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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Blood Sweat & Tears  And When I Die   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Columbia  1969  45  0:04:20 (Pop-up)
Fever Tree  Death is the Dancer   Favoriting Another Time Another Place  UNI  1968  LP  0:08:23 (Pop-up)
Kinks  Death of a Clown   Favoriting Something Else By The Kinks  Pye  1967  LP  0:12:14 (Pop-up)
Norman Greenbaum  Spirit in the Sky   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Reprise  1969  45  0:15:22 (Pop-up)
Frankie Laine  I'm Gonna LIve Till I Die   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Mercury  1950  45  0:19:13 (Pop-up)
 
Norma Tanega  You're Dead   Favoriting Walking My Cat Named Dog  New Voice  1966  LP  0:26:26 (Pop-up)
Kaleidoscope  Oh Death   Favoriting Side Trips  Epic  1967  LP  0:28:44 (Pop-up)
Son House  Death Letter   Favoriting Father of Folk Blues  Columbia  1965  LP  0:32:09 (Pop-up)
Mississippi John Hurt  You'e Got to Die   Favoriting Last Sessions  Vanguard  1972  LP  0:36:24 (Pop-up)
Blind Lemon Jefferson  He Arose From the Dead   Favoriting 78RPM Single  Paramount  1928  78  0:39:49 (Pop-up)
Blind Willie Johnson  Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed   Favoriting 78RPM Single  Columbia  1928  78  0:42:44 (Pop-up)
Led Zeppelin  In My Time of Dying   Favoriting Physical Graffiti  Swan Song  1975  LP  0:45:45 (Pop-up)
Country Joe & the Fish  Death Sound   Favoriting Electric Music For The Mind & Body  Vanguard  1967  LP  0:56:37 (Pop-up)
Grateful Dead  Death Don't Have No Mercy   Favoriting Fillmore West 1969: The Complete Recordings  Warner Bros  1969  LP  1:00:57 (Pop-up)
Beck  Already Dead   Favoriting Sea Change  DGC  2002  CD  1:10:41 (Pop-up)
 
Bobbie Gentry  I Saw an Angel Die   Favoriting Ode To Billie Joe  Capitol  1967  LP  1:19:52 (Pop-up)
Dave Van Ronk  Fixin' To Die   Favoriting Folksinger  Prestige  1962  LP  1:22:38 (Pop-up)
Dave Van Ronk and Frankie Armstrong  Legend of the Dead Soldier   Favoriting Let No One Deceive You - Songs of Bertolt Brecht  Aural Tradition  1989  CD  1:25:30 (Pop-up)
Kenny Rankin  Needle of Death   Favoriting Family  Mercury  1969  LP  1:29:02 (Pop-up)
Elysse  If Death Don't Overtake Me   Favoriting Elysse  Tetragrammaton  1969  CD  1:33:09 (Pop-up)
13th Floor Elevators  The Kingdom of Heaven   Favoriting The Psychedelic Sounds Of: The 13th Floor Elevators  International Artists  1966  LP  1:37:38 (Pop-up)
The Beach Boys  Til I Die   Favoriting Surf's Up  Brother  1971  LP  1:40:50 (Pop-up)
The Doors  The End   Favoriting The Doors  Elektra  1966  LP  1:43:13 (Pop-up)
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45  2:00:01 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!

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doctorjazz:

Is this Testify? Not the Stream?
hi Testifiers!
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Funky16Corners:

It is now!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @2:59
Hey Doc!
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Andrew in Toronto:

Hi there Larry and all other listeners!
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doctorjazz:

I may have jumped the gun by a few seconds...
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ doctorjazz @3:01
Hiya doc!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:01
Hey Andrew!
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Vincent The Soul Chef:

I've been feeling every word of this song for weeks... good afternoon everyone :)
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Vincent The Soul Chef @3:02
Hey Vincent!
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Erica:

Hi Larry. I am "dying" to hear this week's show.
  3:03pm
bradford:

Greetings Larry & fellow Testifiers!
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Sem:

Preach it, man.
Hello, Larry, Testifiers, just-looking and listening visitors.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:04pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:01
Hi Andrew!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:03
Hi Erica! I see what you did there.
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Yvang:

Hi Larry and spooky testifyers!
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Erica:

Had to make that pun
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Funky16Corners:

↳ bradford @3:03
Hey bradford!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Sem @3:04
Hiya Sem!
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Sem:

Hey, AiT!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Yvang @3:04
Hi Yvang!
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dreamyandseedy:

hello hello Larry and all!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Sem @3:04
Hey Sem!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Yvang @3:04
Hi Yvang!
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doctorjazz:

What is going naturally, anyway, not getting shot? Reaching 120 years of age? Passing quietly in your sleep?
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Funky16Corners:

↳ dreamyandseedy @3:05
Hey dreamy!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:05
I'll take the last option.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:06
Does seem most appealing (doesn't happen all that often, though)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:07pm
doctorjazz:

Seems this is going to be a creepy show...
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:06
True that,and you almost never get a choice
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Yvang:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:05
Hi Andrew!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:07
There are some surprisingly uplifting tunes coming
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:13pm
Sem:

It's never summer until I hear this, somewhere.
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Erica:

↳ Song: "Spirit in the Sky" by "Norman Greenbaum"
I dig this one!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:14pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:13
Talk about your genius One Hit Wonders
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Erica:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:14
I heard this one in a Star Wars parody video. Makes me laugh every time.
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Sem:

"In the late 1960s Norman Greenbaum was the leader and composer for Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band, which recorded the novelty hit "The Eggplant That Ate Chicago".[3] The group's psychedelic approach was too eccentric for mainstream show business; the group's name suggested a novelty or comedy act incorporating music.

Greenbaum went solo as a folk artist and submitted an original song, "Spirit in the Sky", to Reprise Records. His demonstration recording was a simple folk rendition, with Greenbaum accompanying himself on acoustic guitar. Reprise handed Greenbaum to staff producer Erik Jacobsen, who radically rearranged the song for a new recording session. The updated version now had pulsing electric guitar, gospel-styled backup singers, and an insistent rhythm accompanying Greenbaum, whose vocal was now double-tracked. Reprise released the record in late 1969, and it skyrocketed to #1 in almost all worldwide markets. It sold two million copies in 1969 and 1970,[4] and received a gold disc from the RIAA. It has subsequently been used in many films, advertisements, and television shows." via wikithingy.
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Funky16Corners:

I have that Dr West album. Nothing on it to indicate that he had Spirit In the Sky in the on deck circle
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Yvang:

↳ Song: "You're Dead" by "Norma Tanega"
A nonchalant masterpiece.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Yvang @3:25
The whole album is pretty incredible
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Brian in UK:

Hello Larry & cognizanti.
Would that be a Gustave Dore engraving?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:35pm
Funky16Corners:

If I could play guitar like Mississippi John Hurt I'd never do anything else.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Brian in UK @3:35
Hey Brian! It is, indeed!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "You'e Got to Die" by "Mississippi John Hurt"
Loving these blues men!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:36
Death being a surprisingly frequent theme in old blues.
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doctorjazz:

I'm guessing we'll get to some version of Death Don't Have No Mercy.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:39
Good guess.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed" by "Blind Willie John...
Wotta Voice!!!!!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:40
The greatest.
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Sem:

↳ Brian in UK @3:35
G'day, Squire Brian.
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Brian in UK:

↳ Sem @3:40
What ho, Sem. Trust all is well in & around the bay.
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Sem:

↳ Brian in UK @3:42
Getting ready for a visit from Tropical Storm Phillipe, and digging around in the garden. Many, many pumpkins. Can I Fedex you a couple?
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dreamyandseedy:

↳ Song: "In My Time of Dying" by "Led Zeppelin"
thought this was The White Stripes for a second
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Funky16Corners:

↳ dreamyandseedy @3:46
So does Jack White
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Funky16Corners:

The recording of the drums on this track is MIND BLOWING
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Brian in UK:

↳ Sem @3:44
Very kind, maybe another time.
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dreamyandseedy:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:47
another for the long list of reasons i listen to WFMU! i'm always learning something!
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Funky16Corners:

I listen to this song and I'm 13 again (at least in my headphones)
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JB:

↳ Song: "In My Time of Dying" by "Led Zeppelin"
Hell yeah Larry!!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ JB @3:51
Hey JB!
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Erica:

↳ Song: "In My Time of Dying" by "Led Zeppelin"
Zeppelin Rules! - Ottoman.
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Erica:

Ottomann. Stupid autocorrect.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:53
Otto is about as smart as a footstool
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JB:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:51
Great show! Been listening, finally had to post. I love death stuff!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ JB @3:54
Thank you!
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Vincent The Soul Chef:

↳ Song: "Death Sound" by "Country Joe & the Fish"
<3 <3 <3
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Sem:

..and not Fixin' to Die Rag. Nice, Larry.
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Funky16Corners:

This is such a great album.
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Sem:

New to me, just a toddler in the late 60s.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Death Don't Have No Mercy" by "Grateful Dead"
Jerry! Nice choice for this!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @4:00
I thought I had the Rev Gary Davis version but I do not
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JB:

If you have 2 minutes, how about Misfits- Death Comes Ripping or Die Die My Darling?
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Funky16Corners:

↳ JB @4:01
I don't own any Misfits stuff
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dreamyandseedy:

↳ Song: "Already Dead" by "Beck"
if you aren't careful this album can drag you right down into a black hole
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dreamyandseedy:

↳ Song: "Already Dead" by "Beck"
beautiful album though
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Funky16Corners:

↳ dreamyandseedy @4:08
I love this period of Beck
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Yvang:

↳ dreamyandseedy @4:08
Not if you alternate with Odelay.
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patrick321:

↳ Yvang @4:10
I love Odelay.
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JB:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:03
Ahh, OK, I'll let it slide... :)
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Erica:

↳ Song: "Already Dead" by "Beck"
Agreed. Beautiful song, much better than the overrated song "Loser"
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doctorjazz:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:00
There's also Hot Tuna's version, pretty cool!
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doctorjazz:

(You could just play all Grateful Dead, and you'd be in the theme).
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coelacanth∅:

greetings Larry, y'all
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dreamyandseedy:

↳ Yvang @4:10
i will give that a try! i wonder who out there heard Sea Change first before any other Beck song
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Funky16Corners:

↳ coelacanth∅ @4:13
Hey C!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @4:11
Apparently Rev Gary Davis loved Jorma's playing on their version
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Yvang:

↳ dreamyandseedy @4:15
"Loser" is the one that conquered me first.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Yvang @4:18
I saw Beck when Mellow Gold came out at the Trocadero in Philly. When he started playing Loser people started bouncing around, the whole building was shaking
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Yvang:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:19
Loser is one of the greatest songs of the nineties imho.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Yvang @4:21
Agreed
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JB:

↳ Yvang @4:21
I've always preferred Devil's Haircut. Something about the tone of the guitar.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ JB @4:24
Odelay is a great album
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Brian in UK:

↳ Song: "Already Dead" by "Beck"
Sea Change, classic breakup album. Not a toe tapper like Odelay. Both essential.
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Brian in UK:

First hearing Bert sing this was sobering.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Brian in UK @4:27
Oh yeah, his version is STARK
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JB:

↳ Song: "The End" by "The Doors"
WHOA MAMA!! That haunting intro
  4:41pm
Fred R:

Greetings Larry and all! Just in time for “The End”
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JB:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:24
Sure is!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Fred R @4:41
Hi Fred!
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Erica:

↳ Song: "The End" by "The Doors"
I can still hear Homer Simpson singing this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:43pm
JB:

↳ Erica @4:42
I'll be searching for this on the internets in a few minutes. I've seen a lot of Simpsons but don't remember!
  4:43pm
Andrew in Toronto:

What another great show!
Thanks Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:43pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @4:43
Thanks, Andrew!
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JB:

The killer awoke before dawn. He put his boots on
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Erica:

↳ JB @4:43
You should also check out the Homer Simpson Sugar Sugar meme. You will never hear that Archies song the same way again.
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coelacanth∅:

musically Brilliant and innovative; and so profoundly sad...
- lost on so many who came to the doors via crap like hello i love you, stories about the part-time buffoon Jim Morrison, or stereotyping on dumb tv shows
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Erica:

↳ Erica @4:45
The video I mean.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ coelacanth∅ @4:45
Some of the feedback I got when I did my Doors show illustrates how poisoned some people are by the PR and haven't really take the time to LISTEN to the records
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Brian in UK:

Father?
Yes son.
I want to tickle you.
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JB:

↳ Erica @4:45
I will! I do remember him singing the Oscar Meyer bologna song
My bologna has a first name, it's H-O-M-E-R
My bologna has a second name, it's H-O-M-E-R
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dreamyandseedy:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:47
maybe the only time WFMU isn't a safe space, when a DJ plays The Doors. i'm gonna bookmark that archive
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Funky16Corners:

↳ dreamyandseedy @4:49
The response during the show was respectful. I meant from friends outside of the WFMU atmosphere
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JB:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:47
The Doors were brilliant, I still love listening to them. And what is this show you did? I'll scour your archives.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50pm
Discotech Underground:

Hello Larry and the Testify gang! Stay tuned for me, "Discotech Underground" immediately following Larry's fabulous program!

wfmu.org...
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Erica:

↳ JB @4:48
Haha
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Funky16Corners:

↳ JB @4:50
wfmu.org...
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Discotech Underground @4:50
Hey Kip!
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JB:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:50
Thanks. Just clickey-starred it.
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "The End" by "The Doors"
Did we reach the end of The End yet? Seems ENDless..
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doctorjazz:

Great show, Larry, thanks!
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Brian in UK:

Never really got past Waiting for the Sun. Good pop sounds.
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Brian in UK:

Good work as ever, Larry.
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JB:

↳ Song: "The End" by "The Doors"
My only critique of this song is, well, the ending. Maybe fade to silence? I don't know...
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Vincent The Soul Chef:

I still think Doors were goth before goth was cool... I love their whole catalog. Thanks for another great show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:54pm
JB:

Larry to close with Slayer Angel of Death...
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coelacanth∅:

teenage me had a friend over. we went to the basement to do laundry. the door to the driveway outside was open, a middle-age woman (the next-door neighbor's aunt) was right on the the other side of the driveway doing something.
so after putting the clothes in my friend & i started heading up the stairs, dialoging
father
yes son
i want to kill you.
mother...
i want to...
we knew what Jim was *not* saying but we just yelled...as we got outside and the neighbor said "you boys have *some* imagination"!
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Erica:

2020? Seems more recent than that Larry. Years fly too fast for this show.
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Erica:

Anyway thanks Larry!
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bradford:

Thanks Larry
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Yvang:

Thanks Larry! So many great songs about death!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:57pm
coelacanth∅:

Thanks Larry!
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dreamyandseedy:

thank you Larry!
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JB:

Thanks Larry, awesome show yet again. See you next time.
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks for listening everybody!
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