Good morning Ken and Meghan! Ken, I'm really looking forward to your DVD!
9:08am
Ne-guh-tor:
Ken! Dropped my full pledge on Jason yesterday. I might squeeze out a small one for you. Jeez...
9:12am
ginger tim:
Ken, tell 'em about Prize Accounts so they can spread their love around & play the Marathon like a proverbial slot machine!
9:12am
Meghan:
good morning Dan B! another fine fine morning!
9:13am
RH:
I mentioned this on the Talk's Cheap comments yesterday, but I'll say it again. I think you guys should have a free iPhone app with the 32k stream, but charge a couple of bucks for the full-featured version. REVENUE STREAM!
9:18am
Torbjørn:
Aerial tram operator signing in !
However, born in 1984 and starting that position in 1985 doesn't sound too good.
You nailed my name, guys .. youre norwegian is getting better.
9:21am
John from Oslo:
Torbjørn, fett!
9:22am
Joe Steele:
If WFMU isn't on, I may just decide I DON'T WANT to break for pedestrians anymore.
9:23am
seang:
This marathon is absolutely EPIC! We can do this! I've lost my mind over this!
9:24am
Ne-guh-tor:
Alright, goddamnit! I will pledge another $180 Ken, but you have to deal with my wife! I'm gonna bust it up and send it to you in two payments. Is that OK?
9:24am
MD:
THE STATION OF THE NATION NEVER ON VACATION MAKE YOUR RESERVATION FOR ATRIP TO THE FREEFORM NATION...
9:25am
Dan B From Upstate:
Torbjørn is a fantastic name. I wish I had a nice Norwegian name. It's so much cooler than Dan.
9:26am
bennett4senate:
write emails to your family! take advantage of your (hopefully good) family relations and have them drop some bucks on the fun91.
9:28am
Ne-guh-tor:
Hey, can I add my pledges from yesterday and today and maximize my swag? How doth I do this?
9:28am
Torbjørn:
Dan; well, thank you. I quite enjoy my name myself, actually ..
John From Oslo; Ja, vi må spytte inn litt nå som dollaren er så lav og WFMU trenger pengene så sårt .. jeg har noen sparepenger på lur om det skulle vise seg at maratonet kommer til kort på Søndag.
9:29am
John from Oslo:
Hi Dan - ever heard of the Norwegian artist "Odd Nerdrum" or the composer "Fartein Valen"?
9:30am
Dan B From Upstate:
@John from Oslo, Actually, I haven't. I'm gonna' have to look them up when I get home from work tonight!
9:31am
Hugo:
Hi, compatriots. I'm Norwegian, too, but the name is a latinized version of an old Norse word. Or so the dictionary tells me ...
9:37am
Torbjørn:
@Hugo, cool.
I consider all expatriates to be Norwegian undercover agents in waiting, just sitting it out before springing that big, big Norwegian world domination trap.
Brouhaha, it will be beautiful !
9:37am
john:
thanks for the job, i have updated my resume and my email sig
9:38am
Joe Steele:
I'm jealous of several of these job titles.
9:39am
JcityJensen:
the premium prize should be helping Ken broadcast from the rowboat
9:39am
still b/p:
Titles come with pensions? Gym membership? Cosmetic surgery coverage? Parking space?
9:39am
dc pat:
by the way folks, the wfmu iPhone app rules. Forget earphones and it's like listening to a transistor AM radio station.
9:42am
Joe Steele:
Do you have the Mayor Healy CD?
9:44am
CheriPi:
Nice to know that there's another Cincinnatian listening & supporting the only Freeform station in tha nation.
9:45am
Bad Ronald:
Good Morning! Where's Cecile?
9:47am
messica:
Bob Dylan & Xmas together... That is torture. Meghan will know why.
9:49am
Richard C:
Anyone know who the "usual suspects" will end up being when WFMU hits about $1.1M?
9:49am
Meghan:
ha! Yes I know you have a thing for Dylan!
9:50am
jaypee:
@dc pat, you're right! I often listen to WFMU whilst still in bed and I experienced a feeling of nostalgia as if I was still a kid hiding under the covers listening to a battery powered radio.
9:51am
Hugo:
Torbjørn, I suspect my name is a result of the Viking expansion throughput Europe back in its time. But that was a while ago. But it's a funny fact to consdier that there are probably more Americans of Norwegian extraction than there are Norwegians. But as far as invasion goes, that one was decidedly low-key.
9:53am
PMD:
If I pledge and pay online now via Paypal, will my comments be read on the air?
9:54am
Cecile:
Yes, I've done it about 3 times around.
9:54am
Joe Steele:
Yes, PMD. Provided the printer doesn't jam, it comes through real-ish time.
9:55am
seang:
Norwegian too! I think there's a Giere farm out in Oslo somewhere
9:56am
Hugo:
@John from Oslo: Of course, the former is a painter in a very naturalistic mode; the latter a somewhat inaccessible contemporary composer.
9:56am
dc pat:
jaypee: yeah that's what I mean---I had decade confusion when I first tried it. By the way, I use to be jaypee too.
Don't forget, Vikings, all the Irish people over here are probably Norwegians too.
9:57am
Joe Steele:
I want to be X-Ray Burns when I grow up.
9:57am
Odin:
Was that Norse invasion low-key.... or Loki?
9:59am
Joe Steele:
Isn't Olive in charge of the daycare center?
10:00am
Vicki:
that would be WFMU DJ Charlie, hello Charlie!
10:00am
Cecile:
The pit bull has been known as the "nanny dog" in the past.
10:01am
PMD:
OK, fine. Done. Sigh. Ken's email was so pathetic, I had to pony up. Again. I paid immediately, so hopefully I'm still up for iphone...
10:01am
Cecile:
genghis jung? Hola!
10:02am
Eduardo:
Hey!
10:02am
Cecile:
what's my title again? I know I'm a NCO of some kind, which would make my poppa proud.
10:04am
fishmonkeystew:
Ken, what happens if you can't wrangle up all the dough? More fund drives?
Cecile, I completely believe that about pit bulls. I have one who is the biggest doll. Though, she is a great enemy of squirrels.
10:05am
108574:
Give a man a liposuction and he'll be slim for a day - Teach to liposuction and he'll be slim for the rest of his life. So pledge generously to WFMU - The leader in self-liposuction education. I did, and I feel lighter already.
10:06am
Cecile:
the war between dogs and squirrels is ancient and mysterious.
10:07am
Jelly donut:
<3/<3
10:10am
PMD:
fishmonkeystew, I think Ken fires everyone and the computers burn and crash so no online listening.
10:11am
?:
Maybe the one-week supplemental autumn marathon caused some people to figure they'll have another chance laer, when they feel less worried about money.
Don't blame me, I mouse pledged last week!
Step up, you people at desks and cubicles with money coming in every week/month. 30 a month on your c/c is not going to change your life!
10:12am
Käaren:
Another Norwegian :) Do I dare say lutefisk?
Great Show Ken and Meghan!
10:13am
Meghan:
kaaren Kaarenland! Norway is definitely being represented today!
10:14am
Andy in Berlin:
It occurred to me that one reason you might be behind in the pledges is that you're not playing enough Jerry Lewis.
10:15am
minnesota jeff:
? - I was thinking that maybe the span of time between this marathon and the emergency marathon could have an impact, people arn't justifying giving when they just gave 3 months ago. Plus people tend to get laid off after christmas.
I mouse pledged, but thats me. Maybe if there needs to be another Marathon it happens in the summer.
10:16am
Käaren:
I noticed! I guess FMU has a big Norwegian following? Great show today!
10:16am
minnesota jeff:
This Slew song is badass.
10:17am
Frank in VT:
Wikipedia never lies: Incidentally, the number of Americans of Norwegian descent living in the U.S. today (4.5 million) is roughly equal to the current[update] population of Norway (4.6 million)
10:18am
Norske:
Pass de ludefisk, ya!
10:18am
Andy in Berlin:
@ Minnesota Jeff - please let's keep logic out of this please.
10:19am
Cecile:
3 million of them live in Minnesota. :D
10:20am
Talking Heads:
Stop Making Sense
10:20am
Cecile:
Keep the lutefisk, pass the Enslaved and Immortal!
10:21am
minnesota jeff:
Yeah, this place is Norge central.
10:24am
Joe Steele:
I actually got my brother to pledge for Scharpling. Which surprised even me.
10:24am
Marge Gunderson:
Yah
10:24am
S.D.:
Apply Pretzel Logic?
10:24am
mike noble:
i like to imagine that jandek himself is stored in the jandek storage room.
10:27am
Andy in Berlin:
Meghan! Do a show about cursing!!
10:28am
grge:
don't panic, nick the bard, that's corey feldman you're thinking of.
10:31am
jaypee:
Woah! WOJB! I listen to that over the air on occasion!
10:33am
Hugo:
@Cecile, in the family one out of four actually likes lutefisk. I've never understood what's so great about it. But freshly cooked cod, for instance, yummy!
10:33am
Joe Steele:
I'm on it.
10:36am
Cecile:
I think it's just a food of memory. Much as this greasy spaghetti sauce in my area where I grew up became the stuff of legend. (and that I got a case of for christmas). Unlike lutefisk, though, with enough red wine, peppers, black pepper, and a thorough chilling in the fridge to get the fat off, the sauce is edible.
10:36am
seang:
WFMU should have a special WFMU Codpiece included in their Swag
10:37am
Golden Sours:
This movie is soo good.
10:37am
Cecile:
YAY BILLY NAYER AND AMERICAN ASTRONAUT!
10:38am
MD:
Hey Ken I missed my Job title!!!! Mark from Astoria...I "uped" My pledge....Tnx...
10:38am
Cecile:
Sours, I love it. It's so strange and sweet and odd.
10:40am
Golden Sours:
Totally, Cecile. It is everything you could hope for for an outer space cowboy musical!
10:42am
paul:
i will never never never NEVER stop loving this song. i need to do it at karaoke again someday.
10:42am
Cecile:
I love this New Radicals song.
10:43am
chris in madison:
seven second delay and your show were the reasons i first fell in love with the station four years (and four mouse pledges) ago! these days the reasons to love it are more numerous than i can keep track of. keep it up!
10:43am
nakedfoul:
Sadly the platforms of the New Radicals were never adopted, a casualty of the go-go 90s. If only we had listened!
10:44am
seang:
yeah it's damn good--always thought it was World Party
10:45am
Cecile:
I am still rooting for Gregg Alex ander.
Seang, I thought it was Hall and Oates or Todd Rundgren.
10:46am
Vicki:
I love this New Radicals song too
10:47am
adamp:
torbjorn, odd nerdrum is a talented painter, have you seen the film o'horten?
10:47am
Cecile:
you should just play it again, Ken.
10:52am
Webhamster Henry:
Alt for Norge! -- signed, Universitetet i Oslo, 1976
10:52am
Golden Sours:
I'll second that!
10:53am
Webhamster Henry:
Ken, you have to dig out the Norwegian Folk dance record you used to play back in the 90s.
10:53am
Sandy in Houston:
What is a chip tester?
10:53am
listener jeff:
I am tickled d d d d pink k k k k to be the echo o o o o technician! ! ! ! ! !
I take my job b b b b very seriously y y y y y y
10:54am
paul:
i dont think i got that email
10:55am
PMD:
It wasn't sad Ken, it was pathetic.
10:55am
Torbjørn:
@adamp, not quite sure why you are referring to me regarding Nerdrum, some other guy was talking about him. Regarding Norwegian visual artists, I'm more a Kittelsen guy myself (http://tinyurl.com/ygnhd9k). Regarding O'Horten,I've seen it. Pretty cool, although very much in the "traditional" Norwegian film genre ..
10:57am
Ne-guh-tor:
KAWLIJA! WHEW!
10:58am
Andy in Berlin:
@ Eric - Hundwirt?
10:59am
Sandy in Houston:
I hope they are chocolate chips.
10:59am
Jim:
Norge, kjempers fødeland.
11:06am
CheriPi:
At least we know that this Queen Medley is in Japanese
11:09am
jk:
Ken, how much do I have to pledge to hear more Bob Dylan?
11:10am
Ne-guh-tor:
Ken, my wife found out about my mouse pledge and now she's stabbing me with a butcher knife. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch.
11:11am
Vicki:
there's some GREAT Queen on the Dynamite With A Laser Beam CD... (beware rude words though)
11:11am
Andy in Berlin:
Actually maybe Hundhirte is better?
11:12am
chris in madison:
the japanese queen medley is supposed to be punishment? gets my vote for next years premium!
11:12am
chris:
speaking of norway and addresses; my old one: weidemann sv. 13 trondheim 7014
11:12am
CheriPi:
Methinks it's hard to torture a Freeform listener... but that Bob Dylan will do it. I could listen to Ja-Queen all day
11:13am
messica:
Queen + Japanese = awesome! It was making my work day better.
11:13am
PamelaR.:
Ken: I didn't quite catch that job description you assigned me. Is there a Web page w/those assignments? Just wondering.... Yes, I know I can re-listen to the archive.
11:16am
Ne-guh-tor:
HEY! I wanna be The Stairwell Lurker :(
11:16am
efd:
That's a fine how-do-you-do.
11:17am
Vicki:
DJ Back packer!!!! HA!!!
11:18am
Doug in Canada:
Yeah! I'm "Chief Technologist, Analog Services" ... I think ...
11:21am
Joe Steele:
Check your e-mail Ken, I came up with maybe 6 more.
11:21am
Zubin and Shannon:
We love WFMU! Thank you for our job titles, they suit us PERfectly. Love, Zubin (Bollywood Attendant) and Shannon (New Wave Integration Strategist)
11:22am
Cecile:
NO NO NO
11:22am
PeteW:
Good thing I'm already a professional chucking and boring machine operator.
11:22am
PMD:
I am something related to Trolls, but stuff goes in one ear and out the other. Alas...
11:23am
AnAnonymousParty:
I'll pledge if I can be the co-director of the Department of Redundancy department.
11:23am
Dan B From Upstate:
You know... this song still hasn't left my brain from last week... A real ear worm!
11:24am
Smooth Hits:
So chill, yet melted.
11:25am
north guinea hills:
i already moused, but this song really isn't that bad..., this ain't no kenny g material or anything.....
11:25am
Scatman Crothers:
Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout.
11:25am
Schooch Smoochmeister:
Schooch on.
11:26am
CheriPi:
I-m-Dy-i-n-g-here! please pledge!!!
11:26am
PMD:
Ken, you are only hurting yourself.
11:27am
Boo Boo:
Ba djub de boochie doo doo.
11:27am
Golden Sours:
Dootdadootscha doot doo scooootch on over doot cha cha cha doot choo chooooooo
11:27am
Doublejnyc:
Jason Mraz is too kind. Try something really sh*tty like Michael Bolton or Kenny G. I remember when the Hound way back was playing Crosby Still and Nash over and over.
11:27am
Vicki:
DAve Soldier Most Wanted Song, Ken...
11:29am
Andy in Berlin:
That's it - the mellow sound for your mellow lifestyle
11:29am
Joe Steele:
Marathons hurt sometimes.
11:30am
Cecile:
It's business time, Ken.
11:32am
dc pat:
ROKY!
11:36am
Cecile:
Gerardo!
11:38am
Joe Steele:
It's Chuck Norris' 70th birthday.
11:39am
Danne D:
Go Ken go! Meghan is doing a great job as emcee (though please Ken, don't make her title Host Ego Fluffer!).
Long live FMU. Viva Ken!
11:39am
gerardo:
here i am , cecile! - waiting for your sign
hola de nuevo, ken, meghan,
hola, vicki! hola a todos!
11:44am
Cecile:
Armani Prive? I pictured Ken more a a Gaultier guy.
11:47am
Shooby Taylor:
You are breaking my heart.
11:47am
jk:
what about Shooby Taylor? Do you hate him too?
11:48am
Danne D:
I totally agree about Scat singing!
Cannot stand it at all!
11:48am
Ne-guh-tor:
I wanna see Ken scat! Sorry....
11:48am
seang:
I hate James Taylor too!! Cape Cod shite!
11:48am
Cecile:
I had to mute JT on the Oscars.
11:48am
dc pat:
alright, what does it take to get in the running for the iPhone?? I keep missing it. $75?
11:49am
messica:
I think Jimmy Buffet might be slightly worse then J.T.
11:49am
Shooby Taylor:
You just warmed my heart! Put it back together with tape and love. <3 u Ken!
11:49am
Ne-guh-tor:
I wish I could see Louis Armstrong scat.
11:49am
Tim:
The absolute worst James Taylor is his cover of Buddy Holly's "Everyday" it has scat singing AND a shitty reggae breakdown.
11:50am
Danne D:
Post Punk Quality Officer
I like that :)
11:51am
Danne D:
I might have to print up business cards with that.
11:51am
Cecile:
You could always add Sr. or Lead to your titles.
11:52am
gerardo:
what a surprise!. i've talked to any moor (the ex's guitarist) last year. he came to chile with dj rupture for a jem cohen's film performance. real nice guys!
( i wanna hear that jason moraz song by you, ken! . better than singin' 'steamroller', man ;) )
there should be a list of all these lovely job titles somewhere...
11:52am
Vicki:
you definitely need a wallpaper coordinator for each room
11:53am
Carmichael:
I just pledged, Ken. Good morning, everyone.
11:53am
Golden Sours:
I see your JT song, Tim, and raise you his cover of "The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance"
11:54am
Ne-guh-tor:
Crappy Scatting Mobility Adviser
11:56am
Can I Be:
Shitty Reggae Breakdown Consultant?
11:56am
Carmichael:
Gosh, anything to do with Jason Mraz is ... like totally .... uh ... I got nuthin'.
11:57am
FCC:
Make it "shooty" reggae breakdown consultant and we can talk.
11:58am
gerardo:
hi, carm!
will we listen to ken's rendition?...
11:59am
Carmichael:
Gerardo, let's sing along WITH him!
11:59am
Danne D:
Soaking in abstentia? :)
12:00pm
gerardo:
yes, we will, carm - anyone joining us?
12:01pm
Golden Sours:
Belt it out!
12:01pm
paul:
wait. this man actually says "bestest" in the song?
12:02pm
HotRod:
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo
12:02pm
Carmichael:
HEY HEY!! No "spoken word" versions, Ken. BELT IT OUT!!
12:02pm
PMD:
Go KEN!
12:02pm
Andy in Berlin:
you should leave it to the professionals
12:02pm
Ne-guh-tor:
Faster! Faster! Higher! Higher!
12:02pm
Danne D:
Sorta a cross between Jason Mraz and Bill Mac
12:03pm
Smootchy Scootchbutte:
This is so poetic. Who wrote the lyrics?
12:03pm
bryan:
This is maybe the best thing I've heard in years. YEARS.
SCAT!!
12:03pm
Andy in Iowa City:
I already pledged a Mouse, but this may warrant a little more. So funny Ken!
12:03pm
PMD:
It's our godforsaken right to be loved???
12:03pm
Ike:
Uh oh, I don't think that my job title was properly random. Sigh. Can't I be the Newfound Sobriety Specialist?
Go Ken go!
12:03pm
still b/p:
*raises cigarette lighter*
12:03pm
Carmichael:
Pathetic. Totally pathetic.
12:03pm
Shooby Taylor:
BE BOP A POPPI POPPI POPPI SQUEEDAAAAH!
12:03pm
Torbjørn:
This is relevant to my interests.
12:03pm
Eminem:
Give it some attitude, white boy.
12:03pm
Janna:
Kermit the Frog?
12:03pm
Alex:
He's channeling The Blizzard Man!
12:04pm
jaypee:
ugh.. I just eviscerated my own eardrums.
12:04pm
PMD:
Does scat nibble your ear?
12:04pm
Joe Steele:
This is awful, but I continue to support WFMU's right to broadcast it.
12:05pm
yayson:
did he really say he'll stick his tongue up my nose? does that come with the double mouse pledge?
12:05pm
Cecile:
you know there's another meaning for scat.
12:05pm
scatman john:
i'm rolling around in my grave.
12:05pm
Shooby Taylor:
Bedibedibedibedibedibedi SQUAW!
12:05pm
Janna:
Encore.
12:05pm
still b/p:
Ken's own new title: Pain Threshold Calibrator.
12:05pm
Golden Sours:
I hope Irwin plays it during his show
12:05pm
Dan B From Upstate:
That was fantastic! Never do that again, though.
12:05pm
R2D2:
Bleep, boop boop squzint!
12:06pm
gerardo:
john scatman's rising!
12:06pm
Joe Steele:
Bending over backwards just to see you clearer? What does that even mean?
my family plea totally worked! thanks sue in sacramento!
~ also, as inspector, I would say that the FMU fridge never has enough easily steal-able snacks in it. you guys need to get working on that