Hänschen Klein: Ken's show

Listener comments!

7:38am cory:

good morning all

♥ 8:13am -Ken:

Hello Cory

8:16am FO҈FO҈ (:

Buenos dias, cory and Ken!

8:22am cory:

how's it going guys

♥ 8:29am Ken From Hyde Park:

Just another day battling giant brain monsters.

8:33am Michael:

Morning Ken - is that the Mueller hearing streaming at the left?

♥ 8:35am Sebastian:

moin moin

8:40am jan:

Good morning Ken- What to do??? Listen to the Ken show or watch the Mueller testimony. I've not felt so conflicted since having to wrestle with whether or not to watch the Teletubbies or miss the first 30 minutes of your show. You so nicely solved that problem by playing music to watch the Teletubbies with the TV sound off. Perhaps you can play music to watch the Mueller testimony with the TV sound off.

♥ 8:45am Sebastian:

Ahh, you Americans - It's spelled Müller, with an Ümläüt!

♥ 8:52am -Ken:

I will be providing live coverage of the Mueller hearings today, donchyoo worrybout athing

8:57am bbell:

Good morning! 3 minutes until a 3 hour escape to alternate reality!

♥ 8:59am Brian C.:

Live coverage of Mueller hearings via gifs?

9:02am FO҈FO҈ (:

Sebastian,

I'm afraid we need to agree to disagree because Mueller is actually spelled Müller with an Spanish dieresised U (like in cigüeña)

♥ 9:02am AnAnonymousParty:

Man, brain sandwiches look like a lot of work.

♥ 9:02am Webhamster Henry:

"It's not their fault, it's asphalt" : www.youtube.com...

9:03am kevlicki:

Ken do you go to Kid rocks house on Torch Lake?

♥ 9:04am steveo:

very good morning

♥ 9:05am Phillippe Bastille:

Hey Rookie and everyone else

9:05am queems:

YESSSSS

♥ 9:05am Webhamster Henry:

I want all 70s action adventure TV show themes today. Keep your eye on the Sparrow!

9:05am Doobois:

That was great!

9:06am Marley Dogg:

Duane Train is early today

9:07am Daybreak and the discovery!:

Clay sounded like Matt F on his Wake Weekly World Blue’s promo: wait, wait, no, comeback...

9:07am randyfrommichigan:

Yay WCBN - my son is a DJ there - @John thanks again for turning us on to that station! Staysh's pic is still up on the wall - I sent him a pic of it when I was in there.

♥ 9:08am steveo:

is the lyric here "be your dalai lama?"

9:08am cory:

is this bassist being paid per note?

♥ 9:09am Phillippe Bastille:

Hey Ken, do you remember a dude named Swerdlow from your WCBN days?

9:09am randyfrommichigan:

@cory LOL

♥ 9:09am Sëbäsẗïän̈:

@FüFü you say cigüeña, I say cigüeña!

♥ 9:11am Guido from Cologne:

Hello Ken and everybody!

9:11am Müllers Büro:

hello

9:12am ben abs:

hi Alles, summer songs i see

9:13am fleep:

Greetings!

9:14am Geronimo:

Go Station GO!

9:16am FO҈FO҈ (:

Wouldn't be cute to listen to people here trying to pronounce
"cigüeña", just like Sebastian did?

9:19am (Murakami Whywolf))):

Will the Harassment Alarm Goat be disconnected for the duration of Mr Mueller's testimony?

9:19am ami a.d.:

Hello D.J.,hello to all.Hoping for a peaceful day in this here great state.Keep cool sounds flowing our way.Thanks much.Shalom.

9:20am foreign_listener_k:

Terre T, Terre T - the signal has gone out for the remix

9:20am (((Murakami Whywolf):

Good news, everyone!

♥ 9:20am steveo:

this piece is confusing my mind

♥ 9:21am steveo:

so familiar and so unfamiliar simultaneously

9:22am tinkle bear:

Are we having a wing-ding?

♥ 9:22am steveo:

dude was rockin the chimes though

9:22am tinkle bear:

*were

♥ 9:22am PigeonsAndRust:

I miss Terre T. Always wondered what that bed music was!

9:24am tinkle bear:

*has a wing-ding anyways*

9:24am cory:

Psyche Rock is also what the Futurama theme was based on

♥ 9:25am Ken From Hyde Park:

Might I add: More cowbell!

9:26am Diezel Tea:

Howdy Ken and weirdo folks listening to weird tunes.

♥ 9:27am Sebastian:

mmmmh, Swayzeee

9:30am tinkle bear:

Salutations, DT.

9:32am jan:

I'm watching the hearings on DVR so I can pause and I'm listening with the iphone by earphones, so I've only go to toggle my mind between Ken and the hearing.

9:33am βrian:

Do you suppose the Cheeto is watching?

♥ 9:34am steveo:

i have been temporarily inspired to change my avatar to an image from the pierre henry album (unfortunately it looks terrible small)

9:36am βrian:

I shall touch no weevil.

♥ 9:36am Nate K.:

The Black Blood record is a good one.

♥ 9:37am melinda:

hi all

9:40am FO҈FO҈ (:

Does Alvarius B ever made a bad song?

9:41am tinkle bear:

*speaks for everyone* HELLOW MELINDA

9:41am Sam:

More camels smoke doctors than any other profession

9:42am tinkle bear:

*speaks for themself* Alvarius B is some kind of good-song god.

♥ 9:43am AnAnonymousParty:

Ah the good old days, when we could smoke all the cigarettes we wanted because nobody lived long enough to get cancer.

9:47am βrian:

It was common practice to smoke a camel through the eye of a needle.

♥ 9:48am PigeonsAndRust:

Don't forget the "T Zone" ! "T for Throat...T for Taste!....Not one single case of Throat Irritation was found due to smoking Camels!"

9:50am queems:

oh wow this mash up is really something

9:50am queems:

i like it

9:53am Sam:

The Native Americans all smoked like chimneys. But I think most people died young from other causes so cancer wasn't a big issue.

♥ 9:57am -Ken:

I dont think the tobacco that Native Americans smoked contained any saltpeter

9:57am FO҈FO҈ (:

I would like to show my appreciation to the DJ Cummerbund mashup song applauding with both hands for better effect.

♥ 9:59am Sebastian:

C’est fantastique!

10:04am βrian:

My pronouns: doo, dah, day.

10:04am tinkle bear:

The daughter of two visual artists, Yanya grew up in Chelsea, London. Her mother is white and Barbadian while her father is Turkish.
(thx, wikipedia)

10:05am tinkle bear:

*Nilüfer Yanya

10:06am FO҈FO҈ (:

For those that don't know Chelsea in London is *almost* like the equivalent of The Bronx.

10:06am βrian:

That umlaut gives her doom cred.

♥ 10:06am Ken From Hyde Park:

7SD idea: Andy Breckman guesses the callers' pronoun identities.

♥ 10:07am JtotheK:

This Funkadelic track is exactly what I needed this AM. Thanks Ken! And hello. Hiya everyone.

♥ 10:08am JtotheK:

How many hours does one spend as an amateurnoun before promoted to pronoun?

10:08am hansfarkas:

Good morning Ken from Xanadu

10:08am tinkle bear:

[did not know that about the Bronx]

10:08am Buddha of Suburbia:

Hi gang!

10:09am Antonio_Polcaro:

Knew this had to come on next !

♥ 10:10am Ken From Hyde Park:

Hey, it's Buddha! What are the odds?

♥ 10:10am The Oscar:

Busy with work, but oooooh that Funkadelic/Sleigh Bells transition gets me every damn time.

♥ 10:10am Phillippe Bastille:

Boods! Comment ca va?

♥ 10:10am Ike:

Mueller: Won't anybody read my fucking report?
Republicans: No. Say the president is innocent.
Mueller: [sigh]
Democrats: Don't be ridiculous, nobody reads anymore. Please summarize the entire thing for us and enter it into the official Congressional record. THIS TIME it's GOT to make a difference. IT'S OFFICIAL CONGRESS STUFF!!! IT'LL make a REAL impression on all the idiots THIS TIME!
Mueller: [SMH]

10:11am tinkle bear:

JtotheK, promotions are based on merit.
Performance reviews take place every odd-numbered millenium.

10:12am Sam:

Before you can get a promotion you have to have an amateurmotion

10:13am ratso:

playin' hacky sack wityer heart.

♥ 10:14am Phillippe Bastille:

JoetotheK I think there's an apprenticeship requirement

♥ 10:14am Ken From Hyde Park:

(I assume all casino employees greet each other by exclaiming surprise and going "What are the odds?")

10:14am Buddha of Suburbia:

Hi ya Ken from Hyde Patk! Bonjour, Phillippe Bastille! Je suis bien! Et toi?

10:14am FO҈FO҈ (:

Man, they keep asking you if you can get to that! They want to know! JUST ANSWER!!!

♥ 10:15am Phillippe Bastille:

sorry, JtotheK, not JoetottheK

10:15am Roberto:

I can get to that. Whether or not I am willing to get to that is another matter.

♥ 10:15am Phillippe Bastille:

@boods Je suis magnifique!

10:16am Sam:

You can't get to that from here!

10:17am Buddha of Suburbia:

RATSO!!!!

10:18am Buddha of Suburbia:

Bravo, Phillippe!

10:18am Sam:

I drove all over Jersey for days, but couldn't manage to get to East Banana. It's suuuper hard to find.

10:20am cory:

okay, off to work. have a day everyone!

10:20am FO҈FO҈ (:

One does not find East Banana. East Banana finds YOU.

♥ 10:20am Phillippe Bastille:

Must be nearing the end of times. My 5 day forecast ends Friday on the Weather Channel site.

10:20am FO҈FO҈ (:

Wait a minute, young man, cory! The show hasn't ended yet!!!

♥ 10:21am Phillippe Bastille:

cya cory

10:22am cory:

sry fofo, rent calls!

♥ 10:22am Ken From Hyde Park:

Which is better hidden, East Banana or the United Kingston?

10:23am tinkle bear:

In the fridge I found a bunch of bananas that were totally green on the inside but all black on the outside.
Or did *they* find *me*?

10:23am βrian:

In 1928 Horace was the 147th most popular name for male babies in the U.S.

10:25am tinkle bear:

I just had to know. Now I do.
Best of all possible worlds.

♥ 10:25am Webhamster Henry:

Kingston (NY) united (with Rondout) in 1872. Nevertheless, we have no PMs.

♥ 10:26am Webhamster Henry:

Obligatory Horace Silver tune: blog.wfmu.org...

10:27am Sam:

I just hear Andy saying "Fascinating!" in my head

10:28am jess:

I have that Michael Jackson song in my head. make it go away!

♥ 10:29am AnAnonymousParty:

They may have taken away your bass guitar, but they can never take away your groove.

10:30am Sam:

Wow, that's going to be sad!

♥ 10:30am Ike:

Clip shows are very much out of style, so this is appropos.

10:30am FO҈FO҈ (:

I like to think Sam is the new Hunter, by the way.

10:30am Okasa:

Good morning! Both Mavis Staples AND Horace Silver, what a set.

10:31am Sam:

Thank you FOFO. Hunter was the best.

10:32am Laura L:

Mueller's gone Beckett!

10:36am FO҈FO҈ (:

I hope you mean Samuel Beckett. That would add a lot of drama and gravitas.

10:36am Okasa:

AC Grayling: “Before the 4th century when Christianity became the dominant outlook of the European mind, for over 500 years the outlook of educated people was Stoicism. And the Stoics said, with respect to those things which we have no control over, (earthquakes, aging, or disease), we must confront them with courage. But with respect to those things we can control, (our appetite, our fears, our desires), we must approach them with self control. So if we can live with courage and self control, we can live nobly.”

10:37am John from florham park:

@-Ken that was a funny bit about the muller hearings, trying to ignore it today

10:39am Laura L:

Absolutely--that Sam Beckett's "Cascando," if memory serves.

10:39am ratso:

Laura Brannigan: "You take my self, you take my self control."

10:43am fletchernyc:

Cue the goat.

10:44am FO҈FO҈ (:

KEEEEEEEN!!! You just cut it before the part of the Lou Reed/Metallica song that makes everybody cry. I had my tissues at the ready. JEEZ!

10:46am Jan-Willem:

Dan Carlin deep fake?

10:46am fleep:

More goat

10:46am Sam:

Eating each other is as American as it gets

10:48am tinkle bear:

This reminds me of a public access TV show I saw once, where the host alleged having witnessed local pillars of the community engaged in erotic coprophagy.

10:49am tinkle bear:

*engaging

10:49am Sam:

But it is breakfast cereal! Evil Count Chocula for President!

10:49am yippie:

10:49am John from florham park:

Hey fellow listeners was watching junior dad on YouTube really sad song his voice was not the best

♥ 10:50am Webhamster Henry:

Citizen Kafka's version of Nothing has many more verses!

10:51am FO҈FO҈ (:

I liked the bit when The Fugs sang the days of the week in Spanish

10:52am Lixiviated Life:

WFMU, Mu

♥ 10:52am jmd:

Nice catch on the swear.

10:52am The Butterman:

I love this. Sad I didn’t know if it already

10:54am FO҈FO҈ (:

Someone remind me why the Nothing song sounds so familiar but can't remember who did the original one. Or maybe this is the original and I have only heard a cover version.

♥ 10:55am Guido from Cologne:

Hänschen Klein!

10:56am choggie:

Y'know, the only reason people's take sides with politics? Distraction from the wholesale wage-slave ass-fucking that any president or administration will provide from now till police state. Politics are for gullible robots, bullets are for politicians.

10:56am tinkle bear:

Wellnesscowchwitz, how does it work?

♥ 10:56am Webhamster Henry:

@F-F-: It's an old Yiddish song called "Bulbes" (potatoes). www.youtube.com...

10:57am The Butterman:

I think this is one of the greatest sets played by any dj, at anytime in history. Please note I say this with absolutely NO sarcasm. Really!

10:57am tinkle bear:

choggie, that's the truth.

♥ 10:57am Sebastian:

\m/

♥ 10:59am Guido from Cologne:

Hänschen Klein (a.k.a. Litte Hans Tiny) wandered alone in the whole wide world.
He looked good.
But his Mother was crying hard.
Had no Hänschen any more.
Si the Child came to a decision.
And returned home.
(rought translation of this nursury song)

The first song you'll learn on most instruments, if you take lessions in Gemany.

♥ 10:59am Sebastian:

thank you for that link, Webhamster Henry!

11:00am FO҈FO҈ (:

Thanks, Webhamster Henry! Ckecking that song reminded me of where I listened to the Nothing song before. I heard it from that guy's punk rock history song. Can't remember his name though.

♥ 11:01am ɨkɛ:

@choggie and TB, I don't understand. Isn't it obvious that one political side is much more in favor of brutal wage-slave ass-fucking than the other? No? Well okay then! Have a nice day. (sigh)

11:02am Sam:

I would love a three hour show of covers of accordeon-heavy "La Foule" by Edith Piaf

♥ 11:03am Sebastian:

Hänschen klein
ging allein
in’n Berliner Turnverein.
Turnt am Reck,
fällt in’n Dreck,
ist die Nase weg.
Kommt der Doktor Hampelmann,
klebt die Nas’ mit Spucke an.
Hänschen klein
freut sich sehr,
hat nun eine Nase mehr.

♥ 11:06am Webhamster Henry:

@Sebastian: a gruesome cautionary tale , and why I never go to a gym.

11:06am Hubig Pie:

Midnight Cowboy was released with an x rating

11:06am joe Ray:

Actually Midnight Cowboy was X rated

11:06am Sean:

@FO҈FO҈ (: Jeffrey and Jack Lewis - The History of Punk on the Lower East Side

https://youtu.be/XCYMFB7UPeY

11:06am The Butterman:

I’m ALWAYS down for a psychedelic part scene!

11:06am FO҈FO҈ (:

that is so funny, Sebastian! HAA! What a pleasure it is to read German and even more when you know just you, Guido in Cologne and me understand it because, I don't know if I have told this but I did a German introductory class in 1998. So I am bilingual with an umlaut.

11:07am yippie:

I recently acquired the entire discography of Pesach Chaim all the jewish heavy metal music I could ever want

♥ 11:08am Sebastian:

@FüFü: so are you bilingüal or bilinguäl?!

♥ 11:08am -Ken:

Somehow my Mom snuck me into Midnight Cowboy back in 1969. Maybe I fit into her shoulder bag. That scene with Joe Buck and the old man in the hotel room traumatized me. The party scene made me want to become a hippy

11:09am FO҈FO҈ (:

Thanks, Sam! That's the man! If it wasn't for you and Webhamster Henry I'd go in this neverending journey of trying to find where I heard the (Nothing) song first.

11:11am tinkle bear:

k, it's okay that what's so obvious to you isn't obvious to everybody else. And vice versa.
Helps to spot sabre-toothed tigers, for one thing.
You have a nice day, too.

11:12am Hubig Pie:

I think Midnight Cowboy got its rating demoted to R after some behind the scenes politicking by the studio

11:12am Laura L:

You're not alone, FoFo and Sebastian--Ich kann Deutsch--got a lousy B.A. degree with a major in German from U.T. Austin long ago.

11:13am FO҈FO҈ (:

I'm bilingual with the umlaut in the G for German!!!!!11

11:13am northguineahills:

I actually have this Elephant's Memory track!

Trish!

♥ 11:14am G:

@Hubig: Wiki: "Upon initial review by the Motion Picture Association of America, Midnight Cowboy received a "Restricted" ("R") rating. However, after consulting with a psychologist, executives at United Artists were told to accept an "X" rating, due to the "homosexual frame of reference" and its "possible influence upon youngsters.” The film was released with an X. The MPAA later broadened the requirements for the "R" rating to allow more content and raised the age restriction from sixteen to seventeen. The film was later rated "R" for a reissue in 1971. The film retains its R rating."

♥ 11:16am Ken From Hyde Park:

Oh, so that's _not_ the movie with John Travolta.

11:16am Hubig Pie:

OK G, thanks again for the info

11:17am Müllers Büro:

People Like Us

11:17am tinkle bear:

"after consulting with a psychologist".
SCIENCE!

11:18am Müllers Büro:

is this from 'Gone, Gone Beyond'?

♥ 11:19am Rich in Washington:

The Mirror is just amazing.

11:19am FO҈FO҈ (:

Great Läurä L! Nothing can't stop us now! Einstürzende Neubauten I say! That means "cheers".

11:19am northguineahills:

Vicki!

And I knew their was an Albatross sample in their...

♥ 11:22am Webhamster Henry:

Always worth reading the Your Not In Love production story: bobbyowsinski.blogspot.com...

♥ 11:22am -Ken:

@Mullers -Yes, that People Like Us track was a new track for Vicki's 360 degree movie "Gone Gone Beyond"

11:25am Müllers Büro:

I don't know how to watch a 360° movie

11:25am FO҈FO҈ (:

,360 degree movie?! How, who, where, when, how, which, and why?!

11:26am ami a.d.:

Ich Bin Ein Auslander

11:26am Müllers Büro:

you need a360° eyes

11:29am Rev. Turnip Druid:

Was summoned by the siren call of Schulze.

Who has karottenkuchen?

11:30am Brendan:

To watch a 360 degree movie you need good air conditioning and lots of ice.

11:31am tinkle bear:

360 degree movies sound like necessarily collective experiences.

11:32am βrian:

They're best viewed in a panopticon.

11:32am tinkle bear:

*and not the way Brendan implies. Those are just called ovens, (or euphemistically "showers"), and they are NEVER necessary.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

11:34am Mailman Tom:

Oogie!

♥ 11:34am blee:

I want that Z-Rock Hawaii very much, yes.

♥ 11:36am ⓘⓚⓔ:

Ovens? Showers? Hmm! It's almost as if we should bother to vote AGAINST the Nazis. Pffft, nah!!!

11:36am Brendan:

The 60’s/70’s 360 degree album covers shot with fisheye lenses need to make a comeback.. Are You Experienced comes to mind but it seemed like every band had one. Good old LSD...

♥ 11:38am Sebastian:

what??!?!!!?!?

♥ 11:38am Sebastian:

noooooo!

♥ 11:39am Sebastian:

we need tuchus!

11:39am tinkle bear:

Ike, I think this might be the first I've ever heard of Nazis caring how anybody voted.

♥ 11:39am Sebastian:

also, I'm pretty sure you misheard, Ken, the line is "catch my tuchus"

11:43am Brendan:

The Tuchus track is required by law to accompanied by the goat alarm and Peter Graves doing a PSA cautioning kids to avoid airplane cockpits

11:43am Roberto:

I saw Bob Balaban in an ATM once. I was disappointed he didn't ask me to go see a movie with him.

♥ 11:43am \ⓔⓘⓚ/:

Well, most of them haven't actually openly admitted they're Nazis. Yet.

11:48am tinkle bear:

\ⓔⓘⓚ/, I do agree that "listen with your eyes" is a good watchword.

11:52am tinkle bear:

Fat White Family could be terrible. Wouldn't matter. They named themselves the best name.

11:53am Hubig Pie:

I like my beer cold
My TV loud
and my White Family ,fat

♥ 11:54am ɨkɛ:

Right? And as it turns out, Fat White Family is quite good!

11:57am Nazis:

Voting is irrelevant. You will be assimilated. All you base are belong to us.

♥ 11:57am Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Ken. Fun show today.

♥ 11:58am Rich in Washington:

Thanks, Ken! See you on the radio next week!

♥ 11:58am Phillippe Bastille:

Thanks Ken

11:58am cory@work:

awesome show ken! thanks

♥ 11:59am Sebastian:

Merci, Kenny!

11:59am Brendan:

Ken ! Baby!