Sympathy for Home Depot: Ken's show

Listener comments!

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6:06am -Ken:

Morning all!

7:41am Listener Robert:

Trying to figure out the hidden message in this selection of GIFs. The station's financial situation in terms of cash on hand stinks, like fish. There's not quite a wolf at your door, but at least a small canine threatens to come thru it. You're unsure of the outcome, but try as you might, you can't flee it. It's for the birds. Give us a hand, or two, you say, but the sharks at e still circling. A kick in the head, yet you remain calm while the station burns. Some donors have taken the plunge, but it's like a couple cups full so far.

7:56am Listener Robert:

"Listener Steve" is in rehab just outside Phila. from his stroke. He can now walk & talk, though blind in his right eye, but according to his daughter, can't understand what people say to him, and has forgotten his life.

I asked him over the summer if he'd like a visit from you on your way back from the lake house, and he said no, but we should've arranged to surprise him. I'm thinking that in his current condition, maybe playing some material from "SUW" or Jim Marshall, or maybe even Nachum, could get some recognition from him.

8:01am ˨o˨o (:

Good morning, Ken, Listener Robert!

Wow, Robert. I think you are ready to solve the cryptographic sculpture 'Kryptos' at the CIA headquarters. My poor interpretation was more like 'Ken is running out of good Gifs'.

8:04am ˨o˨o (:

Let's hope Listener Steve fully recovers.

8:13am Listener Robert:

Sometimes I've felt it's a little cheesy for a station like WFMU to solicit donations for what is, after all, our own amusement, rather than, say, taking care of blind orphans in Namibia. But then I think about the many people there must be like my friend for whom just a bit of entertainment might brighten their day, and I think, sure, why not solicit for a worthy endeavor like that?

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8:17am -Ken:

Thank you Robert, you are a true ray of sunshine. Wishing Steve a quick recovery.

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8:19am Ken From Hyde Park:

I ate quite a bit of leftover Halloween candy and now my stomach feels like it's full of Hazmat.

8:35am Michael:

Morning Ken.

8:45am pantz:

I'm interested to learn the "magic of seque evangelism". Will there be miraculous healings?

8:49am Michael:

Fearless Vampire Killers was on yesterday so perhaps we'll see a certain gif

8:54am Roberto:

Yas Kreiger!

8:55am Roberto:

Oops that's Krieger.

9:01am ˨o˨o (:

Ladies and gentlemen, let the greatest radio show on Earth on Wednesdays start now!

9:02am bk845:

Man, I didn't know I needed some Lemmy to start the morning, thanks for pointing that out, Ken!

9:02am Roberto:

Lemmy's voice makes everything better.

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9:03am NotARealDoctor:

Good morning everyone! I hope you remembered to check your children's candy for razor blades last night, those things are like nine bucks each at the store!

9:03am melinda:

Hi Ken and listeners!

9:03am jess:

wow! lemmy!

9:03am Morgan:

Whoa I slipped into Accuchat Limbo. Morning!

9:04am Morgan:

Lemmy is a lovely start

9:04am jess:

good vibes for Listener Steve

9:04am Bogaziti:

My mom passed the same day as Lemmy, hope they're hanging out.

9:06am glenn:

this is better than the stones.

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9:07am NotARealDoctor:

OH SNAP! Are we getting another Institutionalized-Style episode?!

9:07am Sem Chumbo:

One two Sympathy combo punch. Nice, SM Ken. Good morning, and hello, Ken listeners.

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9:07am Threemoons:

OH YEAH. Need this today.

9:07am tinkle bear:

*wonders why anyone cares whether the pilot washes his hands*

9:08am maestroso:

Laibach. At first I thought it was Brother Theodore.
G'morning Ken.

9:09am ˨o˨o (:

LAIBAAAAAAACHH!!!!

Ken,

There's a brand new documentary out there about Leichbach in North Korea.

9:10am Charlie Wranglers:

How about some sympathy for the listener? Just kidding.

9:11am Bogaziti:

@tinkle the next pilot.

9:11am ˨o˨o (:

Wait..I haven't finihsed...and Rammstein's lawyers tried to sue the shit out of the director because of the docu-film. Can't wait to watch it!

9:12am Roberto:

Bohemian Rhapsody redux?

9:13am Sem Chumbo:

Oh, man. Down the rabbit hole we go.

9:13am Lixiviated Life:

Elvis is dah debill

9:13am queems:

too many devils

9:13am psysci:

filed my report to the fcc @ian . it seems the radio interference comes from 90.9

9:13am thatpatsmith:

Ahem. Yeah, hey there.

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9:13am -Ken:

No sorry, I am NOT going all the way with this. But it is Day of the Dead in a very evil era.

9:13am psysci:

ian isnt here tho

9:14am Asheville Jon:

is this Tortelvis?

9:15am glenn:

not elvis, unfortunately. www.tapatalk.com...

9:15am dale:

dred zeppstone.

9:16am Aaron Working In Newark:

I think Janes Addiction does a cover

9:16am psysci:

anyone see that movie that dread zeppelin was in?

9:16am Bogaziti:

Everybody cool right down.

9:18am tinkle bear:

@Bogaziti LOLOL

9:18am psysci:

Sandra Bernhard = Buster Poindexter

9:18am queems:

for a minute i thought it was going to be enya

9:18am melinda:

It's interesting to hear the lyrics for the first time.

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9:19am NotARealDoctor:

@Ken, it's just as well, I don't know if I could take 3 hours of this. Maybe you could hold the listeners hostage and threaten to continue playing it until the station goals are met?

9:19am ˨o˨o (:

I read somewhere this theory that says that Elvis is going to be almost forgotten in two or three generations from today. That is, he's not an immortal classic artist as we would like to believe.

9:19am glenn:

that was even better than the motorhead version.

9:20am melinda:

Sandra is a less-convincing Satan.

9:21am Uncle Michael:

I MISSED LAIBACH!

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9:21am Threemoons:

I wish Bowie had covered this.

9:21am glenn:

maybe, but if you eliminate the "r', and elide the "d' into a t, and mix 'em up, what do you get? that's right - astna.

9:22am steveo:

Good morning Ken & everyone. Missed the first few. Enjoying this easy Sympathy now, after a hectic day yesterday. Will come back for the Teufel later...

9:22am Bogaziti:

Keith!

9:22am Uncle Michael:

Jagger at his most feckless.

9:22am Lixiviated Life:

@melinda that's what makes it even more Satanic

9:23am steveo:

@psysci: @ike is the pirate guy

9:23am Lixiviated Life:

I prefer the "Why Are We Fighting" Jagger

9:23am psysci:

well then he will be visited from the fcc soon

9:24am psysci:

I hope we get Mike Myers covering sympathy next

9:24am dale:

sympathy for the (hells) angels.

9:24am Mark S:

The greatest thing ever on twiiter, check first tweet

twitter.com...

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9:24am Vivian:

Good morning Ken and all. The Craft gif and Flex Unger - good start to my day, along with coffee.

9:25am dale:

yeah, would satan come as a cloven hooved beast spewing fire or would he appear like a kardashian?

9:26am Okasa:

Hey, good morning Ken, Kenophiles, and Kenophobes.

9:27am lawrence:

Wow bryan ferry

9:27am glenn:

with chris spedding, i think.

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9:27am Threemoons:

Wow BRYAN FERRY? REALLY? Who's next up Tiny Tim? Nina Hagen? A duet by both?

9:28am Passaic River Blues:

Bryan Ferry must be a masochist.

9:28am MD:

Good morning Gang!

9:28am steveo:

Ken, congrats on the Felder thing yesterday, that was hilarious. (Anyone who missed it, check out Garbage Time at 11:00:00 yesterday.)

9:29am psysci:

Ken's ongoing crusade against Heavy Metal

9:29am steveo:

did bryan just call me a sinner?

9:29am dale:

according to this list, there's a stars on 45 version - OH GOD! YESSS!

secondhandsongs.com...

9:30am MD:

EQUAL TIME FOR SATAN! and satin also!

9:30am Bogaziti:

Did Shatner cover this?

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9:31am Ken From Hyde Park:

I have to admit I've reached my limit for pledging on my current credit card cycle. By next week, I'll be on the next cycle and I can pledge more, if needed.

9:31am ˨o˨o (:

This is yet another song that confirms Bryan Ferry is just a one hit wonder.

9:31am steveo:

@Ken can't you sell your car or something?

9:32am psysci:

He may not have a car but he definitely has a kidney.

9:32am dale:

ooh, that list has links to danish and german and yiddish versions too!

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9:32am NotARealDoctor:

@KenFHP, yeah I'm waiting for the next payday (Thursday) to pledge again. I pledged until the heart palpitations set in.

9:33am Sebastian:

good morning everybody. uuuuuh, Udo...

9:34am ˨o˨o (:

Ken from Hyde park (not to be confused with Ken to Hyde Park),

I admire you, platonic WFMU listener! All listeners should aspire to be like you, perfect WFMU companion.

9:35am steveo:

mehr Teufel!

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9:35am Guido from Cologne:

Udo!!!

9:35am Sebastian:

when is the US changing to winter time? this sunday? My schedule is all screwed up, every show is on an hour too early...

9:35am psysci:

pull all the pledges in bitcoin and we will never need another marathon ever again

9:36am psysci:

@sebastian sunday is correct

9:36am thelud:

If I were out of cash and the utilities were about to be shut off, what I'd do is throw money away on wacky billboards.

9:36am Sebastian:

thanks

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9:37am -Ken:

Which one is the Yiddisha Version

9:37am Lixiviated Life:

@thelud has a point

9:37am MD:

Ken's Satanic Majesty!!!

9:38am Tom from Maplewood:

This is why we like WFMU! Well, why I like it, at least ;).

9:38am psysci:

it's prolly been played on JM in the AM before

9:39am Sebastian:

@thelud: the billboard was financed through a kickstarter

9:40am Uncle Michael:

I was waiting for the Global Twins version.

9:40am Rosie in Leeds:

watched Sympathy for the Devil on Monday, hopefully the Chamber Bros will get it out of my head!

9:41am Sebastian:

louder Ken!

9:41am Roberto:

Oh no Ken's morphing into Professor Dum Dum.

9:41am Sebastian:

LindeNberg

9:41am Rosie in Leeds:

or any, or all of these versions!

9:41am dale:

here ken - not sure if you can pull it.

secondhandsongs.com...

9:42am melinda:

Motörhead and Flex were my favorites.

9:44am sbuber:

@Roberto Think about it, have you ever seen them in the same place at the same time.

9:44am dale:

the yiddish one is purty good. next halloween.

9:44am Asheville Jon:

the show is over already?

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9:44am NotARealDoctor:

That was a fast show!

9:44am Sebastian:

that's right, blame it on the dead

9:44am tinkle bear:

Ken, please. The prefered nomenclature is "The Ugly Baby Jesus"

9:45am Paul In Bloomfield:

That home depot was a stupid idea

9:45am MD:

they are saying Passaic...I Been there!

9:45am queems:

the worst home depot i've ever been to is on willoughby ave in brooklyn

9:45am Morgan:

Sympathy for the Home Depot

9:46am dale:

tonight on 7sd call the home depot and try to rent a truck over the air.

9:46am MD:

only 19 bux for your first hour of evil!!!

9:46am Morgan:

@dale too soon yet I lol

9:48am tinkle bear:

"This national security entertainment segement was brought to you by Home Depot!"

9:48am psysci:

hom d'peaut

9:49am medson:

Wasn’t this song originally called I Love The Depot?

9:50am Tom from Maplewood:

This is when I stopped listening to Alice Cooper - when he professed his love for Jerry Garcia and company with “I Love The Dead” ;)

9:50am (Murakami Whywolf))):

Anyone ever read "Time of the Hawklords"? Post-apocalyptic science fantasy in which Hawkwind saves what's left of the world from Wings. Michael Moorcock can't possibly be as embarrassed of it as he ought.…. The first I ever heard of 'Liquid Lem'.

There aren't even any 'good parts' featuring Blake Stacia.

9:51am psysci:

Alice Cooper sexually harassed Jerry Garcia

9:51am thelud:

WFMU listeners are very generous.

9:51am The Home Despot:

did someone mention my name?

9:51am ˨o˨o (:

Ken,

I think the agreement was to play the Home Depo song for them to help reach WFMU marathon's financial goal.

9:52am psysci:

ill settle for Tom Waits at the depot

9:54am mario:

I miss Lux, Thanks Ken!

9:55am Tom from Maplewood:

Ken F is bummed that his show didn’t fall on Halloween.

9:56am The Oscar:

Around second grade, my mom gave me an Elvira Halloween cassette with this song on it, and a cheapo VHS of Vincent Price hosting old horror clips, including the parallel bar scene from I Was a Teenage Werewolf. This, then, was my first moment of "I get that reference!" in a Cramps song. I was hooked.

9:56am The Oscar:

Also, thanks for extending the Halloween jams-- I'M NOT DONE YET EITHER!

9:57am Morgan:

Yeah! I wanted to hear Ain’t it Fun

9:58am ˨o˨o (:

Tom from Maplewood,

He shouldn't. the show falls between Halloween AND the Day of the Dead. How cool is that?

9:59am psysci:

Clickey Clickey for dead boys

9:59am Morgan:

whoopsie

9:59am dale:

not to regress but i searched high and low and could not find a version of sympathy for the devil sung by boxcar willie, so i'm pretty sure he never cut one.

9:59am MD:

"Fun keeps when you tape it" Said Mr Popodopolus as he taped on the Wire!!!

10:00am josh in the uk:

whoopsie!

10:01am dale:

what would you record in that image - 'we're just about to eat a pile of sandwiches'?

10:03am pantz:

@dale "This key party is gonna be great!"

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10:03am -Ken:

@dale - you would record mucnhing and chomping noises for playing on THIS SHOW. Helllooo!

10:04am ˨o˨o (:

You know what else Alice Cooper loves? His mother finding a million dollars -thought to be lost- Andy Warhol original painting in one of his music equipment and props storages.

10:05am Okasa:

I thought it would be OK in the house.

10:07am βrian:

I thought I heard a Godzilla sample there.

10:09am BronwynB:

good morning ken and everyone

10:10am dale:

re home depot. no advertising is bad advertising.

10:10am Roberto:

Dia de los Muertos. Dia de las Muertes would mean Day of the Deaths.

10:10am dgg:

Dio of the Ronnie James Dio.

10:10am People Like Us:

herro

10:10am jake:

Its All saint’s day bro

10:11am steveo:

there's your kidney

10:11am βrian:

"La Toussaint" in France.

10:12am dale:

that was a pickup truck , not a box truck no?

10:12am dgg:

Its always Florida

10:12am Passaic River Blues:

Passaic makes more sense as the guy was last living in Paterson.

10:12am queems:

thanks for not sullying the good name of the clifton home depot, guy

10:13am medson:

So you’re saying Home Depot is renting Home Depot trucks now?

10:15am queems:

the paterson lowes is probably breathing a sigh of relief over the fact that they don't rent trucks

10:15am crateslinger:

I heard he ended in a shoot out with cops, but he had a bb gun. Is that terrorism or dementia?

10:15am tinkle bear:

gonna be a lot harder to sleep peacefully in your car at the home depot, going forwards.

10:15am BronwynB:

i went to a wiccan samhain rite last night. AMA

10:16am Sebastian:

today's Allerheiligen (All Saints) in the catholic church - there's actually a Tanzverbot in some regions today, at least in Germany and Austria as far as I'm aware - no dancing, no parties, VERBOTEN. Goddamn religious fanatics...

10:16am brycepunk1:

Feeling a strange urge to go to Home Depot today.

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10:17am -Ken:

@crateslinger - he had more than a bb gun - he had a f'in PAINTBALL GUN too! With a scope and a silencer.

10:19am dale:

i have a white minivan. wonder when i will declare jihad...

10:20am glenn:

hmmmm. why would you need a silencer on a paintball gun? i've never paintballed, but it seems kinda immaterial to me.

10:20am tinkle bear:

love to paint silently, jackson pollock eat your heart out.

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10:21am NotARealDoctor:

To me it sounds like attempted suicide by cop

10:21am zopa:

@BronwynB: cool! bonfires and cattle slaughter?

10:21am queems:

yeah well that backfired on him since they arrested his ass

10:21am ˨o˨o (:

This is a case of bad engineering design. The paintball gun shouldn't have silencer. The silencer should be put on the person being hit by the ball. Especially if being hit in the...er...balls. You don't want to hear the yelling.

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10:24am Vivian:

@BrownwynB - What did they serve?

10:24am Wild Neil:

PEACE all. Well, that generation X band Blues Traveler has a 30th anniversary this year. I kinda met them a few times in the 80's and 90's.

10:25am crateslinger:

so, he's alive? I didn't realize that. There are paintball guns for "scenario" games which look like real rifles, including mock supressors and scopes.

10:25am Sebastian:

great track, that Fuxa!

10:26am Passaic River Blues:

Haven't heard this in years. Lovely.

10:26am The Oscar:

As a kid I always thought this song was called "Alice the Seal." I totally would have watched that cartoon.

10:27am (((Murakami Whywolf):

'Home Despot' is more accurate, but 'Home Devo' aurally closer.

(…as in 'Coffee sounds are for aural closers!')

10:27am Wild Neil:

This Fuxa is pretty darned brilliant!

10:28am BronwynB:

@zopa: yep, lots of that

@vivian: wafer cookies and juice. seemed oddly catholic to me.

10:28am bnowb:

@wild agree amazing cover

10:28am Asheville Jon:

ugh weird neil, blues traveler. hated them from the beginning. i mean seriously, how many freakin different harmonicas do you need at one time?

10:28am ˨o˨o (:

Thanks, The Oscar. Now I hear 'Alice The Seal'. Can't revert to the original lyrics.

10:29am Mick:

All hail Alice the Seal

10:29am (Murakami Whywolf))):

Is Taunting Devil from the movie „Häxen“?

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10:29am NotARealDoctor:

@crateslinger, I'm trying to find it, but last thing I read said he was in the hospital in critical condition.

10:29am crateslinger:

I've driven a hundred rental trucks through the tunnels. For a while after 9-11, you'd have to pull over and open it up. A lot of good that did with a truck full of crap they weren't going to check anyway. Thank god I don't have to do that anymore with this new hassle.

10:30am (Murakami Whywolf))):

'Yodelin Satan' by The Rudy Schwartz Project?

10:31am Wild Neil:

@Asheville-he is the supposedly the greatest harmonica players in the world. I think they rock. Saw them in Nightingales which is a TINY bar in Manhattan about 16 feet wide with a stage occupying 4 feet of that. It was awesome!
Well, I went through a period where I thought they were corny....but I think they really are all that. Whatever. I HATE some stuff on WFMU too but that is what makes it great! Because I LOVE LOVE LOVE some other stuff I hear.
I am kinda sick of the Spin Doctors, (their old roommates) but that guy is really really good at scat singing.

10:32am Wild Neil:

and its WILD Neil, by the way.

10:33am bnowb:

Tricky is gold. You're the best Ken! Cheers

10:33am crateslinger:

omg seriously lmfao at the puffdog gif... holy shit!

10:35am ˨o˨o (:

I can attest Wild Neil is WILD.

10:35am bnowb:

lmao ridiculousness

10:35am Wild Neil:

Thank you FOFO. I have ridden my bike through Times Square-on the road-at 1am. Once. Wild, no?

10:36am Asheville Jon:

sorry WILD, i've been sick, not wearing my glasses, and working all at the same time. my brain hurts

10:36am Wild Neil:

I mean Łoł0.

10:37am Wild Neil:

No problemo Asheville John!

10:40am tinkle bear:

Okay, Ken. I didn't think anyone could beat Clay Pigeon for cringe-worthy picks. But I now stand corrected.

10:40am Asheville Jon:

touche

10:41am People Like Us:

ha ha

10:41am ˨o˨o (:

It's ok, Wild Neil. I always have trouble finding the F on the keyboard. This is why today i'm just a simpe ˨o˨o.

10:42am Sem Chumbo:

What a production...

10:43am weird steve:

I don't see what the big deal is, Neil.

10:43am ˨o˨o (:

My appreciation for Funkadelic just went down just like the stock price of 'House of Cards' after the Kevin Spacey revelation.

10:44am dgg:

I would be okay with states mandating a small % of local music be played on the radio

10:44am Asheville Jon:

quota? but what about playing bon jovi or springsteen?

10:45am Paul In Bloomfield:

@asheville enough to necessitate the stupidest looking vest of all time? I saw a video with Jon Popper saying that "Im pretty damn good" at playing the harmonica. it was even lamer than their records.

10:46am (((Murakami Whywolf):

Should Slenderman help get N.J. super-double-gerrymandered Democratic to help make-up for all those oppositely-rigged states, or do it fairly?

10:47am Michele:

Fuck CHUCK! I AM NOT!

10:47am dgg:

Ken, what's the price tag to get you to play felder at 11am?

10:47am Michele:

He does have the LOOK though. I have a few other favorites - www.flickr.com...

10:48am Asheville Jon:

i agree Paul

10:48am People Like Us:

oooh

10:49am Asheville Jon:

yes Ken, what is your bribe $$ amount for admitting Felder rules and playing him at 11?

10:49am ˨o˨o (:

Ken's political commentary is the equivalent of political cartoon but for radio. It's high-larious!

10:51am ˨o˨o (:

Viva la Vicki!

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10:52am -Ken:

@Asheville Jon - $500!

10:52am medson:

@-Ken So you’ll play Felder for me at 11?

10:53am A Better Me:

This is fun. Y'all having fun? I'm having fun.

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10:53am -Ken:

If the station total goes up by $500 by 11am, I will play it.

10:54am Sebastian:

I'll pitch in for some Felder - not $500 though...

10:54am βrian:

en.wikipedia.org...

10:55am dgg:

I'll pitch in $50.

10:55am tinkle bear:

@ABetterMe We're having a wing ding!

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10:55am -Ken:

We're now 30,306 away from the goal - if we get to $29,806 away then I SHALL PLAY FELDER

10:55am People Like Us:

of course the means kicking me off, how much do I have to pay?

10:56am Dean:

You've heard of disincentives, right?

10:56am People Like Us:

I already gave you $200 to play this

10:56am crateslinger:

@ A Better Me - I'm having fun too. Some days I just sit here and don't do any work. I check everybody's profiles and comment way too much. Usually Fridays, but today is just about the ticket.

10:57am crateslinger:

I wish I had held out for fifteen minutes on my pledge. That song reminds me of summertime in junior high. All downhill since then.

10:57am glenn:

will felder kill vicki? stay tuned for the news at eleven.

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10:57am -Ken:

Interesting - the station total is NOT BUDGING.

10:57am People Like Us:

This is WAR

10:57am Sebastian:

pitched in $20 for FELDER!

10:57am People Like Us:

WAR I tell you

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10:58am -Ken:

two minutes left to raise the money needed for me to play Don Felder.

10:58am crateslinger:

You should THREATEN to play it!

10:58am CeeDubbles:

A man a Woman - and a DUCK?!?

10:58am medson:

-Ken has thrown down a tall order folks.

10:58am dgg:

I'm in for fiddy! Let's do this!

10:58am Dean:

Pure Machiavellianism.

10:58am queems:

i'll pay you to never play it again

10:59am medson:

Matt ww is at the transmitter ready to patch in

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10:59am -Ken:

Damn! Y'all raised $70 towards this! One minute to go!

10:59am Dean:

[Gotta love that sample from "I Wanna Marry a Lighthouse Keeper."]

10:59am northguineahills:

It's rare I recognize most of Vicki's sample for any given track (Whether I do or not, it's always a fun thing!)

10:59am dgg:

@crateslinger this is true. its like Michele and Frangry threating to drink chocolate sardine mayonayse mustard soup our whatever

10:59am crateslinger:

a thousand if you play the slowed down 45

11:00am (Murakami Whywolf))):

'Who will buy my sweet red roses?/Two blooms for a penny!'

11:00am People Like Us:

it's 3 o'clock here

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11:01am -Ken:

OK, threat passed! Now I will swear to NEVER EVER PLAY ANYTHING BY DON FELDER EVER if we can raise $50 in the next ten minutes.

11:01am People Like Us:

Ken, that's YOU and Clay whistling there

11:01am ˨o˨o (:

Ken,

If you happen to play Felder's music (God forbid!) please make sure you play it at a Chipmunk rate so it can be over as fast as possible.

11:01am crateslinger:

@dgg - threatening or daring?

11:02am βrian:

Wilton!

11:02am dgg:

@crate - daring I guess. If they raised a certain amount, they would have done it.

11:03am tinkle bear:

It's like Nat Roe, but the dial only hits *good* stations.

11:03am ˨o˨o (:

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PEOPLE! PLEEEEEDGE!!!!

11:03am Wild Neil:

Apparently, according to the WFMU band browser NOBODY has EVER PLAYED Blues Traveler. Huhn. Are they really THAT unpopular here?

11:03am psysci:

Felder or die

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11:04am Rich in Washington:

SPOILER ALERT! I haven't gotten my copy of this yet!

11:04am People Like Us:

pledged!

11:04am Asheville Jon:

YES FOR ABBA!!!

11:04am People Like Us:

btw who the hell is Felder

11:04am BronwynB:

@wild neil: im gonna do an all-blues traveler show for my next fill in just to fix that

(i will more than likely not actually do this)

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11:04am -Ken:

Only $20 lweft in the next five minutes to guarantee NO FELDER EVER!

11:05am Brendan:

Good morning Ken. I guess its too late to throw some Felder payola your way?

11:05am crateslinger:

I've never heard Blues Traveller so I can't weigh in except to say that I definitely support multiple harmonica possession.

11:05am Wild Neil:

@Bronwyn-thanks for the empty promise and being transparent about it!
@Crateslinger-they played Wetlands a LOT in the early 90's.

11:05am psysci:

blues traveler > hootie and the blowfish

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11:06am -Ken:

@People Like Us - "Felder" is a fake online persona created by Don Henley which he uses as a tax dodge. Many people thinbk Felder is a real person. Some records actually came out under his name, but it's all Don Henley. What a voice Henley has!

11:06am Wild Neil:

UG Hootie. Boo! Boooooo!

11:06am crateslinger:

@dgg, If I'm not mistaken, Ken has an Eagle's (yes, Don Felder's band) tattoo as a result of a similar dare.

11:07am zm:

pretty awful tho.

11:07am glenn:

blues traveller is probably the least bluesy band with blues in their name, which tells you everything you need to know.

11:07am crateslinger:

Hootie became a country guy. He's not bad.

11:07am tinkle bear:

@Wild Neil - They totally hate the blues here. No Blues Hammer either. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaM6lTmhnak

11:07am People Like Us:

oh! That's the thing I learnt today :)

11:07am Asheville Jon:

dammit, i missed the felder mini-pledge drive. :( i was talking to my toilet. :( been a bad week.

11:07am northguineahills:

Blues Traveler is innocuous, it's not something I would purposely listen to, but I wouldn't run out the room screaming if someone played them.

11:07am zm:

she's never gets improved...

11:08am steveo:

i can't smile

11:08am dgg:

@crate - lol yes. Which Is why I was sure he'd be bribable. I mean, if Ken'll do that. Ken'll do anything.

11:08am northguineahills:

@Asheville Jon: That was me yesterday until a few hours ago, finally on the mend.

11:09am crateslinger:

I remember the Spin Doctors. The guy used to walk by ABC No Rio sometimes. He was nice enough. That song is catchy.

11:09am herb.nyc:

since don henley was mentioned, i finished reading thomas dolby memoirs. his computer comp hires don henley for an event (he preferred someone else) and he spots him after the gig, in a room by himself. but it turns out it's an impersonator and the bldg staff said "him again?".

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11:09am JtotheK:

hi ken, hi everyone.

11:09am Davee:

Loving yooooooooouuuuuuuu!

11:09am Blues Mandinga:

Hola ;)

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11:10am Rich in Washington:

@tinkle bear: I recently came to the conclusion that Joe Bonammassa (sic?) fans are completely immune from the irony of that Blues Hammer reference and clip.

11:10am (Murakami Whywolf))):

Are there Chipmunk versions of Blues Traveler [sic]? MULTIPLE HAH-MAAH-NEE-KAHs!

11:10am ˨o˨o (:

People from the Don Felder fan club:

According to the chapter 3 ('Programing Rules of Engagement'), paragraph 2 ('Authorised Music') of the WFMU DJ GUIDE these are the only Felders that can be played on Ken's show:

Allan Felder, songwriter
David Felder, virtuoso instrumentalist writer
Nir Felder, jazz guitarist
Wilton Felder, saxophonist
Hershey Felder, pianist

So yes, Ken, bring the Felder music!

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11:10am JtotheK:

@ken: say - how's the transmitter been since the scheduled maintenance yesterday? will that be the new time for maintenance going forward? seemed to work out well!

11:11am dgg:

Did Andy Breckamn really get a tattoo in Chinese that says "here's your order" or something?

11:11am zopa:

@herb.nyc: what's your take on that bio. I read it too, came away thinking he's a bit full of himself...

11:12am northguineahills:

huh, I have the original IQU record this came out on. (I let them sleep on my couch a looong time ago).

11:12am BronwynB:

full disclosure: i saw blues traveler live once by accident

11:12am steveo:

I saw Deep Purple live by accident!

11:13am crateslinger:

I saw Carlos Santana on acid.

11:13am ?:

All the Sympathy for the Devil covers in the world aren't worth a single Felder

11:13am βrian:

As always: Whereimin??

11:13am Sebastian:

do we still get a $70 Felder-snippet, maybe?

11:14am herb.nyc:

@zopa - i can see yr point, he rises from nothing and is almost immed'ly a big shot. i laughed when he wrote he saw TELEVISION on same bill as TALKING HEADS and thought it was simply one band, like, "talking heads belong on television, right?".

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11:14am Rich in Washington:

Hereamin, Theramin, Everywhereatherimin

11:14am Brendan:

Carlos Santana saw me on acid.

11:14am Thelma:

Hi Ken, I thought it might be timely to tell your listener's about John Kruth's just published book, "A Friend of the Devil, The Glorification of the Outlaw in song from Robin Hood to Rap." What a wild ride!!! I made it a playlist which will give some ideal of the songs discussed.https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKf7xeTbwTRLBBAe0i0MDRfmrIJDg213Y&disable_polymer=true

11:14am pantz:

I love Ed Wood! Maybe Depp's best performance.

11:15am Davee:

I have to peeagain!

11:15am dgg:

Yes, a Felder snippet. Just that opening build up. cut off right before the first riff. whaddya say, ken

11:16am zopa:

@herb.nyc: kind of a right place at right time story... not that he isn't talented. I loved The Flat Earth.

11:17am medson:

@pantz agreed I love that movie

11:18am steveo:

$219,999

11:19am CeeDubbles:

Breckman got a Crips tattoo high on his left calf - I WUZZ DERE!

11:19am Dean:

$499 would have been perfecter.

I'd pitch in again, but I'm at my limit.

11:20am Asheville Jon:

but the people who WANTED Felder pledged more than the people who DIDN'T want it. so we win!

11:20am steveo:

7.6 billion people prevented it from happening.

11:20am steveo:

(at 11)

11:20am dgg:

Wow. We got Ken to touch the Felder record. I feel mad with power.

11:21am dgg:

@cd lol I didn't know that. Now we have to get him to spend a night in prison.

11:21am Davee:

What folder is felder in?

11:21am steveo:

i can't believe that Matt doesn't take it home with him. Maybe the station has a copy also?

11:21am People Like Us:

down with Felder even though I didn't know who he is

11:22am medson:

@-Ken I can't say for sure, but I think you have a way to log in and through hocus pocus mess with the numbers.

11:22am Agent Peter:

Bit of trivia: Third member of Nairobi Trio was Jack Lemon

11:22am Davee:

We have to hear Felder every Tuesday at 11 am

11:22am Davee:

Home Cheapo!

11:23am Dean:

This NYT headline is a choice tidbit: Truck Driver, Uber Driver, Then Terror Attack Suspect.

11:23am Davee:

That is a heck of a way for Home Depot to advertise

11:23am steveo:

was it a Home Depot gun?

11:24am Ryan in Clark:

non-lethal weapons would fit best probably

11:24am Dean:

I don't know whether to sh*t or get Office Depot.

11:24am steveo:

If only those damn bike lanes hadn't prevented him from getting more Uber fares, he might not have flipped his lid.

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11:25am Rich in Washington:

Free the Nairobi Trio was one of my favorite quotes ever from a Zippy The Pinhead comic, as well as a reference to Ernie Kovacs.

11:25am tinkle bear:

@Rich in Washington - I was like "WTF is a joe bonamassa?" so I looked up some youtube. Holy crap.

11:25am CeeDubbles:

It's well know throughout the Levant that Jersey City rental trucks are the Best - since '93!

11:25am Agent Peter:

NBC reported Passaic Home Depot last night.

11:25am medson:

So it wasn't the Sad Home Depot by the tunnel? thats good to know.

11:27am Sebastian:

man, it just dawned on me that I probably could have bought my own Felder record with that pledge...

11:27am medson:

-Ken can you confirm that Penske still supplies those moving blankets as well. Thanks

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11:27am Rich in Washington:

I've rented those Home Depot trucks on more than one occasion, when buying stuff I cannot cram into my Subaru.

11:27am convoy_pt2:

Talk about the victims not the the person who killed them or the store where they got the truck in this case.

11:28am Brian c:

Is all publicity still good publicity?

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11:29am Rich in Washington:

Joe Bonamassa. It's like Stevie Ray and Joe Satriani had a kid. Maybe worse.

11:30am Scott:

I'd rather free Percy Dovetonsils. Upped my Swag pledge for incentive.

11:30am Paul In Bloomfield:

I do not understand the fascination with Joe Bonamassa. he is one of the most talented but utterly BORING guitar players ive ever heard

11:30am Morgan:

I think driving in NYC turns people into maniacs

11:30am steveo:

i find this music unsettling

11:31am ˨o˨o (:

Vicki,

Don Felder is an ex-Eagle band member that made, wrote, sang or play what was the most clikey-starred song in the WFMU website: 'Heavy Metal'...until the 'Barbecue' song by Butterscott came in to occupy the first spot. So now people are divided in two camps: The Pro-Felders and the Anti-Felders. Each love to hate and undermine the other one. Because of this some historians would say WFMU is eperiencing its first civil war in its entire history.

11:31am Lawrence:

Ken, I love you, man, but the prolonged Home Depot discussion wasn't funny. People are dead.

11:32am northguineahills:

Loving this Ligeti!

11:32am Morgan:

I bet it was completely spontaneous

11:33am dgg:

The only real way to solve the Felder issue is with a tug of war

11:33am MenfussMike:

@Paul in Bloomfield agreed, but I would not say he is one of the "most". Talented? yes. Most talented? nahhh. Very generic.

11:34am Michael 98145:

RIP, Ernie Kovacs

11:35am zopa:

@Lawrence: No one lives forever.

11:35am Paul In Bloomfield:

@menfussmike by talented I meant that he some degree of virtuosity. but talented as in creating moving powerful music that I want to hear again... Hell effing no. he sucks. So yeah I guess I used the wrong word there.

11:35am Okasa:

The Mound City Blues Blowers might be less bluesy than the Blues Travelers.

11:35am Matt ww:

@lo lo One correction. Heavy Metal is STILL the most favorited song on WFMU.

11:36am Paul In Bloomfield:

and people go on and on about his TONE on guitar forums. its so vanilla to me. not interesting at all.

11:36am CeeDubbles:

Lawrence, you'll LOVE the billboard on I-280 west!!

11:36am geo in jc:

@Lawrence, Ken’s making fun of the News
reporting not the tragedy. Seriously every report
is naming that store incessantly.

11:37am northguineahills:

Very apropos, Terry Riley as a raga, since his work go in that direction anyways....

11:37am dgg:

the blues blowers. sounds like something you might call the groupies at a Keb Mo gig.

11:37am Paul In Bloomfield:

@geo yes what freaking difference does it make where the truck came from?

11:38am crateslinger:

Is that truck loaded with fertilizer?

11:39am glenn:

looks like topsoil and mulch to me.

11:40am MenfussMike:

@Paul in Bloomfield... i walk away when people bring his name up because I'm just gonna laugh in their face

11:40am ˨o˨o (:

Matt ww,

Wait a minute..The information now is contradictory.

Ken,

Please dear ADF Leader. Last time I check you were saying Barbecue was the most favourited one. So where I can see the ballot papers? We need a mediator from the UN. or I am afraid we will need to nullify the election vote and process.

11:40am queems:

i want one of those bumper stickers

11:40am crateslinger:

better open it up

11:41am Morgan:

Paul It’s noteworthy that the stupidest, craziest person you know can rent a truck at Home Depot with little to no hassle

11:41am steveo:

Damm I missed the Kammerkonzert.

11:44am adrian in mpls:

Fabio!!!

11:45am Dean:

Is that a Wang?

11:45am Henry:

strength through Fabio

11:46am steveo:

did he just say "her breast is my command"? asking for a friend.

11:46am Paul In Bloomfield:

@morgan yes... but passaic, paterson jersey city, which store it was doesnt matter that much does it?

@menfussmike thats the only course of action

11:46am crateslinger:

Fabio seems to have mastered the QWERTY method.

11:47am Sem Chumbo:

I wanna know if he irons his hair.

11:47am dgg:

Dracula, sex therapist

11:48am Dean:

He types:

pjkkuy;kuy[]of-

11:48am Stevel:

Is it getting warm in here? "In the animal position"!

11:48am tinkle bear:

Is that "Pierre" on the vocals, or is it "Bugs"?

11:48am crateslinger:

He's beautiful.

11:48am Itzall Ablurr:

This "animal position"... can you better explain that to me?!?

11:49am steveo:

fabio is actually playing Moonrise Kingdom using macros that he created with wordperfect

11:50am Itzall Ablurr:

steveo, that's one good theory, probably correct. I had assumed he was writing postscript code for that composition.

11:50am ˨o˨o (:

Is Pierre Raymonde for real or is he a cartoon character ala Pepe Le Pew?

11:50am Guerin:

I like this tune. I played it a dozen times after you led with it last week.

11:50am crateslinger:

I imagined him writing to me.

11:51am Matt ww:

@lo lo Here is some proof: i.imgur.com...

11:52am steveo:

But Matt, that doesn't show the Dark Matter Favorites.

11:52am medson:

I Effin Luv Felder. Best song on WFMU

11:53am steveo:

Also, it would be nice if (long-haired) Fabio would hack the favorites software and obliterate Barbeque because Ken really did manage to find a song that's much worse than Heavy Metal.

11:54am herb.nyc:

i think the guy in The Cannanes is living in japan, and he might be (been) my friend's english tutor.

11:55am Dean:

Wait. That's the *same* Fabio?!

11:55am northguineahills:

Not to be confused w/ Fabio from strength through failure.

11:55am Sem Chumbo:

hahaa@Dean.

11:56am steveo:

$220,699. Would someone please add a dollar to their next pledge? This is really needling some disorder I must have.

11:56am Dean:

It's LIH-guh-tee.

11:57am (Murakami Whywolf))):

Lawrence:
I thought of it as someone obsessing over a small detail of something big and horrible, because there's nothing real immediately to be done, which is gallows humour.

Understandable if not acceptable to some, but those who for whom it is given….

11:57am dgg:

@steveo - this is actually my fault I think, I donated an extra dollar to push Jim price over his limit. Sorry.

11:58am dgg:

well, could be. I don't want to take too much credit.

11:58am badźa:

I will also swag for life if the shouting stops

11:58am Dean:

I'm cool with that. Free riding is a good thing. It's what Communism's all about.

11:58am dgg:

"credit"

11:58am steveo:

I'll send Jim Price an angry letter, then ;)

11:58am (((Murakami Whywolf):

10% Fruit of WFMU!

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11:59am NotARealDoctor:

Thanks Ken! Great Show! I'm pledging again when I get paid on Thursday.

11:59am steveo:

(I also pledged $26 to one DJ, so I get some credit too.)

11:59am steveo:

Thanks, -Ken!

11:59am ˨o˨o (:

Thanks, Sir Matt ww.

Now if the image isn't photoshopped (not that I doubt you, Secretary of the Pro Felder Party) I'm afraid we will have to agree 'Heavy Metal' has more clickey stars. Ken, do something for the come back!

Matt, people pro-felders, this war isn't over yet.

11:59am rbx:

Thanks ken!

11:59am will:

Big Jim Sullivan was also a guitarist, one of the most in-demand session guitarists in the Uk in the 60s & 70s

11:59am CeeDubbles:

I have met Both Fabios and their similarities are far greater than their differences!

11:59am dgg:

yes, nothing says "free ride" like life in 1940s russia

12:01pm ˨o˨o (:

Thanks, Ken and people! Great show and gifs. Till next episode. Take care and remember: be happy!!

I SAID BE HAPPPY!!!!!