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On this week's all-new Retro Cocktail Hour you'll hear the new exotic sounds of the Quiet Villagers, the Tikiyaki Orchestra and Skip Heller's Voodoo 5. Also, Dick Schory's Percussion Pops plays Duke Ellington!

On the Retro Cocktail Hour this week, we'll hear Esquivel and his Orchestra from his first American album; Les Baxter visits the bazaar in Cairo; and Jack Burger is the END on bongos. Also, new tunes by guitarist Dave Stryker, vibraphonist Mattias Uneback and the Waitiki 7.

You'll hear tiki tunes by Skip Heller's Voodoo 5, Bo Axelzon's Exotic Orchestra, Arthur Lyman and Mark Riddle on this week's Retro Cocktail Hour. Also, the blazing Latin brass of Nick Perito and pianist Marion Miller performs at the Mainlander in St. Louis.

On this week's Retro Cocktail Hour, the Harmonie Ensemble performs music from TV's Peter Gunn. Also, exotica by Martin Denny, Johnny Coco and Ixtahuele. And we'll take a Jungle Elephant Ride with the Schnauzer Radio Orchestra!

"Presentation is everything," says David George Gordon. In his revised Eat-A-Bug cookbook, the author offers recipes designed to please the palate and tempt the eyes. Insect "food porn" has arrived.

Lawmakers still need to eliminate a deficit approaching $900 million.

Over the years, many film composers have re-purposed their movie work into music for the concert hall. On this Film Music Friday, we'll hear examples of how film scores are performed by symphony orchestras, with music from Star Wars, Things to Come, Scott of the Antarctic, Psycho and more.

Over the years, many film composers have arranged their movie compositions into concert suites to be performed by symphony orchestras. This week's Film Musi Friday will take you on a survey of film music as concert music, including themes from Scott of the Antarctic, Dangerous Moonlight, Star Wars, Close Encounters, Ronin and more.

The annual Holiday Vespers at the University of Kansas features the KU choirs and orchestra in concert at the Lied Center.

The Motion Picture Academy hopes that more popular films, an earlier showtime, and increased diversity among nominees will lead to higher viewership.