Ken | Playlist | 14 May 2008

Wed. 5/14/08 9:02am From: fern!

first! GOOD MORNING KEN! off to a strong start I see.

Wed. 5/14/08 9:04am From: Cecile

buenas dias

Wed. 5/14/08 9:06am From: Ken

Hi Cecile, Hi Fern!

Wed. 5/14/08 9:06am From: fred

bonjour Ken! Any chance we get to have Steinski back on the air in the near future?

Wed. 5/14/08 9:06am From: Parq

Ferocious opener, el chefe.

Wed. 5/14/08 9:09am From: Listener James from Westwood

Well, I know what I'm spending my stimulus check on.

Wed. 5/14/08 9:12am From: B.O. Riledup

Steinski?! I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS! F*CK IT!

Wed. 5/14/08 9:17am From: Ghengis Jung

DO IT LIVE!

Wed. 5/14/08 9:19am From: nh_dave

I love Judge Judy samples

Wed. 5/14/08 9:20am From: dei xhrist

Hello, I am caucasian, and I just can't understand this "ruff mix" music. It stirs things in me that I don't think my father would approve of getting stirring. My moms, however, is totally up with it.

Wed. 5/14/08 9:21am From: miss buxley

g'morn ken----whuts cookin wit you???? i havnt heard from you in a while,,hope ur doin grooooooovy!!!!!!! miss you ken ,,u HOT STUD!!!! HUGS & KISSES=)=)=)

Wed. 5/14/08 9:26am From: Kroger Friday Afternoon

We studied some soups for a bit...crossed paths a couple times...you almost ran into me with your cart at the end of the aisle...I checked you out several times but alas chickened out in the end...your hair was pulled up, then let down...very attractive..I was wearing a blue shirt/Tigers ball cap..

Hopefully we'll cross paths again..

Wed. 5/14/08 9:28am From: Random conversation at 7-11

I was just about to make a slurpee when you warned me about one of the flavors. we had a typical little conversation, but I should have asked you for your number... you had shorter brown hair and rollerblades. get back to me if you happen to ever read this!

Wed. 5/14/08 9:28am From: Cecile

It's not a Wednesday morning until Watermelon Kid shows up!

Wed. 5/14/08 9:30am From: Mall food court (Last week tuesday)

I was eating subway and you were reading a book and talking on the phone. We made eye contact. I thought about saying something but i was to nervous because you were so beautiful. I hope you read this and email me back.

Wed. 5/14/08 9:31am From: Cecile

Can you play some Shanel?
Or Shanel and Ian Oliver's "Bukovina" if you have it? Great stuff...

Wed. 5/14/08 9:32am From: Beautiful Blonde at Best Buy

I was buying a digital camera today and while checking out there was a stunning blond on line ahead of me. You were wearing green pants and a while button down shirt, short blond hair. I am tall, black tshirt, jeans. Thought we exchanged a glance. Just wanted to see if you are out there.

Wed. 5/14/08 9:34am From: Mrs. Adams, I presume?

Mort,

I'm detecting some mutual attraction. Could it be my rusty radar?

I've got some situational baggage, but I find you very interesting. I don't want you to think I just want some recreational physical contact, though I certainly wouldn't pass it up. Because of my present family/financial situation I can't give you the commitment you have a right to.

If you are interested in what I can give at this point in my life, you know where I am.

Lunch sometime? Not at Denny's! Preferably a table for two.

To think this all started with a mistakenly placed blow to the head!

Wed. 5/14/08 9:34am From: Seen at dog park

I saw you at the dog park the other day. Your pit bull was trying to consume a chihuahua whole, like a python. My Westie was choking on some bad jerk pork he'd found in the trash. You were wearing a look of total existential desperation and a North Face jacket. I was wearing an air of total panic, and some Marc Jacobs jelly shoes. Hope you are well, and that the legal fees didn't set you back too much.

Wed. 5/14/08 9:36am From: sqrl

live harmonia please

Wed. 5/14/08 9:37am From: I can't believe I puked in front of you

Coming home late Saturday night after some pretty serious partying, I found myself sitting on the subway across from you, the cutest boy I've seen in a long time. So what do I do? I throw up. Not a lot, just a little bit. But you definitely noticed, and you laughed. It wasn't a mean laugh though, it's more like you were laughing with me, and you gave me a look that said "it's alright." In hindsight this sounds like the perfect icebreaker, but I didn't talk to you for fear of "barf breath." Besides, I wasn't feeling like a brilliant conversationalist right then. If by any chance you read this, I'd love a second chance to meet when I'm not quite so nauseous.

Wed. 5/14/08 9:37am From: Parq

Me: broad shoulders, steady job, 12 cases of Alka-Seltzer hijacked from CVS truck. You: sensuous, trim-waisted redhead with hot tub.

Wed. 5/14/08 9:38am From: dlroth

This is for you ken and sweden and flipper

http://childrensrecordsandmore.blogspot.com/2008/04/miss-piggys-ferobique-excercise-workout.html

Wed. 5/14/08 9:39am From: IntangibleArts

Holy effervescent space-crap! New Simply Saucer!

Wed. 5/14/08 9:41am From: brooklyn courier reporter guy at cupcake cookoff.

you were covering the most important story of the day by far, perhaps even of our generation. i liked your glasses, you are very cute. i would like to make you a cupcake. my cupcakes had pie inside.

Wed. 5/14/08 9:45am From: Saw You at E-Mart

I was at E-Mart buying a bucket of geoduck clams and some frozen shumai when I saw your face and reality cracked open and I fell into the swirling chaos of the abyss, past a ruined necropolis where glistening many-throated acolytes ululated wildly in the shadowy recesses of a moonlit grove, as if mocking the fate of man and his pusillanimous endeavors. You opened your mouth and it was full of stars. I tried to scream, but could not utter a sound. Slowly, the chorus of bat-winged faceless creatures descended.

Wed. 5/14/08 9:45am From: puss n deez

i am a bad boy

Wed. 5/14/08 9:46am From: dei x

If Lovecraft shops at E-Mart, then I will too.

Wed. 5/14/08 9:47am From: who put the dead bird in my mailbox?

a) how did you get into my mailbox in the first place, it is locked
b) did you kill the bird
c) it died horribly, that much was clear
d) you're psycho
e) do I know you
f) if I do know you I don't want to know you
g) if I don't know you, what did I do to inspire you to put a dead bird in my mailbox
h) I don't know how to disinfect a mailbox from a dead bird, I'm worried about diseases and have used five different kinds of cleaner but still feel like the bird's still in there still and like my bills and my catalogues and my coupons have dead bird on them
i) it was a hummingbird, I looked it up - they don't even live in New York - this is so f*ing psycho, I can't believe this
j) are you the mailman?
k) I'm always nice to the mailman
l) the super didn't care when I told him what happened
m) the neighbors didn't care either
n) do you have some kind of problem with birds
o) don't put anything else in my mailbox
p) unless it's an apology
q) no, I take that back, I don't even want an apology
r) what am I supposed to do with this bird - it's in bubblewrap in a bag in a shoebox in the freezer right now - am I supposed to bury it - where? how? in a construction site where they've jackhammered through the concrete - where is a person supposed to bury things in this city?
s) I could drop it in the Gowanus canal, but that seems undignified
t) I could drop it in the ocean, but the ocean is so big and it is such a small bird
u) I could drop it in the toilet but it would probably get stuck
v) I hear this whirring around my ears every time I go to the mailbox and I'm pretty sure it's ghost bird, and I'm all "it wasn't me that killed you, bird!" but still the whirring doesn't go away until I get to the stairwell
w) am I supposed to eat it - maybe you were trying to feed me - don't you know I'm a vegetarian
x) if this was Ricky, I'm gonna beat your ass, mama told you stop bothering the zoo
y) if this was Gina, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, how many times I gotta say I'm sorry
z) I could drop it off the roof, maybe it will reincarnate while falling and I can start reading my mail again

Wed. 5/14/08 9:48am From: ?

Actually, some of the squid I saw at E-Mart looked like Cthulhu.

Wed. 5/14/08 9:50am From: Ken

Thank you Aesova, that will be quite enough.

Wed. 5/14/08 9:56am From: Cecile

I have a little plush Cthulhu at home. It and the stuffed buzzard greet our guests.

Wed. 5/14/08 9:57am From: jonathan

we live near one of h.p.'s homes in providence.
cthulhus all over the place.

Wed. 5/14/08 9:57am From: ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaM7Bvc1VOA&NR=1

Wed. 5/14/08 10:00am From: Sue Simmons

To Aesova + the other overly lengthy commentors:
. What the f**k are you doing? And don't tell me "It wasn't my fault"

Wed. 5/14/08 10:02am From: Cecile

It was the reefer. It's always the reefer's fault.

Wed. 5/14/08 10:05am From: Ken

Don't go blamin' it on the weed!

Wed. 5/14/08 10:06am From: IntangibleArts

bless you for the hawkwind.
particularly for the super-sloppy rendition of SM...
this may be a great day after all.......

Wed. 5/14/08 10:06am From: Ken

So who volunteers to remix Melon Boy for next week?

Wed. 5/14/08 10:06am From: HPL

Yog Sothoth made me do it.

Wed. 5/14/08 10:06am From: Cecile

If Billy Jam can, then I can too! ;D

who's singing the version of Silver Machine? It doesn't sound like Lemmy.

Wed. 5/14/08 10:06am From: IntangibleArts

dude.
i gots PLANS for melon boy...

Wed. 5/14/08 10:08am From: Ken

Yeah, it's not Lemmy, it's Brock - live in UK 1972.

Wed. 5/14/08 10:10am From: Cecile

wow, I didn't know Ray Davies sang German that well.

Wed. 5/14/08 10:10am From: John

Dang, didn't know anyone but me remembered Hawkwind! Excellent way to start the day.

Wed. 5/14/08 10:12am From: JJZ

Ah, I love Hullaballoo.

Wed. 5/14/08 10:13am From: m

this music is enhancing my chardonnay:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7400109.stm

Wed. 5/14/08 10:18am From: JJZ

This song is a favorite too, although I recall seeing it under a different name.

Wed. 5/14/08 10:20am From: Parq

Aw man, I missed live Allmans *and* Hawkwind? Dang commute . . .

Wed. 5/14/08 10:23am From: PMD

Crap! This is going to be in my head all day - even though you ARE messing with it. Raindrops...

Wed. 5/14/08 10:25am From: jneil

Lemmy didn't sing on that version of Silver Machine, but it wasn't "post-Lemmy" - he played with the band for another 3 years after that recording.

Wed. 5/14/08 10:26am From: Cecile

thanks, jneil.

Wed. 5/14/08 10:26am From: John

PMD, ouch you're right! Ain't much that will get me to hit the mute button.

Wed. 5/14/08 10:30am From: dei x

frog sing-a-long

Wed. 5/14/08 10:32am From: Judge Judy

Ken, WTF are you doing mixing me over Matmos?

Wed. 5/14/08 10:33am From: giselle

i just realized now that it's Judge Judy's voice..I was thinking it was Valerie Solanis or someone like that.. wow does Judge Judy sound like pure evil!

Wed. 5/14/08 10:44am From: ha ha ha ha ho ho ho ho he he he he

ha ha ha ha ho ho ho ho he he he he

Wed. 5/14/08 10:45am From: Aesova

Dear Ms. Simmons,

"Sorry"

Wed. 5/14/08 10:46am From: Listener Dave from NH

They had french fries back in Jebus times? I had no idea.
Who is this talking? It's brilliant.

Wed. 5/14/08 10:48am From: jesusescabdriver

http://www.break.com/index/crazy-subway-girl.html

Wed. 5/14/08 10:48am From: Sue Simmons

Apology accepted Aesova and I apologize for saying a word that is offensive to some viewers, uh listeners. It was a mistake on my part. Ken play more Hawkwind and not just Silver Machine. Do it. Dont make me mad.

Wed. 5/14/08 10:49am From: giselle

I love this jesus thang!

Wed. 5/14/08 10:50am From: Listener James from Westwood

Wasn't there some urban-vernacular "translation" of the Bible back in the Nineties? I recall Limbaugh getting his Oxy-addled ass in an uproar over some such thing.

Wed. 5/14/08 10:53am From: Bill O'Reilly

I had that clip taken off YouTube and I will have WFMU taken off the air if you continue to play it ......you liberal FMUers you

Wed. 5/14/08 10:55am From: dei x

I'm listening in front of a monitor display, displaying my monitor, displaying another listener's monitor, waiting to see another monitor.

Wed. 5/14/08 10:56am From: Ken

The Jesus thang was "God is for real, man" from the Waxidermy blog.

Wed. 5/14/08 11:01am From: Listener Dave

Who wins in a fight: Bill O Reilly or Zatumba?

Wed. 5/14/08 11:04am From: lurdan

monitors, funny

Wed. 5/14/08 11:06am From: jonathan

this is the tune that elp used for that terrible xmas song.

Wed. 5/14/08 11:07am From: lurdan

prokofiev would be amused

Wed. 5/14/08 11:17am From: Ike

AAAAAAAAA! I'm not going fast enough, I'm going to get fired if I don't go faster, even though the system is slow, I must go faster faster faster faster faster faster!

Wed. 5/14/08 11:19am From: Listener Dave

What does a yellow light mean?

Wed. 5/14/08 11:22am From: Cecile

Do you guys have that Ned Sublette country record?

Wed. 5/14/08 11:23am From: Ike

This Willie Nelson cover sounds like Beck with a mouthful of baked goods.

I MUST GO FASTER!

Wed. 5/14/08 11:24am From: ross

this song rules

Wed. 5/14/08 11:25am From: ross

the one before this...

Wed. 5/14/08 11:28am From: Laurie

Oh, Amy.

Wed. 5/14/08 11:29am From: Happy Listener

Thanks again for providing a kickass soundtrack to my busy Wednesdays, Ken!

Wed. 5/14/08 11:31am From: Happy Listener

My premium pack arrived Monday, the 50th anniversary shirt is much more impressive in person! ^_^

Wed. 5/14/08 11:33am From: Parker

Who would win in a wrestling match-Amy Winehouse or Zatumba?

Wed. 5/14/08 11:34am From: Ken

I dont think Zatumba would have a chance. He's a lot of bluster. Amy is the real deal.

Wed. 5/14/08 11:35am From: cribley

That depends. Did Amy just do a line?

Wed. 5/14/08 11:35am From: Happy Listener

Ahhh, thanks for the Portishead! I like about 70% of their latest release.

Wed. 5/14/08 11:35am From: fern

The new Portishead is weird. I like it, but it's freaky.

Wed. 5/14/08 11:35am From: Listener James from Westwood

lonely sea ---> hunter . . . very nice

Wed. 5/14/08 11:37am From: Ken

Thanks James, coming from the true voice of Homer Simpson, your words mean a lot.

Wed. 5/14/08 11:37am From: dei x

I was listening to it last night, specifically the track that sounds like Silver Apples.

Wed. 5/14/08 11:38am From: Happy Listener

@dei x: I love that track!

Wed. 5/14/08 11:39am From: Listener James from Westwood

I live to give! (opens beer @ 11:35 a.m.)

Wed. 5/14/08 11:39am From: Happy Listener

"We Carry On" is the Silver Apple-y track.

Wed. 5/14/08 11:40am From: dei x

Referring to Portishead. I can't think of any instance of Dan Castellaneta sounding like a table full of oscillators.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0144657/
http://www.silverapples.com/

Wed. 5/14/08 11:42am From: Happy Listener

Now you've given me a protools project idea!

Wed. 5/14/08 11:43am From: Happy Listener

Thanks! I'm off.

Wed. 5/14/08 11:44am From: HotRod

On This Day: May 14

Events
1878 - The trademarked name Vaseline was registered by Robert A. Chesebrough.
1904 - The first Olympic Games held in the United States began, in St. Louis.
1942 - The Women's Auxiliary Army Corps was established.
1948 - The independent state of Israel was proclaimed by Jewish Agency Chairman David Ben-Gurion, in Tel Aviv.
1955 - Representatives from eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, signed the Warsaw Pact in Poland.
1998 - After nine years on NBC, the hit TV series "Seinfeld" aired its final episode.
1999 - President Bill Clinton apologizes to Chinese President Jiang Zemin for the accidental NATO bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, six days earlier.
2005 - Pope Benedict XVI observes his first beatification by José Cardinal Saraiva Martins.

Births
1885 - Otto Klemperer, German conductor.
1936 - Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto), American singer.
1944 - Filmmaker George Lucas, in Modesto, California.
1952 - David Byrne, Scottish-born musician.

Deaths
1610 - French King Henri IV (Henri de Navarre), assassinated by François Ravillac, a fanatical monk.
1987 - Rita Hayworth (born Margarita Carmen Cansino), American actress.
1998 - American singer and actor, Frank Sinatra, 82.

Wed. 5/14/08 11:48am From: Parq

Ah yes, Sinatra died during the last "Seinfeld". Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Wed. 5/14/08 11:53am From: Listener Dave

Wow, we lost one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century on the same day that the most overrated program in the history of television mercifully went off the air. That's whacha call irony, innit?

Wed. 5/14/08 11:53am From: chris london

i saw amy winehouse around here shoreditch in london - not good. always looks f--ked.

Wed. 5/14/08 11:53am From: cribley

He was probably watching.

Wed. 5/14/08 11:56am From: HotRod

Hahaha!!! This shit is hilarious! Did I just hear the Seinfeld bassline for a second?

It's donkey time!!!

Wed. 5/14/08 12:05pm From: Ike

"...the most overrated program in the history of television...." *Hallelujah*, brother!

Wed. 5/14/08 4:49pm From: ozzy skateboard

thanks for Norwegian Wood
and just like this version now deconstructed
is the meaning. probally got off lucky.
goodbye norway! boo hoo....

Wed. 5/14/08 5:57pm From: fatty jubbo

whoa. that jesus jive talk was amazing. Too bad Waxidermy hasn't posted the whole album...if you get the whole thing, pleeeaaase post it on thee blogge!

Thu. 5/15/08 11:59am From: uta

OBRE or no OBRE,, I thank you for the teleprompter!!

Fri. 5/16/08 8:40pm From: Jeff M

Hey, are the unfortunate retching sounds around 0:32 a little callback to Herzog saying,

"We are like vomit in the street outside of a seedy bar"

at the top of the show, or is there such a thing as listening too hard?

Yeah, I know, step AWAY from the internet connection, go outside and play.

Listener comments!