Introducing Ja: Ken's show

Listener comments!

♥ 6:08am Ken:

Morning Friends!

6:21am groucho:

Good morning great leader

♥ 6:37am Ken:

Groucho! What do you wanna hear today?

7:23am cory:

g'mornin' all

8:02am grෂuchෂ (:

Thanks for asking, Ken!

I'd like to listen to a couple of songs from an album by the legendary underground Swedish band named Ja (which translated means YES). The album is called "Berättelser från Topografiska Oceaner" but for commercial reasons their label translated the whole thing into English. So look in your archives for a band named Yes, with an album that has the keywords Oceans Topographic, Stories, or Tales.

♥ 8:03am Ken:

On it

♥ 8:07am Ken From Hyde Park:

How about some get-well music for Kim Jong Un and Morrissey?

8:08am FෂFෂ (:

Good morning groucho, Ken, cory!!

Groucho, you never sounded so authentic! Therefore I'll have to agree with you and second your suggestion!

8:11am groucho:

Life without buildings -Sorrow please Ken. And Hello, fake me!

♥ 8:16am Ken:

I am trying really hard to find an audip desecration of the band 'JA' but I just cannot locate one...any ideas?

8:23am Dan B From Upstate:

You could copy/paste "Ja's" wikipedia page in one of your voice to text apps and play that through your phone. You can even change the name of the band to Ja for when you play it over the air.

8:27am grෂuchෂ (:

Try searching for Rick Wåkemaän (JA's keyboard player). I heard he recorded some solo albums. Again, label translated everything (title, lyrics, etc..) into English.

8:36am fෂfෂ (:

Groucho,

Today you not only sound authentic and real but very knowledgeable! I salute you!

Now, I'd like to humbly suggest the great White Punks on Dope band version. I'm afraid to say this one is WAY much better than the Nina Hagen version, which in turn I'd have to say is way more superior than the original song.

8:38am bill:

I'll have what that baby's having

♥ 8:42am Ken:

Great suggestions, both real and fake people. Thanks for getting me 20 minutes into the show.

8:45am amewcow:

Morning Ken, morning all.

♥ 8:47am Marcel M:

Giffs are looking rather psychedelic this morning! Morning Ken and everyone.

♥ 8:47am SeanG:

Howdy Folks

8:52am fෂfෂ (:

*White Punks on Dope MARCHING band version.

Damn you auto correct!

Wait..I don't have an auto correct function!

♥ 8:57am SeanG:

Yelle

♥ 8:58am common:

morning!

♥ 9:02am Marcel M:

Morning Common!

♥ 9:05am common:

hey there, marcel!

♥ 9:07am MD:

Good Morning Freeform nation of the Station!!!

9:09am People Like Us:

some Francis Bebey please

9:09am Murakami Whywolf:

Yes, what messages are Ken sending by his choices of animated gif images? Surely there's as much to that as the number of tiny stars on a "Playboy" cover....

9:11am groucho:

Did you know there's a Playboy radio station? The mind boggles

9:11am Grubbus:

Morning All! Stereolab, please!

9:13am thedunkel:

Morning Ken and other fellow fearless followers!

9:14am fෂfෂ (:

OGRE YOU ________________________________________________!!!!!

♥ 9:14am Marcel M:

Stereolab, to my delight, was playing on the plane the other day prior to take off. Right after, Sunday Morning by Velvet Underground played. It was a delightful surprise. For some reason airlines have decided to play music before and after take off now, and its usually torturous. And then, Stereolab and VU..... was like an oasis..

9:16am pierre:

Bonjour Ken and radio people.

If that request proposition still stand, I wouldn't mind listening to the last band (except Khlam) that totally blew your mind live and or on album

9:16am Murakami Whywolf:

And though we'll submit an entry of our own into the mascot contest (probably the murderous eterna-kitten with her FHO-enabled corkscrew tail), right now my vote would be either for albino frog (symbolising the typical FMU listener, as per Bronwyn's 'onanistic shut-ins') or the dog seemingly steering the boat (Ken).

♥ 9:18am DCE:

this may be the most awful thing ever played on FMU

9:18am Murakami Whywolf:

Yes, some Stereolab, please, or the cheeriest-sounding version of the darkest Velvet Underground song of which you can think....

9:18am jan:

@Marcel M- what airline plays such hip music? It would be good to Most often I hear some dreaded pop classics that stick in my mind long after having heard them.

9:19am fෂfෂ (:

That song was from an one hit wonder band called The Radiohead.

9:19am Cheri Pi:

I'm loving the resurgence of Stereolab around these parts

9:20am LARS:

STEREOLAB - ANOTHER REASON I LOVE WFMU

9:21am Sam:

Wow, Stereolab finally became elevator music to keep passengers calm on the plane. Who'd a-thought. I'm guessing they didn't play some of their crazier stuff from Cobra and Phases Group or Transient Random Noisebursts.

9:21am bobdoesthings:

gooood morning

♥ 9:21am Marcel M:

@Jan: It was a continental flight within Europe. The company was Vueling I think. A Spanish company. The Delta flights from US and back played horrible music of course.

♥ 9:21am Marcel M:

Morning Bob! We finally have our KHLAM BAKE!!!!!!!!

9:22am cory:

Ken, do you have any Julian Cope? Autogeddon or Jehovakill?

9:22am glenn:

boob oscillator. built by evinrude.

9:23am thedunkel:

NO - Its not my KHLAM BAKE fault - NO

9:23am bobdoesthings:

yup khlam bake equipped

9:23am Sam:

My favorite was when I got on the plane and sat down, and the individual TV screen was on and you couldn't turn it off. It was CNN or something and it was showing footage of 9/11.

♥ 9:24am Marcel M:

@Sam: Wow... what a thing to show on a plane... just before take off.... oy vey...

9:25am Dan B From Upstate:

Why is the Karen Souza gif called "The Current Sea 1?"

9:25am Dan B From Upstate:

Christoph Waltz.

♥ 9:25am AnAnonymousParty:

Does a boob oscillator produce sine waves or square waves. My guess is sine waves.

9:26am glenn:

apparently air malaysia ran a series of ads called "get lost with air malaysia", although that could be urban myth.

♥ 9:28am Ken From Hyde Park:

Wow, look at me. My requests getting played!

9:28am Sam:

It's just that they have CNN on and nobody bothers to think what might be on it, or that passengers might want to turn it off. "Let's just put CNN on, and let's just play crappy music, that will please everybody." Because they really don't care.

♥ 9:29am Marcel M:

True. I heard that "I'm gonna marry you anyway" a few times.... oh boy.

9:29am jpow:

I'm really into this band Le Femme right now. We say that movie recently "as above under below" or whatever it is called about the Paris Catacombs. Anyway, right when the credits kicked in a the end, boom - Le Femme --- it was awesome.

Good morning by the way

9:30am fෂfෂ (:

SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!

♥ 9:30am common:

yea! that's the shit, ken!

9:30am bill:

I heard there was an airport that used to play Eno

♥ 9:30am Marcel M:

Woah... Close to the Edge?

♥ 9:31am DCE:

now that's cool

9:31am Dan B From Upstate:

!aJ s'tI !yob hO

♥ 9:31am Marcel M:

This is awesome!

9:31am bobdoesthings:

@marcel - get yr wife! she loves all Yes!

9:32am egal:

Nein.

♥ 9:33am Webhamster Henry:

More Robo Poetry please.

9:33am grෂuchෂ (:

That's without a doubt, Johnnas Anderssen, the Swedish singer of JA!

9:33am bill:

DJ school this is

9:34am Dan B From Upstate:

All kidding aside, I'm looking at a check right now and someone wrote their N's backwards. Like in nine inch nails.

♥ 9:35am Marcel M:

@BOB: I was just wishing this came on before she left for work hahaha.

9:35am KOTJ:

How about Mumbo Jumbo by Psyclones & Pacific 231 in honor of the cola nut guy's passing?

9:35am Mark S:

cosmic

9:35am bobdoesthings:

she would have rolled her eyes and said "wahh daaa fuqqq..."

♥ 9:36am Marcel M:

haha, indeed.

9:37am Dan B From Upstate:

I'm glad the voice to text was incorporated. This is what I expect a free form station to sound like. I love it.

♥ 9:37am AnAnonymousParty:

I always wanted to hear a rap version of this, I picture the video with a lot of jump cuts to group of angry guys chanting "down at the edge, close by a corner, close to the edge, down by a river".

♥ 9:38am Marcel M:

Oh man I can SO picture that !

9:38am Stephen Hawking:

I don't know who this is, but I'm in love.

♥ 9:39am Webhamster Henry:

@AnAnonymousParty, you must be referring to the other "Close To The Edge":

Don't push me ’cause I'm close to the edge
I'm trying not to lose my head
It's like a jungle sometimes
It makes me wonder how I keep from going under.

♥ 9:40am MD:

YESSSSSSSS I LOVE YESSSS!!
My first concert shirt(opening act...Donovan!!!)

9:41am fෂfෂ (:

IM LOVING IT !

INFINITE THANKS, KEN, GROUCHO!

9:41am jpow:

this is giving me an idea

9:41am Sigurður:

JA JA i am here ken, you can relax now...

9:41am Dave B:

Kinda reminds me of the Faithful Axe challenge

http://www.joesapt.net/superlink/axe/

9:42am Nick from Indy:

Yes, mix in "the message" by grandmaster & the F5

9:42am Michael:

Pu teg I
Nwod teg i

9:43am fෂfෂ (:

Finally Yes sounds like a real band.

9:45am bill:

Ja! I get up and get down too!

9:45am egal:

In and around Greg Lake.

♥ 9:45am DCE:

please don't do this to Tales from Topographic Oceans

9:46am Losermom:

Is that vicki

♥ 9:46am AnAnonymousParty:

"Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night."

9:46am fෂfෂ (:

Tales From Topographic Oceans? Never heard of it. Sounds intriguing thou.

9:47am Mike Noble Mobile:

Next week can you play Rush's 2112 backwards and at 45rpm?

♥ 9:50am common:

great snare sound on this rundgren tune

9:50am Sam:

This reminds me a lot of Vicki's work

♥ 9:50am Webhamster Henry:

"With A Twist" was a pretty heavy WFMU playlist item back in 1999.

9:51am bill:

hey I though this jif was too big

9:51am fෂfෂ (:

Man, oh, man...Playing a little Yes song even at 90 MPH takes two and a half hours, and that's not including the solos.

9:52am Dan B From Upstate:

Hm... generally an entire side of a Todd Rundgren record only comes out if there's a big problem to deal with. Is all well, Ken?

9:53am Nick from Indy:

going back to my 8-tracks now

♥ 9:53am Ken:

Not playing the entire side.

9:54am conkrete_dawg:

peace on earth was all it said

♥ 9:54am common:

killdozer!

9:55am Cheri Pi:

Th' Dozer!

♥ 9:55am AnAnonymousParty:

Wonton soldier?

♥ 9:55am MD:

Billy Jack!!! What a heart throb!!! all my 70's gurlfriends loved him!!!

9:55am Sam:

They made me sing this goddamn song at summer camp.

9:56am Jeff:

Whenever I hear a Killdozer performance, I think Bill Mac should be singing.

9:56am Kevlicki:

I had some Totally surreal dreams last night that wfmu made cameos in. I want listening I the station while sleeping

9:57am pierre:

what about the Frogs ? Still there ?

♥ 9:57am AnAnonymousParty:

Billy Jack: You just know your ass is going to get kicked when he takes off his shoes.

10:01am conkrete_dawg:

raise yer hand if you were in marching band

10:01am fෂfෂ (:

I have seen the Dog and the Cow WFMU logo for quite a while and I'm just realising the meaning behind it.

Damn auto correct!

Wait..The Auto correct has nothing to do!

10:02am still b/p:

Billy Jack's theme from the first movie in the series -- The Born Losers -- would make swell talkover music.

10:02am Dave B:

Love this version of WPOD

10:04am testingwithfire:

working at home with a cold, probably should be in bed. You know how I determined the day of the week this a.m. ? Ken was on the radio.

10:04am fෂfෂ (:

This has to be THE best marching band song ever! It's perfect!

Really, many thanks Ken!!

10:04am bobdoesthings:

this is a great...

♥ 10:05am Guido from Cologne:

bad Loop !!!

♥ 10:05am Guido from Cologne:

I thought my VCL player is disconnected

10:05am Sigurður:

loop crying

♥ 10:06am AnAnonymousParty:

Jeez, how long does it take to wind a transmitter back up anyway?

♥ 10:08am Guido from Cologne:

van der graf backwards is the most!

10:08am BEAVO:

Close to the edge

10:08am Sam:

Oh yeah.....

♥ 10:09am Andrew Waterloo:

To wind a transmitter, first you have to capture a wind up robot in the wild....

10:09am Sam:

Do you think there's any way you can get Andy to be cruel to somebody??

10:09am egal:

Why not recreate the experiment live.

10:10am Sigurður:

Please try not to forget that you gents take bribes,

♥ 10:10am Webhamster Henry:

So the WFMU Milgram experiment will involve commanding subjects to turn up the volume on Hall & Oates while the victim in the other room screams for mercy?

10:13am Tom K'way B'klyn:

good morning fearless leader, and a delightful morning to everyone.....yurica my android phone is working too....

10:15am still b/p:

Just read that a humongafous book of Bob Dylan's lyrics is coming out. $200 for one of the regular ones from the printing of 3000, but if you want a signed one -- five thousand dollahhhhs.

♥ 10:15am Greg from Bloomfield:

Morning Ken & everybody! Give me one second to hijack the comments: My band is going to be on The Chris Gethard Show tonight. Everybody tune in! OK, I'm done.

10:24am fෂfෂ (:

Is this Aphex Twin song from the album realeased over the the Dark net? If so, how do I get there? I only know how to get to the World and the Regional Wide Webs.

10:27am People Like Us:

it's on piratebay

♥ 10:27am Ken:

You dont need the dark web for the new Aphex Twin f0f0 I dont think. This is from the physical CD release.

♥ 10:29am SeanG:

Sweet!

♥ 10:29am Marcel M:

@FOFO: you need tor

♥ 10:30am SeanG:

Thanks Ken!

10:31am tinfoilhat:

tor is the NSA. they are everywhere. beware. BEWARE!

10:32am Dan B From Upstate:

ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!!! (caps)

10:35am jpow:

saw Stereolab at 40 watt in Athens back in early 2000's it was one of the best sounding shows I've seen

♥ 10:36am Ken:

You know what I would love? If I could get to 25% by the end of the show today... if you havent pledged to the imaginary fundraiser yet, DO IT NOW!

10:37am Sue:

Yeaaah. Pledge for Illuminati cat!

♥ 10:37am Stevel:

Songs that never end are the best. Especially this one.

10:39am Sigurður:

IT NOW!

10:42am bobdoesthings:

A vote for Lucas is a a vote for liberty! or whatever..

10:44am enrique71:

un jour viendra = "a day will come"

10:44am will:

I care! It was called "Histoire a Suivre."

♥ 10:44am Marcel M:

Nobody actually votes... right?

♥ 10:45am Guido from Cologne:

Honeymoon Killers song is called "Histoir a Suivre"

10:46am fෂfෂ (:

Thanks, Vicky, Ken, Marcel M., tinfoilhat.

♥ 10:46am Sem Chumbo:

Categorically.

10:46am MichelleinGreenBay:

Did my part for dogs...my Jake is up there.

10:46am Sue:

I'm an illuminati person first and a dog person second.

♥ 10:47am Sem Chumbo:

We can make Monty Hall better than he was. We have the technology, Steve.

♥ 10:48am Sem Chumbo:

I'm an Illuminatus, one among many.

♥ 10:49am Ken:

Alright! Thanks to Irene for pushing us to the 14% mark. C'mon Wednesday morning people, STEP UP! I want 25% by Noon. That's NOT asking too much!

10:49am fෂfෂ (:

DVAAAA! Long time no see (or hear).

10:52am fෂfෂ (:

Ken,

Is there any 'Andy soaking' feature during the Rocktober?

♥ 10:52am MichelleinGreenBay:

Ooo...liking this Tricky tune...

♥ 10:55am Ken:

Alas f0f0, no there is not. Non-pledgers must pledge now to move me past 14 measly %.

10:57am bobdoesthings:

@marcel.. shhhhh shhh let me pretend..

10:58am Such IR:

You bet Ken. I've been eyeing that cat shirt for a while now. It belongs to me.

10:59am Grok-o-matic:

Diggin' this Ogre You Asshole stuff.

10:59am bobdoesthings:

what Grok said

♥ 10:59am Ken:

Sue! Thank you DeathBear.

10:59am fෂfෂ (:

*ahem*

OGRE YOU ______________________________________________________!!!!!!!!!!

11:01am Sue:

I needed that shirt ;) <3 Deathbear

11:04am fෂfෂ (:

Anyone getting censored by the little dump button feature in the Submit Comment form? It looks like when I type Ogre You ______ the word _____ gets censored.

11:04am braveness23:

Terrific show, Ken! You're earning your keep for sure today!

11:09am Such IR:

OH, STOP. This song is ridiculous. I love it.

11:10am Grok-o-matic:

One Japanese band I only got into a couple of years ago that's pretty great is yura yura teikoku. The song tsumetai gift just puts me in that place

11:10am Laura L:

Hoopla! Felix Kubin! Ken, did you say a couple of weeks that he's coming to NY soon?

11:11am Dan B From Upstate:

I can't take this. I love it!

♥ 11:11am Webhamster Henry:

First Alley Cat on the Reeperbahn now on the Jersey Turnpike.

♥ 11:11am Andrew Waterloo:

Testing this asshole problem on the comment boards.

11:11am laughingacademy:

Was that...Bruce Springsteen?

11:12am βrian:

Man, I've been missing my goulash.

11:12am Cheri Pi:

BSP!

11:12am Grok-o-matic:

Hilarious

♥ 11:13am Stevel:

Comma comma comma comma, comma com zeeeerrroo!

11:13am conkrete_dawg:

big tasty sausage!

11:13am fෂfෂ (:

Baby Animal! The ____ are you doing in the Porn For The Blind track?!!?

11:14am enrique71:

OMFG how can I keep from laughing...

11:14am Mark S:

no RACG?

11:15am braveness23:

Slow down! What was that URL again?

♥ 11:15am common:

so good!

11:16am konrad_in_brooklyn:

Ah... Porn For the Blind takes me back to the day after Hurricane Sandy, which was weird times.

11:16am fෂfෂ (:

By the way, who was here when Ken played an uncensored episode of Porn for The Blind over the net? It was a day the radio transmitter melted down or something catastrophicly related happened. It was an historic moment in online radio. Alas, didn't record it.

11:17am Dan B From Upstate:

It was indeed, fofo. I was just thinking of that today. That and the illegal station ID.

11:18am conkrete_dawg:

nice catch, simkins

11:18am Vlad:

I got this!

♥ 11:18am Webhamster Henry:

Dion McGregor exhibited Rapid Mouth Movement while sleeping.

11:19am bobdoesthings:

I thought it was his wife who was recording them? or am i thinking of another dream recording person?

♥ 11:20am common:

so it is legit. i wondered.

11:20am bobdoesthings:

I always thought the word for sleepwalking was really cool "Somnambulist".. just a cool word!

♥ 11:20am AnAnonymousParty:

Half-decent audio quality recordings of other people's dreams are the best kind.

11:21am Grok-o-matic:

porn draught!

11:22am fෂfෂ (:

I just had the greatest idea...

Porn for the Somnambulist DOT com

♥ 11:22am AnAnonymousParty:

I'm pretty sure I don't want to know what the handles on a porn tapper look like.

11:24am bobdoesthings:

wait... what comedy is happening friday? I mean.. I know there is that anti-comedy show.. but..

11:25am fෂfෂ (:

Dan B From Upstate,

What illegal Station ID?! I hast to know!

11:26am Dan B From Upstate:

It was something along the line of WFMU (bad word bad word bad word) East Orange, WMFU (more bad words) Mount Hope, etc.

♥ 11:26am AnAnonymousParty:

I am the God of Hell fire!

11:26am fෂfෂ (:

The schekles atoning track!!!

♥ 11:28am Sem Chumbo:

Network w/ Ned Beatty. Nice.

11:28am fෂfෂ (:

Dan B

Really!?! Was that from the same show!? If so, no wonder why is not archived.

♥ 11:33am Kali G:

There is no utopia,
we are all Sanjay Gupta's,
there are too many dudes in wo(men) & fe(males),
everyone is an artist, just download the templates.

11:33am Grok-o-matic:

YES!!! Love the Normal

11:35am Listening Out There:

"leatherette" was supposedly based on J.G. Ballard's "Crash," I've read...

♥ 11:36am common:

indeed

♥ 11:36am Stevel:

"Crash" and "Leatherette" are both delightfully fucked up.

♥ 11:39am Ken:

If you havent pledged yet, every Cat Illuminati T-shirt comes with a big sausage pizza, whether you ordered one or not. Use the pledge thing at the upper left of this page. Help me hit 25% by Noon!

♥ 11:39am Kali G:

I quit being a graphic designer today,
there was too little design involved,
while my life was becoming overly graphic.

11:40am fෂfෂ (:

One of the best songs in the UNIVERSE was inspired by a band that got his name thanks to JG Ballard. I'm talking about Crash's Vaughan's Ballad.

11:42am bobdoesthings:

YES!!!

♥ 11:42am chris:

Yes, Yes!

♥ 11:42am Kali G:

Ken, is there any way to get the Woof Moo T-shirt for $50?

♥ 11:42am MichelleinGreenBay:

And this is why I love this show...

11:43am bobdoesthings:

this cover brings me lots of joy

♥ 11:43am Ken:

Kali - Sure. We will exchange any short for any other one as long as we have it in stock and we got lots of Woof Moos in stock. Just put your request in the comments field. Thanks Kali G!

♥ 11:44am MichelleinGreenBay:

Joy, mixed with trepidation.

11:44am northguineahills:

Me too, bobdoesthings.

11:44am fෂfෂ (:

If I were filthy rich I'd pledge to reach the full 100%. But first, I'd make sure the goal post is moved down to $100. Hey, they are filthy rich for a reason.

11:46am bill:

GAAAAAWD this is awful

♥ 11:47am Whosondephone:

I think We are missing a part of that last song!

11:47am Dan B From Upstate:

Wow. That wicked game cover has 34 stars. I've never seen that many stars on one song. Impressive!

11:48am oks:

that was amazing!!

11:48am jpow:

Ken/Kali -- cool. That's what I'll do too tonite

♥ 11:48am Webhamster Henry:

Wouldn't it be sad if there were no cones?

11:48am People Like Us:

one of my favourite songs, Ooo-Ooo

11:49am fෂfෂ (:

Dan B.

That's only because Ken hasn't played any Jokerfan song so far.

11:53am Brendan:

Ken thank you ever so for the show and Khlam Bake cd. If ever there were a doubt you are ' the' (a) man ( like Steven Segal). Seriously man, thank you.

11:55am bobdoesthings:

thanks ken!!

11:55am northguineahills:

Thanks Ken! Groovy!

11:56am bobdoesthings:

ELECT?!?!? HE SAID ELECT!!

♥ 11:56am Kali G:

Whenever I see wet cement anywhere in the world, I inscribe "Ken Freedman / WFMU".
I am guilty, I am so wrong, I am sorry Father, I shall sin no more!

11:57am Listening Out There:

Ooh...experiments!

11:57am bobdoesthings:

Vote Lucas! www.flickr.com...

11:57am fෂfෂ (:

What a fantastic show we had today! One of the year's best in my opinion (and there was no Khlam involved!). GOod luck and hope you reach 100% soon, Ken for both your show and SSD! Till next episode people! Adios!

♥ 11:58am Sem Chumbo:

Thanks, Ken, see ya later!

♥ 11:58am MD:

That should be about a 3 minute show....LOL...

♥ 11:59am MD:

I hope not...

11:59am bobdoesthings:

fatal flaw... 18 dollars taken immediately.. no concern that ti might be a trick.. 58 mins of banter and train wrecks

♥ 12:00pm Kali G:

17% is almost 25% in Canada

9:28pm WillieWill:

Never too late to comment? "Edge Eht Ot Esolc" on Wednesday morning was/Is brillant