Here is a photo of The Great Korla Pandit with his model trains:
https://www.marinij.com/2015/10/29/lib-at-large-documentary-tells-odd-story-of-korla-pandit-godfather-of-exotica/
As everyone here knows, Fantasy LPs were much more readily available on the West Coast, where they had better distribution; but this was the case even more so with Korla Pandit, as his televeision show was primarily shown in the Los Angeles region.
This is relevant to our earlier conversation about the prevelance of certain model railroads based on what was hapening in the real world. For example, growing up in New Jersey, I can tell you B&O and PRR engines and cabeese were everywhere, but Korla Pandit LPs were very hard to find.
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I do not give much thought to the picture of him "working" on his trains. That is very obviously a staged photograph. I would love to see a layout or workshop.
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I went to Itunes and downloaded a handful of the most popular Korla Pandit songs.
I must say, I just do not get it... and my musical interests are more varied than Sheldon's.
He just sounds like a competent organ player.
Maybe it is because of the decades of time that has passed. Maybe it would be more meaningful in his time.
Kind of like the first season of The Simpsons. It was earth-shattering back in its day, but it is nearly wholesome by today's standards.
-Kevin
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SeeYou190 I do not give much thought to the picture of him "working" on his trains. That is very obviously a staged photograph. I would love to see a layout or workshop. . I went to Itunes and downloaded a handful of the most popular Korla Pandit songs. . I must say, I just do not get it... and my musical interests are more varied than Sheldon's. . He just sounds like a competent organ player. . Maybe it is because of the decades of time that has passed. Maybe it would be more meaningful in his time. . Kind of like the first season of The Simpsons. It was earth-shattering back in its day, but it is nearly wholesome by today's standards. . -Kevin
He did have a train layout but I can't find pix. Korla Pandit was an importan early figure in the exotica genre, along with Les Baxter, Martin Denny, and Arthur Lyman. LA-area housewives would swoon to his TV show, as he kept a steady gaze right at the camera.
He was also an interesting figure in that he was an African-American pretending to be Indian. This was not discovered until after he died.
Back to our discussion of model railroads.