Hi Ken Nothing like a fresh cup of jodl in the morning!
9:06am
?:
Good comin' down from an icey cold mountain music. brrrrrr.
9:06am
dc pat:
snow day means I work from home...dang it.
9:07am
Parq:
Pictures!
9:07am
fishmonkeystew:
I think that today I will yodel everything I say. I wonder what my co-workers will think.....
9:08am
John from Oslo:
Ah, the Labraphone!
9:09am
Negator:
Go, Ken, GO! THanks for playing me this yoko Ono song! She stills sounds lovely, doesn't she. Listened to last weeks show, last night, while hallucinating, mildly. I laughed alot. I also became Dave Soldier's first Facebook friend. Isn't that wierd?
9:09am
cribley:
Wing! yes YES. More WING!!!
9:10am
paulthepostman:
Good morning Ken, City Slickers and Office-Ionados.
9:11am
Aric:
I just read Cello Scrotum is not a real disease. That's a load off.
9:12am
Negator:
If you see a window, could you please tell us the story behind Mrs. Wiggam. Is it a prank call?
9:13am
jen v.:
Where did you get this great Jim Jarmusch quote, Ken?
9:14am
Negator:
Aric have you heard of Jello Scrotum? Your, mom told me that's what I had. Just kidding!
9:14am
Ken:
Yes Virginia and Negator, Mrs Wiggim is real.
9:14am
Ken:
> Where did you get this great Jim Jarmusch quote, Ken?
I stole it.
9:15am
Ken:
Boyoboy, I did one of the stupidest things of my life half an hour ago... I put a pot of coffee on and I forgot to put the actual coffee pot on the burner.. doh!
9:16am
Parq:
In spite of popular wisdom, I have never confined my thievery to "the best".
9:16am
paul:
oh my. you dont know how giddy hearing PLU sampling Queen makes me
9:18am
listener mark:
Good Morning Ken
Good Morning Everyone
9:19am
cribley:
If you could somehow get Julie Andrews to say corn-wenie I could die happy.
9:20am
Andy in Iowa City:
Apt Jarmusch quote for the "Snow Day" number. Have a good one!
9:21am
Parq:
Yow, Ken, the lunch room must have smelled like an explosion at the Folger's plant. We can hope that this means you've had your glitch for the day.
9:21am
Julie Andrews:
"Corn Weenie"!
9:21am
Lizardner Dave:
What a fantastic set.
Dave Soldier's on Facebook? Gotta check for that. I became Ken's six hundred and somethingth friend the other day, whoo-hoo!
9:22am
Andy in Iowa City:
The Jarmusch quote originally appeared in his golden rules, MovieMaker magazine:
http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/jim_jarmusch_2972/
9:23am
Ike:
The school of my brain is closed. But that hasn't been in session for a while anyway.
9:23am
Jeffersonic:
The Florida school of hard knocks is closed today 'cause I'm going out for for a Dip-A-Dee Double Chocolate donut.
9:25am
paulthepostman:
First no snow comment. Woo Hoo!
9:25am
dave in vermont:
http://corp.sover.net/schoolclosings/
9:27am
paul:
i haven't heard the word montesori since i was in school listening to the radio listening for snow closings
9:27am
Ghengis Jung:
http://www.cancellations.com/
9:27am
detroitdave:
Ken, can you find buisness closings for a snow day. Please include my work place as I would like to leave Thanks
9:28am
Parq:
Ike, on the contrary, you've been schooling us in audio software for months. But I'm fine with your decisions to shutter the doors for today.
9:28am
Ken:
Dave, I would be happy to announce that your workplace is closed. What's the name of the company? This offer good for everybody.
9:29am
sugarwolf:
http://www.pamal.com/pamalsnow/whud_storm.php
school and work closings!!
my work place is not one of them :(
9:29am
detroitdave:
Volkswagen of America, Auburn Hills Mi
9:30am
Frank:
What kind of site is www.cancellations.com? The ads for weight loss are apparently way more important than the scools.
9:32am
Ghengis Jung:
I don't see web ads, sorry...
9:32am
JCityJensen:
goood slushy wintry icy morning everyone and ken!
9:32am
paj:
CHOON
9:34am
paulthepostman:
Frank - Fat parents are not academically correct.
9:35am
John from Oslo:
Desmond Fish Library (Garrison) (CLOSED)
...I guess schools of fish will be disappointed
9:35am
Alex:
Hey Ken I heard the name Beth Landau used in an SNL skit a couple weeks ago. No actor playing her, just mentioned, but they said her husband had passed away. Friend of Andy's couldn't think of a name, or was it a dig?
9:35am
-max-:
My glitch of the day: Actually made it in early to work, had the FMU stream up and ready, but forgot to get the speakers up and running. Continued to work, then realized that I missed the first 1/2 hour of this show. D'oh!
9:35am
JCityJensen:
Goodbye McGoohan!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29JewlGsYxs&NR=1
9:36am
wha?:
@detroitdave
Why don't you (ddin't you) move to sunny Herndon, Virginia with the rest of VWOA?
9:39am
detroitdave:
What, leave Detroit.........and miss all THIS?? (actually they dont want me there, afraid i might shit up the works)
9:39am
texas scott:
good morning,Ken.snow day today,actually ice.
9:42am
detroitdave:
Thanks Ken.......I should be able to cut out any time now
9:43am
paulthepostman:
Please close Royal Mail Brighton Ken.
9:44am
dc pat:
and then please close Washington, DC
9:44am
jeremy, the listener:
centreville elementary school in virginia... closed
9:44am
paulthepostman:
...for any reason!
9:44am
listener mark:
The Friends of the Middletown Library Used Book Store in Middletown,NY will not open today. Thank You, Mark
9:46am
John from Oslo:
Holy Innoncence In Pleasantville (Pleasantville) NO RELIGIOUS EDUCATION CLASSES TODAY (OTHER)
"Holy Innoncence In Pleasantville"
That sounds like a "Dukes of the Stratosphere" release
9:46am
BSI:
excellent idea, DC Pat. Thomas Circle is a lethal sheet of frozen death skin mit der slippy stuff.
9:47am
fishmonkeystew:
Hey, there's a kick ass Indian restaurant in Fishkill, NY. Right off of RT 84, exit 11. Yummy.
9:47am
chris in london:
please can you mention that sky in london is to close early today.
9:47am
Mr Johnson:
Johnson & Johnson Group Of Consumer Companies-Skillman Delayed Until 10:00 AM Wednesday
9:48am
Suit and Tie Guy:
The door to my office? CLOSED!
9:49am
John from Oslo:
I tried to get out of the closet, but you know what - IT WAS CLOSED
9:49am
florian:
All schools will be closed in France tomorrow (thanks to a general strike...)
9:49am
11 minutes:
Cafe Florent Closed!
9:50am
mister garcia:
my bank account is now closed
9:50am
Laurie:
I don't mean to get all @DAVID_LYNCH on y'all, but it's 72ºF in Miami and kind of humid. I had to close up the house and turn on the A/C.
No school closings here, as far as I know.
9:50am
Cecile:
Korpiklaani, plz.
Auriga Restaurant in Mpls - closed (in 2006)
9:51am
-max-:
Yes! Train whistle day!!
9:52am
king of shoreditch:
I love france. still tied closely to the unions and socialism. Shame the president isn't. All power to the strikers!
9:52am
BSI:
I desperately need some kickass indian food. not closed.
nothing beats a winter ice-storm like a prawn vindaloo that goes to eleven.
9:53am
The boss:
Freehold schools...clooooooosed on this snoooow daaay.
9:53am
PMD:
Greetings from DC - there's no ice here! Now, VA is another story. I skated to the bus stop.
9:53am
Cecile:
Got some Hedningarna?
9:54am
Doug in DC:
I slid half a mile to the metro station in VA.
9:54am
Webhamster Henry:
Saugerties and Kingston schools are closed today.
Ken's Playlist is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Twitter.
9:55am
wha?:
Sounds so much like Varttina.
9:55am
John from Oslo:
Vindaloo! Restaurant! Toilet door? CLOSED!
9:56am
PMD:
BTW, If I ran into those evil Chucky's at a metro or subway station, I'd pull out a knife and kill them.
9:57am
Doug in DC:
I'd sic the Chuckies on the honking drivers this morning.
9:57am
Ken from Hyde Park:
Hyde Park, NY, schools are closed today. Also, Rhinebeck & Poughkeepsie schools.
9:58am
BSI:
My eyelids = closed.
9:58am
Laurie:
That picture with all the Chuckies gets five out of five leather masks on Spike's rating scale.
9:59am
Patrick:
My browser window is closed, quickly, every time my boss walks by.
The Sallie Logan Public Library is closed July 4th - but google says its closed for weather on July 4th
10:02am
Cecile:
that stinks. I ate so many plates of those chili cheese fries there.
10:02am
fishmonkeystew:
In case anyone cares, the kick ass Indian restaurant in Fishkill is called Tanjore (992 Main St Plaza). Mrs. FMS and I stop there on the way to Jim Thorpe, PA from CT. It's the highlight of the 4 hour drive.
10:07am
BSI:
Fishmonkeystew: Looks like they don't have a prawn vindaloo as such, but the mixed-seafood vindie looks potentially kickass:
http://www.tanjoreindiancuisine.com/tanjore_menus_main.html
10:07am
Cecile:
but the story says they got rid of the waffle fries. HUNH? that was dumb.
10:08am
Laurie:
I have an important announcement to make!! Cyberdyne Systems is responsible for Melodyne! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFCjv4_jqAY
Also, I'm assuming y'all already saw this commercial for Microsoft Songsmith ages ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oGFogwcx-E
10:08am
Ignorant Jerk:
My mind is closed
10:09am
Fallen and Cant Get up Lady:
Springfield Adult Training Open but with no transportation Wednesday
10:10am
40 yr old virgin:
My legs are closed.
10:10am
fishmonkeystew:
The lunch buffet is best, with a little sampling of everything from the appetizers straight through to traditional Indian desserts-if you have room for 'em.
10:11am
Gitmo:
Almost closed
10:11am
John from Oslo:
Cecilie, Il y a une drôle d'odeur dans la cuisine
J'ai perdu
La foi et la liberté
J'ai gagné
La vie et la mort mêlées
J'ai perdu
La médaille et le revers
J'ai gagné
Babar et son habit vert
10:12am
GP:
To all those snowed in today..a quote from Napoleon ( Dynamite, not Bonaparte)..."Lucky"..
The last time we had a ice/snow day down here in the South was a LONG time ago...We do however get time off for hurricanes.
10:13am
Cecile:
Oh, John! I have a French name, and know about 3 words of French! I know menu french if anything.
10:14am
Cecile:
Tonic - closed
10:15am
Trenton:
City Gardens is always open in your hearts!
10:15am
texas scott:
the bar down the street...OPEN!!!
10:15am
fishmonkeystew:
I saw the Violent Femmes do an acoustic show at the Knitting Factory once (1991). When they played "Black Girls", they used a didgeridoo instead of a sax. Very cool. One of the neatest clubs I've ever been to.
10:15am
Judge Ito:
"Case Closed"!
10:15am
Laurie:
On a serious note, I just learned that Charlie Cooper of Telefon Tel Aviv passed on last week. :(
10:16am
Lizardner Dave:
The Collins Bar - closed
McHale's -closed
*sigh*
10:16am
Dave:
I'm open to suggestions
10:17am
Laurie:
But I am happy to see stuff from the Yeti Six comp getting play. Mike McGonigal is a class act!
10:17am
Jack the Dripper:
Happy birthday to me!
10:18am
paulthepostman:
Cecilie - since your sex change your name sounds beautiful!
10:18am
dc pat:
My 2nd floor bathroom is closed
10:19am
John from Oslo:
My mouth, usually half open and drooling? CLOSED!
10:19am
Cecile:
what sex change? Cecile is the French version of Cecilia?
Oh....that one.. got it.
10:20am
BSI:
Cupcake Dog's central nervous system = closed.
10:20am
Cecile:
AWESOME, I saw that show with the poor Aussie and the cupcakes. He is hypnotized!
10:21am
cribley:
That's not FROSTING!!
10:21am
Cecile:
Now I am hypnotized by both dog and cupcake.
10:21am
Ken:
Speaking of birthdays, it's my birthday at Maxwells on Feb 11th, and youre all invited! 6-9pm. Live broadcast followed by a filthy roast.
10:21am
JCityJensen:
what gives with the stephen king dog?
10:22am
Ken:
Cecile, please explain about that dog.
10:22am
Cecile:
they were working with him on impulse control.
He was a counter surfer par excellance.
10:22am
John from Oslo:
What an terrible thing to do to the diabetic dog!
10:22am
Cecile:
to the point of faking out his owners by pretending to go in the room with them, and sneaking back and eating EVERYTHING.
10:23am
Princess Diana's Casket:
Closed
10:24am
Cecile:
He was a wonder to watch. A whole sandwich, down the hatch, no chewing.
Can you say "bloat" boys and girls?
10:25am
boys and girls:
"bloat"
10:26am
Cecile:
very good!
now say Von Willenbrandt's Syndrome.
10:26am
JCityJensen:
thanks Cecile!
10:26am
BSI:
extended clip on cupcake dog, with setup:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUbsc_a-e3g
10:27am
Ken:
Those eyes... that mouth...
10:27am
Ghengis Jung:
Ken - are you going to do SHOUTOUTS next?
10:28am
raga:
devil dog!
10:28am
Newark:
The Pipeline doesnt know if its closed
10:29am
rob:
Hey Ken, when did jm in the am go away?
10:29am
Ken:
Yes! Shoutouts coming right up!
10:31am
sherri:
AHOY KEN!
10:32am
Rouges Island:
How about some "shout ins"
BTW - HAPPY B-day & thanks for the invite.
10:32am
Swami:
The dog is obviously blind! And the cupcakes fake!
10:32am
Cecile:
I know, Ken.
10:33am
John from Oslo:
(train whistle)
10:34am
monica:
i love cupcake dog!
10:34am
Michael Winslow:
The radar is not closed but rather JAMMED!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8auGAJrnpY4
10:36am
John from Oslo:
I Wanna be Your Cupcake Dog - Stooges
10:36am
Cupcake Dog:
I want steak or a piece of that chick's leg! Grrrrr!
10:36am
Freehold:
Jersey Freeze is almost closed
10:36am
rok:
oh hell i was shoveling and missed wing
10:37am
Vivian:
Do you think the cupcake dog would prefer corn weenies instead?
10:38am
negator:
Cupcake dog has more strength than I.
10:38am
Dick Cheney:
My coronary arteries are closed.
10:38am
annie:
my mind is closed, my heart stays open to suggestion.
10:39am
Cecile:
I think cupcake dog pretty much eats anything that doesn't move including inanimate objects.
10:40am
Ken:
Yes, speaking of Corn Weenie, the REMIX CONTEST IS ON!! Deadline two weeks from yesteday, Feb 11. Grab it Here:
http://tinyurl.com/cornweenie
And send me your remix at ken@wfmu.org
SAY IT!
10:40am
Ken:
That would be Feb 10:
http://tinyurl.com/cornweenie
10:40am
fishmonkeystew:
And a shout out to you, too, Ken!
10:40am
Bad Ronald:
Really Really!!!
10:43am
MONTREAL:
hey ken. what's the source of these bubble photos?
10:43am
Bad Ronald:
Hey, is anyone else feeling something for Bubble Lady?
10:45am
GM:
barley open for business
10:45am
Lizardner Dave:
Anyone want to pour one out for Jackson Pollock on his birthday?
(See, that joke works 2 ways...)
10:45am
John from Oslo:
You aint nothin but a cupcake dog
Staring all the time.
You aint nothin but a cupcake dog
Hypnotizing all the time.
Well, you aint never caught a cupcake
And you aint no optomologist of mine.
When they said you was acid high,
Well, that was just a lie.
When they said you was quaalude high,
Well, that was just a lie.
You aint never caught a cupcake
And you aint no optomologist of mine.
10:46am
~L:
There is a place in NJ called PUPCAKE that is a bakery for dogs.
Please shout out to HIGH SCHOOLERS STUDYING FOR MIDTERMS!!!!
10:46am
Cupcake Dog:
"I see dead kitties"
10:47am
JJZ:
Ah, I quite like the puffy remix CD.
10:47am
contestor:
photoshop contest?
10:48am
Cecile:
awesome, john!
LIzardner Dave, take a look at Google today!
10:49am
Laurie:
Me too, JJZ. I also liked that Les Tres Bien Ensemble tune!
10:49am
Andrew:
Ah, the Let It Be 1-5-6-4 chord progression. Is there nothing it can't do?
10:49am
annie:
cecile, i just saw, too. really neat. later i'll raise a glass to him when i open that last bottle of wine.
10:50am
JCityJensen:
Pittsburgh is a rough town - http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?p=9075
10:55am
AL3X:
PORK weenie!? we've been wrong for so long...
10:55am
paul:
i have this right on my desk top in the upper right hand corner, at all times, for emergency purposes
10:55am
GP:
Ken,
You have got my daughters entire junior high hooked on this "Corn Weenie" song....thank you.
10:55am
AL3X:
Ohh.. haha spoke too soon
10:56am
annie:
pretty damn funny in context to all the bytes heard previously....
10:56am
Laurie:
I love how authoritarian this CORN WEENIE guy is. Say it. SAY IT! REALLY REALLY!
10:56am
Cupcake Dog:
corn weenie!
10:57am
annie:
is larry singing?
10:58am
GP:
Bad Ron..just wondering when I get my own bubble?
Personal bubbles for everyone..not just the banksters!
10:58am
Kelly:
Ken,
There's something wrong with you, but in a good way! Corn Weenies Rule!
10:59am
Wendy del Formaggio:
Really Really! Thanks for getting my day off to a good start, Ken.
Corn weenie.
Hey Dave in Vermont! I used to live in VT. I sure do miss it.
11:01am
Andy in Berlin:
Peppermint Lounge closed?! Cowards!
11:02am
Sean Daily:
Not even close to first comment! Woo hoo!
11:04am
paul:
free corn weeny for all of my friends
11:04am
Bad Ronald:
Yes, Bubbles for all!!!
11:08am
Bad Ronald:
...but I want mine filled with vodka!
11:10am
GP:
Heard this great Curtis Mayfiled song mashed/mixed up with the Jeffersons theme..it was pretty good.
Ken..the METAL CHART!!
11:11am
still b/p:
What the dog whispered:
"Waterboard me,
Knife and sword me,
Head-on stationwagon Ford me,
Garrote or electric cord me,
Sell me back to lords that whored me,
Launch a stinger missile toward me,
Make me re-fight bulls that gored me,
Make me relive dates that bored me,
Re-attach ticks that adored me,
Exile to a far fjord me,
But enough with the EFFING CUPCAKES!!!"
11:13am
GP:
Now I seen the greatest band name IN THE WORLD:
Baals Balls !
☺
11:14am
BSI:
vodka bubbles and cupcake dogs for everyone!
11:15am
Bad Ronald:
Now that's the spirit BSI!!!
11:16am
GP:
sorry needed a "have" seen there...don't want to be considered more of redneck than I already am!
11:21am
Cecile:
RACHID TAHA IS DAH MAN!
11:22am
O. Tannenbaum:
O cupcake dog, O cupcake dog, how tiny are your pupils.
11:25am
li'l boby:
Hi, everybody!
Hudson County Community College was closed, but now is opened.
A7 will be closed 2-nite. Ken you referred to a song way back inthe set, bfore the ritz and tonic closed, I think you called it artic music. Can you elaborate? Is it on the playlist? thanx!
11:26am
Negator:
I just got word Mrs. Wiggam's house is closed for business.
11:28am
annie:
that's it, i'm calling stella.
11:29am
Bad Ronald:
Can she bring some toys for the kids?
11:29am
Lizardner Dave:
Life is good when you get a double dose of Humppa from Ken.
11:30am
annie:
well the odg ate the rubber snakes.
11:30am
Cupcake Dog:
I can sure hump a leg to this tune!
11:30am
stingy d:
henry miller is where it's at. i don't understand a lot of them big woyds sometimes. but he right on.
11:30am
Parq:
This Elakelaiset track is the first genuinely happy thing that's happened to me in almost two hours.
11:30am
-max-:
Ken, do you think we can convince Todd to add the "Ken Friedman Memorial Corn Weenie" to Maxwell's menu for your birthday show?
11:30am
annie:
not sure if it was the odg or the dog...
11:31am
fishmonkeystew:
Thomas Pynchon!
He makes my brain hurt.
11:31am
paul:
would you mind being quiet in dere? a man can't even hear his own steel band chor
11:32am
Cecile:
it's me or the odg.
11:32am
Bad Ronald:
I'd like five thick slabs of blue cheese please.
11:32am
paul:
hey you cut it off before the "and i'll give you a great big kiss" part
11:33am
Ken:
So who is doing a Corn Weenie Remix? I want commitment!
11:33am
Cecile:
Cupcake Dog, don't you mean, hummpa a leg?
11:33am
rok:
i'm on it ken, i was gonna play with that anyway
11:33am
stingy d:
i'll do a corn weenie remix
11:34am
-max-:
That wasn't a typo, by the way. Just a small joke. Fried, like corn weenies. Get it?
11:35am
Lizardner Dave:
I don't have any of those fancy software thingys you need to do a remix. I'm such a failure.
11:35am
Bad Ronald:
I'll take a stab at it later. Any other parameters aside from the due date?
11:36am
BSI:
A Corn Weenie remix will be coming via Blue Sausage Infant, within the prescribed deadline.
It'll be a killa!
I have commited!
11:36am
Ghengis Jung:
I'm in on the remix.
11:38am
-max-:
Okay, I'll admit it now. It actually was a typo. Sorry Mr. Freedman.
11:38am
molerat:
That heavy metal chart is high-larious. That is all.
11:41am
jneil:
White Noise was a spinoff of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
11:42am
Ken:
jneil! Wow, I never knew that. So they were Brits? I love the umlaut section of the metal chart.
11:44am
gerardo:
and some people still say cds are not musical instruments, ha!