Introducing Olga: Ken's show

Listener comments!

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6:10am -Ken:

Good Morning, Friends.

6:14am Jack Tourette:

Hi Ken

6:50am People Like Us:

what the hell are those foxes doing

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6:54am -Ken:

Hi Jack, Hi Vicki - The foxes are hunting voles.

6:57am People Like Us:

no they aren't

7:02am cory:

g' morning ken, vicki, jack, and the silence

7:25am w41:

Hello, one and all.

7:37am cory:

any big plans for the show today?

7:39am Jack Tourette:

Please please please don't play an all-Billy-Joel-show, like last week.

7:41am Voles:

The Car Fox ate my sister.

7:41am cory:

probably going to be a tarpman tribute show

7:43am Silence:

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7:50am -Ken:

I was going to play that new song by Don Maclean and Andy Breckman "Till the Swelling Goes Down." Other than that, no plans, and open to suggestions

8:01am cory:

cool, i missed the last half of that show

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8:07am -Ken:

OK I'm now pulling Steel Guitar, Jews Harp and Grand Funk Railroad records. Suggestions welcome

8:11am Bruce Dickenson:

Anything with cowbell works for me.

8:25am cory:

Ken do you have any b.o.b. ?

8:29am Michael:

You've got the picture - how about some Mike Douglas.

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8:38am -Ken:

Oh and then there's the revolution starting in Oregon. Must heed THAT call.

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8:39am -Ken:

Mike Douglas did record some singles, didn't he? What were they?

8:42am Michael:

Douglas has some schmaltzy song about his daughter. Just looked it up: The Men in my Little Girls Life. I think that was his hit. Maybe others.

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8:46am Ken From Hyde Park:

Hi, can I request "Foot Stompin' Music" from GFR's E Pluribus Funk album?

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8:47am -Ken:

I will pull itm Ken from HP

8:51am sphere:

hello Ken and Kennites

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8:55am Ken From Hyde Park:

Wow, thanks! Are people still sending in their cover versions of Till the Swelling Goes Down"? How many versions have been sent in so far?

9:01am cory:

nice start!!

9:03am Wild Neil:

@Ken-Good morning ! At this time, I would like to request some King Crimson please.

9:04am blee:

Negativland in the morning.
Sailers take warning.

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9:04am Ken From Hyde Park:

Why else would they pronounce it "Or-e-gun"?

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9:05am -Ken:

Wild Neil, I could maybe swing some Robert Wyatt but that is probably as far as I can go.

9:07am Wild Neil:

@Ken-I accept your offer sir! Thank you! By the way I was reading on Infowars that the guy who was shot in the face had his hands in the air...in Oregon...

9:07am Mark S:

Hawaiian slack key guitar?

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9:08am Webhamster Henry:

Oregon is Bad. (Jon Linnell, STATE SONGS)

9:10am cory:

is the OTE guns show next?

9:12am Marcel M:

Morning Ken and all!

9:13am Wild Neil:

@Cory-what is OTE?

9:14am egal:

WFMU record and gun show.

9:14am cory:

Over The Edge, it a negativland related radio show. People Like Us has been on it several times.

9:16am cory:

@Wild Neil archive.org...

9:18am SeanG:

got any Cher?

9:19am Wild Neil:

"Happiness is a Warm Gun" comes to mind...

9:19am sphere:

Meet the Spite Houses, which are buildings built out of vengeance or anger:

hyperallergic.com...

9:20am cory:

lol, Tool's Nice Shot?

9:22am Marcel M:

Haven't heard Mission of Burma in a long time. Nice.

9:23am Murakami Whywolf:

For Abraham Vigoda, I request Joe Newman's "Yodelling Satan".

9:24am Murakami Whywolf:

When I hear the word 'revolver', I reach for my culture.

9:25am cory:

happiness is a warm culture

9:27am Wild Neil:

Is this an active shooter drill?

9:27am glenn:

best. test. ever.

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9:27am Webhamster Henry:

Thanks Ken!

9:28am Wild Neil:

Run, hide, fight.

9:30am Cliff:

That was almost as entertaining as the EBS tests that WHEN in Syracuse ran back in the 1970's, before they were banned by the FCC.

9:30am Brendan:

Good morning Ken

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9:31am Webhamster Henry:

I have an aircheck of WFMU kid Arnan doing the old version of the EBC test.

9:32am tullius:

OOOOOOHHH YEAAAAAAAH. THIS CONCLUDES THIS TEST OF THE EMERGENCY AWESOME BROADCAST SYSSSSS-TEM!

9:32am Laura L:

Danke sehr für dieses Lied auf Deutsch. Es gefällt mir sehr.

9:33am glenn:

i'm having an h. rider haggard moment.

9:33am Marcel M:

ICH! ICH BIN EIN STARMANN!!!

9:34am pygmylunch:

here for the gifs and the fatherland

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9:35am Ken Ken:

If They Cannot Release This Song at its Proper Length Then I Shall Play It TWICE

9:35am egal:

Wiederholen, bitte.

9:37am Jeffy Jazz:

Duncan Jones reporting on his Twitter account: Sorry to say it's true. He's STILL dead. Going offline for a while.

9:40am glenn:

did you see that they unearthed a bunch of old wwii era yiddish folk songs? and by folk i mean fuck the nazis.

9:40am Rev. Turnip Druid:

FOKES.

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9:40am Webhamster Henry:

I have this songbook that has "inspiring tunes" in it, featuring the Hillside Singers and their hit "I'd Like to --Buy the World a Coke-- Teach the World to Sing" that also has Tomorrow Belongs to Me in in un-ironically.

9:40am Laura L:

Zweimal danke--I still have my 45-rpm single of "Helden"; bought it when I was in my first year of German classes many, many years ago.

9:40am DaveinPA:

so encouraging... may Herr Trump show us the way back to glory!

9:41am Rev. Turnip Druid:

Allow me to praise the Russian Jaw-Harp Techno In The Sky thing, on the homepage... I so needed that....

9:42am Wild Neil:

@Ken-disturbing show in some ways...Cool!

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9:42am Webhamster Henry:

Illustration by the excellent Arthur Szyk, I believe!

9:42am Rob W:

One just has to wonder whether any particular WFMU DJ might consider giving his own rendition of Bowie's "Helden" at our winter fundraising gala.

9:43am Parq:

Interesting approach to "Tomorrow Belongs" in the most recent Broadway revival. As originally written in the stage show, the number is performed by the waiters in the Kit Kat Klub while the emcee glowers in the background.In the recent version, the emcee brings a victrola out onto an empty stage and sits with a blissful smile as he listens to a recording of it.

9:44am DaveinPA:

R.I.P. Abe Vigoda

9:45am pygmylunch:

Only Lovers Left Alive was amazing, you keep being wrong, Ken

9:45am Marcel M:

Saw the trailer for Only Lovers Left Alive and had no desire to see it... But my boys White Hills be in it.

9:45am Brendan:

You just cursed John Cale.

9:45am Wild Neil:

Long Live John Cale!

9:46am MD:

Yes Ken and The Group...it is on the sound track for the Movie Christian F...I digitized it this past weekend from the rare Analog Record...for my wife...

9:47am T. Von Trimble:

Vigoda is in fact dead.

Rather than "too soon", it's not soon enough.

9:47am βrian:

Quel malheur !

9:47am MD:

Sing Trumpets...SING!!!

9:47am steve:

haha

9:47am egal:

The Koresh's cover of Madonna's "Burning Up."

9:47am People Like Us:

upping you a zip file now Ken

9:47am DaveinPA:

... and other assorted vital organs

9:48am Jeffy Jazz:

Carol Vigoda reporting on her Twitter account this morning: Sorry to say it's true. He's gone. Going offline for a while.

9:48am Mark S:

Hereos/Helden is on Christiane F soundtrack at it's 6:00 minute length, singing in the beginning is in English, switches to German

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9:49am -Ken:

Only Lovers Left Alive was nice to look at but it was a snooze fest. "What We Do in the Shadows," Now THATS a Vampire movie!

9:49am Okasa:

isabevigodadead.com now says "Yes". (;_;)

9:49am Brendan:

Kale is dead. Long live the Cale.

9:49am cory:

lavoy finicum looks kinda like the lead nazi from raiders of the lost ark

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9:50am -Ken:

What is the full title of the Christiane F movie?

9:50am egal:

The French version of Heroes is shorter than the German version.

9:51am βrian:

And his name sounds like something from a Carson McCullers novel.

9:51am People Like Us:

Ken - check your email - zip file

9:52am Mark S:

Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo is a soundtrack album by David Bowie, released on LP in 1981 by RCA Victor (and re-issued on CD by EMI in 2001), for the movie about Christiane F. The German title of the film, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, means "We children of Zoo Station", referring to the railway station in Berlin, Germany.

9:52am Marcel M:

I still haven't seen Christiane F.. Been on my list for a while. No vampires, right? Beyond the proverbial ones, of course.

9:53am SeanG:

wyatt and eno!

9:53am melinda:

I like the hovering capsules GIF.

9:55am Marcel M:

The capsules are hovering for you too, Melinda? Good..

9:55am Grouse:

it's amazing, all those dead englishmen, yet Tim Curry lives another chain smoking day.

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9:56am -Ken:

Yes good point Grouse, Tim Curry is also pre-deceased! Amazing.

9:57am melinda:

@Marcel: haha, yes! And they're moving in sync nicely with the music right now.

9:57am MD:

Dope Vampires...

9:58am pygmylunch:

Tim Curry lives for the antici

9:58am pygmylunch:

pation of his death

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10:04am -Ken:

Cant find the Christiane F OST Guldurnit! Hey is it Revolution yet? I needs news from Ore-Gun

10:07am Mark S:

link to youtube video of Heros/Helden

www.youtube.com...

10:08am sphere:

The Feds have arrested the Bundys, shot and killed one of their cohorts, and now they have surrounded the rest in the nature reserve,

10:08am People Like Us:

just getting you that christian f album

10:09am Wild Neil:

According to NPR the Bundy's were given the option of leaving via a non-surrounded driveway....

10:09am βrian:

Grand Funk? A tribute to Flint, then?

10:11am Brendan:

Love , That's America

10:11am βrian:

Gotta give Flint some love, somehow ...

10:12am sphere:

Celebrities are stepping in to help Flint (really):

www.ibtimes.co.uk...

10:13am DaveinPA:

Federales Uber Alles!

10:13am SteveFromStatenIsland:

i loove your showww kennnnnnnn

10:17am βrian:

Squeeze that juice harp!

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10:17am Webhamster Henry:

For your back announcement: "ZHI-vo-ye vi-stu-PLEN-i-ye s kon-TSER-ta"

10:18am SheWolf:

www.youtube.com...

10:19am steve:

wow

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10:19am AnAnonymousParty:

But will there be eefin'?

10:19am Cliff:

This is some badass Jew's harp

10:19am Andrew Waterloo:

we're going to need an episode of Ken Pronouncing Things.

10:20am Marcel M:

Wow... amazing!

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10:21am AnAnonymousParty:

Is that Kourtney Kardashian singing?

10:24am Grouse:

@Ken - I sent you Christiane F.

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10:25am Webhamster Henry:

This sounds a little like that "Music for cats" that has kind of purring-track in it! www.musicforcats.com

10:25am 67tele:

trump didn't really say the thing about show their goods did he? not that I find it THAT hard to believe...

10:26am Andrew Waterloo:

Olga should tour with Tanya Tagaq

10:26am Marcel M:

@67tele: He says it every day... just not in so many words.

10:27am 67tele:

like with his Piercing Gaze of Intellect?

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10:27am Webhamster Henry:

I think you have a new WFMU heavy favorite with Olga Podluzhnaya Uutai! A little break from Khlam!

10:29am Marcel M:

No Clicky Star for Olga makes Marcel a dull boy..

10:30am herb.nyc:

I like Jews. Harps? Well...

10:32am redkayak:

....gimme bagpipes :)

10:34am glenn:

shouldn't it be jew's harp? otherwise, what are the jews harping about?

10:34am Andrew Waterloo:

I am trying to imagine a man in tails playing the Jaw Harp in front of a old out symphony crowd

10:35am common:

what's going on here?

10:35am weiterso:

for me hanawa chie is better than Olga Podluzhnaya
youtube.com/watch?v=0ZryNz2FTYk

10:35am cory:

wasn't this a loony tune tune?

10:35am Marcel M:

@Glenn: hah!

10:37am steve:

this techno jews harp is just what the world needs!

10:38am rsj:

jolly good morning, glad this is the part that kept going, not a mozart fan or whatever that smug snooty orchestra was tooting out

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10:38am Webhamster Henry:

It was nice to hear the whole concerto without it being bed music!

10:39am steve:

i am raving so hard right now

10:39am redkayak:

Giddyap!

10:39am Cliff:

I think Olga Podluzhnaya should be on heavy rotation on WFMU from now on

10:41am βrian:

Dancing at the night schlub ...

10:46am Mark S:

Remaining Oregon militia livestreaming their occupation

gawker.com...

10:47am Mark S:

opps they just stopped the livestream

10:51am Asheville Jon:

KEN: i need the address to ship that Radio of the Future in the homes of Today sign. Sent a message, let me know.

10:52am Andrew Waterloo:

These are the guys that hold up the line in the grocery store because they're busy lecturing the young disinterested clerk about how wrong the price of milk is.

10:53am Asheville Jon:

milk was $1.79/gal a couple days ago. almost cheaper than gas!

10:54am βrian:

That's lactose intolerance for you.

10:55am Wild Neil:

Feelies?

10:55am Cliff:

Jeez, I have to pay 4 bucks a gallon for milk around here

10:58am Lewis:

it appears that I missed the jews harp set...

10:58am steve:

no, Olga is mine

11:00am estimo:

jew's harf in Estonian is called "parmupill". youtu.be...

11:00am w41:

What WFMU-related activities can I undertake on my first visit to NY/NJ?

11:01am βrian:

The Duane train has no Positive Train Control, so you'd better hold on tight.

11:01am estimo:

i did a studio visit!

11:02am Wild Neil:

These GIFs are nuts!

11:03am SteveFromStatenIsland:

w41 check what events are going on on the front page, make a journey to monty hall

11:05am w41:

Thanks!

11:08am βrian:

Flint, arise!

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11:09am Ken From Hyde Park:

Now we're talkin'!

11:10am common:

gonna have grand funk in my skull for my walk to work. thank you, ken!

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11:12am AnAnonymousParty:

My foot hurts now.

11:16am Carmichael:

Good morning Kenneth and all available others. Now THIS is some foot-stompin' music.

11:16am Cliff:

Just checked out that Olga Podluzhnaya video on youtube......holy shit she's amazing

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11:17am -Ken:

Right Cliff?! She is beyond words.

11:19am Dr. Goot:

She's a humdinger!

11:19am Cliff:

I also like the audience full of ex-Communist bureaucrats politely clapping at the end

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11:20am Rich in Warshington:

Howdy, Ken! Great show you got going on here.

11:21am βrian:

Apparatchik Clapping was a precursor to Beat Happening.

11:23am rsj:

holy mole! that's a proudest i've been to be half a jew since irwin first played walking jewish

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11:25am -Ken:

Yeah, the audience for that Olga P video is really funny. She should come to NYC. She'd be Yuge. Thank you Rich!

11:26am MD:

Such Happy Music!

11:26am Cliff:

You should bring her in to Monty Hall!

11:27am Cliff:

And the apparatchiks too

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11:31am Webhamster Henry:

For a second I thought this was a pedal steel version of the Hut Sut Polka.

11:35am Cliff:

Good think I took my Gabapentin this morning or that Dylan gif would be giving me seizures

11:36am SeanG:

wow electric version. bring dylan to monty hall!

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11:37am -Ken:

That Dylan GIF is the only reason I take Gabapentin. Glad to be of service.

11:39am MattZ:

this is the highlight of the 18cds

11:39am Carmichael:

Dylan could jam with Olga.

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11:39am Ken From Hyde Park:

Welp...Firefox just crashed on me. I can't say if it was the Dylan GIF or not, since Firefox crashes several times a day on my computer.

11:39am Okasa:

I just got back to find I missed Ken's steel guitar set! Woe is me...

11:44am oks:

i was waiting for this song!

11:44am Laura L:

An instant classic!

11:45am Ike:

I'm going to blame all kinds of things on that Dylan GIF.

11:45am steve:

yeah cosmic matrix!

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11:45am Ken From Hyde Park:

Here comes that great new Andy Breckman / Don McLean song! Yay and hooray!

11:46am steve:

so good

11:47am Okasa:

This is the best song that Don McClean ever co-wrote!

11:48am Cliff:

Such thought-provoking lyrics

11:50am Tommy:

These are great ! Best Ken and Andy idea ever..not really but you know what I mean,,just wish the subject matter was not domestic violence

11:53am Lewis:

too bad the guy with the oscilloscope isn't Raymond Scott...

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11:54am Webhamster Henry:

I guess I have to do my own cover of this.

11:54am Elisa In Italy:

Hi Ken and WFMU listeners!!! The swelling has not gone down for me. Ok, have a great rest of your set, going back to work!

11:56am βrian:

I'd make the road trip for the Flint concert.

11:57am Cliff:

Thanks Ken, especially for Olga

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11:58am -Ken:

Bye everybody!

11:59am Wild Neil:

Olga is smoking hot when you look at her other photos...

11:59am Wild Neil:

Bye Ken!

12:05pm Drabatoon:

Awesome show and you made me laugh a few times. Thank you!