Morning, Alabama! My latest WFMU idea is that for the marathon, there should be a pledge choice for the collective fill-in DJs and they would also have their own premium CD. Should I send an email to someone to document that notion?
Morning all, and Ken. My previous software dev scrum team was named 'Dumpster Fire' and I believe we had that same GIF on our wiki page. Now we're 'Flying Dumpster Fire' and have a GIF of multiple dumpsters burning with debris flying through the air. Weird, huh?
ken i humbly submit a thekenschlampen song to your gmail address. its called das schupp schupp lied and i think it would be really great to hear. im gonna wake and bake now
also its from the album, weihnachten mit den thekenschlampen, known in english as, theKensluts XXmas album
8:55am
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Funny you mention it, Ken from HP. I just read 'Dumpster Fire' was the 2016 Word of the Year according to Wired. Never in my life heard that expression before. My favourite words of the year are: sharknado, ammosexual, omnishambles, Frankenstorm and of course, vuvuzela.
8:58am
Mark Williams:
i just read that those Thekenschlampen did a cover of I Shot the Sheriff. Has that graced the airwaves yet?
In order to avoid difficulty after the #metooing of his near-namesake, I suggest referring to the group from Cologne as die Fabulosen Thekendamen, which means the fabulous Ken ladies, of course.
"Needles and Pins" is a song written by Jack Nitzsche and Sonny Bono. In his autobiography, Bono states that he sang along with Nitzsche's guitar-playing, thus creating both the tune and the lyrics, being guided by the chord progressions
You want a stalling tape, make it the CD version of Bingo's Bolero (Bingo Gazingo's). It's 14 min. +. I've sometimes looped it when I've been especially cranky or something. It's air-friendly, unlike some of the other cuts.
@Ken, two years ago your episode from 2 weeks before Christmas synced up in a very meaningful way with the Star Wars Christmas Movie followed by How the Grinch Stole Christmas animated special. Any hints as to which movies we should try to sync this episode up with?
9:26am
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The Dylan song sounds like Scrooge happily singing a Christmas carol song after finding out he is not dead after all as predicted by the Ghost of Xmas.
The WFMU premium cassette version had Ravel's as the music over which Bingo chanted, but was unauthorized. I prefer the somewhat improvised bolero done by Bob Brainen and R. Stevie Moore on the CD version released later. Bingo sounds the same of course. It may be the most romantic song I've ever heard, but some people can't get past his gravelly voice.
If you like Thurl Ravenscroft's voice, search YouTube or other music source for "Im Tiefen Keller".
(I once read a Russian author who referred to Paul Robeson as a 'baritone' to make his point about Russian basses.)
9:38am
tmorphe:
Saw the Sonny B ref earllier but I was cooking soup - not for hunger -but to heat up the house...
"Sonny Bono - a very good singer but
a very bad skier"
9:39am
Sam:
I stayed in a dive hotel in Amsterdam where the heat didn't work so I had to leave the shower running to fill the place with warm steam.
I like that fact that Ken who ran “The Spotted Pig” called the after hours 3rd floor hangout room the “Rape Room” and he entertained Charlie Rose and Mario Batali. It’s like some James Elroy level detail.
Kind of a tip-off when "pig" is in the name of your establishment. Although I don't approve of the use of that term to refer to people like that since actual pigs are generally sensitive and intelligent.
NotARealDoctor:
'Kevork' is cognate to 'George', true? I'm not Armenian, but can pass, and as I've lived in Watertown and Pasadena, I'm concerned that I'm fated to live in Fresno.
@queems, it really does, she has it sitting on the piano. She's made a couple others with plastic clarinets, but they don't look near as cool as the aluminum one
You have all the right characters! The Kevorkian lamp maker, the Kevorkian painter, and probably there's a Kovorkian piano player as well, etc. A family dinasty story that as something for everyone.
@ϝϟϝϟ, we all play piano, actually. And we also all play the clarinet. And most of us also play the guitar. Some of us are better at these things than others.
Boy Scouts do 'Scouting for Funk' where we live. They leave a bag on your door, you fill it up with funk and they pick it up and distribute to those needing funk.
Why play Gary Pucket?
'In 1974 “Young Girl” was reissued by popular request in England where it reached number five and achieved a Silver Record Award for the second time.'
@βrian: yeah, but not as bad when we get the occasional deep freeze down in the teens once a decade. The freezes of the 80s sent the commercial citrus crops boundary south a good 90km. (remember the deep freeze that made the Space Shuttle Challenger's fuel tank seals contract and snap).
10:34am
Sam:
What's that pitter patter on the roof?!
It's rain dear.
If things like musical notation and consistent tempo are important to you, I'd say Henderson is the Florence you want, but if you wanna get real crazy, Foster Jenkins is the Florence for you
10:41am
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Or Run Lola Run?
(Which, by the way, Ken, you haven't played the soundtrack in a while)
hey ken, i love your sluts (especially 'yes sir i can boogie') but i hate to disappoint you. 'theken' means bartop, so it's the fabulous bar sluts, though i am sure they'd be ken sluts there too...
somebody switched her hello kitty laces out for barney laces.
11:09am
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Thanks, Dean! It's from a show from 2006! Now I hope NotARealDoctor is still here to read your message because I advised him to check the archives from 2007 to 2010!
@northguineahills: WTF, dude?!? If i were going to impersonate someone, it would hardly be Harding. I'd begin with, I dunno, Asha Bhosle or someone like that.
Ken got any porn for the blind to play over Christmas music, maybe speeded up chipmunky or slowed down in demon voice? Its not for me but for a friend.
11:33am
Tommy in Neversink:
I'm glad I can play piano but If I could play like Guaraldi I'd be gladder..and get more gigs
dan warren seems to make a good point that the gay marriage supreme court case unfairly did not extend any rights to adults who have a sexual preference to marry more than one adult
I don't really see it. Loads of German artists did German versions of English songs, and it even went the other way back sometimes (Mack the Knife for example)
Can I take the German lessons while sleeping? Not that I don't know German (I did an introductory course in German in 1998). but I would like to improve my ninja deutch skills.