The Calm Before the Sturm: Ken's show

Listener comments!

♥ 6:51am -Ken:

Guten Morgen Peoples!

7:11am FʌFʌ (:

Keiser Ken, good morning!

Just like the xylophone kid I am so excited for today's show.

♥ 7:36am AnAnonymousParty:

GM from what's left of the midwest. And is that Keith Moon's kid playing the xylophone?

7:37am Clïff in Prägůe:

Xylophone Boy sure likes his xylophone, doesn't he

7:38am xylophone kid:

Damn you Frank Zappa, and your f'n Black Page!

7:41am FʌFʌ (:

Cliff,

Is that an umlaut in your I or are you just happy to hear today's show?

7:43am Clïff in Prägůe:

.....yes.

7:44am Michael:

Morning Ken.

7:45am Clïff in Prägůe:

Also Prägůe is where they make Ragù for Prego

♥ 7:53am Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi, Ken and early birds. My idea of the week: Does there exist a downloadable GIF or PDF of a marathon poster that listeners could print out display on bulletin boards, staple to utility poles, etc.? It could lead to some new listeners and revenue.

8:21am Jack:

I have a "Support WFMU.org" link on my Bandcamp page. I'd suggest that all Bandcamp users do likewise, it's no big deal and it might even help a little.

8:26am FʌFʌ (:

Good idea, Ken FHP!

I have another one: Since Internet marketing whiz kids favour Instagram shoutouts from celebrities I thought WFMU could pay for Selena Gomez to ask her 100 million followers to support the station. If ony 10% of her followers gives the station 1 dollar WFMU will collect 1 million dollars! SO EASY!

We just need another marathon to raise enough funds for the Selena Gomez payout.

9:00am Jan:

@Ken, meerkats! PBS has them on their new Nature program Spy in the Wild-amazing footage and robotic meerkats with cameras for eyes that mingle and photograph meerkats and other animals. Amazing !

♥ 9:00am pantz:

fIREHOSE?

9:02am Brendan:

Yeah baby!

9:02am Nick S.:

Mornin', Ken! Hope you feel better today. Question: Is that 'Clay's Classics' the one with 'Gingham Dress' on it? I want that one. I am deciding on my premiums and want to know. Pledging to your show, as usual!

9:05am pierre:

Ken and Kenanigans

9:06am Losermom:

BTW, last weeks show was awesome. I had to listen to the archive. Expecting more brilliance today!!

♥ 9:08am rsj:

like hearing it for the first time!

♥ 9:09am Uncle Michael:

hearing it for the first time

9:09am Brendan:

That shaft is a bad mutha...

♥ 9:10am Webhamster Henry:

Hi Ken! Nice buncha covers this morning!

9:10am Clïff in Prägůe:

Love it that M.I.A. is getting played a lot on F.M.U. lately

9:12am Bronwyn Bishop:

morning ken and everyone

9:12am Nick S.:

Les Rita Mitsouko! Love this band!

♥ 9:20am Sebastian:

Hey Ken and people

9:21am Blix:

Ken: Any updates/new suggestions today in our history of the Cinema of the Failed Hippy Dream? I watched Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring last weekend. In the cynical melodrama area of that genre probably, but its message of "Stay Away from David Carradine" came through powerfully.

9:21am P-90:

Gotta love the Kropotkins

9:22am Whiney McWhinewhine:

Have the swag for life renewal emails gone out yet? Asking for an acquaintance...

♥ 9:22am Michele:

Bird Song is so good!

♥ 9:24am -Ken:

Soon soon Whiney.. any day now..

♥ 9:24am Webhamster Henry:

I see that Hushabye Baby has a version of Ring Of Fire .

9:24am SeanG:

going to Jackson

9:25am annie:

@ Mr Whinewhine: i got my mailer through the PO, no email yet

♥ 9:25am MD:

We Got The Woof To The Moo!!!!

9:25am Whiney McWhinewhine:

cheers Ken

9:27am Brendan:

The real test in the battle of the bands is if Hush a Bye Baby can do Freebird like RockaBye. I have my doubts , they sound kinda like a lightweight , soft rock version of Rock a Bye Baby. I wonder if their memoirs will tell about the drugs women and trashed cribs.

♥ 9:28am pantz:

This is purrty. Anna Hillburg. CHECK!

♥ 9:29am MD:

It's all only a Dream...

9:32am Okasa:

Good Morning Comrade Ken and all the Wed morning party loyalists.

9:34am mary:

rcvd the 7SSD graphic novel yesterday! impressive tragicomedy.

9:34am Okasa:

"My Anus!"

♥ 9:39am -Ken:

Um, Okasa, context is everything

9:41am Okasa:

Quotes provide context.

9:44am lawrence:

Slowwwwwwwwww wood

♥ 9:45am MD:

Sex Pistols!

♥ 9:47am MD:

That Means Their Mom Was a Whistlers Mother...

♥ 9:48am MD:

Let's all Be ON Ken's Drugs today!!!

9:49am JakeGould:

"Hush-a-Bye Baby" is music for the children of preppers.

♥ 9:49am Brian C.:

Methinks Oksana doth reference your fantastic graphic novel, which arrived with Monday's mail (for me, anyway)

9:49am SeanG:

LAURICE

9:49am βrian:

Heavy flocculated snowfall on the Isthmus this morning. You wouldn't even recognize the Man in Black.

♥ 9:50am pantz:

Hi There and Welcome!
www.lauricenow.com

9:51am JakeGould:

"Rock-a-Bye" baby is for the children of people who like to party.

9:51am Polyus:

Laurice! I even got my girlfriend into this album.

9:51am pierre:

I'm thinking of using the term "Balladeer" way more now.

♥ 9:51am -Ken:

Oh Brian, I know what he references but most people do not. Quotation marks alone do not do shit.

9:52am Brendan:

Ken have you commissioned the artist south of the border to do a velvet Laurice? I hope Trump doesn't shut down the underground art railroad.

9:52am David Shortell:

Is there a particular song Norweigan Wood is considered to be a "rip-off" of?

9:52am Clïff in Prägůe:

There was a looooooong 5 minutes after that comment where nobody posted anhything....

♥ 9:52am -Ken:

David, yes, it's a rip off of "Fourth Time Around" by Dylan.

♥ 9:53am Michele:

Laurice opening for Tonetta would be amazing

♥ 9:53am Passaic River Blues:

I wish I could adopt this attitude. I am pretty much ruled by fear and anxiety.

♥ 9:54am Brian C.:

Ken, I had forgotten I had the Bucket List coming to me, thought I'd chosen other swag instead. So glad I didn't, it's incredible. I can only imagine how much time it took, no doubt it won't be repeated

9:55am pierre:

@ Michele : I was thinking that as well, Tonerice or Lauretta would be great too

♥ 9:56am ChrisB.:

There's that unmistakable Bert Kampfert bass, plunking away.

♥ 9:56am -Ken:

Laurice is performing at the WFMU Record Fair on April 29

9:56am fm Mike:

Lol this song is so odd!

Good morning everybody!

♥ 9:57am Michele:

WHAT!!!!!! That's amazing about Laurice, holy shit

9:57am lawrence:

9:58am Okasa:

And don't forget, "Come Together" was a rip-off of Chuck Berry's "You Can't Catch Me". Lennon settled that out of court.

9:58am Clïff in Prägůe:

fm Mike - check out Vicki's archives if you want more - wfmu.org...

9:59am David Shortell:

That's strange, Ken. Rubber Soul came out in 1965 and Blonde on Blonde came out in 1966!

10:00am pierre:

pfff… you guys and your (awesome) WFMU Record Fair on April 29 !

10:03am fm Mike:

@ Okasa, interesting!

@ Cliff in Prague, thank you!

@ Ken, I love the lullaby versions of songs! Keep it up! :D

10:03am βrian:

Rockabye Baby Animal is my favorite.

♥ 10:03am Aaron in Minneapolis:

Hey freaks. So I found a gem while sorting through my CD collection the other night. Its was Kens marathon premium, The Happy Listeners Guide to Mind Control volume 2, from 11 ywars ago. Anti Bush songs, 1 pro Bush song. Pro Marx songs, pro america, Anti gay, what you expect from Ken basically. Fun stuff!

10:05am Casey Holcomb:

Thank you for this introduction to Laurice.

10:06am Okasa:

'@ fm Mike - But FWIW, I don't think Lennon did anything wrong... he changed it up and created something new and original.

♥ 10:06am MD:

THIS IS THE FANTASTIC MIND CONTROL FUN MACHINE!!!

10:07am Lewis:

Hey Aaron! I missed out on that one.... maybe from the prize warehouse... (did not see the snow coming)

♥ 10:08am -Ken:

David, Look it up. Dylan palyed it for Lennon. Lennon's rip off was issued first, that's all,

10:08am βrian:

I was sure the lakes would have opened up by now, but nay.

10:08am FMthatguy:

@ Aaron, awesome!

10:09am Economically Anxious (Certainly Not Racist):

Correct Horse is best horse.

10:09am Lewis:

@Brian, been wondering about that...

10:09am Roberto:

Aww kute kurt kobain kitteh

♥ 10:09am Aaron in Minneapolis:

Damn snow!!!

♥ 10:10am ultradamno:

They both ripped it off Cornershop. Yes. a time machine was involved.

10:11am Chud:

No Staple Battery?

10:12am Nick S.:

Sinead! What a voice. I wish she'd stayed the course a few more years.

10:17am JakeGould:

Yes! Eddie Murphy!

10:18am asheville jon:

Ha! Lovin the Eddie Murphy

♥ 10:18am -Ken:

Nick S are you thinking of Mary Hansen?

10:18am asheville jon:

Dr. bootygrabber as a follow-up?

10:21am DaveinPA:

Ken has better animal GIFs than most furries

10:23am Clïff in Prägůe:

That's not enough bacon.

♥ 10:24am Ken From Hyde Park:

Bosco demands more cat GIFs.

♥ 10:24am bigkafka:

Shostakovich? ;)

10:25am βrian:

That bacon should be writhing.

♥ 10:25am rsj:

all buttocks and no assholes!

10:25am jan:

Vitamin String Quartet- I was loving that, and the DJ gone and talk over it.

10:26am Nick S.:

Oh, wait! I think I was listening to Cherry Glazerr. Wow! She sounds like Sinead, alot. I thought it was a new GO Home productions mash. Hmm....

♥ 10:26am dgg:

that is looks like a section of the pre 2001 World Trade Center made of bacon.

10:27am Nick S.:

Yes, it WAS Cherry Glazerr! Cool!

10:27am JakeGould:

Put a tree in your butt.

♥ 10:28am ultradamno:

I'm assuming Scanners was specifically avoided...

♥ 10:29am dgg:

wedsday march 8th, andy will match your contribution with the money he made by selling his listeners toy ideas

10:29am Bilbo Huggins:

Detroit Grand Pubahs!

10:30am Carlyle Marc:

Gluten Morgan Ken!

10:30am SeanG:

i'm not crazy

♥ 10:30am Sebastian:

I'm considering upping my swag for life monthly contibution - can I do this in a way that will cost Andy? Please say yes.

♥ 10:32am Vivian:

Thanks Ken. Love this song!

10:32am βrian:

Radio Gluten!

10:33am lawrence:

Patronage!

10:33am Bob O:

All I wanted was just one Pepsi!

10:35am the Canterbury wood-elf:

Brix was even doing the "...-ah" thing at the end of each line like her ex-husband.

10:36am Carlyle Marc:

Here's a an interesting quick read on the Dylan/Lennon/Beatles relationship @ The Atlantic: /www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/09/bob-dylan-and-john-lennons-weird-one-sided-relationship/262680/

10:36am βrian:

How's that Brexit going, by the way? Haven't heard much.

10:42am Polyus:

I was just thinking "I wonder if Ken would play any more of that new Wire record?"

10:43am the Canterbury wood-elf:

@βrian It's dragging on, getting ever more complicated. Tony Blair popped up the other day to urge the British people to "rise up against" it. This is today's news: www.bbc.co.uk...

♥ 10:47am Ken From Hyde Park:

Tyvek! I love their home insulation products!

10:47am Carlyle Marc:

Doh, sorry got a slash in there here ya go: www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/09/bob-dylan-and-john-lennons-weird-one-sided-relationship/262680/

10:50am βrian:

Good DVD covers, too.

♥ 10:50am Passaic River Blues:

I need to get this song.

10:51am Tidy666:

I work on train cars that say tyvek in giant letters!sounds good up here in the Catskills ken!

♥ 10:51am Brian C.:

Loved Temples' other record, this sounds good

♥ 10:53am pantz:

Yeah, Sun Structures was great. Can't wait to get this one too.

♥ 10:53am Ike:

Ken's show, where you'll hear the hottest new modern rock! On the rock EDGE! Yeah!

Seriously, I like this.

♥ 10:55am Sebastian:

haha

10:55am Carlyle Marc:

@ Jan, upcoming on PBS Nature Spy in the Wild... the making of the robotic animals used in the series!

10:56am βrian:

When the bar is low, it's easier to belly up to the bar.

♥ 10:57am rsj:

plus: it's all down hill from here, sounds good to me! maybe I'm just a schlepper

11:00am asheville jon:

Ken, fly me to/from there and i can help from next thursday through saturday.

11:01am Carlyle Marc:

Butter side down, I once saw a drunkish chap drop a slice of pizza sauce/cheese side down on the subway platform, he picked it up and continued eating!

11:03am Carmichael:

Good morning Kenneth and Kensters. This show appears to have been thoroughly enjoyable in every way.

11:08am Clïff in Prägůe:

I'm sure that subway platform was relatively hygienic. No worries.

♥ 11:09am pantz:

Oh for the innocent days of Herbert Walker.

11:10am Okasa:

Let's hear it for my favorite Franks! Frank DiNunzio, Sr., Frank Zappa, TV's Frank, Frank-N-Furter.

11:13am Brendan:

Pizza rat says no problem. That slice was perfectly hygienic.

11:14am FʌFʌ (:

SCHLAMMPEITZIGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

By the way, I don't know if I mentioned this before but Schlammpeitziger it's actually pronounced as:

Sch = Like 'X'
lamm = 'lamb'
Pe= 'Pete'
It = 'at'
Zig = 'Sex
Ar = Argh!

So basically it's like saying

X-lamb-pete-sex-at-argh!

I am pretty sure this is the correct pronunciation because I did a German introductory course in 1998.

11:14am Clïff in Prägůe:

Really oughtta get Pizza Hygiene to play a show at Monty Hall.

11:19am steve:

yay

♥ 11:23am ChrisB.:

I know that girl! I follow her on Heroin.

11:24am wearpants:

I am an extreme left wing liberal.

♥ 11:24am ChrisB.:

She must be a wreck. She's still on MySpace.

11:25am Carlyle Marc:

Free clean needles were available in Zurich Swiss at one time, maybe still?

11:26am Clïff in Prägůe:

Heroin! It cures your kid's bronchitis, and so much more! www.businessinsider.com...

11:27am FʌFʌ (:

Ken,

Thanks for revealing us which song Elakalaiset covers. You have an amazing cryptography skill!

11:35am Carlyle Marc:

Pizza platform heroin rat, I need a shot of that.

11:37am geezerette:

Does anyone else think Pence looks like a meerkat? Or is that strictly my problem?

11:38am geezerette:

...of course,meerkats are cuter.

11:38am Clïff in Prägůe:

You know what would go great on a bagel? Tvaroh - it's a spreadable soft cheese somewhere in between ricotta and cream cheese. (Now if I could just get a goddamn bagel here....there's only one place in the entire city that sells them)

♥ 11:38am pantz:

He looks like a televangelist to me. I have too much respect for meerkats to compare him to them.

11:39am FʌFʌ (:

Mike Pence looks like he wants Trump to be impeached you he can get everyth...KHLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

11:39am Sam:

Der Khlam ist gut

♥ 11:40am Sebastian:

lovin it!

11:41am Clïff in Prägůe:

Can't go wrong with the KHLAM

♥ 11:42am AnAnonymousParty:

Is that the Ferengi Rom from Deep Space Nine singing?

11:42am geezerette:

pantz, good point.

FaFa, absolutely! And they both hate Ryan.

11:43am Ken Stevens:

I've been pairing MTV's "Epic, Awesome Videos" show to your sound track this morning. You go with everything!

♥ 11:44am rsj:

WTF, how could i like this? i even like the saxophone

11:44am Луц:

oh!... i see... correctly... written... ХЛАМ... ken... ha-ha!.. ;)

♥ 11:46am ɨkɛ:

Oh wow, first time I've heard about whitefish carcass bathroom drunk guy. I SALUTE YOU, o whitefish carcass mind-controlling the drunken ones! I am your Earthly servant! I welcome our new whitefish carcass alien overlords.

11:47am Carmichael:

I thought Ryan was the one who looked like a semi-shaved lemur. Those ears were working overtime for SETI.

♥ 11:48am Rich in Washington:

Is this a Mormon morality play record?

11:49am geezerette:

Ken, I LOVE YOUR SHOW!!! (I'm shouting cause I'm in LA.)

11:50am Sam:

im in jersey. love the show. being quiet.

11:50am FʌFʌ (:

POREEEEEEEESSSSSSTTTTT!

To say his new album is the best album of the 21st century is an understatem....WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARNINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!

♥ 11:51am dgg:

good god

11:52am steve:

i bet the singer from Warning looks like Warthog from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

11:54am asheville jon:

Ken, I'm serious: get me to FMU next wednesday, get me back home by sunday evening, i can be a phone answering slave for FMU next week. yes, i know how to use a real phone!

♥ 11:54am AnAnonymousParty:

"Your left hand, your receiver. Your right hand, your fountain pen."

♥ 11:55am dgg:

i am so glad I'm not tripping right now

11:55am Bratello:

Ken, "Cacet" pronounced like "sosed" (neighbour)

11:56am Tripper:

I'm so glad I am.

♥ 11:56am dgg:

hahaa

11:57am Chud:

Anybody check out "The Man Who Killed Reality" by the Prefab Messiahs video? Liz mentioned it yesterday. It's GREAT!

11:57am βrian:

So is it more satisfying to donate early, or to donate at the last possible moment?

11:58am Clïff in Prägůe:

Best to donate during the 7SD Soak Andy 4 minutes

& thanks Ken!

11:59am Carlyle Marc:

Isn't pence an android, facial features based largely on G I Joe?

12:00pm FʌFʌ (:

Bratello is correct, Ken. I saw him in the Introduction to Russian class reunion from 1999.

♥ 12:00pm Ken From Hyde Park:

I hope the goal is a really small number this year and it gets met by the fourth day.

12:08pm Listener Chrispy:

good show!