WFMU: Burn It Down! with Nate K.: Playlist from June 4, 2019

Listener comments!
	♥ 9:02pm ultradamno: All stand for the fire demon...
	9:04pm Mailman Tom: A psychedelic pioneer that suffered for his art!
	♥ 9:05pm coelacanth∅: greetings Nate and others
	♥ 9:06pm medson: I always thaought it was amazing that Roky wrote this at 18-19 yrs old
	♥ 9:07pm Ken From Hyde Park: Setting the funeral pyre ablaze.
	♥ 9:08pm G: Robert Plant says thanks for the vocal style hints. I knew how to monetize them better.
	♥ 9:09pm Nate K.: Pretty much nothin' but Roky tonight folks. But I have some cool stuff planned
	♥ 9:09pm medson: Thats ok with me Nate : )
	♥ 9:10pm ultradamno: The b-side of that Spades single, of course, We Sell Soul, which would get a re-write as Don't Fall Down.
	♥ 9:15pm DonJuanTijuana: Could not miss this epic show..RIP Roky!
	♥ 9:18pm coelacanth∅: hey if you just played the explosives and easter everywhere and a few other things i'd say you had some cool stuff planned
	♥ 9:20pm coelacanth∅: ...but great to hear that early gonna miss me
	♥ 9:22pm coelacanth∅: one of my most favorite songs of all time (...this and postures)
	♥ 9:22pm medson: Amazing song right here
	9:23pm Mailman Tom: Slip Into This House has some mind blowing lyrics. It's my favorite Elevators song.
	♥ 9:25pm Aitch: Learning day for me, really only heard him/them on Jeff Conklin's shows.
	♥ 9:26pm Nardo: Are we going to Bermuda?
	♥ 9:26pm Nate K.: @Aitch, it's gonna be a trip (pun kind of intended).
	♥ 9:28pm ultradamno: Bermuda was the first Roky song I ever heard. Off the Guillotine compilation.
	♥ 9:28pm Nardo: I'll pack my bags.
	♥ 9:28pm coelacanth∅: i started working on my own version of this a few years ago; never finished it. to say i can't do it justice is a wild understatement. -but i'm happy i learned the lyrics anyway.
	♥ 9:28pm Nate K.: @Nardo, it's a long show. : )
	9:28pm Mailman Tom: "Earthquake" is another fantastic song!
	9:30pm flashbazbo: ecksteen
	♥ 9:32pm coelacanth∅: that whole album is a masterpiece. their rendition of slide machine just means i never want to hear any other version; and Bob Dylan said their version of baby blue is his favorite; and i agree.
	9:32pm deed: Lovin it
	♥ 9:32pm Aitch: Not just Terry Reid that Robert was fond of. Loving this Nate
	♥ 9:33pm Asheville Jon: great show tonight. still super kicking myself for not seeing Roky when he played here last year. yup, i'm an idiot
	♥ 9:34pm coelacanth∅: Roky's influence on Janis Joplin's singing is immeasurable. (but i'd a million times rather hear him)
	♥ 9:37pm Nate K.: @coelacanth∅ Re: Janis, there does seem to be a sonic kinship between Roky and Janis. I never really thought of that before. Maybe it's a Texas thing.
	♥ 9:37pm coelacanth∅: i recited some of the lyrics to this one to a 70-80-year-old guy i know a few days ago and he was pretty impressed. he'd never heard of the elevators somehow. (or Roky)
	♥ 9:38pm ultradamno: When Janis Met Roky: thequietus.com...
	9:43pm Niall: This is utterly beautiful!
	♥ 9:44pm coelacanth∅: ultra d thanks. i have to read it later (like a few days from now) but i've been curious. i've heard different things.
	♥ 9:45pm ultradamno: A version is accounted in the book Eye Mind as well.
	♥ 9:47pm ultradamno: My favorite Elevators song is probably Fire Engine.
	♥ 9:48pm coelacanth∅: someone told me Janis was trying to become the singer for the elevators. don't know if it's true but very glad it didn't happen.
	♥ 9:50pm ultradamno: Yeah, from the link "Despite rumours though Janis never sang with the Elevators, and the possibility of her joining them as a second singer remained unfulfilled. It seems unlikely that Janis would have considered such a move at this stage anyway; she was still trying to go straight" And, yeah, the Elevators by all accounts stayed on acid as much as they could manage.
	9:52pm moonpipe: I’m along for the roller coaster ride Nate
	9:53pm Mailman Tom: Ultradamno: Eye Mind is a must read if you're a fan of the 13th Floor Elevators!
	♥ 9:54pm medson: I was reading a small article about the To Whom It May Concern letter that Roky wrote stating that he was not an earthling.
	9:54pm JakeGould: Great work, Nate!
	9:54pm David watts: KDGE the edge was around in the 90s playing shitty offspring songs. probably still is. apparently cooler in the 80s. great show nate! Roky right up there with Roy orbison and buddy holly on the all time Texans list.
	♥ 9:54pm Nate K.: @Mailman Tom, I agree. It's great for fans. Maybe not for everybody, though.
	♥ 9:54pm ultradamno: One of my favorite clips, you may have it handy, is on Sympathy For The Record Industry's Evil Hook Wildlife E.T. album in which, apropos of nothing Roky blurts out "I killed my whole family with an axe" @Mailman Tom agreed, it's an excellent book (written with Roky's co-operation)
	♥ 10:04pm ultradamno: Roky and his mom twitter.com...
	♥ 10:08pm coelacanth∅: don't shake me lucifer was the first solo Roky song i heard -well after the fact (c.1995) -not this version though. (i heard the one from casting the runes first, which my grrrlfriend had; and it turned my world upside-down!)
	♥ 10:09pm coelacanth∅: oh my...ultra d that's amazing! she looks like a little girl!
	10:13pm listener monica: this show is probably my favorite mixed tape ever. i have not tripped listening to roky. yet.
	♥ 10:14pm medson: safe to say this weeks show has been favorited
	10:14pm listener monica: and these are super fine versions of these songs!! well done!!
	♥ 10:16pm coelacanth∅: there's still time monica, still time
	♥ 10:16pm Nate K.: Not sure I have that handy, @Damo, but I have a live album on Sympathy
	♥ 10:16pm Nate K.: Thanks @listener monica much appreciated
	♥ 10:21pm ultradamno: Beauty & The Beast (with The Resurrectionists) maybe? This is the one I'm talking about twitter.com...
	10:22pm John: And I feel just like Jesus sounds
	♥ 10:23pm ultradamno: He would have approved of horror soundtrack bed music.
	10:24pm other John: I feel like eating a snack and going to sleep. Good Roky tribute, by the way!
	♥ 10:25pm medson: Roky didn't have an easy go around, but from most things I've read he was a sweet sweet man.
	♥ 10:26pm coelacanth∅: i feel like cheese's son
	10:26pm jûjû killah: I read somewhere that Live is unreleased studio recordings with crowd noise added.
	♥ 10:26pm ultradamno: I love that he does that Buchannan stuff live (like on the Explosives Halloween album)
	♥ 10:27pm ultradamno: Trance was King Coffey's label.
	♥ 10:27pm coelacanth∅: halloween's awesome
	♥ 10:30pm coelacanth∅: lots of great musicians from texas; especially early blues artists (Roky's my main though - despite Blind Lemon Jefferson!)
	♥ 10:30pm Bootsie: Thanks for this show. This one hurt. So thankful I did get to see him live. I can't hang till the end, but plan on catching the rest via archive tomorrow.
	♥ 10:32pm ultradamno: Speaking of fellow Texans, Roky and Lucinda Williams doing this very song Sir Doug is playing now www.youtube.com...
	♥ 10:33pm Nate K.: @Bootsie, no problem. Can't say it's my pleasure exactly, but I'm glad I'm able to do it.
	♥ 10:34pm coelacanth∅: is Lucinda from texas? i Love Lucinda
	♥ 10:35pm Nate K.: @Ultra, nice. I'll check that one out.
	♥ 10:36pm ultradamno: Actually, I guess she's native to Louisiana, but has strong connections to Houston and Austin.
	10:37pm RobinSays: Hey Nate, thanx for such a great tribute show to Roky Erickson. You're playing amazing songs. I remember going to see Roky at Castle Clinton and having an extra ticket. I was walking down Broadway behind a guy toting several vinyl Roky Erickson records who was talking to himself about how he didn't have a ticket but wanted to go to the show. I gave him my extra ticket and he was so overjoyed gave me two of his records.
	♥ 10:37pm ultradamno: Roky and Lou Ann do a lovely Starry Eyes together too.
	♥ 10:38pm medson: Roky with an Aussie flair
	10:39pm brb: Nate, thank you for these cover.
	♥ 10:40pm coelacanth∅: i think the lazy cowgirls' version is my favorite, after the original. - or maybe radio birdman. (they're very similar)
	♥ 10:40pm ultradamno: "Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, a native of Lake Charles, Louisiana, lived in Austin and Houston during parts of the seventies and eighties. " www.texasmonthly.com...
	♥ 10:40pm Aitch: Have tickets for Radio Birdman in a couple of weeks, should be good. 10,000 miles from Monty Hall though.
	♥ 10:41pm Nate K.: @brb Sure! They're fun.
	♥ 10:43pm coelacanth∅: i think lazy cowgirls did an elevators song "in the style of" radio birdman, basically!
	♥ 10:43pm ultradamno: I love the Bongwater "You Don't Love Me Yet" cover with Screamin' Jay and the Fabulous Pussywillows on Night Music. The Angry Samoans "White Faces" cover from Pyramid is...disappointing.
	♥ 10:44pm Nate K.: The Cowgirls did "You're Gonna Miss" also, I believe. I decided to not go for the hat trick, though.
	♥ 10:45pm coelacanth∅: you're covering many bases already Nate!
	♥ 10:46pm ultradamno: Spacemen 3 did "Earthquake" too, didn't they?
	♥ 10:49pm ultradamno: ...or maybe not. Butthole Surfers did.
	♥ 10:50pm Nate K.: Buttholes did it on that tribute comp.
	10:51pm rw: Hey! Digging the tribute. Since we're talking about covers, Jad Fair did a pretty nice version of Starry Eyes.
	10:51pm Andrew S: wow so good great show but particularly this
	10:51pm Andrew S: wow so good great show but particularly this
	10:53pm rw: And Andrew S is right about that Spacemen 3.
	10:53pm rw: And Andrew S is right about that Spacemen 3.
	♥ 10:53pm ultradamno: But they did do We Sell Soul www.youtube.com...
	10:56pm rw: Nate K, I don't know what else you've got planned but this Jack Oblivian would have made a great closer.
	♥ 11:00pm ultradamno: So no one had the nerve to tackle The Wind & More on that tribute album?
	11:02pm flashbazbo: ecksteen
	♥ 11:02pm ultradamno: Hard to pick, DMZ and Radio Birdman are kind of two sides of the same coin.
	♥ 11:05pm coelacanth∅: the explosives rocked much harder than the aliens, in my opinion -though i like the aliens too
	♥ 11:05pm ultradamno: www.timeout.com...
	♥ 11:09pm ultradamno: One thing about the Aliens, Andre Lewis' synth. www.united-mutations.com...
	♥ 11:09pm DMcK: I've heard it postulated that the bloody hammer in question is the one used to hammer the needle through the eye socket to administer a lobotomy. Makes sense given his history
	♥ 11:12pm Nate K.: @DMcK, that's intense and horrifying.
	♥ 11:13pm medson: Amazing tribute Nate. have to catch the rest on the archives. Morning comes fast
	♥ 11:14pm DMcK: @NateK But he never had it! So it's kind of his farewell "fuck you" to the booby hatch
	♥ 11:14pm ultradamno: To make sure they don't think that they'd hammer their minds out
	11:18pm sufferwords: Thanks Nate - much deserved tribute- Roky is going to be missed - no way his genius can be replicated in this new America - for good or bad a life unique - he might have suffered for his art but his legacy is immortal
	♥ 11:19pm Nate K.: @DM good point. Certainly a positive regarding his stay there.
	11:22pm flashbazbo: is this song strange or what
	♥ 11:22pm coelacanth∅: but he had enough electroconvulsive shock torture, er, i mean,"therapy" to stun a hippo.
	11:22pm rw: The Buddy Holly in all these songs is making me want to revisit Buddy Holly.
	♥ 11:23pm ultradamno: All for a minor, chicken-shit, possession charge as I recall.
	♥ 11:25pm ultradamno: Weed possession, that is.
	♥ 11:25pm coelacanth∅: yeah i think it was some small quantity of a dried plant; something "god" put here on earth
	♥ 11:27pm coelacanth∅: (not that punishment for lsd is any more justifiable)
	♥ 11:27pm coelacanth∅: there you go, rw!
	11:29pm rw: Ha! Nice.
	♥ 11:30pm ultradamno: But the drug wasn't even the point. That he was an influential counter-culture type was...
	♥ 11:31pm coelacanth∅: i know what you mean though. i have a 2-record Buddy Holly comp i haven't touched in a few decades.
	♥ 11:32pm coelacanth∅: ultra d -for sure. same thing with Hendrix and others
	♥ 11:33pm ultradamno: Yeah, Morrison and decades later NWA. When the police just show up looking for an excuse something's up.
	11:33pm rw: I think Starry Eyes is my fav post-Elevators Roky. Such a great one.
	♥ 11:35pm ultradamno: It's certainly the prettiest. I'm usually torn between Wind & More, Mine Mine Mind and White Faces.
	♥ 11:36pm ultradamno: ...oh, and Sputnik. That's kind of a lost classic of the Evil One era.
	♥ 11:37pm coelacanth∅: ultradamno yeah, they still do it, though they don't need to any more.
	♥ 11:38pm Switchblade Batman: PHENOMENAL show tonight Nate. Definitely gonna have to re-listen this week.
	♥ 11:42pm coelacanth∅: i like pretty songs, i swear! but my favorite post-elevators Roky songs are probably don't shake me lucifer; don't slander me; wind and more; fire demon.....
	♥ 11:43pm coelacanth∅: bloody hammer; night of the vampire.... oh, and starry eyes
	♥ 11:45pm Aitch: Marcel's show yesterday was fantastic.
	♥ 11:45pm Nate K.: @coelacanth∅ I might have to sneak in one more heavy jam. Can't help myself.
	♥ 11:46pm Nate K.: @Switchblade, thanks so much!
	♥ 11:47pm coelacanth∅: Nate i don't foresee anyone objecting!
	11:47pm rw: So... I had always thought the lyric on Two Headed Dog was, I've been working in the PRISON but I guess it's I've been working in the KREMLIN. Or are there two versions of that lyric?
	♥ 11:49pm ultradamno: Roky was never above mixing it up, but certainly The Evil One version is Kremlin
	♥ 11:50pm coelacanth∅: i thought it was "kremlin" but sometimes i suck at decifering (sp?) lyrics
	♥ 11:53pm coelacanth∅: this is pretty wild! i was looking forward to another RE song but ... time. i couldn't imagine how you could do it
	11:53pm rw: As we all know, misheard lyrics are the best.
	♥ 11:55pm coelacanth∅: i could sing along to the entire meet the beatles album by the time i was 5, but -not necessarily the actual lyrics!
	♥ 11:56pm coelacanth∅: so, i'd bet that Vikki, on the fringe factory (ichiban stream) will play Roky tomorrow night as well.
	11:56pm rw: Thank you thank you Nate K. Excellent tribute.
	♥ 11:58pm Nardo: Thanks for the Roky.
	♥ 11:58pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Nate! a Brilliant tribute!
	♥ 8:02am listener monica: I can't wait to listen to the archive!

Burn It Down! with Nate K.: Playlist from June 4, 2019

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Music for the revolution in my head: choogling punks; power pop, both skinny-tied and long-haired; soul shouters and girl groups; bubblegum and acid rock; global fuzz; weirdos and outsiders, and the Weirdos and the Outsiders; Archie Shepp and J. Geils. Plus, live bands.

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June 4, 2019: No Slander: A Tribute to Roky Erickson
Roky Erickson live at WFMU's Monty Hall. (Photo courtesy of Medson)

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments	New	Approx. start time
The Spades	You're Gonna Miss Me "You're Gonna Miss Me" by "The Spades"				1965 pre-Elevators		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The 13th Floor Elevators	Before You Accuse Me	Live					0:06:13 (Pop-up)
The 13th Floor Elevators	Tried To Hide (single version)						0:09:54 (Pop-up)
The 13th Floor Elevators	Rollercoaster	The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators					0:12:36 (Pop-up)
The 13th Floor Elevators	You Gotta Take That Girl	Live					0:17:37 (Pop-up)
The 13th Floor Elevators	Slip Inside This House	Easter Everywhere					0:20:51 (Pop-up)
The 13th Floor Elevators	Never Another	Bull of the Woods			1969		0:28:46 (Pop-up)
The 13th Floor Elevators	I Had To Tell You	Easter Everywhere					0:31:28 (Pop-up)
The 13th Floor Elevators	"Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)"	Easter Everywhere					0:33:36 (Pop-up)
Roky Erickson & Clementine Hall	Splash 1						0:40:23 (Pop-up)

Roky Erickson & the Aliens	Two-Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)	The Evil One			Clips from an interview with George Gimarc, July 1981, on "The Edge" KDGE-FM 94.5, Dallas, Texas.		0:50:57 (Pop-up)
Roky Erickson	Starry Eyes "Starry Eyes" by "Roky Erickson"	Don't Slander Me					0:53:34 (Pop-up)
Roky Erickson	The Interpreter "The Interpreter" by "Roky Erickson"	Gremlins Have Pictures					0:56:42 (Pop-up)
Roky Erickson	Bermuda "Bermuda" by "Roky Erickson"	Don't Slander Me					0:59:10 (Pop-up)
Roky Erickson & the Aliens	Don't Shake Me Lucifer	The Evil One					1:02:19 (Pop-up)
Roky Erickson & the Aliens	Creature with the Atom Brain						1:05:48 (Pop-up)
Roky Erickson	The Haunt "The Haunt" by "Roky Erickson"	All That May Do My Rhyme	Trance Syndicate	1995			1:10:08 (Pop-up)
Roky Erickson & the Aliens	I Think of Demons	The Evil One					1:14:53 (Pop-up)
Roky Erickson	Heroin "Heroin" by "Roky Erickson"				VU cover		1:17:38 (Pop-up)

ZZ Top	Reverberation (Doubt) "Reverberation (Doubt)" by "ZZ Top"	Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye \| A Tribute to Roky Erickson					1:28:28 (Pop-up)
The Sir Douglas Quintet	Starry Eyes	Live Love					1:30:40 (Pop-up)
Lou Ann Barton	Don't Slander Me "Don't Slander Me" by "Lou Ann Barton"	Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye \| A Tribute to Roky Erickson					1:34:03 (Pop-up)
Radio Birdman	You're Gonna Miss Me						1:35:53 (Pop-up)
DMZ	You're Gonna Miss Me "You're Gonna Miss Me" by "DMZ"						1:38:31 (Pop-up)
Quintron & Miss Pussycat	Creature with the Atom Brain	Dr. Demento: Covered In Punk					1:40:58 (Pop-up)
Spacemen 3	Rollercoaster "Rollercoaster" by "Spacemen 3"	Sound of Confusion					1:44:24 (Pop-up)
David Nance	Please Judge "Please Judge" by "David Nance"				Recorded by David for tonight's show		1:51:56 (Pop-up)
Jack Oblivian	I Walked with a Zombie						1:54:43 (Pop-up)

Roky Erickson And The Explosives	Bloody Hammer	Halloween: Live 1979-1981					2:05:00 (Pop-up)
Roky Erickson And The Explosives	The Wind and More	Halloween: Live 1979-1981					2:11:02 (Pop-up)
Roky Erickson	True Love Cast Out All Evil	I Have Always Been Here Before					2:15:38 (Pop-up)
Roky Erickson	Please Judge "Please Judge" by "Roky Erickson"	All That May Do My Rhyme					2:19:30 (Pop-up)
Roky Erickson	I Love the Living You	Never Say Goodbye			Recorded in 1971 in Rusk State Hospital		2:23:25 (Pop-up)
Roky Erickson	Peggy Sue Got Married	The Holiday Inn Tapes					2:26:51 (Pop-up)
Roky Erickson	Birds'd Crash "Birds'd Crash" by "Roky Erickson"	I Have Always Been Here Before			Recorded with Bill Miller in 1974		2:29:02 (Pop-up)
Roky Erickson & Lou Ann Barton	Starry Eyes	All That May Do My Rhyme					2:32:27 (Pop-up)
Roky Erickson	I Have Always Been Here Before	I Have Always Been Here Before: The Roky Erickson Anthology					2:37:38 (Pop-up)

The 13th Floor Elevators	Baby Blue	Easter Everywhere					2:44:02 (Pop-up)
Nots	Woman Alone/Floating Hand "Woman Alone/Floating Hand" by "Nots"	3	Goner		LIVE on the show next week, June 11. And live at Alphaville on Saturday, June 8, with Olivia Neutron-John	*	2:49:00 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	♥ 9:02pm ultradamno: All stand for the fire demon...
	9:04pm Mailman Tom: A psychedelic pioneer that suffered for his art!
	♥ 9:05pm coelacanth∅: greetings Nate and others
	♥ 9:06pm medson: I always thaought it was amazing that Roky wrote this at 18-19 yrs old
	♥ 9:07pm Ken From Hyde Park: Setting the funeral pyre ablaze.
	♥ 9:08pm G: Robert Plant says thanks for the vocal style hints. I knew how to monetize them better.
	♥ 9:09pm Nate K.: Pretty much nothin' but Roky tonight folks. But I have some cool stuff planned
	♥ 9:09pm medson: Thats ok with me Nate : )
	♥ 9:10pm ultradamno: The b-side of that Spades single, of course, We Sell Soul, which would get a re-write as Don't Fall Down.
	♥ 9:15pm DonJuanTijuana: Could not miss this epic show..RIP Roky!
	♥ 9:18pm coelacanth∅: hey if you just played the explosives and easter everywhere and a few other things i'd say you had some cool stuff planned
	♥ 9:20pm coelacanth∅: ...but great to hear that early gonna miss me
	♥ 9:22pm coelacanth∅: one of my most favorite songs of all time (...this and postures)
	♥ 9:22pm medson: Amazing song right here
	9:23pm Mailman Tom: Slip Into This House has some mind blowing lyrics. It's my favorite Elevators song.
	♥ 9:25pm Aitch: Learning day for me, really only heard him/them on Jeff Conklin's shows.
	♥ 9:26pm Nardo: Are we going to Bermuda?
	♥ 9:26pm Nate K.: @Aitch, it's gonna be a trip (pun kind of intended).
	♥ 9:28pm ultradamno: Bermuda was the first Roky song I ever heard. Off the Guillotine compilation.
	♥ 9:28pm Nardo: I'll pack my bags.
	♥ 9:28pm coelacanth∅: i started working on my own version of this a few years ago; never finished it. to say i can't do it justice is a wild understatement. -but i'm happy i learned the lyrics anyway.
	♥ 9:28pm Nate K.: @Nardo, it's a long show. : )
	9:28pm Mailman Tom: "Earthquake" is another fantastic song!
	9:30pm flashbazbo: ecksteen
	♥ 9:32pm coelacanth∅: that whole album is a masterpiece. their rendition of slide machine just means i never want to hear any other version; and Bob Dylan said their version of baby blue is his favorite; and i agree.
	9:32pm deed: Lovin it
	♥ 9:32pm Aitch: Not just Terry Reid that Robert was fond of. Loving this Nate
	♥ 9:33pm Asheville Jon: great show tonight. still super kicking myself for not seeing Roky when he played here last year. yup, i'm an idiot
	♥ 9:34pm coelacanth∅: Roky's influence on Janis Joplin's singing is immeasurable. (but i'd a million times rather hear him)
	♥ 9:37pm Nate K.: @coelacanth∅ Re: Janis, there does seem to be a sonic kinship between Roky and Janis. I never really thought of that before. Maybe it's a Texas thing.
	♥ 9:37pm coelacanth∅: i recited some of the lyrics to this one to a 70-80-year-old guy i know a few days ago and he was pretty impressed. he'd never heard of the elevators somehow. (or Roky)
	♥ 9:38pm ultradamno: When Janis Met Roky: thequietus.com...
	9:43pm Niall: This is utterly beautiful!
	♥ 9:44pm coelacanth∅: ultra d thanks. i have to read it later (like a few days from now) but i've been curious. i've heard different things.
	♥ 9:45pm ultradamno: A version is accounted in the book Eye Mind as well.
	♥ 9:47pm ultradamno: My favorite Elevators song is probably Fire Engine.
	♥ 9:48pm coelacanth∅: someone told me Janis was trying to become the singer for the elevators. don't know if it's true but very glad it didn't happen.
	♥ 9:50pm ultradamno: Yeah, from the link "Despite rumours though Janis never sang with the Elevators, and the possibility of her joining them as a second singer remained unfulfilled. It seems unlikely that Janis would have considered such a move at this stage anyway; she was still trying to go straight" And, yeah, the Elevators by all accounts stayed on acid as much as they could manage.
	9:52pm moonpipe: I’m along for the roller coaster ride Nate
	9:53pm Mailman Tom: Ultradamno: Eye Mind is a must read if you're a fan of the 13th Floor Elevators!
	♥ 9:54pm medson: I was reading a small article about the To Whom It May Concern letter that Roky wrote stating that he was not an earthling.
	9:54pm JakeGould: Great work, Nate!
	9:54pm David watts: KDGE the edge was around in the 90s playing shitty offspring songs. probably still is. apparently cooler in the 80s. great show nate! Roky right up there with Roy orbison and buddy holly on the all time Texans list.
	♥ 9:54pm Nate K.: @Mailman Tom, I agree. It's great for fans. Maybe not for everybody, though.
	♥ 9:54pm ultradamno: One of my favorite clips, you may have it handy, is on Sympathy For The Record Industry's Evil Hook Wildlife E.T. album in which, apropos of nothing Roky blurts out "I killed my whole family with an axe" @Mailman Tom agreed, it's an excellent book (written with Roky's co-operation)
	♥ 10:04pm ultradamno: Roky and his mom twitter.com...
	♥ 10:08pm coelacanth∅: don't shake me lucifer was the first solo Roky song i heard -well after the fact (c.1995) -not this version though. (i heard the one from casting the runes first, which my grrrlfriend had; and it turned my world upside-down!)
	♥ 10:09pm coelacanth∅: oh my...ultra d that's amazing! she looks like a little girl!
	10:13pm listener monica: this show is probably my favorite mixed tape ever. i have not tripped listening to roky. yet.
	♥ 10:14pm medson: safe to say this weeks show has been favorited
	10:14pm listener monica: and these are super fine versions of these songs!! well done!!
	♥ 10:16pm coelacanth∅: there's still time monica, still time
	♥ 10:16pm Nate K.: Not sure I have that handy, @Damo, but I have a live album on Sympathy
	♥ 10:16pm Nate K.: Thanks @listener monica much appreciated
	♥ 10:21pm ultradamno: Beauty & The Beast (with The Resurrectionists) maybe? This is the one I'm talking about twitter.com...
	10:22pm John: And I feel just like Jesus sounds
	♥ 10:23pm ultradamno: He would have approved of horror soundtrack bed music.
	10:24pm other John: I feel like eating a snack and going to sleep. Good Roky tribute, by the way!
	♥ 10:25pm medson: Roky didn't have an easy go around, but from most things I've read he was a sweet sweet man.
	♥ 10:26pm coelacanth∅: i feel like cheese's son
	10:26pm jûjû killah: I read somewhere that Live is unreleased studio recordings with crowd noise added.
	♥ 10:26pm ultradamno: I love that he does that Buchannan stuff live (like on the Explosives Halloween album)
	♥ 10:27pm ultradamno: Trance was King Coffey's label.
	♥ 10:27pm coelacanth∅: halloween's awesome
	♥ 10:30pm coelacanth∅: lots of great musicians from texas; especially early blues artists (Roky's my main though - despite Blind Lemon Jefferson!)
	♥ 10:30pm Bootsie: Thanks for this show. This one hurt. So thankful I did get to see him live. I can't hang till the end, but plan on catching the rest via archive tomorrow.
	♥ 10:32pm ultradamno: Speaking of fellow Texans, Roky and Lucinda Williams doing this very song Sir Doug is playing now www.youtube.com...
	♥ 10:33pm Nate K.: @Bootsie, no problem. Can't say it's my pleasure exactly, but I'm glad I'm able to do it.
	♥ 10:34pm coelacanth∅: is Lucinda from texas? i Love Lucinda
	♥ 10:35pm Nate K.: @Ultra, nice. I'll check that one out.
	♥ 10:36pm ultradamno: Actually, I guess she's native to Louisiana, but has strong connections to Houston and Austin.
	10:37pm RobinSays: Hey Nate, thanx for such a great tribute show to Roky Erickson. You're playing amazing songs. I remember going to see Roky at Castle Clinton and having an extra ticket. I was walking down Broadway behind a guy toting several vinyl Roky Erickson records who was talking to himself about how he didn't have a ticket but wanted to go to the show. I gave him my extra ticket and he was so overjoyed gave me two of his records.
	♥ 10:37pm ultradamno: Roky and Lou Ann do a lovely Starry Eyes together too.
	♥ 10:38pm medson: Roky with an Aussie flair
	10:39pm brb: Nate, thank you for these cover.
	♥ 10:40pm coelacanth∅: i think the lazy cowgirls' version is my favorite, after the original. - or maybe radio birdman. (they're very similar)
	♥ 10:40pm ultradamno: "Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, a native of Lake Charles, Louisiana, lived in Austin and Houston during parts of the seventies and eighties. " www.texasmonthly.com...
	♥ 10:40pm Aitch: Have tickets for Radio Birdman in a couple of weeks, should be good. 10,000 miles from Monty Hall though.
	♥ 10:41pm Nate K.: @brb Sure! They're fun.
	♥ 10:43pm coelacanth∅: i think lazy cowgirls did an elevators song "in the style of" radio birdman, basically!
	♥ 10:43pm ultradamno: I love the Bongwater "You Don't Love Me Yet" cover with Screamin' Jay and the Fabulous Pussywillows on Night Music. The Angry Samoans "White Faces" cover from Pyramid is...disappointing.
	♥ 10:44pm Nate K.: The Cowgirls did "You're Gonna Miss" also, I believe. I decided to not go for the hat trick, though.
	♥ 10:45pm coelacanth∅: you're covering many bases already Nate!
	♥ 10:46pm ultradamno: Spacemen 3 did "Earthquake" too, didn't they?
	♥ 10:49pm ultradamno: ...or maybe not. Butthole Surfers did.
	♥ 10:50pm Nate K.: Buttholes did it on that tribute comp.
	10:51pm rw: Hey! Digging the tribute. Since we're talking about covers, Jad Fair did a pretty nice version of Starry Eyes.
	10:51pm Andrew S: wow so good great show but particularly this
	10:51pm Andrew S: wow so good great show but particularly this
	10:53pm rw: And Andrew S is right about that Spacemen 3.
	10:53pm rw: And Andrew S is right about that Spacemen 3.
	♥ 10:53pm ultradamno: But they did do We Sell Soul www.youtube.com...
	10:56pm rw: Nate K, I don't know what else you've got planned but this Jack Oblivian would have made a great closer.
	♥ 11:00pm ultradamno: So no one had the nerve to tackle The Wind & More on that tribute album?
	11:02pm flashbazbo: ecksteen
	♥ 11:02pm ultradamno: Hard to pick, DMZ and Radio Birdman are kind of two sides of the same coin.
	♥ 11:05pm coelacanth∅: the explosives rocked much harder than the aliens, in my opinion -though i like the aliens too
	♥ 11:05pm ultradamno: www.timeout.com...
	♥ 11:09pm ultradamno: One thing about the Aliens, Andre Lewis' synth. www.united-mutations.com...
	♥ 11:09pm DMcK: I've heard it postulated that the bloody hammer in question is the one used to hammer the needle through the eye socket to administer a lobotomy. Makes sense given his history
	♥ 11:12pm Nate K.: @DMcK, that's intense and horrifying.
	♥ 11:13pm medson: Amazing tribute Nate. have to catch the rest on the archives. Morning comes fast
	♥ 11:14pm DMcK: @NateK But he never had it! So it's kind of his farewell "fuck you" to the booby hatch
	♥ 11:14pm ultradamno: To make sure they don't think that they'd hammer their minds out
	11:18pm sufferwords: Thanks Nate - much deserved tribute- Roky is going to be missed - no way his genius can be replicated in this new America - for good or bad a life unique - he might have suffered for his art but his legacy is immortal
	♥ 11:19pm Nate K.: @DM good point. Certainly a positive regarding his stay there.
	11:22pm flashbazbo: is this song strange or what
	♥ 11:22pm coelacanth∅: but he had enough electroconvulsive shock torture, er, i mean,"therapy" to stun a hippo.
	11:22pm rw: The Buddy Holly in all these songs is making me want to revisit Buddy Holly.
	♥ 11:23pm ultradamno: All for a minor, chicken-shit, possession charge as I recall.
	♥ 11:25pm ultradamno: Weed possession, that is.
	♥ 11:25pm coelacanth∅: yeah i think it was some small quantity of a dried plant; something "god" put here on earth
	♥ 11:27pm coelacanth∅: (not that punishment for lsd is any more justifiable)
	♥ 11:27pm coelacanth∅: there you go, rw!
	11:29pm rw: Ha! Nice.
	♥ 11:30pm ultradamno: But the drug wasn't even the point. That he was an influential counter-culture type was...
	♥ 11:31pm coelacanth∅: i know what you mean though. i have a 2-record Buddy Holly comp i haven't touched in a few decades.
	♥ 11:32pm coelacanth∅: ultra d -for sure. same thing with Hendrix and others
	♥ 11:33pm ultradamno: Yeah, Morrison and decades later NWA. When the police just show up looking for an excuse something's up.
	11:33pm rw: I think Starry Eyes is my fav post-Elevators Roky. Such a great one.
	♥ 11:35pm ultradamno: It's certainly the prettiest. I'm usually torn between Wind & More, Mine Mine Mind and White Faces.
	♥ 11:36pm ultradamno: ...oh, and Sputnik. That's kind of a lost classic of the Evil One era.
	♥ 11:37pm coelacanth∅: ultradamno yeah, they still do it, though they don't need to any more.
	♥ 11:38pm Switchblade Batman: PHENOMENAL show tonight Nate. Definitely gonna have to re-listen this week.
	♥ 11:42pm coelacanth∅: i like pretty songs, i swear! but my favorite post-elevators Roky songs are probably don't shake me lucifer; don't slander me; wind and more; fire demon.....
	♥ 11:43pm coelacanth∅: bloody hammer; night of the vampire.... oh, and starry eyes
	♥ 11:45pm Aitch: Marcel's show yesterday was fantastic.
	♥ 11:45pm Nate K.: @coelacanth∅ I might have to sneak in one more heavy jam. Can't help myself.
	♥ 11:46pm Nate K.: @Switchblade, thanks so much!
	♥ 11:47pm coelacanth∅: Nate i don't foresee anyone objecting!
	11:47pm rw: So... I had always thought the lyric on Two Headed Dog was, I've been working in the PRISON but I guess it's I've been working in the KREMLIN. Or are there two versions of that lyric?
	♥ 11:49pm ultradamno: Roky was never above mixing it up, but certainly The Evil One version is Kremlin
	♥ 11:50pm coelacanth∅: i thought it was "kremlin" but sometimes i suck at decifering (sp?) lyrics
	♥ 11:53pm coelacanth∅: this is pretty wild! i was looking forward to another RE song but ... time. i couldn't imagine how you could do it
	11:53pm rw: As we all know, misheard lyrics are the best.
	♥ 11:55pm coelacanth∅: i could sing along to the entire meet the beatles album by the time i was 5, but -not necessarily the actual lyrics!
	♥ 11:56pm coelacanth∅: so, i'd bet that Vikki, on the fringe factory (ichiban stream) will play Roky tomorrow night as well.
	11:56pm rw: Thank you thank you Nate K. Excellent tribute.
	♥ 11:58pm Nardo: Thanks for the Roky.
	♥ 11:58pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Nate! a Brilliant tribute!
	♥ 8:02am listener monica: I can't wait to listen to the archive!

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