These Dogs are Made for Barking: Ken's show

Listener comments!

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6:42am -Ken:

Hi friends. I feel like I've been gone for months..

6:46am maestroso:

G'morning Ken and welcome back!

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6:49am -Ken:

Thank you Maestroso

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6:56am Ken From Hyde Park:

I hear Trump's scampaign fund is currently $1.3 million. Sounds like he needs advice on how to run an enterprise on a budget that size. Where could he possibly turn for help?
I hope this week has been better for you than last week, Ken.

7:08am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

Good morning, Kens, Maestroso!

It really felt Ken was away for months!

I'm sorry to hear Rooster passed away. Rooster, what a very very very very very good dog you were.

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7:26am -Ken:

Thanks for the Rooster thoughts guys,

7:28am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Good morning Ken & everybody, and rest in peace Rooster.

7:30am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

By the way Ken, do you have any more info on that St. Tony & The Death Biscuits show coming up at Monty Hall, with The Gangrenes and Cogito Ergot Rye opening?

7:37am Michael:

Morning Ken and welcome back.

7:42am sphere:

morning all. condolences, Ken.

7:45am cory:

hi everyone. sorry to hear about Rooster.

7:56am sphere:

John Allen just said that Ben is subbing for you, Ken. At least that's what I thought he said.

7:59am Michael:

I heard that too. Could be the beginning of some staff revolt.

8:03am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

Or maybe Ken (Kenneth) is now Ben (Benedette). I heard sex change is all the rage now.

8:06am cory:

Ben just wants to use the restroom with the couch.

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8:07am -Ken:

Sounds like John Allen had a stroke. Maybe. I'll check. Any requests?

8:11am cory:

porn for the blind

8:14am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

Gary and Down with Culture, please!

8:14am Michael:

Some tunes that explain Brexit to us ignorant ‘mericans.
Or Don McLean with his divorce settlement costing him big bucks for Andy

8:14am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Hey Ken, how about Tea Time Ska by TsuShiMaMiRe?

8:16am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

I think ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ has a pronunciation guide ready to go and everything.

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8:21am Ken From Hyde Park:

Request: Some pooeyflute.

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8:24am -Ken:

Shittyflute? Good idear!

8:44am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

Brexit is the British version of 'turkeys voting for Christmas'.

8:45am People Like Us:

I think you'll find it's Pooeyflute.

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8:48am -Ken:

Is it really pooeyflute? I already retitled them all shittyflute!

8:52am People Like Us:

it's no good, you're right, it's Shittyflute
but when you *say* it on the air it's Pooeyflute

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8:53am -Ken:

I prefer Sheissflauten

8:55am People Like Us:

well it depends whether you want proper English, how the Queen would say it

8:55am cory:

Ken are you Ben?

8:56am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

"Ben Walker", huh?

8:57am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Ken, I think Ben Walker would want you to say Pooeyflute on the air. Or wait, is it that Ken would want Ben to say Pooeyflute? I'm a bit confused at the moment.

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8:58am -Ken:

Damn you autocorrect! It's SheisseFlote. And I am Ken, not Ben.

8:59am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Ken, you might want to think about firing this schmo that's on the air right now calling you Ben.

9:00am People Like Us:

I think everyone wants you to say Pooeyflute apart from the Germans

9:00am People Like Us:

... Ben.

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9:01am Ken From Hyde Park:

All hail the mighty Knuckles!

9:01am cory:

Ben, i love this song!

9:02am cory:

and yes, party with sluts

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9:02am Ken From Hyde Park:

Thoughts and prayers to the recently departed Rooster and his friends and family.

9:02am Wild Neil:

Peace Ken et al. Pooeyflute has a certain ring to it with all those vowels.

9:03am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Is that Ben in the photo? I recognize Rooster, what a good boy.

9:03am Fern:

I was hoping I'd hear Knuckles today

9:03am Sem Chumbo:

Bill Mac does a pretty decent cover of this.

9:04am Cheri Pi:

KNUCKLES!

9:04am pantz:

Choosy mom's choose Ken's Gifs! G'morning.

9:05am thedunkel:

blogfiles.wfmu.org...

9:05am Roberto:

Condolences on your loss, Ken.

9:08am Wild Neil:

Condolences Ken, sorry for your loss.

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9:09am Ken From Hyde Park:

Today is now Dogstep Day.

9:10am Cecile:

RIPRooster, hola Ken!

9:10am KP:

Lou and his musical mutts are disturbing my cat's nap

9:10am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

This has gotta be how dogs hear music.

9:10am Cecile:

I missed Knuckle!

9:11am AndrewC.:

Just signed in to tell Ben Walker to stop pretending to be Ken. Only Ken can get away with barking dog songs.

9:11am tomasz.:

oh no, Rooster. so sorry, Ken.

9:11am KP:

It's ruff

9:11am tomasz.:

great Velvets redux also. (redogz?)

9:12am thedunkel:

Sorry ken!
blogfiles.wfmu.org...

9:12am Yvang:

These dogs are made for barking.

9:13am JakeGould:

Is this the dog day of summer?

9:14am Cecile:

How about "Get Down" by Gilbert O' Sullivan? It was literally about his dog.

9:14am Marcel M:

Driving around Wooflyn with this blasting

9:14am doctorjazz:

This is wild, love the gifs as well.

9:14am pierre:

@KP : The Velvet Underdog search in google lead me to you :)

Bonjour everyone !

9:15am AndrewC.:

Perhaps you have the mp3? It's very touching: lyricsplayground.com...

9:15am rsj:

Im gonna play this for gusto our cat when i get home

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9:15am Ken From Hyde Park:

This show went straight to the dogs!

9:15am Cecile:

Bonjour, Pierre!

9:16am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

I hear Pooey

9:16am Yvang:

Dog will forgive us.

9:16am Sem Chumbo:

Dog, gone:-/

9:16am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

Look people, it's pierre!!
Vive Le Pierre!!

9:16am pierre:

the ShittyFlute version of TOTO Africa, is one of my fav

9:17am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Really WFMU should just change its format to Pooeyflute 24/7

9:17am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

I can do pretty good cover of the Shittyflute's We Are the Champions

9:17am Cecile:

Fotc had a recorder battle during their show Friday. Pretty funny!

9:17am thedunkel:

blogfiles.wfmu.org...

9:17am Yvang:

Je préfère Le Pierre à Lapierre.

9:18am doctorjazz:

I do shittyguitar myself...

9:18am AndrewC.:

Sounds more like a recorder than a flute. Still shitty though.

9:18am pierre:

Hi everyone ! :)
How are things on the land of WFMU ?

9:18am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

What if Ken did a 3-hour show of nothing but Pooeyflute covers of Bohemian Rhapsody? Just a thought

9:19am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Hey, I recognize that drum beat! Thanks Ken!

9:20am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

Here's how you pronounce TsuShiMaMire'.

'Tsu' is pronounced in an unvoiced dental/alveolar stop with the tongue between upper-mid and high positions. Take into account the 'S' is a coronal sibilant with a secondary stress.

The 'ShiMa' part contains both back close vowels and pulmonic consonants so please voiced them with aspirated glottal spiranto but neither rounded nor unrounded.

Pronounce the 'MiRe' ending part with a non-sibilant fricative on a pharyngeal manner. That is, treat the first as a consonant that momentarily stops the air flow through your mouth followed by the second syllable that you pronounce by forcing the air through a small gap.

In simpler words, follow the pattern: nasalised > velarised > palatalised

9:21am thedunkel:

Oh wow there is a reddit on shittyflute
www.reddit.com...

9:21am Marcel M:

Oh man! That photo with Rooster <3

9:21am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Oh my frickin' gawd ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ , you shure know yer phonetics terminology! That's gotta be the best pronunciation guide yet

9:22am Kat in Chicago:

Ken in top form this morning!

9:23am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

Cliff,

I feel Japanese everytime I pronounce TsuShuMaMire thanks to the handy guide.

9:23am Yvang:

The big news about WFMU is that Pere Ubu will be in the studio next Tuesday.

9:23am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Now for some morning chai.

9:23am rsj:

that's a fancy breed

9:24am Yvang:

Cornegidouille!

9:24am melinda:

Good morning Ken & everyone!

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9:26am -Ken:

Oh my God Yvang, you're right! Gotta play some Ubu

9:26am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

You know ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ , I'm quite adept at the production of bibuccal trills myself. Especially after eating lots of beans & rice. *RRIIIIIIPPPP*

9:27am Blacula420:

and a good wednesday to u all, fellow Ken frens

9:27am MD:

He's a freeform man in a freeform land!!!

9:28am MD:

Hello and Good morning Freeform Droogs!!!

9:28am Yvang:

They even have a song called "Use of a dog" I just find out.

9:29am Blacula420:

the tree of freeform must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and clear channel

9:29am Yvang:

And another one "All the dogs are barking" but is the dogmentum over?

9:30am pierre:

A shitty flute version of Non-alignment Pact would be appreciated

9:32am pierre:

@ Yvang : can I ask where do you get that "Cornegidouille" word ?

9:32am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

My favourite part of the No Es Ese Tipo de Fiesta is when Julieta climbs a tree and gets told to get down from there.

9:32am pierre:

sorry, I got that it is a Pere Ubu reference, but yeah, my comment board timing is bad

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9:33am Vivian:

Ken, my belated condolences on Rooster. From the pixs, I can tell you gave him a wonderful life.

9:34am Marcel M:

This is great!

9:35am Yvang:

I love the Ubu words : Pompe à phynance, merdre, etc.

9:36am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

How many different overlapping songs we got going here?

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9:37am Ken From Hyde Park:

Pretty good song salad there.

9:37am pierre:

Yvang, I need more Alfred Jarry in my life

9:38am pierre:

this is for this kind of song that I tune in Ken show

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9:39am Webhamster Henry:

Cuing the Led Zeppelin Lawyers!

9:41am Nick S.:

Oak tree you're in my way.

9:41am bobdoesthings:

goood morning!

9:41am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Lynyrd Skynyrd on Ken's show? I must be in heaven

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9:41am Webhamster Henry:

That Smell! freemusicarchive.org...

9:41am bobdoesthings:

did someone fart?

9:42am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Hey Ken can you play Freebird next week? Either the original, the Dylan cover, or Pooeyflute would be great.

9:42am Roberto:

Ha ha we just posted that "do not dumb" image in our work area yesterday.

9:42am Kat in Chicago:

Ass kicking freeform radio!

9:43am Roberto:

I suppose "Do Not Dumb" could have been the working title of this Skynyrd song.

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9:43am -Ken:

Did you get the shirt Kat??!!

9:43am MD:

THAT FREEFORM SMELLL!!!

9:43am MD:

I FEEL A TRUMP SET COMMIN'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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9:44am Ken From Hyde Park:

I don't smell anything. Am I doing this right?

9:44am Ike:

How long IS this terrible song? Somebody pls let me know when it's safe to come back! Ugggggggggggh.

9:44am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

KenHP, hold on a sec and I'll produce a few more bibuccal trills for you.

9:45am bobdoesthings:

I have that pen!!!

9:45am Cecile:

I still like this song.

9:46am bobdoesthings:

It doesn't write anymore.. but the plan still crashes!

9:46am Michael:

Still have my Skynyrd pen!

9:46am Nick S.:

Shittyflute it!

9:46am bobdoesthings:

*plane

9:46am Roberto:

Holy schmit! Where can I get me one of them pens?

9:47am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Hahaha, omg that's great Ken!! Yeah, musicians get a bit freaked out over plane crashes, you know.

9:47am Marcel M:

Aren't those pens still around? I could have sworn I saw one at the record fair on the swag table.. but I could have hallucinated it.

9:48am Michael:

Right Bob. Plane still crashes, pen no writes.

9:48am bobdoesthings:

WAIT?! Does WFMU no longer make the parkway logo sticker anymore?! I wanted another one!

9:48am Ike:

Damn, I missed part of the cease-and-desist update because you folks didn't tell me it was safe to come back. Oh well, c'est la freeform.

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9:48am Webhamster Henry:

It was a great day when my son got his first YouTube takedown notice at the tender age of 9 or so.

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9:48am Ken From Hyde Park:

Have fun figuring out the royalties for that one!

9:48am Blacula420:

nice Henry, a strong start in life surely

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9:49am Webhamster Henry:

WFMU Floaty Pens! store.wfmustore.org...

9:50am Marcel M:

@BOB: I think there are still many of those around

9:50am Kat in Chicago:

Awww, Rooster! RIP

9:50am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

VOIVODDDDDDDD

9:50am sphere:

VOIVOD!

9:50am famous original icecreamwolf:

Aw, RIP Rooster!! My condolences, Ken.

9:50am MD:

Ken Headroom!!!!

9:50am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

Wait, what? Did not hear. Spanish on SSD?

9:51am Lizardner Dave:

So sorry about Rooster Ken. You gave that dog a wonderful life.

9:51am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Prank calls in Spanish (done by two guys who can't speak Spanish)

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9:51am Ken From Hyde Park:

Voivod! !! !!!

9:52am pierre:

VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiIIIIIiiiiiiiVVVVVVVvvvvvvVVVVVVVVVvvvvvvVVVVVVVVVvvvvvvOOOooooOOOOOOOOOoooooOOOOOOOoooooooooDDDDDDDddddddDDDDDDDdddddDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!

9:52am Cecile:

Vooooooooivodddddddd!

9:52am Okasa:

Good morning all.

9:52am cory:

VVVVVVVVOOOOOOOOOOOOIIIIIIIIIIIVVVVVVVVOOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!

9:52am Blacula420:

now if only Nile had a song called "The Voivod Song"

9:52am ChristianL:

Damn, this Voivod is hot stuff!

9:52am Kat in Chicago:

@Ken I requested the shirt, it hasn't arrived yet though. I got the prizes I won on air but not the main pile o' swag yet.

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9:52am -Ken:

Thanks for all the Rooster love everybody. Rooster was a huge Voivod fan too

9:53am Nick:

Hey Ken--did you make it out to Denver yet? How was it?

9:54am Okasa:

By the way, the Japanese on that sign says… "Please do not throw away garbage here."

9:54am ˫̃V ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

VOOOOOOIVOO-

*Cough*

Excuse me.

VOIVOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!

9:54am Blacula420:

i heard since they legalized pot downtown Denver is basically like Mogadishu circa 1993, I have to assume these reports are true and accurate

9:54am cory:

KKKKKKKHHHHHHHHHHHHHLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!

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9:54am -Ken:

Nick, I had a great time in Denver but the legal weed scene was incredibly disappointing. I'll talk about that later this AM

9:55am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

KHLAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

9:55am bobdoesthings:

KHLAAAMMMM!!

9:55am Marcel M:

I feel like when its legal in NYC they will just sell it in Bodegas.

9:55am Marcel M:

Or rather, that is my dream.

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9:56am Ken From Hyde Park:

Khlam! !! !!!

9:56am Andrew Waterloo:

VOIIVODDD! just saw them last night!!

9:56am ˫̃V ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

KHLAAAAAAA-

* cough *
* cough *
* cough *

KHAA-

* cough *

Can't * cough * do this.

9:57am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

VOIVOD, then KHLAM.....could it be OLGA next?

9:57am bobdoesthings:

@marcel - Yeah but I'd imagine you wouldn't want to get it at the bodegas.. but it's nice as a last ditch effort or if you're too lazy to go to the more boutique dispensaries..

9:57am Sem Chumbo:

Yes, it is true, I am a Khlam digger.

9:57am sphere:

KHLAM KHLAM KHLAM

9:58am cory:

keep khlam and carry on

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10:00am Webhamster Henry:

Sorry to hear about Rooster! Has anyone checked on Muuro, former WFMU spokesanimal?

10:00am Marcel M:

Industrial Jazz, baby.

@Bob: Nah, I'm sure Bani Mart downstairs is going to have the stickiest of the icks.

10:00am Kat in Chicago:

This show is better than coffee

10:02am Blacula420:

Is there any pre-industrial/agrarian jazz?

10:03am βrian:

Coffee? What, are you some kind of apostate?

10:05am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

Yes, Blacula420. Once there was Maiz Davis

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10:05am -Ken:

`Oh my god, does the computer make a noise everytime a new comment comes in?!

10:05am Blacula420:

i can dig it

10:06am cory:

10:06am bobdoesthings:

@marcel - HAH! we'll see!

10:06am cory:

hope

10:06am cory:

10:07am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Four

10:07am Marcel M:

@Bob: Can't you picture them slingin' it while blasting Versace?

10:07am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

score

10:07am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

and

10:07am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

seven

10:07am cory:

10:07am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

years

10:07am cory:

10:08am βrian:

I slept so well last night. I slept like a baby animal.

10:08am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

ago

10:08am cory:

dig

10:08am bobdoesthings:

@Marcel .. hahahaha! ::cringes::

10:08am rosso:

Those dings were me sending ken gchat messages. oops, sorry!

10:08am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

our

10:09am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

fathers

10:09am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

brought

10:09am cory:

this

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10:09am -Ken:

Oh man it was my gchat!

10:10am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Oh, never mind then.

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10:10am -Ken:

hahaha that's OK rosso, I liked it. Do it again.

10:10am Marcel M:

@Ken: haha. I was looking for new messages on my gmail (how stoned are you?)

10:13am Blacula420:

can we get a Hot Tuna song, for no particular reason

10:17am rsj:

killdozer is really an alternate universe

10:17am Blacula420:

i always loved Type O Negative's version of this too

10:18am doctorjazz:

Boy, they can really make the Neil Young guitar riff PONDEROUS!

10:18am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

The Type O Negative cover of Cinnamon Girl is a fun one too

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10:18am Ken From Hyde Park:

By the way, thanks to Sasha for inviting DJ HotRod to fill in for her yesterday morning. That was such a fun show! If there's a way to add HotRod to any more shows, that would be great.

10:18am Cecile:

Kvelertak!

10:19am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Haha, beat me to it Blacula420!

10:19am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Btw 420 is the calling code for the Czech Republic.

10:19am P-90:

Hi Ken & Co! Pere Ubu, Voivod, and (God help me) Lynyrd Shynyrd are always welcome.
Khlam: like certain kinds of poetry or stinky exotic cheeses, a taste that requires a period of cultivation to acquire.

10:20am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

YYYAAAAAHHHHSSSSSSS

10:21am P-90:

Also this Killdozer cover is KILLER. Neil's gotta love it.

10:22am Cecile:

What Ken said about Hot Rod

10:22am Cecile:

Pete Steele kind of sounds like Cher

10:22am doctorjazz:

Type O Negative manage to get metal in there and still keep some lightness.

10:23am P-90:

A "Cinnamon" twofer!

10:23am Polyus:

Type O had a good Beatles medley as well.

10:23am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Yeah I love any metal band that doesn't take themselves *too* seriously

10:23am Mikeee:

Cher + Pete Steele = Mr. Ed

10:25am Cecile:

Mikeee exactly! Ha!

10:25am Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

@Ken, I'll take that as a feature request to add sound effects for each new comment posted. Would you prefer screams or moans?

10:26am rosso:

@Kenzo, moans during safe harbor, screams otherwise.

10:26am Cecile:

How about a cash register sound, Kenzo?

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10:27am Ken From Hyde Park:

I request a dog bark yip sound, please.

10:28am Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

It'll do a random audio search using the first word of the comment.

10:28am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

I had a professor come in giggling in hysterics one morning because a student had submitted an essay about Gandhi but their spellcheck changed it all to Gonad

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10:32am -Ken:

It would be nice to be able to toggle the sounds for each comment, on or off, and choose different sounds.

10:32am JP from KC:

Morning, all! Is it as stifling hot in your neck of the woods as it is in mine?

10:33am melinda:

I like this Soldier Kane. Especially with the cloggers.

10:34am βrian:

The heat has rolled off the isthmus today. But an onslaught from Thor is on the way.

10:35am People Like Us:

thanks for the comment pop up window Kenzo

10:35am JP from KC:

Also, I'm all for the random sounds for each comment. Also Also, this is a particularly awesome track/gif combo, Ken. Bravo.

10:40am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Yeah, Porest's alternate-universe version of shortwave radio was something else.

10:43am βrian:

Cliff, my wife gave me the run-down on the meaning and distinctions between TEFL TESoL, TOEFL, ESL, and so on. Now I've completely forgotten ...

10:44am Cecile:

I like IMSL
Iron Maiden as a second language

10:44am bobdoesthings:

I want to see some peer-reviewed data on these claims..

10:45am βrian:

"Pro-grum" Heh.

10:45am rosso:

I got into ham radio late last year and my HF transceiver can receive shortwave. It's always great when you stumble upon something that's not just a bible thumping loudmouth, although brother stair is pretty trippy.

10:45am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Well I think usually ESL is used for teaching in English-speaking countries to immigrants, while TEFL is for non-English-speaking countries teaching to children or adult learners. Not sure about TESOL or TOEFL though.

10:45am Cecile:

I use that phrase a lot on Diane's show.

10:45am j-biz:

What is dead may never die.

10:46am Marcel M:

This is making me LOL

10:46am Cecile:

TESOL is Trying English But Shit Out Of Luck

10:46am Rev. Turnip Druid:

loving the freaking hell out of this.

10:47am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Yeah, that's it Cecile! Thanks

10:48am People Like Us:

Porest has a new album out soon (will be previewing it on DO or DIY soon with a feature about him)

10:48am βrian:

The Ham operator in our 'hood finally closed up shop and took down his 60-foot transmission tower. The end of an era, I guess.

10:48am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

DOWN WITH CULTURE
UP WITH HEGEMONY

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10:48am Ken From Hyde Park:

The "no brow" guy from Rex's show would understand this philosophy.

10:48am Andrew Waterloo:

Down with this sort of thing!

10:49am pantz:

Was this inspired by Negativeland?

10:50am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

I'm gonna have to play this Chicken Burned song for my students in the Czech Republic

10:50am Cecile:

Down with culture, up with anemones

10:50am People Like Us:

Mark Porest has been doing this stuff for decades (he has worked with Negativland, yes, but he's his own thing)

10:51am Kat in Chicago:

@Vicki I am looking forward to more Porest!

10:51am pierre:

What is this ..? And how can I get my ears on this ?

AND BONJOUR REV. !

10:51am Parq:

Mrs. Parq just obtained her TESOL certificate from Teacher's College ('scuse me while I brag here) and will be teaching in Poland later this summer. I just told her Cecile's theory, and she says that, for some people, that's pretty accurate.

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10:51am Webhamster Henry:

Thanks Porest & Vicki!

10:52am rosso:

I celebrate fear and trembling every day.

10:52am Blacula420:

loooool this is fantastic

10:53am People Like Us:

his new album is pretty out there, that's for sure (especially if you are American, which many of you are of course)

10:53am Kat in Chicago:

Yay more hits from Optimized!

10:53am Blacula420:

O ya Cliff i meant to ask what's up with the big Czech move? goin for work?

10:53am Marcel M:

hahahhahaha

10:53am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

I wonder if I should post this to my TEFL group as potential curriculum material. Not sure how they'd take it......

10:53am Whosondephone:

HA HA HA HA... HA HA... HA...

10:53am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

Porest is brilliant. There's something about his work that scares the Jesus out of me.

Ken used to played him. Time for a come back!

10:53am Cecile:

Aw, cool Parq!

10:54am Marcel M:

Oh man.. I need to be a little late for work and keep listening to this. I love this part.

10:54am βrian:

Fine belly feathers, with culture.

10:54am Cecile:

I think Porest needs his own stream.

10:55am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Blacula420 I'm going over there to take a TEFL course and teach English for a year or two (and maybe more depending on how things go). Also will be traveling a bit around Europe on weekends if I can work out finances etc.

10:55am People Like Us:

am trying to get Porest to come into the comments board...

10:55am JakeGould:

Anyone else read this piece on a professional cuddler in the New York Times? “…hand holding, synchronized breathing, eye-gazing…” www.nytimes.com...

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10:56am Ken From Hyde Park:

What kind of yogurt does he expect people to eat? No-culture yogurt?

10:56am Roberto:

Oh man the dancing gif is syncing up with Down with Culture.

10:56am JakeGould:

@PeopleLikeUs: Maybe we can all scrape up $80 to cuddle Porest?

10:56am Marcel M:

@jake: oh man they have stuff like that in Japan...

10:56am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

JakeGould that sounds like something they'd do in Tokyo

10:56am Rev. Turnip Druid:

BEHOLD, Tentacled One..

10:56am People Like Us:

ha ha

10:57am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

TAKING THE WORLD FROM BEHIND
WITH FULL-FRONTAL DEMOCRACY

10:57am Cecile:

Someone has to do this song for hoof and mouth

10:58am βrian:

Shout-out to Flint.

10:58am JakeGould:

If people are charging of cuddles, I am not longer going to offer “Free Hugs.” Consider those coupons invalid; $20 a hug from me from now on.

10:59am βrian:

Just drove through downtown Flint recently. Whole pieces of it are just ... gone.

11:00am Cecile:

Yep.

11:01am cory:

i'm still a free-hug whore

11:02am Blacula420:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BcvCvdlIcAA2iiS.jpg <-- probably my favorite picture of Flint, MI ever

11:02am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Ok, I just posted a link to Porest to our TEFL group, let's see if the course leader has a sense of humor, hahahahaha

11:02am bobdoesthings:

@jake - what if I give you a hug? and I bill you for $20.. can we just call it even then?

11:04am JP from KC:

I offer deluxe hugs for $2.50. I have the physique of a comically large carnival teddy bear, so I can get away with it.

11:04am doctorjazz:

Damn, missed the Grand Funk cover, had to leave for a few.

11:04am bobdoesthings:

if I initiate the hug.. am I the giver of the hug?

11:05am JakeGould:

@bobdoesthings: No.

11:05am Mark S:

Mark Farner!

11:05am JakeGould:

An unwanted hug is legally considered assault.

11:05am bobdoesthings:

@jake - well you can't stop me from hugging you!!! and invoicing you accordingly

11:06am Rev. Turnip Druid:

Everything I know about Grand Funk Railroad, I learned from the Butthole Surfers bed interview in Blind Eye Sees All. ... and didn't even learn that.

11:06am βrian:

I never got a trash can. I want a trash can.

11:07am Cliff (moving to Prague!):

Have to leave early this morning, thanks Ken & everybody!

11:09am bobdoesthings:

'yucks' I see what you did there..

11:10am βrian:

But I was in Flint ...

11:10am Cecile:

That is going to be the easiest challenge ever.

11:11am Whosondephone:

I need the dog step version of this right now!

11:11am rsj:

the prospect of Christy Christy being the first tranny VP must have Ken trembling with jersey pride

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11:11am Webhamster Henry:

I think I hear a little poo-vuvuzela.

11:11am cee:

lovin the shittyflute action

11:12am melinda:

Dancing Queen is my favorite shittyflute.

11:12am Dean:

"Take my monochloropentafluoroethane...please!"

11:13am cee:

man this is a workout for my ears

11:13am People Like Us:

Pooeyflute!

11:14am Jeff:

It's Shittywoodwind!

11:14am pantz:

MAKE IT STOP!!

11:14am Cheyenne:

Ahh, shittyflute. My muse.

11:14am Luke:

Thanks for the ear cancer ken.

11:14am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

The Optimized extravaganza was fantastic! I found in it loads of inspiring stuff and great material. And I still have to see the imagery!

Big thanks to all the artists involved and and a super big special thank you to Vicki for coordinating/facilitating/setting up/etc.

11:14am People Like Us:

oh that LP cover

11:14am Okasa:

What they lack in talent, tone quality, intonation, and rhythm they make up for with enthusiasm.

11:15am cory:

i need more shittyflute

11:15am People Like Us:

Optimized! Is now completely audio archived now and we are adding videos by the day too (wfmu.org...) - plus in the other window I'm making a little documentary from the footage we shot

11:16am Laura L:

What ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (: said--thanks to Vicki and to Ken, as always!

11:18am Blacula420:

WFMU show archives still blow me away, I love the fact that you guys keep so many shows archived and accessible, really rad

11:18am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

What Laura L said.

11:19am cory:

Optimized was an awesome experience that i hope happens many more times. i even dug the Hearty White thing.

11:19am P-90:

So Optimized! is continuously expanding on the archive? Far Out!

11:20am ((Murakami Whywolf):

0.)How can you stoop to such a cheaply lubriciious entry as the Grübbersolvik LP cover, and
1.) Why not more like it?

11:20am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

And thank you, Okasa, for the great idea of a SSD show last week! Okasa for SSD volunteer! (that's how SSD producers start)

11:21am People Like Us:

"even"?! I love Hearty White. The show of People Like Us/Let's Paint TV/Pseu Braun DIFM at Monty Hall is also archived now on the WFMU vimeo

11:21am Sam:

These lips were made for blowing
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these lips are gonna blow all over you

11:22am People Like Us:

WFMU vimeo:
Clay Pigeon on the move/PLU+John Kilduff/Pseu Braun vimeo.com...

11:22am Carmichael:

Good morning Kenneth and all listeners great and small. Is that spinning guy North Korean, or is it standard Japanese game show bizarreness?

11:22am JakeGould:

Technically “Shittyflute” should be called “Shittyrecorder.”

11:23am Sam:

That's how they generate electricity in North Korea. They attach magnets to that guy.

11:23am Dean:

Well, a recorder is a flûte à bec.

11:24am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

I thought Shittyflute was Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson

11:25am Okasa:

@ ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ - Actually, Ken took my basic premise, ignored most of my questionable suggestions, turned it into a good SSD, and then gave me credit...

11:25am Dean:

So maybe technically it should be called "flûte merdique."

11:25am βrian:

Don't flout the flautist.

11:26am Sam:

I like flute merdique

11:26am People Like Us:

Flute Merdique is very good

11:27am People Like Us:

how's the cone situation, Ken?

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11:27am Webhamster Henry:

Die Knoedel - not overcooked at all.

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11:28am -Ken:

unny you should ask about the cones VICKI. There has been much news.

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11:29am -Ken:

The Jersey City Building Department came by last week to ask me why I had been nailing cones into the street.

11:29am People Like Us:

we have nice cones here too, you should come and visit them

11:29am People Like Us:

HA HA HA!!!!!

11:29am People Like Us:

nailed

11:29am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

Ken has perfect taste for instrumental songs.

11:30am Kat in Chicago:

The Optimized DIFM video is highly entertaining. So many caftans.

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11:30am -Ken:

I explained that I was trying to keep the peace. The cones were preventing fights.

11:30am Sam:

Ken, did you tell them it was so that sins could be forgiven?

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11:30am -Ken:

He was sympathetic.

11:30am People Like Us:

it's ok Ken, no one can see this conversation, just you and I. So the men came to see you, did they? Were they nice?

11:30am JP from KC:

I'm with cory. Optimized was positively spectacular and I want more! And I love Hearty White! It was nice to hear him in the afternoon. I usually have to stop his show halfway through to leave work for the day.

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11:31am -Ken:

He said that of course HE didn't mind. And even the streetsweepers didnt mind. But somebody had complained. A NEIGHBOR

11:31am People Like Us:

Life is good, Ken.

11:32am JakeGould:

Neighbors are the worst.

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11:32am -Ken:

But the inspector said that I could continue nailing anything into the street I wanted, as long as I unnailed and removed it every Monday and Thursday from 1-3pm, for the streetsweeper.

11:32am People Like Us:

you might want to find the neighbour, explain it to them, you know, the situation, and how difficult it is to have to keep all those cones in your car all the time

11:32am Sam:

It's perfectly humane. The cones aren't conscious when you do it. What's the problem?

11:33am βrian:

"L'enfer, c'est les voisins."

11:33am People Like Us:

there ought to be signs about nailing cones, how were you to know the time restrictions on nailing cones

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11:33am -Ken:

Oh yes, thank God Kenzo has that new feature to let us have a private conversation here. This would be really embarrassing

11:33am People Like Us:

perhaps you should make a sign yourself and put that up, about the cone restrictions

11:34am People Like Us:

yes, it's so much better that it goes on the twitter account instead, the private conversations

11:34am Listening Out There:

Were any cones harmed in the making of this program?

11:34am Dean:

Jean-Paul Sartre twice in as many days!

11:35am People Like Us:

I saw on the news when we were at the airport, that someone had been stealing all the cones in Hoboken

11:35am Sam:

The cones aren't the first thing to be nailed in the WFMU parking lot

11:36am βrian:

@Dean: He just moved in upstairs, and apparently he likes Polka music.

11:36am People Like Us:

did you tell the man about your attempt to fly to the moon with some balloons from the parking lot?

11:37am cory:

LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:37am grunch:

Sam: maybe not, but these cones are in the street. I'm *sure* they are the first to be nailed in the street...

11:37am melinda:

Nice cover.

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11:37am -Ken:

I didnt steal any cones. I bought mind fair and square from the Trump Assassin dude. He needed money for something and he was having a gate sale.

11:37am JakeGould:

Has anyone disrupted the cone market? Like an app I can use to request cones be installed and removed while I wait?

11:37am Sam:

In Jersey City? Hard to say.

11:38am Okasa:

Clearly some comments should be able to have a rim shot when posted.

11:38am Carmichael:

Jeez, did Motorhead re-record every song ever written? I've heard some unusual post-Lemmy renderings of classic rock songs.

11:38am People Like Us:

www.esedirect.co.uk...

11:38am cory:

we probably should all pitch in and buy Kena nice comfy white coat. with straps. and a bite-guard

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11:39am -Ken:

I removed the cones for two days and all hell broke loose. I nailed them back in yesterday. Fuck the neighbor.

11:39am People Like Us:

Ken's DJ premium next year is going to be a cone

11:39am βrian:

I'm afraid those are metric cones. They just won't do in NJ.

11:39am cory:

yeah, he's slipped a gear

11:39am People Like Us:

did that old person manage to get his car off of the cones in the end?

11:40am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

Just to provide some context to what Ken and Vicki are on about:

A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base to a point called the apex or vertex.

11:40am Dean:

I scream, "CONE!!!"

11:40am People Like Us:

we aren't metric yet, we haven't Brexited

11:40am Sam:

If the neighbors are a problem, maybe move the station. To coney island.

11:40am Carmichael:

What is the reason for the presence of the cones?

11:40am People Like Us:

can't wait to see the new version of "most mentioned words" chart

CONE CONE CONE

11:41am cory:

if the station is going to moved i vote for Decatur, Indiana 46733

11:41am People Like Us:

Ken thinks that the neighbours are going to take the cones from his car

11:41am βrian:

So why the cones? Are they meant to slow down trucks barreling toward to doorway?

11:42am cory:

@People, i'm pretty sure the cones come inside

11:42am Okasa:

So, the first recording of an electric guitar happened on Mar 1, 1938. Big Bill Broonzy's "It's a Low Down Dirty Shame" featured a 16 year old George Barnes on electric guitar.

11:42am People Like Us:

an old man was in the parking lot and he tried to take Ken's cones

11:43am ScottC:

Masticulatin'

11:43am People Like Us:

the old man has been laying in the parking spaces and vandalising DJ's cars, he's a neighbour

11:44am cory:

well, he's old. so that won't go on for much longer

11:44am Wild Neil:

If you coated the cones with a thick layer of poo, he would probably stop taking them. Ew.

11:45am Dean:

Cônes merdiques

11:46am Sam:

Ken, haven't you been to Amsterdam?

11:46am will:

I think you mean uncle Ike's

11:47am Okasa:

Why is Abba not a palindrome?

11:47am Carmichael:

Since you're in New Jersey, you know the obvious answer to the neighbor issue. It involves two Italian guys and a baseball bat.

11:47am Dean:

One of the Bs is silent?

11:47am KP:

How is Abba not a palindrome?

11:48am ScottC:

I was in Denver in Nov. and talking to a guy about their pot industry and he said they have so much money now that they don't know what to do with it...

11:48am KP:

Proper name?

11:48am joe Ray:

You must have gone to the wrong store in the wrong location Ken. Friends told me the Denver store they went to was awesome

11:49am Mister Dobalina:

That was a cool rant...bad Colorado and bad low tolerance users...lo siento por ti !

11:49am βrian:

Upper case / lower case

11:49am Luke:

Ken, your tolerance may just be too high.

11:50am Nick:

Sorry about your experience in CO. I was in Denver in March, and the cookies and gummies were quite good.

11:50am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

But, Ken, you can also say Control Machete, Mueran Humanos! No es ese tipo de fiesta!

11:51am βrian:

Do they make savory edibles, too?

11:51am Andrew Waterloo:

Ken is just too free form for Colorado edibles

11:51am People Like Us:

Ken's gone to the parking lot

11:51am Okasa:

The most famous palindrome is "A man, a plan, a canal - Panama!" Panama is a proper name and capitalized!!

11:52am ScottC:

Ken you obviously got the placebo...

11:52am Sam:

Can you buy it in DC? They voted to legalize there, but as far as I know there aren't any shops.

11:52am Cecile:

Ken, you should just call up crying and say "lo siento" over and over again"

11:53am bobdoesthings:

thanks Ken! later all.

11:53am Dean:

Same goes for "Able was I ere I saw Elba." It even has Ab[]ba in it!

11:53am βrian:

U+0061 ≠ U+0041

11:54am ((Murakami Whywolf):

I get the impression that stores in Colorado that didn't start-out as medicinal stores are different...meanwhile, Washington State seem to be endangering their medicinal tranch. We never stop making mistakes...but it's still net progress.

11:54am KP:

Thanks, Brian

11:54am Pablo:

I bought weed drops in Seattle - wonderful! Brought a few back to the east - one of the TSA agents wanted to search my bag - pocket knife I forgot to take out - was nervy nervous

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11:54am Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, DJ Ben.

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11:54am Webhamster Henry:

Ahh the Blighted Spaniard! More Ken Oldies but Goodies! This is a kind of pooflutey version.

11:54am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

Akaso Osaka

That's your palindrome in Spanish!

(By any chance, Okasa)

11:55am geezerette:

Just in time to say Cecile's advice is excellent. :)

11:56am Okasa:

Oh ᗅᗺᗷᗅ. Lesson learned.

11:56am Nick S.:

Jesus, this Tony Mason Cox song is perfect.

11:56am Polyus:

A friend of mine brought back a back of brownie bites from Seattle last week. Cute little package and everything. Amazing, the liquor stores aren't even open on Sunday where I live.

11:57am Okasa:

@˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ - Cool! Thanks!!

11:57am Cecile:

I like this guy already better than Scott Walker.

11:58am judy from croton:

Poetry! Sheer poetry. Thanks Ken.

11:58am Cecile:

I know, right, Polyus?

11:58am ((Murakami Whywolf):

@Sam
According to the "Half-Baked" episode of Viceland television's "Weediquette", sales in the Federal District are forbidden, but permitting possession and gifting has provided cover for some sellers, e.g. an intercepted delivery-guy can just lie. (The same episode also examines how Dutch right-wing nativists are destroying the extra-legal understandings that formerly allowed their system to work.)

11:59am ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

Oh, for the love of crackers! How come show's over already!?

Anyway, thanks Ken, people, people like us and people that dislike us! Till next episode!

11:59am jsola:

Hi DJ Ken,
Will you post a link to that music that had a voice saying "GUNS" over and over, in a soothing almost robotic voice. You played it a month or two ago.

12:00pm People Like Us:

that'd be Negativland "Guns"

12:00pm Sam:

Oh, thanks for the info whywolf! Yeah, those right-wingers in Holland are some real dolts. Their economy depends on this stuff.

12:00pm ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

Poetry?! I'd say Pooeytry, sheer pooeytry!

12:01pm βrian:

Polyus: Boozeless Sundays? Dear me!

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12:01pm -Ken:

Thanks everybody! jsola - that is Negativland's "Guns" - you can find it on my old playlists. Use advanced search on the WFMU website.

12:01pm ˫̃ ..̺ ˫̃ ..̺ (:

jsola,

Perhaps that's Nevativland's Guns.

12:01pm jsola:

Thank you!! It's been in my head since you played it!

12:02pm Sam:

The last time I was in Amsterdam I was amazed how many coffeeshops had closed and how much the vibe had changed. I'd rather go to Seattle at this point.

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12:03pm Ken From Hyde Park:

The Hungarian soccer goalie with the"dad sweatpants" is on TV now. Find the ESPN channel in your area.