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Moon Show
Episode #284 on September 22nd, 2013

Moon Show

Have you ever thought about how many songs in the world are about the Moon? Long before man landed on the moon, an 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 of course the 1969 moon landing and the words of Neil Armstrong. For the fans...

O Som Do Jazz
Episode #283 on September 15th, 2013

O Som Do Jazz

This week I bring you a band that is bringing back that Bossa Nova sound for the jet-set exotics. We also have some swank advice on how to automate your life to allow for more swank activity. Of course the only lounge and exotica gig guide returns to the airwaves along with the best lounge and exotica from across the big blue planet....

Birthplace of Exotica
Episode #282 on September 8th, 2013

Birthplace of Exotica

Imagine being at the birthplace of Exotica at the Hawaian 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 and I have got news on my new automotive purchase and we talk about the lost mansions of Los Angeles....

Codename Carter
Episode #281 on September 1st, 2013

Codename Carter

Some spy action this week as we catch up with a new band to the show called ‘Codename Carter’. News on the home of some the world’s greatest songs with the Brill Building, sad news on the passing of Marian Mcpartland 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...

Bachelor Pad Cooking
Episode #280 on August 25th, 2013

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 also have some ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ and ‘Mad Men’ news and as usual the very best exotica lounge music across the planet....

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