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exotica-digest        Friday, February 18 2000        Volume 02 : Number 630



In This Digest:

(exotica) Thrift Gets Shrift
(exotica) RE: For fans on Anand
(exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #628
Re: (exotica) italian e-z beat remixes
Re: (exotica) Thrift Gets Shrift
(exotica) accumulector
(exotica) Umiliani remixes etc.
(exotica) [ot] cd burner/scanner recommendations
(exotica) Fwd: sci-fi marathon web page message board
(exotica) Crime Jazz and Cocktail Mix
(exotica) exotic eskimo chess set on ebay
Re: (exotica) Thrift Gets Shrift
(exotica) sitariization over the nation
Re:  (exotica) Italiano 12" vinyl remixes
(exotica) Who are these guys anyway?
(exotica) exotica questionaire
(exotica) Doin' the duck in Memphis
(exotica) poetic cockroackes from outer space
(exotica) eBay...ain't it a kick in da head?
Re: (exotica) eBay...ain't it a kick in da head?
RE: (exotica) Crime Jazz and Cocktail Mix
Re: (exotica) eBay...ain't it a kick in da head?
(exotica) new stuff at showandtellmusic + ebay + thriftstores
Re: (exotica) new stuff at showandtellmusic + ebay + thriftstores

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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 14:21:25 +1100
From: "Keith E. Lo Bue" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Thrift Gets Shrift

>>Damn.  I remain silent no more.

>>You can "never say never" when it comes to thrifting records at the =
>>GoodWill or whatever.

>>I live in Baltimore, crawling with Gen X asswipes and other trendy bores - =
>>yet I manage to find Wanderley's "Rainforest" and a slew of Mancini =
>>albums.  Also Denny, Lyman, Stereo Action stuff, etc.  Also tikis, Buomi =
>>temple mugs, etc.

>>Just shut up and look!

I couldn't concur more heartily, Nate!  When the 'Mancini can never be found
in thrift stores' thing was posted, I had a mouth-ajar laugh, as I have been
in thrift stores that had so much Mancini (not to mention Denny-type
exotica) stuff that I was pushing it aside to get to other things!  And
within the last year.  I believe it's really a regional thing.  In
Pittsburgh, there were tons of treats to be had for anyone with a few hours
to browse.  I happened on a 1959 RCA Synth record, Hugo Montenegro jems,
Frank Comstock's 'Project Comstock: Music from Outer Space,'  Ferrante &
Teicher prepared piano lp's, moog records galore, you name it.

It's OK that so many on this list feel they're no good to browse
through..that's what must keep them stocked with good stuff!

Lots of older folks go into nursing homes and dump huge record
collections...and those on the inside of these places often have no interest
in what I may be hungry for.  All this adds up to a thrilling adventure.
Not to say I always strike paydirt, but I'm surprised by how often I stumble
on real discoveries.

Now, as far as the Australian thrift store scene (called Op-Shops here), I
have yet to report....

Keith

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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 00:30:48 -0500
From: "Chuck Collazzi" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) RE: For fans on Anand

> From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
>
> They used a Danelectro Electric Sitar, which had 6 strings like a regular
> guitar, but had another 40 or so resonating strings at the top of the
> instrument. I believe they also used some special light gage string. The
> instruments are currently made by the Jerry Jones Co of Nashville TN.
>

It buzzes like a guitar whose neck was set up wrong, but it really sounds
sorta like a sitar!, sounds great & fun to play (exactly like playing a
guitar).
I played one of these pups in the pit orch. of the show "Timbuktu" (remake
of "Kismet") at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood back in the late 70's -
Eartha Kitt starred - she was phenomenal.  Terrific show--see it at all
costs if it ever comes back.  It's nonstop exotica.

Regards,
Chuck Collazzi
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Florida

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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:55:24
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #628

On Tue, 15 Feb 00 20:25:58 -0800, "B.J. Major" <[e-mail]>
wrote:
Subject: Re: (exotica) Philadelphia record stores

>Wow, this thread is starting to make me feel homesick now!!!  Of course,
with twenty years of living away from there, I don't have any
recommendations for you, fish wich, but I can tell you where I USED to
shop all the time:  Sam Goody's downtown.  Alas, back then it was not the
ubiquitous small mall chain store that it is now, but a REAL record
store.  Two stories high.  I bought all my original jazz and latin albums
there in the early 1970s, many of which I still have.  Another place I
used to like to buy records was the classic John Wanamaker store right
near it (also no longer JW's).  They had a good record section where I
bought my still haves Ray Conniff and David Rose Xmas LPs, among others.
And I also frequented at least two of Philly's Record Museums.  Have no
idea whether that chain still exists or not.  But the downtown Sam Goody
was THE BEST

Sorry, but ALL of those places are gone! Jerry Green's Record Museum lives
on in a form, as the Collectibles label (aka Gotham Distribution).

There are a good amount of used and hipster stores in Center City these
days though, too many to list. Find a yellow pages when you get here, and
be sure to check out the 6 or 7 stores in the South Street area (especially
the two Philadelphia Record Exchanges).

If you want expensive collector 45s, visit Val Shively's in Upper Darby.
Bring a want list because browsing isn't allowed (and expect to be
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:15:00 +0100
From: Maurizio Mansueti <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) italian e-z beat remixes

>I got the Piero Piccioni 12" remixes of "Mr. Dante Fontana",
"Esculapio" and
>one other one from Dusty Groove. A question to the fellas from the Boot
(DJ
>Batman, Gionni Paludi): Are there any other Italiano 12" vinyl remixes
worth
>getting? These are really mind-blowingly fabulous and I want
more!...Thanks
>in advance...J. Botticelli

I can suggest "Il Giaguaro" Italian Magazine and Black Cat Records if
you want to listen some original tracks of Piero Piccioni, Alessandro
Alessandroni and other italian artists.
Il Giaguaro is a periodical publication with a quarterly deadline,
composed of a minimum of 56 color pages, with a centerfold poster and an

audio or video bonus included in each issue.
Our readers are collectors, musicians and artists interested in jazz,
lounge, exotica, soundtracks, b-movies....
In our first number "0" we had a great interview with Alessandro
Alessandroni (one of the best composers of Sergio Leone Spaghetti
Western soundtracks) and an EP of  Ennio Morricone (never published
before!).
In this number "one" issue there is a 7'' vinyl release of the
1966 film, "Fume di Londre" (Smoke of London).
The first movie of  Italian comedian Alberto Sordi and music composed by

the World famous, Piero Piccioni!  An exclusive listening pleasure to
the readers of "Il Giaguaro" are previously unreleased versions of "Mr:
Dante Fontana"  and "Richmond Bridge",  featuring  the chrous group, "I
Cantori Moderni di Alessandro Alessandroni".

Other good vinyl and cd releases are published on Black Cat Records.

Ciao!
Maurizio
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___Black Cat Records News____

The Psych Jazzy Beat of "I Marc 4" BCR 0101 DLP / CD rom  out now
The Marc 4 was responsible for having the greatest, most incredible
Italian soundtrack style. This jazz-beat combo were known to play and
record with some of the best known and most admired composers of this
genre; from Ennio Morricone to Piero Umiliani. The Marc 4, for the most
part, were the band who recorded 99% of Armando Travajoli's
compositions.
The Marc 4 recorded serveral albums as "I Marc 4" on their label
"Nelson" from 1970-1976, in this unique compilation you can find their
best recordings that captures their innovative sound; their diversity
shines with styles ranging from Jimmy Smith to Italian Bossa-nova to
experimental tunes with strange special effects.
The unique sound of "I Marc 4" comes from omnipresent Hammond C3 of
Antonello Vannucchi with the rhythm section of Roberto Podio on drums
and Maurizio Majorana on bass, not to forget the real soul of the band,
Carlo Pes on guitar. On this album you can catch the pure spirit of
genius with these masterpieces from the Italian film music files.
In 1971 the composer Romolo Frano was working on the soundtrack of a TV
serial "Il Segno del Comando" (a real "cult" TV serial for today's
B-movie lovers), he chose 5 tracks from the Marc 4 library music album
on 'Nelson' records, two of the five tracks are in this compilation;
Distortion Mind is a beat song with wild fuzz guitar and groovy bass and

Key Board has a dreaming flute with the soft Hammond sounds of Mr.
Vannucchi. These two tracks are not to be missed on this compilation, as

is the case for the rest of the album.

ITALIAN LOUNGE-BEAT PARTY BCR 0100 DLP / CD rom  out now
ITALIAN LOUNGE-BEAT PARTY is a compilation of Italian soundtracks from
the mid 60's to the early 70's. In those years the Italian film music
produced the best sound ever and had superior quality productions.
Thanks to composers like Armando Trovajoli, Piero Piccioni, Alessandro
Alessandroni, all selected in this compilation, the Italian film music
found itself in living a second youth, in the scene of Lounge and Easy
Listening music.
More and more DJ's and bands are inspired by this rich discography to
make their sound more creative and different from the rest. In this
compilation ensemble by the 'never stopping' Claudio Fuiano (compiler
and executive producer of a dozen lounge-beat compilations around the
globe) and Al Casey (DJ and editor of the magazine "Il Giaguaro"),
nobody will be disappointed.
Previously unreleased tracks like Humanity and Il Giovane Normale by
Armando Trovajoli, the first one is a real shaker and the second is a
pop-beat track with singing in English. These tracks will take you
straight to the 'Red Carpet' nightclub beneath the ruins of the magic
city called ROMA. It's an album to listen, to dance and to dream to.

Coming Soon
"Fumo di Londra" OST music by Piero Piccioni CD and DLP
"Sonorissima Vol.1 The Italian Library Music Party"

Il Giaguaro & Black Cat Rec.
Alessandro Casella
Via Castruccio Castracane 3
00176 Roma, Italy
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:49:47 +0000
From: <Charles_Moseley/LON/Europe/[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Thrift Gets Shrift

For me, its a time constraint thing. I work in Central London, no charity
shops for miles and at the weekends I have Saturday to venture out. London
charity shops have almost nothing worth having in them so I'd have to take
a special trip to the suburbs where I generally don't find anything anyway.

However, I have my eye on a Sunday car boot sale in a smart, well-to-do
area of West London and I'm hoping that will turn up the discarded goods of
the middle classes. My local car boot sale in Camberwell (poor and run down
South London) has the most lamentable collection of objects I've ever seen.
Caribbean families selling old socks and broken electrical goods, muslim
and Indian women haggling over faded T-shirts and depressing stalls full of
the least desirable goods I've ever set eyes on.

Charlie


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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:10:02 -0000
From: Reader Geoff <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) accumulector

A perspective on the Accumulator/Collector thing that occurred to me as I
was going to sleep last night.  In about '96 I was broke,  been in a job
that paid my rent and travel but that was about it,  living in a new town.
At this time I'd been looking for the Barbarella OST for about 10 years.  I
got a job,  well paid,  nearby.

On my way home from being offered the job I went past the second hand record
shop at the end of the road.  There in the window was a copy of Barbarella.
I was in such a good mood I went home and scrounged up the forty UKPounds it
cost. (ouch, my most expensive purchase).  I bought it.

The guy in the shop said 'there now,  take that home and put it somewhere
safe' - a COLLECTOR.

I took it home and played the fuck out of it.  Taped it for my mates and
occasionally take it out to gigs (that price tag takes some emotional toil).
An ACCUMULATOR.

I want to hear it, not just own it.  Fortunately its a great LP it was
(still is, considering) in good condition, and on that one occasion I don't
mind spending the big money.  Not that I've done it again.....

Just my thoughts on the thing


El Maestro Con Queso

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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 15:56:05 +0100
From: Dj Batman <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Umiliani remixes etc.

for those who might be interestedl...

Amazon.co.uk: some Right Tempo releases including the Mah'na Mah'na
remixzes by Umiliani
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/026-3302970-9216264

prices in UKP...


bye,
Nicola (Dj Batman) Battista

"Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief"
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 10:05:43 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: (exotica) [ot] cd burner/scanner recommendations

This came up on another list I'm on. If you have a recommend, please reply
directly to Lata and mantion Mimi from HD sent you. Thanks, Mimi

>From: Lata Narumanchi <[e-mail]>
>i want to buy a burner & scanner for my powermac. does anyone have any
>recommendations? it's going to be for both burning mps on cd as well as
>storing all the photonegatives i need to scan in.
>
>tia,
>have a sparkling day,
>
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:30:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Jane Fondle <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Fwd: sci-fi marathon web page message board

Kids, could somebody say something nice about
Astroslut on this message board
http://www.mv.com/org/sf25  Remember what mother said
about "if you can't say anything nice...."
Thanks!

>Jane, Check this page out and click on message board.
 One
> comment (?) on us and
> we could use more....good ones.  Maybe you can get
> your bomp and exotica
> army (or anyone else) to say some cool stuff about
> us.
> 2000
>
>


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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:43:41 -0800
From: "paul thomas" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Crime Jazz and Cocktail Mix

Fans of detective tv shows and films from the late 50s thru early 70s should check out Rhino's two volume set  'Crime Jazz.' I picked up volume two  this weekend and it's brilliant! Now I have to get volume one (so you know I fall into the completist camp!).

Is anyone familiar with Rhino's four volume 'Cocktail Mix' series? I have most of the Ultra Lounge series and would like to know if the Rhino series is comparable or if the material is largely duplicated.

  Thanks!
          ~~Paul


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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 14:34:56 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) exotic eskimo chess set on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=258328943



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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 15:00:23 -0500
From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Thrift Gets Shrift

At 10:49 AM 2/17/00 +0000,
Charles_Moseley/LON/Europe/[e-mail] wrote:
>
>For me, its a time constraint thing. I work in Central London, no charity
>shops for miles and at the weekends I have Saturday to venture out. London
>charity shops have almost nothing worth having in them

I can still remember the feeling of walking into certain thrift shops both
here and in other towns.  Sad places.  Places where a little voice
immediately says "They've got nothing here".
If I hadn't had "success" when I first started going to thrifts - though
admittedly it was success in a genre that was very new and strange to me -
I don't think I would have developed the habit.
If I'd found nothing but Nana Mouskouri, Roger Whittaker and the Knack, I'm
not even sure I'd be on this list.
When I first started looking for this stuff, the thrift stores were
virtually the only place to find it around here.
And even though it's now harder to find some of the more identified artists
AND even though I'm not really looking for "easy listening" records any
more, you can still go out and find something if you're in the mood to hear
something you've never really checked out.
I guess it's not going to last that much longer but people here are still
getting rid of easy listening records.
The people who had them originally are still giving them to thrift stores.
(Or their survivors are.) And now the people who probably bought them at
thrift stores are starting to see that they can sell them for occasionally
decent money at used record stores. So now there are two ways to get em.

What some people are saying here about thrift stores, mimics my experience
with lawn sales. I believe that the lawn/garage sale is actually the best
place to find rare and special records.  And find them cheap.
It probably has something to do with the fact that not all records that go
to the thrift store, make it out into the bins.
I've made a few amazing finds at lawn sales.  I think lawn sales have the
best "potential" for spectacular finds.
But in my case, those finds have been few and far between.  Too few and too
far between.
I've gone to too many sales with no records or with a pile of Blondie or
Dan Seals or name-something-else-I-don't-want, that I've given up on them.
I get a twinge from hearing about the stuff my buddy finds but I don't
care.  Too many days of finding nothing and coming home with an old Life
Magazine because I had to buy something.
So I've given up on lawn sales.
And I don't go to thrift stores as often as I used to.  I have the urge
today, right now, but if anything I'll probably go to a store where they
think everything old is "cool", on the off chance they have something I've
never seen before.

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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 22:16:48 +0000
From: "Giovanni Berti" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) sitariization over the nation

All those sitar titles posted recently reminded me of a very fave of
mine: Ravi Harris & the Prophets "Funky Sitar Man" on BBE (Barely
Breaking Even). I first thought t'was a reissue of some geek's lost
tapes, shelved in the vaults in the early 70's and intentionally left
there ever since. I was disappointed when I realised it was, say,
"modern"; I mean, I mostly go vintage with music and that's my
general taste with arts and the beautiful things of life (that
doesn't mean I married an eightysome lady, tho'!). But I discovered a
real gem: the idea itself, of playin' James Brown-ed funk on sitar,
is brilliant, and much curiosity and appeal was added by knowing from
the notes that the man recorded the disc in 4-day long continuous
session, after closing his combo (wife playing organ) in studio and
stuffin' himself with LSD. When the recording was over, notes say
that HE JUST LEFT MUSIC, and he now must be feeding
rabbits in some mental health center somewhere in California.
Play "Path of Blazing Sarong", open your mind and your ears will
follow.

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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 22:16:48 +0000
From: "Giovanni Berti" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Italiano 12" vinyl remixes

> >Other highly recommended item, on same label: "W la felicita'
> >(english version)" by Franco Godi, with 2 remixes; the original
> >italian language edit is on Studio Uno's "Third Millennium"
> >compilation.
>
> How does one go about obtaining them?

Well, I just know Studio Uno sells via Dusty Groove. You can try
them.

> Scotti's work is brilliant and very now. How does one e-mail the fellow??
> Thanks Gionni...JB

He hasn't any e-mail yet. You can e-mail me, and I will forward to a
common friend who lives near him. He'll show Paolo.

Ciao
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 16:38:42 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Who are these guys anyway?

Just got back from the local used/promo CD store.

Can anyone fill in the blanks on these 4 CDs that I saw there?
Shouold I go back and get any of them?

The Bongo Kings: Bongos In Paradise (Starbound Records;1997;$4.49)

The Lance Gambit Trio: Cocktail 2000 (MFL;1997;$6.99)

Mr. Wright: Star Time (Le Grande Magistery;1998;$3.99)

World Standard: Country Gazette (Asphodel;1997;$4.99)

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Based on resent posts, I did pick up The Wiseguys: The Antidote ($3.99)

Thanks fer yer help!

- -Lou
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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 17:04:00 -0500
From: George Hall <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) exotica questionaire

    I saw a few of these exotica questionaires filled out a little while
ago & found myself enjoying some of the info behind the postings. Here's
mine...

- ------------------------------


    > 1. Are you a musician? Explain...

Sure. Played in pop & rock bands around Boston for 17 yrs or so. Currently
play guitar with Kahuna nominees Seks Bomba.

    > 2. Space-age/exotic LP/CD that turned you on to this?

Started with the lounge/spy stuff, sort of on the avant jazz side; in the
late 80's found a 10" with an sleeve I can only describe as Extremely
Adorable, called "TV: Mais Oui!" by the Melody 4. There were 3 of them
actually, Steve Beresford, Tony Coe & Lol Coxhill, all more known in the
jazz/free improv world, but here doing versions of the Addams Family theme,
Mission Impossible, Danger Man etc., along with a number of european TV
themes I wasn't familiar with. Other M4 records I was lucky enough to find
included versions of "Les Vacances du M. Hebert"  & "Touch of Evil," along
with some amusing originals. I only recently noticed that Tony Coe also
appears on at least one Mancini disc, "The Pink Panther Strikes Back" OST.
    John Zorn's late 80's discs were also huge, specifically the
Morricone tribute "The Big Gundown," the sprawling crime jazz suite
"Spillaine" and (especially) Naked City, a jazz/rock/noise supergroup who
split their time between short, fast grindcore, original multi-genre cut-ups
and expert covers of soundtrack faves like "Chinatown," "I Want To Live," A
Shot in the Dark" and more. A band that really could do almost anything.
    Lastly, a friend of mine had picked up a copy of Dick Hyman's "The
Man From O.R.G.A.N" at a yard sale & played it for me, maybe '90 or so. I
was particularly blown away by the arrangements & good humor. I obsessed on
this one for years before finally finding my own copy ($9.99 sealed!). By
then I'd already started Seks Bomba - the first cover we ever learned was a
version of DH's arrangement of Lalo Schifrin's "Liquidator" (appears on the
1st single).
    After that, it's been Lalo S, Quincy Jones, Jimmy Smith, Enoch
Light, Vincent Bell, the Ventures, Tjader, strange vanity pressings by
organists on cruise liners, industrial pageants ("General Electric Presents
'Go Fly a Kite'"), etc.

    > 3. This list could help you more by...

Fine as it is; just wish I had time to read regularly...

    > 4. Other exotica/things you collect

Not actively collecting, but I recently found a stash of my old Corgi &
Dinky toy cars & put 'em out on display in the living room. I buy a lot of
books that I plan to get around to reading too, but will deny that I am
"collecting" them. Some Shriner/fez artifacts (see below).

    > 5. Unrelated music genres/acts you like

improv (free &/or jazz & otherwise), experimental, some current pop music,
60's rock,
    >
    > 6. What are you just dying to tell us?

"...!"

    > 7. Own a fez?  If so, what color, texture and tassel color?
Describe it or
    > other lounge-wear of which you are proud?

Started on a Fez fetish in the mid-80's -might have started the time I got
caught in a Shriner Parade trying to get to a King Crimson show ("wow!
little cars, just like on the Dead kennedy's lp!") or maybe the cartoon a
friend had done about a Shriners/Bikers gang war...Got one as a gift a
little later, display only tho -sadly, does not fit - but a few years later
a friend took a picture of it & made a virtual Seks Bomba fez in photoshop
- -it appears on the back cover of the Bomba single "[Main title and love
theme from] 'Satan's Shriners'"
    I also have some Shriner-related artifacts...perhaps a
"collection"?...including a painting from the 40's or 50's (I'm guessing)
depicting Shriners torturing non-befezzed civilians in a circus ring;
throwing them into a shark tank, putting them in a lion's cage with a only a
greased poll by way of escape; skating & pouring boiling water on their
heads (which stick up out of the ice); shooting them, electricuting, etc.
Really wish I could scan this for y'all!
    > 8. Shaken/stirred?

Yes.
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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 00:02:33 +0000
From: "Giovanni Berti" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Doin' the duck in Memphis

> Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 13:44:00 -0500
> From: Nat Kone <[e-mail]>
> But I loved the whole atmosphere of the city.
> And have a drink if you can in the lobby of the (damn!) ??? hotel.  The big
> old one near Beale Street?  Anyone?  Brian?
> Faulkner said that the Mississippi began in the lobby of the ???

The Peabody.
It's where, twice a day, four ducks are freed in the lobby and let
take bath in the fountain. They actually come out of the elevator
at ground floor and accompanied by a valet, with red carpet rollin'
under their feet and tourists taking flashes. They just don't seem
to care about the crowd and sway their asses like Bardot.
I was lucky to be there on the day it was some anniversary of this
ceremony, and there were these gigantic cakes with real size
chocolate ducks, free for everybody in the lobby. And live swinging
quartet in black tie. And champagne all over.
It was 11 o'clock in the morning, and I got dead drunk.
Memphis means love.
Ciao
Gionni


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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 00:02:33 +0000
From: "Giovanni Berti" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) poetic cockroackes from outer space

> Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 13:53:31 +0100
> From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
> Subject: (exotica) the poetic cockroach on a typewriter
>
> some of you might have swapped tapes with a guy who calls himself the
> "Underground culture Vulture". i did, and was disappoited by the lack of
> track lists. even more when he refused to tell me the origin of a specific
> track: a crime jazzy piece about a poetic cockroach that writes on a
> typewriter. anyone recognises this decription?

I thought I could help, but sorry I was wrong. I remembered something
like that and run to the record ("Beat Jazz - Pictures From The Gone
World", on Pesky Serpent recs., ps1001, a boot lp comp.): on side B
there's "Cockroach" by Jack Kerouac, followed a coupla tracks later
by "Drums in my Typewriter" by Woody Leafer. It's not what you're
after but, you know, almost.
In case you're wonderin', it's just (just?) poetry without a single
note of music (some drums of course).
Ciao
Gionni


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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 09:26:49 +1100
From: "Keith E. Lo Bue" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) eBay...ain't it a kick in da head?

Just to show you the angel and the devil at work here on eBay,

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=258599128

This record can be had any time for under $20 (mint-this one is a paltry
VG+), but the way the seller worded the auction title, it pulled in people
who wouldn't have known it existed and are bidding like it's the Holy Grail.
 To cap it off, if you do a search under 'moog lp', you'll see this auction
listed, and TWO ITEMS under it is the same record, at $5.50.

At least the poor sap bidding $70 will get a good record...but don't anyone
tell him he's a stooge!

Keith

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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 17:31:43 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) eBay...ain't it a kick in da head?

"Keith E. Lo Bue" wrote:
>
> Just to show you the angel and the devil at work here on eBay,
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=258599128
>
> This record can be had any time for under $20 (mint-this one is a paltry
> VG+), but the way the seller worded the auction title, it pulled in people
> who wouldn't have known it existed and are bidding like it's the Holy Grail.
>  To cap it off, if you do a search under 'moog lp', you'll see this auction
> listed, and TWO ITEMS under it is the same record, at $5.50.
>
> At least the poor sap bidding $70 will get a good record...but don't anyone
> tell him he's a stooge!
>
>

You gotta be kiddin'! I got this in a thrift store for less
than a buck.

I've seen it all now......

The thing is, I'm not willing to part with it, not even for $70.
I must be nuts.


- --

Kerry


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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 17:49:08 -0800
From: "Larson/Thomas" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Crime Jazz and Cocktail Mix

> Is anyone familiar with Rhino's four volume 'Cocktail Mix'
series? I have most of the Ultra Lounge series and would like to
know if the Rhino series is comparable or if the material is
largely duplicated.

The Cocktail Mix series overlaps very little with the Ultra Lounge series.
Cocktail Mix Vol. 1 (Bachelor's Guide to the Galaxy) is especially good but
each volume has something to offer.

Jerry



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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 23:35:20 -0800
From: Paul <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) eBay...ain't it a kick in da head?

> At least the poor sap bidding $70 will get a good record...but don't anyone
> tell him he's a stooge!
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or tell the guy i auctioned off a somewhat rare first edition mono UK
fab four 'white album' to in Nov.

  **  $ 870 **




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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 01:44:31 -0800
From: Will Louviere <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) new stuff at showandtellmusic + ebay + thriftstores

hey dudes,

added a new goofy gallery tonight. here's the URL:

http://showandtellmusic.com/pages/thrift/thrift8.html

i added a bunch more stuff too but it's pretty much scattered all over
the site. actually, here's a URL for a religious page that i added stuff to :

http://showandtellmusic.com/pages/christian/otherstuff.html

there's a few new additions in fancy gallery #4 and in some other places.
showandtell can be a good site to steal scans from so maybe check it out ...

_________________________________________________
EBAY:

i could talk forever about what i think of ebay, but i won't. i WILL say
that it allowed me to quit my job-job and almost (but not quite) fully
support myself. WITHOUT a business loan, WITHOUT paying rent for
a storefront, WITHOUT going through those "tough first couple of years"
that any new business goes through. AND, allows me to do pretty much
exactly what i enjoy doing: hunting down unusual recordings.

having said that, i can't fuckin beleive the guy's payin $70 for Age of
Electronicus either.

however, PAYING $70 is quite a different thing than CHARGING $70, isn't it ?
ebay fuckin rules, cuz you can start your auctions low, and let the buyers
figure out how much they're gonna pay. in other words, you can be a "business
man" and not feel like a jerk about it. (( by the way, i don't work for ebay,
and I definitely don't start ALL of my auctions low ...

let me give you a short list of some of the music i've scored there just to
let it be known that it's also possible to find great cheap records at auction:

Marko Polo Adventurers, exc stereo $6
Marty Mannings Twilight Zone, nm stereo    $10
John Mcfarlands Provacatif, mint mono  $10   (not a great record, but a
real good one)
Michael Magnes Tropical Fantasy   exc  stereo     $35  (cheap actually)
Leo Diamonds Skin Diver Suite      exc     $10
Andre Popps Delirium in Hifi    SEALED    $20
jack fascinato ...Surplus    exc stereo       $5


and a bunch more that i cant remeber. tons of rad shit. so ebay's not ALL
that bad.


__________________________________________________
AND THRIFT STORES:

thrift stores/ flea markets here in the bay area are a great option for finding
stuff. i go to this one (that will for now remain secret) where the manager
plays tape loops of himself singing karaoke songs all day. it's really fun
to go to,
and is infinitely more enjoyable than wading through the hipster freaks at
Ameoba
in Berkeley. there is seemingly no filtering at all there in the record
department,
and i consistently find great records there for 75 cents each ((as well as
tons of
great art ...

And yeah, it's the sense of adventure and the thrill of the score and all
that stuff
that we all know about.

but before i ever heard of any exotica "scene" or lounge culture type of
stuff (it
was happening, belive me, i just wasnt aware of it), thrift stores were a
place i
could go to find something of MY OWN. places where "culture" wasn't SOLD to me,
pre-packaged and approved, or rammed down my throat (the bay area is notoroius
for that).

it seems like where i live, people allow the "weekly's" to dictate where
they go, and
what they take in, to the point where it's just beyond silly. and i'm
sorry, but rap
music and rock n roll (the 2 former greatest loves of my life) were 6 feet
under
10 years ago. and i do NOT need to go to any more "i wish to god we were
still in the
80's"punk concerts.

(I DONT EXPECT ANY OF YOU TO AGREE OR EVEN TAKE SERIOUSLY THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH)

i think I'm getting tired, and probally most of you haven't even made it
this far, so
I'll just say that even with places like ebay and jack diamond music,
thrift stores
still rule.



.WILL

















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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:05:12 +0100
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) new stuff at showandtellmusic + ebay + thriftstores

Will Louviere wrote:

> http://showandtellmusic.com/pages/thrift/thrift8.html

BTW: How do YOU get your album covers scanned? Do you have a big one that fits LP
covers?

Mo



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