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This is where all of culture and all of time are collapsed into one seductive portal and viewed through the panoramic lens of the exotic. Come and embark on an armchair-travel virtual-voyage to the heart of timeless darkness and beyond; embrace the numinous monolith of the exotic immensity. Let us find that place where hybridization meets its destiny as pure fantasy. Let us become observers observing those others who are ourselves. You wear your mask and I'll wear mine.

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Favoriting April 12, 2018: The Essential Humor of Tropical Fantasy (& Ornithological Orientations)

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Artist Track Album Year Comments Approx. start time
  Intro          
Spike Jones & His City Slickers & His Other Orchestra  Laura   Favoriting The Best of Spike Jones  1946    0:01:42 (Pop-up)
Spike Jones & His City Slickers  The Man On The Flying Trapeze   Favoriting The Best of Spike Jones  1947  Voc. Doodles Weaver  0:03:23 (Pop-up)
Don Randi Trio / Curtis Amy / The Exotic Strings (prod. Camarata)  Tarzan   Favoriting Jungle Adventure in Music and Sound  1966    0:06:53 (Pop-up)
Dick Schory's New Percussion Ensemble  The Sheik of Araby   Favoriting Music for Bang Baaroom and Harp  1958  "Biggest Battery of Percussion West of Cape Canaveral"  0:09:45 (Pop-up)
Spike Jones & His City Slickers  The Sheik of Araby   Favoriting Riot Squad      0:12:18 (Pop-up)
Alvino Rey And His Orchestra  Two Guitars   Favoriting The Uncollected, Vol. 2 1946  1946    0:15:07 (Pop-up)
John Evans and the Big Band  Bad and Beautiful   Favoriting Exotic Percussion and Brilliant Brass  1961    0:18:21 (Pop-up)
John Evans and the Big Band  Temptation   Favoriting Exotic Percussion and Brilliant Brass  1961    0:20:34 (Pop-up)
John Evans and the Big Band  Eso Es El Amor   Favoriting Exotic Percussion and Brilliant Brass  1961    0:23:12 (Pop-up)
Dick Schory's New Percussion Ensemble  Baia   Favoriting Music for Bang Baaroom and Harp  1958    0:26:15 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Spike Jones & His City Slickers 
John Scotter Trot   Favoriting
Riot Squad 
 
 
0:28:46 (Pop-up)
The Markko Polo Adventurers  Song of India – Beggars' Procession   Favoriting Orienta  1959    0:44:48 (Pop-up)
The Markko Polo Adventurers  Yokohama Ferryboat   Favoriting Orienta  1959    0:46:31 (Pop-up)
The Markko Polo Adventurers  Rain in Rangoon   Favoriting Orienta  1959    0:48:59 (Pop-up)
The Markko Polo Adventurers  Madame Sloe Gin's   Favoriting Orienta  1959    0:52:25 (Pop-up)
The Markko Polo Adventurers  Limehouse Blues   Favoriting Orienta  1959    0:55:03 (Pop-up)
The Markko Polo Adventurers  Train to Ranchipur   Favoriting Orienta  1959    0:57:36 (Pop-up)
Spike Jones  Java   Favoriting New Band  1964    1:00:33 (Pop-up)
Spike Jones  Space Ship Landing / Assorted Glugs, Pbrts And Skks   Favoriting Dinner Music (For People Who Aren't Very Hungry)  1957    1:02:49 (Pop-up)
Michel Magne  Self Service   Favoriting Musique Tachiste  1959    1:06:48 (Pop-up)
Michel Magne & His Orchestra  Tropical   Favoriting Tropical Fantasy  1962    1:08:22 (Pop-up)
Michel Magne & His Orchestra  Tabu   Favoriting Tropical Fantasy  1962    1:10:37 (Pop-up)
Michel Magne & His Orchestra  El Cumbanchero   Favoriting Tropical Fantasy  1962    1:12:31 (Pop-up)
Michel Magne  Concertino Triple, 1er Mouvement   Favoriting Musique Tachiste  1959    1:14:18 (Pop-up)
Spike Jones & His City Slickers  Cocktails For Two   Favoriting The Best of Spike Jones    voc. Carl Grayson  1:21:01 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
John Scott Trotter 
 
Escape To The Magic Mediterranean 
 
 
1:35:59 (Pop-up)
Michel Magne & His Orchestra  Bahia   Favoriting Tropical Fantasy  1962  "An Adventure in Exotic Sounds and Percussion"  1:36:39 (Pop-up)
Michel Magne & His Orchestra  Sahara   Favoriting Tropical Fantasy  1962    1:38:45 (Pop-up)
Michel Magne & His Orchestra  Brazil   Favoriting Tropical Fantasy  1962    1:41:40 (Pop-up)
Michel Magne & His Orchestra  Perfidia   Favoriting Tropical Fantasy  1962    1:44:05 (Pop-up)
Michel Magne & His Orchestra  The Peanut Vendor   Favoriting Tropical Fantasy  1962    1:46:31 (Pop-up)
Michel Magne & His Orchestra  Come Closer to Me   Favoriting Tropical Fantasy  1962    1:48:00 (Pop-up)
Michel Magne & His Orchestra  Two Silhouettes   Favoriting Tropical Fantasy  1962    1:50:26 (Pop-up)
Michel Magne  Echelles Mobiles   Favoriting Le Monde Experimental de Michel Magne  1970    1:53:08 (Pop-up)
Martial Solal & Michel Magne  Electrodes   Favoriting Electrodes  1966    1:57:31 (Pop-up)
Michel Magne  Mozart En Afrique   Favoriting Le Monde Experimental de Michel Magne  1972    2:04:13 (Pop-up)
Michel Magne & His Orchestra  You Belong To My Heart   Favoriting Tropical Fantasy  1962    2:09:29 (Pop-up)
Michel Magne & His Orchestra  Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps   Favoriting Tropical Fantasy  1962    2:11:17 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Johan Dalgas Frisch 
Emperor Waltz   Favoriting
Symphony of the Birds 
1975 
 
2:13:31 (Pop-up)
Jim Fassett  Explanatory Comments   Favoriting Symphony of the Birds  1960    2:20:34 (Pop-up)
Jim Fassett  First Movement (Andante E Lirico)   Favoriting Symphony of the Birds  1960    2:21:48 (Pop-up)
Jim Fassett  Second Movement (Buffo)   Favoriting Symphony of the Birds  1960    2:28:34 (Pop-up)
Jim Fassett  Third Movement (Misterioso)   Favoriting Symphony of the Birds  1960    2:31:33 (Pop-up)
Muzzy Marcellino  Call of the Birdwatchers   Favoriting Birds of a Feather  195?  with Russ Garcia & his Orch.  2:35:46 (Pop-up)
Virginia Belmont  William Tell Overture   Favoriting Virginia Belmont's Famous Singing and Talking Birds  19??    2:37:49 (Pop-up)
Johan Dalgas Frisch  Tico Tico   Favoriting Symphony of the Birds  1975    2:42:33 (Pop-up)
Johan Dalgas Frisch  Waves of the Danube   Favoriting Symphony of the Birds  1975    2:44:53 (Pop-up)
Art Coates  Hawaiian Wedding Song   Favoriting Whistling Like the Birds  19??    2:47:00 (Pop-up)
Spike Jones & His City Slickers  Hawaiian War Chant (Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai)   Favoriting The Best of Spike Jones      2:49:57 (Pop-up)
Alvino Rey  Stormy Weather   Favoriting The Uncollected, Vol. 2 1946  1946    2:52:37 (Pop-up)
Alvino Rey  Nighty Night   Favoriting The Uncollected, Vol. 2 1946  1946    2:56:37 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 6:40pm
Flash Strap:

ok the computer is back in action but we're still doing mostly vinyl tonight, and i think it'll be a fun one

welcome, friends!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
doctorjazz:

Vinyl, take 2, cool!
Avatar 6:54pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Doc!
Avatar 6:54pm
Flash Strap:

about 5 minutes til liftoff here
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
listener james from westwood:

Evening, all!
Avatar 7:01pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Listener James!
Avatar 7:01pm
hyde:

hiya
Avatar 7:02pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Hyde!
Avatar 7:03pm
Flash Strap:

Love this man Spike Jones
Avatar 7:05pm
Flash Strap:

i'm laffin'
  7:09pm
zonk ludlow:

Hey Flash & fellow explorers. Looking forward to a fun morning in Aus.
Avatar 7:10pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Zonk!
Avatar 7:19pm
Flash Strap:

believe Chaino is on this record
Avatar 7:20pm
Flash Strap:

he definitely is
Avatar 7:23pm
northguineahills:

mas aves!
Avatar 7:24pm
Flash Strap:

Hi NGH! plenty of birds waiting in the wings for tonight's show
Avatar 7:24pm
northguineahills:

juaguars tambien!
  7:25pm
zonk ludlow:

Arising to Spike Jones from my slumber was abrupt to say the least. Intake of coffee & the soothing tones of John Evans 'Temptation' has restored my sanity.
Avatar 7:27pm
Flash Strap:

haha, good morning!
  7:30pm
zonk ludlow:

Big thumbs up for last weeks show Evan which I listened to via the archives. One of your best ever IMO, loved it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
doctorjazz:

Did the board and track listing freeze?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:43pm
doctorjazz:

I think I got stuck on the stream for a bit...
Avatar 7:45pm
Flash Strap:

Thanks Zonk!
Avatar 7:46pm
Flash Strap:

no, i just did a long mic break, Doc
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
doctorjazz:

I was hearing some never ending country tune (was pretty good for the first 5 minutes or so).
Avatar 7:49pm
northguineahills:

I've been to a ferry boat in Yokohama (don't remember this soundtrack, though).
Avatar 7:50pm
Flash Strap:

well then doc, you missed a lotta my yakkin'
Avatar 7:51pm
Flash Strap:

i bet not, NGH! don't think these guys did a lot of research outside the movie house
Avatar 7:53pm
Flash Strap:

love those footsteps and door opening sounds! it ends much the same way, to fabulous effect
Avatar 7:53pm
northguineahills:

There was nothing but 80s J-pop and port ambient noise.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
doctorjazz:

Always loved that tune, Limehouse Blues, cool version!
Avatar 7:58pm
Flash Strap:

this is one of my very favorite exotica tropes, the jungle train composition
Avatar 7:59pm
Flash Strap:

i agree, Doc!
Avatar 7:59pm
northguineahills:

Now I want to here jungle Trane, jungle remixes of late period Coltrane.
Avatar 8:00pm
Flash Strap:

uh, me too
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
doctorjazz:

Cool version of Java as well, fun.
Off to the car, take you with me, thanks, Flash!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:03pm
Little Danny:

Hi Flash! Hi all!
Avatar 8:03pm
Flash Strap:

safe jungle travels Doc!

Hi LD!
Avatar 8:06pm
Flash Strap:

Spike Jones loves music so much he can't help but try to destroy it

this stuff seriously makes me weep. it's art
Avatar 8:07pm
northguineahills:

*Looks at the clock*, holy smith and wesson batman, it's only just after 8pm, and I'm done at work, thanks Flash!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:08pm
melinda:

Hi Flash and all!
Avatar 8:09pm
Flash Strap:

Take a load off, NGH!

Hello Melinda! nice to see you
Avatar 8:10pm
Flash Strap:

Magne's bird calls on this LP are the stuff of legend
Avatar 8:12pm
Flash Strap:

amazing Tabu
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:21pm
melinda:

I received my paper bill this week and saw that I'd won the Jean-Jaques Perrey ondioline album, presumably on this show. What a nice post-marathon surprise! I had not tuned in that evening because I was at the station.
Avatar 8:22pm
Flash Strap:

you did! congrats and also thank you so much!
Avatar 8:23pm
Flash Strap:

that's a cool record
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:32pm
Little Danny:

Really nicely observed about Magne, Flash
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:37pm
chresti:

Nice and slow
Avatar 8:37pm
Flash Strap:

Thanks, LD

this is really one of the greatest records, I think about it a lot
Avatar 8:38pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Chresti! yeah, really off-putting tempo
Avatar 8:39pm
hyde:

cool show!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:41pm
chresti:

I wonder how Sahara is slowed down
Avatar 8:42pm
Flash Strap:

thanks Hyde! I hoped it would be
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:45pm
chresti:

I could hear some of this in a Jacques Tati film
Avatar 8:46pm
Flash Strap:

i would LOVE to hear this in a Jacques Tati film. there's definitely some shared sensibility
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:52pm
chresti:

Does it really sound like this in the tropics?
Avatar 8:52pm
Flash Strap:

you know it baby
Avatar 8:53pm
Flash Strap:

all the time
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:56pm
chresti:

Thought so-Thanks.
Avatar 8:56pm
quinn:

i like these boings
Avatar 8:57pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Quinn! yeah, good boings
Avatar 8:59pm
Flash Strap:

this is such a weird record: img.discogs.com...
Avatar 9:00pm
Flash Strap:

Jean-Claude Vannier plays on this
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
chresti:

I've heard those boings here and there -every so often!
Avatar 9:05pm
Flash Strap:

this Mozart en Afrique is some wild stuff
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:05pm
chresti:

in other places- a universal boing
Avatar 9:06pm
Flash Strap:

yeah, i wonder what generated that boing? why is it familiar?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:07pm
chresti:

John Baker
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:09pm
chresti:

Made some good boings (and other sounds)
Avatar 9:22pm
Flash Strap:

this record is such a weird execution of a not-that-weird concept, imo
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23pm
Little Danny:

I've always been curious about this record. It's way better than I thought!
Avatar 9:24pm
Flash Strap:

it's sooooo deep and alien
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25pm
Little Danny:

This is incredible, actually
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:25pm
chresti:

love the windy sound
Avatar 9:25pm
Flash Strap:

it gets a bad rap as being conceptually cool but virtually unlistenable, but i love it in both theory and practice
Avatar 9:26pm
Flash Strap:

i agree w/ both of you
Avatar 9:26pm
Flash Strap:

also has a dynamite cover design: img.discogs.com...
Avatar 9:29pm
Flash Strap:

hahaha so crazy, like Spike Jones and Stockhausen would both dig this I think
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31pm
coelacanth∅:

hey Evan and Explorers
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:32pm
chresti:

LOVE THAT - always makes me laugh
Avatar 9:33pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Coelacanth! you caught us in an odd moment
  9:33pm
zonk ludlow:

A couple of parrots just landed on my balcony, now looking very bemused.
Avatar 9:34pm
Flash Strap:

amazing to imagine, zonk!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:36pm
coelacanth∅:

well,Evan, i've never heard anything odd on your show before!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:36pm
chresti:

Let's all sing like the birdies sing---is going through my head
Avatar 9:36pm
Flash Strap:

indeed not
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37pm
Uncle Michael:

The Theme From Leave it to Mr. Ed.
Avatar 9:39pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Uncle!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39pm
Uncle Michael:

Hello, Flash.
  9:39pm
zonk ludlow:

Even though I live in an urban environment I am privileged to come into contact with a lot of different bird life. This may sound odd, but over the past twenty minutes I swear I have heard species I hadn't heard before in my neighborhood in real time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39pm
Uncle Michael:

I'm waiting for Spike Jones now...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:40pm
coelacanth∅:

haha - fake birds!
Avatar 9:41pm
Flash Strap:

most of the spike jones has been played for the night but there might be one left, time permitting
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
Uncle Michael:

That'll teach me not to read the playlist
Avatar 9:44pm
Flash Strap:

haha that's not the first time that's happened. you just have the touch, Uncle
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:45pm
Uncle Michael:

Was it Disneyland that had the famous bird lounge at one time?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:46pm
Uncle Michael:

Or somewhere else in LA. or maybe Hawaii...
  9:47pm
zonk ludlow:

Much applause for a brilliant show Flash. Inspired me to compile a playlist and head off to Sydney's Botanical Gardens on the harbour for the afternoon. Until next week Explorers travel safe, its a jungle out there.
Avatar 9:47pm
Flash Strap:

yeah the Tiki Room. Disneyworld in Florida. Still there, not unmolested by time & its trends but very very weird and cool
Avatar 9:47pm
Flash Strap:

thanks zonk! have a marvelous time out there
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48pm
Uncle Michael:

The original opened at Disneyland in '63:

en.wikipedia.org...
Avatar 9:49pm
Flash Strap:

ah, cool
Avatar 9:49pm
Flash Strap:

never been to 'Land, actually
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:50pm
Uncle Michael:

Thurl Ravencroft voiced "Fritz"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:51pm
Uncle Michael:

Spike channeling James K Fitzpatrick's travelogues.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52pm
Uncle Michael:

A, not K
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55pm
Uncle Michael:

Thanks, Evan.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:56pm
Little Danny:

Thanks Flash!
Avatar 9:57pm
Flash Strap:

ah, my great great pleasure
Avatar 9:57pm
Flash Strap:

"till birdies wake you"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57pm
Little Danny:

The Cool Blue Flame is calling all of you: wfmu.org...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:57pm
chresti:

THANKS
Avatar 9:58pm
Flash Strap:

thank YOU chresti!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:58pm
coelacanth∅:

i need to listen to this archive. i NEED to!
- Thanks Evan
see yover there
<<
Avatar 9:59pm
Flash Strap:

oh please do Coelacanth! see you in the blue room
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