Favoriting The Avant Ghetto with Jeff Conklin: Playlist from December 18, 2017 Favoriting

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Artist Track Album Label Comments Approx. start time
Richard Thompson  Dargai   Favoriting Toad's Place, New Haven, CT, 9/15/82  Bootsville    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Elkhorn  To See Darkness   Favoriting Trans Pecos, Ridgewood, NY, 12/10/17  NYC Taper    0:03:43 (Pop-up)
Plankton Wat  The Inward Reflection   Favoriting Hidden Path  Sky Lantern    0:11:42 (Pop-up)
Thomas Mera Gartz  Morgonens Sång, Del 1 & 2   Favoriting Sånger  Silence    0:18:03 (Pop-up)
Wet Tuna  I Know You Rider   Favoriting Trans Pecos, Ridgewood, NY, 12/10/17  Bootsville  Taped by Jesse DeRosa (@bakedtapes)  0:29:16 (Pop-up)
Country Funk  Side B   Favoriting Unreleased 1968 Acetate  Flannel Underground    0:40:15 (Pop-up)
 
Grateful Dead  Bird Song   Favoriting Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA, 10/2/72  Bootsville    1:11:30 (Pop-up)
Dire Wolves  Indigo Children on the Beach (excerpt)   Favoriting Earthquake Country  Sky Lantern    1:24:26 (Pop-up)
Planets Around the Sun  Peace in the Mountains/Panther Meadow   Favoriting Peace in the Mountains  Sky Lantern    1:41:43 (Pop-up)
 
Sandy Denny  By the Time It Gets Dark (Home Recording)   Favoriting A Boxful Of Treasures  Fledg'ling    2:00:12 (Pop-up)
Barry Walker Jr.  Take Your Letters Home   Favoriting Barry Walker Jr.  Snake Handle    2:04:21 (Pop-up)
A Cid Symphony  Burning Bush Number 3   Favoriting A Cid Symphony  Akarma    2:07:22 (Pop-up)
Stefan Grossman & John Renbourn  All Things Parallel Must Converge   Favoriting Under the Volcano  Kicking Mule    2:16:09 (Pop-up)
Steve Gillette  Many the Times   Favoriting Steve Gillette  Vanguard    2:22:08 (Pop-up)
Larry Groce  Little Bird   Favoriting The Wheat Lies Low  Daybreak    2:24:57 (Pop-up)
Carl Hakansson  Silent Winter   Favoriting Candles Glow  Riverman    2:29:49 (Pop-up)
Jim Ghedi  Home For Moss Valley   Favoriting A Hymn For Ancient Land  Basin Rock     2:32:42 (Pop-up)
John Abercrombie  Parable   Favoriting Characters  ECM    2:39:08 (Pop-up)
Richard Thompson  How I Wanted To   Favoriting Toad's Place, New Haven, CT, 9/15/82  Bootsville    2:55:11 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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franny:

Yeah, honey. I made it. And by honey I mean computer.
  12:02am
ohbears:

hey jeff, hyped for tonight!
Avatar 12:02am
franny:

I am the first commenter. I've made it. Gonna listen to this and read about herbalism.
Avatar 12:03am
Jeff Conklin:

Beeeeeeeeearrrrrssssss
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mb:

Hello ladies!
Jeff C.?
::nods::
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Your Ace From Exchange Place:

Yes indeed!
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Jeff Conklin:

Congrats, Franny, that also means you have to donate the maximum amount of money at Marathon time. So thank you
  12:06am
rw:

Greetings from Cali!
  12:06am
ohbears:

aye, congrats! i was sweatin' that for a few
  12:07am
ohbears:

wa$$up cali, oakland in the webpaige
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franny:

I'm in Cali 2.
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franny:

Oakland 2. Righ cheer.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Hey, all. East coast represent.
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chris_in_space:

Canada here. Diggin' the Elkhorn.
  12:09am
ohbears:

MAX_CALI; shite, cheers to this elkhorn. Jeff were you at this show?
  12:10am
Jeff Conklin:

I’ve been told “Cali” is not the preffered nomenclature
  12:12am
ohbears:

Whoever told you that doesn't know what nomenclature means ;p
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franny:

It's actually just what people say when they don't want to sound tired they have to get up at 4 am. To afford the price of "Cali".
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Jeff Conklin:

I was at the gig.. I "DJd" and by "DJ'd" I mean I played live Dead jams off my laptop
  12:13am
ohbears:

the lack of apostrophe the second go round threw me for a loop there
  12:13am
zenkoan:

When a DJ plays Dead jams, do people start twirling?
  12:14am
ohbears:

or vis versace, whatever, I'm tired and Cali is awesome.
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Jeff Conklin:

When I play Dead someone hangs around trying to guess the date. And they never do.
  12:16am
ohbears:

if you did phish I would totally guess that
  12:17am
zenkoan:

That reminds me, Jeff--I've been meaning to ask: how did someone of your relatively tender age first develop an appreciation for the Dead that grew into the degree of expertise you now have? If you don 't mind my asking. : )
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Jeff Conklin:

Hmm, well I'm getting dangerously close to 40 but thanks for assuming I'm tender ;). I loved 'Touch of Grey' when I was kid. In middle school found my dad's records and he set up a stereo for me in the basement and I listened to Skull & Roses a lot. Couple years later at lacrosse camp the cool older guys had Dead stickers on their helmets and asked my dad what Dead album was good, he took me to the record store and I bought American Beauty on tape. That summer I also discovered marijuana and Black Sabbath and soon thereafter a friend lent me Live/Dead and then some live tapes. Kept trading tapes through college and so on and so forth...
  12:23am
Hippie Jesus:

Hello to all! Expecting big things next week on my birthday ; )
Avatar 12:24am
blankemon:

Evening, all. Or morning, I guess.
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Jeff Conklin:

Hey blank
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AdamFromOldeKenzo:

hello, cool set Jeff, and good to hear yr Dead journey too!
  12:25am
ohbears:

I swear I'm not doggin' you, Jeff, since we're friends and all, but LACROSSE CAMP?
Avatar 12:26am
Jeff Conklin:

@ohbears: No shame. Still hold my school's record for most saves in a game/season :P
Avatar 12:26am
blankemon:

Lacrosse camp is not surprising if one grows up on the north shore of nassau county....and in my high school, the lax dudes were among the first deadheads I knew
  12:27am
ohbears:

:D :D that's rad
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AdamFromOldeKenzo:

I was all about protestant bible camp when I was a teen, managed to blow some doje there...lacrosse camp would have been more fun though, imo
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blankemon:

I never did play lacrosse, but I did go to summer camp up in the Adirondacks with a whole lotta Deadhead counselors. That was probably my introduction.
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sberger:

Evening all. A dj who just plays live Dead jams would be what I would pick if I was ever going to be Bar Mitvah'd again.
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blankemon:

Haha not that anyone asked, just picking up on what Jeff said and relating
  12:30am
ohbears:

oh shhhhh what do we got here...
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Jeff Conklin:

I mean, I was also the guy on the team getting people into Sonic Youth and the Velvets...
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AdamFromOldeKenzo:

hell yeah
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franny:

I love listening o this show because I don't get the dead...and I still love this show. I picked up Heron Oblivion from here.
  12:31am
KP:

Thanks for that, Jeff
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franny:

Sometimes. Sometimes guys...I don't even get Sonic Youth, but good job, Jeff.
  12:32am
ohbears:

no one was questioning yr dedication to being kickass :)
digging this wet tuna you've been hypin' though
Avatar 12:33am
AdamFromOldeKenzo:

It is funny how quick Sonic Youth for me turned from "ivory tower cool hipster gods" to "people you see at shows if you visit new york"
  12:33am
Jeff Conklin:

Franny. I don’t get you. But that’s ok. Glad yr here.
  12:34am
zenkoan:

Almost 40 sounds pretty damn tender for such a Dead authority as yourself. Let's just say all the others I've run into--the kind that actually are able to accurately identify the dates of the live shows from a quick listen to the tapes--had more than a touch of grey!
  12:35am
ohbears:

There was an age(d) hipster that both Jeff and I knew on the Internet who both had excellent taste in music and thought Sonic Youth was for "aging hipsters" when he was 24 years old(8 years ago?). I think he likes Sonic Youth.
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franny:

@Adam EXactly.
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Jeff Conklin:

lol bears
Avatar 12:36am
franny:

a lot of people don't get the franster. I'm a Garbage time exile. None-time superstar. Sleepy time now. Archive tomorrow. Thanks.
Avatar 12:37am
AdamFromOldeKenzo:

ha ha, everyone is cool though....
  12:37am
zenkoan:

Speaking of Velvets: requesting more from Live at the Matrix, if the mood should strike. Best live Velvet recording I know of
  12:37am
ohbears:

Gourd bless, franny~!
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Jeff Conklin:

@zen: Agreed. Not tonight but maybe soon...
  12:39am
larkspur:

I'm late on this discussion, but hey Lacrosse camp sounds fun. I was like Adam, only it was Jewish camp instead of Protestant. Lots of pot there, by both counselors and campers. haha
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AdamFromOldeKenzo:

hell yes, this synth thing
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sberger:

I've been listening to that Wet Tuna jam all week. Incredible.
  12:40am
zenkoan:

Ok. We Zen types are very patient by nature. Plus we love just about everything you present for our listening pleasure on this program.
  12:41am
Hippie Jesus:

If Zen can get Velvets, can the rest of us get something Sonic Youth?

unrelated: R.I.P. Z’EV
  12:41am
larkspur:

p.s.-Happy Hanukkah to all the Jewsssss out there!
Avatar 12:43am
AdamFromOldeKenzo:

yeah, happy Chaunukah! The most holy of the days to the jewish people, ha ha
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AdamFromOldeKenzo:

(I know it's actually a minor holiday)
  12:44am
larkspur:

haha yeah...it's the only Jewish holiday I celebrate now, actually (and p.p.s.-RIP Z'ev, he was one of the tribe)
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blankemon:

This is kinda Youngbloods-y
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chris_in_space:

Jeff, if you're "dangerously" close to 40, I'll assume you never got a chance to see the Dead, right?
  12:45am
ohbears:

whew! dancin dancin!
Avatar 12:46am
AdamFromOldeKenzo:

I'm 37, consider it close to 40...
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Jeff Conklin:

So I got all my friends into them and found out they were playing MSG (Fall of 1993). My "friend" had his mom "score" us tickets. The night before the show this "friend" calls and says he "had to sell my ticket" to some other kid. I had no idea what the scene was like and that you could just roll up (plus I was 14) so I didn't go. To this day, this "friend" tries to add me on Facebook and I refuse to accept.
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Jeff Conklin:

So no I never saw them
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blankemon:

That's such dirty pool
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Jeff Conklin:

I'll be 39 in a few days. DANGEROUS
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AdamFromOldeKenzo:

ha ha
  12:48am
ohbears:

dang... ::vybez::
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sberger:

All the young'uns here...I'm rolling close to 61, and yes, I saw the Dead. More then a few times.
  12:49am
larkspur:

sberger: what was the very first time (do you remember? haha)
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AdamFromOldeKenzo:

I think the band I've seen most has been Wolf Eyes...
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blankemon:

I'm old enough to have seen them, but not as much as I wish I had. I did catch a couple of real humdingers, though.
  12:51am
ohbears:

jerry was still crying his eyes out in the latter days, so any show could have been excellent to see, imo
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AdamFromOldeKenzo:

MOre than 20 times...it's been fun to see them turn into Deadheads....mostly from new member Crazy Jim who I first met in like 2000 when he was a roadie for them.
  12:52am
larkspur:

I never saw them but my best friend in middle school had an older brother who was one of the 1970s tapes who followed them all over the US, so I heard a lot of those tapes.
  12:52am
larkspur:

tapers
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Jeff Conklin:

Well, not to pat myself on the back, but Olson credits me with really getting him into the Dead in his book....
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sberger:

Sure '71 at the Music Hall in Boston. Same age as Jeff was when he didn't make it.
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chris_in_space:

@Jeff That's a bummer.
  12:53am
larkspur:

That's cool sberger!
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AdamFromOldeKenzo:

oh yeah, also I'd credit you with getting me into listening to the Dead at least once a week Jeff!
  12:54am
ohbears:

when i become a world famous rapper, i will credit Jeff for that as well, because.
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sberger:

Saw them several times after, but my favorite sorta Dead related story(sorta) is seeing the Dream Syndicate at CB's in '84, walking in just as they were opening their set. With Morning Dew. Freaked me out, and I'm standing there gibbering to the folks I'm with "Hey they're covering the Dead!!! and I'm just getting blank stares, and worse. Later I went back stage and found out that Steve Wynn was/is a big Dead fan.
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sberger:

This Country Funk stuff is great, btw
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AdamFromOldeKenzo:

ha, that rules @sberger
  12:58am
Phil:

This Country Funk stuff is super diverse! Love this power pop jam.
  12:59am
ohbears:

def will revisit
  1:00am
ohbears:

OAKLANDDDD
  1:01am
ohbears:

lol His Name Was Ian Prindle
  1:02am
ohbears:

shouts to nemo in maine
  1:03am
ohbears:

looool
  1:11am
ohbears:

"i'm gonna say it..."
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AdamFromOldeKenzo:

ha ha we love you Jeff!
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blankemon:

I like the sound of Shoot Out The Lights, but the production on First Light is pretty dire
  1:12am
ohbears:

100% <3
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Jeff Conklin:

Bears coming hard with the inside jokes..
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blankemon:

I love this era of Bird Song so very much
  1:12am
KP:

Wheeeee
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Jeff Conklin:

@blankemon: I'm the opposite, I think Shoot Out the Lights borders on unlistenable. I love First Light A LOT
  1:13am
ohbears:

all i know are injokes... might be why my standup fails
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blankemon:

Oh, I love his electric guitar sound on SOTL. But also, just a better batch of songs than First Light (which is not without its merits)
  1:14am
Allbunny:

Someone say Oakland?
  1:15am
ohbears:

SUP
  1:17am
Jeff Conklin:

Phillllllllllll
  1:17am
Allbunny:

Cosmic dj! All hail ye! We commoners of uncommon music tastes do.
Avatar 1:18am
blankemon:

Interestingly, Jeff (well, at least to me), the very first time I ever saw Thompson live was a solo acoustic show and he opened with "Don't Let a Thief Steal Into Your Heart"
  1:19am
Jeff Conklin:

I’m way more partial to his acoustic side as a solo dude (well after 78)
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Jeff Conklin:

Cheers, allbunny
  1:22am
Geoff Cronklin:

jerry donkey konging his guitar
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Jeff Conklin:

@sberger: Whoa had no idea Wynn was a head! Cool story.
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blankemon:

Fall '72 is so good, it's just ridiculous
  1:29am
Agent Peter:

@blankemon
was just after mckernan stopped touring for good
  1:31am
ohbears:

same
Avatar 1:32am
Jeff Conklin:

Jeffrey from Dire Wolves toured with the Dead for years. He was a taper. Last show was Brent's last fwiw...
  1:35am
ohbears:

siiiiiickkkkkkk
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Jeff Conklin:

@thedavidcrosby: Do you still do acid?
  1:46am
Allbunny:

I just met Buddy Cage a couple nights ago, playing with For the Grateful. Should have been more people there, but it was a good show, in Southbridge, MA.
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I am the Upsetter:

Great comments tonight. Glad I got to see the Dead many times in the 80's. I don't think their live sound has ever been matched. I would;dn't say I have seen as many shows as some of you here but none of them could match the Dead and their clarity.
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Jeff Conklin:

@Allbunny: Is that a GD tribute? He's so great on pedal steel!
  1:53am
ohbears:

beautiful set
  1:59am
ohbears:

excellent album title indeed
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AdamFromOldeKenzo:

NIce, I will love to hear Avant G on xmas!!
  2:01am
Santos L Halper:

Nice set Jeff, thanks. Will drift off to Sandy...
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snowweasel:

It's the first year I've understood why it's such a hard time of year. Count me among your grateful Christmas listeners.
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Jeff Conklin:

Thanks, snowweasel. Glad to have this outlet and happy to keep people company for a few hours
  2:12am
ohbears:

same, gotta catch some z's but great show tonight, thanks Jeff, see ya on xmas as well!
  2:13am
Jeff Conklin:

Night, bears. Sleep well
  2:20am
Allbunny:

@Jeff Conklin
Yes, he was great and yes they're a GD tribute band. They have mad connections to the original but I'm sure nothing comes close to the real thing.
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Jeff Conklin:

Surprised attendance was low, seems like GD cover bands are the only shows that get people out these days
  2:31am
J:

Brutal holiday season over here this year. Barely scraping by. Happy to hear you'll be on the air
Avatar 2:34am
Jeff Conklin:

Hang in there, J
  2:35am
Allbunny:

Yeah, everyone was surprised. We were thinking it was due to poor weather and life being difficult.
  2:38am
Allbunny:

@J
Brutal here, too
  2:38am
Allbunny:

You are not alone.
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Steve B.:

Good words, Jeff. Be strong, cherish family and friends and your memories of loved ones who have passed on. You are correct, we are *not* alone and music can be a great comfort.
  2:56am
Allbunny:

Thanks, Jeff!
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Jeff Conklin:

Thanks, Steve.

My best to all of you. Find something good in life. It's there, however obscured.

Love,

Jeff
  2:59am
J:

Thank you
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