Burn Me with Hot Cheese: Ken's show

Listener comments!

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6:00am -Ken:

Morning peoples!

6:05am cory:

morning, ken

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6:05am -Ken:

Hi Cory!

6:16am cory:

is know the time that i should email you about a special request?

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6:40am -Ken:

Yes! But don't email me, just post it here.

6:44am cory:

groovy, i won a seth mcfarline record from clay's first week show and was hoping that you and clay could autograph it so i can put it on a wall

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6:47am -Ken:

Ah! Here I thought it was a request for the show. Yes, I can do that - remind me tomorrow, when Clay is at the station.

6:48am cory:

6:56am f×f× (:

Morning, Ken and cory!

I have a very humble request for today.

It's not a specific song but an entire show. Specifically I'd like you to recreate the show recorded on June 28rd, 1996, including its respective mic breaks, commentary and everything. A live archive request if you like.

Alternatively you can play whatever you want (e.g Mueran Hermanos' El Circulo).

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7:35am AnAnonymousParty:

I would like to hear a show from the future, just in case I'm busy that day.

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7:37am -Ken:

f0f0 is that my earliest online playlist or something?

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7:40am Ken From Hyde Park:

Who likes dog GIFs? www.pbh2.com...

7:41am Fido:

Woof!

7:43am P-90:

The Corgi and the Cabbage is one of my all-time favorite dog gifs. Good Morning Ken & Co.

8:05am f×f× (:

Ken,

Yes. It is the earliest...playlist. There's no music archive in it.

It's called The French Creep (I wonder why)
http://wfmu.org/Playlists/Ken/ken.960628

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8:09am -Ken:

Cool idea f0f0, thank you!
P-90, the cabbage eating corgis are my favorite dog GIFs ever and it's also one of my most favorited GIFS by y'all.

8:19am Marcel M:

Morning Ken and friends. The corgi cabbage gif is amazing. It is a favorite on my profile page. I've got a nice collection of them on there now from this show.

8:50am Cliff:

(looks at Marcel's profile) I like the corgi cabbage gif too! Good morning everyone :)

8:52am f×f× (:

We should have an Artificial Intelligence chatbot in here to keep us entertained before the show starts. It would interact with us providing musical insights and unknown facts about WFMU DJs.

8:56am Cliff:

I read online that Microsoft is having trouble with one of their chatbots, it now believes that all Japanese people like anime and won't stop talking to you about it if it finds out you're from Japan.

8:59am Michael:

Morning Ken - nice pic in the Times this morning.

8:59am cory:

mugshot?

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9:01am Ken From Hyde Park:

Hey, the show is starting!

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9:01am -Ken:

Got a link Michael? The WFMu documentary starts a week-long run at the IFC Center in 6th ave in NYC today.

9:01am Michael:

www.nytimes.com...

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9:02am -Ken:

Yes Cliff, the Tay Chatbot was pretty fascinating... Racists on Reddit took it over and turned it into a sex-crazed, Hitler loving aryan nations bot.

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9:02am -Ken:

Thank you Michael~!

9:03am Cliff:

I like that Bridget is here to keep an eye on the comments board today.

9:04am MD:

good morning all you Merry Band Of Freeform Pirates!!!

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9:04am -Ken:

Oh Jesus.. a Patrick Swayze record followed me in here this morning.

9:04am MD:

Avast ye!!!

9:05am MD:

Ahoy hoy!

9:05am ?:

Michael, Ken

At the botton of the NYT article review says:

"A version of this review appears in print on March 30, 2016, on page C6 of the New York edition with the headline: What Radio Sounds Like, Hanging by a Shoestring."

9:08am Marcel M:

"Sex and Broadcasting," With an emphasis on the latter... hahahahah... it sounds like a joke Andy Breckman would make!

9:09am Fido:

Die cabbages, die! I hate you! I hate you all! My mom was run over by a cabbage truck. Here's what I think of you, stinking cabbages! Now you're cole slaw, ah-hahahahahahahahahaah!

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9:10am -Ken:

It's true Marcel. It sucks that all the sex was edited out of the documentary but there you go. I qwill be there doing a live Q&A after the 730pm show at IFC tonight.

9:10am Chrizzi:

happy 3pm from Berlin!

9:11am Marcel M:

Have fun Ken. I'll be seeing Faust here in Brooklyn. How were they at Monty?

9:12am f×f× (:

MUERAAAAN HERMANOOOOOOOS!!!!

What a band. Thanks so much, Ken, for introducing me to the Argentinian couple.

By the way, I think, judging by the lyrics, 'El Circulo' is a nationalistic political statement about the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

The UN resolution of this week just expanded this 'Circulo' when it gave Argentina the right of a vast maritime territory (covering the islands).

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9:13am Ken From Hyde Park:

Something amiss with the Nancy dream GIF? It just shows a swirly in the middle.

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9:14am -Ken:

hI Chrizzi! Im gonna play your band !

9:16am f×f× (:

Ken From Hyde Park,

It takes a while but at the end the gif image should load. It is worth the wait. Trust me.

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9:16am -Ken:

Ken from hp - It must be your connection. Her dream loads fine for me, in vivid living 256 colors.

9:17am Chrizzi:

Hello Ken, So Kind, thanks for playing :) big hug and luv! chrizzi

9:17am Cliff:

Ken from HP, you might want to pour yourself a cup of coffee while you wait for it to load.

9:17am Uncle Michael:

Oooh, I didn't knew there was a new Fat White Family album.

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9:19am -Ken:

Yeah its a good one too Michael. And they are playing live at the WFMU Record Fair.

9:19am Cliff:

This Yukon Orange song is very catchy!

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9:19am Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, guys. Call my boss and tell him I'm going to be delayed today waiting for something important to arrive.

9:19am Brendan:

Sounds great Chrizzi

9:23am DJ_Guy:

Big chune!

9:23am Uncle Michael:

That's excellent news. I'll take a bow for debuting them. Doing so got attention from a member of UK band called Atomic Suplex, who are also pretty cool.

9:24am P-90:

Can't get enough of "Corgi vs. Cabbage", thanks!
And congrats on the good review in the Times. The reviewer seemed a bit bewildered by it all, but ultimately grokked well, for an outlander.

9:25am SeanG:

Dance to the Radio!

9:25am Lizardner Dave:

So, how'd everyone like this week's episode of Vinyl in which Richie conceives of the entire alt-country/Americana movement about 15 years early while making a pitch to sign Elvis?

9:25am steveo:

media2.giphy.com...

9:25am Ryab:

The last song that made me dance was Cured Pink with (I'm) Swimming.

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9:26am Webhamster Henry:

This set is dedicated to the WFMU transmitters.

9:32am Roger Waters:

Die gong, die! I hate you! I hate you all! My dad was run over by a gong truck. Here's what I think of you, stinking gong! I'll beat you to death and write a song about how much I hate you! Ah-hahahahahahahahahaah!

9:33am steveo:

Gotta move on.

9:33am Ryab:

I don't think you'll be able to resist the wha--

9:34am jan:

What an image, Ken, of Iggy and Keith as the sole survivors distributing provisions!

9:35am f×f× (:

Nothing to thank, Ken. Thank YOU!

9:36am Brian C.:

off topic--re: Record Store Day, is there any way to know where a particular limited edition record might be for sale? I've never shopped on RSD and was hoping to get a special Feelies EP. Thx for any info

9:36am f×f× (:

Ken,

Did you know Laibach played live in North Korea few months ago ? The first western band that has ever played over there.

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9:37am -Ken:

Yes, f0f0, it couldnt have happened to a weirder band. Brian C, how many record store days are there a year these days?

9:38am Cliff:

It's Gwenno! I really need to get this album.

9:38am SeanG:

epic show already! love you

9:39am Marcel M:

I think there are at least 2 RSDs now.. and Brian, I think you just need to go when they open and fight your way through, avoiding the Phish fans who want their box sets.

9:40am Cliff:

Actually, isn't it Gwynno? :)

9:41am Cliff:

Agh, never mind, the song I heard from them yesterday was spelled that way

9:50am βrian:

Oh, Lord. I've *had* that Nancy dream!

9:51am f×f× (:

GWEENNOOO!!

Here's an excerpt from the handy 'Pronunciation Guide To Gwenno Music':

"
About 'Fratolish Hiany Perpeshki'

The letter F should be labialized without protrusion of the lips or velarization.

The syllable Hia is pharyngealized.

The Shki sound should be emited with the retracted tongue root.

The Perp syllable is a group spirated voiced consonants. Therefore pronounce it accordingly.

The letter 'A' in Hiany should be pronounced with a voiceless dental fricative release.

"

Hope it helps. It definitely helps me.

9:53am SeanG:

heard a few of these barry adamson songs lately and they are all AMAZING

9:53am Cliff:

Perfectly clear f×f×

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9:54am Webhamster Henry:

Or you can just pop a radish in your mouth as you say it....

9:55am Marcel M:

I love this DJCS song.

9:56am Marcel M:

oops djFcs* can't forget that F

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9:56am -Ken:

Is anybody still watching HBO's "Vinyl?" Last Sunday's episide was the best and worst ever! Recap coming up.

9:57am Marcel M:

@Ken: With your recaps, there's no need to watch it!

9:59am SeanG:

drugs, drugs, drugs

9:59am f×f× (:

Joking aside...You know whose profile I found on Tinder around London just few days ago? Gwenno's! Her profile pic is her singing on stage. I was flabbergasted!

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10:00am Vivian:

@Brian C - you could call the record store beforehand and ask. Don't listen to Marcel - judging from his comment, he hasn't attended a RSD in quite a while. No Phish box sets!

10:03am Marcel M:

Haha.. I have a friend who works in a record store and complains about Phish fans coming in on record store day. I actually have never been to one, they seem really hellish, at least in NYC.

10:04am SeanG:

phish might be the worst band of all time right behind bare naked ladies

10:04am Marcel M:

Maybe she is imagining the Phish fans... that would be something.

10:06am common:

I was supposed to review a phish record when I was young. I had never heard them. I ended up throwing the cd out of my window. painful.

10:07am f×f× (:

A long time ago I wanted to become a Phish fan after some ardent advocates conviced me. But no matter how much I tried, I never became one.

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10:07am Vivian:

@SeanG & Marcel M- I like Phish. But I also like Replacements, Neil Young, Mission of Burma..and have been listening to WFMU off and on since 1985. My music taste are all over the map. As far as Phish fans hitting RSD, I've never encountered them on line in Atlanta. Most are hipsters.

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10:08am Vivian:

@common - I can't listen to a Phish record. Prefer their live recordings.

10:09am βrian:

I would assume Vinyl is a series about cheap suburban siding.

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10:09am Ken From Hyde Park:

Sounds like a very action-packed episode. Wow!

10:09am Lizardner Dave:

I am Ken, like I noted earlier this is where Richie invents the alt-country movement while pitching Elvis 15 years ahead of the actual alt-country movement.

10:10am Planet Tyler:

Thank you for watching VINYL so I dont have to Ken, many many thanks.........

10:10am KP:

Jagger Jr. is supposed to be Richard Hell, so says Hell in a great takedown review. He does look and dress like him.

10:10am Cliff:

The Theater of the Mind, based on Terrible TV

10:10am OTB:

This is a million times better than watching the actual show.

10:11am KP:

That was one great Stephen Stills

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10:11am AnAnonymousParty:

Worst hour of TV ever? Then you haven't seen an episode of Scorpion.

10:11am Dan B From Upstate:

Ken. Ken. Listen to me. You need to put this on the playlist as Vinyl Time, like Amanda's Simpsons time. This should be a regular feature of the show, and it needs to have a link on the playlist for easy access.

10:11am Marcel M:

No offense intended Vivian, that is just literally the only way I hear about record store day, through that friend.

10:11am Cliff:

Guh

10:13am βrian:

Can you speed it up to 78?

10:13am Gerard:

re : "Do It". Pink Fairies song covered by the Rollins Band.

10:14am P-90:

This is why I haven't been able to watch vinyl yet, I know I'm just gonna be so infuriated by the lost opportunity that it will be a challenge to learn to enjoy it for how bad it is...
I'll get over it..

10:16am Marcel M:

YES!

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10:16am bbell:

"Little Fat Man with the Pug Nose Face", an ear worm that I glad let in.

10:19am SeanG:

doitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoit

10:20am Cliff:

I think I like the original better

10:20am f×f× (:

Talking about that, bbell.

Do you know which is Ken's favourite earworm?

Answer at the end of the comments section.

10:21am Cliff:

(Or this demo of it at least)

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10:25am -Ken:

Youre right KP, Jagger Jr. is a British Richard Hell

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10:26am Vivian:

@Marcel - It's okay, no offense taken!

10:27am melinda:

Damn, I see I missed Pathetic Little Fat Man.

10:27am SeanG:

YES!! love you Ken

10:28am Michele:

T O N E T T A ! ! ! ! ! !

10:29am Aaron in Minneapolis:

Well I took the plunge and tangoed with Scharpling last night, it went over well

10:30am Billy London:

I'll take 4 drugs please!

10:30am SeanG:

burn me with that hot cheese!

10:31am Big Headed Tony:

Tonetta 4 Chief of Staff!

10:32am Chris M.:

show is real good this week

10:34am Aaron in Minneapolis:

I dont think Tom saw a disabled guy who used text to speech to insult him coming

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10:35am -Ken:

Thank you Chris

10:35am SeanG:

that's awesome Aaron! Scharpling is a god amongst men.

10:39am jt:

I am a wise old man, is this song about me?

10:40am JP from KC:

Some real piss 'n' vinegar tunes you're playing, Ken. I dig it!

10:40am sphere:

i just tuned in and for a minute, i thought Wise Ol Man was from a new version of the B-52s.

10:43am Listener Robert:

Ken, are you doing this, or is MS Edge even dumber than I thought when it comes to caching pages?

10:44am Listener Robert:

The playlist page keeps reverting to "Iron Man Exodus" after refreshing the "Now playing".

10:44am Michael:

In a meeting and I guess I missed Ken's weekly Vinyl recap.

10:45am f×f× (:

Listener Robert,

Never heard of the ol' maxim 'There are two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things'?

10:46am Cliff:

It was a good one Michael, we got hear Stephen Stills talking with all the words removed

10:46am Listener Robert:

Internet Explorer was pretty smartly programmed when it came to remotely-updated pages (deciding whether to use cached versions or not), but not so Edge.

10:46am Aaron in Minneapolis:

Ken for your post easter show, can you play some jesus related goodness

10:48am βrian:

I thought MS browsers went the way of cigar bars.

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10:48am Ken From Hyde Park:

I'd give this DJ a high rating, but I don't have a Facebook account. www.ratethatdj.com...

10:49am f×f× (:

I also have that problem, Ken From Hyde Park.

10:50am βrian:

@Ken from Hyde Park: you must learn to interact with the rest of the world through a corporation.

10:52am Cliff:

Is Sainkho Namtchylak the new Olga?

10:52am Losermom:

All the GIFs work with this. It's awesome.

10:52am Ryab:

Omg Ken love this track thanks! Was addicted when I heard it on Jesse's show earlier in the month.

10:53am Listener Robert:

5 secs after the updated playlist data comes, Edge is reverting to a version that was cached minutes earlier. I guess that's better than going blank, but still....

And the MSIE is incompatible w Win 10!

10:53am Brendan:

Sounds similar to Cyriaks Sheep tune . Not baaaa -aaad

10:54am Billy London:

This should be the soundtrack to Ahhhhhhh!

10:55am f×f× (:

A challenger appears to Olga Polutzhnaya!

10:55am Listener Robert:

That's not the only function that seems to have been lost with Edge. The "save" feature doesn't query me for the directory I want the files in. I have to open Downloads & move them.

10:55am Marcel M:

Off to work. Great show today Ken.

10:56am Cliff:

Listener Robert: Do you have to use Edge? Opera works well on Win10.

10:56am SeanG:

Ciao Marcel!

10:58am Listener Robert:

Thanks. I may well try another browser. I technically don't own this laptop (as the guy who got it for me reminded me days ago) & have been very conservative about installing programs on it.

10:59am f×f× (:

"That's not the only function that seems to have been lost with Edge."

Are you talking about U2's latest album?

10:59am Listener Robert:

However, I do regret not having made this dual-boot, Windows & Linux, when we got it. I chickened out largely because it came w Windows preinstalled & no install'n media.

11:01am Cliff:

Matmos is excellent.

11:05am kirk from beer city usa:

Was the Faust show recorded? Will it appear on the FMA?

11:06am Listener Robert:

I was hoping you'd be doing 7SD from the line, as with the preview. I'm already ticketed for tonight.

11:06am P-90:

Yes want

11:07am Cliff:

Yep, Brian Turner mentioned yesterday it will be aired and video streamed in a few weeks

11:08am Fern:

I'll take 'em

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11:09am -Ken:

P-90, email me at ken at wfmu dot org for the tickets

11:09am P-90:

Yes, want tix please

11:09am Cliff:

Oh dear

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11:09am -Ken:

Fern, email meL ken at wfmu dot org

11:10am common:

excellent show ken! must to work. good day all!

11:10am steveo:

Stinking Hellebore: en.wikipedia.org...

11:10am SeanG:

Hola common! have a great day

11:10am P-90:

Thanks Ken! Will do.

11:11am f×f× (:

MEADOW HOUSE!!!

Not to be confused with the other Dan Wilson from the Semisonic band!

11:11am common:

same to you, seang!

11:12am Aaron in Minneapolis:

And I heard theres a screening of Sex and Broadcasting in the works for my fair city, would you be at that Ken?

11:13am Fern:

Ken, I think the marathon has reengerized you. This week's show along with last, are some of the best you've done in a while.

11:18am Cliff:

Agreed, Fern!

11:18am Billy London:

Amazing! DJ Rosie in the haus, what's her secret gift?

11:19am Billy London:

Ammatoors

11:19am f×f× (:

I think the best show Ken has ever produced is one he made few years ago which wasn't archived because it never went on air (a storm had just blew away the transmitter). It is his most uninhibited, unrestrained show because it was streamed online without any FCC restrictions. I still remember what I was doing when I heard the show.

11:21am Jeffy Jazz:

The 1st video show was stellar!
It's hard to pick a Ken fave, though!

11:21am βrian:

But why wasn't it archived?

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11:21am -Ken:

aww thanks everybody

11:21am Murakami Whywolf:

f×f× (: What was the date, I was time-shifting a lot back then and might be able to find it....

11:23am Jeffy Jazz:

Sadly, Ckurdt Cobain went to The Lake of Fire.

11:23am f×f× (:

The show wasn't archived because it was somehow improvised in Ken's house I think. Isn't Ken?

11:24am Cliff:

I remember what you're talking about f×f×, it was during one of the hurricanes and nobody could even get to the station

11:25am Cliff:

The DJs who still had power at their homes were web streaming from their own computers

11:26am Aaron in Minneapolis:

Sandy did a number to the station

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11:26am Webhamster Henry:

Ken was broadcasting from a rowboat in his sewage-filled basement.

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11:27am Rich in Washington:

I remember those days. Despite everyone's hardships, it was riveting radio. Immediate.

11:27am f×f× (:

The playlist exists but points to no file archive. But I can't remember the date. But it was during the aftermath of a hurricane that unfortunately canceled the Hippie Parade (Record Fair) that year.

11:28am Murakami Whywolf:

I realise it's somewhat anti-democratic, but I suddenly felt nostalgic for old-money rich politicians with some sense of noblesse oblige and public probity...then again, all my grandparents were born when Victoria was Queen of England &c....and I'm not Japanese-American.

11:29am Aaron in Minneapolis:

Yes that was Sandy fxfx

11:30am Fern:

@ fx, that was Sandy, so the show must have been in later October of 2012.

11:31am f×f× (:

Indeed, Aaron. Sandy basically waterboarded Ken's show that day.

11:31am Parq:

@ Murakami W:
www.nytimes.com...

11:32am Aaron in Minneapolis:

Wish I ripped that stream

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11:32am -Ken:

f0f0 you're thinking of the silent shiow I did the morning after Sandy? Is here: www.wfmu.org...

11:32am AlecInBath:

Can't believe I missed tonetta getting airtime, been recommending him to DJs on 6music for ages to no avail

11:33am Listener Robert:

A 7SD that doesn't seem to be archived now was when Andy put Ken's kids to bed.

11:34am Aaron in Minneapolis:

Ken you haven't answered any of my questions to you, are you that sick of me?

11:34am f×f× (:

Yes! That same show, Ken!

From the comments below:

Fern: Tue. 10/30/12 6:01pm
Yo Ken, there gonna be an archive if this historic show?? I couldn't listen live.

11:35am fred:

@Aaron: Ken is actually short for Koan. He just doesn't answer questions

11:35am SeanG:

there's also a Clay Pigeon show that isn't archived. he had a robot named Randy talking and it bummed everybody out, but not me! it's like September or October of last year. I need to hear it again!

11:37am Cliff:

I'm not sure if this was the same hurricane, but I remember Clay Pigeon and Julie doing a marathon Saturday overnight/Sunday morning session because no one else could make it to the station, until Keili came in at 9am (and then Clay started interrogating her nonstop, heh)

11:39am Pete:

Actually the Alien is British

11:41am Sem Chumbo:

@fred: oh, you kidder you.

11:42am Michael:

Anyone remember Ken's Bohemian Rhapsody show?

11:42am Parq:

Gee. The customer review of "Sounds Like Teen Spirit" on Amazon include one from Bob Shannon.

11:44am f×f× (:

Unfortunately yes, Michael. Somehow it managed to stay in my long term memory.

11:44am Losermom:

I cannot get enough of surfer instrumental. This one I may have to add to my itunes.

11:47am Cliff:

What was the Bohemian Rhapsody show? Nothing but covers of Bohemian Rhapsody? I remember a show a few years ago with a set of Anarchy in the UK covers.

11:48am sphere:

Now I come back and someone is rapping with Tuva throat singing. I love you Ken! :P

11:50am βrian:

Yat-Kha Rock

11:50am Brendan:

I thought he might

11:50am fred:

@Cliff: that may qualify as a trigger word (or words, actually), so consult your attorney before uttering such things

11:51am Mick:

This has been an amazing show, replete with beautiful madness. Ken, fingers crossed see you at the screening tonight...

11:51am Brendan:

I thought he might have been sampling the singer in Laibach

11:53am Cliff:

More corgis destroying vegetables!

(fred: Trigger word?! What.)

11:54am Ricky_dawg:

I LOVE U

11:54am Parq:

I agree that this has been a great, great show. Ken, kill 'em tonight. I'll be seeing the pic at some point during the run.

11:55am f×f× (:

Muchos thanks, Ken! Great show as like any other previous shows(*). Till next episode, people!

(*) Except the Bohemian Rhapsody one

11:56am fred:

@Cliff: so you really haven't heard the infamous Bohemian Rhapsody show. Well it was worth it. Not that I'd be liable for any injury claim if you actually listen to it