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exotica-digest       Tuesday, February 29 2000       Volume 02 : Number 638



In This Digest:

(exotica) [obits] Mary Sorrentino,Fred Rhoads, Lynn Shults, Eliot A. Caplin, Liam Clancy - NOT
(exotica) Moon Base Alpha is back
(exotica) more mr hazlewood
Re: (exotica) Soundproof vs. Soundblast
(exotica) The Liquid Room 2/26/00
(exotica) Re: Here's Br. Cleve's "list"
(exotica) Spin CD?
Re: (exotica) Spin CD?
RE: (exotica) Spin CD?
(exotica) The Exotic Kindergarten
(exotica) The Exotic Kindergarten
(exotica) three suns get hitched
Re: (exotica) The Exotic Kindergarten
Re: (exotica) The Exotic Kindergarten
Re: (exotica) The Exotic Kindergarten
Re: (exotica) Spin CD?
Re: (exotica) The Exotic Kindergarten
Re: (exotica) The Exotic Kindergarten
(exotica) Second Hand
(exotica) Re: Dr Livingston, I presume?
Re: (exotica) Re: Dr Livingston, I presume?
(exotica) Re: Grandmaster Flash
Re:  (exotica) The Exotic Kindergarten
Re:  Re:  (exotica) The Exotic Kindergarten

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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 10:23:29 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Mary Sorrentino,Fred Rhoads, Lynn Shults, Eliot A. Caplin, Liam Clancy - NOT

                          *Mary Sorrentino
    PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) -- Mary Sorrentino, who was one of the
city's last restaurateurs with links to Palm Springs' movie colony
days, died Tuesday of cancer. She was 78.
    Sorrentino and ex-husband Bill Sorrentino opened their first
restaurant in Toluca Lake, on the edge of Los Angeles, in 1944. Bob
and Dolores Hope were among their first customers and they remained
friends when the Sorrentinos opened their Palm Springs seafood
house in 1966.
    Frank Sinatra developed his Steak Sinatra recipe with Bill
Sorrentino and it is still served at the restaurant. Sinatra
celebrated his 60th birthday at Sorrentinos and often visited the
kitchen staff when he dined there.
- ---
                            *Fred Rhoads
    GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) -- Fred Rhoads, a cartoonist of the
post-World War II ``Sad Sack'' comics, has died. He was 78.
    Rhoads died Sunday from complications of Alzheimer's disease in
Greenwood, where he lived since December.
    The cartoonist drew the exaggerated life of a World War II GI
trying to cope with a civilian's life in ``Sad Sack'' comic books.
    The cartoon was initially created for Yank Magazine during the
war -- with the character a luckless draftee -- by George Baker. It
was resuscitated by Harvey Comics after the war.
    Rhoads was one of the artists who worked on the postwar ``Sad
Sack'' comic books, helping illustrate the character's comic woes
for more than 20 years.
    He once recalled that Baker's contributions were sometimes a
little racy.
    ``He was used to drawing for men in the service,'' Rhoads once
said. ``His humor tended to be more dirty. More sexy. And that
didn't work as well in the comic book.''
    Rhoads once sued Harvey Comics for more of the profits for his
efforts on ``Sad Sack'' comic books. A Pima County Superior Court
awarded him $2.6 million in the early 1980s, but that ruling was
reversed in the Arizona Court of Appeals.
    Rhoads also assisted ``Beetle Bailey'' creator Mort Walker,
Jimmy Hatlo, who did ``They'll Do It Every Time,'' and Fred
Lasswell, who created ``Snuffy Smith.''
    More recently, Rhoads worked for the Tucson (Ariz.) Citizen as
an editorial cartoonist in the 1980s and early 1990s.
    Rhoads studied art illustration in New York City from 1940-1942
until he joined the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II.
- ----
                            *Lynn Shults
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Lynn Shults, a state Correction
Department spokesman who in a previous career helped discover
country music superstar Garth Brooks, died Thursday of an apparent
heart attack. He was 55.
    Shults, who just joined the state Correction Department on Feb.
1, collapsed after an afternoon meeting.
    Shults had a long career in the music industry, including jobs
with Acuff-Rose Publishing Co., Capitol Records, Atlantic Records,
and Billboard magazine. He was with Capitol in 1988 when the label
initially decided against signing Brooks.
    ``Lynn came out to a showcase and Garth happened to be one of
the performers,'' said Bob Doyle, Brooks' manager. ``He had the
courage to kind of rethink his earlier decision and advocated
signing Garth.''
- ---
    STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) -- Eliot A. Caplin, a writer who devised
the plots for a number of well-known comic strips, died Feb. 20. He
was 86.
    Caplin cooperated with artists who produced strips like ``Heart
of Juliet Jones,'' ``Big Ben Bolt'' and ``Dr. Bobbs.''
    Caplin was the brother of ``L'il Abner'' cartoonist Al Capp.
    Although the brothers never collaborated on a strip, Capp
conceived two strips that he passed along to Caplin. One, ``Abbie
an' Slats,'' which was drawn by Raeburn van Burne, lasted 23 years.
The other was ``Long Sam,'' drawn by Bob Lubbers.
    Capp shortened his name from Caplin so it would fit better in
comic strips.
    Caplin received little personal publicity because he wrote for
different feature syndicates that were not eager to promote someone
who also wrote for their competitors, his son, Donald, told The New
York Times.
    Caplin also wrote many plays, including ``Any Resemblance to
Persons Living or Dead,'' which was produced off Broadway in 1971.
    Caplin studied at Brown University and Ohio State University. He
earned a Purple Heart in World War II after being injured aboard a
minesweeper in the Pacific.
- ---
From the BBC --

Saturday, 26 February, 2000, 19:05 GMT

Irish folksinger enjoys virtual wake

Traditional Irish musician and singer Liam Clancy has said he has enjoyed
his own "virtual wake" on the internet after an American radio station
announced he had died.

He received over 1,200 condolences and tributes on his homepage within hours
of his misreported death.

 Liam Clancy and his brothers were folk hits in the 60s

"It is a very eerie feeling to get a preview of your own death," he said.

"People sent in memories of me and wonderful tributes."

Clancy said a man with the same name had died in the US and a New York
university radio station announced his death and then ran a special tribute
programme broadcasting his songs.

Members of the folk singer's family even telephoned his home from the United
States to find out about the funeral arrangements and were shocked when he
answered their calls.

With his brothers and singer Tommy Makem, Liam Clancy enjoyed huge success
in the folk boom of the 1960s.

The singer said that when the mistake was discovered his nephew sent him an
e-mail asking "How are things in Hell?"
- ---
THOUSANDS BID ADIEU TO THE VETERAN COMEDIAN
Kozhikode - The body of veteran comedian of Malayalam
screen Kuthiravattom Pappu, who died here last evening,
was consigned to flames at the Mavoor Road crematorium
this afternoon.

Earlier, his body was kept in the Bhashaposhini Library
before being taken to the town hall in a flower decked
van. Kerala finance minister T. Sivadasa Menon, cine
actors Mohanlal, Jayaram, Jagathi Sreekumar, Oduvil
Unnikrishnan, Kunjandi, Janardanan, Zeenath, director
V.N. Vinu, lyricist Girish Puthencherry and CPM leaders
M. Dasan and C.P. Kunju were among hundreds of people who
thronged the actor's house to pay their last respects.

The 62-year-old comedian, who had acted in more than 1000
films in a career spanning four decades, leaves behind a
history enscripted with his peculiar dialogue rendition
and down-to-earth characters in the minds of Malayalam
cine goers, reports UNI.
- ---
Joseph Wolfson, Surf Legend, Dies at 50
http://www.nytimes.com/library/sports/other/022800oth-obit-wolfson.html






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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:09:51 +0000
From: Robbie Baldock <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Moon Base Alpha is back

Well, my show Moon Base Alpha is finally back on the air for a few
shows.  We did our first of the broadcast yesterday and a playlist
should be on the show's website within the next few days.

The show is going out Sundays 1200-1330 on Fresh Air FM
(http://www.freshairfm.co.uk/), 87.7 MHz and the coverage is Edinburgh
(UK) city limits.

If anyone has promo copies of anything they think I might like, do
please get in touch - there are two more shows this broadcast.


Robbie (aka DJ Bongo Boy)

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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 17:12:21 -0000
From: Reader Geoff <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) more mr hazlewood

Been off for a week,  Laid some Exotica and groovy soundtracks on the
Fashion conscious public at 40 degrees at Earls Court again.  Bit less
traumatic than last time, although we saw off new boys band 'Northern Line'
(stage too small,  didn't like our ambiance) and Giorgio from Nightmares on
Wax,  (turned up late,  was double booked against us and sulked when his
'representative' couldn't bully us off.  wanker).

But anyway, Got 13 and Cowboy in Sweden on Vinyl last weekend on Smells Like
Records.  I was a bit disappointed with 13 at first,  the reviews of it made
a lot of play on the fact that it was arranged by someone who did cartoon
soundtracks,  so I was expecting something a lot more off the wall.  When
what you got was somewhere between solid funk, Staxy ballads and Soft Parade
era Doors.  The Juxtaposition of Lee Hazlewoods voice over the Funk tracks
that open up each side is a little bizarre at first,  but I think its a
great record,  if very short,  but no way worth the silly money the original
is supposed to go for.

Cowboy in Sweden is more Lee Hazlewood in customary Country-ish mode.  I
swear I know half the songs on here,  the just settle into your song
memories so nicely.  Did Johnny cash ever cover any Lee Hazlewood songs?
'pray them bars way'  just sounds custom made for him.  Apart from that
spent hours browsing the charity shops and nothing at all to show for it
apart from a Pierre Cardin suit for the summer (7 pounds),  not a sniff of a
decent record.  Never mind.

Thanks for all that on Shriners  I was sorry  I asked at one stage,  but if
you got to worry about world domination why look any further than the WTO?
They don't even try to hide it.

But then again, Nat might be right,  Stand up for yourself!  Burn your
Fez's!


El Maestro Con Queso

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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 12:54:50 -0500
From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Soundproof vs. Soundblast

At 7:15 AM -0500 2/28/00, [e-mail] wrote:

>[e-mail] writes:

><< As I wrote some time ago, the stereo version of
> "Soundblast" and the stereo version of"Soundproof" are
> totally alike.

>I went and pulled what I thought was my dupe copy of Soundproof.  It is in
>fact a stereo copy of Soundproof  which matches up track for track with my
>mono copy of Soundblast.  However, the stereo and mono copies of Soundproof
>have totally different tracks!

>The stereo and mono Soundproof do have the same picture on the front cover
>and same liner notes.  Mono Soundblast has totally different liner notes.

And in conclusion - - there is no stereo version of Soundblast, although I
was informed once that it exists in stereo on a reel to reel version. But
I've never seen it.

Oh those wacky low budget record companies!

br cleve


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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 10:17:27 -0800
From: "Ponak, David" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Liquid Room 2/26/00

The Liquid Room airs every Saturday Morning (Friday night) from 3-6 on 90.7
FM KPFK. (98.7 in Santa Barbara County).

Also check out my show  The Nice Age at  http://www.spikeradio.com on Sunday
afternoons from 3-6 PM, PST.

The Liquid Room-2/26/00:

1.The Association-Come On In
Birthday (Warner Bros.)

2.Pizzicato Five-20th Century Girl (Instr. Vers.)
12" Single (*********-Japan)

3.Hugo Montenegro-MacArthur Park
Moog Power (RCA)

4.Senor Coconut Y Su Conjunto-Tour De France
El Baile Aleman (East/West-Japan)

5.Hot Ice-(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Stone Disco (Radio)

6.Satisfaction Skank-Fatboy Slim

7.Clinton-Button Down Disco (Fila Brazillia Disco Frisco Mix)
Disco & The Halfway TO Discontent (Luaka Bop/Astralwerks)

8.Frank Sinatra Jr.-Now Is The Time
His Way! (Daybreak)

9.Tom Jones w/The Divine Comedy-All Mine
Reload (Gut-UK)

10.Spanky & Our Gang-Since You've Gone
Without Rhyme Or Reason (Universal)

11.Primal Scream-Keep Your Dreams
XTRMNTR (Creation-UK)

12.Swing Slow-Good Morning Mr. Echo
Swing Slow (Mercury-Japan)

13.Happy End-Sayonara America Sayonara Nippon
Happy End (Bellwood-Japan)

14.Haruomi Hosono With Friends Of Earth-Androgena
SFX (Teichiku-Japan)

15.Love, Peace & Trance-Mammal Mama
Love Peace & Trance (Sony-Japan)

16.Underworld-8 Ball
The Beach Soundtrack (London)

17.Dusty Springfield-Yesterday When I Was Young
Dusty In London (Rhino)

18.Burt Bacharach-Knowing When To Leave
Make It Easy On Yourself (A&M)

19.Mellow-Another Mellow Winter
Another Mellow Winter (Atmospheriques-France)

20.The Bugaloos-If You Become A Bugaloo
The Bugaloos (Capitol)

21.The Heavy Blinkers-Dressing Down
The Heavy Blinkers (Brobdingnagian)

22.The Critters-Awake In A Dream
Touch 'N Go With The Critters (Project 3)

23.Rocky Chack-Change
Single (Midi-Japan)

24.The Free Design-Love Does Not Die
There Is A Song (Tokuma-Japan)

25.Oasis-Little James
Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants (Sony)

26.Tom Scott with The California Dreamers-Today
The Honeysuckle Breeze (Impulse-Japan)

27.Console-14 Zero Zero
Rocket In The Pocket (Matador)

28.The Singers Unlimited-You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
Feeling Free (MPS)

29.Joni Mitchell-Stormy Weather
Both Sides Now (Reprise)

30.Jack Jones-What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life
Jack Jones Sings Michel Legrand (RCA/Laserlight)

31.Charles Fox-Long Ago Yesterday
Love American Style Soundtrack (Capitol)

32.Senor Coconut Y Su Conjunto-Autoban
El Baile Aleman (East/West-Japan)

33.From Bubblegum To Sky-Shaboom They Said
The Shadows Of Goodbye-Me And Amy And The Two French Boys (Eenie Meenie)

34.The New Wave-The Shadows Of Goodbye
The New Wave (TNW)

35.Eels-Grace Kelly Blues
Daisies Of The Galaxy (Dreamworks)

36.Don Costa-Heroes And Villains
Modern Delights (Verve)

37.Supreme Beings Of Leisure-Never The Same
Supreme Beings Of Leisure (Palm Pictures)

38.The Carnival-Love So Fine
The Carnival (World Pacific)

39.The Raymakers-Mike Love Is A Joke
The Raymakers (Demo)

40.Teresa-Spooky
Anita Kerr Presents Teresa (Dot)

41.Arling & Cameron-Space Beach
Music For Imaginary Films (Emperor Norton)

42.Keith Textor & Friends-Fool On THe Hill
Hold Me (A&R)

43.Lady Nelson & The Lords-Picadilly Pickle
Picadilly Pickle- (ABC Dunhill)

44.Paul Williams-Morning I'll Be Moving On
Someday Man (Reprise)


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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 14:01:40 -0500
From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Here's Br. Cleve's "list"

After being swamped with requests for this information, I'll post all
that I have on the subject it to the list.  I think the discussion first
began around the subject of a type of music that mixed new and
old sounds to create something quite unique, likely relating to The
Bobby Hughes Experience... BTW, I've picked up FSUK volumes 2
& 3 compilations and they're less "refined" than Kinky beats but
very much in the same style (also a mix of originals and remixes)
and well worth giving a listen to.

Br. Cleve wrote:
> There is a style of electronic music that does this all the time. It's
> called breakbeat. It's not very popular in the U.S. yet (except in
>  Miami), but you can hear lots of it in Europe and Japan. It's funk
> based, features lots of ez samples as well as TV and movie
> dialogue, etc, and generally has lots of melodic things going on.
> Some of it contains real songs that listees would know :
> Skeewiff's "New Avengers Theme", MIke Young's
> "Telstar", Mucho Mambo's "Sway", Three Amigo's "Louie Louie",
>The Wiseguy's remix of Beck's "Sex Laws", Rolling Stoned's
> "Jumpin Jack Flash", Fat Boy Slim's "Satisfaction"; Jacknife Lee
> even takes the blooper tape of Casey Casem doing the "fucking
> dead dog" routine and puts it over some funky beats. The truly
> fab Ursula 1000, who twists up the theme to Bedazzled on
> his debut disc "The Now Sound Of Ursula 1000" (18th St. Lounge
> Records), spins a great night of this stuff at Drinkland in NYC on
> Thursdays.

> I mentioned this one before, but if anyone's looking for a good intro to
> the world of breakbeat, you must find the album "Kinky Beats" on the
> Lacerba (UK) label, available in both LP and CD formats. It features new
> break tracks interspersed with 70's Now Sound and funky breaks (like the
> Incredible Bongo Band's version of 'Apache'). Other highly recommended
> LP's include "El Grand Ritmo de Mike Young"- Mike Young (Donna Lee, UK), "Muy
> Rico!" - Jacknife Lee (Pussyfoot, UK), "Fusa Riot" - Bobby Hughes
> Experience (Ultimate Dilemma, UK), "Conga Heaven, Bongo Hell" - Los
> Chicharrons (Tummy Touch, UK), "Confessions of a Selector" - Tim "Love"
> Lee (Tummy Touch, UK), "It's A Finger Lickin' Thang" - V.A. (Finger Lickin',
> UK). Other labels to keep an eye out for include Marble Bar, FSUK, Wall
> Of  Sound, Jalapeno, and Faith & Hope.

This is the resource reference that Cleve mentioned:

http://www.juno.co.uk/

I would also add the AtaTak - City Space compilation to the above
list, for a different take on the subject! City Space 2 is a bit more
electronic and less quirky... I'm not sure how you would get it but
they are both available via the AtaTak website if all else fails.  I
think that was how we got them, back in 1991:

http://www.atatak.com

Also I've attached Moritz's explanation of City Space as there is no
information on the disc about who made it and we always assumed
it was AtaTak people behind it.

> yes, you guessed right, the makers of City Space are a few
> known people who came up with a couple of made up band
> names. Dorau was behind 5 pieces you played, I must say, I
> never liked his Kitschfingerremix of Gummitwist that much, but I
>  still like Kernkraftwerk, Mind Bender, Boogie Mobile, all done
>  together with Tommi Eckart. Dorau is also behind Orgyn, Tiny
>  Sexy People, and worked with us on the Ghetto Twins track. My
>  Wonderful World is Kurt with, I think it was Thomas Schwebel,
> ex-Fehlfarben. Ready Made is Thomas Fehlmann, ex-Palais
>  Schaumburg, just like Ralf Hertwig, who did the Schreibmaschin
> -piece.The rest, Groove Fighters and Hoover Men, is simply Der
>  Plan; I hope I remember all of this correctly.


Brian Karasick
Physical Planner
McGill University
Montreal, Canada


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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:53:50 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Spin CD?

LPs have been known to revolve at 16, 33 1/3, 45 and 78 RPM.  How fast do
Audio CD's spin?

Brian Phillips




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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 17:13:35 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Spin CD?

Brian Phillips <[e-mail]> wrote:
> LPs have been known to revolve at 16, 33 1/3, 45 and 78 RPM.  How fast do
Audio CD's spin?
==============

"The CD drive motor is precisely controlled to rotate between 200 and 500
RPMs depending on which track is currently being read."

I got this info from the nifty site http://www.howstuffworks.com

The address for the How-CDs-Work page is:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/cd.htm

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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 14:23:58 -0800
From: Erik Hoel <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Spin CD?

Lou <[e-mail]> wrote:

> "The CD drive motor is precisely controlled to rotate between 200 and 500
> RPMs depending on which track is currently being read."

Quite intuitive given the constant 'density' of bits in the media.

The next obvious question is whether the audio properties of an LP are
superior for the first track where you get effectively more grove distance
per unit of time (given the fixed rotational speed)?

Erik
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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 23:45:16 +0000
From: "Giovanni Berti" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Exotic Kindergarten

Roy ([e-mail]) wrote me off-list:

> Hello Gionni,
> I was speaking on the phone to Chuck in New Orleans and he mentioned you. He
> said you have children. It seems an unusually large number of people on the Exotica
> mailing list have small children. I have a daughter, Abigail who just turned 3 year old.
> Four of the other people I trade with from the list have 2-4 year olds, Domenic
> Ciccone, Peter Risser, Keith Lobue and Tiki Bob, not to mention Chuck. This
> is odd.

Okay, we're now curious to know who else is in the club. I already
know we should add Cheryl & Brian.
We realize this is straight off topic (but I can tell that being a
parent is an "incredibly strange" experience), but we think that some
relief from our vinyl addictions will make our life happier.
I actually have one child, Maria Stella: she's going to be 4 in
April, and she already DJ's and belly dances (still have to buy her a
fez, tho).
Ciao to all you mama's & papa's
Papagionni (that's how she calls me, makes me feel a raggamuffin
daddy)


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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 14:52:12 -0800 (PST)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) The Exotic Kindergarten

Don'T forget to add the amazing Citizen Kafka who doesn't let his little girl stop
his record collecting.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck
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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:55:09 -0500
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) three suns get hitched

From The "How could I miss that before?!?" Dept:

Tonight I noticed that The Three Suns make an extended audio cameo
appearance in Alfred Hitchcock's movie, "Rope" (1948).

The official credit is "Radio Sequence by The Three Suns."

About halfway through the film, a character turns on a radio... music plays
in the background for a little while. And it is indeed The Three Suns, in
their earlier, softer mode. With some orchestra and wordless chorus
accompanying them now and then.

Anyone know anything more about this? Thanks.


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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 23:33:36 -0500
From: cheryl <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Exotic Kindergarten

Giovanni Berti wrote:

> > Four of the other people I trade with from the list have 2-4 year olds, Domenic
> > Ciccone, Peter Risser, Keith Lobue and Tiki Bob, not to mention Chuck. This
> > is odd.
>
> Okay, we're now curious to know who else is in the club. I already
> know we should add Cheryl & Brian.

Yes, that would be us.  Alexander will be 4 in June - he's been
listening to exotica music pretty much since he was conceived - and he
loves to bring all his musical instruments into one place, and play
along with whatever music is on the stereo - especially if it's Peter
Thomas, for some reason!

It's really neat to see how a child can relate to this music - in my
case (and many of the others, I suspect) we were probably listening to
much the same music at that age, too!

ciao,

cheryl (trying to keep a Barney-free household)


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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:50:41 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Exotic Kindergarten

Me too, my son is 3 1/2.  Right now his favorite song is "Mickey" by Toni
Basil.  His favorite video (musically) is the Cramps rawther lewd vid for
"Ultra Twist."  Previously he's gone through big B-52s and Talking Heads
phases.  What can I say?  He's got a strong New Wave gene.  One of my biggest
thrills of parenthood was driving to work one day (where his daycare is also)
and hearing him softly sing along with the radio (he was barely 2): "Sweet
Jane...Sweet Jane..."

- --David


Giovanni Berti wrote:

> > Four of the other people I trade with from the list have 2-4 year olds,
Domenic
> > Ciccone, Peter Risser, Keith Lobue and Tiki Bob, not to mention Chuck.
This
> > is odd.
>
> Okay, we're now curious to know who else is in the club. I already
> know we should add Cheryl & Brian.

Yes, that would be us.  Alexander will be 4 in June - he's been
listening to exotica music pretty much since he was conceived - and he
loves to bring all his musical instruments into one place, and play
along with whatever music is on the stereo - especially if it's Peter
Thomas, for some reason!

It's really neat to see how a child can relate to this music - in my
case (and many of the others, I suspect) we were probably listening to
much the same music at that age, too!

ciao,

cheryl (trying to keep a Barney-free household)


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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 21:36:29 +1100
From: Philip Jackson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Exotic Kindergarten

on 29/2/00 10:45 AM, Giovanni Berti at [e-mail] wrote:

>
> Okay, we're now curious to know who else is in the club.

Full time dad to two boys. Jesse 3 1/2 - bought up on Moondog as sleep music
for the first 18 months now a fan of "robot music" as he calls it
(Kraftwerk, Air, YMO) and Luke 5 months, a sometime "Soothing Sounds For
Babies" guinea pig.

Less time for record hunting but it has got me buying old children's
records. Some of which are great (most not).

Philip

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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 13:38:43 +0100
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Spin CD?

[e-mail] wrote:

> "The CD drive motor is precisely controlled to rotate between 200 and 500
> RPMs depending on which track is currently being read."

I never noticed any difference in the noise the CD drive makes during the
beginning of the CD as compared to the end. But you are right: the digital
units burnt into the CD all  have the same size, unlike the waves of a vinyl
groove, which are getting shorter and shorter the nearer the record comes to
the end.

Eric wrote:

>The next obvious question is whether the audio properties of an LP are
>superior for the first track where you get effectively more grove distance
>per unit of time (given the fixed rotational speed)?

More groove distance? No. Longer waves - yes. But wether that's an advantage I
doubt; it definitely means there will be more dust particles per inch. It
could be of a certain advantage for very high frequences, as you can squeeze
them better in a longer groove. A higher speed also means more pressure energy
on the needle, which could result in a bit more dynamic range, as in a Maxi,
compared to an LP. It also means the record should wear off faster in the
beginning than in the end of a record side. I doubt though that you will be
able to actually hear any of these differences.

Mo



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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:59:18 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Exotic Kindergarten

In a message dated 2/29/00 12:52:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, [e-mail]
writes:

<< Giovanni Berti wrote:

 > > Four of the other people I trade with from the list have 2-4 year olds,
 Domenic
 > > Ciccone, Peter Risser, Keith Lobue and Tiki Bob, not to mention Chuck.
 This
 > > is odd.
 >
 > Okay, we're now curious to know who else is in the club. I already
 > know we should add Cheryl & Brian.
  >>

My son Ely (pronounced E-Lee -- like the old Tarzan star Ron Ely) will be 3
in July.  He grew up (and out) with Exotica as I played it loud enough so he
could hear it in the womb.

One of my many fanaticisms, is collecting Magnavox consoles and record
players.  The bigger the console the better.  Well, when he was born, I added
console number 3 and needed a place to put it.  So it logically went into the
baby's room ("He needs music in there!" I told my wife.)  For the longest
time Exotica (1) was his favorite, particularly Hong Kong Blues (he liked all
the banging and clanging).  I swear to God, one of the first statements was
"Play Martin Denny."

Real excitement came when we switched over to The Enchanted Tiki Room album.

BTW, to show how kind this List's members are, a fellow member found out I
was looking for a Tiki Room album and offered to send me his, no charge.  I
nearly cried when later he told me he had had it since his teenage years.  I
eventually located a copy my self and graciously returned the original to it
"rightful" owner.

Anyway, he knows all the words to the Tiki Room album.  For some reason,
every so often, something will set him off and in the middle of what he is
doing he will say, "Ahhhhh, buenos dias senorita, my siestas are getting
chorter and chorter, oh look at all the people, and welcome to Walt Disney's
Enchanted Tiki Room.  Michael, mi amigo, pay attention it's show time . . . .
.So it is!  And what darling people I have sitting under me . . . . . . . . "

He even does the accents and inflections!  It makes a daddy proud.

I also have the Tiki Room tracks on my computer and will play them that way
for him (as I try to type while he sits on my lap).  We were at a restaurant
the other night and the waiter entered the order on one of those touch screen
computers and Ely asked him, "Would you play the Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room?"

Ely can correctly identify Martin Denny in pictures and album covers.  I tell
ya, the child is brilliant!

The current craze, it listening to Tomorrow Land's Carousel of Progress Show
(the "Now Is The Time" version).

I recently added yet another Magnavox console.  A 1964 unit that is the
biggest one yet (15 bucks - Salvation Army).  I had to locate it in the
garage/workshop.  That's OK tho, it insures LP play while he and I fiddle in
the garage.

And I hope not to offend, but I am keeping him away from that punk rock stuff.

Tiki Bob


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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:59:46 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Mimi Mayer)
Subject: Re: (exotica) The Exotic Kindergarten

When my nephew George was six, his dad planned a pretty exciting weekend: a
basketball game with the Chicago Bulls (Michael Jordon, one of George's
heros) and, mostly for dad, a show at the Philly community center that was
the Sun Ra Archestra's home base. George was blown away by Sun Ra, and
small wonder. In the traditional parade round the hall that highlighted Sun
Ra shows, the Master Himself spotted George and led the parade over to a
squirty, thrilled little boy. In school the next day George was called up
for Show N Tell. "Here's the thing," my brother said. "George didn't even
mention seeing Air Jordon, like most kids would. He talked about Sun Ra and
how cool the music was." And George's favorite song from childhood? "Nights
in Tunesia." That's rearing a child right.

Nice thread. Thanks Giovanni. Mimi =20




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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:06:37 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Second Hand

I recall that a good while ago someone mentioned a forthcoming book
called "Second Hand: A Novel; by Michael Zadoorian."

I notice that the book is now available.

Can anyone who reads it provide a short review? Thumbs up, down, whatever?

Thanks!

- -Lou
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 14:45:28 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Dr Livingston, I presume?

"Wayno" wrote:
>
>A friend is searching for a record he vaguely remembers from
>his youth. It was a novelty 45, probably titled "Dr. Livingston
>I Presume?" and that's about all he can remember, other than
>thinking it was hilarious.

    maybe it was "Mister Livingston" by larry Verne, a follow-up to his
"Mister Custer" which hit #1 in the 1960 billboard hot 100. he did a whole
LP around the same concept, but Livingston & Custer are the stand-outs.

        Johan

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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:17:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Dr Livingston, I presume?

Re: Larry Verne:
Good LP - it has a track called Beatnik - his
character being a southern country boy who wanders
into a beatnik cafe and begins to blend in... poetry
and jazz -


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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 13:21:50 -0500
From: "Brian Karasick" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Grandmaster Flash

Thanks to all those that helped me out with the Grandmaster Flash
mystery.  It is indeed Super Rappin' Theme!  Now a follow-up
question... Are there different versions of this piece?  The sample I
heard from one of the comps at CDNow sounded a bit different than
the one I have. Then there's a reference to a piece called Super
Rappin No.1 on another compilation.

Will wrote:
> you fgured out what this is already, right ? it's from Superrappin'.
> I found it on a double lp Best of Enjoy set
I doubt ENJOY records has reisued a CD of the above. I've
discovered that GM Flash is found in a lot of compilations!  Not
surprising considering how ahead of its time this music was. Does
anyone have any recommendations, preferably with this  piece
included?  I'm a bit lost given the volume of output and reissues
available.

Thanks,


Brian Karasick
Physical Planner
McGill University
Montreal, Canada


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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 14:30:24 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) The Exotic Kindergarten

In a message dated 2/28/0 5:39:40 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Okay, we're now curious to know who else is in the club. I already
>know we should add Cheryl & Brian.

I claim membership in the club with Leah, 7.5 and Peter, just 5. Peter
recently hosted "Peter's Rock "n" Roll Party" for himself. The kids like the
music in the car and at home and my vinyl addiction, though time-consuming,
is an accepted outlet around here by and large...Jimmy Botticelli/ if you're
really dying for a look at a sleeker me and my family--and I just know you
are-- visit   http://ww3.shore.net/~magnus/


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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 14:39:28 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  Re:  (exotica) The Exotic Kindergarten

In a message dated 2/29/0 2:31:43 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>I claim membership in the club with Leah, 7.5 and Peter, just 5. Peter
>recently hosted "Peter's Rock "n" Roll Party" for himself. The kids like the
>music in the car and at home and my vinyl addiction, though time-consuming,
>is an accepted outlet around here by and large...Jimmy Botticelli/ if you're
>really dying for a look at a sleeker me and my family--and I just know you
>are-- visit   http://ww3.shore.net/~magnus/
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