From: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com (exotica-digest) To: exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: exotica-digest V2 #514 Reply-To: exotica-digest Sender: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes exotica-digest Thursday, October 7 1999 Volume 02 : Number 514 In This Digest: (exotica) [obits] A.L. "Doodle" Owens,Amalia Rodrigues,Gorilla Monsoon Re: (exotica) Harmonicats Re: SV: (exotica) Indian Summer 1999 Re: (exotica) Indian Summer 1999 Re: (exotica) Indian Summer 1999 SV: (exotica) Indian Summer 1999 Re: (exotica) Esquivel's "See It In Sound" Re: (exotica) Esquivel's "See It In Sound" (exotica) LP frames / Shoppinquarium Re: Re: (exotica) Mel Henke, Dynamic Adventures in Sound Re: (exotica) Esquivel's "See It In Sound" Re: (exotica) Esquivel's "See It In Sound" SV: Re: (exotica) Mel Henke, Dynamic Adventures in Sound Re: (exotica) Indian Summer 1999 (exotica) Re: Harmonicats (exotica) Pepsi? (exotica) Whazzin a name? Re: (exotica) Indian Summer Offering (exotica) 180 and the Letter G Re: (exotica) Pepsi? (exotica) Italian Now! Re: (exotica) Whazzin a name? Re: (exotica) Whazzin a name? Re: (exotica) Pepsi? (exotica) Eve's Plumb (exotica) Some Esquivel and other questions Re: (exotica) Re: Harmonicats Re: (exotica) Whazzin a name? (exotica) Mad Magazine Re: (exotica) Tiki Shirt / Emperor Norton Sampler Re: (exotica) Whazzin a name? (exotica) where records hide in DC Re: (exotica) Whazzin a name? (exotica) Fwd: the TRUTH about the Bomboras! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 10:13:52 -0400 From: Subject: (exotica) [obits] A.L. "Doodle" Owens,Amalia Rodrigues,Gorilla Monsoon The Associated Press Wednesday, Oct. 6, 1999; 10:49 p.m. EDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. –– A.L. "Doodle" Owens, who wrote dozens of country music hits for stars like Charley Pride, George Jones and Moe Bandy, died Monday from a heart attack. He was 68. Owens' hits include "Wine Colored Roses" for Jones, "Johnny One Time" for Brenda Lee and "Hank and Lefty Raised My Country Soul" for Stoney Edwards. Owens got the nickname "Doodle" as a child because he crawled backwards. Owens, a native of Waco, Texas, moved to Nashville in 1965, after being encouraged by singer Ray Price. With Frazier, he co-wrote two No. 1 hits for Pride in 1969, "(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again" and "All I Have to Offer You (Is Me)." Amalia Rodrigues LISBON, Portugal (AP) – Amalia Rodrigues, the Portuguese singer whose passionate performances of the country's brooding 'fado' music took her from Lisbon taverns to worldwide fame, died Wednesday at her home. She was 79. Rodrigues' personal secretary, Leonel Henriques, told the news agency Lusa that she was found dead in her bed, adding she had felt unwell in previous days. The singer had suffered two heart attacks, in 1979 and 1980, and increasing health problems caused her to retreat from public life in recent years. Prime Minister Antonio Guterres announced three days of national mourning. Amalia da Piedade Rebordao Rodrigues, known popularly as Amalia, became known at home as the "Ambassador of Fado" for taking Portugal's sad and haunting traditional music out of Lisbon taverns and placing it on a world stage. Her interpretations of 'fado' – which means "fate" or "destiny" – gave the world a glimpse into the depths of the Portuguese character. "Fado" lyrics are sentimental and melancholic, centering on longing, sadness and fatalism, while the guitar accompaniment combines the influences of Arab, African and Portuguese cultures. Robert Monsoon WILLINGBORO, N.J. (AP) -- Robert ``Gorilla Monsoon'' Marella, a true giant of professional wrestling who body-slammed Muhammad Ali and debated Jesse Ventura, has died of a heart ailment. The 62-year-old former teacher, died Wednesday. The 6-foot-6, 400-pound Marella turned to the pro wrestling game in 1960 when a promoter offered him $500 per week to don the tights. As Gorilla Monsoon, Marella soon shared world tag-team titles with Walter ``Killer'' Kowalski and ``Cowboy'' Bill Watts. Playing a villain's role at the time, Marella gained notoriety for his feud with longtime champ Bruno Sammartino. Marella's career in the ring lasted until the early 1980s, when he became one of the World Wrestling Federation's top ringside television announcers. He co-hosted WWF telecasts at a time when the high-flying entertainment genre was booming in popularity. Marella frequently shared the microphone with former wrestler Jesse ``The Body'' Ventura, with whom he often argued over the importance of fair play in the ring. Ventura now is governor of Minnesota. The younger generation of wrestlers was honored to have the rotund Marella analyze their moves and holds, said fellow pro wrestler King Kong Bundy. ``He was somebody who knew the business,'' Bundy said. ``A great guy, a real class act all the way.'' Marella also wrote a weekly pro wrestling column for the now-defunct Philadelphia Bulletin. A son, Joey Marella, became a WWF referee in the 1980s. He died in an auto accident in Burlington in 1994. Thereafter, Robert Marella appeared on television less frequently. ``When his son got killed in a car accident, I think that took a lot out of him,'' King Kong Bundy said. Marella did serve as interim president of the WWF in 1997 -- at a time when the industry admitted openly that the outcomes of its matches are scripted. Heart problems forced Marella to scale back his work with the WWF. He also suffered from diabetes in recent years. http://www.cataclysmal.com/big3/news/2261.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: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 12:08:26 -0400 From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: Re: (exotica) Harmonicats Didn't the Harmonicats do that album with the "James Bond" girl dressed in = a black leather outfit, standing with one bare foot triumphantly over top = of three men dressed in suits???? (She's also holding a harmonica). That's a pretty cool record; and no, I don't like harmonica!! They do = some spy stuff - been ages since I've listened to it so can't give = particulates....... - - 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: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 12:17:27 EDT From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: SV: (exotica) Indian Summer 1999 In a message dated 10/06/99 5:23:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, m.sandberg@telia.com writes: << >While travelling with Katja in Canada and New England, exotic creatures >had escaped from a pack of Indian black rice in our Munich home and >taken over the kitchen. Are they good cooks? Can they make decent Mai Tais? I bet they all have a copy of whipped cream by now :) M >> now THAT is funny. tb # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 12:29:37 EDT From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Indian Summer 1999 In a message dated 10/07/99 1:14:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, bruno@yhammer.com writes: << At the same time, I don't like reading my real name here but when you say my film is great, it lessens the sting somehow. (And for those who wonder why I have a fake name here - like I'm the only one - I don't have an explanation or excuse but if my real name was something cool like "Will Straw", I don't think I'd have made up a fake one. And it's not just for this list; it's an internet thing.) >> i find this line of discussion interesting. everybody knows (at least i think they do) that my real name is not Tiki Bob. actually very few people even call me Bob, but Tiki Robert sounds kinda stupid. actually to people not on the list Tiki Bob sounds kind of stupid. i felt kind of funny using a "signature name" at first but it is kind of fun. of course people like Laura who have neat lives that revolve around music are supposed to have name like Jane Fondle (or Lounge Laura or 69!). is some goofy optometrist from South Carolina supposed to have a signature name too? well i do. one bad thing about my name that bothers me tho: the initials for Tiki Bob (TB) scares me because in my profession, TB stand for tuberculosis. hope you enjoyed these misc ramblings, TB (which I guess is better than VD) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 12:30:08 EDT From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Indian Summer 1999 In a message dated 10/07/99 1:14:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, bruno@yhammer.com writes: << Nat Kone only exists here on this mailing list. >> So how did you arrive at this name? TB (cough!) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 18:45:00 +0200 From: "Sandberg Magnus" Subject: SV: (exotica) Indian Summer 1999 TB wrote: >one bad thing about my name that bothers me tho: the initials for Tiki = Bob=20 >(TB) scares me because in my profession, TB stand for tuberculosis. Magnus is for real but my signature M scares the hell out of me, when = thinking of a certain Peter Lorre movie. but dont worry Elsie Beckmann, = I wont hurt you. Actually I took the M signature when drawing my first comics in the mid = 80s. French comicartist Moebius was my inspiration then and I even = wanted the signature to look like it came from his hands. (How silly) = There is also a beautiful Blake and Mortimer album (by belgo EP Jabobs = who also drew backgrounds in Tintin) where the hypnotized villain draws = an M after he has made the crimes.=20 So thats Y M # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 12:25:32 -0400 From: "Br. Cleve" Subject: Re: (exotica) Esquivel's "See It In Sound" At 2:22 PM -0400 10/6/99, Nat Kone wrote: >I just got Bob Thompson's "Mmm Nice" (hi Brad, one parcel arrived) and once >again noticed this name Neely Plumb. >So it seems like an appropriate time to ask who he is. Neely Plumb was the West Coast A&R man for RCA Victor Records. Born in Georgia, he began his carreer as a clarinet player during the big band era. I'm drawing a blank right now on the name of the well known bandleader he worked with, but he made records (as a sideman) in the 40's and 50's. He began working at RCA around 1959. In those days, the A&R person was listed as the producer, although the term had a different meaning then. Unlike the rock era, where the producer became a sort of auteur in his/her own right, in the pop music field, the producer supervised the recording process - keeping costs within the budget (an impossible thing to do with Esquivel), acting as liason between the artist, engineer, contractor (who hired the musicians and watched out for the union interests), and label heads. The A&R person would always be a musician (for example, the A&R guys for Mercury in the early 60's were Pete Rugolo and Quincy Jones). They would often pick the songs to be arranged and work on the album concepts with the artists and the label chiefs. Since Neely worked in Los Angeles, you'll see his name on just about every RCA album recorded there, right up to the Jefferson Airplane. He left RCA in the late 60's and went to Capitol, where he worked until the mid 70's. His name appears most often on movie soundtracks on both RCA and Capitol. He put out an album under the name of Neely Plumb and The 50 Funky Fiddles (he told me there were really only about 6, overdubbed a dozen times) on the AVI label in 1975. It's one of those records that is sought after by break'n'beat collectors, and a couple of the tracks have been bootlegged on obscure funk collections. Neely retired in the late 70's; he's now about 85 years old. His daughter Eve Plumb is an actress, best known for her role on TV's "The Brady Bunch". 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: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 11:59:26 -0400 From: "Br. Cleve" Subject: Re: (exotica) Esquivel's "See It In Sound" At 12:17 PM -0400 10/6/99, m.ace wrote: >Happy to hear that this is coming out. But I'm unclear on who's releasing >it. Details? US release? Will this be commonly available? Or is it another >sassinfrassin bootleg? no, it's legit. (The only person in the world who could've bootlegged it would have been me....well, or Esquivel or Neely Plumb......and I would have been a little too easy to trace) The disc will be released by N7/BMG in November. They are a new company, run by Paul Williams, who oversaw the 3 collections produced by Irwin Chusid; their previous issues are an Eartha Kitt anthology and a Hugo Montenegro spy music collection. 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: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 13:47:39 +0200 From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) LP frames / Shoppinquarium for LP frames, try BAGS UNLIMITED: http://bagsunlimited.com/ visit the "Shoppinquarium", the Mailorder Links page on my web site, for other places where to buy accessories like LP frames. http://bewoner.dma.be/Dada/ Johan quiet@village.uunet.be | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ | ) / \ # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 17:44:50 +0200 From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: Re: Re: (exotica) Mel Henke, Dynamic Adventures in Sound m.sandberg@telia.com writes: >>Basic Hip makes wonderful CDrs! Highly recommended! DJJimmyBee@aol.com replied: >Seconding the Emotion here yep, i agree for 100 %... what did i say? 101 % of course! Johan # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 14:04:52 EDT From: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Esquivel's "See It In Sound" In a message dated 10/5/99 7:48:53 PM, studio@wayno.com writes: >Oh yeah, there's "A tip of the hat to Br. Cleve for rediscovering >this album." Seems to me Cleve deserves a LITTLE more credit than a mere >hat-tip! Yeah, but can Wick give 'im what he REALLY wants? # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 14:17:27 EDT From: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Esquivel's "See It In Sound" In a message dated 10/6/99 11:06:06 AM, bcleve@pop.tiac.net writes: >Old punk rock 45 collectors will remember the glory days of little slogans >etched into this area. Right Jimmy? Right, and hopefully influenced by the glory days of Mad magazine when they put little cartoons above the page's content as if they just happened to be there...Jimmy "Kaputnick" Botticelli/again wrapping his arms around a memory # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 20:28:23 +0200 From: "Sandberg Magnus" Subject: SV: Re: (exotica) Mel Henke, Dynamic Adventures in Sound >m.sandberg@telia.com writes: > >>>Basic Hip makes wonderful CDrs! Highly recommended! > > >DJJimmyBee@aol.com replied: > >>Seconding the Emotion here > > > yep, i agree for 100 %... what did i say? 101 % of course! > > Johan wait a minute.... 101 %? He makes them 10 times better than any of you can say. Hah! M # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 14:34:45 EDT From: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Indian Summer 1999 In a message dated 10/6/99 3:13:05 PM, exotica@munich.netsurf.de writes: >accidently discover >the "Aku Aku", not really spectacular looking from the freeway, but once >you get to the back side of the building, oopsiedaisy! Two 30 feet high >Easter island guys flank the A-frame entrance. Sorry we missed you Mo. What a time we would have had! But the good news is that I was able to meet with Bobby Seto, owner of Aku Aku yesterday. He gave me ALL his promo shots from 1972 - 1982 (gorgeous faux-pastel colors ) and the original menu (minus cocktails) from The Polynesian Village from which Aku Aku sprang and was located in a hotel in Kenmore Square, Boston from 1948 thru 1972. Aku Aku itself was formerly about a mile from where it now sits, on Rte 2 (leading to Concord) and Bobby told me about Wayne Newton's appearance there as well as Cher and (he thinks!) The Trammps. But when the rent got too high and they bought the place they are in now in 1976. Babby sold me the original Tiki (which stands nearly 4' tall) that graced the entry to Polynesian Village. The tiki has served as an inspiration for me to convert my cellar to a Tiki Room.....I'll post when its done....Jimmy Botticelli # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 14:50:53 -0400 From: Ross 'Mambo Frenzy' Orr Subject: (exotica) Re: Harmonicats >Now I'm trying to reduce the scope. >And harmonica fits right in. >It doesn't have enough "bite". The sound is too "floaty". The Harmonicats track that originally blew my mind was their version of "Sabre Dance," off the white _Peg 'O My Heart_ LP. There was nothing floaty or toothless about that one--it's a full-bore hyperventilating freakout. (Have you guys heard the story that their producer used an elevator shaft as an echo chamber?) But I have to admit, it's basically been downhill from there, with none of the other Harmonicats LPs I've found so far really living up to that first one. Hence my high hopes for the Latinized _Harmoni-Cha-Cha-Cha_ (or whatever the canonical spelling of that is). I do agree with Ron about "Navarone" (also "El Cid") and "Cherry Pink" though. . . Later of course, I learned that goofy cover versions of "Sabre Dance" were not that uncommon. But I stumbled onto the 'Cats version on one of the first dozen old records I ever bought. And I had never heard anything remotely like it before! So I guess they earned a fond spot in my heart for that reason too. . . >> Alan Zweig's (aka known as Nat Kone) >for those who wonder why I have a fake name here - like I'm the only one Oh sure, like we are going to fall for this bit of disinformation. You are really named Bruno and we all know it. I remain, allegedly, --Ross || Ross "Mambo Frenzy" Orr || Ann Arbor, Michigan USA # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 12:13:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Jane Fondle Subject: (exotica) Pepsi? Batman sez: I collect all sorts of weird vinyls and other sound sources... ;) and about one year ago I have found this 1960's italian 7" from RCA with a Pepsi logo on it... no cover, though (and lotsa scratches too). It turned out to be a crazy promo disc including (not sure about the title now, I am quoting by memory) "Come alive (you're in the Pepsi generation)" (i.e. a sort of "funk-big band-not sure if I can define it exotica" piece by Sid Ramin, with brass, some good bits ready for sampling ;))) and "Yeeeeeh, Pepsi!" choruses) :)) >>I am guessing this isn't the same song on the SOUND GALLERY, eh? Does anybody remember that song being used in an ad? Can Ashley fill us in on this a bit more? Prefers Coke, 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: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 12:21:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Jane Fondle Subject: (exotica) Whazzin a name? In a message dated 10/07/99 1:14:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time, bruno@yhammer.com writes: << .. I don't have an explanation or excuse but if my real name was something cool like "Will Straw", I don't think I'd have made up a fake one. And it's not just for this list; it's an internet thing.) >> I have always thought Will Straw is a cool name, too! Speaking of coolnames, whatever happened to Pea Hicks? I think Alan Zweig is neat, actually, because it's one of those "last-name-in-the-phone-book" kinda things! >>i felt kind of funny using a "signature name" at first but it is kind of fun. of course people like Laura who have neat lives that revolve around music are supposed to have name like Jane Fondle (or Lounge Laura or 69!). Well, I'm not sure when I got a "neat life"...but I do guess Jane Fondle is a better name for a disrobing space babe than ol' Laura Taylor... Signed, oh, somebody! ===== "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: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 15:51:00 -0400 From: "m.ace" Subject: Re: (exotica) Indian Summer Offering >I'm back. On the same day that I read the account of the raft's grounding in Thor Heyerdahl's "Kon Tiki". Good exotica timing. Welcome back. >Some are better than I thought, like >... >the Carpenter's "Ticket to Ride", This one seems to be in the air right now. Has anyone ever seen the original release version, titled "Offering"? Thanks. 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: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 12:55:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Peter Risser Subject: (exotica) 180 and the Letter G Not exactly exotica, but similar: I have it on good word that the Weatherman's house is for sale. For those of you familiar with Negativland's output, this is the famous house where Weatherman grew up, the directions to which form the last track on the album, Big 10-8 Place. A classic piece of underground lore and a mecca for the many (well, maybe you wouldn't call us "many") Negativland fans. In any case, thought some of you would like to know. Peter ===== __________________________________________________ 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: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 16:13:44 EDT From: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Pepsi? In a message dated 10/7/99 3:08:56 PM, jane_fondle_69@yahoo.com writes: >"Yeeeeeh, Pepsi!" choruses) :)) > >>>I am guessing this isn't the same song on the SOUND >GALLERY, eh? Does anybody remember that song being >used in an ad? I think it has reappeared on the TV commercials LP and CD released nearly a decade ago if its the one I'm thinking of, "Come Alive, You're In the Pepsi Generation..Think smart, stay bright, have fun, drink right..Come Alive, etc etc. The Sound Gallery one is "Talkin' 'Bout Pepsi" as I recall # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 16:20:02 EDT From: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Italian Now! I found an interesting LP yesterday called "Ciao Ragazzi" (Goodbye Boys) by Dom Cortese &Co circa 1970. All Italian hits from the 6T's with that Now Sound treatment furnished by the presence of Phil Bodner on winds and Al Caiola on guitar. Also Dom Cortese on accordian, giving it that Continental A-Go Go sound. Thought you'd like to know....Jimmy Botticelli # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 23:12:00 +0200 From: "n.e.u. / Moritz R" Subject: Re: (exotica) Whazzin a name? Jane Fondle wrote: > I do guess Jane Fondle is a better name for a disrobing > space babe than ol' Laura Taylor... Dis... robing??? Gee... I *did* miss something in Boston! 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: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 17:34:28 EDT From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Whazzin a name? In a message dated 10/07/99 3:17:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jane_fondle_69@yahoo.com writes: << but I do guess Jane Fondle is a better name for a disrobing space babe than ol' Laura Taylor... >> i got news for you. if a space babe is disrobing for me i really don't give a damn what the gals name is. tb # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 23:48:14 +0200 From: Nicola Battista Subject: Re: (exotica) Pepsi? >I think it has reappeared on the TV commercials LP and CD released nearly a >decade ago if its the one I'm thinking of, "Come Alive, You're In the Pepsi >Generation..Think smart, stay bright, have fun, drink right..Come Alive, etc >etc. The Sound Gallery one is "Talkin' 'Bout Pepsi" as I recall ahem! allow me to correct u! the song I have is basically an instrumental with those "Yeeeeah, Pepsi!" chorus and at some point the stops and you have Sid Ramin (or whoever):)))) screaming "Pepsi!"... no other lyrics included! It could be a sort of "dub version" ;) of another jingle, though... 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: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 14:20:13 -0700 (PDT) From: Jane Fondle Subject: (exotica) Eve's Plumb From Nat: I just got Bob Thompson's "Mmm Nice" (hi Brad, one parcel arrived) and once again noticed this name Neely Plumb. So it seems like an appropriate time to ask who he is. Among other credits, Neely Plumb is the father of Eve Plumb of BRADY BUNCH-(in)fame! 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: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 18:01:20 EDT From: JayMan282@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Some Esquivel and other questions I was wondering about Esquivel's work on albums as the 60s progressed. Did he ever take on the 60s "now sound" in his recordings? I am very curious to give a listen to his two late 60s albums in particular. Also.. I read on the web (WISH I COULD REMEMBER WHERE!!) that Esquivel actually made an appearance on THE TONIGHT SHOW starring Johnny Carson in 1968 and the tape was destroyed in 1972. Can anyone confirm or deny this? Maybe some of you "old timers" (kidding) or Esquivel fans from way back when could help me on this. If its true does anybody remember what took place? And is there perhaps an 8 mm tape of this appearance available? And Finally... Have any of our favorite performers from exotica and the like ever made appearances on the old late night talk and/or variety from the 50s and 60s (like Ed Sullivan and such)? I am curious in particular to know if Esquivel, Martin Denny, Les Baxter and those types ever did. Jason # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 18:27:48 -0400 From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Harmonicats At 02:50 PM 10/7/99 -0400, Ross 'Mambo Frenzy' Orr wrote: > >Later of course, I learned that goofy cover versions of "Sabre Dance" >were not that uncommon. But I stumbled onto the 'Cats version on one >of the first dozen old records I ever bought. And I had never heard >anything remotely like it before! So I guess they earned a fond spot >in my heart for that reason too. . . Not that anyone has to make excuses for their taste, not on this list of all places, but I understand that completely. It's kind of interesting to trace your journey in this genre especially since there really was no "official" way to get into this stuff. For instance I'm always struck when people talk about "Zounds what sounds" because that was one of the first three or four "lounge" LP's I bought and of course I had no idea at the time, that it was a rarity or a classic either. I just liked the cover. And sometimes I wonder how much my tastes have been influenced by the de facto "canons" that have been developed by this very list. Anyway, when I started buying this stuff, virtually anything that "fit" into the general genre was interesting to me. But that's also a factor of not knowing how much of this stuff you're eventually going to come across. When you're not looking for something, you can get the impression that there's not much of it to find. It's silly to say "harmonica sucks". (But that didn't stop me from once upon a time declaring that "Edmondo Ros sucks!") It's just that at this point - when I get rid of four out of every five LP's I pick up - it's nice to be rifling through a pile of records, come to an immediate, automatic halt at the words "el cumbanchero and dismiss the record anyway. BTW, it seems to me that EVERY version of Sabre Dance is over-the-top. My Sabre Dance experience began with a version by... uh... some English guitar god rock band. Help me out here. Some Rory Gallagher type. Maybe he wasn't English. Somehow the name Mike Pinera rings a bell here. Before he joined the Iron Butterfly. Somebody must know this. It was a ten or fifteen-minute version of Sabre Dance, probably filled a whole album side and I loved it. And then I heard Dick Contino's version. Any of you repeated-versions-of-the-same-tune guys have a list for Sabre Dance? That would be a crazy hour or two. (Alan wouldn't go on like this but Nat has absolutely no boundaries when it comes to rambling and free association.) 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: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 18:41:07 -0400 From: Nat Kone Subject: Re: (exotica) Whazzin a name? At 12:21 PM 10/7/99 -0700, Jane Fondle wrote: > > >I have always thought Will Straw is a cool name, too! >Speaking of coolnames, whatever happened to Pea Hicks? >I think Alan Zweig is neat, actually, because it's one >of those "last-name-in-the-phone-book" kinda things! And then there's the "A to Z" factor. Actually some guy who I interviewed for my film was overly-fascinated by that factor and kept saying stuff like "The alphabet must be very important to you". Of course, this was someone who went by the name "Zack McBuick" and he had even less reason to "hide" than me. The other pseudononymous (or however you say it) guy I interviewed, went by the name "Hank Sinatra". I'm betting there's a musician calling himself that in practically every city in North America but maybe not. It's a cool name anyway. I think it was somehow more appropriate when he was in a rockabilly band but by the time I met him, he was born again and only performed in churches. And I think the name "Laura Taylor" is cool. Kind of reminds me of "Laura Petrie" and I can definitely imagine Laura Petrie in tight clothes dancing onstage. Pedal pushers come to mind for some reason. It all comes down to the age-old question, "If you were a contract player in the old Hollywood studio system, would they let you keep your name or would they make you change it?" Laura Taylor and Will Straw would probably get to keep their names. (One of those names already sounds made up.) When my brother put out a solo record, he had to go by "Michael Zee". (It's obviously different for novelists.) On the other hand, when my old buddy Eddie Schwartz made his record, they told him that it was a perfectly good rock n roll name. I hope I've discussed this to death by now. 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: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 20:24:14 -0400 From: itsvern@ibm.net Subject: (exotica) Mad Magazine > Right, and hopefully influenced by the glory days of Mad magazine when they > put little cartoons above the page's content as if they just happened to be > there... I recently stopped at a computer store. I was very happy to see this following item which is now available to add to my Christmas wish-list. http://www.dccomics.com/mad/totallymad/index.htm Vern (my real name, if you know what I mean) # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 17:30:03 -0700 From: "Kevin C." Subject: Re: (exotica) Tiki Shirt / Emperor Norton Sampler Kirsten Noel Whitley wrote: > In my own attempt to be helpful, I have a > lead for those of you who search out tiki- > wear. There is a tiki shirt, which not > only displays tikis big and bold, but also > is on sale (was $49, is now $40). Go to > http://www.hotshirts.com/index.html > Click on "View Shirts" and then do a search > for "tiki". The one that I am referring to > is called Tiki Warriors. All of those Tiki shirts are really cool... but for $40-75 they ought to be! Thanks for the tip Kevin Crossman # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 21:49:57 EDT From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Whazzin a name? In a message dated 10/7/99 3:38:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, bruno@yhammer.com writes: << "Zack McBuick" >> i love this for the obvious reasons. tb # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 23:18:37 EDT From: SLarry3595@aol.com Subject: (exotica) where records hide in DC Greetings all, I just found out today that I will probably be in Washington DC on Sunday and Monday and I plan on spending atleast half of my time there searching for vinyl. If anyone knows of good places to get records in the DC area please let me know. It would be greatly appreciated. Contact me either on or off the list. I'll be glad to update everyone on any outstanding or previously undiscussed records I might find. 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, 8 Oct 1999 00:36:31 EDT From: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) Whazzin a name? In a message dated 10/7/99 6:38:59 PM, bruno@yhammer.com writes: >When my brother put out a solo record, he had to go by "Michael Zee". >(It's obviously different for novelists.) On the other hand, when my old >buddy Eddie Schwartz made his record, they told him that it was a perfectly >good rock n roll name. >I hope I've discussed this to death by now. Can't get enuf...do-dap, do-dap, unhhh, of that funky stuff! "Jimmy" Botticelli # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 07 Oct 1999 12:10:13 -0400 From: "Nathan Miner" Subject: (exotica) Fwd: the TRUTH about the Bomboras! Path: newsie.cais.net!infeed1.news.cais.net!nntp.primenet.com!nntp.gctr.net!newsfeed.icl.net!news-lond.gip.net!news-raspail.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!oleane!portc04.blue.aol.com!audrey03.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: mondox@aol.com (MondoX) Newsgroups: alt.music.banana-truffle Subject: the TRUTH about the Bomboras! NNTP-Posting-Host: ladder06.news.aol.com X-Admin: news@aol.com Date: 06 Oct 1999 16:56:33 GMT Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Message-ID: <19991006125633.11241.00000058@ng-cl1.aol.com> Xref: newsie.cais.net alt.music.banana-truffle:667687 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline alright, so maybe some of you know me, but most of you don't. my name is paul buck, i have been playing guitar for the bomboras since = greg left. i find some of the information running around this little discussion= to be 100% wrong. as of this moment, the bomboras have not broken up. in = san fransisco, jake, (organ) quit the band in a fit of childish rage. he TOOK = $300 dollars from us and fled to the airport where he then flew home. san = francisco was our LAST show with jake ever! our tour is cancelled. there is no new record. the last recording that was ever made by the bomboras, and will = ever be made by the bomboras is the Monsters of Surf comp. the facts are kids = that we are discussing our situation and attempting to come up with a solution. = it is probable that we will play our last six shows that we are booked for at universal studios without jake and after that call it quits. keep in mind = here that none of this is 100%. so don't go starting any blasphemous rumors. i will inform you guys that when this is all over with, you can expect the remaining four members of the bomboras to do something NEW and EXCITING.=20= before i was a member of this band i was a fan, and i would be bummed when = i founf out the band was no more... but have no fear, those of us that = remain loyal and true to making music our life will prevail and rock once more, bomboras or not. look for new releases on Zombie a Go Go, MAYBE sometime = from the remaining four of us doing something completely different. those of us that remain bomboras at this time appreciate your support throughout all of this bullshit. i hope that if our new band ever comes through your town you'll say hi. finally, i don't have a computer, so if you wish to respond or say hi, = email me, paul buck, at bomboras@hotmail.com, or go look at the bomboras website = if that address is wrong. sincerely, Paul Buck # 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 #514 *****************************