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From: Paul Tanenbaum 
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Subject: Penguin Cafe Orchestra
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Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 08:40:04 EST
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I heard a story last night on 'All Things Considered' about Penguin Cafe.
It's creator/leader, a Mr. Jeffs (sp?) says they try to create very pleasant,
very simple, very natural music.

I own their first recording, 'Music from the Penguin Cafe,' and have to say
that they succeeded tremendously.  The ATC story quoted a critic from 'Time,'
I think, who said the music was too nice and pleasant, boring.  Jeffs' reply
was that "there are people who say they are bored with nature, too.  The
sound of a waterfall and things like that."  Most of the time people complain
that today's music is just strident noise.  Now this is too pretty!

Unfortunately, their recent American tour consisted of several shows at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music.  I could have provided at least a dozen listeners
in an instant if they had ventured as far into the provinces as Baltimore or
DC.  Even more so for Laurie Anderson.  Oh well.
	 +++paul