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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Favoriting October 26, 2023: Testify! - Everything That Touches The Association

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Enoch Light & The Light Brigade  Goodbye Columbus   Favoriting Best of the Movie Themes 1970  Project 3  1969  LP  0:01:25 (Pop-up)
Lettermen  Don't Blame It On Me   Favoriting Warm  Capitol  1967  LP  0:03:40 (Pop-up)
Anita Kerr & The Anita Kerr Singers  Happiness Is   Favoriting Sounds  WB  1968  LP  0:06:04 (Pop-up)
Don Sebesky and the Jazz Rock Syndrome  Never My Love   Favoriting Don Sebesky and the Jazz Rock Syndrome  Verve  1968  LP  0:07:57 (Pop-up)
Alan Copeland Conspiracy  Windy   Favoriting A Bubble Called You  ABC  1967  LP  0:11:01 (Pop-up)
Jo Mapes  Come On In   Favoriting And You Were On My Mind  FM  1964  LP  0:13:33 (Pop-up)
 
The Association  Along Comes Mary   Favoriting And Then ... Along Comes the Association  Valiant  1966  LP  0:20:32 (Pop-up)
The Association  Don't Blame It On Me   Favoriting And Then ... Along Comes the Association  Valiant  1966  LP  0:25:43 (Pop-up)
The Association  Cherish   Favoriting And Then ... Along Comes the Association  Valiant  1966  LP  0:25:44 (Pop-up)
The Association  Memories of You   Favoriting Renaissance  Valiant  1966  LP  0:29:00 (Pop-up)
The Association  All Is Mine   Favoriting Renaissance  Valiant  1966  LP  0:31:19 (Pop-up)
The Association  You May Think   Favoriting Renaissance  Valiant  1966  LP  0:34:28 (Pop-up)
The Association  Come To Me   Favoriting Renaissance  Valiant  1966  LP  0:36:21 (Pop-up)
The Association  Windy   Favoriting Insight Out  WB  1967  LP  0:38:33 (Pop-up)
The Association  When Love Comes to Me   Favoriting Insight Out  WB  1967  LP  0:41:23 (Pop-up)
The Association  Never My Love   Favoriting Insight Out  WB  1967  LP  0:44:06 (Pop-up)
The Association  Happiness Is   Favoriting Insight Out  WB  1967  LP  0:47:13 (Pop-up)
The Association  Wantin' Ain't Gettin'   Favoriting Insight Out  WB  1967  LP  0:49:19 (Pop-up)
The Association  Like Always   Favoriting Birthday  WB  1968  LP  0:51:34 (Pop-up)
The Association  Everything That Touches You   Favoriting Birthday  WB  1968  LP  0:54:35 (Pop-up)
The Association  Time For Livin'   Favoriting Birthday  WB  1968  LP  0:57:50 (Pop-up)
The Association  Birthday Morning   Favoriting Birthday  WB  1968  LP  1:00:32 (Pop-up)
The Association  Love Affair   Favoriting The Association  WB  1969  LP  1:02:56 (Pop-up)
The Association  The Nest   Favoriting The Association  WB  1969  LP  1:06:56 (Pop-up)
The Association  Goodbye Forever   Favoriting The Association  WB  1969  LP  1:10:18 (Pop-up)
The Association  PF Sloan   Favoriting Stop Your Motor  WB  1971  LP  1:12:45 (Pop-up)
The Association  Darling Be Home Soon   Favoriting Waterbeds In Trinidad!  Columbia  1972  LP  1:16:46 (Pop-up)
 
Cal Tjader  Along Comes Mary   Favoriting Along Comes Cal  Verve  1967  LP  1:31:03 (Pop-up)
The Folkswingers featuring Harihar Rao  Along Comes Mary   Favoriting Raga Rock  World Pacific  1966  LP  1:34:16 (Pop-up)
Sandy Nelson  Pandora's Golden Heebie Jeebies   Favoriting Cheetah Beat  Imperial  1967  LP  1:36:59 (Pop-up)
Santo and Johnny  Six Man Band   Favoriting On the Road Again  Imperial  1968  LP  1:40:20 (Pop-up)
Hep Stars  Enter the Young   Favoriting It's Been a Long Time  Cupol  1968  LP  1:42:22 (Pop-up)
Lennon Sisters  Everything That Touches You   Favoriting The Lennon Sisters Today!  Mercury  1968  LP  1:45:09 (Pop-up)
Nina Simone  Cherish   Favoriting Silk and Soul  RCA  1967  LP  1:48:17 (Pop-up)
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  LIke  1966  45  1:57:09 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!

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Yvang:

Hi Larry and everyone testifying!
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Andrew in Toronto:

Hi there Larry and all other listeners!
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Brian in UK:

Hello Larry.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Yvang @3:02
Yvang!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:02
Hey Andrew!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Brian in UK @3:02
Hi Brian!
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doctorjazz:

Hi Larry, Testifiers!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:04
Hey Doc!
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Erica:

Hello testifies! I was well prepared for the Association themed show.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:07
Hi Erica!
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Jeff Ash:

Greetings from rainy Wisconsin!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Jeff Ash @3:08
Hey Jeff!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Jeff Ash @3:08
It's unseasonably warm and sunny here in NJ. And it's supposed to be extremely warm this weekend.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:09pm
Brian in UK:

The Association, Spanky & several others did this music so well. How did it evolve?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:11pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Brian in UK @3:09
Just great pop songwriting squeezed through a hipper mindset. Rock and rollers working with a softer pallette, as well as the involvement of harmony visionaries like Curt Boettcher.
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Erica:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:09
And then it's cold on Halloween day. In the high 50s
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:11pm
Funky16Corners:

And in the case of Spanky, Bob Dorough and Stu Scharf
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:12pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:11
I saw that. I hate warm Halloween, so hopefully the forecast sticks.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:13pm
Brian in UK:

I liked Spanky because of their sense of humour & vocals ofcourse.
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Erica:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:12
I hate rainy Halloweens because people online complain.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Brian in UK @3:13
Another very underrated group. I may have to do a Spanky show now!
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Molly:

Would LOVE to hear a Spanky show! I'm loving this Association show too!
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Brian in UK:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:14
Both thumbs up.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Molly @3:16
Hey Molly!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Brian in UK @3:20
Hi there Brian.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:22pm
doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Along Comes Mary" by "The Association"
What a mouthful!
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Erica:

↳ Song: "Along Comes Mary" by "The Association"
Not the kinda song to king karaoke to for sure.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:23
Not if you've had anything to drink!
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Brian in UK:

↳ Song: "Along Comes Mary" by "The Association"
The Association had some hits here.
Must have first heard this on Radio London - pirate station back then. Moored just outside UK waters.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:24pm
Funky16Corners:

Listen to those Curt Boettcher backing vocals!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:25pm
Brian in UK:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:21
Andrew, getting chilly yet?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:37pm
Phillippe:

9 year old me thought these guys were the wild and crazy rock and rollers I was supposed to stay away from...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:37pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Phillippe @3:37
Hey Phillippe!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:38pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Phillippe @3:37
In their defense, they DID have Nehru jackets and sideburns...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:39pm
Phillippe:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:38
I know, right?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:42pm
Funky16Corners:

Though there were a few guys in the band who had facial hair that looked like it had been pasted on.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 3:44pm
Funky16Corners:

Prom Night 1967...
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Mollywog:

Thought I was registered as Molly already but apparently I wasn't. So here I am Great set Larry as always even if it IS making me feel old.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Mollywog @3:45
Thanks, Molly! Me, too.
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melinda:

Hi friends
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Funky16Corners:

↳ melinda @3:49
Hi melinda!
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Funky16Corners:

Here come the sitars!
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Phillippe:

sitar... I can practically smell the patchouli...
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Phillippe @3:50
If it can be said that The Association had a "druggy" album, this is it.
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Erica:

↳ Phillippe @3:50
And the incense.
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StringOFperils:

↳ Erica @3:53
And the peppermints. No wait that was someone else. PreppyMints maybe.
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StringOFperils:

Hi, Larry, And Erica, and everybody!
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Erica:

↳ StringOFperils @3:55
Hahaha! Hey SoP.
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Phillippe:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:53
Wild men, the whole of them!

Thanks for a fun show and helping me recall how long I've been a nerd!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ StringOFperils @3:55
Hey String!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Phillippe @3:56
It's a celebration of our collective nerd-dom!
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Yvang:

↳ Song: "Happiness Is" by "The Association"
they really sound like they know what happiness is.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Yvang @3:59
Pure, 100% unadulterated happiness, not cut with any of that fake stuff.
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StringOFperils:

It's kind of funny that I've heard more of The Association in the last couple of years than I did back then. Thanks to WFMU
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Yvang:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:00
I agree 100%
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Funky16Corners:

This is just one of the most beautiful, dreamy pieces of music.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:11pm
melinda:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:01
yes
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:14pm
StringOFperils:

↳ Song: "PF Sloan" by "The Association"
The original of this on Jim Webb's 1st album is an excellent, seldom-heard recording.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ StringOFperils @4:14
Good album
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:15pm
Funky16Corners:

I have another version of this by Jennifer Warnes
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StringOFperils:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:15
Oh, I've never heard that one. *a lot I haven't heard.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ StringOFperils @4:16
Her first three albums (the first two as just "Jennifer") are pretty fantastic. The third one produced by John Cale!
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Brian in UK:

They kept the heartbeat?
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MOM WHIG:

Hi there glad to make the show today. Yvang - Andres in T - Brian in UK - Funky16 - drjazz - Erica - Jeff Ash - Molly - Phillippe - melinda - SOP's
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Funky16Corners:

↳ MOM WHIG @4:31
Hi Mom Whig!
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Funky16Corners:

Groovy cover painting on this album: www.discogs.com...
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Erica:

The Association DID have a brief comeback in the early 80s (1981) and released a few new singles One of them being a song called Small Town Lovers which is a favorite of yacht rock fans
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @4:32
I'll have to look for that!
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Erica:

Forget the other singles of that year though.
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Erica:

Hi Mom. I didn't forget you
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StringOFperils:

Hi, Mom! Pull up a throw-cushion!
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Yvang:

Along comes the sitar!
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Yvang:

↳ MOM WHIG @4:31
Hi Mom!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Yvang @4:36
That's a cool album. It's basically The Wrecking Crew with a sitar player.
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StringOFperils:

I always loved Along Comes Mary, guiltily I guess. It was accidentally really hip, kind of like Peter, Paul & Mary's 'I Dig Rock and Roll Music' hip.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ StringOFperils @4:38
I love that song!
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StringOFperils:

It's so great!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:53
What a fabulous show!
Thanks Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:41pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @4:40
Thanks Andrew!
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Discotech Underground:

Hey Larry and the gang!

Join me NEXT for the 3rd annual Discotech Underground Hellraiser Halloween Party!

wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:42pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ Discotech Underground @4:42
Hey Kip!
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Funky16Corners:

The Hep Stars featuring Benny Andersson, soon to be part of ABBA!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Discotech Underground @4:42
Hi there
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Enter the Young" by "Hep Stars"
This (on the Association album) was on what I think was the first LP I ever bought (or close to it), like this tune.
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doctorjazz:

↳ MOM WHIG @4:43
Hello MOM!
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Discotech Underground:

↳ MOM WHIG @4:43
Howdy, Mom!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ doctorjazz @4:44
WOW The Lennon sisters
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Funky16Corners:

↳ MOM WHIG @4:46
They do some cool stuff on this record! www.discogs.com...
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StringOFperils:

↳ Song: "Everything That Touches You" by "Lennon Sisters"
So pure and clean that I'll be free of sin by the end of the record.
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Discotech Underground:

↳ Song: "Everything That Touches You" by "Lennon Sisters"
Gotta hand it to you...you seem to come up with some of the most out there cover versions!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Discotech Underground @4:47
It's my special purpose!
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doctorjazz:

Thanks, Larry, a pleasure to, ahem, Associate with you today...
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Discotech Underground:

Pretty sure Nina Simone did at least one Association cover, also. I have a friend who knows the surviving members and I gave her the record to give to them. I think it was Cherish, maybe?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:48pm
Discotech Underground:

↳ Song: "Cherish" by "Nina Simone"
And there it is!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Song: "Cherish" by "Nina Simone"
THE BEST EVER THANKS
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StringOFperils:

Simonechronicity
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Discotech Underground @4:48
We're sharing a brain today!
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Cherish" by "Nina Simone"
Cool cover!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ MOM WHIG @4:49
Oh, my pleasure!
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Discotech Underground @4:48
ARE YOU A "MIND-READER"?
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Cherish" by "Nina Simone"
She really does sound like he's driving her out of her mind...
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Discotech Underground:

↳ MOM WHIG @4:49
I certainly hope not! I have enough time with my own, I don't need to worry about someone else's!
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Discotech Underground:

↳ Discotech Underground @4:51
I meant I have enough trouble with my own...
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MOM WHIG:

SUCH A REALLY GREAT SHOW HERE TODAY - WILL HAVE TO VISIT THE ARCHIVES FOR THE BEGINNING PART THAT I MISSED EARLIER.
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Erica:

↳ MOM WHIG @4:53
You won't be disappointed Mom.
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MOM WHIG:

↳ Erica @4:54
I KNOW
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Erica:

Groovy show Larry. Enjoy your Halloween and I hope you appreciate the donations.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:57pm
Yvang:

This was a wonderful episode! Thanks Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:57pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ MOM WHIG @4:53
Thank you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:58pm
Funky16Corners:

Thanks for listening everyone! I definitely appreciate the donations!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:58pm
StringOFperils:

Thanks, Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:58pm
Funky16Corners:

And there are more! Thanks everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 4:58pm
Funky16Corners:

↳ StringOFperils @4:58
Thanks String!
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Cal Zone!:

This is a beautiful ting! Thanks for all you do, LG!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks, Cal!
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Mollywog:

My favorite day of the week!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Mollywog @3:13
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