Got Mashed Potatoes: Ken's show

Listener comments!

9:03am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

In desperation: Asked Giraffe for bad JifJokes. Giraffe's gif jokes? Gaffes.

9:04am Sem Chumbo:

I want to know why I wasn't born a "Dinger." Good morning, Ken and Rev Rab.

9:04am duke:

Hello UFO people

9:06am DCE:

gooooood morning, Ken

9:06am UFO People:

Hello

9:06am SeanG:

Hello Everyone

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9:07am Ken:

Mornin everybody!

9:07am Rob (from Mt Hope):

Morning all

9:07am glenn:

shouldn't you be listening to all your rita mcneil records instead of ken's show, sem?

9:07am fred von helsing:

mornin', fearless leader

9:08am Chris from LI:

I can never get enough of Omar Souleyman! Who's the woman with the weird voice he's singing with? :)

9:08am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Hynek?

9:08am ƒoƒ☄ (:

hola ken and listeners and gif watchers!

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9:08am Ken:

Today I want requests of things you actually DO want to hear.

9:09am crateslinger:

FOGHAT!

9:09am Dan B From Upstate:

Morning, Ken. The Ask Roulette in the upcoming specials sounds interesting.

9:09am Neg-guh-tor:

Been listening to a lot of Souleyman over the past couple of years. Bjork is really getting in his way on this track. He rules.

9:09am Sem Chumbo:

@Glenn: yes.

9:10am glenn:

t bone!

9:10am thedunkel:

very convenient - www.youtube.com... - lets hear some flipper!

9:10am fred von helsing:

stoner bliss but with variable RPMs

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9:10am Ken:

Tbone?! hahaha

9:10am ƒoƒ☄ (:

Anything from Mariah Carey.

9:11am fred von helsing:

germs - media blitz

9:11am Neg-guh-tor:

Request: MX-80 Sound-Sorry Frankie

9:11am still b/p:

Come Mistah Souleyman, rally with a pixie...

9:11am Neg-guh-tor:

Corn weenie!

9:12am Emile:

Wevie Stonder, of course. Of, if you don't have any handy, some Wevie de Crepon.

9:13am sweet cheri:

g'morning ken, if it's possible could you play some annette..please

9:13am Jennique:

I want to hear "You Lust" by Flaming Lips. I can't get the lyrics out of my head. It just repeats "lust to succeed, lust to succeed..."

9:14am Mark S:

well I was going to ask for something from "Shaking the Haibitual"

9:14am w41:

The Olivia Tremor Control - Spring Succeeds

9:15am hm:

Some Dresden Dolls or Amanda Palmer & The Grand Funk Orchestra, as a tribute to Boston

9:15am dc pat:

guten morgen..

9:15am hm:

That would be Grand Theft Orchestra, of course.

9:16am KevinfromBayRidge:

G'Morning all. Can proceed with life now that I've been Bjorked. Nice new avatar there, RRN63!

9:16am Michael:

Something by TFUL 282 - I work with one of the band. Or Bird Brain by Allen Ginsberg

9:16am SeanG:

I would like to hear "Rock Steady" by the Whispers

9:19am Dr. Goot:

Goot Morning!

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9:20am anne:

good morning Ken and everybody

9:21am Caryn:

Morning all! Initial gif report: Björk gif is of main baddie Doruge from 1972 series "Choujin Barom 1" (Or "Barom One", as it's known in English).

9:21am ƒoƒ☄ (:

This is my other request:

mighty_vagina_emiting_a_laser_bean.gif

9:22am sweet cheri:

hiya caryn.

9:23am Caryn:

hi cheri.

9:24am Rev. Turnip Druid:

The Clergy is here now. Behave yourselves.

9:24am Cheri Pi:

Sweet Cheri!

9:24am Cheri Pi:

RTD!

9:24am Cheri Pi:

or, Mercury Turnip Rev!

9:25am Caryn:

And of course, WdC gif is from Herzog's "Even Dwarfs Started Small".

9:25am Dr. Goot:

"Even Dwarfs Started Small" on Wevie de Crepon!

9:25am dc pat:

somebody requesting new FLips?? good? I haven't really listened to them since they turned into Supertramp..

9:25am sweet cheri:

hey , cheri pi,,what's up?

9:26am Rev. Turnip Druid:

Various Cheris!

9:26am glenn:

do you have any appropriate music for big ass snails? news.nationalpost.com...

9:27am Cheri Pi:

Sweet Turnip Cheri Pi

9:27am Rev. Turnip Druid:

There must be an effective ointment for ass snails by now.

9:27am G:

[snickers]

9:27am tim from champaign:

I'd like to hear the Ken's Hurricane Sandy Station ID. That was the greatest moment in radio history.

9:27am Dave B:

FIDGETS!

9:28am ƒoƒ☄ (:

Me too, Kevin! I wasn't expecting being bjorked.

9:28am Cheri Pi:

glenn, it's bad enough that we have a trilobite infestation on the board, be careful about inviting the snails in.

9:28am Chris from LI:

Let me clarify. I do not hate Bjork, I just prefer Omar Souleyman....

9:28am northguineahills:

In Nigeria, they eat those giant ass-snails. Been looking for a Harlem restaurant that serves them. (hyphen may be in the wrong spot).

9:29am Cheri Pi:

me too Chris FLI

9:29am ƒoƒ☄ (:

Great idea tim!!! Yours has to be the bestest request for today.

9:29am Cheri Pi:

Can we hear Aztec Camera too?

9:29am Neg-guh-tor:

Oh, I don't hate Bjork, Ken. She was just getting in Omar's way.

9:29am Jennique:

Ha ha! Ass snails would be problematic on the subway.

9:30am Dave B:

It's a good thing the iPhone app doesn't support the GIF stream. I never would have made it to work...

9:30am Chris from LI:

Re-reading that .... it's rather music snobby of me to say that. However, I'm fully willing to admit that I can be a music snob.

9:30am Cheri Pi:

would anyone want to eat Ass-snails when carbuncles are in season?

9:30am dc pat:

hilarious jif vs gif animation...

9:30am tim from champaign:

Me three. Seeing Omar Souleyman perform in Grant Park in downtown Chicago is in my top 5 shows of all time.

9:31am Caryn:

Yeah, obvious snail solution is to get some foodies together for big escargot parties.

9:31am dc pat:

goddammit. I missed Souleyman/Deng Fever show here in dc...one of my biggest regrets..

9:32am Cheri Pi:

I covet my Souleyman vinyl like the snob I am.

9:32am KevinfromBayRidge:

Wasn't bein ironic(9:16) Ken....not really.

9:32am ƒoƒ☄ (:

At least Omar wasn't Bjorked like so many cool unknown artists that end up working for the Bjork machine.

9:32am Lewis:

current gjif is a great start tom my day!

9:32am glenn:

somehow i don't think that your average floridian is that adventurous food wise, but i could be wrong.

9:32am dc pat:

Mex friends have been telling me about Oaxacan grasshopper tacos. Mostly stay away from face-food myself but...

9:32am Cheri Pi:

hahahah! Thanks KEN <3

9:33am moose:

aztec camera sweet

9:33am Chris from LI:

Too true, Cheri.

9:33am Rev. Turnip Druid:

Covered headfoot to toe in snob snails. Proud. No ointment necessary.

9:33am dc pat:

speakin of which: forgot to eat!

9:34am tim from champaign:

Ken - I'd love to hear "Check Stub" by DJ Assault. Legit and sincere request.

9:34am Cheri Pi:

what RTD said. My medical alert bracelet says "NO OINTMENT"

9:34am Ralphine:

Would like to hear "When I'm With You," by Archer Prewitt.

9:34am dc pat:

I don't think it's snobbery to know what you like, or else WFMU would be snob-city by definition. Maybe it is, I dunno...

9:35am Rev. Turnip Druid:

Not so familiar with aztec camera material... somewhat Andy Partridge-esque vocal stylings, no?

9:35am ƒoƒ☄ (:

DC Pat,

They taste great..especially with a delicious mezcal worm sauce.

9:35am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Do snails have big asses, or are they in fact one big cloaca - ?!?
...1st step in recovery is to admit you have a MusicSnob problem...

9:35am Cheri Pi:

but the snobs here are little ass-snails in the big pond so S'cool.

9:36am dc pat:

yeah, who would like Aztec Camera, SNIFF!

9:36am Cheri Pi:

COats!

9:36am Mark S:

"Reward" by The Teardrop Explodes could be a good followup to this

9:37am dc pat:

[pardon me while I grit..]

9:38am Cheri Pi:

deep breaths DCP

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9:38am Ken:

The next song im gonna play is a dead ringer for another song, but Im blanking on it! Help me ID the original as soon as it comes on! It will be the Kleenex Girl Wonder song.

9:38am DCE:

you get a lot of comments, Ken, on this board. Don't know if you've noticed that.

9:38am Caryn:

@glenn: that's why foodies are called for. Some festivals akin to the Japanese "RAW Food" one where chefs have to go into nature to get their ingredients, only escargot-themed, and voila, problem solved. The state just needs to provide cooking and eating facilities, and maybe a couple of tons of garlic butter.

9:39am Rev. Turnip Druid:

for my lack of energy, something like REVOX by Stereolab would do nicely.

9:39am Listener Okasa:

@Caryn: Ohayo and thanks for the gif info on Barom 1. Have you seen that series? Is it worth watching on Youtube?

9:39am dc pat:

just found some wakame, guess it's miso soup again...

9:39am Nicol:

Tenniscoats go glam! Of course.

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9:39am Ken:

Yes DCE I have noticed... it's almost as if some kind of comment threading is called for....

9:39am common:

nice whistlin'

9:40am moose:

gaylord

9:40am Cheri Pi:

Aztec Camera are like the classy big brothers of Haircut 100.

9:41am Dr. Goot:

Squeeze up the Junction?

9:41am moose:

my comment cut off nevermind

9:41am Michael:

Some Fountains of Wayne tune to me

9:41am Cheri Pi:

hmmm, don't recognize it K-Money...

9:42am northguineahills:

tacos de chapolines are tastey. as are grillos (crickets). There's a restaurant in my hood that serves fried and salted crickets in a small bar (like a bar snack) when you order some mezcales.

9:43am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Bang, Goot!
...as Duke Ellington said - I merely *aspire* to Music Snobbery...

9:43am Dr. Goot:

Hah!

9:43am Mark S:

not really

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9:43am Ken:

Dr Goot Wins!

9:44am KevinfromBayRidge:

Nice call Dr. Goot!

9:44am Dr. Goot:

*wrings his cold boney hands and grins maniacally*

9:44am Ralphine:

Is that gif of the baboon with the gun from Planet of the Apes?

9:44am northguineahills:

I agree, Stereolab would release some dopamine in my brain as I have to deal w/ the IRS again today.

9:44am Nicol:

Fun fact: Jools Holland from Squeeze was at my graduation ceremony (awful).
The room was smelly.

9:48am Jennique:

Whoa I missed Squeeze! "No more nights nappy smelly."

9:48am Caryn:

@Listener Okasa: hmm, well, it has a good theme tune and if you like Shozo Iizuka's performances, he's always good. It's very different from the original manga, though. Not the best example of the genre, but I enjoyed it.

9:49am glenn:

or there's this, caryn. www.blogto.com...

9:49am SeanG:

Nice

9:50am Cheri Pi:

YEAH!

9:50am Rev. Turnip Druid:

Of course now the Standells track gives me a hankerin' for Pretty Things... circa SF Sorrow or Parachute...

9:51am lee:

Dirty Water tribute to Boston?

9:51am common:

nice call, rev. turnip.

9:51am dinatekno:

Hi Ken! I'd love to hear 'Starry Eyes' by The Records! BTW, Excellent set - as usual!

9:53am KevinfromBayRidge:

Mothers (surprise, eh?)-' Let's make the water turn black'

9:54am dc pat:

Die Zorros, eh?

9:54am Lizardner Dave:

This may have been asked before, but will there be a way to like/star the .gifs the same way you can a song?

9:54am still b/p:

Is Daffy in the playlist images because, as the paper's Today In History feature tells me, today's the anniversary of his debut in 1937?

9:55am Caryn:

@glenn: oh man, those Opal bottles remind me of last year's Iceland trip.

9:55am dc pat:

so today is D.Duck's birthday?? excuse for party...

9:55am dinatekno:

THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU!!!! Pogo time!!!

9:57am Ralphine:

Starry Eyes is the song that Evan "Funk" Davies played to finally crush Clay Pigeon in their power pop throwdown.

9:57am glenn:

how about fascist dictator by the cortinas, to send maggie off in style?

9:58am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Daffy - Sun in Aries & Chinese Year of the Fire Ox ? Stubborn...

9:58am Cheri Pi:

Ralphine, you minx. it was an even tie.

9:58am Nicol:

Choking Game by Preston Spurlock (I think it's on the bandcamp thing) would totally fit in with the pop goodness of today.

9:58am still b/p:

Daffy Duck: "Woo-hoo!"
Sean Daily: "Woo-hoo!"
Coincidence?

9:59am Rev. Turnip Druid:

OH HELL YES, THE BLOOD!!!!!!

9:59am MD:

GOOD MORNING ALL...JUST GOT UP....AND WANTED TO SHOUT...LEMMY!!!

9:59am Pete from Boston (and NJ):

That's some people's answer to everything -- sure, just put up a forcefield.

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9:59am Webhamster Henry:

Y'know what was stuck in my head this morning?
Wesley Willis' I'm Sorry That I Got Fat.
I'm probably in some kind of WFMU Time zone.

10:01am tim from champaign:

Bob Seger! Did you know Bob Seger was a track star in high school? I hope that was the inspiration for "Against The Wind".

10:01am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...can never find Seger ('System'?) original '2+2' *anywhere* - !...

10:01am ƒoƒ☄ (:

Crab looks more like a cheerleader than a boxer.

10:02am Caryn:

Maybe crab boxing is similar to human cheerleading...

10:03am Jennique:

Daffy Duck lyrics:
I am crazy, I am loony, nuts in the head.
Please pass the ketchup, I want to go to bed.

10:04am Pete from Boston (and NJ):

You are in the time zone: PAST

10:04am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...yes - but (obvious question) - when crabs sleep w/ too many linebackers, do they get 'the humans'...

10:05am Cheri Pi:

Ahhhh WW!

10:05am still b/p:

From Big Blood site:
"Listening to WFMU - Best station in the USA."
"Did you know WFMU DJs are Outrageously good AT DJING?"

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10:05am Ken:

Those crabs are also called Pom Pom Crabs. Not sure why.

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10:05am Webhamster Henry:

Let's hear the story of how he broke the WFMU toilet seat.

10:06am thedunkel:

donottouch.org

10:06am Jennique:

Is this the same guy who sings "Rock and Roll McDonalds"?

10:07am G:

I bet he didn't slim down.

10:07am Dan B From Upstate:

How awful that the flash player dies during a Wesley Willis song! Talk about bad timing...

10:07am Pete from Boston (and NJ):

Yes, Jennique. I see you've teased out the subtleties of Wesley's composing style.

10:08am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...'It's the combination PizzaHut & Taco Bell'...

10:08am Ralphine:

I butted heads with Wesley Willis once. No joke.

10:08am ƒoƒ☄ (:

Useless fact of the day: Lybia tesselata is the scientific name for the pom pom crabs.

10:08am Caryn:

@Ralphine: figuratively or literally?

10:08am Dr. Goot:

Snap RRN63 - Das Racist!

10:08am G:

literally or figuratively butted heads?

10:09am Ralphine:

Literally.

10:09am Caryn:

Great minds think alike, G.

10:10am Irene Trudel:

Wesley Willis scared the hell out of me when we recorded a live set in the old Springdale studios.

10:10am G:

yep! but use different word order :p

10:11am Caryn:

@G: we think alike, but just type differently ;)

10:11am still b/p:

Different Word Order > New World Order

10:12am G:

there ya go. hugs all around :p

10:12am Dr. Goot:

@Irene - In what way?

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10:12am AnAnonymousParty:

I've been in a coma longer than and I've no interest in hearing any Bob Seger. Go figure. I don't want to hear any Bob Sagat either, comatose or not. Maybe it's a Bob thing?

10:13am G:

Ken slumming on WABC lol

10:13am G:

wiki: Boston's Fenway Park has played the song since at least 1997, and it has been played at every game in the middle of the eighth inning since 2002 by the influence of Amy Tobey, a production agent responsible for the audio played over the park's loudspeakers. "She had noticed 'Sweet Caroline' was used at other sporting events, and she decided to send the sweetness over the Fenway speakers."

10:14am Dan B From Upstate:

Report it now and we'll correct it later. What's most important is that we're... FIRST! The news organizations are the equivalent of kids posting on comment forums.

10:14am rsj:

cotton eye joe?
shirley Ken you can appreciate absurdity

10:15am Pete from Boston (and NJ):

The day after 9/11, when most of the Back Bay was emptied out because of the hotel rooms of the hijackers being discovered there, I left work early like everyone else and sought refuge at a bar my friend worked at and got drunk. The second explosion Monday was outside that bar. I'm a little sick to my stomach about that.

10:15am fred von helsing:

They didn't catch the ricin-ers and anthrax-ers the first time either. Hints from the Sekurität apparatus to Congress to keep up the good 1984 work.

10:16am ƒoƒ☄ (:

If at home you have this kind of misinformation, just imagine how misinformed is the one coming from other countries.

10:16am Caryn:

@Dan B: especially with today's 24-hour news cycle. When you have to fill 24 hours full of "news" programming, and also try to "break" news, checking the facts seems to fly out the window.

10:17am rsj:

fofo, nice sperm character!

10:17am Mike Noble:

that poor tortoise is gonna have such a parasite bloom if he manages to eat that whole fruit.

10:17am Caryn:

Is this song a reference to Spot?

10:18am Pete from Boston (and NJ):

The rise of Sweet Caroline coincided with the so-called "pink hat" era of the Boston Red Sox, in which the seats became filled with people looking to simply go get drunk and see the celebrities and sing Sweet Caroline -- and, yes, wear the latest miscolored Red Sox gear. I'm not a Red Sox fan, but I can't wait for the whole irritating thing to end.

10:19am ƒoƒ☄ (:

rsj,

Oh, thanks. My innocent image of the character being an asteroid falling down somewhere in Russia has just been bligthed.

10:20am Irene Trudel:

@Dr. Goot, Ken described the day with Willis really well-- an exploitive band pushing a clearly mentally challenged/ill person into the public eye. From a personal standpoint, He really creeped me out. Wesley kept chasing me and other women at the station around, trying to get our phone numbers in a menacing way. Ken tried his best to keep him away.

10:21am Caryn:

@fofo: and here was me thinking it looked like Sputnik (what with the Gagarin celebrations just a while back)...

10:21am Dr. Goot:

ewww, sorry to hear that, thanks Irene.

10:21am Jennique:

I heard that Tom Jones passed out after singing the very last, extended "Thunderball" of the song. Kinda believe it.

10:22am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...care *only* about *very earliest* Seger like '2+2' (a great tune) & 'SockItToMeSanta' & maybe something LittleSteven knows he might play...

10:22am dc pat:

great vers of Thunderball!

10:22am Lewis:

watched thunderball recently as part of our 007 chronology project - Tom Jones really belts it out!

10:23am Pete from Boston (and NJ):

Great Lincoln's lips!

10:23am Dr. Goot:

"Get out of Denver"'s not too shabby...

10:23am rsj:

fofo, oh cool, but perhaps together we have hit a cosmic revelation about the true nature of asteroids...

10:23am Irene Trudel:

@Dr. Goot, I might've also been a touch on edge because I'd heard that Wesley severely beat his girlfriend a short time before he came to WFMU.

10:23am dc pat:

Tom Jones is something else. I'd pay good money for his pipes..

10:25am ƒoƒ☄ (:

rsj,

Holy insight! Not even Carl Sagan had never ever thought of it that way.

10:25am Caryn:

That shaded area highlighting the dogs weenie is kinda distracting...

10:26am Dr. Goot:

That's horrible! I woulda had a couple of extra strong-arms around for the occasion as well.

10:26am Caryn:

@rsj: well, that's basically what the ideas that asteroids first brought life to Earth boil down to, as far as symbolism goes

10:27am ƒoƒ☄ (:

Is it the weenie or the tail ? Let the members of the public decide.

10:27am Neg-guh-tor:

MX-80 Sound-Frankie I'm Sorry

10:29am Caryn:

@fofo: well, since the tail is clearly visible between the dogs legs, it ain't in the middle of the shaded area...

10:29am Rev. Turnip Druid:

...sudden infant, nag-nag-nag...

10:29am Mark S:

I thought it was comets

10:30am dc pat:

let's see that stupid dog put the brake on..

10:31am Caryn:

Oh look, anticapitalist punks, Sokea Piste!

10:31am Caryn:

And the gif's of course from "There Will Be Blood".

10:31am Michelle in Green Bay:

Good morning, friends!

10:32am dc pat:

...huh, apparently they're anti-star as well. Tried 3 times to star them..

10:32am fred von helsing:

it's got a beat and you can throw bombs to it

10:33am dc pat:

yep, not sticking. oh well, maybe I don't like them.

10:33am Caryn:

One of Sokea Piste's guitarists likes to make folk instruments out of random stuff, like skateboards. Your useless trivia for the day, pt. 2!

10:33am Neg-guh-tor:

Yes! Thanks, Ken!

10:35am dc pat:

hey! now it's there. weird.

10:35am ƒoƒ☄ (:

I actually think that what it looks like the tail it's actually the weenie. And no, this is not a "when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail (or a sperm, for that matter)" kind of case.

10:35am Caryn:

I want to tell that dog that when your mask blends into your face seamlessly, it's clearly not going to conceal your identity. Your face isn't the least bit different with it or without it!

10:36am dc pat:

Latest update: star for Sokea Piste is still there...

10:37am ƒoƒ☄ (:

Let me guess: This is a Ken auto-request.

10:38am DCE:

mashed potatoes, huh, Neil...

10:38am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...the only gifGirl Lemmy needs? The Ace of Spades...

10:39am rsj:

if there must be lyrics, these are best

10:39am Rev. Turnip Druid:

CONSTANT TOMATO!

10:40am Pete from Boston (and NJ):

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

10:40am ƒoƒ☄ (:

oops. this is actually a Glenn request.

10:41am Rev. Turnip Druid:

gas torpedo!

10:42am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...thatAceofSpadesGifGirl - she muh ConstantTomato...sheNoCrabCheer - that Ain't no DogBone...that just hiztailbon'...

10:42am fred von helsing:

I want the drugs that Panda is taking

10:43am mariano:

Pleeeze Ken make it stop!

10:44am Dave B:

one. more. time!

10:44am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Im Sorry My Comments are Rambling NonSequitors I Will Slim Them Down...

10:45am dc pat:

"my ass no taser "

10:45am Rev. Turnip Druid:

My gas torpedo don't beat the skee-ball?

10:46am dc pat:

Well, I think your gas torpedo totally blows away the skee-ball..

10:47am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Dude - Don't Taser my BigSnailAss

10:47am Dr. Goot:

Do you have the Inmates covering "Talk Talk" handy by any chance, Kommander Ken?

10:48am Jennique:

Oooh my sciatica...

10:49am Michelle in Green Bay:

I adore this Langley Schools record...in part because it drives my husband *nuts*...

10:50am fred von helsing:

Battlescar Sciatica... yeah Col. Tige is a hurtin' unit

10:50am OnkelAl:

Desperado kills me everytime

10:50am Ahmad:

Ugh here it is.

10:51am Jennique:

What I like best about this version of Sweet Caroline is the lack of "BAH bah bah" and "so good, so good" lyrics.

10:51am Ralphine:

What is it with pandas and rocking horses?

bit.ly...

10:53am common:

i'm with you on the murk, ken.

10:53am Pete from Boston (and NJ):

Panda is laying there dying and rocking horse is all, "what?"

10:53am fred von helsing:

at least four cities.

10:53am fred von helsing:

the local radio stations played'em.

10:53am mariano:

Nooooo! No more TBone!

10:54am Caryn:

Pandas like rocking horses. What is the big mystery here?

10:54am still b/p:

Awwwwww, Zhengzhou you're my town...

10:55am dc pat:

down by the river Potomac....ooohh, DC yer my home!

10:55am stan in Kentucky:

Dirty water: Yes, I remeber that. The Pittsburgh version was "down by the banks of the rivers three," and I remember hearing the Charlotte version.

10:56am SeanG:

anyone ever try Viagra? Is it good?

10:56am Mark S:

What's wrong with Neil Diamond?

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10:57am AnAnonymousParty:

You don't try Viagra. Viagra tries you.

10:57am Rev. Turnip Druid:

Abe Viagra is not dead yet. At least I don't think so.

10:57am tim from champaign:

I got it..... "I Got Nothin" Happy Flowers

10:58am rsj:

god spunk asteroid!

10:59am Nick the Bard:

www.abevigoda.com >>> Abe Vigoda is alive

10:59am Dan B From Upstate:

Not sure anything's wrong with Neil Diamond. I remember maybe in 94 or so, Lollapalooza wanted Neil Young on their tour, and he refused, suggesting that they should have asked Neil Diamond instead. So clearly, Neil Diamond has Neil Young's endoresement. That's what I got out of that story, anyway.

10:59am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I just heard Abe Viagra is dead!
(...if your death hoax lasts more than four hours, contact your internet service provider...)

11:01am ƒoƒ☄ (:

So Amanda Thatcher is trending now in the UK and people is drooling over her US english accent. Dingidy Dong.

11:01am Listener H:

Ken, I'm in Mountainville NY and can never get the 91.9 signal . Where the heck should it work? By the way, I have been to that tower in Harriman. Spooky, but so is the mini zoo in Bear Mountain State Park nearby. 90.1 actually comes in pretty clear, though I assumed it shouldn't.

11:01am Rev. Turnip Druid:

Good lord, I haven't heard this C+C track in a dog's age.

11:01am Cory:

Thanks for the hangover curing music ken

11:02am still b/p:

Ohhh, I am....the same age....Abe Vigoda was....when he started...on Barney....Miller. Ohhh.

11:02am Andrew Waterloo:

@Dan B, that could also be a stinging appraisal of the Lolapalooza festival.

11:03am fred von helsing:

here's your hangover cure - some travel required.
www.theatlanticcities.com...

11:03am Dr. Goot:

Damn you Ken. I was staring at the balalaika_diorama image for minutes waiting for it to move until I figured out it was a jpeg!

11:03am Ralphine:

I think we can all agree that Peter Gallagher should be the one to play Neil Diamond if there ever is a biopic.

bit.ly...

11:04am Rev. Turnip Druid:

Now THAT's an interesting observation still b/p ... but unlike dear Abe, I assume you don't get a laugh-track whenever you amble off to the bathroom. Unless you've earned it, of course.

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11:05am Rich in Washington:

Even though I generally find single-song radio shows annoying, I would love to hear an all-Internationale show.
Perhaps it's been done?

11:05am dc pat:

just eat miso soup with plenty of cayenne in it...and take lots of B vitamins the night before..

11:06am fred von helsing:

@RinW seconded!

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11:06am Ken:

Yes Rich, I done it. Check my archives.

11:07am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Billy Bragg made it respectable.

11:07am Pete from Boston (and NJ):

I was disappointed when the early Firefox plug-in "Abe Vigoda Watch" was discontinued. I appreciated the reassuring tiny word "alive" down in the corner of my browser.

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11:08am Ken:

Billy Bragg made The Internationale respectable?! WHAT?!

11:08am Ralphine:

I don't know why, since he doesn't look all that much like him, but the guy commie on the left of that picture makes me think of Mr. Trololo.

11:08am dc pat:

I liked the vuvuzela button on youtube after the World Cup. Priceless..

11:08am Caryn:

As the Langley Schools gif is made from a photo collage of an altered version of a PSA, not much to report there. The Tang Dynasty pic is from the 1953 short film "Eine Liebesgeschichte".

11:09am Pete from Boston (and NJ):

Scary, Ralphine.

11:09am G:

Caryn, you are, like, sick. In a good way :)

11:09am Jeff:

View of the 91.9 transmitter tower from the death-trap fire tower:

www.flickr.com...

11:09am r i s k y:

I really liked the internationale!

11:10am G:

@Jeff: Looks kinda like the Eiffel Tower, huh?

11:11am northguineahills:

My michelada recipe works wonders for hangovers. clamato, worcestershire sauce, crushed dried shrimp, half lime juiced, tajin (lime tinged chili powder), pepper, salt, valentina hot sauce, a drop of a real hot sauce, the rim covered w/ salt & tajin (adhered w/ lime juice), a good beer, and a shot of tequila.

It sounds gross, but it tastes wonderful, and works wonders.

11:11am Caryn:

So an all-Internationale show has been done. But if there ever is a rerun, I suggest timing for May Day.

11:11am fred von helsing:

"All Internationale, All The Time"
www.wfmu.org...

11:12am Cory:

thanks for the soup picture FVH

11:13am dc pat:

Alice Cooper's cure for hang-over: warm can of Bud next to bed, chug it when you wake up, then throw up...

11:13am Jeff:

@G: just exactly.

11:13am dc pat:

Keith Moon's was a bottle of champagne and half a bottle of cognac..

11:15am Listener H:

I was thinking that the Perkins Memorial Observatory was the death-trap tower....

11:15am Jennique:

A little book I wrote and illustrated about Neil Diamond:
jsteffey.com...

11:16am Dr. Goot:

...and a “rash of bacon”

11:16am ƒoƒ☄ (:

Give a Caryn a black gif image and she will tell you all films that feature some sort of fade to black.

11:16am Pine:

Cup of tea, fried egg sandwich fried, joint, another cup of tea, cured!

11:17am Mike East:

@ngh - that sounds like a great drink to have prepared for you, but if I was hungover, I can't imagine being able to focus enough to make such a concoction.

11:17am fred von helsing:

quart of ginger ale then quart of V-8 then quart of chocolate milk.

11:17am G:

@Mike E.: By the time you got it fixed, your hangover has worn off

11:18am Rev. Turnip Druid:

Lister's cure (red dwarf) of a triple fried-egg sandwich with chili sauce & chutney sounds about as scientifically infallible as it gets.

11:19am Detroit Mac:

dc pat: during WWI this combo of champagne and cognac was known as French 75. Reportedly drunk by fighter pilots of 411, the Lafayette Escadrille.

11:20am fred von helsing:

@jeff how about a savable desktoppable version of the Xmitter pic ?

11:21am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Keith Moon's was a bottle of champagne and half a bottle of cognac - drink - & throw up on Alice Cooper...

11:21am dc pat:

if I had to be a fighter pilot in WWI I'd be plowed all the time.

11:21am dc pat:

YES laser-shooting vagina!

11:21am Dr. Goot:

Vaginas with frikkin lasers!

11:22am northguineahills:

It only takes about 6 minutes for me to make in a hungover state. Then again, I've been doing it for about 5 years, and don't have to think about it.

11:23am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...the longest 6 minutes of your life...

11:23am ƒoƒ☄ (:

Yes! The laser vagina gif! Thanks Ken!

11:24am Cheri Pi:

Ms. Moneypenny, will you order a case of Lady Lazers for the office?

11:24am dc pat:

but seriously--you won't get a hang over if you down mega doses of B vitamins with your booze.

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11:24am `Ken:

I drink a ton of water and take 1000MG of ibuprofen before going to sleep. Prevents the hangover from ever happening.

11:25am Mike East:

@ngh - Yeah, practice would be key, perhaps in a sober state. I'll get started on that...favoriting playlist to return to recipe later :)

11:26am Caryn:

A laser vagina would clearly be the best weapon ever against James Bond.

11:26am DCE:

but then you wake up having to pee like 10 racehorses, Ken

11:26am ƒoƒ☄ (:

* now waiting impatiently for Caryn to please tell us which movie the vagina laser gif comes from *

11:26am fleep:

Friends of ours who are innkeepers, and tend to drink with the guests, use CoQ10, it metabolizes the alcohol

11:27am Ralphine:

A laser beam wouldn't spread that quickly. It must be a phaser.

11:27am G:

@fofo: not sure that one would have had a mainstream theatrical release :)

11:28am Ralphine:

Maybe it was from Octopussy?

11:28am dc pat:

taking ibuprofen with booze is not advised. Very bad for organs.

11:29am Cheri Pi:

Ralphine, I want you and Caryn to report to the R&D lab STAT.

11:29am fred von helsing:

Frontiers in LASIK

11:29am kathy:

water
b complex and
activated CHARCOAL. take yer charcoal b4 the kegger....
you will be the sole survivor

11:29am PKNY:

I must say, the vagina laser and the sonogram maracas fit this Electric Sandwich track perfectly.

11:29am northguineahills:

I rarely ever take painkillers for hangovers, maybe once or twice a year, and I have to be on death's door.

11:30am Caryn:

BTW, sonogram is from "The Son of the Mask", which I would not recommend to anyone, ever. Well, maybe to my worst enemy...

11:30am northguineahills:

Thanks for the great tunes, Ken. I'm gonna skidaddle!

11:30am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...analgesics - mkost drugs - hard on stomach & liver, as all forensic experts know
- but we're talkin' hangover here.
- Water & BloodSugar scientifically sound - as are vitamins...BVitamins can upset stomach for that matter...water again...

11:31am Carmichael:

Hello Kenneth, and hi to all.

11:33am Caryn:

@fofo: I doubt the laser was there originally

11:33am dc pat:

never had problems with B complex--why I just took one and I ain't even hung over!! also makes you virile if you know what I mean *tch" *tch"...23 skidoo!

11:33am earrie:

Heart animated gif led me to search for a sea squirt or tunicate pumping water.

Not a lotta invertebrate zoological gifs out there. Here's some bioluminescence in a comb jelly -- oo ah http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lisjoaOlVl1qdaaw6o1_500.gif

Good morning listening.

11:34am Dr. Goot:

Hello Carmichael, your avatar is making me thirsty!

11:34am ƒoƒ☄ (:

G,

Don't underestimate Caryn knowledgeable power which extends even to those obscure student short films from Turkey that were burned by the religious state when they were in post-production back in the 60's.

11:36am Carmichael:

It's the power of the booze, Dr. And the gal is pretty easy on the eyes too, wink wink nudge nudge.

11:36am DCE:

apple stuck in the teeth is one of the worst first-world problems ever

11:37am G:

Unfortunately, her anatomy must have been retooled, because normally there are no bodily opening where the phaser is emanating from.

11:37am Dr. Goot:

Shouldn't the laser vagina gif have accompanied the Tang Dynasty slot as opposed to Abwarts?

11:37am r i s k y:

Ken that story of NYE 81' is great. Last night I was sick and read about Emma Goldman and Anarchism ad nauseam. Go Ken!

11:38am KP:

So Caryn, Son of the Mask is a good one, eh?

11:39am Mike East:

@DCE - yeah, its up there with popcorn stuck in the teeth

11:39am dc pat:

what's your Aunt's name Ken? My wife is a big Emma Goldman fan and wants to research your story...

11:39am common:

YES! I hate American Pie!

11:40am G:

Bye Bye, American Pie

11:40am giselle:

what did he do with the canadian groupies?..it was beeped out

11:41am G:

Gave them what he called a "dick autograph" -- i suppose a lot of us have read this essay. iot's on the station website somewhere

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11:42am Ken:

My Aunt's name was Clara Solomon - she passed away.

11:42am Mike East:

Don McLean has very specific instructions on the pronunciation of his name in his tour rider

11:43am giselle:

thanks!

11:45am Caryn:

@KP: heh. Yeah, it is the type of film that Andy Breckman would probably make Don McLean watch. And cackle while doing it.

11:45am uuee:

Ken, I'm reading this story as Jack speaks...LCD, May, 94..always loved it...

11:46am Marie:

Your gifs are outstanding today Ken. Sorry to hear about your aunt.

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11:46am Rich in Washington:

American Pie is a very silly, maudlin song.
It's right up there with Harry Chapin's Taxi and Billy Joel's Piano Man.

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11:46am Rich in Washington:

The worst version, right behind McLean's is Madonna's.
The best, in my opinion, is done by The Brady Bunch.

11:47am Marie:

It's like the song of a drunk.

11:47am Mark S:

Harry Chapins "Cat's in the Cradle" is much more maudlin

11:48am dc pat:

Thanks Ken.

11:48am ƒoƒ☄ (:

Go Andy!

11:49am Caryn:

Don McLean performed at Glastonbury in 2011. I did wonder what his set was like? Surely, the audience was like, "okay, he played American Pie, we can go to the other stage now."

11:49am G:

it's on the written record that the engineer who created the commercially-released version of American Pie in 71 had to splice it together from tons of takes, moment by moment, because McLean had just recently read a negative review of his singing, and was doing all kinds of weird things to change his singing up that made it impossible to use much of his performance without having to clip something out and replace it with something from another take. Funfun.

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11:49am Webhamster Henry:

You can do your own Andy reading, from WFMU's LCD:
www.wfmu.org...

11:50am KP:

Great, i'll push the button on it.

11:51am Mike East:

Cat Stevens' "If you Want to Sing Out" is much more Harold & Maudlin

11:52am Marie:

That song always made me sad when I was little. But it seemed kind of epic.

11:52am KP:

First review from IMDB: A load of crap!! I am telling you now, please do not watch this film, it is a waste of money and a waste of time.

11:52am G:

@KP: But what did they really think?

11:52am dc pat:

2 x 2 = 5: isn't that conclusion the guy came to in Notes From Underground?

11:54am Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I think the Don McLean album (there's more than 1?) has definite virtues (I kinda like singersongwriteryguitarist stuff). Artists being insecure - &/or - unpleasant is not news.
- Doesn't make Andy wrong, tho'. : )

11:54am Jennique:

Harold & Maude is one of my favorite movies of all time. I wanted his Jaguar/Hearse car for the longest time.

11:54am Nick the Bard:

thatguywiththeglasses.com...

Everything you need to know about Son of the Mask right there.

11:56am Caryn:

"Harold & Maude" is genius. Then again, I guess I'll gladly watch pretty much any Hal Ashby film.

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11:56am Rich in Washington:

@Mark S: You are correct. Cat's in the Cradle is indeed hideously maudlin.
Other candidates: henry Gross' Shannon; Michael Murphey's Wildfire.

11:56am Mike East:

One of mine, too, Jennique

11:57am fred von helsing:

I saw Harry Chapin's band drop the house lights and do a brief Deep Purple riff and the place went berserk

11:57am KP:

I saw Don McLean. Best thing was that the opening act was Stories of Brother Louie fame and their keyboardist was Michael Brown of the Left Banke.

12:00pm ƒoƒ☄ (:

Muchos thank yous, Ken! See you everybody!

p.s. I would like to see Don trying to "dick autograph" a woman with a laser vagina.

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12:00pm Rich in Washington:

That record pic: reminds me of what friends of mine who have record shops really think of Record Store Day.