Uploaded April 2013 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Heard this moderately amusing ditty maybe a quarter century ago as a 'trash track' on a local radio station - this was before the days of Clear Channel, when radio had a personality. Recently obtained this still-in-the-shrink-wrap EP. Apparently this was put out by a local band...
song is Ronald Reggae
by The Amazing Rob & John Band
©1984 Surrender Dorothy Music
& Blotto Records
*update*
One of the band members John J. Foldy, Ph.D., left this plane of consciousness to explore other orbital shells in the afterlife on April 25, 2014 after losing his battle with life. He was 55 years old. We've lost our brother, uncle, friend, and teacher, and he leaves a hole in our hearts that will take a long time to mend. John was a professor, songwriter, and talented musician, who had an incredible sense of humor, an uncanny ability to remember people's names, and the capacity to present a bright, positive outlook to others. Dr. Foldy received his Ph.D. in communication and sociology from SUNY Albany, and taught at Schenectady County Community College, SUNY Albany, Hudson Valley Community College, and just about every other institution of higher learning in the Capital District. He was loved by his students. A researcher with the Albany Peace Project, John was working to demonstrate how positive, focused group intention through meditation can be used to end violence and suffering. Dr. Foldy was an adherent of Galileo theory, a method to measure attitudes, and if anyone spoke with him longer than 15 minutes, the individual would have been treated to an explanation of the theory using his oft-cited metaphor of "marbles in a jell-o bowl." Galileo theory was a prominent theme in his book, The Primacy of Consciousness, in which he argued that "individual identity is not extinguished upon physical death." We, your friends and family, hope beyond hope that is true. We wish Dr. Foldy stuck around here longer, but have faith that he is evolving his consciousness on the other side. He is survived by two brothers, a beloved nephew, an aunt, a cousin, and many friends.
Heard this moderately amusing ditty maybe a quarter century ago as a 'trash track' on a local radio station - this was before the days of Clear Channel, when radio had a personality. Recently obtained this still-in-the-shrink-wrap EP. Apparently this was put out by a local band...
song is Ronald Reggae
by The Amazing Rob & John Band
©1984 Surrender Dorothy Music
& Blotto Records
*update*
One of the band members John J. Foldy, Ph.D., left this plane of consciousness to explore other orbital shells in the afterlife on April 25, 2014 after losing his battle with life. He was 55 years old. We've lost our brother, uncle, friend, and teacher, and he leaves a hole in our hearts that will take a long time to mend. John was a professor, songwriter, and talented musician, who had an incredible sense of humor, an uncanny ability to remember people's names, and the capacity to present a bright, positive outlook to others. Dr. Foldy received his Ph.D. in communication and sociology from SUNY Albany, and taught at Schenectady County Community College, SUNY Albany, Hudson Valley Community College, and just about every other institution of higher learning in the Capital District. He was loved by his students. A researcher with the Albany Peace Project, John was working to demonstrate how positive, focused group intention through meditation can be used to end violence and suffering. Dr. Foldy was an adherent of Galileo theory, a method to measure attitudes, and if anyone spoke with him longer than 15 minutes, the individual would have been treated to an explanation of the theory using his oft-cited metaphor of "marbles in a jell-o bowl." Galileo theory was a prominent theme in his book, The Primacy of Consciousness, in which he argued that "individual identity is not extinguished upon physical death." We, your friends and family, hope beyond hope that is true. We wish Dr. Foldy stuck around here longer, but have faith that he is evolving his consciousness on the other side. He is survived by two brothers, a beloved nephew, an aunt, a cousin, and many friends.
