- Children's book, about plastic surgery.
- Time-lapse video of man trapped in an elevator for 41 hours
- 80 style boombox with ipod dock
- Japanese technology can link a kettle to a mobile phone
- Euro-whiff
- Sinclair C5s go on mass convoy
- Oops - Russian space capsule misses landing site
- Meat iPod Nano Case
- Quadruple-Neck guitar
- Scientists grow plants in moondust
- Moped runs on fresh air
- The idea gift for someone you really hate...Bomb alarm clock
- Burglar alarm with a twist
- Job Spot: Jet Car Needs a Driver
Sunday 20 April 2008
Playlist, 20/04/08
FEATURED ARTIST: Eden Ahbez
This week we celebrated the recent centenary of the birth of the godfather of exotica, Eden Ahbez. Most famous as the composer of Nature Boy, Ahbez wrote many other great tunes and lived an extraordainary life. He was a proto-hippy about 20 years before the Summer of Love.
The Music
1. Al Hirt - Nature Boy (Music to Watch Girls By, 2000)
2. Harold McNair - The Hipster (Return Of The Instro-Hipsters Vol. 2, 1968/2007)
3. Bill Plummer & The Cosmic Brotherhood - Journey To The East (California Dreamin´- Jazz Exotica, 2000)
4. Korla Pandit - Trance Dance (The Grand Moghul Suite/The Universal Language Of Music, 2007)
5. Eden Ahbez - Eden's Island (Eden's Island, 1960)
6. Milt Raskin & His Orchestra - Koko Head (Exotic Sounds of Hawaii, 2006)
7. Frankie Laine - The Jalopy Song (1951)
8. Emil Richards - Happy Together (New Time Element, 1967)
9. Pram - Track Of The Cat (Dark Island, 2003)
10. Leonard Nimoy - Nature Boy (Highly Illogical/The Touch of Leonard Nimoy, 1969)
11. Herb Jeffries/Eden Ahbez - Oh My Brothers (The Singing Prophet, 1954)
12. Sam Cooke - Lonely Island (1958)
13. The Advisory Circle - Keep Warm Keep Well (Other Channels, 2008)
14. Bappi Lahiri, Amit Kumar & Sulahshana Pandit - Kya Jaan Yeh Duniya Kya Jane (The Bombay Connection, 1977)
15. Jackie Mittoo - Nature Boy (A Tribute to Jackie Mittoo, 1995)
16. Nat King Cole/Pete Rugolo Orchestra - Land of Love (Come My Love and Live With Me) (Lush Life, 1949)
17. Al Caiola & Don Arnone - Caravan (Great Pickin', 1960)
18. Eden Ahbez - The Old Boat (Eden's Island, 1960)
The News
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