Issue 32

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Exposé print issues (1993-2011)

Available online from Issue 32

September 2005

92 Pages

Hugh Banton of VDGG, Pocket Orchestra, Asturias, Oophoi, Udi Koomran, Nearfest 2005, Pat Thomas & Mushroom, Charming Hostess, Cuneiform sampler CD

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Billion Dollar Beat —
The Neal Smith Interview

Glenn Leslie has been a rock tour manager, label representative, and entrepreneur over the last thirty years. He recently spoke in depth with ex-Alice Cooper drummer Neal Smith regarding the band's early days. Smith spent ten years with the group and has been characterized as a man who could twirl his drumsticks in all of his fingers with rings on each finger. In the 80s he did a stint with Blue Öyster Cult; more recently, he has teamed with fellow Cooper alum Dennis Dunaway and BÖC bassist Joe Bouchard. Exposé would like to thank Leslie for letting us publish this interview under our banner. » Read more
(Posted by Glenn Leslie 2005-09-01)

Putting the ‘Harm’ in Charming —
A Profile of Charming Hostess

Band names can be misleading. Charming Hostess is definitely an inviting and feminine moniker, but also one that might conjure up an image of some superficial-light-polite-foo-foo music. Maybe something to listen to while sipping a Day-Glo colored mixed drink through a straw from a curvy fish-bowl-looking glass with a little paper umbrella in it and a miniature plastic monkey hanging from the side by its tail? Hell no! “We put the ‘Harm’ in Charming and the ‘Ho’ in Hostess,” commented one-time Hostess Nina Rolle.

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 2005-09-01)

The Sounds of the Universe —
The Oöphoi Interview

In recent years several Italian musicians hit the big time in the electronic scene. Most of them use a pen name: Gianluigi Gasparetti, a.k.a. Oöphoi, is a case in point. This Rome-born artist is an all-around musician: a player and a composer, he was also the editor of Deep Listenings, a magazine devoted to a wide-ranging choice of non-commercial music. He has released some 20 CDs for many international labels, and he currently runs his own, Umbra, devoted to new Italian ambient artists. » Read more
(Posted by Alessandro Michelucci 2005-09-01)

(I Am) One - The Gates of Industry

Despite evident talent, this Dutch group has made some unfortunate choices. The first is their name. The second apparently was their original German label, which crashed and burned while this album... » Read more
(Posted by Paul Hightower 2005-09-01)