WFMU: Explorers Room with Flash Strap: Playlist from November 30, 2017

Listener comments!
	6:55pm Flash Strap: Let's get started here! Welcome explorers!
	6:59pm listener james from westwood: Evening, all!
	7:04pm hyde: hello!
	7:04pm Flash Strap: Listener James! Hyde! Welcome!
	7:05pm zonk ludlow: Aloha one and all. Trust all stateside had an enjoyable Thanksgiving. Good to have you back Evan, missed you last week.
	7:06pm northguineahills: Back when touristy areas in FL were fun. I still remember old Cypress Gardens and Marineland which closed in the 80s when I was a wee one.
	7:06pm Flash Strap: Hello Zonk! I missed being here! Looks like Ridgewood radio did a great show in my stead, though
	7:07pm Flash Strap: NGH! it's gonna take a while to get used to your new face, but it's great to see you
	7:09pm Scraps deSelby: h’lo hey
	7:11pm Flash Strap: heya scraps!
	7:11pm Scraps: Laugh at our entertaining monkeys!
	7:19pm MrFab: Alas, Tiki Gardens closed in 1990, just before the tiki revival, It'd probably be a popular spot today. (Argh, where is my copy of "Lavender Jungle"!? Great album)
	7:20pm JtotheK: Skip Manning was great! Hi everyone.
	7:20pm northguineahills: There used to be a Tiki Bar in the E Village on E 2nd ST that I believe closed around 2010 (or before).
	7:21pm Flash Strap: This comes straight from you, Mr. Fab! Another tip of that hat to you coming a bit later as well. Loved this ever since you shared it Hi J_K!
	7:21pm doctorjazz: Hi all, hectic at work, but time for a quick hi! (weird sounds for Explorer's Room, but, then again, there are usually weird sounds from Explorer's Room, just different weird...)
	7:21pm Flash Strap: If you're ever in Fort Lauderdale, the Mai Kai is still there and it's frankly unbelievable
	7:22pm northguineahills: Matt Warwick would eat up Tiki Gardens, if it was still around.
	7:22pm Flash Strap: Hi Doc!
	7:24pm hyde: i'd love to go to the Mai Kai. i almost bought that book about it.
	7:28pm northguineahills: I didn't know Alfred E Newman was a musician! Ok, leaving work, see ya near the end!
	7:31pm MrFab: You're welcome! The "Jungle Exotica" comps are basically rock n roll, a genre i call "rock-xotica," as opposed to the usual classic Martin Denny cocktail jazz style.
	7:35pm Flash Strap: @Mr.Fab: indeed they are
	7:37pm Flash Strap: There's some amazing stuff on these comps, get ready if you've not heard them
	7:40pm Flash Strap: @Hyde: didn't know there was a book! i was in Ft. Lauderdale for 2 nights and went on both... really good drinks, amazing decor and garden
	7:41pm Flash Strap: sorta sleazy mafia-style maitre ds too, for that old school charm
	7:43pm MrFab: Is England the least exotic country on the planet? If so, that just makes these albums all the more social.
	7:44pm MrFab: all the more SPECIAL, I meant to write...
	7:44pm Flash Strap: haha I think it might be
	7:45pm Flash Strap: probably has to do with defining itself as the opposite to everything contained in such a large exotic empire
	7:48pm Flash Strap: belated see ya later NGHgator!
	7:48pm Little Danny: Evenin' Flash, all!
	7:49pm Flash Strap: LD! Hello fellow
	7:50pm Flash Strap: just exploring some exotic comps tonight
	7:50pm Flash Strap: "I decided to leave my veil at home"
	7:52pm zonk ludlow: Reckon the likes of Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan had a lot of these tunes in their record collections.
	7:53pm Flash Strap: love these Phase 4 stereo LPs
	7:53pm Little Danny: Cool. As usual the last ten minutes have me completely overhauling my show
	7:55pm Flash Strap: @LD: In a good way I hope! @Zonk: that Yellow God track kind of made me think of Sellers
	7:56pm Little Danny: Hopefully!
	7:57pm Flash Strap: this song is so good
	7:59pm Flash Strap: daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn
	8:02pm melinda: hi gang
	8:02pm Flash Strap: Hi Melinda! great to see you
	8:03pm Little Danny: wonderful set thusfar, btw
	8:05pm Flash Strap: ah, thanks. can't take too much credit but i think i've made good choices from the source
	8:05pm hyde: this is good music to pack to (yes, again! but good this time. back to Mass., finally)
	8:07pm Flash Strap: congratulations, Hyde! back to ol Mass at last!
	8:07pm Flash Strap: rare lady saxophonist, here. not sure why that's rare but it seems to be
	8:09pm hyde: yeah, i am really psyched. no more three hour trips every friday and sunday.
	8:09pm Flash Strap: i'm so happy for you i can't even say!
	8:10pm Flash Strap: next song is really really good, btw
	8:10pm hyde: thanks!
	8:12pm Flash Strap: Pineapple Kisses, everybody
	8:14pm melinda: cha chas are fun
	8:16pm Flash Strap: much agreed, Melinda
	🥁 8:17pm XapnoMapcase: Howdy all. First time I've caught your show live Flash. What a treat!
	8:18pm zonk ludlow: Seems Charlie was time poor, but he had priorities.
	8:18pm Flash Strap: Aloha Xapno! great to have you live in the room
	8:21pm Flash Strap: just a couple left in the set before we return stateside. finale with a really formidable Besame Mucho, one of the best and weirdest i've heard
	8:23pm Flash Strap: hell yes to these drums
	8:24pm doctorjazz: Love Topsy!
	🥁 8:27pm XapnoMapcase: Can't help but think of the scene in Arizona Dream when I hear this song
	8:43pm Flash Strap: this set's about to get wild, hold on to your polite hats
	8:43pm still b/p: Glad to be here for at least the last half, with much anticipation after reading the pitch/menu in the day's notice. Saw a reference here to my native state . Here's a Massachusetts report from the holiday visit last week: I saw a mouse at MIT. Which sounds like a good premise for a children's book.
	8:44pm Flash Strap: Hi B/P!
	8:45pm Little Danny: Fun comp this Lavender Jungle. Don't know if you're aware but the Joseph Latek Quintet track is really the Yusef Lateef Quintet.
	8:47pm hyde: @still b/p heh. my nephew works at MIT
	8:47pm MrFab: Tarantula Ghoul (aka Girl) was a TV horror host, and this 45 b/w "Graveyard Rock" is one of the most perfectly wonderful ridiculous double A sides ever.
	8:48pm Flash Strap: I always thought it was an odd inclusion for that reason, LD!
	8:50pm still b/p: Tarantula Ghoul evidently had a pet tarantula in the TV gig. Its name was Sir Galahad. And there was Baby, the boa constrictor.
	8:50pm Flash Strap: it's so good, Mr. F!
	8:53pm hyde: it's the rex theme music!
	8:54pm listener james from westwood: Ah ha, never actually heard all of Yabby!, just the loop Rex uses as talkover!
	8:54pm Flash Strap: i have never heard of Inspector Rex until now, looks hilarious
	8:56pm hyde: @Flash no, wfmu's rex of fool's paradise uses a loop from that tune as his bed music
	8:57pm Flash Strap: oh haha i just googled rex theme music and google gave me INSPECTOR REX and I though, "this must be what they mean": cdn.vox-cdn.com...
	8:57pm Flash Strap: what a dummy i am today
	8:58pm Flash Strap: next up we have a little danny CLASSIC
	9:00pm Flash Strap: I really need to listen to more WFMU shows, seems like I never know what you guys are talking about... I just spend the whole week prepping my show and sometimes that's all I listen to
	9:01pm hyde: i won't deny inspector rex looks hilarious. but i bet it's no poochinsky
	9:02pm Little Danny: Oh yes. Last minute of "Moon Madness" is SO trippy
	9:02pm Flash Strap: it's just one of the best, ever
	9:03pm Flash Strap: love this barely disguised Taboo
	9:05pm Uncle Michael: Basket Mart...BASKET MART!
	9:05pm Flash Strap: Uncle Michael! Hello!
	9:08pm listener james from westwood: @Flash: Ha, then you'll be surprised to know the open of this Daktari Ooh Ah is another of Rex's fine loops. Great minds think alike! And again, I've never heard the whole track. So all hail Explorers Room!
	9:10pm Flash Strap: @LJfW: amazing!
	9:10pm hyde: @ljfw yeah. i had heard the hully gully boys one before, but i had never heard that one!
	9:11pm Flash Strap: that's really cool, I had no idea
	9:12pm Uncle Michael: Yeah, Ooh Ah is part of Rex's "no brow" drop, I believe.
	9:13pm Flash Strap: ok just one more from Jungle Exotica 2, then we dip back into the Lavender Jungle for a brief spell
	9:13pm still b/p: Would this charm a snake, or make it uneasy?
	9:13pm Little Danny: Halloween/exotica crossover classic. I want this 45 so bad
	9:13pm Flash Strap: Madman Jones is... a fuckin wild man
	9:18pm Uncle Michael: Preston...my Omaha homie.
	9:18pm Flash Strap: nice!
	9:19pm Uncle Michael: And the man to present to the world, a 14 year-old Shuggie Otis.
	9:20pm Little Danny: Oh yeah, the Red Rogers 45 is also not the actual artist name - or title. I'll see if I can conjure the correct deets for you in the next minute
	9:20pm hyde: this one has a weird spaghetti western vibe to it
	9:20pm northguineahills: Made it back!
	9:21pm Flash Strap: @LD: I wondered about that one LD, it looked fishy
	9:22pm Flash Strap: welcome back, NGH!
	9:26pm Flash Strap: LOVE this one
	9:27pm northguineahills: Hmmm, there's a cumbia/juke party walking distance away tonight. Hopefully, I won't be the oldest one there (the same venue as a kid, barely was anyone under 25)
	9:30pm Little Danny: Thanks Flash! Glad I could be yer conduit
	9:31pm northguineahills: barely anyone was over 25
	9:32pm Uncle Michael: NGH, maybe all the same people will be there.
	9:35pm still b/p: Show 'em you can dance with confident, gentlemanly heat, and you will be king.
	9:36pm Flash Strap: I second B/P's comment, which is sheer perfection
	9:38pm Flash Strap: this record is so strange and wonderful
	9:39pm Flash Strap: haha these peacocks are so musical
	9:40pm Uncle Michael: I've lived next door to peacocks. It sucks.
	9:41pm Flash Strap: me too! I didn't really mind, but it was weird as hell
	9:41pm northguineahills: @UM: My much older friends said on FB they'd be there, so, might as well...
	9:43pm Uncle Michael: Nothing like listening to tropical sounds and watching ice hockey.
	9:44pm Flash Strap: that's insane UM
	9:44pm Flash Strap: I bet Guy Maddin's done it though
	9:45pm hyde: @UM haha
	9:47pm Flash Strap: this is really one of my top exotica LPs
	🥁 9:48pm XapnoMapcase: We've got a storm building here in Canberra, and the show is pairing beautifully. Its getting eerie
	9:50pm Little Danny: Cool Blue Flame in mere minutes. Come with us! wfmu.org...
	9:50pm Flash Strap: oh wow, you're in Canberra! that sounds lovely, the storm
	9:50pm northguineahills: So, the guy that does the experimental/improv/noise curating here does the crazy dj night here, I'm going to go after this (it doesn't start until 10, I may be too old for this, but nothing a little yerba mate won't solve).
	9:50pm Little Danny: Brilliant show Flash!
	9:51pm still b/p: Have we heard any kookaburra among the many birdcalls?
	9:52pm Flash Strap: Thanks LD! see you in the next room
	9:53pm Uncle Michael: I'll be tuned in, Danny...but freed from the keyboard. Thanks for the faux tropical vacay, Evan.
	🥁 9:54pm XapnoMapcase: Not that I've noticed @b/p. It wouldn't go astray
	9:56pm Doug Schulkind: Explorers Swoon!
	9:56pm still b/p: Beeyooteefullll show, thanks.
	9:56pm hyde: thanks Flash!!!
	9:57pm Flash Strap: My great pleasure all! thanks for listening! Hi Doug!
	🥁 9:58pm XapnoMapcase: Gorgeous, thanks!
	9:58pm zonk ludlow: @XapnoMapcase: You could just pop your head out the window to hear the beautiful sound of a burra. Good to know there are fellow folk from downunder tuned in.
	9:59pm zonk ludlow: Cheers Evan, loved the show. Particularly the Britxoctica bracket. Until next week.
	10:00pm Flash Strap: Until next week!
	3:50am Cameron: listening in 2018!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Explorers Room with Flash Strap: Playlist from November 30, 2017

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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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November 30, 2017: Exotica Gardens: Rituals and Ceremonies in Realms of the Unreal

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
	Intro "Intro"
Tiki Gardens	Torch Lighting Ceremony (Tiki Gardens)	The Exotic Sounds of Tiki Gardens		1967 (?)	Trader Frank - Twilight Time; Going To A Hukilau; Lovely Hula Hands; Trader Frank - Deep Twilight	0:01:43 (Pop-up)
Neal Scott	Go Bohemian "Go Bohemian" by "Neal Scott"	The Lavender Jungle: Tempting Treats From The Land Of Exotica	Strip	1960		0:09:33 (Pop-up)
Paul Leader	The Devil's Pad "The Devil's Pad" by "Paul Leader"	The Lavender Jungle: Tempting Treats From The Land Of Exotica		1963		0:11:10 (Pop-up)
The Invaders	Shock Treatment "Shock Treatment" by "The Invaders"	The Lavender Jungle: Tempting Treats From The Land Of Exotica		1964		0:12:36 (Pop-up)
The Rhythm-Addicts	The Thrill "The Thrill" by "The Rhythm-Addicts"	The Lavender Jungle: Tempting Treats From The Land Of Exotica		1959		0:14:26 (Pop-up)
Skip Manning	Devil Blues "Devil Blues" by "Skip Manning"	The Lavender Jungle: Tempting Treats From The Land Of Exotica		19??		0:16:40 (Pop-up)
Tiki Gardens	Torch Lighting Ceremony (Tiki Gardens)	The Exotic Sounds of Tiki Gardens		1967 (?)	Ceremony/Princess Carloa - Hawaiian Wedding Song; Outro	0:19:06 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Alfred Newman	"Alfred Newman"	The Magic Islands				0:24:18 (Pop-up)
Allan Bruce	Poinciana "Poinciana" by "Allan Bruce"	Britxotica! London’s Rarest Primitive Pop And Savage Jazz	Trunk	1962	Compiled by Martin Green	0:34:06 (Pop-up)
Maxine Daniels	Cha Cha Cha Calypso	Britxotica! London’s Rarest Primitive Pop And Savage Jazz		1957		0:35:40 (Pop-up)
Lynn Cornell	African Waltz "African Waltz" by "Lynn Cornell"	Britxotica! London’s Rarest Primitive Pop And Savage Jazz		1962		0:37:43 (Pop-up)
Reg Owen and His Orchestra	Ritual Blues	Britxotica! London’s Rarest Primitive Pop And Savage Jazz		1958	from the 1958 LP, "Manhattan Spiritual"	0:39:46 (Pop-up)
Harry H. Corbett	The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God	Britxotica! London’s Rarest Primitive Pop And Savage Jazz		1963		0:42:11 (Pop-up)
Sounds Incorporated	Taboo "Taboo" by "Sounds Incorporated"	Britxotica! London’s Rarest Primitive Pop And Savage Jazz		1962		0:45:43 (Pop-up)
Beverley Sisters	Sphinx Won't Tell	Britxotica Goes East! Persian Pop and Casbah Jazz from the Wild British Isles!	Trunk	1961	Compiled by Martin Green	0:48:19 (Pop-up)
Johnny Keating's Kombo	Delilah's Theme	Britxotica Goes East! Persian Pop and Casbah Jazz from the Wild British Isles!		1961	from the 1961 Phase 4 LP, "Percussive Moods"	0:51:05 (Pop-up)
Roy Tierney	Lonely One "Lonely One" by "Roy Tierney"	Britxotica Goes East! Persian Pop and Casbah Jazz from the Wild British Isles!		1961		0:53:55 (Pop-up)
Yana	Climb Up the Wall "Climb Up the Wall" by "Yana"	Britxotica Goes East! Persian Pop and Casbah Jazz from the Wild British Isles!		1957	from the 1957 film, Zarak	0:56:02 (Pop-up)
Ted Heath	Haitian Ritual "Haitian Ritual" by "Ted Heath"	Tropical Britxotica! - Polynesian Pop And Placid Jazz From The Wild British Isles!	Trunk	1955	wr. by Kenny Graham	0:59:32 (Pop-up)
George Melly & Kenny Graham	Run See Jerusalem	Tropical Britxotica! - Polynesian Pop And Placid Jazz From The Wild British Isles!		19??		1:03:02 (Pop-up)
Betty Smith, The Malcolm Lockyer Group	Stormy Weather	Tropical Britxotica! - Polynesian Pop And Placid Jazz From The Wild British Isles!		19??		1:05:45 (Pop-up)
Martinas and His Music	Quiet Village	Tropical Britxotica! - Polynesian Pop And Placid Jazz From The Wild British Isles!		1959		1:08:27 (Pop-up)
Johnny Gentle	Milk from the Coconut (Honey from the Bee)	Tropical Britxotica! - Polynesian Pop And Placid Jazz From The Wild British Isles!		1959		1:11:13 (Pop-up)
???	Cha Cha Cha Course Intro "Cha Cha Cha Course Intro" by "???"	Strictly Britxotica! - Palais Pop And Locarno Latin	Trunk	19??		1:13:39 (Pop-up)
Martinas and His Music	Cha Cha Charlie	Strictly Britxotica! - Palais Pop And Locarno Latin		1959		1:14:24 (Pop-up)
Johnston Brothers & Ted Heath	Papa Loves Mambo	Strictly Britxotica! - Palais Pop And Locarno Latin		19??		1:16:52 (Pop-up)
Eddie Calvert	Americano "Americano" by "Eddie Calvert"	Strictly Britxotica! - Palais Pop And Locarno Latin		1958	with Norrie Paramor & Orch. (?)	1:19:22 (Pop-up)
Jack Parnell	Topsy "Topsy" by "Jack Parnell"	Strictly Britxotica! - Palais Pop And Locarno Latin		19??		1:21:36 (Pop-up)
John Graven Quintet	Besame Mucho "Besame Mucho" by "John Graven Quintet"	Strictly Britxotica! - Palais Pop And Locarno Latin		19??		1:24:13 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Norrie Paramor	"Norrie Paramor"	Amor, Amor! Great Latin Standards By Norrie Paramor's Orchestra				1:27:34 (Pop-up)
The Enchanters	Cafe Bohemian "Cafe Bohemian" by "The Enchanters"	Jungle Exotica	Strip	1959		1:42:20 (Pop-up)
Tarantula Ghoul & Her Gravediggers	King Kong	Jungle Exotica		1959		1:43:54 (Pop-up)
Diablito	The Jungle "The Jungle" by "Diablito"	Jungle Exotica		1960		1:46:19 (Pop-up)
Bob Callaway & the Natives	Native	Jungle Exotica		19??		1:48:32 (Pop-up)
Baby Sticks & The Kingtones	Pigmy	Jungle Exotica		1962	listed on record as "Pigmeat"	1:50:20 (Pop-up)
The Hully Gully Boys	Yabby! "Yabby!" by "The Hully Gully Boys"	Jungle Exotica		1960		1:52:53 (Pop-up)
The Nocabouts	Jungle Safari "Jungle Safari" by "The Nocabouts"	Jungle Exotica		1958		1:55:03 (Pop-up)
Jan Davis	Watusi Zombie "Watusi Zombie" by "Jan Davis"	Jungle Exotica		1964		1:57:53 (Pop-up)
Pasquale & The Lunar-Tiks	Moon Madness	Jungle Exotica Volume 2	Strip	19??		1:58:57 (Pop-up)
The Five Notes	The Lion is Awake "The Lion is Awake" by "The Five Notes"	Jungle Exotica Volume 2		1962		2:01:43 (Pop-up)
Nite Cats	Jungle "Jungle" by "Nite Cats"	Jungle Exotica Volume 2		19??		2:04:00 (Pop-up)
Chaos Incorporated	Daktari Ooo Ah	Jungle Exotica Volume 2		1967		2:06:44 (Pop-up)
Red Rogers	Congo Bounce "Congo Bounce" by "Red Rogers"	Jungle Exotica Volume 2		19??		2:09:07 (Pop-up)
Madman Jones & His Band	Snake Charmer	Jungle Exotica Volume 2		1958		2:11:50 (Pop-up)
The Tides	Midnight Limbo "Midnight Limbo" by "The Tides"	Jungle Exotica Volume 2		19??		2:14:12 (Pop-up)
Preston Love and his Orchestra	Ali Baba's Boogie	The Lavender Jungle: Tempting Treats From The Land Of Exotica	Señor Charro	1955		2:16:29 (Pop-up)
The Impact Five	Island of Love "Island of Love" by "The Impact Five"	The Lavender Jungle: Tempting Treats From The Land Of Exotica		19??		2:18:56 (Pop-up)
Tommy Mercer and the McBrides	Volcano Rock	The Lavender Jungle: Tempting Treats From The Land Of Exotica		1959		2:21:24 (Pop-up)
Harvey Anderson	Jivaro "Jivaro" by "Harvey Anderson"	The Lavender Jungle: Tempting Treats From The Land Of Exotica		1959		2:23:10 (Pop-up)
Bob Destiny	Kalenda Rock "Kalenda Rock" by "Bob Destiny"	The Lavender Jungle: Tempting Treats From The Land Of Exotica		1958		2:25:22 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ:	Caribbean Lagoon "Caribbean Lagoon"					2:34:48 (Pop-up)
Tiki Gardens	Polynesian Fantasy Theme Song	The Exotic Sounds of Tiki Gardens		1967 (?)	Bubbles & Waterfall; Parakeets, Doves & Peacocks; Fire Mountain – Pele	2:35:12 (Pop-up)
Webley Edwards with Al Keoloha Perry	Fire Goddess (Pele)	Fire Goddess		1958		2:41:58 (Pop-up)
Arthur Lyman	Pele "Pele" by "Arthur Lyman"	The Legend of Pele		1959	(Arr. from Ritual Dance of Fire)	2:45:18 (Pop-up)
Arthur Lyman	Fire Down Below "Fire Down Below" by "Arthur Lyman"	The Legend of Pele		1959		2:48:30 (Pop-up)
Arthur Lyman	Hana Pele "Hana Pele" by "Arthur Lyman"	The Legend of Pele		1959		2:51:02 (Pop-up)
Tiki Gardens	Polynesian Fantasy Theme Song (Finale)	The Exotic Sounds of Tiki Gardens				2:52:35 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ:	Pacific Ocean "Pacific Ocean"					2:56:22 (Pop-up)
Webley Edwards with Al Keoloha Perry	Pele, Fire Goddess	Fire Goddess				2:56:43 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:55pm Flash Strap: Let's get started here! Welcome explorers!
	6:59pm listener james from westwood: Evening, all!
	7:04pm hyde: hello!
	7:04pm Flash Strap: Listener James! Hyde! Welcome!
	7:05pm zonk ludlow: Aloha one and all. Trust all stateside had an enjoyable Thanksgiving. Good to have you back Evan, missed you last week.
	7:06pm northguineahills: Back when touristy areas in FL were fun. I still remember old Cypress Gardens and Marineland which closed in the 80s when I was a wee one.
	7:06pm Flash Strap: Hello Zonk! I missed being here! Looks like Ridgewood radio did a great show in my stead, though
	7:07pm Flash Strap: NGH! it's gonna take a while to get used to your new face, but it's great to see you
	7:09pm Scraps deSelby: h’lo hey
	7:11pm Flash Strap: heya scraps!
	7:11pm Scraps: Laugh at our entertaining monkeys!
	7:19pm MrFab: Alas, Tiki Gardens closed in 1990, just before the tiki revival, It'd probably be a popular spot today. (Argh, where is my copy of "Lavender Jungle"!? Great album)
	7:20pm JtotheK: Skip Manning was great! Hi everyone.
	7:20pm northguineahills: There used to be a Tiki Bar in the E Village on E 2nd ST that I believe closed around 2010 (or before).
	7:21pm Flash Strap: This comes straight from you, Mr. Fab! Another tip of that hat to you coming a bit later as well. Loved this ever since you shared it Hi J_K!
	7:21pm doctorjazz: Hi all, hectic at work, but time for a quick hi! (weird sounds for Explorer's Room, but, then again, there are usually weird sounds from Explorer's Room, just different weird...)
	7:21pm Flash Strap: If you're ever in Fort Lauderdale, the Mai Kai is still there and it's frankly unbelievable
	7:22pm northguineahills: Matt Warwick would eat up Tiki Gardens, if it was still around.
	7:22pm Flash Strap: Hi Doc!
	7:24pm hyde: i'd love to go to the Mai Kai. i almost bought that book about it.
	7:28pm northguineahills: I didn't know Alfred E Newman was a musician! Ok, leaving work, see ya near the end!
	7:31pm MrFab: You're welcome! The "Jungle Exotica" comps are basically rock n roll, a genre i call "rock-xotica," as opposed to the usual classic Martin Denny cocktail jazz style.
	7:35pm Flash Strap: @Mr.Fab: indeed they are
	7:37pm Flash Strap: There's some amazing stuff on these comps, get ready if you've not heard them
	7:40pm Flash Strap: @Hyde: didn't know there was a book! i was in Ft. Lauderdale for 2 nights and went on both... really good drinks, amazing decor and garden
	7:41pm Flash Strap: sorta sleazy mafia-style maitre ds too, for that old school charm
	7:43pm MrFab: Is England the least exotic country on the planet? If so, that just makes these albums all the more social.
	7:44pm MrFab: all the more SPECIAL, I meant to write...
	7:44pm Flash Strap: haha I think it might be
	7:45pm Flash Strap: probably has to do with defining itself as the opposite to everything contained in such a large exotic empire
	7:48pm Flash Strap: belated see ya later NGHgator!
	7:48pm Little Danny: Evenin' Flash, all!
	7:49pm Flash Strap: LD! Hello fellow
	7:50pm Flash Strap: just exploring some exotic comps tonight
	7:50pm Flash Strap: "I decided to leave my veil at home"
	7:52pm zonk ludlow: Reckon the likes of Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan had a lot of these tunes in their record collections.
	7:53pm Flash Strap: love these Phase 4 stereo LPs
	7:53pm Little Danny: Cool. As usual the last ten minutes have me completely overhauling my show
	7:55pm Flash Strap: @LD: In a good way I hope! @Zonk: that Yellow God track kind of made me think of Sellers
	7:56pm Little Danny: Hopefully!
	7:57pm Flash Strap: this song is so good
	7:59pm Flash Strap: daaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn
	8:02pm melinda: hi gang
	8:02pm Flash Strap: Hi Melinda! great to see you
	8:03pm Little Danny: wonderful set thusfar, btw
	8:05pm Flash Strap: ah, thanks. can't take too much credit but i think i've made good choices from the source
	8:05pm hyde: this is good music to pack to (yes, again! but good this time. back to Mass., finally)
	8:07pm Flash Strap: congratulations, Hyde! back to ol Mass at last!
	8:07pm Flash Strap: rare lady saxophonist, here. not sure why that's rare but it seems to be
	8:09pm hyde: yeah, i am really psyched. no more three hour trips every friday and sunday.
	8:09pm Flash Strap: i'm so happy for you i can't even say!
	8:10pm Flash Strap: next song is really really good, btw
	8:10pm hyde: thanks!
	8:12pm Flash Strap: Pineapple Kisses, everybody
	8:14pm melinda: cha chas are fun
	8:16pm Flash Strap: much agreed, Melinda
	🥁 8:17pm XapnoMapcase: Howdy all. First time I've caught your show live Flash. What a treat!
	8:18pm zonk ludlow: Seems Charlie was time poor, but he had priorities.
	8:18pm Flash Strap: Aloha Xapno! great to have you live in the room
	8:21pm Flash Strap: just a couple left in the set before we return stateside. finale with a really formidable Besame Mucho, one of the best and weirdest i've heard
	8:23pm Flash Strap: hell yes to these drums
	8:24pm doctorjazz: Love Topsy!
	🥁 8:27pm XapnoMapcase: Can't help but think of the scene in Arizona Dream when I hear this song
	8:43pm Flash Strap: this set's about to get wild, hold on to your polite hats
	8:43pm still b/p: Glad to be here for at least the last half, with much anticipation after reading the pitch/menu in the day's notice. Saw a reference here to my native state . Here's a Massachusetts report from the holiday visit last week: I saw a mouse at MIT. Which sounds like a good premise for a children's book.
	8:44pm Flash Strap: Hi B/P!
	8:45pm Little Danny: Fun comp this Lavender Jungle. Don't know if you're aware but the Joseph Latek Quintet track is really the Yusef Lateef Quintet.
	8:47pm hyde: @still b/p heh. my nephew works at MIT
	8:47pm MrFab: Tarantula Ghoul (aka Girl) was a TV horror host, and this 45 b/w "Graveyard Rock" is one of the most perfectly wonderful ridiculous double A sides ever.
	8:48pm Flash Strap: I always thought it was an odd inclusion for that reason, LD!
	8:50pm still b/p: Tarantula Ghoul evidently had a pet tarantula in the TV gig. Its name was Sir Galahad. And there was Baby, the boa constrictor.
	8:50pm Flash Strap: it's so good, Mr. F!
	8:53pm hyde: it's the rex theme music!
	8:54pm listener james from westwood: Ah ha, never actually heard all of Yabby!, just the loop Rex uses as talkover!
	8:54pm Flash Strap: i have never heard of Inspector Rex until now, looks hilarious
	8:56pm hyde: @Flash no, wfmu's rex of fool's paradise uses a loop from that tune as his bed music
	8:57pm Flash Strap: oh haha i just googled rex theme music and google gave me INSPECTOR REX and I though, "this must be what they mean": cdn.vox-cdn.com...
	8:57pm Flash Strap: what a dummy i am today
	8:58pm Flash Strap: next up we have a little danny CLASSIC
	9:00pm Flash Strap: I really need to listen to more WFMU shows, seems like I never know what you guys are talking about... I just spend the whole week prepping my show and sometimes that's all I listen to
	9:01pm hyde: i won't deny inspector rex looks hilarious. but i bet it's no poochinsky
	9:02pm Little Danny: Oh yes. Last minute of "Moon Madness" is SO trippy
	9:02pm Flash Strap: it's just one of the best, ever
	9:03pm Flash Strap: love this barely disguised Taboo
	9:05pm Uncle Michael: Basket Mart...BASKET MART!
	9:05pm Flash Strap: Uncle Michael! Hello!
	9:08pm listener james from westwood: @Flash: Ha, then you'll be surprised to know the open of this Daktari Ooh Ah is another of Rex's fine loops. Great minds think alike! And again, I've never heard the whole track. So all hail Explorers Room!
	9:10pm Flash Strap: @LJfW: amazing!
	9:10pm hyde: @ljfw yeah. i had heard the hully gully boys one before, but i had never heard that one!
	9:11pm Flash Strap: that's really cool, I had no idea
	9:12pm Uncle Michael: Yeah, Ooh Ah is part of Rex's "no brow" drop, I believe.
	9:13pm Flash Strap: ok just one more from Jungle Exotica 2, then we dip back into the Lavender Jungle for a brief spell
	9:13pm still b/p: Would this charm a snake, or make it uneasy?
	9:13pm Little Danny: Halloween/exotica crossover classic. I want this 45 so bad
	9:13pm Flash Strap: Madman Jones is... a fuckin wild man
	9:18pm Uncle Michael: Preston...my Omaha homie.
	9:18pm Flash Strap: nice!
	9:19pm Uncle Michael: And the man to present to the world, a 14 year-old Shuggie Otis.
	9:20pm Little Danny: Oh yeah, the Red Rogers 45 is also not the actual artist name - or title. I'll see if I can conjure the correct deets for you in the next minute
	9:20pm hyde: this one has a weird spaghetti western vibe to it
	9:20pm northguineahills: Made it back!
	9:21pm Flash Strap: @LD: I wondered about that one LD, it looked fishy
	9:22pm Flash Strap: welcome back, NGH!
	9:26pm Flash Strap: LOVE this one
	9:27pm northguineahills: Hmmm, there's a cumbia/juke party walking distance away tonight. Hopefully, I won't be the oldest one there (the same venue as a kid, barely was anyone under 25)
	9:30pm Little Danny: Thanks Flash! Glad I could be yer conduit
	9:31pm northguineahills: barely anyone was over 25
	9:32pm Uncle Michael: NGH, maybe all the same people will be there.
	9:35pm still b/p: Show 'em you can dance with confident, gentlemanly heat, and you will be king.
	9:36pm Flash Strap: I second B/P's comment, which is sheer perfection
	9:38pm Flash Strap: this record is so strange and wonderful
	9:39pm Flash Strap: haha these peacocks are so musical
	9:40pm Uncle Michael: I've lived next door to peacocks. It sucks.
	9:41pm Flash Strap: me too! I didn't really mind, but it was weird as hell
	9:41pm northguineahills: @UM: My much older friends said on FB they'd be there, so, might as well...
	9:43pm Uncle Michael: Nothing like listening to tropical sounds and watching ice hockey.
	9:44pm Flash Strap: that's insane UM
	9:44pm Flash Strap: I bet Guy Maddin's done it though
	9:45pm hyde: @UM haha
	9:47pm Flash Strap: this is really one of my top exotica LPs
	🥁 9:48pm XapnoMapcase: We've got a storm building here in Canberra, and the show is pairing beautifully. Its getting eerie
	9:50pm Little Danny: Cool Blue Flame in mere minutes. Come with us! wfmu.org...
	9:50pm Flash Strap: oh wow, you're in Canberra! that sounds lovely, the storm
	9:50pm northguineahills: So, the guy that does the experimental/improv/noise curating here does the crazy dj night here, I'm going to go after this (it doesn't start until 10, I may be too old for this, but nothing a little yerba mate won't solve).
	9:50pm Little Danny: Brilliant show Flash!
	9:51pm still b/p: Have we heard any kookaburra among the many birdcalls?
	9:52pm Flash Strap: Thanks LD! see you in the next room
	9:53pm Uncle Michael: I'll be tuned in, Danny...but freed from the keyboard. Thanks for the faux tropical vacay, Evan.
	🥁 9:54pm XapnoMapcase: Not that I've noticed @b/p. It wouldn't go astray
	9:56pm Doug Schulkind: Explorers Swoon!
	9:56pm still b/p: Beeyooteefullll show, thanks.
	9:56pm hyde: thanks Flash!!!
	9:57pm Flash Strap: My great pleasure all! thanks for listening! Hi Doug!
	🥁 9:58pm XapnoMapcase: Gorgeous, thanks!
	9:58pm zonk ludlow: @XapnoMapcase: You could just pop your head out the window to hear the beautiful sound of a burra. Good to know there are fellow folk from downunder tuned in.
	9:59pm zonk ludlow: Cheers Evan, loved the show. Particularly the Britxoctica bracket. Until next week.
	10:00pm Flash Strap: Until next week!
	3:50am Cameron: listening in 2018!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Explorers Room with Flash Strap: Playlist from November 30, 2017

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