From: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com (exotica-digest) To: exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: exotica-digest V2 #506 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 Wednesday, September 29 1999 Volume 02 : Number 506 In This Digest: Italian reprints: a survey (?!) (was Re: (exotica) Friendly Persuasion Internet Radio Show) (exotica) older turntables / 78s (exotica) A Sacrifice to the Tiki Gods (exotica) [obit] Harold Kress Re: Italian reprints: a survey (?!) (was Re: (exotica) Friendly Persuasion In... (exotica) Playlist for "Mondo Bongos" Sept 29, 1999 (exotica) more 78 labels (exotica) [obit] Harold Kress (exotica) Movie Posters (exotica) more 78 labels (exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #504 (exotica) A Sacrifice to the Tiki Gods Re: (exotica) #14 Issue of COOL AND STRANGE MUSIC! MAGAZINE (exotica) Alessandroni/mp3.com news (exotica) Exotica under rooftop..... (exotica) Jack Jones sings Michel Legrand (exotica) [obit] Marion Zimmer Bradley (exotica) AstroSlut Concert Report and Poster Scan. More James Brown etc. (Re: (exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #504) (exotica) AstroSlut Concert Report and Poster Scan. FWD>(exotica) AstroSlut Concert Report and Poster Scan. Re: FWD>(exotica) AstroSlut Concert Report and Poster Scan. Re: (exotica) James Brown on Smash (was Fame controversy) (exotica) The Guitorgan! Re: (exotica) James Brown on Smash (was Fame controversy) (exotica) BEWARE! Re: (exotica) AstroSlut Concert Report and Poster Scan. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 14:30:06 +0200 From: Nicola Battista Subject: Italian reprints: a survey (?!) (was Re: (exotica) Friendly Persuasion Internet Radio Show) Hello Otis!!! welcome!!!! (hey have u got my private mails for you??????????? or do u have a new addy now??? please get in touch!) And now a message for all listmembers: I will probably be Film Music Art Studio's partner in a new line of 7" singles... we're gonna do a lounge singles club or something like that, with Italian soundtracks and library music. First release could come out at the end of the year... I was wondering if any of your could help me with preferences... write me in private at djbatman@tin.it, I will then post results here. Sooo... what I'd liek to know is basically: 1) do you prefer originals, remixes/manipulations, or both? (my personal vision is that we should do both...) 2) if you said "both" for point 1) do you prefer separate releases for the remixes or would you like the remix printed together with the original? 3) any suggestions for Italian stuff to reprint? (i.e. both composers, film titles, track titles...) thanks for you attention! :) bye, 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: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 13:42:42 +0100 From: "Phil Clark" Subject: (exotica) older turntables / 78s hey exoticafolks Someone said: "I'm in the market for an older model turntable (late 60's, early 70's). One > that plays 16, 33, 45 and 78 speeds. > > These generate a lot of interest on ebay, going for around 150 bucks, more for > the ELAC MIRACORD. Dual, and Garrard also pop up every now and then. > Anybody own one of these? How do you like it? Recommendations? " Well I'm in London in the UK and I can only say that older turntables with those four speeds are regular junk (thrift) store items and you should not have to pay more than oh, a few of our Earth pounds to acquire a reasonable model, in fact buying a new stylus for it might cost more than the machine itself. (Obviously if you want something decent or hifi you will have to pay more). Then Brian Phillips (a man of taste) spoke about the exotic world of 78s... I have a box of 78s too and can concur that there are 78rpm gems to be found out there amongst the endless thousands of Charlie Kunz piano medley reckids and music-hall dreck. I've often wondered about the commercial reasons behind the old-style record labels releasing some of their more bizarro stuff. IMO one of the great things about being a vinyl junkie and music lover is that one never stops discovering new stuff. groovily phil dilemma # 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: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 10:36:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Jane Fondle Subject: (exotica) A Sacrifice to the Tiki Gods This is so beautiful when this happens. I believe because of my quasi-sacrifce to the tiki gods that gave DJJimmyBee the chance to buy and love that giant statue last week...my record collection was further blessed. Last weekend in a Boston suburb, I stumbled upon ye olde typical garage sale...with a sign that read "1000 LPs in Basement..." For a dollar a piece, I got: Quincy Jones "The Pawnbroker," The Jazz combo from "I Want to Live," "Yesterday Today &Tomorrow" (Marcello/Sophia flick with music by Armando Travjioli), Dark Shadows WITH the poster of Barnabas & Quentin, 3 Julie Londons, 5 Eydie Gormes,!!! Harry Partch, Switched on Gershwin (with a picture of Gershwin with an afro), A "serious" moog album on Nonesuch, SILVER APPLES ON THE MOON, Three albums of Chinese & Japanese music on Lyricord, 2 RCA stereo actions, Art Tataum, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Cal Tjader, Louis & Keely "TOGETHER", Vikki Carr, a bunch of French singers, an obscure exotica, Jacques Brel, Charles Aznevour, Bessie Smith, Michel Legrand's "The Young Girls of Rochefort" double LP version with the entire score, Bonanza, some obscure female jazz singers, Johnny Cash's "Ride this Train," William Shatner > live LP from the 70's (sealed), Angel Classical sampler with "Now Sound" cover art...Most are mint or near mint, a few had some scratches but are hard to find. 47 Lps, 47 dollars..just the way I like it, baby! Jane Fondle ===== "It's just my nature to do weird stuff." - Les Baxter Astroslut website: cuming soon! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.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: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 15:50:20 -0400 From: Subject: (exotica) [obit] Harold Kress Obituaries Harold F. Kress; Film Editor Won 2 Oscars By MYRNA OLIVER, L.A. Times Staff Writer Harold F. Kress, Academy Award-winning film editor for both the 1962 Cinerama epic "How the West Was Won" and the 1974 disaster movie "The Towering Inferno," has died at age 86. Kress died Sept. 18 in Palm Desert. Although he directed a few documentaries and B movies, Kress made his real mark as an editor, becoming one of the most respected in the industry. He spent 40 years with MGM Studios and Columbia Pictures and edited more than 50 major motion pictures. His colleagues elected him to the board of the American Cinema Editors and to the presidency of the Motion Picture Editors Guild. When Kress received the American Cinema Editors' Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992, he reminded his counterparts of his early battle with studios for recognition. "We wanted to get our names from the bottom of the crawl to the top, with the director, cinematographer and costume designer," he said. And he achieved that. The ACE also gave him its editing achievement award three decades earlier for "How the West Was Won," starring Henry Fonda and John Wayne. The handful of films directed by Kress included the westerns "The Painted Hills" in 1951, starring Lassie the collie, and "Apache War Smoke" in 1952, starring Gilbert Roland. The Pittsburgh-born and UCLA-educated Kress had started editing far earlier, and that remained his strongest skill. His first credits appeared in 1939 with "These Glamour Girls," starring Lana Turner and Anita Louise, and "It's a Wonderful World," with Claudette Colbert and James Stewart. Among the films shaped by Kress' editing were "Andy Hardy Meets Debutante," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," "Mrs. Miniver," "Madame Curie," "The Dragon Seed," "The Yearling" and "East Side, West Side" in the 1940s, and "Rose Marie," "Valley of the Kings," "I'll Cry Tomorrow," "Teahouse of the August Moon," "The Rack," "Silk Stockings" and "Imitation General" in the 1950s. In the 1960s, Kress' output included "Home From the Hill," "King of Kings," his Oscar-winning "How the West Was Won" and "The Greatest Story Ever Told." In the 1970s, he handled such films as "The Poseidon Adventure," "The Iceman Cometh," the Oscar-winner "The Towering Inferno," "Viva Knievel!" and "The Swarm." Kress is survived by his wife of 64 years, Zelda; a son, Carl; a sister, Hilda Hirsch; and two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. # 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: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 16:52:48 EDT From: SLarry3595@aol.com Subject: Re: Italian reprints: a survey (?!) (was Re: (exotica) Friendly Persuasion In... THIS SOUNDS GREAT!!!!!! PLEASE SIGN ME UP TO BUY THESE WHEN THEY COME OUT!!!!!!! Ok, here are my personal preferences... << 1) do you prefer originals, remixes/manipulations, or both? (my personal vision is that we should do both...) ORIGINALS 3) any suggestions for Italian stuff to reprint? (i.e. both composers, film titles, track titles...) FRANCESCO DE MASI, MORRICONE, RIZ ORTOLANI Thanks, Larry # 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: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 16:54:02 -0400 From: "telstar" Subject: (exotica) Playlist for "Mondo Bongos" Sept 29, 1999 "Mondo Bongos" can be heard every Wednesday mornings at 9 on CFRU 93.3fm in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Comments & questions welcome. Slapp Happy - Moon Lovers "Ca Va" (thanks Cheryl & Brian!) Jack McDuff - Walk On By "Signifying! - funky organ grooves from the big apple" Lydia Lunch - Spooky "Queen of Siam" Mandingo - The Man from Takoradi "Savage Rite" The Other Side - Spying on the Devil "(Don't Look Back) Behind the Shack" Charles Earland - Sing a Simple Song "Signifying!" Slapp Happy - Working at the Ministry "Ca Va" Massive Attack - Karmacoma "Protection" Louis Prima - Jump Jive & Wail (Tranquility Bass remix) "Electro Lounge" Mr Scruff - Get a Move On! (Radio edit) "Get a Move On! ep" The John Buzon Trio - Caravan (Eat Static remix) "Electro Lounge" Seks Bomba - It Had Better be Tonight "Operation Bomba" Combustible Edison - The Millionaire's Holiday "I, Swinger" Yma Sumac - Gopher (Mambo) (Q Burns Abstract Message remix) "Electo Lounge" Black Mighty Wax - Blue Mambo "The Sound of Infinity - trip hop from outer space" Until next time... Allan # 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: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 17:27:24 -0400 From: Citizen Kafka Subject: (exotica) more 78 labels Hi, all, here are some more previews of rare and beautiful 78 labels which will appear on the secret museum site sometime near the end of this year. Enjoy... http://www.megasaver.com/labels/a3.jpg http://www.megasaver.com/labels/r1.jpg http://www.megasaver.com/labels/r6a.JPG http://www.megasaver.com/labels/w19.jpg http://www.megasaver.com/labels/w32.jpg http://www.megasaver.com/labels/w35.jpg http://www.megasaver.com/labels/x37.jpg http://www.megasaver.com/labels/w27.jpg some are sizeable, so they might take a bit of time, but they are worth it! ck - -- Citizen Kafka, Producer, "The Secret Museum of the Air" NEW!: every Tuesday 6 to 7 PM EST WFMU 91.1 FM & WXHD (Hudson Valley) 90.1 FM http://www.megasaver.com/page2/smradio.html http://wfmu.org/ then go to 'listen to wfmu' # 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: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 15:50:20 -0400 From: Subject: (exotica) [obit] Harold Kress Obituaries Harold F. Kress; Film Editor Won 2 Oscars By MYRNA OLIVER, L.A. Times Staff Writer Harold F. Kress, Academy Award-winning film editor for both the 1962 Cinerama epic "How the West Was Won" and the 1974 disaster movie "The Towering Inferno," has died at age 86. Kress died Sept. 18 in Palm Desert. Although he directed a few documentaries and B movies, Kress made his real mark as an editor, becoming one of the most respected in the industry. He spent 40 years with MGM Studios and Columbia Pictures and edited more than 50 major motion pictures. His colleagues elected him to the board of the American Cinema Editors and to the presidency of the Motion Picture Editors Guild. When Kress received the American Cinema Editors' Lifetime Achievement Award in 1992, he reminded his counterparts of his early battle with studios for recognition. "We wanted to get our names from the bottom of the crawl to the top, with the director, cinematographer and costume designer," he said. And he achieved that. The ACE also gave him its editing achievement award three decades earlier for "How the West Was Won," starring Henry Fonda and John Wayne. The handful of films directed by Kress included the westerns "The Painted Hills" in 1951, starring Lassie the collie, and "Apache War Smoke" in 1952, starring Gilbert Roland. The Pittsburgh-born and UCLA-educated Kress had started editing far earlier, and that remained his strongest skill. His first credits appeared in 1939 with "These Glamour Girls," starring Lana Turner and Anita Louise, and "It's a Wonderful World," with Claudette Colbert and James Stewart. Among the films shaped by Kress' editing were "Andy Hardy Meets Debutante," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," "Mrs. Miniver," "Madame Curie," "The Dragon Seed," "The Yearling" and "East Side, West Side" in the 1940s, and "Rose Marie," "Valley of the Kings," "I'll Cry Tomorrow," "Teahouse of the August Moon," "The Rack," "Silk Stockings" and "Imitation General" in the 1950s. In the 1960s, Kress' output included "Home From the Hill," "King of Kings," his Oscar-winning "How the West Was Won" and "The Greatest Story Ever Told." In the 1970s, he handled such films as "The Poseidon Adventure," "The Iceman Cometh," the Oscar-winner "The Towering Inferno," "Viva Knievel!" and "The Swarm." Kress is survived by his wife of 64 years, Zelda; a son, Carl; a sister, Hilda Hirsch; and two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. # 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. # 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: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 21:54:42 -0400 From: "Craig L. Carlson" Subject: (exotica) Movie Posters My old friend Moe Litvak was laid off from his job at the Irish Woolen Mills (they've gone the e-commerce route), so I let him use some of my web space to brush up on his HTML. The results are slightly Exotic: http://www.psn.net/~ccarlson/litvak.htm Craig ccarlson@psn.net # 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: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 22:58:11 -0400 From: Citizen Kafka Subject: (exotica) more 78 labels reminding you all that these are raw images, direct from the digital imaging device; they vary in size and file size, but they are all interesting, most are rare, and some are just unbelievable! http://www.megasaver.com/labels/x38.jpg http://www.megasaver.com/labels/x36.jpg http://www.megasaver.com/labels/w72.jpg http://www.megasaver.com/labels/w70.jpg http://www.megasaver.com/labels/w60.jpg http://www.megasaver.com/labels/x6.jpg http://www.megasaver.com/labels/x46.jpg http://www.megasaver.com/labels/x45.jpg http://www.megasaver.com/labels/x44.jpg enjoy, ck - -- Citizen Kafka, Producer, "The Secret Museum of the Air" NEW!: every Tuesday 6 to 7 PM EST WFMU 91.1 FM & WXHD (Hudson Valley) 90.1 FM http://www.megasaver.com/page2/smradio.html http://wfmu.org/ then go to 'listen to wfmu' # 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: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 18:03:56 -0700 (PDT) From: George Hall Subject: (exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #504 djs2852@is.nyu.edu wrote: > > This "Fame" controversy has long been a pet peeve of mine. Bowie recorded > his version first; JB was quickly runing out of juice around this time and > was snatching ideas from AM radio hither and tither. I'm as PC as they > come, but it always gets my dander up when people just assume Bowie > filched the riff from James' band because, well, because... Agreed & fyi, song credit is given to Bowie, Alomar & John Lennon (who co-sang, in addition to playing 2nd guitar & coming up with the groove along with Alomar). James Brown's version came out a little later. My guess is he was betting those guys wouldn't have the nerve to sue him for stealing a clearly JB-esque groove. > As for Bowie taking credit for his touring band's inspiration: I think we > can safely assume that the Godfather has oft been guilty on that score, as > well. It's true; there's a JB/Sly & Robbie collaboration in the vaults somewhere, unreleased due to his demand for 100% writing credit. Now segueing back...anyone heard his organ instrumental records on Smash? Billy Preston he ain't, but enjoyable nontheless. Especially the pop songs; generally just instrumental tracks with no organ until the solo, when the song inexplicably becomes a 12-bar blues in C (modulating as necessary). # 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: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 10:36:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Jane Fondle Subject: (exotica) A Sacrifice to the Tiki Gods This is so beautiful when this happens. I believe because of my quasi-sacrifce to the tiki gods that gave DJJimmyBee the chance to buy and love that giant statue last week...my record collection was further blessed. Last weekend in a Boston suburb, I stumbled upon ye olde typical garage sale...with a sign that read "1000 LPs in Basement..." For a dollar a piece, I got: Quincy Jones "The Pawnbroker," The Jazz combo from "I Want to Live," "Yesterday Today &Tomorrow" (Marcello/Sophia flick with music by Armando Travjioli), Dark Shadows WITH the poster of Barnabas & Quentin, 3 Julie Londons, 5 Eydie Gormes,!!! Harry Partch, Switched on Gershwin (with a picture of Gershwin with an afro), A "serious" moog album on Nonesuch, SILVER APPLES ON THE MOON, Three albums of Chinese & Japanese music on Lyricord, 2 RCA stereo actions, Art Tataum, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Cal Tjader, Louis & Keely "TOGETHER", Vikki Carr, a bunch of French singers, an obscure exotica, Jacques Brel, Charles Aznevour, Bessie Smith, Michel Legrand's "The Young Girls of Rochefort" double LP version with the entire score, Bonanza, some obscure female jazz singers, Johnny Cash's "Ride this Train," William Shatner > live LP from the 70's (sealed), Angel Classical sampler with "Now Sound" cover art...Most are mint or near mint, a few had some scratches but are hard to find. 47 Lps, 47 dollars..just the way I like it, baby! Jane Fondle ===== "It's just my nature to do weird stuff." - Les Baxter Astroslut website: cuming soon! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.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. # 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, 29 Sep 1999 03:48:57 EDT From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) #14 Issue of COOL AND STRANGE MUSIC! MAGAZINE In a message dated 9/27/99 2:43:14 PM, nytab@pipeline.com wrote: >Chicago's POLKAHOLICS!! Probably >the ONLY punk-rock polka band EVER, these guys are hilarious! The new CD is a clever >collection of polka classics like "The Happy Wanderer" and "Who Stole The Kishka", >all done up with fuzzed-out guitars and subtle references to The Ramones and the >Sex Pistols! Read all about them in this issue! We highly recommend their CD, too! Hmmm seems Dana has never heard of Polkacide former SF punkers who played pumped up original Polka tunes to all-punk audiences in the mid 80s and still play gigs today They were so popular that I once saw them on a TV magazine style show in LA that also featured Brave Combo and one other "new wave" Polka band and if punk orck means energetic rock n' roll (I would argue that it does) then everyone should check out another new Polka band The Kabalas on Dionysus records # 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, 29 Sep 1999 11:50:44 +0200 From: Nicola Battista Subject: (exotica) Alessandroni/mp3.com news a little update for www.mp3.com/alessandroni (or if you want a direct link http://www.mp3.com/artists/28/alessandro_alessandroni.html ) we're going to remove the free file of "For a fistful of dollars" (but it will still be available on the DAM CD) but we will give for a limited period of time "La Spacconata (Three Themes Suite)"... these modifications will appear in a few hours. Meanwhile, the cost of the DAM CD (audio+mp3's) has been reduced to $6!! The audio cd of El Puro is now officially deleted as an Hexacord/soundtrack deletions release so this will be the only way to get Alessandro's music for a while. bye, 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: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 09:25:10 -0400 From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) Exotica under rooftop..... A fellow tiki collector was telling me about a video he's got covering all = of the exotic restaurants with vintage footage......anybody know what this = is called and can I get a copy???? Also, if anybody collects tiki mugs and has some stuff for trade let me = know........ - - Nate # 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, 29 Sep 1999 14:33:14 +0100 From: G.R.Reader@bton.ac.uk Subject: (exotica) Jack Jones sings Michel Legrand After the recommendations I saw this in an Eastbourne charity shop for 95 pence. Unfortunately I'm at work so I haven't had a chance to play it yet. I just came over all excited and had to mention it. Also got a copy of the magic roundabout theme on 7. Also, I don't know if theres anyone who actually buys 'em but the charity shops in Eastbourne are chock full of 7" classical EPs in really good condition, I almost started buying them on the spot, they looked so nice. But I think a little restraint, just once in a while and I can convince myself its not out of hand. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm # 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, 29 Sep 1999 09:48:13 -0400 From: Subject: (exotica) [obit] Marion Zimmer Bradley Marion Zimmer Bradley BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) Science fiction author Marion Zimmer Bradley, whose "The Mists of Avalon" was a national bestseller, died Saturday after suffering a heart attack. She was 69. Ms. Bradley, born in Albany, N.Y., in 1930, began writing science fiction for pulp magazines in the 1950s. "The Mists of Avalon," published in 1982, was a retelling of the King Arthur legend from a woman's viewpoint. Her "Darkover" series of novels, about a planet colonized by Earth, also was a top science-fiction seller. September 29, 1999 NYTimes Marion Zimmer Bradley, 69, Writer of Darkover Fantasies Marion Zimmer Bradley, a science fiction writer and the creator of the Darkover series of fantasies, died on Saturday at Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley, Calif. She was 69 and lived in Berkeley. The cause was a heart attack, said Elisabeth Waters, her cousin and secretary. Ms. Bradley rose to fame in 1958 with the publication of "The Planet Savers," the first of her top-selling Darkover novels. The series eventually comprised 21 books, written almost exclusively by Ms. Bradley, which told the story of a planet discovered at the end of the 21st century and colonized by Earth. She later worked primarily in the fantasy genre, often adding a feminist spin to well-known myths. In 1983, she published her most famous work, "The Mists of Avalon," a retelling of the legend of King Arthur from the vantage point of its principal women -- Viviane, Gwynyfar, Morgaine and Igraine. Hailed by Maureen Quilligan in The New York Times as "a massive narrative that is rich in events placed in landscapes no less real for often being magical," the novel remained on the Times best-seller list for four months. In her 1987 work "The Firebrand," she retold the story of the Trojan War from the perspective of the goddess Cassandra, whom she renamed Kassandra. Born in Albany, N.Y., Ms. Bradley began to write as a teen-ager and by the age of 17 had created a magazine for science-fiction fans. Two years later she began writing for pulp magazines. In 1964 she graduated from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, and then did graduate work at the University of California at Berkeley from 1965 to 1967. Though she continued to write until her death, Ms. Bradley's poor health in the early 1990s limited her activities. She devoted much of her time to editing magazines, including her own, Mary Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, which she started in 1988. She also edited an annual anthology called "Sword and Sorceress" from Daw Books in New York. Ms. Bradley's marriage to Robert Alden Bradley ended in divorce in 1964. She is survived by three children, David Bradley of Oakland, Calif.; Patrick Breen of Denver, and Moira Stern of Sparks, Nev.; a brother, Leslie Zimmer of East Greenbush, N.Y., and two grandchildren. # 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, 29 Sep 1999 11:07:57 -0400 From: dciccone@inspex.com Subject: (exotica) AstroSlut Concert Report and Poster Scan. In a world hungering and thirsting for AstroSlut...... Got a chance to see La Jane's band AstroSlut twice now. Once in the spring and again last Saturday. Hearing the songs that most likely will be on the AstroSlut CD "Love at Zero G" to be released on November 1st. I am anticipating the release like the rabid fan that I am! They are neat songs, the musicianship and singing by Jane is great. Drew's fiance on keyboards/Moog and backing vocals. I don't know the names of the rest of the band but was impressed by the guitar player who had so many petals to create so may effects that the guitar could have been an organ. Lots of driving Go-Go beats by the bass and drum players. The drummer broke one of his sticks during the gig. I only noticed this because the broken piece went flying across the room. Picked up an AstroSlut T shirt which I will be proudly wearing at the gym during lunch. And I stole an AstroSlut poster off the wall after the concert. Scanned it into my Web page and you can see it at: http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Booth/8007/astroslut.html Oh, and what can I say about La Jane? I had to see them twice. Jane's stage presence distracted me from hearing the music the first time! Strolling in wearing a spacesuit. That does not stay on long. She strips down to a neglig?e and then down to a 2 piece thang. With lots of sass and attitude and wriggling on the floor covered with a pink fur-ish rug. Once when she walked by I felt like I should put a dollar on her somewhere! And this time I think I got a chance to see more of AstroSlut that I expected. (Jane, I think you should wear that white leather outfit for the CD release party) Looking forward to the CD release party! # 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, 29 Sep 1999 10:53:32 +0200 From: Nicola Battista Subject: More James Brown etc. (Re: (exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #504) >> As for Bowie taking credit for his touring band's inspiration: I think we >> can safely assume that the Godfather has oft been guilty on that score, as >> well. > > It's true; there's a JB/Sly & Robbie collaboration in the vaults >somewhere, unreleased due to his demand for 100% writing credit. not to mention the super-classic "Funky Drummer" beat that was played by Clyde Stubblefield. That guy became the most sampled drummer of all times as the Funky drummer beat is now present in hundreds of tracks and it's almost considered a public domain beat... heheh I used it in a few of my tracks too ;)))))) and Mr.Stubblefield said he got paid $ 100 or so for that... he was just a hired musician and Mr.Brown owned everything... bye, 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: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 11:31:06 -0400 From: dciccone@inspex.com Subject: (exotica) AstroSlut Concert Report and Poster Scan. In a world hungering and thirsting for AstroSlut...... Got a chance to see La Jane's band AstroSlut twice now. Once in the spring and again last Saturday. Hearing the songs that most likely will be on the AstroSlut CD "Love at Zero G" to be released on November 1st. I am anticipating the release like the rabid fan that I am! They are neat songs, the musicianship and singing by Jane is great. Drew's fiance on keyboards/Moog and backing vocals. I don't know the names of the rest of the band but was impressed by the guitar player who had so many petals to create so may effects that the guitar could have been an organ. Lots of driving Go-Go beats by the bass and drum players. The drummer broke one of his sticks during the gig. I only noticed this because the broken piece went flying across the room. Picked up an AstroSlut T shirt which I will be proudly wearing at the gym during lunch. And I stole an AstroSlut poster off the wall after the concert. Scanned it into my Web page and you can see it at: http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Booth/8007/astroslut.html Oh, and what can I say about La Jane? I had to see them twice. Jane's stage presence distracted me from hearing the music the first time! Strolling in wearing a spacesuit. That does not stay on long. She strips down to a neglig?e and then down to a 2 piece thang. With lots of sass and attitude and wriggling on the floor covered with a pink fur-ish rug. Once when she walked by I felt like I should put a dollar on her somewhere! And this time I think I got a chance to see more of AstroSlut that I expected. (Jane, I think you should wear that white leather outfit for the CD release party) Looking forward to the CD release party! # 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: 29 Sep 1999 11:33:38 -0400 From: "Eric Taub" Subject: FWD>(exotica) AstroSlut Concert Report and Poster Scan. Mail*Link=AE SMTP FWD>(exotica) AstroSlut Concert Report = and Poster Scan. I agree. Whatta show! Definitely not of this world. Made only more so by members of the Blue = Man Group wandering through in full make-up. Make an effort to see them at their CD release party! Eric # 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, 29 Sep 1999 11:59:46 -0400 From: Brian Phillips Subject: Re: FWD>(exotica) AstroSlut Concert Report and Poster Scan. >Made only more so by members of the Blue Man Group wandering through in >full make-up. >Make an effort to see them at their CD release party! Next you'll be telling me that Globots entered... # 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, 29 Sep 1999 11:32:00 -0500 From: mimim@texas.net (Mimi Mayer) Subject: Re: (exotica) James Brown on Smash (was Fame controversy) At 6:03 PM 9/28/99, George Hall wrote: > It's true; there's a JB/Sly & Robbie collaboration in the vaults >somewhere, unreleased due to his demand for 100% writing credit. Now >segueing back...anyone heard his organ instrumental records on Smash? Hey George and all-- =46unny, I've been trying to track down some info about a poor naked Smash record I rescued from a thrift bin in July. It's called James Brown Presents the New Breed (The Boo-Ga-Loo) James Brown. What is the title of your record? I'm mad this record -- all soul instro with a few female backup vocals like "Groove it baby" tossed in for effect. So is this really the Hardest Working Man in Show Biznezz playing organ or is it his backup band, as one knowledgeable local DJ told me it probably is? The DJ said James produced several records for Smash, basically lending his name to give the projects greater exposure but not performing himself. Anyone know the real poop on JBPTNB(BAL)? Any recommend for similar records? All info welcome! Thanks. It's criminal that the Brown/Sly and Robbie collab is languishing in a vault! Please, please, please, Godfather, cut it loose! Soulfully yours, Mimi # 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, 29 Sep 1999 17:45:46 +0100 From: Robbie Baldock Subject: (exotica) The Guitorgan! I received the September 99 brochure from Elderly Instruments (http://www.elderly.com/) this morning and the front cover is adorned with a 60s beast called the Guitorgan - a combined organ and guitar (not that you'd have been able to guess that from the name of course!). I'd never heard of them before but it looks amazing! Each fret has sensors which play the organ sounds when a string makes contact with them but you can also play it as a regular (archtop) guitar too - effectively playing two instruments at once. I want one! There's actually a not-quite-as-good model for sale on eBay at the moment and this guy Teisco Del Rey has a CD with him playing it (there's one of his CDs at CDNow but I'm not sure if it's a real organ or his Guitorgan I can hear on the samples)... Anyone else come across this creation before? Robbie - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Spaced Out - the Enoch Light Website http://www.rcb.easynet.co.uk/light/ - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- # 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, 29 Sep 1999 12:51:03 -0400 From: Brian Phillips Subject: Re: (exotica) James Brown on Smash (was Fame controversy) > > It's true; there's a JB/Sly & Robbie collaboration in the vaults > >somewhere, unreleased due to his demand for 100% writing credit. Now > >segueing back...anyone heard his organ instrumental records on Smash? Further info on that, Musician magazine said that he also collaborated with Wally Badarou. One of the tracks is called "(I'm A) Rhythm Machine". Another mystery track is "You Can't Keep a Good Man Down", which was recorded while he was in jail. I have a tape of it, introduced by the late Wolfman Jack (he talks over the record). It would seem that this didn't see the light of day, either. What I do know about his tenure on Smash is that Syd Nathan (a rather coarse fellow; listen to the speech he gives to part of his company on the King R&B Box Set) and Brown came to a head over royalties and he left King to go to Smash. He cut a couple of albums there and one of the songs that he cut there was "(I Got You) I Feel Good", which was re-cut for King, when he returned. If you watch "Ski Party", they play the Smash version. Brown does play both organ and drums, so it is my guess that it is indeed him playing on the denuded album of Mimi's. He also did at least one instrumental album for King; I have a single which consists of two instrumentals, "Sticky"/"Suds". Doin' it to at least mild hurting, Brian Phillips and the BP's # 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, 29 Sep 1999 11:13:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Jane Fondle Subject: (exotica) BEWARE! So, I'm in a local video store...and what do I spy, but this movie in the classics section called BEWARE with Louis Jordan. Unfortunately, the box is kinda vague. Anybody see this before? Do he and the band just perform a couple songs, or is he actually acting in it? Oh, Thankyou! Jane Fondle ===== "It's just my nature to do weird stuff." - Les Baxter Astroslut website: cuming soon! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.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, 29 Sep 1999 11:41:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Jane Fondle Subject: Re: (exotica) AstroSlut Concert Report and Poster Scan. > Subject: (exotica) AstroSlut Concert Report and > Poster Scan. > In a world hungering and thirsting for > AstroSlut...... > > http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Booth/8007/astroslut.html > > Oh, and what can I say about La Jane? I had to see > them twice. Jane's stage > presence distracted me from > hearing the music the first time! Strolling in > wearing a spacesuit. That > does not stay on long. > She strips down to a neglig?e and then down to a 2 > piece thang. With lots > of sass and attitude and > wriggling on the floor covered with a pink fur-ish > rug. > Once when she walked by I felt like I should put a > dollar on her somewhere! Geez, Dom, I feel like it should be ME sticking you money for rave reviews like this...A Czech is in the mail, so be nice when she shows up! Seriously, I appreciate the kind words of you and Eric. Haughty and slightly embarrassed...Jane Fondle ===== "It's just my nature to do weird stuff." - Les Baxter Astroslut website: cuming soon! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.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. ------------------------------ End of exotica-digest V2 #506 *****************************