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exotica-digest        Sunday, February 13 2000        Volume 02 : Number 624



In This Digest:

(exotica) The Blue Hawaiians
Re: (exotica) Completist collecting (long response)
Re: (exotica) Completist collecting (was Yesterday's scores)
Re: (exotica) Completist collecting (was Yesterday's scores)
(exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, February 13
Re: (exotica) The Blue Hawaiians
Re: (exotica) Exotica Videoze
Re: (exotica) Airports, airplanes, and the people who love  them........
Re:  (exotica) Optigans?
Re: (exotica) The Blue Hawaiians
Re: (exotica) Exotica Mailing List FAQ
Re: (exotica) Completist collecting (long response)
(exotica) FeelthyRadioTonight
(exotica) Porn to Rock
Re: (exotica) Completist collecting (long response)
(exotica) interesting-sounding new release
Re: (exotica) Completist collecting (was Yesterday's scores)
(exotica) A Peek at the SOOP
Re: (exotica) Completist collecting
Re: (exotica) Completist collecting (was Yesterday's scores)
(exotica) Completist Filing
Re: (exotica) A Peek at the SOOP
Re: (exotica) Completist collecting

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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 15:29:17 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: (exotica) The Blue Hawaiians

The Antone's outing also coughed up a CD lots of you would dig: Savage
Night by The Blue Hawaiians (Coolsville/Interscope '99). Don't know if this
neo-exotica/surf/lounge/bluesy band has come up here.

I'm gone on this CD.

=46irst, the name: a potent blue cocktail best served in a half coconut
shell, aflame. Sexy vocals by the bassist Mark Fontana, who sounds like the
second cousin of Roy Orbinson in low registers or Chris Issaks (sp?).
Semitropical semitribal drum tracks (Tom Maxwell). Fine fine fine guitars
(Mark Sproul) with steel guitar licks (Gary Brandon) for dangerous Island
street cred. Hammond B-3 organ, (Michael Murphy or Red Young, who sit in).
Horns where they work: trumpets, fluegelhorn, tenor and bari sax. A song
list most exoticats would respect: covers of Mancini's Experiment in
Terror, Wait's Jockey Full of Bourbon, a Sway that deserved mention on the
recent discussion of this tune, and Shakin' All Over, for me the only weak
cut on the CD.

Strong originals including a crime jazzy tune Savage Night, A Cheat that's
real Chris Issakish, High Life, and Hot Rods to Honolulu, starts out all
exotica-smooth then gets manickly nuts, a tune to clear the club just
before last call. Plus 2 secret bonus tracks: a Hammond organ solo that
really should have the Continental cooing over it ala Pepe le Pew, and
My Swingin' Hula
Out on an island in the middle of the sea
There's a swinging hula girl that waits for me
Her eyes are softer than the moonlight on the sand
I want to be her swingin' hula man
My swinging hula
I'm acting like a fool-a
Where did you go to school-a
Learn to dance that way?
Your moves excite me
I want you, I mean nightly
Do you think I might be
Your hula man someday?

Anyone recognize these lyrics?

My dear Moritz, you'd like the design of the CD booklet and
website--accordion fold Photoshop stuff with blinking tiki lights on the
web. Get a eyeful at the band's website, www.thebluehawaiians.com. Promised
sound samples didn't download here. Mimi










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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 16:19:49 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Completist collecting (long response)

At 12:09 PM 2/11/00 -0500, Mimi Mayer wrote:
>But I know lots of completists post here. Do any of you have deep thoughts
>to share on the completist compulsion...that's negative, sorry: how about
>the drive to have every record by an artist you love? Nat, what did you
>pick up from the collectors you interviewed for Vinyl?

If you're going to split hairs and categorize different collecting
impulses, probably you have to start with the two categories of
"accumulating" versus "collecting".
These are not mutually exclusive categories since every collector I met was
also an accumulator.  But not all accumulators are collectors.
A collector is someone looking for something specific, focussed.
Usually that consists of one artist.  Or a few.
If someone collects a "genre", then they're probably an accumulator.  But
they could be a collector as well.
An exotica collector might be someone looking for Martin Denny and Les
Baxter records but who picks up related things when they see them.

This is basically a preface to saying that IF you're a collector - as
opposed to an accumulator - then I think the "completism" thing is an
inherent and "natural" part of that.
If you collect Marc Bolan as one guy does in my film or Elvis as another
guy does, then you want EVERYTHING.  And I do mean everything.
Of course, even within the category of "everything", collectors make their
own interpretations of what is necessary and what is superfluous.  They
make distinctions that would probably be "invisible" to the rest of us.
They may want every "edition" of the same record, from different countries,
with different covers or inner sleeves.  But if the South African and the
Scandinavian edition have the same cover, they may pass on having both of
them.  Or not.

BUT in terms of the completism that you're talking about, which just means
having every record - not every issue of the record - there's no doubt they
want that.

And I understand that.  I was once that way about Al Green and maybe even
Curtis Mayfield, even though he did make some half-sucky records at some
point.

I love the Louvin Brothers.  I visited some guy and he had just bought
their complete box set on Bear Family, which consisted of something like
eight CD's.  I have a few LP's, a greatest hits CD and one CD reissue.  I
told him I didn't think I wanted the box set.  He said "If you love them,
why wouldn't you want to hear EVERYTHING they did???"

And I couldn't really answer that.  It's not that I don't want to hear it,
but more that I don't want to own it.  (And I find that I don't play box
sets anyway.)

I think we all have some form of completism in us.  It's like another
friend of mine said "If I find Volume 2 of some record, I start wondering
'Where's Volume one?'"

When I bought Provocative Percussion and Persuasive Percussion, I didn't
know there were four volumes of each of them.  Then I found Volume 3 of one
of them and maybe Volume 4 of the other one.  Then I started to think I
wanted all four Volumes of each.
Then I had them.  Then I went on a Command purge and decided that I didn't
really need Volumes 3 and 4 of either of them.  But I only managed to sell
those volumes of Provocative and kept all four Persuasive.
And call me neurotic but I sorta miss the last two volumes of Provocative
that I sold AND I still wonder why I kept the volumes of Persuasive that I
kept.

In order to be a completist, you have to actually KNOW what's out there.
You have to have the discographies.  Thus you get guys at stores or record
shows who carry around lists to remind them what they have and what they
still "need".

One of the reasons I'm not a completist is because I don't know what's out
there, don't know much about what I DON'T have and I usually have to
actually find the record before I can go "Oh look Duane Eddy did a record
of all Dylan covers!"

Being on this list for the last two years (coming up on my anniversary I
think) HAS changed that to some degree because I hear about records I don't
have and then they go on the tiny mental "want list".  But if you were a
real collector, you'd go out looking for them, make a concerted effort, go
up to dealers at the shows and ask specifically for that record.  And I
don't do that.  My want list consists of records I hope I come across someday.

There are easy listening/lounge/exotica artists who I'd like to have a
"significant sampling" of but in a lot of cases, I think completism would
be too much mainly because they made so many records.

I'd also contend that with this genre, it's the "sound" more than the
"artists" that I'm interested in.  So for instance, no matter how much I
like Les Baxter's exotica records or even his psychedelic soundtrack stuff,
being a Les Baxter completist wouldn't make sense.  I don't want his fairly
standard big band records and I had no trouble trading his soundtrack to
some Hercules movie - or was it Samson? - because it was pretty standard
orchestral stuff.

I think we have a Command collector on this list and now we appear to have
a Walter Wanderly collector too.  But I doubt they're completists in the
sense that Beatles or Cliff Richards or Jim Reeves collectors usually are.

I don't think that any collecting or completism or even accumulating - on
the level I do it anyway - is JUST about the music.  But some
manifestations of it are less about the music and some are more.

Having said that, I do think that the mentality which would strive for A
COMPLETE SET of anything, is very human.

It's just that some of us want too much of the other stuff too.

Nat



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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 22:09:57 +0100
From: Dj Batman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Completist collecting (was Yesterday's scores)

>That's why I still hesitate before labeling myself a collector. Probably
>the only categories where I'm a completist are 1) covers of Nino Rota music
>or the actual OSTs he scored

ever heard of a cd called "Felliniana" released here in Italy in early 90's
consisting of techno/dance arrangments, with a latin feel, of soundtracks
from Fellini movies (mostly by Rota)?
Some bits are really crappy but I still believe it's fun. ;)

bye,
Nicola (Dj Batman) Battista

"Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief"
(Bono)




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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 00 13:56:24 -0800
From: "B.J. Major" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Completist collecting (was Yesterday's scores)

>But I know lots of completists post here. Do any of you have deep thoughts
>to share on the completist compulsion...that's negative, sorry: how about
>the drive to have every record by an artist you love?

No need to apologize for that statement.  Collectors are very compulsive
people and I'll be the first to admit it because I'm one myself.  We're
the only ones who salivate at the thought of finding something belonging
to our heroes when we go out on a "hunt"...  The rest of humanity usually
has a "I can take it or leave it" buying philosophy.

However, the completist philosophy (in my case, anyway) does vary with
the hobby being pursued.  In music, I usually like to have everything
that a hero has done if for no other reason than for my personal
evaluation, since I take what other reviewers and critics say with a
grain of salt and like to make up my own mind about an album (same as I
do with movies).  If it turns out that I really hate or can't stand the
album (and this is very rare), I can always sell the item myself.

With other hobbies that I maintained in the past, I definitely did not
buy something that I didn't like the looks or style of, regardless of
whether it was considered part and parcel of that item's world.  These
were non-music items that didn't involve listening or other evaluation
beyond careful eyeball observation.

Regards,
- --bj
The Walter Wanderley Pictorial Discography
http://bjbear3.freeservers.com/Wanderley/main.html


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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 17:15:08 -0500
From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, February 13

Beyond kitsch, Space Bop is one hour of full galactical wonder, and can
be heard every Sunday from 4 to 5 pm Eastern time on CKUT 90.3 FM in
Montreal, Canada, and on RealAudio (real time only, for now) at:=20

http://www.ckut.ca
=20
As usual, all comments, questions, and feedback welcome.


Space Bop #82   Kinky Beats


Jacknife Lee:  Here Kitty Kitty  "Kinky Beats"
Tak=E9 Rodriguez & His Exotic Arkestra:  Cat Ska  "Pasi=F3n De Ritmo"    =09
Resident Filters:  Big Train  "Kinky Beats"=09
    =09
Bobby Hughes Experience:  Sahara 72  "Fusa Riot"
Trio El=E9trico:  Luneria  "Jet Society"
Mo' Horizons:  Fever 99 Degrees  "Come Touch The Sun"    =09
    =09
Daddy Long Legs:  Spy Versus Spy  "Pussy Galore"
Eno:  Ali Click (Beirut Hilton Mix)  "Ali Click"
Ursula 1000:  The Shake  "The Now Sound Of..."=09
    =09
The Maxwell Implosion:  Jet Ski  "Pool Position"
Le Hammond Inferno:  Margret Evening Fashion (LHI vs Copasetic Mix)=20
"Easy Leasing Superstar"=09
Masanori Ikeda:  Theme From Lupin The 3rd  "Pool Position"


Thanks for reading. =20


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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 14:39:04 -0800
From: Kevin Crossman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Blue Hawaiians

The Blue Hawaiians have a great song on their "Christmas from Big
Island" CD called "Have yourself a Quiet little Christmas".

The song uses the bass line from "Quiet Village" to wonderfully
excellent effect!

The rest of the stuff I've heard tends to be more surf in sound, though
it is clear these guys are in the tiki/exotica vibe with regards to
packaging and attitude.

- -Kevin
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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 12:40:38 -0800
From: "Otto" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotica Videoze

> Lyman and band appear as the house band in the Shell bar in an episode of
> Hawaiian Eye TV show
>
> Aloha
> Otto
>
> [e-mail]
> www.tikinews.com


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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 20:05:57 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Airports, airplanes, and the people who love  them........

In a message dated 2/11/0 2:43:26 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>You mean the one my wife found in the trash on our street that the DJ told
>me they were selling for over $500 in a Soho boutique. Or would sell for a
>cool grand or two in Tokyo? THAT story?

Yeah, the one where you had the Alitalia bag on a drive to NYC and were
asked, "Where did you get THAT?" The DJ asked U where you got it when you
arrived in the studio with Thee Millionaire prior to checking in at your
"place of lodging"  and you responded that your wife found it in the trash
and left a DJ, a DDJJ no less, momentarily dumbfounded! (I knew the tale
beforehand ;-)) JB


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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 20:08:57 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Optigans?

In a message dated 2/11/0 2:43:48 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Pea Hick's cd,
>"Optigonally Yours". This is fabulous soft quirky pop tunes with
>the added bonus of the wonderful sounds of the Optigan.   The optigon was a
>fun little toy organ.

Does this compare in anyway with "The Magic Organ" LP's? The late 7T's
recordings where a fake organ is accompanied by the beat options contained
within its cheap little box??


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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 18:27:16 -0800
From: "Otto" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Blue Hawaiians

> and don't forget thta the reason The Blue Hawaiians started was to be house
> band at the Lava Lounge a new Exotic bar owned by a very cool Tiki lover
>
> Aloha
> Otto
>
> [e-mail]
> www.tikinews.com
>
> ----------
> >From: Kevin Crossman <[e-mail]>
> >To: Mimi Mayer <[e-mail]>
> >Cc: [e-mail]
> >Subject: Re: (exotica) The Blue Hawaiians
> >Date: Fri, Feb 11, 2000, 2:39 PM
> >
>
> >
> >The Blue Hawaiians have a great song on their "Christmas from Big
> >Island" CD called "Have yourself a Quiet little Christmas".
> >
> >The song uses the bass line from "Quiet Village" to wonderfully
> >excellent effect!
> >
> >The rest of the stuff I've heard tends to be more surf in sound, though
> >it is clear these guys are in the tiki/exotica vibe with regards to
> >packaging and attitude.
> >
> >-Kevin


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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 16:33:52 +0100
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Exotica Mailing List FAQ

Thanks, Chuck. I admit, there was a bit of advertising involved, but mainly I
have been reading so many questions of new list members lately, that I felt,
that many might not be aware of the fact that there is an elaborated FAQ.
Thanks to Ross again, who once started it.

Speaking of it: ALL list-members with web sites that have a link in the FAQ:
please check if the web address is still up to date; other wise contact me or
Ross!

Mo

P.S.: Chuck, could you explain to non-native-english-speaking people what is
meant by the expression "The Big Easy"? I have been asking me that for quite a
while now. There's also a TV series with that title (pretty good one btw).

chuck wrote:

> What a gorgous site Mo!
> I am proud to be on a list with you
>
> Easy listening in the Big Easy
> Chuck
>
> --- Moritz R <[e-mail]> wrote:
> >
> > To all new list members:
> >
> > The basic "Frequently Asked Questions" of this list are answered here:
> > #Exotica mailing list FAQ:
> http://home.munich.netsurf.de/Moritz.Reichelt/exofaq.html
> > Contains pics, links to other important sites and more.



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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 16:34:21 +0100
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Completist collecting (long response)

So, Nat, how'd you call someone who wants to have ALL GOOD records, no
matter what genre or time? Like me. For instance: I LOVE Martin Denny,
but I sold Exotic Moog, because I didn't care for it. I also got rid of
several Les Baxter, Arthur Lyman et al. Problem with this kind of
collecting is, that I tend to sell the records that I don't like
ANYMORE, and of course later regret it.

Mo



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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 09:45:54 -0800
From: "Ron Grandia" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) FeelthyRadioTonight

The planets, aligned, the gods smiled, and the netcast is ON!  (Saturday
evening, starting 5 or 6ish PST)

Getting friends together these days is like organizing a Middle East peace
treaty, but I managed to find a time to get some good friends into the same
room at the same time, and we decided the best way to spend it is playing
records for each other...and anyone on the net who'd care to hear.

We are trying a new format - this time broadcasting from my office, rather
than my old (and now gone) dungeonlike basement-Tiki-haven of the past.  I
set up some turntables, etc and tested the lines and all is working nicely.
We even will have a live cam for your viewing enjoyment. This should be
interesting.

It's not all exotica - Lots of folks bringin' lots of stuff from all over
the musical map, so it should be interesting and eclectic. Nobody will be
accomplished DJ's...Just folks with rekkids.  We'd be so pleased if anyone
would care to join the party.

http://www.xtabay.com/feelthyradio.htm

If you need help with tuning in, send email or use the ICQ pager provided on
the Feelthy page.


See you there.

Ron Grandia




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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 22:04:33 +0100
From: "Arjan Plug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Porn to Rock

Haven't seen this mentioned before:

from www.porntorock.com

PORN TO ROCK
A Collection of Songs Performed by the Top Stars of Adult Film

The Project: Porn to Rock is a compilation of songs that showcases the
musical talents of thirteen adult film actors and actresses. The performers
are enormous celebrities in their own right, with fan clubs, Internet sites
and online newsgroups dedicated to them, but few have had the exposure they
deserve for their musical talent.

The Artists: The performers on Porn to Rock range from retired legends of
the business like Ginger Lynn to newcomers like Chloe Nichole. Some
performers already have a connection to the music world, like Candye Kane
(who has a new release on Sire records), David Burrill (on Macola records)
and Geoffrey Karen Dior (who duets with 80's icon Stacey Q). The CD crosses
lines of sexual preference with gay film stars like Marshall O Boy, and
famed S/M team Vinnie Spit and Mistress Jacqueline. The release also
includes tracks by Hyapatia Lee, Suzi Suzuki, Johnny Toxic, Nina Whett,
Midori and Madison.

The Music: The music on Porn to Rock is as varied and eclectic as the mix of
performers. Virtually all styles are covered, from Rock 'n' Roll to Swing,
Techno and Dance, music fans will find something to like in these tracks.
What will come as a surprise to many is how good these songs are - many of
them live up to todays top radio hits.


My vinyl copy (european pressing?) is from Normal Records / Q.D.K. Media
(www.normal-records.com). I also noticed there seems to be a new Betty Page
volume : Private Girl, or has this been out a while?


Arjan





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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 16:11:40 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Completist collecting (long response)

At 04:34 PM 2/12/00 +0100, Moritz R wrote:
>
>So, Nat, how'd you call someone who wants to have ALL GOOD records, no
>matter what genre or time? Like me. For instance: I LOVE Martin Denny,
>but I sold Exotic Moog, because I didn't care for it. I also got rid of
>several Les Baxter, Arthur Lyman et al. Problem with this kind of
>collecting is, that I tend to sell the records that I don't like
>ANYMORE, and of course later regret it.

You're an accumulator.  I know it's not as clear and decisive a word as
"collector" but strictly speaking, a collector is more focussed than you.
And a collector is driven to have COMPLETE SETS
Most collectors of rock n roll will have a specific focus on a couple of
artists and be driven to get complete sets of that artist's work. That's
the definition of collecting.  But many of them will also pick up other
rock n roll records as they see them, on a casual basis.
They're looking for every single thing that's even vaguely related to Eddie
Cochrane for instance but they'll probably have some Carl Perkins just
because they like him too.
In that sense, most collectors are also accumulators.  But the reverse
doesn't hold true.  Most accumulators don't have enough focus of any kind
to "qualify" as collectors.
If you're looking for "ALL GOOD" records, that's too wide and unfocussed a
target to be called "collecting".  However if, within that accumulating
tendency, there were a couple of artists on whom you were focussed, you
could be considered a collector TOO.
But here's the reason I know you're not a collector. A Martin Denny
collector would never get rid of one of his records because they didn't
particularly care for it.  They might be disappointed but they wouldn't
break up the set over such a consideration.
Musical appreciation certainly influences their habit but it doesn't drive it.
By definition, "completism" is implicit in collecting.  There's no need to
qualify it.  It's redundant.
A Martin Denny collector would say "Here's every record Martin Denny ever
made. And oh yeah, here's the one that represents his unfortunate foray
into moog music".  They may never play it but they have to be able to point
it out, pull it off the shelf and show it to you.
And I understand that impulse even though I don't practice it.

I drive myself crazy being an accumulator with a bit of the collector's
impulse.  And apparently so do you.
I'm always getting rid of records, trying to evaluate them on this sliding
scale of musical appreciation, cultural uniqueness or significance and
various other qualifiers. But it's so inconsistent and even random.  I keep
one record because it's the only record I have by that guy.  And I get rid
of another one because I have five by that artist and this is the worst one.
At that same time, that artist's worst record might still be "better" than
the one record I have by the first guy.  But I also really love the cover
on the first guy's record.
If I had the utter clarity of a collector, I'd be spared the anxiety of
this kind of decision.  And I'd never suffer regret at a record I wrongly
got rid of.

If anyone's still reading this and they think that "accumulator vs
collector" is a distinction without a difference, I can appreciate that.
As Mo knows, I don't bother to make this distinction in my film (which
finally has a "world premiere" coming up in Toronto in May).
I have accumulators and collectors in the film and I don't bother to point
out who's who, though I think in some cases it's obvious.
I think there's a fair bit of crossover between collectors and accumulators
and that essentially they belong in the same club (and the same film.)
But I do think the distinction is both interesting and instructive.

Accumulators and collectors look for records differently.  Collectors, in
general, don't go to thrift stores.  They already have the basic stuff you
can get there and even though it may be true that you never know what
you'll find there, they're sure enough they won't find anything that it's
deemed not worth their time.
Mo, you and I go to thrift stores because we're interested in so much that
we can always find something we "want".
In fact, you could argue that we've moulded our taste in such a way as to
assure ourselves always finding "something".
I like finding stuff I didn't know existed, taking it home and discovering
what it is.
Collectors generally know what's out there before they leave their house.
They're not driven by surprise and discovery like we are.

At this very moment, I'd like to go to a thrift store.  Not because I hope
I'll find that elusive Enoch Light record I need to help complete my set
but because the process of fingering my way through endless bins of crap is
the drug that I need.

Nat



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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 15:54:42 -0800
From: "B. Yost" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) interesting-sounding new release

> SCANNER / DAVID SHEA -Free Chocolate Love (Themes Vol.1) CD=20
> Sit back, relax and plunge into the lush enticing world of=85 FREE =
CHOCOLATE=20
> LOVE.=20
>=20
> The split album =91Free Chocolate Love=92 is a tribute from David S=
hea and=20
> Scanner to lounge or cocktail music, the first opus of a new collec=
tion=20
> called Themes. Themes is an invitation to a high tech travel to the=
 land of
> =91cult=92 music, from Les Baxter to Prince Charles, Jean-Jacques P=
errey to=20
> Latino Soul, soundtracks to=85=20
>=20
> What is the essence to all these strange cult anthems, what is the =
common=20
> factor to kitschy disco and Attilio Mineo=92s futuristic extravagan=
ce? An=20
> answer to discover in the next Themes=92 volumes through the work o=
f Atom=20
> Heart, Stock-Hausen and Walkman, Rip-Off Artist, etc... A wide rang=
e of=20
> influences: lounge, electro-funk, disco, samba, electro-pop, etc...=
 If=20
> there=92s a general thematic guideline behind Themes, it=92s that t=
here are no=20
> genre restrictions. The main idea is the confrontation of these pea=
rls from
> the past and the present technology or techniques...=20
>=20
> Track Listing=20
> A1. XX7=92s theme=20
> A2. Misty Moods theme=20
> A3. Theme from Lost, Lonely, and Vicious=20
> A4. Theme from The Love Of Light=20
> B1. Theme from Smootchy Smootchy=20
> B2. Theme from Waterfall=20
> B3. Theme from Peach Garden=20
> B4. Theme from Moon Landing=20
>=20
> David Shea=20
> In David Shea=92s universe nothing seems to be impossible! Imagine =
Spike=20
> Jones remixed by John Cage or Lil=92 Louis working with Stockhausen=
; the=20
> meeting of Tex Avery and Jean-Luc Godard with a musical illustratio=
n from=20
> Les Baxter. As a =91human sampler=92 Shea tends to redefine the com=
mon=20
> space-continuum, geographical, sociological and musical frontiers, =
reaching
> a point of restructuring where anachronism is senseless. As a solo =
artist,=20
> or playing with John Zorn, Zenna Parkins, Marc Ribot, Scanner, Shea=
 never=20
> forgets that improvisation is pleasure...=20
>=20
> Scanner=20
> Since 1993, Scanner (AKA Robin Rimbaud) is the =91flaneur electroni=
que=92,=20
> turning =93voyeurism=94 into art. The story began with the simple u=
se of a=20
> mobile phone scanner extracting textures and voices from one=92s da=
ily=20
> telephone conversation; the Art of Peeping. After an =91In the shad=
ow=92=20
> period, when the scanner mystery virus spread rapidly, he is now ru=
nning=20
> against time, producing a constant and massive flow of material for=
 the=20
> radio, theater, installations, various names under his nickname or =
as Robin
> Rimbaud. Scanner is also known as producer, remixer, and recently s=
tarted=20
> his own label Sulphur.=20
>=20
> ON SUB ROSA



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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 19:38:15 -0500
From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Completist collecting (was Yesterday's scores)

Mimi asked -

>Which brings up a question: Anyone know if the any disks on Stereo Action
>series (Capitol?) were ever released in hifi/mono versions? Now that seems
>bone stupid to me. ........
>If this music was recorded to exploit stereo action, then why have hi-fi
>versions...

To make money!
Stereos, like color TV's, were an expensive luxury item in the 50's/60's,
and a great many people only had monophonic players (to go with their b&w
TV's); I know my family did. The mono versions (yes, they do exist on all
those titles) were sold for a dollar less. List price for mono records was
3.98, list for stereo was 4.98. They were sold for a dollar or so less than
list - - I used to buy my records at Krey's Disc Shop for $2.77 (I bet
JimmyB did too!)

br cleve


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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 11:31:02 +1100
From: "Keith E. Lo Bue" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) A Peek at the SOOP

For all those on the fence about the Moog Soops or just waiting for them to
arrive, I've posted all of the packaging, track lists and liners here:

http://www.lobue-art.com/soop.html

The idea here is, besides showing what they're all about, that instead of me
spending about $2 on each 1440 dpi printout of the packaging, you can
download them for yourself...there's a spot on the site to grab hi-res scans
of the artwork.

Go check it out and let me know what you think!  Three years of hard
collecting summarized!

Cheers,

Keith

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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 23:01:39 -0500 (EST)
From: Bruce Lenkei <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Completist collecting

"...the process of fingering my way through endless bins of crap is
the drug that I need.."

Nat sums it up for me. This afternoon I was at the local SA, going through
two stacks on the floor, next to a row of old dresses. About half way
through, I realised that my feet were in the most uncomfortable and
painful position. And yet, I would not, could not, stop until I had gone
through both stacks. It's the thrill of discovery, the chance to find
gold, (or maybe just silver) mixed in with the endless copies of
"Gigi" and "A Star is Born". It's almost like gambling I guess. I know the
chances are good that I'll find almost nothing of value, but I keep
trying, no matter the odds.

For the record, I found a copy of 101 Strings Sugar & Spice, and a Percy
Faith record, Jealosy.

And after all that, the line was so long, I couldn't wait and put them
back in the bins next to a Mitch Miller.


- - Bruce Lenkei


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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 03:50:43 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Completist collecting (was Yesterday's scores)

In a message dated 2/12/0 7:35:15 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>I used to buy my records at Krey's Disc Shop for $2.77 (I bet
>JimmyB did too!)

Its late late...I just came in from a Skintastic night of music..Bloodstone,
New Birth, and The Chantels in Boston (BLOODSTONE AND NEW BIRTH ARE BOTH
MUST SEE's, BOOK THEM IF POSSIBLE), then Seks Bomba (better and tighter than
ever) in Cambridge (with B Cleve's pre-recorded mix playing between sets).
But recalling the early LP purchases: For me, it was Peter's Music in
Lexington, MA where you paid Top Dollar for your records. I recall buying the
LP "Pick Hits of The Radio Good Guys" in 1963. It contained the previous
year's TOP Top-40 hits in compilation style, an unusual format back then.
That cost me 4.98 of hard earned carwash cash. Then it was "Jimmy B learns
how to ride the subway into Boston" where I found my way to Jordan Marsh
Department Store where I bought "Out Of Our Heads" by the Rolling Stones,
Mono, for 2.94 (had the LP until very recently with the price tag still on
it, and at pre-sales tax prices!) and The Beatles Second Album for the same
price. These were my first LP purchases (45's notwithstanding).....JB/lots of
NEW  records to chatter about too.....see y'all next week right here


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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 03:55:51 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Completist Filing

In a message dated 2/12/0 11:02:24 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>I couldn't wait and put them
>back in the bins next to a .........

This is for all the people like me who grab anything they think they MIGHT
buy, then realize the funds don't measure up.  What do YOU do with all the
records you don't buy?? If I'm in a record store where I get fair treatment,
I refile them. But in one where I feel regarded as a schmuck? Into the wrong
bins i put them, no conscience, no pain, no feelings, no nothing!   JB/Bless
Me Father For I have Sinned


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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 11:36:16 +0100
From: Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) A Peek at the SOOP

"Keith E. Lo Bue" wrote:

> For all those on the fence about the Moog Soops or just waiting for them to
> arrive, I've posted all of the packaging, track lists and liners here:
>
> http://www.lobue-art.com/soop.html

Absolutely stunning! You're part of the exoticaring too, aren't you? Hope to
find one of these comps in my mailbox one day.

Marco

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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 12:10:36 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) Completist collecting

At 4:34 PM 2/12/0, Moritz R wrote:
>So, Nat, how'd you call someone who wants to have ALL GOOD records, no
>matter what genre or time? Like me. ...Problem with this kind of
>collecting is, that I tend to sell the records that I don't like
>ANYMORE, and of course later regret it.

Yeah, that's the way I go about collecting too. I'll often buy something I
haven't heard simply to judge it myself, as BJ suggests. If it doesn't ring
my bell, then, whoosh, it's outta here.

Again, the one exception is Nino Rota's music, which I keep no matter what,
no matter how crappy or idiotic or stupid the arrangement. I intend to have
my Rota music cremated with me and the ashes of both scattered on the broad
and rolling Pacific, or some such nonsense.

I'd say the regret of NOT picking up something that speaks to me is worse
than the regret of buying something, selling it then regretting it later,
as you describe, Mo.

And like Nat, I LOVE just digging into a bin and seeing what's there. I
love that sense of discovery, that maiden voyage spinning of a disk all new
to me. My obsession is to hear new stuff rather than to collect everything
by an artist I already know and love. Which means I listen to a lot of
radio and read the LP descriptions and show lists posted here with zealous
delight. Which also means I'm seldom bored by music. Which also means I
love jazz and the improv spirit and going to clubs or shows because music
live is a different experience (altho with this crowd of music nuts and
musicians, I preach to the converted, right?).

Yes, I'll play the old favorites, but often I'll listen or buy cheap simply
for novelty. Are there others who share this passion for the new?

Mimi, accumulator, novelty junkie




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