Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Death in Eden by Habu Eden Ahbez. One of the genuinely strange characters of pre-rock American popular music, Eden Ahbez's main claim to fame was as the composer of "Nature Boy." The melodically and lyrically beguiling song was a huge… Read Full Biography. Overview ↓ Biography ↓ Discography ↓ Songs ↓ Credits ↓ Related ↓ facebook twitter tumblr. Artist Biography by Richie Unterberger. One of the genuinely strange characters of pre-rock American popular music, Eden Ahbez's main claim to fame was as the composer of "Nature Boy." The melodically and lyrically beguiling song was a huge pop hit for Nat King Cole; it would be covered by many other reputable performers, including Frank Sinatra, John Coltrane, Sarah Vaughan, and the Great Society (Grace Slick's pre-Jefferson Airplane band). But Ahbez's modern stature rests on a 1960 album that mixed exotica album and beatnik poetry. It rates as one of the goofiest efforts in the goofy exotica genre -- and brother, that's saying something, given the stiff competition. Ahbez boasted a resumé as colorful and mysterious as his music. Born Alexander Aberle in Brooklyn in the early 20th century, he changed his name in the 1940s shortly after moving to (where else?) California. A hippie a good 20 years before his time, he cultivated a Christ-like appearance with his shoulder-length hair and beard. He claimed to live on three dollars a week, sleeping outdoors with his family, eating vegetables, fruits, and nuts. Ahbez's big success was getting Nat King Cole to record "Nature Boy," after diligently pestering some of Cole's associates at the Million Dollar Theater in Los Angeles, where Cole was performing. Some of the luster was taken off that triumph when a publishing company claimed that Ahbez had taken some of the lyrics from "Nature Boy" from one of their copyrights, the Yiddish song "Schweig Mein Hertz" (the parties reached an out- of-court settlement). Ahbez did manage to place another tune with Cole, "Land of Love (Come My Love and Live With Me)." In the mid-'50s, he did some recording with jazz musician Herb Jeffries; he also did some occasional composing and singing, sometimes for rock & roll novelty records. His most comprehensive statement as a recording artist, however, was the 1960 LP Eden's Island, which wedded Martin Denny-style exotica to Ahbez's near-stereotypical beatnik poetry. Nat King Cole, for one, claimed that Ahbez's hippie-mystical image was no act. That doesn't mean that his desert-island paradise trip doesn't sound darned silly today. It was ripe for revival by space age pop aficionados in the 1990s, however, and reissued on CD in 1995. Ahbez was photographed with Brian Wilson in the studio in 1966, lending further credence to the theory that the head Beach Boy was influenced by exotica during the Pet Sounds and Smile sessions. Ahbez died in 1995 after an auto accident. Death in Eden by Habu. BarbarianSpy for literary heat. If you buy from Amazon, after following a link from this site, we may earn a very small commission. Gay Erotica JUST OUT. The Clint Folsom erotic gay murder mystery series. Habu reports that he enjoyed writing this series. His premise was a no-holds-barred treatment of an unabashedly promiscuous, laid-back, �good-guy� homicide cop with movie-star looks . (Clint's) love of being �topped� is so ingrained within his being that each sex act is with an abandon and longing that makes men �feel like kings�. If you weren�t a �sub� before, you would wish to be one by the end of the book. Once I finished reading it, I rushed to buy the rest of the Clint Folsom series. Hot Stuff! From a review by Kpasa. And Spoil the Child. Death in Key West. Bite of the Schlange. Dance of The Ravishers. Blue Roses Tattoo. Across The Threshold* Dark Angel Sounding. Death on the Rhine * Cruising through History* My Neighbors Hot Tub. Second Coming: Emile LaCour Unleashed* Barbarian Tales Books 1,2 & 3. Webmaster: enquiries AT barbarianspy DOT com. We support copyright law and all book covers, stories, and images on this site are copyright of the photographer/cover designer, BarbarianSpy authors, or Ynal. Copyright � 2007 - 2019 BarbarianSpy Last modified: October 23, 2020. Death in Eden by Habu. Aphlar by Aphlar. Inspiring dark folk / neo-folk with an ancient flavour and a darkwave touch. Fine and solid. Kazeria. Tenebris Saltum Vermis by Alghul. Cool atmospheric black metal with some doom influences from Buenos Aires. Dark and occult mood. And a good mate of Kazeria. Kazeria. If you like Kazeria, you may also like: 10 Years of Darkness / Neoclassical & Martial Music by Kraschau,Antíco,Durch Heer Und Kraft. supported by 4 fans who also own “Death of Eden” Ghost / Lifelines by Staring Problem. Dreamy gothgaze with necessary tension, energy, rhythm & hooks. All proceeds benefit Oakland fire relief efforts til 12/13. Bandcamp New & Notable Dec 7, 2016. Sings Love Songs EP by apartments. featured on Bandcamp Radio Mar 10, 2015. Operazione Piovra: The Lead Chronicles by Mortar Devotions. A tense collection of cinematic industrial music themed around dark episodes in Italian history. Bandcamp Album of the Day Mar 10, 2020. Bandcamp Daily your guide to the world of Bandcamp. Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus on the Value of Mystery and Sacredness. Peering Into the Shadows of the Projekt Records Catalog. Lifetime Achievement: A Guide to Blackhouse’s Enigmatic Industrial Discography. Which of your stories would make a great movie? Who�d play the lead roles? Um. Actually I think Journey�s Begin, as its a good story even if you cut the sex back, and of course I�d have Eric Bana, the Australian, play one of the young men, and maybe Brad Pitt play the other, but he might be too old now. And two real old men play the two old men. Can�t think of names. Hum, Harrison Ford, or is he too young? And Clint Eastwood for the one with Alzheimers? Somehow I don�t see it. When you start writing, do you already have the story plotted out or do you let the characters dictate what will happen? I have an idea at the start but it grows as it goes along. If I am into it its easy and good, if not its hard and not that good. Do you draw inspiration for your characters from real life? Sometimes. Often not consciously. And I do write some stories with habu in mind as a character or the inspiration for a character. What story haven�t you written yet but would like to? Is there anything holding you back from writing it? I still haven�t written the great erotic novel. What�s holding me back is lack of ability and dedication. Seriously? Well The next book is what I�d like to be further along with and what is holding me back are other commitments and not being able to get the story into focus clearly. Do you have a system for writing? Do you track word count or write a certain number of hours per day? Do you use music and playlists for inspiration? I�m afraid I have no system to my writing. When I am writing I write till I stop, which may be because I have to go somewhere or because I have run out of energy and inspiration for writing. I rarely listen to anything but ABC (our national broadcaster) Classic FM radio in the house and keep it low usually and at times turn it off, as I like silence. But I also get lots of bird noise from outside and dogs etc from my own yard. When did you start writing? Did you always know you wanted to be �a writer�? In High School. I always wanted to write but it didn�t just �come�. What is your favorite gay book that you didn�t write? If its not habu�s? I used to read a lot of gay fiction, but read almost none now. I recommend Allan Hollinghurst's, The Folding Star, which I still much prefer to his big Mann Booker prize winner. And I like the Australian author/comedian Phillip Scott�s gay detective books. Name one thing that your readers would be surprised to know about you. Um. I won�t shatter any illusions. But I did once hold a just poured and cooled 10kg (25lb) pure gold ingot in my hands in the gold room of a major Australian gold mine in the desert of central Australia. Do you have a guilty pleasure? What is your favorite word/phrase for the male or female genitalia? What is your least favorite word/phrase? Cock and balls, I like the directness. I loathe poop shute. What is your favorite curse word? Um, I have to choose one? Um. Bastard. But I probably say �shit� more. I swear badly nowadays. I never swore at all till I got right into writing erotica. Yes, it has corrupted me. Verbally at least. What are you currently working on? Road to Persepolis. Yes, the Great Barbarian is on the move. Where can readers find you? www.barbarianspy.com I share this with habu and Shabbu, as well as the artist Ynal. So come visit us if you are over 18 or whatever, we have some great illustrated stories there. Any other tidbits you would like to share? Um. Weight training is great exercise for everyone. And Muscle and Fitness is a great magazine, and I do not have any financial interest in making this statement. Visit a natural bodybuilding competition near you to see amazing bodies. Webmaster: enquiries AT barbarianspy DOT com. We support copyright law and all book covers, stories, and images on this site are copyright of the photographer/cover designer, BarbarianSpy authors, or Ynal. Copyright � 2007 - 2019 BarbarianSpy Last modified: October 23, 2020. Rakuten Kobo. Not in United States ? Choose your country's store to see books available for purchase. See if you have enough points for this item. Sign in. Synopsis. In this first volume of the Clint Folsom Mysteries Compendium, which includes a previously unpublished Clint Folsom adventure, Death in Manhattan, the initial development of the promiscuous NYPD homicide detective into a life as a satyriasis and adventure-ridden police investigator is traced chronologically. This four-book set takes Clint from his upbringing in the Hollywood home of movie stars and the influences of hedonism and sexual want and preference for men through his training for a career in law enforcement, beyond the tragic loss of his first serious lover, and to his steeling as a detective in a special NYPD homicide squad. The first segment in this compendium, Death to Innocence, a precursor to the Clint Folsom mystery series. illuminates the elements of the slow, but relentless, death of young Folsom’s adolescent innocence under highly unusual circumstances in narcissistic and hedonist Hollywood. The previously unpublished Death in Manhattan traces the path of Clint’s first attempt at a fully committed relationship. And memories of his relationship with Brad feature prominently in all of the following books. Death on the Rhine has Clint Folsom taking leave from his job in an investigation of an international crime syndicate and pursuing a killer to a Rhine River gay male-oriented cruise ship, the MS River God. In the fourth murder mystery, Death in Eden, Folsom finds himself summoned to a wealthy hunt country suburb of Washington, D.C., to whitewash the murder of a former Mafia sex-torture assassin. The Clint Folsom Mysteries will continue and conclude with the forthcoming second compendium volume. This volume, which will extend Folsom’s adventures to Key West, Florida; the Rocky Mountains; and even back to his roots in Hollywood, also includes—and concludes with— a previously unpublished book, Death to the Past.