Wow, the last time I was ever in the presence of a living grandparent, we were outside a newsagent's/toy-store, and I was asking my mother to get me a SixFinger.
No, I often wake around now, then fall asleep again because it's far too early, just like famed boxer Ken Clean Air-Machine. Given my druthers, I _would_ sleep from around now until 16:00, but I'd rather not get out-of-synch with my wife…whom the cats usually wake in about an hour from now.
No matter how you spin it, analysis of the vibes says you're going to hit a wall soon and repeatedly. No matter how you monkey with that, it won't wash off. So truck on down to the dance with it on your hip, put its head on a pike, put your own head under a fancy hat, and go digital. The person next to you will notice, but stay free swinging and it'll be your secret weapon.
Don't do it, Cory! -Ken will oppress staffers, shining the light in their eyes, shooting the bombs and rockets at them, passing notes with rumors about them via the secret compartment...WFMU will be HELL!
I saw The The in the early 90's and totally did not appreciate Johnny Marr. I am sorry! So sorry! My overton window for music was barely cracked open at that point. Bad Wild Neil circa 1990!
Well of course there'd be tons of crime, but not "technically" because they'd all be let off the hook. Or else they'd all just open fire on each other.
All joking and joviality aside... Isn't it time we addressed the big elephant in the room here today? Haven't we been sheep for long enough?!?! Well, I say... NO MORE! It's time to FIGHT! I propose action, once and for all, to stop this injustice! Everyone, here on out, join me and... BOYCOTT ALL COMMENTS IN THE CHAT ROOM UNTIL WE GET THE ABILITIY TO POST EMOTICONS, AS IS OUR GOD-GIVEN RIGHT AS AMERICANS!
I knew an artist named Robert The. Well, he called himself that. I mean the. He made a necklace for Marta Vi that was just capital letter "I". He was a pretty cool dude. We watched a movie borrowed from the NYC library of fast cars. That was fun.
It is impossible to write The The in Polish because they do not have a word equivalent to The. I think. Maybe This This (To To) or That That (Ten Ten) but I don't think you can write The The.
the the was around about 25 years before google ever happened.
9:29am
morphe:
Sounds a bit Blues Magoos today ??? Actually listening live ..too hot in the 1527 Madrid noonday sun. Picked flowers with Simon instaed of playing football. Thanks for spinning Kenneth. What is the frequency????
9:30am
Johnzon:
and by happened you mean crawled out of a chasm that opened up from the depths of Hades?
I'm forced to object. The The is NOT un-googleable at all, as long as you use the semi-advanced googling method of putting "The The" in quotes. I'd say the band Fuck is much less googleable! And isn't there a band called You? Or is that a Lifetime TV series?
9:34am
Johnzon:
DuckDuckGo should sponsor WFMU and they should Change their name to MoondogMoondogYea!!
OK Im done!
Well, you Linda Lee! You are a Fabulosen! I'm just a simple Kenschlampen.
9:38am
morphe:
circle x (Graphic not spelled) might be the most difficult to find... ??? Worked with them at the original Barnes and Nobles 1979 5th ave. Pretentious twits. went to France for 2 weeks and pretended to be French. Dipshits .. the good luck was BADBrains working there too!!! What a lovely contrast!!!
9:38am
Sam:
Perhaps we are all fabulosen but some of us are more fabulosen than others?
That first song by The The was cool...Thanks, Station Manager, Ken.
9:41am
ff (:
I think one of the most difficult bands to Google is 'ttttttttttttttttttttt'. But simple because how the heck we are supposed to remember how many t's there are?
@ff: "I'm an anonymous party" came from an old Bob and Ray bit, so , as there was already the anonymous party, I have to remain an anonymous party.
9:43am
ff (:
Another favourite band to google: Eximperituserqethhzebibšiptugakkathšulweliarzaxułum.
Don't even try to Google their album 'Prajecyrujučy Sinhuliarnaje Wypramieńwańnie Daktryny Absaliutnaha J Usiopahłynaĺnaha Zła Skroź Šaścihrannuju Pryzmu Sîn-Ahhī-Erība Na Hipierpawierchniu Zadyjakaĺnaha Kaŭčęha Zasnawaĺnikaŭ Kosmatęchničnaha Ordęna Palieakantakta, Najstaražytnyja Ipastasi Dawosiewych Cywilizacyj Prywodziać U Ruch Ręzanansny Transfarmatar Časowapadobnaj Biaskoncaści Budučyni U Ćwiardyniach Absierwatoryi Nwn-Hu-Kek-Amon, Uwasabliajučy Ŭ Ęfirnuju Matęryju Prach Ałulima Na Zachad Ad Ękzapłaniety PSRB 1620-26b. because your keyboard may run out of letters'
Wow, I thtand correckted - times have changed and The The is now highly googleable. They must pass the baton to Duran Duran Duran or Donna Summer (the man) or somebody
How's come there isn't a WFMU TV show that one could watch on the telly? Interviews, Monty Hall footage and such. I'd tune in to that.
10:00am
The The:
OK, so here's the scoop: We were originally just the The. Then we did a 'battle of the bands' and there was another The that showed up. So we changed our name to The Original The. But, the other band claimed that they were the original The first and changed their name to The Original Original The, so we changed our name again to the The New Original The. As it turned out, the The Original The sucked and we beat them out of competition and they broke up a week later. But then our keyboard player quit and we ended up getting the keyboard player from the The Original The and we went by The Old Original The for awhile until we just went with the The The because we couldn't fit The Old Original The logo on the kick drum and the drummer couldn't afford a second kick drum, and his car was too small to haul another one anyway.
@Ken: On my Roku there is a WFMU channel with some videos of Monty Hall performances. Some months back I showed my wife video of the Mary Lattimore show.
Music news: “Libertines frontman Pete Doherty wins cafe breakfast fame: Libertines frontman Pete Doherty will have his name inscribed on a wall of fame in a Margate cafe after scoffing a "mega breakfast" to claim it for free.” www.bbc.com...
I sprained my ankle yesterday within hours of arriving in Montreal for a week’s visit, and it’s comforting to hear Ken on my lil Bluetooth speaker while I put off actually having to stand up and walk. It would be cool if the Airbnb actually had a radio so I could check out college stations, but yay for the WFMU app.
@KatinChicago: Oh man! Rolling an ankle stinks. Lots of reset and all that. Get well.
10:25am
Kat in Chicago:
@Ken I’m on a low-everything diet because my levels of everything are borderline at best. Last blood work was better though, so I will have poutine and smoked meat at least once on vacation
The bagels thing is so weird to me. But I had a smoked meat bagel at the airport when I was leaving here last year, and it was one of the two best things I’ve ever eaten in an airport. (The other one is the eggs Benedict at Publican Tavern at O’Hare.)
I wrecked my guts on Friday thanks to bagels. A coworker was leaving so we had a company bagel breakfast. The bagels were so thick. You know how goopy and doughy? Even when I took small bits off of to and fed them to sparrows, the damned birds were clearly struggling to eat that goopy stuff.
10:40am
ff (:
I think you should play it, Ken! Don't we love disasters?
I talked to Colleen from Big Blood at their show the other night. She said they'd like to play at Monty Hall if they can arrange it. Their daughter totally stole the show that night.
YES! Today is the day. Today I will tell everybody here when EXACTLY this song ends. No more fake song endings. Your whole charade is over, Vive Le Fete!
lol hey you should hear the ones that don't make the cut
10:57am
morphe:
Linda Lee.. re; Laurice and Klauss
I am one of the few Irish who could not carry a tune in a wheelbarrow... I think it is more soul than sound where I feel the connection???
Also, the only Singer in our family was a sewing machine (joke heard from an old man in West Cork).
10:58am
ff (:
You might wonder how am I going to do it? Well, I have a secret weapon with me, Ms Vive Le Fete. It's a timer! Now I know exactly where the song ends!! HAHAHAHA!
About to enter a conference call. Debating whether or not to mute Ken's Show
11:06am
ff (:
Wait..What happened to my arch-nemesis, the Vive Le Fete Belgium band (formed in 1997 by Danny Mommens (guitar, vocals) and Els Pynoo (vocals)) ? Did they changed their bandname to Nor Desir to pass the google search test?
This is one is a great mashup! And I have to admit I did not that the other artist was Bob Dylan until last time Ken's played this track few weeks ago!
ToToM is definitely one of the best mashup artists, particularly this whole album
11:11am
morphe:
Thanks Ken ...I shook Klaus's hand once in 1980??? at a club called DRUMS??? Queensboro bridge.. I told him it was like touching a cloud. The only softr hand I ever touched was Quentin Crisps lovely hand on 3rd street. My wee children had soft, soft paws...
@PRB - Quinn's is a blast. One side is a ramen restaurant. The stage is small (smaller than M.H.) and they pass around a box to collect the cover charge ($10 suggested). Big Blood only played for one hour; went by too quickly.
Yeah, I want Kelly Jones and Andy Breakman to both eat a big breakfast. But in Kelly Jones case, she should just shove her big breakfast onto Andy Breckman’s plate and call it a day.
I'd like to see what would happen if both Kenny Gs were in the same room. Would they immediately annihilate each other, or begin orbiting a center point before spiraling in and merging to form some new exotic form of matter or weird black hole?
I can confirm Artist : Vive La Fête Song : Noir désir
11:32am
Zydeco Phil:
Hallelujah
11:32am
Dan:
Aay nice playlist today. I saw a band this morning. Yes this morning. At a Daybreaker morning dance event at the Highline Ballroom. The group was Salt Cathedral. I bet you like them the music fits the day. Gracias.
<3 to hear Kelly go in to yenta mode with any FMU persons. Except that time during the marathon where she assumed a PA accent. That was over the top. But i digress...
When the BIG BOSS (i.e. Ken) says blue is orange, you have to understand BLUE IS ORANGE. No questions asked. So when BB says Noir Desir IS the name of the band, then Noir Desir becomes the band!
11:36am
GListener MW:
This is dreadfully wonderful. Now I want to hear Rolf do some Tom Waits
The joke is on Ken's because he IS the real Kermit voice (according to Andy Breckman anyway). So everytime there's a mic break is like having a mini-Kermit set.
@WildNeil: You finally have posted something that entertains me! Congrats!
11:52am
ff (:
What ? Wild Neil's comments are entertainment. They have always something to talk about. if anything, he is the master of controversy. Respect, Wild Neil!
@Peapod-well, I have theories that some in our government are Evil and want to take over other countries and run them in an evil fashion. Some are NOT evil. SOME are good!