Setting the Cuyahoga on Fire for Old Times Sake: Ken's show

Listener comments!

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6:39am -Ken:

Hi y'all

6:54am cory:

mornin' ken(s). howdy non-kens

6:56am maestroso:

G'morning Ken and cory.

6:59am cory:

i have a request and it's not shitty. 'Nesbitt's Lime Soda Song'

7:03am P-90:

Good morning Ken and Ken pre-gamers. If I ever have a non-shitty request, I'll post it right away. Or straight away, as Vicki would say.

7:07am Wild Neil:

PEACE Ken et al. A particularly great set of GIFs today....kind of a theme of motion...Harsh Toke request?

7:10am People Like Us:

morgen

7:12am cory:

ok, hello maestro, p-90, W. Neil, and PLU

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7:27am -Ken:

Congratulations Cory, you requested Negativland's worst song ever. But still, it's a move in the right direction. Negativland is indeed better than Barenaked Ladies.

7:29am People Like Us:

this week is the anniversary of Don Joyce passing to the great radio station in the sky - maybe one of his Negativland tracks - maybe No Business - very topical, stealing, this week I hear

7:34am cory:

wow, sry i have such pooey taste

7:35am People Like Us:

shame on you cory

7:35am cory:

;)

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7:35am AnAnonymousParty:

I'd like to hear a song that features the accordion, bagpipes, steel drum, the banjo and eefin' in alternating 12/8 and 5/4 time.

7:35am cory:

and i'm bad at typing!

7:35am People Like Us:

that would be The Most Unwanted Song, AnAnonymousParty

7:36am Bela Fleck:

I got this covered!

7:37am cory:

well shit, if bela is here i want 'bill mon'

7:39am Wild Neil:

The trampoline with three guys GIF has a seamless transition. Wow!

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7:44am Ken From Hyde Park:

Got any songs that celebrate plagiarism? I guess The ECC has an album Plagiarhythm Nation, if that counts. If I recall, Kenny G had a whole book on plagiarism.

7:45am Wild Neil:

I think Led Zeppelin got sued for copying a song from a band they toured with back in the 70's....the song was Stairway to Heaven...

7:49am Michael:

Morning Ken.

7:54am cory:

just found out i've been saying David Pirner's name wrong for years

8:09am fͦ fͦ (:

Hi y'all! Mornin' ken(s). howdy non-kens!

If I ever have a non-shitty request, I'll post it right away. Or straight away, as Vicki would say.

Got any songs that celebrate plagiarism?

8:10am sphere:

hello people :)

8:13am cory:

hi FoFo, does 'been caught stealing' count?

8:16am Wild Neil:

What Google thinks when you type in "songs that celebrate plagiarism" www.billboard.com...

8:19am cory:

OHHHHHH, are there any Prophets of Rage songs that are radio safe?

8:19am Wild Neil:

Sorry, right link here:www.billboard.com...

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8:22am -Ken:

The only song I know of that ADMITS plagiarism is Neil Young's "Borrowed Tune." And I cant think of songs ABOUT plagiarism. I did a whole Seven Sec Delay recently about songs that rip off other songs.

8:28am Michael:

With all that's happening lately, and OHIO being open carry - give us Negativeland's Guns.

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8:30am Ken From Hyde Park:

Funny...FoFo plagiarized my earlier comment.

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8:33am -Ken:

You got it Michael!

8:37am Marcel M:

Yo Ken! and friends!

So like the two friends couldn't convince the other friend to wear the ninja costume for the trambopoline video?

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8:43am -Ken:

That's Derek, Marcel. He is such a dick!

8:45am Marcel M:

I can just picture him, like, after weeks of rehearsal, right down to the wire, being like, "No... I'm NOT putting that on..."

8:55am βrian:

Y'all are a bit premature, no? Look at this mess!

9:00am βrian:

It's Open Carrion, isn't it? Or is it Open Caries?

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9:00am Ken From Hyde Park:

I hear tell that Jim the Poet may be calling in. At what time would we be expecting him to call? No call-in time currently listed on the Tweeter. twitter.com...

9:01am bobdoesthings:

goodmoorning

9:01am sphere:

Cromagnon!

9:02am fͦ fͦ (:

Cory,

'Been caught stealing'.. The video and the song had a mind-blowing effect on me when I first listen to it. It was just so different to everything I heard before it. More or less the same kind of effect I had when I discovered WFMU

9:02am MD:

THE WORLD NEEDS AN EARLY MORNING ATIVISTIC KEN SET!!!!

9:02am P-90:

And: out of the starting gate. Kowabunga!

9:03am MD:

if you listen closely you can hear the words...Donald trump!!!!

9:04am MD:

NOT!

9:04am Marcel M:

SILVER APPLES! YES!

9:04am bobdoesthings:

yess!!

9:04am cory:

oh wow, great start

9:04am bobdoesthings:

i think this might be the best song off Contact

9:04am MD:

a dream Segway!!!

9:05am fͦ fͦ (:

Congratulations, USA! Getting closer everyday to a new kind of democracy: The mob rule. Vive le Trumpé!

9:06am common:

i agree, marcel hello

9:06am thedunkel:

Good Morning Ken! Morning All!

9:07am jan:

Good morning! Silver Apples- just what my ears needed to purge "we are the champions" from my head.
It's been stuck in there since hearing it played Monday Night during the broadcast of the Republican convention.

9:09am pygmylunch:

I had a dream that my marathon swag came in the mail, and it was a beautiful dream. Soon.

9:09am cory:

yesh, it's kinda weird that he picked a gay anthem

9:09am Wild Neil:

The C-section pic is just...weird....

9:09am Nick S.:

RIP Alan Vega, forever. Good morning Ken!

9:10am Marcel M:

When I first heard about the whole Bruce Springsteen and Allan Vega thing I was amazed, but now, when I hear songs like this, I just keep thinking about how much Springsteen sounds like Suicide.

9:10am bobdoesthings:

hahahaha

9:12am common:

sad day.

9:12am jan:

@People Like Us: Also passing to the great Radio Station in the sky were favorite NYC radio personalities
Dandy Dan Daniels (early 60s radio) and Vaughn Harper (70s FM).

9:13am MD:

NOW I KNOW WHY GOD HATES ME...THANKS FOR THE ENLIGHTENMENT MR KEN!!!

9:14am MD:

I guess my mom hated her vagina...or did he really love it???

9:14am bobdoesthings:

@neil - dont worry its not real.

9:14am MD:

i can say that...she's dead...

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9:15am -Ken:

Jim the Poet Live from Cleveland at 11am today - let me know what questions you have for him!

9:15am common:

it's almost like the butthole surfer's version.

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9:16am Vivian:

@ Jan, which station did Vaughn Harper DJ?

9:16am fͦ fͦ (:

Some context, please, Ken. Is it about the GOP convention? I thought it was yesterday.

9:16am P-90:

@cory and FoFo: "Been Caught Stealing" to me epitomizes the early 1990's. It's one of those songs that's like the soundtrack to a particular moment in time and space. For me, New York at the beginning of the nineties. It was all over the radio, and the video was in heavy rotation on MTV. When MTV was really like a radio station for videos of current songs. I don't know what it is these days...

9:18am Li'l Miss Dog Pedant:

Please ask Jim the Poet if he's written haiku for any of the delegates or speaker at #RNCinCLE

9:18am MD:

Rudy is a Jelly Donut!!! Ist Bein Ein Jelly Donut!!!

9:18am Zach:

GOP convention is 4 or 5 days long. Day 1 was make America Safe Again, day 2 was Make America Work again. Not sure what today is. Last night some speakers like the west virginia governor was absolute trash, but trumps son had a great speech.

9:18am cory:

@P-90, i think i was 15ish when it came out. so it's set in my head

9:18am Marcel M:

Oh SNAP!

9:19am P-90:

@Jan: I also don't recall Dan Harper?

9:21am fͦ fͦ (:

I relate with that too, P-90. Perhaps that was the song that got me interested into non-metal stuff even before Nirvana.

9:22am pantz:

That Trump is so classy. "Check out this babe. Thumbs up, eh?"

9:22am Marcel M:

Ken is going all out for this set.

9:23am Mark S:

Question for Jim the Poet, did they place a spit guard on the podium before Rudy Giuliani's speech.

9:24am Zach:

Question for Jim, did you see the protesters with urine squirt guns? Was that an actual thing?

9:24am Marcel M:

hahaha

9:25am Henry:

warriors will do for america what they did for Brooklyn!

9:25am melinda:

morning everyone

9:25am bobdoesthings:

did I miss this part in the Warriors?

9:26am pantz:

Was that Harry Dean Stanton? That guy was in everything!

9:26am Mark S:

I think those were isolated Alan Vega vocal tracks

9:26am P-90:

Apparently parts of Trump's son's speech were plagiarized from a published article. Who the hell do they have supervising the speechwriting?

9:26am Polyus:

I have to hand it to you people that have been able to watch this stuff - I find even the recaps to be kinda soul-crushing. Maybe I just can't maintain the proper perspective.

9:27am foofs:

This tune's got some of the most relaxed fart noises you'll ever hear...

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9:27am -Ken:

Good call Mark S! Indeed they were. From WFMU's Alan Vega show at Southpaw with Oneida/

9:28am Mark S:

RIP Alan Vega

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9:28am -Ken:

I believe Andy is holding a Urine Squirt Gubn in his left hand in the picture accompanying "Wars of Armageddon" by Funkadelic.

9:29am People Like Us:

wow, WHAT IS that picture of Andy?

9:29am jan:

@Vivian: That was WBLS. Circa 1975, it was the first urban sound NYC station, playing disco, Barry White, Teddy Prendergrass and the like. The station was tolerable for about two years, but it soon was overrun with commercials and too much derivative music.

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9:30am -Ken:

That is Andy in Cleveland at the Republican National Convention. He is hangin' with his Anarchist Homies.

9:30am cory:

@P-90, the speech writer wrote the article

9:30am People Like Us:

great picture

9:30am P-90:

Jim said it was freezing in the convention hall and all he packed to wear were three FMU t-shirts. So maybe ask him if he got a sweater or sweatshirt to wear, or if he's just been wearing his FMU shirts in layers to keep warm?

9:30am Sam:

Oh, I thought that was Occupy Wall Street.

9:31am Li'l Miss Dog Pedant:

Tonight's theme at #GOPinCLE is Making America First Again. No Trumps or reality-show "celebrities" scheduled to speak, just GOP establishment. Expect most delegates to blow it off, Will Jim the Poet even bother going tonight?

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9:31am Webhamster Henry:

More cowbell?

9:31am βrian:

Sporting the kaffiyeh couture.

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9:31am -Ken:

The dude who is second from the left in the front row (DJ Ziptie) is the one who gave Andy the urine for the squirtgun.

9:32am Marcel M:

The thing I was most amazed at about Jim on Sportsy Talk last night was that Andy Breckman called his cell. Are they chilling in Cleveland? They are homies?

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9:32am -Ken:

I think you're incorrect Li'l Miss DP - Todays theme is "Make America Soup Again" Brought to you by Campbells.

9:32am Sam:

If you squirted urine on Trump it would change literally nothing.

9:33am cory:

drunk, bye bye

9:33am P-90:

Oh I see, now Francis Buckley is claiming he "contributed" to writing the Trump Jr. speech.

9:33am melinda:

The anarchists look like they are protecting themselves from a foul smell.

9:34am Mark S:

Was Andy with the group who chanted "Off our streets Nazi scum" at Alex Jones?

9:35am bobdoesthings:

@sam - I'd imagine trump's goons would hunt you down and beat you.. then his legal team would end you for the assualt

9:35am fͦ fͦ (:

I would like to ask Jim the Poet if Ted Coup, er, Cruz is carrying a concealed gun.

9:35am Sam:

Did Andy get to meet Dick Cheney?

9:35am βrian:

Are there roving packs of wingnuts armed with tennis balls?

9:35am Li'l Miss Dog Pedant:

The band actually played Love Train at the convention last night!

9:36am MD:

Der Farten Noisesss!!! Hail Der Farten Noise!!!

9:37am Listener142985:

love doll joke just too subtle--collective apology

9:38am Sam:

It doesn't matter how long ago the 60's was, it will always be a relevant period.

9:39am Roberto:

If it's Cro-Magnon, it was probably recorded 40-45,000 years ago.

9:39am Marcel M:

When ESP Disk had their store-front in Bedstuy I picked up a lot of cool stuff there, and the Cromagnon LP was one of them.

9:39am Sam:

Does he come up with the "for me to poop on" lines?

9:40am Jack:

I heard that Jimmy Page wrote parts of Melania's speech.

9:40am bobdoesthings:

Oh snap.. I thought you guys photoshopped those signs in.. hahahaaha that's amazing!

9:40am Sam:

That's a real picture?? Ha!

9:40am Cecile:

If you got Harvest for the World by the Isley Brothers, and it works, that would be awesome.

That IS BRILLIANT.

9:40am Marcel M:

@Bob: Well you were right that it is fake! Haha

9:40am Roberto:

Love it. Well done, Andy.

9:41am MD:

He's going to be calling in From Nuremberg???

9:41am Uncle Michael:

Every time the WBC travels, my town is a little more livable. Thank you for having a convention, GOP.

9:42am MD:

Oh No! Don't tell me God Doesn't hate me! I thought I was on her hit list!!!

9:42am fͦ fͦ (:

Does that mean we aren't having a SSD show tonight, Ken?

9:42am Marcel M:

Ken, can you ask Jim if he has been hanging out with Andy Breckman??

It sounds like Andy is having a real fun time out there.

9:42am βrian:

What does the sign on the far right read? "God Hates ..."

9:43am Lizardner Dave:

Video footage here: www.rawstory.com...

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9:43am Ken From Hyde Park:

The RNC is doing quite well for Jim. The DNC is next week. Will there be any WFMU coverage in Philadelphia of that?

9:43am Sam:

I think it's funny that God creates certain people and immediately goes "Shit, I hate that guy. What was I thinking?" And then he just keeps on making more of them. Silly God!

9:44am Marcel M:

Thanks for the link, Dave.

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9:45am -Ken:

That's what it means f0f0...

9:45am Marcel M:

@Sam: I think God loves to hate.

9:45am Cecile:

Donna's from Philly, right? Maybe she can pull a Larry Young and set up shop across the street and play uplifting drone music.

9:45am MD:

Uncle Andy Hangin wit da boyz...thinkin up new toyz?!?!?

9:46am Cecile:

Eugene Mirman has a routine about God being a 12-year old boy with Asperger's Syndrome.

9:46am Satan:

Welcome Donald and butt plug Chris Crispie

9:47am MD:

What kind of toys do Anarchists play with? I wonder? Oh Yeah! I forgot!!!!

9:47am Sam:

I guess people who love to hate tend to believe in a God who loves to hate. You define God as what you are, and then marvel at how Godlike you are.

9:47am groucho:

Hello. I am sad. I have many broken bones in my feet and the Department for Work and Pensions in the UK have just declared me 'Fit For Work'. I have an operation due next month and lots of big bills to pay. Please please please put some shittyflute in my ears

9:47am cory:

THANK YOU

9:47am Li'l Miss Dog Pedant:

Antelope Freeway 1/2 mile

9:47am fͦ fͦ (:

Ken,

Oh, well. Are we getting again a never heard before SSD rerun? Please!

9:48am Cecile:

I am so sad to hear that groucho.
Can you appeal?

9:48am Cecile:

Play the Drunk Ken one. That was amazing.

9:48am Sam:

Sorry groucho

9:48am Li'l Miss Dog Pedant:

Antelope Freeway 1/4 mile

9:49am fͦ fͦ (:

I hope you get well soon, groucho!

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9:49am -Ken:

Aww Groucho that sucks, Hang in there and yes indeed, shittyflute coming up- just for you!

9:49am Sam:

Can you do a live 7SD with Bronwyn filling in for Andy?

9:50am Li'l Miss Dog Pedant:

Antelope Freeway 1/8 mile

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9:50am -Ken:

On SSD tonight, it will be Jim the Poet intervewing people and I will be trying to reach Andy throughout the hour.

9:50am Nick Danger:

We are all Bozo's in this convention. Dump leading the clown car.

9:50am Sam:

Sweet!

9:51am βrian:

Ok. "God hates bangs."

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9:51am JtotheK:

good morning everyone.

9:51am Li'l Miss Dog Pedant:

Antelope Freeway 1/16 mile

9:52am Sam:

I hope Andy can talk his way into the Convention masturbatorium. That's where the real secret deals get made.

9:53am Li'l Miss Dog Pedant:

Antelope Freeway 1/32 mile

9:54am Li'l Miss Dog Pedant:

Antelope Freeway 1/64 mile

9:54am Wild Neil:

Shittyflute!

9:54am groucho:

I love you

9:54am fͦ fͦ (:

What is the name of the guy that sings/talks in Negativland's Pepsi and this song just played?

9:55am Melania Trump:

Many times i touch Donald's
liitle penissssss.

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9:55am -Ken:

f0f0 - that is the voice of "The Weatherman" from Negativland

9:56am dale:

shitty flute for a shitty candidate!

9:56am fͦ fͦ (:

Well, i just wanted to know if he was one of the guys that had passed away (i.e. Joyce, Lyons or Allen)

9:56am Michael:

Drumpf

9:56am cee:

luv u shittyflute! #shittyflute4eva

9:57am fͦ fͦ (:

thanks, Ken.

9:57am βrian:

Heh, ctrl-c is itself a plagiarism of ⌘-c.

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9:57am -Ken:

Good question f0f0, Im not sure. Vicki, do you know?

9:58am Cecile:

this song is so homoerotic.

9:58am MD:

STRONG AND FIRM!!!

9:59am Kat in Chicago:

Today's programme has been pure gold so far.

9:59am pantz:

Strong and firm? Not two things to describe Trump.

9:59am βrian:

Do you hear the eagle soar?

10:00am Sam:

Can I request some Muppet Christ Superstar?

10:00am bobdoesthings:

what a bizarre cover choice for drumpf.. like he wants to look menacing

10:00am MD:

And make lots of money!!! Donald will be a Trillion bux in 4 years..!!! If he get's in....

10:00am Kat in Chicago:

The Weatherman is still with us, I believe.

10:01am Roberto:

This sounds like the Corn Weenie guy.

10:01am MD:

I love Freddie...LIKE CANCER!!!

10:02am MD:

COME ON! DON'T BE A SMARTY...COME AND JOIN THE TRUMPY PART!!!

10:02am Andrew Waterloo:

Here's a funny one: www.thedailybeast.com...

10:03am MD:

TRUMPY PARTY...

10:03am Michael:

Short-fingered vulgarian

10:04am fͦ fͦ (:

Checked..It seems David "The Weatherman" Wills is still alive. Although Porest might argue we are all dead anyway.

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10:04am Webhamster Henry:

Bring back the Corn Weenies for summer!

10:04am bobdoesthings:

corn weenie?

10:05am Nick Danger:

So how about that Mr. Smarty Pants Communist ?
Mr. College Professor? Mr. Beatnick? Mr. Hippie?
What have you done for me lately?

10:05am βrian:

I'm hearing "willy," not "weenie."

10:05am bobdoesthings:

really really!

10:06am ((Murakami Whywolf):

MST3K did a Spanish "Alien" - turned-"E.T." rip-off called "Pod People" featuring a childish voice exclaiming 'Trumpy! you' re MAGICAL!!!'.

10:06am SSS:

Time to mention that Hitlers's father changed the family name from Stickelgruber to... you know...Hitler. Fun fact.

10:07am Mark S:

really really

10:07am MD:

The NYPD now stands as the 7th largest Army in the world...no Shite...Boys and Gurls...

10:07am SSS:

really really

10:07am Sam:

And Hitler's descendants probably changed their name right back to Stickelgruber

10:07am Marcel M:

Geez only 20,000 cops in NYC... sounds fun!

10:08am Cecile:

Hitler's son changed his name and lived very quietly in NYC until his passing.

10:08am βrian:

@Sam: Aren't they all still in a deep freeze somewhere in South America?

10:09am Marcel M:

Wait, Bill O'Reilly wrote a book about Hitler? Que raro...

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10:10am Webhamster Henry:

For my recently lost job, I heard a lot of Wesley Willis as test material, often claiming tho "Whup Batman's ass".

10:10am ((Murakami Whywolf):

Triumph broke the plagiarism story?

www.sportsgrid.com...

10:11am MD:

I was on ebay all nite lookin for America NOS in the box...NO LUCK!!!

10:12am fͦ fͦ (:

I believe this John's mix won the Corn Weenie Mix Battle contest several years ago sponsored by Ken's show. Those were the crowdsourced times!

10:13am Cecile:

yep. you are right, fofo.

10:13am pantz:

Glockenspiel Free Bird!!!!

10:14am Wild Neil:

That pizza is making me hungry for pizza.

10:15am ((Murakami Whywolf):

Anybody have a U.R.I. for an animated version of the original Trump/Pence logo?

10:15am Mark S:

Wow the Corn Weenie remix contest took place 7 years

10:15am melinda:

Thanks for that link, Murakami. The video is brief but hilarious.

10:16am βrian:

That pizza is making me hungry for bi bim bap, with a side of kimchee.

10:16am Roberto:

Remember 'FMU's coverage of the '04 RNC?

10:16am Cecile:

I entered that. My entry makes me cringe. I would do it very differently now.

10:17am MD:

oH COME ON kEN! ge sMITH IS LEADING THE BAND!!!! i wonder who's got all the Heron???

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10:17am Ken From Hyde Park:

Back to commenting after my browser crashed. GIF mission accomplished, Ken!

10:18am Mark S:

ago

10:18am Wild Neil:

@Brian-I think Korean tacos or burritos would be magical.

10:19am βrian:

Indispensable if you're using Safari:
github.com...

10:19am Cecile:

I think it's great.

10:19am Okasa:

Because we need more schooling, for more students, for Morse Science High!

10:20am Li'l Miss Dog Pedant:

Will Toxic Comedy Contest be decided by shoutyness or roll call vote?

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10:21am Ken From Hyde Park:

Some talk about the Trumpence logo: www.gawker.com...

10:21am Lewis:

thanks ken

10:21am Wild Neil:

I had to turn the volume down...

10:22am Kat in Chicago:

Delightful!

10:23am Cecile:

WARNING!

10:23am acid casualty:

I turned it up! That was incredible.

10:23am Jack:

I'm not talking about hate, no.
I'm talking about eight...
Dinner at 8!
Let's eat!!

10:24am βrian:

Fugu for lunch?

10:25am Jeff:

Oh, this Sudden Infant is nothin'. I kind of liked it in this dystopian RNC week.

Clearly I've been broken by repeated exposure to DJ Bosh and Chris M.

10:25am Mark S:

I had to turn the volume up

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10:26am Ken From Hyde Park:

<snaps at waiter> Fugu me!

10:27am GGG:

Sudden Infant had a great live set/interview with Daniel Blumin a few weeks back: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/67180

10:27am Okasa:

So please, stay where you are. Don't move, and don't panic. Don't take off your shoes! Jobs is on the way.

10:28am fͦ fͦ (:

Warning is f*cking good. Well, at least this song. Never heard others.

10:28am Mark S:

Why can the bodies fly indeed

10:29am Cecile:

CHROME!

10:31am MD:

If I were a GIF what kind of GIF would I be? I know....ME!!!

10:31am MD:

no really Ken...your GIFS are freeeeeekin me out!!!

10:32am fͦ fͦ (:

I have a rhetorical question for Jim the Poet.

Why?

10:33am Wild Neil:

Chrome is pretty righteous!

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10:34am Ken From Hyde Park:

WFMU: The station that puts the Chrome in your dome!

10:34am Cecile:

VOIVODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

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10:34am Ken From Hyde Park:

Voivod! !! !!!

10:35am Chris M.:

this is a great cover but it's hard to get the nile song wrong

10:35am fͦ fͦ (:

*clears throat*

VOIVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-

*cough, cough, cough!*

VOOOOOIIII-

*cough, cough!!*

*cough, cough!!*

Voivod!

10:36am Marcel M:

It almost sounds like they Ctrl C and then Ved that metal guitar solo.

10:36am Mark S:

Warnings wikipedia page translated from German:

de.wikipedia.org...

10:37am βrian:

Billie Holiday interlude.

10:37am Marcel M:

@Chris M: They should try Bad Company.. that'll learn 'em.

10:38am quinn:

ken, your show makes me feel more comfortable with the coming armageddon, like it's just gonna be one big party

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10:39am -Ken:

Best compliment EVER Quinn!

10:39am People Like Us:

no, The Weatherman is alive

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10:40am Ken From Hyde Park:

I hope we'll see the GIF showing a campaigning Trump and a hundred copies of the enthusiastic lady.

10:44am fͦ fͦ (:

She's the Quinn of compliments!

10:44am Cecile:

AWESOME

10:45am Wild Neil:

I read a short article about The Group Image...pretty wild group! Anybody ever see 'em back in the day?

10:45am Henry:

brilliant!

10:46am Mick:

Hiya + Crocodile Chop = a transition for the ages

10:46am Marcel M:

Oh how I love this Crocodile Chop.

10:46am rbxbx:

wow wow crocchop

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10:47am Ken From Hyde Park:

If you're swimming in rivers in northern Minnesota this summer, look out for alligators.

10:48am sagey:

this is actually too good

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10:48am Ken From Hyde Park:

I'm highly certain that crocodile guy's nickname is Tripod.

10:49am Marcel M:

Is that the Nihilist from The Big Lebowski? In that GIF?

10:51am Lewis:

wonder how long this ear worm will last...

10:52am βrian:

And if you're swimming in the lakes, watch out for the schistosomatidae.

10:52am Cecile:

hey lewis!

10:53am Lewis:

hey Cecile - hows things in your neck of the woods - gonna be hot!

10:53am Sam:

Crap, what was point 2 again?

10:54am βrian:

The lakes on the isthmus are in full bloom!

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10:55am Ken From Hyde Park:

Is there an mp3 of the recent Kanye / Taylor Swift phone call? The one that's getting someone in trouble for illegal wiretapping? I haven't heard it yet.

10:56am tadpoles:

@Marcel M ... looks like Dylan's Soy Bomber.

10:56am βrian:

"... of his bones are algae made. Nothing of him doth fade."

10:56am JakeGould:

Anything stupid happen at the RNC? Haven’t been paying attention.

10:57am Cecile:

things are ok. And I know about the heat - my friend from Seattle is coming in, she used to live here and moved away to escape the heat!

10:57am Lewis:

@brian - I sure its lovely!

10:57am fͦ fͦ (:

I think the Crocodile Chop Gif guy propels viewer forward into the seemingly infinite progression of possible reproductions that the man's faux-penis torture practice engenders, whilst simultaneously pulling them backwards in a quest for the 'original' source or referent that underlines Koons's oeuvre.

10:58am Sam:

Brian, which isthmus are you talking about?

10:58am bobdoesthings:

@jake - i've avoided it too.. but look at the creepy gif Ken put up for Roxy Music ' in every dreamhome a heartache '

11:00am βrian:

@Sam: 'twixt the lakes Mendota and Monona.

11:02am βrian:

Come to find, they're not bikers, at all! They're Motorbikers for Trump.

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11:03am Ken From Hyde Park:

Jim should try to horn in on the Duck Dynasty party.

11:04am Mark S:

don't worry "fry that bitch" is scheduled for the closing night

11:04am bobdoesthings:

I could be wrong but I think the "hillary for prison" is an Alex Jones/Infowars thing..

11:04am fͦ fͦ (:

I think they were actually chanting "We are all sedentary stones!, We are all sedentary stones!"

11:05am ((Murakami Whywolf):

{Firesign Theatre} - heads:
George Putnam, the voice model for People's Commissioner Tirebiter, narrates the work-unsafe "Perversion for Profit" :

www.youtube.com...

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11:05am Ken From Hyde Park:

<rolls eyes> Chris Christie lecturing someone on ethics? Hoo boy.

11:07am βrian:

Any concealed tennis balls??

11:07am Blacktooth:

Ken, thanks for giving us the "word on the street" from the RNC. I'm being serious. It feels like I'm getting real-live, real-time news. Even if it's just from some dude in a parking lot. This feels more real than any other news I've heard.

11:10am Blacktooth:

GE Smith for Prez 2020

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11:11am Ken From Hyde Park:

How is Joe the Plumber doing these days?

11:12am tonyb:

he was the former chairman during the housing crisis 2008

now nra spokesman

11:12am Cecile:

Moz: The Glory
www.youtube.com...

11:13am Rosie the Riveter:

I'll be there!

11:13am Uncle Michael:

Donna Douglas is dead!

11:14am Wild Neil:

@Jim the poet-did you meet Tom Baurle from WBEN in Buffalo NY? I tried to set this meeting up...

11:14am Marcel M:

I see that in NYC too.. cops on bikes acting like fools.

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11:14am Ken From Hyde Park:

Donna Douglas (Ellie May) passed away 1/1/2015.

11:14am maestroso:

Taylor Swift??? is she a Republican??

11:14am P-90:

Wait-- didn't "Ellie Mae" pass away a year or two ago?

11:14am βrian:

Douglas died at Baton Rouge General Hospital, aged 82, on January 1, 2015

11:15am Dean:

I thought Wolf Blitzer was a Canadian metal band.

11:15am Uncle Michael:

I win.

11:15am Ochre Ogre:

Hi Ken, what Blacktooth said!!

11:16am Wild Neil:

Fake nuns on pogo stilts...weird!

11:17am P-90:

I'd like to hear Jim moderate a round-table discussion with The Duck Dynasty guy, Scott Baio, and Wolf Blitzer (whose beard apparently deserves its own Haiku)

11:18am Ochre Ogre:

Trump coming out to Queen is like the KKK playing NWA at one of their rallies.

11:18am Cecile:

Taylor Swift is from generations of bankers. If she's not Republican, she's probably smart enough to get in touch with her fan base.

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11:18am Ken From Hyde Park:

Max Baer Jr. (Jethro Bodine) is apparently the sole remaining hillbilly, age 78.

11:19am Sam:

Are the nuns on stilts or pogo sticks?

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11:20am Ken From Hyde Park:

Pogo stick periscope!

11:20am ((Murakami Whywolf):

Buddy Ebsen, who played Jed Clampett, was a fairly rabid right-winger, and campaigned against Nancy Kulp (Jane Hathaway) when she was running for the House.

11:20am Andrew Waterloo:

Is Scott Baio useful for anything outside of outdated copies of Trivial Pursuit?

11:20am Blacktooth:

Life hack: if you want to interview a fake nun on pogo-stilts, try wearing pogo-stilts yourself.

11:20am bobdoesthings:

Taylor Swift's parents are/were Merryl Lynch financial advisors and huge 1%'ers ... they essentially bought her a record contract and negotiated via bribing the label so that she would retain all rights... wouldn't surprise me if she was a republican.

11:20am βrian:

I would google Taylor Swift, but I'm thinking I shouldn't bother.

11:20am Cecile:

yeah, it broke Nancy's heart when that happened.

11:21am Wild Neil:

@Sam-I heard they are a combination stilts with pogo stick features...pogo stilts.

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11:23am Webhamster Henry:

Yeah ! props to Marais and Miranda (and Hy Zaret)

11:23am P-90:

BRAVO JIM! You sent the right man for the job, Ken.

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11:24am Webhamster Henry:

I knew Porest was my kind of guy.

11:24am βrian:

You can't argue with a corn weenie either.

11:24am Ochre Ogre:

Is Giuliani a Brownshirt? He sure did a great scary impersonation of one if not!

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11:25am Ken From Hyde Park:

Nice interview, Ken & Jim. Much more not-insane than other media coverage.

11:25am ((Murakami Whywolf):

The ghost-writer for "The Art of the Deal" has apologised, and said that if he could re-title it he'd choose "Sociopath".

11:26am cory:

POOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!

11:26am cory:

whoops

11:26am cory:

POOOOOOORRRRRRRRREEEESTTT!!!

11:28am βrian:

Ghost-writer article:
www.newyorker.com...

11:28am ((Murakami Whywolf):

Sorry, forgot to mention that he specifically mentioned eliding the near-total extent that Fred Trump's name and connexions made Trump's way for him...and it's the Trump campaign that inveighs against 'cronies' and corruption.

11:29am drr:

There's a *great* video of The Group Image doing "Hiya" on YouTube. www.youtube.com...

11:29am fͦ fͦ (:

What a spectacular comeback Porest has made with his new album.

11:29am Ochre Ogre:

Lock her up and cook that cow, cook that cow, cook that cow.

11:30am Sam:

- I'll shoot the next man who speaks!
- Gosh, what excitement!

11:30am pantz:

Ya dang fools!

11:31am cory:

tbh, what guy doesn't like wrapping his hand around his gun?

11:33am ((Murakami Whywolf):

Corn Weimar—Really, Really!

Actually, I could accept the rest of it—we've had obnoxious movements in American politics before—but the praise of violence against protesters is pure-D Brownshirt stuff. The Founders disliked democracy a little too much, but their fear of The Mob[ile Party] has never seemed wiser to me. Welcome to the Pobucker 'Sixties.

11:34am єki:

Ken is disappointed that Cleveland isn't an apocalyptic bloodbath. Don't worry, Ken, the apocalypse comes soon enough -- when Drumpf gets the nuclear codes, of course!

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11:34am Rich in Washington:

there is an earlier edit of this piece attributed solely to Don Joyce (RIP) that was a commission for New American Radio. Slightly different, not cut into two pieces.

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11:35am Rich in Washington:

It was transmitted to radio stations via ISDN from NAR. A diligent KBOO radio news producer captured it on reel-to-reel and now it's on Ubuweb forever.

11:36am ((Murakami Whywolf):

Sorry to get explicitly political, and it's not as if it were at all brave to express those opinions in these precincts...Screeching to the Perverted.

11:37am fͦ fͦ (:

I thought you said it was transmitted from the NRA.

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11:37am Rich in Washington:

this is the song that shoulda been playing when Melania came out.

11:39am Cecile:

damn fine bass work there.

11:39am V Priceless:

Alice Cooper running for Pres...promises Lemmy on Mt. Rushmore and Groucho on the fifty! Woo!

11:39am Wild Neil:

That's a REALLY long scope on that rifle...with a big aperture...

11:40am Michael:

Danke Ken. Perfect for the big mistake on the lake.

11:40am fͦ fͦ (:

ZATUMBAAAAA!!!

Doing his famous Trump impersonation

11:41am Ochre Ogre:

Great interview with J the Poet.

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11:41am AnAnonymousParty:

The rifle appears to be about 5 feet long too.

11:42am βrian:

Will they be having a nostalgic Lighting of the Cuyahoga?

11:42am Carmichael:

Cardinal Fang.

11:43am Laura L:

Yay, Jim Roche.

11:44am cory:

this is a trip

11:44am Murakami Whywolf))):

Here I go again:

The real damage of the speech plagiarism is that it contradicts the narratives that the Trumps are competent, and that the Obamas are Absolute Eevyil divorced from all that is Good American...and (speaking of divorce) it gives Melania obamacooties, he might have to replace her ahead of schedule.

11:44am herb.nyc:

hi all, just tuning in. and the images here help to get the taste of last night's Chris Christie's speech out. as will band ROYAL HEADACHE, whom i see tonight at music hall of w'burg

11:45am fͦ fͦ (:

Is it Jim Roche?! The scariest voice actor ever?!

11:45am Murakami Whywolf))):

'Compensating for something, Cardinal?'

11:45am Ochre Ogre:

OMG, there should be a protest sign...Don't Get Born

11:46am Laura L:

I believe that was Jim Roche, right Ken?

11:48am JakeGould:

The problem with this plagiarism distraction is the simple fact that despite ever shred of common sense—including that his trophy wife is a plagiarist—this racist, hateful idiot is really one election away from being President of the United States.

Now THAT is crazy.

11:49am Laura L:

@ fͦ fͦ (:
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/05/jim_roche_learn.html

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11:50am -Ken:

Laura, I dont think that was Jim Roche.. but I could be wrong.

11:51am Carmichael:

Die Scheisse Flote! I hope Vicky is listening.

11:51am sweeks:

Wow, pooey flute really is taking the world by storm

11:51am Laura L:

Sure sounded like his voice to me.

11:52am digiclam:

Oh it hurts!

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11:52am AnAnonymousParty:

My dog is having a great time howling along with this.

11:52am herb.nyc:

ASIDE, kinda: a cop was interviewed on npr, said "i wake up each morning and make my peace with god, for maybe i'll die today. and that's ok, it's my job". so this cop is saying the p.c. thing. which makes me fear that those who say "i'll never vote for Trump" are saying that because they're *supposed* to say that. the cop and the voter are really lying. am i being paranoid?

11:53am fͦ fͦ (:

Thanks, Laura L. I've read that articible before. King of Good sounded a bit like Jim Roche.

11:53am Mark S:

Let's not forget that Melania Rickrolled everyone:

www.buzzfeed.com...

11:53am Cecile:

IT's saying to your dog:"Today we take over!"

I will be holding a sign that says "Welcome Canine Overlords." Unfortunately, they won't be able to read it.

11:54am JakeGould:

American dogs don’t have that kind of motivation, Cecile.

11:54am herb.nyc:

since AnAnon...Party mentions DOG - wnyc mentioned this joke, in ref to republicans and democrats: 2 dogs in tuxedos are talking, "it's not good enough for dogs to succeed, cats need to fail".

11:56am Cecile:

they do if there are treats and tummy rubs. Isn't that right, puppies? Yes! You are good puppies! Yes! Do you want your tummy rubbed? Oh, good doggie!

11:57am Laura L:

Must look up more King of Good, then! Thanks, Ken!

11:57am bobdoesthings:

thanks ken!!

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11:57am Webhamster Henry:

I really am working on Sheißflöte sampled instrument, based on my own sheißvölliger samples.

11:57am Kat in Chicago:

I have that Jim Roche album - it was given to me by an ex-boyfriend who had been a student of his at FSU. I don't think that was Roche either, but certainly similar.

11:57am fͦ fͦ (:

herb.nyc,

That happened in the 2015 UK's General Election. All poll firms failed to predict Conservatives unexpected win because of the so-called closet-Tories.

Be very afraid!

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11:57am AnAnonymousParty:

@Cecile, yeah, forget the sign. Just have a plate of bacon ready and you'll be welcomed into the inner circle.

11:58am ((Murakami Whywolf):

I'm _crushed_:
hoaxes.org...

11:58am maestroso:

Thanks Ken!

11:58am fͦ fͦ (:

Gracias, Keno! Till next episode@

11:58am Kat in Chicago:

@Webhamster Henry excellent

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11:58am Ken From Hyde Park:

Long live the freeform!

12:01pm Michael:

Great show Ken - !

12:02pm bimbo:

Please sir, are you still taking requests?