From: owner-exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com (exotica-digest) To: exotica-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: exotica-digest V2 #739 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, June 14 2000 Volume 02 : Number 739 In This Digest: Re: (exotica) Don Shirley Re: (exotica) Coffy/Jazz (exotica) theremin (exotica) Roy Ayers' "Coffy"/Joseph's "Murder Inc" (exotica) [obit] William Killgallon,irma Bowker (exotica) Il Mondo di Notte (exotica) recent scores / toronto record show (exotica) [obit] Abram Lincoln,David G. Greenspun (exotica) Fade ins and out. (exotica) Deutsch-Nepal Re: (exotica) "MURDER inc." (exotica) taiwan cuban boys [none] (exotica) Where Shatner's considered too Top 40 Re: (exotica) "MURDER inc." Re: (exotica) "MURDER inc." Re: (exotica) "MURDER inc." Re: (exotica) Re: Noirish Jazz Singer TOLEDO Re: (exotica) "MURDER inc." (exotica) world's longest yard sale on tv (exotica) Re: Long Live 78s (exotica) Gentle People Live Webcast From Spain! (exotica) eBay "Sparky's Magic Piano" LP (exotica) Sunny Face (exotica) Playlist for "The Back Ward" June 14, 2000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:04:19 -0400 From: Brian Phillips Subject: Re: (exotica) Don Shirley > One thing that sounded intriguing was a series of cds by Don Shirley > ... he combined classical and jazz piano techniques. It sounds nifty. > Does anyone know anything about him and his music ... yea or nay? I know very little about him, but what I know, I will share. I have what seems to be his first album on Cadence, home to Julius La Rosa and the Everly Brothers, viva diversity! I recall the album being well-played, but not too Jazzy. That is not to say that it is bad, for I still have the album. It is pleasant, but not enough improvisation for me. Brian Phillips # 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, 13 Jun 2000 14:08:06 -0400 From: Bump Subject: Re: (exotica) Coffy/Jazz i just gotta speak up for Coffy. it may not be GREAT but it is some pretty smooth shit. and all this talk about it being a bad jazz album is because it is mostly downtempo funk. and Roy Ayres deserves some props for being one Fly Mo Fo. he is currently experiencing a much deserved resurgence in CLUBLAND. as for COFFY lets hear it for the movie itself. by far one of the best Blaxploitation/Revenge flicks ever made. has everyone seen it? its a whole lot of fun. Pam Grier-nuff said. tongue in cheek bump >See! See! I'm not the only one who thought it was mediocre, so all you >corn-shucking "jazz lovers" kiss my lily-white butt! >Heh heh. > >Honestly, it's at best mediocre, with a few annoying tracks and I think one >or two decent cuts. I'm not knocking anyone liking it, but I just can't >fathom how it ends up on people's Top Blaxploitation LPs. ******************************** 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, 13 Jun 2000 16:47:45 -0400 From: nytab@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) theremin Speaking of theremin, just noticed this upcoming book: Theremin : Ether Music and Espionage (Music in American Life) by Albert Glinsky Our Price: $34.95 Hardcover (October 2000) Univ of Illinois Pr (Txt); ISBN: 0252025822 # 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, 13 Jun 2000 13:57:03 -0700 From: "Mr. Unlucky" Subject: (exotica) Roy Ayers' "Coffy"/Joseph's "Murder Inc" Regarding the "Coffy" soundtrack, I think that it's partly a big deal because of the movie's cult status, which tends to sort of elevate the album more than it might really deserve. I think it's a good record for a few songs but not as a complete record. Of course I find this a lot with many soundtracks. Another decent Ayers' album is "Red Black & Green" at a point where Ayers' jazz began to break down into his soul/funk sound. It's a bit smooth. I think it helps if you're into the jazzy/soul/funk sound too. Also regarding the "Murder, Inc." Time album by Irving Joseph, it is high on my list of crime jazz, especially because it isn't from an actual soundtrack but was inspired by the action jazz trend. This makes every song stand out as its own piece. Worth the effort to get a good copy if you like that kind of music. Mr. Unlucky - --- Mr. Unlucky presents Shoot To Kill, a weekly hour of action/crime/spy jazz and soundtrack music, on Supersphere.com, Thursdays, 11 a.m. (CST). http://www.supersphere.com Send FREE Greetings for Father's Day--or any day! Click here: http://www.whowhere.lycos.com/redirects/fathers_day.rdct # 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, 13 Jun 2000 17:52:00 -0400 From: nytab@pipeline.com Subject: (exotica) [obit] William Killgallon,irma Bowker June 13, 2000 Man Who Dubbed Etch A Sketch Dies Filed at 2:22 p.m. EDT By The Associated Press BRYAN, Ohio (AP) -- William Casley Killgallon, who helped come up with the name for the Etch A Sketch, has died. He was 87. Killgallon suffered a stroke three weeks ago and a heart attack a few days later. He died Thursday near his home in Charlottesville, Va., said his son William Carpenter Killgallon. Killgallon was a vice president at the Ohio Art Co. when it acquired the rights to the toy, which had been produced in England as the DoodleMaster Magic Screen. Killgallon and another executive came up with the Etch A Sketch name. Etch A Sketch -- which has two knobs that turn to make doodles and can be shaken to make the images disappear -- was an instant success in the early 1960s and billed as the hottest toy since the Hula-Hoop. Ohio Art has sold more than 100 million Etch A Sketches, which are still made in Bryan. Killgallon became president of Ohio Art in 1966. He retired in 1978 after his family bought the company. He is survived by another son, Martin Killgallon, and daughters Ruth Gilbert and Katherine Michelsen. - ---- Irma Bowker CANANDAIGUA, N.Y. (AP) -- Irma Bowker, a member of the Radio City Music Hall's original Rockettes, died last week. She was 89. Bowker was a member of the original precision dancing troupe that later became known as the Rockettes. First known as the Russell Markert Dancers, they later were called the Roxyettes when they danced at Manhattan's Roxy Theater. They made their Radio City debut when the famous theater opened in December 1932. At a Rockettes reunion in 1986, Bowker said was paid $45 a week for five shows a day, seven days a week. - ---- # 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, 13 Jun 2000 18:01:44 -0400 From: Will Straw Subject: (exotica) Il Mondo di Notte A question folks . . . the soundtrack for Il Mondi di Notte (by Piero Piccione) just went for $103 on Ebay, way beyond my threshold of temptability. But I'd do almost anything to get a tape of the movie, or of the "Europa di notte" film which it seems to have copied. These were both early/pre- Mondo films, and I can't seem to find any source for them. Any suggestions . . . While we're on Ebay . . . the prices for Confidential and Confidential-like mags of the 1950s have quadrupled over the last month or so, with run of the mill mid-decade titles being driven up to $50 or $60. Is this just Ebay-fueled inflation, or is something else going on here? Back to bidding and buying, Will Will Straw, Associate Professor, Communications Department of Art History and Communications Studies McGill University 3465 Peel St., Montreal, Quebec CANADA H3A 1W7 Phone: (514) 398-7667 Fax: (514) 398 4934 # 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, 13 Jun 2000 23:09:23 GMT From: "james brouwer" Subject: (exotica) recent scores / toronto record show 100 guys lined-up outside a recreation centre, 30-55 years of age, mostly white, mostly pot-bellied, and far too many stuffed into bad "Beatles" or "KISS" t-shirts: welcome to the Toronto record show, what you see is what you get. I was fifth in line but that didn't give me much of an advantage when the doors opened. By the time I got through the fifth dealer's batch of soundtracks and was STILL seeing nothing but "Mary Poppins"; "Star Wars", and "Rocky" lps, well, I gathered that others had beat me to them. People on the net that is. The main soundtrack guy said he doesn't put out anything that hasn't failed on eBay first. And the whole show was like that; all the records seemed like someone else's leftovers. That, combined with the fact that a lot of dealers here still don't seem clued into the exotica/incredibly strange/ early-electronic thing, make this show a tough nut to crack. But I got a few things nonetheless, and I can't complain - I got $300 in trade from 65 garage-sale records I had brought around to some stores the day before. So here's what I got over the weekend, both at the show and elsewhere: "Education of Sonny Carson" OST (blaxplo, some good tracks) "Exotic Percussion and Brilliant Brass" by John Evans (not bad for 50 cents, has nutty bird sounds etc.) "Passionate Percussion" by Don Catelli & All Stars (again, not bad for 50 cents) "Black Emmanuelle" OST by Nico Fidenco, original issue (this was definitely not 50 cents, but it's good. An Emmanuelle porno set in Africa made in 1975 - - how can ya go wrong?) "Mondo Hollywood" OST. (Hippie soundtrack. so-so) "Word Jazz" by Ken Nordine (in the $2.00 bin. I should have got this long before as I quite like it). "Jazz Raga" by Gabor Szabo (again, in the $2.00 bin and plays beautifully. Tons of sitar and the like. One track even has Gabor "singing"/"narrating" some trippy poem through a vocoder of some sort. I have a bunch of records by Szabo but this might be my fave). "Exotica Suite" by Martin Denny and Si Zentner (one of those records that looks absolutely MINT but when you play it sounds a little bit noisy. A lo-fi pressing, I suppose. But the music ain't all that great in my opinion so it doesn't really bother me). "Tangerine Zoo" by Tangerine Zoo. (Cool psych re-issue). "The Soul of Nigger Charley" OST by Don Costa (again, not cheap but has some really good tracks). "Montana Slim's Greatest Hits" by Montana Slim (50 cents, has some beautiful old country death songs on it. I'm big on those.) hope everyone else out there has had some luck with the records too. JBrouwer ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.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, 13 Jun 2000 22:20:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) [obit] Abram Lincoln,David G. Greenspun Forwarded from rec.music.bluenote Abram Lincoln, one of the greatest of all jazz trombone players, died at home on June 8, 2000 at 3:30 PM. He was 93. Please visit Abe's web pages at http://www.riverwalk.org/profiles/lincoln.htm. The following is contributed by Jim Cullum Jazz Band trombonist Mike Pittsley: "It is with great personal sadness that I note the passing of Abram 'Abe' Lincoln, a true legend and vastly underrated giant of the jazz trombone. Abe's hot, fiery style and instantly identifiable sound make it impossible to mistake him for any other trombonist. He was my primary influence and I've always tried to incorporate the same degree of energy and excitement in my own playing. "I first heard Abe on an album loaned to me by my high school band director. He wanted to expose me to the playing of another jazz trombone legend, Jack Teagarden. However, there was another trombonist on this album whose playing caught my attention even more. The album was 'Coast Concert' and the other trombonist was Abe Lincoln. I was truly knocked out by his aggressive, no-holds-barred approach. Although I certainly took note of Jack Teagarden's playing, I found myself even more intrigued and inspired by Abe Lincoln. While Jack's playing was flawless, Abe was 'pushing the envelope' and playing with true passion. As I began to grow and develop as a jazz trombonist, I became increasingly captivated by the excitement he so easily projected in his playing. "In 1995 I had the great honor of finally getting to meet Abe. While doing some research for an upcoming Riverwalk program featuring the history of the jazz trombone, I was invited to attend Abe's 88th birthday party at his home in Southern California. Although Abe had long since retired from the music business, he still played his horn for close friends and relatives at his birthday parties. I brought my horn along and got to play several tunes with him. I never dreamed I would ever get to meet Abe Lincoln, much less get to play with him. It was a dream come true for me. It was exciting for me to watch Abe as he played. He had a youthful, almost mischievous, twinkle in his eye that gave a clue as to the source of his energy and passion for the music. "The opportunity to meet my hero, and to learn from him personally is a blessing I will always cherish. Abe and I became good friends and he unselfishly shared his knowledge and experience with me. I simply cannot express the degree to which I have since grown as a player. I feel like I have lost a member of my own family." - --------------------- David G. Greenspun dies; helped bring television to Las Vegas LAS VEGAS (AP) -- David G. Greenspun, who helped bring the first television signals to the Las Vegas Valley in the 1950s by hiking to the top a peak with a 200-pound transmitter on his back, died Sunday. He was 86. Greenspun, a founder of KLAS Channel 8, was the brother of late Las Vegas Sun Editor/Publisher Herman M. "Hank'' Greenspun and was a longtime vice president of the newspaper. In 1998 he was inducted into the Channel 8 hall of fame with his brother Hank and billionaire Howard Hughes, who bought the TV station from the Greenspuns. David Greenspun was once an engineer at WNEW radio in New York, where he cut wax discs for Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Jimmy Durante, Benny Goodman, Harry James and other top artists of the 1940s. # 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, 12 Jun 2000 14:06:21 EDT From: Rcbrooksod@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Fade ins and out. In a message dated 06/12/00 11:17:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time, DJJimmyBee@aol.com writes: << << but songs just end suddenly with a fade at an unsuitable point. >> Possible due to bootleggery and scratched up endings on the original--possibly vinyl--source >> ANYBODY, AND I MEAN ANYBODY, who is doing vinyl to CD transfer needs to talk with Mambofrenzy (Ross) on his fade in and fade out techniques. Superb! 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: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:22:33 -0400 From: "telstar" Subject: (exotica) Deutsch-Nepal I have started a new e-mail discussion group called "Deutsch-Nepal" for fans of Krautrock, Psychedelia and electronic music from the 1960's onwards. So if bands like the Silver Apples, 13th Floor Elevators, Brainticket, Amon Duul, Neu, Can, or Fifty Foot Hose rank amongst your favourite bands, I invite you to check out the list. http://www.egroups.com/subscribe/Deutsch-Nepal Cheers, Allan ++++Unusual Music+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "Mondo Bongos" Wednesdays 9 - 10 am on CFRU 93.3 fm in Guelph, Ontario, Canada +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Unusual Music++++ # 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, 12 Jun 2000 17:09:29 -0700 From: Will Louviere Subject: Re: (exotica) "MURDER inc." >> any of y'all ever heard a record called "MURDER inc." ?? > >I have it and I like it pretty good. It's all noir-ish private eye jazz- >type stuff. Several tracks from "Murder, Inc" appear on one of >those Cafe Music CDs from Eclipse ("Cafe Java Noir"?). Plus, one >whole side of the LP "Comic Book Heroes" on Mainstream is tunes >from "Murder, Inc" under different titles. thanks Darrell. wish i could play mine. for now i'll just keep that cover on the wall and imagine ... .WILL # 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, 14 Jun 2000 13:54:31 +0800 From: "william" Subject: (exotica) taiwan cuban boys hi all, i recently read about this in one of the english papers here and thought some of you might find it interesting. apparently in the 50s big band music was gaining popularity on the island and in 1953 the first taiwan big band was formed by hsieh teng-hui. they would perform for locals as well as the u.s. forces stationed here at the time. they did versions of songs by glenn miller, duke ellington, as well a whole bunch of latin numbers. in addition to these they also did jazzed up versions of chinese songs and taiwanese opera. eventually they became the band to see and even chiang kai-shek would come see them play. when castro came to power chiang kai-shek asked them to change there name. (chiang kai-shek being very anti-communist having lost the chinese mainland to mao) so they became kupa(pronounced guba sounds like cuba) which to this day they are known as. from 1962-1984 they performed nightly at a hotel ballroom here. when the first taiwan television station was formed half the band left to become the first television band. these days they rarely perform. unless its for an international dance competition, or a department store opening that sort of thing. apparently younger people have no idea who this band is. but older generations do. i asked my adult class about them which includes some students in their 30s but no one had any clue as to who i was talking about. but a friend of mine who is in his early 20s(but also really into music) knew who they were but couldn't give me much information about them. i'm still not sure if they ever recorded anything or were just a performing band. any attempts to find cds by them has been fruitless but they may of released something on vinyl which of course would be near impossible to find now. taro in tokyo told me that there was a band in tokyo called "tokyo cuban boys". i've actually seen there cds here. so how many cuban boys(bands) are there? in the past we have discussed how exotica was made popular by soldiers returning home after the war having heard music from distant locations and it being sort of westernized versions of island music for western audiences. now what i am wondering this style of music ( big band, exotica, etc) seems to have forms in most countries. was this a result of the world wars and the mixing of cultures that way or did that just hasten the effect especially in regards to east meeting west? any thoughts? william in taipei. # 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, 14 Jun 2000 02:22:02 -0700 From: owner-tikievents@slick.org Subject: [none] LiftOff! SpaceCapades and Dino Y Luigi Presentano... Secret Agent S.H.A.G.! What: A Night Of Seduction And Intrigue In The Palaces And Boudoirs of Espionage! Who: The Tiki Tones (Sinister Agents of S.P.E.C.T.R.E!) 10 Foot 5 (Emissaries Of The Evil Empire!) Project: Pimento (Anarchists And Assasssins Of An Agency Unknown!) DJ Otto of Tiki News When: Friday June 16th, 2000 Doors: 9PM Where: The Covered Wagon Saloon, 917 Folsom Street, SF Hotline To The Kremlin: 415.974.1585 Sender: owner-tikievents@slick.org Precedence: bulk PluS: Secret Agent S.O.U.N.D.S. and Top Secret Spy Films provided by our hidden SpyCam! Bring your Decoder Ring and help us crack the enemy's secret code! This show marks the very first collaboration between Intercontinental Crime Fighters LiftOff! Spacecapades and Dino Y Luigi Presentano. Will it be the last? Only YOU can save them, Agents! Warning: Do not let your Secret Agent Credentials fall into enemy hands or we will be forced to eliminate you! This Friday, the luscious lascivious theremin lounge sounds of Project: Pimento take on sinister overtones as they perform at the first international Secret Agent S.H.A.G. Yes, it's a night of seduction and intrigue, double agents and double crosses...or, in other words, a great show with a spy motif And check out Project: Pimento website, complete with MP3s, at www.projectpimento.com. _______________________________ If you miss the Tiki Tones on Friday you can catch them on Saturday: Liftoff! SpaceCapades and 2B1 Present... The Ventures A Go-Go! What: A Super Psychadelic Freakout! Who: The Ventures! Casino Royale! The Tiki Tones! Electric Peach! When: Saturday June 17th, 2000 Where: The Maritime Hall, 450 Harrison Street SF Why: 'Cause We Were Trippin' Too Hard Back in The 60's! Featuring: The Girls of Go-Go Mania! Go-Go Videos by LiftOff! Visual LSD by Liquid Lights! Between Band Go-Go Vibrations by The California Kid! Stomp, Shout, Freak yourself OUT! http://www.poprecords.com/liftoff/venturesflyer.jpg ALSO Saturday, June17th Justic League on Divisidero in San Francisco a rare show by The Phantom Surfers and Rudy Ray Moore The P Surfers take surf music where no man has dared before Check out their new LP Stag Party with guest appearances by Moore (Dolemite) and Blowfly opening the night are local starlets "Fisherman's Exotic Burlesque Show featuring the Cantankerous Lollies" - I think the name says it all. _______________________________ if you can't make that then see The Devil-Ettes in their final show before Las Vegas Grind this is also one of the Cocodrie's last shows as the club closes the end of July As usual with the Devil-Ettes you can expect great raffle prizes, Go Go dancing boys, live music from The Clap Band, visuals by Klik, Cool DJed Go Go dance tunes from Neel N. Kizmiaz MCed by nationally recognised comedian John Fast BUT THAT'S NOT ALL all the way from Seattle for their only SF appearance members of the burlesque troupe Gun Street Girls will show you their stuff Cocodrie on Kearny near Broadway in North Beach, SF Thursday June 22 8:30 pm $7-$10 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This mailing list is brought to you by Slick.ORG at http://www.slick.org to remove yourself from the list, send e-mail to majordomo@slick.org and include the words "unsubscribe tikievents" in the message (not in the subject). For web-based help, go to: http://www.slick.org/cgi-bin/majordomo * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * # 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, 14 Jun 2000 07:53:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Lou Smith Subject: (exotica) Where Shatner's considered too Top 40 Here's a nifty interview with our erstwhile pal, Irwin Chusid. - -ls * * * * Where Shatner's Considered Too Top 40 Irwin Chusid's hit parade heads straight to the asylum By J.R. Taylor http://www.rouze.com/buzz/0/39453149-0002-7D1E-1.cfm Irwin Chusid has done what once seemed impossible, building a career as a music historian for once-neglected composers such as Raymond Scott and Esquivel. And if those names aren't familiar, note that they're the megastars of Chusid's universe. The record producer and music historian is the leading expert on musicians whose strange obsessions take them several layers beneath the underground. =A0=A0=A0 Chusid recently compiled his favorite examples in the book Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious World of Outsider Music (A Capella Books). A companion CD of the same title is available from Which Records, capturing great moments in audio dementia. Ordering information can be found at www.keyofz.com. Chusid recently took time from his archives to discuss Musical Outsiders with ROUZE. ROUZE: What's the best way to distinguish between true Outsider Music and posed dementia? Chusid: You have to intuitively calibrate the musician's sincerity and lack of self-awareness, while assessing the psychic damage. There are some obvious signs. The words "Weird" or "Crazy" before an artist's name are good indicators that they don't mean it, and that they wear eccentricity as a badge of honor. Avoid these clowns. =A0=A0=A0 On the other hand, bad teeth and complete obliviousness to prevailing fashion standards--and musical trends--are signs you may have stumbled across a true outsider. Or a Domino's delivery guy. But it's easy to guess wrong. Wesley Willis drools, spits indoors and doesn't bathe. He gobbles heavy medication to control self-destructive impulses and throws up onstage. But these qualities do not make Willis an outsider per se. He shares this behavior with many notable Grammy winners. =A0=A0=A0 And in album or CD hunting, a solid clue is an amateurishly designed cover on an obscure label, with a catalog number that ends in "-001." ROUZE: The book covers a few relative successes like Syd Barrett and Captain Beefheart. What's so outside about them? Chusid: Again, it's sincerity and lack of self-awareness. At least in the case of Barrett. Beefheart's a judgment call. Some consider him a Machiavellian poseur. I've never met the trailer galoot, but I suspect there's genuine psychosis permeating his gray matter. =A0=A0=A0 Also, I point out that besides Outsider Musicians, the book contains a few "musical outsiders." The Captain qualifies. So do Bob Graettinger and Joe Meek. Nutcases, both, and social misfits, but very influential. ROUZE: One of your more obscure topics is the amazing Jandek, but his lo-fi strumming seems kind of in vogue right now. Chusid: Jandek sounds like a muttering sleepwalker strumming an out-of-tune tennis racket. If you really think his quietly violent negation of all things musical represents a trend, then I had no business writing this book. =A0=A0=A0=20 You gotta remember, it's easy to steal technique--or lack of it--from little-known outsiders and trying to make "incompetence" artful. There've been a lot of musicians since the DIY revolt of '76-79 who were "informed" by outsiderness. But they're no more outsiders than Willie Nelson's a friggin' outlaw. ROUZE: The Shaggs story has been optioned for film, but your book is full of other fascinating stories that would make great movies. If you were running things at Paramount Studios, which would you option? Chusid: The Cherry Sisters, the legendary "worst act in vaudeville." The last of the five spinster sisters died in 1944, forever sparing the gene pool. The cinematic possibilities are boundless, and their story is compelling, hysterical and true. They never recorded, so no one knows what they sounded like. We only have contemporary journalistic accounts attesting to their awfulness. I have no musical ability myself, so I'd like to compose songs for the film. And I'd cast Sandra Bernhard, Lili Taylor and Janeane Garofalo as Effie, Jessie and Addie Cherry. ROUZE: Finally, with William Shatner's Priceline TV ads, it looks like Outsider music is no longer an inside joke. How will this change our world? Chusid: Outsider music has always been an inside joke--to certain insiders, who think it's riotously funny but who dismiss it as lacking substance. They can't hear the soulfulness and depth of outsider musicians like Peter Grudzien, Tiny Tim or Wild Man Fischer. For all my admitted smarm about Jandek, I honestly cannot fathom what he's trying to achieve. He's for future generations to decipher. =A0=A0=A0 As for Shatner, he broke ground with his paranoid-schizo dramatizations of the Beatles and Dylan. But he peaked in '78 with "Rocket Man" at the Science Fiction Film Awards, and he's been parodying himself ever since. His membership in the Outsider Musician's Union has been canceled. # 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, 14 Jun 2000 06:14:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Ben Waugh Subject: Re: (exotica) "MURDER inc." Can someone provide a Side A-B track listing for this? I understand this lp was repackaged as a surf album by "The Wedges". I have this lp, and all the tracks are given surf titles (The Spinner, The cruncher, etc). Thanks! ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 09:28:19 -0400 From: Will Straw Subject: Re: (exotica) "MURDER inc." Murder Inc. as a surf album?! That's hard to wrap my mind around, this early in the morning. Will Will Straw, Associate Professor and Director, Graduate Program in Communications McGill University 3465 Peel St., Montr=E9al, Qu=E9bec H3A 1W7 http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/gpc/ # 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, 14 Jun 2000 09:32:58 EDT From: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: Re: (exotica) "MURDER inc." In a message dated 6/14/00 9:28:52 AM, cxws@musica.mcgill.ca writes: << Murder Inc. as a surf album?! That's hard to wrap my mind around, this early in the morning. >> Definitely NOT a surf LP...real good to excellent crime jazz is what it is. Well recorded, well worth having and as previously mentioned, one track of which appears on Rhino's "Crime Jazz: Music In The First Degree" (also well worth picking up IMHO. JB/wrote liners to Crime Jazz :-I # 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, 14 Jun 2000 09:53:21 -0400 From: Brian Phillips Subject: Re: (exotica) Re: Noirish Jazz Singer TOLEDO Here is one blurb: http://www.imusic.com/showcase/urban/toledo.html From All Music, I found that he also recorded a CD called "Mestizo" on Sony International and that Fishnets and Cigarettes is on Moonshine Music. Sound clips are here: http://www.moonshine.com/moonshine/catalog/recorddetail.cfm?Select_AudioProductItem_ID=159 He has also participated on these recordings: http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=718706472/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/discography.html/artistid=Toledo/select=othercredits Other recordings by Toledo can be found here: http://www2.gemm.com/music_cd_vinyl/new_used_collectible/search.pl?SID=5600860&KEY=97569&field=Artist+or+Title&wild=toledo I don't see anything that is dated after "Fishnets..." Brian Phillips # 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, 14 Jun 2000 06:58:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Ben Waugh Subject: Re: (exotica) "MURDER inc." I should have writen: it was repackaged as a surf lp - but the music is 100% crime jazz( a former lister mentioned that it is Murder Inc.), which Time hipped up to cash in on the surf craze. The jacket notes are amusing: addressed to the "sophisticated surfer:" just to seed the savoir-faire of the buyer should he feel ripped off when the distinct absence of reverb is detected. - --- DJJimmyBee@aol.com wrote: > Definitely NOT a surf LP...real good to excellent > crime jazz is what it is. ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 10:33:27 -0400 From: "m.ace" Subject: (exotica) world's longest yard sale on tv Tonight at 10:00pm (eastern), Home & Garden TV has a program about that "world's longest yard sale" that happens in several southern states. Mixed reviews for it in print. m.ace ecam@voicenet.com OOK http://www.voicenet.com/~ecam/ Linkalog http://www.workspot.net/~linkalog/ # 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, 14 Jun 2000 14:27:47 +0200 From: Johan Dada Vis Subject: (exotica) Re: Long Live 78s found these 78 styli in a 1995 KAB catalog, don't know if they still exist: Shure N44-3 Stanton D5127 Pickering D5127 some URLs: Stanton Phono-cartridges @ hifi heaven adelcom Cartridges The Record King 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: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:03:11 -0700 (PDT) From: chuck Subject: (exotica) Gentle People Live Webcast From Spain! Just got this in from the Gentle World Easy listening in the Big Easy Chuck - --- The Gentle People wrote: Hola Gentle People, For those of you unable to attend our Gentle Gathering in Barcelona this Saturday the 17th of June 2000, you will be able to see all the action live online at http://www.sonaronline.ya.com We will be on at 21:00 Spanish time, so set those watches wherever you are. In London the time will be 20:00; NYC 15:00; LA 12:00 Tokyo 18/6/00 04:00 Sydney 18/6/00 08:00 And the rest you guys will have to work it out! Hope you can check us out online. Once again, thanks for all your support. Peace and Love, The Gentle People http://www.gentleworld.com email: gentlep@dircon.co.uk __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:10:09 -0700 (PDT) From: chuck Subject: (exotica) eBay "Sparky's Magic Piano" LP This looks like a steal to me. I think it was Basichip who first brought this to my attention. I really enjoy the diversity of this list. Easy listening in the Big Easy Chuck "Sparky's Magic Piano" LP Seller: vinyllives@earthlink.net Starts: Jun-07-00 13:34:58 PDT Ends: Jun-14-00 13:34:58 PDT Price: Starts at $9.95 To bid on the item, go to: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=352529321 Item Description: Capitol J 3254. Two tales: the title and "Sparky and the Talking Train." Cool Sonovox voice of the magic piano, who -- alas -- lets Sparky down in the end (oops...hope I didn't spoil it). Written/produced by Alan Livingston, music by Billy May. VG++ cover (wobc), closer to VG+++ record, quite nice. Cool piece. $4.50 S&H in the US, others quoted. Insurance is optional. Credit Cards Welcome, Paypal accepted. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 11:22:44 EDT From: DJJimmyBee@aol.com Subject: (exotica) Sunny Face I just got the Sunny Face LP "Temptation" in my hands. What an effort to get it! No one had it or seemed to have heard of it. Br. Cleve showed me his copy a month ago and presented it as a "must have". But like "Los Chicharrons", this recording is elusive. A tipoff from Ursuala 1000 led me to a NYC distributor called throb.com. They said yes, they'd had it in but were out of stock, did I want it ordered? Of course, here's my credit card #. Two weeks passed. Nothing. Finally I get an e-mail on Monday. Its in, still want it? Of course! They send it UPS SIGNATURE ABSOLUTELY required. Bummer, it comes when I'm at work. I finally call UPS and have them send it to my work.....Now to hear it. From the liners: "DJ Al Lindrum and musician Morten Varano (Copenhagen) had long looked for an earthly opportunity to bring together the celestial tunes of electronica with the natural sound of live instruments.... The musicians viciously attacked the DJ-vielded house, breakbeat, drum 'n' bass and hip hop flavours and molded it with their instruments.......With these people on board, the Lust Tour flew across 15 venues in Denmark and Sweden during May, 1999, at the same time the first Lust 12", Sunny Face's latin-party-breakbeat tune "Sunny Cha Cha Cha" (available on Kinky Beats comp) started airwaving and brought further attention to the weekly Wednesday emissions.....www.rust.dk lust@rust.dk JB # 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, 14 Jun 2000 15:43:08 GMT From: "james brouwer" Subject: (exotica) Playlist for "The Back Ward" June 14, 2000 "The Back Ward" can be heard Wednesday mornings at 10 on CFRU 93.3fm in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Comments & questions welcome. Also available in RealAudio http://www.uoguelph.ca/~cfru-fm/ Cachita - Esquivel, from "Latin-Esque" Jungle Fever - Chackachas, from "Jungle Fever" Up Yours - Shorty Rogers, from "Fools" OST Sour Soul - Pool Pah, from "The Flasher" OST Blacula (the Stalkwalk) - Gene Paige, from "Balcula" OST Barrier X-69 - 101 Strings, from "Astro Sounds...." Objeto Sim, Objeto Nao - Gal Costa, from "Gal" Chewing Gum Delirium - Free Pop Electronic Concept, from "Free Pop Electronic Concept Presents a New and Exciting Concept" Ave Genghis Khan - Os Mutantes, from "Os Mutantes" Have You Seen Me Huh - Pugh Rogefeldt, from "Ja Da a Da" Octopus - Syd Barrett, from "Madcap Laughs" (Oh Dear) Miss Morse - Pearls Before Swine, from "One Nation Underground" Banana Split - Group Image, from "A Mouth In The Clouds" Love Without Sound - White Noise, from "Electric Storm" Astral Projection - Mort Garson, from "The Unexplained: Electronic Musical Impressions of the Occult" Berlin - Jah Wobble (with Animal), from "A Long, Long Way" all for now... ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com # Need help using (or leaving) this mailing list? # Send the command "info exotica" to majordomo@lists.xmission.com. # To post, email exotica@lists.xmission.com; replies go to original sender. ------------------------------ End of exotica-digest V2 #739 *****************************