Music Video Test Numero Uno: Ken's show

Listener comments!

6:05am Ken:

Morning everybody! Today's video experiment will be one that you can actually seem (unlike last week), from 11am to Noon. The video will be on this page, on the WFMU homepage and on the WFMU apps (iPhone and Android).

7:50am P-90:

History in the making! Good Morning, Ken.

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7:56am Ken:

I will go very light on the GIFs today in the hope that it might make the video work better at 11am.

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8:04am Ken:

Also! LOOOOng songs. I need 'em bad today so I can prepare all the video hooha.

8:14am Robert:

We've seen these ani-GIFs before, but I'm wondering whether this particular compilation sends a conscious, or unconscious, message: cabbage-eating dog + Putin.

8:15am Robert:

Russians are sometimes referred to pejoratively as cabbage eaters.

8:38am Robert:

Cabbage eater Putin blindly blowing off arms.

8:49am Dan B From Upstate:

I'm pretty sure my place of employment will block the video stream. Will it be archived on ustream?

8:59am Marcel M:

Made it JUST in time for the big gifs. That pizza is really freaking me out...

9:00am Marcel M:

Ken! Play The Last One off 77' live by Les Rallizes Denudes, I think its 20 mins and its awesome. Although I've requested it before so maybe you don't like it.

9:01am Michael:

Ken: Miles - Right Off

9:02am common:

looking forward to the videos!

9:02am KOTJ:

May I request the massive song Broke off the new Tom Vek album Luck?

9:04am nick:

greetings friends =) enjoying the tunes thanks ken. very kiwi. yes!

9:09am Brendan:

Good morning Ken. Sisters and brothers, right on.

9:12am f۩f۩ (:

hola keno, dano, commono, Kotjo, roberto, marcelo, nicko, p-90o! buenos dias amigos. where are the amigas?

9:12am fred:

State of Shock, one of my favorite songs ever. The Ex' new singer is getting better with it. Now that he doesn't try so hard to be different but owns the song instead, his take is pretty good. Give him a chance if they tour nearby

9:14am Neg-guh-tor:

This new SPT record is super solid.

9:15am Marcel M:

Morning FOFO! Morning common! I forgot about the video stream today, I'm excited, I can stay for the whole show today! Not much work.

9:16am Dan B From Upstate:

*nods* fofo.

9:17am Brendan:

The soft pink truth hurts sometimes

9:20am MD:

Good mOrning Allllllll............Just a reminder...."SOILENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!!!"
ROCK ON SIR KEN...

9:21am Brendan:

Video better not try to kill the radio star again .

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9:21am Webhamster Henry:

This Twink seems kind of conservative.

9:22am SeanG:

Viva Colombia

9:25am Nadie Real:

Los Hermanos Meridianos!! fantastic! the new LP of Los Siquicos Litoraleños sounds great too!!

9:25am common:

such a strange, wonderful sound these brothers have.

9:30am Marcel M:

I pulled my NES out last night... oh man what a blast.

9:30am bobdoesthings:

morning all

9:31am jojo:

more WAHWAH!

9:32am Brendan:

This has a nice 70s ron jeremy sound

9:34am conkrete_dawg:

M'hedgehog

9:34am Marcel M:

Morning Bob! Video day!

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9:35am Webhamster Henry:

How about an all cry-baby Wah-wah set?

9:38am bobdoesthings:

oh today is video day? where they at? .. not like I can watch...

9:39am bobdoesthings:

oh 11-noon.. nevermind

9:39am Sean D. Daily:

WORLD WAR II! When men were men, women were women, and shirts were nowhere to be found.

9:40am northguineahills:

Of course, Maggot Brain. What's next, Philip Glass for your long tracks!?

9:42am conkrete_dawg:

I'm your captain, by Grand Funk Railroad

9:42am egal:

Thick as a Brick, J Tull

9:42am Marcel M:

And there he is, ill picture: thecommittedindian.com...

9:43am Sean D. Daily:

Metal Machine Music. BOTH ALBUMS. I double dog dare ya, Ken.

9:43am northguineahills:

Sean is full of great ideas.....

9:44am Glorious North Korean Rocket Scientist:

Ken, I have utmost supreme confidence that this great experiment will soar like majestic bald headed eagle. After all what could go wrong- right?!

9:44am Marcel M:

Was it Ken that played the "acoustic" version of Metal Machine Music? Someone played that recently... some Germans did it I think.

9:44am jojo:

more crybaby- fuzz- sustain- echoverb

9:45am Green Mountain Man Mark:

I noticed a skunk last night going through a small hole under our mud room floor. I don't know if it is still in there. If I plug the hole up it could be trapped inside and possibly spray and then die eventually. Imagine the maggots.

9:45am fred:

Maggot Brain! Though the playlist says Maggot Brian. OMG!!! Is that sign of a rift between the power couple of WFMU???

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9:46am Ken:

Whatre you talkin 'bout Fred?!

9:46am Marcel M:

Poor skunk!

9:46am holland oats:

maggot brian was yesterday

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9:46am Ken:

Jojo - what do you wanna hear?

9:49am jojo:

bunnybrains

9:50am Marcel M:

Yay bunnybrains! Or bunny brians even...

9:54am Marcel M:

Andy and a bunch of children burst into the studio while Chris T was on last night.

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9:54am Guido from Cologne:

Allright, it needs a certain kind of relxation to get the Maggot Brain guitar heroism.
Now i've got it.
And I want that Gibson Harp Guitar!
Please send me one!

9:54am Marcel M:

Hah... Ken you get to relive the early days of raising your kids all over again. FUN!

9:55am thedunkel:

Andy in a teepee sounds funny enough!

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9:55am Webhamster Henry:

Oh I get it, the WFMUsketeers.

9:55am MD:

WAIT A MINUTE!! THE FINS CAN TWANG...STOP THE PRESSES!!!

10:00am merv:

Ken -- Long song option: Biblical Menstruator's "Cover of Neil Young's 'Vagueness of Orient'" -- I can't remember where I stumbled on this but I can't find it anywhere online now. Could email to you if y'all don't have it...

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10:01am Guido from Cologne:

I'm afraid I know this song!
Was it something about cats and mices!

10:02am Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

This isn't Bunnybrains

10:03am Neg-guh-tor:

Ken, am I your dawg?

10:04am bobdoesthings:

Speaking of wombats... here is a photo of a baby wombat - i.imgur.com...

10:04am Marcel M:

Wow Bob.... that is..... something. That facial expression..... *shudders*

10:04am SeanG:

DIRT

10:04am berlusconi's nose:

nice

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10:05am Guido from Cologne:

Someone call the cleaning service!
I hear DIRT!
Performed dirty!
Baaaah!!

10:05am f۩f۩ (:

Another long song option!

It is from a very obscure GERMAN band that plays awesome KRAUTROCK which feature keyboard solos that last longer than the album itself:

Ja - Taleschichten aus Topographische Ozeane

If is not in the WFMU catalogue try translating the above into English.

10:05am bobdoesthings:

I know.. it's creepy. But also funny.. he looks like he's just seen his first pair of boobs

10:06am Marcel M:

hahah

10:06am northguineahills:

I thought I wanna be your dog was from that avant surf comp.

10:07am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

@bob - or maybe it is a she and she just saw her first penis?

10:07am SeanG:

baby wombat!

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10:08am AnAnonymousParty:

Wombat? Are you sure it's not the Geico Pig after a weekend bender in Vegas?

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10:09am Guido from Cologne:

I try to understand the picture:
Smile when you're driven over, it's the last second of your live, so better smile!?!

10:10am bobdoesthings:

@jenn.. fair nuff

10:12am SeanG:

LMAO!! @AnAnonymousParty --weekend bender for sure!

10:18am adrian in mpls:

yeah!! reichmann!! get that krautrock pulse going!

10:18am fred:

More long songs options: Sleep's Dopesmoker (I actually won that last marathon), Boris' Feedbacker

10:20am GrokOMatic:

I like how you put pictures next to the tracks. Wolfgang is such a pleasant thing to listen to in the morning.

10:21am Greg from Bloomfield:

Loving this, Ken! I hope it's 43 minutes long...

10:22am northguineahills:

That Karl Malden reads the speaches of LBJ album cover, I don't even...>!

10:22am common:

ngh: thinkin the same thing...i think.

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10:24am AnAnonymousParty:

Did Karl have his own Stacia?

10:24am fred:

@fofo: If that tribute band doesn't already exist, someone should make it happen

10:25am jan:

Liking this vintage krautrock

10:25am Mark S:

the Karl Malden cover is a spoof:

dangerousminds.net...

10:27am Neg-guh-tor:

Future Days guided the Avalon Roxy Music phase methinks.

10:27am northguineahills:

Future Days, the perfect chill summer album....

10:29am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

Hagnum!!! I'd buy that for a dollar!

10:33am bobdoesthings:

@Jenn I'd give you 2 bucks for it

10:33am fred:

@Ken: My public servant pay index (whatever that means) is 666

10:34am berlusconi's nose:

How about some sino rock?

10:38am βrian:

You must mean "sinus rock."

10:42am GrokOMatic:

This is so freakin' awesome!

10:43am northguineahills:

This Courtney Barnett has been growing on me.

10:43am Marcel M:

Avant Gardener???? :-O

10:45am tino:

god this song sucks

10:45am nick:

Hey how does the aussie accent sound to you guys? (i'm aussie!)

10:46am MD:

what rhymes with Ambulance...???

10:46am faul:

@jan- village krautrock

10:46am Marcel M:

not that good at sparking bongs? hahahha. Sounds like a modern Sheryl Crow..

10:46am adrian in mpls:

@ngh - me too. it really annoyed me at first, but over time i've come to enjoy it....my partner hates it and says it "sounds like sheryl crow"

10:46am common:

i dig this tune.

10:47am bobdoesthings:

present tense

10:47am MD:

Reminds me of Brian Wilson when his Shrink told him to write about everyday things!!!

10:48am Marcel M:

@Adrain: Hah! Have to agree with your partner, though I don't "HATE" it...

10:49am bobdoesthings:

I recommend a neti pot.

10:49am Lewis:

@Ken - why do you know this? (don't get me wrong I am learning a lot)

10:51am berlusconi's nose:

Here in China, we have another problem.

10:51am faul:

how can i get my name to appear in Green like SM Ken

10:52am Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

@faul: Green just means you've personally visited that person's profile page already.

10:52am Lewis:

@faul - visit your own profile...

10:52am HarktheUmpire:

Two minor corrections.. his name is actually Wolfgang Riechmann, and the song is called "Himmelblau"

10:53am Marcel M:

Apparently he (Wolfgang) was stabbed for no reason by two drunks, and died from internal bleeding due to poor medical treatment... jeez.

10:57am Dan B From Upstate:

Yep. The video stream is blocked for me... :-\

10:58am Joey the Sleaze:

i just learned teh term jelq! urbandictionary makes websters look like poo-pie.

10:59am Robert:

Might want to kill auto-refresh during the vid stream on this page.

10:59am Andrew Waterloo:

Salut!

11:00am βrian:

I say just kill auto-refresh forever. It's very annoying.

11:01am bobdoesthings:

wow it was cool for a minute with the slight delay.. playing can twice!

11:01am Chris M.:

this is already so great

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11:01am Ken:

I tried to have auto-refresh killed here but im not sure if its really killed or not...

11:01am listener james from westwood:

COming through clear on my iPod Touch!

11:02am nick:

I should go to bed, but the good music is keeping me awake, damn you for playing good music =)

11:02am Lewis:

was that HIldegard Knef?

11:02am thedunkel:

works on the app!

11:02am egal:

Works on iPhone

11:02am Okasa:

The video stream looks and sounds great. Kudos, Ken!

11:03am βrian:

And Twiggy?

11:03am Marcel M:

This is delightful!

11:03am Lizardner Dave:

Looks great here but I have to get back to work (and therefore just listening) in a few minutes. Will the video be archived?

11:04am People Like Us:

it's working fine now, no autorefreshing

11:04am Marcel M:

I think you did kill the auto refresh Ken

11:04am foreign_listner_k:

On a vanilla opensuse 12.3 system, and ustream says -

Content unavailable

We're sorry, but this video is unavailable on this device.

11:05am mary:

viv sound is louder than audio stream. looking good! everybody is dancing. and happy
and when I went to preview comment I am off page so my sound disappears as well as vid. but going back now

11:05am People Like Us:

maybe this should be announced on the WFMU facebook page

11:06am faul:

im supposed to be doing my stock updates...get this off my screen !!

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11:06am Webhamster Henry:

It's the Time code dance!

11:06am Okasa:

It seems best to put the Ustream sound to 0 and just listen to the regular audio stream.

11:07am conkrete_dawg:

is this the BBC dance channel?

11:07am Jeff:

Such move
So dance

11:07am Okasa:

But then the problem is that every time I leave the page, (to post a comment, for example), the Ustream stops. And when I start it again, the volume goes back up…

11:07am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

Everybody dance!

11:07am Michael:

Ken did you put this together or did you grab it from somewhere? Working fine here btw.

11:08am plastiquejesus:

I think Stereolab listened to some Neu records.

11:08am Liz Berg:

foreign_listner_k, you may need a flash plugin.

11:08am thedunkel:

Boris dances the Yeltsin!

11:08am Jeff:

(Working fine on a Chromebook, by the way)

11:08am People Like Us:

watch the ustream from wfmu.org front page and have this page in a different tab

11:09am maestroso:

Iphone vid stream is working great.

11:09am listener james from westwood:

DANCE! DANCE FOR OUR AMUSEMENT!

11:09am SeanG:

Sweet!

11:09am foreigner_listener_K:

OK - flash is necessary.

Never mind.

11:09am SpeedyPete:

Luvvvin this!

But could there really be only 100 people watching the stream?

11:10am rdkls:

it's nice primal scream. requesting xtrmntr, i listened to that on repeat for ages in my car fucking awesome song

11:10am People Like Us:

I wonder what is happening in the studio right now... ha ha

11:10am Mark S:

or you could listen with the pop-up

11:10am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

Now release the hounds!

11:10am Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Auto-refresh was put out to pasture at 11am. Nothing blowing up, right?

11:10am People Like Us:

hey, Ken just mixed another track on

11:10am βrian:

More cats, please!

11:11am mary:

playlist page still looks and sound goods...yes , now, sound off on preview comment page so will take Vicki's advice to go to home page etc.....

11:11am People Like Us:

move your mouse off of the play/rw/ff panel, Ken

11:11am paulWCBN:

oh wow, haven't thought of this track in a long time

11:12am faul:

was that SM KEN dancing w/Frangry

11:12am steve:

i dont know whats going on but HELL YES to the video!

11:12am Liz Berg:

foreign_listner_k, if you have a smartphone, you can view the video via the WFMU app (Android or iOS).

11:12am Kat in Chicago:

This is hilarious. It does need more cats tho.

11:12am Jeff:

I fully understand that one might find Flash evil and not choose to install it, but there does appear to be a plugin available for openSUSE:

software.opensuse.org...

11:12am Bayta:

Hahaha this is awesome

11:12am SpeedyPete:

I think Mr. McFreedman just crossed the line from mighty rearranger to true artist. How does it feel Ken???

11:12am Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Fear not; the "Now playing" at the top of the playlist keeps updating itself even as you stare dreamily at the video.

11:13am rdkls:

sorry, "accelerator", that song cuts through everything

11:13am Dan B From Upstate:

I noticed that now playing today. I was wondering if that was new. Good job as always, Kenzo.

11:14am egal:

speedypete: the Skrillex of free form radio.

11:14am Kat in Chicago:

oh my god

11:14am bobdoesthings:

this is farrrrr too distracting for me at work.. being that I do photoshop.. my eyes cant be wondering this much. arggghhh

11:14am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

Now that's more like a Ken video I was expecting. Yeesh.

11:15am βrian:

I thought the store was Food Grunt.

11:15am chris:

This is the most distracting thing ever. How can I get any work done?

11:15am faul:

food taint

11:15am Robert:

Shades of Max Fleischer!

11:15am tim:

In a world where so much is depressing right now, this makes me very happy.

11:17am psilocybin:

Lord, I've *seen* spaghetti do that!

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11:17am Webhamster Henry:

Or: go to Ustream directly www.ustream.tv..., full screen it, listen and comment via the iPhone or Android app.

11:18am Lewis:

@chris - couldn't agree more!!

11:18am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

Once a roommate threw a strand of spaghetti against the wall and if formed a perfect profile of Dino from The Flintstones. We kept it there for about a year and when we took it off the wall it took the paint with it.

11:19am faul:

the future FMU

11:20am bobdoesthings:

this will be available on archives right? I really gotta turn this off.. .

11:20am bobdoesthings:

dont get me wrong... ken, this is great! I just gotta focus on work. haha

11:20am chris:

Ken, you really are an evil genius. Good on ya, sir! You have shown me the future. And it is weird. And cool. And I won't be the same without it.

11:20am Stevel:

Chris is right. Pretty sure I'm going to get fired over this. Can't. Look. Away.

11:20am Asheville Jon:

hello

11:20am Marcel M:

I think all the video stuff is archived on ustream Bob

11:21am Andrew Waterloo:

This is pretty fantastic. Especially the walking face creature.

11:21am rdkls:

blueeee moooonoooon

11:21am βrian:

@ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ: You've given me a great decorating idea.

11:21am Kat in Chicago:

How long have there been clicky stars for the images? Just noticed that.

11:22am Texaslpguy:

FANTASTIC mix of audio and visual.....

11:22am common:

DAMMIT. can't see the vid on my dumb work computer.

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11:23am Ken:

No, this video wont be archived...

11:24am People Like Us:

yayyyy

11:24am listener james from westwood:

Glorious stuff!
The egg says, "mee merr mrr mrr mee mrr mee mrrr...."

11:24am Dan B From Upstate:

Man...

11:26am fascinoma:

@Ken re. the ephemeral video: DARN.
@People Like Us Vicki, SO EXCITED for Consequences at Monty Hall next month!!!

11:28am People Like Us:

yes, expect the same but different!

11:28am listener faul:

shelly winters is so punk

11:29am common:

love shelly winters and that flick!

11:29am Lewis:

What can one say… a new frontier is opened!

11:30am conkrete_dawg:

awesome

11:30am jan:

The video is as good as your greatest audio programming. Unlike your radio show, it's impossible to multitask. It's either work or stay glued to my computer screen.

11:30am Kat in Chicago:

I got a ticket for the People Like Us show. Now trying to scrape up the money to actually buy a plane ticket and rent a bed for two nights and go.

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11:31am Marshall Stacks:

Great show in so many ways, Ken.

11:31am bobdoesthings:

ahhh this video is one of my youtube favorites... its fun to watch a german people dance in the 60s

11:31am fascinoma:

eeeeee Monk Time time to touch up my tonsure

11:32am conkrete_dawg:

tonsure sighting!

11:32am common:

it's monk time!

11:32am βrian:

Mr. Shiny Pate.

11:32am People Like Us:

maybe air bnb?

11:33am chris:

I'll need to update my resume. My job will not survive this. Anyone hiring a person to listen to music and watch synchronized video?

11:33am f۩f۩ (:

Flash player not working for Opera 23 (latest version) on a *ahem* Win XP 32 bit.

Therefore I'm missing the video and all giffery. Now I know how someone listening to Porn For The Blind feels like.

11:33am listener faul:

video of the monks visiting fmu studio

11:34am fascinoma:

@bobdoesthings YES so deliciously selfconscious

11:34am Kat in Chicago:

That's what I'm looking at, Vicki. Hope I can make it!

11:34am rdkls:

das war totale ganz kuhl

11:35am dale:

i should have suggested a fripp video, for exposure. it's all low tech and such

11:36am Robert:

Was any audio or video changed in speed to match its video or audio complement?

11:36am f۩f۩ (:

Am I missing the video for "No tear"?!?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

11:36am Chris M.:

this is so awesome and i want to do this same thing so bad.

11:38am Okasa:

@f۩f۩ - You are SERIOUSLY missing out! I feel so sorry for you...

11:39am egal:

The Museum of Television and Radio will want this programme.

11:39am Okasa:

That is the coolest hat...

11:40am listener faul:

SMK : make fabio do this

11:42am Robert:

I guess the jump cut proved the audio was synched to the video in that passage rather than vice versa.

11:43am bobdoesthings:

not sure if I want to get higher with her...

11:43am jan:

how can I devote the time that your video demands and continue to function?

11:43am Stevel:

Not sure you COULD get higher with her

11:44am Irwin:

Group Image: 1st psych concert I attended, Rutgers U, 1968. Still have the LP. The drummer, Leon Luther Rix, later had a great session career.

11:44am steve:

im gonna need a nap when the show is over.

11:44am Andrew Waterloo:

Maybe the guy in the hat could.

11:44am Mark S:

freak out

11:45am βrian:

I've been picking up tips on how to snap one's fingers.

11:47am Jiminy Glick:

IMO, Adam Curtis best doc is, Century Of The Self. Go ahead, dig it.

11:48am dale:

that 'hiya' was great - can't find much about them, but it was 68.

theegarage.blogspot.com...

11:48am Marcel M:

This is awesome!

11:50am Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

nothing blew up good bye

11:51am Marcel M:

Living in the mind of a depressed Hippie.... what an ending. damn

11:51am Mark S:

I used to live in the mind of a depressed hippy

11:52am Robert:

All that hilarity, and then you snuck in that bit about oh, dear-ism with relevant visuals. I never thought about those issues as connected in such a way, thanks.

11:53am βrian:

Cats at last. Kinda.

11:54am Kat in Chicago:

I'm not counting that as proper cat content.

11:54am maestroso:

I'd say this experiment is a rousing success.

11:55am Kat in Chicago:

Definitely!

11:55am fascinoma:

Cyriak's got some proper cat content for ya'll:

www.youtube.com...

11:55am listener faul:

SMK earned all of his 500K salary today

11:56am fascinoma:

yes yes yes such a success! would love to see this as a more regular feature

11:56am dale:

ooh, from time magazine:

This is the first recording by the Manhattan hippie tribe that has been turning on with sound and light in a couple of off-Broadway ballrooms; it will soon open its own permanent ballroom in the East Village. The five-man band has a driving, express-train beat, and a sharp and shimmering harmony, and a high voltage singer named Sheila. Their sound is all their own, but there are some familiar touches of The Lovin’ Spoonful (Grew Up All Wrong) and Jefferson Airplane (Banana Split). In Banana Split, two electronic zaps project the listener, as through a time warp, into a liquid Eden of tinkling bells and clicking percussion. The Group Image calls it the Twinkie Zone, and it’s a pretty good place to be

dangerousminds.net...

11:57am Kat in Chicago:

haha, I've actually seen Kitty City before!

11:57am sádlo ð:

At one time, it was unfathomable to see as well as hear radio.

11:57am chris:

I can not imagine having missed this historic journey. Thank you, Ken! Fucking outstanding, man. Really.

11:58am bobdoesthings:

great show - wish I could have watched more. worked great it seems

11:58am Andrew Waterloo:

It's too bad they won't do this sort of thing with Much Music and MTV

11:58am Marcel M:

Awesome show Ken!

11:58am listener james from westwood:

Outstanding stuff, Ken!

11:59am northguineahills:

Man, this was fun. Thanks Ken!

12:00pm Dan B From Upstate:

Another great show. Can't wait to watch the video archi-- awww....

12:00pm thedunkel:

Thanks Ken!

12:01pm egal:

Brilliant.

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12:01pm Marshall Stacks:

Well done, Ken!

12:01pm Stevel:

Bravo!

12:01pm GrokOMatic:

great stuff!

12:01pm P-90:

The Dva video was one of the best, if not THE best of the hour.
Experiment: Success!
Thanks Ken!

12:05pm Michael:

Thanks Ken - fun stuff as always.

2:02pm Kurt:

Thanks Ken, the show yesterday was amazing. What do I need to do to rewatch the videos, since it was on while I was driving to work yesterday. Replaying the mp3 does not replay the video for me.