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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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Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3 
Titus Turner  Soulville   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Enjoy  1964  45 
Chuck Edwards  Downtown Soulville   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Punch  1968  45 
Howard Peters  Soulville   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Coral  1967  45 
Al James  Groove City USA   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Big Beat  1967  45 
Spencer Wiggins  Soul City USA   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Goldwax  1969  45 
 
Simon and Garfunkel  America   Favoriting Bookends  Columbia  1968  LP 
The Righteous Brothers  Harlem Shuffle   Favoriting Sayin' Somethin'  Verve  1967  LP 
Steely Dan  Daddy Don't Work In That New York City No More   Favoriting Katy Lied  ABC  1975  LP 
Dave Van Ronk  Garden State Stomp   Favoriting Going Back To Brooklyn  Reckless  1975  CD 
Staple Singers  Long Walk To DC   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Stax  1968  45 
Bruce Johnston  Virginia Beach   Favoriting Surfin' Round the World  Columbia  1963  LP 
Little Feat  Oh Atlanta!   Favoriting Feats Don't Fail Me Now  Warner Brothers  1974  LP 
Wayne Cochran  Going Back To Miami   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Mercury  1966  45 
Odell Brown  Look Out Cleveland   Favoriting Free Delivery  Cadet  1970  LP 
Freddy Cannon  Cincinnatti Woman   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Warner Brothers  1967  45 
Billy Larkin and the Delegates  Little Jr Detroit   Favoriting 45RPM Single  World Pacific  1966  45 
Paul Butterfield Blues Band  Born In Chicago   Favoriting Paul Butterfield Blues Band  Elektra  1965  LP 
Rufus Thomas  Memphis Train   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Stax  1968  45 
Bobbie Gentry  Mississippi Delta   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Capitol  1967  45 
Charlatans  Alabama Bound   Favoriting The Charlatans  Philips  1969  LP 
Jelly Roll Morton  New Orleans Joys   Favoriting 78RPM  Gennett  1924  78 
Gary US Bonds  New Orleans   Favoriting 45RPM Single  LeGrand  1960  45 
 
King Cole Trio  Get Your Kicks on Rt66   Favoriting 78RPM  Capitol  1946  78 
Tony Joe White  Wichita Lineman   Favoriting Black and White  Monument  1968  LP 
David Frishberg  Oklahoma Toad   Favoriting Oklahoma Toad  CTI  1970  LP 
Charley Pride  Is Anybody Going To San Antone   Favoriting 45RPM Single  RCA  1970  45 
Moby Grape  Omaha   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Columbia  1967  45 
St George and Tana  Reno Nevada   Favoriting St George and Tana Is Now  Kapp  1968  LP 
Sir Douglas Quintet  Mendocino   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Smash  1969  45 
Lou Johnson  Frisco Here I Come   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Volt  1971  45 
Living Guitars  San Franciscan Nights   Favoriting San Franciscan Nights  Camden  1968  LP 
Marlena Shaw  California Soul   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Cadet  1969  45 
Don Agrati  Hollywood Song   Favoriting Homegrown  Elektra  1973  LP 
Stu Phillips  Hawaii - Incinerator   Favoriting Follow Me OST  Uni  1969  LP 
Steve Miller Band  Living In the USA   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Capitol  1968  45 
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45 

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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Hey Larry. I’m here. I’ve been listening to Gary for a few.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 9:56pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Matt! I'm listening to Gary, too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I went over to my friend’s house earlier to help him prep what to me seems like an absurd amount of meat that he’s going to smoke tonight/tomorrow.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:59pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I’m not even sure I’ll be staying there long tomorrow afternoon as it’s supposed to be in the mid to high 90s with lots of humidity. His backyard doesn’t have enough shade.
Avatar 🥁 10:00pm
Erica:

Red, White and Testify!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:00pm
Funky16Corners:

Erica!
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Erica:

Everyone ready for the 4th of July special?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
Jeff Ash:

Reporting for duty from the great state of Wisconsin!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
Funky16Corners:

@Matt - I don't think any amount of meat can be described as absurd as long as you're smoking it
Avatar 🥁 10:01pm
Erica:

Listening from the garden state of New Jersey, south Jersey that is.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:01pm
Funky16Corners:

Jeff!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:02pm
Gary:

Howdy, Larry & Testifees!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:02pm
Funky16Corners:

Gary!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:03pm
Franco Twinkie:

Matt, I was just out in the front yard trying to asses the likely hood of burning the house down if I should do my patriotic duty by firing up the grill.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:04pm
Funky16Corners:

Franco!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:04pm
Matt from New Orleans:

I’d recommend a chimney starter rather than lighter fluid if you’re using charcoal
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:05pm
Franco Twinkie:

Larry! I know you're in the kitchen tomorrow.
Avatar 10:06pm
still b/p:

Love the tilty Edsellence.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:06pm
Funky16Corners:

@Franco - I may just be the helper tomorrow. I think Jen is going to make some mussels!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:07pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey SBP!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:10pm
Franco Twinkie:

Mussels - thrown on the grill until they open up?
Avatar 🥁 10:10pm
Erica:

Groovin' for America.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:11pm
Funky16Corners:

Steamed with Thai spices!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11pm
Franco Twinkie:

Okay now!
Avatar 🥁 10:11pm
Erica:

All we need now is Granny Spicy Tuna's .Gif image to dance to the music.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:16pm
Funky16Corners:

C'mon Granny! Where you at! Jump in!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:16pm
Funky16Corners:

BTW You can follow along on the map at the bottom of the playlist.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:17pm
Franco Twinkie:

Larry, when I'm at my mom's house and she's really driving me nuts, I duck out to the Thai restaurant by her house and get a seafood curry loaded with mussels to set me right. I go back to her house a different man.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:18pm
Funky16Corners:

I used to get a Thai seafood stew called talay sarm rod. I haven't found it on a menu in years
Avatar 10:18pm
still b/p:

There's work I should do tomorrow, and a separate definite commitment I must keep for a portion of the day. No holiday freedom. No picnic. No party. Just my spirit draped in the red, white and blue bunting of self-pity. Maybe bike in latter part of day and meet someone for the mobby music and fireworks scene on the waterfront. I'll stand up on the grassy slope and shout, in the manner of Robert Taylor in the Colosseum crowd in Quo Vadis, "Citizens of Maine! I WORKED today!"
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:20pm
Funky16Corners:

As long as you shout it at the fireworks, all is not lost
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:22pm
Franco Twinkie:

Still b/p, you're a real cut up when you're depressed.
Avatar 🥁 10:22pm
Erica:

Oh yeah, Steely Dan!
  10:25pm
Dean:

Checking in to see what's going on. Sorry to say I'm playing an old Jorma/Jack record, so I can't listen just now.

For those who care, I blame Steely Dan for the downfall of rock 'n' roll. They were close to the very worst.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:26pm
Funky16Corners:

Hi Dean! Thanks for checking in!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:26pm
Funky16Corners:

Manasquan is right around the corner!
  10:26pm
Dean:

You're welcome.
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geezerette:

OOh, Dave Van Ronk!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:26pm
Funky16Corners:

Geezerette!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28pm
Franco Twinkie:

Dean! The Cars, Steely Dan, make it a trifecta, who else?
Avatar 10:28pm
geezerette:

Howdy, Larry and other fellow citizens!
  10:28pm
Dean:

Neil Young.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28pm
Franco Twinkie:

Perfect!
  10:30pm
Dean:

Ironically, I *just* played Roxy Music's "Hurricane" minutes ago. Which proves my point: Neil can't even deliver his own decent songs to any degree of respectability.
Avatar 10:31pm
geezerette:

Highly recommend "Rolling Thunder Revue"for a shot of Rock 'n Roll stage prescence. Electric!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:31pm
Funky16Corners:

I'm sending Neil over to your house.
Avatar 🥁 10:32pm
Erica:

Haha Larry!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:32pm
Matt from New Orleans:

Dean aside from the WFMU message boards where else do you share your years of accumulated wisdom? Do you print pamphlets and stand on street corners haranguing people to take them?
Avatar 10:33pm
Kris Holmes:

Hey all.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:33pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey Kris!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:34pm
Franco Twinkie:

Kris!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:34pm
coelacanth∅:

aloha Larry and easy riders
Avatar 10:34pm
Kris Holmes:

My Mom just saw Neil in Vancouver last month & of all the times she’s seen him from the 90s through, this was the best
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:35pm
Funky16Corners:

Hey C!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:35pm
Funky16Corners:

I can't say I dig everything he ever did, but Neil gets the 100% seal of approval anyway. Anyone who founded Buffalo Springfield and Crazy Horse is OK in my book
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36pm
northguineahills:

I forgot I was here....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36pm
Franco Twinkie:

Word.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36pm
chresti:

Hello!
Avatar 10:36pm
Kris Holmes:

We went to Corpus for a few nights last 4th of July, not making that mistake again (heat, crowds, traffic related) so we’re just gonna stay at home!
Avatar 🥁 10:36pm
Erica:

Haha ngh. Also, I enjoyed that Little Feat song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:37pm
northguineahills:

Is it me, or is the volume a wee bit low.....?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:37pm
Funky16Corners:

NGH! Chresti!
Avatar 10:37pm
still b/p:

A friend of mine saw Roling Thunder in MA in '75, and asked me this week -- he couldn't remember -- if I was there with him, because he thought maybe he saw both of us in the Scorcese film. I didn't go to the concert. If I'm in the movie, I think Marty's creating "deep fake" video clips as part of his whole documentaire elastique approach to veracity and twisticity.
  10:37pm
Dean:

I have no accumulated wisdom. It's a day to day thing, man. But I really don't get the affection for so many of the lauded artists like NY. I don't like...for example...Nick Drake, Elvis Costello, Can, Scott Walker...the list goes on.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:37pm
Funky16Corners:

NGH - might be you, all my levels checking out
Avatar 10:38pm
Kris Holmes:

Don’t forget about the Mynah Birds either, Neil Young & Rick James trying to be the Stones? No way I don’t wanna see that lol
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:38pm
northguineahills:

Miami, where I got my staph infection, jumping a fence on the interstate to relieve myself when I got cut. At least I had fun w/ the Talibam! lads that weekend.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:39pm
Funky16Corners:

Don't get me started on that Rolling Thunder movie... (takes of hat and rolls up sleeves)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:39pm
northguineahills:

huh, my volume is maxed out on both my laptop and equalizer.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:40pm
Franco Twinkie:

The Sultans - Aurora.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:40pm
Funky16Corners:

Anybody else having volume issues?
Avatar 10:41pm
Kris Holmes:

Nope, volume seems fine here
Avatar 🥁 10:41pm
Erica:

No volume issues here Larry. It's actually a bit louder than usual on my end.
Avatar 10:41pm
still b/p:

Needs extra bump here, but not so much as to be an issue.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42pm
coelacanth∅:

levels fluctuating with each track, but mostly lower than usual.
Avatar 10:42pm
Kris Holmes:

Oh, please play Chuck Willis “Kansas City Woman”
Avatar 10:42pm
geezerette:

Hey, Dylan could actually sing then. And the crazy charisma!
I don't care about anything but the music.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42pm
coelacanth∅:

i want that edsel
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:43pm
coelacanth∅:

no i don't i want a coupe or sedan
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:44pm
Funky16Corners:

@Geezerette - The performance clips are aces. I love that period of Dylan. I could do without the cutesy-poo fake horseshit, though
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:44pm
coelacanth∅:

(the only ford i would drive)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:47pm
Franco Twinkie:

On this night in 1976 we went to see the firework show in Capitola. On the way back to Santa Cruz the two lane road to the harbor was blocked by two giant bikers beating the shit out of each other right in front of our truck. When their bodies hit the street, you could feel ground shake.
Avatar 10:47pm
Kris Holmes:

Love this Butterfield
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:47pm
Funky16Corners:

It's a shame the Edsel didn't catch on. I always thought it was a nice looking car.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:47pm
Funky16Corners:

@Kris - Me too, all time fave!
Avatar 10:47pm
geezerette:

Yeah, those clips are all that matters. If you've seen any of "Renaldo and Clara" the clips Scorcese chose did Dylan a huge favor.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48pm
coelacanth∅:

looking at the map i see we do get to hawaii after all. i said "aloha" because i figured the chance was slim!
Avatar 10:49pm
Kris Holmes:

The band is so tight & the solos just attack!!
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geezerette:

Kris & Larry, likewise this Butterfield.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:50pm
Funky16Corners:

Butterfield is ON FIRE
Avatar 10:50pm
Kris Holmes:

Oh yeah, it’s the Memphis Train!!
Avatar 10:51pm
geezerette:

Great single!
Avatar 10:52pm
Kris Holmes:

Buddy Miles version is also great
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:52pm
Funky16Corners:

Of Memphis Train?
Avatar 10:53pm
Kris Holmes:

My favorite Bobbie Gentry track too
Avatar 10:53pm
Kris Holmes:

Yes, on Mercury 45
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:53pm
Funky16Corners:

There's a great version of this by Billy Lee Riley
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:54pm
coelacanth∅:

that's funny Larry... i think the 2nd year (59) it looked pretty hot; but i wanted the '58 (as pictured<) because i thought it was ugly!
i considered buying one c.1991 when i was staying in plainfield,vt this guy was cruising around "for sale $3000." it sounded great it looked great but it wasn't the ugly one so i didn't buy it!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:54pm
Funky16Corners:

I'll have to look for that Buddy Miles!
Avatar 10:54pm
Kris Holmes:

Probably on an LP too
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:55pm
Franco Twinkie:

I like the one about bugs on this album.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:55pm
Franco Twinkie:

Charlatans!!!
Avatar 10:55pm
Kris Holmes:

I’ll have to look for the Billy Lee Riley! On Crescendo or Mojo?
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:55pm
Funky16Corners:

Mojo
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:56pm
Funky16Corners:

It has another soul cover on the flip
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:56pm
northguineahills:

On this day in 1976, I was 9 weeks old.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:56pm
coelacanth∅:

(i have it on a Billy Lee Riley comp. i'm satisfied.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:57pm
northguineahills:

Not to be confused w/ the Chalaratans UK (Tim Burgess et al)
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:57pm
Funky16Corners:

These are the San Fran pioneers
Avatar 10:58pm
geezerette:

NGH, yourmemory goes back that far? Wow!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 10:58pm
Funky16Corners:

BTW RIP Mike Wilhelm (in the last month or so)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:58pm
Franco Twinkie:

Wow! NGH, you're just a baby.
Avatar 🥁 10:59pm
Erica:

Older than me though (I was born in '91)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:00pm
chresti:

On this day in 1976, I went to the races @Hollywood Park, for the first time
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:00pm
northguineahills:

My first memory was when I was 11 months old, so, unfortunately, I only remember 1977 onwards.
Avatar 11:00pm
Kris Holmes:

I just checked, the Billy Lee Riley is filed away in the other room already! Stoked :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:01pm
Franco Twinkie:

One day walking thru the Haight i looked up and saw the house they were standing on the porch in that iconic photo.
Avatar 11:01pm
geezerette:

NGH, you are the youngest punk rocker!
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Funky16Corners:

On this day in 1976 I was 13 years and 9 months old-ish...
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:02pm
Funky16Corners:

@Kris - I always like discoveries like that!
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Kris Holmes:

On this day in 1976 I was not born
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coelacanth∅:

on this day in 1976 i very likely got drunk and stoned with friends
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geezerette:

Oh, now yer talkin'! Jelly!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:04pm
chresti:

I got drunk and stoned after the races..
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Kris Holmes:

Super impressed if this is off the original Gennett 78 right now
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:05pm
Funky16Corners:

No. off of a Gennett boxed set
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:05pm
northguineahills:

@Erika; Wow, my wife was -6 years old in 1976, hopefully the future is bright (in a few years) for those of your generation. (I'm technically Gen X, and my wife is technically a millennial.)

chresti just gave me a good idea for my evening (minus going to the races).
Avatar 11:05pm
geezerette:

Yeah, it sounded so good!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:05pm
coelacanth∅:

ngh i remember being trained to use the little yellow potty, so - 1 year old? 2?... and i remember a dream i had when i was 3. what do you remember from 11 months old?
Avatar 11:06pm
geezerette:

...never mind.
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geezerette:

Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?
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Kris Holmes:

Whenever I find Gennetts they are never the good ones
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:08pm
northguineahills:

@coel; I was potty trained at 8 mos., and could talk full phrases at 10 mos. (there's a tape of me talking at said age), but I couldn't walk until I was 15 mos (too many left feet), I did it all backwards (most kids walk, then get potty trained, then talk)>
Avatar 11:09pm
Kris Holmes:

I remember seeing that clip, it was incredible
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:10pm
Franco Twinkie:

I love the forth of July and all the crazy shit that always happened these two days. On July 2nd 1967 an irate neighbor called the sheriff on me for blowing up shit in the street in front of her house. The first of many encounters with the law for making noise.
Avatar 🥁 11:10pm
Erica:

Thank you for sharing that ngh.
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coelacanth∅:

hmm, interesting ngh. i'll have to ask my mother for a timeframe.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12pm
coelacanth∅:

...oh but you still didn't say what your earliest memory is!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12pm
chresti:

So, how can you be potty trained if you can't walk yet?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:13pm
northguineahills:

@coel: as a historian, dates are tattooed into my brain. I can tell my parents events they don't even remember, w/ the exact date/time. Too bad such skills don't pay the bills... idiot savant I am, emphasis on idiot

@chresti: toddler portable toilet I could crawl to....
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:14pm
Funky16Corners:

My earliest memory is fro maybe 2-ish, viewing fire truck coming to put out a fire in the apartment building across the street. I also have memories of the pediatrician my Mom took me to when we still lived in NY
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:14pm
Franco Twinkie:

That is a great scene! Bill Graham threatens to push his teeth down his throat. Wihelms other band was Loose Gravel.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:14pm
Funky16Corners:

FUCK ME?!?!? FUCK YOUUUUUUU!!!!
Avatar 🥁 11:15pm
Erica:

How can you even remember that ngh? I don't even remember my own infant hood, expect for one time when I went to preschool in a stroller.
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Erica:

Aww I wanted the Glen Campbell version.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:17pm
Funky16Corners:

I love this TJW version, too
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still b/p:

If I could remember infancy, I could remember the pet monkey and the VW van my dad had. But I don't. I know they were real enough, but would be good to have personal experience/confirmation of those very unlikely and incongruous-for-dad features of the household.
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:20pm
Funky16Corners:

I have some recently refreshed memories, thanks to my sister soliciting stuff for a memory book for my Dad's birthday
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:21pm
coelacanth∅:

i probably remember many scenes and events from infancy but i don't trust the matching of these things to particular ages.
i do know that my mother was/is a person of limited tolerance and less patience so i would've been geared for independence (pun intended) asap.
sometimes good parenting is inadvertent.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:22pm
chresti:

Well, I remember crawling around with the cats and eating catfood from the cats' dish in the kitchen, don't know how old I was
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still b/p:

Watching and feeding the neighbors' cat for holiday weekend. Maybe I'll try that, chresti.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:24pm
Franco Twinkie:

Oh yes, yes, yes!
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coelacanth∅:

Franco told me about that chresti. 2-3 years ago?!
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:24pm
Funky16Corners:

Most of my earliest memories are sense memories, sights, smells, voices etc
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:24pm
chresti:

Haha, it's fun, still b/p
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Erica:

Aww cats. Eww cat food.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:26pm
coelacanth∅:

cat food isn't the only supremely gross thing about cats
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:26pm
chresti:

Haha coel, no cats anymore, Franco's allergic
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:26pm
northguineahills:

My first vivid memory was when I was asked what b-day cake I wanted for my second bday, I asked for a Pooh-Bear cake.

The first time I was big enough to use a big boy potty at age 3 (a normal toilet), I climbed on, and accidentally peed across the bathroom into the bathtub. since, none got on the floor, I walked out whistling dixiie.

My father was in medical school in the military, so I would rarely see him. My mother would take me weekly to the library, and I gravitated by age four to non-fiction, especially reference books. (hence the dork I am today). All I would do would read, or somehow try to nearly kill myself in woods/swamps.
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Funky16Corners:

Aww, I love my kitties.
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Franco Twinkie:

I have a photo I took in Omaha of a water tank that was turned into a giant coffee pot that says Sapp Bros.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:28pm
coelacanth∅:

Larry i occasionally smell something that flings me back but i can't identify the connection
very strong feelings. distracting and frustrating but kind of fun
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Funky16Corners:

I remember how the soap smelled in my Nana's bathroom. I remember that my great aunt often smelled like scotch. I remember the sound of the time chime on WCBS-AM the all news station that my Dad listened to in the car when I was little.
  11:32pm
Dean:

Everybody should read Joe Brainard's book I Remember.
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Funky16Corners:

Is that recent, Dean? I'll look for that.
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chresti:

I remember the smell of squashed fireflies, in Illinois
  11:33pm
Dean:

No. Brainard died long ago. But the book endures, and rightly so. It is precious, priceless, perfect...
  11:34pm
Dean:

Here's part of it in PDF: https://sites.evergreen.edu/statements/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/09/I-Remember-Joe-Brainard-1.pdf
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geezerette:

Dean, that is a wonderful book.
  11:35pm
Carmichael:

Heya people. Better late than ... early.
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Funky16Corners:

I just looked him up. That book sounds really interesting,
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Carmichael!
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Erica:

We're in Frisco now Carmichael, with flowers in our hair lol.
  11:37pm
Dean:

Yes, geezerette, it is wonderful almost beyond words. But in the end it is all about words.
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still b/p:

The smell of the tiny white summer flowers on the hedge around our yard and elsewhere in local neighbrohoods when I was growing up -- as an adult, when I walk or bike into that smell anywhere around here or on Cape Cod, it elicits almost a soft gasp and sigh of unusually deep potent nostalgia, a summer smile and compelling sad air at once.
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Funky16Corners:

sbp - Proustian!
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Franco Twinkie:

I don't know how old I was, but we were driving down Pacific Coast Highway and there was this truck selling peanuts on side of the road with a big hypnotic red and white spiral going around real fast. I still think about that truck
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Funky16Corners:

Someday somebody is going to figure out how our brains work and why certain things make such a deep mark
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Funky16Corners:

BTW - This is the guy that played Robbie on My Three Sons. Excellent album.
  11:41pm
Carmichael:

No kidding, erica! Where are you? What are you doing? Is it fun?
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geezerette:

www.granarybooks.com...
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks for telling of that, s b/p. i know those events. profound. sometimes even freshly cut grass does that to me. i guess there's a certain "weed" in the lawn that makes it similar to the house we spent most of summers at when i was little.
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Erica:

I was referring to the track listing Carmichael. I'm in New Jersey. I will be going to be after the show.
  11:45pm
Dean:

Yes, geezerette. That's it. I can't urge others strongly enough to read it. It is sublime.
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still b/p:

I heard McKenzie's San Francisco on the radio this evening on the highway at dusk.
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Funky16Corners:

@Dean - I just ordered a copy.
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Funky16Corners:

sbp - I had a similar experience, driving down RT88 in Brick while listening to Springsteen singing about doing the same thing 47 years ago
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coelacanth∅:

smells permeate to the brain directly without passing through any process of analogy so they can trigger memories conscious and subconscious without the distraction of thought.
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coelacanth∅:

(i'm sure there's a more accurate way to phrase that available on the interwebs)
  11:49pm
Carmichael:

Somebody get me a cheeseburger!
  11:49pm
rw:

Checking in. Looks like I missed out on some interesting conversation! But I have been enjoying the cross country tour. Thanks F16! Hey kids.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey rw!
  11:50pm
Carmichael:

Sorry, Erica. I dove in late to the list.
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Franco Twinkie:

I remember driving over a hill in San Francisco on a brilliant blue afternoon in 1967 and seen Alcatraz in the bay and hearing Blindman by Big Brother on the car radio. I thought in was called Show Me The Way for years until I got that first record. I still love that song.
  11:50pm
Dean:

Bravo. You won't regret it. Brainard understood how to use small, ordinary words to produce strong effects. He also simply thought about the world clearly, plainly, without pretense. Ultimately, the book is poetry, rich in rhythm and sound. I adore it. I even wrote a paper in law school about it.
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Franco Twinkie:

The Howard Cam special....He takes it!
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geezerette:

Larry, great road trip! What am I going to do with all these souvenirs now?
Happy Interdependence day everyone!
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Franco Twinkie:

Also Quicksilver Girl, that cancels The Joker.
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northguineahills:

G'night, Larry and friends!
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geezerette:

Dean, how beautiful. His visual art is like that too.
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Jeff Ash:

Thanks, Larry!
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Franco Twinkie:

Oh yeah! Joe also had a Nancy fixation.
  11:56pm
Dean:

Yes, geezerette. I recently acquired a book about John Ashbery's collages, which I love. I so miss Ashbery. So prolific, so rarely disappointing.
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still b/p:

Don's TV wife, Tina Cole, was a King Family member. She coulda brung the fam in for chorus work with him in the studio.
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Funky16Corners:

Nite all!
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Larry!
- still looking...
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Funky16Corners:

@sbp - Tina Cole, one of the Four King Cousins and one of my earliest crushes!
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Erica:

Happy 4th of July everybody!
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still b/p:

Feeling nicely garaged now. thanks.
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Funky16Corners:

Happy 4th Erica!
  11:59pm
rw:

Thanks Larry! Have a happy 4th everyone! Please stay un-singed! Fireworks have already begun around here!
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coelacanth∅:

hey Carm
hey rw!
take care everyone
  11:59pm
Carmichael:

Party hearty everyone!
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