LuxuriaMusic Internet Radio Internet Radio: Exotica, Lounge, Space Age Bachelor Pad, Bossa, Soft-Psych, Go-Go, Latin Jazz, Sophisticated Rock and Surf http://www.luxuriamusic.com./atom/feed 2008-09-29T10:05:00-07:00 My Hero! http://www.luxuriamusic.com./blog/traderbeck/my-hero 2008-10-11T11:13:01-07:00 2008-10-11T11:21:14-07:00 traderbeck

                                                                                                                                    This is the opening to The Lloyd Thaxton Show and a segment
where he lip-sync's to Georgie Fame's song "Get Away." Click image

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                                                                                                                                    This is the opening to The Lloyd Thaxton Show and a segment
where he lip-sync's to Georgie Fame's song "Get Away." Click image
to watch. Lloyd passed away last Sunday. Luxuria loves you, Lloyd!


]]> Nightscape playlist for 10/11/2008 http://www.luxuriamusic.com./playlists/nightscape-playlist-for-10112008 2008-10-11T10:56:59-07:00 2008-10-11T11:22:09-07:00 PaulKennedy


Tonight: autumnal introspection and relaxation. Cheers.

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Tonight: autumnal introspection and relaxation. Cheers.

]]> C'mon! Let's Live A Little A Lot! http://www.luxuriamusic.com./blog/dbostrom/cmon-lets-live-a-little-a-lot 2008-10-10T08:50:41-07:00 2008-10-11T05:48:56-07:00 dbostrom

Bing Crosby was an early pioneer of pre-recording. He felt that avoiding live broadcasting gave him greater control over the content of his programs and greater leverage with his sponsors. It also worked wonders on his golf scores. "C'mon Live A Little" host Derrick Bostrom has always felt that what's good enough for Bingle is good enough for him. You never know -- sometimes Saturday afternoon at 3pm (Pacific Time) is the perfect time to cut the grass, run a few errands, or even grab the wife and take a trip out of town.

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Bing Crosby was an early pioneer of pre-recording. He felt that avoiding live broadcasting gave him greater control over the content of his programs and greater leverage with his sponsors. It also worked wonders on his golf scores. "C'mon Live A Little" host Derrick Bostrom has always felt that what's good enough for Bingle is good enough for him. You never know -- sometimes Saturday afternoon at 3pm (Pacific Time) is the perfect time to cut the grass, run a few errands, or even grab the wife and take a trip out of town.

 
But you don't have to worry: thanks to the miracle of technology, you don't have to miss a minute of this week's show, no matter how much we plan to goof off. You can enjoy music by Brian Bennett, Quinteto Ternura, Bruno Nicolai, Miguel Ramos, Berry Lipman, Cal Tjader, the Living Guitars, the Johnny Dunne Singers and many others. Isn't it great to know that you've got something to listen to if you're stuck at home, even when we aren't?

 

 

Programming note: this episode will debut on October 11th, and be rebroadcast on October 18th.

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]]> IT WAS A GRAVEYARD SMASH http://www.luxuriamusic.com./blog/djpyro/it-was-a-graveyard-smash 2008-10-10T00:00:00-07:00 2008-10-11T15:01:35-07:00 DJpyro

 Oct 10 1962

The British Broadcasting Company bans "Monster Mash" -- the Halloween-themed novelty tune by Bobby "Boris" Pickett -- for being "offensive." The BBC never specifies precisely what it is about the song that's problematic.
If only these were the problems we were facing today!

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 Oct 10 1962

The British Broadcasting Company bans "Monster Mash" -- the Halloween-themed novelty tune by Bobby "Boris" Pickett -- for being "offensive." The BBC never specifies precisely what it is about the song that's problematic.
If only these were the problems we were facing today!

]]> Easitaly! playlist for 10/11/2008 http://www.luxuriamusic.com./playlists/easitaly-playlist-for-10112008 2008-10-05T05:35:06-07:00 2008-10-09T13:47:51-07:00 wpaul Easitaly #57 Swingitaly


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]]> From the LuxuriaMusic Archives - BACKBEAT: Earl Palmer's Story http://www.luxuriamusic.com./blog/chuckkelley/from-the-luxuriamusic-archives-backbeat-earl-palmers-story 2008-09-23T07:02:49-07:00 2008-09-23T07:06:15-07:00 ChuckKelley You have heard Earl Palmer



You have heard Earl Palmer.

You've heard Earl Palmer even if you've never heard of Earl Palmer. One of the most imitated musicians of the 20th Century, Palmer is a drummer of astonishing ability.

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You have heard Earl Palmer.

You've heard Earl Palmer even if you've never heard of Earl Palmer. One of the most imitated musicians of the 20th Century, Palmer is a drummer of astonishing ability.

  Palmer has played with everyone. He provided Little Richard's best efforts with their unique drive. Phil Spector employed him on "You Lost That Lovin' Feelin'." He drummed behind Sinatra, Count Basie, Sarah Vaughn, Neil Young and Ray Charles. Goddamn it, he even played on the theme to The Brady Bunch. Once again, you've heard Earl Palmer.

The man's reflections on his career are collected in this work, co-written with Tony Scherman. It is an essential read for anyone interested in American Popular Music.

Earl Palmer began his show-biz career at age 5, performing as a tap dancer in Ida Cox's Darktown Scandals vaudeville show. These evocations of a Jim Crow-era South are unforgettable. So are Palmer's caustic descriptions of spending WWII in a thoroughly segregated US Army. After the "good war," he returned home and became the top drummer in New Orleans. That sort of means he became the top drummer in the world. Later, he moved to L.A. to play with Phil Spector and...

Ah hell, you don't need to know what this book is about. You need to actually read this book. Scherman, the work's co-writer, begins each chapter with a useful introduction and then allows Palmer to tell the story in his own words. The results are much grittier than the average "show biz" auto-bio. Palmer's language is clear and direct. His views on racism and the machinations of the music business are startling in their immediacy.

Once again, most people who should know Earl Palmer unfortunately do not. The limited publication of Backbeat probably won't do much to change that. However, if you're a fan of American Popular Music, you could do much worse than to pick up this earthy, engaging work.

Hardcover - 196 pages (May 1999) Smithsonian Institution Press; ISBN: 1560988444

]]> We have winners!! http://www.luxuriamusic.com./blog/chuckkelley/we-have-winners 2008-08-20T14:39:18-07:00 2008-09-29T10:05:00-07:00 ChuckKelley


 On Friday, September 26, Becky Ebenkamp announced the winners of  the signed limited edition prints by artist, Iggy Medeiros.

Ian Pollard won "La Matadora" (above).

And Ingemar Gustavsson won "Santo Sebastikian" (below).

Congratulations guys!!

For more information on Iggy check out his website at http://www.iggymedeiros.com/


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 On Friday, September 26, Becky Ebenkamp announced the winners of  the signed limited edition prints by artist, Iggy Medeiros.

Ian Pollard won "La Matadora" (above).

And Ingemar Gustavsson won "Santo Sebastikian" (below).

Congratulations guys!!

For more information on Iggy check out his website at http://www.iggymedeiros.com/


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