From RM album that never came out circa mid 90s. Ken on drums.

 "who controls the past controls the future;
who controls the present controls the past:
read "1984"
that's what we have here
full blow orwellian nightmare
FCK YOU d.c.

extra, extra
read f.a.i.r.
we never signed any contract on america
less school, more legalized illegal cheap prison labor
more cops, less liberty
fck you d.c.

big money fear of a colored economy
white-trash racial purity 'dittohead' suckers
sell out the dregs of democracy
fck u race baiting cowardly congressional majority
fck u d.c.

gutless hack executive
blows every opportunity
to stand up to selfish health insurance
and the a.m.a.
swallows hollow murderous crime bill...(of rights rape)
and helps to pimp the earth

twisted priorities
fuck you rudy pataki
fuck you d.c.

Hitchhiker's Blues #7 (fu dc)

Have You Seen the Cows?

Have you seen the cows? - BillySynDrome!

Peter on syndicated radio w/R. Manning 1990

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Holy Modal Rounders, Stampfel and Weber w/R. Manning on WYBC New Haven - reunion tour 1981. 19 minutes. The gaps in the audio is where songs were inserted.

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From the cassette 'Short Sharp Shook' by Roger Manning. rogermanning.bandcamp.com/album/short-sharp-shook
[1991]
hey, i don't care that our airforce
slaughtered a hundred thousand
i got my flag
i got my yellow ribbon
being american
feels good again
now that we can
forget vietnam
but truth is the first casualty of war
so i only think i know what i'm waving this flag for

we sort-of gave peace a chance
then we kicked their ass
so now we can take their gas
what a great victory
even if they mostly just gave up
bomb them into submission (back to the garden)
shoot 'em in the back when they run

the president's an oilman
his cabinets' full of oilmen
the tv's full of oilmen
and they're all lying
but i believe them anyways
to hell with negotiation
let's just rub out the competition...

and it really ain't so hard to see
that we never wanted peace
a thousand points of hypocrisy
we never wanted peace

aggressors condemn aggressors
murderers murder murderers
the rich get richer
on reconstruction
new world order
is gonna follow orders
not so much choice
since the end of the cold war
new world is turning
peace bridges are burning
burning in the furnace
that drives the war machine

and it really ain't so hard to see
that we never wanted peace
a thousand points of hypocrisy
we never wanted peace
a billion barrels of hypocrisy
we never wanted peace
a megaton of hypocrisy
we never wanted peace
(as we bombed the garden of eden)

Wake Up and Smell the Blood Blues

Jan 1988 live walkman cassette recording.

#15 Blues - live with intro

Excerpt from the "To Folk or to 'anti-folk'?" panel at 1990 New Music Seminar in NYC.  Ed Ward, Lynelle E. - WJUL (now WUML), Lach, roger m, Tom Goodkind.
(From https://rogermanning.bandcamp.com/album/short-sharp-shook)

Anti-folk panel excerpt, NMS 1990

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