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Los Angeles Exotica

Brazilian Carnaval Exotica

The authentic, annual LA tradition of Brazilian Carnaval erupts on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Club Nokia/LA Live, transforming the multi-level...
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Live from the Kahiki Supper Club: The Beachcomber Trio

A sucker for LP-only releases, I was excited to find out about the latest release from Bacchus Archives (a division of Burbank's stalwart...
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Suburban Savage limited vinyl repress

Fans of well-wrought instrumentals will be gladdened by the news that Burbank's own Dionysus Records has repressedthe seminal Tiki Tones album,...
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"Astrology Songs:" The weird genius of Harvey Sid Fisher

He used to play monthly at Taix in Echo Park. Accompanied by a trio of enthusiastic backup singers, the suave-looking Harvey Sid Fisher would work...
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Tiki for the atomic age: Dionysus Records unleashes two space-age gems

Something old, something new. That’s what Burbank’s own Dionysus Records has in store for fans of exotica and lounge music this week.On...
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The wonderful world of Exotica album covers

What was Exotica? Wikipedia dryly intones, “Exotica is a musical genre, named after the 1957 Martin Denny album of the same title, popular...
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Eye Candy: Pagani's Zonda in all its video glory

This right here is the Zonda R, and it's kind of a big deal. The big, sexy figures for this Italian sex-on-wheels are down below, along with a...
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We have a winner (and video of Aston's One-77, Geneva debuts, and more)

Praise Jesus! Someone cared enough to answer one of the quizzes and now they've won themselves a dollar. Lucky winner number two, Fred from...
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Geneva gets a little greener: Porsche's eco-friendly 918 Spyder

Ok, "eco-friendly" may be a bit of an exaggeration. However, according to Porsche it IS green. Ish. The Spyder's 3.4 liter mid-mounted V8...
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Stay Tuned: Eastern Bloc Party

Ok, geographically-speaking that title isn't exactly correct: Porsche tuner Gemballa is in western Germany. Either way, the people behind these bad...
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