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exotica-digest           Sunday, May 6 2001           Volume 02 : Number 969



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Re: (exotica) WFMU Record Fair
(exotica) bob dylan's tunes
RE: (exotica) Marty and Elayne from The Dresden Room
RE: (exotica) WFMU Record Fair
(exotica) Nino Nardini & Toger Roger "Jungle Osession"
(exotica) 2 from The Scout Report
(exotica) Re: Dylan's Strange Covers
Re: (exotica) WFMU Record Fair
Re: (exotica) Jimmy Scott - Twin Peaks
Re: (exotica) Re: Dylan's Strange Covers
Re: (exotica) Re: Dylan's Strange Covers
(exotica) wfmu record fair/shameless plug
(exotica) more harpsichord - Enoch Light "Far Away Places"
Re: (exotica) Dylan's Strange Covers
(exotica) Ray Barretto --  Senor  007
Re: (exotica) Ray Barretto --  Senor  007
(exotica) Brazeeel
Re:  (exotica) Brazeeel
(exotica) Vivian Sisters?
(exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, May 6
(exotica) Woo Woo's World
Re: (exotica) Woo Woo's World
RE: (exotica) Woo Woo's World
RE: (exotica) Woo Woo's World
(exotica) "china night guitar music" covers
Re: (exotica) Woo Woo's World
(exotica) [obits] Boozoo Chavis, Chris Bystrom, Cliff Hillegass

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Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 10:25:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (exotica) WFMU Record Fair

>I've heard about this event for years now but I've never been able
>to go.  What are the prices like?  Does all the good stuff get
>bought up in the first day or is there so much that it lasts well
>into the third day?

The WFMU fair is absolutely awesome!
I will be going later and spending ALL my money!
Prices vary hugely, but there are definitely loads of bargains to be had.

I remember the first time I ever went, just being overwhelmed - coming away with records I had dreamed of owning when I lived in Europe, but figured I would never find - like Dick Hyman's 'the man from O.R.G.A.N.' and the three suns' 'fever and smoke' (for not much more than $5 each).

Last November I went on Sunday and was still able to come away with some great records.  There is such a huge volume of stuff there that it would be impossible for all the gems to disappear in 1 or 2 days.

I highly recommend going; it's twice a year, normally November and May.

Jonny

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Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 15:53:26 +0100
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) bob dylan's tunes

Doing a CD for a friend last night I slipped on Cher's version of 'Tonight
I'll be staying here with you' (the flip from I walk on Gilded splinters).
Its on Atlantic from about 1970, slow, thick and lumpy.  Big horn section
riffing away.  I'd like to hear Black Sabbath play it this way.

Reading this again i get an image of falling over in a bananaskin kind of
way.

El Maestro Con Queso

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Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 08:16:34 -0700
From: "Benito Vergara" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Marty and Elayne from The Dresden Room

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [e-mail]
> [mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of [e-mail]
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 2:17 AM

> Keep on the lookout for the new Target commercial that features Marty and
> Elayne from The Dresden Room in Hollywood.

Yeah, it was all over the "Survivor" finale last night (they sang "I Will
Survive").

Weren't they also featured in "Swingers?"

Later,
Ben

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Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 12:23:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: (exotica) WFMU Record Fair

>Does anybody have an address, times and dates for the event?


May 4th, 5th, and 6th 2001 at the Metropolitan Pavilion (125 W. 18th st, NYC)

More details here:
http://www.wfmu.org/recfair/

nb. I noticed that some dealers are only going to be there on Sunday.

cheers,
Jonny

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Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 09:31:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: chuck <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Nino Nardini & Toger Roger "Jungle Osession"

Nino Nardini & Roger Roger "Jungle Obsession" Dare Dare 2001
This is a major Exotica release.  Exotica with a capital E ala
Denny/Baxter.  Recorded in 1971 by a library music label, Jungle
Obsession is a total concept album, unlike other library music
releases.  The songs fit together to create an exotic dream world.
Now this does not sound like classic Martin Denny or Les Baxter
because there are 1970s guitars occasionally and the style has some
early 70s rock/jazz/easy influence upon it.  But Wow does this
album ever capture that exotica feeling of a far off mysterious
land.  The songs are almost all instrumental with only the briefest
ooos and ahhhs.  I am surprised how well this album captures a
south pacific jungle paradise.  There are even the occasional bird
calls!  Classic Exotica from 1971! Yeah!!!
Chuck

Also Bump, I have "Good Moog" a Jean Jacques Perry comp Jack
Diamond was selling.  I'm curious how much of the new Perry cd has
already been released.  I understand from Jack that there will be 5
or 6 of these Perry releases!  Its an amazing time in the music
world these days.  I never imagined this much off the wall stuff
being released.

Easy listening in the Big Easy
Chuck

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Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 13:36:44 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (exotica) 2 from The Scout Report

Red Hot Jazz Archive [RealPlayer, VivoActive]
http://redhotjazz.com/

Created and maintained by Scott Alexander, this site is a solid
resource for anyone interested in the early history of jazz. Here
visitors will find comprehensive lists of musicians and bands that
were active between 1895 and 1929. The latter includes lists of band
members and full-length sound files and, in some cases, overviews of
varying length. All entries are thoroughly hyperlinked to noted sound
files and profiles of other musicians. Also included at the site are
a collection of essays and articles and a listing of short jazz films
(with two video clips).


The Ricksha Arts of Bangladesh
http://www.webpak.net/~ricksha/

Created and maintained by Joanna Kirkpatrick, a cultural and social
anthropologist, this modest but attractive site celebrates a unique
popular art of Bangladesh: "the paintings and decorations on the
three-wheeled cycle ricksha or 'rickshaw.'" Based on Kirkpatrick's
field visits between 1975 and 1998, this site offers an image
collection of riotously colored and decorated rickshas, presented as
thumbnails with brief descriptions. Also included at the site are
some photos depicting commerce, street life, and religion in
Bangladesh; some short readings; and a brief list of related links.

====== The Scout Report
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Regents, 1994-2001. The Internet Scout Project
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Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 13:47:04 -0400
From: Peter Ledebur <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Re: Dylan's Strange Covers

"Brian Linds" <[e-mail]> writes:

>Hi! Since Mr Zimmerman's 60th Birthday is fast approaching, I was
wondering
>about your fave rave Dylan covers.

I've always been partial to Enoch Light's "Blowing in the Wind." I have it
on an album called 4 Channel Stero, but I think it was originally on Brass
Menagerie. Unbelieveably  upbeat!


Peter
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Music for Better Living
6-7pm Wed -- WZBC 90.3fm Newton/Boston
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Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 14:50:20 -0400
From: alan  zweig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) WFMU Record Fair

At 10:25 AM 5/4/01 -0400, [e-mail] wrote:
>The WFMU fair is absolutely awesome!
>I will be going later and spending ALL my money!
>Prices vary hugely, but there are definitely loads of bargains to be had.

well there's a little "kismet" for you.  I'm sure that unless I go to this
record fair one day, I will assume that it's better than any record fair in
the world and that all the records I dream of...
(Bud Shank, Vinnie Bell on sitar and the voices of the Free Design playing
"Music from Batman")
... will be found there.
However I probably will never make it there.  And then there's the exchange
rate to take into account.
In any event, the kismet comes in because I and at least one other member
of this list will be at the record fair here in this fair city.  The place
I got most of the cool lounge and exotica records I once had.  The place I
found "Zounds what Sounds" for 3 dollars.  And countless other examples.
I find the best dealers are these guys in their mid-sixties who were jazz
collectors and bought everything when it came out.  Then they put all the
records that aren't quite jazz, all the embarrassing and unsuccessful
hybrid crossovers in one section for a couple of bucks.  And that's exactly
what I'm looking for.  That's where I found Zounds.
Anyway now that I'm not looking for that kind of thing, it's a different
experience.  But still there's the anticipation....

AZ



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Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 21:34:30 +0200
From: Erik <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Jimmy Scott - Twin Peaks

rockwilson909 wrote:

> Hm, I don=92t know about being in the series, but Jimmy Scott=92s =91Sycamore
> Tree=92 features on the OST from the movie =91Twin Peaks =96 Fire Walk With
> Me=92. Actually, I don=92t recall the scene from the movie either, but maybe
> I just blotted it from my memory =96 I bought the CD a while before seeing
> the movie and disliked =91Sycamore Tree=92 from the first time I heard it.
> That voice really creeps me out.

Sycamore Tree is on the Fire Walk With Me soundtrack, but it's a scene from
the last-but one episode of the serie, not in the movie.

And I think the song was meant to creep you out, although his voice always
sounds like that :)

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Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 15:49:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bruce Lenkei <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Dylan's Strange Covers

Doesn't that album also include his version of "Marakesh Express"?
I know, I know, not Dylan, but it's such a strange, twisted and beautiful
version of that song. One of my favorites.

- - bruce

++++++++++++++++++++
Lenkei Design
www.lenkeidesign.com
++++++++++++++++++++
>
> I've always been partial to Enoch Light's "Blowing in the Wind." I have it
> on an album called 4 Channel Stero, but I think it was originally on Brass
> Menagerie. Unbelieveably  upbeat!
>
>
> Peter
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> 6-7pm Wed -- WZBC 90.3fm Newton/Boston
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>



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Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 21:53:08 +0200
From: Erik <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Dylan's Strange Covers

'Tangled up in Blue' by Half Japanese is a long time favourite of mine.

It's early Half japanese: just the two Fair-brothers, an electric guitar, a
beat-up drumkit and a romatic inclination.

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Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 15:54:25 -0400
From: "B.R. Rolya" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) wfmu record fair/shameless plug

hello.

WFMU is holding their fabulous record fair this weekend in NYC
(www.wfmu.org./recfair/) and Triage will be selling things that you might
want!  (Of course, other people will be selling things that you might want,
but this is *my* shameless plug!)

We will only be there on saturday, may 5.  If you're at the fair, please
drop by and say hello.  We will be selling all of our distributed titles at
wholesale cost to the public, plus there will be some bargain goodies (and
I mean good stuff.  at a real bargain).  Some of the many labels and/or
bands we'll have include:
Trikont (including all 4 volumes of La Paloma and the new "Overcome" and
"Flashback" series), Don Tiki, "Schoolgirl Report", Luigee Trademarq (3 cd
French porn soundtrack on Rectangle), Raymond Scott, Arling & Cameron, Dr.
Samuel Hoffman's "Theremin" box set, Tricatel label, the Bran Flakes (don't
miss Otis on Irwin's show next wednesday, 12-3pm est, www.wfmu.org),
Noonday Underground, SHADO label, plus avant garde/experimental items,
indie pop/indie rock, "old school" funk (Desco & Soul Fire), etc, etc.

We might even have organic catnip for sale if the cat lets me harvest some
of her stash.

And if you're nice (and it's not too early in the morning), we'll introduce
you to our official record fair beverage - the Ballangina .


- -BR
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Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 15:51:20 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) more harpsichord - Enoch Light "Far Away Places"

Enoch Light  & His Orchestra
"Far Away Places
Featuring Harpsichord and Exotic Percussion"
(Command Records)

With tracks like "Bali Ha'i", "Calcutta", "The Cockeyed Mayor Of
Kaunakakai" and "Lisbon Antigua" you could see this as Light's exotica
album, but it doesn't quite have the dreaminess quotient you like in to
hear in hardcore exotica (or should that be softcore exotica?). It's in
what I think of as Light's 50s mode, with stop-start "balance test" intros
on all of the tracks and a sort of clinical feel to the arrangements. But
it does indeed feature lots of harpsichord and lots of percussion, though
not freakishly out of balance with the rest of the band.

Credited players include Billy Rowland on the harpsichord and piano. Phil
Kraus, Bob Rosengarden and Don Lamond on percussion. Tony Mottola and Al
Casamenti on guitar. Dominic Cortese on accordion. Phil Bodner on sax. Doc
Severinsen on trumpet. Bob Haggart on bass. Lois Winter, Jerry Packer, Jack
Brown, Alan Sokoloff and Herb Davidson contribute wordless vocals, which
have a strangely sarcastic tone to my ears.

"Waltzing Matilda" and "How Are Things In Glocca Morra" make me fidget, but
"The Third Man Theme" is done up nicely.

And there's a version of "Mimi" with champagne cork-pop sound effects.
Well-coordinated, right in time and everything, but Spike Jones would do it
funnier.

And tons of liner notes.

It's a Light. Alright.

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Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 19:45:54 -0400
From: Ross Orr <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Dylan's Strange Covers

Brian Linds wrote:
>Hi! Since Mr Zimmerman's 60th Birthday is fast approaching, I was wondering
>about your fave rave Dylan covers. Or....odd recordings of Bob himself.

My favorite would be Alvin and the Chipmunks doing "Mr. Tambourine
Man." Is that on _Chipmunk Punk_? (Sorry, separated from my records
at the moment. . . )

But I have to admit that I actually listen to it at HALF SPEED, so
Ross Bagdasarian's voice comes out normally (well, sort of
robotically, in fact) and all the instruments are slowed down to
apocalyptic clanging.

But that's just me.

cheers,

  --Ross

|| Ross "Mambo Frenzy" Orr  <[e-mail]>
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Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 18:31:49 -0700
From: "basic hip" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Ray Barretto --  Senor  007

While browsing thru the upcoming releases at Dusty Groove, I stumbled upon
this one:

Ray Barretto --  Senor  007

I buy about every secret agent theme album I can get my hands on and have
seen this one only twice - a picture in a book and a beat copy at the house
of showandtellmusic.

This record goes for big money when it appears on ebay and had all but given
up on finding an original, so I'm excited.





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Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 23:04:14 -0400
From: "Br. Cleve" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Ray Barretto --  Senor  007

on 5/5/01 9:31 PM, basic hip at [e-mail] wrote:

>
> While browsing thru the upcoming releases at Dusty Groove, I stumbled upon
> this one:
>
> Ray Barretto --  Senor  007

I finally found a copy of this a year or so ago after years of searching,
and it's pretty amazing. The Thunderball theme is especially great, as is "I
Wanna Be A James Bond Girl" (which Ashley Warren and I had picked unheard
for our proposed James Bond comp on Scamp, which never came out due to
licensing problems).

My copy is mono, so I'm hoping the CD is the stereo mix. Highly recommended.

br cleve



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Date: Sat, 05 May 2001 23:27:17 -0400
From: Will Straw <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Brazeeel

I just finished watching Two for the See-Saw (Robert Mitchum, Shirley=20
MacLaine) -- nothing spectacular, but lovely b+w shots of early 1960s New=20
York (on those rare occasions when they leave their apartment).  Early on,=
=20
Robert Mitchum sits on a park bench and watches the birds fly around.  One=
=20
of my earliest bonding moments with my buddy  Keir (gone from this lost lo=
=20
these last three years), was when we realized we both have memories of the=
=20
middle-aged-man-on-the-park-bench as a quintessential 1960s movie/album=20
cover motif.

Anyway, I've had the Andr=E9 Previn soundtrack for Two for the See-Saw for=
=20
years, and it's one of my very favourites.

I'm going to Brazil -- to Salvador, Bahia -- on May 12th, for about 22=20
days.  I'm scared and excited.  Any suggestions?

Will




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Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 00:18:27 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re:  (exotica) Brazeeel

In a message dated 5/5/1 10:28:28 PM, [e-mail] wrote:

>lovely b+w shots of early 1960s New York

Will...how can it be said any better?. JB/wistfully wishing for that
cinematic moment in his reality


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Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 11:45:33 +0200
From: "Marco \"Kallie\" Kalnenek" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Vivian Sisters?

This is from the weekly Forced Exposure mailing. Does anyone know it this is
as good as it seems?

VIVIAN SISTERS: Vivian Sisters CD (AVANT 079). "Mixing elements of
Captain Beefheart, The Shaggs and Harry Partch, Vivian Girls is the
bizarre new project from Laura Cromwell, the mastermind of Dim Sum
Clip Job and Laito Lychee. Featuring Jamie Saft on keyboard, slide
guitars, theremin and a host of other instruments as well as several
special guests this is one of the strangest CDs of this or any other
year. Weird sounds, beats and howls in the night."  $20.00

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Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 10:49:19 -0400
From: "cheryl" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Playlist For Space Bop, May 6

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 #141   Ouh La La!

Ouh la la! ...  It's a compilation from France (where else!), put together
by people
with very good taste, on a label called Cosmogol, and it's beyond words to
describe how good it is... and this is only Volume 1 - Volume 2 was just
released.
(We'll be featuring it on an upcoming show).  Also, a few additional goodies
by a few of the
featured acts.. and even some Canadian content!

Syd Dale:  Disco-Tek  "Ouh la la! - Vol 1."
Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band:  Bongolia
Peter Beasson:  Top Signal Two
Werner Mueller:  Bodybuilding
Armando Trovaioli:  Sesso Matto

Peter Beasson:  Choro Belingo
David Whitaker:  Strip Poker At Caeser's Palace
L. Muller:  Steve Says
Gary Burton:  Vibrafinger

Steve Gray:  Soft Soled Shoes
Jacques Hendrix:  Haunted House
The Barigozzi Group:  Silver Legs
Les Baxter:  Psychedelic Senate

Orchester Werner Mueller:  If I Were A Rich Man  "Tanz Party 68"
Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band:  In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida  "Bongo Rock"


Thanks for reading, and thanks for listening

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Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 11:34:31 -0500
From: Matt Marchese <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) Woo Woo's World

AMC's American Pop presented "College Confidential" last night. I'd
never seen it before and was pleasantly surprised by how entertaining it
was. While it certainly qualified as a wacky teenage farce, it also
contained a pretty serious message (for its time) about sexual mores,
nuclear destruction, and the generation gap. It also had a swingin' beat
soundtrack by Dean Elliot.

The best part of the film was by far the casting; Steve Allen as a
professor whose career is ruined by the lies of a platinum-blonde
teenage sexbomb played by (who else?) Mamie Van Doren. Audrey Meadows
appears as a nosy reporter who's after the prof, and Conway Twitty plays
sort of a low-budget Elvis who warbles a couple of rockabilly-ish tunes.
Cathy Crosby also appears.

But my favorite character by far is the musclebound fratboy played by
Norman "Woo Woo" Grabowski. This guy's head is so flat you can serve
drinks off it. He resembles Jerry Van Dyke on steroids and spends most
of the film hopping around like a chimp and making passes at the
multitude of gorgeous coeds who appear in the film. Gaze upon his
countenance here:

 http://www.neosoft.com/~meeker/woowoo.html

I also recommend checking out the rest of this site, especially if
you're a Ralph Meeker (Kiss Me, Deadly) fan.

Apparently Conway, Mamie, and Woo Woo also appeared in "Sex Kittens Go
to College" along with Jackie Coogan and Vampira.

Question for the list:

Did Steve Allen have anything to do with writing the script for this
film? His impassioned speech at the end of the film certainly sounds
like something he'd write.

- --
Matt




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Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 13:02:30 -0400
From: Will Straw <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Woo Woo's World

I believe the Book of Revelations lists the appearance of a webpage devoted
to Norman "Woo Woo" Grabowski as one sign that the apocalypse is at hand.

Will





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Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 16:01:36 -0400
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Woo Woo's World

> But my favorite character by far is the musclebound fratboy played by
> Norman "Woo Woo" Grabowski. This guy's head is so flat you can serve
> drinks off it. He resembles Jerry Van Dyke on steroids and spends most
> of the film hopping around like a chimp and making passes at the
> multitude of gorgeous coeds who appear in the film. Gaze upon his
> countenance here:
>
> http://www.neosoft.com/~meeker/woowoo.html

You might be interested to know that Norm was more than a flat-topped teen
movie wonder...he was (is) a wild man, a comedian, an artist, a genius in
his own way, and a famous and influential hot-rodder.  He became known as
the inventor of the "Fad T" or "T-Bucket" style of hot rod.  His car was on
the cover of Hot Rod in 1955, and became a regular cast member of "77 Sunset
Strip" as the "Kookie Kar" a couple of years later (the car, not Norm).

This particular style of car has since been copied many thousands of times
around the world, and in fact there was a thriving industry at one time
building kits and components for this style of car.  If you asked most
non-rodders today to describe a "hot rod", they would likely describe a car
like Norm's.  You can see some photos and such here:

http://www.hotrodsonline.com/HallOfFame/Grabowski/index.html

Norm did a fair amount of TV and movie automotive work, and if you watch the
credits of some late-50s and early 60s TV shows and movies you will
sometimes see his name turn up in that context.  I suspect that the reason
he was cast in several teen movies is that he became known to the directors
or producers from his automotive services and they found he was such a
cut-up they decided he would go well in the films.

He now lives in Arkansas and makes strange hand carved mugs and skull shift
knobs.  Definitely an Exotica kinda guy! :)



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Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 16:14:15 -0400
From: "m.ace" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (exotica) Woo Woo's World

>You might be interested to know that Norm was more than a flat-topped teen
>movie wonder...he was (is) a wild man, a comedian, an artist, a genius in
>his own way, and a famous and influential hot-rodder.

And, it is said, he was able to drink beer and whistle at the same time.



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Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 22:06:34
From: "mark jung" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) "china night guitar music" covers

dang, my last post bounced because i excessively quote myself.

anyways, the cover of said album's visable at

http://http://www.angelfire.com/mn/markj/guitarmusic.html

and the part i needed translated's accessible from there.
  angelfire pops up an irritating window, just bury it behind your active
brower window -

mark

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Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 17:09:25 -0500
From: Matt Marchese <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Woo Woo's World

[e-mail] wrote:

> You might be interested to know that Norm was more than a flat-topped teen
> movie wonder...he was (is) a wild man, a comedian, an artist, a genius in
> his own way, and a famous and influential hot-rodder.

Wow! All that and the 5th Horseman of the Apocalypse too! A man for all seasons.

I'm pretty sure that one of his rods appeared in College Confidential as
well...during the lake scene.

> He now lives in Arkansas and makes strange hand carved mugs and skull shift
> knobs.  Definitely an Exotica kinda guy! :)

Where can you buy them? I'd pay some serious simoleons to own an original Woo
Woo mug.

Thanks for the information!
- --
Matt



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Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 22:38:47 -0400
From: Lou Smith <[e-mail]>
Subject: (exotica) [obits] Boozoo Chavis, Chris Bystrom, Cliff Hillegass

Sunday,=A0May=A0=A06=20
http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=3Damg&sql=3DBuchxlfhe5cqq
http://www.google.com/search?q=3D%22boozoo+chavis%22
Boozoo Chavis, an accordionist, singer and bandleader who was a=20
patriarch of Louisiana zydeco music, died Saturday in Austin, a week=20
after suffering a heart attack and a stroke, said Jack Reich, his=20
manager.=20

Chavis was 70 and lived in Lake Charles, La.=20

During the 1990s, Chavis was widely acknowledged as the King of Zydeco,=20
a mixture of Cajun and Celtic traditions and rhythm and blues. Unlike=20
his contemporary, Clifton Chenier, who played an accordion with a=20
piano-like keyboard and carried an urban, bluesy zydeco style around the=20
world, Chavis played diatonic button accordion, and his music was closer=20
to rural and Celtic roots.=20

It was raw and propulsive, with modal tunes that merged zydeco's Celtic=20
and African American strains. Chavis wore country clothes: a Stetson hat=20
and an apron to keep his sweat off the accordion. With his rough-hewn=20
voice and hefty accordion riffs, his band's one-chord grooves had a=20
mesmerizing intensity that kept dance floors packed.=20

Chavis suffered a mild heart attack hours after playing a set April 28=20
at the Louisiana Swamp Romp at Austin's Waterloo Park. After being=20
admitted to Brackenridge Hospital, he had a major stroke, Reich said.=20
Chavis appeared to be improving for a day or two, and doctors hoped he=20
could return to Lake Charles for treatment, but he took a turn for the=20
worse.=20

Although Chavis influenced some prominent Austin musicians, including=20
Marcia Ball and Ponty Bone, he played in Austin sporadically until the=20
past year. He was scheduled to play five shows here this year and had=20
performed at a street festival concert during Austin's Mardi Gras=20
celebration, Reich said.=20

Chavis recorded one of the first zydeco hits, "Paper in My Shoe," in=20
1954, and from the 1980s onward he sparked a revival of button-accordion=20
zydeco. "I don't get mad if they play my music," he told author Michael=20
Tisserand in "The Kingdom of Zydeco." "But I get mad if they mess it=20
up."=20

Wilson Anthony Chavis was born on Oct. 23, 1930, near Church Point, La.,=20
and nicknamed Boozoo. His father, a tenant farmer, played accordion; his=20
mother did farm work, ran informal horse races called bush tracks and=20
eventually opened a dance hall. There, Boozoo Chavis would sit in with=20
Morris Chenier, a Creole fiddler, and his nephew Clifton.=20

Chavis worked as a farmer, jockey and horse trainer, and in 1952 he=20
married Leona Predium.=20

Chavis invested winnings from a horse race on a calf and sold it as a=20
heifer; he bought his first accordion with the profits. "Paper in My=20
Shoe," a song about being too poor to afford socks, was released in 1955=20
and became a regional hit. It remains a zydeco standard.=20

But after recording for just a few years, Chavis decided in the late=20
1950s that he had been cheated by his record company and gave up=20
performing. For more than two decades, he worked as a racehorse trainer,=20
sometimes playing his accordion "under the tree," he once said.=20

In 1984, Boozoo and Leona Chavis were driving to a horse race and heard=20
a radio advertisement for a dance featuring Boozoo Chavis. Someone was=20
impersonating him, and Chavis realized his reputation was strong enough=20
to restart his performing career. A single about his neighborhood, "Dog=20
Hill," put him back on local radio stations, and soon he was selling out=20
dance halls. He went on to write songs about nearly everyone he knew,=20
from his family to his manager. He also sang raunchy zydeco songs that=20
were sold locally from under the counter.=20

Eventually, Chavis began working beyond the bayou circuit. He took his=20
first commercial airplane flight in 1990 to perform in New York City and=20
began releasing albums nationally on Rounder Records. In 1993, he was=20
anointed the King of Zydeco according to the wishes of Rockin' Dopsie,=20
who died in 1993. Dopsie had proclaimed himself the heir to Clifton=20
Chenier. It was a contentious title in zydeco country, but Chavis was=20
universally respected.=20

Through the 1990s, Chavis gained fans across the United States and=20
disciples among zydeco musicians, among them Beau Jocques and Keith=20
Frank.=20

Chavis and his band, the Majic Sounds, worked constantly, even after he=20
lost the last joints of two fingers on his left hand in an accident=20
while building a barbecue pit. He had recently completed recording an=20
album, tentatively titled "I'm Still Blinkin'. "=20

Leona Chavis survives her husband, along with their sons Charles, Poncho=20
and Rellis, who played in their father's band; their daughters Do-Right=20
John, Louann Guidry and Licia Chavis; 21 grandchildren; and three=20
great-grandchildren.=20

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http://www.google.com/search?hl=3Den&lr=3D&safe=3Doff&q=3DChris+Bystrom&btnG=
=3DGoogle+
Search
FROM SWELL.COM:
THE PASSING OF A BRAINSTORM
Film-maker Chris Bystrom killed in car crash
May 5, 2001 Northern NSW, Australia:Friends, colleagues, and fans of
surf movies generally will be shocked and saddened to hear that Chris
Bystrom -- maker of the legendary Blazing Boards video series -- died
yesterday in a car accident near Mooball, Australia. He was 51.

Eyewitnesses reported that Bystrom's vehicle was travelling along the
Pacific Highway on the far north coast of New South Wales at around 7
a.m. Friday Australian time, when it swerved into oncoming traffic,
hitting a semi-trailer head-on. Bystrom was killed instantly.

Business rivals and buddies alike were quick to pay homage to the
multi-faceted lensman, who in recent years had dived into the renaissant
world of longboarding, kickstarting Pacific Longboarder magazine and
making a series of longboard videos. "Everyone's been calling to tell
me," said Darryl Barnett, manager of Retro Groove, Bystrom's surf
culture store-cum-museum. "It's been a huge shock ... (Chris) was quite
a classic."

"He was ahead of his time in lots of ways," said Australian Longboarding
magazine editor Shane Peel, who fought circulation battles against
Bystrom for much of the 1990s. "He saw the longboarding scene coming
almost before it'd started, then he could see the trend toward
mid-length boards and nostalgia. He was someone who put a real lot into
surfing."

Originally of San Diego, Bystrom had been living in Australia for nearly
20 years, settling in Elanora just south of the Queensland Gold Coast
and enjoying what he saw as the country's similarity with an older
Californian landscape. Before the move, he'd attended UCSD film school,
and was a stickler for shooting 16-mm film stock rather than video. This
may have been one reason why the Blazing Boards series was such a hit
through the mid-'80s -- along with the fact that it featured some of
Mark Occhilupo's and Tom Curren's most dazzling surfing of the time.
Great surfers of today, Rob Machado and Shane Dorian among them, were
hugely influenced by whaht they saw in BB and nominate it regularly
among their favorite surf films. "He was aware that those guys liked his
movies," says Barnett, "and he was proud of that."

Other movies included Madmen '93 and Gravity Sucks, which featured the
first internationally shown footage of Maverick's (shot by California's
Steve Spaulding).=20

In the mid-1990s, wanting to try something new, Bystrom began publishing
Pacific Longboarder -- the only surf magazine to deliberately base
itself around an actual ocean, not a nation. PL ran material from
Australia's east coast, Hawaii, California, and anywhere else with a
Pacific coastline. It borrowed heavily in format from Steve Pezman's
Surfer's Journal, but a hint to its owner's individuality and serious
nature could be found in the cover tagline: "A Beacon of Truth,
Controversy and Artistic Expression." This was years after Bystrom been
given the affectionate nickname "Brainstorm" by media colleagues.

PL blazed some new trails in Australian surf publishing, but ran into
money problems in 1999 when the competition began hotting up, and was
eventually sold (it is still being published). "After (Chris) lost his
magazine he got a little bit depressed," says Barnett. "But he was very
happy with the shop." After opening in March 2000, Retro Groove has gone
on to become a surf cultural center and a focus for surfboard collectors
around Australia.
- ----------
Cliffs Notes Founder Dies at Age 83
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Cliff Hillegass, the founder and former president of
Cliffs Notes, whose study guides helped generations of high school and=
 college
students through literature classes, died Saturday. He was 83.=20

Hillegass died at his home of complications from a stroke he suffered in=
 late
April, his family said.=20

Hillegass founded Cliffs Notes in 1958 with a $4,000 loan, writing his study
guides in the basement of his Lincoln home.=20

His first study guide was for Shakespeare's ``Hamlet.'' While working for=
 the
Nebraska Book Co., he distributed it to college book stores around the=
 country
with a letter asking store managers to give it shelf space to see if it=
 would
sell.=20

``He discussed it with almost everyone he knew at the college book stores,''
said his wife, Mary Hillegass, 61. ``Some said it wouldn't go anywhere, and
some thought it was a good idea.''=20

Cliffs Notes - which analyze characters and chapters and explain the works=
 of
authors - became an almost immediate hit with students.=20

In 1999, Hillegass sold Cliffs Notes to IDG Books Worldwide Inc. of Foster
City, Calif., for more than $14 million.=20

He is survived by his wife, four children, a stepson and seven=
 grandchildren.=20




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