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Playtime
Episode #274 on July 14th, 2013

Playtime

This week on the show my neighbor Kramer stops by to chat about lounging bachelor pad movies, this week it’s 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, plus the best exotica and lounge music from across the world....

Perfect Vision – The Esquivel Sound
Episode #273 on July 7th, 2013

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. 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...

Jimmy Borges Keeper Of The Flame – Part 2
Episode #272 on June 30th, 2013

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 is the epitome of the Jet Age that Jay Leno has been spotted driving around in Beverly Hills. Plus I have news about a book out...

Jimmy Borges Keeper Of The Flame
Episode #271 on June 23rd, 2013

Jimmy Borges Keeper Of The Flame

It is 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 also 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...

Which One Is David – Part Two
Episode #270 on June 16th, 2013

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...

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