Favoriting The Avant Ghetto with Jeff Conklin: Playlist from August 23, 2020 Favoriting

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Unstuck in time, The Avant Ghetto wanders through heavy folk, pastoral noise, spiritual rock, harsh jazz and other dimly lit corners of the universe.

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Favoriting August 23, 2020

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Artist Track Album Label Approx. start time
Richard and Linda Thompson  Layla (Theatre Royal, London,01/05/1977)   Favoriting Hard Luck Stories (1972-1982)  Island UK  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Nick Mitchell Maiato  Show Yourself   Favoriting Pino Carrasco  Was Ist Das?  0:08:46 (Pop-up)
Highway  Tomorrow   Favoriting Highway  Self-Released  0:18:31 (Pop-up)
MV & EE  Bedroom Eyes   Favoriting Barn Nova  Ecstatic Peace!  0:25:11 (Pop-up)
Endless Boogie  Rattlesnake Shake   Favoriting The Gathered and Scattered  No Quarter  0:35:48 (Pop-up)
 
Prana Crafter  Rebirth in the Mosslands   Favoriting MysticMorpho  Cardinal Fuzz  1:02:43 (Pop-up)
ML Wah  Hold Fast To the Rose and Bloom   Favoriting Shinki Water  Flower Room  1:09:20 (Pop-up)
Channelers  Two of Sky   Favoriting Isles Beyond  Inner Islands  1:17:34 (Pop-up)
Kenji Kihara  The Petals Burnet   Favoriting For Daydreaming  Self-Released  1:25:33 (Pop-up)
David Ian Roberts  Distant Planets   Favoriting From the Harbour  Cambrian Records  1:32:42 (Pop-up)
Warren Sampson  Other Faces, Other Names   Favoriting The River Today  Love All Day  1:35:27 (Pop-up)
America  Jameroony (Acoustic Guitar Jam)   Favoriting Heritage II: Demos/Alternate Takes 1971-1976  Omnivore  1:40:01 (Pop-up)
Michael Potter  A Rainy Morning Interlude   Favoriting For a Better Tomorrow (V.A.)  Garden Portal  1:56:56 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:02pm
chresti:

Hi Jeff and ghetto blasters!
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slugluv1313:

ahhhhhh Richard and Linda Thompson :)
Greetings, Jeff! Skeletons! Everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03pm
Pauly from Clifton:

Hiya Jeff, Olivia, chresti, slugluv1313! Nice way to ease into the latter part of the evening.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Nice to hear them Live.
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Jeff Conklin:

Evening, all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03pm
Franco Twinkie:

Jeff, Never pick a fight with a drummer!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04pm
mariano:

'Evening Jeff, Olivia, chresti, slugluv, Pauly, Franco and everyone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04pm
Franco Twinkie:

Mar!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Drummers :
- Keep Time
- Hit Things ...
  10:05pm
Carmichael:

Excellent start, Sir Jeffrey.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:05pm
Gaylord Fields:

This week's Gaylord Fields/Jeff Conklin Virtual Driveway Moment™ brought to you courtesy of Richard and Linda Thompson.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Happy 74th Keith Moon
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06pm
Franco Twinkie:

Drummers - boxers - tarred with the same brush.
  10:06pm
Carmichael:

57 Strat with a 55 neck. No idea why.
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DktrFaustus:

Ahoy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06pm
Franco Twinkie:

Hand feel?
  10:07pm
Carmichael:

Who would this be, Dave Mattacks?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...50s Fenders : limited supply, infinite demand...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08pm
Handy Haversack:

Hey, everyone.

This is a JAM!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:08pm
Franco Twinkie:

Aged to perfection in the hall closet
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DktrFaustus:

Yay!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:09pm
Uncle Michael:

Hello, everyone.
  10:10pm
Carmichael:

I believe the modern selling point is “pre-CBS”.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12pm
Franco Twinkie:

Crafted in Fullerton.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13pm
Franco Twinkie:

Michael!
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DktrFaustus:

Reissue might be an option.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:13pm
Uncle Michael:

WHAT?!
  10:15pm
Carmichael:

Ha ha UM. Yea, re-issues are fine. To OCD guitar snobs like me, though, they’re just not enough. But hey, different strokes.
Avatar 10:17pm
slugluv1313:

hiya Pauly from Clifton! so true!
Franco! Chresti! hoping all is okay with y'all, California still burning and we have a moron in the White House that cannot be bothered to do anything about it, too busy jerking off on twitter
@ mariano -- holy fuck, TWO hurricanes/storms headed your way??? i hope y'all will be okay!!!
@ Jeff -- with all the bad stuff happening out there, these grooves/vibes are so lovely, sending *positive energy* into a Universe who so needs it :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:19pm
Uncle Michael:

I think I might have harshed Franco's mellow.
  10:19pm
Carmichael:

Way to keep that rudder stiff, Jeff. Only you can steer us through the reeds.
  10:19pm
Chris H:

WhTs up heads?
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Pauly from Clifton:

Hey there slugluv! Adding my sentiments to your post.
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mb:

Good evening, Jeff. Here we are.
  10:21pm
Carmichael:

No pressure, though ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:24pm
mariano:

Thanks slugluv, we'll see what happens ;)
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DktrFaustus:

I'm sure there's nothing like the real thing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27pm
Uncle Michael:

Time to shlofn mit di muzik. Take care.
Avatar 10:27pm
mb:

Walked by Conklin Ave today and thought about you DJ-JC. And then there was nothing... until a white Jeep that was careening down the hill and almost took me out on the shoulder of a blind curve. Hopefully the radio waves would have been picked up by my spirit being and i would have heard that "Layla", nonetheless.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27pm
mariano:

Night Uncle Mike!
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slugluv1313:

good night, Uncle Michael!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28pm
Richy4619:

<cough> <cough> hello from the smoke filled haze of northern california. <cough> <cough>
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DktrFaustus:

It is smoky in the Haight.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:29pm
Pauly from Clifton:

Uncle Michael, a gute nakht!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:29pm
Richy4619:

@DktrFaustus didn't realize you were so close! ugh...its been bad all day today....
Avatar 10:31pm
DktrFaustus:

The air purifier should be arriving tomorrow. The air has been lousy as you know.
  Swag For Life Member 10:31pm
opurt:

Crazy smokey down the bay here in San Jose. Some of the sensors are hitting an air quality of 400 (200+ is very unhealthy).
Avatar 10:32pm
DktrFaustus:

Yes, I saw that on purpleair, the East Bay way up there as well. Parts of Marin too.
Avatar 10:33pm
DktrFaustus:

My apartment literally smells like a campfire.
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slugluv1313:

ughhhhh i have a friend in Oakland, some friends in SF -- they are ok but i am still worried AF about them and everyone on the West Coast -- and feel ridiculously helpless, not being able to DO anything about it
Avatar 10:34pm
DktrFaustus:

Glad to hear they are okay. I wouldn't worry too much however. It's becoming an annual event unfortunately.
  Swag For Life Member 10:37pm
opurt:

While it has become an annual event, I have never seen it this bad. Additional lightning over the next day or so is in the forecast for northern California, I can't imagine how much worse it may get.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:39pm
Franco Twinkie:

Faustus,I usually think of afternoon fog blowing straight out of the park up Haight. What crap we are suffering through.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:39pm
Richy4619:

Worst air in the world right now. Yeah, these next few days are crucial. I'm on call as a potential crash pad for friends in Sonoma County.
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DktrFaustus:

I was watching the fog and smoke blowing over Twin Peak this morning. Sucked big time. Trying to stay positive in these fucky times.
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DktrFaustus:

My friends have been on the verge of losing their home in La Honda for a few days now.
  Swag For Life Member 10:41pm
opurt:

Staying positive, love this new Endless Boogie 4Xalbum
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

You know my very earliest thot about Drumpf was how long until what happened to Mussolini: his own people hung him upside down in public...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42pm
Pauly from Clifton:

*Annual Event* is so damned sad. It shouldn't be. Neither should two potential hurricanes slamming into the Gulf states. Jeez, we can potentially forestall these calamities. SMH...idiots as leaders.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42pm
Franco Twinkie:

A friend was in Big Sur on Tuesday. He said it was so other worldly and horrid, they ran back to Altadena.
  10:42pm
jdcon:

Tuning In from victor Idaho
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DktrFaustus:

Rev, I've recently been reminded of that anecdote.
  10:43pm
Carmichael:

Ok in Sacramento, at least today. Tomorrow ain’t here yet.
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DktrFaustus:

Too bad they had to turn back.
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DktrFaustus:

Good to hear
  10:45pm
Carmichael:

@rev, my statement lately is “remember Coucescu”.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

If you count Australia burning up, it's more of a semi-annual thing now.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Endless Boogie = 5 parts Funhouse, 3 parts Dead, 2 parts MC5 ...? ...
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DktrFaustus:

That was another one I was reminded of.
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DktrFaustus:

Sounds about right
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...dash of Hawkwind perhaps...
  10:49pm
Carmichael:

Man, endless Calfire planes are flying out of the former McClellan AFB.
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DktrFaustus:

I hear it
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:49pm
Franco Twinkie:

Faustus,not according to him. The Ranch Fire in the San Gabriels(4,000 acres) is small potatoes compared to the shit storm in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
  10:50pm
Jeff Conklin:

Scary out there. Stay safe.
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DktrFaustus:

That's rough, it's hard to process everything going on right now.
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DktrFaustus:

Thanks Jeff, you too.
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HexFamChan:

dang based on that formula i guess i gotta get to know ENDLESS BOOGIE!
  Swag For Life Member 10:53pm
opurt:

Thank you Jeff.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:54pm
chaos_in_la_la:

Thx so much for this endless boogie. I'm out here in LALA, shutting down my warehouse at the end of this month, after two years, seriously thinking about going back to Bkln, and the sun has set during this track, making a beautiful scene..
  Swag For Life Member 10:54pm
opurt:

The SCU (Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Mateo) Complex Fire is now over 340,000 acres :-(
  10:55pm
Kevin Doyle:

Hi Jeff and fellow listeners. Liking the rocking vibe so far
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HexFamChan:

thank YOU Jeff
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Jeff Conklin:

I havent been to brooklyn in 6 months, I often miss it but I don't know if what I miss is there...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:56pm
sinner:

JC: Listened to the Rose City Band on the way to Tuscaloosa and back this afternoon. Many thanks for turning me on to them.
  10:56pm
phat:

I can't believe I used to hate Endless Boogie.
Avatar 10:56pm
Jeff Conklin:

RCB rules! Youre welcome
  Swag For Life Member 10:57pm
opurt:

Rose City Band is on my list for the next Bandcamp Friday.
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DktrFaustus:

I miss the diversity, the cool neighborhoods, and old buildings.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:00pm
Franco Twinkie:

Jeff, usually Chresti and I are in San Francisco at this time of August to get away from the L.A. heat, but this year...OY!
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DktrFaustus:

Not too many good options in terms of where to go at the moment.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:03pm
Franco Twinkie:

Staying in the house listening and hanging at WFMU is sweet relief.
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DktrFaustus:

Indeed it is.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:06pm
doctorjazz:

Quick hi!
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slugluv1313:

@ Pauly from Clifton -- exactly! there has been so much that could have been done to prevent these horrors (& i am not just saying that b/c my Mom was going on and on about Rachel Carson before i was even 10 years old, too young to really comprehend it all) . . . and yes, i am reminded of Australia too
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:07pm
Handy Haversack:

We picked up Rose City Band last Bandcamp Friday. Super stuff.
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mb:

I've got all the windows opened and a helicopter just flew over and mixed perfectly with this Prana Crafter. Sounded like a subwoofer activating.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:08pm
doctorjazz:

Just got back from my 1st live music inn 7 months, outdoor style,c Sex Mob with John Madeski. Loved every second! Man, missed that!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:08pm
Franco Twinkie:

Handy! Still is the woods?
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slugluv1313:

re: moving -- i have never seen so many for sale/for rent signs here in Hoboken since i moved here in 1981 -- and it seems like similar is happening in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Jersey City, etc.
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mb:

Nice doctorjazz. Where at?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:11pm
doctorjazz:

Place called a The Falcon, in Marlboro NY (one and a half hour drive from where I am in Central Joisey).
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slugluv1313:

hiya Handy! hello to Kate! and your dog too! (aghhhh forgetting her/his name!) and of course, the owls :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:11pm
Handy Haversack:

Yeah, Franco! We went paddling on a reservoir today while the soreness from yesterday's mountain hike settled in. Tomorrow: another mountain!

Did I tell you we ended up staying on the same country lane where Mr. Pumpy and his mom both have houses? Total coincidence. We're going to have dinner with his mom tomorrow! Then Tue. is Kate's bday. Home on Wed.
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Jeff Conklin:

Never heard of The Falcon, thats 20 minutes from me!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:13pm
Handy Haversack:

Hiya, slugluv! Bagpipe sends back *very* sleepy greetings.

We saw I think five bald eagles during our paddle today. And what Kate described as "a little murder" of crows on the shore. Also: cormorants! That was like a taste of home!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:14pm
Franco Twinkie:

Sounds fun! Happy birthday in advance, Kate!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:14pm
Tome:

...still hitting myself for not buying commercial real estate in the late 80's in Red Hook Bklyn ,, great Stuff Jeff !<>! as always
  11:16pm
Carmichael:

Grillin’ and beerin’. This sounds wonderfully celtic to me.
Avatar 11:17pm
DktrFaustus:

DUMBO would have been a good buy right about then too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:17pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

The Falcon is across the Hudson and then just a few miles south from there. Maybe 25 minutes driving for me. I didn't know they were resuming operations, so that's great to hear.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:18pm
zzz:

that sounds awesome doctorjazz. where was the show listed? haven’t been hearing of anything anywhere. drive inconcert would be cool
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Man I just let this fly one day :
m.facebook.com...
...I should maybe redo it now I saw where it was going : a new Declaration.
Mother Nature is on the List alright...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:18pm
doctorjazz:

I never heard of it either. Irene Trudel mentioned it on yet Drummer Stream show (she was there). Guitarist Oz Not (plays an "out" jazz influenced blues) is there next weekend. It's a pretty venue. If go back (maybe next week...). Big back yard and porch with stage for performers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:21pm
doctorjazz:

*Oz Not, that is...)
(I have this album of his, which I like
www.discogs.com...)
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Jeff Conklin:

i fear any concert has to be impromptu as they seem to not be allowing ticketed events in NY now
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:21pm
doctorjazz:

Oz Noy, sorry...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:23pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

www.liveatthefalcon.com They have Fred Zeppelin coming up. Also Slam Allen, who I saw in New Paltz some years ago.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:23pm
doctorjazz:

That explains the set up (I didn't know ticketed events are forbidden). The Falcon serves food, you reserve a table. No cover, no admission charge, but there's a box with a suggested donation ($20 in this case)
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mb:

Thx for the deetz, doc. I have seen The Falcon in some listings. Duly noted.
  11:27pm
Carmichael:

Fred Zeppelin was Dweezil and Moon Zappa, unless someone else now owns the name. Their hit was “My Mother is a Space Cadet”.
Avatar 11:30pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Good Gawd - just have dinner & live music ...will it ever end.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:32pm
chresti:

Love this burned petals, the! Thank you Jeff, good night everybody!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:35pm
mariano:

'Night chresti!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:39pm
doctorjazz:

This is lovely, gonna try and conk out to it. Night all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:40pm
doctorjazz:

(I think Fred Zeppelin is a tribute band to you know who)
  11:40pm
Carmichael:

Dude, America. Friggin’ America. I love you, man.
  11:42pm
Carmichael:

Ok, cool. I only know them from Dr. Demento waaaay back then.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:45pm
chaos_in_la_la:

@JC "I havent been to brooklyn in 6 months, I often miss it but I don't know if what I miss is there..."
Me either. My BK crew is giving me the green light, tho. Not sure I'll find what I've been missing, but it is a destination possibility.

This America is fantastic
  11:47pm
Carmichael:

12 string Dan Peak, definitely.
  11:49pm
Carmichael:

Saw them many times in the 80s. They had hits, then they did this. Always a great show. Thank you, Jeff.
Avatar 11:51pm
mb:

I really want to start doing "shows" out of the back of my el Camino. Just pull up on some sidewalk diners or go to a busy parking lot and perform. If anyone knows any battle hardened Jersey peeps that would be interested please send them my way.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:53pm
mariano:

Thank you Jeff, Crew!
  11:53pm
phat:

I don't think there are great America songs. That jam, however, was cool AF.
  11:53pm
ignatatus666:

As always
Loved the playlist
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:53pm
Franco Twinkie:

Jameroony, why the hell not? Nothing means nothing anymore.
  11:55pm
ignatatus666:

Streets are slow tonight
Thanks to Cuomo killing our State
  11:56pm
pp:

America was frequently mistaken for Neil Young back then. Dewey's vocals
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:56pm
chaos_in_la_la:

The reason I am shutting down the warehouse here in LA is bc I will not run shows anymore, even tho we are an underground venue. Nothing since last week of March. I built a lot, in anticipation of an optimistic fall season. Now I am dismantling everything. Its a happy sad vibe happening over here..

Thanks for excellent show tonite @Jeff C, crew, everyone..
  11:56pm
Bob O:

I wanted to see Pure Prairie League at their peak in the 80s at Garden State Arts Center. America opened and blew PPL away. First time I saw synth pads in a drum kit...was cool...
Avatar 11:57pm
DktrFaustus:

Thanks Jeff, stay safe all.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:57pm
Franco Twinkie:

We aren't, but thanks anyway. Nighty nite Jeff.
  11:57pm
Santos L Halper:

Nice show tonight Jeff, thanks. Best to all those in the fire zones, wish I could send some Savannah rain your way.
Avatar 11:58pm
Jeff Conklin:

Thanks, for hanging and chatting.

Thanks to the lurkers who just listen.

Night...
Avatar 11:58pm
slugluv1313:

thanks Jeff, Skeleton Crew -- beautiful show, as always!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58pm
chaos_in_la_la:

@mb, great idea. You should do it. Sure to get you on the news, and famous!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Jeff. Take care.
  11:59pm
tullius:

logged in specifically to say this tune is killer right now, well done!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:59pm
Richy4619:

Peace y'all
Avatar 11:59pm
mb:

Thanks all
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