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Mark Volman dead at 78: The Turtles founding member passes away after 'unexpected illness'
Daily Mail UK ^ | September 5, 2025 | Eve Buckland

Posted on 09/05/2025 4:50:51 PM PDT by Morgana

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To: Morgana

I remember playing a tape of Zappa / Mothers Just Another Band from LA (with Flo & Eddie) in the car while driving some work colleagues to a golf outing. None of these guys were shrinking violets, but the bad language and weirdness got to them - they asked me to pull the tape during Magdalena (a song about a guy lusting after his slutty teenage daughter). Too bad you couldn’t select songs on a cassette tape back then - I think they would have liked Billy the Mountain.

Also - back in the college days when we wrote and ran Fortran programs using punch cards and a card reader, I wrote a program using the Mothers’ names as my variables. Programming TA gave me extra credit for it.


21 posted on 09/05/2025 7:18:31 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: steveo

Golden Bear -best place to see a band in the history of the universe from the beginning of time until the present day. I lived around the corner above the Infinity surf shop on Main Street- Evy Pratt’s “Avalon Hotel” 35.00 a week. 17 years old


22 posted on 09/06/2025 2:26:11 AM PDT by atc23
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To: dfwgator

I actually met him briefly once. I forgot to ask for his autograph.

I’m still kicking myself for that.

L


23 posted on 09/06/2025 4:10:44 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: atc23

They would do commentary of the Rose Parade using the KTLA feed. It was hilarious.


24 posted on 09/06/2025 5:47:40 AM PDT by Excellence (ANGRY, DAMNED-OLD, GUN-TOTIN' WOMAN FOR TRUMP)
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To: Morgana
Don't really know anything about them, but I guess I've seen worse haircuts on bands from that era. LOL


25 posted on 09/06/2025 5:53:01 AM PDT by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.”)
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