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Favoriting August 22, 2016: If You Dawdle

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Comments New Approx. start time
Alice Coltrane  Huntington Ashram Monastery   Favoriting Huntington Ashram Monastery  Impulse!/Universal  2011  CD  From 1969    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Brother Ah and the Sounds of Awareness  Motherless Child   Favoriting Key to Nowhere  Manufactured Recordings  2016  CD  From 1983  *   0:07:40 (Pop-up)
Vieux Kanté  Sans Commentaire   Favoriting The Young Man's Harp  Sterns Music  2016  CD  circa 2005  *   0:16:19 (Pop-up)
Joe Chambers  The Alomoravid   Favoriting Celestial Blues: Cosmic Political and Spiritual Jazz 1970 to 1974  BGP / Ace  2016  CD  From 1974  *   0:23:17 (Pop-up)
Balafón Marimba Ensemble  I Already Have a Husband   Favoriting Balafón Marimba Ensemble  Shanachie  1990  CD      0:31:11 (Pop-up)
Dave Pike and His Orchestra  Baby   Favoriting Manhattan Latin  Decca/Verve/Universal  2004  CD  From 1964    0:35:28 (Pop-up)
 
The Prophet Hens  I Might Not Be Right   Favoriting The Wonderful Shapes of Back Door Keys  Fishrider  2016  CD    *   0:46:51 (Pop-up)
The Brotherhood of Lizards  Market Day   Favoriting Lizardland:The Complete Works  Captured Tracks  2016  CD  From 1988  *   0:49:38 (Pop-up)
The Smoking Trees  Always the Sun   Favoriting The Archer and the Bull  Burger  2016  CD    *   0:52:58 (Pop-up)
Kensington Market  Speaking of Dreams   Favoriting Avenue Road  Warner Bros.-Seven Arts  1968  LP      0:54:37 (Pop-up)
The Association  Darling Be Home Soon   Favoriting Waterbeds in Trinidad!  Columbia  1972  LP      0:57:29 (Pop-up)
Sandie Shaw  Coconut Grove   Favoriting Fems of the Fun 'n' Tuneful: Nazario Scenario's 2016 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2016  CD-R  From 1969  *   1:00:47 (Pop-up)
Mistress Mary  Praise Me a Little Bit   Favoriting Housewife  Companion  2016  LP  From 1969  *   1:03:25 (Pop-up)
John Prine  It's a Big Old Goofy World   Favoriting Great Days: The John Prine Anthology  Rhino  1993  CD  live in 1991 or so    1:06:19 (Pop-up)
Dick Feller  Just Short of the Line   Favoriting Dick Feller Wrote...  United Artists  1974  LP      1:11:23 (Pop-up)
John Anderson  July 12th, 1939   Favoriting 2  Warner Bros.  1981  LP      1:15:18 (Pop-up)
Bobbie Gentry  Chickasaw County Child   Favoriting Ode to Billie Joe  Capitol  1967  LP      1:18:48 (Pop-up)
Jean Shepard  Forgive Me, John   Favoriting Dern Ya! Honky Tonk Radio Girl 2016 Marathon Premium  WFMU  2016  CD-R  recitation by Ferlin Husky; 1953  *   1:22:08 (Pop-up)
Dale Watson and His Lonestars  Oh No, Saddest Day in My Life / Tienes Cabeza de Palo   Favoriting Live at the Big T Roadhouse  Red House  2016  CD    *   1:24:01 (Pop-up)
 
 
Single File: a bunch of 45s played in a row
Freddy Weller  Up on Cripple Creek   Favoriting single  Columbia  1970  45      1:38:08 (Pop-up)
Dick Hyman and "The Group"  Respect   Favoriting single  Command  1968  45      1:39:38 (Pop-up)
Ike & Tina Turner  A Fool in Love   Favoriting single  Sue  1960  45      1:42:45 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Lewis  It Ain't What's on the Woman   Favoriting single  Hotlanta  1974  45      1:45:18 (Pop-up)
Daddy Licks  She Said No   Favoriting single  Emotional  1980  45      1:48:44 (Pop-up)
Bruce Springsteen  Held Up Without a Gun   Favoriting single  Columbia  1980  45      1:51:58 (Pop-up)
The Brides of Funkenstein  Disco to Go   Favoriting single  Atlantic  1978  45      1:53:14 (Pop-up)
Shake Shake!  Shake Shake!   Favoriting single  The Compact Organization  1981  45      1:57:18 (Pop-up)
Supertramp  Goodbye Stranger   Favoriting single  A&M  1979  45      2:00:06 (Pop-up)
 
Gospel Ambassadors  What Kind of Man Is This   Favoriting Greg Belson's Divine Disco: American Gospel Disco 1974 to 1985  Cultures of Soul  2016  CD  From 1980  *   2:18:05 (Pop-up)
Roberta Kelly  Oh Happy Day   Favoriting Gettin' the Spirit  Casablanca  1978  LP      2:20:20 (Pop-up)
The Violinaires  Groovin' with Jesus   Favoriting Giving God the One: Gospel Funk - Sinner's Crossroads 2006 WFMU Marathon Premium  WFMU  2006  CD-R  From 1971    2:26:11 (Pop-up)
Trevor Dandy  Is There Any Love   Favoriting Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal  The Numero Group  2006  LP  From 1970    2:32:21 (Pop-up)
Al Green  Jesus Is Waiting   Favoriting   No Label  1974  MP3  live on "Soul Train"    2:36:45 (Pop-up)
Edwin Hawkins Singers  Trouble the World Is In   Favoriting Children (Get Together)  Buddah  1971  LP      2:43:38 (Pop-up)
The Relatives  Rap On   Favoriting   No Label  2013  MP3  live at the Bell House, Brooklyn; WFMU benefit, 1/13/13    2:48:31 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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Cheri Pi:

Radio!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Happy happy!
  9:03am
fxo:

Alice!
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annie:

good morning!!!
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V Priceless:

hey! mornin' Joe & team!
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pantz:

Octane, Nitrane, Coltrane! Good morning.
Avatar 9:10am
Joe McG:

Happy Monday, everybody! Here we are sharing the radio.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:10am
Sem Chumbo:

Celtic harp in the offing, I'm guessing. Hiya, Joe, and clan McGasko.
  9:22am
Brendan:

I'm guessing no hyenas were harmed in the making of that song
Avatar 9:23am
Joe McG:

@Brendan: Only three.
  9:24am
Brendan:

I hope they get nice royalty checks they really made the song come alive
Avatar 9:24am
βrian:

Cool weather Monday! (At last.)
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:24am
pantz:

Cosmic Political Jazz is the only jazz worthwhile.
Avatar 9:28am
bobdoesthings:

good morning all.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:34am
doctorjazz:

I love this Marimba ensemble!
Avatar 9:35am
KP:

No parking, just listening
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:35am
Rob W:

Great segue from the track by (the late) Vieux Kanté to Joe Chambers - didn't expect the jazz / improv feel of Vieux's track, intrigued, will explore further... Of course I like the segue back out to that sweet old Balafon Marimba Ensemble album too!
Avatar 9:37am
Joe McG:

Hey Rob! Thanks for tuning in!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:38am
Rob W:

Sure thing. Great segue to Dave Pike too - you're on a roll! Well now, that shouldn't be a surprise, should it? I have to go but enjoy the show everyone, it's always great starting off the work week with Surface Noise... the noise that lessens the pain...
Avatar 9:45am
βrian:

Muy rhymey, that.
Avatar 9:47am
Joe McG:

Many thanks, Rob, I'll have to put that on my business card! Or T-shirt.
  9:49am
Brendan:

@Joe, I was enjoying that Dave Pike album cover too. He is on some really amazing jazz compilation album covers from the Italian label Rare Groove. Check out the um... artwork: https://www.discogs.com/Various-From-Latin-To-Jazz-Dance-Vol-1/release/1286694
Avatar 9:52am
Joe McG:

@Brendan: Nice! Dave is cool.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:52am
Brian in UK:

Hey Joe, boy is it a Monday.
Avatar 9:54am
Marc Francis:

Hello, Joe.
Avatar 9:56am
annie:

i AM listening, just got some work in on another tab.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 9:59am
doctorjazz:

Along Comes The Association...I think that was the 1st LP I ever bought.
Avatar 9:59am
V Priceless:

Yay Association!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03am
Parq:

Wow, the Assoc. did Darlin' Be? And loving this Sandi Shaw. Just got my swag, and Amanda's disc is part of it!
  10:03am
whattawino:

I was secretly hoping you'd play this Sandie Shaw next! Yikes and Thanks, Joe.
Avatar 10:04am
KP:

Nice cover by the Association. Almost makes me want to admit that they were the stars of the first concert i attended
Avatar 10:04am
Joe McG:

Welcome to the show, all!
Avatar 10:07am
βrian:

I think I'm going to drown.
Avatar 10:08am
annie:

i never tire of mr prine's voice
  10:09am
SeanG:

is this the song with the rhyme: therapy groups/hula hoops? hola joe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09am
Parq:

What Annie said.
Avatar 10:09am
steve:

what a charming man!
Avatar 10:10am
Joe McG:

@SeanG: No, I think that's "The Sins of Memphisto."
Avatar 10:11am
βrian:

Oh, here I was thinking of the Happy Enchilada song.
  10:12am
Brendan:

Similies in music can really rock. Rock you like a hurricane. ( here i am)
Avatar 10:13am
βrian:

"Like your back ain't got no bone ..."
  10:14am
SeanG:

right!
Avatar 10:15am
annie:

'Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings", one of my favorite John Prine albums
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doctorjazz:

Great album
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, all!
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Brian in UK:

Joe you cannot let her go.
Avatar 10:20am
βrian:

I am not getting it. Did the lyrics just run out?
Avatar 10:20am
annie:

hey joe, do you think you might be able to fit in "louisiana" somewhere? hopefully randy newman?
Avatar 10:21am
Joe McG:

@Brian: Life is a hard lesson! @Brian: I can't! @Annie: Maybe, lemme see!
  10:22am
Brendan:

Id walk a mile down a Mississippi gravel road on a real hot day to go see Bobbie
Avatar 10:22am
annie:

thanks.
this is a damn fine set of music.
Avatar 10:23am
Joe McG:

@Brendan: Oh, you said it.
Avatar 10:27am
βrian:

That's the Lonestar talking, Dale.
Avatar 10:29am
βrian:

Is that the equivalent of hangover?
Avatar 10:30am
Roberto:

You have a stick head?
Avatar 10:30am
βrian:

In French, "gueule de bois." -> "Face of wood" means hangover.
Avatar 10:31am
annie:

i had some friends who lived in pittsburg; they had albums of a band called Iron City Houserockers. i loved that high-energy stuff.
  10:33am
melinda:

Great Days is a good anthology
  10:35am
Brendan:

Have amused her immediate fam... Ha
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:35am
Goatpuncher:

Mountain Stage is from WV, and it's often pretty lame. Not as bad as Prairie Home Condescension though. It's still around, I think.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:36am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Yes, Mountain Stage is still going as an NPR production. www.mountainstage.org...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:37am
pantz:

E-Town is in CO. Boulder, to be exact.
Avatar 10:37am
KP:

There's a Gene Clark live at Mountain Stage CD that is outstanding.
Avatar 10:38am
βrian:

That bugger's got twang.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:39am
doctorjazz:

Not The Band, but a pretty cool cover.
  10:39am
Brendan:

Not to be outdone is the Wheeling Jamboree (since 1933)
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Brian in UK:

Just a bit too jaunty. Remember Jim Capaldi singing 'Love Hurts' like it did not.
Avatar 10:48am
annie:

i lve this swaying waltzy theme.. that piano.. you can barely hear it.. but wow.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48am
coelacanth:

good morning Joe and others
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annie:

[lerve]
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:53am
Greg from ZONE 5:

BRUUUUUUCE!!!
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doctorjazz:

BRUUUUCE! Don't hear him much on FMU!
Avatar 10:54am
Joe McG:

Can't wait to see him this week!
Avatar 10:56am
βrian:

I do not recall this on the airwaves in 1978. Damn.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 10:57am
doctorjazz:

I'm Jealous!
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annie:

i had found HFS by then, so commercial radio was alien to me
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annie:

oops, i was wrong. that was my NPR-addiction stage
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pantz:

This one has a definite B-52's Sparks! influence.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

The 'Tramp!
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Tim 07030:

Good morning, Joe! Supertramp, first concert I ever saw, and it was this tour!
  11:03am
kimzilla:

thanks a bunch for making me not look for jobs and instead dance around my kitchen.
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Joe McG:

Kimzilla! Having a job is overrated. :)
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Goatpuncher:

Wow, I'm not sure if I've heard this slab of corn since the early 80s. It's hilarious.
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herb.nyc:

hi, just tuned in - my college roomie intro'd me to SUPERTRAMP's "breakfast in america". we played it to death.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Gosh, that's some military-grade surface noise right there.
  11:07am
Brendan:

Authentic surface noise ask for it by name
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Parq:

When that groove runs out, it stays run out.
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βrian:

Shoulda gone with Sheik Shake.
  11:09am
Brendan:

Theres a fine line between a groove and a rut
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KP:

Bring a calendar
  11:11am
stucco toast:

always thought there was there some secret marijuana reference (mary,jane) but i was high school and sometimes high when this came out and got lots of airplay
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:13am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Some people don't understand how quotes work. My laundromat has a sign that says "Please don't put "shoes" in the dryer".
  11:15am
Brendan:

I like it when you read us lyrics, Joe. Especially the time you did Doo Doo Cars by the Orthotonics which made no sense but sounded cool
  11:16am
stucco toast:

I make all visitors remove their quotes when they come in. House rules.
I have a quote rack though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:18am
Greg from ZONE 5:

Burlington Quote Factory
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βrian:

Quid pro quote.
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Joe McG:

I like "air" quotes.
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annie:

Greg, there's a whole website named "apostrophe abuse"
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βrian:

Some mornings, I have hair quotes.
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Greg from ZONE 5:

@annie: On my way!
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βrian:

There are so many bad, bad versions of "Oh Happy Day." This is not once of them!
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Joe McG:

@Brian: It's a killer! Pardon the expression, Jesus.
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βrian:

"Who wants to be a violinaire?"
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Jesus:

It's all good. I can understand a simile when I see one.
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Joe McG:

Thank ya, Jesus!
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Jesus:

Can I get an "amen?"
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Joe McG:

A-MEN!
  11:30am
Brendan:

Not an English major. When I get grammatically confused I reference Strunk and White's Elements of Style. That and Zappa's The Apostrophe.
Avatar 11:31am
annie:

the whole punctuation thing is going crazy out there in journalism-land.
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Todd-o-phonic:

I'm groovin' with Joe!
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annie:

the newest thing is using a colon to introduce a quote
Avatar 11:33am
Joe McG:

@Todd: Well, I'm not Jesus, but I'll do. Hey, Todd!
  11:35am
stucco toast:

I'd like to introduce Octothorpe, who will be introducing colon, who is going to introduce our next quote.
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Carmichael:

Heya Joe and Gaskonians. Back from a wild weekend in Reno.
  11:37am
stucco toast:

Disclaimer: I teach night classes in Emoji
(for Seniors; Pronunciation; and As A Second Language)
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Brian in UK:

S'pose there is no Rev. Charlie Jackson on the horizon.
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Brian in UK:

Carmichael, belated birthday greetings for last Friday.
  11:39am
Brendan:

Peas be with you . And carrots.
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βrian:

I spell out my emoji, to save embarrassment. Colon-D!
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Carmichael:

Why thanks, Brian!
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annie:

i came up on the tail end of a couple of gospel buskers at the earth fare on saturday. holy shit it blew me away.
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Brian in UK:

Carmichael, what is the tattoo like?
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Carmichael:

Great name for a band, Annie!
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Joe McG:

Happy belated, Carm!
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Carmichael:

Thanks, Joe! And good talking to you last week, seemed to all work out.
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Carmichael:

@Brian: He he, one's plenty.
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βrian:

Don't be an earth fare jumper, folks.
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Parq:

This Green is a stunner.
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βrian:

Damn, the Rev is giving me an appetite.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:45am
Brian in UK:

@βrian no surprise there!! Tee Hee.
  11:46am
Brendan:

Anybody ever hear that praise break slide guitar stuff. Its some crazy good stuff with the whole congregation shakin it:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l6Kn8cBMCw8
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βrian:

I want to join an all-atheist gospel choir. We shall sing it!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:50am
Brian in UK:

@Brendan see you and raise you
www.youtube.com...
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βrian:

@BUK: Do you put up tomatoes per chance? (Heat processing and such.)
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annie:

joe, this is killin'!!
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Joe McG:

@annie: Ain't the Lord all right?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:52am
Parq:

Again, what Annie said. Wasn't that Bell House show freakin' something?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:52am
Brian in UK:

@βrian never last that long.
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βrian:

Which prompts the question: Can it kill without the Lord's Love?
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βrian:

@BUK: We have to go to farm for enough quantity. About 350 pounds. Anyway, half-gallon jars are what we use.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:55am
Brian in UK:

@βrian is it like pick your own.
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Carmichael:

@Brians: Come to Sacramento. You will be sickened by the plethora of tomatoes in no time.
  11:55am
stucco toast:

psee you and praise you
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annie:

this is the kind of passion i think of when i want to hear gospel music, and the old-time country stuff is good, too
Avatar 11:56am
Joe McG:

Well, now that I've got some religion, I have got to go. Thanks for listening and commenting, everyone! Have a blessed week.
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Brian in UK:

Amen Rev. McGasko.
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Parq:

Bye, Joe. Have fun at the Boss.
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βrian:

Yep, pick-your-own. The rains have wreaked havoc this year. Lots of rot.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 11:57am
Brian in UK:

It's all relative.
  11:58am
Brendan:

@Brian in the UK ,alright- good stuff! A phenomenal slide player I was thinking of was Aubrey Ghent. He gets everyone whipped up into a frenzy .
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βrian:

Thanks for the Agnostic Gospel, Joe!
  12:00pm
Brendan:

@thanks Joe
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Jesus:

Praise be.
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