Best Dave Linantud Podcasts (2024)

Here's the Society Fringe Podcast denouement for 2021. This line won't leave my head. "The open road might call your name / The sky might burn a crimson hue of lust."

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The Vacuum 54:50

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Everything I wrote before this led up to it and everything since is coming to terms with it. I'll include the lyrics this time. The vocals are odd in spots because I was choking back tears. I never thought this would get done. Your world ain't my world But my sun is your sun And I guess that it always was Cry, forgotten ones Love and hate Congregat…

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Let's Smoke Some Reefer 3:08

2+ y ago3:08

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This was written and released during prohibition. It sounds strange to say these days but in the old days you would get locked in a cage for having this plant in your pocket! We all know the intentions of the war on drugs by now. More like the war on blacks, hippies, and AIDS patients. Anyway, I like mainstream country every once in a while and I a…

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Here We Go 4:41

2+ y ago4:41

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To me this is the ultimate Circle 9 recording. From Joe's string quartet guitar solo via ebow, to the folk rock explosion after the last verse, to the George Harrison style back up vocals at the end, to the woeful tale of an out of control young-in searchin' for...he doesn't even know what! Something is empty. Something somewhere is off. I love thi…

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FBI Man 1:56

2+ y ago1:56

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I really really really like this recording. Joe's using the vocoder. We rarely ever played this live. It barely registered when we worked it up for recording. It was a "meh" song. Of course, as me and Bri learned through out the course of THE BIG OPERA, you just can't predict which recordings are going to stick. This'n sure did.…

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Texas Thunderstorm 6:21

2+ y ago6:21

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This is gorgeous. I love the interplay between Joe's and my guitars. We had an electric and an acoustic version. We mashed them up. This is the prettiest shit with which I've ever been associated.

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Lady Baltimore 3:38

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Look. It was absolutely insane and unexpected when the Raves won their first Super Bowl. I had been traumatized by the Colts leaving in 1984. My brother and I had season tickets. That we (WE!) came out of nowhere and rode off into the sunset as World Champs, in a way, it made me believe that anything was possible. Little stupid Baltimore, nothing s…

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Alright 4:02

2+ y ago4:02

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Another song for and about my wife. It's pretty catchy I think. These songs have a carefree spirit that is unusual for one of my records.

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The Abbey 3:09

2+ y ago3:09

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Kass and I went to New Orleans together when we were dating. It was achingly romantic and magical. We stayed at The Frenchman right on the southeast tip of The French Quarter. We befriended a bartender at a place called The Abbey on Decatur Street who had recovered from a stroke brought on by alcoholism. We called him "Strokey." That feels like a v…

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Freddie 4:12

2+ y ago4:12

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Frustrated with Circle 9 and in response to Steve Earle's COPPERHEAD ROAD I wrote SOCIETY FRINGE PLAYER. This is an answer song to "Johnny Come Lately." Yo dig I fuck up the geography pretty badly. I only have a rudimentary understanding of America's involvement in World War II. Mainly it's from Hollywood. It's very very unlikely that Freddie fough…

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America 4:19

2+ y ago4:19

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I recorded a whole record while Circle 9 recorded EUTAW STREET because I was so frustrated. Eventually I talked them into doing operas. Tell you what. We passed over this song for EUTAW STREET and it pissed me off. So, being as I'm a Steve Earle acolyte, I figured it out on mandolin and did my own version of his masterpiece COPPERHEAD ROAD. First h…

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Song To Kass 6:42

2+ y ago6:42

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Here I'm name dropping my wife in a song title AGAIN! ;-) This is Hamer supplementing the mighty 9 on trumpet and Marge from Duku singing the back ups. This also has stayed in the live set forever. It's as true a declaration of love as I've ever gotten. Unapologetic love songs are tough. I don't know how the Beatles did it without ever sounding lik…

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David Koresh's Last Words 4:27

2+ y ago4:27

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I love my country so much I oft get emotional when thinking about the undoubtedly excellent shit that we have established. We're also Robespierre levels of dangerous bonkers. Our two main freedoms collided together with the Branch Dividians, the freedoms to arm and worship. In this nation they go in that order. Distrust of governmental forces is en…

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Fandango 12:40

2+ y ago12:40

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I was trying to write a version of Crazy Horse's "Cortez the Killer" for Circle 9. I STILL want to work up a live version of this with Bri and Ochster. I have an acoustic arrangement too. I want it to be SFP's "out of the blue and into the black." The fellas never wanted to play this one. We were doing mostly 45 minute sets around this time so we w…

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Risin Outlaw 2:32

2+ y ago2:32

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I'm old enough to appreciate westerns. Yo dig. I was struck by something that conservative commentator David Brooks said during the upheaval of 2020. While discussing the protests sparked by the execution of George Floyd on PBS he said "(F)or many decades, the pioneer experience was the defining American experience. And then the immigrant experienc…

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Sherman's March 5:32

2+ y ago5:32

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Being a rock and roll kid I didn't realize until much later that you could write songs based in historical times. Fantasy is well represented but actual history is almost nonexistent. Being a big Steve Earle fan and having been introduced to the Pogues by the woman I would eventually marry it was like a whole new world of possibility exploded upon …

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Miss Kathryn 5:12

2+ y ago5:12

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This song was originally called "Life's a Beach" and I wrote it in 1987 whilst living at Ocean City, MD for the summer. I remember people crying when I would play it. I just RECENTLY realized that these piano middle C power ballads are very effective in bringing forth emotion. I repurposed it for THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. I used my wife's name. T…

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Rebel Stand 3:00

2+ y ago3:00

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This is inspired by Clint Eastwood's THE OUTLAW JOSIE WALES and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by the Band. In today's polarized world it's a challenge to attempt to see each others' perspectives. Philosophically it's eminently frustrating. Here's a different approach. I used to be a construction worker. Every cliche is pretty much rooted in…

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CSS Virginia 3:10

2+ y ago3:10

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The US is completely insane. The threat of violence is always present. That's what the Axis didn't understand during World War II. We are ahead of the curve always in terms of a willingness to inflict harm on other human beings. I also find the image of Europe looking on in concerned fascination while we butchered each other with iron clad war ship…

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Freedom Africa 3:41

3y ago3:41

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Here's the big shift from bar band to rock opera band. We opened with this for years, especially in showcase environments. I loved opening with it because there's awesome head bang breaks where I made my hair look crazy. I shit you not. We were in denial for YEARS about boastfully being willfully ignorant of the way we presented ourselves but that …

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North Ontario 3:36

3y ago3:36

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This was one of the first songs I had to go back and change the lyrics because I got the geography fucked up! I was mimicking "Answering Machine" by the Replacements off of LET IT BE. I played this live until Ochster solidified himself as the SFP drummer. I was also trying to tell a sorrowful tale along the lines of another Replacements song, "Litt…

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The Revolution's Come & Gone 6:52

3y ago6:52

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This was recorded during the same session as "Agenda." I was very proud of this. Honestly? Joe Gallagher is the only other guitar player I'll play chords behind. I was glad to hear him rock out here. I remember when we released this as a 45 we got feedback that Staten Island's college station played it muchly. This is me realizing that youthful reb…

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Agenda 6:14

3y ago6:14

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I wrote this between the Baltimore Colts and the Baltimore Ravens. It's my first, and almost only recorded, rapping. Even so, I write a lot of raps but they come out like singing. Everything always comes out a little differently (or even a lot!) than what is intended. This is the Dennis Barth Circle 9. Joey Joe Joe playing his old GEE-tar with the …

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Drivin Again 0005 53:55

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05 This is the distinct link between TRAVELOGUE and SPACESHIPS GUNS AND BOOBIES 10 Makes sense. 15 We'll see what happens 20 BOW BOW 25 It's a banjo. 30 Is this a good idea? 35 They think the harmonica's a bagpipe. 40 It's not quite Lynyrd Skynryd. 45 It depends on what your experience is. 50 Everything happens for a reason.…

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Drivin Again 0004 49:46

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05 R-600s ride on them to go to war. 10 Gandalf is in Hurricane Island. 15 Andy's not going to be here for the music festival. 20 Now, understand it. 25 I don't even remember how it...uh. 30 Do do doo doo doo doo. 35 "A Woman's Work," maybe that's her. 40 Rear view mirror? 45 I felt really weird for a week afterwards.…

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Drivin Again 0003 55:08

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05 They all played and sang at the same time. 10 Looks like a Reaver. 15 Do you know what happened in the second season? 20 ...And they're playing to the Queen of England and shit? 25 I betcha it happened all over the place at the same time. 30 Blond guy. Blond guy? 35 In the middle of the street? 40 Just like it usually was. 45 It's called "they'r…

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Drivin Again 0002 50:21

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05 ...that always feels good to... 10 I just started seeing musicians out on the street 15 It's like an undefined thing 20 I like cool new stuff 25 It ends with the epilogue 30 It's a good TMD record 35 We drove and talked about it 40 F sharp was never really in it 45 ...amp out in the kitchen... 50 It's just a guideline for dumb people…

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Drivin' Again 0001 58:42

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05 The computer talked to LOGIC 10 Maybe I was overreaching 15 ...weekly or monthly... 20 I love you, Paul 25 Turn the dryer off because we're doing tracks 30 This is like a brand new fucking thing 35 That's a bummer 40 I haven't even looked at my notebooks 45 Strictly because I don't have a CD player anymore 50 Just barely get a mark on it 55 Dark…

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SFPodcast609 4:58

3y ago4:58

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I don't even remember recording this motherfucker.

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SFPodcast 608 4:59

3y ago4:59

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I love this fucking song.

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SFPodcast607 3:30

3y ago3:30

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Written by Brian Lutz.

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SFPodcast606 5:27

3y ago5:27

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It's a piano song.

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SFPodcast605 5:06

3y ago5:06

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I'm a Baltimore guy.

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SFPodcast604 5:52

3y ago5:52

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Trying to be bullocks.

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SFPodcast603 4:51

3y ago4:51

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As close as we come to the Clash.

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SFPodcast602 6:28

3y ago6:28

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...At Brian's insistence.

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SFPodcast601 5:00

3y ago5:00

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Nothing's important.

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SFPodcast600 5:37

3y ago5:37

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It's not neglect!

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Sunk 3:31

3y ago3:31

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Fyodor Dostoevsky, folks

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Dog 2:26

3y ago2:26

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You never know quite what to do You shut up when I'm in the room You lead me around by the tongue I see it all clear as the sun You love me when I play guitar Then throw me away in the yard You lead me around like a dog So lead me around like a dog Do do do do do do do do do do do do do All right yeah You lead me around like a dog So cook me some b…

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