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Wed. 1/28/15 6:41am
groucho:
Half an hour after todays show starts a man will come and distract me, trying to sell me an electric garage door. I've always wanted an electric garage door and this company have a 70% discount going on, so I might be tempted. I'll have wfmu on in the garage, so any female power ballads about garage doors or garage door salesmen might make it hilariously awkward.
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Wed. 1/28/15 6:47am
Asheville Jon:
thanks for getting me hooked on Black Mirror Ken.
in honor of your successful "green show" last week, and because i can't get that damn song out of my head from episode two (the bicycle episode), i've gotta request ABBA's I Have A Dream (I Believe In Angels). that's kinda power ballady, no?
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Wed. 1/28/15 6:47am
Asheville Jon:
and that chick in that episode is super hot too!
Wed. 1/28/15 7:35am
groucho:
Speaking of The Lovely Eggs, their previous band, Angelica, did a great kind-of female power ballad www.youtube.com...
Wed. 1/28/15 7:59am
Dan B From Upstate:
I finished episode 6 last night. The hunt for the xmas special begins. Jon Hamm is in it!
Wed. 1/28/15 8:18am
groucho:
If you like Black Mirror check out Charlie Brooker's other stuff, he has a great show called Dead Set, which is about a zombie apocalypse from the point of view of everyone in the Big Brother house, it's a bit Twilight Zone-y like Black Mirror, but Brooker also does these weekly 'Screenwipe' programs, where he discusses the news, one off 'GamesWipe' kinds of shows, they all started from his weekly column in the Guardian called Screenwipe www.theguardian.com... which is available in print or online, he's a very funny man, I think I've read every word he's written/published for about 10 years now, this weeks is as good as any www.theguardian.com...
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Wed. 1/28/15 8:21am
Ken:
Yes, Black Mirror is on Netflix, except for the last episode with Jon Hamm which is on youtube in lesser quality.
Wed. 1/28/15 8:22am
groucho:
He also got death threats for knocking your old boss:
(copied from wikipedia) "On 24 October 2004, he wrote a column on George W. Bush and the forthcoming 2004 US Presidential Election[8] which concluded:
“ John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Hinckley, Jr. – where are you now that we need you? ”
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Wed. 1/28/15 8:28am
cory:
dang, i really need to get netflix
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Wed. 1/28/15 8:33am
Asheville Jon:
sign up for a free month. i just did that
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Wed. 1/28/15 8:36am
Asheville Jon:
well, i did it a month ago, so today is my last "free" day. guess i'll be watching a lot of black mirror tonight.
Wed. 1/28/15 8:40am
Marcel M:
Morning Ken and friends.
Wed. 1/28/15 8:42am
common:
hello ken and people. the floaty cat is great!
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Wed. 1/28/15 8:44am
cory:
on an unrelated note I found out the waitresses at work do not like Sudden Infant
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Wed. 1/28/15 8:54am
Asheville Jon:
i am streaming on my desktop, laptop, and iphone. all have different delays on them, so i have positioned them at different distances from where i am. sounds like i am in a cave. it's an interesting echo effect.
Wed. 1/28/15 9:03am
Phillip:
HEY! Ken you made it through 2 feet of snow
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Wed. 1/28/15 9:04am
Sem Chumbo:
Hiya, Ken, and those delayed.
Wed. 1/28/15 9:04am
Brendan:
Hi Ken
Wed. 1/28/15 9:04am
Phillip:
How did you do it man! We're still digging out here in Brooklyn
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Wed. 1/28/15 9:05am
Ken:
Cmon Philip. We got 6.5 inches. A dusting.
Wed. 1/28/15 9:06am
Marcel M:
Philip are you in a time lapse in Brooklyn? Got practically nothing.
Wed. 1/28/15 9:06am
FϢFϢ (:
Hello, Ken, good people!
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Wed. 1/28/15 9:06am
Ken From Hyde Park:
Mister Laser Eyes GIF reminds me that Charles Townes, inventor of the laser, has died at age 99.
Wed. 1/28/15 9:08am
Phillip:
@ken your so lucky! Brooklyn got over 20 plus inches of snow Monday and Tuesday . The street looks like a nuclear wasteland
Wed. 1/28/15 9:11am
groucho:
you know your little bit of snow was international news, it was on every tv channel and even bbc radio, probably panicking all your relatives abroad (if you have any). Where I live we get 6 feet of snow and no-one notices
Wed. 1/28/15 9:11am
Marcel M:
In the Brooklyn I exist in we really didn't get all that much snow.
Wed. 1/28/15 9:12am
Marcel M:
@Groucho: Yes my wife's mother in Spain called us and said she heard we couldn't get out of our houses.
Wed. 1/28/15 9:15am
Janey:
Hi, What was that song you played a few songs back that had the lyric "all is fair in love and war"? I think another lyric was "I can see and I can hear.."
I know that's not much to go on, but I rally liked it and am very curious!
Thanks! =)
Wed. 1/28/15 9:16am
Phillip:
I knew ken would make it! He's da man!!! 6 or 60 inches of snow and he's there doing his show:)
Wed. 1/28/15 9:16am
Janey:
Oh actually, it might have been on John Allen's how!
Hi Ken!!
Wed. 1/28/15 9:17am
this guy:
I've known love, have you?
Wed. 1/28/15 9:17am
common:
love contact! the band i'm in covers this one sometimes. fun
Wed. 1/28/15 9:18am
Phillip:
Tonight's seven second felt is recorded right? It's a tape of Monty Hall
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Wed. 1/28/15 9:19am
Ken:
Yep - tonight's Seven Sec Delay is a video broadcast of the live show at Monty Hall from Jan 16 of this year.
Wed. 1/28/15 9:19am
Billy Jam:
morning Ken + FMUers
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Wed. 1/28/15 9:20am
Sem Chumbo:
Oh, yes. Great, felt just like this arrangement before.
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Wed. 1/28/15 9:21am
sphere:
indeed, this cover is most excellent.
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Wed. 1/28/15 9:21am
adrian in mpls:
morning everyone - love this version of heart of glass!
Wed. 1/28/15 9:22am
Brendan:
Keeps me searching for a heart of glass err...gold ...no that's not it what's try titanium yeah that sings
Wed. 1/28/15 9:22am
Phillip:
Oh I forgot it was a video broadcast too. Should be so much fun to see
Wed. 1/28/15 9:25am
slowbear:
Hi ken, from LA. Loved your dusty show appearance last week
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Wed. 1/28/15 9:29am
Asheville Jon:
this is tolerable. much better than bohemian crapsody.
Wed. 1/28/15 9:29am
Achim:
no
Wed. 1/28/15 9:30am
slowbear:
What is Stevie nicks so pissed off about
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Wed. 1/28/15 9:30am
Ken:
Cmon, more 80 female power ballads!!!!
Wed. 1/28/15 9:30am
Hot Mess:
The raspy voice of Mr. Steven Nicks.
Wed. 1/28/15 9:30am
Brendan:
Something tells me that you're going to modulate slow down distort defile or otherwise pervert this song Ken and I salute you for that
Wed. 1/28/15 9:30am
common:
having a blackout period right...now...one-winged dove
Wed. 1/28/15 9:34am
slowbear:
This is making me nauseous
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Wed. 1/28/15 9:35am
bobdoesthings:
the effects on here voice are sort of nauseating
Wed. 1/28/15 9:35am
Dan B From Upstate:
I still love the post 9-11 episode of south park where everyone confused a goat as stevie nicks. they even put the goat on stage. the backup singers sing "just like the white winged dove sings a song sounds like she's singing" and the goat bleats "meh" back and forth with the band band singing "baby."
Wed. 1/28/15 9:36am
Polyus:
Whatever happened to t.A.T.u.? Last I heard, they attempted an image makeover.
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Wed. 1/28/15 9:36am
Ken:
slowbear, thank you! to both your recent comments.
Wed. 1/28/15 9:36am
common:
oh yea, white-winged dove...always thought it was one-winged. thanks dan b
Wed. 1/28/15 9:37am
slowbear:
You're welcome Ken. it turned out to be gas
Wed. 1/28/15 9:38am
slowbear:
All doves have white wings
Wed. 1/28/15 9:39am
slowbear:
Not all doves have one wing
Wed. 1/28/15 9:39am
slowbear:
Some doves have no wings at all
Wed. 1/28/15 9:39am
FϢFϢ (:
What about Nina Hagen ?
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Wed. 1/28/15 9:39am
Ken From Hyde Park:
What Sleater-Kinney tunes are power ballads?
Wed. 1/28/15 9:41am
Dan B From Upstate:
I wonder what a one-winged dove's song sounds like.
Wed. 1/28/15 9:42am
Mark S:
Nina Hagen has no wings as far as I know
Wed. 1/28/15 9:42am
FϢFϢ (:
This is my nemesis song. The one that made me paranoid of being near children with microphones.
Wed. 1/28/15 9:45am
common:
i'm gonna write that song, dan b.
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Wed. 1/28/15 9:45am
Parq:
Just had to say, that was an amazing seg.
Wed. 1/28/15 9:46am
Hot Mess:
Nice...the British spelling of 'diarrhoea'.....adds a bit of class. Like having your pinky extended when cleaning up after.....
Wed. 1/28/15 9:46am
northguineahills:
And, here's the liftoff....
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Wed. 1/28/15 9:47am
fred:
This is my favorite cover ever
Wed. 1/28/15 9:47am
FϢFϢ (:
Horray for OUR favourite Swiss lesbian combo Chris Isaak cover band!
Wed. 1/28/15 9:48am
Dan B From Upstate:
Maria Levitsky did a cover of this cover at a marathon finale a few years back.
Wed. 1/28/15 10:05am
Dan B From Upstate:
Pat Byrne's Prove It All Night variety show is live this Saturday, too. The last one he did was streamed on the website.
Wed. 1/28/15 10:05am
pierre:
@Fred : hahahah ! I told you how to find the WFMUers in Paris !
one of the most proeminent one being exactly where he was working
Wed. 1/28/15 10:05am
Prague Patrick:
Ken, I can't believe you don't remember Kurt Gottschalk *reciting* Edge of 17 at last year's(?) marathon finale
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Wed. 1/28/15 10:07am
fred:
@Fred: we both had the red WFMU bag, that helped too
Wed. 1/28/15 10:09am
FϢFϢ (:
@ fred's Fred: I think that message wasn't for you.
Wed. 1/28/15 10:11am
FϢFϢ (:
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!
I bet you all that this time I'll correctly guess the exact moment when the Vie Le Fet's song ends!!
Wait and see.
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Wed. 1/28/15 10:12am
Ken:
Prague Patrick, I mustve been in the bathroom at that moment.
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Wed. 1/28/15 10:12am
Jeff:
When that Angelica song began with the breathy little-girl voice, at first I thought it was another project involving Yolandi Visser, the freaky pale woman from Die Antwoord.
That is all.
Wed. 1/28/15 10:13am
FϢFϢ (:
Here the Vive Le Fet song ends!!!!
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Wed. 1/28/15 10:13am
fred:
The ending of this song is totally great
Wed. 1/28/15 10:13am
FϢFϢ (:
Disregard that..HERE IT ENDS!!!
Wed. 1/28/15 10:14am
pierre:
I intercepted it on the way
Wed. 1/28/15 10:14am
FϢFϢ (:
Wait....I think this is another version of the song. Ok...HERE!!!!
Wed. 1/28/15 10:23am
Earl:
Heavy episode, for sure. The one that has stuck with me is the one where the woman can't remember who she is. Don't want to spoil anything...
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Wed. 1/28/15 10:24am
Ken:
My fave Black Mirror was the guy who comes back.
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Wed. 1/28/15 10:25am
Ken:
Yes, be careful not to spoil any Black Mirrors for all the people who havent seen it yet. And to all those.. Get Thee to a Netflix!
Wed. 1/28/15 10:27am
groucho:
Electric garage door update: the man's been and it's now ordered! I'm getting a batcave door!!!!!!!!
Wed. 1/28/15 10:27am
Dan B From Upstate:
Pretty much all six episodes have had me sitting in stunned silence during the credits. I think my favorite was the second one that the song came from. I really loved the first episode with the Prime Minister and the Princess, though. So well produced.
Wed. 1/28/15 10:30am
Earl:
Vote for Waldo was the only one that didn't do it for me. Anyone seen the Christmas special?
Wed. 1/28/15 10:32am
Guido from Cologne:
RIP Stefan Krachten of Trance Grooves and unknown Cases ... Die Last year.
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Wed. 1/28/15 10:33am
adrian in mpls:
Schlammpeitziger! Been listening to this record a lot lately.
Wed. 1/28/15 10:33am
Guido from Cologne:
Hallo Ken and everyone.
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Wed. 1/28/15 10:33am
Asheville Jon:
damn. got too caught up in the show, and overbaked my brownies. well, at least i did not break the yogurt maker.
Wed. 1/28/15 10:36am
FϢFϢ (:
Sacrebleu!! I thought we were going to listen to the Schlammpeitziger's goat song! I've been waiting years for you Ken to play it again for it is inaccessible from the WFMU archives. I think it's called 2-4.
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Wed. 1/28/15 10:49am
Guido from Cologne:
This song souds very good backwards.
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Wed. 1/28/15 10:49am
bobdoesthings:
AHHH! what the what?!
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Wed. 1/28/15 10:50am
Kn:
Sorry about that... out of body radio experience.
Wed. 1/28/15 10:50am
Cheri Pi:
infinite tunnel of tentacles!
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Wed. 1/28/15 10:50am
Kevlicki:
@Kn, I am impressed with your abilitiy to entertain, though I'm flabbergasted with where you find all this material, gif's and such. What's your secret?
Wed. 1/28/15 10:51am
Cheri Pi:
Ken's secret is minions.
Wed. 1/28/15 10:53am
FϢFϢ (:
Ken,
Yes! I call it the goat song because in some part of its lyrics [although it is mostly instrumental] a man says in English 'you do [something] and I'll get the goat". It also says something about "the Casio Beat" and they also say "Schlampeitziger" [so from the begining I knew how to pronounce the name of the band!]. can't you find it as 2 to 4 ? or 2-4. Can't be sure if that's the correct combination of numbers.
It's the most Kennish song of all the Schlammpeitzinger songs you have ever played.
Wed. 1/28/15 10:54am
asheville jon's daughter:
i like the dancinnng bunny and the music. i am 4.
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Wed. 1/28/15 10:55am
Ken:
f0f0, what album is it from? I cant find it. Where's the playlist page it is from?
Wed. 1/28/15 10:56am
snow bound:
thank you for not playing any
Tonetta today Ken. I'm just lounging at home wearing my WFMu tshirt enjoying a day off with you in my ears.. hello hello Ken fans all over the world.
Wed. 1/28/15 10:57am
ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:
Kennish songs? I'd buy that for a dollar.
Wed. 1/28/15 10:58am
still b/p:
Izzat a wallaby? It matches the rhythm, then the kitties match, then the wallaby again. They're hypno- messaging me...to go back out...to re-re-shovel.
Wed. 1/28/15 10:59am
Kathy:
must be a KHLAM !! free day today ....?
Wed. 1/28/15 10:59am
asheville jon's daughter:
thank you Ken.
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:01am
Guido from Cologne:
"Schlammpeitziger" is derived from "Schlammpeitzger", which is a mud-fish (Misgurnus), this one here: en.wikipedia.org...
Wed. 1/28/15 11:02am
FϢFϢ (:
Ken,
Last time i requested you that song [about 2 years ago]] I did a little research trying to find a reference page but I quickly realise the band Schlampeitizger appears spelled in so many ways in the WFMU archives that it took me a while to frame it, but alas, didn't bookmarked. I'll try again .
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:02am
Sem Chumbo:
Is that like a mud shark?
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:03am
Guido from Cologne:
All of Schlammpeitziger's song-titles are puns and composite terms from very special knowledge fields and are hard to pronounce even by Germans.
Wed. 1/28/15 11:04am
Jack:
Ken, what's the deal with the Dylan Sings Sinatra album? Is it real? Have you heard any of it?
Wed. 1/28/15 11:05am
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Guido from Cologne!
Does the goat song sounds familiar to you?! You know what? I think I once saw that song in his MySpace page.
New Otomo Yoshihide with Roger Turner: http://recordings.fataka.net/products/541032-the-last-train-roger-turner-otomo-yoshihide-fataka-10
Wed. 1/28/15 11:08am
t_J:
"Lena d'Agua - sempre que o amor me quiser" - FOR FEMALE POWERBALADS / no need to ask por favor cuz I know you'll like it Ken - we're soulmates
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:16am
Guido from Cologne:
Aaah ... that's obscure Krautrock from a compilation done by those guys who did the "Prae Kraut Pandaemonium" Series
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:18am
Sem Chumbo:
khlam yourself@oks. Patience isn't just an old-timey woman's name.
Wed. 1/28/15 11:18am
ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:
I second the Knuckles the Dog request!!!
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:19am
SSS:
Say what you want about Dylan, but sometimes the only answer to the holidays is Dylan's Christmas album. It is the only holiday music that makes me laugh out loud.
Wed. 1/28/15 11:21am
ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:
@SSS - Barbra Streisand's Christmas album has the same effect on me.
Wed. 1/28/15 11:21am
Dan B From Upstate:
Your co wokers really don't like this, Cory? No freakin' way.
Wed. 1/28/15 11:22am
Jack:
@SSS - I give away copies of Dylan's Christmas album as gifts at the holidays.
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:22am
fred:
Dylan singing Sinatra should be a staple of Ken's next marathon shows. Unless he releases that long awaited Khlam covers record
Wed. 1/28/15 11:23am
Polyus:
Blowin' In The Summer Wind
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:31am
bobdoesthings:
excuse me I gotta go to ShopRite
Wed. 1/28/15 11:32am
FϢFϢ (:
I FOUND THE SCHLAMMPEITZIGER LOST TRACK!!
Wed. 1/28/15 11:32am
Lewis:
whistling Nazis - what could be finer!!
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:32am
Sem Chumbo:
@fred: I think Dylan dressing as Rammstein while singing might be even more fun.
btw, found a place in the 8th arrondissement which stocks that single malt from Cape Breton. Wheels are turning.
Wed. 1/28/15 11:33am
Rm 237:
springtime for hitler, i guess
Wed. 1/28/15 11:33am
Jack:
@bobdoesthings: I'm printing my ShopRite shopping list right now as we speak!
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:34am
bobdoesthings:
@jack - it was the can-can song that did it for me
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:35am
fred:
@Sem: Maison du whisky?
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:35am
SSS:
Oh know, I think he got exactly the effect he wanted with the Christmas album.
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:36am
Guido from Cologne:
Callin Luftwaffenmusikkorps Nazis could cause serious diplomatic crisis!
Wed. 1/28/15 11:36am
t_J:
A_delayed Ferreira is probably the best known power balladist around town, shivers I precipitated again / well back to Sports and Reading
Wed. 1/28/15 11:36am
tino:
fmu doesn't get dylan?....mmmm...ahh!
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:37am
Sem Chumbo:
@fred: Mais bien sûr. Tout un choix là. Site Web est étonnant.
Wed. 1/28/15 11:37am
FϢFϢ (:
Ken,
Indeed, it's the most Kennish song of them all.
Album: Schlammpeitziger – Everything Without All Inclusive (Remixed)
Track: Stumbling Gallopwood
According to WFMU archives it is also found in Sonig Irregular Vol. 1
It deserves to be in the top 20 starred songs.
Wed. 1/28/15 11:37am
Trash Boat:
Gotta love those fun loving nazis.
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:39am
fred:
@Sem: Is that malt Glen Breton? I've been going to that shop for almost twenty years. More rarely lately though, great whisky is an expensive vice
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:40am
Ken:
Thanks f0f0, that one i know! That was my introduction to the greatness that is Schlammpeitziger.
Wed. 1/28/15 11:40am
ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:
My mouth without you doesn't exist.
Wed. 1/28/15 11:40am
FϢFϢ (:
People! I'm very excited. Stumbling Gallopwood by Schlammpeitziger is the mother of all my song requests. Last time Ken played it was in 2004.
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:41am
Sem Chumbo:
@fred: yes. The last time I checked they were out of the 10-year, but had the 18 in stock.
I had hoped The Moose would have it in its bar stock, but I guess not.
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:42am
Ken:
OK! I got that Improved Sound Limited LP cover up there now...
Wed. 1/28/15 11:44am
northguineahills:
I thought I had all of the Rocketship tracks, this one has eluded me.
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:44am
bobdoesthings:
@jennique - my mouth without u is a 'moth'
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:44am
fred:
@Sem: I will ask about it. They might say it's not for me though, they don't mince words with me, and they know what I like. I trust them blindly, never had to regret it in all these years
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:54am
Sem Chumbo:
I suspect that it does not, hence my hope to find it available in single serving size for you to try:-)
Wed. 1/28/15 11:55am
glasscapsule:
Sony should have done an alternate ending for that movie where Seth Rogen and James Franco are fed to the Great Leaders Dogs and then Sold it back to the Hermit Kingdom. Everyone Wins!
Wed. 1/28/15 11:58am
oks:
thank you Ken!!!!!! great show!!
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Wed. 1/28/15 11:59am
fred:
@RTD: This is the real thing: www.laphroaig.com...
Unfortunately no longer available where I live, though I heard it was in Germany. Dunno about the US, probably banned, it's that good
Wed. 1/28/15 12:00pm
FϢFϢ (:
Oh noes!!! I was listening to an archive show for the last hour!!! Damn! I missed Muzon by KHLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!!
Wed. 1/28/15 12:04pm
Hel:
Archive or not, t'was a spektacular playlist and sorry i missed it!