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This is where all of culture and all of time are collapsed into one seductive portal and viewed through the panoramic lens of the exotic. Come and embark on an armchair-travel virtual-voyage to the heart of timeless darkness and beyond; embrace the numinous monolith of the exotic immensity. Let us find that place where hybridization meets its destiny as pure fantasy. Let us become observers observing those others who are ourselves. You wear your mask and I'll wear mine.

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Favoriting March 10, 2016: Marathaan Week #1

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  Intro        
Michel Magne  Two Silhouettes   Favoriting The Fabricated Wilderness  My Premium, which can be yours for pledges of $75 or more!   
Roger Roger and Nino Nardini  Murmuring Leaves   Favoriting Jungle Obsession     
 
Brother Nicky  Good Old Gospel Ship   Favoriting Put No Blame On The Master - Jamaican Gospel Volume Two  1st prize of the night! could be yours for a pledge of $20 or more!  0:14:33 (Pop-up)
Astley Dixon  Put No Blame on the Master   Favoriting Put No Blame On The Master - Jamaican Gospel Volume Two  1st prize of the night! could be yours for a pledge of $20 or more!  0:16:08 (Pop-up)
King Radio  Body Life   Favoriting Roosevelt in Trinidad: Calypsos of Events, Places and Personalities, 1933-1939    0:18:21 (Pop-up)
Markko Polo Adventurers  Yokohama Ferryboat   Favoriting The Fabricated Wilderness  My Premium, which can be yours for pledges of $75 or more!  0:21:43 (Pop-up)
Unknown Group  Lead Me Through The Darkness   Favoriting Put No Blame On The Master - Jamaican Gospel Volume Two  1st prize of the night! could be yours for a pledge of $20 or more!  0:24:50 (Pop-up)
 
Joan La Barbara  Thunder   Favoriting Tapesongs  with Bruce Ditmas  0:32:15 (Pop-up)
Bruce Ditmas  Side Looking Radar Image   Favoriting Yellow Dust  This LP copy can be yours for a pledge of $20 or more!  0:34:11 (Pop-up)
Mandingo  Mandingo   Favoriting Primeval Rhythm of Life    0:40:22 (Pop-up)
Gene Rains  Africa   Favoriting The Fabricated Wilderness  My Premium, which can be yours for pledges of $75 or more!  0:43:33 (Pop-up)
Bruce Ditmas  Aural Suspension   Favoriting Yellow Dust    0:48:18 (Pop-up)
Emerald Web  Flight of the Raven   Favoriting The Stargate Tapes 1979-1982  This CD copy can be yours for a pledge of $20 or more!  0:54:09 (Pop-up)
Fang-Teng Lee  Flowers on a Rainy Night   Favoriting Sound of Magic Saw    0:56:32 (Pop-up)
Rex Kona and His Mandarins  Bird Train   Favoriting The Fabricated Wilderness  My Premium, which can be yours for pledges of $75 or more!  1:00:15 (Pop-up)
Emerald Web  Valley of the Birds   Favoriting The Stargate Tapes 1979-1982  This CD copy can be yours for a pledge of $20 or more!  1:01:07 (Pop-up)
Mar Mar Aye  Someday He Will Return   Favoriting Princess Nicotine: Folk And Pop Sounds Of Myanmar (Burma) Vol. 1  This LP copy can be yours for a pledge of $20 or more!  1:11:06 (Pop-up)
Sun City Girls  Radio Morocco   Favoriting Grotto of Miracles    1:13:09 (Pop-up)
 
J.D. Emmanuel  Part II: Prayer   Favoriting Wizards  This CD copy can be yours for a pledge of $20 or more!  1:21:58 (Pop-up)
Holger Czukay  Late Night Radio   Favoriting Radio Wave Surfer    1:24:52 (Pop-up)
Jean-Pierre Massiera  Turn Radio On   Favoriting Turn Radio On    1:28:20 (Pop-up)
The Left Banke  Coca-Cola Radio Spot   Favoriting Things Go Better with Coke    1:31:24 (Pop-up)
J.D. Emmanuel  Part IV: Expanding Into The Universe   Favoriting Wizards  This CD copy can be yours for a pledge of $20 or more!  1:32:31 (Pop-up)
 
Charles Mingus  Myself When I Am Real   Favoriting Mingus Plays Piano (Spontaneous Compositions And Improvisations)  This LP copy can be yours for a pledge of $20 or more!  1:42:22 (Pop-up)
Eden Ahbez  The Old Boat   Favoriting The Fabricated Wilderness  My Premium, which can be yours for pledges of $75 or more!  1:49:43 (Pop-up)
Tropicals  Amazon River   Favoriting Urubamba    1:52:38 (Pop-up)
Bernard Lubat  Bahia Bossa Nova   Favoriting TeleMusic - Vibraphones    1:55:08 (Pop-up)
Charles Mingus  Meditations for Moses   Favoriting Mingus Plays Piano (Spontaneous Compositions And Improvisations)  This LP copy can be yours for a pledge of $20 or more!  1:56:53 (Pop-up)
 
Sun Araw  Treaty   Favoriting The Inner Treaty  This LP copy can be yours for a pledge of $20 or more! Don't sleep on this one!  2:08:44 (Pop-up)
Frank & Jo Byers  Polynesian Fantasy Theme Song (Bubbles & Waterfall)   Favoriting The Fabricated Wilderness  My Premium, which can be yours for pledges of $75 or more!  2:15:35 (Pop-up)
David Pritchard  Under the Palms   Favoriting Nocturnal Earthworm Stew    2:17:26 (Pop-up)
Sun Araw  Grip   Favoriting The Inner Treaty  This LP copy can be yours for a pledge of $20 or more! Don't sleep on this one!  2:20:53 (Pop-up)
 
Sun Ra  The Music Is Like a Mirror   Favoriting My Way is the Spaceways    2:28:49 (Pop-up)
Sun Ra  Love in Outer Space   Favoriting The Night Of The Purple Moon    2:39:33 (Pop-up)
 
Peter Reno  The Lost World   Favoriting DeWolfe - Polaris    2:50:04 (Pop-up)
Gianni Safred And His Electronic Instruments  Spheres   Favoriting Music Scene - Electronic Designs    2:52:35 (Pop-up)
Inoyama Land  Meine Reflexionen   Favoriting Danzindan Pojidon    2:55:53 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 6:17pm
Flash Strap:

Hello all you explorers and friends! Just a quick obligatory tutorial on how to best and most effectively donate to this show: blogfiles.wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:21pm
Gary:

To be sure that your pledge is credited to Explorer's Room, you must:

(1) Pledge by clicking the PLEDGE NOW button on this page.
(2) Make sure "Explorer's Room" is selected in the program drop-down menu.
(3) Click the + (plus) button where it says CLICK TO ADD SHOW.
Avatar 6:22pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Gary! Or just do what Gary says.
Avatar 6:59pm
ndbob:

evening Evan, Gary. everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:00pm
Gary:

Let the pledging begin!
Avatar 7:01pm
hyde:

hello from my crap work laptop. tonight i vow to recover from last night's 1-2 punch tech tragedy and actually pledge some $$$
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:02pm
Gary:

Gah, did your computer completely die, Hyde?
Avatar 7:02pm
Carmichael:

Heya Flash and pledgers. I am a swag for life member. I anxiously await my mini boombox avatar.
Avatar 7:02pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Bob! Hi Hyde! Hi all you beautiful people out there in the dark!
Avatar 7:03pm
Flash Strap:

So sorry to hear that, Hyde. Shit!
Avatar 7:03pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Carmichael!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
Gary:

My cat wants to pledge for this track, but he also asks that you turn up the bird sounds "more higher"
Avatar 7:04pm
Flash Strap:

cats love birds, but can have no money. just facts, people
Avatar 7:05pm
ndbob:

Sorry Hyde!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
Dave in Vermont:

Hey Flashstrap. I was so excited when I found your show and I usually end up listening to archives when I can. I have actually been discover os much more of GTDR (and Ichiban) this week. I don't want to try to figure out how to split up my pledge between the couple dozen favorite DJs and plus the ones I might not know about or appreciate yet. But I did want to let you know that I appreciate your show. Thanks. Have a great marathon.
Avatar 7:07pm
hyde:

super aggravating. my hard drive failed and then i found out the wfmu app doesnt work on my phone! argh. but i go on.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:10pm
melinda:

hi everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11pm
Gary:

We'll take words of praise, Dave!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11pm
melinda:

My cat doesn't respond to the bird sounds, I think old age has dulled her.
Avatar 7:12pm
ndbob:

Hi Melinda!
Avatar 7:12pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Melinda! Wonderful to see you
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
Gary:

I found several Jamaican gospel CDs out in Jamaica, Queens, last summer, actually. This is terrific, btw
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:13pm
Uncle Michael:

Hey Hey Hey!
Avatar 7:14pm
ndbob:

Hi UM
Avatar 7:15pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Hi Hi Uncle!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:15pm
Gary:

Love the guitar on this one
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:16pm
melinda:

This Jamaican gospel is great.
Avatar 7:16pm
Flash Strap:

So gnarly, the glory of a cheap amp
Avatar 7:17pm
ndbob:

Yep it is
Avatar 7:18pm
hyde:

heh, i sympathize with dave. trying to divvy out pledges to wfmu dj's is like a parent trying to pick a favorite child. (and yeah i know it all goes to the same place, but still...)
Avatar 7:19pm
ndbob:

Right Hyde - I wish i could give to everyone - but I can't
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:22pm
listener james from westwood:

Aargh, was detained at dinner! I specifically said I have a date on a South Sea island and I was not to be delayed!
Avatar 7:22pm
Flash Strap:

Listener James! Why Hellllllllo
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
listener james from westwood:

How do, Flash Strap and all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
Gary:

Pledge $75 or more and you can get the terrific CD Mr. Flash put together with this lovely track on it!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:25pm
JtotheK:

good evening everyone!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
Gary:

Thank you, James!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:26pm
Gary:

Melinda! Thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:27pm
Gary:

Jason! Charles! Uncle Michael! Bob! THANK YOU
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 7:28pm
JtotheK:

*and you are quite welcome! I tend to tune in via the archives - always enjoy the program (and many others)!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:31pm
melinda:

OMG, thanks! I didn't realize pre-pledging made me eligible. Score!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:31pm
listener james from westwood:

I don't say this lightly: I wish my mom—who was enough of a freak for Martin Denny and his tribe of musical explorers that she crisscrossed Manhattan back in the Mad Men era looking for Tak Shindo records—were alive to hear this lush and adventurous program each week. Thank you, thank you, Evan, and of course, Doug for inviting him to the GTDR team.
Avatar 7:31pm
Flash Strap:

Hi Jtothe K!
Avatar 7:32pm
Flash Strap:

Our collective pleasure, Melinda! You're the best
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
Gary:

ALL PLEDGES OF $20 or more ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PRIZES AS THEY COME UP -- 3 PRIZES an HOUR. PLEDGE! PLEDGE! PLEDGE!
Avatar 7:32pm
Flash Strap:

I stand in awe of the kindness of your words, James
Avatar 7:33pm
ndbob:

Congrats Melinda!
Avatar 7:33pm
hyde:

holy heck! i had no idea that Joan la Barbara was married to Morton Subotnick. this is like when i found our Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle were sisters.
Avatar 7:34pm
Mayuko:

Good evening Evan, Gary, and everyone. Just woke up- having flu :( These album covers look great!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:34pm
melinda:

This song sounded like it was going to turn into Heart of Glass.
Avatar 7:34pm
Flash Strap:

This LP is INSANE-- Mini-moog galore!
Avatar 7:35pm
Flash Strap:

Hey Mayuko, sorry you're so sick!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:35pm
Gary:

Oh, man -- very sad to hear that, Mayuko :(
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:35pm
melinda:

@James: that's a nice remembrance of your mom.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:37pm
listener james from westwood:

Mayuko, you've been MC'ing behind the scenes and getting these how-to-pledge graphics all set while sick?! Good heavens, you are a hero of the revolution. I do hope the weekend brings some relief.
Avatar 7:38pm
hyde:

feel better, Mayuko!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:38pm
listener james from westwood:

@melinda: Thanks. I still have her vinyl of various Denny and Baxter hits back at my dad's. And at least one or two Ymas. She prepared me for a life of WFMU listenership.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:40pm
Gary:

Get in the running for the Bruce Ditmas krazee drummin's album! $20 pledge or more
Avatar 7:41pm
Flash Strap:

that's so wonderful, James. I'd love to know more about how she felt about that music
Avatar 7:41pm
Mayuko:

ahh, thank you for your kind words, james & hyde, and thank you so so much for being big supporters of the drummer stream! not only in terms of pledges but also your presence and encouragement.
Avatar 7:42pm
Flash Strap:

don't you want to ddrop that Ditmas on you turntable and just LOSE YOUR MIND
Avatar 7:42pm
ndbob:

Sorry Mayuko!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:44pm
melinda:

Hope you feel better Mayuko.
Avatar 7:44pm
Mayuko:

I kinda wish I wasn't a staff during this marathon, so that I could enter many of these drawings. I mean, we all easily spend $20 on cds and records anyway, if it helps the show/station that's even better.
Avatar 7:44pm
Flash Strap:

i feel the same way mayuko
Avatar 7:46pm
Mayuko:

thank you so much, melinda and ndbob!!! I'm happy that there's always a sense of community here on the drummer stream, and you two are big help of that too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:46pm
Uncle Michael:

I feel your pain, Mayuko!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:47pm
melinda:

I agree with whoever said it was tough deciding how to divvy up the pledge among DJs. So many good shows, hard choices.
Avatar 7:47pm
Mayuko:

haha, I guess all the staffers feel the same right now, Uncle Michael! it's really a huge bummer, actually.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
Uncle Michael:

The best part is giving away CDs I don't have, myself!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:50pm
Gary:

JUST TWO PEOPLE ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BRUCE DITMAS!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:52pm
Gary:

Thank you, Morgan!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
melinda:

When I was first exploring WFMU and not really paying attention to which show I was listening to an Emerald Web number was one of the first songs to grab my attention.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:55pm
listener james from westwood:

@Flash, Mom adored it. When she first heard "Quiet Village," she didn't get the name or composer, so she called radio stations to whistle it and see if the DJs could ID it for them. She played Yma Sumac and the rest for me from an early age and told me, tongue in cheek, the Amy Camus fable re: Yma when most of my friends were still playing with Fisher-Price toys. When they began coming out with the Ultra-Lounge series and they had that Exotica one, it was a lead-pipe cinch for her next birthday. And she of course dug it.
Avatar 7:56pm
Flash Strap:

Thanks Morgan, you happy caveman you
Avatar 7:57pm
ndbob:

Excellent show as always Evan - always a pleasure to listen and pledge to such a great show - can stick in chat and catch the rest later
Avatar 7:57pm
Flash Strap:

always so grand to have you bob
Avatar 7:57pm
hyde:

whoaaaa, this song!
Avatar 7:57pm
Flash Strap:

that is so moving and fascinating, james
Avatar 7:58pm
hyde:

sayonara, ndb!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:58pm
Gary:

PLEDGE ALERT: Thank you Christoper in Attleboro, MA (he knows who he is) ... you'll be eligible for upcoming prize!
Avatar 7:59pm
Flash Strap:

your mom sounds like a wonderful person. i can't believe this whistling story. i might have to have you tell it to me again sometime
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:00pm
Gary:

$20 gets you in the running for The Stargate Tapes:


To be sure that your pledge is credited to Explorer's Room, you must:

(1) Pledge by clicking the PLEDGE NOW button on this page.
(2) Make sure "Explorer's Room" is selected in the program drop-down menu.
(3) Click the + (plus) button where it says CLICK TO ADD SHOW.
Avatar 8:00pm
hyde:

hmm, whoever that totally anonymous person may be, i thought he said no swag?
Avatar 8:00pm
hyde:

i mean he/she
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:01pm
Uncle Michael:

Prizes aren't swag!
Avatar 8:01pm
hyde:

this is the greatest day of my life, or it would be if i was that person
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:01pm
melinda:

Valley of the Birds is one of my favorites, probably the one I first heard on WFMU.
Avatar 8:03pm
Mayuko:

wow, just scrolled up and read all your mom story, james, that's really nice. parents who have love/appreciation in music/art are the best! I saw another long time wfmu listener shared pretty cool story of his mom on comment board before. Now I'm curious to hear more mom stories of the station listeners.
Avatar 8:03pm
Flash Strap:

so good! the whole cassette version of Valley of the Birds is here, by the way

soundsofthedawn.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:06pm
melinda:

Thanks for the link Flash!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:07pm
listener james from westwood:

@Mayuko: Thanks very kindly. I too dig when folks talk about their parental musical roots. Somewhere on one of Sheila B's earliest playlists, when she was in a dawn-chaser slot, I shared something about my mom and how much she dug frequent Sheila fave the Alan Parsons Project.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:07pm
Gary:

Give it up for the bird(call)s!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:09pm
Gary:

I do love that track
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:12pm
listener james from westwood:

"Princess Nicotine" would also be a great name for the heroine of an anime.
Avatar 8:14pm
ndbob:

@James Your mother sounds wonderful - trying to picture my mom playing Yma for me - that would not have happened:)
Avatar 8:15pm
Flash Strap:

i wish i could know how a kid would hear Yma
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:18pm
melinda:

@bob: haha! Mine would not have played Yma either. My dad was the music explorer in my family, but my mom did buy us the original recordings for Hair and JC Superstar which I loved. When I asked her recently what inspired her, she couldn't remember. Maybe a relative who was into musicals.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:19pm
melinda:

And congrats on the prize, Bob!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:19pm
listener james from westwood:

@ndbob: Thanks; she was pretty darn unique.
@Flash: I already had free run of the B'way and movie LPs, but for some reason never put one of those on. So one day she did.
This all made for odd chats with fellow students. They'd be all like, "What's yer favorite record?" and I'd flash back to the previous night when I did my homework to Gordon Jenkins's "Manhattan Tower."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:20pm
Gary:

Get in the running for WIZARDS -- $20 pledge and this awesomeness could be yours!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:20pm
Uncle Michael:

My mom was all about her, me and Leonard Bernstein's young people's concerts.
Avatar 8:22pm
Flash Strap:

this is such a crucial record, synth-lovers
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:23pm
Gary:

PLEDGE! PLEDGE! PLEDGE!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:23pm
listener james from westwood:

@melinda: Yes! Mom let me listen to "Hair" at quite a young age for some of the content. Good that you had it on both sides. Dad wasn't as into records or music as Mom still was when I came along, but they both saw the glories of Broadway in the 50s and 60s and bought the original cast albums I'd later dig into.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:24pm
JtotheK:

this is a perfect example of why I enjoy this program (and many others on WFMU) so very much - I was not familiar with 'Wizards' but having heard it will seek it out! this is great.
Avatar 8:25pm
ndbob:

@Melinda Thanks! My mom was an Elvis fan though - she had me buy her a sheet of the Elvis stamps when they came out
Avatar 8:25pm
Mayuko:

yah! I loved that Wizard very much too! will check it out!
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hyde:

whoa, i'm way behind. i love both ljfw's mom story *and* Wizard!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:28pm
Uncle Michael:

A cover of Wack Wack?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:29pm
melinda:

Great cover!
Avatar 8:29pm
Flash Strap:

PLEEEEEEEEDGE me hearties! The ship must sail on and on forever like the wand'rings of Captain Kidd, bringing light to the corners world like the opposite of the wand'rings of Captain Cook
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:31pm
Minnesota Jeff:

Do pledges for Give the Drummer Some shows need to be done online? Or can I do phone?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:32pm
Gary:

JEFF: To be sure that your pledge is credited to Explorer's Room, you must:

(1) Pledge by clicking the PLEDGE NOW button on this page.
(2) Make sure "Explorer's Room" is selected in the program drop-down menu.
(3) Click the + (plus) button where it says CLICK TO ADD SHOW.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:32pm
Gary:

And, yes, only online
Avatar 8:32pm
Flash Strap:

don't hesitate to pledge to snag your Wizards copy so you can DEEP-TRANCE the electronic space
Avatar 8:33pm
Flash Strap:

Hello and welcome, Minnesota Jeff!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:33pm
Alex In Illinois:

@Uncle Michael: that's what I thought too, but I could not remember the artist who does wack wack, and I was not sure if anyone else knew the wack wack tune.
Avatar 8:34pm
Flash Strap:

sad to say, i don't know this wack wack we're talking about, but massiera does seem to tend towards unattributed "covers"
Avatar 8:35pm
Flash Strap:

And Hi Alex!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:36pm
melinda:

Young-Holt Unlimited did Wack Wack.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:36pm
JtotheK:

the only wack wack i know is the young holt trio...the brunswick 45...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:37pm
Minnesota Jeff:

Just put in $20 to get in the running for Wizards!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:39pm
Gary:

PLEDGE ALERT!! THANK YOU JEFF in Mendota Heights, Minnesota!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:41pm
JtotheK:

good call on the mingus...i dug the lp out (somewhat) recently, it's great!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:41pm
Alex In Illinois:

I know Wack-Wack from a compilation called Big Noise, with each cut by a different artist, and yes, that sound right, I think it as credited to The Young-Holt Trio. Maybe the CD is handy, I'll see if I can find it in less than a minute.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:41pm
melinda:

Congrats Jeff!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:41pm
Minnesota Jeff:

Evan, this is honestly the single best Music program I have heard on WFMU in the decade or so I have been listening. Its an absolute treasure and its hard to imagine anyone but you could have achieved this. Your passion and exuberance for a sometimes maligned or forgotten realm of the music world is a real inspiration. Ive always wanted to have an experts guide for the worlds of Lounge, Exotica, library music, nature sound collections etc. -- and then WOOSH! Here you are! THANK YOU.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:42pm
Minnesota Jeff:

Oh shit! I WON! ::does the running man::
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:42pm
Alex In Illinois:

Found it! Well, the digitized copy on my hard drive, and yes, it is credited to the Young Holt Trio.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:43pm
coelacanth:

greetings Evan and Explorers
Avatar 8:43pm
Flash Strap:

Oh my god, Jeff

that is the nicest thing you can say to a person
Avatar 8:44pm
hyde:

honestly, i just had a whole wfmu tribute post typed out, but Minnesota Jeff's is much better
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:44pm
Alex In Illinois:

Evan, from what part of the world are you doing the show? I recall that it was St. Louis, at one point.
Avatar 8:44pm
Flash Strap:

used to be, now I'm in North Carolina
Avatar 8:45pm
hyde:

hiya coelecanth!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:45pm
melinda:

Young-Holt must have recorded under somewhat different names. I got a compilation of their songs off iTunes because I kept hearing one of them used on Fresh Air as filler and liked it. Soulful Strut.
Avatar 8:45pm
Flash Strap:

coelecanth! Hello, friend!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:46pm
melinda:

Well said, Jeff.
Avatar 8:46pm
Flash Strap:

Young-Holt is so good
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Flash Strap:

seriously jeff, i'm in actual tears. it means a lot to hear something like that. reminds you that you exist. i am so glad to have listeners like you

you are all loved, all of you here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:49pm
Minnesota Jeff:

I can remember when I first noticed the "Explorers room with Flash Strap" show up in the WFMU apps list of recent archives, and I was like "What is this show?" and read the description and was like "Well, fmu descriptions are pretty wild at times, but this guy seems like he's got something else up his sleeve." and when I heard an recording of an explorers journey into jungles, and the bird sounds, and the lush tones. It just hit the pocket dead on. Yer killing it, man!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:50pm
coelacanth:

that is Beautiful Jeff!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 8:51pm
JtotheK:

@melinda - if you dig soulful strut -- check out barbara acklin's 'am i the same girl' -- it's the soulful strut backing but really great vocal track!
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Flash Strap:

thanks my brother exot
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coelacanth:

hi hyde!
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Flash Strap:

seriously, how great was that Mingus?
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JtotheK:

and Jeff -- well said. i also was somewhat familiar with lounge/exotica/library records, but not all that much. i've learned a lot from this show, and have started to look for lounge/exotica records on a more regular basis ... library records would be nice to find, but they aren't all that common 'in the field' around here...
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Flash Strap:

I think I'll play another in a second
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JtotheK:

so thanks so much Flash Strap for this show!
(and yes - that Mingus really is superb!)
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Gary:

Time's running out to get in on the terrific Mingus album
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hyde:

does anyone know anything about the vocalist on that Tropicals LP? she's amazing...
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JtotheK:

and re: Mingus -- that reminds me i've yet to read his autobiography 'beneath the underdog' ... which from what i understand is quite interesting...
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melinda:

@JtotheK: Yes! like that one too and wondered about the connection.
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Flash Strap:

can you imagine dropping the needle on that Mingus LP? you might not have to JUST IMAGINE
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Minnesota Jeff:

Oh and people should really get in the running for that "Science if Fiction" DVD from Criterion whenever its on the block. Its EXCELLENT. 3 Discs and a really nice thick booklet.
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Gary:

To be sure that your pledge is credited to Explorer's Room, you must:

(1) Pledge by clicking the PLEDGE NOW button on this page.
(2) Make sure "Explorer's Room" is selected in the program drop-down menu.
(3) Click the + (plus) button where it says CLICK TO ADD SHOW.

See: blogfiles.wfmu.org...
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Flash Strap:

i don't know who is singing on that one, Hyde, but it was an Oscar Rocchi composition. if i find out i'll let you know. that whole album is a STUNNER by the way
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Flash Strap:

seconding what Jeff says: that thing is the business
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Minnesota Jeff:

To add to gary - if your a Swag for Life member and are confused if you will be "double billed" etc, Joe McGasko is on the case and he rights all wrongs. Just make sure you put the amount you want from your overall total and choose "One Time" not per month. Also, choose "send me a bill". Joes Soldiers will handle the rest.
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coelacanth:

i didn't click the + button; but i did make a note of it in the comments box.
...was it received? (from richard in new paltz)
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Gary:

I'll take a look, Richard!
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Gary:

The plus sign + is all important ...
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Minnesota Jeff:

Whoa, nice work on not mangling Menomonie! Its not quite "Me No Money" but its what people like to say. "Men Oh Munny" is closer.
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coelacanth:

crap. i have to spread my donation thinly enough as it is.
...i did pledge twice before tonight on alternate streams and they went through without me having hit the +.
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Minnesota Jeff:

Or rather, "Men On Munny"
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Gary:

Love this already
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Flash Strap:

That sucks, C. But I'm so thankful for your pledges
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JtotheK:

great show tonight -- i gotta head out, will catch the rest via the archives. thanks again!
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Flash Strap:

so glad Jeff. it was a shot on the dark
  9:11pm
walkingtrees:

ahoy!
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Flash Strap:

hey brother Tree!
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Flash Strap:

been meaning to drop you a line, by the way
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Minnesota Jeff:

Sun Araw is fantastic and so is that album art.
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Alex In Illinois:

Where is the "Pledge Now" button? I tried clicking all over the black rectangle with the dog and cow.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13pm
Minnesota Jeff:

Starburst on the opposite side of the COw Dog
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listener james from westwood:

It's the white starburst on the right.
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Flash Strap:

should be on the right side, Alex. it might not be showing up right if you're not seeing it
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coelacanth:

i just looked at the email. it was credited toward sinner's crossroads.
...at least i like Kevin, though i rarely listen to his show.
  9:15pm
walkingtrees:

you did! it is i whose turn it is to reply. i'm gonna muster up a few dollas to donate here
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Flash Strap:

here's the link if it's still not working: wfmu.org...
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Gary:

PLEASE SEE THESE IMPORTANT PLEDGE INSTRUCTIONS C/O MAYUKO: blogfiles.wfmu.org...
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Minnesota Jeff:

coelacanth - I one time accidentally fumbled a pledge and ended up winning something from a show I wasn't listening to! Ended up being a cool folk guitar album!
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Flash Strap:

i was still meaning to hit you up, for reasons that will be clear when i do

and all dollas count. they are bullets for the revolution, people
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coelacanth:

haha! that's great Jeff!
  9:21pm
walkingtrees:

sounds good evan!
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Alex In Illinois:

I just started up that super slow browser, Google Chrome, and it is visible only there, but not with Internet Explorer. Maybe if I try compatibility view . . .
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coelacanth:

i actually considered saying don't put me in the running for prizes (though that Mingus...)
... i've pledged 3X before tonight and won something at least 2 of those times (i think all 3, but my computer failed and i lost the signal when she drew for the prize)
it'd be ironic and funny if i won something from sinner's crossroads while trying to pledge to Explorers room!
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Doug Schulkind:

I'm not able to fucus on this here National Treasure of a Radio Show (NTRS) because I am just now sitting down to furious work on tomorrow morning's Certified Broadcast Disaster (CBD). Flash Strap I adore you and am so glad you spelunked into my life.

I urge everyone to toss a coin or two into the upturned pith helmet!

(1) Go here: wfmu.org...
(2) Enter a pledge amount
(3) Be sure to click the + button labeled "Click to Add Show" (it looks like this: blogfiles.wfmu.org...)
(4) Give yourself a pat on the back. Not a pat of butter, just a regular pat.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25pm
listener james from westwood:

Mmmm ... butter-back ....
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coelacanth:

may i eat a pat of butter too? cuz, i just did.
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coelacanth:

Gary Thanks for posting Mayuko's instruction.
- it's weird then that my other pledges went to where they were meant to.
  9:28pm
walkingtrees:

dollas successfully put in tha pan!
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Doug Schulkind:

Your pledges melt hearts AND butter!
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Gary:

Get in the running for this terrific album! $20 for a chance to win ... pledge!
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hyde:

@Doug somehow I think the CBD will be a YAARS (Yet Another Amazing Radio Show)
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Flash Strap:

Doug, adoration is a two-way street but I daresay the traffic is heaviest heading from my house and going in your direction. Thank you for giving me the chance to do Explorers Room, and then letting me keep doing it once you heard what it would be like

and good lord people, we all know Doug has never done a radio disaster! If for no other reason, pledge because Doug is humanity's best face and his voice should be on-air until the earth cracks in two
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Flash Strap:

Thanks Walkingtrees, you nobleman!
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Flash Strap:

40 acres and a moon
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coelacanth:

i Love this!
  9:33pm
walkingtrees:

Le Sony'r Ra for president
  9:33pm
walkingtrees:

de nada
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Ike:

If Chrome is slow for you, @Alex, then you have a pretty strange machine. On most, Chrome is the fastest and Internet Exploder is the slowest. No surprise that the link in the cow-dog banner doesn't work in IE, because IE is the pits. Looks good in Firefox. LOVE THE SHOW.
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Flash Strap:

shit, i was gonna only play part of this but now i'm fixated
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Gary:

It's hypnotic
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Flash Strap:

Hi IkE! Thanks for the love
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hyde:

if everyone had some collateral, everyone would have some credit...too true, too true
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

He's just too damned heavy. Or is that Zero G ??...
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coelacanth:

yeah, even just a satellite!
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Gary:

Did You Know? You can possibly win this terrific LP: blogfiles.wfmu.org...
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Gary:

Pledge $20 to be in the running
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Flash Strap:

i mean, it's science fiction based in earthly racial politics/economics, reorienting back-to-Africa separatism as a cosmic exodus, redefining the social "other" as a living myth:::::GENIUS
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northguineahills:

This is the second marathon I can't contribute. I've liquidated all of my assets, retirement funds, savings, etc. If I don't find a jobby job in NYC by June, then I'm moving in w/ one my brothers in FL where I've been offered a job before, but my wife has a good job here. Salud....
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Flash Strap:

You HAVE TO HAVE THIS, I KNOW YOU
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Gary:

And, need I remind anyone that a pledge of $75 means they can choose to get a copy of Mr. Flashy's thrill-packed FABRICATED WILDERNESS
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Mayuko:

Been listening in bed - going back to sleep again. This show has been very soothing for me and my aching muscles! Thank you Evan.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:38pm
Gary:

Oh, man -- our thoughts & prayers are pointed job-ward for you, NGH
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:39pm
Uncle Michael:

Hang in thee NGH. You're support is tangible, irrespective of its economic utility.
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hyde:

good luck, ngh
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northguineahills:

Thanks lads and lasses, it's been a crazy year(s).
  9:40pm
walkingtrees:

echoing the good luck...my lady friend is looking for a new job after the company folded.
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northguineahills:

Oh, and muchas gracias for Sun Ra!
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Mayuko:

I wish you good luck too, northguineahills!
  9:42pm
walkingtrees:

what's the total goal trying to be reached? i see that we are 37% there....is that total or for explorer's room contribution?
  9:42pm
walkingtrees:

SPACE IS DEEP
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Alex In Illinois:

If you choose to go swag-free, then the shows you are crediting to are removed.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
Uncle Michael:

That's the goal for this episode of this show. The station needs to raise 1.2 million.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43pm
Doug Schulkind:

Pledge to Explorers Room, even though WFMU's marathon pages are calling it Explorer's Room. Pledge if you can't figure out what the hell I'm talking about!

PLEDGE HERE: wfmu.org...
PLEDGE LIKE THIS: blogfiles.wfmu.org...
  9:44pm
walkingtrees:

aww man, thanks!
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northguineahills:

One question, I haven't seen Kenzo in a while, but I can't get the marathon map to load, anyone else try?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:45pm
Gary:

Marathon Map I don't think is happening this year
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Minnesota Jeff:

PEOPLE -- GO FOR THIS DVD. If you are listening to this show you will LOVE THIS DVD SET.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:45pm
Uncle Michael:

No map.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:46pm
melinda:

I agree with your science/art-failure assessment.
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Minnesota Jeff:

Marathon Map?
  9:47pm
walkingtrees:

hey folks, check out fandor for exquisite film...they do a rotating criterion selection among so many other great movies
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hyde:

haha, this is some righteous manifesto stuff
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northguineahills:

ahhh, the marathon map has been my favorite thing to peruse every year. I got my now wife to donate one year b/c I pointed out no one had donated from Mexico.
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northguineahills:

Heck, If Kenzo is busy, I can program KML files utilizing google maps, it's what I do!
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Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Hi @NGH. WFMU turned that off; see Snortley 1:05pm here: wfmu.org...
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ndbob:

all the best NGH!
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Minnesota Jeff:

Oh, the Google Map that showed all the donations. Ah. okay.
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Flash Strap:

hate to hear the ways you're economically oppressed brother NGH. Your presence is the real matter of import anyway: you are a treasured explorer
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Flash Strap:

heh you know it hyde. WFMU has radicalized me. i'm one of those outside agitators
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Gary:

Just a few minutes left to pledge and get in the running for the Jean Painleve Science is FICTION Criterion DVD!
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Flash Strap:

LISTEN TO JEFF PEOPLE THIS THING IS WACKADOO CRAZY GOOD
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Flash Strap:

right on, melinda
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quinn:

i lurv dis
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Gary:

Look! Naked people: blogfiles.wfmu.org...
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Flash Strap:

hi Quinn!
  9:55pm
walkingtrees:

took the bait
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Gary:

Did I say "Naked"? I meant "Naked in their ambition to win the Science is FICTION DVD"
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Flash Strap:

Thanks Gary that was very sexy stuff, the sort of thing that I like
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melinda:

Me too. No naked people at above link.
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Gary:

I was addressing that to all of the naked people out there in the audience
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Gary:

e.g., "Look, naked people ..."
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Not Entirely Naked:

hmm
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northguineahills:

danke Flash, I'm in emergency mode now. I can use all of the moral boosting I can get.
  9:58pm
walkingtrees:

it has been unusually warm here in colorado...
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Minnesota Jeff:

He meant, "If you like the movie NAKED PREY, check this out" Which was released by criterion, and is a jungle movie. So...it all works.
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northguineahills:

Thanks Kenzo!
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coelacanth:

oh. i thought you were saying "look,naked people..."
(and i didn't click it because i'm not naked...at least not to the naked eye.)
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Uncle Michael:

Thanks for the wonderful show, Evan. Thanks for your support, everyone!
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hyde:

@ngh just hang in there, dude. i can sympathize.
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listener james from westwood:

Always a blast, Evan. Thanks to you, Gary, and all!!
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hyde:

good night, all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
listener james from westwood:

Holy christmas! Thanks many times over for the moving pictures and the kind words!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
melinda:

Thanks for the show, Flash!
  10:01pm
walkingtrees:

good luck with the drive y'all!
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Doug Schulkind:

OK, now I can set my sights on preparing my CBD!
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Gary:

Thank you everyone for your thrill-packed pledges, and Evan for the thrill-packed show after show after show you bring us!
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coelacanth:

sad to hear it ngh. be optimistic -we're all in your corner.

Thanks Evan. 'sorry i screwed up my pledge.
ciao people.
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Flash Strap:

the naked Prey is AMAZING btw
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Flash Strap:

thanks to all of you! ALL OF YOU

and coelacanth, don't feel blue: your pledge went to the right place in the end
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Flash Strap:

NGH hit me up if I can provide any additional cheer. I have lots and lots. I care about you, man
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