Space Age Bachelor Pad Music

Stopped by the library on Friday afternoon to grab some books, dvds, and cds for the trip "up north" - - or out northwest to be exact. I found this one, and snatched if off the shelf - based on the title alone, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music - by Esquivel. Very cool - as S commented, it sounds a lot like the background music used in the sit-coms of our youth - a sort of Bewitched meets Addams Family thing.

This Esquivel guy knew how to live:

Confined to a wheelchair in the last years of his life and weakened by heavy hardcore partying during his time in Hollywood, Esquivel was still strong enough to marry what he claimed was his sixth wife in May, 2001. He died from the effects of a stroke on 3 January 2002. It's fitting that he lived to see the new century in, since his music was often well ahead of its time:

Perhaps the fact is that my music was too much for the time. The audience wasn't ready for that type of music. Now they are used to the sounds and the technology. I'm glad the young artists are trying to follow my style of writing. I love that.