I Have Belly Hands: Ken's show

Listener comments!

♥ 6:23am Ken:

Morning!

♥ 7:29am Ken From Hyde Park:

The Kens are here. Where is everybody else?

7:30am groucho:

Yup

7:34am cory:

g'morning dark overKens

♥ 7:50am Asheville Jon:

good morning from the frozen south

8:03am f✿f✿ (:

Hola Ken✿, grouch✿, c✿ry, Asheville J✿n!

♥ 8:07am Asheville Jon:

hola f✿f✿

8:07am f✿f✿ (:

Does anyone know where the hammer dulcimer GIF comes from? It's too cute for Svankmajer but yet looks like if it was from one of his films. Caryn?

♥ 8:17am Ken:

Wish I knew, f0f0. But I just added a second one.

♥ 8:18am Marcel M:

Morning Ken and friends

8:19am the glowing one:

hm, it reminds me of CSSR children's movies.

8:19am f✿f✿ (:

Thanks, Ken! She even moves her head a little bit! Great Ageetbeetpotsbees!

8:20am cory:

the evolution gif is awesome, even though it's a lie.

8:29am groucho:

Ask for requests please so I can request Arab Strap's version of The Fall's Bill Is Dead.

♥ 8:29am Asheville Jon:

will 'sex and broadcasting' be available to be viewed anywhere else besides the few currently scheduled showings? would love to see it. dvd? netflix? bootleg on youtube?

8:30am groucho:

Yes! I'd pay for a download of S&B.

8:33am f✿f✿ (:

Found it!

It's an incredible 1785 automaton of the Queen Marie Antoniette!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nITEU4fsqCU

A masterwork!

8:37am the glowing one:

I didn't think it would be a real thing. It looked like a stop-motion-animation.

♥ 8:39am Ken:

Yeah, the doc will eventually be available to one and all. First comes more festivals and hopefully a theatrical run. Then, DVDs and netflix. Please dont post it illegally when the time comes. The director was hoping he might be able to get back to zero, financially speaking.

♥ 8:39am Marcel M:

I'm seeing it tomorrow! Quite excited.

♥ 8:40am Ken:

Requests?

♥ 8:45am Asheville Jon:

that's great to hear Station Manager Ken. looking forward to seeing the movie

♥ 8:48am Asheville Jon:

request? any zany remixes of 'baby got back'?

8:49am f✿f✿ (:

Requests:
* Bill Thomas & The Fendells - Southern Fried Chicken
* Bran Flakes - Loving Doop

Non-Requests:
* Any from Andy Breckman's top 6000 songs
* Rush - Closer to your heart

♥ 8:50am common:

good morn!

♥ 8:54am Marcel M:

My cat just killed a mouse and walked into the living room with it in his mouth... I thought it was his toy. But he killed a mouse! I'm sad for the mouse but kind of proud.

♥ 8:57am AnAnonymousParty:

I feel like I'm backstage before the show starts and I get to see the rabbit getting put into the hat.

8:57am w41:

Hi all. I've requested Puffy Cloud off of Paintin' the Town Brown by Ween a few weeks ago, and Ken, if you thought that this isn't clean for the air, I'd never set you up like that!

♥ 8:58am Marcel M:

@An AnonymousParty: But in this case, you get to see the rabbit on the toilet.

♥ 8:59am SeanG:

WOO HOO!

9:00am cory:

is there any radio safe garfunkel & oates?

9:02am Dave B:

Requests? How about some Goat.

♥ 9:03am Rob W:

Ooh, warped vallenato, very nice!

9:04am groucho:

Arab Strap's version of The Fall's Bill Is Dead :)

♥ 9:04am AnAnonymousParty:

Either way, it's magic.

9:04am f✿f✿ (:

That sounded like the crazy cousins of the Meridian Brothers

♥ 9:07am Asheville Jon:

any Dave Brockie Experience at the station, Station Manager Ken?

♥ 9:10am common:

marcel: i just saw a hawk kill a seagull! sad for the gull.

♥ 9:11am Ken:

Asheville Jon: I hope not.

♥ 9:11am Marcel M:

@Common: Woah, you saw in the real world, not the internet world? Right out of the sky?

9:13am Nick from Indy:

"Doobie do-doo wop wop say what? yeah... " - youtu.be...

9:14am still b/p:

I thought the now-gone rabbit that was assuming the position on porcelain was celebrating THIS:
worldtoilet.org

♥ 9:15am egal:

Hopefully it was the gull that stole my french fries outside Liam's at Nauset Beach.

9:16am Nick from Indy:

Finally, the ‘Poo Pee Happy’ sculpture unveiled at Marina Barrage - worldtoilet.org...

9:16am Billy Jam:

love that "Taxi" gif

9:18am the glowing one:

Requesting Ken doing that Taxi scratch now.

♥ 9:18am common:

@marcel: the real world. i was sitting having a smoke and it happened right beside me. crazy.

9:18am Okasa:

The "Taxi" gif is amazing. Wow.

9:19am Billy Jam:

@ the glowing one - I approve that comment 100%

♥ 9:20am Ken:

Creepy bunny aint going away until somebody sits down with him already.

9:23am adrian in mpls:

morning everybody!

9:24am the glowing one:

found the creepy bunny ad
www.youtube.com...

9:24am cory:

"i have belly hands"?

♥ 9:24am Marcel M:

@Common: Woah, thats pretty wild

9:26am Brendan:

morning noon and night, Ken and peoples of the world

♥ 9:26am rsj:

i did see her, nice!

♥ 9:27am MD:

"They both went up to New York Just to see da Ramones....OH YEAh OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH YEAH!!!!"

♥ 9:29am bobdoesthings:

good morning

9:29am adrian in mpls:

yeah, that dead pet shit is weird

♥ 9:30am common:

it was weird, marcel...so is this!

♥ 9:30am Lizardner Dave:

I'll be back when the dead dog thing is over. Too many friends and family members have lost their pets this year and it's pretty upsetting. And those videos creep me out.

9:30am f✿f✿ (:

Ken's Spanish es bueno para ser un gringo.

♥ 9:30am Roberto:

Vanilla wafers? No wonder he's dead.

9:31am Brendan:

Ken please pitch shift him to evil Max

♥ 9:31am Webhamster Henry:

This is a few years old, so imagine how it is now:

vimeo.com...

9:31am sphere:

oh dear.

♥ 9:31am rsj:

it's too obvious to play killdeer next, but it would hit the spot
holy crap that's a great gif

9:32am cory:

no no no no no no no no no no no no no no

9:32am OTB:

Oh, wow....

♥ 9:32am Webhamster Henry:

I sense another remix contest.

♥ 9:32am Marcel M:

This is SO frightening..

♥ 9:32am common:

hahaha!

9:32am Neg-guh-tor:

Maxx had a jobbie to do.

9:33am jpow:

wow

9:33am cory:

it's like HAL going to sleep

♥ 9:33am Ken From Hyde Park:

Not bad, but may be more interesting if played at half- or double-speed.

9:33am Chris M.:

i am having a nightmare right now

9:34am Mark S:

My dog sounds just like Maxx!

9:35am the glowing one:

I could really feel the connection between Maxx and his momma.

♥ 9:35am Ken From Hyde Park:

What the dog really said: "Curse you for neutering me!"

9:35am Parq:

Outside the heavily locked room in which Maxx's mom lay, the doctors shook their head and speculated that nothing short of electric shock could help her.

♥ 9:35am Roberto:

WHHHHHHHHHHAattt? What happened to Dr. B??

9:35am cory:

sorry to hear that ken

9:35am f✿f✿ (:

RIP Dr bootygrabber

♥ 9:35am Marcel M:

Oh no Dr. Booty died? I thought he was young?? Sorry to hear Ken.

♥ 9:35am Roberto:

Ugh. Now I'm even more depressed than usual.

9:36am the Canterbury wood-elf:

The shipping forecast! Cool...

9:36am adrian in mpls:

Sorry to hear about Dr. Booty, Ken.

♥ 9:36am Andrew Waterloo:

I can just imagine being the son or daughter of the person who uses this service. "yes mom.. I always imagined Maxx with a deeper voice too."

9:36am still b/p:

Maxx's voice was getting into Cookie Puss territory.

9:37am w41:

Sorry to hear about your cat, Ken.

♥ 9:37am common:

yea, sorry ken.

♥ 9:37am Andrew Waterloo:

We need a recording of Fran listening to the shipping forecast ion Black Books.

♥ 9:38am Ken:

Thanks everybody. Doc died in a very horrible accident. Dont really want to go into it here. He was the best cat ever and he changed me from being a cat hater into a cat admirer.

♥ 9:39am Andrew Waterloo:

Long live Dr. Bootygrabber

♥ 9:40am Lizardner Dave:

I'm really sorry Ken.

9:40am danimal:

I'm pretty sure it's Wazmo Nariz

♥ 9:41am MD:

For Baxter...

♥ 9:41am Roberto:

How awful, Ken. Condolences from one who has lost far too many far too young.

♥ 9:41am Ken From Hyde Park:

Gosh, all nine lives at once. My condolences. One of our many farm cats died horribly and it still haunts me, forty years later.

9:42am Nick S.:

Doggie Heaven sounds alot like the human heaven.

9:42am deathbear:

Sorry about your kitty, Ken. :(((

♥ 9:42am Rich in Washington:

There's 'Shannon', a death ode to an Irish Setter, that was a huge hit for Henry Gross in the mid-70s.

♥ 9:42am Dominick:

OK!

♥ 9:43am bobdoesthings:

if this is true... I may need to leave

9:43am Cheri Pi:

Oh noe! I'm so sorry. My Dr. Booty Grabber rest in eternal peace.

9:43am Brendan:

Im not sure but i suspect dogs go to heaven to kill natzis

9:43am Nick S.:

Hey! She's going to Doggie Heaven, too!

♥ 9:43am Webhamster Henry:

Too bad you can't violently scratch an mp3.

♥ 9:43am Marcel M:

Jets to Brazil ohhhhh nooooooooo bad memories!!!!!

♥ 9:44am Marcel M:

Oh thank god

9:44am f✿f✿ (:

To honour the memory of Dr Bootygrabber grab the booty of the person closest to you.

9:44am still b/p:

Cat Heaven was reminding me of Russell Brand singing Inside Of You.

♥ 9:45am Rich in Washington:

OK, I want a goddamn concerted effort to come out of a record that isn't a fucking up-tempo record every time I do a goddamn death dedication!

9:45am Okasa:

I'm terribly sorry to hear about Dr. B-G. :(

♥ 9:45am Lizardner Dave:

Does "Bunnyrabbits, Satan, Cheese and Milk" fit thematically?

♥ 9:45am rsj:

the namesake, that is good.
did you skin the cat?
nothing says immortality like a good hat.

♥ 9:46am bobdoesthings:

oh no.. RIP Dr Bootygrabber!

♥ 9:46am Asheville Jon:

do you think this approach would work with my hottie neighbor?

9:46am travis:

Neubauten shares your grief: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUEB0xjCK5A

9:46am groucho:

Ooh play My Cat Died by Nellie McKay

9:46am f✿f✿ (:

Cats don't go to heaven. They are all evil. This is why we, cat lovers, love them in the first place.

9:46am Rev. Turnip Druid:

It's at times like that... when walking to work in arctic bloody cold, that I manage to peel a glove off & start the FMU app just in time to catch Maxx gibbering about treats from beyond the grave.... that I think how glorious it is to be alive.

♥ 9:47am Asheville Jon:

smelly cat

♥ 9:49am Ken:

roucho. Really?! Nellie McKay?!

9:49am thedunkel:

Andy Breckman answering Dr BootyGrabber would be priceless…

♥ 9:51am Rich in Washington:

"for the last goddamn time, I want SOMEBODY to use his fuckin' brain, to not come out of a goddamn record that is, uh, that, that's up-tempo and I gotta talk about a uckin' dog dying!!!"

♥ 9:51am common:

can someone get don on the phone?

9:52am cory:

i think the acid just kicked in

♥ 9:52am Vivian:

Ken, my condolences to you and your family. Dr. B sounded like one cool cat.

♥ 9:52am Ken From Hyde Park:

For the record, I don't want to be buried in a pet semetary.

9:53am groucho:

Are you not her friend? I only know that song. She did it on Jools Holland's show here. Opening line is 'my cat died and I quickly poured myself some gin' ...I like that

♥ 9:54am Lizardner Dave:

Thanks Ken.

♥ 9:54am Lizardner Dave:

Oh, Spider Man!

♥ 9:55am MD:

KC!!!!

9:55am sugarwolf:

Oh no! I'm so sorry to hear about Dr. Bootygrabber. Poor kitty, poor Ken!

♥ 9:55am Roberto:

Yes there's a Nellie McKay song about her dead cat. Ding Dong or something like that.

9:56am tooplin:

good show

♥ 9:57am Marcel M:

Woahhh next record fair in Brooklyn!

♥ 9:57am Marcel M:

Whats up tooplin!

9:57am Hot Mess:

f✿f✿ (: You want my evil kitten Vanilla Scoop? He's got evil leukemia! That's why I evil love him.

9:57am groucho:

That's the one! I love it. "You were barking at a bear, it said hey you'd better stop! chop your head off, be a lighter person"

♥ 9:58am Murakami Whywolf:

Cats get better tha Cat Heaven: they get Rodent and Bird Hell.

♥ 10:01am Roberto:

And of course, there's Karen Mantler, who I think has a whole album about her dead cat.

♥ 10:03am bobdoesthings:

@marcel - where is info on bk record fair? I don't see it..

10:03am f✿f✿ (:

When Nellie McKay sings angrily she sounds like Bob Dylan.

♥ 10:04am Marcel M:

WFMU facebook post. Its not till may. www.facebook.com...

♥ 10:04am Ken:

Next record fair is May 1, 2 &3 at the Brooklyn Expo Center in Greenpoint.

10:06am Cheri Pi:

MONK TIME

♥ 10:06am bobdoesthings:

ah. i am not on the book of face.

10:06am Maria D:

Is it time yet for Dylan's Xmas album? I'm ready.

10:06am f✿f✿ (:

Hot Mess,

Sorry to hear that.

♥ 10:06am bobdoesthings:

complicattttions

10:06am Listening Out There:

BTW, Host, you did a good interview on NPR over the weekend, on the FMU documentary. Kudos...

♥ 10:07am bobdoesthings:

whoa two wrong monk guesses..

10:08am f✿f✿ (:

I loving this rage set.

♥ 10:10am Marcel M:

Woah, thats one angry Ruskie baby

10:10am Nick S.:

tHANK YOU.

10:10am Hot Mess:

Yes, good interview on NPR, Ken. So funny when mainstream corporate types try to describe FMU.

♥ 10:10am Lizardner Dave:

Almost afraid to ask - are Olive and Rooster doing OK?

♥ 10:11am coelacanth:

hello Ken and everyone.

♥ 10:12am bobdoesthings:

mainstream corporate types.. ?? is npr really mainstream corporate?

10:12am OTB:

@bobdoesthings - it's heading that way....

♥ 10:12am Marcel M:

Compared to WFMU Bob, yes.

♥ 10:12am d¢ pät:

where are the GODDAM THANKSGIVING CAROLS, KEN??

♥ 10:13am Ken From Hyde Park:

I'm on the hook to bring a dish to a potluck lunch at work on Friday. I'm not a good cook, however. What's a quick, simple item I could bring? I'm thinking of some steamed hams, perhaps. Anyone else facing the same dilemma?

♥ 10:13am βrian:

I missed Dr Bootygrabber? I feel like I've woken up on the wrong end of the bed.

♥ 10:13am SeanG:

NPR SUCKS!

♥ 10:14am d¢ pät:

Yes KenFHP, I have the stupid yearly pre-Tday Day on Thursday. I'm bringing Tofurkey.

♥ 10:14am coelacanth:

r stevie!

10:15am Lewis:

@ken from HP - there is always Green Bean Casserole: www.campbellskitchen.com...

♥ 10:15am common:

I'm ignoring thanksgiving as usual. tofurkey sounds good, dcp

10:15am Listening Out There:

FMU + NPR = Part of a well-balanced diet (burp!)

♥ 10:16am βrian:

"I don't hate people. I just feel better when they're not around.”

♥ 10:16am Lizardner Dave:

NPR is that suburban dad friend you have that says he's into new music because he likes the Black Keys and you start telling him about Satanicpornocultshop and he laughs nervously and asks you if you would like another craft beer.

10:17am still b/p:

Get ya some frozen spanakopita -- all you have to do is heat 'em up. Microwave some butternut or delicata squash to go with them.

♥ 10:17am AnAnonymousParty:

Quarantined Corn Weenies.

♥ 10:17am Roberto:

When all else fails...cornweenie.

♥ 10:17am bobdoesthings:

YES! haha love this mashup

♥ 10:18am Marcel M:

@Lizardner Dave: That is a pretty good explanation!

♥ 10:18am Marcel M:

Me too Bob, this is great.

10:18am f✿f✿ (:

I heard Olive and Rooster went to Las vegas after claiming Dr Bootygrabber's insurance.

10:18am oks:

NPR=depression

♥ 10:19am βrian:

But … do you accept the beer, at least?

10:19am the glowing one:

Cows, their true and evil nature.

♥ 10:19am Ken From Hyde Park:

OK...I should being corn weenies. Brilliant, thanks. And thanks for your guys' suggestions.

10:19am Phillip (Brooklyn):

@ken if I may say "who the F listened to Npr" I've never in my whole life. If you want to be liked? I suggest you have many programs that are PRO OBAMA and his policies

♥ 10:19am Marcel M:

Hey OKS! Good morning

♥ 10:19am Ken:

Robert, Remember this time. It's pronounced "Fuck Off"

10:20am oks:

good morning Marcel :)!!!

10:20am Lewis:

in the limit, NPR is simply Fox for the people Lizarner Dave describes...

10:21am Phillip (Brooklyn):

What's the future of of wfmu? Well? If ken doesn't get an Ebola laced letter from a few angry fans whom are upset their favorite show is off schedule? Things should be fine

♥ 10:22am rsj:

an ebola laced turkey, ken avoid the texas turkey

♥ 10:22am Marcel M:

I'm loving the new schedule so far. There are more shows I like during the times I try to do other stuff than listen to WFMU. So I'm less productive, but, hey, who cares?

10:22am Nick from Indy:

Cromagnon!! Awesome!!

10:23am f✿f✿ (:

It's always good to remind ourselves that the Cromagnon song was recorded in the late 18 century and it still sounds ahead of our times.

♥ 10:23am Sem Chumbo:

Ah, the sound of the Highlands, and the clans I hold so dear...after a night swimming in the whisky vats.

♥ 10:24am rsj:

this show drives me to the resolve to only eat turkey in dog form, battered and fried like the natives do

10:24am Cheri Pi:

Release the Kraken Ken!

10:24am Phillip (Brooklyn):

@ken if you see in the ma a letter that looks official and says it comes from the centers for disease control. Please DONT TOUCH IT! Get some rubber gloves from Liz berg and throw it away!!!

♥ 10:24am MD:

Ray-ZinnBran Favorite!!!

10:24am Lewis:

Cromagnon take Saor Patrol to the next level…

10:24am w41:

KLAHMH!

10:25am northguineahills:

My wife listens to NPR when getting ready for work in the morning. I myself only listen when driving in 98% of the US where there is nothing else on the radio.

10:25am OTB:

KHLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!

♥ 10:25am d¢ pät:

KHLAM!

♥ 10:26am bobdoesthings:

KHLAM!

10:26am Lewis:

Actually I have that wrong - it would seem that Saor Patrol is a toned down Cromagnon… Fascinating...

10:27am Phillip (Brooklyn):

Seriously! I've had 3 suicide attempts! If listen to any news I'll try again to have the M train run me over at Myrtal Wyckoff station

♥ 10:27am Murakami Whywolf:

I thought on NPR, Ken was, if not his own worst enemy, his worst enemy's grinning henchman. Mentioning a few of the successful bands and musicians that people often like and who love FMU would have been a good idea, as would have been talking about how free FMU DJs are to express themselves _without_ reference to how disliked a lot of it would be---how much some people _love_ some shows playing things they couldn't readily hear otherwise would have been nice.

As it stood, it sounded like NPR (in the person of the ever-smug Scott Simon, really their worst) saying 'See, if we didn' t stick largely to a bland and unimaginative slurry we'd go out of business like these plucky, bright, but doomed weirdos are going to any day now. '.

♥ 10:27am MD:

We need some Khlam Chowder on this cold Nov. Morn!!!!

10:28am Phillip (Brooklyn):

Has anyone noticed its Fricken COLD outside!

♥ 10:28am bbell:

I started to listen to the NPR/Lopate podcast yesterday, but then the vet arrived (house calls for my cats!) Ken, you sounded just like you, but on that other station! Sorry about your cat. Give the next one a less embarrassing name. They have a lot invested in their dignity, cats.

10:29am oks:

WFMU raising my productivity and makes me a better person

10:30am Hot Mess:

Agree with u oks.....except the productivity part....

♥ 10:30am βrian:

It's up to 23℉ on the isthmus today. Feels relatively balmy.

♥ 10:30am Ken:

Murakami, I was attmpting to have a conversation with Leonard Lopate and Scott Simon. Next time I will pull the political trick you are suggesting of answering the question I want to answer rather than the one I am asked.

10:31am Phillip (Brooklyn):

WHAAT? Ken did an interview on NPR?
Yesterday I was at the ear nose and throat hospital having my vocal chords biopsied

10:32am Lewis:

@brian - ditto mpls

10:32am e12:

more khlam

10:32am OTB:

I missed the Scott Simon interview, but I bet Ken was a much more amiable guest than Bill Cosby....

♥ 10:33am d¢ pät:

Man. I got Ken's Khlam premium but one of my kids stole it soon as I received it (my theory anyways) so haven't been able to listen. Thanks SMKen.

10:33am still b/p:

45 degrees in my bedroom when I got up this morning. The season of crazy layering commences.

10:34am Phillip (Brooklyn):

People are going to dislike wfmu because it answers to no one but its listeners. And it won't play the politics card, which is why I listen

♥ 10:34am βrian:

Interview URL:
www.npr.org...

♥ 10:35am rsj:

Ken- i might just listen now, but you should make a track to go along mash-up with your interview on NPR

♥ 10:35am βrian:

I, for one, never went to the senior prom.

10:37am Phillip (Brooklyn):

@ken last week Andy was having a lot of trouble with iTunes and his new iPhone. Was the problem solved?

10:38am jan:

@Ken- where and when can we see the FMU documentary if we are unable to attend any of the limited screenings? Did not know that you were going to be on NPR...next time please let us know.

10:39am Chris M.:

fave

♥ 10:40am βrian:

I'm trying to imagine one of the Koch brothers having a near-death epiphany and redirecting his lucre to WFMU ...

10:42am f✿f✿ (:

I don't know what people is talking about have no idea what is NPR but judging from the comments it sounds like a Republican-Tea-party-Fox-NeoCon-Military-industry conspiracy.

10:43am Phillip (Brooklyn):

I'm sorry if this hurts anyone's feelings! But why should we even care about NPR radio they have a handful of listeners and there all in insane asylums? I'm sorry I had to say it!

♥ 10:44am Stevel:

All Sandman, all the zzzzzzzz.

10:45am PMD:

I love you ken.

10:45am Hot Mess:

The Misinfotainment Industrial Complex®

♥ 10:46am Stevel:

As an NPR listener, its only fair to inform you that I have escaped the insane asylum, along with other super villains.

So, fuck you, batman.

10:46am Phillip (Brooklyn):

New seven second delay tonight? I'm very happy! The show saved my life the whole rotten summer when I was bedridden in the hospital

10:47am sphere:

Since NPR is not against Obama, he is for Obama.

♥ 10:47am d¢ pät:

I'm not going to defend NPR but I listen when it's on. The main problem is it is BORING AS HELL.

♥ 10:48am Murakami Whywolf:

I like a lot of Nellie McKay's stuff very much, but "Mother of Pearl" seemed like one long 'Agree with me about everything or you're a cave-man jerk.' when in truth there are feminists with attitudes very distinct to hers as regard prostitution, gun control (even though in this case I agree with her), and the possible humour in jokes about Bad Shite, as distinct to Bad Shite itself. (Example of the last: a company's metaphorically screwing me was in itself and its sequelæ profoundly unpleasant...but it's an intensely funny _story_.)

And to imply that your choice in food is either to be vegetarian or to like Big Macs gets it really wrong in the same way as saying that if you don't like NPR you must _loooove_ FOX News <i>[sic]</i>.

(If I disagreed with her about most things, I'd enjoy seeing her getting it wrong.)

10:48am Phillip (Brooklyn):

I doesn't surprise me that The joker the penguin the riddler and cat woman are all staunch listeners of npr radio

10:49am robyn:

enter the sandman.. but he just left

10:50am f✿f✿ (:

Oh, I see Philip. So NPR is a radio station with a handful of insane people listening from asylums. So it's not that different from WFMU.

♥ 10:52am Mike East:

NPR, PRI, APM, PRX - all produce some decent shows and also some horribly dull and boring programming, any many mediocre shows.

♥ 10:53am Sem Chumbo:

Never noticed how attractive the corn weenie topknot is. So, oh I don't know, ethnic or something?

10:54am Phillip (Brooklyn):

One thing I can say about wfmu listeners we do a damn good job of looking and acting like normal people while we're out interacting with society!

10:55am f✿f✿ (:

Exactly, Phillip!

*applauses*

♥ 10:56am βrian:

@Mike, I agree. But there is one additional category: emetic. So far only RadioLab fits that bill.

10:56am Brendan:

Say... ! Thats some smooth Nirvana jazz

10:57am f✿f✿ (:

Roberto..Are you the one that once sweared and cursed in Portuguese during a Ken's show?

10:58am still b/p:

Mmmm...put some Barbarellish on that Space Hot Dog.

10:58am Kurt Gottschalk:

reveries!

10:59am Brendan:

Dental assistant - we need more suction in the singers mouth - right corner

11:00am f✿f✿ (:

The Reveries!!

This band, if I'm not mistaken, sing from their buttholes using special equipment.

11:00am Phillip (Brooklyn):

I am 47 I have been a listener since I was 20 back in 1988. And I'm fine? We'll sort of fine:)

♥ 11:01am Roberto:

No.

♥ 11:03am Murakami Whywolf:

Ken: I didn't hear the Lopate interview, but can you really have a conversation with Scott Simon? The man seemingly exists within a gummy shell of self-satisfaction and childhood guilt that makes him, for example, sound apologetic when asking an official Great Man 'So, are you a rapist or are fourteen women lying?'...he' s Keillor without Keillor's occasionally redeeming nasty and left-wing edge. He never seems to really listen---I'd probably be even worse, but I'm not a radio interviewer.

I'm sorry that what I wished you'd done was political-oid, but I considered Simon to have a plain and obvious smug agenda (or 'smugenda') , and I love this station and wanted thousands of potential listeners/contributors to hear about it for the first time such that they'd give it a try.

Hell, just contrasting how ectstatic-though-painful and infrequent the Marathon is with public radio's Slough of Despond fund-drives....

11:06am Phillip (Brooklyn):

@ken there is a nice East Indian man selling iPod touch 5's in a small spot in manhattan's herald square park. For only $100 you can get a brand new not stolen or refurbished iPod touch version 5. I hope he's still there when I get out if the hospital tomorrow I'm going back to buy 2 more!

♥ 11:06am Ken:

Jan - The documentary will have a theatrical run in the future buy I have no idea when. And after a brief theatrical run it will be released digitally. I just dont know what the timetable is.

11:07am jt:

Now theres a reason to have 7 cats!

11:07am rw:

Where did I put that vitamin C?

11:07am Brendan:

Ladies and gentlemen, the Mothra twin singers

♥ 11:08am Ken:

Murakami, it actually was very easy to have a conversation with Scott Simon. Whatever criticisms you have about him or me, both the WNYC and the NPR interviews brought us a raftload of new listeners. I'd rather not get self-righteous and lectury during these interviews.

♥ 11:08am βrian:

In our home, it's known as "Weakened Edition."

♥ 11:08am Doug:

I thought Scott Simon did a fairly decent job. Lenny Lopate, on the other hand, could barely mask his condescension. (And it's not the first time for Lenny and WFMU either.)

♥ 11:10am SeanG:

those cats are adorable

♥ 11:10am Ken:

Yes, Leonard clearly hated that Best Show clip, but in his defense, it was a terrible clip.

11:11am jt:

Just stay away from Jian Ghomeshi, ok?

♥ 11:12am coelacanth:

i don't know why there's relentless conversation about npr here but must say (though i only hear it in small doses at my sister's house) -since the comparison was made,that i'd much rather listen to boring,contrived,scaredicat(!) dogma rooted in concern (npr) than sensationalist contrived bullshit rooted in absolute idiocy and selfishness (fox).

11:12am jt:

Far away.

11:13am Phillip (Brooklyn):

@ken you don't need to suck up to these npr nobodies! Wfmu brings in more money more listeners then they will ever have if they lived to be 100 years old

♥ 11:13am Marcel M:

Yura Yura Teikoku fame. Work time cold time... blah. Bye all.

11:14am Brendan:

Ken maybe you can squeeze in the Mothra song since you know... It has nothing to do with thanksgiving or anything and it is a great asmr trigger for recovering people who didnt have time to stop and get coffee . Godammit

11:15am herb.nyc:

(fm reception in manhat is better now)

11:16am jt:

Far away.

11:17am Phillip (Brooklyn):

Everyone! Where on the dial can you get a full hour of music no commercials no Justin Bieber no lady gaga no Demi Lovato no Katy perry no Beyoncé and no fricken Kanye. I'll tell you where! Only at wfmu!

11:18am jt:

NPR was pro Iraq War. That's when I lost respect for them. But I love Spinning on Air and That guy from CT public radio, his name is Ken too! Right?

♥ 11:25am Ken:

Hi everybody!

♥ 11:26am bobdoesthings:

we startin over?

♥ 11:26am SeanG:

Hi Ken!

♥ 11:26am Stevel:

Well, hi there, Mr. Ken. How's stuff?

♥ 11:26am βrian:

It's a new day. Oh caloo, callay.

11:27am jan:

Ken- I'll be waiting to see that WFMU doc, but can you post or email links to the NPR interviews that you were mentioning?

11:27am fleep:

Greetings to Ken and everyone.

11:27am adrian in mpls:

Hi everyone -- yes, let's start over

♥ 11:27am Ken:

I was hoping to start over. But I guess I will have to take more drastic action. brb

♥ 11:28am Stevel:

[trembling in fearful anticipation]

♥ 11:28am βrian:

@jan: See above.

♥ 11:28am Ken:

Ok, that's better. Hi Adrian! You're Adrian from Ello right?

♥ 11:29am βrian:

Where's Carl Sagan when you need him to put things in perspective?

11:29am adrian in mpls:

I am Adrian from Ello! I'm still trying to figure out how a textual/auditory person like myself uses a visual medium like Ello

♥ 11:29am Ken:

Jan - go to google and search for "NPR Sex and Broadcasting" and "WNYC Sex and Broadcasting"

11:30am adrian in mpls:

But I'm glad you posted the MAXX video there - i was adequately prepared for this morning

11:30am Bill Murray:

Oh Jeez, it's starting again!

♥ 11:30am Ken:

Yeah, Ello seems really messed up! I cant believe its getting so much hype. It barely works!

♥ 11:31am Sem Chumbo:

Hi, fleep. Gettin' any sleep? Good to see ya here.

11:33am adrian in mpls:

Yeah - I was expecting something really cool....and its functionality is so basic....i get the impression it's user base seems like a bunch of young professionals wanting to network (?)

11:34am adrian in mpls:

its

♥ 11:34am Ken:

I guess people REALLY hate Facebook. Because Ello barely seems ready to even be live.

♥ 11:35am Ken:

Sorry I had to close down the chatboard there... Soon I will have more tools to deal with an off-the-rails comments thread other than closing it down. But for now, that's all I got.

11:37am fleep:

When one treehouse gets too popular and successful, there are always contrarians who want to run away and start a new one. They think they're avant garde, but really they're just snobs.

♥ 11:37am Murakami Whywolf:

Ken: sorry to get self-righteous and lecture-y;if it brought in new listeners I stand corrected, and ut wasn't an opportunity blown.i

I actually liked listening to Scott Simon c. 1990, but he wouldn't be the first to grow into insular self-parody as he aged---and he has the excuse of having been (in radio terms) well-rewarded for being who he's been, which I don't have....

11:38am adrian in mpls:

Yeah, like I said last week, I was looking into non-FB options when it began selectively enforcing its "real name" policy for drag performers and kicking folks out of their accounts -- this, at least for now, appears to have be corrected

11:38am f✿f✿ (:

Ken,

I have an idea. Make us agree to some kind of terms and condition before commenting. i can say something like:

- No food talking (especially about tacos)
- No Start Trek talk
- No commenting about the new schedule
- No NPR interview talk
- No stream commenting

11:38am adrian in mpls:

But ello is not the answer....at all!

♥ 11:38am Vivian:

Ken - thank you for shutting down the off-the-rails comments.

♥ 11:38am maestroso:

Comments or no, I'm really enjoying this music. Thanks Ken!

♥ 11:39am PMD:

I love the bullying pinata

♥ 11:39am SeanG:

my midriff is exposed

♥ 11:40am bobdoesthings:

what @maestroso said!

11:41am fleep:

Sem, howdy. After half a lifetime of being a nightowl, I seem to have gone all lark-y. The time between 5 and 8 AM turns out to be blissful because nothing's screwed up yet.

♥ 11:42am Ken:

Dont like that idea f0f0 - none of that is necessarilly a problem. It depends on how you do it. And I count on these chat threads to find out about tech problems with our streams. These threads are the first alert I usually get!

11:42am Laura L:

Just want to send you my condolences on the loss of Dr. Booty Grabber, Ken.

♥ 11:45am Ken:

Thanks Laura. I was su upset about it I couldnt even discuss it for like a month.

11:45am f✿f✿ (:

That's right, Ken. By stream commenting I meant to say 'serial commenting" like posting tons of comments under one minute.

11:47am Brendan:

All this talk of dead pets reminds me of some kind of animal . Maybe a pony named Wildfire. No thats not it . It was some kind of yes - it was a baby animal.

♥ 11:47am Ken:

Aha! I am with you on the over-posting problem.

11:48am artingu from Sweden:

I like this hippie noise

11:50am steve:

aww sorry to hear about your kitty Ken

♥ 11:50am Ken:

Welcome Artingu! Are you Swedish royalty?

11:51am Brendan:

Ditto what Laura said, Ken. For what its worth, this station and people, music make life a lot easier. Call it hope.

♥ 11:51am common:

brendan: haha! best song ever!

11:51am artingu from Sweden:

I'm a Norwegian thread spam comment. Please read me 1000 times and then forward me to all your friends.

11:53am the glowing one:

that clock doesn't go to 11

♥ 11:53am bobdoesthings:

thanks ken! great show as usual.. have a good one

11:54am βrian:

Aujourd' hui, nous sommes tous les bootygrabbers.

♥ 11:56am Sem Chumbo:

Tellement vrai, Brian, si triste et vrai.

11:57am f✿f✿ (:

Thank you very mucho, Ken & amigos and amigas! Great Gifffery, music, comment, spam commentng! till next episode!

11:57am northguineahills:

Thanks Ken!

11:57am herb.nyc:

fmu bored mtg at monty hall?

♥ 11:57am coelacanth:

i'm pretty sure nothing was accomplished.

11:58am Wilson K:

I LOVE BABY ANIMAL. LOOOOOOOOOVE.

11:59am Wilson K:

BAY-BEE AH-NEE-MAHL

♥ 12:00pm coelacanth:

Thank you Ken
and
i'm sad for your loss.

12:02pm adrian in mpls:

thanks Ken!