Zoomer Roberts: vocal, harmonica & commentary
Buddy Winston: guitar
Robin Russell & Ophelia Botham: harmony vocals
from the KTEP Folk Fury broadcast of 22 Feb. 2014
your host is Gregg Carthy
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Cell Phones
"Cell phones! Bah! The phone belongs at the house -- plugged into the wall!"
The old man leaned forward in his rocking chair and spat a wad of tobacco juice at a weathered spittoon, which it entered with a dull clang. Wiping his mouth on his shirt sleeve, he resumed rocking.
"These dayum people," he grumbled. "They think the whole world's their livin' room. They carry those dayum phones around and talk everywhere -- at the store, at the pitcher show, in the cafe..."
He spat again. "Hell, they drive down the street yappin' on the dayum things. They'll run over you!"
His eyes narrowed. "In my day, you did your callin' in a phone booth, where no one could hear you. You could make a phone call for a nickel -- if you HAD a nickel."
"People were more considerate then," he mused. The old man's voice trailed off, and the only sound was the slow creaking of the rocking chair. He gazed at a long-ago horizon and sighed.
23 April 2014
The old man leaned forward in his rocking chair and spat a wad of tobacco juice at a weathered spittoon, which it entered with a dull clang. Wiping his mouth on his shirt sleeve, he resumed rocking.
"These dayum people," he grumbled. "They think the whole world's their livin' room. They carry those dayum phones around and talk everywhere -- at the store, at the pitcher show, in the cafe..."
He spat again. "Hell, they drive down the street yappin' on the dayum things. They'll run over you!"
His eyes narrowed. "In my day, you did your callin' in a phone booth, where no one could hear you. You could make a phone call for a nickel -- if you HAD a nickel."
"People were more considerate then," he mused. The old man's voice trailed off, and the only sound was the slow creaking of the rocking chair. He gazed at a long-ago horizon and sighed.
23 April 2014
Monday, April 7, 2014
A Dentis Tree Grows In Oz
Zoomer had dental work done today.
On the bright side, it resulted in this collaboration with Jim Kalafus.
(introduction by Ophelia Botham)
Scrape scrape here, drill drill there
And a roll of dental floz
That certain air of dental care
In the merry old land of Oz
Chip chip here, scratch scratch there
sends a shooting pain through my jaws.
That's how we hack the plaque away
In the merry old land of Oz.
Cut cut here, yank yank there,
with forceps and pliers and saws.
That how we take decay away
in the merry old land of Oz.
We get your jaw all dulled with Novocain.
take two hours to drill
and by then you're in pain ...
So we numb you again.
Drill down deep 'til the blood does seep
Into a wad of gauze
And dribble spittle on your bib
In the merry old land of Oz
We will drill and drill and drill until you howl
Then we'll tell you that
you need a root canal
(Give him a towel!)
Crown crown here. Implant there.
Ten thousand bucks in your maw.
That's how we drain your pay away
in the merry old land of Oz.
On the bright side, it resulted in this collaboration with Jim Kalafus.
(introduction by Ophelia Botham)
Scrape scrape here, drill drill there
And a roll of dental floz
That certain air of dental care
In the merry old land of Oz
Chip chip here, scratch scratch there
sends a shooting pain through my jaws.
That's how we hack the plaque away
In the merry old land of Oz.
Cut cut here, yank yank there,
with forceps and pliers and saws.
That how we take decay away
in the merry old land of Oz.
We get your jaw all dulled with Novocain.
take two hours to drill
and by then you're in pain ...
So we numb you again.
Drill down deep 'til the blood does seep
Into a wad of gauze
And dribble spittle on your bib
In the merry old land of Oz
We will drill and drill and drill until you howl
Then we'll tell you that
you need a root canal
(Give him a towel!)
Crown crown here. Implant there.
Ten thousand bucks in your maw.
That's how we drain your pay away
in the merry old land of Oz.
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