Van Der Graaf Ventilator: Ken's show

Listener comments!

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5:44am Ken:

Morning one and all!

7:16am Mark S:

Morning

7:31am Cory:

mornin'. Would anyone like some cookie crisps?

8:07am Okasa:

A fine good morning to you, Ken. And to all the Wednesday morning Ken'sters.

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8:09am Ken From Hyde Park:

Good morning, folks. It's a brisk, 36° F this morning and the sun is shining brightly.

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8:14am Ken:

Any requests? How about some Van Der Graaf Generator?

8:25am Asheville Jon:

hall and oates are always a crowd pleaser

8:37am Mark S:

Dogs have a well known hatred of cabbage

8:37am Asheville Jon:

it IS a Jandek kind of day down here in da souf

8:38am egal:

Dogs prefer organic kale in my nabe.

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8:39am Ken:

hmmm, Jandek or Van Der Graaf Generator... what a choice..

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8:42am Ken From Hyde Park:

Note to self: Send Mother's Day card today so it gets there on time.

8:50am Marcel M:

Hello all, morning.

8:55am f✐f✐ (:

Morning Ken and fellow listeners!

8:57am Okasa:

Ken, not to complain, but your AGTBTPOTSB gifs make the fan in my very modern laptop fire right up. And that never happens otherwise. So they are VERY processor intensive.

8:58am f✐f✐ (:

Great AGTBTPOBs!

9:02am Sem Chumbo:

Hello, Ken and all. A Farewell to Arms. Nice.

9:02am Бїll:

fer what it's worth, I'm all for VDGG

9:03am Ralphine:

If not Van Der Graaf Generator, how about Supersister?

9:03am Marcel M:

Oh man that Corgi is amazing!

9:03am βrian:

@Okasa: There are extensions to block agitated gifs. I use Deanimator for Safari. One still has the option to view them one at a time.

9:06am common:

YES ken. yes.

9:07am Okasa:

@βrian: Thanks for the info. I just think that one or two of those pre-show gifs must have been monsters. :)

9:08am denverian:

Request? no es ese tipo de fiesta!

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9:08am Ken:

Yes Okasa, it was a VERY heavy batch of pre-show GIFs this morning. GIFs are getting bigger and bigger as the art form progresses.

9:09am fred:

Thomas Bonvalet's solo project is "l'ocelle mare"

9:10am βrian:

It's like cologne getting stronger and stronger. It's an expression of artistic sensibility ....

9:12am f✐f✐ (:

PRINCE RAMA!!! Love this song. It's such a classic. Can't believe you had them live in one episode of the Seven Seconds Delay.

9:12am Foolbert:

I'm ignorant on many fronts: what does 'AGTBTPOTSB' signify?

(One of the most worst tabus around is the one against simply saying, 'I don' t know, please tell me.'.)

9:13am Dan B From Upstate:

a gif to big to post once the show begins.

9:16am Ralphine:

I Googled AGTBTPOTSB and got a bunch of hits about age spots.

9:16am Ellirb:

Good morning Ken.
There is a awesome track from a german band, Greie Gut Fraktion, from the album Rekonstruktion. Track number 2 whith Gudrund Gut, Betongiessen - Rubberboots Mix. Its on Spotify.
And that is my request!

9:16am denverian:

A gigantic toad bit the penis off the satanic boy

9:16am Foolbert:

Thank-you, Dan; is that avatar the Hanna-Barbera bear sampled for use in "Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law"?

9:17am Asheville Jon:

damn! the toaster oven just burnt my english muffin! i guess it's the appliance's revenge for breaking the yogurt maker a few weeks ago.

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9:21am Ken From Hyde Park:

AGTBTPOTSB = A GIF Too Big To Post Once The Show Begins

9:22am Foolbert:

A Grammar Troll, but Too Poorly Organised to Say 'Boo'

9:22am Brendan:

Hi Ken

9:23am dc pat:

I can already tell that In Rubber Boots is my new fav song.

9:23am fred von helsing:

Mein Gott zat vuss ze time to tanz

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9:23am Guido from Cologne:

Hallöli !!!

9:23am Ellirb:

German post-kraut-dub-industrial-techno!!

9:24am Dan B From Upstate:

Yes, Foolbert! It's is the birdman bear. In a show with nothing but great characters, it may be the greatest character!

9:24am dc pat:

KLICKY....STAR....NOT...WORKIGN!!

9:24am thedunkel:

Morn Gif Master Ken and fellow Ken-ka-teers!

9:24am dc pat:

ah, that's better.

9:25am dk:

very late comment: but that big blood cover of 'black angel's death song' was completely stunning.

9:26am bibi:

hi all. ken, such a polyglot freak...

9:28am fred von helsing:

lots of google's martinibomb links are messed up but here's a name your price link loopez.bandcamp.com...

9:28am Cheri Pi:

VDGG are a major influence on Voivod (!)

9:29am common:

i like that band, ken.

9:29am mauri:

what a great start ken! I like to think Big Bloods version as their own. muchos betras

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9:31am Guido from Cologne:

I want some Van der Graf!
I'm depressive today!
It will make me make sure someone feels even worse!
It would be good for me!

9:33am f✐f✐ (:

Guido,

Perhaps you didn't noticed but we already listened to Van Der Graff Generator...jewel case. Ken made some sounds with it.

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9:34am Ken:

OK. What's the BEST Van Der Graaf Generator song?

9:35am Michael:

Ha, that's funny ken!

9:37am bobdoesthings:

morning all

9:37am Ellirb:

More german music? How about Malaria! with Kaltes Klares Wasser

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9:38am Guido from Cologne:

Actually the debut "The Aerosol Grey Machine " is pretty good.
www.discogs.com...
... so long ago ...
... "Necromancer" had certain ear-worm-qualities ...

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9:39am Guido from Cologne:

DVA!

9:40am Cheri Pi:

The best song by Van der Graaf is Whatever Would Robert Have Said

9:40am Jan:

my wife exclaimed that P.K. 14 is a Chinese song. But doesn't want to listen to Ken's show. And I've had an Olivia Newton John Magic song stuck in my head since I woke up in the middle of the night. I don't know why... torture.

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9:41am Guido from Cologne:

they answered me on FaceBook.
They say they sing in some invented language.
Google transaltor tests brought mixed results like: Esperanto, Finnish, Swedish, Czech and there are obvious English sections.

9:41am Cheri Pi:

Oh no Jan! I bet some Van der Graaf Generator would banish ONJ from your head.

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9:43am Ken:

Which Olivia Newton John? The Aussie one or the Japanese one?

9:44am Lizardner Dave:

Who's the dame with the iphone in Times Square?

9:44am common:

i'm loving thomas edison's blah blah...great stuffs.

9:45am corporate slacker:

Best Van der Graaf Generator number? - Refugees in a lighter shade of pale imitation way, but as far as I know that's about it.

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9:45am Guido from Cologne:

Meryl Sheep or Meryl Street?

9:47am Marcel M:

Morning Bob!

9:48am SeanG:

great tune here

9:48am KP:

Warm Soda, mmmm

9:48am bobdoesthings:

yo marcel .. did this show start earlier than usual? i'm late as usual

9:49am awkward jack:

you wanted to!

9:49am Jan:

Aussie! But your show is off by decree. I'm only now coming to realize,Ken that your show is an acquired taste and sadly, not all that I associate with have the appreciation for you.I will listen to the archive on my iphone.

9:50am Marcel M:

Yoooo Bobby, no, Ken and others start commenting earlier than it starts.

9:50am will:

Best Van Der Graaf song? This is my area of expertise (sorry). It would have to be "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers." 23 minutes.

9:50am paulWCBN:

never would've expected this mashup to work so well

9:50am Nick the Bard:

Crocodile Chop is by Neil Cicierega, he of animutation/Potter Puppet Pals/Lemon Demon fame

9:52am bobdoesthings:

early birds

9:52am Bonesy Maroney:

That was fantastic!

9:52am awkward jack:

sid wishuss

9:52am bobdoesthings:

hmmm I was hoping for a danzig chop up..

9:55am adam_nspy:

Request for The Cenobites "mommy"!

9:55am Mark S:

Ah I get it a Mother's day theme

9:55am Phil Collins:

I can see you mama ... Ha ha ohhhh

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9:55am Webhamster Henry:

Oh Jeeze, a mother's day cut.

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9:56am Ken:

You get nothing, Jon Snow.

9:58am Jimbo Morrison:

Mother? I want to kill you.

9:59am YETI BOB:

How about some Mothers of Invention? Or is that among the music that Ken is NOT PLAYING?

10:00am Willie Smellson:

Momma dont let your cowboys grow up to be babies

10:02am Fred's Mercury:

Momma .. Just kilt a man

10:02am Бїll:

Father - I want to ... bake you a cake?

10:02am KOTJ:

You had me. But I never had you. ICK.

10:05am Mark S:

Any relation to Clock DVA?

10:07am YETI BOB:

KOTJ: I have to stand up for Lennon.

10:07am common:

love that song "house with no door" (i think) by vdgg

10:07am f✐f✐ (:

Make Ken like cats...Check.
Make Ken play prog rock....Check mate!

10:07am Cheri Pi:

Hahahahaahhaha

10:07am thedunkel:

did andy breckman write these lyrics?

10:09am V Priceless:

VDGG Rules Ken!

10:09am Mark S:

perhaps a little more fast forwarding

10:09am Cheri Pi:

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

10:09am Cheri Pi:

I can see why Ken hates this.

10:09am will:

Good choice Ken.

10:10am adrian in mpls:

...realizing why I never listened to VDGG before.....

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10:10am Ken:

Hey! I like ONE cat!

10:11am Cheri Pi:

Dr. Booty Grabber should guest dj one of these days.

10:11am YETI BOB:

when they're not singing and they just rock out it's not too bad

10:12am KP:

Fudge!

10:13am Marcel M:

Ken confessed that he loves cats now. During the marathon.

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10:14am Guido from Cologne:

In my opinion The tea Company did this Fudge treatment even better.

10:14am KP:

Overhwelming Colorfast kill "Hanging On." Same arrangement.

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10:15am Guido from Cologne:

Lemmy!

10:15am common:

hell yea, hawkwind!

10:15am amanda c:

this is the best hawkwind song and this just made my morning. thank you ken!

10:15am Cheri Pi:

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:15am thedunkel:

!!HAWKWIND!!

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10:16am Guido from Cologne:

"You Keep Me Hanging On":
Looks like nex Ken-one-song-only-show

10:16am HarktheUmpire:

HAAWWWKKWWIIINDDDD!!!!!!

10:17am amanda c:

wow, i'm glad there are so many listeners who are as enthusiastic about lemmy as i am.

10:17am Cheri Pi:

I remember the days when Ken underappreciated Hawkwind.

10:17am Asheville Jon:

Ken, when are you gonna break out the Grobschnitt?

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10:17am Guido from Cologne:

Hurry On Sondawn is also nice ...

10:17am Cheri Pi:

what amanda c said.

10:17am braveness23:

this play list is making it extremely difficult to do my job. I keep waiting for a sucky song to come up so I can make a phone call and it just ain't happening. I may need to set up an auto-reply on my email and voicemail that explains that I'm busy and sends a URL to the live stream.

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10:18am Ken:

Yes, I was late in my appreciation of Hawkwind and tomcats.

10:18am Mark S:

they're related

10:19am marmalade kitty:

silver machine sounds like the time warp

10:19am f✐f✐ (:

I can surely sense Ken is about to play 4 songs of the 'Tales from a Topographic Ocean' vinyl.

(note: the album has 4 songs in total and last like 3 hours and a half and includes one song that has a keyboard solo that last like 109 mins) .

10:20am Cheri Pi:

I just flipped off a coworker approaching my workstation, can't he fucking see that I'm at work over here?

10:21am mythopeic_industries:

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking.

10:22am Cory:

i always flip off my co-workers. it's how cooks say, "Hello!"

10:23am KP:

i also like lettuce

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10:23am Ken:

Where the F do we go from HERE?

10:24am ?:

home

10:24am amanda c:

boredoms?

10:24am dc pat:

khlam, of course. Then Los Piranas. Then Blind Shake.

10:25am KOTJ:

Subhuman Throbbing Gristle....or Snakefinger.

10:25am dc pat:

crap, right. FIRST Boredoms, then khlam...etc.

10:26am f✐f✐ (:

Puffy Ami Yumi will take us to a safe haven.

10:26am Marcel M:

This is amazing!

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10:27am Guido from Cologne:

Cindy und Bert "Der Hund von Baskerville"
(black sabbath "paranoid" German cover version)

10:27am Cory:

Bloodloss's "Disgust Myself"?

10:27am Marcel M:

Yes! The corgi is back hahahaaaaa

10:29am KP:

I saw looking at this BBC Tv show loop yesterday. aweseome

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10:30am Guido from Cologne:

... some André Williams ...

10:30am Dr Phil:

Where did you get this unauthorized tape of me?

10:30am courtneynoir:

This British dude is my new favourite song.

10:31am mythopeic_industries:

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking.

10:31am Ike:

That corgi is awesome.

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10:32am Guido from Cologne:

Parliament "Little Ole Country Boy" (on "Osmium")
... funky Country number

10:32am Asheville Jon:

wow. this planets song is now my most favorite song ever!

10:32am dc pat:

that's Jello!

10:33am dc pat:

I'm with Asheville Jon.

10:34am jack horkheimer:

Barkeep... Greetings greetings ... another pitcher of Pabst

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10:35am Webhamster Henry:

Goes with Firesign Theatre: Back From the Shadows Again.

10:37am Ellirb:

Ken; Did you know I'm a Meateater?

10:39am Sam:

I love Laura Cantrell! Haven't heard her in a very long time.

10:40am ChrisB.:

See Laura Cantrell live 6/1 at the WFMU Record Fair!

10:40am Okasa:

@Webmaster Henry: Yippee Tie One On!

10:40am dc pat:

HEY. It's not Tuesday.

10:41am Ike:

Laura Cantrell has never sounded so confident. Nice.

10:46am KOTJ:

Doing the same thing over and over and expecting winning results.

10:47am Ike:

Kilroy is a good reminder that not all British TV is the high-class quality imports and snooty Tory costume dramas we get here. They have a LOT of sleazy trash too, like we do. Maybe sleazier than us, even.

10:47am MichelleinGreenBay:

Morning, all!

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10:49am Ken:

Hi Michelle!

10:49am mythopeic_industries:

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines!

10:51am vanya moscow:

Hello Ken and everyone! Just found out we in Russia have Radio Day today, 7th May, so my best wishes to the manager of the best radio station ever and all fellow listeners. Enjoying the show as always!

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10:51am Webhamster Henry:

Already like this one after 5 seconds.

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10:52am Ken:

Thanks Vanya! I've heard of Russian Radio Day - what does it commemorate?

10:56am vanya moscow:

Popov`s presentation of his first receiver in 1895! what`s more important - couldn`t listen to Drunk Ken 7SD 2009 episode in the archives - is it intentionally deleted?

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10:58am Ken:

Vanya, I think that episode is there as a re-run isnt it? I did take the original one off the archives so as to increase its value as a re-run, but I did re-run it...

10:58am Dan B From Upstate:

vanya, see the june 13, 2012 archive. it's a re-broadcast.

10:59am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

This song makes me think of the folks in Wichita Falls, Texas who now must resort to drinking from their terlets.
www.npr.org...

10:59am Foolbert:

My intuition is that the answer to 'Why do I torture myself?' is usually rooted in the conviction that you deserve it, or that it will happen undeservedly but inevitably, and that your self-torture a.) will somehow interfere or preclude others' torturing you, and b.) your self-torture is _nothing_ compared to what others would do to you, given the chance.

10:59am vanya moscow:

yeah, i tried the june 13 2012 page, it didn`t play... let me check one more time

11:01am Cheri Pi:

Jan's in for a real treat later in the archives.

11:01am mythopeic_industries:

"Drunk Ken" is blocked in Russia?

11:02am Okasa:

I'll take Wally Cox for the block.

11:03am mythopeic_industries:

HOBO yodeling!

11:05am vanya moscow:

no, it doesn`t play. ...yeah, probably blocked in russia. or a sanction

11:05am f✐f✐ (:

Ball and chains.

11:07am Andy from Atlanta:

Hi all! I don't want to bring down the show but one of the last great college stations, WRAS 88.5 in Atlanta, is being turned into yet another NPR station (Atl already has one) and removing student involvement. 88.5 has/had an incredible 43 year history of being the only all student-runned 100,000-watt radio station. Many a good people got their starts (including me) on the airwaves there. Please take a look the petition: http://tinyurl.com/o363c7b

11:07am dc pat:

man, that Putin has tentacles all over the place--Drunk Ken is banned now too?

11:08am vanya moscow:

he knows where it hurts

11:08am f✐f✐ (:

Burp concerto! Long time no see!!! Female listeners love this song.

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11:10am Ken:

I knew somebody had been requesting this for several weeks.

11:11am ottovonbqe:

this is literally making me sick.

11:11am Nardo:

so touching, it brings a tear to my eye - and I usually don't let anyone touch me there.

11:11am mythopeic_industries:

i am ready for Jaap Blonk now

11:13am bobdoesthings:

some of those burps sound like my old roommate.. maybe he did it.

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11:17am Vivian:

@Andy in Atlanta - Signed. Thanks for the link. I guess GSU is taking a page out of the Braves new stadium playbook.

11:19am Carmichael:

Good morning Kenneth and all the avatars at sea.

11:21am mythopeic_industries:

I think our beloved "Drunk Ken" was part of the US Sanctions. Just the thought of being banned from listening to "Drunk Ken" has made Putin rethink his plans of world domination and he has pulled back his troops. Thank you Ken. God Bless you.

11:22am awkward jack:

@Andy in ATL. petition signed. i used to listen to Album 88 when i lived near ATL in the 80s and whenever i got back down south. good station.

11:28am vanya moscow:

Putin is Bryce`s fan. So it only hit us common people. Please reconsider

11:28am MichelleinGreenBay:

The opening bass line of this song made me thing we were about to get a cover of "Phantom of the Opera".

11:31am vanya moscow:

Gotta go play a gig. See you all at 7-second delay tonight

11:32am Carmichael:

Vanya, I used my avatar today in your honor. Your country's honor, anyway. Your country's bare-chested bear wrasslin' leader's honor, anyway.

11:33am slim_pickin's:

This is one hot tune !!!

11:34am mythopeic_industries:

Luv it

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11:37am Webhamster Henry:

Coming up with a new "Axis of Evil" comp?

11:38am Brendan:

Ken, this is a real entertainment extravaganza! Great stuff!

11:38am vanya moscow:

let me check it, Carmichael... yay, cyrillic! thank you on behalf of, you know... everyone. plus Crimea. ...G-d I`m late!

11:40am Carmichael:

Is Pyongtown the new Motown? Or Chi-town?

11:41am Whooda:

Still in radio broadcast reception area and catching the playlist at each passing Dunkin Donuts (free e wifi). Thanks so much for the show Station Manager Ken. Did you receive the bird I sent you?

11:43am Ellirb:

Mehr Deutsch Musik, bitte!!

11:43am Carmichael:

Cheri Pi has a bird for you, Whooda.

11:44am mythopeic_industries:

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue!

11:45am f✐f✐ (:

Ken and fellow comrades,

I think you will all like this:

Over-Enthusiastic North Korea TV Anchor Announces Rocket Launch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7J2Nnl7Ano

11:45am Sem Chumbo:

@m_i: life is full of auto-tune surprises, isn't it?
Here, have a hit of ibogaine, it'll make everything seem better.

11:45am ken d:

Terrific stuff! When will we see your free form video along side this excellent mix?

11:46am Ben GGGG:

Does anyone know where I can download this Quinnisa Rose song???
I need it :(

11:46am Cory:

this is why children should be banned

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11:46am AnAnonymousParty:

I wish someone would invent something that would destroy that autotune thing.

11:47am f✐f✐ (:

Nothing terrifies more than children singing like adults.

11:47am 36251:

Wow! This sounds like what the Shaggs might have been if they existed today and there was only one sister.

11:47am courtneynoir:

whoever invented autotune should be forced to only listen to autotuned shit for the rest of their life.

11:48am adrian in mpls:

i actually find this oddly comforting, much like the sorry apology song person

11:48am f✐f✐ (:

Autotune is right. Children are wrong.

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11:48am Webhamster Henry:

My kids have their own take on this genre.
www.youtube.com...

11:48am maestroso:

I think it's adorable

11:49am KP:

Im with you, maestroso

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11:49am Ken:

I'm always amazed by the way people hate on that autotuned six year old girl.

11:49am slim_pickin's:

some top notch tunes are being played. Nice job!

11:50am Whooda:

@f✐f✐ (: I think that anchor was told to, "Be convincing or your fat butt will be strapped to the next failed rocket launch".

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11:51am Ken From Hyde Park:

@adrian - What's up with the person in New Brighton who shot his neighbor for feeding deer? That seems pretty harsh.

11:52am 36251:

Ken: I meant that in a good way, though I can understand how that may not seem like a compliment.

11:52am weiterso:

i like the show, i like drama
youtube.com/watch?v=f3CbMrPVO4c

11:52am Cory:

@KFHP, stand your ground?

11:52am Ellirb:

Swedish guy speaking about his problems with unemployment. All he wants is a job.

11:54am adrian in mpls:

@Ken from Hyde Park -- Yeah, totally crazy, no? I only saw the headline, so I can't really speak to anything about the situation. I just chalk it up to the inability of Minnesotans to, well, actually communicate in any way possible.

11:54am f✐f✐ (:

Don't get me wrong. Autotune is a great tool, sometimes it makes unlistenable people listenable. But children signing like adults scares me the bejesus out of me.

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11:54am Ken:

yes Whooda, thanks.

11:55am f✐f✐ (:

Whooda,

That's passionate anchoring. She's like the human street light ladies! She's has the great passion of the eternal leader!

11:56am Brendan:

"Welcome to Chinese Restaurant.
please try your Nice Chinese Food With Chopsticks
the traditional and typical of Chinese glonous history.
and cultural."

11:56am Whooda:

11:57am Michael:

Quite a show Ken. Thanks!

11:58am Brendan:

Thanks for the radio free New Jersey Ken!

11:58am f✐f✐ (:

Ken,
Thank you for a fantastic show and giffery. The highlight was *obviously* Van der Graff Generator.

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11:59am Ken:

Bye everybody!