WFMU: Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from October 29, 2020

Listener comments!
	3:01pm Erica: Present!
	3:01pm listener Rey: Baby baby baby
	3:01pm Funky16Corners: Erica! Rey!
	3:02pm doctorjazz: Listened Rey just stole my line...: (
	3:02pm Erica: Still a better version of the national anthem than Roseanne's lol.
	3:03pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	3:03pm Funky16Corners: All versions are better than Roseanne's....
	3:03pm spodiodi: hi Larry! hi all! glad to be listening :D
	3:03pm Jeff Ash: Taking a knee.
	3:03pm Funky16Corners: Spodiodi! Glad you're here!
	3:04pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Building a playlist for Tuesday, but I can't miss this one...
	3:04pm Funky16Corners: Jeff! The appropriate posture!
	3:04pm spodiodi: haha, amen to that, Larry
	3:04pm Funky16Corners: Vincent!
	🥁 3:05pm Brian in UK: Hello Larry. I was playing Phil Ochs' first album the other day and his tribute to Woody Bound for Glory hit home, that and playing Spirit's take on this song on Spirit of 76 today.
	3:05pm Vincent The Soul Chef: A second Thursday off from work in a row raises fist
	3:05pm Funky16Corners: Brian!
	3:06pm Funky16Corners: We'll be hearing from Woody later on
	3:07pm Michael 98145: Kick 'em out!
	3:07pm Funky16Corners: Michael!
	3:09pm Erica: TESTIFY!
	3:10pm Funky16Corners: This is the angry set...
	3:11pm spodiodi: fumes
	3:12pm Funky16Corners: Somebody play this for 2020 Ice Cube
	3:12pm Erica: Black Lives Matter!
	3:12pm spodiodi: i wonder what ever became of the guy i knew who had "FCK THE POLICE tattooed around his nack
	3:13pm Funky16Corners: He's a policeman, of course
	3:13pm Vincent The Soul Chef: You ain't pullin' no punches raises fist
	3:13pm spodiodi: neck*
	3:13pm Funky16Corners: The time for pulling punches is WAY in the rear view mirror
	🥁 3:15pm dutchtheo: ok, ok, testify! Hello, Larry and meditators!
	3:15pm Funky16Corners: Theo!
	3:17pm spodiodi: haha, Larry. that would be funny, especially since it was a prisontat -- he regretted it, mostly, the last we spoke of it
	3:18pm Funky16Corners: The police seem to have loosened their hiring practices...
	🥁 3:30pm Artie: Preach, Larry, Preach!
	3:31pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Artie!
	3:32pm Erica: Can't wait until this election is over. No more annoying campaign ads.
	3:33pm Funky16Corners: You and me both.
	3:33pm Vincent The Soul Chef: There we go...
	3:34pm Erica: And Halloween can't come soon enough either.
	3:35pm Funky16Corners: I'm bummed the kids can't really trick or treat this year
	3:36pm Erica: Kids in my town can trick or treat but have to social distance.
	3:37pm spodiodi: i don't know what to expect this year, really (but i guess we should buy some candy, just in case)
	3:37pm Funky16Corners: I don't think it's safe. I've been to two different doctor's offices this week (routine stuff) and the measure's they're taking suggest to me that we need to be CAREFUL
	3:37pm Erica: Always be prepared spodiodi
	3:38pm Erica: Depends on how bad Covid-19 is in your town Larry.
	3:39pm Funky16Corners: Covid-19 is the same EVERYWHERE
	🥁 3:39pm Brian in UK: Rev. Larry, always wait with anticipation for your sermon on the first break. You do not fail to deliver.
	3:39pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Look here, if it ain't work or the grocery store, I ain't goin. MD is better than most, but I still don't trust anybody! Full stop.
	3:40pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - Thank you!
	3:40pm spodiodi: i'm with you, Vincent
	3:40pm Funky16Corners: NJ's numbers are going up again
	3:40pm Erica: It's worse in some places Larry. There are probably people who are still in lockdown.
	3:41pm Funky16Corners: If they're not in lockdown, I suspect they might be again soon.
	3:41pm Vincent The Soul Chef: @spodiodi - I should mention that I work at a grocery store ;)
	3:42pm Funky16Corners: Countries in the EU are putting restrictions back on, big outbreaks in Wisconsin, New Mexico, Idaho and elsewhere
	3:43pm Funky16Corners: I hate to be a wet blanket, but there are a lot of people in this country that are not taking it seriously
	3:43pm spodiodi: oooh, that's a tough one, Vincent! (i really worry about my sister, and a couple of other family members who's jobs require them to be around people, pretty much all of the time)
	3:44pm Erica: I think they're just tired of the whole new normal thing Larry.
	3:44pm spodiodi: we've been getting groceries every 3-4 weeks since it ll began
	3:45pm spodiodi: heard that, Larry
	3:45pm Funky16Corners: That's the problem. 21st century people bore easily, and their leaders, who ought to be leadingt the way safely are jacking around
	3:46pm Vincent The Soul Chef: I stay msaked up, and I'm rather ignorant toward customers who won't give me my 6'. I don't give a fuck who don't like it. I ain't trying to die for a shite salary.
	3:47pm Funky16Corners: I mean, half the people who wear masks wear them under their noses, which, I mean, WTF
	3:48pm Erica: I wear those disposable blue masks when I go out so I don't have to worry too much about not taking the virus seriously
	3:48pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Don't even get me started on that! Burns me up when I see that.
	3:48pm spodiodi: i've been getting really good at walking backwards away from people who aren't careful enough had one of those IN OUR HOME yesterday -- was kind of unavoidable and really, really disturbing
	3:49pm spodiodi: all i could do was stare at his nose and mustache in horror
	3:49pm Funky16Corners: I don't set foot inside too many places, but when I do I take it slow and keep my distance
	3:51pm Erica: That announcer sounds like a Simpsons character.
	3:52pm spodiodi: Woody!
	3:52pm Funky16Corners: Phil Proctor from Firesign Theatre has done a ton of animation voice work
	4:00pm Funky16Corners: If you don't recognize the name, Google Mel Stewart. You will recognize the face
	4:03pm doctorjazz: This Skip James song is up there with the best recordings EVER!
	4:04pm Funky16Corners: I agree. Haunting.
	4:08pm Doug Schulkind: Greetings, Testify faithfull!!! Here are a couple of words about what's to follow on Give the Drummer Radio this evening. (As if anything could follow Testify.) From 5 to 7pm (ET), the great Matt Fiveash stops by for the last of his five Thursday specials here at his old stomping grounds. From 7 to 10pm (ET), the Explorers Room with Flash Strap is usually on, but Hurricane Zeta has knocked out power in central North Carolina, so it's quite possible (likely) that there will be no Explorers Room this evening. From 10pm to Midnight, Little Danny is back with a spectacular special: THE DEAD ROAM FREE on the Cool Blue Flame. Here is the program description: "Little Danny forges into the weird dark parts with two hours of lost supernatural terrors, R&B creepers, hillbilly graves, spectral rock 'n' roll, witchdoctor exotica, b-movie atmospherics, creaking electronics, and much, much more, including the SCREAM-O-SCOPE™ playing vintage '50s and '60s b-movie horror clips on the playlist page! Spooky clean fun!"
	4:09pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doug!
	🥁 4:12pm Brian in UK: When the leader undermines the process how can there be a good outcome. Democrats are complicit for not provide credible opposition four years ago. It is just the same over here. Jeremy Corbin has been suspended today from the Labour Party for his poor handling of the antic Jewish actions of some of his party. He is also complicit for the poor election result in December giving the Conservatives a huge majority and therefore free reign.
	🥁 4:13pm Mx. Granny (e/em): oh yeah, sounds good! hi, Larry and folx!
	4:13pm Funky16Corners: The people who are complicit are the ones that either voted for fascists, or didn't bother to vote at all. We don't need a messiah. We need sane leadership.
	4:14pm Erica: Thanks for the schedule listings Doug.
	4:14pm Funky16Corners: Hey there Mx. Granny!
	4:16pm Funky16Corners: Sonic!
	4:21pm Erica: ...to look for Amerrrricaaaa.
	🥁 4:22pm Brian in UK: Great work from Roy Halee.
	4:22pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - It also bears mentioning that electoral fatigue is a closed loop and self-fulfilling prophecy, part and parcel of the fuckery that brings to mind the old horror movie trope of "the call is coming from inside the house". There are a bunch of people inside government who don't want people to vote, or want to make it harder, and want to make people throw up their hands and walk away. The biggest revelation of the last four years is how flawed the machinery of our democracy is
	🥁 4:22pm Mx. Granny (e/em): this song reminds me of my hippie parents, who conceived me on a road trip when this song was first out <3
	4:23pm Funky16Corners: Bookends is one of my favorite albums, just a remarkable piece of work
	4:24pm Vincent The Soul Chef: <3 Desolation Row <3
	4:24pm doctorjazz: The hits (at least My hit list) keep on a-comin''!
	🥁 4:25pm David Shortell: I know from watching repeats of “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” and “This is Toms Jones” that Mel Stewart was part of the radical San Franciscan comedy troupe known as “The Committee” (I recall there was a whole chapter about them in Tony Hendra’s book “Going Too Far: the Rise and Demise of Sick, Gross, Black, Sophomoric, Weirdo, Pinko, Anarchist, Underground, Anti-establishment Humor).
	4:26pm Erica: I had a feeling we would hear a Bob Dylan song. But I was hoping for The Times They Are A Changin'.
	4:26pm Funky16Corners: Hey David! You are correct, along with Gary Goodrow,Larry Hankin, Dick Stahl and Hamilton Camp
	🥁 4:27pm Brian in UK: Bookends has it over Trouble over Bridgewater, apart from the Only Living Boy.... From over here it is such a worry to see America unmasked.
	4:27pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - This song has always struck me as Bob's big painting of America
	🥁 4:27pm David Shortell: ---and Howard Hesseman and Peter Bonerz!
	4:27pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - I hear that so often from friends overseas. How bad it looks from the outside.
	4:28pm Funky16Corners: @David - Yes! I forgot about those two. I think Hesseman shows up with some of the later members of the Committee in Billy Jack
	4:28pm Sufferwords: When they talk about American exceptionalism what they are really talking about our artists, our athletes, or spirit, our landscape - Louis Armstrong, James Brown, Bob Dylan... the true America not our politics - let the chimes ring with the promise of freedom
	4:29pm Vincent The Soul Chef: If only you had "America" from Prince And The Revolution in this playlist...
	4:29pm Funky16Corners: @Sufferwords - I like that
	4:29pm Sufferwords: peace or what leads us there
	🥁 4:30pm David Shortell: By coincidence, I recently borrowed Pete Fornatale's "Simon & Garfunkel's Bookends" from my local library.
	4:30pm Funky16Corners: Peace would be nice. Peace among men. Peace of mind.
	4:30pm Funky16Corners: @David - I didn't know he wrote a book about it. I'll have to look for that
	4:31pm Sufferwords: Or the inner peace one feels when fighting facism
	4:31pm Funky16Corners: Yes indeed. The good fight.
	🥁 4:33pm Brian in UK: Stay positive. Mammon is not the way.
	4:33pm Funky16Corners: Fingers crossed.
	🥁 4:34pm David Shortell: I borrowed Pete Fornatale's book from the Monmouth County Library HQ, right near your hometown.
	4:35pm Funky16Corners: I'm not 100% sure anyone in this house has a valid library card. I'll check when I'm done.
	4:36pm Sufferwords: dunno why I aint got a donate pumpkin- but just so you know
	4:36pm Funky16Corners: Are you posting from the app?
	4:37pm Mike Sin: In a very strange and weird way, I feel all damage that Trump (and his gutless Republican minions in the senate and the house) has done to this country has only made me that much more "patriotic." I still believe in this place -- I still believe the greatness is there because I always viewed the USA as the place that could change, evolve, and journey toward "excellence" faster than any other country out there. I've been shaken at my core -- but, I'd like to think there is hope.. that we all didn't watch a dream die because of complacency. Yes, I know... I'm still naïve in a lot of ways.
	4:37pm Erica: Are you signed in suffer words?
	4:37pm spodiodi: suffer, you need to be signed in -- your black ID in the comments indicates that is not currently the case
	4:37pm Funky16Corners: Mike! Really well said, and I concur 100%.
	4:38pm Erica: Agreed.
	4:38pm spodiodi: hear you, Mike Sin
	4:38pm Sufferwords: It's cool- I know- Mike Sin- there are a lot of us on the same tip-
	4:39pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Yep. America has been complacent for far too long...
	4:44pm Funky16Corners: We're going to need time to heal as a country. I don't know if we're going to get it, either. My 16 year old son is sick to death of politics (of course he does live with me,,,) but, as I've had to explain to him more than once. shit is SERIOUS and he needs to pay attention
	4:45pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Agreed. Larry, and I'm glad he's in a place where it can all be explained to him straight, no chaser.
	4:47pm Funky16Corners: It's tough on a kid. watching your parents have an existential crisis.
	4:50pm Erica: I'm sick of it too Larry, not as badly as you and your son though.
	4:51pm spodiodi: Sam Cooke, yeah...
	4:52pm Erica: Oh boy get your (virtual) glow sticks out. It's An Cooke.
	4:52pm spodiodi: thanks, Larry! great show. love the different takes on America
	4:52pm Mike Sin: Most folks, when they hit middle-age, go through that "when I was your age" routine about how tough it was and "you don't know how lucky you've got it" to younger folks. It's completely opposite for me. I sit back and say, "man, I had it dead easy." I wonder if I would have had the chutzpah to deal with what's in front of younger folks now.
	4:52pm Erica: Sam Cooke. Stupid autocorrect.
	4:53pm Vincent The Soul Chef: My hero... raises fist
	🥁 4:54pm dutchtheo: Thanks, Larry!
	4:55pm Jeff Ash: Thanks, Larry!
	4:55pm βrian: @Mike Sin: No kidding. I feel like a lot of younger folks just don't have a moment to breathe, whereas I bumped about indecisively for years.
	4:56pm Funky16Corners: Thank you all!
	4:56pm Erica: Let us hope Joe Biden wins the election Larry. See you all next time. As always, Testify!
	4:56pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - I agree. I've thought the same thing. My teen years were so carefree compared to what kids have to deal with now. I feel guilty
	🥁 5:41am Brian in UK: Belated thanks for the show Larry. We had a power cut for several hours mid show. Chocolate and whisky kept me safe!!
	7:30am Funky16corners: Thanks Brian!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from October 29, 2020

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October 29, 2020: Testify! - America: Meditations and Reflections

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Format
Funky16Corners	Testify! Intro "Testify! Intro" by "Funky16Corners"	Best of Funky16Corners Volume One	Funky16Corner	2017	MP3
Jimi Hendrix	The Star Spangled Banner	Woodstock	Cotillion	1969	LP
MC5	Kick Out the Jams "Kick Out the Jams" by "MC5"	Kick Out the Jams	Elektra	1969	LP
Rage Against the Machine	Testify "Testify" by "Rage Against the Machine"	CD Single	Epic	2000	CD
NWA	Fck Tha Police "Fck Tha Police" by "NWA"	Straight Outta Compton	Ruthless	1988	LP
Childish Gambino	This Is America "This Is America" by "Childish Gambino"	Digital Single	RCA	2018	MP3
Sylvester and the Hot Band	My Country Tis Of Thee	Sylvester and the Hot Band	Blue Thumb	1973	LP

Leon Russell	Of Thee I Sing "Of Thee I Sing" by "Leon Russell"	Leon Russell and the Shelter People	Shelter	1971	LP
Isley Brothers	Fight the Power Pts 1&2	45RPM Single	T-Neck	1975	45
Youngbloods	Darkness Darkness "Darkness Darkness" by "Youngbloods"	Elephant Mountain	RCA	1969	LP
Firesign Theatre	Temporarily Humboldt County	Waiting For The Electrician Or Someone Like Him	Columbia	1968	LP
Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land	Woody Guthrie	Smithsonian	1944	CD

Mel Stewart	Simple's Soliloquy From Hamlet	The Best of Simple: Poems of Langston Hughes	Folkways	1961	LP
Skip James	Hard Time Killing Floor Blues	Greatest of the Delta Blues Singers	Melodian	1965	LP
John Lee Hooker/Funky16Corners	Goin' Down Highway 51 (Funky16Corners Remix)	Remix	Specialty	1948	MP3
Sir Joe Quarterman & Free Soul	I Got So Much Trouble In My Mind	45RPM Single	GSF	1972	45
Marva Whitney	Things Got To Get Better (Get Together)	45RPM Single	King	1968	45
MC5	American Ruse "American Ruse" by "MC5"	Back In the USA	Atlantic	1970	LP

Simon and Garfunkel	America "America" by "Simon and Garfunkel"	Bookends	Columbia	1968	LP
Bob Dylan	Desolation Row "Desolation Row" by "Bob Dylan"	Highway 61 Revisited	Columbia	1965	LP
Blind Willie Johnson	Trouble Will Soon Be Over	78RPM Single	Columbia	1930	78
Paul Desmond	America "America" by "Paul Desmond"	Bridge Over Troubled Water	CTI	1970	CD
Leon Russell	Beware of Darkness "Beware of Darkness" by "Leon Russell"	Leon Russell and the Shelter People	Shelter	1971	LP
John Andrews Tartaglia	America "America" by "John Andrews Tartaglia"	Tartaglian Theorem	Capitol	1968	LP
Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come "A Change Is Gonna Come" by "Sam Cooke"	45RPM Single	RCA	1964	45

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!
	3:01pm Erica: Present!
	3:01pm listener Rey: Baby baby baby
	3:01pm Funky16Corners: Erica! Rey!
	3:02pm doctorjazz: Listened Rey just stole my line...: (
	3:02pm Erica: Still a better version of the national anthem than Roseanne's lol.
	3:03pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doc!
	3:03pm Funky16Corners: All versions are better than Roseanne's....
	3:03pm spodiodi: hi Larry! hi all! glad to be listening :D
	3:03pm Jeff Ash: Taking a knee.
	3:03pm Funky16Corners: Spodiodi! Glad you're here!
	3:04pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Building a playlist for Tuesday, but I can't miss this one...
	3:04pm Funky16Corners: Jeff! The appropriate posture!
	3:04pm spodiodi: haha, amen to that, Larry
	3:04pm Funky16Corners: Vincent!
	🥁 3:05pm Brian in UK: Hello Larry. I was playing Phil Ochs' first album the other day and his tribute to Woody Bound for Glory hit home, that and playing Spirit's take on this song on Spirit of 76 today.
	3:05pm Vincent The Soul Chef: A second Thursday off from work in a row raises fist
	3:05pm Funky16Corners: Brian!
	3:06pm Funky16Corners: We'll be hearing from Woody later on
	3:07pm Michael 98145: Kick 'em out!
	3:07pm Funky16Corners: Michael!
	3:09pm Erica: TESTIFY!
	3:10pm Funky16Corners: This is the angry set...
	3:11pm spodiodi: fumes
	3:12pm Funky16Corners: Somebody play this for 2020 Ice Cube
	3:12pm Erica: Black Lives Matter!
	3:12pm spodiodi: i wonder what ever became of the guy i knew who had "FCK THE POLICE tattooed around his nack
	3:13pm Funky16Corners: He's a policeman, of course
	3:13pm Vincent The Soul Chef: You ain't pullin' no punches raises fist
	3:13pm spodiodi: neck*
	3:13pm Funky16Corners: The time for pulling punches is WAY in the rear view mirror
	🥁 3:15pm dutchtheo: ok, ok, testify! Hello, Larry and meditators!
	3:15pm Funky16Corners: Theo!
	3:17pm spodiodi: haha, Larry. that would be funny, especially since it was a prisontat -- he regretted it, mostly, the last we spoke of it
	3:18pm Funky16Corners: The police seem to have loosened their hiring practices...
	🥁 3:30pm Artie: Preach, Larry, Preach!
	3:31pm Funky16Corners: Thanks Artie!
	3:32pm Erica: Can't wait until this election is over. No more annoying campaign ads.
	3:33pm Funky16Corners: You and me both.
	3:33pm Vincent The Soul Chef: There we go...
	3:34pm Erica: And Halloween can't come soon enough either.
	3:35pm Funky16Corners: I'm bummed the kids can't really trick or treat this year
	3:36pm Erica: Kids in my town can trick or treat but have to social distance.
	3:37pm spodiodi: i don't know what to expect this year, really (but i guess we should buy some candy, just in case)
	3:37pm Funky16Corners: I don't think it's safe. I've been to two different doctor's offices this week (routine stuff) and the measure's they're taking suggest to me that we need to be CAREFUL
	3:37pm Erica: Always be prepared spodiodi
	3:38pm Erica: Depends on how bad Covid-19 is in your town Larry.
	3:39pm Funky16Corners: Covid-19 is the same EVERYWHERE
	🥁 3:39pm Brian in UK: Rev. Larry, always wait with anticipation for your sermon on the first break. You do not fail to deliver.
	3:39pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Look here, if it ain't work or the grocery store, I ain't goin. MD is better than most, but I still don't trust anybody! Full stop.
	3:40pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - Thank you!
	3:40pm spodiodi: i'm with you, Vincent
	3:40pm Funky16Corners: NJ's numbers are going up again
	3:40pm Erica: It's worse in some places Larry. There are probably people who are still in lockdown.
	3:41pm Funky16Corners: If they're not in lockdown, I suspect they might be again soon.
	3:41pm Vincent The Soul Chef: @spodiodi - I should mention that I work at a grocery store ;)
	3:42pm Funky16Corners: Countries in the EU are putting restrictions back on, big outbreaks in Wisconsin, New Mexico, Idaho and elsewhere
	3:43pm Funky16Corners: I hate to be a wet blanket, but there are a lot of people in this country that are not taking it seriously
	3:43pm spodiodi: oooh, that's a tough one, Vincent! (i really worry about my sister, and a couple of other family members who's jobs require them to be around people, pretty much all of the time)
	3:44pm Erica: I think they're just tired of the whole new normal thing Larry.
	3:44pm spodiodi: we've been getting groceries every 3-4 weeks since it ll began
	3:45pm spodiodi: heard that, Larry
	3:45pm Funky16Corners: That's the problem. 21st century people bore easily, and their leaders, who ought to be leadingt the way safely are jacking around
	3:46pm Vincent The Soul Chef: I stay msaked up, and I'm rather ignorant toward customers who won't give me my 6'. I don't give a fuck who don't like it. I ain't trying to die for a shite salary.
	3:47pm Funky16Corners: I mean, half the people who wear masks wear them under their noses, which, I mean, WTF
	3:48pm Erica: I wear those disposable blue masks when I go out so I don't have to worry too much about not taking the virus seriously
	3:48pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Don't even get me started on that! Burns me up when I see that.
	3:48pm spodiodi: i've been getting really good at walking backwards away from people who aren't careful enough had one of those IN OUR HOME yesterday -- was kind of unavoidable and really, really disturbing
	3:49pm spodiodi: all i could do was stare at his nose and mustache in horror
	3:49pm Funky16Corners: I don't set foot inside too many places, but when I do I take it slow and keep my distance
	3:51pm Erica: That announcer sounds like a Simpsons character.
	3:52pm spodiodi: Woody!
	3:52pm Funky16Corners: Phil Proctor from Firesign Theatre has done a ton of animation voice work
	4:00pm Funky16Corners: If you don't recognize the name, Google Mel Stewart. You will recognize the face
	4:03pm doctorjazz: This Skip James song is up there with the best recordings EVER!
	4:04pm Funky16Corners: I agree. Haunting.
	4:08pm Doug Schulkind: Greetings, Testify faithfull!!! Here are a couple of words about what's to follow on Give the Drummer Radio this evening. (As if anything could follow Testify.) From 5 to 7pm (ET), the great Matt Fiveash stops by for the last of his five Thursday specials here at his old stomping grounds. From 7 to 10pm (ET), the Explorers Room with Flash Strap is usually on, but Hurricane Zeta has knocked out power in central North Carolina, so it's quite possible (likely) that there will be no Explorers Room this evening. From 10pm to Midnight, Little Danny is back with a spectacular special: THE DEAD ROAM FREE on the Cool Blue Flame. Here is the program description: "Little Danny forges into the weird dark parts with two hours of lost supernatural terrors, R&B creepers, hillbilly graves, spectral rock 'n' roll, witchdoctor exotica, b-movie atmospherics, creaking electronics, and much, much more, including the SCREAM-O-SCOPE™ playing vintage '50s and '60s b-movie horror clips on the playlist page! Spooky clean fun!"
	4:09pm Funky16Corners: Hey Doug!
	🥁 4:12pm Brian in UK: When the leader undermines the process how can there be a good outcome. Democrats are complicit for not provide credible opposition four years ago. It is just the same over here. Jeremy Corbin has been suspended today from the Labour Party for his poor handling of the antic Jewish actions of some of his party. He is also complicit for the poor election result in December giving the Conservatives a huge majority and therefore free reign.
	🥁 4:13pm Mx. Granny (e/em): oh yeah, sounds good! hi, Larry and folx!
	4:13pm Funky16Corners: The people who are complicit are the ones that either voted for fascists, or didn't bother to vote at all. We don't need a messiah. We need sane leadership.
	4:14pm Erica: Thanks for the schedule listings Doug.
	4:14pm Funky16Corners: Hey there Mx. Granny!
	4:16pm Funky16Corners: Sonic!
	4:21pm Erica: ...to look for Amerrrricaaaa.
	🥁 4:22pm Brian in UK: Great work from Roy Halee.
	4:22pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - It also bears mentioning that electoral fatigue is a closed loop and self-fulfilling prophecy, part and parcel of the fuckery that brings to mind the old horror movie trope of "the call is coming from inside the house". There are a bunch of people inside government who don't want people to vote, or want to make it harder, and want to make people throw up their hands and walk away. The biggest revelation of the last four years is how flawed the machinery of our democracy is
	🥁 4:22pm Mx. Granny (e/em): this song reminds me of my hippie parents, who conceived me on a road trip when this song was first out <3
	4:23pm Funky16Corners: Bookends is one of my favorite albums, just a remarkable piece of work
	4:24pm Vincent The Soul Chef: <3 Desolation Row <3
	4:24pm doctorjazz: The hits (at least My hit list) keep on a-comin''!
	🥁 4:25pm David Shortell: I know from watching repeats of “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” and “This is Toms Jones” that Mel Stewart was part of the radical San Franciscan comedy troupe known as “The Committee” (I recall there was a whole chapter about them in Tony Hendra’s book “Going Too Far: the Rise and Demise of Sick, Gross, Black, Sophomoric, Weirdo, Pinko, Anarchist, Underground, Anti-establishment Humor).
	4:26pm Erica: I had a feeling we would hear a Bob Dylan song. But I was hoping for The Times They Are A Changin'.
	4:26pm Funky16Corners: Hey David! You are correct, along with Gary Goodrow,Larry Hankin, Dick Stahl and Hamilton Camp
	🥁 4:27pm Brian in UK: Bookends has it over Trouble over Bridgewater, apart from the Only Living Boy.... From over here it is such a worry to see America unmasked.
	4:27pm Funky16Corners: @Erica - This song has always struck me as Bob's big painting of America
	🥁 4:27pm David Shortell: ---and Howard Hesseman and Peter Bonerz!
	4:27pm Funky16Corners: @Brian - I hear that so often from friends overseas. How bad it looks from the outside.
	4:28pm Funky16Corners: @David - Yes! I forgot about those two. I think Hesseman shows up with some of the later members of the Committee in Billy Jack
	4:28pm Sufferwords: When they talk about American exceptionalism what they are really talking about our artists, our athletes, or spirit, our landscape - Louis Armstrong, James Brown, Bob Dylan... the true America not our politics - let the chimes ring with the promise of freedom
	4:29pm Vincent The Soul Chef: If only you had "America" from Prince And The Revolution in this playlist...
	4:29pm Funky16Corners: @Sufferwords - I like that
	4:29pm Sufferwords: peace or what leads us there
	🥁 4:30pm David Shortell: By coincidence, I recently borrowed Pete Fornatale's "Simon & Garfunkel's Bookends" from my local library.
	4:30pm Funky16Corners: Peace would be nice. Peace among men. Peace of mind.
	4:30pm Funky16Corners: @David - I didn't know he wrote a book about it. I'll have to look for that
	4:31pm Sufferwords: Or the inner peace one feels when fighting facism
	4:31pm Funky16Corners: Yes indeed. The good fight.
	🥁 4:33pm Brian in UK: Stay positive. Mammon is not the way.
	4:33pm Funky16Corners: Fingers crossed.
	🥁 4:34pm David Shortell: I borrowed Pete Fornatale's book from the Monmouth County Library HQ, right near your hometown.
	4:35pm Funky16Corners: I'm not 100% sure anyone in this house has a valid library card. I'll check when I'm done.
	4:36pm Sufferwords: dunno why I aint got a donate pumpkin- but just so you know
	4:36pm Funky16Corners: Are you posting from the app?
	4:37pm Mike Sin: In a very strange and weird way, I feel all damage that Trump (and his gutless Republican minions in the senate and the house) has done to this country has only made me that much more "patriotic." I still believe in this place -- I still believe the greatness is there because I always viewed the USA as the place that could change, evolve, and journey toward "excellence" faster than any other country out there. I've been shaken at my core -- but, I'd like to think there is hope.. that we all didn't watch a dream die because of complacency. Yes, I know... I'm still naïve in a lot of ways.
	4:37pm Erica: Are you signed in suffer words?
	4:37pm spodiodi: suffer, you need to be signed in -- your black ID in the comments indicates that is not currently the case
	4:37pm Funky16Corners: Mike! Really well said, and I concur 100%.
	4:38pm Erica: Agreed.
	4:38pm spodiodi: hear you, Mike Sin
	4:38pm Sufferwords: It's cool- I know- Mike Sin- there are a lot of us on the same tip-
	4:39pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Yep. America has been complacent for far too long...
	4:44pm Funky16Corners: We're going to need time to heal as a country. I don't know if we're going to get it, either. My 16 year old son is sick to death of politics (of course he does live with me,,,) but, as I've had to explain to him more than once. shit is SERIOUS and he needs to pay attention
	4:45pm Vincent The Soul Chef: Agreed. Larry, and I'm glad he's in a place where it can all be explained to him straight, no chaser.
	4:47pm Funky16Corners: It's tough on a kid. watching your parents have an existential crisis.
	4:50pm Erica: I'm sick of it too Larry, not as badly as you and your son though.
	4:51pm spodiodi: Sam Cooke, yeah...
	4:52pm Erica: Oh boy get your (virtual) glow sticks out. It's An Cooke.
	4:52pm spodiodi: thanks, Larry! great show. love the different takes on America
	4:52pm Mike Sin: Most folks, when they hit middle-age, go through that "when I was your age" routine about how tough it was and "you don't know how lucky you've got it" to younger folks. It's completely opposite for me. I sit back and say, "man, I had it dead easy." I wonder if I would have had the chutzpah to deal with what's in front of younger folks now.
	4:52pm Erica: Sam Cooke. Stupid autocorrect.
	4:53pm Vincent The Soul Chef: My hero... raises fist
	🥁 4:54pm dutchtheo: Thanks, Larry!
	4:55pm Jeff Ash: Thanks, Larry!
	4:55pm βrian: @Mike Sin: No kidding. I feel like a lot of younger folks just don't have a moment to breathe, whereas I bumped about indecisively for years.
	4:56pm Funky16Corners: Thank you all!
	4:56pm Erica: Let us hope Joe Biden wins the election Larry. See you all next time. As always, Testify!
	4:56pm Funky16Corners: @Mike - I agree. I've thought the same thing. My teen years were so carefree compared to what kids have to deal with now. I feel guilty
	🥁 5:41am Brian in UK: Belated thanks for the show Larry. We had a power cut for several hours mid show. Chocolate and whisky kept me safe!!
	7:30am Funky16corners: Thanks Brian!

Testify! with Larry Grogan: Playlist from October 29, 2020

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