The Over the Counter Cold Turkey Episode: Ken's show

Listener comments!

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6:30am -Ken:

Hi everybody!

7:23am cory:

morning kens and non-kens

8:05am Losermom:

Happy February, folks!

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8:11am AnAnonymousParty:

GM in the AM.

8:11am fɚfɚ (:

Hello, Ken, cory, Losermom, AnAnonymousParty!

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8:15am -Ken:

Hi all!

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8:15am -Ken:

Any bequests?

8:18am Losermom:

How can you possibly top your last show. I just don't think it can be done.

8:22am fɚfɚ (:

I would like to requests songs:

- That put America first
- From white, protestant, male, US-based bands

Songs that don't comply with the above requirements should be penalised by reducing their duration by 20%.

Also please use the dump button to block mentions of any foreign word.

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8:26am AnAnonymousParty:

Play something snappy.

8:33am Cliff in Prague:

Those mushrooms are trippy huh

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8:36am -Ken:

I have a big problemo this morning. I'm going through advil and benadryl withdrawal from being sick for so long. No shit. Ive had a migraine for four days

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8:40am AnAnonymousParty:

You should get you some Vicodin for the migraine, all the cool kids are doing it these days.

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8:42am -Ken:

No anything like that would just prolong the inevitable. Its Cold Turkey for me. Ive gotta come out the other side sooner or later.

8:46am fɚfɚ (:

Ken,
I hope you get better soon. Although I heard recent migraines will last at least 4 years. Anyway, I think you just requested yourself the Cold Turkey song.

8:52am Jack:

Ken, drink lots of coffee (with sugar and milk) alternating with strong black tea. Also, smoke marijuana; it couldn't hurt!

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8:56am AnAnonymousParty:

Cold Turkey? Bah! Wild Turkey is your best bet.

8:56am Michael:

Morning Ken. Feel better. Your show often makes me feel better. Sometimes worse but mostly better.

8:58am Nick S.:

Ken, play some Boogarins. They'll make you feel better.

8:59am Cliff in Prague:

Seconding caffeine & booze, that always fixes up my headaches

8:59am Listener Robert:

Joe Belock isn't my favorite for the morning slot, but he's still good enough that he almost made me forget to see the pre-show GIFs here.

8:59am Lizardner Dave:

Green Grass and High Tides so you can take a nap?

9:00am Brian C.:

Cold Turkey vs. Wild Turkey. I choose Bourbon

9:01am Polyus:

Fugs?

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9:01am Guido from Cologne:

I thought this is a Thanksgiving song ...

9:02am doctorjazz:

Man, this thread has been busy pre show! Hi all!

9:02am pantz:

Love the Trump gifs, Ken. He's so proud of himself, ain't he?

9:02am SeanG:

birth school work death!

9:04am Nick S.:

Leather Nun!

9:04am melinda:

Morning Ken and everyone

9:04am Nick S.:

Fuck yes!

9:05am listener_fern:

Missed you last week, Ken. But you're off to a killer start so all is forgiven.

9:05am Nick S.:

If you are in that mood play some Gun Club!

9:07am Jack:

I'll second the Fugs.

9:07am Undead83:

Hello everyone \o/

9:07am Nick S.:

Oooo, play Christian Death's 'Romeo's Distress'

9:08am Losermom:

Stay hydrated, Ken. It is the most important. Herbal tea - chamomile with a touch of lavender. It always helps me. But you have to drink several large cups of it.

9:11am ultradamno:

I'll second The Gun Club.

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9:11am -Ken:

What song by The Gun Club?

9:12am Bronwyn Bishop:

morning ken and everyone!

9:12am ultradamno:

I'll put in a vote for Ghost On The Highway

9:13am fɚfɚ (:

Trepanation, Ken. Let those evil spirits out of your head drilling a small hole in your skull.

Alternatively, herbal tea as Losermon said.

9:13am Nick S.:

Sex beat!

9:13am (Murakami Whywolf))):

For what it's worth, I recommend oral rehydration mix, say 6 tsp sugar to 1 tsp of salt to one litre or quart of water—dissolve the solids in 1 cup / 250ml of boiling water, add 3 cups cool water. It's got me through some difficult weeks.

Oh, and if you can find a copy of "Tales from the Leather Nun", read it—best line: 'It's o.k., we' re married.'.

9:13am Nick S.:

Sex beat is clean too!

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9:14am Ken From Hyde Park:

Eek! Flashback to Wake 'n' Bake!

9:14am MD:

Good Morning all...Freedman! Hey did you guys hear that someone is hacking into internet radio stations and playing an Anti-Trump Rap for about 15 Mins??? Here at FMU...we call that Freeform!!! LOL

9:14am mary:

ken we admire you; we love you. your show is great. your 2 weeks on a m show were wonderful perfect fun. i put fmu in my will. though do not know how much will be left after all this whatever it is.

9:15am axlotl:

What a great cover!

9:15am Sem Chumbo:

And away we go with Round Two of INSTITUTIONALIZED.
You're the best, Ken.

9:15am Derek in Atlantic City:

Maybe one of the morning guys has a different version of this tune?

9:15am (Murakami Whywolf))):

Links to the Trump animated(?) images?

9:15am ultradamno:

I think this girl might be crazy.

9:15am Nick S.:

Scientists-Frantic Romantic

9:16am adampsyche:

THIS COVER

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9:16am AnAnonymousParty:

Is this Johnny Dangerously's sister?

9:16am Goyim in the AM:

I am enjoying this cover, but a google search for the artist led me to NSFW sites. Is this THAT Audrey Rose?

9:16am MD:

FREEDMAN...YOUR FIRED! Wait! Only joking! COME BACK!!!

9:16am ultradamno:

Her name is Audrey and she thinks it's Mike, for one thing...

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9:17am Rich in Washington:

for some reason, I am seeing this being sung by Lois from Family Guy.

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9:17am AnAnonymousParty:

Audrey Haber? or Melanie Farber?

9:17am MD:

We are All Mike...

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9:18am Rich in Washington:

how about Betty Joe Beolowski?

9:18am Nick S.:

Right on!

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9:18am AnAnonymousParty:

Nancy!

9:18am Brad1976:

DROP!

9:18am braveness23:

I'm 49 and I think I'm Mike...

9:19am Okasa:

Susan Underhill?

9:19am Sem Chumbo:

hahaha@RichinWashington.

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9:20am Rich in Washington:

Right on Alvarado!

9:20am Sem Chumbo:

also, @Osaka^

9:20am cosmic matrix:

what is that institutionalized song???????? so good. can't find references it it anywhere......

9:20am ratty:

sibby sisti?

9:20am Brian C.:

Sex Beat/Sex Bomb

9:20am Nick S.:

MX-80-Fascination

9:20am ultradamno:

Here comes the f-bomb

9:20am fɚfɚ (:

Ken did a legendary 3-hour long show celebrating the Institutionalised song during one of his morning shows.

3-Hours of Institutionalised covers
http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/70617

9:20am MD:

I feel better about loving Cheeseburgers now!

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9:20am Rich in Washington:

wasn't ready for the dump button.

9:21am MD:

Yeah the Reverb chamber only!!!!

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9:21am -Ken:

Who said this was clean???!!!

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9:21am Rich in Washington:

at 49, I hope Mike isn't still yelling at his mom to bring him a Pepsi.

9:21am cosmic matrix:

thank you fe fe.

9:21am cosmic matrix:

fo fo

9:22am Nick S.:

I did. Sorry. I didn't remember the bad stuff.

9:22am ultradamno:

Oooh, MX-80! I'll go with Train To Loveland

9:22am (Murakami Whywolf))):

"Crazy(?) Horses"? The one Our Host sometimes plays slowed-down?

"Banging in the Nails"? Our Leader seems like he'd be more in sympathy with that hard-working salt-of-the-earth soldier Making Rome Great than any liser Jew….

9:22am Brian C.:

Gun Club sounds kinda Jesus & Mary Jane-y

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9:22am Rich in Washington:

Old Mike has adult onset diabetes and gets disability for being unjustly instititionalized and that time he got hit by a car (anyway).

9:22am Chrizzi:

good morning from Berlin!

9:22am dfb:

wow i remember gun club live -- very exciting.

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9:23am Devin B.:

Fire of Love was basically all I wanted to listen to during the first month or so after I quit smoking. Good cold turkey choice!

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9:24am -Ken:

Hey Chrizzi~!! Rich, Brain!!

9:24am Sem Chumbo:

Oh, yes. Good 'un.

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9:24am Rich in Washington:

Soft Boys' version of Cold Turkey, if'n you have it, Ken. Pretty please with cranberry sauce?

9:25am ultradamno:

Some new Half Japanese. I like Of Course It Is.

9:27am (Murakami Whywolf))):

Any good covers of "Sex Dwarf"? The original has induced hangover-like states in me without benefit of alcohol, and once while high made me consider leaving this world just to make it stop. That's Art.

9:28am Ike:

Hi Ken! Got any music from the seven banned countries?

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9:28am Rich in Washington:

Hope your migraine goes away soon. They suck. Had to do all of my Xmas shopping with a raging migraine.

9:28am Ike:

Because if so, you shouldn't play it! That would be un-American!

9:29am (Murakami Whywolf))):

I find Benadryl so debilitating—days lost to one dose—that I stay the fsck away from it, useful though it is.

9:29am Cliff in Prague:

Nice drug chart Ken, but I don't see where huffing rubber cement fits in.

9:29am fɚfɚ (:

Rich,

I heard Mike recently rewrote 'Institutionalized'. It is now named 'Retiredhomelized' and features Mike's mom who, sadly, suffers senile dementia and doesn't even know what is a Pepsi.

9:29am (Murakami Whywolf))):

GABA GABA…hey.

9:29am ultradamno:

What was that Iraqi metal band there's a documentary about?

9:30am Lizardner Dave:

Oh Spider Man!

9:31am Cheri Pi:

Ken, I've been sick with that funk for 11 days now and what's really helped is prednisone.

9:31am Chrizzi:

hello how about codeine against the flu? you could also Play codeine today..

9:31am Cheri Pi:

I'm addicted to codeine cough syrup

9:32am (((Murakami Whywolf):

Really tiring bronchitis has a couple of times turned out to be mycoplasmic, a.k.a. 'walking pneumonia', it needed different antibiotics.

9:32am Cheri Pi:

Can we hear Codeine by Poison 13?

9:32am Undead83:

Hot tea with lemon before going to bed, it's a miracle

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9:33am AnAnonymousParty:

For me, the worst is dextromethorphan cough medicine. I think I've thought I was sick longer than I really was because that awful medicine made me feel so bad, lingered for days.

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9:33am Ken From Hyde Park:

Ken, I think you might benefit from a witch doctor appointment. Maybe you could tie that in with 7SD tonight. Get some witch doctors to call in tonight.

9:34am braveness23:

I'm high on life

<punches self in face>

9:35am Cliff in Prague:

"Let's Hydrate And Not Take Any More Drugs" - good name for the new morning show.

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9:36am female human:

Ken, now is the perfect time to tell you I took my 24-hour home urine test to the lab in my WFMU tote. Happy Wednesday!

9:36am Cheri Pi:

punch yerself again for me.

9:37am MD:

Born To Run...The Greatest Freeform station in da world!!!

9:38am MD:

Hanging ten wit Bruce!!!

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9:40am -Ken:

Thanks for all the great comments and suggestions everybody, so great to be back with you all, really.

9:40am JakeGould:

The WFMU morning show should be called, "Wake and Bake: With Fruit Cup and Mustard."

9:41am Cliff in Prague:

Debris Spill Fires on the :17s!

9:43am Blix:

Still taking requests? How about "Hard Workin' Man" by Captain Beefheart et al? I just saw the Blue Collar film for the first time the other day. Seems it's not so different between 1978 and 2017.

9:44am bobdoesthings:

goodmorning.

9:45am SeanG:

LISA SAYS

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9:45am bbell:

Your poor liver! All those chemicals! Loved the show opener, but now if you are done purging those feelings, you need to get some good endorphins flowing (from your own brain). get someone to hug you, smile (it puts a little pressure from the soft palate up to the base of the brain and releases some good stuff), and play this from Philip Glass: Aguas de Amazonia, Uakti, track title: Purus River. Feel better!

9:48am PKNY:

This Bill Withers '45 on 33' is genius!

9:50am melinda:

The lizard GIF is cute

9:50am Bjarne:

FYI, Lisa Says slowed down is really nice

9:51am Nick S.:

Bill Withers sure was being a dick being such a user.

10:05am bobdoesthings:

slide whistle really makes this Rockabye Baby cover.

10:06am MD:

Ken...Stop...please you are giving me flashbacks!!!

10:11am Hoboken Jack:

Though I want you to feel better, this is excellent radio.

10:12am George in Brooklyn:

Hi Ken:
The Back Bone of this country are the Independent Truckers!
Feel Better - Steve Albini thinks you should feel better.

10:16am Stanley:

Furrrzzz

10:17am Losermom:

WOW the P-Furs on Kens show!!!!

10:18am bobdoesthings:

OMG.. Has Pres Trump seen those stats?? we gotta lock up these toddlers with guns. or put 'em down!

10:19am pantz:

Ban beds! I don't want my family falling out of them ever again!

10:19am Julie:

definitely need to outlaw beds

10:20am Roberto:

I think I have President Gas today.

10:20am Andrew Waterloo:

Mental Note: invest in futon mattresses.

10:21am Roberto:

Lol '74 actually

10:22am Roberto:

Oh I guess this isn't intended to be particularly accurate.

10:23am idamac:

... nothing much is these days (watches helplessly trapped in Brexitland)

10:23am Roberto:

Damn, I should have gotten this premium.

10:24am Roberto:

That reminds me, I've been meaning to read a book.

10:26am Brian C.:

Been waiting for this Obama tune since the innauguration, thx

10:28am Roberto:

Oh, Bama.

10:28am Kurtz:

oh the horror oh the horror

10:29am doctorjazz:

That's the best cover of Sedated since Monica's bed music version!

10:29am axlotl:

I think this is the first time a Ramones song has ever made me cry.

10:29am melinda:

Yes, beautiful and inspired cover!

10:30am melinda:

I hope the tinkly bed musics are helping your headache, Ken.

10:31am mark:

U need MAGNESIUM for migraines n headaches. either as electrolytes or by itself.

10:33am doctorjazz:

Man, Trump is making W look good.
www.newyorker.com...

10:34am ultradamno:

Pop-O-Pies time, maybe?

10:35am doctorjazz:

What a Long Strange Trip...this is perfect migraine music, I'd guess.

10:36am pantz:

Groovy Grilled Cheese, $2! Ganja Goo Balls, $5! Who has my miracle?!

10:37am asheville jon:

HIPPIE NOISE!

10:38am melinda:

I was expecting Ripple to turn into a mash-up of some kind. I do love this song, though.

10:38am Brendan:

Uh oh . I'm hearing this. Did Jerry Garcia die? I see Dead people.

10:38am Lewis:

damn it! - I only just flushed the NRPS ear worms....

10:38am Cheri Pi:

I had to dis-headphone. I just can't do this.

10:39am Mikey_B:

i could listen to ripple all day...

10:40am Henry:

the migraine is spreading!

10:43am MD:

perfect!!!

10:44am MD:

Chunk chunk chunk chunk chunk...

10:45am Okasa:

Hey everyone... you know when you are listening to a song in your car, and you reach your destination and shut off the car just as the song ends. Anyone got a good term for that moment?

10:45am (((Murakami Whywolf):

Without irony or snark:I like some stuff by the Grateful Dead. I'm repelled by cultish followers, but…well, I like most of what Jesus' lyrics much more than I can stand his fans, admittedly a pretty safe and even conventional opinion 'round here, but true.

10:46am bobdoesthings:

@okasa - coincidental ?

10:46am Emily C:

When I taught preschool, my co-teacher used to play all these lullaby versions of Metallica songs to get the kids to sleep at nap time. Sounded just like this!

10:47am pocket vito:

Ken, that's a smart move, not listening. You're always ahead of the curve.

10:47am frss:

awwww, love you Ken. hope your head feels better soon.

10:48am Sebastian:

Ken, this constant whining is giving me a headache!

10:49am Okasa:

I came up with it just now! "Auto Synchronicity".

10:50am (((Murakami Whywolf):

Okasa:
'car' + 'surcease' —> 'carcease' (resonant with 'car-seat')
'ignition' + 'off' —> 'ignitioff'

10:50am Whosondephone:

Dig the Rockaby Baby!

10:51am MD:

Are we all enjoying our dose of Ken-zo-drine this morning???

10:52am bobdoesthings:

driveway moment + synchronicity - drivenicity

10:52am Brendan:

I think Neil Peart has those baby vibes in his drum kit.

10:52am fɚfɚ (:

MOTELLI SKRONKLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

10:53am bobdoesthings:

instant clicky star for this Motelli Skronkle... thought it was a Fugs song for a sec..

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10:53am -Ken:

NEW Motelli Skronkle! I never thought they'd put out another album.

10:55am Carmichael:

If no one has said it yet, "rabbit rabbit rabbit".

10:55am pocket vito:

It would be cool if there was a DING sound just before the octopus takes off.

10:56am (((Murakami Whywolf):

If you think DJs listen most of the time, there's a decent chance you think prostitutes are into the sex.

(Having done one of those and hearing about the other, both mostly think of what they have to do at work next, irritatedly think of errands they'll have to run, remember a childhood pet, occasionally get into what they're doing for _moments_ at a time, and sometimes ponder the life decisions and 'decisions' that got them where they find themselves.

11:04am Carmichael:

Oh, and nice (albeit slow) cheeseburger, Ken. Have you tried one of the millions of new Big Macs??

@cheri, I'll let you borrow my Grateful Dead muting circuit on my hi-fi. Works like a champ!

11:05am (Murakami Whywolf))):

Avoid multi-millionaire mind-control:

'He thrusts his fists against the posts yet still insists he sees the ghosts.'

11:08am Asheville Jon:

the beginning of this song sounds like Billy Joe's 'say goodbye to hollywood', and for a few moments I thought that Ken had hit his head on a cement floor

11:16am judy from croton:

Did an interpretive dance to this song in fifth grade talent show.
Really rings true now.
The song, not the dance.

11:17am MD:

TUCK FRUMP!!

11:18am MD:

Kermit DIED FOR OUR SINS!!!

11:19am pocket vito:

Ken, you do such a great Kermit

11:19am steve:

thanks Ken, this makes me feel better

11:19am melinda:

Kermit died? nooo

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11:19am Devin B.:

Oh man, been jonesing for some MCS after hearing that Googoosh song Monday morning.

11:19am Parq:

"From any other frog"?

11:19am ɨkɛ:

Speaking of the eve of destruction, are there backups of FMU archives in a vault somewhere that will survive the coming nuclear war that Drumpf will start with China? I'd like to think the aliens who find Earth in 7 billion years and sift through our detritus will be able to hear some of this.

11:20am pocket vito:

He was born in a manger, because there aren't many swamps in Palestine.

11:21am Brendan:

Frogs are dying . They are great bioindicators.

11:22am Brendan:

You might say they die for our environmental sins.

11:22am pocket vito:

It's not easy being green

11:24am Bronwyn Bishop:

well this is an interesting lil tune

11:25am fɚfɚ (:

Did you know Ken's alleged Kermit voice is just an Andy joke? In an old 7SD episode Andy confesses he made it up but somehow Ken forgot and lots of people still believe it.

11:25am Stevel:

I think we should give The Spokesmen a chance.

11:25am Bronwyn Bishop:

picturing bannon and priebus and pence softly crooning it in the background while trump signs his executive orders

11:26am Stevel:

BB: Bingo.

11:28am ⓘⓚⓔ:

I kinda thought there'd be a lot of orgies and wild end-of-the-world hookups and stuff by now, but nobody is giving much thought to the imminent nuclear war yet. Ahem. Not that I'm into that kind of thing or anything. Nope.

11:30am Brendan:

Poor left wingers in hockey only make a few million.

11:30am fɚfɚ (:

Well, I get invited to a lot of those parties, Ike. Don't you?

11:30am (((Murakami Whywolf):

Something makes me think that D.T. has often paid for very strict correction—that 'something' being a fatuous belief that there is any justice in the world, 'even for a moment'.

11:31am (((Murakami Whywolf):

What is today's Communist Word?

11:31am melinda:

Poor Left Winger, what a hoot.

11:31am steve:

wait whaaat

11:32am MD:

JOEY!!!

11:32am pocket vito:

Ironic that the guy doing Kermit is named Christo!

11:32am mike79:

atomicplatters.com...

11:33am Brendan:

"An injustice anywhere ..."

11:33am Scott:

Joey Heatherton? Good Lord! And yet that explains so much!

11:33am Agnostic Buddhist Vegetarian Wizard Ike:

Psshaw, of course I do, @Fofo! I was just joking around. In fact, I'm at an orgy right now! But all of this wild lovemaking is getting pretty boring, so I'm going to climb out of this pile of heaving naked folks and go back to work now.

11:33am pocket vito:

How's Miss Piggy holding up? Poor thing. She has NOT aged well!

11:34am (((Murakami Whywolf):

Oh, I get it: 'Greene' instead of 'Red'.

Now play "Pull the Tregroes", a much better Baez impression.

11:34am Listener Robert:

Kermit died, but Zmodem lives on.

11:35am (((Murakami Whywolf):

pocket vito:
Pigs can age _very_ well if salted and otherwise treated right.

11:35am Andrew Waterloo:

@listener Robert, lol, *face palm*

11:36am (((Murakami Whywolf):

Listener Robert:
scp rules o.k.

11:39am fɚfɚ (:

I entered the world of modern communications during the days of the Zmodem, Gopher, Veronica and Archie.

11:43am Nick S.:

Lush!

11:44am pantz:

Lovable Lush!

11:45am Asheville Jon:

thanks for a great show today Ken. really helped with the world of crap i'm dealing with right now

11:45am tinkle bear:

lush ties in well with the veronica/gopher/kermit reminiscences.

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11:47am -Ken:

Aww youre welcome Jon. Worlds of Crap are my Spesheealitty!

11:47am Listener142985:

oh hell yes!

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11:48am Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Ken. Hope you feel better. On no particular authority, I recommend some antioxidant-rich foods like blueberries or pomegranate. Probably best to avoid caffeine for a while, too.

11:49am pantz:

Hope you feel better, Ken. Great show. Forget all that healthy crap and pick a bottle of high end bourbon.

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11:49am -Ken:

"Avoid Caffeine." You're funny, Ken from HP.

11:49am Okasa:

Thanks Ken! Since SSD is in the can, I hope you can knock off early, go home, and get some rest.

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11:49am bbell:

loved the show today!!! p.s.-deep tissue massage might get rid of some of the residual "ick" from your cells.

11:50am Cliff in Prague:

Thanks Ken! Get better soon

11:53am Sem Chumbo:

Thanks, Ken, for a ringside seat to a live Benedryl addiction-kicking show,
And some say there's nothing new on the radio. See ya next time, with your back monkey-less, I hope.

11:54am psysci:

i just game here for the gifs

11:54am melinda:

Great show, Ken.

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11:54am -Ken:

Aww thank you everybody! I am feeling better.. maybe this thing is almost over..

11:56am fɚfɚ (:

Migraine will go away as soon as the show ends, Ken, just as Okasa's songs end just as he stops his car.

11:56am Brendan:

A warm foot bath might help.

11:58am doctorjazz:

Feel good Ken (don't avoid caffeine, not if you're already addicted).
Enjoyed to show.

11:58am Michael:

Thanks Ken - get better. Go home. And for your migraine, try to avoid the potholes on Tonnelle Ave.

11:58am fɚfɚ (:

Thanks, Ken, people! Great show/giffery as usual. Take care and till next episode!

11:58am Undead83:

Great show !

11:59am Listener Robert:

12:06pm that guy:

I need the archived show, bad, like a fix

1:11pm Nick S.:

Feel better, man!