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exotica-digest       Thursday, December 21 2000       Volume 02 : Number 856



In This Digest:

(exotica) Enoch Light on Vinyl
Re: (exotica) Enoch Light on Vinyl
Re: (exotica) Chet Baker joke
Re: Subject: (exotica) Orpheus, Charlotte & Cronenberg
Re: (exotica) Enoch Light on Vinyl
(exotica) Holy Heck! BEST OF 2000
Re: (exotica) Up With People
(exotica) [obits] Milt Hinton, "Pops" Staples, Dotty Todd, Wilson Rosaline,Gerard Blain,Edmund Ntemi Piliso,Kirsty MacColl
Re: (exotica) Chet Baker joke
(exotica) Odds Against Tomorrow & Kiss Me Kill Me
Re: (exotica) Re: CD vs. LP
Re: (exotica) Odds Against Tomorrow & Kiss Me Kill Me
(exotica) New on the Space Age Pop Music page
(exotica) fwd: Cool Fact: Gramophone Needles
(exotica) It's a Jane Fondle Xmas!
(exotica) Peter Thomas on video
Re:  (exotica) It's a Jane Fondle Xmas!
Re:  (exotica) It's a Jane Fondle Xmas!
(exotica) Kerstfeest Muziek

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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 16:55:46 -0000
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Enoch Light on Vinyl

I see that a number of Enoch Light LP's have been repressed on Vinyl.
Including 'Permissive Polyphonics', which Robbie recommended after I enjoyed
'Spaced Out' so much,  Another one was 'Brass Menagerie 73', A great looking
cover and a track selection that could be good, but it says 'number 3 in the
Brass Menagerie' series, and I'm a little bit wary once you get past 2, even
with Mr Light.

So, how is it?

TIA
El Maestro Con Queso

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http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm
http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 17:24:46 +0000
From: "Robbie Baldock" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Enoch Light on Vinyl

Quoting [e-mail]:

> I see that a number of Enoch Light LP's have been repressed on
> Vinyl.

I'm only aware of Permissive Polyphonics and BM73 getting the,
er, "reissue" treatment recently.

> Including 'Permissive Polyphonics', which Robbie recommended after
> I enjoyed 'Spaced Out' so much

I think I prefer it to Spaced Out - it's much more Moogy.

> Another one was 'Brass Menagerie 73', A great looking
> cover and a track selection that could be good, but it says
> 'number 3 in the Brass Menagerie' series, and I'm a little bit
> wary once you get past 2, even with Mr Light.
>
> So, how is it?

There are at least three *extremely good* reasons for getting BM73:

Season of the Witch (with Vinnie Bell's electric sitar)
Theme from "Shaft" (with tablas!)
Dick Hyman's "Explorations for Moog" (quite why this ended up on this LP
is anyone's guess!)


Robbie

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http://www.rcb.easynet.co.uk/light/
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:34:00 -0500
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Chet Baker joke

At 11:45 AM 12/19/00 -0600, Matthew Marchese wrote:

>Do you mean the "Mariachi Brass" LP that Baker played on? Yeah, I would
strongly
>suspect that was made simply to earn drug money. I have a hard time picturing
>him recording tunes like "La Bamba" and "Tequila" for the sheer artistic
joy of
>it...

Well actually I can.  But it's probably true that Chet couldn't.  Maybe
Chet was more "serious" jazz musician than the other jazz musicians who
sold out and tried to make pop records.  But of all the jazz pop
"crossovers" - to use the kind term - the Mariachi Brass records are by far
the most disappointing.  They just suck.  Art Blakey did an okay job of it.
 So did Oliver Nelson.  And Joe Pass.  And Howard Roberts.
And then there's Bud Shank.  And Stan Getz.
I think most people would call Stan a real jazz musician. But boy he was
good at selling out.  His Bacharach record is a thing of beauty, not to
mention all his bossa nova collaborations.
But Chet couldn't do it.
And I can't really blame him.
But it would have been nice if he'd tried a bit harder.

AZ



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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:49:38 -0500
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Subject: (exotica) Orpheus, Charlotte & Cronenberg

At 07:22 PM 12/19/00 -0800, jim gerwitz wrote:
>And since Mike brought up Christmas Eve TV scheduling, the Independent Film
>Channel is showing 3 Cronenberg films:
>Rabid: ;
>The Brood:
>Crash:

Or you could go rent Videodrome and go to the end and watch the credits and
see my name come up.  I know that's small of me to be proud of that but I'm
clutching at straws today.



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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 12:55:44 -0500
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Enoch Light on Vinyl

At 04:55 PM 12/20/00 -0000, [e-mail] wrote:
>
,  Another one was 'Brass Menagerie 73', A great looking
>cover and a track selection that could be good, but it says 'number 3 in the
>Brass Menagerie' series, and I'm a little bit wary once you get past 2, even
>with Mr Light.

Supposedly this is the good one.  I have Volumes 1 and 2. They're all right
but not as good as for instance, his "discotheque" records.  And not nearly
as good as Permissive Polyphonics or supposedly Spaced Out - which I
haven't actually heard.  But Vol.3 of this series is supposed to be the one
that's all mooged out, which the first two volumes aren't.



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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 13:43:29 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Holy Heck! BEST OF 2000



    The TOP 10 BEST CD compilations of the year have been announced by MOJO
magazine (Check-out #6!  How did this get on a list with Bowie, Hendrix, The
Supremes, and Iggy Pop??):

 1. Jimi Hendrix - 'Experience'
 2. David Bowie - 'Live at the Beeb'
 3. Dave Godin - 'Deep Soul'
 4. various - 'Harry Smith's Folk'
 5. various - 'New Orleans Funk'
 6. RAYMOND SCOTT - 'MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC.' < < <
 7. Iggy Pop - 'Fun House Sessions'
 8. The Supremes - 'The Supremes'
 9. Otis Rush - 'Good Uns'
10. ESG - 'A South Bronx Story'













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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 16:23:21 -0500
From: Brian Phillips <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Up With People

>There's a great article in the Washington Post today about the demise of
>'Up With People'

Favorite parody of them came from the Simpsons:

Announcer:  And now, halftime entertainment, brought to you by Up With
Everybody!
UWE: Hey, world!
Take a walk on the wild side!
And all the races of the world go,
Do doo-doo, doo-doo, doo, doo-doo, doo, doo-doo...

I suppose this is common knowledge but, there is an Up With People album
from the sixties with Glenn Close on it, singing with the Green Glenn Singers.

Do.  Doo-Doo...(Dang, that IS catchy!),
Brian Phillips





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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 18:26:50 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Milt Hinton, "Pops" Staples, Dotty Todd, Wilson Rosaline,Gerard Blain,Edmund Ntemi Piliso,Kirsty MacColl

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Doris ``Dotty'' Todd, a concert pianist and singer who=
 with
her husband, Art, had one of the biggest hits of 1958 with ``Chanson=
 d'Amour,''
died Tuesday. She was 87.=20

Todd was diagnosed three months ago with Alzheimer's disease.=20

Todd, who was also a popular performer on Broadway and radio in the 1930s=
 and
'40s, debuted at New York's Carnegie Hall when she was 13.=20

She and her husband were nightclub headliners when they recorded Wayne
Shanklin's ``Chanson d'Amour'' in 1958.=20

The two were married in 1941. They worked the lounge circuit in California=
 in
the 1940s and '50s and also appeared regularly on radio.=20

They traveled to Hawaii in 1960 to open a supper club, but were lured back=
 to
the mainland to work as headliners at Las Vegas casinos in the town's early
years as an entertainment destination.=20
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Wilson Rosaline, one of Brazil's most popular
performers in the 1960s as a masked wrestling villain called=
 ``Executioner,''
died of gunshot wounds, media and hospital officials said Saturday. He was=
 80.=20

Rosaline was shot seven times after arguing with a man who had struck his
daughter, the O Globo newspaper reported. The man who he had argued with=
 shot
him.=20

The Regional Hospital in Gama, near the capital of Brasilia, said Rosaline=
 died
on Dec. 11, although the death was not made public until Saturday.=20

Rosaline was popular in the 1960s, the heyday of professional wrestling in
Brazil. Fans would pack arenas like Rio's Aluminum Palace to root for stars
like Mongol, Samurai and the Bronze Bull, and the Saturday night bouts drew
huge TV audiences.=20

As ``Verdugo'' - Portuguese for Executioner - Rosaline fought dressed=
 entirely
in black, with cape and a skull mask. Sponsors offered a prize to any=
 adversary
who could take it off, but no one ever did.=20
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PARIS (AP) - French actor and filmmaker Gerard Blain, whose good looks and
rebellious style drew comparisons to James Dean, died Sunday in Paris. He=
 was
70.=20

As an actor, Blain worked with France's New Wave filmmakers, including=
 Francois
Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard and Claude Chabrol.=20

France's Culture Minister Catherine Tasca voiced her ``emotion and sadness''=
 in
a message of condolence issued Sunday.=20

``It was a singular and rare personality that left us today,'' Tasca said,
referring to Blain as ``one of the incarnations'' of the New Wave, who made
``ambitious films on delicate subjects.''=20

Blain got his start at the age of 13 in the French classic, ``Les Enfants du
Paradis,'' but it was not until the 1950s when he was cast in films by=
 Julien
Duvivier and Chabrol that his career was launched.=20

In 1958, Blain appeared in Chabrol's ``Le Beau Serge'' and in ``Les=
 Cousins''
the following year.=20

He eventually moved behind the camera, winning two Gold Leopards at the=
 Locarno
film festival. The first came in 1970 for his directorial debut, ``Les=
 Amis,''
and the second came 1999, for lifetime achievement. Blain's last film, ``So=
 Be
It,'' was released in France in 1999.=20
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Edmund Ntemi Piliso, a saxophonist who=
 helped
shape South African jazz, died Monday. He was 75.=20

He died after a long illness related to diabetes, South African Broadcasting
Corp. television news reported.=20

Piliso, along with his trumpeter brother, Shadrack, helped create the=
 distinct
sound of South African jazz by blending American urban big band music with
traditional African influences.=20

His Alexandra All-Star Band was an essential part of the jazz scene in the
early 1950s in Sophiatown, a black community whose very existence irked
apartheid authorities. In 1955, the government forcibly removed the area's
black residents and Sophiatown was razed to make way for a whites-only=
 suburb.=20

Piliso later thrived with African Jazz Pioneers as apartheid began to=
 crumble.
After the international cultural boycott of South Africa ended in 1990, the
group began traveling abroad to jazz clubs and festivals in Europe,=
 Australia,
Japan and Africa.=20

One of the group's most famous compositions, ``Sip n' Fly,'' is a humorous=
 ode
to sneaking alcohol past the apartheid police.=20

``He contributed so much,'' said fellow musician Pops Mohamed, ``he was a
school of our heritage in himself.''=20
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LONDON (Reuters) - British singer-songwriter Kirsty MacColl has died aged 41=
 in
a boating accident in Mexico, her agent said Tuesday.=20

It is believed the daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl and dancer Jean=
 Newlove
was swimming off the coast when she was run over by a speedboat.=20

MacColl first shot to fame in 1981 with her single "There's a Guy Works Down
the Chip Shop (Swears He's Elvis)," and scored her biggest hit with the=
 Pogues
in 1987 with Christmas favorite "Fairytale in New York."=20

"Pop music has always been my first love," she said in a recent interview=
 with
the Times newspaper.=20

She collaborated with several bands including the Smiths, Talking Heads and
Billy Bragg.=20

Her latest album, "Tropical Brainstorm," released earlier this year,=
 reflected
influences from Brazil and Cuba and critics praised her latest live
performances.=20

She was due to present "Kirsty MacColl's Cuba," an eight-part series on the
development of popular Cuban music which was scheduled to start Wednesday on
BBC Radio 2.=20

A spokesman for the channel said the programs had been pre-recorded but it=
 was
unclear when they would now be broadcast.=20

MacColl leaves two children from her marriage to producer Steve Lillywhite.=
=20
Kirsty MacColl, 1959 - 2000

A statement has been issued on behalf of KIRSTY MacCOLL's management
company, which says that the speedboat which struck her was allegedly
travelling illegally in an area reserved for swimmers.=20
      The statement in full reads:=20
"Singer Kirsty MacColl died tragically yesterday afternoon in a boating
accident in Cozumel, Mexico, where she was holidaying with her two sons.=20
    Kirsty, who was aged 41, was taking a holiday after a busy and
successful year.=20
"The accident happened when Kirsty, a keen diver, was hit by a speedboat
travelling illegally in an area reserved for swimmers. Her two children
were with her in the water at the time, but both of them are alright.=20
      Kirsty's former husband Steve Lillywhite is flying to Mexico to be
with the children.=20
      "Kirsty has a long and illustrious career in music ranging from
hits of her own like 'There's A Guy Works Down The Chip Shop Swears His
Elvis' to work with everyone from Johnny Marr to Big Country to Simple
Minds and most famously Shane MacGowan and The Pogues on the poignant
'Fairytale of New York' - coincidentally in the charts again, this time
courtesy of Ronan Keating. She comes from a musical dynasty and her
father Ewan MacColl was one of the stalwarts of the British folk scene
throughout the sixties.=20
      "Kirsty MacColl was a bright, fun loving person as well as a
talented singer and writer who was loved by anybody and everybody she
came into contact with. Manager Kevin Nixon, who has worked with Kirsty
for four years, said: "We are absolutely distraught. I was personally
immensely proud to be her manager after being a fan for so many years
before that".  =20
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CARMEL, Calif. (AP) - Gloria Somborn Daly, who operated the landmark=
 hat-shaped
Brown Derby restaurant in Los Angeles for years and was the daughter of=
 actress
Gloria Swanson, died Dec. 11 from brain cancer. She was 80.=20

Her blonde good looks, which often brought comparisons to her mother, led to
offers from Hollywood. But she chose to follow her father into the=
 restaurant
business after inheriting most of his estate.=20

Herbert Somborn, a movie producer-turned restaurateur, was said to have=
 created
the restaurant on a bet with screenwriter Wilson Mizner, who told him, ``If=
 you
know anything about food you can sell it out of a hat.''=20

The distinctive, hat-shaped eatery flourished for decades as a popular
destination for celebrities and tourists alike until its Wilshire Boulevard
location lost much of its luster in the 1970s.=20

Daly closed the restaurant in 1980, planning to have the building razed.=
 When
local preservationists protested, she donated it to them instead.=20

Its dome still stands as the centerpiece of the Brown Derby Plaza shopping
center that has replaced the restaurant.=20
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NEW YORK (AP) - Milt Hinton, a jazz bassist and photographer called ``The
Judge'' by the jazz greats he worked with and photographed during a 70-year
career, died Tuesday. He was 90.=20

Hinton died at a hospital in Queens after battling an extended illness, his
longtime friend and collaborator David Berger said.=20

During his career, Hinton performed with almost every luminary of jazz and
popular music, from Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Dizzy Gillespie and John
Coltrane to Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand and Paul McCartney.=
=20

Hinton also documented his world with a camera, compiling close to 60,000
negatives depicting hundreds of jazz artists and popular musicians on the=
 road,
in the studio, backstage and at parties.=20

After years of playing in and around Chicago as a free-lance musician,
Hinton joined Cab Calloway's band in 1936. During his 15-year stint with
Calloway, Hinton was also featured on dozens of recordings with Benny
Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Coleman Hawkins and Billie Holiday, among others.=
=20

When Hinton left Calloway's band in the early 1950s, he moved to New York
and continued to work as a studio musician. For the next 20 years he played
on thousands of jazz and popular music albums, jingles and film soundtracks.=
=20

Hinton was humble in his role as an accompanist, once saying, ``It's
necessary that you have enough humility to make somebody else sound good.''=
=20

He was known for his outstanding ability to keep time, earning him the
nickname ``The Judge.''=20

Hinton's collection of photographs has been featured in two books, ``Bass
Line: The Stories and Photographs of Milt Hinton'' and ``OverTime: The Jazz
Photographs of Milt Hinton,'' as well as in dozens of magazines and=
 newspapers.=20

Hinton received eight honorary doctorates, a ``Eubie'' award from the New
York Chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, as well
as a Living Treasure award from the Smithsonian Museum.=20

Hinton is survived by his wife, Mona, a daughter and granddaughter
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http://elvispelvis.com/popsstaples.htm
Roebuck "Pops" Staples, patriarch of the gospel and
rhythm-and-blues group the Staple Singers, died Tuesday. He was
85. Staples had suffered a concussion recently in a fall near his
home in suburban Dalton. He and his group gained fame in the
1960s by singing music that urged social and religious change.=20
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Spanish Singer Cano Dies at 54=20
MADRID, Spain (AP) - Carlos Cano, a singer whose velvety voice and
commitment to social causes made him one of Spain's most beloved
entertainers, died Tuesday of heart failure. He was 54.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20001219/wl/obit_cano_2.html
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Bebop Saxophonist With an Ear for Pop Hits
by Kenny Mathieson
Copyright =A9 2000 Kenny Mathieson
The Scotsman, 2000

Al Timothy was part of the wave of West Indian musicians who brought a new
vitality to the London jazz scene in the late 1940s and early 1950s. His
robust, hard swinging tenor playing brought him many admirers within the
jazz community, while his talent for writing popular hit songs brought his
music to a wider audience through artists as diverse as Shirley Bassey,
Edmundo Ros, David Essex, and an American known simply as The Charmer, who
later turned out to be the man who went on to lead the Nation of Islam,
Louis Farrakhan.=20

While Timothy cashed in on the hits scored by pop artists, notably Shirley
Bassey=92s version of =93Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me=94, he never saw a=
 penny
for The Charmer=92s unlicensed hit with his rather risque calypso =93Don=92t=
 Touch
Me Nylon=94.=20

He was born Albon Timothy in Trinidad, and took up his first instrument, the
flute, at the age of eight. His father was a musician and instrument maker,
and encouraged his progress, but his mother opposed a musical career, and he
became a tailor, opening his own shop at the age of 20.=20

The lure of music was too strong, however, and Timothy, who now played bass
and saxophone, put together his own band, initially for local competitions,
and then for a residence at an exclusive club. By the time he joined the
exodus to London in 1948, he was well-established on the island, and
immediately plunged into the nascent West Indian music scene then growing in
the capital.=20

He accompanied the calypso artist Lord Kitchener, and worked as a featured
saxophone soloist with bandleader Cab Kaye, but was also involved in the
emerging bebop scene in London. He met the famous American jazz patron and
Rothschild heiress, Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter, when sharing a bill with
pianist Teddy Wilson, and she installed him as the resident bandleader when
she opened a modern jazz club in the city.=20

He co-led the Timwu-Kee Sextet with Singaporean pianist David Wu and
trumpeter Shake Keane at the Celebrity restaurant in Mayfair, a venue which
became famous, and even hosted a broadcast of BBC radio=92s popular Two-Way
Family Favourites. Timothy also appeared on British television=92s
ground-breaking teen music programme, Oh Boy!.=20

His connection with the Baroness, known to all as Nica, brought him to New
York in 1956, where she opened doors to the saxophonist, and introduced him
to pianist Thelonious Monk.=20

His career suffered a decline in subsequent decades, although he continued
to work as a saxophonist and bandleader, and as a songwriter. Eventually, he
turned to cabaret, touring the working men=92s club circuit in England, and
playing summer season in resorts. One of his sons, Michael, was featured on
piano with his father when only 12, and is now a professional keyboard
player who has worked with Boy George, Hugh Masekela, and Massive Attack,
among others.=20

He is survived by his English wife, Joy, and their three sons, Adrian, Nicky
and Michael.

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Wednesday December 20 1:38 PM ET
Guitarist for 10,000 Maniacs Dies=20
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Rob Buck, lead guitarist for the rock band 10,000 Maniacs,
has died of complications from liver failure. He was 42.
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20001220/en/obit_buck_1.html






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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 20:38:28 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) Chet Baker joke

In a message dated 12/20/0 12:34:04 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>But of all the jazz pop
>"crossovers" - to use the kind term - the Mariachi Brass records are by far
>the most disappointing.  They just suck.  Art Blakey did an okay job of it.
> So did Oliver Nelson.  And Joe Pass.  And Howard Roberts.
>And then there's Bud Shank.  And Stan Getz.
>I think most people would call Stan a real jazz musician. But boy he was
>good at selling out.  His Bacharach record is a thing of beauty, not to
>mention all his bossa nova collaborations.
>But Chet couldn't do it.
>And I can't really blame him.

Its not really like Chet "did" it  Its more like, lets schedule a tiajuanabee
session for mariachi brass on Tuesday. Let's schedule a whole day in the
studio and be all set up. Then when precious jazzbo Chet, who'll sell the
rekkids, shows up... let's turn on the 'record' button! he probably had a
50-50 show up record...JB/speculating like mad here


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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 21:12:47 -0800
From: "jim gerwitz" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Odds Against Tomorrow & Kiss Me Kill Me

<Favorite new discovery: John Lewis's score to the film "Odds Against
Tomorrow." (Well, that and the movie, too.) I'm a big MJQ fan, and I love
this film's odd fusion of a crime jazz mood with Third-Stream compositional
weirdness. >

Having watched at least 100 noirs over the past two years, this score is a
personal crime jazz favorite for the way Lewis integrates the score and the
film. (Sweet Smell of Success, Mister Buddwing and Chico Hamilton's
Repulsion are the others at the top of  my list.) There is a score LP of
this movie as well as an MJQ version. I'm sure that's the MJQ in the OST I
have, playing with a crime jazz orchestra. Belafonte is fine as a
low-on-cash vibe player, while redneck Robert Ryan and horny kook Gloria
Grahame (in a spectacular 2 minute appearance) are all wonderful in this
late noir caper film.
Director Robert Wise won a lifetime achievement award from some trade
organization for his career use of music in film (West Side Story, and way
back to the non-horror fantasy Curse of the Cat People with its shimmering
Roy Webb score.)

Yahoo Broadcast.com broadband section is showing Italian thriller Kiss Me
Kill Me with Carroll Baker and music by Piero Umiliani. Starts with a good
bass line and theme, but it's the usual tinny sound from a net broadcast
with a small picture.The lead actress is a fashion photographer so there are
quite a few costume changes if you get my drift. Unfortunately, a lot of the
european stuff coming out now is kinda dull, some good music occasionally
but otherwise labnguid vampire or routine slasher films. Maybe in Jan I'll
post a best-of the 200 euro/asian/trash DVD's I've bought or rented from
Netflix or bite the bullet and do a web page or at least post the best links
for y'all. In the meantime, Doris "Nude On the Moon" Wishman can do no
wrong, and Space Thing is the best/worst film ever - think stunning
technicolor Plan 9 in the nude with groovy music by the guy who supposedly
scored surf film The Endless Summer. Ah hell, here's a start in no
particular order:

Barbarella
Space Thing
Nude on the Moon
Bad Girls go to Hell/Another Day Another Man -
lounge/bossa/bebop/surf/stripper jazz, so hip it hurts, all thrown together
in lieu of a plot
Juliet of the Spirits
Black Cat - Jade Leung HK
Erotic Ghost Story - HK
Exotica - Atom Egoyan
Robotrix - HK
Reincarnation of Isabel - one of the best eurotrashies on Redemption
Fruit is Swelling - HK
Blood Feast - you know it, you love it, you're hungry
Emerald Forest - due in February

JB
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imdb.com
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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 01:13:40 -0600
From: Paul Dean <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: CD vs. LP

I've been thinking about this, the difference between CDs and LPs.  (Excuse me
if this has all been discussed and I'm just repeating ourselves . . . . )

Having been over and back, I prefer LPs.  Perhaps because I grew up loving
records, and looking at and reading the covers while the records played, they
seem much more real to me.  They have so much more impact than a little cd in a
"jewel case".

You can watch a record spin.  They are also physically easier to control
(speaking as a DJ).

And now that people can dub a cd for a couple of dollars, records seem MUCH
more valuable to me as objects.  (The smart labels are keeping their cd
releases valuable by turning them into real objects,  like the stunning
Manhattan Research, which is essentially a beautifully designed book too.)

And today I thought that perhaps I've worn basic black ever since my punk rock
days because of the LP.

Black (vinyl) is beautiful!


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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 02:43:57 -0500
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Odds Against Tomorrow & Kiss Me Kill Me

At 09:12 PM 12/20/00 -0800, jim gerwitz wrote:
>
 There is a score LP of
>this movie as well as an MJQ version. I'm sure that's the MJQ in the OST I
>have, playing with a crime jazz orchestra.

Wait a second.  Are you saying that the OST does or does not feature the
MJQ of which John Lewis is a member?
Or are you saying that there are two records?  One an OST and the other a
MJQ record with some music from the film.
In any case, all members of the MJQ do play on the OST but they're not
identified as such.

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Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 05:48:39
From: Brad Bigelow <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) New on the Space Age Pop Music page

New additions to the Space Age Pop Music page:

    New biographies of Hoyt Curtin, who wrote the theme to "The Flintstones" and
    most of the other Hanna-Barbera cartoons, and Randy Van Horne, whose singers
    sang that theme, as well as countless jingles and Esquivel's zu-zu-zus

Find them at:

    http://www.spaceagepop.com/whatsnew.htm

Enjoy!

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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 08:25:02 -0500
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) fwd: Cool Fact: Gramophone Needles

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         What were the very best gramophone needles made of?

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In the 1920s, gramophones (wind-up phonograph players) were all the
rage.  These primitive sound machines used a sharp needle to trace
the undulations of a groove spiraling around a flat disk that rotated
under the needle mechanism.  The changing position of the needle was
mechanically amplified to produce audible sound vibrations.

The least expensive gramophone needles were made out of hard steel,
which eventually wore out the records.  Because they were inflexible,
the steel needles also reproduced the micro-bumps made by tiny dust
particles, adding undesirable noises called hiss and crackle.

The most expensive needles, which also produced the best sound, were
made out of softer materials like pig bristles or carved bamboo
slivers.  These soft needles did not produce as much hiss and crackle
as the steel needles and did not wear out the records.  The very best
needles were made out of the spines of prickly pear cactus (Opuntia),
which are not only sharp and flexible but also very durable.

Tips for needle care in old phonographs:
http://www.garlic.com/~tgracyk/needletips.htm

Listen to sound clips from old gramophone recordings:
http://wap03.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de/weber1/grammo/clips.htm

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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 09:15:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Jane Fondle <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) It's a Jane Fondle Xmas!

Seasons Greetings, all!  I am sorry I have lurking,
but a gals gotta work it at work, you know!  But all
these Christmas music posts just got me in the mood...
 These are in no particular order-just some
faves-o-mine!  I am unsure of some of the titles as I
am at woik!
Love, Jane
1.  SWITCHED ON SANTA by Sy Mann=20
2.  RAMSEY LEWIS-MORE SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS=20
3.  ESQUIVEL - MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM A SPACE AGE
BACHELOR PAD
4.  ELLA FITZGERALD - ELLA WISHES YOU A MERRY
CHRISTMAS - On Verve records,

5.  PHIL SPECTOR - A CHRISTMAS GIFT TO YOU, THE
VENTURES CHRISTMAS =20
6.  ELVIS CHRISTMAS
7.  T. REX-CHRISTMAS BOP=20
8.  HERB ALPERT'S CHRISTMAS
9.  LOU RAWLS - HO!HO!HO! =20
10.  A&M CHRISTMAS
11.  JAMES BROWN-FUNKY CHRISTMAS COMP
12.  KEELY SMITH -KEELY CHRISTMAS
13.  FRANK SINATRA - A JOLLY CHRISTMAS=20
14.  JOHNNY MATHIS - MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM JOHNNY
MATHIS

15.  JINGLE BELL JAZZ=20
16.  VINCE GUIRALDI  - A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS

17.  "The Merriest" by JUNE CHRISTY and "Warm
December" by JULIE LONDON=20
18.  COMBUSTIBLE EDISON - "Sleigh Ride" and"Christmas
Time is Here"
19. =A0"Christmas With the Devil" - Spinal Tap=20
20. =A0CHRISTMAS COOKIN' WITH JIMMY SMITH=20
21. =A0THE RUDY RAY MOORE CHRISTMAS RECORD=20
22. PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS XMAS
23.  SPIKE JONES XMAS
24. THE RHINO COOL YULE COLLECTION
25. "Super Sunny Xmas" by Redd Kross
26.  Bing Crosby/David Bowie  "Little Drummer
Boy/Peace on Earth"

I am SURE I forgot something, alas!

=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
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Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 19:20:17 +0100
From: Johan Dada Vis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Peter Thomas on video

to Bump, and all other folks into Peter Thomas :

this is a list of movies/series with score by Peter Thomas, sent to
me by Suitbert:

Der Buckelige von Soho
Das Geheimnis der weiSen Nonne
Der Gorilla von Soho
Der Hund von Baskerville
Im Banne des Unheimlichen
Das Indische Tuch
Jerry Cotton: Dynami in...
   "       "      Der Morderc...
J.C: Mordnacht in
J.C.:Die Rechnung...
J.C. Schusse aus...
J.C.:Der tod im...
J.C.: Todesschusse...
J. Cotton: Um null Uhr...
Der Mann mit dem Glasauge
Neues vom Hexer
Raumpatrouille Orion 1-3
   "                     "     4-5
    "                     "    6-7
Der Stoff, aus dem die Traume sind
Die Totes aus der Themse
Der unheimliche Monch
Winnetou und sein Freund
Zimmer 13
Der Zinker
Heinz Ruhmann erzahlt...

they can be bought on-line from    http://www.jpc.de/ for DEM 20 and up.
PAL only i think.

         Johan

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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 13:04:03 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) It's a Jane Fondle Xmas!

In a message dated 12/21/0 12:16:00 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>Seasons Greetings, all!  I am sorry I have lurking,
>but a gals gotta work it at work, you know!  But all
>these Christmas music posts just got me in the mood...
> These are in no particular order-just some
>faves-o-mine!

And as promised, my list of fave 45's of the season
Toni Wine-My Boyfriend's Coming Home For Christmas
Royal Guardsmen-Snoopy's Christmas
Stridels-I Remember Christmas (on Curtom)
Eartha Kitt-This Year's Santa Baby (followup version)
Reggie Lamb-Christmas Confessions (soul)
Soul Duo-Just A Sad Christmas
Soul Searchers-Christmas In Viet Nam
Private Charles Bowens-Christmas In Viet Nam (different song)
Ebonys/O'Jays-Christmas Just Ain't Christmas (Without The One You Love)
Christina-Things Fall Apart
Nancy Wilson-That's What I Want For Christmas
Honey & The Bees-Jing Jing A Ling
Uniques-Merry Christmas Darling
Roy "C"-A Merry Black Xmas
J Hines & The Boys-A Funky Xmas To You
Dee Irwin & Mamie Galore-All I Want For Christmas Is Your Love
Kurtis Blow-Christmas Rappin'


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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 10:07:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Jane Fondle <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re:  (exotica) It's a Jane Fondle Xmas!

Thanks B-man, for the new wish-list!  Gotta hear the
BLOWFLY Xmas, damn!
Jane $%(W&*% Fondle
>
> And as promised, my list of fave 45's of the season
> Toni Wine-My Boyfriend's Coming Home For Christmas
> Royal Guardsmen-Snoopy's Christmas
> Stridels-I Remember Christmas (on Curtom)
> Eartha Kitt-This Year's Santa Baby (followup
> version)
> Reggie Lamb-Christmas Confessions (soul)
> Soul Duo-Just A Sad Christmas
> Soul Searchers-Christmas In Viet Nam
> Private Charles Bowens-Christmas In Viet Nam
> (different song)
> Ebonys/O'Jays-Christmas Just Ain't Christmas
> (Without The One You Love)
> Christina-Things Fall Apart
> Nancy Wilson-That's What I Want For Christmas
> Honey & The Bees-Jing Jing A Ling
> Uniques-Merry Christmas Darling
> Roy "C"-A Merry Black Xmas
> J Hines & The Boys-A Funky Xmas To You
> Dee Irwin & Mamie Galore-All I Want For Christmas Is
> Your Love
> Kurtis Blow-Christmas Rappin'


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Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 11:32:10 -0800 (PST)
From: Ben Waugh <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Kerstfeest Muziek

Think I got that right.

A Sunny Day with Sanny Day. This features a swinging
version of Let it Snow (the only Christmas song on
this live and lively collection of lounge-pop
standards). Sanny is or was Dutch, and very popular
overseas (according to the liner notes). Her band, on
this lp, is very fine. Really not much information on
her on the web.

Christmas with Heintje: Don't know the word for
horrible, but this is.

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