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exotica-digest         Saturday, April 7 2001         Volume 02 : Number 951



In This Digest:

Re: (exotica) British TV serials from the 60s
Re: (exotica) Record Labels, MTV Launch Paid Music Download Service
Re: (exotica) [obits] Theodore McCarty
Re: (exotica) British TV serials from the 60s
Re: (exotica) Curdxotica
(exotica) British TV serials from the 60s
(exotica) re: Randall and Hopkirk deceased
(exotica) The Champions
Re: (exotica) British TV serials from the 60s
(exotica) niiiice
(exotica) [obit] Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, Brother Theodore
(exotica) [obit] Brother Theodore
Re: (exotica) [obit] Brother Theodore
(exotica) [obit] Brother Theodore
Re: (exotica) juxtapoz on tiki art (ish #25)
(exotica) Praise be to Ebay
(exotica)Creating a Linklist....
Re: (exotica) British TV serials from the 60s
(exotica) Industrial Musicals/Corporate Anthems
Re: (exotica)Creating a Linklist....
(exotica) glass music (dj food)
(exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, April 8
Re: (exotica) Industrial Musicals/Corporate Anthems

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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 17:40:03 -0500
From: Matt Marchese <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) British TV serials from the 60s

Brian Phillips wrote:

> >Anyone remembers "Danger Man"? Secret agent yarn.
>
> By the time we saw it in the USA, it was called "Secret Agent" and Johnny
> Rivers had a hit with the American theme song.  The British version  has a
> cool harpsichord lead.

Ah, thanks for making the connection there. I have the "Dangerman" theme on a
comp called "Thunderthemes Are Go" and often wondered where it was from.

The comp also contains The Champions theme which is pretty doovy as well.

> Patrick McGoohan played an agent called "Drake" and it was lightly hinted at
> that Number 6 in McGoohan's subsequent series, "The Prisoner" may have been
> Drake trying to leave the service.

Or McGoohan trying to ditch the character of Drake.

Be seeing you!

- --
Matt Marchese
"I've been havin' this nightmare.......a real swinger of a
nightmare, too." -Frank Sinatra (The Manchurian Candidate)
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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 18:52:57 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Record Labels, MTV Launch Paid Music Download Service

Another, slightly less press-releasey, story here:
http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2001/04/04/mtv/print.html

Have to admit, they sure have cojones or something, setting the same price as a packaged CD, minus the package. And the CD.

- - - -

Another industry story:

Universal sues Image Entertainment for setting DVD prices too low:
http://dvd.ign.com/news/33158.html



- --m.ace



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Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 19:38:50 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obits] Theodore McCarty

Some garbled information here.

>TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) -- Theodore M. "Ted" McCarty, a
>key figure in the development of the electric guitar and former
>president of Gibson Guitar Co., died Sunday. He was 91.
>In his 18 years as president at Gibson, McCarty transformed the
>Kalamazoo, Mich.-based maker of acoustic musical instruments
>into the purveyor of guitars to the stars.

Players like Charlie Christian not ranking as stars? But seriously, Ted McCarty's tenure (1948 to 1966) was perhaps Gibson's finest run.

>At Gibson, he helped bring to life the Les Paul series, named
>for the blues guitarist who endorsed it,

Huh?!? Les certainly used elements from blues, but I'd put him more in a pop/jazz bag.

The issue of how much of the Les Paul guitar design came from the Gibson staff and how much came from Les will probably always remain murky. As time goes on, Les takes more and more credit in interviews (kind of like Dick Dale (they both have "yeah, I gave Jimi Hendrix some tips" stories)). In an earlier interview, it sounded like Les signed off on their design, while stipulating some detail changes. It does seem pretty certain that the stop tailpiece and tune-o-matic bridge design are McCarty's.

>the Explorer series, widely used by both rock and
>country guitarists, and the radical Flying V.

Country?!? On what planet? Actually, when the Explorer & Flying V were originally produced in 1958, they flopped. With the occasional exception (Lonnie Mack), it was the metal boys who made them a hit a decade or so later.

An immediately (and long-term) successful design was the thin-body semi-hollow guitar -- the ES-335 and relatives (like Chuck Berry was playing in the 60s).

And there was the SG series, the googie-look Firebird series (just the thing for Thunderbirds to play) and the bass guitars.

A whole lot of good designs came out of Gibson during McCarty's stint, and to be honest, they've been living off of those designs ever since.

Sorry to go on so... my guitar train-spotting syndrome got set off, I guess.

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Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 00:35:48 +0100
From: "Dr Chris R. Tame" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) British TV serials from the 60s

In article <[e-mail]>, Magnus Sandberg
<[e-mail]> writes
>
>
>
>Anyone remembers "Danger Man"? Secret agent yarn.
>What about "the Champions" from 1968? Superheroes.
>What about "Randall And Hopkirk: Deceased" A ghost detective?
>
>These are out on dvd in britain, and looks appealing judging on the
>covers, any opinions about these serials? Cool music? Thrills and
>chills?
>
>Magnus
>

There were many superb British TV thriller and drama series (and a
couple of SF ones) from the late 50s up to the mid 60s (after which they
deteriorated rapidly). Patrick McGoohan's "Danger Man" (re-titled
"Secret Agent" in the USA, and with an inferior Johnny Rivers theme song
replacing the superb UK instrumental theme) was certainly one of the
best. The first Danger Man theme, a superb rock 'n' roll/jazz
instrumental was a top ten (number one if I recall correctly) hit in the
UK. The second theme (introduced, again if I remember correctly, when
the series changed from a 30 minutes to one hour running time) was also
a fine instrumental track, utilising a harpsichord.

Most of the other British thriller series were never sold to the USA,
probably because they were too quirky, noirish, unsentimental  and
idiosyncratic for the US market.

It is one of the artistic tragedies of our time that most of these
series were poorly recorded on video tape (many were recorded live) with
rather low production values -albeit great plots, acting, atmosphere and
style. Most of the tapes appear to have been recorded over, lost or
destroyed. Occasionally copies that were sold to ex-Empire countries
turn up.

Unfortunately, it is largely the poorer later material that is now
available on video or DVD. "The Champions" and "Randall and Hopkirk
Deceased", which were properly filmed, were the best of the worst.
They're not a patch on the earlier material, but better viewing than
most of the formulaic dross on TV now.


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Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 11:21:49 +1000
From: Philip Jackson <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Curdxotica

on 4/6/01 4:09 AM, kendoll at [e-mail] wrote:

> i loved head cheese as a kid & still do. for the uninitiated, it's tasty
> chunks of pork in aspic. my mom uses only pork hocks but some people use
> the head -- hence "head cheese."

Here you go!

BRAWN

(England)

Brawn, or headcheese, is made from the meat and skin of a pig's head (or
indeed a calfs head or sheep's head), sometimes salted first, sometimes not.
It can include any other trimmings: heart, trotters and tail, or even a
piece of shin of beef. Whatever the ingredients, they must be well boiled
with aromatics until all is soft and gelatinous. It is a most excellent
dish.

SERVES: 6

TIME: Start 3 days before; 30 minutes plus 4 hours cooking

1 pig's head, complete with ears and tongue

1 bunch of sage 1 teaspoon peppercorns

3 to 4 bay leaves 1 teaspoon salt

Onion skins (the papery brown outside only)

You will need a large stewpan and a pudding basin or earthenware mold. If
you want the brawn to be a pretty pink, put it to pickle rubbed with
1/4pound salt and 1/2 ounce saltpeter (from the drugstore) for 48 hours
before cooking.

Have the butcher split the head in two. Put it in a heavy saucepan just
large enough to accommodate the meat, with the aromatics, salt, and onion
skins (these serve to tint the jelly a pale gold-the onion itself is not
used, as it encourages the jelly to ferment). Cover with cold water. Bring
to a boil, and then turn down the heat and skim the froth off the liquid.

Simmer steadily for 4 hours, until the meat virtually drops off the bones.
Take out all the solids and strain the stock back into the pan. Leave the
stock to boil and reduce uncovered while you pick the meat off the bones.
Chop all the pieces and pack them neatly into a pudding basin or earthenware
mold.

When the stock is well reduced to about 2 cups, taste and adjust its
seasoning and pour it over the meats. Allow it to cool, and then put it in
the refrigerator for 24 hours for the jelly to set solid. When you are ready
to eat it unmold by pouring hot water swiftly over the outside. It will
unmold instantly and elegantly. Serve on a bed of watercress or parsley.

Brawn will keep in the refrigerator for 2 weeks, but don't store it in the
freezer or the jelly is likely to liquefy when you defrost it.

Serve plenty of strong English mustard with the cold brawn, or a jug of
white sauce vigorously flavored with strong mustard. Baked potatoes are good
with brawn.

Bon appetite

I made this a few years back when I got a pig's head at the supermarket for
20 cents!!!

Philip
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Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 09:20:41 +0100
From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) British TV serials from the 60s

The original randall and hopkirk was pretty cool. Excellent theme tune. sorta
john Barry esque, dunno who it actually was though.

Does anyone remember a similar show to this which aired in the UK in the early
70's. As i recall there were two guys and a Gorilla ( well, someone in a
Gorilla suit ) which wore one of those little hats with a propeller on. It was
also a bit Scooby doo. I think it was an American import. I would love to know
what this show was as all my friends think i have imagined it.


I could never get into 'Danger man' although 'the Prisoner' is a different
matter. Best episode 'The girl who was death'. If you like this also check out
'The new Avengers' TV series.

The Prisoner had a great theme tune also. If you like this programme it may
interest you to know that it was filmed in a real village in Wales. You can
still visit the village. It has not changed......( you may never leave though)



be seeing you.


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Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 09:24:00 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) re: Randall and Hopkirk deceased

R&H are a private detective agency,  in episode 1 Hopkirk gets killed and
spends the rest of the 2(?) series as a ghost (in a white suit),  mostly
blowing things and trying to get Randall out of locked rooms.  A sub-plot of
romantic interest between Randall and the widow of Hopkirk.  Don't remember
the music to this.  Its mostly stuck in my mind for The drink driving and
the shots of empty London streets (Trafalgar square with no cars!).

El Maestro Con Queso

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Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 09:33:58 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) The Champions

Ahhh Alexandra Bastedo.
and William Gaunt and that other fellow,  but, ahhh, Alexandra.....
Spys go the Himalayas and get into a plane crash, they are rescued by
Buddhist mystics and return to the world with enhanced strength and senses.
They continue to do spy things in very cheap studio sets.  Mostly this
involves whispering to each other over vast distances and throwing people a
long way.
I love it.  Great shots of the fountain in Geneva (they work for the UN) in
the opening credits.  Don't remember the music, even though I've seen
re-runs fairly recently).

This was obviously on telly during a formative stage of my life.  I think
she lives in Hove these days....

El Maestro Con Queso

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Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 05:57:42 -0500
From: "Darrell Brogdon" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) British TV serials from the 60s

> The original randall and hopkirk was pretty cool. Excellent theme tune. sorta
> john Barry esque, dunno who it actually was though.

Stumbled across a a soundtrack CD from this series at CDNow.
It's a little pricey -- is the music worth it?

> Does anyone remember a similar show to this which aired in the UK in the early
> 70's. As i recall there were two guys and a Gorilla

Sounds like "Ghost Busters" (yes, before the movie appropriated
the title), with Forrest Tucker, Bob Denver and an ape.  Never seen
it myself so don't know much about it except I think the ape was
named Kong.


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Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 13:36:02 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) niiiice

nice shag T-Shirts

http://www.chasershirts.com/shag.html

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Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 08:36:47 -0400
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obit] Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, Brother Theodore

Rat Fink Creator Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth Dies

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Ed "Big Daddy'' Roth, whose fantastic car creations=
 and
anti-hero "Rat Fink" character helped define the California hotrod culture=
 of
the 1950s and '60s, has died.  He was 69.=20

Roth died Wednesday at his studio in Manti, Utah, said Joe Bennett, a
dispatcher with the Sanpete County Sheriff's Department.  The cause of death
wasn't immediately given.=20

A generation of teen-age rebels across the country found a hero in Roth,=
 whose
chrome-and-fiberglass vehicle creations stirred awe at car shows.  Many=
 adopted
his airbrushed anti-hero, the bug-eyed, menacing Rat Fink, who became a
cultural counterpoint to Mickey Mouse.=20

While Roth worked on custom cars in his garage-studio near Los Angeles,
youngsters across the country broke out the airplane glue to work on=
 intricate
scale plastic models of his "Outlaw'' roadster, bubble-topped "Beatnik
Bandit,'' or futuristic "Mysterion.''  Many of these car creations were also
adapted for Mattel's miniature "Hot Wheels" collections.

As a designer, Roth was considered a genius and visionary, not only for his
radical designs, but also for his pioneering use of fiberglass in car=
 bodies.=20

He was described by author Tom Wolfe in his 1964 essay "The Kandy-Kolored
Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby" as the "most colorful, the most=
 intellectual
and the most capricious'' of the car customizers.=20

"He's the Salvador Dali of the movement -- a surrealist in his designs, a
showman by temperament, a prankster,'' Wolfe wrote.=20

Roth created Rat Fink and a host of wild characters to help finance his car
design work.=20

In 1974, he converted to the Mormon church and abandoned his rebel=
 lifestyle,
however he continued to work on car designs.=20

"My fanaticism with cars has just destroyed my personal life,'' he told The
Associated Press in a 1997 interview.  "It's an obsession, an addiction. =
 Every
day I pray to God, 'Release me from my calling!'''=20

David Chodosh, a friend and business associate, said Roth was still working=
 at
the time of his death and was hoping to tour a new car in 2002.=20

"The guy over the years has epitomized cool,'' Chodosh said.  "Even now, in=
 so
many ways, he is still the Boss Fink.''=20

On the Net:=20

http://www.ratfink.org/=20

AP-NY / 04-06-01 06:40 EDT
Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, comic Big Daddy Graham cowers under his bed...



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Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 08:41:09 -0400
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obit] Brother Theodore

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Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 08:44:06 -0400
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit] Brother Theodore

At 08:41 AM 4/6/01 -0400, I wrote:


Now this is truely odd! I've tried to post Brother Theodore's obit twice -
and nothing comes through but blank space.  Spooky!!!
I might try one more time and then give up.


Lou
>
>
>
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Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 08:46:59 -0400
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obit] Brother Theodore

James J. McManus Sr., the proprietor of the Peter McManus Cafe, a
venerable family-owned bar in the Chelsea section of Manhattan that
often doubled as a set for movies and television episodes, died on
Monday, March 25, 2001, in Philadelphia. He was 81 and had moved from
Manhattan to Brigantine, N.J., not long ago. He was in declining health
and suffered renal failure, his family said. A confident, voluble
figure, Mr. McManus started working at the bar in 1936, when it opened
on the corner of Seventh Avenue and 19th Street. He became its sole
owner when his brother, Peter, died in 1972. He was still there in 1992
when Bryan Miller, then the restaurant critic for The New York Times,
dropped by and learned Mr. McManus's secret to a good Rob Roy: "You
don't want to bruise the vermouth," Mr. McManus said. "It's delicate.
Like wine." Mr. Miller called the bar "an inviting place in a
rough-and-tumble sort of way, with a well-worn tile floor, lead-paned
windows and a splendid carved mahogany bar." By that time, the tile
floor had been trod by film actors and crews making the movies
"Highlander" (1986), starring Sean Connery, and "Radio Days" (1987),
directed by Woody Allen and starring Mia Farrow. The film "Keeping the
Faith" (2000), directed by Edward Norton, also used the bar. Filming for
the television programs "Seinfeld," "Law and Order" and "Saturday Night
Live" has been done there, too. Jamie McManus succeeded his father as
the bar's manager three years ago. The senior Mr. McManus was born in
Guttenberg, N.J. He graduated from high school in the Bronx and won two
Purple Hearts as an infantryman in the Philippines in World War II.
(Peter McManus was my local when I lived in Chelsea during the 80s - great
place.--Lou)


April 6, 2001=20
Theodore Gottlieb, Dark Comedian, Dies at 94
By DOUGLAS MARTIN
Theodore Gottlieb, who as Brother Theodore performed apocalyptic one-man
shows about life, death and broccoli in Greenwich Village nightclubs to
dazzling and disturbing effect, died yesterday at Mount Sinai Hospital in
Manhattan. He was 94.

Mr. Gottlieb, with his wild white hair shining under the lights and with a
demonic glint in his eye, was in his element at the 13th Street Theater,
where he performed for nearly two decades, until a few years ago.

His only prop was a table, behind which he would sit when he wasn't stalking
around it or plopping on top of it. In his sonorous, German-accented voice
he flirted with the meaning of life - or, just as likely, with the woman in
the audience he considered most attractive.

He called his act stand-up tragedy.

Brother Theodore, who flaunted a sophistication learned in the Berlin of the
1920's, told audiences, "I've gazed into the abyss and the abyss gazed into
me, and neither of us liked what we saw."

Or: "It's my sincere wish that after my death, my head be severed and
replaced with a bunch of broccoli. It's the artist in me."

His life flowed like a novel, although few publishers would have bought the
outlandish plot. Born to great wealth in Germany, he ended up in Dachau,
only to be released when he signed over the family's great fortune for a
single mark. Einstein, said by some of Mr. Gottlieb's friends to have been
his mother's lover, helped him get to the United States.

Always an aristocrat, he suddenly found himself working as a janitor at
Stanford University, where he managed to defeat 30 professors at chess =97
simultaneously.

Later he was a dockworker in San Francisco, where he put on his first
one-man show, featuring his reading of Poe poems.=20

"In the two weeks I had one person in the audience," he said in an interview
with The New York Mirror in 1958. "My wife. And if I didn't give her a
complimentary ticket, she wouldn't have come."

Next came a stint in Hollywood, where he won a bit part in the 1946 Orson
Welles film, "The Stranger." He moved to New York after Welles showed a
distressing romantic interest in his young wife. He worked at Schrafft's
restaurant while beginning to perfect his monologue at small Bohemian clubs
in the Village.

With the arrival of television, he made regular appearances on talk shows,
including three dozen with Merv Griffin, as well as many with the comedian
Steve Allen. After fading to cult popularity in the 1970's, he emerged as
one of David Letterman's regular guests in the 1980's.=20

Brother Theodore had six sellout performances at Town Hall in the 1950's. He
received good and bad reviews over the years, but few neutral ones,
according to Jewish Week in August 1995. The Village Voice described him as
"a rabble-rouser without a cause - unless his cause is to promote the power
of negative thinking and the glorification of anguish and despair."

Theodore Gottlieb was born in Dusseldorf on Nov. 11, 1906. His father
published 52 fashion magazines and might have been worth $80 million, he
told friends. His life was easy and luxurious, and he attended the
University of Cologne. When Hitler came to power, he fled with his family to
Vienna. He was taken to Dachau on his 32nd birthday.

In the death camp, he said he saw men eaten alive by dogs while Nazi guards
laughed, according to Who's Who in Comedy. When he agreed to relinquish the
family fortune to win freedom, he was told the deal did not guarantee his
family's freedom, but made it more feasible.

Eight members of his family died in the Holocaust, including his parents and
grandmother. Some had thought their personal danger was gone after the
agreement and had returned to Germany, said Lorca Morello, a lawyer, who was
Mr. Gottlieb's girlfriend.

Mr. Gottlieb went from Dachau to Switzerland, where he supported himself as
a chess hustler. This violated Swiss law, and he was deported to Austria.
Einstein helped him get to California, Ms. Morello said.

After later settling in New York, Ms. Morello said, his wife fell in love
with another refugee, his best friend, and left with his son. The son,
Thomas Lonner of Olympia, Wash., is his only survivor.=20

He developed his deadpan technique by copying others, said Sidney Mason, his
longtime publicist.

"He was a creative plagiarist, really," said Mr. Mason, who met him in
Columbus Circle as both men heckled a speaker trying to refute Einstein's
theory of relativity.

Mr. Gottlieb also became talented at peddling wild notions to reporters. The
Mirror article described his campaign to get people to give up two-legged
locomotion in favor of using all four limbs.

"Down, I say, down on all fours, and you'll have everything you want, be
everything you want to be," he said. "Quadrupedism is the key to every lock,
the power that heals, the real McCoy."

In 1990 Mr. Gottlieb had an operation to correct breathing problems caused
by having his nose broken in Dachau. As always, he saw the best and worst
sides.=20

"If I die, best wishes for the rest of your life," he told friends. "If I
don't - I'll phone you."






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Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 10:33:30 -0500
From: "Robert Blahut, Jr." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) juxtapoz on tiki art (ish #25)

i don't know about the actual purpose of gargoyles.  there are some that
are rain spouts on the cathederal of notre dame in paris.  i did just
notice that there are two of them on the federal court house in milwaukee.
it is a building that i have always liked because of the stone work - -
there are many faces carved in the stone.  but yesterday or the day before,
i noticed a couple of gargoyles on the side of the building.  totem poles,
are, in my mind, very similar to tikis.  although it is my understanding
that totem poles are, in the pacific northwest anyway, a way of
transmitting a family history.  with the main clan's totem on the top or
bottom and various other branches of the family tree represented by the
other figures.  i have always loved the designs of the pacific northwest
natives.  i have seen native american tikis from california in what i think
was called ku or k'u style.  i don't know much more about it than that.  i
can't say whether the indigenous (hope i spelled that correctly) people of
southern california are pacific, i.e. polynesian, people or not, nor if
there totems are honest to gosh real "tikis" or totems that resemble tikis
- - - these are questions for the anthropologists, not for me.
sorry to have rambled on for so long about a totally off topic subject,
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Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 17:03:28 +0100
From: Charles Moseley <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Praise be to Ebay

Yes. Ebay can do one's pocket a world of good without one feeling like =
a
capitalist pig.

My vocoder just sold for around 6 times what it was worth in a last =
minute
bidding frenzy. My reserve of =A3200 got beaten by more than =A3650. =
Why are
people so stupid? And where can I find more analogue garbage at =
reasonable
prices to flog to demented collectors?

And I don't even want to mention the price of the records that have =
just
sold. So I wont.


One thing I did get recently that hasn't yet arrived is a classic (so =
I'm
told) Hammond LP - Wynder K Frog - Out of the Frying Pan. Does anybody =
have
any comment on this one or other Hammond recommendations?

And I just found the How to Speak Hip website - www.howtospeakhip.com =
with
all of the separate bits of the LP online. Class

Charles Moseley
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Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 15:26:37 -0400
From: Peter Gingerich <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica)Creating a Linklist....

Hey all

I'm going through a year or so worth of exotica posts to cull any
interesting links (you know: exotica-sites, radio shows, labels, stores,
morphing michael jacksons....) which I can then post as a linklist.
So I may be mailing some of you inquiring.... better yet, e-mail me off-list
if you have or found anything useful, new and exciting, updated,
etc.etc.etc.

thanx!
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Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 16:05:56 -0400
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) British TV serials from the 60s

At 09:20 AM 4/6/01 +0100, [e-mail] wrote:

>Does anyone remember a similar show to this which aired in the UK in the
early
>70's. As i recall there were two guys and a Gorilla

No but I seem to remember a show about a group of spies called The
Thunderbirds who were led by a guy they called "Head Cheese".  The original
title was "A Dandy in Aspic" but it turned out that was already taken.
I do remember that the arch villainess on the show was called Calista Rall.
 She was one greasy foe.

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Date: 7 Apr 2001 01:44:05 -0700
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) Industrial Musicals/Corporate Anthems

Caught a cool story on NPR's All Things Considered on Friday.

It was called Corporate Anthems:

http://search.npr.org/cf/cmn/cmnpd01fm.cfm?PrgDate=04/06/2001&PrgID=2

I had no idea, no idea that big companies would put on musicals which
extolled the virtues of everything from sparkplugs to toilets...and the
people who sold them.

A guy named Steve Young has collected more than 150 LPs of industrial
musicals and I can't say I have seen even one!

Some of the songs sounded like they could be quite campy today.  In 1969
The American Standard Company, the folks who make toilet seats, bathroom
fixtures, did a show called "The Bathrooms Coming" and one of the songs
featured a woman rhapsodizing over her most private of rooms: "My Bathroom."

The music was actually really good as performed, although the lyrics had a
very narrow focus and thus appeared a bit hackneyed.  Big Corporate dollars
attracted good talent.

Anyone out there collect these recordings?  Tell us about your favorites!



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Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 11:02:23 +0200
From: Moritz R <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica)Creating a Linklist....

that's a great idea. I hope everybody contributes. I propose to update the Exotica FAQ with the results. Ross, what do you think?

Mo

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Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 10:43:03 -0500
From: Paul Wages <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) glass music (dj food)

In the recent discussion of glass-related music, did anyone mention the new
DJ Food EP "Quadraplex" ?

I haven't heard it yet, but I'm going to have to -- "Kaleidoscope" was one
of those rare albums that absolutely blew me away.

Here's the write-up from CDNow:

February 9, 2001

Often, when faced with the sweaty haze of dancefloor euphoria, we forget how
electronic music can be more than just an energizing, unifying force, but
also an exquisite art form. Quadraplex, the second release by Strictly Kev
and PC under the DJ Food banner, finds the duo utilizing not vinyl but glass
- -- that's right, glass -- as the EP's central musical instrument.
Appropriately, the limited-edition CD and its packaging are transparent.

Sounds of glass being blown, tapped, and rubbed are interwoven into a
cohesive arrangement that builds through the beatless opener, "Hour Glass";
then tribal rhythms rise to support the stark and minimal glass tones on
"Looking Glass." Things begin to dissolve into chaos from there, as
"Monocle" begins to sound like a Jewish wedding: Glass shatters everywhere,
and beats scatter. "Shattered Glass," the final track, features a quiet
symphony of shards.

While never intensely riveting, Quadraplex certainly expands the limitations
of electronic music, at least for 15 minutes or so. It's a well-crafted
novelty, late-night mood music, but nothing more substantial or
groundbreaking.

Peter Gaston
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Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 11:38:55 -0400
From: "cheryl" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, April 8

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

http://www.ckut.ca

As usual, all comments, questions, and feedback welcome.

Space Bop #137     A Howlin' Good Show

This week,  we're featuring Freddy Fresh's Howlin' Records label.  It
releases 7"s, and while the catalogue is small, it's very good!  They're a
mix of funky and smooth sounds, all suitable for non-stop grooving.
Special thanks go out to Sandra at Howlin' for her help.

Captain Funk:  Remix Of Co-Fusions' Torn Open
Freddy Fresh:  La Chunga
Boricua All Stars:  Boricua House Party
Not Just Gigalos:  Take Me To The Disco

Stereo de Luxe:  Sexuality In The Eighties
Ursula 1000:  Mucho Tequila
Boricua All Stars: Corillo

Mack The Knife:  World's Best B-Boy Beats Vol. 1 (aka Why I Wanna Be A Latin
Rascal)
Krafty Kuts:  Stop The Nonsense
Younger Youth:  Boombastic

Wicked Lestor:  Fire In Yer Soul
MPC Genius:  Dig This!
Freddie Fresh:  We Badd!


Thanks for reading, and thanks for listening

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Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 09:06:00 -0700
From: "basic hip" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Industrial Musicals/Corporate Anthems

A great CD with a bunch of these albums came out a few years ago - it was
called "Product Music" and was on a label called Honest Abe  :)  Even though
it was marked as Volume 1, I never did see a Volume 2, which made me sad.

I've looked all over for records of this type ever since - probably six
years now - and have had very little luck finding anything like them.  All
but given up on the top dog, "The Bathrooms Coming!"  Anybody here have it?

I feel like writing to that Steve Young and asking him how he did it -  I
guess anything is possible.

I'd like to collect them, but I can't.  I can't find them.  Not only are
they highly collectible by the types that will pay whatever they have to pay
to get them (and they do), but even more discouraging are that opportunities
to find them come along once in a blue moon.  Better not think about it!

I saw "The Eight Seasons of Chromalox" on ebay once, that is probably the
best place to begin your search for a needle in a haystack....

Here are three one minute MP3 samples from that Product Music disc

JC PENNEY Penney Proud - He's A Penney Man

http://www.basichip.com/sounds/penneys.mp3

AMERICAN STANDARDS The Bathrooms Are Coming! - My Bathroom Is A Private Kind
Of Place

http://www.basichip.com/sounds/bath.mp3

FORD MOTOR COMPANY The Wide New World With Ford - Tractor Drivin' Man

http://www.basichip.com/sounds/tractor.mp3

> I had no idea, no idea that big companies would put on musicals which
> extolled the virtues of everything from sparkplugs to toilets...and the
> people who sold them.
>
> A guy named Steve Young has collected more than 150 LPs of industrial
> musicals and I can't say I have seen even one!
>
> Some of the songs sounded like they could be quite campy today.  In 1969
> The American Standard Company, the folks who make toilet seats, bathroom
> fixtures, did a show called "The Bathrooms Coming" and one of the songs
> featured a woman rhapsodizing over her most private of rooms: "My
Bathroom."
>
> The music was actually really good as performed, although the lyrics had a
> very narrow focus and thus appeared a bit hackneyed.  Big Corporate
dollars
> attracted good talent.
>
> Anyone out there collect these recordings?  Tell us about your favorites!




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