WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from June 5, 2019

Listener comments!
	10:01pm Gary: Larry!
	10:02pm Funky16Corners: Gary!
	10:02pm Matt from New Orleans: I suddenly had a feeling and looked down at the lower right of my laptop screen and saw it turn to 9 so I quickly shut off mixcloud and hightailed it here. Thought I’d be late but was early.
	10:02pm chresti: Hello Testify!
	10:02pm northguineahills: It feels weird now not hearing Larry four times in the last week (well, it seemed that many).
	10:03pm Matt from New Orleans: Kris started out the same way last night
	10:03pm Funky16Corners: Matt! Chresti! NGH!
	10:03pm Funky16Corners: Well, I couldn't NOT play the OG
	10:03pm chresti: Like your new avatar.
	10:03pm Erica: I'm ready for the Roky Erikson tribute.
	10:04pm fleep: Greetings and way to begin
	10:04pm Jeff Ash: Good evening from Wisconsin!
	10:04pm Funky16Corners: @Chresti - Thanks!
	10:04pm Funky16Corners: Erica! Fleep! Jeff!
	10:06pm Franco Twinkie: The Roky Erickson appreciation society will now come to order.
	10:06pm Erica: Is this a temporary avatar Larry for this show or is this official?
	10:07pm Funky16Corners: Temporary, I was experimenting making GIFs today (to make that banner). I'll go back to the old one soon.
	10:07pm Funky16Corners: Franco!
	10:09pm Kris Holmes: Tuned in. Passed on The Clique 45 the other week, it just can't measure up to the Elevators for me :(
	10:10pm northguineahills: Coping w/ Cope!
	10:10pm Funky16Corners: Kris!
	10:12pm Franco Twinkie: Oh,yes,yes,yes!
	10:12pm Franco Twinkie: Augie Meyers!
	10:12pm Kris Holmes: fingers of fury on the organ there lol
	10:13pm Kris Holmes: by Augie?
	10:13pm Funky16Corners: I got to see Doug and Augie do this live a few times
	10:13pm Kris Holmes: very cool, i got to see neither, would have loved to see Doug
	10:14pm Kris Holmes: technically not too late for Augie still though
	10:16pm Kris Holmes: well said Larry!
	10:19pm northguineahills: Will be in and out, cleaning right now. Thanks for this tribute, definitely an episode clicky-star.!
	10:20pm Franco Twinkie: From the I still hit myself on the head dept: In 1975 Sir Doug was playing at the Palomino in north Hollywood. I thought I should go, then did something else, something really stupid I'm sure. Later, I read a review of the show in the L.A. Roky Erickson appeared like a spirit and shrieked You're Gonna Miss Me. A picture appeared of Roxy wearing a Jaurez tee shirt.
	10:21pm Funky16Corners: @Kris - Thanks!
	10:22pm Funky16Corners: @Franco - Amazing!
	10:22pm Franco Twinkie: L.A. Times, that is. Which didn't even have the balls to run an obit this week.
	10:23pm Franco Twinkie: I saw this in real time! With my mom, while she was ironing!
	10:24pm Dean: Uhm, https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-roky-erickson-obituary-20190601-story.html
	10:24pm Dean: Not that the LAT has balls.
	10:25pm Funky16Corners: Dean!
	10:32pm Funky16Corners: This may be my favorite song on the first album and it's not even written by the band
	10:33pm Franco Twinkie: I was also with my mom..and dad...and sister when we were driving into San Francisco in August of 1966 when You're Gonna Miss Me came Booming out of the car radio, and then continued to be in heavy rotation, along with Got to Get You Into My life by The Beatles(Revolver had just come out) You Can't Hurry Love by The Supremes and What becomes Of The Broken Hearted by Jimmy Ruffin.
	10:34pm Funky16Corners: It really is a perfect AM car radio song. Short, sharp and to the point.
	10:35pm Cal Zone!: Thanks for doing this tribute, LG!
	10:35pm Funky16Corners: Cal! my pleasure entirely!
	10:37pm Franco Twinkie: Yes Larry, and my dad had just bought a new Oldsmobile that had a real good radio and speakers compared to our '56 Chevy.
	🥁 10:38pm Granny Spicy Tuna (they/them): 13th Floor— Step Into This Housewares, electric jugs and eternity…
	10:38pm Funky16Corners: I miss those radios, with the push-button tuning...
	10:39pm Funky16Corners: Granny! Welcome!
	10:39pm Kris Holmes: we still had push button car radios in NZ through the 80s lol
	10:40pm rw: Hey.
	10:40pm Franco Twinkie: Delco radios.
	10:40pm Erica: Granny you changed your avatar again.
	10:41pm Funky16Corners: rw!
	10:42pm Funky16Corners: @Kris - I've been watching a NZ TV show called Nothing Trivial, sort of a dramedy, and in an episode today a 60-ish guy namechecked Ray Columbus and the Invaders!
	🥁 10:42pm Granny Spicy Tuna (they/them): Erica: this one is actually my noggin!
	10:44pm Erica: Ah yes the late Ray Columbus. I think he sang "The Crunch" with the band "The Challenge".
	10:44pm Erica: Haha Granny.
	10:45pm rw: A little bummed I got here late but will be here for the remainder. Hello congregation!
	10:45pm rw: And f16 too of course.
	10:46pm Erica: We're riding on the "Fire Engine" now rw.
	10:47pm Kris Holmes: Nothing Trivial!! That's some funny shit.
	10:47pm northguineahills: For reasons unbeknownst to me, I used to get Tom Rapp and Roky Erickson mixed up....
	10:48pm Kris Holmes: One of my old DJ friends played a character named "Scotty" on that show.
	10:48pm Carmichael: Tuned in wayyyy late to the awesomeness.
	10:48pm Funky16Corners: @Kris - I had to run it back to make sure I heard it right. He went to visit a woman and was impressed that she had an autographed Ray Columbus LP
	10:49pm Kris Holmes: Ray Columbus actually wrote the song The Crunch for The Challenge but did not appear on the record
	10:49pm Funky16Corners: @Kris - No shit? That's funny. I just picked it out at random on Prime!
	10:49pm Funky16Corners: Carmichael!
	10:49pm Funky16Corners: @NGH - Just listen for the lisp. That tells you you're listening to Rapp!
	10:51pm Kris Holmes: Ray Columbus is a household name for us, saying you have an autographed Ray Columbus LP is like you having an autographed Frank Sinatra LP?
	10:53pm Kris Holmes: He is not an underground figure like he is here in the US
	10:53pm Carmichael: Scanning the playlist, digging it all. Roky found peace somewhere, and we get to hear this again. All is well.
	10:54pm northguineahills: Thanks for the recommendation, need to watch what I can while I have amazon, Larry.
	10:57pm Kris Holmes: The drummer for the band I played with in West Texas had a High School band in Houston that opened up for the Elevators c.66/67.
	10:59pm Franco Twinkie: The Avalon my guess. But The Matrix did have an encredible room tone. Now it's a fancy restaurant.
	11:00pm Funky16Corners: @Kris - Did he share any stories?
	11:00pm Funky16Corners: @Franco - I can't believe the provenance isn't more solid. THe stuff I've heard is good quality.
	11:01pm Funky16Corners: @Kris - The first I heard of Ray Columbus was back in the late 80s/early 90s when someone issued his collaboration with an American band called the Art Collection
	11:02pm northguineahills: Considering trivia is the only thing I'm good at these days, and the only way I can drink (My team usually wins), the show looks like it will resonate w/ me.
	11:02pm Funky16Corners: It's interesting. More drama than comedy, but the characters hve really grown on me.
	11:03pm Franco Twinkie: The Avalon is not that big and has a lot of drapes hanging on the walls, so who knows.
	11:06pm Franco Twinkie: This is very old testament.
	11:06pm Erica: That's cool Kris. What was the band's name. Do you remember?
	11:08pm Erica: "Tryin' to, tryin to..."
	11:09pm Kris Holmes: he did tell me the name & it was something suitably ridiculously psychedelic but i have forgotten it
	11:10pm Carmichael: That electric jug is so friggin bizarre. I wonder how the guy doesn’t eventually pass out.
	11:10pm Jeff Ash: I am watching a John Wayne Western with the sound off and 13th Floor Elevators is the perfect soundtrack.
	11:10pm Erica: Ah well Kris. Still a cool fact.
	11:10pm Funky16Corners: You can hear he's winded when he talks on TV appearances
	11:12pm Franco Twinkie: The New York Times did a good piece on Roky this week AND that paragon of integrity, The New Yorker as well!
	11:12pm Funky16Corners: @Jeff - Which one?
	11:12pm ?: How does that E-jug work anyway? Is it just a mic in a jug? I've always wondered.
	11:12pm Funky16Corners: It's him blowing the jug holding the mic right up to the opening. You can see him do it in some of the TV appearances on Youtube
	11:13pm Jeff Ash: @Larry -- Chisum.
	11:14pm coelacanth∅: hey Larry and all been listening the whole time but in conversation rest in peace Roky
	11:14pm Funky16Corners: Second mistake tonight...I quit...
	11:15pm Funky16Corners: Hey C!
	11:15pm rw: That above ? was me. I guess I should look more at the YouTube.
	11:15pm Kris Holmes: you can actually get pretty close just going "biddabiddabiddabiddabidda" with the sound of your voice into a mic without the jug :)
	11:15pm Funky16Corners: An answer record!
	11:16pm Franco Twinkie: I found an old ceramic jug full of spider webs in my moms garage, washed it out and gave it a whirl. Didn't work for shit, but then, I was not blazing on acid at the time.
	11:17pm rw: FT you need the acid to get all those tones. Otherwise you'll just get a single note.
	11:17pm Kris Holmes: it's all about technique, not just anyone can play the electric jug straight away
	11:17pm Funky16Corners: It really is pretty crazy when you think about it.
	11:17pm Franco Twinkie: I see.
	11:19pm coelacanth∅: he actually didn't blow into the jug like a jugband jug player but he sort of "scat"? sang into it
	11:21pm coelacanth∅: (...held the mic up next to his mouth)
	11:24pm rw: Oh! So the jug just created the Reverberation.
	11:24pm coelacanth∅: yes, the Reverberation
	11:24pm Carmichael: I always thought it was a Fishman style pickup that was inside.
	11:25pm Funky16Corners: I think so, though I wouldn't be surprised to discover that there was echo/reverb on the mic
	11:26pm coelacanth∅: for easter everywhere they put the mic in the jug
	11:27pm Carmichael: My band needs both rhythm and lead jugs.
	11:27pm Funky16Corners: I want a whole jug section
	11:31pm Carmichael: Acid makes you think of electrified jugs.
	11:35pm Funky16Corners: I'm fully willing to believe that Tommy Hall came up with the jug when he was flying on acid. Who knows, did he start with a garden hose, move on to a watering can and land on the jug?
	11:36pm Erica: When you're high, anything is possible, especially electrified jugs.
	11:37pm Franco Twinkie: That commercial is on Epitaph For A Legend, along with a goofy "interview" with Roky, that was broadcast on KSAN.
	11:38pm Funky16Corners: I got it off of the big 10 CD boxed set
	11:39pm Funky16Corners: Is that the interview where he calls the band the 13th Floor Alleviators?
	11:41pm Funky16Corners: That horn section is the weirdest...
	11:42pm Franco Twinkie: I can't remember Larry. But the DJ asks him what his favorite Sex Pistols song is and he says Hot Cars(!?!)
	11:43pm Funky16Corners: C'mon, that's EVERYBODY'S favorite Sex Pistols song!
	11:50pm Franco Twinkie: He just said WINDOW PANE! I think.
	11:50pm Funky16Corners: Very Ennio Morricone/Allesandro Allesandroni
	11:51pm rw: I heard it. Don't know most of these songs though.
	11:51pm Funky16Corners: @Franco - He did indeed!
	11:51pm chresti: I heard window pane, earlier..
	11:51pm Funky16Corners: I walked down to the sidewalk, the night was crying rain I heard wandering thunder like a crash in someone's tin I can tell from the lightning's flashing that the storm would not refrain The wind blew through the treetops and I saw some windowpane I heard someone down in the alley a little voice called out my name I saw the ghost of our wrecked romance it was lost in the pouring rain Well I'm going back to the country Up on the mountains up on the rising side And if you should ever leave me Send me a letter with some love inside Where are you? Married? And in a good place? I need to know to be satisfied I walked on through the darkness, the night still pouring rain The wind blew through the treetops and I saw some windowpane I saw the ghost of our wrecked romance, it was lost in the pouring rain One thing I have learned in my time in the skies and on the ground All the fires changed motivation, yet I burned to love that sound
	11:53pm Franco Twinkie: This is acid torture.
	11:53pm Funky16Corners: This is Roky's first goodbye...
	11:55pm northguineahills: happy thanks as per usual, Larry!
	11:58pm Franco Twinkie: You pulled it, Larry. Now on to The Monster Movie years.
	11:59pm coelacanth∅: 1/2 that set had no Roky on them. (more than 1/2 the album)
	11:59pm Funky16Corners: Thanks NGH!
	12:00am Funky16Corners: @FRanco - Hopefully someone on WFMU will dig into solo Roky
	12:00am chresti: Thanks Larry! Goodnight!
	12:00am Erica: See ya'll next week! Sorry I didn't chat much. Got lost in the music.
	12:00am Funky16Corners: @C - Yeah, I talked about that. I think his spirit is there where he isn't
	12:00am Funky16Corners: Nite Chresti!
	12:01am Funky16Corners: Nite Erica!
	12:01am coelacanth∅: Nate K played 3 hours of Roky, mostly not the elevators (last night?)
	12:01am rw: Thank you F16. Nice tribute. Take care Testifiers!
	12:01am Funky16Corners: Oh, cool, I'll have to check that out
	12:02am coelacanth∅: Larry (@12.00) yes i think that's true. (i couldn't listen to any of the mic breaks)
	12:02am coelacanth∅: Thanks!
	12:02am Funky16Corners: Nite rw!
	12:02am Funky16Corners: Thanks C!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from June 5, 2019

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Best of Funky16Corners Volume One	Funky16Corners	2017	MP3
The Spades	You're Gonna Miss Me "You're Gonna Miss Me" by "The Spades"	45RPM Single	Zero	1965	45
The Clique	Splash1 "Splash1" by "The Clique"	45RPM Single	Cinema	1967	45
Julian Cope	Levitation "Levitation" by "Julian Cope"	World Shut Your Mouth	Island	1986	EP
Sir Douglas Quintet	You're Gonna Miss Me	Live on Fridays!	Not on Label	1981	MP3

13th Floor Elevators	You're Gonna Miss Me	Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators	International Artists	1966	LP
13th Floor Elevators	Reverberation	Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators	International Artists	1966	LP
13th Floor Elevators	Splash 1 "Splash 1" by "13th Floor Elevators"	Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators	International Artists	1966	LP
13th Floor Elevators	You Don't Know	Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators	International Artists	1966	LP
13th Floor Elevators	Don't Fall Down	Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators	International Artists	1966	LP
13th Floor Elevators	Kingdom of Heaven	Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators	International Artists	1966	LP
13th Floor Elevators	Tried to Hide	Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators	International Artists	1966	LP
13th Floor Elevators	Fire Engine "Fire Engine" by "13th Floor Elevators"	Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators	International Artists	1966	LP
13th Floor Elevators	Gloria "Gloria" by "13th Floor Elevators"	Live on Sumpin' Else TV Show	Not on Label	1967	MP3
13th Floor Elevators	The Word "The Word" by "13th Floor Elevators"	Live In San Francisco	Charly	1966	CD

13th Floor Elevators	Slip Inside This House	Easter Everywhere	International Artists	1967	LP
13th Floor Elevators	Slide Machine	Easter Everywhere	International Artists	1967	LP
13th Floor Elevators	She LIves In a Time of Her Own	Easter Everywhere	International Artists	1967	LP
13th Floor Elevators	Nobody To Love	Easter Everywhere	International Artists	1967	LP
13th Floor Elevators	Dust "Dust" by "13th Floor Elevators"	Easter Everywhere	International Artists	1967	LP
13th Floor Elevators	I Had To Tell You	Easter Everywhere	International Artists	1967	LP
13th Floor Elevators	Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)	Easter Everywhere	International Artists	1967	LP

13th Floor Elevators	Livin' On "Livin' On" by "13th Floor Elevators"	Bull Of the Woods	International Artists	1969	LP
13th Floor Elevators	Till Then "Till Then" by "13th Floor Elevators"	Bull of the Woods	International Artists	1969	LP
13th Floor Elevators	Never Another	Bull of the Woods	International Artists	1969	LP
13th Floor Elevators	Scarlet and the Gold	Bull of the Woods	International Artists	1969	LP
13th Floor Elevators	Street Song "Street Song" by "13th Floor Elevators"	Bull of the Woods	International Artists	1969	LP
13th Floor Elevators	May the Circle Remain Unbroken	Bull of the Woods	International Artists	1969	LP

Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers	I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)	45RPM Single	Like	1966	45

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Listener comments!
	10:01pm Gary: Larry!
	10:02pm Funky16Corners: Gary!
	10:02pm Matt from New Orleans: I suddenly had a feeling and looked down at the lower right of my laptop screen and saw it turn to 9 so I quickly shut off mixcloud and hightailed it here. Thought I’d be late but was early.
	10:02pm chresti: Hello Testify!
	10:02pm northguineahills: It feels weird now not hearing Larry four times in the last week (well, it seemed that many).
	10:03pm Matt from New Orleans: Kris started out the same way last night
	10:03pm Funky16Corners: Matt! Chresti! NGH!
	10:03pm Funky16Corners: Well, I couldn't NOT play the OG
	10:03pm chresti: Like your new avatar.
	10:03pm Erica: I'm ready for the Roky Erikson tribute.
	10:04pm fleep: Greetings and way to begin
	10:04pm Jeff Ash: Good evening from Wisconsin!
	10:04pm Funky16Corners: @Chresti - Thanks!
	10:04pm Funky16Corners: Erica! Fleep! Jeff!
	10:06pm Franco Twinkie: The Roky Erickson appreciation society will now come to order.
	10:06pm Erica: Is this a temporary avatar Larry for this show or is this official?
	10:07pm Funky16Corners: Temporary, I was experimenting making GIFs today (to make that banner). I'll go back to the old one soon.
	10:07pm Funky16Corners: Franco!
	10:09pm Kris Holmes: Tuned in. Passed on The Clique 45 the other week, it just can't measure up to the Elevators for me :(
	10:10pm northguineahills: Coping w/ Cope!
	10:10pm Funky16Corners: Kris!
	10:12pm Franco Twinkie: Oh,yes,yes,yes!
	10:12pm Franco Twinkie: Augie Meyers!
	10:12pm Kris Holmes: fingers of fury on the organ there lol
	10:13pm Kris Holmes: by Augie?
	10:13pm Funky16Corners: I got to see Doug and Augie do this live a few times
	10:13pm Kris Holmes: very cool, i got to see neither, would have loved to see Doug
	10:14pm Kris Holmes: technically not too late for Augie still though
	10:16pm Kris Holmes: well said Larry!
	10:19pm northguineahills: Will be in and out, cleaning right now. Thanks for this tribute, definitely an episode clicky-star.!
	10:20pm Franco Twinkie: From the I still hit myself on the head dept: In 1975 Sir Doug was playing at the Palomino in north Hollywood. I thought I should go, then did something else, something really stupid I'm sure. Later, I read a review of the show in the L.A. Roky Erickson appeared like a spirit and shrieked You're Gonna Miss Me. A picture appeared of Roxy wearing a Jaurez tee shirt.
	10:21pm Funky16Corners: @Kris - Thanks!
	10:22pm Funky16Corners: @Franco - Amazing!
	10:22pm Franco Twinkie: L.A. Times, that is. Which didn't even have the balls to run an obit this week.
	10:23pm Franco Twinkie: I saw this in real time! With my mom, while she was ironing!
	10:24pm Dean: Uhm, https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-roky-erickson-obituary-20190601-story.html
	10:24pm Dean: Not that the LAT has balls.
	10:25pm Funky16Corners: Dean!
	10:32pm Funky16Corners: This may be my favorite song on the first album and it's not even written by the band
	10:33pm Franco Twinkie: I was also with my mom..and dad...and sister when we were driving into San Francisco in August of 1966 when You're Gonna Miss Me came Booming out of the car radio, and then continued to be in heavy rotation, along with Got to Get You Into My life by The Beatles(Revolver had just come out) You Can't Hurry Love by The Supremes and What becomes Of The Broken Hearted by Jimmy Ruffin.
	10:34pm Funky16Corners: It really is a perfect AM car radio song. Short, sharp and to the point.
	10:35pm Cal Zone!: Thanks for doing this tribute, LG!
	10:35pm Funky16Corners: Cal! my pleasure entirely!
	10:37pm Franco Twinkie: Yes Larry, and my dad had just bought a new Oldsmobile that had a real good radio and speakers compared to our '56 Chevy.
	🥁 10:38pm Granny Spicy Tuna (they/them): 13th Floor— Step Into This Housewares, electric jugs and eternity…
	10:38pm Funky16Corners: I miss those radios, with the push-button tuning...
	10:39pm Funky16Corners: Granny! Welcome!
	10:39pm Kris Holmes: we still had push button car radios in NZ through the 80s lol
	10:40pm rw: Hey.
	10:40pm Franco Twinkie: Delco radios.
	10:40pm Erica: Granny you changed your avatar again.
	10:41pm Funky16Corners: rw!
	10:42pm Funky16Corners: @Kris - I've been watching a NZ TV show called Nothing Trivial, sort of a dramedy, and in an episode today a 60-ish guy namechecked Ray Columbus and the Invaders!
	🥁 10:42pm Granny Spicy Tuna (they/them): Erica: this one is actually my noggin!
	10:44pm Erica: Ah yes the late Ray Columbus. I think he sang "The Crunch" with the band "The Challenge".
	10:44pm Erica: Haha Granny.
	10:45pm rw: A little bummed I got here late but will be here for the remainder. Hello congregation!
	10:45pm rw: And f16 too of course.
	10:46pm Erica: We're riding on the "Fire Engine" now rw.
	10:47pm Kris Holmes: Nothing Trivial!! That's some funny shit.
	10:47pm northguineahills: For reasons unbeknownst to me, I used to get Tom Rapp and Roky Erickson mixed up....
	10:48pm Kris Holmes: One of my old DJ friends played a character named "Scotty" on that show.
	10:48pm Carmichael: Tuned in wayyyy late to the awesomeness.
	10:48pm Funky16Corners: @Kris - I had to run it back to make sure I heard it right. He went to visit a woman and was impressed that she had an autographed Ray Columbus LP
	10:49pm Kris Holmes: Ray Columbus actually wrote the song The Crunch for The Challenge but did not appear on the record
	10:49pm Funky16Corners: @Kris - No shit? That's funny. I just picked it out at random on Prime!
	10:49pm Funky16Corners: Carmichael!
	10:49pm Funky16Corners: @NGH - Just listen for the lisp. That tells you you're listening to Rapp!
	10:51pm Kris Holmes: Ray Columbus is a household name for us, saying you have an autographed Ray Columbus LP is like you having an autographed Frank Sinatra LP?
	10:53pm Kris Holmes: He is not an underground figure like he is here in the US
	10:53pm Carmichael: Scanning the playlist, digging it all. Roky found peace somewhere, and we get to hear this again. All is well.
	10:54pm northguineahills: Thanks for the recommendation, need to watch what I can while I have amazon, Larry.
	10:57pm Kris Holmes: The drummer for the band I played with in West Texas had a High School band in Houston that opened up for the Elevators c.66/67.
	10:59pm Franco Twinkie: The Avalon my guess. But The Matrix did have an encredible room tone. Now it's a fancy restaurant.
	11:00pm Funky16Corners: @Kris - Did he share any stories?
	11:00pm Funky16Corners: @Franco - I can't believe the provenance isn't more solid. THe stuff I've heard is good quality.
	11:01pm Funky16Corners: @Kris - The first I heard of Ray Columbus was back in the late 80s/early 90s when someone issued his collaboration with an American band called the Art Collection
	11:02pm northguineahills: Considering trivia is the only thing I'm good at these days, and the only way I can drink (My team usually wins), the show looks like it will resonate w/ me.
	11:02pm Funky16Corners: It's interesting. More drama than comedy, but the characters hve really grown on me.
	11:03pm Franco Twinkie: The Avalon is not that big and has a lot of drapes hanging on the walls, so who knows.
	11:06pm Franco Twinkie: This is very old testament.
	11:06pm Erica: That's cool Kris. What was the band's name. Do you remember?
	11:08pm Erica: "Tryin' to, tryin to..."
	11:09pm Kris Holmes: he did tell me the name & it was something suitably ridiculously psychedelic but i have forgotten it
	11:10pm Carmichael: That electric jug is so friggin bizarre. I wonder how the guy doesn’t eventually pass out.
	11:10pm Jeff Ash: I am watching a John Wayne Western with the sound off and 13th Floor Elevators is the perfect soundtrack.
	11:10pm Erica: Ah well Kris. Still a cool fact.
	11:10pm Funky16Corners: You can hear he's winded when he talks on TV appearances
	11:12pm Franco Twinkie: The New York Times did a good piece on Roky this week AND that paragon of integrity, The New Yorker as well!
	11:12pm Funky16Corners: @Jeff - Which one?
	11:12pm ?: How does that E-jug work anyway? Is it just a mic in a jug? I've always wondered.
	11:12pm Funky16Corners: It's him blowing the jug holding the mic right up to the opening. You can see him do it in some of the TV appearances on Youtube
	11:13pm Jeff Ash: @Larry -- Chisum.
	11:14pm coelacanth∅: hey Larry and all been listening the whole time but in conversation rest in peace Roky
	11:14pm Funky16Corners: Second mistake tonight...I quit...
	11:15pm Funky16Corners: Hey C!
	11:15pm rw: That above ? was me. I guess I should look more at the YouTube.
	11:15pm Kris Holmes: you can actually get pretty close just going "biddabiddabiddabiddabidda" with the sound of your voice into a mic without the jug :)
	11:15pm Funky16Corners: An answer record!
	11:16pm Franco Twinkie: I found an old ceramic jug full of spider webs in my moms garage, washed it out and gave it a whirl. Didn't work for shit, but then, I was not blazing on acid at the time.
	11:17pm rw: FT you need the acid to get all those tones. Otherwise you'll just get a single note.
	11:17pm Kris Holmes: it's all about technique, not just anyone can play the electric jug straight away
	11:17pm Funky16Corners: It really is pretty crazy when you think about it.
	11:17pm Franco Twinkie: I see.
	11:19pm coelacanth∅: he actually didn't blow into the jug like a jugband jug player but he sort of "scat"? sang into it
	11:21pm coelacanth∅: (...held the mic up next to his mouth)
	11:24pm rw: Oh! So the jug just created the Reverberation.
	11:24pm coelacanth∅: yes, the Reverberation
	11:24pm Carmichael: I always thought it was a Fishman style pickup that was inside.
	11:25pm Funky16Corners: I think so, though I wouldn't be surprised to discover that there was echo/reverb on the mic
	11:26pm coelacanth∅: for easter everywhere they put the mic in the jug
	11:27pm Carmichael: My band needs both rhythm and lead jugs.
	11:27pm Funky16Corners: I want a whole jug section
	11:31pm Carmichael: Acid makes you think of electrified jugs.
	11:35pm Funky16Corners: I'm fully willing to believe that Tommy Hall came up with the jug when he was flying on acid. Who knows, did he start with a garden hose, move on to a watering can and land on the jug?
	11:36pm Erica: When you're high, anything is possible, especially electrified jugs.
	11:37pm Franco Twinkie: That commercial is on Epitaph For A Legend, along with a goofy "interview" with Roky, that was broadcast on KSAN.
	11:38pm Funky16Corners: I got it off of the big 10 CD boxed set
	11:39pm Funky16Corners: Is that the interview where he calls the band the 13th Floor Alleviators?
	11:41pm Funky16Corners: That horn section is the weirdest...
	11:42pm Franco Twinkie: I can't remember Larry. But the DJ asks him what his favorite Sex Pistols song is and he says Hot Cars(!?!)
	11:43pm Funky16Corners: C'mon, that's EVERYBODY'S favorite Sex Pistols song!
	11:50pm Franco Twinkie: He just said WINDOW PANE! I think.
	11:50pm Funky16Corners: Very Ennio Morricone/Allesandro Allesandroni
	11:51pm rw: I heard it. Don't know most of these songs though.
	11:51pm Funky16Corners: @Franco - He did indeed!
	11:51pm chresti: I heard window pane, earlier..
	11:51pm Funky16Corners: I walked down to the sidewalk, the night was crying rain I heard wandering thunder like a crash in someone's tin I can tell from the lightning's flashing that the storm would not refrain The wind blew through the treetops and I saw some windowpane I heard someone down in the alley a little voice called out my name I saw the ghost of our wrecked romance it was lost in the pouring rain Well I'm going back to the country Up on the mountains up on the rising side And if you should ever leave me Send me a letter with some love inside Where are you? Married? And in a good place? I need to know to be satisfied I walked on through the darkness, the night still pouring rain The wind blew through the treetops and I saw some windowpane I saw the ghost of our wrecked romance, it was lost in the pouring rain One thing I have learned in my time in the skies and on the ground All the fires changed motivation, yet I burned to love that sound
	11:53pm Franco Twinkie: This is acid torture.
	11:53pm Funky16Corners: This is Roky's first goodbye...
	11:55pm northguineahills: happy thanks as per usual, Larry!
	11:58pm Franco Twinkie: You pulled it, Larry. Now on to The Monster Movie years.
	11:59pm coelacanth∅: 1/2 that set had no Roky on them. (more than 1/2 the album)
	11:59pm Funky16Corners: Thanks NGH!
	12:00am Funky16Corners: @FRanco - Hopefully someone on WFMU will dig into solo Roky
	12:00am chresti: Thanks Larry! Goodnight!
	12:00am Erica: See ya'll next week! Sorry I didn't chat much. Got lost in the music.
	12:00am Funky16Corners: @C - Yeah, I talked about that. I think his spirit is there where he isn't
	12:00am Funky16Corners: Nite Chresti!
	12:01am Funky16Corners: Nite Erica!
	12:01am coelacanth∅: Nate K played 3 hours of Roky, mostly not the elevators (last night?)
	12:01am rw: Thank you F16. Nice tribute. Take care Testifiers!
	12:01am Funky16Corners: Oh, cool, I'll have to check that out
	12:02am coelacanth∅: Larry (@12.00) yes i think that's true. (i couldn't listen to any of the mic breaks)
	12:02am coelacanth∅: Thanks!
	12:02am Funky16Corners: Nite rw!
	12:02am Funky16Corners: Thanks C!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from June 5, 2019

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