From: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com (exotica-digest) To: exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: exotica-digest V2 #232 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 Monday, October 19 1998 Volume 02 : Number 232 In This Digest: (exotica) (no subject) Re: Re: (exotica) Swinging on a star Re: (exotica) moog continued (exotica) the elusive Lorraine Bowen (exotica) us tv stuff (exotica) Give me SWINGCUSSION! Re: (exotica) Give me SWINGCUSSION! (exotica) The Legendary Criswell Re: (exotica) The Legendary Criswell Re: (exotica) Give me SWINGCUSSION! Re: (exotica) moog continued Re: (exotica) Nutty Squirrels spotting Re: (exotica) My German recommendations... (Hazy Osterwald) (exotica) Center of the dull (exotica) Bruce Haack (exotica) light and specter Re: (exotica) The Legendary Criswell (exotica) the elusive Lorraine Bowen Re: (exotica): Germany and Polka Re: (exotica) Fred Von Jupiter by the Marinas (exotica) Seinfeld (exotica) homepages Re: (exotica) (no subject) Re: (exotica) Seinfeld Re: (exotica) Seinfeld Re: (exotica) Seinfeld Re: (exotica) Seinfeld (exotica) ComEd on the road...... (exotica) fwd: epulse 4.41 [chakra] (exotica) German version of Hogan's Heros (Ein Käfig voller Helden) (exotica) FW: JJPerrey ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 00:35:36 EDT From: KayStar53@aol.com Subject: (exotica) (no subject) how do i leave this list? # 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: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 01:58:16 -0700 From: The Davidsons Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) Swinging on a star >Dimension Records was recently compiled by Rhino on a two-fer CD I believe "The Colpix-Dimension Story", double disc, Rhino R2 71560 # 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: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 21:25:37 +0100 From: "Robbie Baldock" Subject: Re: (exotica) moog continued BasicHip wrote: >ENO, MECO AND NOMI, ULI-The Moog Cookbook >ENO, MECO AND NOMI, ULI-Ye Olde Space Bande These were of course released under the name "The Moog Cookbook" (Meco and Nomi being spoof aliases for Messrs Manning and Kehew). > HAACK, BRUCE-Hush Little Robot "Electric Luficer" has also recently been reissued. PLUS: How could you forget Dick Hyman's "Moog"?! AND how about these more recent examples of Mooginess: Add N To X - On the Wires of Our Nerves Stereolab - Dots and Loops Turn On - Turn On High Llamas - Cold and Bouncy Family of God - epon I imagine Ms Mingo-go will know of a few hundred more... 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: Sun, 18 Oct 98 18:51:07 PDT From: "B. Yost" Subject: (exotica) the elusive Lorraine Bowen I went on a weekend excursion to Nashville, and on the way I stopped in at a used record store in the tiny town of Bowling Green. Lo and behold, they had a used (actually, promo) copy of the Lorraine Bowen Experience CD "Greatest Hits vol 1." After recalling her name being mentioned on this last last month I gave it a quick listen in the store CD player and picked it up. The store's price tag reveals it to have been sitting on the shelf there for exactly 2 years. Hard to imagine how it got there at all. It's not even on a "label," just self-released, and from GB at that. She's sort of in a league of her own. I picture her holding court in an English pub with a cheap Casio keyboard and a few tipsy admirerers singing along raptly. BTW, this has the "Julie Christie" song on it, but not the other one (whose name escapes me) that was mentioned last month. There are some really lovely songs on here, a few silly ones, and some earnest ones too. It's difficult to categorize her songs. I was reminded slightly of a band called Weekend if that's a point of reference for some people, and even of the Roches to some extent. She also has a slightly "naughty" side to her persona. Did the people who had tried mail ordering her CD ever hear anything? - - Brad # 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: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 18:58:45 -0400 From: "m.ace" Subject: (exotica) us tv stuff Sorry, no time to write teasers this week (eastern daylight times). That's Right, You're Wrong (1939) - Monday morning, 6:15am - AMC Cry-Baby (1990) - Monday afternoon, 2:00pm - USA I Walk Alone (1948) - Tuesday afternoon, 4:30pm - AMC A&E's Biography, Ann-Margret - Tuesday night, 8:00pm, Midnight - A&E The Third Man (1949) - Tuesday night, 11:00pm - AMC The Evil Mind (1934) - Tuesday night / Wednesday morning, 4:00am - A&E Pajama Party (1964) - Thursday morning, 9:00am - AMC Profiles: The Art Of David Lynch - Thursday night, Midnight; Friday night, 8:00pm - Bravo The Killers (1946) - Thursday night / Friday morning, 12:15am - AMC Kiss Of Death (1947) - Thursday night / Friday morning, 2:00am - AMC A Face In The Crowd (1957) - Thursday night / Friday morning, 3:45am - AMC The Ghost In The Invisible Bikini (1966) - Saturday night, 10:00pm - AMC Murder, Inc. (1960) - Saturday night / Sunday morning, 4:00am - AMC - Tough true-crime story. See "Columbo" stab "Buddy"! (well, I had to get ONE in) m.ace ecam@voicenet.com OOK http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/ # 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: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 16:05:56 +0000 From: bag@hubris.net Subject: (exotica) Give me SWINGCUSSION! The semi-annual Music Expo hit Portland this weekend and, as usual, I found records there...some experiments, others long searched for LPs. I agree with Joe Venuto though...I look for and want more swingcussion! Adventure In Time Sauter-Finegan Orchestra RCA LPM 1240 Ever since I got the RCA Space Age Pop CD series and a cover for this album, I wanted to get the entire thing. I had to open up my wallet a bit, but I was determined. While I do no regret buying it, I can imagine how some might feel that way. Judging by the one cut from this album that made it to the CD, you'd think the entire LP had cool swingcussion numbers (swing music featuring primarilly marimbas, vibes, bongos and the like). As it turns out, Joe Venuto's Swingcussion is about the only cut I completely enjoy (the penultimate selection). The first one has merit, but it has a bit of experimentation with tunefulness that makes me hesitant ("The Jukes Family Takes a Holiday"). The rest of them are interesting, but not enjoyable for the easily disturbed. By the way, a great cover! Line Renaud's Paris Capitol T1005 Thanks to the Ultra Lounge Series, I recognized the name while I was going through a buck bin. This is the woman whose voice precedes many of the Bachelor in Paris selections on the UL CD. Those intros come from THIS album. Unfortunately, "Sexe" (my first introduction to Line Renaud on the UL series) is not on this album, but there are a couple of very percussive tunes here. Besides, there may be one intro here that is NOT on the CD. The problem with this LP is that, as a concept album, it is meant to be played as a whole... therefore: no "bands" between cuts. It is nice to get the context that Ms. Renaud's intros were originally part of. Percy Faith Adventures in the Sun Columbia CL 1010 I already have one PF album that seems pretty exotic without being overly lush. Maybe this one is as well? With titles like Tropic Holiday, Tropical Merengue and Hey Jose! I thought this might be similarly interesting. It is! Just like Delicado (CL 681) it has a nice colorful cover with a head and hands shot of a woman. Whaddya know! I believe Joseph Lanza (in Elevator Music)has something to say about Percy Faith's move away from exoticism in later recordings. Martin Denny (?) Another Taste of Honey Liberty LRP 3277 This was one of the few Martin Denny (?) albums at the Expo which wasn't priced $8 or higher. For the first time since I first attended the Expo (March 1997), everyone selling records had an exotica section featuring almost all Denny records ranging from $8 to $20. I used to get his albums for up to $8. Anyway, this album: It is very good jazz. I'm glad I got it. Now the question...is this one of those non-Denny Martin Denny albums? If so, just who forms the quintet (piano, vibes, drums, other percussion, acoustic bass). Favorite cut: "Harlem Nocturne". However, the "Theme from Manchurian Candidate" was also quite enjoyable. Caterina Valente Golden Favorites Decca DL 74504 It is not easy to find Caterina Valente records. She was (and probably still is) popular in Europe where she is based, but in the USA has not achieved the almost cult status of singers like Eartha Kitt and Julie London. Thus, people here don't seem to buy, sell, display or feature her albums very much...and those that like her tend to keep to themselves. I believe she does quite well with exotica, as this record can attest to with tunes like Temptation, Malaguena and C'est Si Bon. Werner Muller was her most frequent orchestral partner, followed by Kurt Edelhagen. I very much like this album, my second Valente LP (at this rate, I'll find a different Valente LP once a year). By the way, Valente was born in France of Spanish and Italian parents and married a German. She was more a "continental" than "The Continental." Preston Epps Bongo Bongo Bongo Original Sound Record Company OSR LPM 5002 Based on a recommendation (thanks, Gloria!), I stretched my budget yet again to accomodate the purchase of this album. I wholeheartedly endorse this record. I was reluctant to buy it when I saw this terrible scratch through an entire side of the disc. The album said "as is." Oh, oh! However, the owner said it plays just fine...only superficial. I have found that most of the folks at the Expo are very honest...so I accepted the album. Glad I did...don't know when I will run into this album in such playable condition again for the price ($10). There is bound to be at least one cut that would please any listener...whether you like rock, percussion, big band or easy... including a 13 minute selection called "Call of the Jungle." Other cuts include "Bongo in the Congo," "Bongo Rock," and "Bongo Bongo Bongo." Did I mention that Mr. Epps plays The Bongos? Anyone know: was this album released in stereo? Johnny Gregory TV Thriller Themes Philips PHS 600-127 Just like someone else on this list, I am a sucker for TV theme albums, especially when they promise thrillers series to do the covers for. I can't say I like all of the cuts ("The Roaring Twenties" comes to mind), but most of the standards seem to fall well in place for acceptable crime jazz. Not the best treatment, but nothing to sneeze at. George Jenkins and his All Stars Drum Magic Tampa Records TP-29 This is small group jazz, 1956. Nice, but noisy. Despite the luscious cover photo (see Mr. Smooth playlist 101 on the Mr. Smooth website by the end of this week: October 17), there are no bongos or scantilly clad women in the audio. Harry Breuer and his Quintet Mallet Magic Audio Fidelity Stereodisc AFSD 5825 What can I say about his essential classic album? This was staged for stereo... none of this artificial panning stuff. It has wonderful separation and the performances are quite interesting. A colorful cover, although not as interesting to moi as volume 2 (which I have yet to find). I passed up a mono version of this a year ago. It was worth the wait...the stereo is awesome. I can't imagine the album would sound as good without two channels. The cover is a gatefold but with the AF twist: the record must be pulled out from the left wing on the INSIDE, forcing you to lay open the album flat before fetching the record. They charged me $5. After hearing it, I would be willing to pay much more! By the way, this album was originally sold by Djangos in its 20 cent bin, can you believe? I can tell because there is a telltale remnant of a felt-tip marked "3" on the cover. Records I purchased but don't like: Listen to Henri Rene RCA LPM 3076 (too lush) Sweet & Tuff Ace Cannon Hi SHL 32030 (okay mod sound, but mine skips!!!) Waltz with Me Ethel Smith Decca DL 8735 (no tico tico, no like-oh like-oh) Others I got that I haven't had to time to listen to (but have some reason for wanting them even if they don't absolutely thrill me): Francis Bai Latin Heat Cha Cha Cha Omega OSL 44 (never turn down cha cha) Les Baxter Love is Blue GNP 2042 (Les Baxter completist) Harry Zimmerman Band With a Beat Hi-Fi R 602 (I like big bands) The Three Suns A Swingin' Thing RCA LPM 2963 (yet another 3s LP unowned) Connie Francis More Italian Favorites MGM # 3871 (read those lips!) Neal Hefti Singing Instrumentals Epic LN 3440 (ISO the killer Hefti LP) Al Hirt Al (He's The King) Hirt and his Band RCA LSP 2354 (NM cond.) Al Caiola Greasy Kid Stuff United Artists UAL 3287 (THIS Al is the king) Al Caoila Solid Gold Guitar UA UAL 3180 (still the king) Al Caiola His Golden Guitar and the Manhattan Strings UA UAL 3240 (completist) Al Caiola Great Pickin' Chancellor CHL 5008 (Caravan leads off) Pat Suzuki The Many Sides of... Vik LX 1127 (I like her sides) Xavier Cugat Conga With Cugat Columbia CL 6036 (have 78, now I can play 33) Carol Burnett Let Me Entertain You Decca DL 74437 (CB fan...never heard this) Steve Allen SA's Funny Fone-Calls Dot DLP 3472 (top humorman, bad speller) Fred Sateriale B'Way Cha Chas Diplomat DS 2209 (bway AND cha chas, you bet) Happy hunting, Byron /- / '\ / ___> ; ; ; _ ;__ / \ [ | /"- / () | ) <}-___/_/(_|/ \_(__/\/| (_______ ___< -_/ Byron Caloz Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way http://www.hubris.net/zolac The Mr. Smooth site: http://www.hubris.net/zolac/smooth # 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: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 20:59:52 EDT From: SLarry3595@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Give me SWINGCUSSION! In a message dated 10/18/98 7:57:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, bag@hubris.net writes: > Adventure In Time Sauter-Finegan Orchestra RCA LPM 1240 >snip > The first one has merit, but > it has a bit of experimentation with tunefulness that makes me hesitant > ("The Jukes Family Takes a Holiday"). The rest of them are interesting, > but not enjoyable for the easily disturbed. By the way, a great cover! Thanks for this post, and congrats on finding this LP. Question; what exactly do you mean not enjoyable for the easily disturbed? And experimentation with tunefulness. Are you implying that this is some sort of 12 tone, or otherwise dissonant music that some would find troubling? Any further description would be much enjoyed! 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: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 20:58:21 -0700 From: "Ron Grandia" Subject: (exotica) The Legendary Criswell The Legendayr Criswell Predicts Your Amazing Future - MDWCGCG Records Anybody heard of this? Is this actually a spoken-word record from Criswell or some band being cut? # 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: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 23:59:10 -0500 (EST) From: Keith Louis Larsen Subject: Re: (exotica) The Legendary Criswell On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Ron Grandia wrote: > The Legendayr Criswell Predicts Your Amazing Future - MDWCGCG Records > > Anybody heard of this? Is this actually a spoken-word record from Criswell > or some band being cut? you will be amazed. 42 minutes of criswell prophesy deemed too bold for the johnny carson show. "i predict that it will be entirely legal for a woman to raffle off her husband when she tires of him in the future!" "i predict that a dream cabinet with lunar magnetic force will be in every bedroom in the land!" "i predict that embalming will be done through radar!" these and other future events await you in your incredible future. # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 00:35:20 +0000 From: bag@hubris.net Subject: Re: (exotica) Give me SWINGCUSSION! At 08:59 PM 18-10-98 EDT, Larry wrote: Question; what exactly >do you mean not enjoyable for the easily disturbed? And experimentation with >tunefulness. Are you implying that this is some sort of 12 tone, or otherwise >dissonant music that some would find troubling? First of all, I am not a trained musician, so I may have some of my wires crossed here. However, my general thought is that dissonance implies some sort of melody or harmony. The album's general exploration is that of rhythm. It is interesting I should find this album the day after hearing a concert conducted by John Adams, well-known American composer. In his introduction to his Violin Concerto, he noted that he is "a percussion man" and that many of his works up until the concerto highlighted mostly rhythm rather than harmony or melody...a general trend for the 20th century. He further explained that he thinks its time for classical music to start including melody and harmony which are primarilly the focus of popular music. In this respect, what Sauter-Finegan was doing was taking a popular medium (jazz, dance band) into the realm of more classical music, which had more of a focus on rhythm (Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, for one example). Each cut features a different "experiment" using different instruments or approaches. 2 E=MC is the second cut on the first side it is "a piece for percussion alone that demonstrates the relativity of time, space, pitch and volume..." Cut five features a poem read over "rhythmic intensity." ....and so on. Sauter-Finegan was doing the same sort of thing as Kenton and Rugolo were doing...bringing jazz into "serious" music and vice versa: the so-called "progressive" jazz. Unfortunately, for some people's ears, this was unexpected, even annoying. SOME critics gave Kenton some flack for turning mostly pleasant dance jazz into something of an abstraction. The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra apparently didn't have the history on the dance floor as Kenton, so it actually enjoyed a reputation of this kind of experimentation. I find it quite fascinating listening myself but would enjoy it even more watching it in performance. As pure popular music, though, it probably doesn't work...except for the two cuts I mentioned. If what I say doesn't ring true for you, feel free to cut me to pieces. However, it makes sense to me. I read a lot of album notes, but that's the extent of my education (and, of course, listening to the music). Byron /- / '\ / ___> ; ; ; _ ;__ / \ [ | /"- / () | ) <}-___/_/(_|/ \_(__/\/| (_______ ___< -_/ Byron Caloz Portland, Oregon, USA, Earth, Sol, Milky Way http://www.hubris.net/zolac The Mr. Smooth site: http://www.hubris.net/zolac/smooth # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 11:16:25 +0200 From: Yves Dewulf Subject: Re: (exotica) moog continued > HENRY, PIERRE-Messe Pour Le Temps Present As far as I know, there's no Moog on this one, only Musique Concrete tape splicing and a EMS-synth bubbling (EMS synthi A or VCS3, I'm not sure) (as well as some conventional instruments of course) Parts of this album were "sampled" by JJ Perrey on a track of his Moog Indigo album. YVes # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 15:41:20 +0000 From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Nutty Squirrels spotting cheryl wrote: > I remember hearing (in the '80s) a version of "Fred >Vom Jupiter" sung in English by a woman. Do you know who it was? > > > Oh, Moritz - for shame! It's on the Cabaret Obskur compilation, in English, by The Marinas (AtaTak WR 55) Although Andreas' original German version is still my favourite!!! > Oh boy, yes! On my own record. Forgot completely about it!Brain! Mo # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 15:40:58 +0000 From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) My German recommendations... (Hazy Osterwald) Marco "Kallie" Kalnenek wrote: > Well, I dug up the only album by Hazy Osterwald that I have in my > collection ('Die Hazy Osterwald Show" on Polydor) and the info on the > cover answers the question: Osterwald was born in 1922 in Bern, > Switzerland. Actually, only one member of his sextet is German. The rest > are Swiss, Belgian and even British. > > (Wow, I never thought I would want to know more about Hazy Osterwald. By > the way, I remember my father telling me he saw Hazy perform in the late > 50's or early 60's. Their show was pretty wild - the bassplayer wore a > helmet....) > They appeared in many german films, most of the times as these english gentlemen with black suits and bowler hats. somehow funny, somehow cool. but to me dixieland was always one of the few musical styles I would never listen to, not to speak of trying to inform me in detail. Are we growing too old? Mo # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 15:35:53 +0000 From: Moritz R Subject: (exotica) Center of the dull "Center of the Dull" by Family of God seems to develop to the new everybody's favorite song, at least in the small world that I can overview personally... Mo # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 15:39:20 +0000 From: Moritz R Subject: (exotica) Bruce Haack Last week I got my copy of "Hush Little Robot" and I'm so excited about it. Does anybody know more about him? I know his records were discussed in this list a little earlier, but I can't remember infos about Haack personally. Mo # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 11:25:59 -0400 From: "Rajnai, Charles, NPG" Subject: (exotica) light and specter Does anyone have/know where to get some photos of Enoch Light (and Phil Specter) I want to use them for desktops for these two computers of mine. surfing the chaos, Charlieman # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 08:54:53 -0500 (EST) From: Kevin William Greenlee Subject: Re: (exotica) The Legendary Criswell > > > The Legendayr Criswell Predicts Your Amazing Future - MDWCGCG Records > > How can I get my hands on this gem? Kevin Greenlee # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 09:04:16 -0700 (PDT) From: chuck Subject: (exotica) the elusive Lorraine Bowen Brad Your exotica angels must have been watching over you. I have yet to hear back but its too soon to expect a reply since its been less then two weeks. Easy Listening in the Big Easy Chuck - ---"B. Yost" wrote: > > > I went on a weekend excursion to Nashville, and on the way I stopped in at a used record store in the tiny town of Bowling Green. Lo and behold, they had a used (actually, promo) copy of the Lorraine Bowen Experience CD "Greatest Hits vol 1." _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 15:39:46 +0000 From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica): Germany and Polka > Today my favorite style of Polka music is found in the Southwest > US.....its a hybrid between the Texan/German influence and the Mexican > culture.... >> > There is one german band based in Munich that picked exactely this phenomenon for some of their records and even toured that area: FSK. Bandleader Thomas Meinecke even wrote a book about it. Mo # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 15:40:22 +0000 From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Fred Von Jupiter by the Marinas Tipsydave@aol.com wrote: > < of new German new music called Deutschland.>> > > As soon as I read this, I HAD to rush over to my record-player and listen to > that song again. How brilliant! > By the way, Moritz, didn't you design that album cover? You also got that? I was already surprised when Mimi told me she had it. I think 1000 were pressed and I did the cover using pictures from a catalogue of Faller, a german model house producer. That album was the only product that our N.Y. Buro of Ata Tak ever put out. Mo # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 15:38:52 +0000 From: Moritz R Subject: (exotica) Seinfeld Rcbrooksod@aol.com wrote: > On that note, the biggest show in the US for the past 5 or 6 years was > Seinfeld. A show about a self absorbed jewish comedian and his friends. I > know you have heard of it. Well, I read that it bombed in Germany and they > replaced it with reruns of Hogan's Heros which, suposedly, the Germans love. Apparentely not true. It still runs and I heard it is successful. Even my favorite satirical magazine Titanic recommended it. I tried to watch it 2 or 3 times and couldn't laugh very much. Possibly the fault of the german translation...I've never seen Hogan's Heros. Unless it has a completely different german title I don't think it ever ran here. Mo # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 18:48:41 +0000 From: Moritz R Subject: (exotica) homepages Searching for Bruce Haack I found this homepage: http://www.psychedelic-music.com It also has some interesting links, http://www.psychedelic-music.com/links.html for instance this one: http://www.wendycarlos.com/index.html (talking about Moog, talking about X-gender things) Mo # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 18:49:01 +0000 From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) (no subject) KayStar53@aol.com wrote: >how do i leave this list? >#Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? >#Send the command "info exxotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. >#To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. It is mails like this that bring a little bit of happiness into my otherwise grey life. Mo # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 09:53:48 +0000 From: Ron Grandia Subject: Re: (exotica) Seinfeld Moritz writes regarding Seinfeld: > I tried to watch it 2 or 3 > times and couldn't laugh very much. Possibly the fault of the german > translation... Subtitles, or dubbed? I can only imagine what a strange experience Seinfeld would be when dubbed into German. I still giggle a little at remembering the time I was in Italy and had the opportunity to see "The Fall Guy" Dubbed into Italian. Nothing could have prepared me for that. I nearly hurt myself laughing. The most interesting thing is the voices that get assigned to the characters... They are always so incongruous. In the case of Seinfeld, I would have to believe that a lot would get lost in the translation, since so much of the humor is based on the inconsistencies of language and the nuances of MIScommunication. # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 20:21:11 +0000 From: Moritz R Subject: Re: (exotica) Seinfeld Ron Grandia wrote: > Moritz writes regarding Seinfeld: > > > I tried to watch it 2 or 3 > > times and couldn't laugh very much. Possibly the fault of the german > > translation... > > Subtitles, or dubbed? > I can only imagine what a strange experience Seinfeld would > be when dubbed into German. I still giggle a little at remembering the > time I was in Italy and had the opportunity to see "The Fall Guy" Dubbed > into Italian. Nothing could have prepared me for that. I nearly hurt > myself laughing. > > The most interesting thing is the voices that get assigned to the > characters... > They are always so incongruous. In the case of Seinfeld, I would have to > believe that a lot would get lost in the translation, since so much of > the humor > is based on the inconsistencies of language and the nuances of > MIScommunication. Dubbed. Everything is dubbed here, even in the movie theaters. Some films you can get in the original version, more seldom with subtitles. But in TV almost never. It's a shame. I envy the smaller european countries, where subtitled versions are common just because it doesn't pay to dub the films. Fareed Armaly has made an interesting film about this phenomenon. The weird thing is, that you connect certain actors with certain german voices. And often you have the same voice for different actors. Mo # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 11:32:47 -0700 From: jasmine j jopling Subject: Re: (exotica) Seinfeld possibly the funniest transtlated show moment of my life was in brussels. After hours trekking around town trying to find somewhere to sleep, my friend and i find a hotel we can afford. With great delight, we head to the corner shop next door and buy 4 bottles of too-cheap wine. we have no corkscrew. we, very tiredly and grumpily, proceed to try and push the cork _in_ to the bottles, which after a lot of work and banging, finally works. we drink our cheap wine, get deliriously sloshed, turn the tv on, and the Simpsons is on in french!! Seriously, the funniest thing i think i've ever seen. When marge said, with unbelievable thick french accent: "ho-MEHHR!" I literally fell off the lumpy bed right onto the floor. ah, traveling. jasmine # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 11:35:15 +0000 From: Ron Grandia Subject: Re: (exotica) Seinfeld > I envy the smaller european countries, where subtitled > versions are common just because it doesn't pay to dub the films. Interesting! I saw "Stand by Me" in Belgium. It was subtitled. Although my experience in Belgium was that most folks spoke fluent English, my pal and I would laugh a good second or two before the rest of the audience. I guess they were reading the titles. # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 14:17:27 -0400 From: "Br. Cleve" Subject: (exotica) ComEd on the road...... "The Impossible World" - Tour, phase 1 10/24 Columbus OH - The Kahiki ("America's Most Beautiful Polynesian Supper Club") 10/25 Cincinnati OH - Sudsy Malones [513 - 751-2300] 10/26 Cleveland OH - The Grog Shop [216 - 321-5588] 10/27 Buffalo, NY - King Snake Lounge [716 - 856-3627] 10/28 Rochester, NY - Bug Jar [716 - 288-3738] 10/29 Toronto, ONT - Horseshoe Tavern [416 - 598-4226] 10/30 Pontiac, MI - Mill Street @Clutch Cargo's [248 -333-0649] 10/31 Chicago, IL - Double Door [773 -489-3160] 11/01 Madison, WI - Cafe Monmarte [608 -255-5900] 11/02 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar [612 -332-2903] 11/05 Vancouver, BC - Starfish Room [604 -682-4171] 11/06 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe [206 -441-7416] 11/07 Portland, OR - Roseland Grill [503 -219-9929] 11/09-10 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club [415 -474-0365] 11/12-13 Los Angeles, CA - The Mint [323 -954-8241] 11/14 San Diego, CA - The Casbah [619 -232-4355] 11/16 Tucson, AZ - Congress Hotel 11/18 Dallas, TX - Tree Lounge 11/19 Austin, TX - Electric Lounge [512 - 476-3873] 11/20 Houston, TX - Satellite Lounge [713 -869-4804] 11/21 New Orleans, LA - Howlin' Wolf [504 -529-2341] 11/23 Atlanta, GA - The Point [404-659-3522] 11/24 Raleigh, NC - Cat's Cradle [919-967-9053] 11/25 Philadelphia, PA - 5 Spot [215 - 574-0070] 11/27 Washington, D.C. - Black Cat [206-667-4490] 11/28 New York City - Bowery Ballroon more to come in '99............ br cleve # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 13:41:32 -0500 From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) fwd: epulse 4.41 [chakra] >--- CONTENTS / October 16, 1998 >>>> Welcome back to epulse, the musically omnivorous >weekly ezine of Pulse! magazine 7. online toy of the week (perhaps the year): Yeah, sometimes the commercials are better than the TV shows. And sometimes the music on the commercials is better than the stuff in your Walkman. Deal with it. And while you're busy realigning your indie-mainstream paradigm, check out http://www.ABSOLUTVODKA.com. (No, this segment of the epulse8 is not a paid commercial endorsement--the URL is just that cool.) Constructed by RED SKY INTERACTIVE and curated by three DJ acts, the Internet web site contains a healthy dose of online audio-visual fun implemented with the Shockwave plug-in. The DJs are America's ubiquitous DJ SPOOKY; the heads of the British label Ninja Tune, COLDCUT; and the under-sung Japanese musical force UFO (United Future Organization). Each musical act's segment is a version of the same, utterly ingenious online composing game: a grid which becomes a musical composition as you drop a select number of samples on it; two icons dance about the grid, triggering the musical segments you've selected. When you've completed your composition, you can email it to a friend and enter it in a contest that the musicians will be judging. The Coldcut samples are typically goofy and space-age, including canned turntable breakbeats and sci-fi effects. Spooky's are muddy, raspy slices of sound. UFO's game features hot jazz snippets: cymbals, congas, vocals, horns and more. Every icon on every game turns into a little mini-video a second or so in length. There's also a neat history of DJ culture, from before Thomas Edison through to the rise of trance and drum and bass in the '90s. Log on and prepare to kill a lot of time. It will be hours before you start wishing you could mix together sonic elements from the different games. Here's to version 2.0. (Weidenbaum) Try this URL for UFO: This one for Coldcut: This one for DJ Spooky: And this one for the Archives: # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 17:59:18 EDT From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: (exotica) German version of Hogan's Heros (Ein Käfig voller Helden) This are the titles of the German version of Hogan's Heros. In Germany, the Program is called "Ein Käfig voller Helden", meaning "A Cage Full of Heroes". Here is the URL: http://terek-nor.rz.uni-mannheim.de/~jacob/misc/hogan_german.html # 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: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 16:23:28 -0700 From: Jack Subject: (exotica) FW: JJPerrey >To: "'jack@jackdiamond.com'" >Subject: FW: JJPerrey >Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 16:02:02 -0700 > >Thought you might like this..lifted from web http://www.sfgate.com .............. >> >> Wed. October 21 >> >> In 1970, Jean Jacques Perrey said,"Without a ship Columbus could not >>have traversed the Atlantic, without a telescope >> Galileo could not have charted the solar system, and what the Moog Synthesizer opens up for the future of music is beyond dreams." >> Sounds a little sci-fi Cold War hokey now, except he >> turned out to be right. >> A self-taught pianist, in the '50s Perrey was on >> track to a medical career when he met George Jenny, the inventor of the Ondioline -- a keyboard that could mimic the sound of different instruments while emitting its own electronic tones. Quelle advancement! Perrey was so inspired that he left medical school, toting the funky box around Europe, showing off his magic to anyone who would listen. Those performances put him in touch with Jean Cocteau and Edith Piaf, who very sweetly funded a trip to America for their rising star. In 1960 he landed in New York City to become one of the first Moog musicians, holding impromptu beatnik jam sessions, and eventually meeting Gershon Kingsley. Together, they would spend weeks literally piecing together songs with tape, scissors and an audio recorder. Their work was progressive, for sure, and at times deliciously weird. The pinnacle -- an outlandish and wild Volkswagen ad soundtrack -- nabbed the duo a 1968 Clio Award. >> Perrey himself went on to create some of the most innovative synthesizer music ever. To say that Perrey's influence on music today is anything less than phenomenal is like saying that makeup-metal has little to do with spandex thong-o-riffic pants. He's been sampled by Ice T and remixed by Fatboy Slim. Everyone from the Beastie Boys (who borrowed Perrey's "In Sound From Way Out" title) to Stereolab (who remain "Switched On" to this day) still builds on the foundation the 75-year old (actually, 69) French villager layed down so long ago. >> More Moog Info: Interview with M. Perrey. Some of the many artists who've sat down with a moog. Biography of Robert Moog. World's largest maker of Theremins and other synth oddities. How to use a Moog Synthesizer. Jean Jacques Perrey, Justice League, 628 Divisadero >> St. @ Hayes, SF, (415) 289-2038. ROCK ON KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jack # 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 #232 *****************************