WFMU: Explorers Room with Flash Strap: Playlist from June 7, 2018

Listener comments!
	6:17pm Flash Strap: Hey, I'm back
	🥁 6:27pm chresti: Welcome back!
	🥁 6:28pm chresti: That's a very nice image
	🥁 6:32pm chresti: hobo/sailor
	6:44pm Flash Strap: Hi Chresti, thanks! That's ol' Don the Beachcomber, there
	6:45pm Flash Strap: very nice to be back, makin' radio shows again
	🥁 6:56pm chresti: I am not seeing the playlist yet
	6:57pm Flash Strap: ok we're rolling now
	🥁 7:01pm chresti: Ahhhh...much better
	7:02pm listener james from westwood: Welcome back!!
	7:02pm Flash Strap: Hi James! Thank you friend
	7:03pm Flash Strap: I'm obsessed with this song now... "Never Ending, No Ending" What an incredible team this was
	7:06pm Flash Strap: Thanks again to friend of show Just Julia if she's out there for hipping me to Lou Christie in such a big way, more of Lou & The Tammys coming tonight
	7:07pm spookcity: this is a real lovely tune flash, wouldn't expect anything less of ya. glad to have ya back compadre
	7:08pm Flash Strap: Pete Drake's music is so weird and it's hard to tell if that was his intention
	7:08pm Flash Strap: hey there spook! thanks man
	7:09pm spookcity: i'm pretty sure i might have posted some of this cat's music many many moons ago. always a delight to hear his music :)
	7:09pm just julia: i'm here and you're so welcome! can't wait for more. never ending, no ending, never ending, no ending...
	7:10pm hyde: wait, what? we're exploring???
	7:11pm Flash Strap: Hyde! Hi pal you just know we have to explore tonight, you just know we gotta do it
	7:12pm Flash Strap: Hi Just Julia! I can't help it, I have to play more
	7:14pm spookcity: i'm always here for earlier beach boys, although i know this may be a not so hip opinion but i dig their early shit about cars & root beer & the pleasures of slc
	7:14pm spookcity: that being said the smile sessions is one of the most perfect pop albums ever made
	7:16pm hyde: me i love the early Beach Boys too, spook
	7:18pm Flash Strap: all beach boys is good or at least defensible until 1980 and that's my opinion early stuff is god-tier but so is the post-SMiLE early 70s albums, which might be the most interesting run of american pop LPs, ever. don't sleep on wild honey, friends, 20/20, smiley smile, etc. DON'T SLEEP
	7:21pm spookcity: i don't really care very much for that era tbh, which i know we've talked about a million times over now. i will go on the record & say that love you is amazing even though no one else i've talked to seems to think so
	7:21pm Flash Strap: love you is cool
	7:24pm spookcity: had to slsk that denvermen album, what a delight
	7:24pm Flash Strap: next track is killa dilla, no survivors
	7:25pm hyde: M.I.U. album? not too good, imo. i do love that Dennis Wilson said that he hoped the release of M.I.U. would fuck up Mike Love's meditation karma forever, though!
	7:25pm Flash Strap: one of the best Tammys songs, maybe the big #2
	7:26pm geezerette: Welcome back, Captain Spaulding! Everyone's slow dancing in the sand. :D
	7:26pm Flash Strap: MIU does blow, but if i recall it has 2 pretty good Dennis tracks (?)
	7:26pm spookcity: yeah, am loving this song so also had to grab this one as well. would love to have this on vinyl
	7:26pm Flash Strap: hi geezerette! that Don'l Duck is a sight for sore eyes!
	7:27pm just julia: OH YES! "his actions speak louder than words" - i am always moved by this song, have spent many tens of listens interpreting the tone of these tammys bratty, emotional voices. just wanna crawl inside this track.
	7:28pm geezerette: Quack! :)
	7:38pm geezerette: Alexa's in love.
	7:38pm Flash Strap: that "voice" is so unnerving
	🥁 7:39pm chresti: what a crazy song!
	7:40pm hyde: Harry Lookofsky is fascinating. He plays on jazz records in the fifties with some serious dudes. Apparently that's him on strings in Walk Away Renee too, at least if you believe the Internet. Some Quincy Jones connection too.
	7:42pm Flash Strap: I believe it is, yes. what a guy
	7:42pm Flash Strap: these are some of the greatest backup vocals I've ever heard. no one sings like this
	7:43pm Little Danny: Evan! Nice to have ya back
	7:43pm Flash Strap: LD my man, great to BE back
	7:45pm Flash Strap: the Jokers are so juicy
	7:47pm geezerette: Go, Upsetters!
	7:47pm Little Danny: Jokers also did an incredible "Taboo." Do you know it?
	7:48pm Flash Strap: I played it on my last show, if I recall! it's TOP-notch
	🥁 7:48pm chresti: Never gets old!
	🥁 7:53pm chresti: who says "I'm totally together" on this?
	7:54pm Flash Strap: good question, it's a genuinely intriguing vocal performance
	7:54pm Little Danny: Love the "Baaaby" on this Mittoo - lifted straight from "Evil Ways"
	🥁 7:55pm chresti: I love toasters
	7:55pm Flash Strap: it's such a groovy track
	7:57pm Flash Strap: who are your favorite toasters chresti?
	7:59pm Flash Strap: really been digging Dennis Alcapone. Scotty was my first love. Trinity and I. Roy are top guys, though
	7:59pm geezerette: Love that echo.
	8:02pm Flash Strap: it;s really good on that track, top Mittoo jam right there imo
	8:02pm coelacanth∅: hey Evan Welcome back!
	8:03pm Flash Strap: hey Coelacanth! thanks pal, great to see ya
	🥁 8:03pm chresti: Dennis Alcapone, Uroy, Carey Johnson...
	8:05pm hyde: this song is hilarious
	8:05pm Flash Strap: i hear that, Chresti. Uroy did some stuff with Keith Hudson that I particularly cherish
	8:06pm TDK60: Hello explorers.
	8:06pm geezerette: The scent of coconut oil and suntan lotion is pouring through the speakers. Holding a glass up to them, alas, no rum. :)
	8:06pm Flash Strap: @Hyde: it's absurdly silly
	8:07pm Flash Strap: TDK! hello!
	8:07pm northguineahills: Listening to ""in the heart of the congo" and the other contemporaneous work, Lee Perry's production work makes the difference b/tn genius and acceptable mediocrity.
	8:08pm Flash Strap: @G: I have so much rum, wish I could share
	8:08pm melinda: hi explorers!
	8:09pm geezerette: Korla Pandit's ghost!
	8:09pm Flash Strap: NGH! hello! yeah, his production in that period is pretty peerless, truly elevates any material it touches
	8:10pm Flash Strap: Melinda, hello! Oh how grand
	8:16pm TDK60: The singing angels of Passaic, NJ.
	8:17pm Little Danny: Really digging you taking on '60s pop/R'n'R/R&B !
	🥁 8:17pm chresti: ...Lloyd Young...
	🥁 8:18pm chresti: This here music SWEET!
	8:19pm Flash Strap: Thanks LD! in that vein, the next track makes my eyes water with sheer displays of power level
	8:20pm melinda: This is so good.
	🥁 8:21pm chresti: OH MY GOD!!
	8:21pm Flash Strap: oh, johnny (swoons)
	8:22pm Flash Strap: baggingarea.files.wordpress.com...
	🥁 8:24pm chresti: I bet Johnny had articles of clothing missing by the time the song was over!
	8:24pm TDK60: Want to slow dance? Mind if I whistle too?
	8:24pm Flash Strap: and some new articles of clothing on stage with him, perhaps
	🥁 8:25pm chresti: Ha!
	8:25pm Flash Strap: get in on it, TDK!
	8:25pm northguineahills: Busy cleaning/gardening (if the lightning doesn't get me), If I don't get back, thanks Evan!
	8:28pm melinda: @ngh are you in Lightning Alley, I know that's in Florida somewhere.
	8:30pm TDK60: Good to hear some reggae...don't hear much in the WoofMoo World, except for Jeff Sarge's show.
	8:33pm coelacanth∅: Evan you know another reggae blue moon by brentford rockers? if not you might want to check it out. very laid back, almost loungy, but with some sweet vocals in the back.
	🥁 8:34pm chresti: Was Johnny in a movie ever? He's got the look.
	8:37pm Flash Strap: @TDK: always happy to fill that particular gap
	8:38pm Flash Strap: @Chresti: not sure, will investigate for future Restivo plays on future shows
	8:39pm Flash Strap: I think I have that, C., but I'm not sure. Will look into it, sounds good as hell
	8:39pm geezerette: Hysterical! Plastic leis for everyone! And flaming zombies!
	8:41pm hyde: pass me a fogcutter
	8:41pm geezerette: Hyde! Catch!
	8:41pm Flash Strap: that Chick Floyd is one of my favorite takes on Moon of Manakoora, which I often find wanting in its many versions
	8:44pm MrFab: Aloha Flash Strap, welcome back! Returning to your exotica roots, eh? Everyone needs to start giving a hard time to bartenders who don't make proper mai-tais.
	8:46pm Flash Strap: Hi there illustrious Mr. Fab! I recently went to a bar where the bartender has sort of a reputation for making good tiki drinks, and they asked me what I'd like, and I basically said the only classic tiki drink I don't really care for is the Mai Tai – which is true – so this motherfucker made me a Mai Tai
	8:46pm still b/p: You always want leave room in your thatched hut for a 6 or 7 foot tall harp.
	8:46pm Flash Strap: and it was really good
	8:46pm Flash Strap: hey B/P!
	🥁 8:47pm chresti: jeez! This is exotic!
	8:48pm still b/p: I wish I liked rum.
	8:48pm Flash Strap: i like it enough for two, pal
	8:48pm hyde: heh, i like a good mai tai. what was the bar?
	8:49pm melinda: This is thick exotica, I like it.
	8:49pm MrFab: There ya go! See, bad mai-tais have ruined it's reputation. Trader Vic's recipe or die!
	8:49pm melinda: I don't think I've ever had a Mai Tai
	8:50pm Little Danny: @melinda: "thick exotica" is a great term
	8:51pm Flash Strap: @Hyde: some joint in durham with a dumb name. it's only good when the bartender is actually there, and the tiki night they do is a god damn shanda
	8:51pm Franco Twinkie: So, Flash, What are your feelings about The Coco Loco?
	8:52pm chresti: Thick exotica=full orchestra
	8:52pm hyde: @Flash haha
	8:53pm still b/p: Goin’ solo on the scorpion bowl, yeah? Good on ya. Pool of Lava... did have hear about the Kilauea lava going into the lake and boiling the water entirely AWAY...?! Gone!
	8:53pm Flash Strap: Coco Loco is a perfect drink when done right and done fresh, there is no better combo than rum and coconut water inside the fresh coconut
	8:54pm Franco Twinkie: You got it, pal!
	8:54pm Flash Strap: you and me Franco, we know
	8:55pm melinda: I looked up Mai Tai and apparently Don the Beachcomber, Trader Vic's rival, had a more complicated recipe. They all sound good to me.
	8:55pm Flash Strap: i'm a coconut lunatic to begin with, though. coconut is my favorite idea
	8:56pm geezerette: It's like drinking with Gauguin at Don the Beachcomber. Hawaii is the U.S. Tahiti.
	8:56pm chresti: I always get headaches from rum
	8:56pm just julia: i just want to chime in briefly in support of the mai tai : made one tonight, in fact.
	8:57pm chresti: The coconut might help
	9:00pm geezerette: Yes to Rum, coconut and Thick Exotica.
	9:00pm Flash Strap: well, you make a good mai tai, JJ. this is established fact
	9:00pm still b/p: Good news / bad news a while back when ordering a mai tai bowl with friends during late night Rock ‘N Roll Sushi specials. It was cheap but without much noticeable liquor. So don’t need or want to be pulling full-hit booze through a straw into the system as the night’s final-hour choice, but then even at a discount....what’s the point?
	9:00pm Franco Twinkie: Back in my drinkin' days, I would stop in at the Tiki Ti in East Hollywood on the way home from work. My goal was to have every drink on the menu at least once. After awhile I came to conclusion that most tiki drinks were about the same...Or the bartender was really lousy!
	9:02pm Uncle Michael: Greetings from Chicago.
	9:02pm Flash Strap: i think one of my favorites was at the Mai Kai in Fort Lauderdale, which is an unbelievable joint, called the Moonkist Coconut but the Planter's Punch is a pretty impeccable recipe, esp. at its most simple
	9:03pm Flash Strap: Uncle! good evening!
	9:03pm MrFab: Franco, i have a book called "Tiki Drinks" and they do all seem to use a lot of the same ingredients, namely rum and coconut.
	9:04pm melinda: howdy, UM!
	9:06pm Flash Strap: Highly recommend Beachbum Berry's Intoxica and Potions of the Caribbean for anyone who wants to get into it learning the "Jasper's Mix" recipe alone was worth it for Potions, (which is also a really good history)
	9:07pm geezerette: Surf Textures is great!
	9:08pm hyde: anything by Beachbum Berry is aces
	9:09pm Flash Strap: "I'm just a derelict on the foam"
	9:09pm Franco Twinkie: Yes, Mr. Fab, the thinking seems to be if you're in a tiki bsr to begin with, you'll probably be to distracted by the decorations to notice the sub-standard mixology.
	9:10pm Flash Strap: he's also a very nice, cool person
	9:11pm Flash Strap: my #1 Elvis, obviously
	9:11pm still b/p: I’m liking this version by whatsisname, I am.
	9:11pm Dave in Vermont: wow, I haven't been here in a long time
	9:12pm melinda: @b/p haha
	9:12pm TDK60: You all are suntanned and sandy. I'm new to it all, it's so exotic..
	9:17pm MrFab: Last time i was in the Tonga Hut (LA's oldest tiki bar) i somehow spent $60 on a couple of Zombies. Hey, I had to get the collector glasses, right?
	9:19pm Uncle Michael: Hello melinda and Evan and everyone.
	9:22pm hyde: hiya, UM!
	9:22pm Little Danny: Thanks for the tip on that Emory Cook! I am so down for seashore ambience
	9:22pm Little Danny: Hey UM
	9:23pm chresti: Hello Uncle
	9:23pm Franco Twinkie: Oh man, don't get me started on The Tong Hut! It's getting good Flash, To bad I gotta go. Shit!
	9:24pm geezerette: Howdy, UM! Have you tried the Pu pu platter?
	9:25pm Flash Strap: alas and aloha, Franco. do come see us again
	9:25pm hyde: i like how it's all so twangy
	9:27pm Flash Strap: @MRF: whenever I finally make it out to LA, you should take me to the Tonga Hut and show me the ropes
	9:30pm MrFab: The ropes, the nets, the pufferfish - you got it Flashy, would be my pleasure.
	9:30pm Doug Schulkind: Welcome home, Flash Strap. And big, warm, happy congrats!
	9:30pm TDK60: Groovy fuzz guitar Yellow Bird. See the businessmen get down with the airline attendants, doin the watusi!
	9:31pm melinda: I love Never On Sunday.
	9:31pm Flash Strap: oh, then Melinda, why don't we double down? TWO never on sundays!
	9:32pm melinda: Yay
	9:32pm still b/p: I would play this record at a dance pahty.
	9:33pm Flash Strap: Thank you Doug, from the bottom of my guts. I am so glad to be back
	🥁 9:34pm chresti: I don't believe I've ever heard the lyrics before
	9:34pm hyde: i got to see Jules Dassin talk at a screening of Never On Sunday, which was super cool
	9:34pm coelacanth∅: i've barely scratched the surface, somehow, of tiki drinks. i used to drink mai tais -somewhere, i don't remember then i tried a planters punch and thought it was almost the same but better...then i started drinking meyer's rum with just ginger ale. ...i'd like to try a coco loco right now though.
	9:35pm melinda: Taste of Honey is another favorite.
	9:37pm coelacanth∅: i prefer the instrumental versions over most or all the sung versions i've heard.
	9:37pm melinda: @hyde that is totally cool
	9:38pm Flash Strap: @Hyde: agree with Melinda, that is really cool
	9:39pm melinda: I first heard Herb's version but I might like Peggy Lee's better. Before we knew the real lyrics my sister made up a few of her own, it was funny.
	9:39pm Uncle Michael: I actually first learned this as "the matzo manufacturers ball". "I'll be down to get ya in a push cart, Rifka..."
	9:40pm Flash Strap: @C.: the cool thing about a planter's is that it can be basically just equal parts lime, sugar, rum. Some recipes add tea. I have my own that ups the rum slightly, uses darker sugar, and adds coconut water instead of tea or whatever. i guess it's totally different at that point, but it's a fun recipe to customize
	9:40pm Flash Strap: UM: oh man that is hilarious
	9:41pm coelacanth∅: hahaha UM!
	9:42pm Uncle Michael: My uncle sang it that way...wouldn't be surprised if it's a Mickey Katz thing.
	9:42pm coelacanth∅: Flash i don't even remember it! decades ago. but it was sweet and dark. i think it did have the tea.
	9:44pm Flash Strap: i have no idea the recipe but i also love the drink, Three Dots and a Dash Mr. Fab, have you ever been to the Mai Kai? you'd love it
	9:44pm coelacanth∅: melinda i heard Alpert's version first for sure, as a child - watching the dating game!
	9:44pm Flash Strap: of course the Jungle Bird is about as good as it gets
	9:45pm Flash Strap: Alpert's version is really great imo
	9:45pm coelacanth∅: is that a drink?
	🥁 9:47pm chresti: what a voice!
	9:47pm Flash Strap: yeah Jungle Bird is a great sort of later-era tiki drink invented in some Malyasian hotel if i remember correctly. served with an orchid. verry delicious, easy to make (minus the orchid)
	9:47pm geezerette: One of my favorite recordings.
	9:48pm Flash Strap: Colin Blunstone's voice is magic
	9:48pm MrFab: The Mai Kai's in Florida, isnt it? Ive heard the myths and legends but have never visited that state. Seeing as how I'm usually in the state of delirium (boom, tish!)
	9:48pm coelacanth∅: i used to love the music played (all by Herb Alpert) on the dating game and the newlywed game when i was little. -specific songs for each event. (entree of the bachelorette, etc...)
	9:48pm hyde: the Jungle Bird is great and its great benefit is that it's fairly simple
	9:49pm coelacanth∅: i really have a problem with the zombies' version of summertime. ...it's too short.
	9:49pm Flash Strap: Ft Lauderdale sucks ass but it's an unbelievable place, the Mai Kai. You could weep
	9:50pm melinda: I still do like the Alpert.@coel I remember some of that, I think Tijuana Taxi was one.
	9:51pm geezerette: Ha, Coel!
	9:53pm Little Danny: Thanks Flash. What a return!
	9:53pm coelacanth∅: "whipped cream" was definitely on one or the other of those tv shows. i had to get that album. ...even being a beatle worshipper i was very disappointed when i heard their version of -honey.
	9:55pm geezerette: Evan, great beach party! Now it's summer! Thanks :)
	🥁 9:55pm chresti: Everybody's parents had that whipped cream album
	9:55pm coelacanth∅: i don't know, g - i think the zombies did my favorite version. (though Sam Cooke's is also spectacular)
	9:55pm Little Danny: Swim ashore and join the us at the grotto why dontcha? wfmu.org... Hope to see y'all!
	9:56pm coelacanth∅: (...and obviously some of the more traditional renditions are also spectacular)
	🥁 9:57pm chresti: So nice to have you back Flash!
	9:57pm Flash Strap: Thanks all! it is so good to once again be among your company, playing you the music I think you'll like. thanks for showing up, thank you sincerely
	9:58pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Evan! -Thanks for coming back, and Thank Mrs.Strap for sharing you! Great program. tchau
	9:58pm still b/p: As the Sterno sputters low...thanks so much for waves and platters of uplift.
	9:59pm hyde: thanks!
	10:00pm Uncle Michael: Thanks, Evan!

Explorers Room with Flash Strap: Playlist from June 7, 2018

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June 7, 2018: Back On The Beach

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Artist	Track	Album	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
	Intro "Intro"
Lou Christie	Make Summer Last Forever	Strikes Again	1966	With The Tammys	0:01:15 (Pop-up)
The Denvermen	Surfside "Surfside" by "The Denvermen"	Surfside 7"	1963		0:03:39 (Pop-up)
Pete Drake	Are You Sincere? "Are You Sincere?" by "Pete Drake"	Talking Steel Guitar	1965		0:06:23 (Pop-up)
The Beach Boys	Loop de Loop (demo)	Landlocked	1970		0:09:09 (Pop-up)
The Beach Boys	Loop de Loop (original version)	Landlocked	1970		0:11:35 (Pop-up)
The Beach Boys	Over the Waves "Over the Waves" by "The Beach Boys"	Landlocked	1970		0:14:05 (Pop-up)
The New Dawn	(There's A) New Dawn	There's A New Dawn	1970		0:15:36 (Pop-up)
The Denvermen	On The Beach "On The Beach" by "The Denvermen"	Let's Go Surfside with the Denvermen	1963		0:19:22 (Pop-up)
Hash Brown And His Ignunt Strings	Ain't She Sweet	The Hash Brown Sounds	1962		0:22:12 (Pop-up)
The Tammys	His Actions Speak Louder Than Words	Lou Christie & The Tammys ‎– Egyptian Shumba - The Singles And Rare Recordings 1962-1964	196?		0:24:31 (Pop-up)
The Persuaders	Surfer's Lullaby "Surfer's Lullaby" by "The Persuaders"	Surfer's Nightmare	1963		0:27:06 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Santo & Johnny	Teardrop "Teardrop" by "Santo & Johnny"	Encore			0:30:55 (Pop-up)
Pete Drake	Tammy "Tammy" by "Pete Drake"	Talking Steel & Singing Strings	1964		0:37:14 (Pop-up)
Lou Christie	Back Track "Back Track" by "Lou Christie"	Strikes Again	1966	With The Tammys	0:39:25 (Pop-up)
Ritchie & The Runarounds	Don'tcha Backtrack	Lost in the Crowd / Don'tcha Backtrack 7"	1963	Ritchie=Corinthian "Kripp" Johnson; Runarounds=The Tammys; wr. by Lou Christie & Twyla Herbert	0:41:28 (Pop-up)
The Jokers	Napoleon Solo "Napoleon Solo" by "The Jokers"	New Sound	1968		0:43:36 (Pop-up)
Upsetters	Shocks Of A Mighty "Shocks Of A Mighty" by "Upsetters"	Shocks Of A Mighty / Set Me Free 7"	1970		0:46:22 (Pop-up)
Dave Barker	Set Me Free "Set Me Free" by "Dave Barker"	Shocks Of A Mighty / Set Me Free 7"	1970		0:48:52 (Pop-up)
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together "Totally Together" by "Jackie Mittoo"	Now	1970		0:51:44 (Pop-up)
Jackie Mittoo	Clean Up The Arena "Clean Up The Arena" by "Jackie Mittoo"	Champion in the Arena 1976-1977	197?		0:54:35 (Pop-up)
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together "Totally Together" by "Jackie Mittoo"	Stepping Tiger	1979		0:59:44 (Pop-up)
1st, 2nd, & 3rd Gen. Upsetters	The Tackro	King Iwah the 1st - Give Me Power / 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Gen. Upsetters - The Tackro 7"	1971		1:02:15 (Pop-up)
The Three Suns	Danny's Inferno "Danny's Inferno" by "The Three Suns"	Movin' 'n' Groovin'	1962		1:04:42 (Pop-up)
The Three Suns	The Vagabond King Waltz	Movin' 'n' Groovin'	1962		1:07:29 (Pop-up)
The Jokers	Our Man Flint "Our Man Flint" by "The Jokers"	New Sound	1968		1:10:58 (Pop-up)
Augustus Pablo & Lloyd Young	Our Man Flint	Wizz-Dom 7"	1973	wr. & prod. Lee Perry	1:13:40 (Pop-up)
The Shirelles	Stop The Music "Stop The Music" by "The Shirelles"	It's Love That Really Counts / Stop The Music 7"	1962		1:15:00 (Pop-up)
The Upsyndicates	Kill The Music "Kill The Music" by "The Upsyndicates"	Dub the Pum-Pum / Kill The Music 7"	1974	prod. Lee Perry	1:17:05 (Pop-up)
Johnny Restivo	Come Closer "Come Closer" by "Johnny Restivo"	Oh Johnny!	1959		1:20:32 (Pop-up)
Jack Zimmermann	Blue Moon "Blue Moon" by "Jack Zimmermann"	The Whistler and his Dog	1956		1:22:48 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: The Righteous Upsetters	Dark Moon	Dark Moon 7"	1971		1:25:17 (Pop-up)
Paul Page	The Reef Is Calling "The Reef Is Calling" by "Paul Page"	Pieces of Eight	1959	"Paul Page and his Paradise Music with the Islandaires featuring Bernie Kaai Lewis"	1:35:50 (Pop-up)
Chick Floyd	Moon Of Manakoora "Moon Of Manakoora" by "Chick Floyd"	Hula-La	1959		1:37:55 (Pop-up)
Ted Auletta and his Orchestra	The Sound of Exotica	Exotica	1962		1:41:33 (Pop-up)
Ted Auletta and his Orchestra	Taboo	Exotica	1962		1:43:51 (Pop-up)
Ted Auletta and his Orchestra	Pool of Love	Exotica	1962		1:47:04 (Pop-up)
Phil Moore & His Orchestra	Fiji Farewell	Polynesian Paradise	1959		1:49:08 (Pop-up)
Phil Moore & His Orchestra	The Turtle and the Rickshaw	Polynesian Paradise	1959		1:52:45 (Pop-up)
Phil Moore & His Orchestra	Pagan Love Song	Polynesian Paradise	1959		1:53:44 (Pop-up)
Paul Conrad	Kahuna "Kahuna" by "Paul Conrad"	Exotic Paradise	1960		1:55:44 (Pop-up)
The Islanders	Kon-Tiki "Kon-Tiki" by "The Islanders"	The Enchanted Sound of the Islanders	1960		1:57:52 (Pop-up)
Emory Cook	Surf Textures "Surf Textures" by "Emory Cook"	Voice of the Sea		Foamy (sand beach); Pebbly beach; Rocky cliffs; Pounding storm; Quiet lapping ... with gulls and bell buoy	2:03:33 (Pop-up)
Paul Page	Castaway "Castaway" by "Paul Page"	Pieces of Eight	1959	"Paul Page and his Paradise Music with the Islandaires featuring Bernie Kaai Lewis"	2:08:10 (Pop-up)
Elvis Presley	Blue Moon "Blue Moon" by "Elvis Presley"	Rock 'n' Roll	1956		2:09:21 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: John Hassell	Toucan Ocean "Toucan Ocean" by "John Hassell"				2:12:06 (Pop-up)
The Fabulous Jokers	Ronny Boy "Ronny Boy" by "The Fabulous Jokers"	Beat Guitars	1965		2:24:36 (Pop-up)
Rex Kona and His Mandarins	Peg O' My Heart	Wild Orchids	1964		2:26:20 (Pop-up)
Martin Denny	Yellow Bird "Yellow Bird" by "Martin Denny"	Exotic Moog	1969		2:28:10 (Pop-up)
Tom Hazleton & Gene Ciszek	Never On Sunday	Explorer	1967		2:30:06 (Pop-up)
The Chordettes	Never On Sunday "Never On Sunday" by "The Chordettes"	Never On Sunday / Faraway Star 7"	1961		2:32:19 (Pop-up)
Les Baxter	A Taste of Honey "A Taste of Honey" by "Les Baxter"	The Primitive and the Passionate	1962		2:34:56 (Pop-up)
Coon-Sanders' Nighthawks	Darktown Strutter's Ball	Radio's Aces			2:37:12 (Pop-up)
Walter Bishop Jr.'s 4th Cycle	Summertime	Keeper of My Soul	1973		2:41:43 (Pop-up)
The Zombies	Summertime "Summertime" by "The Zombies"	The Zombies	1965		2:46:08 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Herbie Mann	Summertime "Summertime" by "Herbie Mann"	Live at the Village Gate			2:48:33 (Pop-up)
Lou Christie	Make Summer Last Forever	Strikes Again	1966	With The Tammys	2:58:30 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:17pm Flash Strap: Hey, I'm back
	🥁 6:27pm chresti: Welcome back!
	🥁 6:28pm chresti: That's a very nice image
	🥁 6:32pm chresti: hobo/sailor
	6:44pm Flash Strap: Hi Chresti, thanks! That's ol' Don the Beachcomber, there
	6:45pm Flash Strap: very nice to be back, makin' radio shows again
	🥁 6:56pm chresti: I am not seeing the playlist yet
	6:57pm Flash Strap: ok we're rolling now
	🥁 7:01pm chresti: Ahhhh...much better
	7:02pm listener james from westwood: Welcome back!!
	7:02pm Flash Strap: Hi James! Thank you friend
	7:03pm Flash Strap: I'm obsessed with this song now... "Never Ending, No Ending" What an incredible team this was
	7:06pm Flash Strap: Thanks again to friend of show Just Julia if she's out there for hipping me to Lou Christie in such a big way, more of Lou & The Tammys coming tonight
	7:07pm spookcity: this is a real lovely tune flash, wouldn't expect anything less of ya. glad to have ya back compadre
	7:08pm Flash Strap: Pete Drake's music is so weird and it's hard to tell if that was his intention
	7:08pm Flash Strap: hey there spook! thanks man
	7:09pm spookcity: i'm pretty sure i might have posted some of this cat's music many many moons ago. always a delight to hear his music :)
	7:09pm just julia: i'm here and you're so welcome! can't wait for more. never ending, no ending, never ending, no ending...
	7:10pm hyde: wait, what? we're exploring???
	7:11pm Flash Strap: Hyde! Hi pal you just know we have to explore tonight, you just know we gotta do it
	7:12pm Flash Strap: Hi Just Julia! I can't help it, I have to play more
	7:14pm spookcity: i'm always here for earlier beach boys, although i know this may be a not so hip opinion but i dig their early shit about cars & root beer & the pleasures of slc
	7:14pm spookcity: that being said the smile sessions is one of the most perfect pop albums ever made
	7:16pm hyde: me i love the early Beach Boys too, spook
	7:18pm Flash Strap: all beach boys is good or at least defensible until 1980 and that's my opinion early stuff is god-tier but so is the post-SMiLE early 70s albums, which might be the most interesting run of american pop LPs, ever. don't sleep on wild honey, friends, 20/20, smiley smile, etc. DON'T SLEEP
	7:21pm spookcity: i don't really care very much for that era tbh, which i know we've talked about a million times over now. i will go on the record & say that love you is amazing even though no one else i've talked to seems to think so
	7:21pm Flash Strap: love you is cool
	7:24pm spookcity: had to slsk that denvermen album, what a delight
	7:24pm Flash Strap: next track is killa dilla, no survivors
	7:25pm hyde: M.I.U. album? not too good, imo. i do love that Dennis Wilson said that he hoped the release of M.I.U. would fuck up Mike Love's meditation karma forever, though!
	7:25pm Flash Strap: one of the best Tammys songs, maybe the big #2
	7:26pm geezerette: Welcome back, Captain Spaulding! Everyone's slow dancing in the sand. :D
	7:26pm Flash Strap: MIU does blow, but if i recall it has 2 pretty good Dennis tracks (?)
	7:26pm spookcity: yeah, am loving this song so also had to grab this one as well. would love to have this on vinyl
	7:26pm Flash Strap: hi geezerette! that Don'l Duck is a sight for sore eyes!
	7:27pm just julia: OH YES! "his actions speak louder than words" - i am always moved by this song, have spent many tens of listens interpreting the tone of these tammys bratty, emotional voices. just wanna crawl inside this track.
	7:28pm geezerette: Quack! :)
	7:38pm geezerette: Alexa's in love.
	7:38pm Flash Strap: that "voice" is so unnerving
	🥁 7:39pm chresti: what a crazy song!
	7:40pm hyde: Harry Lookofsky is fascinating. He plays on jazz records in the fifties with some serious dudes. Apparently that's him on strings in Walk Away Renee too, at least if you believe the Internet. Some Quincy Jones connection too.
	7:42pm Flash Strap: I believe it is, yes. what a guy
	7:42pm Flash Strap: these are some of the greatest backup vocals I've ever heard. no one sings like this
	7:43pm Little Danny: Evan! Nice to have ya back
	7:43pm Flash Strap: LD my man, great to BE back
	7:45pm Flash Strap: the Jokers are so juicy
	7:47pm geezerette: Go, Upsetters!
	7:47pm Little Danny: Jokers also did an incredible "Taboo." Do you know it?
	7:48pm Flash Strap: I played it on my last show, if I recall! it's TOP-notch
	🥁 7:48pm chresti: Never gets old!
	🥁 7:53pm chresti: who says "I'm totally together" on this?
	7:54pm Flash Strap: good question, it's a genuinely intriguing vocal performance
	7:54pm Little Danny: Love the "Baaaby" on this Mittoo - lifted straight from "Evil Ways"
	🥁 7:55pm chresti: I love toasters
	7:55pm Flash Strap: it's such a groovy track
	7:57pm Flash Strap: who are your favorite toasters chresti?
	7:59pm Flash Strap: really been digging Dennis Alcapone. Scotty was my first love. Trinity and I. Roy are top guys, though
	7:59pm geezerette: Love that echo.
	8:02pm Flash Strap: it;s really good on that track, top Mittoo jam right there imo
	8:02pm coelacanth∅: hey Evan Welcome back!
	8:03pm Flash Strap: hey Coelacanth! thanks pal, great to see ya
	🥁 8:03pm chresti: Dennis Alcapone, Uroy, Carey Johnson...
	8:05pm hyde: this song is hilarious
	8:05pm Flash Strap: i hear that, Chresti. Uroy did some stuff with Keith Hudson that I particularly cherish
	8:06pm TDK60: Hello explorers.
	8:06pm geezerette: The scent of coconut oil and suntan lotion is pouring through the speakers. Holding a glass up to them, alas, no rum. :)
	8:06pm Flash Strap: @Hyde: it's absurdly silly
	8:07pm Flash Strap: TDK! hello!
	8:07pm northguineahills: Listening to ""in the heart of the congo" and the other contemporaneous work, Lee Perry's production work makes the difference b/tn genius and acceptable mediocrity.
	8:08pm Flash Strap: @G: I have so much rum, wish I could share
	8:08pm melinda: hi explorers!
	8:09pm geezerette: Korla Pandit's ghost!
	8:09pm Flash Strap: NGH! hello! yeah, his production in that period is pretty peerless, truly elevates any material it touches
	8:10pm Flash Strap: Melinda, hello! Oh how grand
	8:16pm TDK60: The singing angels of Passaic, NJ.
	8:17pm Little Danny: Really digging you taking on '60s pop/R'n'R/R&B !
	🥁 8:17pm chresti: ...Lloyd Young...
	🥁 8:18pm chresti: This here music SWEET!
	8:19pm Flash Strap: Thanks LD! in that vein, the next track makes my eyes water with sheer displays of power level
	8:20pm melinda: This is so good.
	🥁 8:21pm chresti: OH MY GOD!!
	8:21pm Flash Strap: oh, johnny (swoons)
	8:22pm Flash Strap: baggingarea.files.wordpress.com...
	🥁 8:24pm chresti: I bet Johnny had articles of clothing missing by the time the song was over!
	8:24pm TDK60: Want to slow dance? Mind if I whistle too?
	8:24pm Flash Strap: and some new articles of clothing on stage with him, perhaps
	🥁 8:25pm chresti: Ha!
	8:25pm Flash Strap: get in on it, TDK!
	8:25pm northguineahills: Busy cleaning/gardening (if the lightning doesn't get me), If I don't get back, thanks Evan!
	8:28pm melinda: @ngh are you in Lightning Alley, I know that's in Florida somewhere.
	8:30pm TDK60: Good to hear some reggae...don't hear much in the WoofMoo World, except for Jeff Sarge's show.
	8:33pm coelacanth∅: Evan you know another reggae blue moon by brentford rockers? if not you might want to check it out. very laid back, almost loungy, but with some sweet vocals in the back.
	🥁 8:34pm chresti: Was Johnny in a movie ever? He's got the look.
	8:37pm Flash Strap: @TDK: always happy to fill that particular gap
	8:38pm Flash Strap: @Chresti: not sure, will investigate for future Restivo plays on future shows
	8:39pm Flash Strap: I think I have that, C., but I'm not sure. Will look into it, sounds good as hell
	8:39pm geezerette: Hysterical! Plastic leis for everyone! And flaming zombies!
	8:41pm hyde: pass me a fogcutter
	8:41pm geezerette: Hyde! Catch!
	8:41pm Flash Strap: that Chick Floyd is one of my favorite takes on Moon of Manakoora, which I often find wanting in its many versions
	8:44pm MrFab: Aloha Flash Strap, welcome back! Returning to your exotica roots, eh? Everyone needs to start giving a hard time to bartenders who don't make proper mai-tais.
	8:46pm Flash Strap: Hi there illustrious Mr. Fab! I recently went to a bar where the bartender has sort of a reputation for making good tiki drinks, and they asked me what I'd like, and I basically said the only classic tiki drink I don't really care for is the Mai Tai – which is true – so this motherfucker made me a Mai Tai
	8:46pm still b/p: You always want leave room in your thatched hut for a 6 or 7 foot tall harp.
	8:46pm Flash Strap: and it was really good
	8:46pm Flash Strap: hey B/P!
	🥁 8:47pm chresti: jeez! This is exotic!
	8:48pm still b/p: I wish I liked rum.
	8:48pm Flash Strap: i like it enough for two, pal
	8:48pm hyde: heh, i like a good mai tai. what was the bar?
	8:49pm melinda: This is thick exotica, I like it.
	8:49pm MrFab: There ya go! See, bad mai-tais have ruined it's reputation. Trader Vic's recipe or die!
	8:49pm melinda: I don't think I've ever had a Mai Tai
	8:50pm Little Danny: @melinda: "thick exotica" is a great term
	8:51pm Flash Strap: @Hyde: some joint in durham with a dumb name. it's only good when the bartender is actually there, and the tiki night they do is a god damn shanda
	8:51pm Franco Twinkie: So, Flash, What are your feelings about The Coco Loco?
	8:52pm chresti: Thick exotica=full orchestra
	8:52pm hyde: @Flash haha
	8:53pm still b/p: Goin’ solo on the scorpion bowl, yeah? Good on ya. Pool of Lava... did have hear about the Kilauea lava going into the lake and boiling the water entirely AWAY...?! Gone!
	8:53pm Flash Strap: Coco Loco is a perfect drink when done right and done fresh, there is no better combo than rum and coconut water inside the fresh coconut
	8:54pm Franco Twinkie: You got it, pal!
	8:54pm Flash Strap: you and me Franco, we know
	8:55pm melinda: I looked up Mai Tai and apparently Don the Beachcomber, Trader Vic's rival, had a more complicated recipe. They all sound good to me.
	8:55pm Flash Strap: i'm a coconut lunatic to begin with, though. coconut is my favorite idea
	8:56pm geezerette: It's like drinking with Gauguin at Don the Beachcomber. Hawaii is the U.S. Tahiti.
	8:56pm chresti: I always get headaches from rum
	8:56pm just julia: i just want to chime in briefly in support of the mai tai : made one tonight, in fact.
	8:57pm chresti: The coconut might help
	9:00pm geezerette: Yes to Rum, coconut and Thick Exotica.
	9:00pm Flash Strap: well, you make a good mai tai, JJ. this is established fact
	9:00pm still b/p: Good news / bad news a while back when ordering a mai tai bowl with friends during late night Rock ‘N Roll Sushi specials. It was cheap but without much noticeable liquor. So don’t need or want to be pulling full-hit booze through a straw into the system as the night’s final-hour choice, but then even at a discount....what’s the point?
	9:00pm Franco Twinkie: Back in my drinkin' days, I would stop in at the Tiki Ti in East Hollywood on the way home from work. My goal was to have every drink on the menu at least once. After awhile I came to conclusion that most tiki drinks were about the same...Or the bartender was really lousy!
	9:02pm Uncle Michael: Greetings from Chicago.
	9:02pm Flash Strap: i think one of my favorites was at the Mai Kai in Fort Lauderdale, which is an unbelievable joint, called the Moonkist Coconut but the Planter's Punch is a pretty impeccable recipe, esp. at its most simple
	9:03pm Flash Strap: Uncle! good evening!
	9:03pm MrFab: Franco, i have a book called "Tiki Drinks" and they do all seem to use a lot of the same ingredients, namely rum and coconut.
	9:04pm melinda: howdy, UM!
	9:06pm Flash Strap: Highly recommend Beachbum Berry's Intoxica and Potions of the Caribbean for anyone who wants to get into it learning the "Jasper's Mix" recipe alone was worth it for Potions, (which is also a really good history)
	9:07pm geezerette: Surf Textures is great!
	9:08pm hyde: anything by Beachbum Berry is aces
	9:09pm Flash Strap: "I'm just a derelict on the foam"
	9:09pm Franco Twinkie: Yes, Mr. Fab, the thinking seems to be if you're in a tiki bsr to begin with, you'll probably be to distracted by the decorations to notice the sub-standard mixology.
	9:10pm Flash Strap: he's also a very nice, cool person
	9:11pm Flash Strap: my #1 Elvis, obviously
	9:11pm still b/p: I’m liking this version by whatsisname, I am.
	9:11pm Dave in Vermont: wow, I haven't been here in a long time
	9:12pm melinda: @b/p haha
	9:12pm TDK60: You all are suntanned and sandy. I'm new to it all, it's so exotic..
	9:17pm MrFab: Last time i was in the Tonga Hut (LA's oldest tiki bar) i somehow spent $60 on a couple of Zombies. Hey, I had to get the collector glasses, right?
	9:19pm Uncle Michael: Hello melinda and Evan and everyone.
	9:22pm hyde: hiya, UM!
	9:22pm Little Danny: Thanks for the tip on that Emory Cook! I am so down for seashore ambience
	9:22pm Little Danny: Hey UM
	9:23pm chresti: Hello Uncle
	9:23pm Franco Twinkie: Oh man, don't get me started on The Tong Hut! It's getting good Flash, To bad I gotta go. Shit!
	9:24pm geezerette: Howdy, UM! Have you tried the Pu pu platter?
	9:25pm Flash Strap: alas and aloha, Franco. do come see us again
	9:25pm hyde: i like how it's all so twangy
	9:27pm Flash Strap: @MRF: whenever I finally make it out to LA, you should take me to the Tonga Hut and show me the ropes
	9:30pm MrFab: The ropes, the nets, the pufferfish - you got it Flashy, would be my pleasure.
	9:30pm Doug Schulkind: Welcome home, Flash Strap. And big, warm, happy congrats!
	9:30pm TDK60: Groovy fuzz guitar Yellow Bird. See the businessmen get down with the airline attendants, doin the watusi!
	9:31pm melinda: I love Never On Sunday.
	9:31pm Flash Strap: oh, then Melinda, why don't we double down? TWO never on sundays!
	9:32pm melinda: Yay
	9:32pm still b/p: I would play this record at a dance pahty.
	9:33pm Flash Strap: Thank you Doug, from the bottom of my guts. I am so glad to be back
	🥁 9:34pm chresti: I don't believe I've ever heard the lyrics before
	9:34pm hyde: i got to see Jules Dassin talk at a screening of Never On Sunday, which was super cool
	9:34pm coelacanth∅: i've barely scratched the surface, somehow, of tiki drinks. i used to drink mai tais -somewhere, i don't remember then i tried a planters punch and thought it was almost the same but better...then i started drinking meyer's rum with just ginger ale. ...i'd like to try a coco loco right now though.
	9:35pm melinda: Taste of Honey is another favorite.
	9:37pm coelacanth∅: i prefer the instrumental versions over most or all the sung versions i've heard.
	9:37pm melinda: @hyde that is totally cool
	9:38pm Flash Strap: @Hyde: agree with Melinda, that is really cool
	9:39pm melinda: I first heard Herb's version but I might like Peggy Lee's better. Before we knew the real lyrics my sister made up a few of her own, it was funny.
	9:39pm Uncle Michael: I actually first learned this as "the matzo manufacturers ball". "I'll be down to get ya in a push cart, Rifka..."
	9:40pm Flash Strap: @C.: the cool thing about a planter's is that it can be basically just equal parts lime, sugar, rum. Some recipes add tea. I have my own that ups the rum slightly, uses darker sugar, and adds coconut water instead of tea or whatever. i guess it's totally different at that point, but it's a fun recipe to customize
	9:40pm Flash Strap: UM: oh man that is hilarious
	9:41pm coelacanth∅: hahaha UM!
	9:42pm Uncle Michael: My uncle sang it that way...wouldn't be surprised if it's a Mickey Katz thing.
	9:42pm coelacanth∅: Flash i don't even remember it! decades ago. but it was sweet and dark. i think it did have the tea.
	9:44pm Flash Strap: i have no idea the recipe but i also love the drink, Three Dots and a Dash Mr. Fab, have you ever been to the Mai Kai? you'd love it
	9:44pm coelacanth∅: melinda i heard Alpert's version first for sure, as a child - watching the dating game!
	9:44pm Flash Strap: of course the Jungle Bird is about as good as it gets
	9:45pm Flash Strap: Alpert's version is really great imo
	9:45pm coelacanth∅: is that a drink?
	🥁 9:47pm chresti: what a voice!
	9:47pm Flash Strap: yeah Jungle Bird is a great sort of later-era tiki drink invented in some Malyasian hotel if i remember correctly. served with an orchid. verry delicious, easy to make (minus the orchid)
	9:47pm geezerette: One of my favorite recordings.
	9:48pm Flash Strap: Colin Blunstone's voice is magic
	9:48pm MrFab: The Mai Kai's in Florida, isnt it? Ive heard the myths and legends but have never visited that state. Seeing as how I'm usually in the state of delirium (boom, tish!)
	9:48pm coelacanth∅: i used to love the music played (all by Herb Alpert) on the dating game and the newlywed game when i was little. -specific songs for each event. (entree of the bachelorette, etc...)
	9:48pm hyde: the Jungle Bird is great and its great benefit is that it's fairly simple
	9:49pm coelacanth∅: i really have a problem with the zombies' version of summertime. ...it's too short.
	9:49pm Flash Strap: Ft Lauderdale sucks ass but it's an unbelievable place, the Mai Kai. You could weep
	9:50pm melinda: I still do like the Alpert.@coel I remember some of that, I think Tijuana Taxi was one.
	9:51pm geezerette: Ha, Coel!
	9:53pm Little Danny: Thanks Flash. What a return!
	9:53pm coelacanth∅: "whipped cream" was definitely on one or the other of those tv shows. i had to get that album. ...even being a beatle worshipper i was very disappointed when i heard their version of -honey.
	9:55pm geezerette: Evan, great beach party! Now it's summer! Thanks :)
	🥁 9:55pm chresti: Everybody's parents had that whipped cream album
	9:55pm coelacanth∅: i don't know, g - i think the zombies did my favorite version. (though Sam Cooke's is also spectacular)
	9:55pm Little Danny: Swim ashore and join the us at the grotto why dontcha? wfmu.org... Hope to see y'all!
	9:56pm coelacanth∅: (...and obviously some of the more traditional renditions are also spectacular)
	🥁 9:57pm chresti: So nice to have you back Flash!
	9:57pm Flash Strap: Thanks all! it is so good to once again be among your company, playing you the music I think you'll like. thanks for showing up, thank you sincerely
	9:58pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Evan! -Thanks for coming back, and Thank Mrs.Strap for sharing you! Great program. tchau
	9:58pm still b/p: As the Sterno sputters low...thanks so much for waves and platters of uplift.
	9:59pm hyde: thanks!
	10:00pm Uncle Michael: Thanks, Evan!

Explorers Room with Flash Strap: Playlist from June 7, 2018

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