From: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com (exotica-digest) To: exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: exotica-digest V2 #592 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, January 12 2000 Volume 02 : Number 592 In This Digest: Re: (exotica) soft pop qualities (exotica) Re: Schmaltzwald (exotica) Re: Sway (exotica) Re: Eno (exotica) Nat's lament Re: (exotica) Lo Bue's Dennys Pix (exotica) Lo Bue's Dennys Pix (exotica) Electronic Music To Blow Your Mind By!! Re: (exotica) Anita Kerr Re: (exotica) RE: soft pop qualities (exotica) CD Burners (exotica) Re: F&T Re: (exotica) Electronic Music To Blow Your Mind By!! (exotica) Playlist for "Mondo Bongos" Jan 12, 2000 (exotica) Peter Thomas remix Re: (exotica) Another burning idea! (exotica) Weirdo Video (exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #590 (exotica) ha-ha or peculiar? RE: (exotica) CD Burners RE: (exotica) CD Burners Re: (exotica) tiki stuff Re: (exotica) Sway Re: (exotica) Wimoweh (exotica) FeelthyFantastica! Re: Re: (exotica) Hawaiian records & Tiki bars (exotica) Help! Exotica Archive needs slogan Re: (exotica) FeelthyFantastica! P.S. (exotica) guitar duet - Star Trek Re: (exotica) ha-ha or peculiar? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 17:14:04 +0000 From: Subject: Re: (exotica) soft pop qualities Soft pop/soft rock/sunshine pop/bubblegum. Thanks Chuck and thanks Nat. Its all cleared up for me now! :-) And thanks to Jill for that Free Design minidisk a while ago which scared the crap out of me. I want to hear more of these strange and distant bands. Harpers Bizarre, Association, Now Its a Beautiful Day, Cowsills. What is it all about. I finished a mix of some very funky British easy stuff last night on minidisk and I want to send it to someone. Anybody want to swap a CD full of this sunshine/soft/bubblegum stuff so I can learn to distinguish one from another for a CD (I'll find someone to burn it) of said British stuff? Perhaps we could start rotating! Charlie +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | This message may contain confidential and/or privileged | | information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to | | receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, | | disclose or take any action based on this message or any | | information herein. If you have received this message in | | error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail | | and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation. | +-------------------------------------------------------------+ # 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, 11 Jan 2000 12:32:49 -0500 From: "Brian Karasick" Subject: (exotica) Re: Schmaltzwald Moritz wrote: > I had the most psychedelic New Years night in Berlin. After attending the > party of friends I ended up in the new "Schmalzwald", where Gordon, Laura > and this phantastic singer, whose name I don't know, performed "evergreens". > If there's a place on earth better suited for tripping, I'd like to know, > but I doubt it. We were speechless. Having had the opportunity to visit Berlin a few months back I'd have to confer with Moritz's opinion on the "Schmatzwald", though with the rider that hallucinogens are an optional enhancement but not required. The name is a play on "Schwatzwald" ie. The Black Forest and yes there is a Heimat section on the wall complete with elk heads, men in lederhosen, etc. Funny my first reaction was seeing the Tiki section was thinking instantly of how Moritz would like this place! In case people are not aware, Gordon and Laura are not Germans but (yes) Canadians; Gordon being an accomplished musician know for more serious works, but mighty handy with that Hammondesqe (Hammonds are scarce and prohibitively expensive in Europe we learned) organ, and Laura from all of what I saw of her creations, an accomplished artist. This is also the home of the KBZ collective and you can see photos of Gordon & Laura on Volume 1 of The Exotic Trilogy. For us the visual and auditory experience was further enhanced by being able to meet the people that ran and created it. It was certainly the highlight of our trip and worth a visit to Berlin! Of course the best part was coming back only to find out Gordon's sister is a close friend of Cheryl's sister back in Toronto. As they say, it's a small world! Brian Karasick Physical Planner McGill University Montreal, Canada # 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, 11 Jan 2000 12:25:12 -0500 From: dciccone@inspex.com Subject: (exotica) Re: Sway << >Anyone an idea on the definitive version? >> >Check out Perez Prado's insane twisterific take on the tune from "Twist Goes >Latin"! It's certainly not a definitive version but it is a major gas. It's also on Perez Prado's "Latin Satin" LP. I don't particularly like that recording of it. If you are not really listening for the melody you would not know it's "Sway". I love this song after hearing it twice on the Ultra Lounge Cha-Cha CD. 2 versions of it on the CD. One by Julie London and the other by Dean Martin. I love the Dean Martin version. If you ever find DM's album "Cha-Cha D'amor" where Sway was originally recorded pick it up. Arranged by Nelson Riddle. Also: The Blue Hawaiians do the song on a couple of their CD's. Mello surf/hawaiian. Domenic Ciccone "Martinis with Mancini" on WJUL 91.5- Fridays 6-9am http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Booth/8007/ # 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, 11 Jan 2000 12:34:10 -0500 From: "Brian Karasick" Subject: (exotica) Re: Eno Re: The Lion Sleeps Tonight > >When I saw it at the front of the pile , I did an immediate double take > >(still doing it, its just too absurd). Eno has always struck me as being > >far too serious and up his own arse to bother with Easy stuff like this, > I'd suggest a spin of "Here Come The Warm Jets" and "Taking Tiger Mountain > By Strategy" -- he was wonderfully silly back in those days. And of course > the yodeling single, "Seven Deadly Finns". > And for a while there (circa "Another Green World" maybe), he did seem to > have a thing for chintzy rhythm machines. Those four early Eno records are just about the most amazing recordings I know, and they will live on for many years without sounding in the least dated. I was really saddened to see him move in the ambient direction but I kind of like his version of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in spite of all that's been said. I'm a bit of a sucker for beat boxes so maybe that explains it. Still for anyone looking for a return to the old Eno I'd suggest listening to "Nerve Net". It's from around 1992 and has that old Eno sound is very much present... Proof that there's more of it in him and not to give up! Brian Karasick Physical Planner McGill University Montreal, Canada # 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, 11 Jan 2000 12:58:10 -0500 From: "Brian Karasick" Subject: (exotica) Nat's lament Nat wrote: > I think one reason I don't listen to much of this "new" music is because I > haven't really heard much that sounds like it was made in that spirit. In > other words, you hear that the artist - or DJ - dipped into a huge eclectic > record collection to make his/her CD but when you hear it, it's more of the > same. You don't get chunks of sampled riffs; all you get are blips and > bleeps in the midst of beats. I think it appropriate that the suggestions for examples of what you refer to were made by Br. Cleve, as I consider Combustible Edison to be among the best examples of this "new music made in the spirit of the old" and it should be a standard by which to compare others. > So if anyone would like to guess what I'm referring to and to provide a > nice list of stuff I would be happy with, I'd be happy with that. I can say I've listened to a few things, as it was me that initially prompted the response from Br. Cleve, relating to The Bobby Hughes Experience, which turned out to be most interesting (Will is listening to it now so he can offer his own opinion, which I know you will trust). Still, I'm struck by how few of the names Br. Cleve mentions, mainly in this most recent list, that I know, and how few I've seen offered in stores or catalogues. I feel a tremendous rush coming on, much as when the new wave hit in the late 70's and a whole new world opened up! Both our last "Space Bop" of the century, and first of the new, were trying to probe into exactly this area, ie. looking for new and unique directions and use of sounds, rather than just playing our favourite discs of the year/decade/century. I'll send you a tape of these two shows but you have to remember that they are limited by what we have in our collection and by our own limited exposure to what's out there. Someday (if we ever get around to it!) a lot of this information along with selected shows themselves, should be on a website for reference, but at the rate we've been going it may not happen in the immediate future... Brian Karasick Physical Planner McGill University Montreal, Canada # 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, 11 Jan 2000 12:34:34 -0500 From: mimim@texas.net (Mimi Mayer) Subject: Re: (exotica) Lo Bue's Dennys Pix At 1:57 PM 1/11/0, Keith E. Lo Bue wrote: >Best re-release (legitimate or bootleg) >Ferrante & Teicher's gorgeous, spine-tingling prepared piano outer-spaced >"Heavenly Sounds in Hi-Fi" from 1958 has been reissued under the limp name >"Easy Listening Favorites"...for about $4 NEW!! Essential stuff, and in my >opinion, the best they ever did. How's the recording on this, Keith? Agree with your opinion: it's their best. The prepared are melodic and gorgeous, not gimmicky. Is the cover photo from the original intact on the reissue? Thanks, 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: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 13:29:49 -0500 From: nytab@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) Lo Bue's Dennys Pix Mimi Mayer wrote: > At 1:57 PM 1/11/0, Keith E. Lo Bue wrote: >Best re-release (legitimate or bootleg) >Ferrante & Teicher's gorgeous, spine-tingling prepared piano outer-spaced >>"Heavenly Sounds in Hi-Fi" from 1958 has been reissued under the limp name >>"Easy Listening Favorites"... >Is the cover >photo from the original intact on the reissue? Thanks, Mimi Check out the cover graphic (and the 1-star customer review) at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002QK0/o/qid=947615150/sr=8-3/103-1676440-6348618 Oh hell, the review is short, I may as well copy it here: Either this CD was recorded @ 1/2 speed or I have fast ears. Reviewer: A music fan from california October 3, 1999 This is the worst CD I have ever listened to. The insertion of various sundry instruments with the piano, has the quality effect of playing a tuba with a violin. The entire rendition of each song was done at 1/2 speed the normal cadence that it was originally written for. - -Lou # 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, 11 Jan 2000 19:33:39 +0100 From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) Electronic Music To Blow Your Mind By!! now released as "limited issue" (you know what that means) LP: The Love Machine: Electronic Music To Blow Your Mind By!! Sounds a lot like Jimmy Haskel's "Countdown": late 1950's style guitar and organ instro with a lot of electronic sounds and effects added. Personally, I think "Countdown" is better because there the electronic and other zounds are more part of the music, while here The Love Machine is more like playing a game of "now let's see how many weird sounds we can put on top of this cheesy instro music". Still amazing stuff though! bought it from Dusty Groove, but Jack Diamond sells it too. quote from Dusty Groove: A definite mind blower! This is one of the weirdest instrumental albums we've heard from the late 60s -- and it's a very messed-up batch of psychedelic tracks that use strange echoey techniques to create a fake "electronic" sound. Most of the cuts have heavy guitars in the lead, produced in a way that really distorts them, and which moves them through an echo chamber to create lots of feeback and lots of strange vibrations. The drums are heavy enough, but the main groove is the guitar sound -- and it's pretty darn wild! Titles include "Asbury Tripper", "Lunar Sea", "Prism On Prism", "Shadows Of Vibrate", "Mindblower", and "Zenquake". quote from jack: mid-late 60's Now Go Go Sounds/Pseudo-Psychedelic LP. Most of the titles are upbeat with a few that are "a little less upbeat and more spacey, but pseudo-psychedlic tripped out fun, in fact, damn fun! This is a seriously great record, led by fuzzed guitars and organs, with drums and bass and a total freakout cacophony of electronics all throughout every title. # 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, 11 Jan 2000 13:53:34 -0500 From: dciccone@inspex.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Anita Kerr Does anybody like her LP of Burt Bacharach covers? I borrowed it from somebody once but the LP was distorted and shaped like a shallow bowl and kept on mistracking. It sounded a lot like the"We dig Mancini" LP. Domenic "Martinis with Mancini" on WJUL 91.5- Fridays 6-9am http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/Booth/8007/ # 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, 11 Jan 2000 14:40:46 EST From: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) RE: soft pop qualities In a message dated 1/10/0 9:19:59 PM, bruno@yhammer.com wrote: > On the other hand Harry Truman said it best when he said "Give me a one-handed economist!" # 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, 11 Jan 2000 14:41:21 -0500 (EST) From: Bruce Lenkei Subject: (exotica) CD Burners I get the impression that a lot of list folks have the CD burners that work through a computer, but after reading a recent article about the kind that you can hook up to your stereo to record LP's and CD's straight to CD, I was wondering if anyone here has had any good/bad experiences with them. I am dying to get one as soon as I can afford it. - - bruce ++++++++++++++++++++ Lenkei Design www.lenkeidesign.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, 11 Jan 2000 14:54:14 EST From: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Re: F&T >>Best re-release (legitimate or bootleg) >>Ferrante & Teicher's gorgeous, spine-tingling prepared piano outer-spaced >>"Heavenly Sounds in Hi-Fi" from 1958 has been reissued under the limp name >>"Easy Listening Favorites"...for about $4 NEW!! Essential stuff, and in my >>opinion, the best they ever did. I just picked up "Soundproof" and have to say that it is a dead heat between the two LP'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: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:54:54 -0500 From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: (exotica) Electronic Music To Blow Your Mind By!! At 07:33 PM 1/11/00 +0100, Johan Dada Vis wrote: > >now released as "limited issue" (you know what that means) LP: > >The Love Machine: Electronic Music To Blow Your Mind By!! > >The Love Machine is more like >playing a game of "now let's see how many weird sounds we can put on top of >this cheesy instro music". Still amazing stuff though! > >quote from jack: mid-late 60's Now Go Go Sounds/Pseudo-Psychedelic LP. I found this at the Salvation Army and given the fact that I was almost certain it wouldn't live up to its title, I was very pleasantly surprised. For what I paid and for what it could have been, this is a pretty good record. It's on Design. They could call something "a pot full of psychedelic pop" and it could end up being a pot fulla ray conniff singers. I admit that it's a bit silly to factor in things like how you got a record, how much you paid etc when you assess its musical value. But I do think if I was set up by one of jack's typical reviews and paid real money, I'd be a tad disappointed. It is kind of psychedelic and it's kind of electronic. But the electronic sounds are really just that - sounds. They're superimposed over the music rather than integrated into it. And the music those sounds are poured on top of is your basic generic instrumental rock quartet, sounding a bit like Iron Butterfly jamming for the soundcheck. I think I'm defeating my own purpose here, making it sound interesting in spite of myself. Okay I give up. This is essential. Everyone should have it. Nat # 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, 11 Jan 2000 16:42:21 -0500 From: "telstar" Subject: (exotica) Playlist for "Mondo Bongos" Jan 12, 2000 "Mondo Bongos" can be heard every Wednesday mornings at 9 on CFRU 93.3fm in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Comments & questions welcome. Eno - Seven Deadly Finns 7" Alternative TV - Viva La Rock 'n Roll "The Image Has Cracked" Sadistic Mika Band - Silverchild "Beyond the Valley of the Ultrabeats" Astroslut - The Exploding Fez Affair "Love at Zero G" Enoch Light - Marakesh Express "The Sound of Sitar" [thanks BasicHip] Armando Trovaioli - Kinky Peanuts "Best of Moog" Piero Piccioni - Playgirl '70 "Beat at Cinecitta Vol 3" Michel Legrand - Un Homme de Mort "Groovy Soundtracks" Alan Parker/William Parrish - The Hawk "Bite Hard!" [thanx Roy] Mandingo - Wild Man "Savage Rite" Rowland Howard/Lydia Lunch - Some Velvet Morning 12" Xaviera Hollander - Michelle "Xaviera!" Guitar Underground - Georgy Girl "Testing 1 2 3 4" Les Baxter- Wheels "Hell's Belles ost" Enoch Light - The Season of the Witch "The Sound of Sitar" Eno - Wimoweh (lion sleeps tonite) 7" 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, 11 Jan 2000 17:15:45 EST From: Thinkmatic@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Peter Thomas remix Since I got such an enthusiastic response, both liking and loathing to my "Disadvantages of Me" remix. Here's another for ya'll to enjoy or be awestruck by or deride or equate to animal excrement. This one was to be submitted to Bungalow Records for the up coming Peter Thomas "Warp Back To Earth" second remix CD. I ended up submitting another song, which I now like even less then this one. This one is titled, "Fire Escape, Part 2" It was made strictly from about 40 Peter Thomas samples some of which were run through a drum machine, so this one will sound especially bad to some of ya'll. Plus it's 32kbps at 22kHz which pumps the bass oddly. Listen at your own risk. http://members.aol.com/thinkmatic/fireesca.mp3 xoxoxo, - -R.G.B. # 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, 11 Jan 2000 17:09:40 -0500 From: Bump Subject: Re: (exotica) Another burning idea! i am not one for anything being any one particular way... the comps i am talking about can have any music on there. if you want to put your own on, please do. I AM! i would just say pick the BEST ONES! bump out I got another idea: why not compile OUR OWN music? There >are so many musicians around here - pro or amateur, it doesn't matter - >and I bet that most of them have recordings of their own performances >and/or compositions lying around. ******************************** Bump Universal DJ Defective Records bumpy@megsinet.net http://www.defectiverecords.com "Music, Non-Stop" -- Ralf + Florian # 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, 11 Jan 2000 20:22:34 EST From: HEDCANDY@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Weirdo Video Hi everybody! (Hi Dr. Nick!) It came to mind that as much as we all dig weirdo excellente' music... it would stand to figure we also may enjoy weirdo video. And , seeings how we're on the virge of a big swapping of spit via the CDR trades, why not list some video for trade as well. I'll spin first. Here's some of my offers: Two, 2hour compilation "samplers" if you will, titled: "Cable Abcess" In it you will find lots of bad cable comedians, singers, a show called "Sock Hop With Cop" (singular) that featured cops with guns on their belts dancing to Tiffany's version of "Locomotion" with a rabble of turgid youth... ranters, ravers, weirdos, a profile of Rodney Allen Rippey, MORE! Lots of fun. JOY JUNCTION: Several hours of this lunatic religious kids show shot in Clearwater FL. in the mid 1980's and still shown today every Saturday Morning. Features characters such as: Sherriff Don, Wittler Dan, Papillon (the artist), Professor Clodhopper (the "scientific" nitwit perpeturating the myth that science is dumb), and by far, hands down the most frightening ventriloquist ever and his doll "Marty." They both wear red and white checkered shirts. The dolls hairdo is a cross between Frankensteins hair and your worst case scenario sideburns. So is his. I do not know what is scarier... watching them perform... or thinking about the two of them rehearsing alone in their sparsely decorated room lit by a shadeless lamp... the guy in a stained tank top undershirt... the faint smell of b.o. he's worked up trying to JUST get his schtick down right... ALSO: I have videos by EBN (Emergency Broadcast Network), DEVO, Laurie Anderson, The Society of The Spectacle film... (incredible film! check out the link) http://www.slip.net/~knabb/PS/Debordfilm.htm That Russel Media Underground place looked fantastic! Too bad it's kaput. Anyone have any info on these videos showing up elsewhere? Anyone else have videos as described. I also have lots of psychedelic video images including Headcandy: Sidneys Psychedelic Adventure. Anyone's thoughts on this idea? Chris # 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, 11 Jan 2000 12:13:54 -0500 From: jane.murray@maclaren.com Subject: (exotica) Re: exotica-digest V2 #590 Hello, Im new to this mailing list and after reading for a few weeks I thought I'd expose myself. A few months ago I started picking up Hawaiian records in the local Goodwills and Sally Anns. Im not even sure why, as I don't have a working record player at the moment. I think originally just for the cool cover art and liner notes. I have about 30 or so now which I havent listened to (except very quietly without an amp - just on the record player hooked up to speakers going bzz bzz bzz) yet Im obsessed with getting more more more. My other new obsession is making pilgrimages to Tiki bars - I live in Toronto (which is completely tiki-less) but drove to Columbus, Ohio, just for the Kahiki, and on my Christmas/New Years trip to Tokyo I also checked out the Tiki Tiki in Yokohama. Next up is the Hut in Pontiac, Michigan, and Jardin Tiki in Montreal. My Kahiki review is on my webpage if you care to take a peek: http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~jasoncsl/fishstick/titlepage.html So I guess my question is: Anyone else want to talk Hawaiian records? And, can you give me the locations of any and all tiki bars near you? Aloha, Fishstick # 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, 11 Jan 2000 15:40:11 -0500 From: "Lou Smith" Subject: (exotica) ha-ha or peculiar? From: Robbie Baldock Subject: Re: (exotica) [obit]Robert McGill Thomas Jr. Date: 11 Jan 2000 15:54:40 +0000 >I think the point in this case though was that the journalist was an >obit-writer himself and I think we're all supposed to find that funny. Funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? Or is it a special British meaning for "funny?" A few years ago my family shared a vacation condo near DisneyWorld with some English friends of ours. I found their young daughter to be delightfully, engagingly wacky. I made the error of telling my friend, the mom, that I found her daughter "funny." I've *never* *ever* received a look like the one she gave me. So does "funny" have some local meaning? Anyway, I know you dislike the obits. I know it, you've said it and I've heard it. I've prefaced all obits with [obit] so you'd never have to read anything you didn't want. I continue to post them because of the many many many e-mails, on-list and off-, that have asked me to continue. I also include obits that aren't exotica-related but do relate to the interests of people on the list. In other words, I post based on the listees and not the list itself. Now, I don't find death "funny" at all. I don't find an obituary for an obituary writer to be inherantly "funny" or (misusing the word) "ironic." I found this obit of interest because of the contributions of the man. Perhaps you'd like to re-read this paragraph from the obit and you'll see why: Thomas began writing obituaries full time in 1995 after serving as a police reporter, a rewrite man, a society news reporter and a sports writer. He was credited with using a fresh approach to writing obituaries, finding key details to illuminate lives that might otherwise have been overlooked or underreported. - -Lou # 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, 11 Jan 2000 12:58:03 -0800 From: "Mayhue, Wade" Subject: RE: (exotica) CD Burners I recently purchased the Philips 765CDR (this is the dual-deck model) and am *very* pleased with it. The real upside to these home system components is that you can burn real-time, as opposed to a burner on your computer where you must first save the LP tracks to your hard drive as .wav files (or similar files) and then burn them to CD from your hard drive. It also burns CD to CD at 2x speed, which is slower than some computer burners but still totally adequate. Additionally, the CDR-DA [CDR Digital Audio]media is drastically dropping in price. If you don't know what I'm talking about -- home system component burners use a different type of CD media than computer burners and the media has historically been priced at $3 - $4 per CD. However, I recently bought several 10-packs of CDR-DA media with jewel cases (Maxell) for $20 per 10-pack -- that's $2.00 per CD, only about $0.50 more than you'd pay for a 10 pack of standard CD-Rs with jewel cases. And on top of that, you don't encounter the "unreadable" errors with the CDR-DA media that were the topic of discussion in this group back in December. On the other hand, if you like to spend hours tinkering with software, if your records are in bad condition and you want to clean them up electronically, or if you also want to burn data, then the computer burners are probably your cup of tea. Hope this helps. - --Wade - -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Lenkei [mailto:lenkei@echonyc.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, 11 Jan 2000 22:31:39 -0500 (EST) From: Brett Leveridge Subject: RE: (exotica) CD Burners On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Mayhue, Wade wrote: > > I recently purchased the Philips 765CDR (this is the dual-deck model) and am > *very* pleased with it. The real upside to these home system components is > that you can burn real-time, as opposed to a burner on your computer where > you must first save the LP tracks to your hard drive as .wav files (or > similar files) and then burn them to CD from your hard drive. I have a new CD burner and on my Mac, I don't have to save as a .wav or any other kind of file; I just drag the cuts I want off each cd onto my desktop and then burn the CD. I can burn at 6x so it takes 15 minutes or less to burn a 74 min. CD. I'll bet the same can be done on a PC, too. Brett ******************************************* Watch for Brett Leveridge's new book, "Men My Mother Dated, and Other Mostly True Tales," coming in the spring of 2000 from Villard Books. http://www.menmymotherdated.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, 11 Jan 2000 20:00:32 -0800 From: Kevin Crossman Subject: Re: (exotica) tiki stuff jane.murray@maclaren.com wrote: > My Kahiki review is on my webpage if you care to take a peek: > > http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~jasoncsl/fishstick/titlepage.html > > So I guess my question is: Anyone else want to talk Hawaiian records? And, > can you give me the locations of any and all tiki bars near you? The Tiki Bar Review Pages are a good place to start: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Fuji/2185/tikimain.html (I know you've already found this... the note is for others who aren't in the know) You will also find Tiki bars (among others) at The Search for the Ultimate Mai Tai http://www.kevdo.com/maitai/ I'm sure James (tiki bar) or myself (Mai tai) would love to see more writeups such as on your web page, which looks great by the way. I am a Hawaiian record newbie (and do not have much of a collection), but am interesting in further discussion... Kevin Crossman The Search for the Ultimate Mai Tai http://www.kevdo.com/maitai/ # 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, 11 Jan 2000 20:51:34 -0800 From: Paul Penna Subject: Re: (exotica) Sway cheryl wrote: >I've never heard the "original" version of this song... That was "Quien Sera," no? Viz. Ultra Lounge Bongoland, track 13 part 2. # 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, 11 Jan 2000 20:51:46 -0800 From: Paul Penna Subject: Re: (exotica) Wimoweh Citizen Kafka wrote: > >to repeat; the 'melody' of the song (in the jungle the ... jungle the >lion sleeps tonight) was an improvised single phrase which appears once >in one out of three takes they recorded (very different, different >instrumentation). And, simply a melodic musical line - no lyrics. Upon hearing Bert Kaempfert's "Swingin' Safari," a friend stated he thought it was a ripoff of "Wimoweh." Anybody else get this impression? All it makes me think of is "The Match Game." # 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, 11 Jan 2000 21:31:50 -0800 From: "Ron Grandia" Subject: (exotica) FeelthyFantastica! It's a busy time here at the FeelthyMonkeyStudios - I now have two fulltime streams running (let's see if they stay that way) Currently playing: Radio fantastica #54 and #56 (Martin Denny Special) http://www.xtabay.com/live365feelthylink.pls fine for ISDN or faster. http://www.xtabay.com/lofistream.pls will work for 28.8 Modems. # 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, 12 Jan 2000 02:00:25 EST From: Ottotemp@aol.com Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) Hawaiian records & Tiki bars I don't know much about Hawaiian music but I have about 300 Hawaiian records which I think is a large collection They are all lps from the 50s to the 80s but mostly 59 - late 60s One of my favorites of the more straightforward stuff is The Polynesians I liked them initially because they were the house band at The Polynesian restaurant in Torrance, CA (which is also where I grew up - Torrance, not The Polynesian restaurant) but came to like their music too they put out about 4 lps on Crown and then there are a few more with additional members and titles such as Hawaiian Paradise or something like that and you don't find out it is them until you read the label on the lp or their name is small on the cover Otto tikinews.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, 11 Jan 2000 22:58:56 -0800 From: Kevin Crossman Subject: (exotica) Help! Exotica Archive needs slogan Hello all... I am getting closer to getting the Exotica Archive off the ground. This will be a place for me to write about Exotica (in the narrowest sense), with photos, interviews (if I can get any), essays, etc. It celebrates the "classic" Exotica music of Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman, Les Baxter, etc. (This site is in no way affiliated with the Exotica Mailing List per se.) I am working on a nice logo, but need a 10 word slogan for the site. Nothing is coming to me, but maybe all you fine folks can get me over the hurdle. Something like "Celebrating the Exotic Music of the 1950's" or "Celebrating the music of Martin Denny" "From Hawaii to the Tiki Room, Exotica Lives on". In appreciation, I will now give you a sneak preview... check out some of the photos (completely unannoted at this point) from my recent trip to Waikiki. http://www.kevdo.com/upload/exotica/ Any input is GREATLY APPRECIATED. Mahalo! Kevin Crossman http://www.kevdo.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, 11 Jan 2000 23:50:50 -0800 From: "Ron Grandia" Subject: Re: (exotica) FeelthyFantastica! P.S. Okay- the links are set into my page. Bookmark here to stay abreast of rotating shows. There are links to the contributor's pages, too. (Jack and Johan) http://www.xtabay.com/feelthyradio.htm Also, being the gadget freak that I am, I have been goofing with with a live streaming webcam - I hope it will add some flavor to upcoming netcasts. Right now it's as exiting as watching paint peel, but I letting it roll, to see if my connection can handle streaming of both audio and video. Weeee! I'll leave it live untill I can no longer cope with the feeling of "being watched." It's looking in on my office. I check in occasionally to make sure that nobody's there (It's 11:40 pm right now) >It's a busy time here at the FeelthyMonkeyStudios - I now have two fulltime >streams running (let's see if they stay that way) > >Currently playing: Radio fantastica #54 and #56 (Martin Denny Special) > >http://www.xtabay.com/live365feelthylink.pls fine for ISDN or faster. > >http://www.xtabay.com/lofistream.pls will work for 28.8 Modems. # 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, 12 Jan 2000 08:30:52 -0000 From: Reader Geoff Subject: (exotica) guitar duet - Star Trek It seems our local radio station played a guitar duet version of the Star Trek theme recently, without saying who it was by. A friend heard it and is intrigued, so am I. Does anyone know who it may be? It could be old or new, don't know. Thanks for your time. El Maestro Con Queso djcheesemaster@yahoo.com grr@brighton.ac.uk http://www.shitola.freeserve.co.uk/cheese/cheese.htm http://www.geocities.com/djcheesemaster/ # 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, 12 Jan 2000 10:48:49 +0000 From: Subject: Re: (exotica) ha-ha or peculiar? Lou, perhaps you should go to www.onelist.com and create your own obituaries mailing list. Then you and others could post obituaries there instead of forcing them down our throats (of the 123 emails I've received from you via the list since the 23rd September, 73 have been obituaries). Anybody from the exotica mailing list who is interested in receiving continuing obituaries could sign up, as could those other Internet users who take an interest in non-exotica related posts about the lives of those recently departed. I personally would not sign up, but I'm sure that there is probably a market out there for this sort of thing. Charlie charles_moseley@mckinsey.com +-------------------------------------------------------------+ | This message may contain confidential and/or privileged | | information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to | | receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, | | disclose or take any action based on this message or any | | information herein. If you have received this message in | | error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail | | and delete this message. 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