What Passes for Radio: Ken's show

Listener comments!

9:00am G:

Is it morning now?

9:01am fred:

Good morning Ken and G

9:01am Cheri Pi:

Strong opener Ken. Good morning.

9:01am Lizardner Dave:

Hello Ken.

9:01am Dave B:

W00T!

9:02am Dan B From Upstate:

Hello, Sweden.

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9:02am Ken:

Morning everybody!

9:02am The GB Kid:

Good morning Ken. Good morning everyone. NO MATH!!!

9:02am Bad Ronald:

Good Morning Ken, fred and G. Is that first gif "Confuse a Cat" for penguins?

9:02am hamburger:

hey gang! is it weird Prince Rama were quote in a BBC article about the Beyonce lip-sync thing?! www.bbc.co.uk...

9:02am Detroit Mac:

One of the high points of my week... Thanks Ken

9:02am Jeezy:

No.... not again!

9:03am G:

It's 15 degrees right now in NYC. For those on the east side of the big pond and elsewhere, that's like 8-9 below zero C. Hasn't been this cold in several years.

9:03am crateslinger:

this friends thing is awesome. I need to get fired from my job.

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9:03am Ken:

What was the quote hamburger? Got a link?

9:04am Cheri Pi:

It's gonna be a weird show. I'm ready.

9:04am Andrew Waterloo:

Good morning. -19C with a wind chill of -26C here.

9:04am Cheri Pi:

Brooklyn band Prince Rama commented: "I actually think Beyonce lip-syncing the national anthem is one of the best conceptual art pieces I've seen in a long time".

9:04am The GB Kid:

563 + 6 =

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9:05am Ken:

Someday soon my friends, we will all have square avatars.

9:05am glenn:

-20 celsius in toronto, -29 with wind chill.

9:05am hamburger:

it should be clickable? bbc.in... "Brooklyn band Prince Rama commented: "I actually think Beyonce lip-syncing the national anthem is one of the best conceptual art pieces I've seen in a long time". from their twitter.

9:06am G:

TAKE BACK YOUR GODDAM AIR, YOU CANADIANS!!!! :)

9:06am Roberto:

Do I have a profile pic too?

9:07am G:

My avatar is already square!

9:07am Mark S:

is there a need for square avatars?

9:08am Roberto:

Guess not. :(

9:08am hamburger:

Canadian Aye-r

9:08am Dave B:

LEAVE. BEYONCE. ALONE!!!

gifsoup.com...

9:09am G:

@Mark: You can't fit a rectangular pic in a square hole.

9:09am F凸F凸:

Good morning Ken and peoples of the comment section!!

I haven't created an account so I had to struggle with the math question, and, boy, now are more diffucult than ever!! Just have a look:

"Find the value of 'p' and of 'q' if 2x^4+px^3+qx-4 leaves a remainder of 36x+32 when it is divided by x^2-2x-3."

9:10am G:

Wow, I see they gave you an easy one, fofo.

9:10am Mark S:

well you can if you crop the pic

9:11am Roberto:

How do I get one of them avertars?

9:11am crateslinger:

odd sized avatars chaf my ocd, but squaring them is hard to do. I'd love it if Ken would do it. I'd be more comfortable if all avatars were the same size and shape.

9:11am anarchivist:

Good morning! Slowly defrosting in my office here.

9:11am Andrew Waterloo:

Cold air is good for you, therapeutic. Keeps the hands from straightening.

9:12am braveness23:

B23 here... at least for the moment.

9:12am Cheri Pi:

My car had chunks of ice in it this morning. IN IT. there is no rain or snowfall yet...

9:12am G:

@Masrk: Exactly! That must be the plan.

Roberto: Upload an image to your profile page. Set it as avatar. Change at will.

9:13am Cheri Pi:

Hey B23 :)

9:13am Jeezy:

My new Macbook has removed sidebars from EVERYTHING. It is not happy with this page. And I am utterly confused. Damn you trackpad!

9:13am Parq:

Phase One, In Which Doris Gets Her Oats.

9:13am People Like Us:

morning afternoon

9:13am pierre:

oh, it's already electric in here,
not sure i'll be able to follow !

But lots of friends for the WFriendshipsocietyMU

9:14am Cheri Pi:

PUSSY!!!!!!!!!

9:15am PKNY:

9:15am G:

RIOT!!!!!!!!!!

9:15am F凸F凸:

FREE PUSSY!

9:15am Andrew Waterloo:

A good name for the Canadian chapter of Pussy Riot would be Beaver Frenzy

9:15am glenn:

we give you maple syrup, we give you peameal bacon, we give you comedy, and now you complain because we send a little bit of cold air your way.

9:16am fred:

I just had to star that Pussy Riot

9:16am G:

Beaver Fever?

9:17am G:

@glenn: You got it :)

9:17am Honey Water:

Hi, Ken! Late arrival, just in time for the Riot. Listening but be back here later! Hi, all!

9:18am Bad Ronald:

@Parq: "I dig a pygmy".

9:18am Brian C.:

Whoa, cool avatar thingies

9:18am PKNY:

@fred - I starred it too, I was feeling the track!

9:19am Brian C.:

How do I get an avatar? I'm feeling like a Sneetch without a star his belly

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9:21am Ken:

Roberto =- Look for a register link on the WFMU homepage or on the other part of this playlist page at the top right.

9:21am crateslinger:

Brian, you set up an account and upload a pic. Just click on somebody and then register. I did it this morning and my life has changed!

9:21am G:

@Brian C: Create a profile, upload an image to it in the box that is available on your profile, click on "set as avatar" -- then it will display with your comments till you get sick of it and change to another image...

9:22am dc pat:

who's better, Pussy Riot or Pussy Galore?

9:22am glenn:

nashville pussy.

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9:23am Ken:

Id have to say Pussy Galore. Pussy Riot wasnt really much of a band.

9:23am The GB Kid:

PR < PG

9:23am crateslinger:

mullets galore

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9:23am Ken:

So yeah, all avatars not currently square wuill be squarified and then you'll be able to re-crop it if you want.

9:25am F凸F凸:

FP > PR and PG

9:25am Mark S:

Yes at one point Pussy galore featured Jon Spencer and Neil Hagerty

9:25am glenn:

one thing you don't want to hear your 80 year mother say- "i haven't had so much fun since pussy was a kitten".

9:25am dc pat:

yeah, I guess that wasn't a very interesting question. Riot is definitely more famous though. They must have a great manager....

9:26am Dan B From Upstate:

Galore. Easily.

9:26am crateslinger:

I did a science fair project in high school on the perfect square. It's actually a thing. I didn't realize the irony at the time, standing in front of that poster board with my pizza face.

9:26am BSI:

G'morning chums.
Classic Diamanda Galas mic technique from fire guy.

9:27am Flauri:

nice photo. thx ken ;)

9:27am pierre:

PUSSY PATROL !

(friends of the radio, you should also check that "PUSSY" band – girl punk band from Paris)

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9:28am Ken:

Please let me know what ideas or suggestions you all have for this here Friendship Barn. I know what i have in mind but I'm curious where you all wanna see it go or accomplish.

9:28am pierre:

I received that WFMU t shirt, It's solid !

9:29am fred:

@pierre: do they have something on the FMA?

9:29am Texaslpguy:

53 degrees here....High of 77 degrees!!!! I love Austin.....

9:29am robdaniels:

How about now?

9:29am crateslinger:

How bout you limit membership to those who've already signed up!

9:30am Brian C.:

TGIW

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9:30am Ken:

hahaha Crateslinger, you are not the first person to suggest that! That's funny.

9:30am robdaniels:

Aw hellz yeah!

9:30am Dan B From Upstate:

I guess that just shows how cool WFMU tshirts are.

9:31am crateslinger:

We can be like an exclusive secret society, with magic words and stuff.

9:32am glenn:

i'd like to see something like a "this is the song/album i really want, but can't find, and would somebody please send it to me via the interwebs" function.

9:32am People Like Us:

and everyone can have the same user name

9:32am bbell:

new look on the sidebar, just seeing if I can post, then going to teach a little yoga, must download the rest later.

9:32am Brian C.:

Thanks for the help, folks. Slight disappointment is that animated gifs don't work as avatars. Very slight, not complainin'!

9:32am pierre:

@ fred : freemusicarchive.org... it's the only thing i find close enough : (

9:32am Roberto:

Whoops, too much info...does my nickname work?

9:33am Roberto:

Yes! Life is good! Thanks Ken.

9:34am fred:

@pierre: maybe you could tell Charlotte to upload something then

9:34am bbell:

could someone tell me how to "register", or get one's FB icon up here next to our posts?

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9:34am Ken:

Yes Brian, that may come later. We're not publicizing this thing yet, by the way, while we get used to it... so far 500 accounts have been created.

9:34am Neg-guh-tor:

Ok. This Lonnie Holley song is insane. I like it. Secret box in the closet? What's his thing about bedrooms and closets?

9:35am Vivian:

Morning Ken and listeners!!!

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9:35am Ken:

Bbell, easiest registation link can be found at the top of the WFMU homepage.

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9:35am anne:

good morning everyone, SO MUCH TO LOOK AT

9:35am BSI:

@Ken: Maybe bring this functionality to the FMU app? That's probably obvious/been said already. I am not original. Or very nice. oh well...

9:35am dc pat:

yeah, Lonnie is definitely a nut.

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9:36am Ken:

Agreed neg, this CD is great and insane

9:36am Dave B:

IMHO - One thing that might be helpful/useful would be a way to export ones favorited tracks, perhaps an automated report that's emailed monthly, and then clears the list for the new month.

9:36am hamburger:

gramps accidentally chomp some shrooms?

9:36am Neg-guh-tor:

Say what? Make it smooth.

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9:37am Rich in Washington:

Morning, all.
This is insane, Ken.

9:37am common:

WOW...it can't get any stranger

9:37am pierre:

@ fred : very good suggestion, i'll have to ask Mariette and Marine as well (they could have some material for that)

9:37am Michael:

Loving Lonnie. Hiya Ken!

9:38am pierre:

ABNER JAY !

9:38am BSI:

Folk are turrbil!

9:38am G:

Yes, and avatars could be limited to only cats, images stolen from Mr. Google, or pictures of yourself that are either totally stylized or else more then 30 years old. Wait, isn't that already the rule??

9:39am dc pat:

yay, Abner Jay.

9:40am still b/p:

That burning at the mike there -- that's what should happen to all lip-synchers.

Temperature is -1 F here right now. Throw another song faker on the fire.

9:41am dc pat:

huh, just occurred to me that Abner's vocalizations remind me of Joe Strummer...

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9:41am Vivian:

Speaking of animated avatars, is there a shareware program someone could recommend to create such an avatar?

9:41am hamburger:

cocaine for brucnh ala hunter thompson: mentalfloss.com...

9:42am Mr. Antique Browser:

Gosh, can't seem to find a field to enter the durn captcha code to register!!

9:42am Lizardner Dave:

Is there a way for us Friendship Members to favorite your .gifs, Ken?

9:42am Andrew Waterloo:

You can use Gimp to make animated GIFs, there's tutorials that will show you how to do it quick and easy.

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9:42am Ken:

Dave, I was just thinking the same thing...

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9:43am Vivian:

Thanks Andrew!

9:44am hamburger:

An option to 'starring' DJ Mic breaks would also be neat

9:44am Flauri:

Or just to see all the gifs ever made at the same time? Screen should be quite big, maybe they could be projected on the moon?

9:44am Detroit Mac:

OK... so I have a relative avatar. How come it won't recognize my URL (www.mac-art.us)? Oh boy... I get to be a pain in the butt to Ken again...

9:46am Bad Ronald:

Hey Ken, does Andy know someone did a Hitler watches Rat Race for the first time video? www.youtube.com...

9:47am Andrew Waterloo:

The moon is a US Government hoax

9:48am pierre:

– suggestion #1 –

I know there a WFMU meet–up thing that is already on the web. But I was wondering if this friendship society could actually help organize that sort of event ?

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9:48am Ken:

Detroit Mac, upload the image from your computer - dont point to another URL.

9:48am BSI:

DOO RAG! HELLS YES.

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9:48am Ken:

Bad Ronald, WOW!!!!

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9:49am Rich in Washington:

Doo Rag was one of the most entertaining acts I've ever seen.

9:51am BSI:

I think Doo Rag ceased to exist about six minutes before I moved to Tucson. So much for timing.

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9:51am Rich in Washington:

I saw them open for the Cramps and when they were done, they simply set up on the sidewalk outside and played another set for the sold out crowd.

9:51am Dan B From Upstate:

I like the idea of favoriting mic breaks, too. Ken in the car on the cell phone calling into his own show will always get a star from me.

9:53am Cecile:

hola!

9:54am Cecile:

hamburger, no it's England. Their arts people actually follow art.

9:54am F凸F凸:

cecile!!!

9:54am FCC:

We're all about confusion.

9:55am G:

EG means Extra Good

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9:55am cklequ:

That Lonnie Holley album cover is pretty amazing too.

9:55am Cecile:

what's awesome, hamburger is that they refer to ex-Van Halen/Chickenfoot bassist Michael Anthony as "Los Angeles musician."

9:56am r i s k y:

W220EG!

9:56am F凸F凸:

Yes, the idea of starring mic breaks is great indeed!

9:56am glenn:

oooh, can we favourite ken's fund raising stunts? because the lawn chair/weather balloon thingy still makes me laugh.

9:57am Cecile:

I don't know what the big deal is. Whitney Houston lip-synched that killer version of the anthem over 20 years ago, and it took nothing away from the vocal performance.

9:57am Cecile:

hi, fofo!

and when you think of the grief you get when you mess up the anthem, I'm surprised more people don't do it.

9:58am Cecile:

it's 5 here, gonna get to -6 by the time I leave class tonight.

9:58am The GB Kid:

DJ Shadow has his "infamous" South Beach set on his soundcloud. It's a pretty solid set.. very future

9:59am glenn:

detroit mac may be a pain in ken's butt, but he makes some good art.

9:59am BSI:

agreed, cecile. Personally I don't see a difference between lip-synced anthems and pre-written speeches.

9:59am Brian C.:

Thank for posting that broadcast zone map image--handy for trips north

10:00am Cecile:

that's right, BSI!!!!

10:01am northguineahills:

Good to see Shadow still lay down the beats....

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10:01am Rich in Washington:

I just wish the Shadow set had the guy telling him to cut it short with shadow's comments to the crowd, etc.

10:02am Andrew Waterloo:

Authenticity has become the last refuge of the tasteless.

10:03am dc pat:

ah, I don't agree. If they're going to lip-sync than why not just put a cardboard cut-out up there instead?

10:03am Fuzzy:

G'Morning 'FMU folks! It's Wednesday already! I've been awake since Three Chord Monte yesterday! Nice to see y'all again!

10:03am d@vid:

is this my name is prince?

10:04am BSI:

Too much singing in the world anyway. Can't get into that whole practice of putting 65,000 extra soulful syllables in every word. It's like scratching something to infection.

I was just wondering how much of a SCANDAL it would be if a new president wanted an instrumental anthem at his/her inaug.? Just a good strong orchestral slam. Que horror!

10:04am Neg-guh-tor:

I tried to sing the National Anthem drunk at karaoke in my 20s during the Persian Gulf War. I was feeling less than patriotic (same as now) and thought it would be funny to massacre it. I get up there in this shitty little dump bar and request all rise for the National Anthem. Everyone did and saluted which indicated this was no joke and I'd drunkenly fucked up. Had to sing it as best as I could while my friends all stood there wondering what was wrong with me. Hammered!

10:04am BSI:

armadillos is awesome.

10:05am Fuzzy:

I love Ken's show -- I always manage to snag a few new animated gifs for tacking onto my emails!

10:05am Cecile:

Well, Bey is great to watch, even if she's miming.
Ripping out her earpiece was genius.

10:06am Cecile:

Instrumental would be great.
Let everyone else sing.

10:07am The GB Kid:

@ Ken. How do the favorite songs work? Can you make your own continuous playlists out of your favorited songs? Or do you have to click the individual tracks and listen one at a time?

10:07am dc pat:

@BSI: well that I agree with--I saw a new version of the music to the national anthem with all the scales that these obnoxious singers put in there, hilarious.

10:08am G:

@dc pat: Exactlly. If Bush 2005 had used a lipsync singer, people would be all over that shit, and rightly so. That's one thing that drives me nuts when my family talks politics. It's like they are fans of a sports team where their team can never do anything wrong, and the other team totally suck in every way. That kinda creeps me out, because it's clear that they are not being fair or truthful (even with themselves). Holy crap, my family are koolaid drinkers!

10:08am pierre:

I love that armadillo

10:09am paulWCBN:

YES!

10:09am hamburger:

ou *shoulder bounce*

10:09am d@vid:

Is this Faith No More?

10:09am Dave B:

That's one hell of a bunion.

Or is it a Po-Ta-Toe?

media.tumblr.com...

10:09am glenn:

there was a time not long ago when they played o canada at the beginning of films. in movie theatres.

10:09am G:

Ah, the O.G. lipsyncers

10:09am Cecile:

Aw, the Millis.
I think Rob has guts. He actually is a pretty decent singer.

10:09am dc pat:

..and Ken's playing Milli Vanilli. Touche...

10:09am villi manilli:

ah, the all lip sync show

10:10am bubba:

Wasn't this song banned?

10:10am common:

all the hits!

10:10am BSI:

HAH, dcp, I'd love to see the anthem transcribed like that. To google i click...

10:10am Bad Ronald:

Those lips remind me of Jamie McCartney's Great Wall of Vagina sculpture...

10:11am Bad Ronald:

Is this "Der Kommissar"?

10:12am dc pat:

@BSI: sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net...

10:12am fjfjfj:

is "der kommisar" no!?

10:12am still b/p:

Melisma is like cologne/perfume. Cutting back always a good idea.

10:12am dc pat:

I always liked Falco...hey! This isn't Amadeus! KEN!!

10:12am Snortley:

@G:
As Frank Zappa said, "Politics is the entertainment division of the military-industrial complex."

10:13am Andrew Waterloo:

@G how do we know Bush didn't. According the band they've been pre-recorded since the dawning of time. Yo Yo Ma mimed his performance last year. People weren't looking for a raw spontaneous performance.

10:13am rsj:

this is awesome

10:14am G:

@BR: Yeah, I thought so.

10:14am Honey Mae Westwater:

OK, back and squared off and, hopefully, w/o much further interruption.

10:14am G:

Nice save, AW. Very convincing! :)

10:15am northguineahills:

What dc pat said about Falco.... The day my friend and I put a thrift store find of a poster of Falco on his front door, he dies in a car crash. He stopped putting posters of musicians on his door after that.

10:15am BSI:

HAH, dcp: "time is not really an issue here," etc...

10:15am Honey Mae Westwater:

@Ken: Really enjoyed your set that started with Mouse on Mars!

10:16am Pine:

Ah, lazy Saturdays...

10:16am F凸F凸:

Ken,

Is it possible to see somewhere in the site the most starred tracks/shows from the friendship society?

Another suggestion: it would be great if we can click on any song that we like a lot and see who else has favourited it, and in which other shows has been played (I know there's something similar somewhere in the site). So, on one hand, we could click on these peoples' profiles to check what else they like which would be another nice way to discover music,, and/or, in the other hand, another way to know about other radio shows..

10:18am dc pat:

man, I love this Neneh Cherry and The Thing album!

10:18am CeeDubbles:

I have nothing to say other than "Hej där, SVERIGE!

10:19am dc pat:

@BSI: yeah, rare occasion where an FB meme nailed it.

10:19am crateslinger:

other radio stations?

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10:19am Ken:

Thanks Honey Mae, fofo -->that is on the list, and GB Kid - for now, you have to go to each song but the playlist is a cool idea.

10:20am northguineahills:

Again concuring w/ dc pat, and we get a touch of Merzbow on Ken's show!

10:20am dc pat:

aww...I like how the favorite star does a little sparkle when you click it..

10:20am lee:

there are no other radio stations.

10:20am F凸F凸:

Neg-guh-tor,

For a karaoke drunk night, try also Bohemian Rhapsody.

10:21am dc pat:

CeeDubbles: Swedish team do something??

10:21am crateslinger:

ah, shows... of course. a-doi a moi.

10:21am dc pat:

DANG.

10:22am crateslinger:

Also drunken karaoke - eminem - I'm sorry mama. He gets pretty fast.

10:22am thedunkel:

morning ken! morning all!

10:22am Honey Mae Westwater:

Going back to catch up: @anne: You do already know about the birdsong files at macaulaylibrary.org ? Great stuff!

10:23am crateslinger:

@ lee. perhaps, but who has the time?

10:23am anarchivist:

Awww... stepped out for a moment and I missed Falco?

10:25am paulWCBN:

i think it was on Club MTV when the cd skipped. and that was actually before they won the Grammy. they lost it because Frank Farian admitted that they didn't actually perform on the album.

10:25am Honey Mae Westwater:

yes, that armadillo is the sweetest!

10:25am G:

A group should call itself LipSync. Seems like it would be untaken. Kind of an Nysnc hommage/ripoff.

10:27am F凸F凸:

Lance Armstrong = Milli Vanilli

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10:27am anne:

@Honey Mae Westwater, yeah that's awesome! I love how there's reptile audio too. Who knew all those snakes, turtles and alligators make so much noise? The alligator sounds are especially cute for such a big beast.

10:27am G:

@armadillo: "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing" -- Archilochos

10:28am Mark S:

PiL on American Bandstand:

www.youtube.com...

10:28am Honey Mae Westwater:

I can't see if anyone mentioned it earlier, but as I mentioned on Sigal's list yesterday, it would be nice to have a star attached to a DJ's individual sets, too, so you can show appreciation for a group of tracks and how they were put together.

10:28am dcp@:

wooooooo....new nickname...

10:29am Benjamen Walker:

Turn up the heat Ken, my ears are cold. Walking and listening en route

10:31am Honey Mae Westwater:

@anne: sorry for the cumbersome handle -- HMW will more than do. :) I had to go for the Cooper's hawk, the pileated woodpecker and Carolina wren songs right off.

10:31am Bad Ronald:

That's a great clip Mark S!

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10:32am Ken:

Ah Paul from WCBN, thanks for the Milli Vanilli history. It brings back memories that are probably better left expunged, but still.

10:32am efd:

Wait a minute, when did urls become automagically truncated and hyperlinked?! The new features just keep on coming!

10:32am Rammstein:

What's with this station and this song, God!

10:33am F凸F凸:

Good luck in the Transmediale vicki!!!

10:33am Mark S:

yes it is Bad Ronald

10:33am Honey Mae Westwater:

Ah, it's so nice to be inside and relax with these sounds. Up and out to the laundromat, then workout and then hanging up sheets and towels on the line in 17-degree temps. Bracing!

10:33am Caryn:

Phew, finally getting in. Hello, all!

10:34am G:

Do the towels dry, or freeze into a cloth matzoh sheet, when it's that far below freezing?

10:34am dcp@:

<gulp> Uh...it's...Marilyn <wipe sweat, straighten tie..> Gosh...

10:35am Honey Mae Westwater:

Hey, Caryn!

10:35am Mark S:

as for suggestions, how about the ability to edit one's previous post?

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10:35am AnAnonymousParty:

Gotta love they-at ole blay-ack may-a-gic.

10:35am Honey Mae Westwater:

Really nice Burnley Whalesong sculpture avatar.

10:36am Honey Mae Westwater:

@Mark S: I thought about that one, too, but it seems it could cause more chaos than it's worth. But Kenzo would know.

10:37am Caryn:

Why, thankee, HMW!

10:37am G:

@Mark: mulligans on already-posted comments are the road to complete insanity.

1. think. 2. type. 3. live with it. you will live to type again!

10:38am dcp@:

yeah, stick with what you post. no edits.

10:38am MD:

Hello world of 'FMU!!!! Sunny as always...and warm...you are...XOXO

10:38am dcp@:

wait!...dang, wish I hadn't said that...

10:39am villi manilli:

thems some nice taters

10:39am Mark S:

for example my last post should have said "previous posts"

10:39am Honey Mae Westwater:

I love potatoes, too, but....

10:39am EzSezz:

Tubers!

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10:40am AnAnonymousParty:

They call her 'tater salad'?

10:40am Mark S:

to each their own I always say

10:40am G:

@Mark S: we can live with that :)

10:40am Andrew Waterloo:

For some reason I feel like travelling to Idaho

10:40am dcp@:

@EzSezz: Ezra Pound?

10:43am Dave B:

nice spuds.

10:44am Honey Mae Westwater:

At least he's gaining a very early life lesson.

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10:44am Webhamster Henry:

the Satanicpornocultshop loaf is right in rhythm with Joanna Newsome

10:45am Cecile:

play some Clay Pigeon Dirty Clown music now, Ken.

10:45am F凸F凸:

Another (I wish) suggestion:

Instead of having playlists or in addition to them, it would be awesome if users had channels (think Youtube). That way we, the insignificant mortal users, could play to be a real DJs (think kids playing with toy versions of real radio equipment), collect songs from the FMU musical archive, to create our own sets, adding mic breaks with our real voiced opinions, to share and clutter the social media realm!!!!111

10:46am Bad Ronald:

Channeling Lou Costello: "There's a tomato in the potato locker"

10:48am EzSezz:

@dcp: Yup.

10:48am Honey Mae Westwater:

Wow, just now realized that's our Lauri's frozen t-shirt! We got one just like that last Friday (though not frozen). Really think it's a smart design.

10:49am achim:

it wasnt Falcos Amadeus, the sond is called DER KOMMISSAR

10:49am Honey Mae Westwater:

@BR: Or could be Groucho's line, too. :)

10:49am will:

Not only music, but video art on the playlist as well! How do you do it all???

10:49am Caryn:

Dammit, Bad Ronald, now I just have dumb "Hurt Locker" puns running through my head!

10:51am Dave B:

My only other suggestion would be to reverse the playlist order, so that the currently playing track is at the top.

10:53am Honey Mae Westwater:

Are these two destined to meet?

10:54am Caryn:

What with the slight lipsync theme of today's show, I'm just worried Ashlee Simpson will make an unwelcome appearance on the playlist...

10:54am hamburger:

Dave B - that idea, could -LITERALLY- turn the playlist on it's head!

10:57am paulWCBN:

did t.a.t.u. ever lipsync? can we use that as an excuse to hear the timestretched "how soon is now"?

10:58am Caryn:

BTW, thanks for the Yasujiro Ozu gifs, Ken. I love Setsuko Hara!

11:00am G:

Batting for the cycle! 16 to 78!!!

11:03am anarchivist:

Yes...Tatu!!

11:03am Honey Mae Westwater:

Despite the potatoes, I believe I'll have myself some lentil soup for lunch. Yeah, should hit the spot.

11:04am Caryn:

It really is quite easy to goad Ken into playing something, isn't it?

11:05am Caryn:

@HMW: mmm, sounds good. Liver casserole here. Trying to combat the cold and my weak constitution with some warm iron.

11:06am Honey Mae Westwater:

@Caryn: Especially if you preface with "sure hope we won't hear X " ;)

11:08am Caryn:

Ken, the movie is available on DVD, you know.

11:08am Rammstein:

I hope we won't hear Rammstein today.

11:08am Dave B:

@Honey Mae - in that case I sure hope we won't hear any Rush!

11:09am northguineahills:

Ok, that settles it, poblano & potato enchiladas w/ tomatillo salsa.

11:09am Caryn:

@Ken: just as proof, go get it here: www.amazon.com...

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11:11am Ken:

Caryn, WHAT?!

11:11am Cecile:

Ken:
I found a reference to Finding tatu in a Bronson Pinchot interview (l love his renovation show). It's pretty funny.

www.avclub.com...

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11:12am Ken:

Good God. The Movie I've been waiting ten years for is OUT?

11:12am Honey Mae Westwater:

I'll certainly not mention Ponty's "New Country" again.

11:12am Honey Mae Westwater:

@ngh: Mmm-mmm good sounding.

11:13am Cecile:

Ken, it's the movie!

11:13am Mark S:

But it says the 1 disk version, I want the 2 disc version

11:13am jerry:

hey ken, whats the background music?

11:14am F凸F凸:

I actually read today in the newspaper that the red chick from t.A.t.u. (Lena) shows her full glory in an adult magazine.Yes, that made the news today.

11:14am Honey Mae Westwater:

We really need to thank Kenzo often and well for shortening the links we post. Kudos and kiitos Kenzo!

11:15am Caryn:

@Mark S: heh. Maybe the Region 4 release has 2 discs?

11:17am Mark S:

One can only hope Caryn

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11:17am Ken:

Jerry - Background music was Curd Duca's Sin World from his CD Easy Listening 5

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11:18am Ken:

Poor Lena. That makes me sad f0f0

11:20am F凸F凸:

Yes, it made me sad too. But then I checked the pics and somehow I wasn't sad anymore. JK

11:20am blee:

Bondage is an amazing band!
Passion

11:21am Caryn:

Man, the Bondage gif reminds me of that Clive Barker story with the Eastern European villages that become giant bodies and fight each other.

11:23am Mark S:

sounds more like "Scotland the Brave"

11:23am glenn:

i'm sorry, did you say bronson pinchot renovation show?

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11:24am Ken:

yeah blee, isnt Bondage great? theyre from Peru

11:26am F凸F凸:

More attention has to be put on Perú considering it is the place where the first punk band that has ever existed came from.

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11:27am Ken:

I nominate this song for "most ahead of its time"

11:27am listener mark:

Good morning Ken

11:27am Famous Last Words:

"Isn't bondage great?"

11:27am northguineahills:

I have this Cromagnon remixed w/ Screaming MacGregor by dj Speedranch and Jansky Noise.

11:28am Caryn:

@glenn: I noticed that too. And since Cecile's link didn't work, I'm doubly curious.

11:28am Honey Mae Westwater:

Has any FMU listener from Australia or South America sent in a sunburned t-shirt photo?

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11:28am Rich in Washington:

The Mayans invented Punk Rock. They were ripping people's hearts out on stage, for Quetzelcotl's sake!
Take that, GG Allin!

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11:29am Ken:

NorthGuineau, I'd love to hear that remix. I adore that song.

11:30am listener mark:

The 91.9 FM signal is sweet. I can switch between 90.1 and 91.9 in the Beacon, NY and Newburgh, NY area and listen to the freeform radio station of the nation.

11:31am Caryn:

@Rich: surely, that's more shock rock than punk?

11:32am Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

I will be the implementer of the square, to satisfy Ken's obsessive desire for SAMENESS.

11:33am northguineahills:

If I can remember, I'll try to rip later this evening and email it to you.

11:33am MD:

Nothin' like the Cromags...to get the blood flowin'....yu know who I mean!!!!
But the other guys would get my blood flowin' also!!!!

11:34am samaraan:

Los Pirañas!
from Bogotá - Colombia

11:35am too much coffee:

na 3ndlich!

11:36am Honey Mae Westwater:

Even squaring up the C64, aw.

11:36am eirikur:

Ohhh Rammstein!

11:37am Barrie:

who let Rammstein back into the studio?? Jesus!

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11:37am Ken:

Thanks samaraan!

11:38am F凸F凸:

thanks for all your efforts KENZO!

11:39am Honey Mae Westwater:

@F凸F凸: How come you aren't playing avatar with us?

11:39am Cecile:

I dont' know why it doesn't work, either. just google "bronson pinchot The Onion interview" and you'll find it.

11:40am Caryn:

Heh, the "put on pants" cat now seems to say "Main Herz brennt".

11:40am northguineahills:

This was a nice enlivening set, got to skidaddle, thanks Ken!

11:40am tim from champaign:

I hear some chooglin'!

11:41am pierre:

CROMAGNON !!!!!

(merde i've missed it)

11:42am Mark S:

Kenzo will even have to square up his own avatar

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11:42am Rich in Washington:

I like to call Rammstein Lainsterzende Neubachen

11:43am Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

I know, I'm sad about the C64 screen! Mark my words, the rectangle WILL HAVE ITS DAY.

11:46am F凸F凸:

HMW,

I can't. Security reasons.

*cue a mysterious song*

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11:47am Ken:

yeah yeah yeah, maybe you can set up a new social network just for rectangles.

11:47am dan:

Dear Ken, is this supposed to sound like garbage?

11:48am Honey Mae Westwater:

F凸F凸: [Dark Shadows theme]

11:49am dan:

WTF?

11:49am Dave B:

Fractal Pizza Gif FTW!

11:49am F凸F凸:

I think the rectangle looks great and confirms WFMU authoritative edge in the digital age. And I made that to rhyme to give it a more authoritative edge for this digital age.

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11:50am Ken:

Dan, what was up, maybe that song is out of phase? what did it sound like... sounded fine to me.

11:50am ken in denver:

As always, thanks for the GIFs!

11:50am Honey Mae Westwater:

Personally I like circles in squares.

11:50am Mark S:

don't forget trapeziods

11:51am Rhombus:

"I get no respect"

11:52am ken in denver:

As always, thanks for the GIFs!

11:52am Mike East:

can I have a trapezoid avatar?

11:52am glenn:

pussy riot don't give a shit....www.cbc.ca...

11:53am F凸F凸:

HMW,

Can we change that to [Teletubbies theme song, but played backwards]?

11:53am Honey Mae Westwater:

Oh, I got it! F凸F凸 is actually Gerard Depardieu! :)

11:55am G:

@Kenzo 11:32: You've probably seen this, but just in case you haven't...

theoatmeal.com...

11:55am dcp@:

I think Dan's just complaining about the choice. Not out of phase.

11:55am F凸F凸:

Он lд lд !!

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11:55am Ken:

I dont hate all rectangular avatars, just the horizontally positioned ones. Vertical rectangles aren't evil, they're just acting out. Unfortunately, they all have to go.

11:55am Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

While our servers are busy melting, I've just given the comments section a speed boost.

11:56am Honey Mae Westwater:

@keninDenver: Oooh, mmm (Mae West voice), that Mitchum is one helluva man hard man that's good to find.

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11:57am Rich in Washington:

THanks for show, Ken!
@Kenzo: ah, that explains why my app conked out.

11:57am The GB Kid:

Good show today Ken. Later everyone!

11:58am Honey Mae Westwater:

@G: I'll send that link to Philo who will appreciate it greatly.

11:58am F凸F凸:

Kenzo.

Can you prolong Ken show to last 6 hours ? I mean, there's an app already for delaying time, right?

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11:58am cklequ:

*acts out*

11:58am Honey Mae Westwater:

And speaking of greatly appreciating: Thanks Ken for sight and sounds!

Have a Honey of a happy hump day all!

11:59am Mark S:

So Ken likes portrait but not landscape

11:59am glenn:

ah, the oatmeal. where are the bobcats?

12:00pm Bryant:

Thanks for playing Sonny Sharrock!

12:00pm BSI:

Some of us are born square (myself included), others have square thrust upon them.

12:02pm F凸F凸:

thanks Ken! w█▌nderful sh█▌w with wonderful squ▧ res!

12:02pm Landscape:

hatas gonna hate :)

12:02pm dan:

What the flip?

12:04pm dan:

stop this!

12:04pm Landscape:

Stands to reason on the day Ken calls Duane "the great" he is late for the first time in months :)

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12:05pm Ken:

Oh, NOW i understand Dan! You hate the hippie noise!

12:06pm BSI:

Don't you dare get rid of the hippie noise, or I'm going with a triangular avatar.

12:07pm Ike:

Hearing that Milli Vanilli song for the first time in about 23 years was hilarious. I was thinking, "These are the worst song-skit dialogue actors ever. Hey, wait, why is this familiar? Oh no! I remember this!"

12:07pm dan:

Indeed.

12:08pm Flauri:

good song. though my sister says this is really disturbing :)

12:08pm dan:

Either my player is borked, I'm going insane, or you're playing with a filter

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12:08pm Ken:

This Jaap Blonk's for you, Dan.

12:08pm robyn:

just stopped by to post my avatar.

12:08pm Caryn:

@Landscape: maybe Duane handles his timing the same way Ken handles playlist music comments. Always gotta be contradictory.

12:09pm Landscape:

Awful lotta woofing and mooing on this track

12:09pm robyn:

no, really, should i change this or wait for an update.

12:09pm dan:

I don't think I'm going insane...

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12:09pm Vivian:

I think Phish covered this song..

12:10pm F凸F凸:

oi!

Is Duane late ? Are we having more Ken? :')

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12:10pm Vivian:

Or at least the vocals..

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12:10pm Ken:

Dan, maybe YOU are out of phase. Get thee to an oscilloscope my friend.

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12:11pm Ken:

Dont forget, since my background is black, you can have a black square with a rhombus or a trapezoid or ok duane is here now

12:11pm dcp@:

HIPPIE NOISE!! YES!! just what I always wanted.

12:11pm ROOFLESS:

This is enjoyably painful

12:12pm Landscape:

Weird, the system keeps eating BSI's latest comment and then puking it back up again :)

12:12pm Cheri Pi:

What in hell's bells Duane!

12:12pm dan:

Ah...

12:13pm Dan B From Upstate:

That counts as Duane's "once in a while" for the year.

12:15pm dan:

Who here can stop ken?

12:16pm dan:

Is this what passes for radio?

12:18pm dan:

plz stop

12:21pm dan:

Dear ken, you should be ashamed!

12:24pm dan:

Ken, go to the shops... Go buy yourself some self respect!

10:59am NATO:

Pussy-Riot for NATO-Interests, CIA and free market ideology !