"Are You Glad to Be In America?" by James Blood Ulmer. Tomorrow is an Octopus Fri Jul 3 with Dan Ruccia on WPRB Princeton 103.3 FM

Hello! And welcome to some weird metaphysical American circus or other

Hi Dan! I think the feudal system is making a comeback now that rich people own everything. Same old, same old.

Everything old is new again or some such...

Yuppers, it sure rhymes .

Coming with straight heat today I see, Dan. My radio is melting while playing this!

Figured we needed some of the good kind of heat as we all try not to melt today

Greetings Dan & fellow TIAO superfans!!! I was completely enthralled by 'The American Metaphysical Circus'! Although it already has its own psychedelic musical accompaniment, I wondered if you (plural) would know how to switch out that music for 'The American Metaphysical Circus' for Vince Collins' "200 / Bi-Centennial": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ3EdI5mz08

Hey Teresa! I'm not sure what the good free audio editing software is these days (it used to be Audacity, but I'm pretty sure it's not anymore), but it probably wouldn't be too hard to make that swap in something like that?

Reaper is prety good for free these days.

Here's the speech this piece is setting, if you want to follow along with Eugene Debs spitting some fire: https://www.marxists.org/archive/debs/works/1918/court.htm

Wow! Thank you @Dan and @Roffleaphonic for those suggestions! I turned off the sound from the Vince Collins animated short and played the US of A track and it totally works! Syncs up perfectly! I'll have to experiment with Audacity and Reaper!

You should probably stay away from Audacity. I seem to remember a few years ago it got rewritten with a lot of spyware and bloat. Reaper is good to go, though

As a soon-to-be 60 year old, I find myself taking more and more comfort in nostalgia for the 1976 Bicentennial (as I remember it and embroider those memories as I age). Okay! Reaper it shall be! Thanks my friends!❤️❤️

Audacity can do a lot being open source, but the learning curve is overwhelming. Good luck with your audio projects Teresa!

E. V. Debs grinds that axe well.

He sure does! The mix of fire and poetry in that particular speech is great. Too bad he's so often relegated to a historical footnote (or at least was when I took US history in high school in the 90s)

Good morning everyone

Morning Rob!

Thanks for tuning in! Stay cool this weekend!

10:01 AM		United States of America The American Metaphysical Circus The United States of America Columbia/Legacy 1968
10:06 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
10:09 AM		James Blood Ulmer Are You Glad to Be In America? Part Time Rough Trade 1984
10:13 AM		Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band The Smithsonian Institute Blues (Or the Big Dig) Lick My Decals Off, Baby Rhino/Warner Records 1970
10:15 AM		Jaimie Branch Prayer for Amerikkka, Pts. 1 & 2 Fly or Die II: Bird Dogs of Paradise International Anthem 2019
10:26 AM		Lingua Ignota PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE SINNER GET READY Sargent House 2021
10:32 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
10:37 AM		Matthew J. Rolin Scioto Ohio 2022
10:42 AM		Yale Choral Artists Statement to the Court Statements Naxos 2018 Composition by David Lang. Words by Eugene Debs.
10:52 AM		Brian Eno & David Byrne America Is Waiting My Life In the Bush of Ghosts Nonesuch/Warner Records 1981
10:56 AM		Erase Errata Another Genius Idea from Our Government Nightlife Kill Rock Stars 2006
10:58 AM		Magik Markers American Sphinx Face Surrender To the Fantasy Drag City Records 2013
11:05 AM		Annette Peacock American Sport The Perfect Release aura records 1979
11:09 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
11:14 AM		Wadada Leo Smith Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, 381 Days Ten Freedom Summers Cuneiform Records 2012
11:26 AM		Curtis Mayfield Love to the People There's No Place Like America Today Rhino 1975
11:30 AM		Robert Wyatt The United States of Amnesia Old Rottenhat Domino Recording Co 1985
11:36 AM		Laurie Anderson Statue of Liberty Life On a String Nonesuch 2001
11:40 AM		J. Zunz America Is a Continent Hibiscus Rocket Recordings 2020
11:44 AM		Kim Gordon POST EMPIRE N PLAY ME Matador 2026
11:46 AM		Loose Fur The Ruling Class Born Again In the USA Drag City Records 2006
11:49 AM		Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
11:52 AM		Wipers Youth of America Youth of America Zenorecords 1981

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Tomorrow is an Octopus

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