Today's Programme: Ken's show

Listener comments!

6:26am Ken:

Morning friends! Just boring old GIFs and music today... next video show is two weeks from today. Im featuring the amazing new GIFs of Hayden Zezula here in the pre-show.

7:05am jeremy:

Herro Ken! Happy Hump Day

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8:31am Ken:

Hi Jeremy - just you and me today.

8:39am cory:

is the gif with the little girl doing the splits from, "How to be a Super Bad-Ass". The famed Flemish educational film directed by Alexander Decommere?

8:49am Marcel M:

Morning Ken, morning all *yawn*

8:50am adrian in mpls:

Morning!!!!!!

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8:51am Ken:

You nailed it Cory!

8:51am Marcel M:

She is super bad ass either way

9:01am common:

I hope he found his bassoon.

9:02am thedunkel:

Morning Ken , Ken-fans , and bassoon thieves!

9:02am bobdoesthings:

goood morning ken and all

9:03am Brendan:

Nice song ... Has a little spaghetti western feel

9:03am Marcel M:

This isn't the Vampyros Lesbos band is it?

9:07am f⊹f⊹ (:

Hola, Ken, adrian, Marcel M, cory, jeremy, Brendan, bobdoesthings, thedunkel, common and whoever comes in while I submit this comment!

9:07am βrian:

Hey, where's the power supply for that guitar?

9:08am bobdoesthings:

this singing is making me uncomfortable

9:08am adrian in mpls:

weird - the second day in a row there's a cut on wfmu that wcbn uses in station id music

9:10am pierre:

This work for me, Bonjour Ken and listeners extraordinaires

9:10am Brendan:

Knife fight anybody great music

9:10am βrian:

@adrian: Which one today? I thought I had them burned into my brain.

9:12am egal:

When did the bongo fall into disfavor?

9:13am adrian in mpls:

@Brian - That Linn Twins song - that one is seared into my brain -- but i can't remember the specific id.

9:15am Okasa:

Good morning Ken! … and a very good morning to Mr. Arch Hall, Jr. Sorry about my face.

9:16am Sigurdur:

Weathering Ken, another day in the "office", slowly but rather surely something

9:18am Marcel M:

Love this guitar lead... so lazy and removed

9:18am adrian in mpls:

Ken --how was it getting called by Shut Up Weirdo on Friday? you sounded rather bemused....

9:21am Mark S:

Ivory?

9:22am f⊹f⊹ (:

*ahem*

TALKING EGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!

9:24am f⊹f⊹ (:

Last week show was an instant classic.

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9:25am Ken:

Adrian - that was funny because I was in the car and had just turned on the show and the first thing that happened was they called me.

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9:26am K`en:

Im really excited about my next video show two weeks from today. Im most excited about all the new talkover video loops I've found and made.

9:30am βrian:

Music for rail cars.

9:31am Mark S:

maybe it is one egg with a double yolk

9:32am SSS:

I think those eggs ARE the heebie geebies!

9:33am adrian in mpls:

one yolk is named heebie, the other one is named geebie

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9:34am ken:

I recently commissioned several new talking egg duos to do videos for me. You will see them in two weeks.

9:34am pierre:

the dancing woman is spot on the rhythm, I CAN'T LOOK AWAY !!! (and I have work to do…)

9:35am SSS:

I betcha the faces on the whole crowd watching her tease dance looked just like those eggs!

9:35am Okasa:

So I was chatting with a friend that Ken put up a gif of Arch Hall, Jr. and I said Arch Hall, Jr. was the star of Eegah, and my friend said BS, Richard Kiel was the star of Eegah, and so I IMDB'd Richard Kiel to see who got top billing, (Arch Hall, Jr. got top billing, natch). And then I found out that Richard Kiel was in Skidoo, and I still can't believe I've never seen Skidoo, and then I found out it is on YouTube!!

9:35am Brendan:

Love me some burlesque

9:36am Okasa:

Let me repeat that, Skidoo is on YouTube.

9:36am HarktheUmpire:

I'm here for Ken's show! Woooo!

9:38am common:

thanks okasa! always wanted to see that!

9:42am Brendan:

Le show is magnifique , Monsieur Ken

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9:45am Webhamster Henry:

So talk a little about this ECHOS OF GERMANY.
Any Comedian Harmonists on it?

9:46am Brendan:

Ahhh der kinder...

9:46am egal:

Devastated that the Obernkirchen Kinder broke up.

9:46am still b/p:

How many of us had to sing Happy Wanderer in elementary school -- show of hands?

9:46am Brendan:

Hitler youth choir

9:48am Marcel M:

Clay Pigeon?!?!?

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9:48am Ken:

Ok MikeY. Calm down.

9:48am pierre:

favoriting Clay !

9:48am Marcel M:

Yay Clay!

9:48am common:

CLAY!

9:49am bobdoesthings:

this is profound

9:49am dale:

mr. pigeon surprises and delights yet again. should sell his songs and cash in.

9:49am MD:

The Dusty Show!!!!

9:49am pierre:

I heard that everybody was kind of crazy about the Harry Dean Stanton records thingy, well, i'd love to hear a HDS/Clay Pigeon duo…

9:49am βrian:

If you don't know what it is, it's a UFO.

9:49am MD:

Clay as the "old Man!!!"

9:50am bobdoesthings:

wow. this is really blowing my mind.

9:51am egal:

I'm not stoned enough atm for this.

9:51am βrian:

An unidentified opera.

9:52am Marcel M:

You should listen to his show Bob!

9:52am Chris M.:

this Clay Pigeon track is blowing my mind

9:52am Jeff:

So many pigeons.

9:53am adrian in mpls:

DON'T BLAST THEM!!

9:53am nardo:

someone needs to lock the door on the chemistry lab

9:54am bobdoesthings:

@marcel.. that's the time slot I always miss, leaving work at 6

9:54am Cecile:

Clay is teh shit.

9:55am Marcel M:

@BOB: Ahhh right. Well archive when bored!

9:55am Brendan:

Jim Sullivan UFO would be nice

9:59am rsj:

this is a blast from the past, heavily played at millennial flip

9:59am bobdoesthings:

I don't speak the language.. but these guys have wack flows

10:03am Cecile:

HARTE 10

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10:04am Guido from Cologne:

R.I.P. Frank Köllges who died last year
(Key Figure in Härte 10 and leader of Intermission Impriv. Orchestra)

10:05am Okasa:

The Marimba Queens synced precisely with Sauerschnauze. Thanks Ken!

10:05am MD:

Ken!!! You and your crazy musik!!!
thank you!

10:06am Cecile:

Guido, aw that's sad
I have this record. Cutest and naughtiest album cover ever

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10:06am Guido from Cologne:

I was wrong: Köllges died 2012.

10:07am MD:

Hey I just wanted to mention...I have a Bassoon for sale...it's a student model and lightly used...

10:08am Cecile:

He's still dead...

10:09am Rectitude:

Hi Cici

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10:09am Guido from Cologne:

He died aged 59.
qQuite early.
He is painfully missed.
Musicians loved him.

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10:11am Guido from Cologne:

THE VIDEO SHOW WAS KILLER !!!

10:11am Cecile:

Hi Siggi

I can imagine, Guido. I love that Harte 10 record on Moers a lot.

10:12am Tome:

good morning fearless leader and all.... gif loops .. sounds like something I did or didn't do in HS ...

10:14am Cecile:

You should get Monty to show up. He's still kicking.

10:14am ALF of Hip Hop Slam:

What's up Ken?! I'm at work enjoying your show via WFMU app. Have a great day! LaterZzzz!

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10:15am Guido from Cologne:

Adam Noidlt (aka Frank Köllges) Intermission Orchester Moers New Jazz Festival 1993:
www.youtube.com...

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10:16am Ken:

Hey Alf! Great to hear from you!

10:20am f⊹f⊹ (:

Ken, Guido:
Talking about German oldies but goodies..I always wanted to know the name of the song and/or artist you Ken used to play eons ago. The only thing I remember is that is a funny cover version of a non very popular 60's(?) American poppy, puppy love song. The song ends with the singer crying. Does this sounds familiar to you Guido?

10:20am Cecile:

Ken, got Tom Ze?

10:21am Nick S.:

Meridian Bros. are so brilliant!

10:23am Cecile:

This track is amazing

10:25am f⊹f⊹ (:

Tip of the day: The Colombian accent is the most beautiful Spanish accent of them all!

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10:25am Guido from Cologne:

@f⊹f⊹ (
I'm puzzling. I should know what you describe.
But nothing shows up in my memory right now.

Star-Click for Meridian Brothers

10:27am bobdoesthings:

@Ken. had to clicky-star today's show, loving everything!

10:27am Cecile:

Alf! How's it going?

10:29am Brendan:

I take comfort in the fact that machete and control are used in the same phrase

10:32am doca:

Nice, those guys are here from Porto Alegre. I'll tell them WFMU just played a track by them

10:33am f⊹f⊹ (:

War is God's way to teach Americans geography.

Ken's Show is God's way to teach us songs from all the globe.

10:35am doca:

BTW, to all. This blog here only posts recent Brazilian albums that are free for download. I find almost all too much mainstream, so to speak, but there are cool things in there
euovo.blogspot.com.br

10:35am MD:

I think the Rigillian accent is ythe most Beautiful Alien accent of all....It's better than Planet 10...

10:36am Marcel M:

@Bob: Agreed! Been a good one for sure.

10:37am ScottC:

OH GREAT! your GIF Preservation Society page here stopped by daughter in her tracks NOW she's late for school. Thanks a lot KEN!

10:37am f⊹f⊹ (:

Obrigado, doca! Viu?

10:38am Cecile:

I'm partial to Klingon myself.

10:40am f⊹f⊹ (:

And according to a very serious Lonely Planet survey, the Colombian accent is also the most sexy one in the world!

10:41am doca:

@f⊹f⊹ (: Vi e ouvi!
@Cecile: Hey, Cecile! I just bought Dan Charnas' "Big Payback" book, I'm looking forward to read it

10:42am MD:

I think Klingon is a bit sharp and Spikey...BUT IT'S GREAT FOR PUNK ROCK!!!

10:43am MD:

Ken...can you play some Klingon Punk Rock???

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10:43am Ken:

Oh God let us please not discuss Star Trek shit.

10:43am doca:

I thought KHLAM was KLINGON MUSIC

10:44am f⊹f⊹ (:

I noticed Ken also has a lisp when talking in Spanish. Say
"Nadie silba como Silvia silba
porque el que silba como Silvia silba
Silvia le enseño a silbar"

10:44am Cecile:

Excellent, doca! He writes like he talks.

10:45am Leftist Gorilla:

Set a course for Omega 3

10:45am MD:

Have I started to create a MONSTER!!!???

10:47am MD:

Let's chart a course to Planet B12!

10:47am Parq:

Can someone identify the source of the talking head gif that went with the last mike break?

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10:48am Ken:

Is it the Brain that Wouldn't Die? Where is Caryn when you need her?

10:48am bobdoesthings:

I need me one of those fancy headphone amplifiers..

10:48am Philthy woman:

HellOOOH!
Just tunin in so glad to get to listen to your show today Ken, often working a job sans music at this hr.

10:49am Rev. Turnip Druid:

GNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODDDDDDD!!!!

10:51am Cecile:

Yes!

10:52am Cecile:

Dodo

10:53am Cecile:

Argh! Damn you autocorrect!
Yeah, Ken stop lisping like the rest of the world!

10:54am Cecile:

Nothing personal fofo!

10:55am thedunkel:

DOLPPPHIINN!

10:55am Robert:

Ken, it always seems to get back to here...and you. Recently someplace totally unrelated I saw someone linked to your Beware of the Blog from several yrs. ago about how a truly ancient musical piece had its notation decrypted & matched with the words. A couple months ago I happened to be listening to a collage piece at Kill Radio, "A Leap Into The Void", that it turned out you had contributed to. You & your little station have a huge footprint.

10:56am ScottC:

Finally! some Klingon Punk Rock!

10:58am Torbjørn:

Hmf, not quite sure how to feel about this. This Mjolner song has quite xenophobic lyrics and probably appeal to the most tea-party-like elements of Scandinavian politics. On the other hand, I happily listened to a couple of Burzum records yesterday, and I'm not a neo-nazi quite yet. I guess playing the record with no ill intent makes it kind of like a cultural study, although understanding the lyrics brings some perspective, I guess. Will there be any Screwdriver tracks later ?

10:58am Robert:

Interesting symbolism in that aniGIF: No matter how he "spins" it, he can't make her happy. And above that, hotheads go together.

10:58am Snortley:

@BobDoesThings: SA-155
www.google.com...

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11:00am K'en:

I had no idea Torbjorn.

11:00am Cecile:

Torjborn, thanks for the heads up. I actually avoid Burzum and Skrewdriver

11:00am Dean:

@Torbjørn: IIRC, early Skrewdriver is safe for ideological adoption. It's the later stuff that went a little nuts.

11:01am bobdoesthings:

YES! khlam! Hey! Speaking of.... Ken when can we expect your Khlam DJ premium?

11:03am Torbjørn:

@Ken, no, and I wouldn't fault you for playing it even if you did. If I was to only play music that would stand the test of my pedantic political views, I would have to throw away most of my music. It's just a bit jarring when you're not expecting it, is all. I listen to a lot of music where people say stupid things, doesn't make me stupid (I hope). I feel it's a complicated issue.

11:03am Cecile:

K'en I know
Too bad because it was a catchy song
But I guess that was the point

11:03am Marcel M:

Unfortunately I must leave. Great show today!

11:04am Dean:

"If I was to only play music that would stand the test of my pedantic political views, I would have to throw away most of my music." You can say that again! I vehemently oppose partying all night long, for example. There go the Kiss records!

11:05am βrian:

It's been a while since I heard Fred. Who could be more down to earth?

11:05am bobdoesthings:

Later @marcel

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11:06am Ken:

I rendered Mj0lner unsearchable so we dont attract their thuggish fans.

11:06am Quinn:

Quinn

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11:07am K'en:

Quinn

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11:08am *LOL*:

*LOL*

11:09am braveness23:

We need a song to tell all the dudes to shave off their damned beards!

11:09am adrian in mpls:

this is reminding me it's about time for my biannual haircut

11:09am bobdoesthings:

agh, marcel left too soon. He really needs to listen to this. with his long hair and beard..

11:09am quinn:

bahahaha i don't know how that happened.

11:10am Okasa:

@Ken - The disembodied head gif is NOT "The Brain That Wouldn't Die" but it is from another MST3K episode, "Tormented".

11:11am Cecile:

Murs does a cool rap about a barbershop

11:12am still b/p:

When Quinn the Eskimo gets here,
All Clay Pigeons gonna run to her?

11:15am bibi:

hi all.
i had a dream last week that a videostream was happening during the show. i guess i was too khlammed and got it wrong...

11:15am quinn:

if only i could be so lucky

11:16am Roberto:

...from Andy and me. Not Andy and I.

11:17am bibi:

you rule.

11:17am Robert:

I'm friendly with a lot of Odinists (having those sympathies myself), and "Mjolner" being the name of Thor's hammer, and knowing the political proclivities of many, though far from all, of them, the orient'n pointed out by Torbjorn above is not surprising. It would be good to get a translation of their lyrics, because it may not be stuff that I would take as xenophobic or nasty, but an expression of their northern cultural orient'n. It's complicated, and I wouldn't mind discussing it with you in e-mail if it wouldn't bore you. I'm just saying I wouldn't judge on Torbjorn's evalu'n alone; I'd want more direct info, because although his judgment I'm sure is sincere & reflective, it may reflect his own orient'n & rxn-formation as much as it does that of the content itself.

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11:17am Ken:

Oh stop it Roberto.

11:20am Laura L:

Thank you for the Damp Foetus, Ken!

11:20am See the spirit not the name:

Laughing out loud

11:21am chris:

Its Clay! :-)

11:21am adrian in mpls:

more Clay!!!

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11:22am Webhamster Henry:

OK I'm getting this premium next time.

11:22am bobdoesthings:

wow. these Clay tracks are amazing.

11:23am Goyim in the AM:

Isn't there an album of stuff like this under his gub'mint name?

11:23am Rev. Turnip Druid:

Clay's "cocked salamander head" piece is a work of ungodly nice-nice.

11:24am Cecile:

Goyim, it's the heartbreaking opera That Dirty Clown .

11:24am pierre:

Clay Pigeon is amazing

11:26am Goyim in the AM:

Yes, Cecile, thanks!

11:27am Torbjørn:

@Robert, yes, this is a bit embarrassing. I did actually mishear the lyrics a bit, and upon reviewing them, I found that I may have overstated the case somewhat. Sorry.
You know how Led Zeppelin did a few songs about Lord of the Rings and similar stuff ? I see viking metal more as a scandi version of that, as a cartoonish take on popular history.
I think the viking metal thing is quite enjoyable, really, and just to play my scandi hand here, I'm about 10 minutes away from Einherjer's home town.

I must've played Nordavind album about a thousand times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgxxC7DCR2w

11:28am Okasa:

When the Germanic tribes were "converted" to Christianity, it was little more than a name substitution. Odin became God and Thor became Jesus, but the belief system didn't change.

11:28am Carmichael:

Good morning Sir Kenneth and acolytes.

11:29am Listener John from NJ:

What a great haircut song! (I hope that it is available for purchase on cd or download somewhere -- probably ain't though, is it? Oh well -- I'm accustomed to disappointments.) :-)

11:29am Cecile:

So the Klingon song is OK?

11:30am Ralphine:

The guy playing the guitar in the picture next to the Bodeco track is Joe Walsh, right?

11:30am MD:

guided by voices...

11:32am Cecile:

I like Viking metal. But I like the forest people metal of Korpiklaani. As they point out, the Vikings beat em up a lot.

11:32am Roberto:

I can't stop. I gotta be I.

11:32am Philthy woman:

love this one

11:33am conkrete_dawg:

is this a Clay Pigeon opera?

11:33am Philthy woman:

Clay!

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11:33am Webhamster Henry:

wfmu.org...
I think you can still pledge and get it, right Ken?

11:33am Listener John from NJ:

Oh yeah -- Ya gotta love those Clay Pigeon pieces, don't ya? He's another of the geniuses at WFMU. At least that's my opinion!

11:34am Cecile:

Although they have a great song about marauders ambushing some unsuspecting missionaries.

11:34am Mark S:

I know quite a few onanists myself

11:34am ScottC:

I'm still recovering from "gingham" and "sing'um"

11:36am Dean:

@Mark S: In the biblical sense?

11:37am Robert:

Thanks, Torbjorn. I got a Google xlation at http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=sv&u=http://www.sasslantis.ee/lyrics-mjolner-betvingad_av_klingan&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dbetvingad%2Blyrics%2Benglish%26num%3D100%26lr%3D%26as_qdr%3Dall

11:37am Torbjørn:

@Cecile, short version; yes. On the other hand, the title isn't actually "Klingon", it's "klingan", which translates to "blade" or "sword". The lyrics are about praising warriors and their actions, praising the popular understanding of vikings and viking warrior culture. It's about as AD&D as Led Zeppelin, excerpt "Like wolves over the sea they chase the northern wind" .. yeah.

11:38am Cecile:

Cool! I'm down with that.

11:39am Dean:

For half a second I thought this might be the Twink of Pink Fairies. Obviously not. There's a nice announcement of this Twink's upcoming release on Weirdo Music's site, where there also appears a review of Maxophone's album! WM is one of the coolest record stores I've ever seen.

11:40am Robert:

This makes me wonder whether Roddenberry or somebody coined the name "Klingon" from such a word from a Nordic language to indicate "warlike" or "belligerent".

11:40am Nick from Indy:

Bang a Gong! Get some Gamelan

11:41am Cecile:

I would not doubt it.

11:41am Mark S:

Track 5 Gamel: "Gamel Kamasu"

11:41am Goyim in the AM:

It's a fine line with Euro folk-metal, though, isn't it? I know a fair number of Eastern European and German bands whose lyrics are mostly harmless, but whose fans probably belong on a hate crime watchlist...

11:42am Mark S:

No that's track 6! Track 5 is "Gamel Uma Umo"

11:43am Mark S:

The same could be said of Trace Adkins fans

11:44am Torbjørn:

@Cecile, if you want one with a little spice to it, I would recommend Nordavind - Haavard Hedde[1].
It a juiced up version of a popular folk song, about a guy fixing to build himself a cabin and get himself a wife.
There a bridge where they do something a bit interesting, yelling out "If you ever smell the blood of a chrisitian, on the mountain, go fetch the axe. Chop them down !". Now, that might be a bit salty for many people, but they're referencing what the trolls usually say in the popular fairy tails, our version of brothers Grimm.
I love this album, it's mostly viking metal versions of classic folk tales like this, except for this one song where he uses a on old norwegian vocal technique known as a "stev".

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzuKZo39byk

11:44am βrian:

At last!

11:44am Cecile:

Baby animal!

11:45am adrian in mpls:

NOOOOOOOOOOO

11:45am βrian:

I'm renaming my cat to "Baby Animal."

11:46am Brendan:

Sounds like 50 wpm

11:46am Sigurdur:

en.wikipedia.org...

11:46am Robert:

The Wikipedia entry says Klingons were named after a Clingan who'd served in the LAPD with Roddenberry. However, Wikipedia. Also, he may have made up that story later.

11:48am Robert:

It's like how I'm absolutely sure the Zap Branigan character in Futurama cartoons was named for Bash Branigan from "How to Murder Your Wife", but can't prove it.

11:49am bibi:

the room reverb on her voice is really nice.

11:49am Cecile:

I have no doubt about that.

11:50am Nick from Indy:

The best typewriter playing since Psychic TV's "Magick Defends Itself"

11:50am Brendan:

Thats whatever you were talking about for you

11:52am Goyim in the AM:

This is just Cerberus Shoal, by the way -- "Vim & Vigour" was a split ep with Alvarius B (aka Alan Bishop) on the other side.

11:53am bibi:

ha, zap branigan, i love him.
like, with love.

11:53am conkrete_dawg:

martian heads exploding everywhere

11:54am bibi:

thx goyim, was wondering bout that.

11:54am Cecile:

Bibi we saw three of them at a recent SF con

11:54am Brendan:

Hobo billy meets Don Ho

11:54am Okasa:

All praise Odin and all of his names and forms. All praise Thor and all of his names and forms. All praise Slim Whitman and all of his names and forms.

11:55am Cecile:

Aw. A song about Minnesota. Lake Minnetonka.

11:57am still b/p:

Big Blood, Alvarius B. and Sam Shalabi did a show locally a couple weeks ago, and I planned to go...but, with great regret, did not. That's my "Shows I Didn't Make" report.

11:57am Carl Childers with hammer:

I wanna be baptized mmm hmmm

11:58am f⊹f⊹ (:

Lake Minnetonka! That's the one from the Burp Concerto!!!!

11:58am Brendan:

Ty Ken

11:58am Robert:

Bibi, are you familiar with Zap Branigan's predecessor, Bash Branigan (also a cartoon character)?

11:59am adrian in mpls:

thanks Ken!

12:00pm bibi:

@cecile, how short were their skirts ? real zap scaled skirts ?
this little sunny guitar sounds a lot like some tortoise standards, but different.

12:00pm f⊹f⊹ (:

Damn ! I missed most of the show due technical difficulties. But I bet it was a good show judging from the pretty GIFs.

Thanks, Ken! Till next episode, people! Adios!

12:00pm bobdoesthings:

thanks ken!!

12:00pm Zap:

Kiff , I've made it with a woman. Inform the men.

12:01pm inês:

trck5 = "Gamel Uma Uno"

12:01pm bibi:

thx ken, ill check bash now !

12:02pm Cecile:

Yes, bibi. They committed to the character.

7:11pm DellC:

"Rock-a-Bongo Boogie" sounds uncannily like Godley & Creme.