New Cocktail Nation show

Cocktail Nation 253 Hollywood Canteen

the lights are low the music is up high on the hi fi, the curtains are open to reveal a gorgeous Sydney skyline and the city buzzes below while I gather the latest and greatest lounge and exotica cds assembled into pile in the only radio studio 52 flights above the city of Sydney as this week we make a long distance phone call to hollywood to find out about the Hollywood Cafe, we find out about the Global Martini Tour Test, head back to our childhood to talk about an essential toy of the mid 20th century and I'll tell you how to own some Bond history.

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Martini Kings Zou Biscou Biscou
Lushy French 75
Si Zentner The Fugitive Theme
Beverly Kenney A Womans Intuition
Don Tiki Chinatown Bar Cha Cha
Lex Baxter Havana
Diana Krall Night We Called It A Day
Jackie Gleason-Alone Together
Mancini Quiet Village
Yma Sumac Bo Mambo
Kenny Sasaki Owl
Blue Zombies Soul Finger
Frank Sinatra All My Tomorrow
Alvino Rey Night Train

Cocktail Nation 254 Mambo Madness

it's the mambo beat and this week we hook into the mambo craze of the fifties with interviews from the big names of Mambo,this is the place where bright flourescent neon mixes with the white jackets of the mariachi band. It's smoky, sweaty, and passionate.

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Dom Halpin Mambo
Mambo Jambo Dave Barbour
Israel Cachao Lopez Mambo
Rupert Clemedore Mambo Metronome
Cocktail Angst Muy Psycho Mambo
Don Swan and His Orch Hooray For Hollywood
Jack Costanzo Peter Gunn Mambo
Tito Puente Pa Los Rumberos
Billy May Hernandos Hideaway
Ethel Smith Tico Tico
Blue Dahlias Brazil
Chuy Reyes And His Orch Oink Oink Mambo
John Buzon I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
Jimmy Vargas Can Can Hell Mambo
Pink Martini No Hay Problema

Cocktail Nation 255 The Way You Wear Your Hat

We are talking about the humble lid on this weeks show as John Penman from Penman Hats. There's some Mad Men Season Six News plus we are talking Modernism Week and a look at the world of swank as we check out the best parties from across the globe

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Lalo Schfirin Mission Impossible
Joey Altruda Remembering Jobim
Martini Kings Bags Groove
Oscar Peterson-Georgia On my Mind
Jackie Gleason All We Know
Kenny Sasaki Erotica Exotica
Kayleen Peoples How Insensitive
Janet Seidel My Gentleman Friend
Chet Baker Tenderly
Spy Fi Then Play Down
Bobby Darin Softly As I Leave You
Paul Phillips Naked City

Cocktail Nation 256 The Guide For The Married Man.

Sometimes the modern world can be too much, often it's not just the painful pop culture that can grind you to a pulp with its incessant screeching like finger nails down a chalkboard. Often you can want to get away from it all, to get into that time machine of your mind....the best way, movies, music and books.
Tonight we head back to 1967 to talk loungin bachelor pad movies with Kramer. I've got an amazing doco to tell you about plus the best classic and new lounge from across the globe.

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Nutty Rhumba With The Devil

Octobop Jeru
Turtles The Guide for the Married Man

Martini Kings Swingin Shepard Blues

Mancini Love Story

Jimmy Vargas Torchin The El Rocco

New Gary Burton Quartet Did you get it

Esquivel Surfboard

Julie London What Is This Thing Called Love

Narco Lounge Combo Caravan

Jackie Gleason Serenade in Blue

Frank Sinatra Mr Success

Spy Fi Bryces Theme

Necrotonez Fare Thee Well

Billy May I Gotta Have You

Cocktail Nation 257 Bible Storyland

My favourite time is late night, when the noise of the city settles down to a a dull roar, the phone doesn't ring and the night goes on forever.
the tinkling of piano jazz on the hi fi fills the background void and thinking becomes more clear, work gets done, thoughts are formed and ideas generated
This week on the snow we talk to a man by the name of Harvey Jordan who has an incredible story about a theme park that never got built.
Some amazing mad men news about a pending lawsuit from a sixties model who's image was used on the show plus the best lounge and exotica from across the globe.

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Janet Seidel A Man And A Woman
Arthur Lyman Autumn Leaves
Tikiyaki Orchestra Stranded In Paradise
Nicole Witt Cool And Indifferent
Xavier Cugat Brazil
Seth Mc Farlane Music Is Much Better Than Words
Sergio Mendez Mas Que Nada
Jackie Gleason From Russia WIth Love
Barbara Lusch So Nice
Jack Costanzo Latin Fever
Antonio Carlos Jobim Captain Bacardi
Kenny Sasaki Beach Bunny

Cocktail Nation 258-The Worlds Greatest Parties

I've always loved parties, big parties, little parties, swank parties.
To me it's the expectation of wonderful stories and friendships strengthened by the occasion.
New friends and old friends coming together.
Parties can be held for lots of reasons or no reason at all so tonight we will talk about the forty
greets parties in Literature with society gal Suzette Field from London and we talk to trash movie
expert Andrew Leavold who is going to tell us about a Filipino James Bond midget.

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Orchestra Superstring Silberstrasse
Nutty Same Old Song and Scat
Pink Martini Mayonaka No Bossa Nova
Wynton Marsalis Loose Duck
John Barry 007 Theme
Montefiori Cocktail Gne Gne
Paris Mitchell Strings Night and Day
Chet Baker Forgetful
Tito Puente Ritual Drum Dance
Leonard Nimoy Music To Watch Girls By
Metrolites Today We Kill Tomorrow We Spy
Truly Pitts Take 5

Cocktail Nation 259 New York New York

one of my favourite places in the world is New York city. Sadly I am too young to have been caught in the whirl wind of excitement that the big apple provided back in the fifties and sixties, but I can go there in my mind with the large number of songs written about the big apple.

So this week its an all New York show as we take a trip in the time machine of our minds visiting the Rockefeller centre, central park, the Chrysler building and the Empire State Building and all those marvellous places from the city that never sleeps

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Frank Sinatra Theme From New York New York

Blossom Dearie Manhattan

Tony Bennett Lullaby of Broadway

Bob Thompson SubManhatten Blues

Dave Bruebeck Take Five

Knightsbridge Theme from the apartment

Esquivel Harlem Nocturne

Mark Copeland I happen to like New York

Mel Torme Sunday in New York

Billy May Late Late Show

Nelson Riddle Naked City Theme

Jose Madeira Broadway Cha Cha

Enoch Light Autumn In New York

Blue Martinis Great City

Billy May The Odd Couple

Mancini Breakfast At Tiffanys

Cocktail Nation 260 The Party

When it comes to holding a party in your swank pad you want it to go off with out a hitch, this week Kramer stops by to talk about a movie where it all goes wrong..The Party staring Peter Sellers. This is one of those films that you will laugh so much you will cry and forevermore will have quotes and scenes etched in your memory. My favourite part of the film is when Peter Sellers manages to lose his slip on shoe,and ofcourse we can’t forget Birdy Num Num!
Movie Critic Kramer has some interesting facts to share about the Party with us, and we have news on how to win a copy of my book Koop Koopers Cocktail Nation The Interviews and I’ll let you know about a cool video series on you tube to check out.

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New Morty Show Ladies Man
Nutty Frankenmunster
Henry Mancini The Party
Ray Anthony September Song
Orchestra Superstring Shapale
Martini Kings Agua De Ber
Esquivel Harlem La Mantilla
Stan Getz Penthouse Serenade
Narco Lounge Combo bright Lights Big City
Mr Ho’s Orchestorica Terre Exotique
Laurie Allyn Take Me In Your Arms
Kenny Sasaki Fly Me To The Island
Astrud Gilberto Insensatez

Cocktail Nation 261 Lost In Paradise

We are going to get lost in paradise this week as we talk to Chris Bonomo the man behind the Lost In Paradise you tube series, Ive got some interesting Hugh Hefner news, a brand new artist to introduce to you who you might remember from the eighties in her previous lifeo as an actress, a cool vintage website and online magazine to dig plus as always the best lounge and exotica from across the globe.

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Don Tiki Primitivia

Frank Bennett Disarm me

Martini Kings Lost In Paradise

Oscar Peterson My Heart Belongs To Daddy

DJ BoneBrake Abstract

Molly Ringwald Don't You Forget About Me

Dizzy Gilespie In A Shanty Town

Bobby Darin New York On Sunday

Octobop Playboys theme

Sir Julian Movin At Midnight

Kenny Sasaki Jellyfish

Janet Seidel Slow Hot Wind

Shirley Scott Dreamsville

Cocktail Nation 262 Name Dropper

there is a man who knows everybody, a friend of the big stars who has seen it all, his name is Morris Diamond and he started life out as a song plugger. He joins me this week on the show as part of a two part series this week and next week.

Mad Men Season six kicked off this week so we will find out what people thought of it.

Plus Zsa Zsa Gabor news and the best lounge and exotica from across the globe.

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Clouseaux Noctopia

Warren Barker -Soft Green Seas

Kenny Burrell Rose Room

Monica Mancini Weekend Of A Private Secretary

Oscar Peterson The Strut

Molly Ringwald Exactly Like You

Jerry Sun Tiki

Bobby Darin Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

Narco Lounge Combo Squeezy Tahini

Three Suns Sleep Walk

Barry Morgan Touch Of You

Stan Getz Round Midnight

David Carbonara A Beautiful Mine

Si Zentner Peter Gunn theme

Jackie Gleason Ghost Of A Chance

Cocktail Nation 263 The Name Dropper Part Two

this week we continue with our chat to the man who knows everybody, a friend of the big stars who has seen it all, his name is Morris Diamond and he started life out as a song plugger. He joins me two part series this week. Got some news about some Rare Kennedy photos, an email through from Waitiki 7 with some very exciting information for you along with the best classic and neo lounge from across the globe.

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Sergio Mendez Mas Que Nada

Karen Souza Tainted Love

Janet Seidel -A Man And A Woman

Arthur Lyman Bamboo Tamboo

Chet Baker-Forgetful

Sonny Lester Oasis

Kayleen Peoples Girl From Ipanema

Waitiki 7 Tiki

New Morty Show Blue Martini

Laurindo Almedia The Look Of Love

Oscar Peterson Night Train

Mr Ho's Orchestrorica Maika

Mancini Days Of Wine and Roses

Cocktail Nation 264 Marilyn Monroe Festival

There are a lot of festivals around the world...but none like this one I am going to tell you about,which is just a little bit different ....a Marilyn Monroe festival!

My press agent has been working overtime of late so we will check out some interviews I have done about the Cocktail Nation....I have a listener question to address...and of course the best lounge and exotica from across the planet.

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Martini Kings-Summer Samba
Nutty Five Nights
Marilyn Monroe You'd be Surprised
Herbie Mann A Man and a Woman 1
Robert Hicks Richard Diamond Theme
Don Tiki Pyjama Tops
Janet Seidel What Is This thing Called Love
Jimmy Psycho That Old Black Magic
Jackie Paris Slow Boat To China
David Carbonara A Beautiful Mine
Shelley Manne Daktari
Molly Ringwald Sooner Or Later
Sammy Davis jr Bye Bye Blackbird

Cocktail Nation 265 Our Man Flint

Back again for another week on the Cocktail Nation. This week we talk loungin bachelor pad movies with Kramer as we check out the Film Our Man flint starring James Coburn

Rohan from Careless Navigator stops by to talk about a new mug he is selling.

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Clouseaux Search For a Vulcan

David Carbonara The Men Of Sterling Cooper

Jerry Goldsmith Our Man Flint

Cy Coleman Playboys Theme

Arthur Lyman Sweet and Lovely

Jackie Gleason I Cant Get Started

Acca Daquires -Wild Thing

Kenny Sasaki Ponape

Mambo Zombies Antigua

Neal Hefti Scene Of The Crime

Octobop Goodbye Pork Pie Hat

Pink Martini Ninna Nana

Cocktail Nation 266 Queens Of Vintage

This week we talk to the publisher of an online magazine called Queens Of Vintage, her name is Lena Weber and recently she interviewed me in her kings of vintage portion of the website so I thought we should have her on to talk vintage culture and the English scene.

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David Carbonara Twenty Third Floor
Diana Krall Cry Me A River
Esquivel That Old Black Magic
Frank Bennett Everything Counts
Jackie Gleason Stella By Starlight
Les Baxter A Taste Of Honey
Stu Phillips Tired Of Waiting
Mambo Zombies Tu No Me Quires
Pink Martini Mar Desconocido
Tikiyaki Orchestra Sneaky Tiki
Nelson Riddle Ce Magnifique
Monty Norman Orchestra Dr No's Fantasy
Oscar Peterson Bags Groove
Mr Ho's Orchestorica Take The A Train
Laurie Allyn You Go To My Head

Cocktail Nation 267 Waikiki Tiki and the Talking Birds

Koop Kooper back from a week off checking out the Cannes film festival and working on my follow up book and I’ve got some interesting stories out of the festival.

This week we talk to Phillip Roberts the author of Waikiki tiki and he has some interesting talking birds for us from the golden age of tiki in Hawaii.

Tiki Carver Marcus Thorn stops by to talk about the opening of his new Tiki Bar In Perth and he has a giveaway of a Tiki Mug for you

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Clouseaux Search For A Vulcan
Pink Martini No Hay Problema
Tiki Joes Ocean Aloha Amoor
Molly Ringwald I Believe In You
Sir Julien You Only Live Twice/Thunderball
Sally Street Never Make Your Move Too Soon
Oscar Peterson Night Train
Martini Kings Soft Sounds
Mystery Street Jackie Gleason
Vince Guaraldi Trio Cast Your Fate To The Wind
David Carbonara New Girl
Chet Baker It’s Always You
Dean Martin Fools Rush

Cocktail Nation 268 Tiki magazine

theres a marvellous magazine that has been around for a while that has been catering for tikiphiles obsession with all things polynesian pop.
This week we are joined by editor Nick Camara to talk about the history of this magazine and where its going in the future.
Theres a new book out talking about the secrets of Howard Hughes as told by his former attorney.

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Emma Pask Mas Que Nada
Darren Long Sandy Samba
Don Tiki Forbidden Finger
Frank Bennett White Collar Crime
Jacke Gleason From Russia With Love
Three Suns Smoke
Orchestra Superstring Evidence
Metropole Orchestra La Paloma
Beverly Kenny Try A Little Tenderness-
David Carbonara Nearing The End
Diana Krall I've Changed My Address
Enoch Light Bingo Bango Baby
Janet Seidel April In Portugal
Les Baxter Calcuta

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Cocktail Nation 269 Which One Is David

This week on the show we have part one of an interview with an English radio announcer who packed up and moved to Hollywood and became a successful actor. And this week we lost a legend of Space Age Bachelor Pad Music and a member of the "Tonight Show" plus an icon of Houston that is under threat.

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Laura Ainsworth The Gentleman Is A Dope
Darren Long Twist Of Lyman
Julie London Must Be Catchin
Line Renaud Sexe
Kava Kon Behind The Sun
Vic Flick Live And let Die
Waitiki Hula Lady
Metropole Orchestra My Blue Heaven
Pete Rugulo For Hi Fi Bugs
Ixtahuele Stone Gods Of Bimini
Bob Thompson on the ROCKS
Buddy Collette Jazz Heat Bongo Beat
Chris Connor They All Laughed

Cocktail Nation 270 Which One Is David Part Two

This week on the show we have part two of an interview with an English radio announcer who packed up and moved to Hollywood and became a successful actor. And this week we lost a a Hollywood legend in that of Esther Williams Cocktail Nation gets a mention in the LA Times and another interview with me is on our website for you to check out.

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Ixtahuele Black Sand
Laura Ainsworth Just Give Me A Man
Billy May Orchestra Mannix
Clouseaux Noctopia
Al Caiola Man From Uncle
B # Big Band Cest Magnifique
Arthur Lyman Midnight Sun
Nutty Pleasant Valley Monkday
Rosemary Clooney Hey Mambo
Si Zenter The Fugitive Theme
Skip Heller Watch Us Burn
Tiki Joes Ocean Quiet Voyage
Herbie Mann A Man and A Woman
Abe Lagrimas Like Two In Love

Cocktail Nation 271 Jimmy Borges Keeper Of The Flame

well its my pleasure to have a living legend on the show this week in that of the Keeper Of The Flame, the great Jimmy Borges. A Hawaiian legend of stage screen and TV. I've got an interesting story about an amazing find under someones house. On the back of the Marilyn Monroe festival here in Sydney I have an new Monroe revelation for you along with the best lounge and exotica hand picked from across the globe

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David Carbonara A Beautiful Mine
Diana Krall S'Wonderful
Jimmy Borges Luck Be A Lady
Don Tiki With Jimmy Borges Terminal
Jimmy Vargas Black Dahlia
Ixtahuele Lotus Eaters
Jackie Gleason Jo-Anne
Arthur Lyman Bamboo Tamboo
Frank Bennett Would I Lie To You
Laura Ainsworth One More Time
Martini Kings You Only Live Twice
Chet Baker Time After Time

Cocktail Nation 272 Jimmy Borges Keeper Of The Flame Part 2

Part two of our interview with living legend on the show this week in that of the Keeper Of The Flame, the great Jimmy Borges. A Hawaiian legend of stage screen and TV. News on a cool car car that Jay Lenos been spotted driving around in Beverly Hills that is the epitome of the Jet Age plus I have news about a book out shortly about Ava Gardner and of course the best lounge and exotica hand picked from across the globe

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The Lucky Duckies The Way You Look Tonight
Vince Guaralidi Mr Lucky
Jimmy Borges Most Beautiful Girl In the World
Jimmy Borges All Or Nothing At All
Peggy Lee The Days Of Wine And Roses
David Carbonara Giovannis Muse
Ixtahuele Gardens Of Mu
Laura Ainsworth Midnight Sun
Arthur Lyman Coffee Bean And Calabash Annie
Skip Heller Hurricane Apartment
Spy Fi Secret Agent Man
Darren Long Twist Of Lyman
The Out Islanders Honourable Hong Kong Rock
Mark Copeland Too Darn Hot

Cocktail Nation 273 Perfect Vision The Esquivel Sound

I have a brand new album to bring you out of Holland, the Metropole Orchestra have put together a marvellous album of Esquivel tracks called Perfect Vision The Esquivel Sound and joining us to talk about the album and Esquivel is Irwin Chusid, the man who first brought us Esquivel on cd in the 90's
There's news about a James Bond car for auction an interesting article about some of the biggest stars of the mid twentieth century as we ask "Where are they now" plus the World of swank gig guide

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Clouseaux Search For A Vulcan
Martini Heaven Tanganova
Metropole Orchestra La Paloma
Metropole Orchestra My Blue Heaven
Vince Guaraldi Dor Que Faz Duer
Tiki Joes Ocean Stoic Moai
Spy Fi Man From Uncle
Sally Street New Blow top blues
Oscar Peterson Band Call
Nutty She Said, See Said
Octobop Short Stop
Linda Lawson Meaning Of The Blues
Jackie Gleason Mystery Street
Frank Sinatra Strangers In The Night

Cocktail Nation 274 Playtime

This week on the show my Neighbour Kramer stops by to chat Lounging bachelor pad movies and this week it's is Jacques Tati and Playtime

I have lots of Tiki Oasis News for you and a critique of the characters of Mad Men along with the World of swank gig guide

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Nutty Back In Black
Octobop Playboy Theme
Francis Lemarque Playtime
Metropole Orchestra Solamente Una Vez
Robert Hicks Carioca
Oscar Peterson Things Aint What They Used To Be
Mel Torme Moonlight Cocktails
Mambo Zombies Mambo Inn
Kenny Sasaki Erotica Exotica
Jackie Gleason The Best Is Yet To Come
Janet Seidel A Man And A Woman
Cy Coleman Parisian Women
SG Sound Palm Springs Overdrive

Cocktail Nation 275 Louis Prima Jr

This week on the show the son of the great Louis Prima…Louis Prima jr joins me, I've got a funny story from Don Rickles who recently appeared on Letterman talking about Sinatra plus a great article about the sad demise of World Port and of course the best lounge and exotica from around the world and the world of swank gig guide.

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Ixtahuele Stone Gods Of Bimini
David Carbonara Nearing The End
Louis Prima Jr Jump Jive And Whale
Frank Sinatra That's Life
George Shearing If I Should Lose You
Hans Karl Blue Scooter
Janet Seidel Moon Of Manakoora
Julie London Must Be Catchin
Laura Ainsworth I'd Give a Dollar For A Dime
Marty Paich The Cat
Nutty Black Mutt
Gerry Mulligan Night Lights
John Barry 7 007 Theme
Shirley Scott Dreamsville
Skip Heller-Alice Through A Twilight Zone

Cocktail Nation 276 Louis Prima Jr Part 2

This week on the show the son of the great Louis Prima…Louis Prima jr joins me for part two of our interview, we talk to a man who is fighting to prevent the destruction of the former Pan Am terminal in that of WorldPort plus news on the Martini Kings new release and ofcourse the only lounge and exotica gig guide.

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Clouseaux Kiss Of Ku

Tiki Joes Ocean Honolulu

Louis Prima Jr Oh Babe

Spy Fi Two Miles

David Carbonara Giovanis Muse

Chaino Voodoo

Chaquito Big Band The Spy's Wife

Martini Kings Zou Biscou Biscou

Leonard Nimoy Music To Watch Girls By

Billy May Invitation

Mr Ho's Orchestorica Frenesi

Lalo Schifrin Barney Does It all

Laurindo Almeida The Look Of Love

Robert Drasin Jardin De La Noche

Si Zentner Walk On The Wild Side

Cocktail Nation 277 Laura Ainsworth Necessary Evil

The very talented lounge singer Laura Ainsworth is on the show this weekend talking about her career and background, some Bond news on that submarine car that's been put-up for sale recently. There some news on a new doco that lifts the lid on the JFK assassination.

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Nutty Five Nights

Pink Martini No Hay Problema

Laura Ainsworth Necessary Evil

Lou Busch Cool

Louis Prima Just a Gigolo
Marty Paich Summertime

Joey Altruda Tropical Paradise

Diana Krall Stop This World

Alvino Rey Night Train

Julie O'Hara I Fall in Love To Fast

Vic Flick Live and Let Die

Leroy Holmes Search For A Vulcan

Cocktail Nation 278 Pink Panther and Tiki Delights

My neighbour, Kramer is back again this week to talk lounging bachelor pad movies this as we head back to 1964 to talk the Pink Panther Movie plus
we are jammed pack with new music this week ….with new stuff from The Tiki Delights as we talk to the man behind it all, there's new music from a spy jazz band called Codename Carter and another new release from a Bossa Nova band called O Som Do Jazz. Join me for the swank affair that is the Cocktail Nation

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O Som Do Jazz Sambou Sambou
Codename Carter Stealth Palmer
Henry Mancini Pink Panther
Jackie Gleason Out Of Nowhere
Seth Mac Farlane Music Is Much Better Than Words
Tiki Delights Bali Safari
Oscar Peterson Morton Swing
Combustible Edison Millionaires Holiday
Nutty Paranoid Cat
Robert Hicks I didn't Like It The First Time
Sergio Mendes Mas Que Nada
James Morrison The Call
Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited November Morning
Coleman Hawkins Cocktails For Two

Cocktail Nation 279 Raymond Scott

on the show this week we catch up with Irwin Chusid to talk about the great Raymond Scott and the work that he has done and continues to do for the family. We've lost a great in that of Eydie Gorme who passed away last week so we will take a look at her life and another passing in that of
Faster pussy cat star Haji.

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David Carbonara Bunnys Bop

Aaron Diehl Epilogue

Raymond Scott What Is This Thing Called Love

O Som Do Jazz Batucda

Codename Carter Defect

Eydie Gormet Frenesi

Frank Sinatra Fly Me To The Moon

Laura Ainsworth He's So Unusual

MoonRays Mysterioso

Mr Ho's Orchestra Let's Dance

Plas Johnson Pink Panther/it Had Better Be Tonight

Quincy Jones Cast You're Fate To The Wind

Cocktail Nation 280 Bachelor Pad Cooking

on the show this week we are talking bachelor pad cooking for one with James M Kraus who has a marvellous book out called Jet Age Cooking for the Bachelor, I have some Man from Uncle news for you and some Mad Men news

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Tikiyaki Orchestra Maitais On The Moon

Ixtahule Searching For Souq

James Bond and His Sextet You Only Live Twice

O Som Do Jazz Brisa Do Nordeste

Spy Fi Man From Uncle

Oscar Peterson Dreamsville

Mavis Rivers You'd Be So Nice To Come Home to

Martini Kings Desfinado

Aaron Diehl The Cylinder

Arthur lyman Blue Hawaii

Bob Thompson There A Small Hotel

Tiki Delights Scorpian Rider

Pink Martini Taya Tan

Cocktail Nation 281 Codename Carter

Some spy action this week as we catch up with a new band to the show Codename Carter, news on the home of some the worlds greatest songs with the Brill Building, sad news on the passing of Marian Mc Partland from NPR plus our world of swank gig guide and the swankiest tunes from across the globe as we broadcast from Sydney's home of Lounge …the Penthouse.

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Dom Mariani 4 in the Mornin

Kenny Sasaki Fly Me To The Moon

Codename Carter Perfect Clarity Perfect Cut

Elmer Bernstein Thinking Of Baby

David Carbonara A Beautiful Mine

Duke Ellington Anatomy Of A Murder

Enoch Light Autumn In New York

Tiki Delights Sandy Samba

Tiki Joes Ocean Lullaby For Lono

O Som Do Jazz Manha Alegre

Nelson Riddle Your Zowie Face

Mr Ho's Orchestrotica Phoenix Goodbye

Martin Denny Love Dance

Janet Seidel Midnight Sun

Cocktail Nation 282 Birthplace of Exotica

Imagine being at the birthplace of Exotica at the Hawaiian Hilton when exotica was born, what a moment. Well you can experience that feeling when Waitiiki 7 and Jimmy Borges hit the stage later this year, Randy Wong stops by to talk about this concert, Ive got news on my new automotive purchase and we talk about the lost mansions of LA

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Clouseaux Hunt Of The Savage
Spy Fi Eldorado
Waitiki 7 Voodoo Love
Aaron Diel Generation Y
Hugo Montengro Guaglione
Lex Baxter A Taste Of Honey
Diana Krall Night We Called It A Day
Jackie Gleason-The Girl From Ipanema
Mancini Quiet Village
Oscar Peterson Morten Swing
Tiki Delights Stormy Outrigger
Barbara Lusch So Nice
Si Zentner Walk On The Wild side

Cocktail Nation 283 O Som Do Jazz

this week I bring you a band that is bringing back that Bossa Nova sound for the Jetset exotics.......some swank advice on how to automate your life so as to allow for more swank activity.
Of course the only lounge and exotica gig guide returns to the airwaves along with th best lounge and exotica from across the big blue planet!

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Combustible Edison Millionaires Holiday

Mr Ho's Orchestrotica Frenesi

OO Som Do Jazz Sambou Sambou

Oscar Peterson I Got It Bad

Tiki Joes Ocean ALoha Amor

Waitiki 7 When First I Love

Blue Dahlia's Brazil

Shelley Mann Daktari

Sergio Mendes Monday Monday

Pink Martini Mar Desconcido

Arthur Lyman Group Colonel Bogey March

Laura Ainsworth Love For Sale

Cocktail Nation 284 Moon Show

Have you ever thought about how many songs in the world are about the Moon…long before man landed on the moon out obsession with the moon was well and truly formed. This week in the Cocktail Nation we are going to feature songs of Lounge about the moon….and ofcourse the 1969 moon landing and the words of Neil Armstrong. For the fans of Princess Grace I have news of a movie coming your way about her life plus out look at the world of swank with the best parties from across the globe.

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Janet Seidel Moon River
Tony Bennett Blue Moon
Tikiyaki Orchestra Mai Tais On The Moon
Tiki Joe's Ocean Moonlight Moods
Stan Getz Moonlight In Vermont
Love Jones Whisky, The Moon and Me
Mel Torme Swingin On The Moon
Enoch Light Orchids In The Moonlight
Frank Sinatra Fly Me To The Moon
Jackie Gleason Moonglow
Ames Brothers No Moon At All
Morris Stoloff Moonglow
Arthur Lyman Moon Over A Ruined Castle
Chet Baker Moonlight Becomes You
George Dunning Moonglow and Theme From Picnic
Don Tiki Other Side Of The Moon

Cocktail Nation 285 Church Of Frank Sinatra

Koop Kooper back with Cocktail nation after a two week vacation and ready to go with the best lounge and exotica sitting on the Hi Fi.
Now tell me, would you consider Frank Sinatra a god? Some people have felt that it would be appropriate to build a church around the chairman of the board....we will find out more about that as I speak to head of the Los Angeles church of Frank Sinatra. We have news on the passing of Louis Primas wife and musical partner Gia Maione and some news on the Tikiyaki Orchestra.

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Aaron Diehl The Cylinder
Clouseaux Search For A Vulcan
Frank Sinatra Mr Success
Halford Jetset Tema De Anna
Peggy Lee You're Blase
Tikiyaki Orchestra Mysteria
Don Tiki Jungle Julie
Gia Maione On The Other Side Of Tears
Jimmy Vargas Dahlias Web
David Carbonara Elevator Gossip
Monty Norman Dr No's Fantasy
Kenny Sasaki Jellyfish

Frank Sinatra a God?

Absolutely!

Cocktail Nation 286 Where Here Meets There

Fresh from flying around in my recent purchase of a 1964 Austin Healey it's Koop Kooper lounging about the Sydney penthouse with chilled drinks, taking in the city lights with the lounge soundtrack draping the penthouse in a technicolor glow.
This week Mr Ho of Mr Ho's Orchestrotica stops by to talk about a new release called Where Here Meets There....plus I've got a Sinatra story as told by Tom Selleck

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Nutty Same Old Scat And Song

Metropole Orchestra Jalousie
Mr Ho's Orchestrotica Sansaz

Dean Martin Baby O

Robert Drasnin Tahitian

Frank Sinatra Call Me

Martin Denny Beyond The Reef

Joey Altruda Remembering Jobim

Pink Martini Syracuse
Oscar Peterson Exactly Like You

O Som Do Jazz Secret Paradise

Laura Ainsworth That's The Kind Of Guy I Dream Of

Cocktail Nation 287 The Rediscovery Of Esquivel

One of the biggest and most important releases for the neo lounge scene was the 1994 Space age Bachelor pad Music Cd which was produced by Irwin Chusid and was a real game changer for the lounge lotharios ...if you love new music we have you covered with some more new tunes from Codename Carter plus the latest Mr Ho's Orchestrotica from the new album Where Here Meets There.

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Tiki Delights Bali Safari

Vic Flick James Bond Theme

Esquivel Surfboard

Frank Sinatra That's Life

Mr Ho's Orchestorica Chiseling Music

Codename Carter Stealth Palmer

Henry Mancini Windmills Of Your Mind

Ixtauhele Brugmansia

Jackie Gleason If He Walked into my Life

Laurie Allyn You're So Bad For Me

James Morrison The Master Plan

Chet Baker Let's Get Lost

Cocktail Nation 288 The Young Man Of Paris

One of my favourite places is Paris so this week on the show I thought why not honour this marvellous city, this spectacular country with a rich, swank and romantic culture with a playlist of French music and French inspired lounge

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Billie Holiday April In Paris
Mark Copeland I Love Paris
Nelson Riddle C’est Magnifique
Serge Gainsbourg Je T’aime Moi Non Plus
Stereophonic Space Sound unlimited la fille dans le train
Billy May The Poor People Of Paris
Button Down Brass French Connection
Cy Coleman Parisian Women
Dicky Do and The Don’ts Vive L’amour
Joe “Fingers" Carr Under Paris Skies
Laura Ainsworth La Vie En Rose
Andre Popp Musique Mecanique
CLouseax Le Nuit
Pink Martini Sympathique
Les Double Six French Rat Race
Elmer Bernstein Valentina
Henri Reni Petite Fleur

Cocktail Nation 289 Designing Bond

There is no doubt about it James Bond is one stylish lounge lothario. To me it doesn't matter what era of Bond you are talking about, they all have that factor swank cool.
This week on the show talking to the curator of a Bond exhibition called Designing Bond, we talk the perils of over collecting and details about a tour to check out to experience the marvelous music of Mr Ho's Orchestrotica along with the best gigs from across the globe.

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Spy FI Black Tie Spy
Sally Street Play Your Hands Girls
Leroy Holmes The James Bond Theme
Mr Ho’s Orchestrotica Maracatune For Chalco
Sarah Vaughn Peter Gunn
Acca Daiquiris Witchcraft
David Carbonara How Mable Got Stable Cha Cha Cha
Aaron Diehl Blue Nude
Earl Hagan I Spy
Martini Kings Zou Biscou Biscou
Freddy Cole Waiter Ask The Man to Play the Blues
Ixtahule Gardens Of Mu
Jonah Jones Blue Danube Rock

On 2013-11-16 00:11, koopkooper wrote:

Cocktail Nation 289 Designing Bond

There is no doubt about it James Bond is one stylish lounge lothario. To me it doesn't matter what era of Bond you are talking about, they all have that factor swank cool.
This week on the show talking to the curator of a Bond exhibition called Designing Bond, we talk the perils of over collecting and details about a tour to check out to experience the marvelous music of Mr Ho's Orchestrotica along with the best gigs from across the globe.

http://www.cocktailnation.net

Spy FI Black Tie Spy
Sally Street Play Your Hands Girls
Leroy Holmes The James Bond Theme
Mr Ho’s Orchestrotica Maracatune For Chalco
Sarah Vaughn Peter Gunn
Acca Daiquiris Witchcraft
David Carbonara How Mable Got Stable Cha Cha Cha
Aaron Diehl Blue Nude
Earl Hagan I Spy
Martini Kings Zou Biscou Biscou
Freddy Cole Waiter Ask The Man to Play the Blues
Ixtahule Gardens Of Mu
Jonah Jones Blue Danube Rock

Really digging the Mr. Ho and the Ixtahule...they are the thinking man's exotica!

Glad you are enjoying our music!

Mr. Ho

Cocktail Nation 290 Disney Frozen In Ice

the franchise that is Disney is one of the best known across the globe, the man who began it all, Walt Disney was a man with vision and that vision continued after his death in 1966, this week we talk to a man who has put together book all about the time after Walts Death.
News on a new book from Beachbum Berry and a new series on Kennedys you might have caught on the box

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Aaron Diehl The Cylinder
Metropole Orchestra Spellbound
Arthur Lyman Leis Of Jazz
Machiniso Percusion Frenzy
Tiki Delights Stay In My Arms
Jimmy Vargas The Girl You Left Behind
Laurie Allyn So In Love
Linda Lawson Mood Indigo
Narco Lounge Combo Squizy Tahini
Nelson Riddle Your Zowie Face
Oscar Peterson My Heart Belongs To Daddy
Pink Martini Mar Desconocido
Stan Getz Charade
Jackie Gleason Darn That Dream

Cocktail Nation 291 Tiki Iniki

I love it when a new Tiki Bar opens and keeps the Aloha spirit alive, this week I talk to the manager of a new Tiki Bar when has opened on the big Island called Tiki Iniki …continuing on the big island news of a legal battle that Brad Tiki shark Parker has been plunged into and whilst many of us who are into the fifties and sixties culture dress in vintage clothes, collect furniture and drive classic cars this week I will bring you a story of a couple who have gone back…way back to the turn of the century.

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Cocktail Inn Dragnet

Ricki Derek Rio

Tiki Joe’s Ocean Quiet Voyage

Ray Conniff Caravan

Paris Mitchell Strings Dream

Ixtahuele Dengue Fever

Neal Hefti Cherry Point

Seth MacFarlane It’s Anybodys Spring

Sergio Mendez Girl From Ipanema

101 Strings Cha Cha Italiano

Laura Fygi Perfidia

Tiki Lounge Crew Hipsters Lair

Jerry Costanzo Penthouse Serenade

Cal Tjader A Night In Tunisia

Cocktail Nation 292 Shelley Berman To Laughter With Questions

A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of speaking to the great Comedian Shelley Berman, well he's back on the show to talk about a book of poetry he's has written along with extraordinary ability to adlib. I've got a free vintage online magazine to check out, and a nice box set for you in time for Christmas

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David Carbonara A Beautiful Mine
Cocktail Inn Brief And Breezy
Enoch Light Bingo Bango Bongo Baby
Mancini Brothers Go To Mothers
Ixtahuele Rarohengen Dance
Morton Stevens Hawaii Five O
Mr Ho’s Orchestrotica Would You like Bongos With That Fugue
Nutty Back In Black
Plas Johnson Mean To Me
101 Strings A Man And A Woman
John Barry 7 Underground Lair
Count Basie April In Paris

Cocktail Nation 293 American International Pictures

this week on the show we take a look at one of the smallest players in the movie making machine of Hollywood of the fifties that just happened to be one that packed a really big punch…news on the demise of the Hukilau event in Florida plus the best lounge and exotica from across the globe along with the best parties to end the year with.

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Clouseaux Search For a Vulcan
Tiki Lounge Crew Suburbia 62
Reg Owen Everyday
Percy Faith Theme From A Summer Place
Octobop Jazz Goes To Siwash
Tiki Joe’s Ocean Night Of The Jungle
Martin Denny Exotica
Janet Seidel Miami Beach Mambo
Barney Mcall Mysteriss
Sir Julien You Only Live Twice
O Som Do Jazz Nanna
Nina Simone Wils Is The Wind

check out the Exotica and Lounge podcast http://www.cocktailnation.net

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Cocktail Nation 294 Potions of The Caribbean with Jeff Beachbum Berry

Jeff Beachbum Berry has got a brand new book out that will blow your mind about the history of tiki drinks. For those in Los Angeles I have a very cool hang out for you plus a very groovy newsletter to sign up for which I can guarantee you won't regret when it drops into your inbox each week.

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Tony Bennett With Plenty Of Money And You
Aaron Diehl Moonlight In Vermont
Si Zentner From Russia With Love
Mr Ho’s Orchestrotica Ritual Mallet Dance
Percussion For Playboys Angel Eyes
Metropole Orchestra Third Man Theme
Martin Denny Rain
Pink Martini and Saori Yuki Mayonka No Bossa Nova
Dave Bruebeck Broadway Bossa Nova
Frank Sinatra I Wish I Were In Love Again
Sally Street When In Rome
Peggy Lee From Now On
Clouseaux Paraiso

Cocktail Nation 295 Best Of The Best 2013

What a year it had been here at the Cocktail Nation with the show being added to more and more stations across the globe....look out Ryan Seacrest, I'm coming to get you. The podcast was enhanced, we got a new website and I bought a 1964 Austin Healey! But ofcourse the show needs great guests and great music and we have had plenty of that. Each year I like to highlight the best of the best of the year and that's sometimes difficult in a one hour show so for you some of the most stand out releases of the last twelve months.

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Mr Ho’s Orchestrotica Chiseling Music
O Som Do Jazz Sambou Sambou
Metropole Orchestra My Blue Heaven
Ixtahuele Stone Gods Of Bimini
Codename Carter Stealth Palmer
Aaron Diehl The Cylinder
Molly Ringwald Don’t You Forget About Me
Narco Lounge Combo Caravan
Laura Ainsworth Necessary Evil
Tiki Delights Twist Of Lyman

Cocktail Nation 296 Julie London, Lady Liberty

Show number one for 2014 as we kick off the year in fine style talking about the wonderful Julie London and a fantastic book. Speaking of books we will talk about a book you need on your shelf to improve your swank life and we have all the swank parties linked up in our world of swank gig guide.
Standby for an announcement on a new segment plus we will have a laugh with Don Rickles.

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Nathan Haines Lament
David Carbonara The Twenty Third Foor
Julie London Must Be Catchin
Cal Tjader Meditcao
Sally Street All I Do Is Dream Of You
Chet Baker I Fall In Love To Easy
Lee Presson and the Nail Coax Me A Little
Pink Martini But Now I’m Back
Warren Barker Hawaiian Eye
Gerry Mulligan Night Lights
Stacey Kent Waiter Oh Waiter
Royal Crown Revue Deadly Night Call

Great stuff as usual, koop.

I am a huge Julie London fan. I listened to her first album over and over as a child, and of course stared at the album cover for hours as well (one of my first baby crushes!)

If people have not heard the album, it is one of the best pop-jazz records out there. Only guitar, bass and vocals...no overdubs...just perfection in playing. I know the song on your playlist this time is not from this album...but frankly, anything from Julie London is superb!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Is_Her_Name