Lady Gaga's Bedbugs: Ken's show

Listener comments!

9:00am Bad Ronald:

Morning! Happy birthday Teddy Roosevelt! And hello Sweden!

9:02am Dan B From Upstate:

Oh! I didn't realize it was Teddy's birthday! Happy Birthday, Teddy! Also, good morning, all.

9:04am Ken:

Morning all! I need help with a very important mission this morning- at 10:30am I shall reveal super secret important instructions. I cannot write about it here because it cannot be traceable back to me if you know what I mean. But you can all write about it here once it is announced.

9:06am still b/p:

Standing by for Black Ops Wednesday.

9:08am Ken:

Thank you bp. Prepare your fake citizen journalist skills and log in to your twitter, facebook, tumblr blogspot and google accounts.

9:08am Cecile:

Are we gonna hear some baile today?

9:09am Cecile:

And if you would like to play Octopus's Garden in honor of the late El Pulpo Paul, that would also be awesome.

9:09am muvva:

hai welcome this show

9:10am Aaron:

Hi this is Aaron, we met in Minneapolis in June at the National Coalition of Community Broadcasters, remember the weird looking kid in the wheelchair, yea thats me. I dont know if you can do this. but can you dig out the weirdest version of You are my Sunshine you can find?

9:10am Ken:

Baile, no. Tropicalia, yes.

9:11am Ken:

Aaron, welcome!!! If you will help me with our Black Operation beginning at 1030am East Coast time today, then YESS! I can do that for you.

9:11am Bad Ronald:

Cool, a mission! I hope it involves hot Russian spies!!!

9:11am BSI:

... awaiting secret instructions with baited breasts.

9:12am dc pat:

I always bait my breath when I'm fishing for compliments...

9:12am trrs:

Count me out.. I think I've been watched by creepy authority figures enough for one lifetime thank you very much.

9:13am Aaron:

If there is not a chance for me to get arrested, then yes

9:13am Ken:

No. No chance of you being arrested.

9:14am Aaron:

WELL THEN WHATS THE POINT?

9:15am MARC:

KEN! my favorite WFMU DJ..

9:15am Ken:

trrs, I'm sorry to hear that. In that case, it is important for you to turn off the program immediately. And that goes for anybody who puts their own individual comfort ahead of the collective good.

9:15am trrs:

No chance of being wrongly labeled 'suspect' ? That's cause to creep in a lot of corrupted minds..

9:15am BSI:

... awaiting secret instructions with braided beasts...

9:15am postmanpaul:

Ken - I hope there is some likelihood of it turning us into spaced out lazy hippie zombies, please.

9:16am mb:

THANK YOU for the R Stevie Moore! 2 of the best songs ever, even if it looks like its one song on your list. My friend talked to Stevie and asked about the song Come Be Me. That's how we found out it is actually Copy Me. I still sing Come Be Me.

9:19am trrs:

Safety = basic comfort.

9:20am Ken:

trrs, PLEASE. Turn off the program before it's too late. I cannot stress that enough.

9:20am Dan B From Upstate:

Black Ops? Just like any other day here at the bank for me. I'll be glad to help.

9:22am still b/p:

Everyone is to do the Loyalty Dance before the noble mission. We won't be able to it later if we've become spaced out lazy hippie zombies.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Indelible-Images-Dancing-for-Mao.html

9:22am trrs:

I set the temporal alarm. The spatial alarm is over there.

9:23am dc pat:

Will the instructions involve wailing on guys? Cuz I want to do some wailing on guys...

9:25am Cecile:

Play the Detroit Grand Pubahs for us people who thought the wrong thing about the sandwiches.

9:26am gummisko:

Ken, as always, we over here in the Netherlands are ready and awaiting instructions from our transatlantic partner. There is absolutely no length we would not go.

9:27am jeanne:

winged monkeys! je suis pret!

9:27am BSI:

... awaiting secret instructions with breathing bait...

9:27am dei x:

no bags of money? not even novelty feedsacks with dollar signs on them?

9:29am MARC:

i wish someone would drop bags of money on my door step.

9:29am Cecile:

DO THE DAMN THING.

9:31am MARC:

i have fb and Twitter.

9:34am dc pat:

that arm vortex is totally freaking me out

9:36am Cheri Pi:

My FISA moniker protects me from all fallout associated with shenanigans, let's do this thing Ken.

9:37am PKNY:

Thanks for busting out the Funkadelic, I was in dire need of a face melting this morning.

9:38am steve:

good morning, good to see things are proceeding normally

9:38am dc pat:

sorry, that should have been: "that arm vortex is totally freaking me RIGHT THE FUCK OUT "

9:39am mb:

thx for recommending the Recommended. I think I just found the source of the alternate mix of Walter Westinghouse I've been looking for for about 25 years. Had it on an FMU tape w/the R Stevie (lazy DJ, or genius?) It definitely was not the mix from FingerPrince. Right on!!!

antisocial here, but good luck

9:39am BSI:

... awaiting secret instructions while FREAKING RIGHT THE FUCK OUT...

9:40am Ken:

Yeah, it looks great on the black, don't it?! I sure hope it doesnt crash the server.

9:42am seang:

gonna change my name to Hannibal, maybe just Rex

9:43am dc pat:

"Tim" has gotta stop smokin man.

9:48am Cheri Pi:

I can't gird these loins for much longer!

9:49am Dan B From Upstate:

Joe's head bounces really well with this Dinosaur track.

9:50am postmanpaul:

Gird them Cheri Pi, gird them.

9:50am Cecile:

I'm trying to live off the gird.

9:53am BSI:

curdling them loins....

9:53am annie:

are we gonna shut down FB like the biebs did? and yes cecile i got your email.... i'll reply, i promise..

9:56am Cecile:

Aw, good to see ya!

9:56am Cheri Pi:

I've retreated to the bunker, awaiting further instructions.
With Paul the Octopus watching over us, we can do this thing, and get away with it.

9:57am dei x:

half hour to pee or get coffee, folks

9:58am marq:

I don't have any of these accounts. If I were to start one what do folks suggest? I don't have any of these because I don't like people from my past tracking me down.

9:59am Cecile:

or pee coffee.

9:59am MARC:

COFFEE!! I just made my pot of 10 cups...

10:01am Cheri Pi:

I've instructed my minions not to disturb me after 10:29.

10:02am BSI:

I shall close yonder office door at 10:27, assuming it's possible to stand up & walk with one's loins girded.

10:02am bbell:

I wish I had some minions!

10:04am postmanpaul:

Some trampolining while we're waiting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIQ4su7xWuA

10:05am Cheri Pi:

Oivay-a loin cramp!-someone get Dr. Funkenstein on the line.

10:05am paul:

DJ NATE ON DA TRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK

10:05am Cheri Pi:

I got my minions on craigslist for a real bargain.

10:08am Patrick:

ah, timmy Waits, way more interesting then his older brother tom

10:09am still b/p:

Mickey Mouse was originally called Strungout Willie in his first feature.

10:11am Cecile:

Despicable Me Minion Maker. You're welcome.
http://www.despicableme.com/pops/minionMaker/?lang_id=uk

10:11am dc pat:

I wish I had onions.

10:12am postmanpaul:

I can feel a wikileak coming on.

10:12am Cecile:

hurry to the wikibathroom then.

10:16am Cheri Pi:

Minion Maker!!!

10:18am lewis:

speaking of Admiral Stockdale - does anyone know where I could find any sort of recording of his "I ran a country" debate performance? Video would be great, but audio would be cool also...

10:19am Steve L:

I am assuming the position. (It hurts)

10:20am dc pat:

still can't believe she said "I'm you." WITNOF?

10:20am Cheri Pi:

I can crack a walnut with these loins of steel.

10:20am Cliff Richard:

She's just a devil woman
With evil on her mind
Beware the devil woman
She's gonna get you from behind...

10:21am Cecile:

The Gregory Brothers have some kind of particular insane Huey-Lewis damaged genius. Like Chromeo for wonks.

10:22am Michelle in Green Bay:

Oooo...got here just in time for secret instructions!

10:23am BSI:

after secret instructions, must see about how to un-gird these loin things.

10:24am Cecile:

YES. LOVE THIS VERSION. DEE-TROIT!

10:26am mario c:

I heard this cover of marvin gaye couple weeks ago on someones playlist, dude didnt know who it was. now thanks to FMU I know! and knowing is half the battle thanks Ken!

10:28am annie:

getting my fb ready... clearing out the status bar...

10:28am dc pat:

I gotta get one of those mannequin guitars.

10:29am BSI:

DCP: absolutely. If there were a bass version, I'd be all over it.... so to speak.

10:29am postmanpaul:

Are you fake journalists ready to pen for Ken a few loins?

10:30am dc pat:

yeah, seriously. I'd jump that guitar's bones...so to speak.

10:31am Cheri Pi:

Ready, steady, go

10:31am Aaron:

OH NO ITS A STATE OF A STATION, WEVE BEEN DUPED!!

10:33am dc pat:

urban legend: Little girls from Sweden were made into guitars in the 60's.

10:33am Steve L:

I hear and obey. [scratch, scratch.]

10:33am Jack:

Hey Ken! did you hear that Lady GaGa Halloween costumes are infested with bedbugs?

10:35am MARC:

It could work--there IS really a massive investation in NYC.

10:35am Marcie:

Jack - one of my roommates got infested and we made her move out.

10:35am dei x:

I thought I got bedbugs from the mattress I picked up, but no - it was from my Lady Gaga costume!

10:35am annie:

call me a lemming,

10:36am dc pat:

Jack: No shit? I heard something about that...on Twitter. Search for #gagabedbugs

10:36am trrs:

Here's a ripe one: http://www.baby-gaga.com/

10:36am Jack:

I heard about it yesterday on the Internet.

10:36am Cecile:

I like Nick Swardson's Larry Gaga sketch.

10:37am powiva:

I'd better let my students know!

10:37am Bill:

Oh, great! Now I have to take back my Lady Gaga costume. I heard they have bedbugs.

10:38am dei x:

http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS332&=&q=lady+gaga+bedbugs&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=CE4_xRDnITI6gHIiwyASFqMzjBQAAAKoEBU_Q9hkV#q=lady+gaga+bed+bugs&hl=en&newwindow=1&sa=X&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS332&prmd=ivu&tbs=mbl:1&tbo=u&ei=SznITKSoJIKs8AbmmJjkDw&oi=realtime_result_group_more_results_link&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CC8Q5QUwAw&fp=92564e55fd9a7983

10:38am Lizardner Dave:

I put it out on Twitter. All 41 of my followers will surely spread the word.

10:38am concerned:

what about bed bug costumes? Is there an LG connection?

10:38am Skirkie:

Surely not pirates!

10:38am BSI:

I wasn't feeling the panic until you brought up the risk to zombie costumes. Now I'm on fire fo' the mission, fearless leader....

10:38am Jack:

Bedbugs?
Lady Gaga Halloween costumes?

10:39am Kent Downing:

All my facebook friends have been forewarned about the costumes, Ken.

10:39am dc pat:

just IM'd my mom about this.

10:39am jen v.:

ken, have you heard the tonetta song about lady gaga? it's actually kind of sweet.

10:40am Cheri Pi:

Halloween is canceled I heard, because of Lady Gaga's bedbugs! I'm staying in the bunker until further notice.

10:40am marq:

is that a lady gaga guitar/costume?

10:41am Cecile:

I tweeted the info and added you told me to say it and you were very silly.

10:41am Fox News:

Have reputable experts attempted to debunk this rumor?
We certainly hope so....
More at 6 O'clock.

10:41am Ken:

Please, warn all your parents and grandparents about this!

10:41am annie:

no one's liked my status yet .. no comments either. lazy fb friends..

10:42am Mickey Mephistopheles.:

President Barack Obama denies the possibility of bedbugs infesting Halloween costumes.

10:42am Ken:

Dont forget to attribute it to major news organizations, please.

10:43am dc pat:

Mom: "what? bed-bugs are becoming rampant"

10:43am marq:

my wife is a school teacher. just told her to tell the school.

10:43am postmanpaul:

I predict a surfeit of zircon-encrusted tweezers flooding the market.

10:43am MARC:

Ken, its marc, i have u as a fb friend so u will see my post.

10:44am Ken:

This is not a joke. Dont treat it as such.

10:44am Cheri Pi:

I have 2 comments so far, the best being"Unfortunately, when you wear a Carl Palodino costume, you have the similarly uncomfortable, skin crawling sensation of being CARL PALODINO."

10:44am dc pat:

man, I love the contortions.

10:45am Cheri Pi:

Reuters North Korea

10:45am Halloween Industrial Complex:

These rumors are ridiculous. If we stop shopping, the bedbugs win.

10:46am trrs:

Incidence map. Maybe later on this afternoon...

10:46am Skirkie:

I have 283 Twitter followers, I estimate up to 17 of them will be reading my warning.

10:47am tim from Champaign:

For those of you at the office currently, please alert your co-workers to the fact that Lady Gaga Halloween costumes have been infested with bed bugs. There's no faster way to make sure that information is spread than by informing co-workers.

10:47am Tom:

I briefly interrupt this emergency to let you knwo that Jimmy has gone international --
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/oct/27/jimmy-mcmillan-the-rent-is-too-damn-high

10:47am Ken:

Holy shit, it's TRUE! Look here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/26/gaga-costume-infestation-_n_77846256.html

10:48am annie:

cheir pi, friend me if you want....
we have ken in common (among others), my photo is a honey badger.

10:48am jaw:

Wait I'm high, what are we supposed to be doing?

10:49am marq:

If a local newspaper and or radio station was told about this what would be a good source to give them that works to get the legitimate truth about lady gaga costumes having bed bugs.oh I see Ken posted huffington post.

10:50am Tom:

This used to be a Lady Gaga costume and the bed bug took it over.

http://www.shindigz.com/party/Bounce.cfm

10:52am Cheri Pi:

Annie I will! facebook is mighty slow, it may crash under these bedbug rumours

10:52am herb:

just tuning in now (anyone have a good james chance story?) & see bedbugs are a topic. in a riff on a margaret cho joke about a guy with a big penis, some bedbugs are soooo big now that they have their own bedbugs!

10:53am Dan B From Upstate:

Aw, man. I had to step away... I was compelled to do some writing about bed bugs or some such nonsense. Did I miss anything interesting in the last 23 minutes?

10:54am dc pat:

swelling itching brain!

10:55am MARC:

I posted on FB and Twitter.

10:58am Steve L:

No officials have denied this

11:00am Carmichael:

I plan on heating my Gaga costume up to about 500 degrees from now until Halloween.

11:02am marq:

what is this about a new species of ladybug bed bugs?

11:03am paul:

it has been far too long since Corn Weenie has graced the airwaves

11:03am Ken:

Has anybody received an actual email warning about the Lady Gaga Halloween costumes? Please forward to me if you have: ken at wfmu dot org

11:04am Carmichael:

Really!

11:04am PQ?:

Porn Queenie?

11:07am marq:

those poor little kids right now who have ladybug costumes all ready for halloween.

11:08am annie:

cheri pi! we are now friends.. sweet! hey you should like my status!!! i'll like yours.

11:09am Cecile:

hey, Ken if you could slide on my crappy D&B remix of Corn Weenie, it might do wonders for my mood.

11:09am MARC:

LOL...i think its working...One of my fb friends emailed me and said he heard the same thing.

11:10am Aaron:

Nice to hear Chet on here

11:11am marq:

wikihow has a way to make your own lady gaga costume.

11:15am Michael:

Did Shooby Taylor[?] ever do a versions of 'Mr Sandman'...I'd like to live in a world where he did.

11:16am Ken:

Marq - Thanks! Making your own Lady Gag costume is really the only way to be safe. But you have to be super careful about Halloween Parties and also Trick or Treaters - they can bring bedbugs RIGHT TO YOUR DOORSTEP!!

11:16am fishmonkeystew:

How about the Enter Sandman cover by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones?

11:17am Cheri Pi:

If I were Lady Gaga I would have my Miliners draw up some sketches immediately for my bedbug hat, made with real live-bedbugs.

11:17am postmanpaul:

It's official, Ken's going bonkers mad.

11:17am Carmichael:

I leave my house at about 500 degrees, just to be safe.

11:17am Aaron:

You could follow this by Ballad of the Sandman by Mike Agranoff

11:18am KM:

this makes me want a Disney Sings Metallica album

11:18am amberto:

this is the best thing i've ever heard.

11:19am marq:

I will put a sign out in front of my house about no lady gaga costumes.

11:19am dei x:

does the broad with the awesome hair (Pomplamoose) have bedbugs?

11:19am Aaron:

Longish piece, but its a good example

11:20am OM:

this song is fantastic.

11:20am william:

oh wait, this isn't the original?

11:21am BSI:

i demand a DIRTY DUCK WEEK at FMU. To begin immediately.

11:22am Cheri Pi:

I haven't heard "SO Mean" in a while...

11:23am MD:

THAT WAS THE GREATEST THING I EVER HEARD...GOOD MORNING FAITHFUL (WFMUISTS!)

11:24am RSTVMO:

Come Be Me.

11:24am Denise in DC:

None of my 800+ FB friends are talking about the Lady Gaga costume bedbugs yet. Maybe I should post the rumor on Regretsy.

11:28am postmanpaul:

I'm loony tuned out.

11:28am Carmichael:

My next album will be titled "The Broad with the Awesome Hair".

11:28am Ken:

Patience, Denise, patience. People often have to hear about something from more than one place before they believe.

11:28am Cecile:

Sounds like Frank Sinatra making a Smiths album.

11:29am dc pat:

yes! The puke song!

11:29am RSTVMO:

Come Bedbug Me.

11:30am RSTVMO:

Twice.

11:35am marq:

what major stores would be carrying this costume? need to alert my local store. Walmart?

11:35am Denise in DC:

Rumor has just been posted on my FB status. Let's see what happens.

11:36am Ken:

OK, doubters and haters, here it is: check it. bedbugs in halloween costumes: http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2010/10/27/2010-10-27_concerns_over_bedbugs_and_other_pests_still_have_new_yorkers_crawling_away_from_.html

11:36am seang:

Stalin is really groovin to this track

11:37am dc pat:

ok, now I'm really freaking RIGHT THE FUCK OUT.

11:42am Ken:

Still more proof: http://thebedbugsbite.com/halloween-costumes-and-bed-bugs/

11:42am Denise in DC:

Here's the first response: "Typical "journallist"! Lady Gaga's *bedroom* is infested with *Halloween costumes*! Sheesh!"

11:43am Ken:

Denise, I love you too, but I'm afraid I have to delete that last comment. It was WAY out of line.

11:44am Denise in DC:

Yes! Media control of the message! *high fives Ken*

11:50am PMD:

Is there a bedbug alert system?

11:50am dei x:

arms for your chest: http://www.margauxlange.com/portfolio/one-of-a-kinds/brooches/

11:50am Skirkie:

I like Butts.

11:52am Carmichael:

Symphony for Jew's Harp? How quaint.

11:52am Aaron:

Did you forget about our deal Mr. Freedman?

11:53am PMD:

I feel honored that something I sent made it to the playlist. I will treasure this day forever.

11:54am -max-:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/5878068/last_minute_halloween_costumes_for.html

11:54am Ken:

Of course NOT Aaron!!!

11:54am trrs:

oo I have an incidence map

11:54am jk:

Ken, where are these arms and legs gifs coming from?
They're beautiful

11:55am dc pat:

no fair! I want a deal too!!

11:56am PMD:

Aaron, great request!!

11:57am PMD:

Wait, what eskimo janitor knows how to play a mouth harp?

11:59am Looms:

o weh mir !

11:59am Aaron:

Most beautiful thing I have ever heard, thanks Ken

11:59am maria:

Hello From Nola mr Ken!!

12:00pm OM:

More Eskimo Janitor:
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/04/she_be_she_stri.html

7:59pm mmeeeeeeeeat:

phew, I finally got to the truth of this lady gaga bedbug scare...

My mom had plans to "make the house really dark and hide from the trick-or-treaters".

8:01pm mmeeeeeeeeat:

I've learned my lesson. I'll never believe anything I hear on WFMU again, especially not the "important announcements".