Huge thanks to everybody who pledged! What a relief that we made the goal. Thank you all!
9:11am
Sam:
Good mooooorning! So glad it's Wednesday. Really glad WFMU made its goal also. I don't want any of this good stuff going anywhere.
9:13am
glenn:
the bad stuff can stay too.
9:13am
Caryn:
Morning all! Oh look, Cher... I mean Chen... I mean Ken is back!
9:14am
Sam:
Ken le chien?
9:15am
Dan B From Upstate:
Ooh. New Charlotte Gainsbourg. MUST FIND!
9:18am
kat330:
It's a sunny morn w/temps Rocket-ing to 88, clothes already hanging on the line, feeder filled and birdsong to fill any dead air -- yep, it's great to be alive!
9:18am
Caryn:
Went to the shops this morning, only to find that they started their sale today. Snagged myself a bunch of cheap records and DVDs, e.g. a collection of South African funk, a collection of American murder ballads, and a 10-album set of Billie Holiday. Looking forward to listening to them.
9:19am
Parq:
"Dead Finks" -- the greatest "I hate my ex-bandmate" song ever.
9:20am
kat330:
@Caryn: I might have the same Holiday unless yours is vinyl?
No, not in remission but thanks. Next stop, IV antibiotics. See the Lyme doctor next week. Still on a triple dose of oral antipsychotics so Im OK most of the time.
9:29am
Aaron in Jcity:
@KenMasterZero - did you get the vids? and √ http://bit.ly/wwbD7a
9:29am
kat330:
Antipsychotics? Hadn't known psychosis was a symptom, but whatever gets you through the night (and day). Hey, some Cole Porter?
Aaron - Haven't tried with WinSCP yet but will later today. That's all I got in terms of fetch type tools.
9:32am
Aaron in Jcity:
@ken - i will drop a disc at station tonite or early am for you
9:33am
Ken's doctor:
@ kat330 -- See picture next to playlist entry for Spoek Mathambo.
9:35am
marc:
Was that 7 cents per artist budgeted for in the WFMU Marathon?
9:37am
Tim Serpas:
Look, the cattle carcasses are already there, we might as well use them!
9:37am
MD:
Text-as...
9:38am
kat330:
@KD: see your point, Doc.
9:40am
Steve Bradley:
hey, just found your station and show and it's soooo good
best wishes - Steve in Darlington, England
9:41am
-Bronwyn C.:
Oh, Ken—this is why you rule supreme over all FMU.
9:41am
richard:
Lana sounds good like this she should take steroids to make it permanent
9:41am
Nathan:
Congratulations Ken! You're busting my Lana Del Rey cherry.
9:41am
Jeanne:
you're killing me ken
9:42am
Jeanne:
death by bubbles
9:43am
Caryn:
I heard Lana Del Rey for the first time yesterday. And here it is again. Hopefully this doesn't become a daily occurrence now. But if the occurrences would be manipulated like this, I might enjoy it.
9:43am
Marek:
this is a vastly superior version to the original
9:43am
still b/p:
Mmmmmmmmmmm....Lana laudanumized.
9:44am
Andrew:
Poor Lana. What has she done to upset you Ken?
9:44am
Detroit Mac:
off to work the church lunch today (I am not a believer, but I support my community outreach programs to the poorer of us in NJ.) Have one warm fun day all, and smooches to Ken. PS: I heard this Lara song in a Donald Duck voice someplace on the web a few days ago.
9:44am
Thom:
Almost as good as the "famed" SNL performance.
9:44am
Nathan:
... and I thought I was safe here.
9:44am
Sam:
It's great, you can hear her masculine side and feminine side simultaneously
9:44am
Dan B From Upstate:
I'm not sure if I was supposed to like that, but I definitely did.
9:44am
ami ad:
DNA scans reveal 5,300-year-old 'Iceman' had brown eyes, relatives in Sardinia - and the first known case of Lyme disease
9:46am
Sam:
He had also a great-aunt who lived in Florida, but they weren't that close
9:46am
Caryn:
Oh look, Pussy Riot!
9:47am
kat330:
Weighing in on Lana: I don't think she deserved to be vilified as much as she has by some very "mean girls" on the web. However she's manipulated, that tune has an earworm component.
9:49am
Caryn:
@kat: I haven't seen the SNL performance, but the complaints have seemed a little OTT. However bad it was, I can't believe it was anywhere near as bad as, say, Ashlee Simpson's failed lipsynching/panicked hoedown performance.
I agree Kat. Its so weird how some artists attarct so much hate. I remember when everybody hated The Knack for no apparent reason.
9:53am
still b/p:
When the guy in this sings he sounds like the minstrel who delivered the Ballad of Brave Sir Robin in MP & Holy Grail.
9:54am
Sam:
Right on, bp
9:54am
jan:
Michael Hossack, Doobie Brothers Drummer, dead. Ken, is a musical tribute coming our way?
9:55am
Caryn:
I gotta say though, that occasionally I can be overcome by unreasonable hatred too. There are some people that I instinctively feel averse towards. For instance, I haven't heard a single Skrillex track, but for some reason, I am incredibly annoyed if he is mentioned anywhere. Have no idea why.
9:55am
censorship style mavens:
'good girls don't' must be blocked.
Did you read those lyrics?
9:57am
Irwin:
I hate this fucking album.
9:57am
Cecile:
Skrillex is supposedly the nicest non-Mormon guy in the dance world. It's kind of that herky jerky dubstep stuff, but it's funnier. Deadmau5 is a pain, but he makes good records and knows good talent.
9:57am
Doug Fieger:
"My Sharona" is pretty filthy too...
9:57am
Irwin:
Meaning the Moondog-Julie Andrews.
9:57am
Nathan:
Tell us how you really feel Irwin.
9:57am
Sam:
If you listen to this song every morning you will be unable to hate anything ever again. It's so sweet!!! It melts all hate in its path
9:58am
kat330:
Sorry, away from the keys for a bit there (and will be again for a bit): She WAS a mess on SNL, but she redeemed that performance on Letterman and the tune can't be denied to be weirdly haunting -- just overplayed.
9:58am
Cecile:
I hate it too, Irwin.
9:58am
Caryn:
Okay, I love Ken for finally playing the Moondog/Julie Andrews stuff. But I love him even more for pulling out the Neil Innes.
9:59am
Sir Robin:
Please send my $4.5 pence royalty to Neil Innes, he needs it more than I
10:01am
Cecile:
who the hell is Lana Del Rey? Did she kill someone?
10:02am
still b/p:
Moondog didn't record again for years after the Julie and Martin stuff....so people of all cosmic attunements can have pronounced negative reactions to things.
10:02am
f0f0 (~:
hey, good morning everybody, Ken, listeners, commenters! What? It's 10am already in NJ?! Well, better late than never!
10:04am
Caryn:
@Cecile: I'm not sure about the details (she's not big over here. Nor is Skrillex, BTW.), but I think she was popular posting videos of her singing on youtube and got a recording contract that way?
10:04am
Dave B:
Off to the saltines. Looks like it'll be archives for me.
10:06am
f0f0 (~:
Cecile,
If you literally translate Lana del Rey to Spanish slang would mean something like "King's Bucks (as in money)".
10:06am
Cecile:
Oh, like the Chocolate Rain guy. Well, blink and she'll be gone. Or not.
10:07am
jan:
Okapi- wonderful sound. Hope to learn more about this artist. Any other cuts you can play later?
10:07am
Andrew Waterloo:
Hearing the criticism against Lana Del Rey I was reminded of the saying: a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. The knowledge in this case was music criticism.
All I know about Heidelinde Weis is that I love the names of her 2nd and 3rd albums: "Dead Woman from Beverly Hills" and "Serenade for Two Spies". It's as if they're soundtracks waiting for a movie.
I love the name Heidelinde! And her voice is so nice.
10:20am
Caryn:
I wonder how many donut queens there were? The gifs so far show 2, but there were probably more.
10:20am
Sam:
That donut queen today is probably 75 and having a quadruple bypass
10:21am
f0f0 (~:
Cecile,
When talking about a person you could use a qualifier (Amargado). Lana del Rey also sounds like a brand of a tomato can.
10:21am
Donut Queen:
A moment on the lips, a lifetime in the arteries.
10:22am
f0f0 (~:
Caryn,
Your friend's name translated into mexican Spansih would be
5 DE MAYO
10:22am
Caryn:
Oh look, the former Nazi Potatoes turned Lemons!
10:22am
Cecile:
or contemporary of either Theda Bara or Gypsy Rose Lee.
10:23am
Homer:
Who to worship, praise and embrace...Donut Queen or Dairy Queen?
10:23am
Donut Queen:
Dairy Queen is seriously lactose intolerant. MEOW!
10:24am
Andrew Waterloo:
There is middle-aged stripper in town named Gypsy Lee Rose. She even has her car decked out with her brand name.
10:24am
moose:
i was just thinking of the simpsons, like i do every time joe says ello
http://youtu.be/XWBhnsMH4dI
10:24am
Caryn:
I feel like the answer to the sign on the gif is "Somewhere being nutty and risking the lives of his cast, crew and extras, most likely."
10:25am
Donut Queen:
NOT LULU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is this in honor of Lou Reed performing at the H&M?
10:26am
kat330:
Ken, does he REALLY need this 7-cents/
10:27am
BSI:
DONUT QUEEN! I SUMMON THEE!
10:27am
BSI:
...and thine coffee dwarf! I summon thee as well...
10:28am
f0f0 (~:
I think it's time to move forward: We need some LANA DEL LULU mashup.
10:28am
Donut Queen:
I was thinking more like Lulu/Old Thoughts. Which is which, actually?
10:28am
Caryn:
Can we give Lou's 7 cents to Faye Dunaway for being awesomely entertaining on a little gif? It's as if she's going: "Donut Queen? Dairy Queen? Really? Shut your yap about those whores and worship me!"
10:29am
kat330:
@Caryn: Have you heard the anecdote about Herzog w/ film critic Mark Kermode?
If season 2 of "Game of Thrones" introduces a queen in a bikini and a cardboard crown, I might stop watching. Or I might watch even more eagerly. Hard to say.
@kat: hard to say, I've read so many Herzog stories over the years. Which one was this?
10:31am
Donut Queen:
Lulu and Old Thoughts are pioneering a new genre: Nursing Home Spoken Word Post-Rock.
Is Lou Reed going to tour with Metallica this summer?
10:32am
kat330:
I won't be exact, but something about people shooting (guns, not film) around them, and Herzog got hit. Apparently he was supernaturally sanguine about it, which impressed Kermode to no end. :)
10:33am
Caryn:
@Ken: well, this is WFMU, the smarty-pants' channel.
10:33am
Emile:
Seein' Lou in June, psyched!
10:33am
Donut Queen:
Last week's Shut Up Weirdo.
10:33am
bette:
donut queen is onto something there. drool rock. can we get john caramanica on this trend for sunday times piece?
10:34am
Lana and Lou:
A true artist must be willing to fail.
10:35am
kat330:
Lunacy.
10:36am
Caryn:
@kat: Doesn't surprise me in the least. I still say Kinski wins the tough guy stakes for the time he had an infected cyst or boil or something down his throat when shooting a movie, and the studio gave him money to get it removed. Instead, he took a butcher's knife, stuck it down his throat to puncture the boil, threw up blood and pus for some time, and spent the money on booze. Sheesh!
10:36am
kat330:
So in what community is the Donut Queen crowned anyway? Springfield?
10:38am
Caryn:
Is the last donut queen/Miss Donut/whatever for another company? Or did they change the crown over the years?
10:38am
Aaron in Minneapolis:
Hey gang, I know I am late you can shame me, but I gotta ask Caryn, it seems like you are on every playlist all the time. How much do you liste?n
10:38am
kat330:
Heh, yeah, what a pair, Klaus und Werner! :)
10:39am
glenn:
i can fail with the best of them. it's good to know i'm doing it for a reason.
10:39am
SteveL:
This mashup is sending me back to Jr. high school in a very good way.
10:39am
earwax:
Led Sabbath - perfect mashup
10:42am
Caryn:
@Aaron: I usually have WFMU on from around 9-10 a.m. to 1-3 a.m. (Of course, if I'm out or away, the numbers are very different.) Might not always be on the comments boards, though.
Marge - Homer, stop picking at your head.
Homer - Aw, but I'm so sweet and tasty.
10:43am
still b/p:
Great and wild Holi pictures --
http://tinyurl.com/bfer69
10:46am
Sam:
Rooster, be nice to Olive!
10:46am
EzSezz:
Ken don't do a Romney with your dogs!
10:46am
Sam:
Yeah, go freak them out on purpose, and then say "It's ok you guys."
10:46am
Aaron in Minneapolis:
PEOPLE GAVE MONEY TO THIS CRAP?
10:47am
Carmichael:
Good morning Kenneth and hump day listeners.
10:48am
Ken From Hyde Park:
Happy Pi Day, everyone (3.14).
10:49am
earwax:
For a minute, I thought Ken was going pantless today.
10:49am
dan:
Good to hear some Paul Dutton; I got to play with him here in Toronto back in January.
10:49am
Moe:
Yes, die Welt ist really really schlecht!
10:51am
Donut Queen:
There is only one Donut Queen, Sir. I have always been the Donut Queen. Sir. And may I point out that I think your spouse and children need "correction".
10:51am
Sam:
I love detention episodes. Andy's not on his best behavior. No celebrity ass-kissing.
Oh My God. I think I'm out of Donut Queens. Whatsoever Shall I Do?!
10:57am
Sam:
This is reminiscent of lonely kid quentin and bertrand burgalat
10:58am
BSI:
OLIVE IN 2012!
10:59am
Sam:
No donuts and no queens make Homer go crazy
10:59am
kat330:
Find some cruller queens?
10:59am
Bad Ronald:
@ Ken - how about some Brigitte Bardot circa 1953?
http://www.retronaut.co/2011/08/brigitte-bardot-at-cannes-1953/
11:01am
ABBA:
See that girl, munch that scene, diggin' the Donut Queen...
11:01am
BSI:
A bear-claw bishop, perhaps?
11:01am
Carmichael:
This early in the morning, the donut theme is perfect. Much better than tacos.
11:03am
BSI:
taconut queen
11:04am
Caryn:
For a morning show, maybe the donut queens could be followed by a pancake princess? A waffle waif? A bacon baroness?
11:04am
kat330:
Ooooh, Starry Night, whee! You can torment Andy with McLean's "Vincent."
11:05am
Sam:
There is Count Chocula
11:06am
Marmalade Kitty:
morning/afternoon! My friends grandma used to look just like Joan Crawford :)
11:06am
kat330:
I'm sure the Internet is filled with crumpet strumpets.
11:07am
Sam:
The Luftwaffle was the German war/breakfast machine
11:11am
Marmalade Kitty:
Weirmaching panzercake und Luftwaffle
11:12am
kat330:
OK, reminding me of one of my taggers here, which is a shoe fitting Mitt: He merchandised his issue-waffling, and it sold like hotcakes.
11:12am
DB:
the queen queenie,
reigns in sweet shops,
the queen queenie,
fattens the cops,
She's dee-licious, she's cream-filled and glazed,
queen queenie,
dub me Sir Dazed!
11:12am
Carmichael:
@kat: apparently you didn't hear the April Fool's Day show where Andy played songs from his iPod. It was a collection of the most banal MOR dogshit you'll never want to hear. Probably the only time Tequila Sunrise was played on FMU. Andy would cry happily if you played Vincent.
1 in 3 3 in 1
Having fun....yeah yeah yeah ...uh uh uh
11:13am
Bad Ronald:
Blintzkrieg?
11:14am
Sam:
Did Dorothy become queen of the munchkins?
11:14am
kat330:
@Carm: We actually did hear that show. I just figure feud trumps tunes.
11:15am
Cheri Pi:
It's my day!! Sweet, mathematical Pi!!
11:15am
Jack:
I just finished reading Klaus Kinski's autobiography "All I Need Is Love". It was the most horrific vile toxic spewing of hatred I've ever read. The entire book. I had to laugh at it, it was so over the top. And what he has to say about Herzog.
11:15am
Sam:
Freud trumps Trump
11:16am
kat330:
I think the Deutsch win the morning sweets homophonic sweepstakes!
11:16am
Caryn:
@Carmichael: did you listen yesterday to the playing of the Romney Spotify song list? I suspect Andy and Mitt share certain music tastes. Although many of the songs were actually good, all of them clumped together with no other type of music there showed that Romney's song list was the safest, most middle-of-the-road type of playlist you could find.
11:17am
jan:
BTW, How is Klaus' daughter, Nastassja, doing these days?
11:19am
Sam:
You think those are really Romney's favorite songs? I bet each one of those was chosen by a high paid consultant with tons of focus group research. They will leave nothing to chance in ensuring that Romney comes across as an average guy. Suppose Romney was an FMU fan, they'd have to quash it and invent some "normal" musical tastes for him.
11:19am
f0f0 (~:
Natassja Kinsky <3
^^
11:19am
kat330:
Unlike Ken, Klaus didn't take his antipsychotic medication.
11:20am
Marmalade Kitty:
..did somebody say say Doenitz?
11:20am
Sam:
Good one MK!
11:20am
DaveInSoDak:
π is my number.
11:21am
joe:
Any chance you have access to either the Big Black Album He's a Whore or the Treble Spankers album Araban both of which contain covers of Kraftwerks The Model. I unlike you have not taken my anti pyschotics for the last 2 or 3 days so this would really suite my mood right now. :)
11:22am
Kilgore Trout:
Go take a Flying Fuck at a Rolling Donut! Go take a Flying Fuck at the Moon!
11:22am
Caryn:
@Sam: that's what I was thinking at the time. It was as if the whole playlist had been chosen by a committee, vetting each song carefully.
11:22am
still b/p:
Someone should get a skywriter on this date every year to put pi in the...
11:22am
Carmichael:
Hey Ken, it's Quincy Jones' birthday. Do you have anything remotely playable in your vast auspices?
11:23am
Mitt:
Um, I pay consultants very good $$$ to build my Spotify in hopes of not alienating my current demographic, and possibly attracting some new fans. The metric for *everything* in politics is 50%-plus-one.
Can you say "mianstream"? I knew you could.
11:23am
wholewheattoast:
You can have your fancy hussies with their glaze and jimmies, but when it's all said n' done, you know who the guys want to come home and have their eggs with...
11:24am
Sam:
Even the name Mitt was chosen by a committee I think
11:24am
Donut Queen:
My eggs are just fine, buster, but YOU'll never find out.
11:24am
Sam:
It sounds so homey and comforting, like an oven mitt, or a wool mitten grandma knitted
11:24am
earwax:
Mitt short for Mittens
11:24am
kat330:
Hey, Kilgore Trout! [aka my SF hero -- Theodore Sturgeon -- as written by Vonnegut, another literary fave.]
11:25am
Carmichael:
@Caryn: hmmm, I was listening all day yesterday, but focusing on work. Whose show was it?
11:26am
Caryn:
Hang on, National Donut Week? I know there was a Sandwich Day a while back, but they used to have a whole Donut Week?
@Sam: of course. His real name Willard was found to have too many "loner who controls an army of rats to take down his enemies" connotations. Even if those connotations would seem to fit the current GOP perfectly.
11:26am
KevinfromBayRidge:
A late good morning to all.
Congrats to our fearless leader on the $$goal.Now let's work on thwarting his imminent lyme-related demise.
FYI, Dogwwods are blooming in SW Brooklyn.
11:26am
wholewheattoast:
if he's a buster don't let him near your eggs for heaven's sake...
Carmichael - How can you talk about Quincy Jones birthday when the 3rd drummer for the Doobie Brothers just passed away. Show some respect!
11:28am
bran muffin:
But I'll always be your regular thing.
11:28am
Mitt Romney:
Remember I support donut girls
11:28am
Donut Queen:
Don't tell anyone, but my real first name is fucking Willard. Mitt is my middle name. I knew to dump Willard before I had ever even heard the word "consultant". Kids in grade school clariified that for me.
11:29am
kat330:
She appears to be gasping for air -- wonder why.
11:29am
Sam:
Mitt, Newt, Trent, Rush, Jeb......what weird tribe do these people come from? Those are not American names.
11:30am
joe:
Not Michael Hossack?! Oh what a blow.
11:30am
Mitt:
I also kinda like the name Donut Queen. And dressing in women's clothes to let off steam. Don't tell anyone that, either.
11:30am
Old Prune:
@bran muffin: Not ahead of me you won't.
11:30am
Carmichael:
@Ken: my wife mentioned that last night. Knudsen? Hossack? Someone else? Oh, ther was another guy that used to play tambourine behind the stage, and they brought him in when Knudsen left.
11:31am
BW:
Ken!!! You forgot to take me back with you - I'm stuck here in Austin! The only work I can find is being a homeless hotspot! Help!!!
11:31am
BW:
Ken!!! You forgot to take me back with you - I'm stuck here in Austin! The only work I can find is being a homeless hotspot! Help!!!
11:31am
Caryn:
@Sam: looking at the names Palin gave her sons, I think the mindset behind the GOP names becomes apparent. Seriously, Trig Paxson Van? Track? Oy. Future politicians for sure.
11:32am
joe:
Could be LULU
11:32am
kat330:
Cale, "you need help, here I am!" :)
11:33am
Adlai:
There's nothing like a homegrown handle.
11:35am
Sam:
And they get bent out of shape because Obama's middle name is Hussein. At least Hussein is a real name with a real history, it's not a nonsense word like Trig!!
11:36am
Caryn:
Maybe the GOP figures that it's good to have nominees whose names sound like those of horses. That way, they supposedly subconsciously give off a feel of the Old West and "all-American values" and masculinity. Only explanation I can come up with.
11:36am
kat330:
But it was his nemeses to dub Dubya.
11:36am
Ken From Hyde Park:
Yeah....is it Trig like Trigger or Trig like Trigonometry?
BW - You should try one of those rotting cow carcass hotspots, they are way faster than the homeless hotspots. There's one on the east side of the convention center.
11:37am
joe:
Gong today. Here Tomorrow
11:38am
Sam:
I think feeble-minded soccer moms are comforted by alpha male types with succinct one-syllable names that sound confident without meaning anything in particular
11:38am
kat330:
I did not know that in re the PofA. Ya larn sumfin every day 'round this neck of the woods.
11:39am
BW:
Ken those were dismantled and devoured already - you abandoned me!
11:39am
wholewheattoast:
Bran, prune - easy guys, there's room for both of you on my plate (Newt said we could have an open breakfast)
11:39am
Marie:
Hey, really digging the Matmos. Tx.
11:41am
Marie:
Just saw a movie about Lemmy over the weekend. What would Lemmy do?
11:43am
Caryn:
Matmos: another band named after something in Barbarella. Man, rockers and pop stars do love their Barbarella, don't they?
11:43am
Andrew Waterloo:
Lemmy certainly wouldn't move to a new apartment
11:45am
Andrew Waterloo:
Hadn't heard ae in ages
11:45am
Sam:
Ha, you thought you had exhausted all the donut queen imagery, but more keeps appearing on the playlist. There is so much donut queen treasure out there!
11:46am
Carmichael:
I finally saw 30 Century Man over the weekend. What would Jacques Brel do?
11:46am
Marie:
Andrew, right,,, he stays put because he likes it there and doesn't give a crap what people think--no need to put on a show.
11:46am
kat330:
Gotta break away from the keys. Thanks a "hole" lot for the sweet morning repast and giggles! See ya on the other side.
Caryn - What was "Matmos" in Barbarella? Anybody see the Lemmy ads for the new line of Motorhead Wine?
11:49am
wholewheattoast:
Since we're on Mitt's real name, and also Donuts, the obvoius answer is...Duncan (OK, sorry i'll go now) *shuffles off*
11:51am
Sam:
"Ich bin ein berliner" - the donut president
11:53am
Funeral Kings:
shameless plug for the breakout movie of SxSW - see it if you can!
11:53am
Sam:
Oh is this Puffy Ami Yumi??
11:53am
Caryn:
@Ken: Matmos (or mathmos) was the evil slime that Sogo was built on top of and fed. In the end of the movie, the matmos was released to overtake the city and kill Durand Durand.