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Post #20956 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Jan 26, 2003 11:04 AM

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Woody, I used that very description of Martin Denny live at Don The Beachcomber's for my linernotes for the Rykodisk "Taboo" CD re-issue a while back, because I deemed it the best verbal rendering of the whimsical quality of Exotica music .

Bob Krauss was a columnist in Waikiki in the 60s.

This book also historically confirms that the glassfloat-as-decor started as a fad in Hawaii, from beachcombing the fishnets floats that had drifted over from Japan.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki on 2003-01-26 11:10 ]