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U. UTAH PHILLIPS

The Continuing Saga of Loafer's Glory / A Hobo Jungle of the Mind.

As I courageously plow through miles of tapes, mountains of CDs, LPs and old 78s, I offer music known and unknown and years of sheer recollection delicately hammered together into a one-hour weekly radio show. Songs and stories from Mickey Katz to Mongolian horsemen, war and peace, tramping...all or most of it proving once again that no matter how long I vacuum, the bag is never full.

Utah's radio show that was broadcast live from his community radio station KVMR in Nevada City, CA.

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1. Introduction: An introduction to the idea of "Loafer's Glory."
2. The West: Songs and stories of the non-Hollywood West.
3. Busking: Making an honest living working the streets.
4. Holidays: Christmas, Hanakkah, Kwanza, Solstice, songs, stories, poems and polemics.
5. Whimsical Stew: What the Hartz Mountain canaries and "The Rose of No Man's land" have in common.
6. Tramping: Life on the open road with the true and trembling tramp.
7. Politics: Ammon Henncay to Aunt Molly Jackson defines folk music forever.
8. Ttanic: Jack Jackson and the Titanic collide with the Detroit newspaper strike.
9. Radio: The story of radio from crystal set to "Sandman The Mid-night D.J."
10. Hard Times: Yip Harburg, Earl Robinson, Woody and Whitman live on 1890s cylinder.
11. Radicalism: From Korea to the trains to Joe Hill House to radio.
12. Musical Stew: Music of no particular relevance.
13. Black History Month: Malcolm X, Mumia from prison, Delta blues, Billie Holiday, and the story...
14. Cowboys: Cowboy songs and stories seldom heard from places too fierce to mention.
15. More Stew: Unitarians, Bugs Bunny, Gaelic poetry, John McCormack, and German opera.
16. Labor Songs: Old-time labor songs and stories from 1790 through the black list.
17. New Strike Music: It ain't over till it's over. New labor songs rolling off the picket line.
18. Baseball: The original "Casey at the bat;" the voices of Babe, Jackie, Low and Casey Stengle.
19. Utah: Songs and tales about my home state from one who climbed over the wall and escaped.
20. War & Peace: Whait itmeans to be a pacifist. Songs, stories, and ideas about war and peace.
21. Mark Ross: A singing and talking interview with Mark Ross, aka "Smoke Stack,."
22. Spoken Word: The music of language spoken with humor, pathos and dignity.
23. More Tramping: Tramp show #2, picking up where we left off some time ago.
24. Rosalie Sorrels: Singing and talking with my old friend Rosalie via phone from Grimes Creek.
25. Jungle Stew: Everything I love to hear that I couldn't squeeze in before. Malvina Reynolds...
26. A Magical Welcome Back: Songs and tales of magic.
27. Kids: Kids on strike, the f-word song, poems and stories.
28. Memories of World War II: Recordings of Eisenhower, MacArthur, odd songs and reflections.
29. Animals: Dark, mysterious and sometimes funny tales about animals.
30. Tramping Songs: Once again we take to the rails with old and new tramp songs.
31. Labor's Untold Story: I sing a lot of this one live. Including the secret story of the AFL.
32. Out load and Suitably Outlandish: More singing and spouting out loud.
33. Satire: Satire is more than just poking fun...
34. The progressive Movement, Part 1:
35. The progressive Movement, Part 2:
36. The progressive Movement, Part 3:
37. More Tramp Songs: A collection of songs and stories from the skids.
38. Labor Songs:
39. Peace: Speaking and singing out for peace.
40. Off the Cuff: The program is just me, a mic and a guitar.
41. Utah Arcana: Here's a collection of homemade songs that I rarely get around to singing.
42. Spoken Word: Spoken word and poetry.
43. Live Concert: A recording of a live concert that I did in Ithaca, New York.
44. Bodie Wagner: A singing interview with a busker, carpenter, hobo and song-crafter.
45. More Spoken Word: The sound of words welll spoken.
46. Tragicomedy:
47. Meet Me at the Fair: Live from the Nevada County Fair.
48. Radicals: Will Rodgers, direct action and Joe Hill.
49. Labor Day: Sacco and Vanzetti to the bank job in Kuglesburg.
50. Christian Music:
51. My West: Personal reflection and songs about wandering the West.
52. Labor Today: Walmart, the boycott at Dunn's Department Store....
53. The Elegant Hobo: The wanderer's mail service.
54. The Event That Shaped the 20th Century:
55. Down Under: A collection of old songs from Australia.
56. Dealer's Choice:
57. Labor Gazette: Songs from the railroad strike in 1887 to the Battle of Seattle.
58. Another Dealer's Choice:
59. California: From the Spanish conquest to the farm workers picket line.
60. Poetry: Great poets you have likely never heard.
61. Mulligan Stew: Off again with old and new hobo songs and poetry.
62. New and Old Friends: Here's a collection of songs and stories from old friends.
63. Folk Songs: What are they? How do they grow and change.
64. Me Being Weird: My first trumpet recital and field recordings.
65. Sad Old Songs: "The Drunkard's Son," "Old Sheep," and more.
66. Maine: Songs, stories and poems collected while traveling through Maine.
67. "The Wild Dogs of Kitwanga" songs from Mark Ross, Kuddie, Luther the Jet, Larry Penn and more.
68. The Fading of the Old West: A winding trail.
69. Nevada County Fair:
70. Annual Labor Day Program: From red baiting to down sizing.
71. Now I Really Like This One: Something of everything.
72. Good Company: Songs and stories of political prisoners.
73. Tell Me a Story: Some ideas on why stories work.
74. United Front:
75. The Street Takes You In: Ruminations, perturbations, and rants about homelessness.
76. Broke Toe: A mix of labor, civil rights and oddball cowboy songs.
77. Paul Durst:
78. What is it About John McCormack: Concert singers.
79. Utie and the Blowhards: This is a live Rose Tattoo concert recording.
80. Plam Trees & Politics: What I know about Hawaiian music.
81. Women in My Life.
82. "No American music"
83. Thunder, Lighting and Rainbows: Tramp songs and lore.
84. Anybody's Guess:
85. Andrew Carnegie's Library: Includes one of the best songs I ever heard.
86. Tickle Up Trout:
87. White Pine Shorty: Song-tales about the West - my West.
88. Pete Seeger & People's Songs: An interview with Pete Seeger.
89. Talking NPR:
90. Carl Sandburg's Bull Weevil: The only farm show I've ever done so far.
91. Earth First: A program of songs and stories about our war against nature.
92. Railroad Rag: This program is about trains.
93. Peace Rant: As we once again plunge into the idiocy of war...
94. Songs Heard on the Road:
95. Dignity Village: Why people leave home and what happens when you hit the street.
95. U.U.P & Rosalie Alive: Santa Cruz, CA and my time concert there with Rosalie Sorrels.
97. The Future of Peace:
98. Philo Records.
99. Utah's Songbook:
100. Pick of the Litter: