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There are 10 messages in this issue.
Topics in this digest:
1. Re: Aki Aleong
From: Mikey
2. Re: the Mothers of Invention - Pomona
From: Dan Hughes
3. Girl Group Stamps
From: Jimmy Crescitelli
4. R&R HOF follow-up; more
From: Country Paul
5. R&R HOF follow-up; more
From: James Botticelli
6. Aki Aleong
From: Marc Miller
7. Star Trek
From: Simon White
8. Lovelites CD
From: Jon
9. Hairspray on Broadway
From: Deena Canale
10. The Liquid Room 8/25/02
From: David Ponak
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 20:22:50 -0400
From: Mikey
Subject: Re: Aki Aleong
Country Paul:
> Late breaking news: there's a SAG (Screen Actors Guild) election
> in Hollywood coming up; one of the candidates for the Board is
> Aki Aleong. Thought someone here might be interested.
I'll tell you one thing.....you would hard pressed to find a cooler
record than Aki's "Moon River Twist/Tonight Twist".....a pure joy.
Mikey
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 22:51:51 -0500
From: Dan Hughes
Subject: Re: the Mothers of Invention - Pomona
So Leonardo, does Ruben still have three dogs?
(In the liner notes to Ruben & the Jets, it was mentioned that
Ruben had three dogs - Benny, Martha, and can't remember the
last one??)
- Dan
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 06:33:03 EDT
From: Jimmy Crescitelli
Subject: Girl Group Stamps
By sheer luck I noticed the big TV at work, and there was
La La Brooks talking at the stamp ceremony. She looked fabulous
... considering that she first charted 40 years ago-- FORTY!!--
something good and gracious must be shining down on these
hardworking girls we love so much.
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 11:59:56 -0400
From: Country Paul
Subject: R&R HOF follow-up; more
As I mentioned earlier, I e-mailed the author of the Detroit
News story on the girl-group/stamp show at the R&R HOF.
I received this response today:
"I'm glad you liked the story. The good news is, Mary Wilson
is trying to organize a group concert later in the fall at a
casino in Connecticut, and/or tour. There's also talk of a PBS
special done by the Pittsburgh doo-wop producer. Recording anew
would be great - their voices are still there - but the record
business is in such a strange place now. - Susan Whitall"
I asked her to keep me appraised of any doings regarding such a
concert, and will pass along news if I get it.
Thanks to all involved in the Lovelites correspondence for passing
that along. I, as most of us, would love to here the Phil Spector
tales she feels she can't repeat! :-)
Re: quiz - perhaps the common thread is that they were all hits
which don't get played on oldies radio anymore. (As a group they'd
make a fine hour of programming.)
Sad note: last night was the last DooWop Shop on WCBS-FM. We've
"aged out" of advertiser demographics; the prevailing thought is
that audiences over a certain age - 50 to 55, depending on which
consultant they're listening to - have made their brand decisions
and can no longer be influenced by advertising. Thus, despite
their/our preponderant numbers and disposable income, they/we no
longer matter. And, of course, neither does their/our music.
The ancient Chinese curse is coming to fruition: we do live in
"interesting" times.
And Leonardo Flores, thanks for the Mother's update. I always
heard the famous Zappa Ruben & The Jets material as having its
tongue firmly in its cheek, but Zappa's De-Fi/Donna/etc material
that I've heard indeed has the soul of the era.
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 15:49:15 -0400
From: James Botticelli
Subject: R&R HOF follow-up; more
Country Paul wrote:
> Thanks to all involved in the Lovelites correspondence for
> passing that along. I, as most of us, would love to here
> the Phil Spector tales she feels she can't repeat! :-)
Does anyone remember Chicago's Lovelites (same spelling) who
recorded for UNI? Their signature song "How Can I Tell My Mom
& Dad" (about a teen pregnancy) is fabulous pop-soul and their
hard to find LP is great from Track 1 until the end. They did
an indie single called "My Conscience" on their own label on
which they included their pictures in '71. In '72 or '73 they
got signed to whatever label Barry White was on in his early
years and released yet three or four great singles. No LP that
I know of. Recently one of their old fans in Chicago reissued
their stuff on a bootleggish CD. Places like DustyGroove.com
stock it regularly
> Sad note: last night was the last DooWop Shop on WCBS-FM.
> We've "aged out" of advertiser demographics; the prevailing
> thought is that audiences over a certain age - 50 to 55,
> depending on which consultant they're listening to - have
> made their brand decisions and can no longer be influenced
> by advertising.
The advertisers have a point but it isn't because I'm in a
brand's corner usually. I actually verbally hammer the creator
of the ad more often than I suck in info about the product.
I heard a couple of geezers waxing nostalgic about that WCBS
doo wop show on WNHU, New Haven just the other night. The guys
on 'NHU were saying they'd been on NHU 28 years. Their doo-wop
was so obscure its very existence is in doubt! I never heard
the CBS one, but the resident doo-wop czar up here in Boston
was on the CBS affiliate and was basically ordered to play
doo-wop's greatest hits and very little else.
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 15:48:59 -0400
From: Marc Miller
Subject: Aki Aleong
Country Paul, re:
> Late breaking news: there's a SAG (Screen Actors Guild)
> election in Hollywood coming up; one of the candidates for
> the Board is Aki Aleong. Thought someone here might be
> interested.
If he wins, maybe he'll recite "Shombolar" as his acceptance
speech! (Then again...)
Marc
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 22:14:41 +0100
From: Simon White
Subject: Star Trek
Phil Milstein:
> .....I haven't had this
> independently confirmed, but a prominent L.A. studio singer,
> who's done many sessions with Jackie, told me that she's the
> source of the otherworldly wordless vocal on the Star Trek
> intro theme.
> No, it's Loulie Jean Norman, the wife of conductor Gordon
> Jenkins. Perhaps someone can help me.
A while ago on a BBC Star Trek dedicated night, they used a
very 'sixties' version of the theme as background music. And
this means 'sixties' in the Motown/dance sense.
I really want it. Any ideas, anyone?
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 00:22:32 -0000
From: Jon
Subject: Lovelites CD
In regards to the Lovelites, I have a great CD (not bootleg)
on the Chi-City Music label. The CD is called, "Herb Kent, The
Kool Gent Presents The Lovelite Years". There are 20 tracks.
The last few tracks have Deneice Williams on lead. Appearently,
she was their lead singer for awhile before she struck out on
her own. The CD is great! I highly recommend it for girl group
fans. I think I may have gotten it through David Nathans site.
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 20:03:06 -0400
From: Deena Canale
Subject: Hairspray on Broadway
This probably won't be as exciting as the Cleveland Girl Group Get-Together
posts, but gee, I might be the first Spectropopper to take in Hairspray on
the Great White Way--appropriately enough, at a theater situated a mere two
blocks away from the Brill Building. I visited my hometown (currently live
in T.O.) this past weekend specifically to see it, and I'm here to tell you
it's a splendid production--truly one of the best musicals I've ever seen,
with nonstop singing, dancing, color, joy, fun, wit, inventive sets,
gorgeous costumes (though some of the women's skirt lengths were more
mid-'50s than early-'60s--minor but important sticking point if you're going
for period accuracy), high hairdos, and meaningful messages of
self-acceptance and racial equality.
For the benefit of those who plan to see it soon, I don't want to give away
too many spoilers, but I will say that it's not an exact copy of the
movie--which is a good thing, 'cause who'd want to pay $65-100 to see a live
carbon copy of a well-loved flick? Some characters from the film (such as
Amber's dad as played by Sonny Bono, and the great Beatniks played by Pia
Zadora and Ric Ocasek) have been written out of this script, and here
Amber's mother Velma Von Tussle (played by Deborah Harry in the film) is not
only the pushiest stage mother since Mama Rose, but is also the racist
producer of the Corny Collins Show (totally different from Mink Stole's role
in the film). Likewise, some plot details and scenes have been eliminated
or changed, and lots of the trademark John Waters sensibility has been, uh,
watered down for the masses, but the basic story line is the same. [J.W.
himself is also cleverly incorporated into the show as a voice-over.]
Furthermore, the only tune from the film that survives is "The
Madison"--leaving room for terrific original songs that both lyrically
propel the story along and successfully capture the sound of the time
(especially in the first act--I found most of the second act's songs to be
more contemporary-sounding). Lastly, stellar performances all around,
particularly from those playing Motormouth Maybelle, her son Seaweed, Penny
Pingleton, and of course, all three Turnblads. If Harvey Fierstein does not
win a Tony for his brilliant turn in the Divine role, I'll eat my Playbill.
By all means, Go.
Signed D.C.
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:55:03 -0400
From: David Ponak
Subject: The Liquid Room 8/25/02
The Liquid Room, (usually) hosted by David Ponak (me), airs
every Saturday night from Midnight to 3AM (PDT) on 90.7FM KPFK
Los Angeles, as well as streaming at http://kpfk.org/
The Liquid Room 8/25/02
1.The Association/Come On In
Birthday (WB)
2.The Baldwin Brothers/Funky Junkyard
Cooking With Lasers (TVT)
3.Kiyoko Ito & The Happenings/Organs
Tokyo Bossa Nova Lounge Chronical (Teichiku-Japan)
4.Cubismo Grafico/Rosemary Trockel
Untitled (Escalator-Japan)
5.Juana Molina/Salvese Quien Pueda
Tres Cosas
6.Julie Driscol & Brian Auger/Light My Fire
Street Noise (Polydor-UK)
7.Ladytron/Seventeen
Light & Magic (Emperor Norton)
8.Astrud Gilberto/Dreamy
Windy (Polydor-Japan)
9.Ivy/Let's Go To Bed
Guestroom (Minty Fresh)
10.Peter Thomas/Oh, Oh, Oooh, Ei Ei Ei-Wo Immer Es Auch Sei
Peter Scores-The Erotic World Of The Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra
(Diggler-Germany)
11.The Coral/Goodbye
The Coral (Sony-UK)
12.Pat Williams/The Streets Of San Francisco
The Mad, Mad World Of Soundtracks Vol. 2 (Motor-Germany)
13.Wondermints/Out Of Mind
Mind If We Make Love To You (Smile)
14. Paper Dolls/Darlin'
House: The Pye Anthology (Castle)
15.Antonio Carlos Jobim/Brazil
Stone Flower (Epic)
16.Beck/Paper Tiger
Sea Change (Geffen)
17.Primal Scream/Some Velvet Morning
Evil Heat (Sony-UK)
18.Elvis Vs. JXL/A Little Less Conversation (Radio Edit Remix)
single (RCA)
19.Blossom Dearie/Long Daddy Green
Whisper For You (Polydor-Japan)
20.Mali Music/Spoons
Mali Music (Astralwerks)
21.Karia Nomoto/Wild Strawberries
The Girl From R.E.A.D.Y.M.A.D.E. (Readymade International-Japan)
22.Charlotte Leslie/Les Filles C'est Fait
Wizzz! (M Delabel-France)
23.Felix Da Housecat/Madame Hollywood (Tiga's Mister Hollywood Version)
Madme Hollywood/Silver Screen Shower Scene Remixes (Emperor Norton)
24.Cymbals/Wingspan
Sine (JVC Victor-Japan)
25.Dotti Holmberg/Sea Of Tears
Sometimes Happy Times (Sundazed)
26.Mastretta feat. Julieta Venegaas/Luna De Miel
Mastretta (Minty Fresh)
27.Ennio Morricone/Deep Down
Danger: Diabolik (soundtrack) (Sycodelic-Italy)
28.The Negro Problem/Watering Hole
Welcome Black (Smile)
29.Nicola Conte/La Coda Del Diavolo performed by Karminsky Experience Ltd.
Jet Sounds Revisited (Rambling Records-Japan)
30.Juana Molina/Yo Se Que
Tres Cosas
31.Cornelius/Point Of View Point (Yann Tomita Remix)
12" (Matador-UK)
32.Mieko Hirota/A Lonely Summer
Good Night Tokyo (Readymade-Japan)
33.Lydia Lunch with the Anubian Lights/Nothing But Trouble
Champagne, Cocaine & Nicotine Stains (Cripple Dick Hot Wax-Germany)
34.Jazzanova/L.O.V.E. And You And I
In Between (Ropeadope/Atlantic)
35.Karin Krog/Meaning Of Love
Raindrops, Raindrops (Crippled Dick Hot Wax-Germany)
36.The Flaming Lips/Are You A Hypnotist??
Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (WB)
37.Freescha/Booggy Foot
Slower Than Church Music
38.The Ray Makers/Moonflower (Baldwin Brothers Remix)
Phantom Third Channel (Transistor)
39.The Lovin' Spoonful/Younger Girl (Demo Version)
Do You Believe In Magic (bonus track) (Buddah)
40.Les Hommes/Intraspetto
Les Hommes (ESL)
41.Paul Williams/Morning I'll Be Moving On
Someday Man (Reprise)
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