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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 January 15, 2015: Induction to the Explorers Room

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Artist Track Album
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Les Baxter  Intro theme: Taboo   Favoriting Caribbean Moonlight 
Arthur Lyman  Pele   Favoriting Legend of Pele 
Martin Denny  Exotica   Favoriting Forbidden Island 
Buddy Collette  Polynesian Suite   Favoriting Polynesia 
Buddy Collette  Taboo   Favoriting Polynesia 

Music behind DJ:
Ariel Kalma 
Forest Ballad/Osmose Chant   Favoriting
Osmose 
Chaino  Torture of the Mau Mau/Co-Gona Voodoo   Favoriting Jungle Echoes 
The Shangaans  Taboo   Favoriting Jungle Drums 
SEM Studios  Ivresse Des Profondeurs [Depths Of Drunkenness]   Favoriting Midnight Masseira 
Sonny Silver  Midnight in Kenya   Favoriting Midnight in Kenya 
Quartette Tres Bien  Kilimanjaro   Favoriting Kilimanjaro 

Music behind DJ:
Sabu 
Safari   Favoriting
Safari with Sabu 
Arthur Lyman  Quiet Village   Favoriting Bahia 
Les Baxter  Reverberasia   Favoriting SKINS! Bongo Party with Les Baxter 
Sun Ra  Night of the Purple Moon   Favoriting Night of the Purple Moon 
Ananda Shankar  Night in the Forest   Favoriting Sá-Re-Gá Machán 
Dick Schory's New Percussion Ensemble  Typee   Favoriting Music for Bang Baaroom and Harp 
The 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett  Enchanted Island   Favoriting Return to Paradise 

Music behind DJ:
The 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett 
 
Return to Paradise 
Wendy Carlos  C'est Afrique   Favoriting Beauty In The Beast 
Max Roach  The Glorius Monster   Favoriting M'Boom 
Perez Prado  Exotic Suite of the Americas   Favoriting Exotic Suite of the Americas 

Music behind DJ:
Jungle 
 
 
Martin Denny  Ma'Chumba   Favoriting Afro-Desia 
Tito Puente  Call of the Jungle Birds   Favoriting Tambo 
Les Baxter  Coffee Bean and Calabash Annie   Favoriting Soul of the Drums 
Buddy Collette  Japanese Suite   Favoriting Polynesia 

Music behind DJ:
Les Baxter 
Deep Night, etc.   Favoriting
Caribbean Moonlight 


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Listener comments!

  6:27pm
MrFab:

Well, hey! First Bodega Pop, now this - the GTDS stream is clearly where all the cool blogger kids are hangin' nowadays. Really looking forward to this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:41pm
Gary:

Damn it, Mr. Fab; I was *sure* I'd be first in!
Avatar 6:42pm
Flash Strap:

Heya fellas, thanks for showin' up!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:43pm
Gary:

The Flash! Can't wait to hear the show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:44pm
listener james from westwood:

Welcome, Flash Strap!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:46pm
Doug Schulkind:

Seductive portal indeed!
Avatar 6:56pm
Holly in NC:

Welcome Flash! Should've known that I'd already be late to the party ;-) Hi also MrFab, Gary & Doug!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:56pm
Gary:

Hi Holly!
Avatar 6:57pm
Holly in NC:

Running to kitchen to make a decidedly non-exotic martini - back in a flash (ha!)
Avatar 6:58pm
fleep:

I'll have the Exotic Immensity with dressing on the side, and a plate of shrimp shumai.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
Doug Schulkind:

It's alive. IT'S ALIVE!!
Avatar 7:00pm
Holly in NC:

Yay!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
Gary:

YayaY!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
listener james from westwood:

Anyone want to go in on a scorpion bowl with me?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
Gary:

I will, James!
Avatar 7:03pm
Don Cow:

<3
Avatar 7:04pm
Flash Strap:

I'm having a Jungle Bird! Campari, rum, pineapple, fresh lime
  7:04pm
SeanG:

I'm in dude.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
listener james from westwood:

Heh, folks I knew at Boston College would to to Aku-Aku in the city to go "scorpion bowling." Picking up a spare in that sport could send you to Brigham and Women's for a new liver!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
davex:

Hello!
Avatar 7:06pm
Flash Strap:

I would have loved to see the Aku-Aku. Still have Kow Loon out there, though
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Doug Schulkind:

@Listener James
I'm happy to share the Scorpion Bowl, but let me finish my Fricasseed Fugu Filet first.
  7:07pm
Dan Shiman:

Stoked for the show, Evan! - Dan (Exotica Project / Office Naps)
Avatar 7:07pm
northguineahills:

Hello-Goodbye! good to get a taste of Explorer's Room, I love Arthur Lyman/Martin Denny.
Avatar 7:07pm
Holly in NC:

Oh wow, hi Dan, your blogs are SUPERB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
Doug Schulkind:

Office Naps in the house! Bowing low to a visiting potentate!
Avatar 7:09pm
steve:

oh yes, i can dig this
  7:09pm
MrFab:

Nice to see DJ Little Danny here in the tiki hut.
Avatar 7:10pm
Flash Strap:

I am honored to have Dan in the place. Dan, you're the epitome of an honored guest.
Avatar 7:11pm
Flash Strap:

Oh, hell, you're all honored guests!
Avatar 7:12pm
Holly in NC:

Very much enjoying Buddy Collette.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15pm
Doug Schulkind:

Office Naps shared a track from Buddy Collette's Tanganyika, here: officenaps.com...
Avatar 7:16pm
Flash Strap:

Tanganyika is amazing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
Gary:

Buddy has a decidedly fertile imagination
Avatar 7:18pm
Holly in NC:

Snout. snout snout snout, I say !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:18pm
Uncle Michael:

Hello everyone. Hi Flash.
Avatar 7:19pm
Holly in NC:

Welcome @UM. What's your poison this evening?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
Doug Schulkind:

Love the cover of Polynesia: 4.bp.blogspot.com...

Singing on this record is (I just learned) Marni Nixon. She was the greatest American playback singer for all the Hollywood stars. Wow!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:19pm
Uncle Michael:

Sazeracs. Keep 'em comin'.
Avatar 7:23pm
Holly in NC:

Seriously? That's a friggin' ironed-in wrinkle, starched!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
Gary:

LOL
Avatar 7:24pm
ndbob:

Heya Flash Strap and everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:24pm
Uncle Michael:

No good?
Avatar 7:25pm
Flash Strap:

Oh, Sazeracs are good, Uncle
Avatar 7:25pm
ndbob:

Can only stay a little while but I will hear it all on the archive - been a fan of your blog for a long time
Avatar 7:26pm
Holly in NC:

@UM - Sorry, was not speaking to you! All apologies, one fine Sazerac coming right up.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
Uncle Michael:

Happy birthday, ndbob!
Avatar 7:27pm
ndbob:

ty UM!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
Doug Schulkind:

Any guesses (without Googling) as to the birthplace of Mr. Chaino?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:28pm
Uncle Michael:

Poughkeepsie?
Avatar 7:28pm
Flash Strap:

Haha, I'm definitely going into that one! At the break, I'll read his "back story" according the LP copy
Avatar 7:29pm
Holly in NC:

@ndbob - happy, happy birthday!
@Doug - Isn't he American, or am I a tool?
Avatar 7:29pm
ndbob:

New Jersey?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
Uncle Michael:

Kim Fowley has joined the choir eternal. Heaven help them.
Avatar 7:29pm
ndbob:

ty Holly!
Avatar 7:29pm
ndbob:

wow UM
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:29pm
Doug Schulkind:

@UM
Only about 175 miles off!
Avatar 7:30pm
Holly in NC:

@UM - Oh. My. What you said.
Avatar 7:30pm
steve:

im gonna say Lodi New Jersey
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:30pm
Doug Schulkind:

@ndbob
You're even closer.
Avatar 7:31pm
Flash Strap:

Happy birthday ndbob
RIP Fowley you animal
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
Doug Schulkind:

Let's just say that young Chaino, before moving to Chicago, must've been snarfing down his share of cheesesteaks.
Avatar 7:32pm
ndbob:

ty Flash! aha so very close to NJ
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
Uncle Michael:

Pat's or Gino's?
  7:36pm
Dean:

Sorry to hear about Fowley. What a character.

"Ivresse Des Profundeurs [Depths of Drunkenness]" translates roughly as "Depths of Drunkenness [Ivresse Des Profundeurs]."
  7:37pm
MrFab:

That tune was Martin Denny's "Enchanted Sea." Hmm, you suppose these SEM Studio cats give Martin any credit? Great version, regardless.
Avatar 7:38pm
hyde:

yay, new show. this sounds spectacular.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:39pm
Doug Schulkind:

@Flash Strap
FYI, your right channel is coming in a little lower than your left. On the music only, not your microphone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:40pm
Uncle Michael:

It won't suck so bad when I have to miss this show live, since it's gonna be a solid bet for late night archival listening.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:40pm
listener james from westwood:

Damn. RIP Kim Fowley.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:40pm
Doug Schulkind:

@Flash Strap
Not on all tracks. For instance, the current track is equal in both channels.
Avatar 7:41pm
Flash Strap:

huh, could be funky rips. I'll keep an eye on it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:44pm
Doug Schulkind:

Ha! Funky Rips is the name of the next new show on the Drummer Stream. No not really.
Avatar 7:47pm
fleep:

The lost race called Philadelphia (I peeked).
Avatar 7:47pm
hyde:

awwww, man. I was so looking forward to Funky Rips.
  7:47pm
MrFab:

Chaino's name is pronounced Cha-EE-no, according to the back cover of one of his albums.
Of course, it being a made-up name, guess you could pronounce it however you want.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
Gary:

Funky Rips! Funky Rips! We! Want! Funky! Rips!
Avatar 7:52pm
Flash Strap:

Aha, never again will I butcher the name Chaino; yet, many more's the time I'll mispronounce a name, title, anything in French
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
Uncle Michael:

Who ripped one? It's funky in here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
Uncle Michael:

Evan, there's a fine GTDR tradition of butchering any pronunciation not in English.
Avatar 7:55pm
Flash Strap:

I'm privileged to perpetuate it!
Avatar 7:55pm
hyde:

@UM sometimes even IN English!
Avatar 7:56pm
ndbob:

excellent show Flash! catch the rest on the archive
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
Uncle Michael:

So tryue, hyde...so true.
Avatar 7:57pm
Flash Strap:

Thanks for droppin' in Bob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:57pm
Uncle Michael:

I just downloaded this TODAY...for MY show. I got pipped at the line...as they say! Well done.
Avatar 7:58pm
Don Cow:

feeling this. one of my favorite sun ra albums.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
Uncle Michael:

Allegedly, this is the first recording with a Mini-Moog.
Avatar 8:01pm
Flash Strap:

Sorry to pip you, friend!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
Gary:

Loving the Shankar.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02pm
listener james from westwood:

Bloody amazing first hour.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:03pm
Uncle Michael:

Don't be sorry. I'll just pick another cut from the album. Extra fun for everyone.
Avatar 8:04pm
Flash Strap:

You can't go wrong, that record is front to back amazing!
  8:09pm
Dean:

That Sun Ra recording was perhaps the earliest released recording with a Minimoog. It looks like Sun Ra had made an earlier recording, "Space Proble," which was released commercially later than "Purple Moon":

http://moogfoundation.org/sun-ra-the-minimoog-by-historian-thom-holmes/

http://thomholmes.com/Noise_and_Notations/Noise_and_Notations_Blog/Entries/2013/1/14_The_Greatest_Moog_Albums_of_1970.html
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:13pm
Gary:

Wennn DEEEEEE
Avatar 8:20pm
glenn:

hey! what fresh hell is this?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:21pm
Doug Schulkind:

@Flash Strap
Again, the right channel is weaker here. And on the previous track. (And possibly before, but I was having dinner and listening on my iPhone.)
Avatar 8:21pm
Don Cow:

never heard that wendy track. thing was bugged out.
Avatar 8:21pm
Flash Strap:

Welcome to Hell, Glenn. It's fresh!
Avatar 8:22pm
glenn:

and evahbody knows dinner comes before technical problems.
Avatar 8:22pm
Holly in NC:

M'Boom SUCH a great album. Standing O!
Avatar 8:22pm
Flash Strap:

Is everybody else experiencing a weak right channel? I can't see a cause for it on my end
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:23pm
Gary:

Yes, on this track, right is weak
Avatar 8:24pm
glenn:

i'm a socialist. i don't HAVE a right channel.
Avatar 8:24pm
Flash Strap:

Egg on my face
  8:25pm
Dean:

Yes, weak right channel on the Max Roach.
Avatar 8:25pm
Flash Strap:

Let me know if you experience it on the next track, someone, if you don't mind.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:25pm
Doug Schulkind:

If the egg on your face has hollandaise and Canadian (no offense, Glenn) bacon, count me in!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:25pm
Gary:

I will!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:26pm
Doug Schulkind:

@Flash Strap
The pan button on your mixer is at 12 o'clock?? (Obvious, but I thought I'd mention it.)
Avatar 8:27pm
glenn:

no offense taken, but we calls it peameal, yo.
Avatar 8:27pm
Flash Strap:

It is. 1st thing I checked. I'm gonna swam some cords out and see if that's the issue
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:27pm
Doug Schulkind:

And maybe the Virtual DJ has a L-R pan setting?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:28pm
Gary:

This symphonic thing is balanced fine l-r ... starting to suspect FUNKY RIPS
  8:28pm
Dean:

I'm working with a rinky-dink setup here, including a goofy PC speaker, but VLC allows restricting output to one channel or the other played through both speakers. During the Roach, the right-restricted level was clearly lower than the left. Not so with this Prado.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:29pm
Doug Schulkind:

Now on this track, the L/R sounds and looks (I am recording this in Audacity) more equal. Is this track playing on a channel different from the Max Roach selection? If so, then you can isolate to that other channel.
Avatar 8:30pm
Flash Strap:

This is the turntable, now. It's the digital stuff that's funkin me up. Everything checks out with VDJ's balance settings though. Tuff nut
Avatar 8:32pm
glenn:

i bet you didn't know there was a spring training countdown clock. now you do. www.springtrainingcountdown.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:32pm
Uncle Michael:

I did know.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:32pm
Doug Schulkind:

Turntable looks good, L/R-wise. Maybe you picked up a bug in Funkyrip City.
  8:32pm
SeanG:

this font is really small right?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:33pm
Gary:

Sounds like it's a wire from digital to mixer, or maybe the headphone hole of your computer is compromised (mine is, actually, and I have to use packing tape every time I broadcast, to poosh the cord down.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:33pm
Uncle Michael:

When do pishers and kakers report?
Avatar 8:33pm
glenn:

yep. and i have old man eyes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:34pm
Gary:

In all the tech talk I totally missed out that this is Perez freakin Prado. Superhero!
Avatar 8:34pm
glenn:

feb. 18.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:35pm
Doug Schulkind:

I wonder if Perez Prado has ever visited the Prado. And if so, did he get free admission?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:35pm
Uncle Michael:

Mine report on the 19th, I think.
Avatar 8:37pm
Flash Strap:

Would Prado have preferred Goya or Bosch, had he visited the Prado? Or is he a Velasquez man?
  8:38pm
Dean:

Sounds like he would have preferred David Rose.
Avatar 8:39pm
Flash Strap:

@Gary: I suspect the problem emanates from that spot. Hopefully a change of cord will help
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:39pm
Doug Schulkind:

He'd run out weeping after encountering Guernica, I'm quite sure.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:42pm
Uncle Michael:

I recommend monitoring with headphones off the digital capture device that your mixer runs to...the one that's converting the analog signal to digital for the computer running SAM. That is, if that's how your signal path is set up.
Avatar 8:46pm
Flash Strap:

is it still runnin weak in the right?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:48pm
Gary:

It's better but there's still a slightly weak right on this Tito Puente track
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:48pm
Doug Schulkind:

Yes.
  8:48pm
Dean:

Yes, still weak.
Avatar 8:49pm
Holly in NC:

Ah, the 1 advantage of listening through a shitty laptop speaker - all sounds fine here ! ;-)
Avatar 8:49pm
Flash Strap:

Aw dip. Sorry all
  8:50pm
Dean:

TITO puente
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:50pm
Doug Schulkind:

Check the inputs on your soundcard? Mine has a separate fader for left and right feeding into my Nicecast computer. Sometimes I bump one or the other and things get out of whack.

Hey Flash Strap, no worries. The discrepancy is in no way diminishing the majesty of the proceedings!
Avatar 8:51pm
Don Cow:

got hipped to that tito puente track thru a flying lotus flip. great chune.
Avatar 8:54pm
Flash Strap:

"Go your own way. What does it matter? I despise you all."

Damn
Avatar 8:57pm
Flash Strap:

BYYYY THEEEESE EYES
Avatar 8:58pm
Holly in NC:

Thank you for a great show, Flash.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59pm
Uncle Michael:

I enjoyed the show. Thanks, Evan.
Avatar 8:59pm
hyde:

amazing stuff! I likely won't have a lot of chance to hang out on Thursday nights except on occasion, unfortunately, but I'll sure be listening to all these shows. Thanks a lot!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:59pm
Doug Schulkind:

GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO PROGRAMMING ALERT...
What say we all catch some zzzzzzs, then meet back here in 12 hours for Give the Drummer Some? Yes. Yes, I thought you would all agree. I will bring the danish and coffee. You bring the mimosas and Irish butter.
Avatar 9:00pm
Don Cow:

primo transmission, flash. big ups and many thanks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:00pm
Gary:

Thanks for the Super Thrills, Mr. Strap!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:00pm
Uncle Michael:

Yes.
  9:00pm
Dan Shiman:

Outstanding work, Evan - looking forward to more!
Avatar 9:01pm
Holly in NC:

@Doug - Bloody Marys w black cardamom ;-)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
listener james from westwood:

many thanks, flash strap!
Avatar 9:01pm
Flash Strap:

Thanks friends!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:29am
dreamyandseedy:

hi, just wanna let you know i am starting my archive journey!
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