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Playlist for 16 January 2008 | Salute to Rockband and Alan Vega

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(* = new)
Artist Song Album New Approx. start time
Rapped Youth  Jaska (feat Missy Tee-Bagit)   Jaska and Ma  *   0:00:00 (Real)
A & E  somewhere else   Oi!    0:05:26 (Real)
Ruckus Roboticus  A Child's Introduction to Drums   Playing with Scratches  *   0:09:47 (Real)
Kid Koala  Track Two Excerpt   Your Mom's Favorite DJ    0:14:27 (Real)
Little Axe  Ride On   The Wolf That House Built    0:20:41 (Real)
 
Shirley and Company  Shame Shame Shame       0:32:58 (Real)
Le Tigre  Deceptacon   The DFA Remixes, Chapter One    0:37:18 (Real)
Noonday Underground  You Keep Holding On   On the Freedom Flotilla  *   0:42:42 (Real)
Eddie Warner  Xylo Spleen   Nuggets: Luke Vibert's Selection    0:46:22 (Real)
Jean-Jacques Perrey & Luke Vibert  White Knight (Black In The Day)   Moog Acid  *   0:48:45 (Real)
Family of God  World of Squalor   We Are The World    0:51:15 (Real)
 
Janeen Brady & The Brite Singers  I'm A Mormon       1:00:16 (Real)
Russ Johnson  Theme From A Summer Place   The Most of Ross Johnson    1:02:06 (Real)
East River Pipe  Hell Is An Open Door   The Gasoline Age    1:04:57 (Real)
Angela  Little Children Part 1       1:07:52 (Real)
Marzipan Marzipan  Song 4 U   Straight    1:10:45 (Real)
 
Metallica  Enter Sandman       1:16:16 (Real)
Beastie Boys  Sabotage       1:21:43 (Real)
Megadeath  Paranoid   Nativity in Black: A tribute to Black Sabbath    1:24:10 (Real)
Lary Seven & Jim Sharpe  Mississippi Queen   Burlap Fantasy    1:27:03 (Real)
Ruins  Reversible Sabbath   Everything Comes and Goes: Tribute to Black Sabbath    1:29:40 (Real)
Lary Seven & Jim Sharpe  Mississippi Queen   Burlap Fantasy    1:31:38 (Real)
The Hives  Main Offender   Veni Vedi Vicious    1:51:06 (Real)
David Bowie  Suffragette City Coming and Going       1:53:50 (Real)
Rammstein  Benzin   Rosenrot    1:56:45 (Real)
 
Nihilist Spasm Band  What About Me?   Title Track    2:09:40 (Real)
Lizzy Mercier Descloux  Wawa   New York Noise Vol. 2 (V/A)    2:10:48 (Real)
Liquid Liquid  Bellhead   DFA Compilation #2    2:12:53 (Real)
FM Einheit, Jamie Lidell et al  Cocaine (Fire Bird)   echoohce    2:15:48 (Real)
DJ/Rupture & Andy Moor  Is It Going? (Track 11)   Live in France    2:20:05 (Real)
 
Johnny Moped  Thanks For Making It To Side Two   The Johnny Moped Bootles Tapes Vol. 1 and 2    2:29:16 (Real)
Johnny Moped  No One   Geef Voor New Wave (Dutch VA)    2:33:01 (Real)
I, Ludicrous  We're The Support Band   20 Years In Show Business    2:36:01 (Real)
Starlite Desperation  New Year's Bathroom Magic   Dont Do Time    2:39:55 (Real)
The Last Band  Cha Cha Cha   Demo    2:43:06 (Real)
rx  My Generation       2:46:22 (Real)
Rocket Freudental  Beneluxus Europoort   Die Weisheit Wachst Auf Baumen    2:49:29 (Real)
Ridiculous Trio  TV Eye     *   2:51:45 (Real)
 

Listener comments!

Wed. 1/16/08 9:02am From: Doug

(chants) Ken! Ken! Ken!

Wed. 1/16/08 9:06am From: Cubicle Carl

This Rapped Youth piece is kinda good. Primitive, a little dub poetry like, I give it a 9.

Wed. 1/16/08 9:06am From: Listener Dave

IOU. Sorry, OCD kicked in.

Wed. 1/16/08 9:06am From: Ken

Yep, that Rapped Youth thing is like Incorrect Finnish Hip Hop.

Wed. 1/16/08 9:10am From: jackie burkhardt

hiya ken,,,how was your week???i hope it was grooooovy,,i 4got to ask you last week did you geat anything grooooooovy over the holidaze?? i hope you did,,,btw did you check out that vid yet??? again,,HAPPY 2008 KEN!!!!!,,from u know who =)

Wed. 1/16/08 9:13am From: Negator

Top 'o the Mornin' to ye, Ken. Just we Leprecons here! We wanna be listnin' to some of that Dirty South German crunk ye was playin' last week. We'll be showin' ye our pot 'o gold!

Wed. 1/16/08 9:13am From: JJZ

I like this introduction to drums.

Wed. 1/16/08 9:21am From: Ken

Hello all... Negator, what was the name of that German comp I was playing last week? I knew I was missing something this morning...

Wed. 1/16/08 9:24am From: Negator

Shitkatapult Strike 88cd ?

Wed. 1/16/08 9:25am From: Negator

Das Mandolineorchester?

Wed. 1/16/08 9:26am From: jonathan

zatumba!!!!!

Wed. 1/16/08 9:28am From: Listener Dave

All hail Zatumba.

Wed. 1/16/08 9:28am From: Doug

I honestly couldn't tell if that hip hop was correct or incorrect. It sort of reminded me of TTC, which is definitely correct.

Wed. 1/16/08 9:30am From: Negator

Deichkind Prost (feat. Das Bo) Shitkatapult Strike 88cd

Wed. 1/16/08 9:30am From: JJZ

That's a lot of coffee.

Wed. 1/16/08 9:31am From: Thom

Oh no, not the COFFEE!!!!

Wed. 1/16/08 9:31am From: Listener David

NOOOOO....anything but Chocolate!!

Wed. 1/16/08 9:31am From: jonathan

just please don't say you have to give up beer!

Wed. 1/16/08 9:31am From: Mouth From the South

COFFEE is good. Believe me. Almost necessary. No, make that necessary !

Wed. 1/16/08 9:32am From: Negator

Chai Tea! Man. Really packs a caffiene punch. Drink cold with ice and cream. Chocolate! Shoot yourself. But try the Chai Tea. FUCK SEX!

Wed. 1/16/08 9:32am From: Sueb

holy crap KEN 6-8 cups?
I am thinking about having another cup (# 2) and am afraid i will make myself have an anxiety attack or produce too many artistic endeavors when i am supposed to be WORKING.

Wed. 1/16/08 9:33am From: Listener Dave

Sounds like a diet of bunny rabbits, Satan, cheese and milk.

Giving up coffee is much worse than giving up sex.

Wed. 1/16/08 9:33am From: Charles

That sounds like some nasty reflux, Ken!

Wed. 1/16/08 9:36am From: Negator

That's alright Ken. I gotta give up Xanex, cigarettes, weed, alcohol, Clonipin, excessive masturbation, porn, TV, sugar, hairdryers, prostitutes, racism, bigotry, and xenophobia. Oh coleecting records!

Wed. 1/16/08 9:37am From: Doug

How 'bout that Michigan primary!?

Wed. 1/16/08 9:37am From: daniel spaniel

I had the same problem with bile evacuating through various orifices and changed to a diet of strictly white foods. (milk, egg whites, white bread (crust removed), etc.). I feel very good now but have to avoid sunlight at all costs.

Wed. 1/16/08 9:39am From: Mouth From the South

Every human being should have at least 10 bad habits, if they can be called bad. 5 for domesticated animals.

Wed. 1/16/08 9:40am From: Reed

How about giving up Alan Vega?

Wed. 1/16/08 9:40am From: Negator

My eyes are all white like those things in Omegaman.

Wed. 1/16/08 9:44am From: Ken

Thanks Reed! We should indeed all give it up for Alan Vega. I will be playing A LOT more today and in future weeks.

Wed. 1/16/08 9:47am From: that 70s chick

ken- heres some advice play more comedy like CHEECH & CHONG,,MONTY PYTHON & NATIONAL LAMPOON thanks ken i would really appreciate it,,see you next week

Wed. 1/16/08 9:49am From: Ken

Thank you 70;s Chick. You have now exceeded your weekly posting allotment. Speak to you next week.

Wed. 1/16/08 9:51am From: JJZ

Have we ever actually heard Mickey and Bunny? I'm not sure I need to, and it may be better that I haven't, but I wonder.

Wed. 1/16/08 9:51am From: Negator

Jean-Jacques Perrey & Luke Vibert ! I am diggin' this!

Wed. 1/16/08 9:58am From: Negator

I smoke the pope's toenails when I want to get HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH!

Wed. 1/16/08 10:02am From: John from Oslo

I wonder if I can be a mormon, it sounds like great fun!

Wed. 1/16/08 10:03am From: Negator

If I could have 6 or 12 hot wives I'd sing in this group every week! Hot Wives is the operative. Most of the time the wives are butt-ass ugly. All the styx on the ugly tree, you know!

Wed. 1/16/08 10:03am From: TRISTRAM

Thats just scary!

Wed. 1/16/08 10:04am From: vivian

Thank you for Ross Johnson! By the way Ken, I'm fasting this weekend which means NO coffee, alcohol, sugar...basically any food what so ever. I'll feel your pain.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:08am From: Reed

This great record only has more relevance in today's troubled geopolitical climate.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:09am From: John from Oslo

I copied "that 70s chick" comment and converted it into a music request.

(ken- heres some advice play more rock like STYX, TOTO & BOSTON thanks ken i would really appreciate it,,see you next week.)

Wed. 1/16/08 10:09am From: Listener Dave from NH

To make up for others' fasting, I'll be brewing up more espresso this weekend.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:11am From: north guinea hills

Mmmmmm...! John, I would actually like some Toto....

Wed. 1/16/08 10:11am From: Listener Dave

Just a thought: If you started chewing gum on the air, would that make up for not being able to drink coffee?

Wed. 1/16/08 10:12am From: Ken

Careful what you wish for everybody!

Wed. 1/16/08 10:12am From: JJZ

It relieves stress.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:15am From: Listener Dave

Zatumba Claus?

Wed. 1/16/08 10:17am From: Listener Dave

OK, but seriously folks...is anything else on that Ross Johnson record as good as what Ken just played?

Also, can anyone tell me anything fun to do in Stockholm (hello Sweden!)

Wed. 1/16/08 10:18am From: John from Oslo

DEUS EX MACHINA

Wed. 1/16/08 10:19am From: SueB

S THINGS 2 DO IN SWEDEN stand in close proximity to a tourist attraction pretend you are a local. send hapless americans in the wrong direction

Wed. 1/16/08 10:21am From: Sueb

this metallica song is making me have a living nightmare. thank you for the interjections of high-tension man. it snaps me out of the frightening illusion that i am listening to any old station.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:21am From: Marcus

http://216.103.111.115/webthumper/drums/transcripts/enter_sandman3.png

Wed. 1/16/08 10:23am From: Bryant

Oops ... looks like someone's going to get a call from the station manager.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:24am From: Mouth From the South

I may be going to Stockholm in about 2 weeks, and so any insightful hints as to what one could do over there would be great.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:24am From: Sue, the

i'll be back when this set is over.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:25am From: pheezy

When will we get our first metal singer President???

Wed. 1/16/08 10:26am From: nEGATOR

This set kick's ass!

Wed. 1/16/08 10:26am From: Listener Dave

Where is Raad Man? He would love this.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:27am From: Matt

Oh man, I wish I tuned in earlier!

Wed. 1/16/08 10:27am From: bb

man...is this the first and last time something produced by bob rock will appear on this show?

ken, you are proving my fears about this rock band phenomenon

Wed. 1/16/08 10:28am From: Reed

Are these wicked jams on Rock Band too? They're also on GH3.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:29am From: Dickdong (UK)

Mouth From the South, my daughter's just started work in Stockholm. You need to try and keep warm. She went to a party last Friday, they drank .... wait for it .... soup.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:29am From: Okasa

I second the ass-kickitudeness of this set. You are the man, Ken!

Wed. 1/16/08 10:29am From: Ken

I agree with you - we have reason to fear the Ropckband phenomenon. Now let's start up a WFMU Rockband Team.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:34am From: pheezy

Can we learn Zatumba's music on this "Rockband"?

Wed. 1/16/08 10:35am From: Reed

OK, this is excellent use of Alan Vega.
Chastened!

Wed. 1/16/08 10:35am From: Listener Dave

I have this hope that somewhere, some K-Rock listener tuned in at the top of this set and is now either being horrified or converted.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:35am From: bb

do they have neu! or selections from jesus christ superstar or the fall on rockband? the wfmu team might be at a bit of a disadvantage otherwise

Wed. 1/16/08 10:37am From: -max-

Ken,
Another great show unfolding here.
Thank you for every moment!

Wed. 1/16/08 10:37am From: John from Oslo

"Bad News - Bohemian Rhapsody (Take 2)" would really top this set ; )

Wed. 1/16/08 10:38am From: dave from baltimore

new from the creators of rockband: experimental gamelan noise-band

Wed. 1/16/08 10:39am From: north guinea hills

i'm still waiting for sousaphone hero to become a reality

Wed. 1/16/08 10:40am From: Amir K.

Hey Ken... You ruined Mississippi Queen by "mashing it up" with someone yelling over the track and it pisses me off that you are "fucking it up" for no good reason. Thanks for destroying a classic douche bag.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:40am From: bb

i have images of bored suburban teens rockbanding along to throbbing gristle and sun city girls dancing through my haead...

rock band: special sst records edition might be plain awesome

Wed. 1/16/08 10:40am From: Steev

Caaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnn you dig it!

Wed. 1/16/08 10:41am From: north guinea hills

never heard lary seven recorded before

Wed. 1/16/08 10:41am From: Negator

Off subject, but, does anyone here like The Sweet? Ken, got any The Sweet. Wig Wam Bam?

Wed. 1/16/08 10:42am From: jonathan

MASH!! KEN!

Wed. 1/16/08 10:43am From: bb

i have dug the sweet before...

and mountain...mountain had some moments

Wed. 1/16/08 10:43am From: Negator

Waste of a perfectly fine "classic douche bag" if you ask me.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:43am From: Listener Dave

Best set ever. This last Mississippi Queen remix should be on your next premium, Fucking incredible.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:45am From: marty

Hey Amir... Go buy some ear plugs!!!

Wed. 1/16/08 10:45am From: Alan Vega

hey what's goin' on? My wife just woke me up to say I am on the radio. What is this? Is this the session I did with Scott? What the f.....

Wed. 1/16/08 10:48am From: Cubicle Carl

Big Sweet fan here. I spent many a day back in the 1970's in search of Sweet vinyl. Much of their output never was released domestically.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:48am From: jonathan

this is the best thing ever!

Wed. 1/16/08 10:48am From: John from Oslo

Waaariooors... Come out and plaaaayyyy...

Wed. 1/16/08 10:49am From: Steev

did Sweat do 'Alone Again Or.."? or, was it Bread?

Wed. 1/16/08 10:49am From: nEGATOR

My brains are melting.....

Wed. 1/16/08 10:49am From: Steev

oops -- meant Sweet not Sweat!

Wed. 1/16/08 10:50am From: Bad Ronald

Love Is Like Oxygen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRVwcPTnug8

Wed. 1/16/08 10:52am From: Mouth From the South

Did Obama swing by WFMU last week after all ?

Wed. 1/16/08 10:54am From: Negator

Watched all Sweet Youtube weeks ago. SWEET!

Wed. 1/16/08 10:56am From: Steev

Alone Again Or -- coverd by the Damned & Calexico. best Sweet song ever!

Wed. 1/16/08 10:57am From: dc pat

Love 2 or 3 songs coming in together over the radio...what's that other tune slipping in there? I can almost pick it out...

Wed. 1/16/08 10:57am From: Listener Dave from NH

I get a kick out of "Love is Like Oxygen" ever since El-P sampled it for the Cannibal Ox EP.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:57am From: Bad Ronald

I dig Fox on the Run

Wed. 1/16/08 10:58am From: ken in denver

My dog threw up toward the end of that Mississippi Queen marathon. I'm just sayin'.

Wed. 1/16/08 10:59am From: John from Oslo

I agree SWEET was a great band! Rezillos did a great cover of Ballromm Blitz, btw.
Great show ken. Great to be listening to this great show, oozing of great greatness!

Wed. 1/16/08 10:59am From: -max-

Rammstein!!

Wed. 1/16/08 11:01am From: Todd 76%

I'm pretty sure the "Alone Again Or" Steev is referring to is an Arthur Lee tune originally performed by Love. Btw, "Set Me Free" by Sweet is one of my favorite 70's proto-metal rockers ever!

Wed. 1/16/08 11:03am From: Cubicle Carl

"Set Me Free" is an awesome track.

Wed. 1/16/08 11:06am From: Steev

thanx Todd -- I get Love-Sweet-Bread all mixed up sometimes. Tastes good though.

Wed. 1/16/08 11:07am From: dc pat

you mean train kept a'rollin by Johnny Burnette.. WAY better version than Aerosmith OR yardbirds.

Wed. 1/16/08 11:07am From: Nate

zat Neu in the background? I think it is!

Wed. 1/16/08 11:07am From: bb

sounds like harry might need a blood on the wall album, ken

http://assistantbrighton.blogspot.com/2005/10/blood-on-wall-awesomer.html

Wed. 1/16/08 11:08am From: John from Oslo

"Set me free" by Sweet has EVERYTHING, great drumrolls and breaks, ballbreaking high chorus and buildup, a true gem from the 70s!

Wed. 1/16/08 11:08am From: dc pat

love "the Awesomers"

Wed. 1/16/08 11:17am From: Steev

I heared John Lydon in the background...of that Liquid Liquid track.

Wed. 1/16/08 11:17am From: Sean Padilla

When I turn WFMU on @ work and the first thing I hear is Liquid Liquid, I know that the rest of the day won't suck.

Wed. 1/16/08 11:18am From: Ken

Yeah, I heard something else in the bg of the Jamie Lidell, and I had to hit the dump button.

Wed. 1/16/08 11:19am From: Doug

"Thanks for destroying a classic douche bag"?

I didn't know there was such a thing!

Wed. 1/16/08 11:21am From: Ken

Sorry I fell behind on comments, it got kind of busy in here. but that is how it should be, no?

Wed. 1/16/08 11:31am From: Ken

David Peel! That's who Johnny Moped reminds me of..

Wed. 1/16/08 11:33am From: Mark

The Pope smokes dope!

Wed. 1/16/08 11:36am From: Carmichael

I was gonna say he reminds me of Ian Dury, but now he sounds like Motorhead ...

Wed. 1/16/08 11:40am From: Sean Padilla

I love this I, Ludicrous song!

Wed. 1/16/08 11:47am From: Sean Daily

Hey hey hey hey hey! The Last Band wasn't the last band! What kinda lousy scam is dis?

Wed. 1/16/08 11:50am From: Seev

Wrong war @the wrong time @the wrong place!
~Dubya

Wed. 1/16/08 11:57am From: Greg the G

TV Eye without Iggy is still very wiggy and makes one want to shake in all the wrong places...in public anyway. Great set Ken, the original Great Lake Warrior!

Wed. 1/16/08 11:57am From: Listener Dave

Great show. Best show since the awesome Christmas show. Thanks Ken!

Wed. 1/16/08 12:00pm From: Doug

Whoa, slowed-down tAtU is flipping amazing.

Wed. 1/16/08 12:00pm From: Doug

Whoa, slowed-down tAtU is flipping amazing.

Wed. 1/16/08 12:05pm From: Carmichael

My WFMU setlist/comment format completely changed, and some glee club is singing Chicago.

I think I got dosed.

Wed. 1/16/08 5:23pm From: keira

So sad about the chocolate, coffee etc But maybe a little naturally fermented sauerkraut or naturally brined pickles in your diet would help bring it all back? It's full of all those probiotics and yummy too. Check out the wonders of wild fermentation (includes booze!) http://www.wildfermentation.com/ Betcha DJ Trouble knows about this stuff.

Fri. 1/18/08 7:15pm From: Jeff M

Listening days later (the archives rule!) your multilayered Mississippi Queen just ended, and has left me weak. Was the base piece of that some special wacky Fabio project? Maybe you'll talk about it later whan you get back on mic... Clearly, though, if Leslie West truly wants to succeed, the next time he goes on tour he'll take ZATUMBA!

Mon. 1/21/08 5:38pm From: Trent

LSD Hero

Thu. 1/24/08 6:12pm From: SamWais

Rapped Youth rocks! I like the extreme nasal sound so very much.

...and there's live Rapped Youth material available at youtube now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9D4tgAuTc0

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