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Favoriting July 8, 2020: I'm with stupid

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The Yardbirds  The Train Kept A-Rollin'   Favoriting   0:01:59 (Pop-up)
The Sonics  Have Love Will Travel   Favoriting   0:04:48 (Pop-up)
Elvis Presley  Crazy Little Thing Called Love   Favoriting   0:07:14 (Pop-up)
The Beatles  Norwegian Wood   Favoriting   0:09:44 (Pop-up)
Brenton Wood  The Oogum Boogum Song   Favoriting as requested last week by Paper Moog  0:13:36 (Pop-up)
The Velvet Underground  Run Run Run   Favoriting   0:15:14 (Pop-up)
The Velvet Underground  I Can't Stand It   Favoriting   0:17:54 (Pop-up)
Prince & the Revolution  Computer Blue   Favoriting   0:20:34 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Danny Colfax Mallon 

Think for Yourself   Favoriting

 

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The Kinglets with Leroy Thomas  Pretty Please   Favoriting   0:26:04 (Pop-up)
Little Stevie Wonder  Soul Bongo   Favoriting   0:28:31 (Pop-up)
Pat Kelly & the Uniques  Daddy's Home   Favoriting   0:30:34 (Pop-up)
Splendora  Cover the River   Favoriting   0:33:31 (Pop-up)
Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy  I Only Have Eyes for You   Favoriting   0:37:06 (Pop-up)
Clay Brown  Why You Want to Change (pts 1 & 2)   Favoriting   0:51:37 (Pop-up)
Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers  Hey There Little Insect   Favoriting   0:53:10 (Pop-up)
Neil Sedaka  Fly, Don't Fly on Me   Favoriting   0:55:52 (Pop-up)
John Candy, Joe Flaherty & Eugene Levy  Farm Film Celebrity Blow-up   Favoriting   0:58:12 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Lenny Dee 

Love Will Keep Us Together   Favoriting

 

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Alvin Singleton  Mestizo II   Favoriting   1:07:33 (Pop-up)
Horse Lords  Bending to the Lash   Favoriting   1:13:14 (Pop-up)
The Circle Jerks  Group Sex   Favoriting   1:19:17 (Pop-up)
The Ravens  Ol' Man River   Favoriting   1:20:33 (Pop-up)
Hot Tuna  Trial by Fire   Favoriting   1:23:32 (Pop-up)
Dump  Wanted Man   Favoriting   1:28:29 (Pop-up)
Johnny Cash  Starkville City Jail   Favoriting   1:31:09 (Pop-up)
Vaughn Monroe  They Were Doin' the Mambo   Favoriting   1:34:07 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Oscar Peterson 

Begin the Beguine   Favoriting

 

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The Original Dell-Vikings  Baby, Let Me Be   Favoriting   1:46:21 (Pop-up)
Owen Gray & the Jets  Nobody Else   Favoriting   1:48:49 (Pop-up)
Neptune's Car  Lucky Charms   Favoriting   1:51:54 (Pop-up)
The Special Pillow  Monday's Puzzle   Favoriting   1:55:18 (Pop-up)
Jenny Bradley  Chubby   Favoriting   1:59:40 (Pop-up)
Adam Faith/John Barry  The Beat Girl Song   Favoriting   2:00:59 (Pop-up)
The Treniers  Cool It Baby   Favoriting   2:02:40 (Pop-up)
Waylon Jennings  It's All Over Now   Favoriting   2:05:12 (Pop-up)
Russell Byrd  Hitch Hike pt. 2   Favoriting   2:06:27 (Pop-up)
White Boy  I Could Puke   Favoriting   2:09:35 (Pop-up)
Pain Teens  The Way Love Used to Be   Favoriting   2:11:56 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Matthew Shipp 

Clown Pulse   Favoriting

 

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Combo Guarajeo  Alamo   Favoriting   2:21:37 (Pop-up)
AM & AT  No Music Theory   Favoriting   2:26:23 (Pop-up)
Yosuke Yamashita Trio  Sate   Favoriting   2:29:57 (Pop-up)
Sniff 'n' the Tears  Driver's Seat   Favoriting   2:40:10 (Pop-up)
Mark Reveley  Danielle   Favoriting   2:44:05 (Pop-up)
William Parker  Lakota Song   Favoriting   2:48:19 (Pop-up)
The Shams  Ice Tea   Favoriting   2:56:19 (Pop-up)
Chuck McCann  outro   Favoriting   2:57:25 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

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coelacanth∅:

hello Ira and future others
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:02am
mariano:

Ira da K and the Krewe du Squelette, folks.
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karlward:

All the deep cuts, none of the bandaids
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:02am
mariano:

coela me lad!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:02am
mariano:

That's the spirit, karlward!
  12:03am
Rick G:

Greetings from cool and cloudy WA, Ira and listeners.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:03am
coelacanth∅:

hey mariano!
  12:03am
mr. zip:

william parker's daughter, miriam parker, is a jewish dancer
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:04am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Greetings, Ira and the Iraquois Nation.
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Michael Shelley:

Evening all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:05am
coelacanth∅:

well i never...
... i've never heard this version
Avatar 12:05am
spodiodi:

Ira and the Iramaniacs, good eve
Avatar 12:05am
Joe B:

Hey Ira and all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:08am
mariano:

Wait, Elvis did a cover of this?! Wild!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:08am
ultradamno:

Shameless!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:09am
mariano:

Wait a second, he died in '77, Crazy Little Thing came out in '79.
  12:09am
BH:

who says he died in 1977?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:09am
ultradamno:

Some people will stop at nothing
  12:09am
pp:

the weekly Ira distribution
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spodiodi:

The King Lives
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:10am
mariano:

Oh my god he really is still alive. No seriously, what is going on here, Ira?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:10am
coelacanth∅:

c'mon nobody really believed he died did they?
  12:10am
mr. zip:

for me its like a crazy big thing called love fourth time around
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:10am
ultradamno:

I mean have you heard of this guy Burnette who ripped off that Yardbirds song years before?
Avatar 12:11am
Joe B:

must be the US mix with the sitar very low
  12:12am
BH:

is this like how some radio stations played the version of "Groove is in the Heart" without the Q-Tip verse? (or "Waterfalls" without Left Eye's part)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:13am
coelacanth∅:

it's the woodstock remix
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:13am
mariano:

So is this a Beatles/Dylan AI?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:14am
ultradamno:

I prefer The Residents & Renaldo & The Loaf original
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Roberto:

I reckon there's meshugos afoot.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:15am
ultradamno:

Or was it Cornershop?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:16am
ultradamno:

Yeah, R&R&TL's wood was Mahogany
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:17am
coelacanth∅:

BH hearing Q-tip in there was the only reason at the time i paid attention to that song
(though i do think it's a classic that deserves that designation)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:18am
coelacanth∅:

the british underground?
  12:18am
Alexei:

that's not "Run Run Run" by The Velvet Underground, The Beatles Norwegian Wood wasn't played ETC. are you having us on???
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:19am
coelacanth∅:

Lou sounds great on this one!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:19am
coelacanth∅:

-better than ever
  Swag For Life Member 12:19am
Ira:

@Alexei: Don't believe everything the experts tell you.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:20am
Hoboken Jack:

Good evening Ira, Joe, Michael, HP Ken, tonight's skeleton, and everybody within earshot.
  12:20am
Alexei:

Ira ;)
  12:21am
Slaboch:

I Can't Go To Bed with the anticipation behind each of these "covers"!
  12:21am
Kendra:

What was the little bit of Spanish language song that played before Run Run Run?? It wasn’t credited that I can tell -?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:22am
karlward:

These are truly deep cuts
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:22am
mariano:

Another good Prince homage is Ween's "Monique the Freak".
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:22am
karlward:

They might even be deep learning cuts
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spodiodi:

i just heard something hit the floor
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:23am
Chop Scott:

Good Evening Ira. I am a happy listener--Cheers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:23am
mariano:

That was me plotzing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:24am
Aitch:

@Mariano for Ween/Prince check L.M.L.Y.P. from GodWeenSatan
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:25am
Hoboken Jack:

Double shot Tuesday!
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Joe B:

no! don't be a sheeple!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:26am
coelacanth∅:

Think for yourself!
  Swag For Life Member 12:27am
Ira:

Joe B. and Coelacanth0 get it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:28am
mariano:

Oh yeah, that one too, Aitch.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:29am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Hey, Jack. How are things?
  12:30am
Klara:

Did I dream I heard the Richard Berry version of "Have Love Will Travel"?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:30am
ultradamno:

Wait, think for myself? OK, but it's going to get messy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:31am
Jim the Poet:

Some of my best friends are sheeple
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:31am
mariano:

Everything is a lie! I believe in nothing! Nothing!
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Michael Shelley:

You really need the Flintstone feet
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:32am
Hoboken Jack:

Is this former Yanks infielder Pat Kelly?
  12:33am
mr. zip:

i had a couple of freakbikes i had to ride with those flintstone feet
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:34am
Mike W:

we’re all individuals!

grateful for these songs tonight
  Swag For Life Member 12:34am
Ira:

@Hoboken Jack: As John & Yoko nearly put it--it's former Yankees infielder Pat Kelly if you want it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:34am
karlward:

All the deep cuts, none of the annoying facts
  12:39am
?:

Had to look up Splendora, never heard of that one!
  12:42am
rw:

Evening! Think for yourself? I don't get it.
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Roberto:

I only have eyes for you -- as opposed to feet, or some other body part.
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Roberto:

No wait, that would be "I have only eyes for you."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:45am
Hoboken Jack:

Not to confuse you, ?, but a Splendora was an Individual and Mike W was not.
  Swag For Life Member 12:45am
Ira:

@Roberto, these long songs give you plenty of time to figure things out.
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Roberto:

I was going to say, that particular version gave me ample time to reevaluate all my life goals.
  12:51am
mr. zip:

i only have tongues for you
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:51am
Mike W:

? and the Question Marks
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:51am
karlward:

This is the greatest set of Minutemen covers I have ever heard assembled by anyone.
  12:56am
mr. zip:

ahhh it must be the blonde on blonde allusions that were getting to my subconscious
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:57am
coelacanth∅:

rw haha!
  12:59am
Rick G:

Oh man I miss SCTV
Avatar 1:01am
spodiodi:

blow him up real good
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:01am
Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

hey kids, keep it down!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:02am
mariano:

SCTV is brilliant. Good number of sketches and even episodes on YT. It's amazing what range they all had as performers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:03am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Granny! Your card arrived today. Thank you / e / em!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:05am
Mike W:

tired of this DJ treating me like i don’t exist
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:06am
Mike W:

i am listening and i am real (and fantastische)
  Swag For Life Member 1:09am
Ira:

Mike W., that's EXACTLY what a bot would say!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:12am
northguineahills:

This Alvin Singleton is brilliant. And why haven't I heard of Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy, when I have much other stuff he's done!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:14am
northguineahills:

When I was in HS, SCTV was on the local PBS channel.'

Horse Lords, aural warriors of psyche steppe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:16am
northguineahills:

@Roberto 12:43: Don't kink shame me!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:20am
mariano:

The Jerks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:21am
mariano:

ngh: Yeah, if that was the mid-late 70s you're talking about I was in elementary, discovered SCTV and Python at the same time. God bless 70s PBS.
  Swag For Life Member 1:23am
Ira:

SCTV was on NBC in New York. I was working at Maxwell's at a certain point in its run, before we had a VCR. Georgia used to record the show on an audio casette for me. That's how I experienced the William B. Show for the first time.
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northguineahills:

@mariano: I was in HS in the 90s, that's when I discovered SCTV and Python (actually, my HS Philosophy teacher showed us the Holy Grail)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:29am
northguineahills:

(discovered SCTV/Python on PBS)
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Hubig Pie:

Diggin the hippie country vibe
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mariano:

Ira: That NBC show was the 90 minute one, right? ngh: Oh, ok. Good to know it was still playing in the 90s.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:32am
northguineahills:

instead of the 7 degrees of Kevin Bacon, I play 7 degrees of Ira. And since I played w/ Daniel Carter....
  Swag For Life Member 1:32am
Ira:

90 minutes of SCTV, yes. Not sure it was the 90s, though.
  Swag For Life Member 1:33am
Ira:

@Northg... , that's 1 degree of separation.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:33am
Richy4619:

oooOoooO mylord yes down at ol starkville live from san quentin
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:34am
Richy4619:

FREE SAN QUENTIN PRISONERS !!!! COVID-19 IS KILLING THEM ALIVE. ITS NO FAIR MAN
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Hubig Pie:

Gettin' some lottery tickets, some ice cold wine and some chewin tobbaco
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:34am
northguineahills:

@Ira: I played w/ Daniel about 9 times. He's one of the special people of the universe. And yes, I have your recordings w/ him.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:35am
Chop Scott:

Growing up outside of Chicago in the late '70s SCTV aired following SNL. That was my Saturday night, before having a driver's license. Brilliant show! -The Plasmatics on Fishin' Musician. Guy Caballero, Brini Sclaroso!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

i was junior high school age when I saw Python"s Mollusk sketch on PBS. For me that's 1977 maybe - not so long after they were actually on. I mean I remember which sketch - & my sense of humor has never been the same. Beatles of Comedy.
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northguineahills:

I was once returning from my office job, and had just gone through a break-up, and I bumped into Daniel in the Union Sq station, and w/o a word, he gave me a big hug....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:45am
coelacanth∅:

that's Johnny Cash.
he also gives the tree-cutting machine shit for not answering him upon his greeting, in the song about john henry
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:45am
mariano:

Wait, there's a longtime Accu member who's related to Jorma Kaukonen by marriage, and of course I can't remember who it is. Maybe coela?

Chop Scott: Bobby Bittman!
  1:47am
Agent Peter:

"We now join the Sammy Maudlin Show already in progress..."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:47am
coelacanth∅:

(der, not a tree cutting machine but an automatic railroad spike driving hammer.
-got my legends mixed up)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:48am
coelacanth∅:

not i, mariano
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:50am
mariano:

Alright, I'm tired of screwing around. *One* of you is related to Jorma Kaukonen, and by God you're going to fess up! You are all presumed relatives of Jorma Kaukonen till I get to the bottom of this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:52am
northguineahills:

I always wanted the Dell-Vikings play w/ the Del Fuegos...
  Swag For Life Member 1:53am
Ira:

I once walked past Grace Slick on Broadway, does that count? (I didn't see her. My head was down. I was informed about it--and crushed--later.)
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coelacanth∅:

okay -i am *indirectly* related to Jorma.
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mariano:

That's cool, Ira. If I've ever completely missed some mega star on the street, I don't wanna know about it. I'm in my own world when I'm walking, and I'm not that good at facial recognition anyway.

Hah! I knew it, coela! Wait, I don't know what to believe anymore.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:09am
chaos_in_la_la:

That Treniers tune reallly (with three L's) makes me want to go get a bag of potato chips.
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Joe B:

SCTV network 90 ended in 1983, then they had one season on Cinemax
  Swag For Life Member 2:12am
Ira:

Thanks, Joe. I don't think my career behind the soundboard at Maxwell's made it into the 90s either.
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northguineahills:

I'm the same, mariano. I once was returning from a sound gallery on 7th Ave, and my youth minister from FL kept shouting my name before I looked up. (I grew up in a fundie household, at least that guy was cool)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:13am
coelacanth∅:

i've had conversations with folks and been told of their identities afterword. some pretty big ones.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:14am
northguineahills:

(he turned me on to TMBG and IRS Recs before I knew what music was).
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:16am
mariano:

We're fellow survivors of fundamentalism, ngh. Looking back I'm glad I had a glimpse into that world though because I know exactly what I'm dealing with.

coela: Aaaaand..?
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Joe B:

@Chop Scott - yeah the early SCTV seasons ran in 30 minute form sometimes after SNL, or on CH 9 in NY pre-NBC. It was kinda like the Capitol Records Beatles albums, but still a cool intro!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:17am
chaos_in_la_la:

So glad to hear some Pain Teens. Thank you.
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Joe B:

Peppi had his son playing in The Good Rats toward the end
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Joe B:

The Judds - mother/daughter combo
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Joe B:

line I never thought I'd hear on FMU - we've talked enough about SCTV. SAY IT AIN'T SO!
  2:20am
Georgia:

Adam faith is from England
  Swag For Life Member 2:22am
Ira:

Georgia, perhaps the character he was portraying in the song was Welsh?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:23am
coelacanth∅:

mariano i'm related to Jorma in the 7 degrees of separation way that ngh was talking about
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:23am
chaos_in_la_la:

@ira ahahaha!
  Swag For Life Member 2:25am
Ira:

Joe B., you're absolutely right. In other SCTV-related content, we watched Clifford a week or so ago. Funnier than ever.
  Swag For Life Member 2:28am
Ira:

Hey . . . I found the name of that Matthew Shipp lp: The Piano Equation. Only 10 minutes late.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:33am
coelacanth∅:

my golden chariot is here
Thanks Ira! Thanks magical crew!
take care ever one
'night
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Joe B:

This might be the only time I've not turned off a drum solo
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

WFMU - keeping insomnia interesting for you...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:41am
mariano:

'Night coela!
  2:41am
phat:

Sniff 'n' the Tears!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:41am
mariano:

...or should I say coelakaukonen.
  Swag For Life Member 2:42am
Ira:

I'm relieved to see that Mariano also doesn't know how to type the 0 with the slash through it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:47am
mariano:

Haha! Whenever I use that O I copy it from his name. Ok, I don't know why I didn't learn this before, I'm like the special characters alt-code king. It's Alt + 0248 on a Windows machine: øøøøøøøøø -- feel free to copy and paste.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:52am
northguineahills:

@Ira: zero w/ a slash through, mathematically, null set, also the solo of Mika Vaino (of Pan Sonic)the somewhat club friendly experimental electronics....

tangental asides, Williams Parker is also an awesome human being...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:53am
northguineahills:

(Mika Vaino passed way too early)
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Pizzicato - no anchovies.
  Swag For Life Member 2:54am
Ira:

Thank you everyone for listening, and for commenting. I love doing this show every week. No anchovies?! Say it ain't so.
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spodiodi:

thanks a lot Ira!
goodnight all
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I was into em actually but I don't eat animals now...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:56am
mariano:

Thank you Ira, thank you Skeletons, take care everyone!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

The Johnny Cash alone deserves Thanks Sir.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:57am
Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks and good night, Ira.
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Joe B:

thanks Ira, great show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:58am
chaos_in_la_la:

thank you, real good set @Ira
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:58am
northguineahills:

bravisimo, Ira!
  Swag For Life Member 6:15am
12539:

Archived thanks, Ira & crew.
Avatar 7:16am
Jennica:

Gotcha. "Where would we be without 'experts'?"
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