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Favoriting April 28, 2015: Shulcoth! Celebrating the life of Citizen Kafka and a few other important passings.


The Wretched Refuse String Band with Citizen Kafka

As the debris from another year is cast aside, it signals the time for Shulcoth! --the mythic celebration of Citizen Kafka's life. Richie "Shulky" Shulberg passed in 2009 but lives afloat radio waves and MySpace rebroadcasts. The dearly departed one was responsible for some rather questionable but entertaining comedy on WBAI, was a fiddler in the equally questionable but entertaining Wretched Refuse String Band and a vast collector of obscure pieces of what one of the faithful calls "Shulbergalia." The usual cast of co-conspirators helps pay tribute to Citizen Kafka on Irene's show.

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Artist Track Album Label Approx. start time
John Renbourn  All Things That Rise Must Converge   Favoriting BBC Live in Concert  Fuel 2000  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Citizen Kafka Show  10 Minute Frank Language Disclaimers   Favoriting     0:04:06 (Pop-up)
Citizen Kafka Show  Citizen Kafka Theme - Green Berets - The Roach   Favoriting     0:14:27 (Pop-up)
 
Wretched Refuse String Band  Patriotic Medley - Open Center   Favoriting     0:26:52 (Pop-up)
Kenny Kosek  New Shulcoth Carol   Favoriting     0:30:55 (Pop-up)
Wretched Refuse String Band  Over the Bounding Main   Favoriting     0:34:32 (Pop-up)
Marty Cutler  Cluckers   Favoriting     0:36:39 (Pop-up)
Citizen Kafka Show  Ring Ding   Favoriting     0:41:25 (Pop-up)
Wretched Refuse String Band  Cluck Old Hen   Favoriting     0:43:57 (Pop-up)
 
Tribute to Tex Logan, who passed Friday, April 24th, 2015
Tex Logan  Remington Ride 1980-10-18   Favoriting     0:58:08 (Pop-up)
 
Tex Logan  Take Me Back to Tulsa / The Northeast Seaboard Blues / The Black Mountain Blues 1980-10-18   Favoriting     1:08:22 (Pop-up)
Bill Monroe  Christmas Time's a Comin'   Favoriting     1:20:53 (Pop-up)
The Wretched Refuse String Band  Sittin' Alone in the Moonlight   Favoriting     1:23:40 (Pop-up)
Kenny Kosek  Community Bulletin Board   Favoriting     1:26:38 (Pop-up)
The Wretched Refuse String Band  Elzic's Farewell   Favoriting     1:30:23 (Pop-up)
 
Alan Kaufman  memories of Richie   Favoriting     1:31:43 (Pop-up)
Citizen Kafka Show  Liquid Load - Nothing   Favoriting     1:34:05 (Pop-up)
Citizen Kafka Show  Pol Pot Shoes   Favoriting     1:38:01 (Pop-up)
Citizen Kafka Show  Shulc Blow   Favoriting     1:38:39 (Pop-up)
Citizen Kafka Show  Any Bluegrass Tune   Favoriting     1:40:20 (Pop-up)
Citizen Kafka Show  Cab Ride with Scary Dooty   Favoriting     1:41:03 (Pop-up)
Citizen Kafka  The Citizen's Diary - After Poem - Folk City Promo   Favoriting     1:43:14 (Pop-up)
Citizen Kafka Show  Words - LPS   Favoriting     1:49:02 (Pop-up)
Johnny "Angry Red" Weltz  Community Bulletin Board   Favoriting     2:00:04 (Pop-up)
Peter Stampfel & Citizen Kafka  Soldier's Joy 1996-10-05   Favoriting     2:03:32 (Pop-up)
 
Tribute to John Renbourn, who passed March 25th, 2015.
John Renbourn Group  My Johnny Was a Shoemaker   Favoriting Live on Ed Haber's WBAI show 1981    2:14:27 (Pop-up)
John Renbourn Group  John Barleycorn   Favoriting Live on Ed Haber's WBAI show 1981    2:18:19 (Pop-up)
 
Citizen Kafka Tribute Band  The Forkèd Deer   Favoriting Jalopy 2009-05-09    2:24:26 (Pop-up)
Citizen Kafka Rock Band  The Wanderers / Some People   Favoriting CBGB's 1987-08-06    2:30:02 (Pop-up)
 
Andy M. Stewart & Manus Lunny  The Humours of Whiskey 1987-10-17   Favoriting     2:40:26 (Pop-up)
 
Andy M. Stewart is a singer/songwriter whose indomitable wit and flair for the comedic have always added much humor and levity to his shows spanning back to his days with SILLY WIZARD in the early '80s. Unfortunately he now needs help with medical expenses and hopes to get a motorized wheelchair. Due to a failed spinal surgery, he has lost all mobility and was paralyzed from the chest down with many other medical complications. You can check out more info and send donations here:http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/help-andy-m-get-mobile-/318806
 
The Wretched Refuse String Band  Thumbelina   Favoriting     2:50:10 (Pop-up)
The Wretched Refuse String Band  Flop Eared Mule / Arkansas Traveler / Battle of New Orleans   Favoriting Open Center 1994-11-05    2:53:39 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar 9:05pm
Van in DC:

Always love the strings. Thanks and hi Irene. Speaking of the BBC, wow, the BBC America channel's Orphan Black? Off the chain awesome.
Avatar 9:09pm
Matt from Springfield:

Shulcoth!
Hi Irene and Trukeepers! Glad for this annual tribute to Citizen Kafka!
Avatar 9:11pm
Mister Dobalina:

I certainly do like Chinese opera!
Avatar 9:12pm
Matt from Springfield:

It's a nice, uninterupted segment of old-time world music! I enjoyed that part too!

Hi Van and M. Dobalina!
Avatar 9:13pm
Mister Dobalina:

Huge fan of the Erhu cello!
Avatar 9:13pm
Van in DC:

Yo Matt!
Avatar 9:13pm
Mister Dobalina:

Hola Matt!
Avatar 9:14pm
Mister Dobalina:

Thank you for interacting with the chat room!
Avatar 9:14pm
Matt from Springfield:

"Interacting with the chat room"? What ELSE is there to do! ;)
Avatar 9:16pm
Mister Dobalina:

Chinese opera!
Avatar 9:16pm
fleep:

Interactive greetings, Irene and those who are not at the Cambodian Rock show downstairs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17pm
Irene Trudel:

Hi Everybody! A bit of a different show tonight, curated by my guests, Edward Haber, Marty Cutler and Kenny Kosek.
Avatar 9:17pm
Matt from Springfield:

Greets, fleeps!
Are they pre-recording that show for later?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Hey Folks !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:19pm
Irene Trudel:

The Cambodian Rocks show is being preserved in both Audio and Video format. I suspect Rob W. will air some at a later date.
Avatar 9:19pm
Mister Dobalina:

Communication is key!
Avatar 9:19pm
Matt from Springfield:

Rob W, no surprise!
Evenin' RevRab!
  9:22pm
Hugh:

Good Evening, Irene, and all,
I'm giving up Deadliest Catch, for The Wretched Refuse, tonite! Remarkable, as always
Avatar 9:26pm
Matt from Springfield:

The Catchiest Wretch!!

Make this Language Frank(s)!
Avatar 9:27pm
fleep:

If I detect impending frank or frank-adjacent language, I will simply submerge until you radicals finish spewing your franky frankness.
Avatar 9:27pm
Matt from Springfield:

Early "Dead Air Chicken-aires"?
Avatar 9:27pm
Matt from Springfield:

Our dead air is better than their air!!
Avatar 9:28pm
Matt from Springfield:

@fleep: You could get some fresh (dead) air on the sidewalk, stop and buy a frank from a stand. Those franks speak my language!
  9:31pm
JakeGould:

Frank Language. Nice fake name.
Avatar 9:31pm
Matt from Springfield:

"Damned" old..? :)
Avatar 9:32pm
Springfield Mattheson:

@Jake: I'll say, I tend to be a little too obvious with mine.
Avatar 9:32pm
redkayak:

Evening all!
Avatar 9:33pm
Matt from Springfield:

Happy Shulcoth redkayak!
Avatar 9:37pm
redkayak:

@matt Thanx!
  9:38pm
JakeGould:

I still miss Amanda Hugandkiss.
Avatar 9:39pm
Matt from Springfield:

"Mike Rotch? I need to get a hold of Mike Rotch!"
Avatar 9:47pm
Van in DC:

Gotta go. Hope to catch up tomorrow on archive. Have a great night Irene and everyone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:50pm
Irene Trudel:

Sorry you have to go so early, Van. Catch you next week.
  9:51pm
jon:

evening irene and trudelophiles
Avatar 9:51pm
Matt from Springfield:

It's sounding great already! Hope you enjoy it Van!

Evening jon!
Avatar 9:53pm
Matt from Springfield:

Major part of their Wrepetoire.
Avatar 9:57pm
Mister Dobalina:

This sounds complicated.. can I just have plain old hokey pookey?
Avatar 9:58pm
Matt from Springfield:

In any case, I need to get me some sexy bow ties...
Avatar 9:58pm
Matt from Springfield:

@Mr. Dobalina: That's what it's all about
#predictable
Avatar 9:58pm
Matt from Springfield:

Amen.
Avatar 10:08pm
Matt from Springfield:

"Dragnet" clock :)
Avatar 10:11pm
Matt from Springfield:

I think I've heard "Take Me Back to Tulsa" before.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:12pm
Irene Trudel:

It was a real thing! The Dragnet Clock existed sometime in the early 1990s. Former WFMU engineer Brian Redman had a hand in that. It was somewhat before the internet was readily available and you had to dial it up on a phone.
Avatar 10:14pm
redkayak:

This is an awesome set....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:20pm
Tome:

Irene in he evening ! home at last ,, digging the fiddling and the pickin' too !
Avatar 10:21pm
Mister Dobalina:

You guys are playing some really good tunes! Keep up the excellent work!
Avatar 10:24pm
Mister Dobalina:

..but is it really work..? More like pleasure, no?
Avatar 10:28pm
Matt from Springfield:

Community Bulletin Boards!! :D
  10:31pm
JakeGould:

This is serious flashback territory.
  10:32pm
JakeGould:

DWIMBUS! Down Where It’s Mainly Burned Up Structures!
Avatar 10:32pm
Matt from Springfield:

YES! Thank you guys!
  10:37pm
JakeGould:

I prefer the potato version of nothing.
Avatar 10:37pm
Mister Dobalina:

Very funny .. very witty!
Avatar 10:38pm
Mister Dobalina:

Matt, please don't turn into a pumpkin at 11pm!
Avatar 10:38pm
Mister Dobalina:

I need ya babe.
Avatar 10:38pm
Matt from Springfield:

They really express their thereminity.
  10:39pm
JakeGould:

The Fugs are the source of this great version of Nothing. teruah-jewishmusic.blogspot.com...
Avatar 10:39pm
Matt from Springfield:

@Mr. Dobalina: A (chair) potato perhaps, but definitely not a pumpkin, babe!
Avatar 10:40pm
Matt from Springfield:

The Fugs!
ED SANDERS!!!
Avatar 10:41pm
Mister Dobalina:

I'll take 2
Avatar 10:51pm
Matt from Springfield:

He really digged the "meows", didn't he?
  10:51pm
JakeGould:

@Matt: The original Yiddish song went like this, “Monday: potatoes. Tuesday and Wednesday: potatoes. Thursday and Friday: potatoes. But on the Sabbath, something different: a lovely potato kugel!”
Avatar 10:52pm
Mister Dobalina:

dood.. you are super COOL! I loove your show!
Avatar 10:52pm
Mister Dobalina:

Right up my alley!
Avatar 10:53pm
Matt from Springfield:

@Jake: Did you hear the original song before you heard of the Fugs/Kafka version?
Avatar 10:54pm
Matt from Springfield:

This is a great audio/performance piece in its own right. UbuWeb quality!
Avatar 10:55pm
northguineahills:

There is an infinite amount of Citizen Kafka I'll never be ever to hear.
Avatar 10:56pm
Mister Dobalina:

A classic to be archived.
Avatar 10:56pm
Matt from Springfield:

Hey NGH!
Technically a finite amount -- but any amount of unheard Citizen Kafka is too much unheard.
Avatar 10:57pm
Matt from Springfield:

@Mr. D: It will be Archived in any case. Take it a step further, and Clicky-Star the episode at the top!
Avatar 10:59pm
Matt from Springfield:

"Senator Bobby"!
Avatar 10:59pm
Mister Dobalina:

Time to turn into a potato!
Avatar 11:00pm
Matt from Springfield:

...extra starched...
Avatar 11:01pm
Mister Dobalina:

So Awesome!
Avatar 11:02pm
Matt from Springfield:

Stand-Up Depressives! They'll get me verklemmt!
  11:02pm
JakeGould:

@Matt: Nope. I heard the Fugs version first then the Yiddish version.
Avatar 11:04pm
Matt from Springfield:

@Jake: It's so pessimistic ... and in such small portions...
Avatar 11:04pm
Matt from Springfield:

ZOMG, "Yankee Doodle Reichsführer"!
Tor Jonson Playhouse!! :D
Avatar 11:05pm
Matt from Springfield:

HA--it's a-gettin silly now! :D
Avatar 11:05pm
Mister Dobalina:

Is there any other way to proceed ?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:06pm
Mike East:

I dunno, Matt. Its been pretty silly already
Avatar 11:06pm
Mister Dobalina:

Bacon Potato, bakin' in the sun!
Avatar 11:07pm
Matt from Springfield:

OH WOW! Actually it was Ed Wood/Z-film actor "Tor Johnson" I was thinking of: en.wikipedia.org...
BUT, there IS a real Norwegian author named "Tor Jonsson"!!
en.wikipedia.org...

These guys are clever on SO many levels! :)
Avatar 11:08pm
Matt from Springfield:

Clearly, Mike, but extra giggly that last part. LOVE their Community Calendars!

Oh, and HI MIKE!
Avatar 11:08pm
northguineahills:

That's done gud silly!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:09pm
Mike East:

Howdy, Matt.
Avatar 11:18pm
Matt from Springfield:

And even tonight, some beautiful, heavily English folk!
  11:27pm
a complete asshole:

all this savant gaurd bullshit is growing like spiders....for love please play some god given rock and roll!. arrrrrgggghhh!
  11:28pm
JakeGould:

Kids today don’t know from public radio community calendars.
Avatar 11:28pm
Matt from Springfield:

"Old Dan Tucker"-ish
  11:29pm
JakeGould:

@acompleteasshole: At least you are one with yourself and in touch with your core being.
Avatar 11:29pm
Matt from Springfield:

Hey aca! You can always pass some time, by passing some gas.
Avatar 11:30pm
Matt from Springfield:

WBAI apparently still has a real Community Calendar on @5 pm. Usually NPR still has stuff like that, sometimes PBS or local TV stations will, but it's a dying art.
  11:32pm
The Shulkeit:

And we're here to make sure it stays that way.
  11:35pm
JakeGould:

@Matt: In rural areas, the local public station’s community calendar is usually amazing.
Avatar 11:38pm
Matt from Springfield:

@Jake: Probably more thriving in those areas, indeed.
I could check out the Melungeon Folk Art Festival and Barn Dance this Saturday, May 2nd!
  11:38pm
Acpah:

You have know idea what i know....but Mr. Gould you have class...I was just trying to coax Irene into playing some old fashioned rockand roll.... sorry anyone else who took me so seriously. CRAM it chumps.
  11:39pm
Listener Robert:

Wow...AL721 reference! That was a mixture of fats that showed some promise vs. AIDS. Active Lipids at a 7:2:1 ratio, I forgot which.
Avatar 11:39pm
Matt from Springfield:

Wow, fascinating bit of history Listener Robert! Glad you could explain to us! :)
  11:40pm
JakeGould:

@Matt: On Thursday, members of “Food not Jam Bands” will be collecting food. No jam bands playing. Friday, funky Fridays at Freddy’s where Jam Bands are our jam!
Avatar 11:41pm
Matt from Springfield:

...but no funk, please.
  11:42pm
Apie:

So, for all intensive purposes, we'be been listening to the savant guard all night?
  11:43pm
JakeGould:

On Sunday, Intensive Porpoises brings their eco-conscious bluegrass to the “Let’s Spoon” cafe at 1:00pm.
  11:45pm
The Shulkeit:

Nope—that's all-in pensive tortoises.
Avatar 11:46pm
Matt from Springfield:

Or even Cheesequake's collection of cheesecloths with cheesecake for the earthquake victims...? ;)
Avatar 11:46pm
Matt from Springfield:

Tonight, we Savant-Guard, hard!
  11:47pm
JakeGould:

On Monday, Pensive Tortoises brings their unique brand of reptile therapy to the campus garden. Join them as they attempt to coax tortoises out of their shells with their unique blend of Reiki and incense blowing.
  11:53pm
JakeGould:

@Irene: So are there complete Citizen Kafka archives anywhere? There are some “Secret Museum of the Air” archives here on WFMU, but might be somewhere else? www.wfmu.org...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:58pm
Irene Trudel:

Not at the moment. Ed Haber is archiving the tapes but hasn't found a place to post 'em. One of these days maybe...
Avatar 11:58pm
northguineahills:

3 more minutes Jake, keep 'em coming.
  11:58pm
JakeGould:

Thanks for the info, Irene!
  11:59pm
JakeGould:

@northguineahills: You mean community calendar? Those are all the index cards Trey in the office gave me, so that’s all I can do.
Avatar 12:00am
Matt from Springfield:

ALL RIGHT! Another successful Rich Shulberg tribute!

Happy Shulcoth Irene, thanks for playing this show! Thanks (3) Frank Languages!

Have a good night, everyone!
  12:02am
lisafiddler:

oh, goodnight all. thanks!! loved the visit
Avatar 🥁 Swag For Life Member 11:35am
Sean in Bristol UK:

Great show, thank you, Irene
  1:28pm
colette:

Hey, can you tell me where the "Rules for laws of the observation of Shulcoth for husband and wife" comes from? I need to send this to a friend, pronto!
  Swag For Life Member 6:53am
jeremyo:

ah, the marvelous annual Citizen Kafka show! Thank you. My children and I regularly improvise versions of Nothing at each other - it works nicely as a nihilistic lullaby, I find, or a vehicle for insults, so it's very popular in our house. But there ain't nothing like hearing the Wretched Refuse String Band do it!
Wonderful show, and I'm happy to know the rules of Shulcoth too. Doing it wrong all these years....
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