>Anyone heard the "Fantomos" or "4..3..2..1...Morte - Perry
>Rhodan" soundtracks?
I, too, would be curious about the Perry Rhodan CD is anyone's heard
it. I received the Fantomas CD last week (music by Michel Magne).
The music veers wildly from groovy '60s crime/spy jazz to music that
might accompany light comedy. Judging by the liner notes, it sounds
like the films were decidedly tongue in cheek. A little disappointed
in the CD but, hey, that's just me.
Darrell Brogdon
The Retro Cocktail Hour
KANU FM 91.5
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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 00:10:48 -0400
From: "Brian" <brian@phyres.lan.mcgill.ca>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Amsterdam
Robbie wrote:
> I'm going to be making my first visit to Amsterdam in July - hurrah!
> Can anyone recommend any record shops, retro design shops,
> bars, clubs, museums etc that would be worth seeking out?
Amsterdam was home to one of the more interesting experimernatal music
stores (and label of the same name) I've ever visited, called Staalplaat.
I assume it's there as I visited its newly opened branch in Berlin last year
and it was even more loaded with goodies, from music to videos to books &
comics. I also went looking for the store I spent many days in while in the
city
in 1980, called Boudisque, and at that time it was just about the best store
I'd
ever visited. It was still there but it was just about as interesting as
going to
a shopping centre record store.
I don't know what else is still around as 5 years is a long time. As for
museums and other culture, Amsterdam is a great place to visit and I
wouldn't know where to start. It is also the home of the finest Indonesian
food in the
western world. Coming from the UK you may not find it a shock, but as
compared to Canada it is one expensive place to visit!
Brian
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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 08:45:47 +0200
From: edjunkita <edjunkita@wanadoo.nl>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Amsterdam
Moritz R wrote:
>edjunkita wrote:
>>There's not much else to do here
>
>don't believe this Dutchman! The natives from the "Low Countries" seem to hate themselves and don't find anything >good about their country.
Welcome back, Mo. For your information, I am not a Dutchman, but an Englishman in exile. It's just that 99,9% of
the Dutch are totally unhip to cool Retro and Exotica. There's virtually nothing like that here in Amsterdam (why do you think I'm so depending on this list, goddammit) Ok, I will turn off my frustration mode for a while and try to be more
helpful.
Bratwurstfresser Mo wrote:
>Eat Fricandel Special from an automatic vending-machine.
I strongly advise you not to. These contain the slaughterhouse leftovers (I'll leave it up to your imagination what may be) Better to check out some of the many Indonesian restaurants for a more tastier and healthier meal. Some of them have very nice Exotica interiors.
Museums:
The 3 main museums are conveniently next to each other on the Museumplein:
Rijksmuseum - pre 19th century Classicism - Rembrandt and his contemporaries
Van Gogh museum - 19th century Impressionism & Symbolism (one of my favourite museums)
Stedelijk Museum - 20th century Modernism
Exotica fanatics might want to check out the Tropenmuseum (=Tropical museum)
And if you're in a really cheezy mood the Sex museums (there's 2 different ones) or the Torture museum, where everything is totally fake.
Record shops:
Record Palace - Weteringschans 33
A good selection (although pricy) of 2nd hand jazz/soundtracks/50's-70's in the basement.
Listen all you want (self service)
Concerto - Utrechtsestraat 52-60
Although the 2nd hand section is not what it used to be, it's still worth checking out. Reasonably priced
and you can listen to the 2nd hand vinyl for as long as you want (self service). The New section has a
bit of everything, including a ok selection of lounge, soundtracks, triphop, dance, "world", etc.
Get Records - Utrechtsestraat 105
New CDs & Vinyl only, one of the best shops for alternative/independent guitar/dance/"world" etc.
Distrortion Records - Westerstraat 72
New & 2nd hand, small but good selection of alternative/independent guitar/dance music
Forever Changes - Bilderdijkstraat 148
New & 2nd hand Vinyl & CD, small but good selection of lounge/soundtracks/50's-now, some 2nd hand
and occasionly even some Exotica.
Datzzit - Prinsengracht 306
2nd hand CD's/LP's/45's/78's interesting stuff, but can be bit pricy
Sound of the Fifties - Prinsengracht 669
New and 2nd hand, mostly vinyl (someCD's) 50's& 60's /jazz
Boudisque - Haringpakkerssteeg 10-18
New CD's and some vinyl, not what it used to be, but they still have a bit of everything
Clubs (best to check out the flyers while you're here):
Winston Kingdom - Small bar/club, one of the few places where you can go to a decent
50's -70's retro party
Korsakoff - Liijnbaansgracht 161 - bar/club - "alternative" dance music
Paradiso - Weteringschans 6-8 - bands playing every night and dance parties afterwards
Melkweg - Lijnbaansgracht 234 - bands playing every night and dance parties afterwards
Mazzo - Rozengracht 114 (2Step, speedgarage etc. maybe an occasional retro party)
De Tweede Ronde - Van Slingelandtstraat - one of the few real thriftstores in Amsterdam
parks:
I reccomend the Vondelpark. (you can rent skates there)
Your trustworthy local native guide,
Edward
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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 09:20:10 +0200
From: edjunkita <edjunkita@wanadoo.nl>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Amsterdam
Brian wrote:
> Amsterdam was home to one of the more interesting experimernatal music
> stores (and label of the same name) I've ever visited, called
Staalplaat.
> I assume it's there as I visited its newly opened branch in Berlin
last year
> and it was even more loaded with goodies, from music to videos to
books &
> comics.
The Staalplaat in Amsterdam doesn't have comics and only a few books and
videos. I didn't mention it in my earlier post (not being a typical
exotica or
retro type shop) but it's interesting none the less.
The address is: Staalkade 6
> I also went looking for the store I spent many days in while in the
> city in 1980, called Boudisque, and at that time it was just about the
best
> store
> I'd ever visited. It was still there but it was just about as
interesting as
> going to a shopping centre record store.
They used to be the best store in town as they also used to be the
biggest
distributor in the country. Now they're... well sorta ok.
> It is also the home of the finest Indonesian food in the western
world.
True
> Coming from the UK you may not find it a shock, but as
> compared to Canada it is one expensive place to visit!
Totally not true! well CD's are a bit more expensive than many other
countries
(new Cd's can range from US $14 -$20, especially American CD's thanks to
the
high $ rate) but if you know where to go, Amsterdam is much cheaper than
Paris,
Berlin, London, New York, Rome, Scandinavia, Japan etc. (Not to mention
the
cheap drugs) You don't tip in bars and taxis, in restaurants only10% max
(if the
service was really good). Taxis are expensive, but Amsterdam is small,
so
everything is more or less walking distance. Rent a bike!
Your trustworthy Amsterdam native guide,
Edward
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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 12:24:31 +0200
From: Moritz R <tiki@netsurf.de>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Amsterdam
compared to your initial statement you finally came up with an amazing load of interesting spots in Amsterdam. It made me want to visit it again eventually...
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Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 19:42:15 +0200
From: Johan Dada Vis <quiet@village.uunet.be>
Subject: (exotica) BBC Radio 2 - Goon Show Night
BBC Radio 2's Goon Show night on Tuesday 29th May starting at 7 pm BST.
Here's the time-table:
19.00 Goons Night Introduciton
19.10 Spike Milligan's favourite Goon Show "The Fear Of Wages"
19.40 Modern day comedians select their favourite Goon Show moments
20.00 At Last The Go-On Show - revised version of programme
celebrating 40 years of the Goons
21.00 Just before Goon Rise - Denis Norden traces the history of the show
21.30 -22.30 - The Cardboard Replica Goon Show - re-creation of an
original Milligan/Larry Stephens script featuring Andrew Secombe (son
of Harry), Jon Glover & Jeffrey Holland Announcer Christopher
Timothy (son of Andrew Timothy). Lance Ellington performs one of his
father's songs and Harry Pitch performs the Max Geldray number.
Orchestra conducted by John Wilson.
BBC Radio 2 can be obtained via the WEB (http://www.bbc.co.uk)
On home page click on "Audio-Video" (at top of page) and when "Listen
Live" appears, select Radio 2
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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 13:18:43 -0400
From: alan zweig <azed@pathcom.com>
Subject: (exotica) old folks old lists
On this other list, people are talking about Dylan turning 60 and the whole
issue of short careers versus long careers.
So it makes me wonder, is this list finished?
Effectively over?
I know no one can answer that. But I just bought the fourth record by a
band whose first three records were huge for me and the fourth is kind of
not much.
And it makes me wonder about the whole issue of things running their course.
I have no idea how to revive this thing. Maybe it's time to bow out before
it gets even sadder.
AZ
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Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 02:29:08 +0800
From: "Jonny Perl" <delicado@cheerful.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Amsterdam
Hi Robbie,
Record Shops - as Marco mentioned, Get Records and Concerto are good, comprehensive stores, but mainly for new CDs.
My favorite store there was 'Forever Changes' on the Bilderdijkstrasse, which has a good selection of CDs and vinyl reissues, with some bargains in the 10 guilder bin.
Also, there's big vinyl store on the Prinsengracht near the looisgracht(?) on the west side.
Quite a few small interesting record stores are in the Jordaan area in the north west central canals. Oh, and the Noordermarkt on a Monday sometimes has great record deals.
In terms of clubs - there are 2 legendary venues - the Melkweg and the Paradiso, both of which often have interesting stuff on and could be worth a visit.
It's 2 years since I lived there, but it used to be that two sets of 'ez' DJ's were playing out reguarly - 'Easy Alohas' were playing at the Westergasfabriek on Sundays, and the 'B&M DJs' (slightly more house oriented, but of some interest) were playing at a bar called 'Seymour' near the Dam Square.
Again, this is possibly 2 years out of date, but if you're into the more caberet/club montepulciano side of the lounge scene, there is/was something on Sunday nights called 'Club Vegas'. In fact, I just found a website - so it looks like it's still going:
http://www.clubvegas.nl/vegas.html
Museums - I'd say the Stedilijk modern art museum is probably the most interesting.
Have frites met mayonnaise; have a good time!
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Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 02:39:59 +0800
From: "Jonny Perl" <delicado@cheerful.com>
Subject: Re: (exotica) I monster
>That Gunter Kallman Chorus track is on the
>Polydor 'Easy Listening' 2LP
>compilation which is a fairly common charity shop
>record in the UK.
>Been meaning to sample that for about 5 years. I
>hope the I Monster track does it justice...
I know what you mean! I think a lot of people into this stuff in England about five years ago leapt on this track. For me, it was about the first really cool E/Z track I owned on vinyl (sad, eh!), and I remember even doing a cover version (in private) with some friends.
FYI, The middle section of the song ('I've dreamed of the places I've been with you....') is lifted directly from a piece by Tchaikovsky.
Although this song is probably the least common of the three famous 'Daydreams' I know of (the others being the Lovin' Spoonful and Johnny Hodges/Duke Ellington), I've come across a couple other versions. One superb on is by Franck Pourcel, with a nice beat on it.
cheers,
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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 15:33:24 -0400
From: "cheryl" <cheryls@dsuper.net>
Subject: Re: (exotica) Amsterdam
Actually, one of the best cheeses in the world comes from Holland - aged
Gouda. It's sort of like real good Parmesan, but even better.
From: "Robert McKenna" <rmckenna@hotmail.com>
> I wouldn't be a huge fan of the, um, cuisine. Dutch farming is so
> industrialised the produce is tasteless.
cheryl
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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 15:37:45 -0500
From: Clayton Black <clayton.black@washcoll.edu>
Subject: Re: (exotica) old folks old lists
It took me a minute to figure out exactly what you were getting at, Alan,
but if you mean that all things run their course and that therefore this
list will as well, and the apparent "sadness" of discussion in recent
days/weeks/months/ is the sign that the list is "effectively over," then I
suppose that depends on your expectations. I suppose it's clear it can't be
forever what it once was for you--that thing that needs to be revived.
Or do you mean, on the other hand, that your interest in exotica is
waning? You've indicated in several ways that it might be taking a
different direction--your interest is more in sitars and now sound, and you
don't much care for tiki culture, so has your taste just evolved out of what
originally led you to the list? Or has the list evolved away from what led
you to it? If so, how?
I had the impression that the "fourth record" that disappointed you was
by a current band, in which case I wanted to say that although I've learned
a lot about current bands on this list, the list has never been about what
is new (although that is obviously not excluded) but about good music (or
good sounds) that the rest of the world seemed to leave behind. If there's
a revival of it, great. If not, it's still good music and I can still enjoy
it. As long as there are other people who think the same, I'll throw in my
two cents. I haven't added much lately because I don't know a thing about
what anyone's been talking about in recent weeks. Nor have I had any good
thrift finds. But as long as there are people on the list who have
interesting things to say, I'll hang on. (Hope that doesn't put the nail in
the coffin for you.)
If it's not too painful, do you mind saying what's lacking now? What's
"sad" about the list?
Clayton
> From: alan zweig <azed@pathcom.com>
> Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 13:18:43 -0400
> On this other list, people are talking about Dylan turning 60 and the whole
> issue of short careers versus long careers.
> So it makes me wonder, is this list finished?
> Effectively over?
> I know no one can answer that. But I just bought the fourth record by a
> band whose first three records were huge for me and the fourth is kind of
> not much.
> And it makes me wonder about the whole issue of things running their course.
> I have no idea how to revive this thing. Maybe it's time to bow out before
> it gets even sadder.
> AZ
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Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 20:20:05 -0000
From: "james brouwer" <jamesbrouwer@hotmail.com>
Subject: (exotica) "funtown" record?
I picked up a strange record at the local thrift the other day called
"Funtown" on K-Tel records, from 1976 I think. The cover shows a bunch of
different puppets and they sing current hits (Snowbird, etc.) in their weird
puppet voices, often changing the lyrics. They sort of look like a puppet
version of Hee-Haw. A few tracks on the disc use the moog too. It's tough to
listen to for long but it's odd enough to warrant keeping.
But it looks to be the spinoff of a TV show called "Funtown" which I don't
remember at all. Anyone know this show or this record? Can you throw some
