The Ghastly Ones - Haulin’ Hearse! | The TWILIGHTZONE!

After seeing a clip of the Dalai Lama and his penchant for tickling people and making folks laugh (he winds up with a tip for heat treatment by putting a damp hanky on his head!) you have to admit you may as well LAUGH!  . . . . . . . [otherwise you’d cry!] 

The Ghastly Ones - Haulin’ Hearse! 1998

SATURDAY SILLINESS!

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Emmylou Harris - Diamond In The Crown [The Ballad of Sally Rose] | jt1674

 

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Fairport Convention - Reno Nevada [Live at The BBC] | jt1674

 

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DADA | poetry - Elsa Von Freytag-Loringhoven : A Dozen Cocktails Please (1927)

 

A Dozen Cocktails Please

Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

No spinsterlollypop for me—yes—we have  No bananas I got lusting palate—I  Always eat them— — — — — — —      They have dandy celluloid tubes—all sizes— Tinted diabolically as a baboon’s hind-complexion.  A man’s a—  Piffle!  Will-o’-th’-wisp! What’s the dread  Matter with the up-to-date-American-  Home-comforts? Bum insufficient for the  Should-be wellgroomed upsy!  That’s the leading question.  There’s the vibrator— — —  Coy flappertoy! I am adult citizen with  Vote—I demand my unstinted share  In roofeden—witchsabbath of our baby-  Lonian obelisk.   What’s radio for—if you please?  “Eve’s dart pricks snookums upon  Wirefence. ”  An apple a day— — —    It’ll come— — — —  Ha! When? I’m no tongueswallowing yogi.  Progress is ravishlng— It doesn’t me— Nudge it— Kick it— Prod it— Push it— Broadcast— — — — That’s the lightning idea!  S.O.S. national shortage of—   What ?  How are we going to put it befitting  Lifted upsys?  Psh! Any sissy poet has sufficient freezing  Chemicals in his Freudian icechest to snuff all  Cockiness. We’ll hire one.  Hell! Not that! That’s the trouble— —   Cock crow silly!  Oh fine!  They’re in France—the air on the line— The Poles— — — — — — Have them send waves—like candy— Valentines— — — — “Say it with— — —  Bolts !  Oh thunder!  Serpentine aircurrents— — — Hhhhhphssssssss! The very word penetrates  I feel whoozy!  I like that. I don’t hanker after Billyboys—but I am entitled  To be deeply shocked.  So are we—but you fill the hiatus.  Dear—I ain’t queer—I need it straight— — A dozen cocktails—please— — — — about this poem “A Dozen Cocktails Please” was first published in 1927 in the magazine  The Little Review, edited by Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap.  About the poem, biographers Irene Gammel and Susan Zelazo  write in their introduction to the book Body Sweats:  The Uncensored Writings of Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven  (MIT Press, 2011), “Boldly erotic, the Baroness’s poems offer  poignant commentary on the cultural consumption and valuation  f the female body and what insights that might lend to an  understanding of the economy of art. Thus, it is in poems like  ‘A Dozen Cocktails—Please,’ that she, as a woman, rivals and  arguably outperforms the shocking bodily exuberance of male  Dadaists such as poet-boxer Arthur Cravan.”  They continue, “To demonstrate her appetites is to make herself  present, to take up space in a sociocultural landscape that privileged  male subjectivity and objectified women. By inhabiting her own  exhibitionism, the Baroness reclaims the female body in language,  but also transforms that body through a new language of desire.” Elsa Hildegard Baroness von Freytag-Loringhoven was born Elsa Plötz  on July 12, 1874, in Swinemünde (now Świnoujście, Poland), in what  was then the German province of Pomerania. Otherwise known as  “The Baroness,” she was a German artist, poet, and performer  associated with the Dada movement. Active among the literary,  artistic, and intellectual circles of early twentieth-century New York,  she died on December 14, 1927, in Paris.

Bob Dylan - Most Of The Time (long version) Produced by Jesse Dylan

On March 16, 1990, Bob Dylan recorded a live in the studio version of "Most of the Time at Record Plant Studios n Los Angeles with guitarist David Lindley, bassist Randy Jackson, and drummer Kenny Aronoff.  

The session was filmed for a promo music video directed by Jesse Dylan, Bob Dylan's son. The performances were described as spontaneous and largely unrehearsed.  In addition to Dylan and Lindley, the session featured Don Was on bass and Kenny Aronoff on drums.   David Lindley provided distinct slide guitar work during these sessions, contributing to a "live" feel in the studio.  

This collaboration occurred during a period where Dylan was exploring new, spontaneous studio methods with producer Don Was.   Jesse Dylan later said that as his father is not proficient at lip-synching, "we did a lot of fast cuts from him singing live to thematic material using the actual track. So he never had to lip-synch. He looks great and it doesn't look directed. You create a space for Bob to be Bob"...  

Most of the time

It's well understood

Most of the time

I wouldn't change it if I could

I can't make it all match up 

I can hold my own

I can deal with the situation 

Right down to the bone

I can survive, 

And I can endure

And I don't even think 

About her

Most of the time

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Flagging Down The Double Es Newsletter March 14 2026

 

 

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Is the Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour Still Exciting?

A Flagging Down audio discussion with Matt Simonsen

RAY PADGETT MAR 14

Welcome to Flagging Down the Double E’s: Audio Edition!

For a change of pace, I’m sharing an audio conversation I had a few days ago previewing the Spring 2026 leg of the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour, which kicks off one week from today. I chatted with Matt Simonsen, who’s reviewed a number of shows for the newsletter (most recently Eau Claire last spring) and will be reporting in about opening night.

We discussed The State of the Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour, hashing out questions like:

• Are fans burned out on the Rough and Rowdy Ways tour by this point?

• Have the Outlaw tours stolen some of Rough and Rowdy’s thunder?

• Will the setlist change at all this spring?

• Will the surprise covers return?

• How different is it seeing the show in person versus hearing tapes?

• What other songs should he bring in from Shadow Kingdom?

• What makes any one Rough and Rowdy Ways show stand out?

• Will he finally play “Murder Most Foul”?

• Why, after all these years, is Dylan still so committed to these same songs and this same tour?

As I say in the intro, this is sort of a pilot episode. I’m not currently planning on producing a super-regular Flagging Down podcast, but audio could be a fun format for the occasional timely thing I’m not planning on writing about, and a good excuse to chat with some of the sharpest people I know in the Dylan world. The vibe I’m aiming for is the sort of conversation you might have at the bar with another fan before or after a Bob show.

Give it a listen and let me know what you think. If people like it, maybe I’ll do more of these. And feel free to comment with your own answers or predictions about what we’re due for this spring!

Matt Simonsen will be back next Sunday to report on opening night in Omaha. I’ve got a number of next-day reviews lined up this tour (including three of my own!). As always, new tour reviews go out to paid subscribers only.

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Note: You should be able to listen to this episode in your favorite podcasting app as well as in your browser. There will be links to the various platforms (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc) on the episode page on flaggingdown.com. I’m unclear if those app links will appear immediately, or if the various services will need to each approve it first. Like I said, this is all an experiment. So if you don’t see the podcast-app links there yet, check back.

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Songs To No One - Jeff Buckley & Gary Lucas - Grace (Studio Demo)

 From Gary (Facebook page) . . . . . 

Grace (Studio Demo)

Grace (Studio Demo) · Jeff Buckley & Gary Lucas · Jeff Buckley · Gary Lucas

Songs To No One

℗ 2002 KnitMedia Inc.

Released on: 2002-10-15

Composer: Jeff Buckley & Gary Lucas

Music Publisher: Sony/ATV Songs & Music Sales Corp.

Covered: Neil Young, Volume 4: 1999-2005 | Albums That Should Exist

 Covered: Neil Young, Volume 4: 1999-2005

Paul says: Here’s the fourth album in the Neil Young covered series. Once again, thanks to Fabio from Rio for doing most of the work. I also want to mention that I have a long list of songwriters that I want to make Covered albums for. Many of the biggest ones, like Dylan, Lennon-McCartney, Jagger-Richard’s, Ray Davies, etc… are still to come. I’m sure I wouldn’t have gotten around to Young for a couple more years. But Fabio’s involvement and energy brought this one to the front of the line.

Here are Fabio’s comments about the time period of this volume:

By the turn of the millennium, Neil Young's songwriting had become a shared reference point for several generations of musicians. Musical artists from the folk revival, alt-country movement, and indie rock scene were all revisiting different eras of his catalog - from the fragile acoustic songs of the late sixties to the electric epics recorded with Crazy Horse. During this period, Young himself remained remarkably active, releasing albums such as "Silver and Gold" and "Greendale" while continuing to tour extensively. The covers gathered here reflect that generational dialogue: younger singer-songwriters, Americana performers, and alternative rock musicians rediscovering both famous classics and some of the most obscure corners of Young's songwriting. 

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Note that Fabio wrote individual paragraphs about all the songs in this volume. To see that, please look at the Word file added to the download zip file. Thanks again to Fabio for his help putting these albums together. 

This album is an hour and one minute long. 

01 Piece of Crap (Slobberbone)
02 Pushed It Over the End (South Ontario)
03 Long Walk Home (MrChuck)
04 I've Been Waiting for You (David Bowie)
05 Running Dry [Requiem for the Rockets] (Steve Von Till)
06 Albuquerque (Walkabouts)
07 Pocahontas (Gillian Welch)
08 The Old Laughing Lady (Thea Gilmore)
09 Old Man (Wilson Phillips)
10 I Believe in You (Patricia O'Callaghan)
11 Helpless (k.d. lang)
12 Barstool Blues (Maria McKee)
13 Broken Arrow (Kate Rogers)
14 Last Trip to Tulsa (Leo Koster)
15 Roll Another Number [For the Road] (Mike McClure)

Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band | Ice Cream for Crow | Promo Video | 1982

 Captain Beefheart and The Magic Band - Ice Cream For Crow still being discussed today rejected by MTV but played by David Letterman who was a fan and interviewed Don twice

Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band; directed by Don Van Vliet (with much uncredited assistance from producer Ken Schreiber), cinematography by Daniel Pearl (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre); Don Van Vliet (vocals, harp), Gary Lucas (guitar), Jeff Tepper (guitar), Rick Snyder (bass), Cliff Martinez (drums); filmed on location in the High Mojave Desert near Lancaster, California; clip rejected by MTV USA as "too weird" upon release, now in the Permanent Film and Video Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, NYC; track taken from the 1982 Virgin album "Ice Cream for Crow”

The Jam - But I’m Different Now | [Sound Affects] | GUESS I’M DUMB

 

• Track Name

  But I'm Different Now

• Album

  Sound Affects

• Artist

  The Jam

The Jam - But I’m Different Now (1980)

Guess says: "I remember buying Sound Affects the day it came out, and eagerly ripping the plastic off. I was not disappointed. Looking back now, this more straightforward song probably fit in better with their earlier stuff, but it’s still a great deep cut."

Fun lasts for seconds, love lasts for days but
But you can’t have both

Don’t think I know anyone who DIDN’T buy this when it came out, certainly it caused a hullabaloo!