Darling, Can I Buy You a Taco? : Ken's show

Listener comments!

♥ 6:42am -Ken:

Morning friends!

Admiring that racoon ani-GIF. Apparently someone spread around a video of a racoon acting funny -- they do that a lot -- and someone else figured out how to make it even funnier.

Got anything you can play at 9 that I can say was for my friend Steve so I can plug the radio in the living room and Steve won't be crabby even if he's still in bed?

♥ 7:04am -Ken:

That request is a very tall order, Robert.

♥ 7:05am -Ken:

Actually now that I look at it more closely, it's a red panda, not a raccoon.

7:34am Listener Robert:

To give you an idea, Steve's favorite show on WFMU these days seems to be "SUW", especially Michelle; he has their shirt. What he plays for himself on CDs seems to be mostly pop stuff far from hippie noise. Among his past favorite DJs was The Hound, and in addition to WFMU he liked the recently-dismissed gang at WNTI -- who apparently have lost their NewtRadio.org gig as well, for about the same reason WFMU lost Nachum.

7:39am FƨFƨ (:

Good morning, Ken, Listener Robert!!

Nice Giffery. I haven't loaded them yet but I bet they are all pretty. Where are all my early bird brothers? cory? Ken from HP?

♥ 7:44am Ken From Hyde Park:

Good morning, folks. My Good Idea™ this week is that there should be a page with faces of various WFMU DJs and you can select a pair and it will morph them together into something new. Mayuko's recent show was my inspiration for this dastardly plot. www.wfmu.org...

♥ 7:51am Ken From Hyde Park:

Fortunately, morphthatdj.com is still up for grabs.
Hi, FƨFƨ. How's it going?

8:49am w41:

Hi all! The time on the front page seems to be off by 4 hours.

♥ 8:52am -Ken:

You must be in the wrong timezone, w4.

♥ 8:52am Asheville Jon:

good morning Ken, other Kens, and anyone else who may or may not be a Ken.

♥ 9:04am Sebastian:

Good day, good night, good morning.

♥ 9:04am egal:

There is only one Ken.

♥ 9:06am melinda:

hello all!

♥ 9:06am Sem Chumbo:

Hiya, SM Ken, and those tuning in from various time zones, including those from UTC-5.

♥ 9:09am Sebastian:

It snowed today in Berlin, very disappointed with the failing weather.

♥ 9:09am Bronwyn Bishop:

good morning ken and everyone. this is great.

♥ 9:09am Stanley:

Greetings from the blue zone

♥ 9:09am Passaic River Blues:

Is Laurice definitely on for the Record Fair?

♥ 9:10am dale:

i thought this was from the last bowie album

9:11am bobdoesthings:

goodmorning

♥ 9:12am doctorjazz:

Hi folks!

♥ 9:12am -Ken:

@PassicRiverBlues - Yes, Laurice is on for Sunday at 4pm at the Record Fair: wfmu.org...

♥ 9:12am dale:

listener robert - i liked jumpin' with jb back in the 90s on wnti

♥ 9:13am MD:

Good Morning WFMU"S ANIMAL HOUSE! who is flounder???

♥ 9:14am MD:

"I had a pony when I was little..."

9:17am djsheilab:

Morning Ken n' all!

♥ 9:17am Bronwyn Bishop:

@md: can i be d-day?

9:18am miles:

drJazz u from Chicago?

♥ 9:19am MD:

Pressman!

♥ 9:19am Asheville Jon:

Ken, when do we get the official announcement of who becomes the permanent morning show host (a.k.a. Matt Warwick)?

9:20am Okasa:

Hey everyone. I hope everyone can dig it this morning.

♥ 9:21am MD:

@Asheville Jon...on ya boyo!!!

♥ 9:22am MD:

AKA...Warwick!

9:26am howard in nyc:

Red panda? Are we now clear to rely on Ken's identification of wildlife?

♥ 9:26am doctorjazz:

@Miles, no Jersey by way of Brooklyn (Jersey last 20 years, still think I'm a Brooklynite). Any reason?

♥ 9:28am -Ken:

No question it's a red panda, Howard: illuzone.net...

♥ 9:33am The Oscar:

Wikipedia tells me it's alternately known as "the red bear-cat" and "the red cat-bear." I can't decide which is more delightful.

9:34am josh:

has the right audio channel gone or have my headphones broken again?

♥ 9:34am Guido from Cologne:

Joy Wellboy LOST RIGHT CHANNEL!
intentional?

9:34am KP:

The Red Panda is not a panda. It's closer to a raccoon.

9:35am bobdoesthings:

anyone's right channel muted?

♥ 9:36am The Oscar:

@KP I still haven't come to terms with the fact that the panda is now considered a bear.

9:36am Okasa:

I'm getting a right audio channel but it is really soft.

9:36am JakeGould:

I lost all of the right channel as well.

♥ 9:36am Jeff:

Red pandas only like the left channel.

9:37am josh:

STEREOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

♥ 9:37am Sebastian:

I'm sure it's intentional and Ken likes the song better this way

9:37am bobdoesthings:

ah! it's back! haha.

♥ 9:37am -Ken:

Ah yes, thanks channel police! You are correct, I thought I was losing my mind. It may be fixed.. we shall test soon.

♥ 9:39am Roberto:

According to my daughter the budding zoologist, "panda" means simply "bamboo eater."

♥ 9:40am Lizardner Dave:

Good morning! And as the great philosopher Andy Breckman said several thousand times, "Is this me? Is this me? Is this me? Is this me?"

9:40am JakeGould:

Test it by playing one of those tracks Bryce likes so much. Like reindeer bells with a vacuum cleaner and occasional dog bark.

♥ 9:42am rsj:

great new gifs!

♥ 9:46am Sebastian:

@Roberto I'm not calling your daughter a liar, but according to Wiki it's completely unclear where the word "Panda" comes from. The popular Chinese name is dà xióng māo (大熊貓) meaning something like "large bear-cat"....

♥ 9:48am Asheville Jon:

so sad i don't have a 'heart' next to my name. :( i even pledged, too. :(

9:50am miles:

@drJazz there was a great ice cream parlour in 1970s Chicago called Doctor Jazz!

♥ 9:50am Roberto:

I don't doubt it, Sebastian. I'm just passing along what she told me based on her experience volunteering at the Central Park Zoo.

♥ 9:51am doctorjazz:

John Zorn! Read about that on the Facebook GTDS page! WHAT A COUP!!! Put a hold onl my life until it's over...

♥ 9:51am Sebastian:

what are you talking about, Ken? The Telenovela episode was GOLD!

♥ 9:52am Roberto:

Speaking of SSD, my kids have taken a liking to the Bucket List graphic novel. We currently have a Ken-bear-rape meme thing going on in our household.

♥ 9:52am Lizardner Dave:

Star Trek fight music is the best fight music. Is this me?

9:53am JakeGould:

Nice Star Trek music. Will Andy get his shirt torn like Kirk always does in fights?

9:55am Vincent Nifigance:

Anyone elver see these? vimeo.com... A+ for effort:

9:55am Okasa:

And don't forget about Doktor Jazz,
Dietrich Schulz-Köhn. He was a jazz loving Luftwaffe captain who protected Django Reinhardt during WWII!

♥ 9:57am The Oscar:

Oh my god, I JUST realized SSD stands for Seven Second Delay. I guess I just thought the commentators around here were big Boston hardcore fans.

♥ 9:59am doctorjazz:

@Miles, cool, didn't know that. Both names may come from a King Oliver/Jelly Roll Morton song from the 20's, "Hello Central, Give me Dr Jazz", at least mine does...

10:00am fm Mike:

Ken I need my fix of Poopy Flute. Where is my Poopy Flute?

♥ 10:00am doctorjazz:

@Okasa, hadn't heard of that Doktor Jazz, great story.

10:01am bobdoesthings:

i thought this was iggy pop for a sec..

10:03am Sig:

Simply complex

10:05am Okasa:

Yeah... the story of Django living in Paris during Nazi occupation is a good one. He was a crippled, jazz playing Gypsy, so he had 3 strikes against him! But he became a symbol of the resistance and lived like a star during the war.

10:06am Andrea and James:

That was a good song thank you Ken

♥ 10:06am Sebastian:

shit, is that Blixa?

10:07am KP:

That's great to hear, Okasa. He certainly remains beloved in Paris

♥ 10:07am MD:

WARP NEVER SLEEPS!!!!

10:08am KP:

My My

♥ 10:11am doctorjazz:

Checked on the story, here's a link (Django and WWII, that is). Interesting stuff.
gypsyjazzuk.wordpress.com...

♥ 10:11am Sebastian:

meh meh

10:13am miles:

"white fuzz"

♥ 10:14am Sebastian:

Blixa likes to cook, check this out, cooking risotto on Biolek: www.youtube.com...
what did he prepare at WFMU?

10:14am howard in nyc:

Got it, ken. I hope you don't blame me for being wary, after that toucanets / aracarias episode.

Love 'Funnel of Love', cool version

10:14am tidaleneigjen:

I'm pretty certain that "Ebony & Ivory" was with Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder.

10:17am fm Mike:

And the guy at the window tried to stall him!

So now everyone is wondering if the guy at the window is going to get the $50,000 reward.

I say give the guy half. OR, split the $50,000 between everyone on shift that day.

♥ 10:18am βrian:

I've landed amidst the Kane Mutiny. What luck.

10:18am miles:

some fries w that shake

♥ 10:20am The Oscar:

This is excellent.

10:21am bobdoesthings:

he lost me at oil.

♥ 10:22am Webhamster Henry:

Pizza Hut, ja, Pizza Hut... Kentucky Fried Chicken oder Pizza Hut?

10:24am miles:

was there a cop character in the Hamburgler ,Mayor McCheese universe?

♥ 10:25am The Oscar:

@Miles I think his name was Big Mac. I'm actually angry at my brain for retaining that information.

♥ 10:26am The Oscar:

Confirmed, with bonus terrifying dolls: mentalfloss.com...

♥ 10:27am (((Murakami Whywolf):

miles:
I've been reading a lot of old "Krazy Kat" comics, so I'm momentarily SURE that at least once Offissah Bull Pup was mistaken for a hot dog….

♥ 10:28am Webhamster Henry:

Let's all go to the Wawa Hogiefest with Parry Gripp:
www.bing.com...

♥ 10:29am (((Murakami Whywolf):

A Police Fries truck on every corner!

10:29am miles:

that's "Officer Big Mac" to u

10:29am fm Mike:

OH MY GOD THAT PIZZA HUT SONG IS REAL!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:30am fm Mike:

Webhamster Henry, I forgot that song existed!!!

10:31am Okasa:

Wasn't Officer Big Mac involved in some scandal involving police brutality? I think Grimace got pretty messed up...

10:33am upstate chris:

Good morning Kenion's!

10:33am miles:

McSuicide

10:33am JakeGould:

How come they killed him but the Hamburglar still runs free?

10:34am upstate chris:

i dunno if there is a dark side of the taco

♥ 10:36am βrian:

Bill Withers goes bass.

♥ 10:39am Webhamster Henry:

@fm Mike, and other seekers of the obscure, there are still many, many great things to be rediscovered in the 365 Days Projects of 2003 and 2007, and on the mummified Beware Of The Blog.
blog.wfmu.org...

10:40am Sam:

People always act so goofy when they're in black and white

10:43am miles:

decent show Ken

♥ 10:49am doctorjazz:

DON'T FORGET JOHN ZORN, RIDGEWOOD RADIO!!!!

♥ 10:49am Threemoons:

KEN! So glad my current temp gig is cool RE not blocking streaming media! Woot!

♥ 10:50am βrian:

Why would anyone block streaming media? That just puzzles me.

♥ 10:51am Threemoons:

Because if we have Interwebs we may actually be able to glean one erg of enjoyment from being in a cube farm. Also bullshit RE network security bullshit. Did I mention bullshit.?

10:52am Bullshit:

What?

♥ 10:53am Threemoons:

Yo, bullshit, yeah, get back to the boss' office at my last gig, they miss you. Don't bring me down on this gig.

10:54am melinda:

I like the Christmas Pets.

10:55am Bullshit:

Sorry, I was takin' a nap and heard my name.

♥ 10:57am Passaic River Blues:

@Melinda: me too!

10:57am Bullshit:

I'm booked pretty solid these days. Trump has me working nights and weekends. The OT is great but I'm pretty tired.

♥ 11:01am Ken From Hyde Park:

Huh...bought my four lag screws at Home Depot and I was in and out in like 15 minutes. It usually takes almost an hour to track stuff down in there. I guess there's probably an app to locate stuff. I don't see why they don't have a map at the entrance or some kind of kiosk to find anything.

♥ 11:05am Threemoons:

@Bullshit--does Trump at least pay your invoices on time? Gotta say nothing personal but I'm not missing you much on this gig...

11:05am Sam:

I saw the sign. And it opened up my eyes.

♥ 11:06am Ken From Hyde Park:

Trump + Kim Jong Un morph-up: i.dailymail.co.uk...

♥ 11:09am herb.nyc:

SIGNS - my friend tells me of a joke (or real?) of man seeing "no swimming allowed" sign, but he plunges in anyway. at court, judge asks "didnt you read the sign?" and he goes "yes, and it says 'no (pause) swimming allowed' ". i like that.

♥ 11:11am βrian:

Oh for the lack of a comma.

11:11am Wild Neil:

PEACE all. We burned a door today and then sprayed a 2" firehose all over the inside of the lab. We had to squeegee our floors and now there are two fans trying to dry it out.

♥ 11:13am Rev. Turnip Druid:

FOOST!

♥ 11:13am Rev. Turnip Druid:

also: 'mornin, troops.

♥ 11:13am βrian:

@Wild Neil: See above gifs. They seem apropos.

11:15am Sam:

Genial ca.

♥ 11:20am Bootsie:

@Bullshit you need to clone yourself a few dozen times right about now. Or maybe just make one YUUUUUUUGE clone.

♥ 11:22am Whosondephone:

Do It!

♥ 11:23am Whosondephone:

Do The Hustle!

♥ 11:23am βrian:

Maybe better at 33 rpm.

11:25am fm Mike:

Oh my god this song would be epic to sample for scratching.

11:25am Sam:

The first version of this song was actually composed by J.S. Bach

♥ 11:29am Bronwyn Bishop:

love shuggie so much

♥ 11:30am Dave in Vermont:

@Ken, probably old news for you. But have you seen Dennis Cooper's gif novels? I just discovered them last week.

♥ 11:33am -Ken:

Dave, I haven't seen it - can you post the URL or send it to me?

♥ 11:34am Webhamster Henry:

I've got a basketball jones.

♥ 11:34am Bronwyn Bishop:

well, i finally know what cheech and chong's "basketball jones" is a parody of

11:34am Lixiviated Life:

"Endless torments dwell about thee:
Yet who would live, and live without thee!"

♥ 11:36am Dave in Vermont:

This is the first one. Zach's Haunted House. As far as I can tell there are two more also available on kiddipunk.com
www.kiddiepunk.com...

♥ 11:36am Passaic River Blues:

@Bronwyn: ha! That's right. And now I know, too.

11:37am Okasa:

When I was a baby, I was the baddest dribbler in the whole neighborhood. And then one day, my mama bought me a basketball.

11:38am howard in nyc:

What's a Basketball Jones? Shoot, that's easy. That's when you love bassetball so much, you are like a junkie.

♥ 11:39am Bronwyn Bishop:

that basketball was like a basketball to me

♥ 11:41am Webhamster Henry:

Marc Ribot / Ceramic Dog is doing a show against Intolerance up here at BSP in Kingston NY:
bspkingston.com...

11:42am Listener Robert:

I've been seeing that "Montgomery Hall" listing online a few days, & I'd like to hear the long story about its long name.

♥ 11:42am Webhamster Henry:

That's this Sunday.

11:43am fm Mike:

WWWWWOOOOOOOOWWWWWW

11:43am Bill W:

The Wrong-Way Armada account today may be the funniest Page 1, right-column story in the history of the NY Times!

♥ 11:44am Bronwyn Bishop:

i really dig this north korean shit

♥ 11:46am Carmichael:

Heya Ken, digging the motherland music.

11:48am Bill W:

Has the board ever discussed how great it is that THE AMERICANS has mainstreamed the "numbers stations"? Ken was there first.

♥ 11:48am Bronwyn Bishop:

morricone <3

♥ 11:48am Webhamster Henry:

Morricone is always a proper segue!

11:49am Lixiviated Life:

"And the tigers are getting hungry."

♥ 11:50am -Ken:

Bill W, is The Americans worth watching?

♥ 11:50am Webhamster Henry:

This North Korean Agitpop can take its place alongside the (phony) Kosmischer Läufer

11:51am Bill W:

I've only seen the first 2 seasons, but very much so!

11:52am Okasa:

Ah, this is the left channel / right channel test that was promised us! Good one, Ken!

♥ 11:52am Bronwyn Bishop:

i love when morricone does these creepy chanty choruses

♥ 11:54am Bronwyn Bishop:

also, what is significant about the danzig baptist church? i must know

♥ 11:55am Webhamster Henry:

The march of the Red Shirts!

♥ 11:55am Carmichael:

Star Trek fight music!!

♥ 11:56am Whosondephone:

I was thinking star trek

♥ 11:56am Jeff:

Fight! Fight! Fight!

♥ 11:56am Sem Chumbo:

Love the fightin' scene music, Ken. Thanks!

Oh, how about this: www.openculture.com...

♥ 11:56am joe mulligan:

this star trek fight music is burned into my brain

♥ 11:57am Threemoons:

Woo! STAR TREK.

11:57am Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

Live long & prosper /,.\