From: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com (exotica-digest) To: exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: exotica-digest V2 #1021 Reply-To: exotica-digest Sender: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes exotica-digest Thursday, July 26 2001 Volume 02 : Number 1021 In This Digest: (exotica) NYC album art show June 9 (exotica) Re: Swanky! (exotica) The Boss Guitars Re: (exotica) Re: Swanky! RE: (exotica) Re: Swanky! Re: (exotica) The Boss Guitars (exotica) Mo Bacharach please Re: (exotica) NYC album art show June 9 Re: (exotica) Bob & Ray Throw "A Stereo Spectacular" (exotica) Beikoku Ongaku (exotica) The poetic voice of Franklin McCormack RE: (exotica) Beikoku Ongaku Re: (exotica) Re: Swanky! (exotica) The Continental Re: (exotica) Moonflight, by Vik Venus Re: (exotica) The poetic voice of Franklin McCormack (exotica) Petticoat Junction Re: (exotica) some stuff picked up while away (exotica) Umiliani lives on Mp3.com! :) (exotica) Umiliani lives on Mp3.com! :) (exotica) [obit] Frances R. Horwich Re: (exotica) Petticoat Junction Re: (exotica) [obit] Frances R. Horwich (exotica) Music of the Mafia Re: (exotica) San Fran retro (exotica) [obit] Tessa Welborn, Morris, Judy Clay ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 09:44:46 -0700 (PDT) From: chuck Subject: (exotica) NYC album art show June 9 Leslie make sure to check this album cover art show out when you are in N Y. Rooms and rooms of gorgeaus lp covers displayed. Exotica, outer space, religious, childrens... This is a must. I believe it ends in August. I went to this with an exoticat who owns some 60,000 lps. Even he was impressed with a few of the covers. I found the exhibit amazing! Easy listneing in the Big Easy Chuck - --- Otto wrote: > here's the location > > Exit Art LP Cover Exhibition > Exit Art > 548 Broadway (between Spring and Prince, N or R train to Prince) > New York City > (212) 966-7745 > opening: June 9, 6:00 PM > > and now-Brooklun-based musician Phast Phreddie said this: > In fact, they > borrowed about 150 from me alone...mostly mambo and calypso > records. I > understand that they have borrowed LP covers from a LOT of local > collectors, > including The Hound and Jeremy Tepper/Rig Rocker. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:04:33 -0400 From: "Jenna Kimberlin" Subject: (exotica) Re: Swanky! Theres a place called Jack's Velvet Lounge at the Venetian, but the Peppermill is still your best bet. AJ's Steak House is supposed to be pseudo retro hip, but its in the Hard Rock Hotel (ick!) Jenna - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 15:54:03 From: "Albert Fish" Subject: (exotica) Swanky! Hello, ANyone know of any groovy lounges in Vegas? I'm familiar with The peppermill, Algiers and Voodoo. Anything els? Thanks A. Fish # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 19:53:39 +0000 From: SH Subject: (exotica) The Boss Guitars I have had The Boss Guitars album Makin’ Out At The Movies (on KAPP) for a couple of years now. It features electric-guitar-heavy arrangements of mid sixties movie themes. All sorts of movies. I have had the impression that it might have been a project by famous eastcoast session guitarplayers. Now I received another LP by The Boss Guitars, this is from about the same time (mid sixites) its on australian KAPP and features renditions of British and Motown hits of the day. Again in this great, radical sound and almost surfer’s mood. The first cut A Hard Days Night has got the Vinnie Bell trademark of wobbly reverb on the lead. I am now pretty sure The Boss Guitars were a Vincent Bell project. On Making Out at The Movies the sounds are often played through a Leslie Speaker. 12 string electrics are featured frequently. Among the keyboards is a celeste and Wurlitzer piano. On …Play The Winners I hear some danelectro sixstring bass, Magnatone vibrato, acoustic & electric 12 strings and celeste and Hammond organ. Some of the guitar leads suggest Mickey Baker heavily to me, on the other hand. I was very surprised to find this second record! Was the project continued even further? I like the sound, it has got so much of the Surfer’s Mood vibe. It never sounds overdubbed like the over the top Vinnie Bell stuff, which is great in its own right. The arrangements are professional and unique, while the performances give the impression of a hip rock’n roll band. Boss Guitars ? who of you knows more? KK # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 13:12:41 -0500 From: Matt Marchese Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Swanky! The Luxor has a Chinese restaurant called Papyrus upstairs next to the IMAX theater. It's got Polynesian decor with lots of bamboo and a very tiki-looking bar. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to check it out. Here's a URL to look at though: http://www.luxor.com/superset.php3/dining/papyrus.php3 Cheers, Matt Jenna Kimberlin wrote: > Theres a place called Jack's Velvet Lounge at the Venetian, but the > Peppermill is still your best bet. AJ's Steak House is supposed to be pseudo > retro hip, but its in the Hard Rock Hotel (ick!) > Jenna # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:39:23 -0700 From: "Benito Vergara" Subject: RE: (exotica) Re: Swanky! > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-exotica@lists.xmission.com > [mailto:owner-exotica@lists.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Matt Marchese > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 11:13 AM > The Luxor has a Chinese restaurant called Papyrus upstairs next > to the IMAX > theater. It's got Polynesian decor with lots of bamboo and a very > tiki-looking > bar. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to check it out. I wouldn't waste my time with it -- expensive, watered-down food, and the surroundings aren't that great (kind of a half-hearted attempt at something vaguely tiki -- nice big rattan chairs, though). The best thing at the Luxor (except for that light from the top of the pyramid) is of course the Blue Man Group -- not exotica-related, but still quite an experience. There's a casino where all the Hawaiians go to (or so says my wife's Hawaiian professor) -- I think it's called the California, if I remember correctly, and I think it was off of Fremont St. Sure enough it was full of Filipinos and Japanese in Hawaiian shirts, plus sushi and poi stands. That was swanky enough for me. Later, Ben http://members.tripod.com/~tamad2/ ICQ: 12832406 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:42:27 -0400 From: alan zweig Subject: Re: (exotica) The Boss Guitars At 07:53 PM 7/25/01 +0000, SH wrote: > Now I received another LP by The Boss Guitars, this is from about >the same time (mid sixites) its on australian KAPP and features >renditions of British and Motown hits of the day. Again in this great, >radical sound and almost surfer=92s mood. The first cut A Hard Days Nigh= t >has got the Vinnie Bell trademark of wobbly reverb on the lead. I am now >pretty sure The Boss Guitars were a Vincent Bell project. If you're sure, then go for it. To me there was so much of this stuff - and I buy as much of it as I can see - and there were so many session guy= s doing this, that I can only rule out who it isn't, not identify who it is. I don't think I've ever heard a Vinnie Bell record that sounds like this but that doesn't mean anything . I see his name on lots of records but t= he only ones I actually identify with him are the gloop-gloop watery guitar one (with Nikki on it) and the electric sitar one. I basically identify these as to how fat or thin the guitar sound is. The Boss Guitars are somewhere in the middle, not as fat as Billy Strange and not as thin as these things can get. Then again, their version of Needles and Pins does have some effect happening with the guitar that I guess is consistent wit= h Vincent. I guess you can tell I went and put on the record to write this. This was the center of my taste for a while there. I really thought of myself as the Now Sound Guy. But I haven't actually listened to this kin= d of stuff for a long time and I'm not all that impressed right now. This is distressing. AZ=20 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:46:37 -0400 From: alan zweig Subject: (exotica) Mo Bacharach please I just listened to Mo's Bacharach CD. It certainly is Bacharach. He said it was going to be Bacharach doing Bacharach but somehow I didn't believe him. But it is. I still can't believe this is from Moritz. But obviously I have many preconceptions and they need to be shattered. I have everything that's on here so I guess I'll just send it to cheryl now. AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:52:43 -0400 From: James Botticelli Subject: Re: (exotica) NYC album art show June 9 on 7/25/01 12:44 PM, chuck at chuckmk@yahoo.com wrote: > > Leslie make sure to check this album cover art show out when you > are in N Y. Rooms and rooms of gorgeaus lp covers displayed. > Exotica, outer space, religious, childrens... This is a must. I > believe it ends in August. I went to this with an exoticat who > owns some 60,000 lps. Even he was impressed with a few of the > covers. I found the exhibit amazing! > > Easy listneing in the Big Easy > Chuck > second on that...all around excellent array and lots and lots and lots to see....sorry I missed you Chuck..I heard it was only a day or two apart. The show was contributed to by Irwin chusid and Jack Fetterman among others (Jack is producer of "Soundtracks For Drinking" at Bar d'O at 6th and Downing in the East Village www.inhifi.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 15:28:30 -0400 From: "m.ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) Bob & Ray Throw "A Stereo Spectacular" > > While I have not heard it, I have seen stuff about it. This is NOT the > > Bob and Ray of comedy fame, from my understanding > >It's most definitely the Two and Only of comedy fame, Bob Elliott >and Ray Goulding. As I recall, they sort of "host" this album, Sounds like Byron and I read the same misinformation. At least I know it's not just my slowly deteriorating mind. - --m.ace # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 15:44:43 -0400 From: nytab@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) Beikoku Ongaku From the latest Other Music release list comes this item: BEIKOKU ONGAKU "Issue 18" (Beikoku Ongaku, Japan) Magazine+CD $17.99 New issue of this ultra-styley Japanese mag (+CD) with features on artist Guy Peelleart, Air, Michele Lockwood, the next installment of their 2000 discs of the century series, more. CD contains tracks by Tipsy, Peggy Honeywell, Ursula 1000, Monokini, Steven, Mia Doi Todd, and many others. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 15:50:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Lenkei Subject: (exotica) The poetic voice of Franklin McCormack I found an album by this guy called "the torch is burning" I'd never heard of him, but it's on the Liberty label and had one of those cheesy cheescake covers so I thought I'd take a chance. Frank does not sing, he just recites the words to a group of standards in a very, very relaxed voice, as if he had taken a few drinks or puffs too many. Anyone else ever hear this thing? Does he have any other albums? His speaking voice is actually a bit creepy, so now I'm a bit intrigued. - - bruce # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 13:06:59 -0700 From: "Benito Vergara" Subject: RE: (exotica) Beikoku Ongaku > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-exotica@lists.xmission.com > [mailto:owner-exotica@lists.xmission.com]On Behalf Of nytab@pipeline.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 12:45 PM > BEIKOKU ONGAKU "Issue 18" (Beikoku Ongaku, Japan) > Magazine+CD $17.99 p.s. It's $15.95 at Twee Kitten (no, I don't work for them or know anyone who works there -- it's just that I received a nice little shipment of Siesta and Bambini CDs from them yesterday (a new Girlfrendo CD!!!), and so Twee Kitten (http://www.tweekitten.com) is foremost in my mind right now). Later, Ben np: burt bacharach, "the look of love box set" http://members.tripod.com/~tamad2/ ICQ: 12832406 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 15:01:53 -0700 From: Christine Karkow Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Swanky! on 7/25/01 11:39, Benito Vergara at bvergara@sfsu.edu wrote: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-exotica@lists.xmission.com >> [mailto:owner-exotica@lists.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Matt Marchese >> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 11:13 AM > >> The Luxor has a Chinese restaurant called Papyrus upstairs next >> to the IMAX >> theater. It's got Polynesian decor with lots of bamboo and a very >> tiki-looking >> bar. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to check it out. > let us not forget my favorite place when I'm in Vegas, Champagnes. its on maryland south of desert inn. Its not a tiki place, but it is great, very red and open 24h. they give the first drink free to casino workers coming off shift. to me that is the quintessential vegas place. Plus, great jukebox with lots of tom jones, dean martin etc. I also went to a place called the Monte Carlo, which has some good musical acts. its rather '80s style, but worth a visit anyways. its behind the buffalo exchange off of Maryland. I've been told that the Atomic on east fremont is quite an experience, but its kinda dangerous. Its looks cool though... have fun in Vegas!!! christine # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 17:06:09 -0700 From: Paul Penna Subject: (exotica) The Continental Byron (bag@hubris.net) wrote: >Actually, I think his title was "The Continental." I heard that that the >organist playing with his words d'amore was none other than Eddie >Baxter. My album on Capitol entitled "Camp!" T2474 says TC was Renzo >Cesana, which means absolutely nothing to me...but maybe it does to someone >else! I have yet to see an entire album featuring The Continental. I have >only seen him on 78 singles and, if I am not mistaken, only on one side of >each...the other given only to the organ. I, too, would like more info and >even a pointer to a discography. Wouldn't it be great to have an entire >collection of his solioquys? (maybe not to play start to finish, but to use >selections occasionally within larger programs) Check out his listing on the imdb; he has a goodly number of film and TV credits. He apparently did his "Continental" schtick on radio as well, and was familiar enough to be lampooned in an early 1950s Popeye cartoon (the title of which doesn't come to mind), with Olive Oyle swooning over a suave, accented playboy on the radio billed as "The International," played in this case by Bluto, of all people. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 21:29:52 EDT From: Dlsmay@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Moonflight, by Vik Venus We considered it for inclusion on the Bubblegum 100 list, but it didn't make the final cut. << Strangely, there's *NO* mention of Vik Venus I've seen in that incredible new "Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth" book. >> # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 19:08:59 -0700 From: "basic hip" Subject: Re: (exotica) The poetic voice of Franklin McCormack > I found an album by this guy called "the torch is burning" > I'd never heard of him, but it's on the Liberty label and had one of > those cheesy cheescake covers so I thought I'd take a chance. > > Frank does not sing, he just recites the words to a group of standards in > a very, very relaxed voice, as if he had taken a few drinks or puffs too > many. Anyone else ever hear this thing? Does he have any other albums? His > speaking voice is actually a bit creepy, so now I'm a bit intrigued. If you ask me, this is a great find. Not only is the cover stunning, but more importantly, you have now been introduced to a significant star of the airwaves, Franklyn McCormack (1906-1971) A veteran of 46 years in show business, Franklyn MacCormack was a well-known personality on Chicago radio since 1933. With a voice like warm molasses, MacCormack filled the air for Chicago's night people with a quiet blend of soft music, nostalgic poetry and tranquil patter. His listeners ranged from misty-eyed teen-agers returning from dates to policemen on stakeouts who relaxed to his "quiet hour tones designed to tie memories to." Nowhere near as hip as Ken Nordine, but every bit as gifted. In fact, if I had to choose, I dare say I'd rather listen to FM over the long haul. One of his best known achievements was his collaboration with Wayne King on Melody of Love, in which he recited the sentimental "Because I Love You". Franklyn MacCormack died the day after suffering a heart attack while on the air during his WGN All-Night Showcase in 1971. Read much more and see photos here at WGN's site: http://www.wgnradio.com/history/75th02.htm I have a couple of other FM records. One is An Evening with FM. Then there are a couple of Stanford Univeristy teaching records to help you relax and develop a "pleasing personality". The same track repeats itself on each side of the yellow gold vinyl. Sean Pearman made me a CD-R of his recital of Vagabond House. A very enthusiastic thumbs up! # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 23:11:33 -0400 From: alan zweig Subject: (exotica) Petticoat Junction This is off topic but I don't belong to an old TV show mailing list so I'll ask here. I was just flipping the channels and came across an episode of Petticoat Junction, the theme song of which I could sing you if you want. (And there's Uncle Joe, he's a moving kind of slow, at the Junction) Anyway when I turned it on, one of the daughters - the dark-haired one who may be the youngest - was dancing in her bedroom. The first thing I noticed was that she was way more uh... "stacked" than I remember her. But then I noticed on the wall behind her was a pennant for "Hooterville". Back in the sixties when I watched this, no one I knew called them "hooters". Do you think this was a coincidence or a sly joke on the part of the writers? AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:39:34 +0200 From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) some stuff picked up while away G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk schrieb: > I did get some new stuff. > > A couple of budget re-issues, they seem legit, on vinyl: > Les Baxter's African Jazz > Quite tame really, a couple of tracks were more South American than African, > but mostly polite Jazz with Bongo's. Quite nice in a cocktail party kind of > way. Nothing that really took my fancy. I bought that one too and I agree with your review. Except I don't think it's legit. I think it's a typical bootleg with no mentioning of the reissue whereabouts whatsoever. Mo ........................................................................ studio ® http://moritzR.de tiki@netsurf.de # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:52:47 +0200 From: Nicola Battista Subject: (exotica) Umiliani lives on Mp3.com! :) http://genres.mp3.com/music/easy_listening/lounge/ he's got no.1 and no.2 in the Lounge genre on the same day:) regards Nicola Dj Batman Battista # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:52:55 +0200 From: Nicola Battista Subject: (exotica) Umiliani lives on Mp3.com! :) http://genres.mp3.com/music/easy_listening/lounge/ he's got no.1 and no.2 in the Lounge genre on the same day:) regards Nicola Dj Batman Battista # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:50:03 -0400 From: nytab@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obit] Frances R. Horwich http://www.google.com/search?q=%22ding+dong+school%22 July 26, 2001 Frances R. Horwich, 94, Host of 'Ding Dong School' in 50's Is Dead By DANIEL J. WAKIN,NYTimes Frances R. Horwich, the amiable educator who engaged millions of preschoolers as the host of the pioneering children's program "Ding Dong School" in the 1950's, died yesterday. She was 93. Ringing an old-fashioned school bell to start the show, she would look into the camera, warmly wish a good morning and ask, "How are you today?" She paused so that toddlers at home, watching a somewhat matronly figure in swept-back hair and wearing a wool jacket, could answer. And they often did, thanks to her kindly, conversational style. Then, "Miss Frances" would tell stories or demonstrate activities, like making pipe-cleaner figures or clay models. She used inexpensive, familiar toys and interspersed her presentation with unobtrusive lessons: "Ask your mother where to play with it," for a homemade musical instrument. "Be sure your sleeves are rolled up," for a messier project. The half-hour show ended with a five-minute summation of the material. "Ding Dong School" began on a Chicago station, WNBQ, in 1952. It was so popular that after six weeks, NBC picked up the program, and soon it was seen in at least 36 cities, with viewership reaching three million. The program was broadcast live at 10 a.m. on weekdays for four years, going to WNET in New York in 1959. "Ding Dong School," directed and produced by Reinald Werrenrath Jr., was one of a series of high-quality, innovative broadcasts by WNBQ that became its own of golden age of television, said Jeff Kisseloff, a television historian. Unlike many of the children's show hosts of the period, Ms. Horwich "actually taught kids things," Mr. Kisseloff said. And rather than the "high-tech, dazzly stuff" of today, "it was her sitting in front of a piano or a drawing table," he said. "The intent was to educate the kids plainly and straightforwardly," he said. "The fact was that it worked. You didn't need all the bells and whistles to keep kids watching." Its daily competitors at the time were "Captain Kangaroo" on CBS and "Mickey Mouse Theater" on ABC. A few years later, the successors to "Ding Dong School" appeared: "Sesame Street" and "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood." In her era, a far simpler time when there was no Cartoon Network or hip, irony-tinged children's programs, Ms. Horwich won acclaim. She received a George Foster Peabody award in 1953. "She imbues in the youngsters a sense of friendliness, confidence and faith that is truly magical television," The New York Times television critic, Jack Gould, wrote that year. "She is a teacher, yes, but she is also a very genuine friend of the tots who sit entranced before the receivers." When she began promoting the products of sponsors, however, Mr. Gould called the step "heartbreaking." "The program is too important in too many homes to be allowed to go astray through regrettable short- sightedness," he wrote. In interviews, Ms. Horwich seemed better at saying what children's programming should not be. "I don't think a television program should make a child's life complicated," she said in a 1955 interview. "It should not get him into trouble with his parents. Sometimes very innocently a television program teaches a child a trick that is not socially acceptable and, therefore, gets him into trouble. It is not socially acceptable to throw a pie at someone or to fill someone's hat with water," she added, perhaps a not-so-subtle jab at Bozo the Clown. She also deplored the violence of Westerns and crime programs, though added that normal children could handle it. What television should do is appeal to their interests, open "new doors and windows" of enlightenment and help children learn to be resourceful, Ms. Horwich said. Frances Rappaport was born in Ottawa, Ohio, on July 16, 1908, and received a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago in 1929. She earned her doctorate in education from Northwestern University in 1942. In 1931, she married Harvey L. Horwich, who was later a technical consultant to the United States Air Force. Mr. Horwich died in the early 1970's. The couple had no children. For more than two decades before first ringing the "Ding Dong" bell, Ms. Horwich worked in education. She taught first grade, supervised nursery schools in Chicago, was a principal, and held professorships in education at the University of North Carolina and Roosevelt College in Chicago. But her biggest class was filled with the millions of children in America's living rooms born just a few years after World War II. "Our little school gives them a sense of belonging," she said. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:18:02 -0500 From: "Colleen Pyles" Subject: Re: (exotica) Petticoat Junction Good question, Alan. Come to think of it, I don't think I recall anyone calling them "hooters" in my childhood...but for some reason, in my mind, I thought it was a reference to the two (or one) horns on the model T type car that sorta stuck out on the side. Or those clown horns... - ---- Begin Original Message ---- From: alan =A0zweig Sent: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 23:11:33 -0400 To: Exotica mailing list Subject: (exotica) Petticoat Junction This is off topic but I don't belong to an old TV show mailing list so I'll ask here. I was just flipping the channels and came across an episode of Petticoat Junction, the theme song of which I could sing you if you want. (And there's Uncle Joe, he's a moving kind of slow, at the Junction) Anyway when I turned it on, one of the daughters - the dark-haired one who may be the youngest - was dancing in her bedroom. =A0The first thing I noticed was that she was way more uh... "stacked" than I remember her. =A0But then I noticed on the wall behind her was a pennant for "Hooterville". Back in the sixties when I watched this, no one I knew called them "hooters". =A0Do you think this was a coincidence or a sly joke on the = part of the writers? AZ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. - ---- End Original Message ---- Colleen _____________________________________ Get your free E-mail at http://www.ireland.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:36:09 -0500 From: "Colleen Pyles" Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit] Frances R. Horwich Ah, yes, I remember Miss Frances, one of the first things I saw when we got a TV. She was so sweet. Frances R. Horwich, 94, Host of 'Ding Dong School' in 50's Is Dead By DANIEL J. WAKIN,NYTimes Frances R. Horwich, the amiable educator who engaged millions of preschoolers as the host of the pioneering children's program "Ding Dong School" in the 1950's, died yesterday. She was 93. Colleen _____________________________________ Get your free E-mail at http://www.ireland.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 23:55:56 +0200 From: "Arjan Plug" Subject: (exotica) Music of the Mafia http://www.malavita.com/e/main.html - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---- Newsweek International, March 2001 This Is Definately Not a Love Song Rap isn't the only musical form dominated by the gangsta. Last year "Il Canto Di Malavita" ("The Song of the Bad Life") - a CD of traditional mafia songs - was released worldwide. And now an elusive foursome is going on tour with the tunes, giving global audiences a glimpse into a very secret world - so elusive and secret that the quartet operates without a name, rehearses without amplifiers deep in the heart of mafia country and has an ever-changing lineup (mafioso do have a tendency to disappeare). Their music is banned in Italy, as is public association with the mafia. So, much like their forefathers, these gangstas are leaving the homeland behind - and heading for neutral Switzerland, no less. In July they perform at the famous Montreux Jazz Festival. (Did Godfather get them the gig?) But think twice before taking your kids. The lyrics are pretty violent. Some screaming samples: "Get ready to die, your time has come.", "Traitor, I'll slash your face and watch you die.", "Step forward now out of the crowd, and let me twist my knife deep within.", "While the sawed-off shotgun sings, the traitor screams and dies.". Arjan # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 20:46:23 EDT From: Tipsydave@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) San Fran retro >I'm going to be in SF the 8-13th and am very interested in enjoying any >retro-themed martini bars, tiki bars, lounges, etc. Recommendations? Well, there's the Deluxe, on Haight Street, that even has live exotica bands sometimes. On Polk Street there's the Red Devil Lounge, which is a little swank for my tastes, and a very gay lounge-themed bar, the Lush Lounge. There's the Beauty bar at Mission and 19th, but I hate it because it displaced a favorite sleazy dive. Myself, I tend to hang out in the various Korean bars on Geary downtown, especially the High Tide. Hawaii West in north beach now has karaoke! There's plenty more good ones. San Francisco is loaded with bars of all sorts. And record shops. (i hope you meant august 8-13, and this isn't too late) - -dave Tonga Room - located in the Fairmont Hotel on Nob Hill in downtown SF. I went there last Sunday and had a really enjoyable time. Expensive, but it's worth it just for the simulated tropical thunderstorms. Trad'r Sams - small neighborhood tiki bar on Geary St. near the big Russian Orthodox church. Beware, this bar can be filled with surly locals and barkeeps who don't mix the drinks correctly. - -the decor's nice, but it's never seemed that fun to me. ZamZam - this is a very odd little bar on Haight St. that's run by a guy who only opens it when he feels like it. He tells you what you will have to drink (usually a martini) and will throw you out if you ask for anything else. - -actually, this guy died just recently. # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 23:24:33 -0400 From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) [obit] Tessa Welborn, Morris, Judy Clay From 7/23/01 Daily Telegraph (London) -- TESSA WELBORN, who has died aged 72, was the designer responsible for the bikini worn by Ursula Andress in the film Dr No; she was also an actress and, in her later years, the owner of a private drinking club in the West End of London. Tessa Prendergast, as she then was, set up her clothes design business with a partner in the late 1950s in her native Jamaica. Her most important commission came when the makers of Dr No invited her to design costumes for the Bond film, including what was to become the world's most celebrated bikini. Miss Andress wore the ivory-coloured bathing costume, adorned with an army belt and commando knife, as she emerged from the sea on to a tropical beach. The outfit was sold earlier this year at Christie's to Robert Earl, owner of the Planet Hollywood restaurant chain, for =A341,125. Tessa Welborn was born Marie Therese Prendergast into a prosperous family in Jamaica on October 17 1928, although only half a dozen people were ever allowed to know her age. Her father, Louis Prendergast, was a plantation owner who died when she was in her infancy; her mother later married Noel Nethersole, who established the People's National Party with Norman Manley and became minister of finance. After school in Kingston, Tessa Prendergast studied at New Rochelle University, New York, and at the Sorbonne in Paris. She lived for a time in Italy, and was briefly engaged to Prince Vittorio Massimo. In the 1950s, Tessa Prendergast became an actress, landing the role of the Tahitian love interest opposite Burt Lancaster in His Majesty O'Keefe (1953). The deep sea cameraman was Scottie Welborn, whom she married. But her acting career did not prosper, and she turned to designing clothes with a partner, Liz de Lisser. She later moved to London, and in the mid-1970s took over the Little House Club, in Shepherd Market, Mayfair. The house, built by Lord Shepherd in 1742, had been a private members' drinking club since 1928. Tessa Welborn remained owner - and secretary - of the club until her death, living above a small bar which attracted members such as John Hurt, Sir Clive Sinclair, and Viscount Gormanston. She was to be found almost every night perched at the end of the bar, radiating glamour and absorbing - but never repeating - the gossip imparted to her by her habitues. She drank only pink Champagne, except at breakfast, when she favoured a Bellini; any complaint that it was too early for alcohol was met with the reply: "Darling, it's cocktail hour somewhere in the world - I can't let them drink alone." In 1988 Tessa Welborn helped to establish the Shepherd Market Association, which has so far raised =A3146,000 for charity. She had recently been= involved in organising a performance of La Boheme to benefit Arthritis Care and the Mayur Earthquake Appeal. Tessa Welborn's marriage to Scottie Welborn was dissolved in 1958; they had a daughter, who survives her. She married, secondly, William Davies, a businessman, who predeceased her. - ------------------------------------------------------------ Morris --- (from today's Daily Telegraph) MORRIS, the Belgian cartoonist Maurice de Bevere, who has died aged 77, was= =20 the creator of the strip cartoon character Lucky Luke, a nonchalant cowboy= =20 who=20 roamed the Wild West fighting injustice. Slim in build, and with a relaxed approach to life, Lucky Luke was undaunted= =20 by the rigours of the frontier, where towns welcomed visitors with signs=20 such=20 as "Stranger, many came here for gold, but found lead". His confidence rested on his extraordinary skill with a gun - he could draw= =20 his pistol faster than his shadow did. All the while, a hand-rolled=20 cigarette=20 defied gravity on the edge of his bottom lip. Lucky Luke came across a range of comical Wild West stereotypes on his=20 travels=20 - - the long-suffering barman, the cynical undertaker, the cowardly sheriff=20 and=20 the travelling quack. Alfred Hitchcock, Gary Cooper and Jean Gabin lookalikes also found their way= =20 into Lucky Luke's world, as well as caricatures of such historical=20 characters=20 as Calamity Jane, Jesse James, Buffalo Bill and Billy the Kid, who Morris=20 depicted sleeping in his cradle sucking on his Colt Pacifier. In many of the stories, the farcical Dalton Brothers, identical except in=20 height and intelligence, would escape from jail only to be recaptured by=20 Lucky=20 Luke. His quick wits would invariably reduce the youngest of the four=20 brothers=20 to fits of rage, as did his eldest and tallest brother's obsession with=20 food.=20 Another favourite was the lazy dog Rin Tin Can - a parody of Rin Tin Tin,=20 the=20 canine star of the 1930s American films admired by Morris for their "cheap= =20 romanticism". The dog began trailing Lucky Luke after he saved it from the= =20 Daltons, who were after a fortune it had inherited. Characterised primarily= =20 by=20 an exceptional stupidity, Rin Tin Can was given his own series of cartoons= =20 from 1987. Like the heroes of the Western films so beloved by Morris, Lucky Luke would= =20 invariably end his adventures by riding off into the sunset in his bandana= =20 and=20 Stetson. Despite his parting refrain - "I'm a poor lonesome cowboy, and a=20 long=20 way from home" - he could always rely on the companionship of his trusty and= =20 versatile horse Jolly Jumper, who spoke, cooked and played poker. Maurice de Bevere was born at Courtrai, in Belgium, on Dec 1, 1923. At=20 school,=20 he would amuse fellow pupils with caricatures of his Jesuit schoolteachers -= =20 later his models for the undertakers in the Lucky Luke series. He said that= =20 while other cartoonists would sketch in the margins of their exercise books,= =20 he would sketch on the main page and use the margins for his school work.=20 During the Second World War, he became a Law student at Louvain University= =20 in=20 an attempt to avoid being sent to work in Germany, but this ploy was=20 unsuccessful and he had to under take forced labour in a steel factory.=20 After the war, using the professional name "Morris", he took a job as an=20 illustrator for the Belgian comic Le Moustique, for which he drew covers. He= =20 then worked in a cartoonist's studio in Brussels under the supervision of=20 Joseph Gillain, who drew under the name Jije. With fellow cartoonists Andre= =20 Franquin - the creator of Gaston Lagaffe - and Will, they became known as=20 the=20 "gang of four". At this time Morris also met Peyo, who later created the=20 Smurfs. Lucky Luke made his first appearance at the end of 1946 in L'Almanach=20 Spirou,=20 and soon became a regular feature in the weekly Spirou magazine. These were= =20 compiled in 1949 in La Mine d'or de Dick Digger, the first of 30 Lucky Luke= =20 books to be published by Dupuis before Morris switched to Editions Dargaud.= =20 Morris later said that the inspiration for the character had been his=20 bow-legged, chain-smoking landlady, who liked to sing a popular song of the= =20 time, Je suis seule ce soir. In 1948, Morris moved to America with Jije and Franquin, travelling through= =20 the landscapes that were to provide the set for Lucky Luke's adventures.=20 There=20 he worked with Harvey Kurzman and Jack Davis, the founders of Mad magazine.= =20 But he failed to forge a career in America and returned to Europe in 1954.= =20 In America, Morris also met the cartoonist Rene Goscinny, who, with Uderzo,= =20 later created Asterix. Back in Europe, Goscinny collaborated with Morris on= =20 the cartoon Des Rails sur la Prairie (1955). Goscinny continued to work with= =20 Morris on the Lucky Luke stories until his death in 1977, which for many=20 marked the end of a golden age for the series. In order not to offend modern American sensibilities, Morris had recently=20 introduced Chinese characters who did not work in laundries, narrowed the=20 lips=20 of the black characters, and exchanged Lucky Luke's cigarette for a blade of= =20 grass; in recognition of this, Morris was awarded a medal at the World=20 Health=20 Organisation's first No Tobacco Day in 1988. The Lucky Luke adventures have been translated into 30 languages, and 200=20 million copies have been sold world-wide. It has inspired two television=20 series, in 1983 and 1989, a film starring Terence Hill, and three=20 feature-length cartoons - Daisy Town (1971), La Ballade des Dalton (1981)=20 and=20 Les Dalton en Cavale (1983), produced by Hanna Barbera. Morris's final Lucky= =20 Luke book, The Prophet, is due to be published later this year. When asked what the hidden message of his stories was, Morris would reply=20 that=20 the message was so well hidden that he himself had not yet found it. He spoke seven languages, and collected figures of acrobats. He is survived= =20 by=20 his wife, Francine. - -------------------------------- Judy Clay Soul singer whose career floundered in the face of American racism Billy Vera Friday July 27, 2001 The Guardian Judy Clay, who has died aged 62, was a hell of a singer. But, apart from two duets with me, Storybook Children (1967) and Country Girl-City Man in 1968, and two records later that year with William Bell, Private Number and My Baby Specialises, she had no chart success. This must have been no small source of frustration. You can't have a voice as good as hers and not know how good you are; she was, arguably, one of the best in her adopted family, which also included Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick, and Cissy and Whitney Houston, as well as her own sister, Sylvia Shemwell. As an act, Judy and I - Billy Vera and Judy Clay - were notable for being the United States' first racially integrated duo, a fact which, even in the 1960s, prevented us from being seen on national television. Other than an appearance on Hy Lit's show on WKBS in Philadelphia, and one on Robin Seymour's Swingin' Time in Detroit, our little revolution was never televised. In New York, the Clay Cole Show taped us but, once they knew our racial makeup, our segment was never aired. To add to the indignity, we went on to see our songs performed on network TV by Sammy Davis Jr and Tina Turner, and by Peter Lawford and Minnie Pearl. We were never taken up as a cause by the limousine liberals of the day. This may have had something to do with the fact that our audience was mostly everyday blacks and working-class whites. Our music was just plain old soul, so the hippie culture found nothing in us to connect with. We didn't wear leather fringe vests and bell-bottom jeans. Judy went on in floor-length gowns and my outfits were mohair continental suits. We played the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, not the Fillmore East. And that was just fine with the un-chic bridge-and-tunnel crowd and the Harlemites, who gave us standing ovations, even as bloody riots were taking place across the Hudson river in Newark, New Jersey. Our first Apollo appearance was during those riots, and stage manager Honi Coles, fearing that we might not be well received, put us second on the bill, the spot usually reserved for the weakest acts. After the first house, he came to our dressing room and said, "I'm moving you to right before the star's spot; ain't nobody gonna follow you two." Given today's unfortunate state of race relations in the US, it is hard to imagine what an act like ours meant to an older generation of black Americans, to whom integration and assimilation were goals. I recall coming off stage one night after we had stopped the show - and been forced to do an encore of Storybook Children - and seeing Judy's "aunt", Cissy Houston, crying tears of joy and hope in the wings, with her four-year-old daughter Whitney in her arms. Judy was born Judy Guions in St Paul, North Carolina, and soon moved to Fayetteville, where she was raised by her grandmother. She started singing in church as a small child. Moving to Brookyn in the early 1950s, she continued her church singing, indeed her choir featured on Sunday night radio. By her early teens, she had been adopted by Lee Drinkard, of the famous gospel group, the Drinkard Singers. Lee was Cissy Houston's sister and Dionne Warwick's mother - and Judy was soon involved in the group with them, as well as with Dionne's sister Delia, Dee Dee Warwick. The Drinkard Singers released three albums in the 1950s which featured Judy - the Newport Spiritual Stars record in 1954, a live album from the Newport jazz festival and a 1958 studio LP. Judy's voice could raise the roof and stir the soul; if you ever run across a copy of that 1958 RCA Victor album, grab it and see what I'm talking about. In 1961, Judy recorded More Than You Know/ I'd Thought I'd Gotten Over You as a solo artist. More singles followed, on Ember, Lavette, Scepter and Stax. Then, on Atlantic in 1968, came our Story Book Children/ Really Together. Many years after Judy and I had performed at the Apollo, the legendary manager of that theatre, Ralph Cooper, pulled me from a crowd, took me in his arms and told a roomful of people how important he felt our act was. It had been seen at the time in Harlem as a giant step forward. After she had made two singles with William Bell, and a couple more solo singles, Judy and I cut one more duet, Reaching For The Moon, recorded for Atlantic at the Muscle Shoals studio. One solo single she recorded there, Greatest Love, made the r&b charts. Subsequently, she worked as a back-up singer, underwent brain surgery at the end of the 1970s, and released Stayin' Alive, recorded live in Newark. In later years, Judy and I would speak by phone once or twice a year. She was back in North Carolina, singing occassionally with Cissy Houston's baptist choir in Newark, and very proud that the baby she was carrying when we first met had grown up to become a West Point graduate. And no one was prouder than she when I finally managed to get a big hit of my own, At This Moment, some 20 years after our moment. She used to tell me, "Duets are coming back. We ought to make another record." When I was working as leader of the houseband on a late-night network talk show, I tried, and almost convinced, the powers there to book Judy so we could perform together once more. But, being the whores for ratings TV people tend to be, there was always one more flavour-of-the-week act which took precedence. With Judy's passing, we have lost a great singer who never got her due. She is survived by two sons, Todd and Leo, a brother, Raymond, and her sister, Sylvia Shemwell, of the Sweet Inspirations. =95 Judy Clay (Judith Grace Gatewood) singer, born September 12 1938; died July 19 2001 # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ End of exotica-digest V2 #1021 ******************************