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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 February 19, 2015: Bali at the Four Corners of the World

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Artist Track Album
Unknown  Kuta Quintet   Favoriting Sublime Frequencies: Night Recordings From Bali 
Les Baxter  Intro theme: Taboo   Favoriting Caribbean Moonlight 
  Excerpt from 1936 documentary, "Bali Ceremonies"    
Gamelan Gong Sekar Anjar and Gendèr Wajang Quartet  Lagu Délem   Favoriting The Exotic Sounds of Bali 
Gde Purana  Hudjan Mas [Golden Rain]   Favoriting Golden Rain - Balinese Gamelan Music, Ketjak - The Ramayana Monkey Dance 
Gamelan Semar Pegulingan of Binoh Village  Kompyang   Favoriting Gamelan Semar Pegulingan of Binoh Village 
Martin Denny  American in Bali   Favoriting Hypnotique 
Les Baxter  Balinese Bongos   Favoriting African Jazz 
Les Baxter  Monkey Dance of Bali   Favoriting Ports of Pleasure 
Martin Denny/Si Zentner  Bali Monkey Dance   Favoriting Exotica Suite 

Music behind DJ:
unknown 
Ketjak - The Ramayana Monkey Chant   Favoriting
Golden Rain - Balinese Gamelan Music, Ketjak - The Ramayana Monkey Dance 
Colin McPhee  Babar Layar   Favoriting O Bali 
Benjamin Britten  The Prince of the Pagodas Suite, Op.57 - Part 4 - The Arrival and Adventures of Belle Rose in the Kingdom of Pagodas (very free)   Favoriting Britten & McPhee: Prince of the Pagodas, Tabuh-Tabuhan 
Tony Scott And The Indonesian All Stars  Djanger Bali   Favoriting Jazz Meets the World 
Chico Marx  On The Beach At Bali-Bali   Favoriting Excerpted from The Marx Brothers' "A Day at the Races" 
Jimmie Lunceford  On The Beach At Bali-Bali   Favoriting  

Music behind DJ:
Serama Oka 
Gamelan Theme I, II, III   Favoriting
Parry - PML 125 - Around the world vol 4 
Arthur Tracy (The Street Singer)  On The Beach At Bali-Bali   Favoriting  
Roger Roger and Nino Nardini  Bali Girl   Favoriting Jungle Obsession 
Arawak  Accadde a Bali   Favoriting Accadde a.... 
Daniel J. White  Reflets D'indonésie   Favoriting MP 01 & 05 - Musique Pour Journal Parlé  
Nigel Shipway  Pagan Ritual   Favoriting Bruton - BRJ 12 - Wildlife 
Marcello Giombini  Bali, Bali (Indonesia)   Favoriting Mondial Folk Synthesizer III (Estremo Oriente-Africa) 
Joel Vandroogenbroeck & F. Voelxen  Mysterious Bali   Favoriting Coloursound- Contemporary Pastoral and Ethnic Sounds 
Gruppo D'Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza  Bali   Favoriting Niente 

Music behind DJ:
 
Demon Dog Crossroads, River Spirits, Monkey Forest Night, Night Lotus Pool  
Sublime Frequencies: Night Recordings From Bali 
Eberhard Schoener  Rawana   Favoriting Bali Agung 
Eberhard Schoener  Surija   Favoriting Bali Agung 
Eberhard Schoener  Ketjak   Favoriting Bali Agung 
Wendy Carlos  Poem for Bali   Favoriting Beauty In The Beast 

Music behind DJ:
Don Cherry 
Eternal Rhythm Part II   Favoriting
Eternal Rhythm 


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Listener comments!

Avatar 6:52pm
glenn:

foist.
Avatar 6:53pm
Flash Strap:

Foisted on your own petard!
Howdy Glenn
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55pm
listener james from westwood:

Nowadays if a tea ship sailed into Boston Harbor, it would be swamped with locals hoping to be taken anywhere there's no snow!
Avatar 6:57pm
Flash Strap:

Hi James! Here, have a seat by the fire and warm your bones.
Avatar 6:57pm
glenn:

i just want to remind bostonians that it could be worse. there could be another molasses flood.
Avatar 6:58pm
Flash Strap:

I used to be in Boston. 7 years. 7 winters.
Avatar 6:58pm
ndbob:

evening Flash, glenn, james everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
listener james from westwood:

For when you're not Flashing and Strapping: The captioned adventures of George Washington: ladyhistory.tumblr.com...
Avatar 6:59pm
Flash Strap:

evenin' bob
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
listener james from westwood:

Or the whole series: ladyhistory.tumblr.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:01pm
Doug Schulkind:

@Listener James
They'd be having some iced tea, no?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
listener james from westwood:

Oh hell, I had Clay on! I thought there was some sort of Geo. Washington thing on the stream! Now on GTDR. That must have been confusing. Sorry all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
listener james from westwood:

@Flash: Four years at Boston College on this side, incl. one where I had to walk to campus from an apartment. Joyous.
@Doug: Or tea slushies at the warmest!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:05pm
Doug Schulkind:

Train your gamma-lan rays upon us, oh overlord Flash Strap!
Avatar 7:06pm
Flash Strap:

Hello Doug! Wonderful to see you this evening
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
listener james from westwood:

Gamelan with avian accompaniment, it sounds like, there in the background.
Avatar 7:09pm
Flash Strap:

yeah, i love that you can hear wildlife in the background.
Avatar 7:09pm
Flash Strap:

@ James, fellow boston refugee: I myself was at SMFA 5 years, then another two on the other side of the proverbial desk
Avatar 7:09pm
Dr. Goot:

This rocks, thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
Doug Schulkind:

Wonderful to be here!
Avatar 7:11pm
northguineahills:

nice gamelicsious start. I'm picking the wrong night to shave off my beard.
Avatar 7:13pm
Flash Strap:

Hello and welcome, Dr. Goot and Rev. NGH
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:14pm
listener james from westwood:

@FS: Ooh! I have friends who would dearly love to have gone there. Also folks who would have loved to attend Berklee College of Music. Lots of schools up there to covet.
Avatar 7:15pm
Flash Strap:

yeah it was an amazing place, at least at the time. can't speak to now, lots of shakeups.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:18pm
Jeff Golick:

Can't hang long, but am going to go ahead and just star this whole program now.
Avatar 7:19pm
Flash Strap:

Great to see ya Jeff!
Avatar 7:22pm
glenn:

also - no matter what some people think, the red sox will suck again.
Avatar 7:34pm
Flash Strap:

that's enough o' my chakkin'
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
Doug Schulkind:

It's heading to -11°F here tonight. Maybe I'll just point my speakers out the window and melt the world.
Avatar 7:38pm
Flash Strap:

-11 is game over weather! That sucks!
Avatar 7:40pm
Flash Strap:

is anybody here somewhere warm?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:45pm
Uncle Michael:

It's a balmy 21 here.
Avatar 7:46pm
Flash Strap:

very nice. We're at 17 now, so... better than -11
Avatar 7:47pm
northguineahills:

Hmmm, I've never heard of Colin McPhee, but I swear I've heard Babar Layar before.... somewhere...

I've always thought of Britten as mostly being a quintessentially pastoral British composer, outside of a few good pieces.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
Uncle Michael:

I received the mailing for the 20th Other Minds festival and as usual, I don't know who any of the people are.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
Uncle Michael:

otherminds.org...
Avatar 7:49pm
Flash Strap:

I don't know what THAT is, so I guess you're ahead of me
Avatar 7:49pm
Flash Strap:

The trumpets in this part always remind of the score for Patton
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
Uncle Michael:

It's a very forward thinking music festival out in San Francisco, founded by one of Doug's fellow Oberlin alums.
Avatar 7:50pm
Flash Strap:

@ngh: yeah it's weird how much gamelan dna is in Britten's work at times.
Avatar 7:53pm
Flash Strap:

looks pretty good. I've heard of Pauline Oliveros, but I can't remember what for.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Charlie:

Hi, Flash Strap, everyone. Can't stay to chat, but I'm listening. Really sounding great!
Avatar 7:54pm
glenn:

-35 c with wind chill here.
Avatar 7:55pm
ndbob:

wow glenn!
Avatar 7:55pm
Flash Strap:

Thanks for listening, Charles!
Avatar 7:56pm
ndbob:

excellent first hour Flash! catch the rest on the archive
Avatar 7:57pm
Flash Strap:

Thanks, Bob!
Avatar 7:58pm
doca:

Hey, Mr. Flash Strap, sloths been lazy going down the tree to hear the show.
Avatar 7:59pm
doca:

Greetings from the warm side of the planet
Avatar 7:59pm
Flash Strap:

Warm greetings, Doca.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:01pm
Doug Schulkind:

Oberlin has had a gamelan ensemble since 1971 when it purchased a full set of slendro instruments. The Univ. of Pittsburgh also has a gamelan ensemble. it is taught by Andrew Weintraub, who is a good pal with Henk of the Madrotter blog! Small world.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:01pm
Charlie:

That Tony Scott track was wonderful.
Avatar 8:01pm
doca:

@Flash Strap: An Anthropology classic about Bali, Mr. Geertz sure knew where to make his studies www.rochester.edu...
Avatar 8:05pm
glenn:

well, in two weeks we should be hitting positive daytime temps. i hope so anyway.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:07pm
Uncle Michael:

We *all* say "Chee-co." The Marx's say "Chick-o."
Avatar 8:08pm
doca:

@glenn: Yeah I'm amazed by how winter seems to get more intense over there the more February goes on. Over here weather is starting to make sense again, being just warm and not irrationally hot as it was during January.
Avatar 8:10pm
Flash Strap:

I can't even wrap my head around that Chicko nonsense, even though I've known for years
Avatar 8:10pm
doca:

I've seen the news that a groundhog was ordered arrested after it failed to predict winter's end. Poor Punxsutawney Phil
Avatar 8:12pm
hyde:

sweet, made it for the last bit. sounds great!
Avatar 8:14pm
Flash Strap:

Hey Hey Hyde
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:16pm
listener james from westwood:

@Flash: Not only that w/ Chick-o, but Groucho had an on-stage German accent until WWI; his character was apparently a German schoolmaster/professor before he switched (reverted?) to his shnorer/wiseacre voice and persona.
Avatar 8:18pm
Flash Strap:

They really are an incredible comedy organism, bridging centuries of comic style. The thing that bugs me out is that they all insist Zeppo was the funniest of the bunch.

What are you guys' favorite Marx films?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:19pm
Uncle Michael:

"The thing that bugs me out is that they all insist Zeppo was the funniest of the bunch."

They might be joking!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:19pm
listener james from westwood:

Duck Soup. Followed closely by Night at the Opera.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:19pm
listener james from westwood:

There are few things as liberating as dressing as Groucho Marx for Halloween at your workplace and wising off at all your coworkers in voice and in character for the whole day.
Avatar 8:20pm
Flash Strap:

They aren't; but I still don't buy it.
@james: those are my next two as well. but Races is #1
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:20pm
Doug Schulkind:

I hear that every word from Groucho was scripted. Not a moment of spontaneous improvisation crossed his lips.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:22pm
Uncle Michael:

Having watched a LOT of "You Bet Your Life," I can only believe every word in film was scripted because they were good at honed craft, not because they weren't funny off the cuff.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:22pm
listener james from westwood:

That's def. a close #3. It's easier just to make a day of them and watch a bunch.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:23pm
Uncle Michael:

That'sa some joke, eh boss?
Avatar 8:24pm
hyde:

I'm with ljfw. Those are my two faves, followed by Horse Feathers.
Avatar 8:24pm
Flash Strap:

Uncle Michael: That's exactly my thoughts. You guys ever hear that story about the Marxes locking themselves in a producer's office, and when he broke through the door he found them all naked, baking potatoes in his fireplace?
Avatar 8:25pm
Flash Strap:

Afterwards, he finally agreed to make a deal with them. He impressed at the chutzpah
Avatar 8:26pm
Flash Strap:

Ennio in the house, btw
Avatar 8:27pm
hyde:

@Flash Strap it was Irving Thalberg, right?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:29pm
Uncle Michael:

My favorite bits are with Groucho as Chico's stooge.
Avatar 8:29pm
hyde:

and two hard boiled eggs
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:30pm
Uncle Michael:

A little ice in Greenville, NC

media3.s-nbcnews.com...
Avatar 8:35pm
Flash Strap:

Haha, and two hardboiled eggs! amazing
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:39pm
listener james from westwood:

::Honk::
Avatar 8:39pm
Flash Strap:

You know what, I think I'll watch Night at the Opera TONIGHT. I just got it from the library. I gotta find out, I can't remember, whether there is or is no Sanity Clause
Avatar 8:40pm
Flash Strap:

Just watched the one with Lucille Ball, Room Service. Not the best, but pretty fun. She's such a babe in it.
Avatar 8:41pm
Flash Strap:

Oh shit this track is too good! !!!!!!
Avatar 8:41pm
hyde:

I watched a Henry Hathaway noir (The Dark Corner) witha young Lucille Ball in it not too long ago
Avatar 8:42pm
Flash Strap:

ooh. How was it?
Avatar 8:44pm
hyde:

pretty solid. has a great cast + Lucille Ball is really good in it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:45pm
Doug Schulkind:

I've asked my dog to hold it in for 15 more minutes. A she seems up to it.
Avatar 8:45pm
Flash Strap:

On a related noir note, I just watched Night of the Hunter yesterday. I'd never seen it! It's astounding, truly genius.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:46pm
Uncle Michael:

I'll take the young Kitty Carlisle.
Avatar 8:47pm
hyde:

@Flash Strap oh, wow. that movie is amazing. I can't believe it's the only film Charles Laughton ever directed, because it is genius.
Avatar 8:50pm
Flash Strap:

I love Laughton as an actor, particularly in Island of Lost Souls, but I can hardly bear it that he never directed another film. It makes me want to watch African Queen, though, as it shares a screenwriter with Night of the Hunter: James Agee
Avatar 8:56pm
hyde:

I always think of Laughton mainly as Captain Bligh. But he's so wide ranging--I just recently saw this odd 40's melodrama he's in with Carole Lombard called They Knew What They Wanted where he plays an italian immigrant farmer and he was so, so great. It was the part he took after playing Quasimodo.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:58pm
Uncle Michael:

Was he ever bad?
Avatar 8:59pm
Flash Strap:

I know a lot of people regard him mainly as a scenery chewer, but even at his slumming lowest there's a twinkle of the revelatory. I don't think he was capable of being bad.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:00pm
Uncle Michael:

I think he did pathos better than any British film star, trained on the stage, of his generation.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:01pm
Uncle Michael:

Thanks for the show, Flash.
Avatar 9:01pm
hyde:

right, he's sometimes over the top but not really ever bad. and I agree about the pathos, UM. That's what he does in spades in that Lombard movie.

Thanks Flash!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:02pm
listener james from westwood:

I'll just be sitting here, trying to imagine what a third hour of this episode would sound like, and realizing it could never measure up to what Flash would craft. Thanks, man!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03pm
Uncle Michael:

Night everyone.
Avatar 9:05pm
Flash Strap:

Thanks for listening everyone! Good night friends and Laughton-lovers! Good night, Harpo, Chico, and Groucho! Good night, Doug's dog!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06pm
Doug Schulkind:

Woof!

Hey everyone, get some sleep. We all convene back here in 11 hours and 54 minutes!
Avatar 9:07pm
Flash Strap:

Rest up for the main event! See you there Doug!
  11:56pm
Henk Madrotter:

Very interesting playlist, will enjoy listening to this! I was in Bali last week, forget about the REAL Balinese music, all you see and hear nowadays is the waterdowned tourist kecak stuff and the endless suply of these horrible spa/lounge/new age "Balinese" cd's, also for the tourists. Still, there's still some awesome music being made in the villages.... For me, West-Java is where it's at, there the traditional music is still going strong, jaipong, bajidor, ketuk tilu, kuda lumping, kliningan, tarling, tayuban, tarawangsa, all amazing stuff and i just got a call from somebody, I'll be picking up around a 100 rare cassettes today, YEAH!
  12:28am
Henk Madrotter:

Reminds me, I should upload some of percussionist Vidal Paz' (aka Django Mango) work, he's a Spanish guy who got very rich very early in life, then said F it and spend the rest of his life traveling and playing and recording music, he put out loads of cd's where he mixes Balinese and Sundanese music, a wonderfull cd where he mixes Sundanese percussion with Maroccan throat singerss and a whole bunch of cd's where he plays with all these Cuban jazz greats.... Great stuff! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zP7YvtqB4M
  12:31am
Henk Madrotter:

Here's a nice one from him too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mdN_2BFNW8
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