WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from April 22, 2021

Listener comments!
	♥ 3:01pm Little Danny: Looking forward to this, Larry! Huge fan of Plasticland.
	3:02pm northguineahills: Larry!
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: NGH! Danny!
	3:03pm northguineahills: Should look up if Richie Hawton (Platicman), ever remixed Platicland.
	3:04pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Good afternoon fam... 36 boxes of albums later, give or take... next it's the CDs.
	♥ 3:04pm Funky16Corners: I don't think they ever intersected with dance music
	♥ 3:04pm Funky16Corners: Hey Vincent!
	3:04pm lis-boner pasc: Woah! Strong start! Howdy all :-)
	♥ 3:05pm Yvang: Thanks for recycling (and spinning) Plasticland, Larry!
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: Hey pasc! Yvang!
	♥ 3:06pm Funky16Corners: One of my all time favorite bands!
	♥ 3:09pm Brian in UK: Hello Larry.
	3:09pm Erica: Hi Testifies. Never heard of Plasticland before.
	♥ 3:09pm Funky16Corners: Brian!
	♥ 3:10pm Funky16Corners: Hi Erica! You're in for a treat!
	♥ 3:10pm Little Danny: I don't want to jump the gun with my Plasticland enthusiasm but, Larry, did you know Glenn Rehse popped on an episode of Antiques Roadshow?
	♥ 3:10pm Candy-O'67: Hey, Larry and Testifiers!
	♥ 3:10pm Funky16Corners: Yes! With a paper dress!
	♥ 3:10pm Rick from SC: Hi Larry and all the good people out there
	3:10pm Vincent The Soul Chef: @Erica me either... I'm already on the hunt for LPs, as long as they're not too pricey
	♥ 3:10pm Funky16Corners: Candy-O!
	♥ 3:10pm holland oats: hullo testes!
	♥ 3:11pm Candy-O'67: Plasticland is new to me! Sounding cool so far!
	♥ 3:11pm Funky16Corners: holland oates!
	♥ 3:11pm Funky16Corners: Hey Rick!
	♥ 3:11pm Little Danny: Yep! And "paper dress" is such a potential Plasticland lyrical theme.
	♥ 3:12pm Candy-O'67: So, I guess they were resurging psychedelic in the '80's?
	♥ 3:12pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - Have you seen the interview they did for their Hall of Fame induction in Wisconsin?
	♥ 3:12pm Candy-O'67: Groovy outfits!!
	♥ 3:12pm Funky16Corners: @Candy-O - They did it better than anyone else!
	♥ 3:12pm Candy-O'67: Hey, Little Danny!
	♥ 3:13pm Little Danny: No, I definitely need to look that up.
	♥ 3:13pm Candy-O'67: Awesome, Larry! Happy to be turned on to them!
	♥ 3:13pm Little Danny: Hey hey Candy.
	♥ 3:14pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - They look like hell, but Rehse is forthcoming with the stories and they lay some cool live clips
	♥ 3:15pm Little Danny: I found the clip, Larry, thanks.
	♥ 3:15pm Funky16Corners: Apparently Frankovic has had some health issues, and they both have to be well into their 60s
	3:16pm Erica: Forgot to say Happy Earth Day. 🌎
	♥ 3:17pm Little Danny: Just hearing all these tracks reminds me of how, again, Plasticland's music has stood up much better than most neo-'60s groups of the '80s (and '90s and 2000s...) Such a different and clear, if not queer, sensibility.
	3:19pm northguineahills: The record store guy when I was in HS, did a revival psyche band in the 90s (Common Thread). Introduced me to psyche music.
	♥ 3:23pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - I have read things that suggest that there was indeed a queer aspect to their material, covering themes of transvestism especially.
	♥ 3:24pm Funky16Corners: And, yes, their music holds up in a way the sounds of many of their contemporaries does not.
	♥ 3:24pm Candy-O'67: This is way cool!
	♥ 3:24pm Funky16Corners: BTW, if you haven't heard the original of this song, it is a faithful adaptation
	♥ 3:25pm Candy-O'67: So, you said this is their first album, self-titled?
	♥ 3:26pm Candy-O'67: Or Vibrasonics? I looked at the date now.
	♥ 3:26pm Funky16Corners: Yes. Vibrasonics was an early EP
	♥ 3:26pm Candy-O'67: Oh, yes, I see that now
	♥ 3:26pm Funky16Corners: Here's the album: www.discogs.com...
	♥ 3:26pm Candy-O'67: So, both would be good to get?
	♥ 3:27pm Candy-O'67: Thanks!
	♥ 3:27pm Funky16Corners: EVERYTHING!
	♥ 3:27pm Candy-O'67: LOL
	3:27pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Reasonably priced too... that's what we like to see :)
	♥ 3:27pm Candy-O'67: Yes, Vincent the Soul Chef
	♥ 3:27pm Funky16Corners: Oh man, this makes me want DRUGS. ALL THE DRUGS!
	♥ 3:28pm Funky16Corners: There's also a great, inexpensive Rykodisc comp of their stuff
	♥ 3:28pm Little Danny: This was serious drug music for me too.
	♥ 3:29pm Funky16Corners: You let it into your head through your ears and the magic begins!
	♥ 3:34pm Funky16Corners: I always pictured these guys living communally in an old Victorian house filled with memorabilia and rare records.
	♥ 3:37pm Little Danny: And various printed florals.
	♥ 3:38pm Funky16Corners: Yes, lots of velvet drapes and scarves everywhere.
	♥ 3:39pm Little Danny: Haha, this is one of my favorites of the completely over-the-top Plasticland song titles.
	3:41pm Erica: Are they purple drapes Larry? Ned Flanders would go crazy for them.
	♥ 3:41pm Funky16Corners: Wait'll we get to Salon!
	♥ 3:41pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - I'm pretty sure these guys would scare the crap out of Ned Flanders
	♥ 3:43pm Little Danny: "Flower Scene" is a personal Plasticland fave. Such hooks!
	♥ 3:43pm Funky16Corners: Written about this magazine: lysergia_2.tripod.com...
	♥ 3:44pm Little Danny: Whoa, didn't know that backstory.
	♥ 3:44pm Funky16Corners: I remember reading the story in a zine back in the day.
	3:45pm Erica: I'm sure they would Larry. But then again Flanders was a big Beatles fan.
	♥ 3:47pm Funky16Corners: You never know. Ned might have missed all the obvious warning signals and thought they were in the circus or something
	3:47pm northguineahills: I can hear how Platicland is sort of the VU for Britpop in the 90s(despite being American)
	♥ 3:48pm Funky16Corners: It blows my mind how obscure they are. You can tell how much by how cheap most of their records are. All released on indie labels, some very small, yet still easy to get.
	♥ 3:49pm Funky16Corners: They ought to have a cult of their own
	♥ 3:49pm Little Danny: Totally agree.
	♥ 3:50pm Funky16Corners: They clearly spent a lot of time and money in the studio. These records all sound great.
	3:50pm Erica: Only if they're for Satan Larry.
	3:55pm northguineahills: I agree Erica, sick of the cult of Yahweh/Elohim (the original entymology of of the latter, not the current Hebrew meaning).
	3:57pm Erica: I was referring to something else ngh but okay.
	3:58pm northguineahills: (been watching a lot of Israeli cinema lately, don't ask, also a lot of Finnish. I discover cinema the same as music or anything, jump into anything I know nothing about).
	♥ 3:59pm Funky16Corners: That's the way to go. Follow your curiosity!
	♥ 4:05pm Brian in UK: Elastic?
	4:06pm Creature Boy: Sir or Madame ?
	♥ 4:07pm Brian in UK: Bodacious?
	4:08pm Creature Boy: Coffee, tea or me?
	♥ 4:09pm Funky16Corners: Hello Creature Boy!
	4:10pm Creature Boy: HellO 👋
	♥ 4:10pm Little Danny: Very cool that you have this flexi, Larry. I know these tracks only through the "Mink Dress And Other Cats" collection that came out on Timothy's Brain.
	4:11pm northguineahills: wows, it's been 5 years since we lost the purple one!
	♥ 4:11pm Funky16Corners: It's not in the best shape, but it plays...
	♥ 4:11pm WR: hi Larry and all, listened for a bit during lunch break. interesting band. new to me. well. back to work. laters.
	♥ 4:12pm Mike Sin: Glad to finally drop in here after endless work meetings. Really do love this band. Back in 1985, "Flower Scene" was my favorite single by all of those neo-garage/psychedelic bands! I played that single to death -- I thought that song was downright fabulous.
	♥ 4:12pm Funky16Corners: Hey WR! Mike!
	♥ 4:13pm Little Danny: One of my faves from "Salon"! Love the Motown groove + mellotron!
	♥ 4:13pm Brian in UK: Can you believe that the BBC respected Prince's demise. www.bbc.co.uk...
	♥ 4:13pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - Plasticland were more fully formed than any of their contemporaries.
	♥ 4:13pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - It was years before I realized that this was a tip of the hat to the Mighty Hannibal's Jerking the Dog.
	♥ 4:14pm Little Danny: Did not know that 'til just now, Larry!
	♥ 4:15pm Candy-O'67: Really diggin' this Go a Go Go Time!
	♥ 4:15pm Little Danny: Plasticland certainly knew their gear. How many '80s groups had working mellotrons?
	♥ 4:16pm Funky16Corners: Probably not many. There used to be one in the music store I hung out in as a teenager. Never saw another.
	4:17pm Vincent The Soul Chef: I've been wondering if XTC ever paid attention to these guys...
	♥ 4:17pm Little Danny: I've never seen one played live.
	♥ 4:18pm Funky16Corners: @Vincent - I wouldn't be surprised if they were aware.
	♥ 4:18pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - Me neither, but I suspect that digital keyboards that can sample have made them obsolete
	4:18pm northguineahills: @Brian: scheisse! that's awesome. Funny, I have an afro-brit friend who's both Prince and Archers fan.
	♥ 4:19pm Little Danny: That Dukes of Stratosphear LP definitely owes a debt to Plasticland, intentionally or not.
	♥ 4:19pm doctorjazz: Hi folks!
	♥ 4:19pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	4:19pm Vincent The Soul Chef: I think it would've been cool if they took the Dukes Of Stratosfear concept to another level, Larry...
	4:19pm northguineahills: Yeah mellotrons were highly unreliable even when brand new.
	♥ 4:20pm Funky16Corners: @Vincent - That would have been cool
	♥ 4:23pm Funky16Corners: Here's a great title!
	♥ 4:27pm Mike Sin: Did anyone here ever see Plasticland live? I saw them live "after the fact," as it were, in 2001 or 2002 at the Village Underground in NYC during one of those "Cavestomp" shows.
	♥ 4:28pm Funky16Corners: Did they even play out this way in their prime?
	♥ 4:30pm Little Danny: Yeah I get the sense they stayed around Milwaukee for the most part.
	♥ 4:31pm Funky16Corners: I have a vague recollection of Twin Cities friends having seen them up in Minneapolis.
	♥ 4:31pm Mike Sin: I don't think so... I may have seen them at Coney Island High in NYC as well... but even that would have been 1998 or 1999. I did not see them live in the '980s.
	♥ 4:32pm Funky16Corners: I did see John Frankovic hanging out at Maxwells once, but just him.
	♥ 4:36pm Funky16Corners: I think if it had been Rehse I would have lost my cool. "Excuse me master, can you reveal all of your arcane knowledge to me??"
	♥ 4:38pm Little Danny: Bought this EP at the former Midnight Records store in NYC.
	♥ 4:38pm Funky16Corners: JD Martignon's House of Vinyl! Home of the Seexteez Ponk Zound!
	♥ 4:39pm Little Danny: Yep! That guy was kind of an asshole to the teenaged me.
	♥ 4:40pm Funky16Corners: He was kind of an asshole to LOTS of people, myself included!
	4:45pm wenzo llc.: been picking up trash in the woods all week & for the last hour or so while I listen to the show... very appropriate soundtrack for pulling disintegrating plastic bags & styrofoam takeout boxes out of the soil. happy earth day fellow citizens of plastic land... welcome to the new geological era... defined by the presence of plastic, cement, & chicken bones. yay.
	♥ 4:46pm Funky16Corners: Hey Wenzo! Yeah, too much tossing things on the ground that ought to be binned. On all levels.
	♥ 4:46pm Mike Sin: Strangely, JD was always cool with me when I went to the store on 23rd st. I used to buy so many 7" records there and fanzines. When CDs showed up, it was impossible to browse because they were kept in those flip racks and a lot of times you could not read the back so you wouldn't know what tracks were on the disc. Then you had to ask an employee to get it from the back... then you felt obligated to buy it... yeesh.
	♥ 4:47pm Little Danny: Wonderful show today, Larry. Always inspiring.
	♥ 4:47pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Danny!
	♥ 4:48pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - I (and I think Bill) were there the day he rejected demo because it didn't have that "raw sixteez ponk zound". He moved a bunch of Phantom Five EPs though...
	♥ 4:49pm Funky16Corners: I think I spent most of my money at Venus Records, anyway
	4:54pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Once I get settled in Texas, I will be buying a bunch of their rekkids. Thanks for the education as always, sir :)
	♥ 4:54pm Mike Sin: The RykoDisc comp is the best and cheapest place to start!
	♥ 4:55pm Yvang: Thanks for the buyers tip!
	♥ 4:55pm Yvang: And a fabulous show!
	♥ 4:57pm JR HTX: Amazing show, Larry. Thanks for turning me on to Plasticland. much enjoyed!!!!
	♥ 4:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Yvang!
	4:57pm Erica: Thanks for the groovy show Larry.
	♥ 4:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks JRHTX!
	♥ 4:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Erica!
	4:58pm Erica: Hopefully I will have more to talk about here.
	4:59pm wenzo llc.: @funkycorners yea. but also we just need a global ban on most plastic packaging. its never really gonna get much better until that happens.
	♥ 5:00pm Funky16Corners: Agreed.
	♥ 5:09pm Candy-O'67: Thanks, Larry! I got busy with work and wasn't able to thank you before the show ended!
	♥ 5:10pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Candy-O!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from April 22, 2021

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April 22, 2021: Testify! - Pop Op Drops: The Psychedelic World of Plasticland!

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format	Comments	Approx. start time
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Best of Funky16Corners Volume One	Funky16Corners	2017	MP3		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Mink Dress "Mink Dress" by "Plasticland"	45RPM Single	Scadillac	1980	45		0:01:26 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Office Skills "Office Skills" by "Plasticland"	45RPM Single	Scadillac	1980	45		0:04:15 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Standing In a Room "Standing In a Room" by "Plasticland"	Vibrasonics From Plasticland	Scadillac	1981	EP		0:05:57 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	The Mushroom Hill "The Mushroom Hill" by "Plasticland"	Vibrasonics From Plasticland	Scadillac	1981	EP		0:09:18 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Rattail Comb "Rattail Comb" by "Plasticland"	Vibrasonics From Plasticland	Scadillac	1981	EP		0:11:31 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Magic Rocking Horse "Magic Rocking Horse" by "Plasticland"	45RPM Single	Lolita	1984	45		0:13:23 (Pop-up)

Plasticland	Alexander "Alexander" by "Plasticland"	Plasticland	Pink Dust	1984	LP		0:22:27 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Disengaged From the World	Plasticland	Pink Dust	1984	LP		0:25:37 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	The Glove "The Glove" by "Plasticland"	Plasticland	Pink Dust	1984	LP		0:28:11 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Sipping The Bitterness	Plasticland	Pink Dust	1984	LP		0:30:29 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	The Garden In Pain "The Garden In Pain" by "Plasticland"	Plasticland	Pink Dust	1984	LP		0:32:33 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Wallflowers "Wallflowers" by "Plasticland"	Plasticland	Pink Dust	1984	LP		0:34:32 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Euphoric Trapdoor Shoes	Plasticland	Pink Dust	1984	LP	Originally appeared as a Scadillac 45 in 1983	0:37:47 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Pop! Op Drops "Pop! Op Drops" by "Plasticland"	Plasticland	Pink Dust	1984	LP	Originally appeared on 1982 Pop! Op Drops EP on Scadillac	0:40:15 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Flower Scene "Flower Scene" by "Plasticland"	45RPM Single	Midnight	1985	45		0:41:25 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	No Shine For The Shoes	Wonder Wonderful Wonderland	Pink Dust	1985	LP		0:43:46 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Gloria Knight "Gloria Knight" by "Plasticland"	Wonder Wonderful Wonderland	Pink Dust	1985	LP		0:46:12 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Transparencies Friends	Wonder Wonderful Wonderland	Pink Dust	1985	LP		0:49:26 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Gingerbread House "Gingerbread House" by "Plasticland"	Wonder Wonderful Wonderland	Pink Dust	1985	LP		0:52:52 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Processes Of the Silverness	Wonder Wonderful Wonderland	Pink Dust	1985	LP		0:56:49 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Wonder Wonderful Wonderland	Wonder Wonderful Wonderland	Pink Dust	1985	LP		0:59:25 (Pop-up)

Plasticland	They Wore Sequined Masks/The Lady Is No Lady/Some Ghost Ship Lollipop	Bucketful of Brains EP	Bucketfull of Brains	1986	Flexi		1:08:44 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Go a Go Go Time "Go a Go Go Time" by "Plasticland"	Salon	Pink Dust	1987	LP		1:11:37 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	A Brief Commentary On Wax Museums	Salon	Pink Dust	1987	LP		1:15:06 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Abcessed Words to Climb	Salon	Pink Dust	1987	LP		1:18:44 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	House "House" by "Plasticland"	Salon	Pink Dust	1987	LP		1:20:41 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	The Lie of Great Sedan Pinocchio	Salon	Pink Dust	1987	LP		1:23:10 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Serene It's True "Serene It's True" by "Plasticland"	Salon	Pink Dust	1987	LP		1:25:19 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Reserving the Right To Change My Mind	Salon	Pink Dust	1987	LP		1:27:51 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	The Windowsills "The Windowsills" by "Plasticland"	Salon	Pink Dust	1987	LP		1:31:38 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Let's Play Polyanna "Let's Play Polyanna" by "Plasticland"	Let's Play Polyanna	Repulsion	1989	EP	Also appeared on LP Dapper Snappings	1:34:11 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Radiant Fuzzbox Wig "Radiant Fuzzbox Wig" by "Plasticland"	Let's Play Polyanna	Repulsion	1989	EP	Also Appeared ON LP Dapper Snappings	1:36:46 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Kaleidoscopic Glance "Kaleidoscopic Glance" by "Plasticland"	Let's Play Polyanna	Repulsion	1989	EP		1:42:27 (Pop-up)
Plasticland	Enchanted Forestry "Enchanted Forestry" by "Plasticland"	Let's Play Polyanna	Repulsion	1989	CD		1:44:46 (Pop-up)
Fabulon Triptometer	Living With the Lady	Padded Lounge	Midnight	1989	CD		1:47:51 (Pop-up)

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On The Floor)	45RPM single	Like	1966	45		1:56:49 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 3:01pm Little Danny: Looking forward to this, Larry! Huge fan of Plasticland.
	3:02pm northguineahills: Larry!
	♥ 3:02pm Funky16Corners: NGH! Danny!
	3:03pm northguineahills: Should look up if Richie Hawton (Platicman), ever remixed Platicland.
	3:04pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Good afternoon fam... 36 boxes of albums later, give or take... next it's the CDs.
	♥ 3:04pm Funky16Corners: I don't think they ever intersected with dance music
	♥ 3:04pm Funky16Corners: Hey Vincent!
	3:04pm lis-boner pasc: Woah! Strong start! Howdy all :-)
	♥ 3:05pm Yvang: Thanks for recycling (and spinning) Plasticland, Larry!
	♥ 3:05pm Funky16Corners: Hey pasc! Yvang!
	♥ 3:06pm Funky16Corners: One of my all time favorite bands!
	♥ 3:09pm Brian in UK: Hello Larry.
	3:09pm Erica: Hi Testifies. Never heard of Plasticland before.
	♥ 3:09pm Funky16Corners: Brian!
	♥ 3:10pm Funky16Corners: Hi Erica! You're in for a treat!
	♥ 3:10pm Little Danny: I don't want to jump the gun with my Plasticland enthusiasm but, Larry, did you know Glenn Rehse popped on an episode of Antiques Roadshow?
	♥ 3:10pm Candy-O'67: Hey, Larry and Testifiers!
	♥ 3:10pm Funky16Corners: Yes! With a paper dress!
	♥ 3:10pm Rick from SC: Hi Larry and all the good people out there
	3:10pm Vincent The Soul Chef: @Erica me either... I'm already on the hunt for LPs, as long as they're not too pricey
	♥ 3:10pm Funky16Corners: Candy-O!
	♥ 3:10pm holland oats: hullo testes!
	♥ 3:11pm Candy-O'67: Plasticland is new to me! Sounding cool so far!
	♥ 3:11pm Funky16Corners: holland oates!
	♥ 3:11pm Funky16Corners: Hey Rick!
	♥ 3:11pm Little Danny: Yep! And "paper dress" is such a potential Plasticland lyrical theme.
	♥ 3:12pm Candy-O'67: So, I guess they were resurging psychedelic in the '80's?
	♥ 3:12pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - Have you seen the interview they did for their Hall of Fame induction in Wisconsin?
	♥ 3:12pm Candy-O'67: Groovy outfits!!
	♥ 3:12pm Funky16Corners: @Candy-O - They did it better than anyone else!
	♥ 3:12pm Candy-O'67: Hey, Little Danny!
	♥ 3:13pm Little Danny: No, I definitely need to look that up.
	♥ 3:13pm Candy-O'67: Awesome, Larry! Happy to be turned on to them!
	♥ 3:13pm Little Danny: Hey hey Candy.
	♥ 3:14pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - They look like hell, but Rehse is forthcoming with the stories and they lay some cool live clips
	♥ 3:15pm Little Danny: I found the clip, Larry, thanks.
	♥ 3:15pm Funky16Corners: Apparently Frankovic has had some health issues, and they both have to be well into their 60s
	3:16pm Erica: Forgot to say Happy Earth Day. 🌎
	♥ 3:17pm Little Danny: Just hearing all these tracks reminds me of how, again, Plasticland's music has stood up much better than most neo-'60s groups of the '80s (and '90s and 2000s...) Such a different and clear, if not queer, sensibility.
	3:19pm northguineahills: The record store guy when I was in HS, did a revival psyche band in the 90s (Common Thread). Introduced me to psyche music.
	♥ 3:23pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - I have read things that suggest that there was indeed a queer aspect to their material, covering themes of transvestism especially.
	♥ 3:24pm Funky16Corners: And, yes, their music holds up in a way the sounds of many of their contemporaries does not.
	♥ 3:24pm Candy-O'67: This is way cool!
	♥ 3:24pm Funky16Corners: BTW, if you haven't heard the original of this song, it is a faithful adaptation
	♥ 3:25pm Candy-O'67: So, you said this is their first album, self-titled?
	♥ 3:26pm Candy-O'67: Or Vibrasonics? I looked at the date now.
	♥ 3:26pm Funky16Corners: Yes. Vibrasonics was an early EP
	♥ 3:26pm Candy-O'67: Oh, yes, I see that now
	♥ 3:26pm Funky16Corners: Here's the album: www.discogs.com...
	♥ 3:26pm Candy-O'67: So, both would be good to get?
	♥ 3:27pm Candy-O'67: Thanks!
	♥ 3:27pm Funky16Corners: EVERYTHING!
	♥ 3:27pm Candy-O'67: LOL
	3:27pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Reasonably priced too... that's what we like to see :)
	♥ 3:27pm Candy-O'67: Yes, Vincent the Soul Chef
	♥ 3:27pm Funky16Corners: Oh man, this makes me want DRUGS. ALL THE DRUGS!
	♥ 3:28pm Funky16Corners: There's also a great, inexpensive Rykodisc comp of their stuff
	♥ 3:28pm Little Danny: This was serious drug music for me too.
	♥ 3:29pm Funky16Corners: You let it into your head through your ears and the magic begins!
	♥ 3:34pm Funky16Corners: I always pictured these guys living communally in an old Victorian house filled with memorabilia and rare records.
	♥ 3:37pm Little Danny: And various printed florals.
	♥ 3:38pm Funky16Corners: Yes, lots of velvet drapes and scarves everywhere.
	♥ 3:39pm Little Danny: Haha, this is one of my favorites of the completely over-the-top Plasticland song titles.
	3:41pm Erica: Are they purple drapes Larry? Ned Flanders would go crazy for them.
	♥ 3:41pm Funky16Corners: Wait'll we get to Salon!
	♥ 3:41pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - I'm pretty sure these guys would scare the crap out of Ned Flanders
	♥ 3:43pm Little Danny: "Flower Scene" is a personal Plasticland fave. Such hooks!
	♥ 3:43pm Funky16Corners: Written about this magazine: lysergia_2.tripod.com...
	♥ 3:44pm Little Danny: Whoa, didn't know that backstory.
	♥ 3:44pm Funky16Corners: I remember reading the story in a zine back in the day.
	3:45pm Erica: I'm sure they would Larry. But then again Flanders was a big Beatles fan.
	♥ 3:47pm Funky16Corners: You never know. Ned might have missed all the obvious warning signals and thought they were in the circus or something
	3:47pm northguineahills: I can hear how Platicland is sort of the VU for Britpop in the 90s(despite being American)
	♥ 3:48pm Funky16Corners: It blows my mind how obscure they are. You can tell how much by how cheap most of their records are. All released on indie labels, some very small, yet still easy to get.
	♥ 3:49pm Funky16Corners: They ought to have a cult of their own
	♥ 3:49pm Little Danny: Totally agree.
	♥ 3:50pm Funky16Corners: They clearly spent a lot of time and money in the studio. These records all sound great.
	3:50pm Erica: Only if they're for Satan Larry.
	3:55pm northguineahills: I agree Erica, sick of the cult of Yahweh/Elohim (the original entymology of of the latter, not the current Hebrew meaning).
	3:57pm Erica: I was referring to something else ngh but okay.
	3:58pm northguineahills: (been watching a lot of Israeli cinema lately, don't ask, also a lot of Finnish. I discover cinema the same as music or anything, jump into anything I know nothing about).
	♥ 3:59pm Funky16Corners: That's the way to go. Follow your curiosity!
	♥ 4:05pm Brian in UK: Elastic?
	4:06pm Creature Boy: Sir or Madame ?
	♥ 4:07pm Brian in UK: Bodacious?
	4:08pm Creature Boy: Coffee, tea or me?
	♥ 4:09pm Funky16Corners: Hello Creature Boy!
	4:10pm Creature Boy: HellO 👋
	♥ 4:10pm Little Danny: Very cool that you have this flexi, Larry. I know these tracks only through the "Mink Dress And Other Cats" collection that came out on Timothy's Brain.
	4:11pm northguineahills: wows, it's been 5 years since we lost the purple one!
	♥ 4:11pm Funky16Corners: It's not in the best shape, but it plays...
	♥ 4:11pm WR: hi Larry and all, listened for a bit during lunch break. interesting band. new to me. well. back to work. laters.
	♥ 4:12pm Mike Sin: Glad to finally drop in here after endless work meetings. Really do love this band. Back in 1985, "Flower Scene" was my favorite single by all of those neo-garage/psychedelic bands! I played that single to death -- I thought that song was downright fabulous.
	♥ 4:12pm Funky16Corners: Hey WR! Mike!
	♥ 4:13pm Little Danny: One of my faves from "Salon"! Love the Motown groove + mellotron!
	♥ 4:13pm Brian in UK: Can you believe that the BBC respected Prince's demise. www.bbc.co.uk...
	♥ 4:13pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - Plasticland were more fully formed than any of their contemporaries.
	♥ 4:13pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - It was years before I realized that this was a tip of the hat to the Mighty Hannibal's Jerking the Dog.
	♥ 4:14pm Little Danny: Did not know that 'til just now, Larry!
	♥ 4:15pm Candy-O'67: Really diggin' this Go a Go Go Time!
	♥ 4:15pm Little Danny: Plasticland certainly knew their gear. How many '80s groups had working mellotrons?
	♥ 4:16pm Funky16Corners: Probably not many. There used to be one in the music store I hung out in as a teenager. Never saw another.
	4:17pm Vincent The Soul Chef: I've been wondering if XTC ever paid attention to these guys...
	♥ 4:17pm Little Danny: I've never seen one played live.
	♥ 4:18pm Funky16Corners: @Vincent - I wouldn't be surprised if they were aware.
	♥ 4:18pm Funky16Corners: @Danny - Me neither, but I suspect that digital keyboards that can sample have made them obsolete
	4:18pm northguineahills: @Brian: scheisse! that's awesome. Funny, I have an afro-brit friend who's both Prince and Archers fan.
	♥ 4:19pm Little Danny: That Dukes of Stratosphear LP definitely owes a debt to Plasticland, intentionally or not.
	♥ 4:19pm doctorjazz: Hi folks!
	♥ 4:19pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	4:19pm Vincent The Soul Chef: I think it would've been cool if they took the Dukes Of Stratosfear concept to another level, Larry...
	4:19pm northguineahills: Yeah mellotrons were highly unreliable even when brand new.
	♥ 4:20pm Funky16Corners: @Vincent - That would have been cool
	♥ 4:23pm Funky16Corners: Here's a great title!
	♥ 4:27pm Mike Sin: Did anyone here ever see Plasticland live? I saw them live "after the fact," as it were, in 2001 or 2002 at the Village Underground in NYC during one of those "Cavestomp" shows.
	♥ 4:28pm Funky16Corners: Did they even play out this way in their prime?
	♥ 4:30pm Little Danny: Yeah I get the sense they stayed around Milwaukee for the most part.
	♥ 4:31pm Funky16Corners: I have a vague recollection of Twin Cities friends having seen them up in Minneapolis.
	♥ 4:31pm Mike Sin: I don't think so... I may have seen them at Coney Island High in NYC as well... but even that would have been 1998 or 1999. I did not see them live in the '980s.
	♥ 4:32pm Funky16Corners: I did see John Frankovic hanging out at Maxwells once, but just him.
	♥ 4:36pm Funky16Corners: I think if it had been Rehse I would have lost my cool. "Excuse me master, can you reveal all of your arcane knowledge to me??"
	♥ 4:38pm Little Danny: Bought this EP at the former Midnight Records store in NYC.
	♥ 4:38pm Funky16Corners: JD Martignon's House of Vinyl! Home of the Seexteez Ponk Zound!
	♥ 4:39pm Little Danny: Yep! That guy was kind of an asshole to the teenaged me.
	♥ 4:40pm Funky16Corners: He was kind of an asshole to LOTS of people, myself included!
	4:45pm wenzo llc.: been picking up trash in the woods all week & for the last hour or so while I listen to the show... very appropriate soundtrack for pulling disintegrating plastic bags & styrofoam takeout boxes out of the soil. happy earth day fellow citizens of plastic land... welcome to the new geological era... defined by the presence of plastic, cement, & chicken bones. yay.
	♥ 4:46pm Funky16Corners: Hey Wenzo! Yeah, too much tossing things on the ground that ought to be binned. On all levels.
	♥ 4:46pm Mike Sin: Strangely, JD was always cool with me when I went to the store on 23rd st. I used to buy so many 7" records there and fanzines. When CDs showed up, it was impossible to browse because they were kept in those flip racks and a lot of times you could not read the back so you wouldn't know what tracks were on the disc. Then you had to ask an employee to get it from the back... then you felt obligated to buy it... yeesh.
	♥ 4:47pm Little Danny: Wonderful show today, Larry. Always inspiring.
	♥ 4:47pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Danny!
	♥ 4:48pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - I (and I think Bill) were there the day he rejected demo because it didn't have that "raw sixteez ponk zound". He moved a bunch of Phantom Five EPs though...
	♥ 4:49pm Funky16Corners: I think I spent most of my money at Venus Records, anyway
	4:54pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Once I get settled in Texas, I will be buying a bunch of their rekkids. Thanks for the education as always, sir :)
	♥ 4:54pm Mike Sin: The RykoDisc comp is the best and cheapest place to start!
	♥ 4:55pm Yvang: Thanks for the buyers tip!
	♥ 4:55pm Yvang: And a fabulous show!
	♥ 4:57pm JR HTX: Amazing show, Larry. Thanks for turning me on to Plasticland. much enjoyed!!!!
	♥ 4:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Yvang!
	4:57pm Erica: Thanks for the groovy show Larry.
	♥ 4:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks JRHTX!
	♥ 4:57pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Erica!
	4:58pm Erica: Hopefully I will have more to talk about here.
	4:59pm wenzo llc.: @funkycorners yea. but also we just need a global ban on most plastic packaging. its never really gonna get much better until that happens.
	♥ 5:00pm Funky16Corners: Agreed.
	♥ 5:09pm Candy-O'67: Thanks, Larry! I got busy with work and wasn't able to thank you before the show ended!
	♥ 5:10pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Candy-O!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from April 22, 2021

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