WFMU: Explorers Room with Flash Strap: Playlist from February 14, 2019

Listener comments!
	🥁 ♥ 6:02pm chresti: Yay! Glad you are back!
	🥁 ♥ 6:12pm doctorjazz: Seconded! Welcome back, Evan!
	6:52pm Flash Strap: Ah hello! Chresti! Doc!
	6:57pm Flash Strap: so happy to be back, so sorry to have been away
	♥ 6:57pm hyde: yay!
	6:59pm Flash Strap: Hi Hyde!
	🥁 ♥ 7:01pm listener james from westwood: Welcome back!!!
	7:02pm Flash Strap: Hi James! Thank you!
	7:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Dream sweet dreams for me dream sweet dreams for you...
	7:04pm Flash Strap: Rev Rab! good evening!
	7:06pm Flash Strap: this record is so sumptuously arranged
	7:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...turns out Bali L'ow was really where it was @... No Mad Magazine connection however...
	7:07pm passiflora: to walk in Hawaii
	7:08pm Flash Strap: So last week I was beset by a sudden fever, hence the cancellation - now I am much better but maintain a heinous cough, so I may not talk too much tonight. doesn't suit the mood at all
	7:08pm Flash Strap: hello Passiflora!
	7:09pm Flash Strap: and happy valentines day all, should you choose to acknowledge it
	7:11pm Flash Strap: everything tonight is from my own collection of LPs, all procured for for between 0 and 1 dollar and with minimal effort. that's the magic of Hawaiiana, it just comes to you if you let it
	7:13pm Flash Strap: great bamboo drum sound
	🥁 ♥ 7:15pm chresti: Hot ginger tea with coconut, lime...etc.
	🥁 ♥ 7:16pm chresti: Glad you're feeling better!
	🥁 ♥ 7:17pm Little Danny: Love this stuff so much. Welcome back bud!
	7:19pm Flash Strap: Hi LD! Thanks man
	7:21pm Flash Strap: This record is such a weird document
	♥ 7:22pm Hams: boat day!
	♥ 7:23pm northguineahills: Frying garlic, ginger, sweet potatoes, baby bok choy, carrots, poblanos and ghost chilis for my Japanese curry....
	♥ 7:24pm hyde: sounds good, ngh
	7:24pm Doug Schulkind: Welcome home, Evan!
	7:24pm Flash Strap: Sounds GREAT ngh
	7:24pm Flash Strap: Hi Hams!
	7:24pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Became a state Aug. 1959
	7:26pm Flash Strap: Thanks royally Doug!
	♥ 7:28pm Hams: evenin', flash.
	7:31pm Flash Strap: this section is a children's bamboo organ ensemble, very cool instrument
	🥁 ♥ 7:32pm doctorjazz: This is more like it! (breaks into song: Thursdays just haven't been the same", like Spanky did it)
	7:36pm geezerette: sudden craving for pineapple
	♥ 7:36pm Franco Twinkie: Flash! Great to hear some thing coco nutty on a day we're getting pounded by a stream of sub-tropical moisture.
	🥁 ♥ 7:40pm chresti: I missed the past 3 Thursdays -Pineapple!
	7:41pm geezerette: Yum! :D
	♥ 7:43pm Granny Spicy Tuna: yes, this tropical swoon is perfect on a grey, snowy slushy day here
	7:45pm geezerette: trumpf is declaring a national emergency. Guess he looked in the mirror.
	♥ 7:45pm northguineahills: Never have celebrated Valentines day, w/ the wife or my ex-gfs... always thought every day should be special.
	7:46pm Flash Strap: Hello Granny!
	7:47pm Flash Strap: Glad to hear it Franco!
	7:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Good Winter therapy indeed.
	7:47pm geezerette: sudden craving for mai tais
	7:47pm Flash Strap: Ah Geezerette! How splendid to have you with us!
	♥ 7:47pm Franco Twinkie: This is one of my top tropical tunes!
	7:48pm geezerette: Evan, lovely to be here!
	7:49pm Flash Strap: @Franco: Sim Sim? me too
	♥ 7:50pm Franco Twinkie: Yes indeedy!
	7:50pm geezerette: Ah, that warm breeze drives me mad... :)
	♥ 7:52pm northguineahills: If I had any spam, I'd be making spam nori sushi rolls (Hawai'ian style), but this Japanese curry is killing it! (only took me two hours).
	7:52pm fleep: Don't bogart the poi, my friend, pass it over to me
	7:54pm geezerette: Mmmm, NGH, I'd like a plate of each. Yum again! Pass on the poi...
	7:54pm Flash Strap: Hi Fleep! Enough poi for everyone
	7:56pm Flash Strap: This record has a real special sound, I think
	7:57pm Flash Strap: nice cover: img.discogs.com...
	7:57pm passiflora: I feel it
	♥ 7:57pm Franco Twinkie: Fleep, regarding poi, A friend of mine after spending time in the islands said rhetorically to no one in particular: "So who decided that this is food?"
	♥ 7:57pm hyde: now i want spam musubi
	7:59pm passiflora: re: special sound
	8:01pm fleep: Franco, it probably tastes better when you're starving.
	8:02pm geezerette: Aloha, Hyde! Everybody dance!
	🥁 ♥ 8:02pm 23 Wolves: Great show, really enjoying it on this day of love. Thanks!
	♥ 8:02pm coelacanth∅: Aloha Evan, Explorers
	🥁 ♥ 8:03pm melinda: Hello chums
	🥁 ♥ 8:04pm doctorjazz: Franco ,I was there 20+years ago (Hawaii) and that was my reaction to Poi exactly!
	♥ 8:04pm hyde: @geez i'm tryin!
	8:04pm Flash Strap: Hi Wolves, Melinda, Coelacanth!
	♥ 8:04pm northguineahills: (I put allspice, jerk, honey, agave syrup and pears in the curry as well, to balance the peppers).
	8:05pm Flash Strap: another great cov er: img.discogs.com...
	♥ 8:06pm Franco Twinkie: Hula-hula works really good with your avatar, fleep.
	🥁 ♥ 8:07pm doctorjazz: That Is a great cover Flash!
	♥ 8:08pm coelacanth∅: my impression of taro root (poi) is it has so little flavor it's almost a negative flavor! it'll blandify anything you put it in.
	8:08pm Flash Strap: next one is gorgeous as well: img.discogs.com...
	8:09pm passiflora: love that
	♥ 8:09pm coelacanth∅: (can i copyright "blandify"?)
	♥ 8:10pm Franco Twinkie: Does anyone remember when you could get wiki-wiki dollars (good for valuable prizes) at the Chevron station?
	🥁 ♥ 8:10pm doctorjazz: Ah, the lovely sound of vintage vinyl .. (spoken as a vinyl lover).
	♥ 8:11pm coelacanth∅: ...or is there another food called poi?
	8:11pm fleep: coel: too late www.yourdictionary.com...
	🥁 ♥ 8:11pm Little Danny: You're really picking some gems here, Evan. Absolutely loving it.
	♥ 8:12pm coelacanth∅: aw, fleep. what a gyp!
	🥁 ♥ 8:12pm Little Danny: So much goodness in this neglected pocket of recordings
	♥ 8:13pm Franco Twinkie: My friend compared it to eating library paste in elementary school.
	♥ 8:14pm coelacanth∅: i knew i wouldn't regret scrolling up to click every album cover link
	8:14pm Flash Strap: Thanks, LD
	🥁 ♥ 8:16pm melinda: Taro is good as a fried snack chip.
	🥁 ♥ 8:16pm Little Danny: This track appeared on a coupla different budget labels. Perfect Hawaiiana rock 'n' roll
	♥ 8:17pm coelacanth∅: i was with someone who had many tricks up her sleeve in the kitchen, when called for - as i did/do, and we wanted to eat taro for the supposed health benefits; but we never did find a way to make it worthy of our tastebuds.
	♥ 8:17pm coelacanth∅: ohh, melinda you're right! taro chips are pretty good.
	♥ 8:18pm Franco Twinkie: Also by Leni Okeku: Hawaiian War Chant - excellent!
	♥ 8:18pm coelacanth∅: (though frying it negates any health benefit it may have had!)
	8:18pm Flash Strap: it really is perfect LD, i love that track
	8:22pm Flash Strap: real country sound on this record, which has been released with more than three names attached I believe. Different names on the cover and sleeve in my case
	🥁 ♥ 8:24pm doctorjazz: Great stuff, Evan, want to kick off my shoes kick up my feet, and drink a too sweet drink with an umbrella in it. But I hate say I must be going!
	8:25pm Flash Strap: @doc: tragic, but I accept it
	8:30pm Flash Strap: love this vocal
	8:32pm Flash Strap: Frank Hunter arranging ; he also did strange exotica classic, White Goddess
	🥁 ♥ 8:37pm melinda: I had a tasty dessert that involved cubes made of taro flour in sweetened coconut milk.
	8:39pm Flash Strap: That sounds delicious Melinda
	8:40pm Flash Strap: racy
	🥁 ♥ 8:41pm Little Danny: Anyone familiar with the South Pacific beverage Kava? Had it before from the dried root, packs quite a unique effect on an empty stomach
	🥁 ♥ 8:44pm Little Danny: Ahhh this Alfred Newman LP is so luxurious and dreamy
	8:46pm passiflora: used to order it from nakamal
	8:46pm Flash Strap: I've tried kava a long time ago, may need to try it again – there's a fishy looking kava joint that opened up last year in the next town over
	🥁 ♥ 8:46pm chresti: It gave me a headache, I remember.-Kava
	8:46pm Flash Strap: it's one of the all-time best, this album
	♥ 8:50pm Franco Twinkie: I had something called Kao coffee in Thailand. It was a mixture of toasted seeds served cold. With an order of fried banana, perfect for tromping around in the afternoon heat!
	🥁 ♥ 8:51pm Little Danny: I remember the trick with Kava was finding a reputable online vendor and preparing it oneself. I didn't know there were walk-in Kava shoppes!
	🥁 ♥ 8:52pm Little Danny: If you're in the right mood this LP is one of the deepest exotica/Hawaiiana recordings out there
	🥁 ♥ 8:53pm chresti: Never tried it on an empty stomach. My ex's parents had visitors from Fiji stay one summer. They left a large jar of kava powder
	🥁 ♥ 8:55pm chresti: I don't think we prepared it.@LD
	8:56pm ifny: @melinda I never met a taro I didn't like. With coconut milk sounds yum! I had fried taro dumplings this morning -- dim sum style.
	♥ 8:58pm northguineahills: There's a kava bar down the street from me.
	♥ 8:59pm coelacanth∅: kava as in "kava kava"? (if so) it was very fashionable in the "health food" industry in the 90s. people were buying "standardized" capsules for anxiety for mucho dinero. apparently it really works, but you need a lot of it in that form; and my brain & instinct tells me it'd be more effective in a more natural state than a standardized extract.
	🥁 ♥ 9:00pm Uncle Michael: good evening
	🥁 ♥ 9:01pm Uncle Michael: psuedo-authentic!
	♥ 9:01pm coelacanth∅: ifny what else in those dumplings? i'll try it again in a dumpling, for sure. (no meat though)
	♥ 9:04pm northguineahills: Did Martin Denny also do Blue Tahitian Moon? (I believe that was the track before my laptop crashed).
	9:04pm Flash Strap: Hi Ifny! Hi Uncle!
	9:04pm Flash Strap: @NGH: I don't think so, but possible
	9:06pm quinn: Ah, you’re back! I await this paradise in the archives.
	🥁 ♥ 9:07pm melinda: I've used kava tincture. Sounds like there are kava bars are getting popular, my sister mentioned there was one in Austin we could go to next time I'm in town. I'd try it.
	🥁 ♥ 9:08pm chresti: Were they saying little Barbie on Grass Shack?
	9:12pm Flash Strap: Hello Quinn! please do! great to see you
	9:13pm Flash Strap: @chresti: I don't think so? I'll have to check back
	♥ 9:15pm coelacanth∅: been reading. wikipedia says poi is not synonymous for taro but a preparation made primarily from taro, and the cooking time is hours. i think my gf and i cooked it for 20 minutes max. maybe that's why it was so starchy. also we didn't try it in any sweet preparations at all.
	9:16pm Flash Strap: I love the sound of this Johnny Pineapple record
	9:16pm passiflora: I used to try those capsules, @coelacanth∅, either going into or coming out of work at a small mall bookstore. they didn't seem to work for me. later, I visited my friend in south florida, who was in rehab. they hung out at this dark, tropical cafe that served it in wooden bowls
	♥ 9:17pm coelacanth∅: (she made the best tempura i've ever had though, and we tempura'd everything in the refrigerator. i guess we didn't have any taro at the time.)
	9:19pm Flash Strap: wooden bowls sounds ideal
	9:20pm Flash Strap: the kava place near me has a kind of futuro-vapey "twisted" tiki style that I'm very wary of
	♥ 9:21pm coelacanth∅: passiflora i knew 2 rattly people who used it. one i worked with at the store so he got it wholesale, and his friend -so, same...if i remember correctly they each took at least 10 caps/day. (which at wholesale was probably close to $10./day, and maybe not too good for the liver) but they both swore it worked; and it seemed to.
	9:21pm passiflora: it enhanced the earthy taste. that nakamal shop online is what they served...there was a lot of variance of between the different types.
	🥁 ♥ 9:22pm Little Danny: Haha, Evan, the Papyrus font immortalized by a very good SNL short
	♥ 9:22pm coelacanth∅: ...passiflora is a good anti-anxiety herb though!
	9:23pm passiflora: wow, I hadn't tried that much, it was a very halfhearted teenage(?) effort
	9:23pm passiflora: :)
	🥁 ♥ 9:23pm Little Danny: I remember the taste of Kava being a fairly serious barrier to entry. Hard to imagine it catching on with the vaping crowd.
	9:24pm Flash Strap: haha yeah... it's called "Krave" too
	🥁 ♥ 9:24pm Little Danny: Man, these Johnny Pineapple songs are fantastic
	9:26pm Flash Strap: "My Tane" in particular I've always found transcendent
	♥ 9:26pm hyde: good ol' Smeck
	♥ 9:26pm coelacanth∅: i have always thought the isolation of the "active ingredient" in herbs/foods was bullshit. it makes sense to me that there'd be cofactors present in the plant that work together with the supposed active ingredient - that get left behind in these preparations. there may be exceptions of course, but i'd sooner try the kava drink.
	9:30pm Flash Strap: @C: totally agree
	🥁 ♥ 9:32pm doctorjazz: Been listening on the car, just got home. I listen on a clock radio in the office, sometimes when I listen in the car I'm struck by what beautiful sounding recordings these are. Specifically, the Johnny Pineapple was beautifully recorded stereo. The Smeck, which sounded mono to me w also a great recording!.
	9:34pm Flash Strap: I agree, Doc! Glad to have you back with us
	♥ 9:34pm coelacanth∅: i'm really craving pineapple right now
	9:35pm passiflora: mm
	9:36pm ifny: @coelacanth∅ Depends on the joint. But taro dumplings are definitely not kosher or vegetarian friendly. Often they have some kind of pork bits.
	9:38pm ifny: The best ones have the most glorious golden frilly lace all over them. I have no clue how this is achieved. Like so much of the magic I love about dim sum.
	♥ 9:38pm hyde: @ifny love those
	9:39pm ifny: But everything aside from taro is secondary to the inside, which is soft and creamy. Some versions seem to have a slight Chinese curry tone.
	9:40pm Flash Strap: Hi there Ifny!
	♥ 9:40pm coelacanth∅: hmm. i've never made dumplings and won't get it right the first time. it's a bit of a commitment to learn to make good dumplings and i don't think i'm ready!
	9:40pm ifny: They're also called 'wu gok' if that helps you track them down. I bet a vegetarian dim sum place would have a nice veg version.
	9:41pm ifny: Hello Flash Strap! Wonderful show today. Makes a nice contrast to the flakes!
	9:42pm ifny: I am forever grateful to you for introducing me to Alfred Newman and Ken Darby (and the Ken Darby Singers!).
	9:43pm Flash Strap: ah, it is my great grand pleasure Ifny
	♥ 9:44pm coelacanth∅: i had a tibetan friend who made amazing vegetarian dumplings, but she's left the country. i'll look around. i wont find 'em near where i live though.
	🥁 ♥ 9:44pm Little Danny: Yeah, a really deep ep of Le Explorers Room, Evan!
	9:44pm ifny: @coelacanth∅ I love to cook, but I wouldn't try dim sum if my life depended on it. Though this recipe makes it sound easy www.afoodieworld.com...
	9:45pm ifny: Good reinforcement for my self-imposed shrimp embargo in there too looks like.
	9:46pm passiflora: softest guitar there
	9:47pm Flash Strap: Thanks LD, I'm enjoying it
	♥ 9:48pm coelacanth∅: yeah i saw that. i'm not a big shrimp fan anyway, and they're not great for ya. that recipe does seem doable though. the taro is in the flour for the shell -not what i was expecting!
	♥ 9:51pm coelacanth∅: okay, i bookmarked it. the other thing is -will i go through the trouble to learn something new in the kitchen if it's just for me? (as you have a self-imposed shrimp embargo i have a self-imposed relationship embargo)
	♥ 9:52pm northguineahills: Thanks Evan!
	🥁 ♥ 9:53pm Little Danny: Ride the dream one isle over: wfmu.org... Hope to see y'all there!
	9:53pm ifny: Ha, nice. Relationships can be worse for you than shrimp, it's true. If it helps motivate you, the texture is amazing. They're not good cold though. Do you have a guinea pig embargo?
	9:54pm passiflora: beautiful show, thanks for that
	9:55pm ifny: Ohhh it's over already? Ohhhh. cries into her coconut
	♥ 9:55pm coelacanth∅: ha! no not at all! sometimes i go to "pot luck" affairs; or i donate a dish to "food not bombs" for distribution.
	9:57pm ifny: Yeah, you might be better off with perogies for such purposes. Taro turns to glue when it cools off. And the fringe wouldn't make it to the park :)
	🥁 ♥ 9:57pm chresti: Thanks Flash-I feel transported and refreshed!
	9:58pm ifny: Homemade perogies, mmmm. I feel less brokenhearted about this Hawaiiana tribute now. Thank you again FS!!
	♥ 9:58pm Hams: thanks, flash. hope you get over that cough.
	🥁 ♥ 9:58pm chresti: You can freeze dumplings, I think
	9:58pm Flash Strap: Thanks to all of you for listening! Great to be back
	♥ 9:58pm coelacanth∅: ...i could start being sociable again and have people over.
	♥ 9:59pm Granny Spicy Tuna: thanks! great show!
	♥ 9:59pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Evan!
	♥ 6:28pm Stanley: What can I say but brilliant. Thanks Evan

Explorers Room with Flash Strap: Playlist from February 14, 2019

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February 14, 2019: On a Magic Isle, 'Neath a Lei of Stars

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
	Intro "Intro"
Alfred Newman And His Orchestra With The Ken Darby Singers	The Magic Islands	The Magic Islands: The Music Of Hawaii	Decca	1957		0:00:33 (Pop-up)
Webley Edwards	Boat Day – Arrival	Webley Edwards Presents: Island Paradise	Capitol	1959	Exciting, On-The-Spot Recordings: The Authentic Sounds and Music of Hawaii, the 50th State	0:16:56 (Pop-up)
Arthur Lyman	Whispering Reef "Whispering Reef" by "Arthur Lyman"	Hawaiian Sunset	HiFi Records	1959		0:22:45 (Pop-up)
Webley Edwards	The Haili Choir / Luau at the Willows / Bamboo Organ and Ensemble / Taps at the USS Arizona Memorial Site	Webley Edwards Presents: Island Paradise	Capitol	1959		0:26:25 (Pop-up)
Charles Bud Dant and his Orchestra	Hawaii Is The 50th Star (In The Flag Of The U.S.A.)	The 50th State	Coral	1959		0:34:21 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus	Hawaii (Main Title)	Music of Hawaii	RCA Victor	1966		0:35:39 (Pop-up)
Webley Edwards	Outrigger Canoe Ride / The Sounds of Arthur Lyman / The Hawaii Calls Show	Webley Edwards Presents: Island Paradise	Capitol	1959		0:45:27 (Pop-up)
Ray Kinney & His Hawaiian Orchestra with the 5 Aloha Maids	Hawaiian War Chant	Songs of the South Seas	Waldorf Music Hall	19??		0:52:58 (Pop-up)
Ray Kinney & His Hawaiian Orchestra with the 5 Aloha Maids	Hawaiian Paradise	Songs of the South Seas	Waldorf Music Hall	19??		0:55:10 (Pop-up)
Ray Kinney & His Hawaiian Orchestra with the 5 Aloha Maids	Old Plantation	Songs of the South Seas	Waldorf Music Hall	19??		0:57:18 (Pop-up)
Ray Kinney & His Hawaiian Orchestra with the 5 Aloha Maids	Beauty Hula	Songs of the South Seas	Waldorf Music Hall	19??		0:59:35 (Pop-up)
Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra	Pagan Love Song	Hawaiian Magic (Accent on Strings)	Grand Award	1957		1:02:41 (Pop-up)
Johnny Pineapple and His Islanders	For You A Lei	Hawaii	Audio Fidelity	1959		1:06:17 (Pop-up)
The Maile Serenaders	For You, A Lei	Let's Hula	Hula Records	1962		1:09:52 (Pop-up)
Leni Okehu and his Surfboarders	Moon of Manakoora	Hawaiian Holiday	Bravo!	1959		1:12:52 (Pop-up)
Leni Okehu and his Surfboarders	Hawaiian Rock	Hawaiian Holiday	Bravo!	1959		1:15:11 (Pop-up)
Willie Alunuai & His Band	Pineapples, White Sails and Cocoanuts	Holiday on Those Magical Islands of Hawaii	Parade	1960	aka Luke Leilani and His Hawaiian Rhythm, aka Harry Kaapuni & His Royal Polynesians	1:17:38 (Pop-up)
Willie Alunuai & His Band	Hawaiian Promenade	Holiday on Those Magical Islands of Hawaii	Parade	1960		1:20:33 (Pop-up)
Willie Alunuai & His Band	Hawaiian Wedding Song	Holiday on Those Magical Islands of Hawaii	Parade	1960		1:23:24 (Pop-up)
Jerry Byrd and His Orchestra	My Isle of Golden Dreams	On The Shores of Waikiki	Mercury	1957		1:25:29 (Pop-up)
Jerry Byrd and His Orchestra	Pagan Love Song	On The Shores of Waikiki	Mercury	1957		1:28:08 (Pop-up)
Sam Makia and the Makapuu Beach Boys with Frank Hunter and his Orchestra	Kaimana Hila – Kalena Kai	Hawaii – The Fabulous Fiftieth State	Kapp	1959		1:30:19 (Pop-up)
Paradise Island Trio	The One Rose	Paradise Island	Decca	19??		1:32:50 (Pop-up)
Paradise Island Trio	Kilima Waltz	Paradise Island	Decca	19??		1:35:07 (Pop-up)
Harry Richards & His Islanders	Silouette Hula	Hawaiian Favorites	Golden Tone	19??		1:37:08 (Pop-up)
The Maile Serenaders	Princess Papule	Let's Hula	Hula Records	1962		1:39:48 (Pop-up)
The Maile Serenaders	Lovely Hula Hands	Let's Hula	Hula Records	1962		1:41:43 (Pop-up)
Alfred Newman And Ken Darby	Ports Of Paradise	Ports Of Paradise	Capitol	1960		1:43:45 (Pop-up)
Alfred Newman And Ken Darby	The Enchanted Sea	Ports Of Paradise	Capitol	1960		1:47:26 (Pop-up)
Alfred Newman And Ken Darby	Blue Tahitian Moon	Ports Of Paradise	Capitol	1960		1:50:23 (Pop-up)
Music behind DJ: Bob Kames at the Organ	Drifting and Dreaming	A Hawaiian Party	King	1961		1:52:39 (Pop-up)
Alfred Newman And Ken Darby	The Whispering Wind	Ports Of Paradise	Capitol	1960		2:01:59 (Pop-up)
Alfred Newman And Ken Darby	My Little Grass Shack	Ports Of Paradise	Capitol	1960		2:05:12 (Pop-up)
Arthur Lyman, Introducing Kapiolani	Paoakalani	Puka Shells	GNP Crescendo	1975		2:09:10 (Pop-up)
Johnny Pineapple & His Orchestra	Maui Chant	Hawaiian Holiday	Pickwick	1965		2:11:34 (Pop-up)
Johnny Pineapple & His Orchestra	Aloha Oe Kuu Lei	Hawaiian Holiday	Pickwick	1965		2:15:20 (Pop-up)
Johnny Pineapple & His Orchestra	My Tane	Hawaiian Holiday	Pickwick	1965		2:18:04 (Pop-up)
Roy Smeck	Paradise "Paradise" by "Roy Smeck"	Adventures in Paradise	ABC-Paramount	1960		2:24:12 (Pop-up)
Terorotua and his Tahitians	Paoa "Paoa" by "Terorotua and his Tahitians"	Adventures in Paradise	ABC-Paramount	1960		2:25:57 (Pop-up)
Terorotua and his Tahitians	Mauruuru-A-Vau	Adventures in Paradise Vol. 4	ABC-Paramount	1963		2:28:19 (Pop-up)
Mutiny on the Bounty Drums	Taviti-Mati-Penu (Whirling-Strike a Match-Stone Hammer Dance)	Adventures in Paradise Vol. 4	ABC-Paramount	1963		2:30:42 (Pop-up)
Ed Kenney	Sleepy Lagoon "Sleepy Lagoon" by "Ed Kenney"	Adventures in Paradise Vol. 4	ABC-Paramount	1963		2:32:23 (Pop-up)
Morton Gould & His Orchestra	Hawaiian War Chant	Jungle Drums	RCA Victor Red Seal	1957		2:34:59 (Pop-up)
The Longines Symphonette Society Presents	Quiet Village	Hawaii... Melodies from Paradise	The Longines Symphonette Society	19??		2:37:09 (Pop-up)
Webley Edwards with Al Keoloha Perry	The Hawaiian Cowboy	Webley Edwards Presents: Hawaii Calls	Capitol	1954		2:40:31 (Pop-up)
Webley Edwards with Al Keoloha Perry	I'll See You In Hawaii	Webley Edwards Presents: Hawaii Calls	Capitol	1954		2:42:18 (Pop-up)
Webley Edwards with Al Keoloha Perry	Island of Dreams	Hawaii Calls: Waikiki!	Capitol	1956		2:44:57 (Pop-up)
Webley Edwards with Al Keoloha Perry	Lei of Stars	Webley Edwards Presents: Hawaii Calls – Twilight Time	Capitol	1956		2:48:00 (Pop-up)
Webley Edwards	Kamehameha Schools' Combined Chorus / Boat Day – Departure	Webley Edwards Presents: Island Paradise	Capitol	1959		2:50:45 (Pop-up)

Alfred Newman And Ken Darby	Farewell For Just A While	Ports Of Paradise	Capitol	1960		2:57:53 (Pop-up)

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	🥁 ♥ 6:02pm chresti: Yay! Glad you are back!
	🥁 ♥ 6:12pm doctorjazz: Seconded! Welcome back, Evan!
	6:52pm Flash Strap: Ah hello! Chresti! Doc!
	6:57pm Flash Strap: so happy to be back, so sorry to have been away
	♥ 6:57pm hyde: yay!
	6:59pm Flash Strap: Hi Hyde!
	🥁 ♥ 7:01pm listener james from westwood: Welcome back!!!
	7:02pm Flash Strap: Hi James! Thank you!
	7:03pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Dream sweet dreams for me dream sweet dreams for you...
	7:04pm Flash Strap: Rev Rab! good evening!
	7:06pm Flash Strap: this record is so sumptuously arranged
	7:07pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...turns out Bali L'ow was really where it was @... No Mad Magazine connection however...
	7:07pm passiflora: to walk in Hawaii
	7:08pm Flash Strap: So last week I was beset by a sudden fever, hence the cancellation - now I am much better but maintain a heinous cough, so I may not talk too much tonight. doesn't suit the mood at all
	7:08pm Flash Strap: hello Passiflora!
	7:09pm Flash Strap: and happy valentines day all, should you choose to acknowledge it
	7:11pm Flash Strap: everything tonight is from my own collection of LPs, all procured for for between 0 and 1 dollar and with minimal effort. that's the magic of Hawaiiana, it just comes to you if you let it
	7:13pm Flash Strap: great bamboo drum sound
	🥁 ♥ 7:15pm chresti: Hot ginger tea with coconut, lime...etc.
	🥁 ♥ 7:16pm chresti: Glad you're feeling better!
	🥁 ♥ 7:17pm Little Danny: Love this stuff so much. Welcome back bud!
	7:19pm Flash Strap: Hi LD! Thanks man
	7:21pm Flash Strap: This record is such a weird document
	♥ 7:22pm Hams: boat day!
	♥ 7:23pm northguineahills: Frying garlic, ginger, sweet potatoes, baby bok choy, carrots, poblanos and ghost chilis for my Japanese curry....
	♥ 7:24pm hyde: sounds good, ngh
	7:24pm Doug Schulkind: Welcome home, Evan!
	7:24pm Flash Strap: Sounds GREAT ngh
	7:24pm Flash Strap: Hi Hams!
	7:24pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Became a state Aug. 1959
	7:26pm Flash Strap: Thanks royally Doug!
	♥ 7:28pm Hams: evenin', flash.
	7:31pm Flash Strap: this section is a children's bamboo organ ensemble, very cool instrument
	🥁 ♥ 7:32pm doctorjazz: This is more like it! (breaks into song: Thursdays just haven't been the same", like Spanky did it)
	7:36pm geezerette: sudden craving for pineapple
	♥ 7:36pm Franco Twinkie: Flash! Great to hear some thing coco nutty on a day we're getting pounded by a stream of sub-tropical moisture.
	🥁 ♥ 7:40pm chresti: I missed the past 3 Thursdays -Pineapple!
	7:41pm geezerette: Yum! :D
	♥ 7:43pm Granny Spicy Tuna: yes, this tropical swoon is perfect on a grey, snowy slushy day here
	7:45pm geezerette: trumpf is declaring a national emergency. Guess he looked in the mirror.
	♥ 7:45pm northguineahills: Never have celebrated Valentines day, w/ the wife or my ex-gfs... always thought every day should be special.
	7:46pm Flash Strap: Hello Granny!
	7:47pm Flash Strap: Glad to hear it Franco!
	7:47pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Good Winter therapy indeed.
	7:47pm geezerette: sudden craving for mai tais
	7:47pm Flash Strap: Ah Geezerette! How splendid to have you with us!
	♥ 7:47pm Franco Twinkie: This is one of my top tropical tunes!
	7:48pm geezerette: Evan, lovely to be here!
	7:49pm Flash Strap: @Franco: Sim Sim? me too
	♥ 7:50pm Franco Twinkie: Yes indeedy!
	7:50pm geezerette: Ah, that warm breeze drives me mad... :)
	♥ 7:52pm northguineahills: If I had any spam, I'd be making spam nori sushi rolls (Hawai'ian style), but this Japanese curry is killing it! (only took me two hours).
	7:52pm fleep: Don't bogart the poi, my friend, pass it over to me
	7:54pm geezerette: Mmmm, NGH, I'd like a plate of each. Yum again! Pass on the poi...
	7:54pm Flash Strap: Hi Fleep! Enough poi for everyone
	7:56pm Flash Strap: This record has a real special sound, I think
	7:57pm Flash Strap: nice cover: img.discogs.com...
	7:57pm passiflora: I feel it
	♥ 7:57pm Franco Twinkie: Fleep, regarding poi, A friend of mine after spending time in the islands said rhetorically to no one in particular: "So who decided that this is food?"
	♥ 7:57pm hyde: now i want spam musubi
	7:59pm passiflora: re: special sound
	8:01pm fleep: Franco, it probably tastes better when you're starving.
	8:02pm geezerette: Aloha, Hyde! Everybody dance!
	🥁 ♥ 8:02pm 23 Wolves: Great show, really enjoying it on this day of love. Thanks!
	♥ 8:02pm coelacanth∅: Aloha Evan, Explorers
	🥁 ♥ 8:03pm melinda: Hello chums
	🥁 ♥ 8:04pm doctorjazz: Franco ,I was there 20+years ago (Hawaii) and that was my reaction to Poi exactly!
	♥ 8:04pm hyde: @geez i'm tryin!
	8:04pm Flash Strap: Hi Wolves, Melinda, Coelacanth!
	♥ 8:04pm northguineahills: (I put allspice, jerk, honey, agave syrup and pears in the curry as well, to balance the peppers).
	8:05pm Flash Strap: another great cov er: img.discogs.com...
	♥ 8:06pm Franco Twinkie: Hula-hula works really good with your avatar, fleep.
	🥁 ♥ 8:07pm doctorjazz: That Is a great cover Flash!
	♥ 8:08pm coelacanth∅: my impression of taro root (poi) is it has so little flavor it's almost a negative flavor! it'll blandify anything you put it in.
	8:08pm Flash Strap: next one is gorgeous as well: img.discogs.com...
	8:09pm passiflora: love that
	♥ 8:09pm coelacanth∅: (can i copyright "blandify"?)
	♥ 8:10pm Franco Twinkie: Does anyone remember when you could get wiki-wiki dollars (good for valuable prizes) at the Chevron station?
	🥁 ♥ 8:10pm doctorjazz: Ah, the lovely sound of vintage vinyl .. (spoken as a vinyl lover).
	♥ 8:11pm coelacanth∅: ...or is there another food called poi?
	8:11pm fleep: coel: too late www.yourdictionary.com...
	🥁 ♥ 8:11pm Little Danny: You're really picking some gems here, Evan. Absolutely loving it.
	♥ 8:12pm coelacanth∅: aw, fleep. what a gyp!
	🥁 ♥ 8:12pm Little Danny: So much goodness in this neglected pocket of recordings
	♥ 8:13pm Franco Twinkie: My friend compared it to eating library paste in elementary school.
	♥ 8:14pm coelacanth∅: i knew i wouldn't regret scrolling up to click every album cover link
	8:14pm Flash Strap: Thanks, LD
	🥁 ♥ 8:16pm melinda: Taro is good as a fried snack chip.
	🥁 ♥ 8:16pm Little Danny: This track appeared on a coupla different budget labels. Perfect Hawaiiana rock 'n' roll
	♥ 8:17pm coelacanth∅: i was with someone who had many tricks up her sleeve in the kitchen, when called for - as i did/do, and we wanted to eat taro for the supposed health benefits; but we never did find a way to make it worthy of our tastebuds.
	♥ 8:17pm coelacanth∅: ohh, melinda you're right! taro chips are pretty good.
	♥ 8:18pm Franco Twinkie: Also by Leni Okeku: Hawaiian War Chant - excellent!
	♥ 8:18pm coelacanth∅: (though frying it negates any health benefit it may have had!)
	8:18pm Flash Strap: it really is perfect LD, i love that track
	8:22pm Flash Strap: real country sound on this record, which has been released with more than three names attached I believe. Different names on the cover and sleeve in my case
	🥁 ♥ 8:24pm doctorjazz: Great stuff, Evan, want to kick off my shoes kick up my feet, and drink a too sweet drink with an umbrella in it. But I hate say I must be going!
	8:25pm Flash Strap: @doc: tragic, but I accept it
	8:30pm Flash Strap: love this vocal
	8:32pm Flash Strap: Frank Hunter arranging ; he also did strange exotica classic, White Goddess
	🥁 ♥ 8:37pm melinda: I had a tasty dessert that involved cubes made of taro flour in sweetened coconut milk.
	8:39pm Flash Strap: That sounds delicious Melinda
	8:40pm Flash Strap: racy
	🥁 ♥ 8:41pm Little Danny: Anyone familiar with the South Pacific beverage Kava? Had it before from the dried root, packs quite a unique effect on an empty stomach
	🥁 ♥ 8:44pm Little Danny: Ahhh this Alfred Newman LP is so luxurious and dreamy
	8:46pm passiflora: used to order it from nakamal
	8:46pm Flash Strap: I've tried kava a long time ago, may need to try it again – there's a fishy looking kava joint that opened up last year in the next town over
	🥁 ♥ 8:46pm chresti: It gave me a headache, I remember.-Kava
	8:46pm Flash Strap: it's one of the all-time best, this album
	♥ 8:50pm Franco Twinkie: I had something called Kao coffee in Thailand. It was a mixture of toasted seeds served cold. With an order of fried banana, perfect for tromping around in the afternoon heat!
	🥁 ♥ 8:51pm Little Danny: I remember the trick with Kava was finding a reputable online vendor and preparing it oneself. I didn't know there were walk-in Kava shoppes!
	🥁 ♥ 8:52pm Little Danny: If you're in the right mood this LP is one of the deepest exotica/Hawaiiana recordings out there
	🥁 ♥ 8:53pm chresti: Never tried it on an empty stomach. My ex's parents had visitors from Fiji stay one summer. They left a large jar of kava powder
	🥁 ♥ 8:55pm chresti: I don't think we prepared it.@LD
	8:56pm ifny: @melinda I never met a taro I didn't like. With coconut milk sounds yum! I had fried taro dumplings this morning -- dim sum style.
	♥ 8:58pm northguineahills: There's a kava bar down the street from me.
	♥ 8:59pm coelacanth∅: kava as in "kava kava"? (if so) it was very fashionable in the "health food" industry in the 90s. people were buying "standardized" capsules for anxiety for mucho dinero. apparently it really works, but you need a lot of it in that form; and my brain & instinct tells me it'd be more effective in a more natural state than a standardized extract.
	🥁 ♥ 9:00pm Uncle Michael: good evening
	🥁 ♥ 9:01pm Uncle Michael: psuedo-authentic!
	♥ 9:01pm coelacanth∅: ifny what else in those dumplings? i'll try it again in a dumpling, for sure. (no meat though)
	♥ 9:04pm northguineahills: Did Martin Denny also do Blue Tahitian Moon? (I believe that was the track before my laptop crashed).
	9:04pm Flash Strap: Hi Ifny! Hi Uncle!
	9:04pm Flash Strap: @NGH: I don't think so, but possible
	9:06pm quinn: Ah, you’re back! I await this paradise in the archives.
	🥁 ♥ 9:07pm melinda: I've used kava tincture. Sounds like there are kava bars are getting popular, my sister mentioned there was one in Austin we could go to next time I'm in town. I'd try it.
	🥁 ♥ 9:08pm chresti: Were they saying little Barbie on Grass Shack?
	9:12pm Flash Strap: Hello Quinn! please do! great to see you
	9:13pm Flash Strap: @chresti: I don't think so? I'll have to check back
	♥ 9:15pm coelacanth∅: been reading. wikipedia says poi is not synonymous for taro but a preparation made primarily from taro, and the cooking time is hours. i think my gf and i cooked it for 20 minutes max. maybe that's why it was so starchy. also we didn't try it in any sweet preparations at all.
	9:16pm Flash Strap: I love the sound of this Johnny Pineapple record
	9:16pm passiflora: I used to try those capsules, @coelacanth∅, either going into or coming out of work at a small mall bookstore. they didn't seem to work for me. later, I visited my friend in south florida, who was in rehab. they hung out at this dark, tropical cafe that served it in wooden bowls
	♥ 9:17pm coelacanth∅: (she made the best tempura i've ever had though, and we tempura'd everything in the refrigerator. i guess we didn't have any taro at the time.)
	9:19pm Flash Strap: wooden bowls sounds ideal
	9:20pm Flash Strap: the kava place near me has a kind of futuro-vapey "twisted" tiki style that I'm very wary of
	♥ 9:21pm coelacanth∅: passiflora i knew 2 rattly people who used it. one i worked with at the store so he got it wholesale, and his friend -so, same...if i remember correctly they each took at least 10 caps/day. (which at wholesale was probably close to $10./day, and maybe not too good for the liver) but they both swore it worked; and it seemed to.
	9:21pm passiflora: it enhanced the earthy taste. that nakamal shop online is what they served...there was a lot of variance of between the different types.
	🥁 ♥ 9:22pm Little Danny: Haha, Evan, the Papyrus font immortalized by a very good SNL short
	♥ 9:22pm coelacanth∅: ...passiflora is a good anti-anxiety herb though!
	9:23pm passiflora: wow, I hadn't tried that much, it was a very halfhearted teenage(?) effort
	9:23pm passiflora: :)
	🥁 ♥ 9:23pm Little Danny: I remember the taste of Kava being a fairly serious barrier to entry. Hard to imagine it catching on with the vaping crowd.
	9:24pm Flash Strap: haha yeah... it's called "Krave" too
	🥁 ♥ 9:24pm Little Danny: Man, these Johnny Pineapple songs are fantastic
	9:26pm Flash Strap: "My Tane" in particular I've always found transcendent
	♥ 9:26pm hyde: good ol' Smeck
	♥ 9:26pm coelacanth∅: i have always thought the isolation of the "active ingredient" in herbs/foods was bullshit. it makes sense to me that there'd be cofactors present in the plant that work together with the supposed active ingredient - that get left behind in these preparations. there may be exceptions of course, but i'd sooner try the kava drink.
	9:30pm Flash Strap: @C: totally agree
	🥁 ♥ 9:32pm doctorjazz: Been listening on the car, just got home. I listen on a clock radio in the office, sometimes when I listen in the car I'm struck by what beautiful sounding recordings these are. Specifically, the Johnny Pineapple was beautifully recorded stereo. The Smeck, which sounded mono to me w also a great recording!.
	9:34pm Flash Strap: I agree, Doc! Glad to have you back with us
	♥ 9:34pm coelacanth∅: i'm really craving pineapple right now
	9:35pm passiflora: mm
	9:36pm ifny: @coelacanth∅ Depends on the joint. But taro dumplings are definitely not kosher or vegetarian friendly. Often they have some kind of pork bits.
	9:38pm ifny: The best ones have the most glorious golden frilly lace all over them. I have no clue how this is achieved. Like so much of the magic I love about dim sum.
	♥ 9:38pm hyde: @ifny love those
	9:39pm ifny: But everything aside from taro is secondary to the inside, which is soft and creamy. Some versions seem to have a slight Chinese curry tone.
	9:40pm Flash Strap: Hi there Ifny!
	♥ 9:40pm coelacanth∅: hmm. i've never made dumplings and won't get it right the first time. it's a bit of a commitment to learn to make good dumplings and i don't think i'm ready!
	9:40pm ifny: They're also called 'wu gok' if that helps you track them down. I bet a vegetarian dim sum place would have a nice veg version.
	9:41pm ifny: Hello Flash Strap! Wonderful show today. Makes a nice contrast to the flakes!
	9:42pm ifny: I am forever grateful to you for introducing me to Alfred Newman and Ken Darby (and the Ken Darby Singers!).
	9:43pm Flash Strap: ah, it is my great grand pleasure Ifny
	♥ 9:44pm coelacanth∅: i had a tibetan friend who made amazing vegetarian dumplings, but she's left the country. i'll look around. i wont find 'em near where i live though.
	🥁 ♥ 9:44pm Little Danny: Yeah, a really deep ep of Le Explorers Room, Evan!
	9:44pm ifny: @coelacanth∅ I love to cook, but I wouldn't try dim sum if my life depended on it. Though this recipe makes it sound easy www.afoodieworld.com...
	9:45pm ifny: Good reinforcement for my self-imposed shrimp embargo in there too looks like.
	9:46pm passiflora: softest guitar there
	9:47pm Flash Strap: Thanks LD, I'm enjoying it
	♥ 9:48pm coelacanth∅: yeah i saw that. i'm not a big shrimp fan anyway, and they're not great for ya. that recipe does seem doable though. the taro is in the flour for the shell -not what i was expecting!
	♥ 9:51pm coelacanth∅: okay, i bookmarked it. the other thing is -will i go through the trouble to learn something new in the kitchen if it's just for me? (as you have a self-imposed shrimp embargo i have a self-imposed relationship embargo)
	♥ 9:52pm northguineahills: Thanks Evan!
	🥁 ♥ 9:53pm Little Danny: Ride the dream one isle over: wfmu.org... Hope to see y'all there!
	9:53pm ifny: Ha, nice. Relationships can be worse for you than shrimp, it's true. If it helps motivate you, the texture is amazing. They're not good cold though. Do you have a guinea pig embargo?
	9:54pm passiflora: beautiful show, thanks for that
	9:55pm ifny: Ohhh it's over already? Ohhhh. cries into her coconut
	♥ 9:55pm coelacanth∅: ha! no not at all! sometimes i go to "pot luck" affairs; or i donate a dish to "food not bombs" for distribution.
	9:57pm ifny: Yeah, you might be better off with perogies for such purposes. Taro turns to glue when it cools off. And the fringe wouldn't make it to the park :)
	🥁 ♥ 9:57pm chresti: Thanks Flash-I feel transported and refreshed!
	9:58pm ifny: Homemade perogies, mmmm. I feel less brokenhearted about this Hawaiiana tribute now. Thank you again FS!!
	♥ 9:58pm Hams: thanks, flash. hope you get over that cough.
	🥁 ♥ 9:58pm chresti: You can freeze dumplings, I think
	9:58pm Flash Strap: Thanks to all of you for listening! Great to be back
	♥ 9:58pm coelacanth∅: ...i could start being sociable again and have people over.
	♥ 9:59pm Granny Spicy Tuna: thanks! great show!
	♥ 9:59pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Evan!
	♥ 6:28pm Stanley: What can I say but brilliant. Thanks Evan

Explorers Room with Flash Strap: Playlist from February 14, 2019

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