The Garden of Phil's Baby: Ken's show

Listener comments!

9:00am other david:

Congrats on the award Ken!

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9:01am Cheri Pi:

Well Hello to you too Ken!!!

9:01am Dan B From Upstate:

Is that the loading screen from Fallout 3? Good morning, by the way!

9:02am Aaron in Minneapolis:

Hey there Ken, first of all, I listened to that rerun of SSD last week, and all I can say is OUCH. But that Salamander line was pure gold!

9:02am Cheri Pi:

OD that gif is hilarious.

9:02am f.O.F.u (:

Здравствуйте Ken! I changed my nickname as a tribute to the beloved teenage lesbian russian combo.

Hello Commenters! It's time again for some good rock and roll.

9:03am Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi, Ken. Glad to have you back. I hope you're feeling well.

<voice of Rosanne Rosannadanna>

There were so many schedule changes and fill-ins, I thought I was gonna die!

</voice>

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9:03am Ken:

Morning everybody! Boyohboy is it good to be back!

9:04am Jay /London:

hi all happy midsummers day

9:04am Aaron in Minneapolis:

But more importantly, when is my T shirt coming?

9:05am Sam:

Hi Ken. You missed some fun!

9:05am Jay /London:

i am with you there aaron we just wait i hope not in vain

9:06am Snidely:

It's Brian Wilson's birthday. That's him rockin' the pink sweatshirt & board, eh?

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9:06am Ken:

How did Amadeo do last week?

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9:07am Amadeo:

Amadeo did great. Best show EVER.

9:09am Aaron in Minneapolis:

Amadeo for Station Manager! Wait no then he'll have to deal with Andy, a fate worse than death

9:09am other david:

I'm waiting for the letter from customs informing me that they stopped my wfmu parcel of joy and are demanding money

9:10am Cheri Pi:

We were all like "Rock me Amadeo"

9:11am still b/p:

Amadeo was A-OK-o. Even had to deal with some bizness from an Eeyore-channeling heckler.

9:11am amEdeo:

Thanks a lot everybody!

9:11am Sam:

Yes, Amadeo rocked, it was like he's been doing that forever.

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9:12am Amadeo:

Amedeo is misspelling my name.

9:12am JJJ:

I'm changing my name to hobosnacks

9:13am hobosnacks:

Cleaning music please :)

9:15am Hallo Sweden!:

Is today midsommer? Aquavit for all!

9:16am Sam:

Crochety is a good word

9:17am Sam:

It's not midsummer, it's the first day of summer.

9:17am Assange:

Eat it, Sweden! Hallo, Ecuador!

9:18am Ken From Hyde Park:

Ernie Kovacs was really ahead of his time. What a great guy.

9:18am Nathan:

Tomorrow is the first day of summer. Swedish Midsommer is usually celebrated on the nearest Friday so that they can get properly blotto'd.

9:19am Wikistickyhot:

"Midsummer day simply refers to the period of time centered upon the summer solstice.."

9:19am BSI:

I try to avoid artificial Swedeners, myself.
speaking of which, who has carrot cake?

9:20am Dan B From Upstate:

I wonder of what I will dream on this midsummer's eve.

9:22am carl sagan:

The real Midsummer is at 7:09pm EDT, just under 10 hours from now

9:22am Richard Simmons:

I'm Sweden to the Oldies!

9:24am pgw in mntclr:

damn. i missed Ernie/Percy.

9:25am Mark in DC:

I accidentally Saint Etienne.

9:26am other david:

Mark, good lord - wash your hands!

9:28am CrassMan:

I smell a scratch-n-sniff joke coming...

9:29am Nathan:

Has anyone seen my crayons? I want to get stuck in.

9:29am Dan B From Upstate:

I look at the potterhouse picture, and all I see is a shirtless Jeremy Clarkson.

9:31am Michele:

I've never heard this before. Wow. Makes me feel even weirder than usual.

9:31am Webhamster Henry:

This Sex poem needs to be done at Hoof-n-Mouth.

9:31am pgw in mntclr:

leopards are no longer my favorite animal

9:32am still b/p:

I was picturing Harpo Marx on the musical accompaniment.

9:32am Van in DC:

Ha! Potterhouse. Is that Jim? :)

9:35am Neg-guh-tor:

I feel so vulnerable and shy, right now. Please, dear Lord, do me!

9:36am Lizardner Dave:

Does "Unknown" like bunny rabbits, satan, cheese and milk?

9:36am Neg-guh-tor:

Stupid phone. Sorry about the stutter. Do me, Jesus.

9:37am jan:

Michelles P-S Poem and Phil's Baby- another work stopping set on Ken's show.

9:37am Neg-guh-tor:

Rosko knows a thing or two about love, Ken.

9:37am Andrew:

Jesus Ken, what the hell are you doing!?

9:38am Sam:

I'm so glad my name's not Phil or this would haunt my nightmares forever

9:40am hobosnacks:

Hey my friend found this tape entitled "Phils rap" very funny :)
http://www.last.fm/music/Radio+K/_/Phil%27s+Rap

9:42am Cheri Pi:

my little bro's childhood nickname was Dove-tonsills. I never knew that this was a real person until today! Now I torture my brother.

9:43am Michael:

For the moment, th unpleasant bit of me that would surely sneer, even if only for a moment, at Phil's Baby, was turned off, and all I could do was hope that everything turned out well for them.

Young love is obviously often naïve and ill-advised, but the young lady sounds sweet and sincere, and again, all I could want for a moment was that she has been happy in the decades since.

9:45am Michael:

אהיה אוהב את ההצגה.

(selon Google Translate, and that looks right to my out-of-practice eyes).

9:46am Mark in DC:

Wow, Cheri... It sounds like yr parents (or someone) were Kovacs fans. The hip parents were. My folks cited him as a special sort of genius (agreed).

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9:46am Ken:

But how do I pronounce that, Michael?

9:47am amEdeo:

Oh! I saw Laurie Anderson do this once with a pillow speaker.

9:48am Sam:

Just put any random hebrew on them. Nobody can read it anyway, they'll take your word for it.

9:49am ricardo montalban:

Kovacs' classic late 50's/early60's shows were being rerun by PBS in the late 70's. I used to watch them with my dad, who was a fan back in the day. You can certainly see the influence on Letterman, especially those 80's NBC shows.

9:49am Sam:

As long as you put "Love the show" and not one of Andy's favorite anti-semitic catchphrases

9:49am Cheri Pi:

I now suspect that my dad (originally from the Bronx) probably hear that stuff at camp in the Catskills & had a very clear idea of what he was doing to little brother-thankfully we were spared the original material UNTIL NOW!

9:50am Sam:

But it would be cool to have a yarmulke that says "Go to hell"

9:51am Vaccinium spp.:

Why, it's blueberry season already, New Jersey. Hello!

9:52am Michael:

Percy Dovetonsils, in turn, according to my late mother, was based on someone's great idea to beam Tennessee Williams into Eisenhower-era suburban homes equipped with televisions. I think this qualifies as analogue-era trolling, as lulz are the only reason I of which I can think for doing that.

(Working on finding a translation with vowel points.)

9:53am Webhamster Henry:

Talking guitar :paging Aldo Ray !

9:53am sinister dexter:

good stuff Ken ^_^ ... thanks ... hey listeners greetings all from grand rapids michigan ^_^

10:01am yayson:

pretty positive mix today ken!

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10:04am Ken:

Wow! Nobody's ever accused me of being postive before. Thanks Yayson!

10:04am fred von helsing:

@WH Aldo Ray! OK! I always remembered it as "Albino Ray"

10:04am hobosnacks:

Booty Bank! Booty Bank!

10:04am GG:

Shouldn't that be "poo-bahs?"

10:14am Michael:

On YouTube there is a well (if slavishly) played cover of Haitian divorce played by The Steely Damned: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0kNg-pLwI4
...in which you get rather a closer view of the talk-box being operated than might be pleasant.

10:15am Michael:

I was expecting a few slashes and comma-zeroes in Dr Booty-Grabber's full name....

10:17am Neg-guh-tor:

Dave Tompkins is a good friend of mine! He was writing this book in '94 when I met him.

10:17am Amazon:

The Big Coloring Book of Vaginas

Look Inside direct link
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10:19am Cheri Pi:

I'm going to pledge!

10:20am Jay /London:

going to give money on Friday Go film !!!

10:21am Cheri Pi:

I wonder if Cecile (currently m.i.a.) will team up with me for the subliminal message?

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10:27am Ken:

Yeah, where the hell is Cecile?!

10:27am dc ---:

wha-? Is Cecile on vacation? She's not allowed to do that..

10:28am other david:

Will be pledging next week, not sure if I can afford the subliminal message level.. but perhaps, subliminal message would probably this:

"comma-zero, comma-zero, comma-zero, ampersand, qualify."

10:29am Lady Liberty:

I hope political BUSH subliminables CHENEY are TREASON okay FNORD

10:30am Cheri Pi:

Send the WFMU listener services rescue dog to Cecile's rescue!

10:31am Caryn:

Hello all! Back from Iceland and getting ready for Midsummer Eve (Friday) and Day (Saturday).

10:32am other david:

Cheri Pi - I think the dog is on vacation, it's now the Rescue Cow on duty!

Welcome back Caryn, hope you had a great time in Iceland :)

10:33am Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi, Caryn. How's the economy in Iceland? During the financial crash a couple years ago, people were blowing up their Range Rovers when they couldn't make payments anymore.

10:33am Caryn:

@od: thanks, it was great, but I did miss my WFMU fix.

10:34am Webhamster Henry:

Ahh, the 365 days project makes an appearance!

10:35am Lunch:

At the top, he found Malai Kofta Kashmiri.

10:35am other david:

Iceland is recovering pretty well afaik, better than here in Ireland anyway.

They took a better option than our self-flagellation approach.

I'd love to visit Iceland sometime, probably winter for the chance to see Aurora Borealis.

10:36am Caryn:

@Ken from HP: actually, since they actually held their banks and decision-makers accountable, things are going pretty well. Prices are way lower than they were before the crash, and certainly the economy is still an issue, but I think things have developed pretty nicely.

10:36am Lunch:

"I smell the blood of a commonwealth man."

10:37am Ken From Hyde Park:

Accountability? Gosh, what a concept.

10:38am BSI:

oh dang. I'm a-hafta do that kickstarter thing. This is bigger than heck. Great trailer.

10:39am f.O.F.u (:

Caryn,
And what about Bjork's economy? Did she filed for bankruptcy?

10:42am G:

Sorry, just getting online. Did I miss the Jean Shepherd-style monologue?

10:43am Caryn:

Have no clue about Björk's financial details, but even if she filed for bankruptcy, she probably did it in a combination of interpretive dance and lyrics in an imaginary language, while wearing recycled crash test dummy parts. Gotta say, seeing some of the Icelandic street wear, I suspect many Icelanders consider her outfits akin to jeans and a t-shirt...

10:46am G:

Caution! He's CANADIAN!!!!!!!

10:47am BDR:

Holyfuck, this new Crazy Horse suxxxxxxxxxxx What did we do to you, Ken?

10:47am Caryn:

Oh lord, listened to this album over breakfast in Iceland, while discussing the benefits of Crazy Horse being kinda a crappy band...

10:48am tim from champaign:

You guys are Canadian! This record's good, jack!

10:49am Woody Guthrie:

Fer Chrissakes, can't ya put some life in it, boys?

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10:49am Ken:

Cmon, you gotta love Neil! He does GIVE A FUCK what you think! And that is the coolest thing EVER.

10:50am Neg-guh-tor:

I really like this new CH record. I think it's a fresh take on the folk songs. Perfect, really. 'God Save the Queen' is loaded with subtext.

10:50am Pearl Jam:

Neil's backup band SUX!

10:51am James Brown:

Livin' in America!!! GOOD GAWD YALL!!!! UNH!!

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10:51am Ken:

Crazy Horse is a whole helluva lot better sounding than Crosby Still and Nash. Sheesh.

10:52am Carmichael:

Hi Kenneth and everyone. I like Neil.

10:52am BZ:

NEIL! NEIL! NEIL! Throw your damn hands up!

10:53am Vaccinium spp.:

Wait. Is this song Americana or FunK?

10:53am BSI:

That shiba inu is entirely too cheerful.

10:53am Mark:

if you think the New Neil Young sucks, you should hear the new Patti Smith

10:54am Caryn:

Have to say, the more doowop-py parts of the album are good for inspiring fits of giggles, and thus I consider the album to have its health benefits.
The album as a whole just sounds like they got drunk and just jammed almost karaoke-like in the studio. Which makes it a bit endearing.
And Crazy Horse is supposed to suck. I remember Neil saying what a good thing it is that CH are kinda crappy. No Cream-like "virtuosos trying to outdo each other with endless solos" stuff (although I love Cream, myself), just a bunch of basic musicians knocking something out. They could put a bit more energy into it sometimes, though...

10:58am f.O.F.u (:

Neil Young + the crazy guys @ Metallica = total awesomeness. Neiltallica is what we need.

10:58am Neg-guh-tor:

CH is Neil's band when he wants to have fun. He just likes playing with those guys. They have made amazing records together and this new one is among their best, in my opinion!

10:59am dc ---:

This cover blows but must piss off Republicans...

10:59am Carmichael:

Ken, you like Lulu. What the hell do you know about music?!?

10:59am Mark:

Neil and Crazy Horse's version of "Get a Job" is interesting

11:00am Deepak:

there was no cursing on that indian song

11:01am Hindi:

Fuck you all!!!!!!!!!!!

11:01am Vaccinium spp.:

Ding!

11:01am Caryn:

We laughed our asses off at the "Get a Job" version. Fantastic work-out for the stomach muscles, and a prime example of the "drunken jamming" theory.

11:02am Ken From Hyde Park:

Is there a version of This Land Is Your Land made for Iceland?

From the Vatnajökull to the Haukadalur ...

11:03am Webhamster Henry:

BO-SAN-KEE

11:06am Caryn:

After this, the Kermit the Frog version of Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime"...

11:06am Woody Guthrie:

Nary a fascist fallin' to them licks.

11:07am Dan B From Upstate:

I'm wrapping my headphone cable around my neck.

11:07am Mark:

having heard an interview with Neil about Americana, I would say he takes it seriously.
The new Patti Smith, so pretentious it will make your teeth hurt.

11:08am G:

Music Scan Mode aka Program Director Mode

11:09am dc ---:

It might be helpful for the song samples to be twice as long--seems like it's just getting going when it moves on. Any way to configure?

11:10am robyn:

the new patti smith didn't sound that terrible to me. lovin' today's gifs today ken.

11:11am G:

Yep, that new BB album is worth maybe two minutes of anyone's time

11:11am Mark:

10 seconds at a time it sounds fine

11:11am blip:

They've gotten pretty edgy.

11:11am Dan B From Upstate:

And I'm jumping... Oh... the headphone jack popped out of the computer. Well... so much for that.

11:12am dc ---:

I've changed my mind, 10 seconds is WAY enough...

11:12am other david:

too much 1980's cheap casio keyboard

11:13am Caryn:

Not aware of an Icelandic version, Ken, but there are Welsh, Irish, British, several Caribbean, Indian, New Zealander, Canadian and "global" Esperanto versions. Can't remember if the Swedish and Finnish versions have local place names substituting the original ones...

11:15am Carmichael:

The Chinese version would be "this land is our land, so stay the fuck off of it."

11:15am Caryn:

Oh, and the East German version.

11:16am Caryn:

Okay, the Swedish version has local place names in it.

11:17am Ken From Hyde Park:

I'm pretty sure that hand-pile GIF is being played backwards. We played that as kids and we pulled our hands out of the bottom of the pile.

11:19am still b/p:

Hand-piling in reverse summons Satan.

11:22am Caryn:

Two Finnish versions, one with changed place names, one with the originals.

11:24am hamburger:

is there a must see /do in Finland if you are just visiting for a day?

11:24am G:

Heap hope, don't stope?

11:31am Caryn:

@hamburger: hmm, depends where you are. I suppose in Helsinki, I'd stick to the old city center. All the squares have stuff going on, and the small shops, galleries etc. are great. In general, a dip in the sea or a lake and a visit to the sauna seem de rigeur (or in Helsinki, a visit to the nude baths). I might try to time a visit for Restaurant Day or one of the big festivals to see some more lively street life.

11:31am G:

Irmão = Brother (Portuguese)

Ir, Mão = Go, Hand (see GIF)

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11:34am Ken:

Of course, I knew that, G. That was why I chose that gif. hahaha not

11:38am Mark in DC:

japanese go go gif rules. heh heh

11:38am G:

Coincidence/happenstance can be amusing. That's what some of the famed respondents to the high school kid said on the Paris Review webpage linked to in yesterday's FMU tweetstream...

11:39am pgw in mntclr:

my favorite slide-tastic cover is the Volebeats' "Maggot Brain"

11:39am vanya temporarily in iowa:

Isn`t it like not the first time you have Joe Goldmark on your program, Ken? Great player! Hi everyone!

11:41am Webhamster Henry:

luaP deirub I

11:43am hamburger:

Coo thanks Caryn! I will be visiting with my relatives so will pass on the saunas :o)

11:45am Caryn:

Whenabouts will you be visiting, hamburger? Might help me give better hints.

11:46am G:

Dwayne arrival: I call 12:06. he can't be on time two weeks in a row, cmon!

11:46am hamburger:

Helsinki - just a day, staying over night, and then back on a Ferry to Sweden for more shenanigans

11:47am G:

He's been picking up bad habits from Irwin

11:47am Dave B:

Late to the party. Looks like it'll be archives for me.

11:48am Caryn:

But when? Late June, Mid-July, October?

11:49am channeling Andy:

Go to Helsinki!!!!

11:49am hamburger:

Oh! Early July

11:50am other david:

this is what happens when you stand too close to ken...

11:50am Mike East:

late commenting cuz I was in the car, but I agree that the "Phil's Baby" track is one of the best pieces of found audio I've ever heard.

11:52am Dave B:

@other David - "this is what happens when you find a stranger in the alps"

11:53am dc ---:

huh. Stupid bees.

11:53am G:

Hypothesis: Ken put this on so he can call Duane on the PATH and get an ETA

11:54am other david:

hah!

11:54am Webhamster Henry:

Ergo/PLU: A good time to promote the Boredcast archives!

11:54am Listener Okasa:

We could all be listening to "Booty Bank" instead of this. Just saying.

11:55am Carmichael:

Great show, Ken. But next time get some smarter bees.

11:55am other david:

G, I suspect you're on to something!

11:56am Dave B:

some do-bees

11:57am Dan B From Upstate:

This is making me miss Do or DIY. :-(

11:57am BSI:

If Olive doesn't appear in the documentary, there's still time for a last-minute edit. YES THERE IS.

11:59am G:

Curses, foiled again!!!

[audeince applauds wildly as Duane steps up]

12:00pm Caryn:

Darn, you miss most of the big festivals, but there are some small festivals, great flea markets etc. on the weekends.

12:01pm Caryn:

Oh, and Wed-Fri every week there's the "culture tram".

12:07pm hamburger:

Nice - thanks :)

12:10pm Caryn:

A lot of the event sites are in Finnish only, but you might find some English-language info on stuff on the city's official events list: http://www.visithelsinki.fi/en/

12:13pm f.O.F.u (:

m.a. numminem for president, Caryn!

12:16pm Caryn:

Don't think he wants the job, but things would certainly be entertaining if he was, f.O.F.u (:

2:39pm Van in DC:

By the way Ken, I forgot to say congratulations on the award you won.

9:26pm cubicle carl:

I think I just made a baby with the girl from Phil's Baby

1:12am terry:

"Detroit Grand Pubahs": Wow, Tyler Perry has dropped a ton of weight.