Morning of the Lepus: Ken's show

Listener comments!

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6:40am -Ken:

Morning!

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7:19am Ken From Hyde Park:

Hey Ken and incoming guests. What's the WFMU DEFCON rating these days? Approaching DEFCON 1, I hope.

7:43am Michael:

Morning Ken - hope all is well in the Magic Factory.

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7:48am -Ken:

Hi Ken, Hi Michael - Defcon rating still pretty damn high, I'm afraid.

7:49am Losermom:

I have not been able to listen live for a while. Loving the archives. But, I'm here 'til 9:30.
Can't win 'em all.

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8:21am -Ken:

Any requests?

8:21am FϻFϻ (:

Good morning, Kens and Losermom!

Great big GIFs! Although I haven't loaded/see them yet am pretty sure they are all mesmerising, hypnotic and/or hilarious.

Talking about DEFCON that reminds me of the Spanish band DEFCON DOS who has a song named "La culpa de todo la tiene Yoko Ono" ('Everything is Yoko Ono's fault'). The funny song even mentions the psychic spoon bender Uri Geller.

8:32am Listener Robert:

No request this week. Steve now forbids radio in the living room between 10 PM & 10 AM because he MIGHT be trying to sleep. He makes bigger donations to Auricle than I do, so.... But more importantly, he's sick, has trouble sleeping, & I feel bad for him. Temporarily can't stream and WMFU reception in my bedroom's now impossible due to QRM from phone-to-broadband converter.

8:34am FϻFϻ (:

Requests?

What a coincidence! I have here with me my condensed list of 234 requests songs. Let's see...

What about something from FAAAAAAUUUUUUSSSSSSTTTTT new album?

Or what about instrumental rock song you used to play hundreds of years ago as a bed music during mic breaks? It's not one of those songs used to close the show (i.e. Baby Animal, Friends of Dean Martinez, Sayonara, etc). But also it's not the White Punks on Dope, nor the classic music one that irritates one listener. The only thing I know about that song is it's one of those perfect songs of yours, Ken!

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8:35am Ken From Hyde Park:

Songs with dogs barking, please. Dedicated to those of us working like dogs.

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8:40am -Ken:

sigh... I suppose I brought this on myself, didnt I..

8:45am Richard Gruesome:

I'm invited to a corn festival this weekend, so Corn Weenie?

8:57am FϻFϻ (:

Can we dedicate today's show to Simon, the would-be most gigantic rabbit on earth that died yesterday in a United Airlines flight (presumably during a re-accommodation procedure?)?

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8:59am AnAnonymousParty:

Request?

Just don't play anything like that one song that is everywhere and in every commercial now with the guys humming the melody.

Please, make it stop.

9:01am pantz:

Can I request some Alice Cooper?

9:03am Undead83:

Good morning everyone ^^

9:03am melinda:

Good morning Ken and everyone! How about Free Love Messes Up My Life by Bongwater?

9:03am shtus:

i need more fabulosen thekenschlampen please

9:08am Passaic River Blues:

Khlam.

9:09am wendy del formaggio:

A song with a loooong intro and a false ending. Jackpot!

9:09am Bronwyn Bishop:

howdy ken and everyone. dammit i missed laurice

9:10am Jeezy:

BLargh... It feels like a rainy Monday.

9:10am FϻFϻ (:

BROWN WHORNEEEEEEEETTTTTT!!! The best funny rock band hailing from Texas!

9:11am Bronwyn Bishop:

i love this kind of thing keep it comin

9:11am Bronwyn Bishop:

oh and my favorite fake album cover, soulless man sings sweater songs!

9:12am howard in nyc:

Requests, eh. As usual, as I usually do, for over 20 years now, play some Graham Parker. Not really your style, Ken, but I humbly suggest maybe his cover of R. Dean Taylor's "There's A Ghost in My House"

9:14am davej:

Something from Timber Timbre?

9:15am melinda:

Thanks Ken!

9:16am Bronwyn Bishop:

i would like to humbly request "oh how to do now" by the monks bc it was in my dream last night

9:16am melinda:

@Bronwyn that is a great album cover.

9:16am pantz:

Nice segue, Ken! That's why you're the boss.

9:17am Greg in Chico:

Morning Ken and all! Would love to hear something from NorCal's finest, Ganglians. Kisses!

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9:17am AnAnonymousParty:

The piano riff in that A/C song make me wonder if I'm ready for some football for some reason.

9:18am Grateful Dead:

Everybody loved us.

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9:21am AnAnonymousParty:

"The only truly consistent are the dead."

9:21am FϻFϻ (:

What happend to the "Me to hold..Me to hold...Me to hold...Me to hold...Me to hold..." in the Alice Cooper song?

9:22am Don:

Ben, why are you calling me from Meramec Caverns?

9:23am dale:

love this - any raveen in the house?

9:24am Wild Neil:

PEACE all. King Crimson?

9:25am MD:

Good Morning All!!! THIS MAN IS WILD!!!

9:26am Private Presley:

My ass is his.

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9:26am AnAnonymousParty:

Just imagine the looks on your friend's faces when they see a hundred dollar trophy on your shelf. They'll have a hard time looking you in the eye after that.

9:27am Passaic River Blues:

Ben is really underselling himself.

9:27am G:

MUST...KILL...MOE

9:27am FϻFϻ (:

I am ashamed to confess I have somewhere in my computer a photo and props of Benjamin, the Wild Man of Hypnosis that I found hidden in the darkest corner of the Internet.

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9:28am AnAnonymousParty:

A lot of money = A lot of fun.

9:28am Wild Neil:

Cone stories, Ken?

9:28am doctorjazz:

just love the bed music.

9:31am Bronwyn Bishop:

cool, imma be there on the big popular day BECAUSE POPULAR KIDS ARE COOLER

9:31am Passaic River Blues:

Bring on the Laurice!

9:32am FϻFϻ (:

The are several good song sin that Brown Whornet album. You have played some of them, Ken. If I'm not mistaken the last one you played from them was the one with the fake Spanish lyrics few years ago. Yes. That's how sad my life is that I even know that detail.

9:33am (Murakami Whywolf))):

I risk being tiresomely political, but I have to note that the Fox'News' people know a thing or two about the freedom and lack of inhibitions the hypnotised feel, and so did Leni Riefenstahl.

9:35am Tome:

hossenfeffer

9:35am (((Murakami Whywolf):

E.g.,once your arse were someone else's, who could hold you responsible for what gets done with it?

9:40am Rudy:

Hey, nice to hear some MoM on WFMU !
This track was on Niun Niggung originally though, one of their best albums IMO.

9:42am FϻFϻ (:

Oh, Murakami Whywolf...

You know what I found today by mere chance when searching for the news of the dead of Simon the Gigantic Rabbit? Fox News practices fake news! And they are not ashamed of it.

Let me elaborate: When you search for the news using DuckDuckGo search engine, FoxNews article will come up at the top with the title "Simon the Rabbit shot and killed by United Airlines after ...". But after clicking the link in search results and getting redirected to the article its title changes to "Simon the giant rabbit, destined to be world's biggest, dies on United Airlines flight". Clickbaiting with fake news! FoxNews has the winning formula!

9:45am βrian:

Jane Birken! Jane Birken! Jane Birken!

9:46am Passaic River Blues:

Matmos' "Reconstruction" from the "Civil War" album is one of the few successful instrumental, experimental electronic-folk-pastiche English-n-American political history jams you'll ever hear. Although, I suppose there isn't much competition in the field.

9:47am Okasa:

Hey all. The subject of David Hasselhoff came up over the water cooler... anyone know why he is so big in Germany? Was it his singing? Knight Rider? Bay Watch?

9:47am βrian:

Pastiche ice cream is my favorite.

9:48am FϻFϻ (:

Did I tell you the time I forced a Czech friend to listen to a DVA song to verify if the lyrics were in Czech and the guy say 'No, they aren't singing in Czech' but I still wouldn't believe him thinking "this guy doesn't knows Czech'?

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9:49am -Ken:

I was hoping people would rejoice at hearing esperanto but i'll settle for a jane birkin celebration.

9:49am JakeGould:

@Ken: Please play a song for Simon, the 10 month old giant bunny that recently died on a United flight.

9:49am johN:

this party's got a smooooth vibe.

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9:50am -Ken:

Jake, I will - can you post a link to that article?

9:50am Passaic River Blues:

Thought this was Stereo Total for a second.

9:50am JakeGould:

Here you go! “United Airlines investigates giant bunny death”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39715188

9:51am JakeGould:

“The Sun newspaper reported that Simon was the 10-month-old son of the world's largest rabbit - a 1.3m-long continental giant rabbit called Darius - and was expected to have grown larger than his father.”

9:52am The Oscar:

That headline was the first thing I saw when I woke up this morning. I read it multiple times, convinced that I was misunderstanding at least one word in there.

9:52am The Oscar:

Also I REALLY want to know who the celebrity owner is.

9:56am por?!$$&9;:

Love Yelle

9:56am JakeGould:

“Reports in UK media say the 10 month-old giant rabbit was being delivered to a new 'celebrity' owner.”

9:59am Uncle Michael:

You can't be too careful.
www.nanarland.com...

10:00am Sem Chumbo:

An extended bunny, then.

10:00am βrian:

At least the rabbit didn't fall from the sky à la Donnie Darko.

10:00am howard in nyc:

I'm guessing the celeb is Baby Spice

10:00am Uncle Michael:

I beat Ken to the Night of the Lepus reference!

10:01am Okasa:

United Airlines mortigis kuniklo. Kio tragedio.

10:01am melinda:

Poor Simon.

10:01am The Oscar:

TNT used to play Night of the Lepus every Easter morning. The effect it had on me as a child cannot be overstated.

10:02am rsj:

he's all fluff

10:02am Uncle Michael:

I visited the set of Night of the Lepus. This is a true fact.

10:02am FϻFϻ (:

Indeed, Ken. United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz apologizes for the 'truly horrific', disruptive' and 'belligerent' rabbit passenger.

10:02am thekenschlampen:

die fabulosen thekenschlampen are a good band to play. plus they have --the ken-- in their name.

10:04am The Oscar:

@UM That's amazing! Also, I feel like I should make clear at this point that I am not Oscar Munoz.

10:08am JakeGould:

Thanks for the Simon memorial.

10:10am melinda:

I like this Laurice.

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10:11am Ken From Hyde Park:

So maybe today is a good day for some Echo & the Bunnymen?

10:12am fm Mike:

Morrrrnin' all.

10:14am FϻFϻ (:

In other news United Airlines just scrapped the BBQ rabbit from their inflight meals menu.

10:15am kev:

@melinda I agree

10:15am Fordham hill:

Sounds like Andre Williams - did he have a sex change?

10:15am thekenschlampen:

wow thanks

10:15am thekenschlampen:

you sexy thang

10:16am FϻFϻ (:

I know, melinda. The only thing better than Laurice is, er, Licorice.

10:16am fm Mike:

:O :D another FM! Greetings sibling!

10:16am Some Chumpbo:

Where did I put my poppers?

10:17am kev:

nothing's better than this

10:17am steveo:

Is that Linda Rondstadt on the pile of records?

10:18am βrian:

@steveo: No, that's Jane Birken! Jane Birken! Jane Birken!

10:18am steveo:

Oh, it's Nikki Corvette. Carry on.

10:18am thekenschlampen:

this song helps you get the german girls

10:18am steveo:

@ssrian: don't know her...

10:19am Sam:

I'm pretty sure this is the guy who delivers my pizza

10:20am βrian:

This sounds like some Sesame Street character.

10:20am Sam:

He makes that grunting noise when I don't tip

10:21am Parq:

The girl in the Sexy Thing gif is cute. Just saying.

10:22am kev:

1st timer lovin'it

10:22am fm Mike:

^ Parq agreed.

10:22am Andy the painter:

ken: just tuned in, but thank you for this twisted disco set. i am stuck ornamenting the powder room vanity of a trump supporter on east 89 street so it's kinda saving my life right now.

10:22am fm Mike:

kev your first time listenin' to Ken's show? Awesome! And welcome.

10:22am Some Chumpbo:

The Disco DJ Ken Show: home of the 70's multi-lingual hits!

10:23am SeanG:

i will be king and you will be queen

10:24am thekenschlampen:

yippie yippie hooray

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10:24am Guido from Cologne:

The Fablous Counter Biches

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10:24am Guido from Cologne:

The Fablous Counter Bitches

10:25am thekenschlampen:

actually, the fabulous bar sluts

10:25am fm Mike:

I wish I could go to the Record Fair :( I live in South Carolina.

10:26am steve:

it was O'Hare raising!

10:27am thekenschlampen:

whatever counter bitches or bar sluts its all good

10:27am steveo:

this version of billie jean always gives me chills

10:28am Okasa:

@steve: Ha!

10:28am Passaic River Blues:

Oh my God, thank you, Ken!

10:29am The Oscar:

Annnnd clickystarred.

10:29am fm Mike:

Damn, Grudge!

10:29am Okasa:

10:30am Okasa:

It Stinks!

10:30am pantz:

EAT YOUR HEART OUT IGGY POP!!!

10:31am FϻFϻ (:

I heard another version of I'm Gonna Smash your Face. Apparerntely, the song was a hit in gay clubs in the early 80s/late 70s.

10:31am doctorjazz:

I misread the title, as "When Christie Comes Around (I'm Gonna Smash Your Face In), which seemed appropriate to me at the time.

10:31am lawrence:

Ah... first marriages... good luck

10:33am Mark S:

Laurice factoid:

LAURICE’s Disco Spaceship broke every record by outselling every other disco record in Toronto the week of release

10:34am Mark S:

LAURICE was guest of honour at the Montreal DJ Pool annual White Party in 1978

10:37am steveo:

oh, new Jesus & Mary Chain; liked it

10:40am Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

Just tuned in, can anyone explain the creepy head thing on the playlist?!

10:40am FϻFϻ (:

Remember the time when Ken was scared of the 'terrifying' looks of Laurice? Time to man up, Ken, this weekend on the fair.

10:41am Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

*scrolls up* Oh, there's more

10:44am Bronwyn Bishop:

I'm getting a song poem-y feel from this

10:44am The Oscar:

Estelle! Best apocalyptic girl group song ever.

10:45am FϻFϻ (:

The funny thing about the Estelle song is the typo in it. It should say 'In the Year 3000'

10:50am βrian:

Cliff, did you know there's a Prague, Oklahoma? (Rhymes with "vague.")

10:51am Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

Haha βrian, I knew about the town but not the pronunciation!

10:52am Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

The other Prague rhymes with "prog", which I think means Ken should really play some Rush.

10:53am por?!$$&9;:

Nice. Juana makes beautiful music.

10:55am βrian:

"Juana Molina" would make for a good mantra.

10:55am FϻFϻ (:

It should be read as Estalactitas.

10:56am Wild Neil:

Cone situation? Or did you cover that already?

10:58am Passaic River Blues:

The Shirelles' "Doomsday" is a pretty good example. Great song.

10:59am Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

LAURICE.

11:00am Mark S:

LAURICE was voted the #1 Canadian Male Dance Vocalist two years running

11:04am Bill W:

I think the Star Trek fight music would work well again this week on 7SD.

11:05am Bill W:

What is a dance vocalist?

11:06am kev:

I love the covers of teen spirit

11:07am The Oscar:

@PRB Oh man, I've never heard that one! I suppose Skeeter Davis also deserves a mention...

11:07am βrian:

Is it akin to an architectural dancer?

11:10am FϻFϻ (:

Laurice's career is full of surprises. He is just one degree of separation to Pink Floyd! That is he worked for Alan Parsons in the 70s!

11:12am dgg:

I too would like to brainwash myself into having better sex. I will also be having sex with myself so it works out.

11:12am Whales:

WTF are you talking about?

11:12am Mark S:

Laurice factoid:

The Hotline was banned by Los Angeles dance station Power 106 as being too sexy, but went on to become a Southern California turntable hit

11:13am steve:

Laurice is goddam brilliant... cant wait to see him.

11:14am zopa:

hee hee hee hee

11:15am fm Mike:

Oh god Ken, tell me that's on purpose, cause that sounds horrible...

11:16am Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

Laurice's first act of brilliance was naming himself "Laurice"

11:17am βrian:

Nancy's in trouble now.

11:18am βrian:

"The term laurices refers to the fetus of the rabbit ..."

11:19am FϻFϻ (:

FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

The best krautrock band that sings in French.

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11:19am -Ken:

fm Mike, that Worrywarts LP Cover is for you.

11:22am fm Mike:

Lol Ken that skipping had my nerves on edge. Once it was over, I was fine lol

11:22am Mark S:

Laurice factoid

We Will Make Love (French Version) and We Will Make Love (Spanish Version) have been considered useful for inclusion in French and Spanish language immersion classes

11:23am FϻFϻ (:

Oooooh! See βrian, people? Today's show unravels the mysterious connection between Simon The rabbit and Laurice.

11:24am Wild Neil:

Ken, could you play some Can?

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11:27am AnAnonymousParty:

Ken, Can you play some Could?

11:28am Uncle Michael:

The world needs more Baccara covers.

11:29am Dave in Vermont:

This is the first ever song on FMU that my daughter knew and I didn't.
Kinky Boots.

11:30am zopa:

Ken, could you please play some Die Fabulosen TheKenschlampen?

11:30am thekenschlampen:

awesome ken thank you, now get all their music from people like us

11:30am Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

Ken, mightn't you play some Shan't?

11:31am northguineahills:

UM is full of genius ideas.

11:32am foreign_listener_k:

Only Station Manager Ken would play a German cover from what can be translated as the Fabulous Counter Sluts (counter here in the sense of the sort of counter where one might order or pay for something).

11:34am Lewis:

Tom Jones?

11:34am paul:

sounds a little like Tom Jones to me

11:35am Lewis:

John Barry is the composer...

11:35am pantz:

Tom Jones wishes he could be John Barry!

11:36am FϻFϻ (:

I'm back...I just came back from Youtube listening to the great Laurice. People, the We Will Always make Love is such a little brilliant song!!! By the way, it is recorded under his real name Laurie Marshall.

11:36am northguineahills:

It took Jim O'Rourke to introduce me to the genius of John Barry's James Bond soundtracks, although I was already a fan of some of his other soundtracks.

11:36am Rev. Turnip Druid:

JOHN BARRY, TOM JONES: three first names between two people. Telling you, it just ain't natural.

11:37am Rev. Turnip Druid:

also: hello.

11:38am foreign_listener_k:

Graham Parker is an excellent suggestion. The 20 year old song dissing Aretha is pretty solid - 'Obsessed With Aretha'

11:38am dgg:

subliminal sex education saved a whole generation of uptight parents

11:39am fm Mike:

Mmm, I love this morning mix!

11:39am steve:

all hail Laurice

11:40am por?!$$&9;:

DJ KEN = KMS. Finally found someone who plays my kind of music. Excellent.

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11:42am Ken From Hyde Park:

Graham Parker (alive) is different that Gram Parsons (not alive). I had them mixed up earlier and I was confused.

11:42am Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

I repeat: LAURICE.

11:42am FϻFϻ (:

Judging by my Youtube research findings I can confirm you Laurice had a big hit in Mexico in the middle 70's with the song Amaremos Dia y Noche (We Will Make Love).

11:42am FϻFϻ (:

Laurie Marshal please (aka Laurice)!

11:42am Bootsie:

So that's two bands I know of with names derived from BARBARELLA—Matmos & Duran Duran. Are there any others?

11:43am Mark S:

Banned in the USA as being too gay and too sexy, We Will Make Love topped the US import charts and went on to being released three consecutive times

11:43am zopa:

ohhhhh nooooo! not Nilsson! Nooooooo.

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11:45am AnAnonymousParty:

Is the string section drunk?

11:45am Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

This is not Laurice.

11:45am Mick:

Sounds like a toy piano at this speed

11:45am zopa:

oh the agony...

11:46am SSS:

Evey story baby...

11:47am The Oscar:

Whoa, I've never heard this version! Bobby Conn is so great.

11:47am FϻFϻ (:

This is a great cover! Can't complain!

11:47am r i s k y:

Holy shit... This is full blown

11:47am Mark S:

This is epic

11:47am Lewis:

I'm with @zopa

11:47am Okasa:

If high school angst had a sound track...

11:49am por?!$$&9;:

OMG!

11:50am Did Someone say SEX?:

Great show Mr Ken!

11:51am kev:

Thx Ken, I've been in lightened. next week

11:52am FϻFϻ (:

Mocedades ? on my WFMU? By the way, Irwin produced an outsider's music album where a guy sings this song in English. Everybody trashes him but I think he does a pretty good job sining the song.

11:52am Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

Here we go.

11:52am steve:

thanks Ken, todays show got me all emotional, in a good way.

11:52am FϻFϻ (:

LAURICEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

11:53am por?!$$&9;:

U hav done it Ken. I am crying. I grew up listening to Las Mocedades. WTF made u play this song? I'm really curious. Wow. Darn it. U hav brought up all these suppressed memories. Awesome n scary.

11:53am pantz:

I'm so confused.

11:53am Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

And how is Laurice pronounced FϻFϻ?

11:54am Soma Chumbeau:

Catharsis? NO charge on the Fun 91.

11:54am zopa:

We WILL make love!

11:54am FϻFϻ (:

Indeed, por?!$$&9;. "Eres tu" is a such an eternal classic in the Hispanic world. I think it won the Eurovision back in the 70s?

11:55am Bronwyn Bishop:

adding the bass harmonica from pet sounds to the warmth of the sun...i like it

11:55am Mark S:

We Will Make Love (a genuine Tom Moulton 12” disco mix) was a smash in Canada,topped the charts in many Latin American countries, Eurasia and was a smash in Europe

11:56am FϻFϻ (:

Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

Lau - Law
Rice - as in German Rise. So it's like rice but with strong R

So it is basically as saying Law-Rise

11:56am Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

Thanks Ken! Good luck with 7SD tonight, yikes.

11:56am paul:

Peter Ham wrote Without You

11:57am Listener Robert:

Yay! And soon I get to see all the ani-GIFs on the playlist w/o it autorefreshing at brief intervals!

11:58am Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

Thanks FϻFϻ! A Law-Rise fan forever

11:58am northguineahills:

Thanks Ken!