday.com/3-D/COLLEG1.JPG
http://www.videoshop.co.uk/a/a-cl.htm
http://www.thezone.co.uk/data/ACOM-07-7.html

- -L



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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 14:53:32 -0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Johnny Gregory - Avengers

Happy New Year to you all.

I was given 'The Avengers and other TV themes' by Johnny Gregory (Ewing
records - a Phillips cheapo label?) for my birthday (alas no record gifts
for Xmas).  And its really rather good (apart from a terrible version of
'The roaring Twenties').  Fairly conventional big band arrangements,  but it
swings,  and I don't have any other versions of nearly every cut on it.  I
imagine its English as the track mentioned in the title is English and it
has the Maigret theme, but the rest of the selection is decidedly American,
Perry Mason etc.

I wondered if anyone knows anything about Johnny Gregory,  is it the same as
John Gregory?  You see his stuff around,  but what I've heard I've been
decidedly underwhelmed by.

I did quite well for my birthday  and will be posting some more.

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Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 10:16:11 EST
From: "Jane Fondle" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Bring Jack Back

>Hi Mimi
>
>I certainly want Jack back on the list for his insights.

Speaking of Jack,what's the latest on the outterspace exotica comp he's
organizing for Rhino???JaneFondle
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Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 10:20:58 -0500
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Subject: (exotica) [obits] Bill Edwards,Pierre Clementi,Michael McEachern McDowell

                           *Bill Edwards
    NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- Bill Edwards, a rodeo rider who
became an actor in the 1940s and then turned to painting, died Dec.
21. He was 81.
    Broken bones brought Edwards' riding career to a halt, and the
6-foot 5-inch Edwards became a model in New York City. An agent
brought him to Hollywood in the early 1940s.
    In addition to Western films, Edwards had featured roles in
``Our Hearts Were Young and Gay'' and ``Hail the Conquering Hero,''
both in 1944.
    Edwards began drawing horses as a child and continued drawing as
he grew up on a Wyoming ranch. In the 1950s he became a painter and
commercial illustrator, creating hundreds of covers for paperback
books and designing paper dolls of movie stars.
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Pierre Clementi

Wiry and darkly handsome French actor Pierre Clementi died of liver
cancer Dec. 27 in Paris. He was 57. A counterculture icon whose mere
presence in a movie often hinted at impulses dark and dissolute,
Clementi lent his ascetic demeanor to films by the cream of European
directors, starting in 1960. Perhaps best known for his role as
Catherine DeneuveÆs sadistic metal-toothed client in ôBelle de Jourö
(1967), Clementi first made his mark onscreen as the son of Prince
Salina in Luchino ViscontiÆs ôThe Leopardö (1963). The son of a
concierge and an unknown father, Paris-born Clementi was steered toward
acting when the director of the reform school heÆd been sent to at age
13 encouraged him to recite and record poetry.

ClementiÆs charismatic blend of street-smart menace and inspired dandy
endeared him to the artistic and intellectual crowd of Left Bank Paris
in the late 1950s and early Æ60s. After studying at the Cours Dullin
drama academy and embracing the visceral techniques then being taught
at the American Center, Clementi was cast in films in France and Italy.
In addition to features by Yves Allegret, Michel Deville and Costa
Gavras, ClementiÆs 40-plus screen roles included noteworthy
performances in Pier Paolo PasoliniÆs ôPorcileö (1969), Luis BunuelÆs
1969 "The Milky Wayö, Liliana CavaniÆs ôI Cannibaliö (1969) and
Bernardo BertolucciÆs ôThe Conformistö (1970). Clementi also appeared
in Dusan MakavejevÆs ôSweet Movie,ö Jacques RivetteÆs ôPont du Nord,ö
James IvoryÆs ôQuartet,ö James TobackÆs ôExposedö and Yves BoissetÆs
1983 Lee Marvin-starrer ôDog Day.ö Most recently, Clementi excelled as
a casually decadent Frenchman in Jane CampionÆs ôHideous Kinky.ö

Clementi, who directed four experimental and underground films of his
own between 1967 and 1988, was also noted for his distinctive stage
work as a writer and performer. Arrested at Cinecitta in 1971 on
charges of drug use and possession, Clementi spent 17 months in prison
before being released due to insufficient proof.

He is survived by his companion, Claudine Leclerc, and two children.
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Michael McEachern McDowell; Horror Novelist Also Wrote
Movie Chillers
By MYRNA OLIVER, L.A. Times Staff Writer

Michael McEachern McDowell, author of a score of horror novels who went
on to script such offbeat motion pictures as director Tim Burton's
"Beetlejuice" and "The Nightmare Before Christmas," has died at the age
of 49.

McDowell, who also wrote for the television series and movie "Tales From
the Darkside," died Monday (Dec. 27) in a Boston hospital of the
complications of AIDS.

After his diagnosis with the disease in 1994, McDowell taught
screenwriting at Boston and Tufts universities and continued to write
commissioned screenplay treatments. He had been working on treatments of
a "Beetlejuice" sequel and a new version of "The Nutcracker."

There was little in his background to indicate that he would become a
prolific writer on the occult, the supernatural, madness and the psyches
of serial killers. He was born in Enterprise, Ala., to an accountant and
a social worker and earned highest honors in English at Harvard and a
doctorate at Brandeis University.

McDowell began writing in college, but worked as a teacher, a theater
critic and a secretary at Massachusetts Institution of Technology until
royalties started supporting him.

Starting in 1979 with his first novel, "The Amulet," involving a
supernatural bracelet, McDowell specialized in paperback books with
mind- and stomach-churning plots and characters.

His second novel, "Cold Moon Over Babylon" in 1980, focused on a
murdered woman whose spirit roams the land seeking revenge on her
killer, who is plotting her relatives' demise.

McDowell won particular praise for his ability to balance the mundane
with supernatural activity. In the "St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost &
Gothic Writers," Don D'Ammassa called the Babylon book "one of the best
ghost stories ever written at novel length."

In 1983, McDowell wrote six serial paperback novels, one published each
month by Avon, known collectively as the Blackwater novels. Titled "The
Flood," "The Levee," "The House," "The War," "The Fortune" and "Rain,"
they chronicled the history of a Southern family over more than 60 years
and became extremely popular with readers and critics.

"McDowell's strengths are many," author and critic Alan Ryan wrote of
the Blackwater serial for the Washington Post. "His prose is rich,
allusive and often intricate, yet so smoothly polished that it never
distracts from the tale.

"He has a terrific ability to get at the dark side of human nature and
to delineate the psychological depths of eccentric and bizarre
characters," Ryan continued. "His usual mode is to adopt an omniscient
view and gradually reveal all to us as his characters disport
themselves. He is in many ways a 19th century novelist with a 20th
century sensibility. He is a wonderful writer."

Adept at several genres, McDowell teamed with Dennis Schuetz under the
joint pseudonym Nathan Aldyne to write four gay detective novels --
"Vermillion," "Cobalt," "Slate" and "Canary." McDowell and Schuetz also
co-wrote the novels "Blood Rubies" and "Wicked Stepmother" under the
single pseudonym Axel Young.

After a decade and a half of churning out books, McDowell switched media
but didn't abandoned scary topics. He moved into television writing,
penning scripts for such series as "Tales From the Darkside," Steven
Spielberg's "Amazing Stories" and a syndicated stepchild of "Tales"
called "Monsters." He also wrote for the television series "Alfred
Hitchcock Presents" and television specials "Lover Come Hack to Me" and
"JFK Conspiracy."

Joining Burton, who also relished the macabre, McDowell co-wrote the
screenplay for 1988's "Beetlejuice" with Warren Skaaren, based on an
original story by McDowell and Larry Wilson about a dead couple
returning to their home. The film became a cult favorite and spun off a
long-running stage show at Universal Studios Hollywood theme park.

McDowell went on to write screenplays for the ghostly 1988 farce "High
Spirits," starring Peter O'Toole and Liam Neeson; "Tales from the
Darkside: The Movie," starring Christian Slater in 1990; the whimsical
animated "Nightmare Before Christmas" in 1993, and "Thinner," which was
based on horror writer Stephen King's story and released in 1996.

McDowell is survived by his sister, Ann, of West Hollywood; his brother,
James, of Virginia Beach, Va.; and his companion of 30 years, Laurence
Senelick of Medford, Mass.
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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 07:27:17 -0800 (PST)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Recent Finds & digitized tradables

I'm so glad you posted about "Love Eyes" to the list.  I almost purchased
this a couple of times but my 6th sense said it wasn't worth the buck they
were asking for.

This is at a store in New Orleans that keeps a bin of records and books out
front to attract customers in.  This record may have been exposed to the
New Orleans heat for awhile now. ARRRG!   I spoke with the store owner about
this practice and he said he never really thought about it .

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck

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> --- Nat Kone <[e-mail]> wrote:
> >  Anyway, I recently picked up his record "Love Eyes, the moods of
> romance"
> > and I'd put is solidly in the category of "a lot better than it might
> have
> > been".  The tunes are all originals which in and of itself, is a relief.
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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 08:17:11 -0800 (PST)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Ledgendary Stardust Cowboy

A friend of mine sent me this email.  Does anyone know much about this guy.
My freind played the song for me on the phone and the Leg Cowboy does alot of
slobbering screaming wordless vocals.  Kinda like a Wild Man Fisher sort of
guy.

Easy listening in the Big easy
Chuck


- --- Bob wrote

  I am still looking up The Legendary Stardust Cowboy. This is
> pretty much all I have found. He has an album called Live In Chicago
> from 1998 but there's no picture of it at either CDNow or Amazon. There
> are lots of Legedary Stardust Cowboy sites but they are all dead links
> so far....
>
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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 11:19:10 -0500
From: "Josh Renaud" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Ledgendary Stardust Cowboy

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230433615

Here's a record of his I found on eBay.

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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 16:24:53 -0000
From: Reader Geoff <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Lust - DC/Gainsbourg

One LP I bought for myself over Christmas was by Depth charge (responsible
for re-releasing the 'Hanged Man' soundtrack)  which has a cover of the
Gainsbourg track Harley Davidson (well,  its credited to him) the only
version of it I'm familiar with is Brigitte Bardot's.  It doesn't sound much
like it,  but its an excellent organ driven hiphop track with a semi-spoken
female voice over the top.  I'm not too sure about the rest of the LP,  This
is the first track,  the second is horribly murky so I don't get far into
that.  But it is an excellent version all the same.

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Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 16:45:52 +0000
From: <Charles_Moseley/LON/Europe/[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) DC

Depth Charge's crowning glory are the first 3 singles. Depth Charge by
Depth Charge features the depth charge sound, slow and moody breakbeats and
a fantastic sample from a kung fu film: "I am Han Do Jin, Hang Wong's Son.
And now I'm going to do to you what you did to my father in the woods ten
years ago"/"I'll die after you, I'll see to that", etc etc. This is one of
my favourite wierded out dance records.
The second one, Bounty Killer is full of western samples - a speech by a
Mexican about a bounty hunter, gun shots and horse sounds, all sampled from
High Plains Drifter. "Who are you????". Again, its all laid over slow
breakbeats and works very well.
The third single, Dead by Dawn is all horror film samples about something
being in the basement. Also good but without the edge of the first two
singles.

J Saul Kane, who is Depth Charge, I think owned Vinyl Solution which was
the label responsible for a few classic rave records and which we loved
back then. His shop was also called Vinyl Solution and was close to
Intoxica (maybe Intoxica is the same shop) but is closed now. I personally
think that JSK's Depth Charge moniker has been in steady decline for a
while now but I would like to hear a bit more of his remix work.

All this is from vague recollections so I reserve the right to be slightly
wrong.

Charlie
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