WFMU: Bad Animals with Jim the Poet and Amanda: Playlist from April 8, 2023

Listener comments!
	6:03am Pax: D'OH, a Deer, a Female Deer !
	6:07am Will thee Sound Guy: Good morning Amanda, Jim, and all!!!
	6:08am Pax: Speaking of little dogs I'm currently looking after a recently new orphaned one. Don't know what will become of him.
	6:10am Amanda: Good morning friends! Poor little dog :-( please take good care of him!
	6:11am Pax: Morning Will thee Sound Guy.
	6:12am AquaZorro: Good Morning Animals! ...somebody help the poor little doggie! ... sorry i have 3 cats
	6:18am Pax: ↳ Amanda @6:10 For as long as I have him, I only just learned that his owner died last Thursday. Apparently he had died on March 20th and no one knew all this time, not even his family members.
	6:20am Amanda: ↳ Pax @6:18 That's very sad. I walked a dog some years ago that was adopted by a family friend after the same thing happened. She was such a nice dog.
	6:28am Pax: ↳ Amanda @6:20 As near as I can tell his brother and niece will eventually come around and clean out his room and then they'll take nacho the dog's name, away to the pound because they don't know anyone who will take him
	6:28am yippie: I saw some siamang gibbons in the DC zoo last week and they were actually the best animal singers I've ever heard by far. better than any birds or sea mammals or others
	6:32am Amanda: ↳ Pax @6:28 If you have any influence, please encourage them to take him to a rescue organization that will help find a suitable home for him. Small dogs are much in demand with adopters, so his chances would be very good.
	6:36am yippie: some kids were throwing trash in their cage which maybe was getting them excited
	6:38am Andrea C from the app: Hello everyone, in a bit of a conundrum here. I just sent the most important package of my life and I’m unsure the post office lady did everything correctly. She seemed upset with all my questions about making it right. Now I’m on my way home filled with doubts and unsure I should go back and clarify. Don’t want to mess this up and upset her with my doubts. The thing is that Poste often misplace and lose items. This is too important to not care. On the other hand I think it’s going to make things worse now that is in their hands. What do you guys reckon? Trust them? Bother them ?
	6:39am Doug in MP: ↳ Andrea C from the app @6:38 As long as you don't yell at them, you probably won't be the worst customer they deal with today.
	6:40am Cooh John: Good morning Jim, Amanda, and manimals.
	6:41am Andrea C from the app: Thank you Doug for the advice
	6:43am Pax: ↳ Amanda @6:32 I'll let them know about the rescue organization. But even if they did take him there I wouldn't hold out too much hope for this dog Because even though he's generally all right with people he's not with other dogs. I don't know why, but when I'm out walking him I'll encounter someone else with a dog and he'll try to fight it.
	6:43am yippie: these gibbons have the balloons on their throats that get big and small I think it helps them sing better
	6:44am Jim the Poet: 🐾
	6:45am Panther: I have enjoyed this hours music immensely. Thank you
	6:46am dale: morning. got to see the chicks at tractor supply, turkey and chicken. always an 'awww' moment.
	6:52am Andrea C from the app: Thank you everyone. That was the right thing to do. She was bagging the letters and line was left out. As soon as I showed up, she bagged mine quite begrudgingly. Hope she doesn’t do anything funny.
	6:55am Strandlund: Good Morning Amanda, Jim and all you animals out there... Do not declaw your cats!!
	6:55am Amanda: ↳ Pax @6:43 It could be leash aggression or maybe he's just freaked out, he's been through a lot! In any case, aggression toward other dogs is not a barrier at all to adoption. They will just stipulate that he needs to go to a home with no other dogs. :-)
	6:56am HyperDose: ↳ Strandlund @6:55 I did Missy's nails yesterday. She was surprisingly calm. I was shocked.
	6:56am Amanda: ↳ Panther @6:45 Thank you so much, Panther! We love panthers.
	6:57am HyperDose: My kitty was super aggressive and was labeled as a behavior problem by the kill shelter. Then she went to a foster who had animals who further terrorized her. Took her almost a year to warm up to me. It was difficult, but they're always worth it ❤️
	7:03am dale: there should be a bob barker 'get your pet spayed or neutered' soundbite at the end of this show.
	7:06am Jim the Poet: Quadruple Acrostic Cut in 4 Cut into red ribbons and Longing to be pasted Along the seams back Whole, I prefer to go un- Sliced in the loopy light Could it be that once Lacerated twice freaked An animal has to think While it nurses its wounds Sutures glistening in hard dark blood Cats can be playful but Later it falls upon me Alone to reattach all the Wires that had this boy Standing upright, wishing I was real Cast me back toward the Long sick bed, prognosis: Ailing, your sharp Weapons have rendered me a Savage reminder not to tussle with thee, kitteeeee
	7:07am Strandlund: ↳ HyperDose @6:56 We had 2 of our cats get there shots and nails clipped on Thursday...they sang the entire time.
	7:08am Amanda: ↳ dale @7:03 Good idea!
	7:13am HyperDose: ↳ Strandlund @7:07 Aww! Clippings are $15 at the vet here. Was hesitant to do it myself after seeing three people hold her down to trim them. Took the risk to avoid another monthly fee.
	7:14am Amanda: ↳ HyperDose @7:13 We do Junior's nails at home, at first it was just a cost-saving measure, but he's gotten better and better about it. He gets a Churu afterward.
	7:16am Strandlund: ↳ HyperDose @7:13 I'm too scared to do it myself. I'm afraid I'd cut too close to the quick.
	7:19am melinda: Morning everyone
	7:19am HyperDose: ↳ Strandlund @7:16 Like Amanda said, they get used to it. I started by wrapping her up in a towel nice and tight. Now I just drape it over her and she gets the hint. They really are creatures of habit. As for trimming, the nails get cloudy when they grow back. I do the big trim first, then it's tip snips after that if you do it about every 3 weeks.
	7:21am Strandlund: ↳ HyperDose @7:19 Thanks for the tips!!
	7:21am dale: we've had cats that are easy to trim. have special cutters but a regular toenail cutter works best when you hold it sideways. one person brushes and one person squeezes the little footie so the finger comes out and trims. just get the sharp point off, don't need to go crazy. best when they are lying on their side. it takes three people at the vet because your cat is usually freaked out to be there.
	7:22am Amanda: ↳ HyperDose @7:19 All great advice, thanks HyperDose
	7:24am Amanda: ↳ dale @7:21 And you too, dale! We do it as a two-person job much like you describe. It works great.
	7:25am pgalub: Morning everyone! 😻
	7:25am Amanda: Word of advice for DOG NAILS: If cut too close, these will bleed, and it will hurt. Just speaking personally, I would ask dog nails to be done at the vet or groomer especially if the nails are black.
	7:28am Col in Durham, U.K.: My dog bloody loves this show x
	7:29am Colin in Durham England: Test to see if my little icon thing is on yet
	7:29am HyperDose: Reviews for brands of clippers with stoppers were mixed for not being sharp enough. I've had great luck with the Boshel brand cat clippers. Wipe with an alcohol swab after each use.
	7:32am dale: ooohhhHHHHHHhhhhh. i see it now.
	7:32am P-90: “SCREW YOU, Wallace Stevens!”
	7:32am goes211: Baby Animals Festival at Shaker Village next weekend…FYI!
	7:33am luka: gm animals
	7:34am TDK60: Good morning, radio lifeforms.
	7:35am Amanda: ↳ Colin in Durham England @7:29 Hi Colin, and thanks for the kind words! Shoutout to your dog!
	7:36am AquaZorro: ...last year y'all were asking for songs about animals ... so I mailed you a Big Wheel Popcorn cd ... thru Olivia of course ... has 19 songs ... 8 songs about, or mentioning animals in some way ... if ya never got it ... could i send to you directly? ...songs such as "Thelonious Chipmunk", "El Burro", and "The Ballad of the Dung Beetle" i fear you are missing out on ... Big Wheel Popcorn played live on WFMU's "Greasy Kidstuff" one Saturday morning back in the year 2000 ... it's right up your alley!
	7:37am alanSixº: Hello hello, will be listening from the red ranger on the way to City Island, Da Bronx
	7:37am Amanda: ↳ goes211 @7:32 Here's a linky about the Baby Animals Festival :-) hancockshakervillage.org
	7:38am HyperDose: I assume the red ranger is Alan's swanky truck
	7:39am dale: this is someone walking home from a bar at 4 am and they've lost their keys.
	7:39am alanSixº: ↳ HyperDose @7:38 It’s alive
	7:40am HyperDose: ↳ alanSixº @7:39 It's a well known fact that more bumper stickers increase the longevity of a car!
	7:40am alanSixº: ↳ HyperDose @7:40 Then my truck is the Jesus of pickups
	7:41am Jim the Poet: ↳ AquaZorro @7:36 Oh yeah sorry I think you emailed me
	7:42am Amanda: ↳ alanSixº @7:40 lol Alan
	7:42am dale: hancock is pretty neat. although it's kinda sad to see they are a waspy wedding venue now too.
	7:43am Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ dale @7:39 That's when you are also accompanied by robins starting to chirp.
	7:44am AquaZorro: ↳ Jim the Poet @7:41 Jim might like the poetry on track 16, "Adrift on a Leaky Boat"
	7:47am HyperDose: omg the Greasy Kid Stuff show looked SO CUTE 😭 wfmu.org...
	7:48am dale: ↳ HyperDose @7:47 every week obie jackson of spivey's corner north carolina had a birthday.
	7:48am dday: My Squeezle (a Tuxedo) is so easy to trim his nails and to brush. I just take off the tips with a trimmer I bought at the dollar store,. He rolls over on his back & I just trim away & then brush him. Little Squirt (black cat pictured at left) I have not yet attempted a nail trim. As for brushing, he's not into it he just wants to play with the brush. There are horizontal scratchers & vertical scratchers. Squeezle is a horizontal scratcher & uses an outdoor rug I have at my entrance to scratch. Squirt is a vertical scratcher & uses a kitchen chair leg. It's fine, they are old. One thing about nail trimming. If a cat doesn't scratch enough on their own & you just remove the tips, the nail sheath gets very thick a can be a problem, particularly when it comes to the dewclaw (up on the leg) as it can grow back into the leg. I think different "breeds" scratch more or less than others. My tuxedos (I've had two) don't really scratch much at all and have had the thick sheath issues. The black cat & my Siamese that I used to have are always scratching on something so I find their nail sheaths on the floor when sweeping.
	7:51am dday: ↳ Pax @6:08 You will keep him becuase he will love you unconditionally & forever for it. Wink wink :)
	7:51am AquaZorro: "El Burro" is the actual call of the 2000 Breeder's Cup Turf somehow miraculously set to music ... if you want I will send another cd ... no probemo!
	7:51am melinda: @dday that’s interesting, used to find little nail sheaths sometimes when I had a kitty
	7:52am MarginWalker in Baltimore: ↳ Song: "Betting on the Bull" by "Ami Dang" This is giving me experimental-era Radiohead vibes
	7:54am HyperDose: ↳ dday @7:48 My tuxedo was the same way. Didn't love brushings, but he entertained them. Towards the end I would hold up the brush, say "cat's brushing?", and he'd jump on the bed. Didn't need to trim his nails since he only scratched the corner of an Ikea couch and had zero aggression.
	7:57am dale: i've worked in milking parlors and dairies when i was a kid and cows are very docile and playful. never really got too involved with a bull.
	7:57am dday: I also own a pair of long leather specialty animal handling gloves. I cut three fingers off the right hand (i'm right handed) so I can operate the clippers easily. The gloves go to the elbow so they protect the hand & arm. I will tell you though that my late Kitty Boy Floyd could bite down very hard & his tooth tip almost got through them Cost me about $20.00.
	7:59am dday: ↳ HyperDose @7:54 Oh Squeezle LOOOOVES to be brushed. I just show him the brush & he runs & jumps on the bed & rolls over on his back. Purrs loudly the whole time. He's an unsually affectionate boy. A real cuddler. Likes to be held burp style with his head on my shoulder.
	8:04am HyperDose: ↳ dday @7:59 As much as it hurt losing my boy, I feel lucky that he came into my life when I needed that level of affection and companionship the most. He saved me.
	8:05am MarginWalker in Baltimore: Speaking of ducks, we have a mallard that comes and hangs out at the community pool before it opens for the season. He just arrived this morning!
	8:07am dday: Here is a very good article on Cats Claws : cat-world.com...
	8:07am StringOFperils: Bulls get called cows. They just get lumped in with the cows out there grazing. Even though they're isolated, because let's face it they're bad animals. But really they're just not getting the kind of recognition they'd like. "They look at me and they just see a cow. I dunno. Doesn't seem fair," said Empire of Sirloin III, as he furrowed his brow and then put his head through the barn wall.
	8:08am dday: And of course I have a song for trimming cat & dog claws. The Residents ...Cut to the Quick: www.youtube.com...
	8:10am HyperDose: ↳ dday @8:07 Those thumbnails are at such a weird angle. Every now and then I'll forget one and get my shirt hooked! 😄
	8:12am Amanda: ↳ MarginWalker in Baltimore @8:05 Hello to you, Sir Mallard!
	8:16am dday: ↳ HyperDose @8:10 That's the only reason I trim the big guys tips. He's 14 lbs. and sometimes he'll go to get up on the bed or couch & kinda miss then he's hanging by his claw(s) which isn't really good . I've got to get his weight down a bit. The only use for the dewclaw is for climbing trees & such which neither cat does indoors, so it's easy to forget about trimming them. I had to remove an ingrown from my late Kitty Boy Floyd's leg once. Not pleasant. That's when I used the leather gloves I mentioned. He was not happy but we got it done.
	8:20am HyperDose: We only declawed our cats in the front. Had an incident when I was super young where we declawed a cat earlier in the day. Came home from dinner to find blood EVERYWHERE, walls too. It looked like a crime scene. Luckily that was the only issue, but it was horrifying to an impressionable young mind. When I moved out and adopted my first bachelor cat, that was the last thing I wanted to do.
	8:24am Will thee Sound Guy: yea TyTy has all his claws... he likes to remind us
	8:25am Amanda: Declawing a cat is TORTURE! I'm fairly open-minded on a lot of animal issues, including eating them(!), but declawing cats is absolutely horrible and unnecessary. It's extremely painful and robs them of basic "cat" function.
	8:26am StringOFperils: Never de-claw a cat. It's the equivalent of amputating the first phalange on each digit of your hands. Real owing money to the mob stuff.
	8:27am JG: I'm watching Tom and Jerry too
	8:27am Strandlund: I use a furminator on our cats and they love it!! It's the best thing for mats. Our cat, Calder is overweight and can't groom is rear end...We did change his diet and he has lost 2 pounds since his last visit to the vet!! He has a ton of energy now!!
	8:27am HyperDose: Once you're in with the cat mob, the only way out is a litter box 😼
	8:28am StringOFperils: Just when I think I'm outside, they open the door and drag me back in.
	8:28am Strandlund: ↳ Amanda @8:25 It's like removing a human's fingers when you declaw a cat.
	8:29am Andrea C from the app: Peekaboo!
	8:31am dale: the moon was very bright last night. though the neighbor's had a floodlight going. there are jellystone parks all over jim. new york and pennsylvania i think. just family campgrounds, but you can pick-a-nick there.
	8:33am melinda: I used to have a cat whose front claws were removed by a previous owner and she still "clawed" a log we put out for our other cat to scratch.
	8:33am Andrea C from the app: Damn!!! Now that you are talking about the Pink Moon, you made me remember I had it on my list and missed it! I should turn on notifications from star walk :(
	8:33am HyperDose: One look at Nora and I'm in love. Gorgeous! 😍
	8:34am dale: i have a fluffy underbelly so nora and i would get along fine.
	8:34am Karen in Sleepy Hollow: The full moon also means there will be more deer out, grazing and crossing the roads, because the light of the moon allows them be see better. Drive extra alert on bright nights because you are more likely to see deer near the road.
	8:34am melinda: she's a beauty
	8:34am Andrea C from the app: Nora sounds adorable awwww
	8:35am HyperDose: She was after that 10pc mcnuggets lol
	8:35am StringOFperils: You realize you're lost when you discover you're in McDonalds.
	8:35am Strandlund: What a cutie!!
	8:36am Handy Haversack: Nora! What a looker. That tabby eyeliner is irresistible. And hello, Amanda, Jim, and all!
	8:36am Andrea C from the app: If I lived in New York, I’d adopt Nora straight away!
	8:37am Amanda: ↳ StringOFperils @8:35 A McDonald's in Bushwick, no less...
	8:38am dday: ↳ Karen in Sleepy Hollow @8:34 Bears have also left their dens WITH CUBS in tow. Please drive carefully :)
	8:38am HyperDose: ↳ Song: "Rescue Me w/kittens" by "Madonna" Missy has the most confused look on her face 😂
	8:38am P-90: Excellent
	8:38am Handy Haversack: Our current tabby is already of the opinion that there are two cats too many around here.
	8:39am P-90: The Kitten Remix is better than the original
	8:39am dday: ↳ melinda @8:33 They will, just as some spayed & or neutered cats will spray after procedure. It's in their DNA..evolution
	8:40am Amanda: Good morning, all you freaks waiting to be rescued!
	8:41am HyperDose: ↳ Amanda @8:40 We rescue animals and WFMU rescues us. It's cyclical!
	8:41am dday: ↳ Amanda @8:25 Some declawing info. Write your State legislators & get the procedure banned: Two States already have NY &MD: www.peta.org...
	8:42am Andrea C: ↳ Song: "Rescue Me w/kittens" by "Madonna" You better believe Madonna! The power of WFMU compels you!
	8:42am dale: yay! i missed this the first time you played it.
	8:42am Will thee Sound Guy: ↳ Song: "Infinite Cow" by "Forest For The Trees" my friend Tim had this album growing up... it's pretty awesome.
	8:43am SeanG: Hi Bad Animals happy Saturday
	8:44am dday: ↳ Song: "I am a Kitten" by "Fantastic Everlasting Gobstopper" This is Retro Cocktail Hour smooth :)
	8:45am dday: ↳ Song: "Catford" by "Mr. Mitch" Is this Mewlio?
	8:46am Handy Haversack: K8 says that there are signs up around the neighborhood for someone's lost turtle.
	8:47am Amanda: ↳ Handy Haversack @8:46 Oh nooooo please come home soon, little turtle buddy
	8:48am Strandlund: Have a great day everyone!! Thanks Jim and Amanda...this is such a wonderful show!!
	8:49am Handy Haversack: ↳ Amanda @8:47 And someone lost their husky puppy! Now we have to feed our pack lest they turn on us ... Bugbear tries to incite the dog to rebellion until food hits bowl.
	8:50am Amanda: THANK YOU ALL so much for listening this morn'n'! Be kind to animals or we'll kill you!
	8:50am HyperDose: ↳ Handy Haversack @8:49 I knew Bugbear was the problem child!
	8:50am dale: ↳ dday @8:44 it came on one of those loungecore cd compilations circa 1998.
	8:51am Fred and Alan: Good morning and Happy Holidays Everyone Fred and Alan
	8:52am dday: Dog thefts are up everywhere. Here's some info fromAustralia that we should adopt here in the US: theconversation.com...
	8:52am HyperDose: Thank you, Jim and Amanda! :)
	8:53am Handy Haversack: There, safety restored. Thanks, Amanda, Jim, and all you strays!
	8:53am Andrea C from the app: Thank you for the wonderful music and help. I’m grateful
	8:53am dale: morning fred and alan.
	8:54am Fred and Alan: Hi Dale Happy Holidays
	8:55am Strandlund: Everyone should be rescued from McDonalds...
	8:56am radioronan: Thanks Amanda & Jim..enjoy the day, everyone!
	8:56am StringOFperils: Thank you for favoring thee four-footed, finned, and furred, and feathered.
	8:57am HyperDose: Go Mets!
	8:59am Will thee Sound Guy: Thank you Amanda, Jim, Kathleen, and the Accu Peeps!!!

Bad Animals with Jim the Poet and Amanda: Playlist from April 8, 2023

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	New	Approx. start time
Amanda and Jim the Poet	New and improved Bad Animals theme				0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Mudhoney	Little Dogs "Little Dogs" by "Mudhoney"			*	0:01:12 (Pop-up)
Shana Cleveland	Walking Through Morning Dew			*	0:04:12 (Pop-up)
GRICE	the parliament, the mischief and the unkindness				0:08:23 (Pop-up)
Joseph Allred feat. Matt Johnson and Mikey Allred	A Long Winter	What Strange Flowers Grow in the Shade		*	0:14:46 (Pop-up)
Alasdair Roberts	The Wonderful Grey Horse			*	0:19:55 (Pop-up)
Takashi Kokubo & Andrea Esperti	Whales of Sirius	Music For A Cosmic Garden		*	0:24:00 (Pop-up)
M83	Earth To Sea "Earth To Sea" by "M83"	Fantasy		*	0:31:10 (Pop-up)
Ryuichi Sakamoto	Opening Theme "Opening Theme" by "Ryuichi Sakamoto"	Chatran OST			0:37:50 (Pop-up)

Motörhead	Claw "Claw" by "Motörhead"				0:51:34 (Pop-up)
Holy Mountain Super-Highway	Lobster Claw				0:55:11 (Pop-up)
Elvis Costello	Pads, Paws and Claws				0:58:14 (Pop-up)
JIM READS	CLAW POEM "CLAW POEM" by "JIM READS"				1:02:13 (Pop-up)
Whitesnake	Kittens Got Claws w/extra kittens				1:02:17 (Pop-up)
The Kills	Cat Claw "Cat Claw" by "The Kills"				1:07:17 (Pop-up)
The Flamin’ Groovies	Scratch My Back				1:10:51 (Pop-up)
Lenny Breau	The Claw "The Claw" by "Lenny Breau"				1:15:37 (Pop-up)
Tina Turner	Steel Claw "Steel Claw" by "Tina Turner"				1:19:49 (Pop-up)
	a song				1:23:36 (Pop-up)
James Brandon Lewis	Even the Sparrow			*	1:31:41 (Pop-up)
Between	Pushed "Pushed" by "Between"	Low Flying Owls		*	1:40:17 (Pop-up)
Ami Dang	Betting on the Bull "Betting on the Bull" by "Ami Dang"	The Living World's Demands		*	1:45:03 (Pop-up)
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass	The Lonely Bull w/bulls				1:50:28 (Pop-up)
Forest For The Trees	Infinite Cow				1:53:19 (Pop-up)
Terry	Gold Duck "Gold Duck" by "Terry"			*	1:56:19 (Pop-up)

Airbird	Hellroaring Suspension Bridge				2:05:44 (Pop-up)
Linda Smith & Nancy Andrews	A Chill Rain	A Passing Cloud		*	2:12:18 (Pop-up)
Los Cisnes	Safari en La Selva "Safari en La Selva" by "Los Cisnes"	Perú Selvático: Sonic Expedition into the Peruvian Amazon 1974-1978	w/Peekaboo		2:15:16 (Pop-up)
Valerio Camporini F	Olive Flutter			*	2:18:22 (Pop-up)
Sam Cooke	Little Red Rooster "Little Red Rooster" by "Sam Cooke"				2:20:09 (Pop-up)

Sam Elwitt	Kitty Woman "Kitty Woman" by "Sam Elwitt"				2:29:48 (Pop-up)
Kitty Korner with Kathleen O’Malley	Nora				2:30:17 (Pop-up)
Madonna	Rescue Me w/kittens "Rescue Me w/kittens" by "Madonna"				2:32:56 (Pop-up)
Fantastic Everlasting Gobstopper	I am a Kitten				2:38:43 (Pop-up)
Mr. Mitch	Catford "Catford" by "Mr. Mitch"				2:41:29 (Pop-up)
Genevieve Artadi	Watch For The View			*	2:43:10 (Pop-up)
Tennessee Ernie Ford	Talk to the Animals				2:46:13 (Pop-up)

Sweet Pete	Animal Farm "Animal Farm" by "Sweet Pete"				2:54:44 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:03am Pax: D'OH, a Deer, a Female Deer !
	6:07am Will thee Sound Guy: Good morning Amanda, Jim, and all!!!
	6:08am Pax: Speaking of little dogs I'm currently looking after a recently new orphaned one. Don't know what will become of him.
	6:10am Amanda: Good morning friends! Poor little dog :-( please take good care of him!
	6:11am Pax: Morning Will thee Sound Guy.
	6:12am AquaZorro: Good Morning Animals! ...somebody help the poor little doggie! ... sorry i have 3 cats
	6:18am Pax: ↳ Amanda @6:10 For as long as I have him, I only just learned that his owner died last Thursday. Apparently he had died on March 20th and no one knew all this time, not even his family members.
	6:20am Amanda: ↳ Pax @6:18 That's very sad. I walked a dog some years ago that was adopted by a family friend after the same thing happened. She was such a nice dog.
	6:28am Pax: ↳ Amanda @6:20 As near as I can tell his brother and niece will eventually come around and clean out his room and then they'll take nacho the dog's name, away to the pound because they don't know anyone who will take him
	6:28am yippie: I saw some siamang gibbons in the DC zoo last week and they were actually the best animal singers I've ever heard by far. better than any birds or sea mammals or others
	6:32am Amanda: ↳ Pax @6:28 If you have any influence, please encourage them to take him to a rescue organization that will help find a suitable home for him. Small dogs are much in demand with adopters, so his chances would be very good.
	6:36am yippie: some kids were throwing trash in their cage which maybe was getting them excited
	6:38am Andrea C from the app: Hello everyone, in a bit of a conundrum here. I just sent the most important package of my life and I’m unsure the post office lady did everything correctly. She seemed upset with all my questions about making it right. Now I’m on my way home filled with doubts and unsure I should go back and clarify. Don’t want to mess this up and upset her with my doubts. The thing is that Poste often misplace and lose items. This is too important to not care. On the other hand I think it’s going to make things worse now that is in their hands. What do you guys reckon? Trust them? Bother them ?
	6:39am Doug in MP: ↳ Andrea C from the app @6:38 As long as you don't yell at them, you probably won't be the worst customer they deal with today.
	6:40am Cooh John: Good morning Jim, Amanda, and manimals.
	6:41am Andrea C from the app: Thank you Doug for the advice
	6:43am Pax: ↳ Amanda @6:32 I'll let them know about the rescue organization. But even if they did take him there I wouldn't hold out too much hope for this dog Because even though he's generally all right with people he's not with other dogs. I don't know why, but when I'm out walking him I'll encounter someone else with a dog and he'll try to fight it.
	6:43am yippie: these gibbons have the balloons on their throats that get big and small I think it helps them sing better
	6:44am Jim the Poet: 🐾
	6:45am Panther: I have enjoyed this hours music immensely. Thank you
	6:46am dale: morning. got to see the chicks at tractor supply, turkey and chicken. always an 'awww' moment.
	6:52am Andrea C from the app: Thank you everyone. That was the right thing to do. She was bagging the letters and line was left out. As soon as I showed up, she bagged mine quite begrudgingly. Hope she doesn’t do anything funny.
	6:55am Strandlund: Good Morning Amanda, Jim and all you animals out there... Do not declaw your cats!!
	6:55am Amanda: ↳ Pax @6:43 It could be leash aggression or maybe he's just freaked out, he's been through a lot! In any case, aggression toward other dogs is not a barrier at all to adoption. They will just stipulate that he needs to go to a home with no other dogs. :-)
	6:56am HyperDose: ↳ Strandlund @6:55 I did Missy's nails yesterday. She was surprisingly calm. I was shocked.
	6:56am Amanda: ↳ Panther @6:45 Thank you so much, Panther! We love panthers.
	6:57am HyperDose: My kitty was super aggressive and was labeled as a behavior problem by the kill shelter. Then she went to a foster who had animals who further terrorized her. Took her almost a year to warm up to me. It was difficult, but they're always worth it ❤️
	7:03am dale: there should be a bob barker 'get your pet spayed or neutered' soundbite at the end of this show.
	7:06am Jim the Poet: Quadruple Acrostic Cut in 4 Cut into red ribbons and Longing to be pasted Along the seams back Whole, I prefer to go un- Sliced in the loopy light Could it be that once Lacerated twice freaked An animal has to think While it nurses its wounds Sutures glistening in hard dark blood Cats can be playful but Later it falls upon me Alone to reattach all the Wires that had this boy Standing upright, wishing I was real Cast me back toward the Long sick bed, prognosis: Ailing, your sharp Weapons have rendered me a Savage reminder not to tussle with thee, kitteeeee
	7:07am Strandlund: ↳ HyperDose @6:56 We had 2 of our cats get there shots and nails clipped on Thursday...they sang the entire time.
	7:08am Amanda: ↳ dale @7:03 Good idea!
	7:13am HyperDose: ↳ Strandlund @7:07 Aww! Clippings are $15 at the vet here. Was hesitant to do it myself after seeing three people hold her down to trim them. Took the risk to avoid another monthly fee.
	7:14am Amanda: ↳ HyperDose @7:13 We do Junior's nails at home, at first it was just a cost-saving measure, but he's gotten better and better about it. He gets a Churu afterward.
	7:16am Strandlund: ↳ HyperDose @7:13 I'm too scared to do it myself. I'm afraid I'd cut too close to the quick.
	7:19am melinda: Morning everyone
	7:19am HyperDose: ↳ Strandlund @7:16 Like Amanda said, they get used to it. I started by wrapping her up in a towel nice and tight. Now I just drape it over her and she gets the hint. They really are creatures of habit. As for trimming, the nails get cloudy when they grow back. I do the big trim first, then it's tip snips after that if you do it about every 3 weeks.
	7:21am Strandlund: ↳ HyperDose @7:19 Thanks for the tips!!
	7:21am dale: we've had cats that are easy to trim. have special cutters but a regular toenail cutter works best when you hold it sideways. one person brushes and one person squeezes the little footie so the finger comes out and trims. just get the sharp point off, don't need to go crazy. best when they are lying on their side. it takes three people at the vet because your cat is usually freaked out to be there.
	7:22am Amanda: ↳ HyperDose @7:19 All great advice, thanks HyperDose
	7:24am Amanda: ↳ dale @7:21 And you too, dale! We do it as a two-person job much like you describe. It works great.
	7:25am pgalub: Morning everyone! 😻
	7:25am Amanda: Word of advice for DOG NAILS: If cut too close, these will bleed, and it will hurt. Just speaking personally, I would ask dog nails to be done at the vet or groomer especially if the nails are black.
	7:28am Col in Durham, U.K.: My dog bloody loves this show x
	7:29am Colin in Durham England: Test to see if my little icon thing is on yet
	7:29am HyperDose: Reviews for brands of clippers with stoppers were mixed for not being sharp enough. I've had great luck with the Boshel brand cat clippers. Wipe with an alcohol swab after each use.
	7:32am dale: ooohhhHHHHHHhhhhh. i see it now.
	7:32am P-90: “SCREW YOU, Wallace Stevens!”
	7:32am goes211: Baby Animals Festival at Shaker Village next weekend…FYI!
	7:33am luka: gm animals
	7:34am TDK60: Good morning, radio lifeforms.
	7:35am Amanda: ↳ Colin in Durham England @7:29 Hi Colin, and thanks for the kind words! Shoutout to your dog!
	7:36am AquaZorro: ...last year y'all were asking for songs about animals ... so I mailed you a Big Wheel Popcorn cd ... thru Olivia of course ... has 19 songs ... 8 songs about, or mentioning animals in some way ... if ya never got it ... could i send to you directly? ...songs such as "Thelonious Chipmunk", "El Burro", and "The Ballad of the Dung Beetle" i fear you are missing out on ... Big Wheel Popcorn played live on WFMU's "Greasy Kidstuff" one Saturday morning back in the year 2000 ... it's right up your alley!
	7:37am alanSixº: Hello hello, will be listening from the red ranger on the way to City Island, Da Bronx
	7:37am Amanda: ↳ goes211 @7:32 Here's a linky about the Baby Animals Festival :-) hancockshakervillage.org
	7:38am HyperDose: I assume the red ranger is Alan's swanky truck
	7:39am dale: this is someone walking home from a bar at 4 am and they've lost their keys.
	7:39am alanSixº: ↳ HyperDose @7:38 It’s alive
	7:40am HyperDose: ↳ alanSixº @7:39 It's a well known fact that more bumper stickers increase the longevity of a car!
	7:40am alanSixº: ↳ HyperDose @7:40 Then my truck is the Jesus of pickups
	7:41am Jim the Poet: ↳ AquaZorro @7:36 Oh yeah sorry I think you emailed me
	7:42am Amanda: ↳ alanSixº @7:40 lol Alan
	7:42am dale: hancock is pretty neat. although it's kinda sad to see they are a waspy wedding venue now too.
	7:43am Ken From Hyde Park: ↳ dale @7:39 That's when you are also accompanied by robins starting to chirp.
	7:44am AquaZorro: ↳ Jim the Poet @7:41 Jim might like the poetry on track 16, "Adrift on a Leaky Boat"
	7:47am HyperDose: omg the Greasy Kid Stuff show looked SO CUTE 😭 wfmu.org...
	7:48am dale: ↳ HyperDose @7:47 every week obie jackson of spivey's corner north carolina had a birthday.
	7:48am dday: My Squeezle (a Tuxedo) is so easy to trim his nails and to brush. I just take off the tips with a trimmer I bought at the dollar store,. He rolls over on his back & I just trim away & then brush him. Little Squirt (black cat pictured at left) I have not yet attempted a nail trim. As for brushing, he's not into it he just wants to play with the brush. There are horizontal scratchers & vertical scratchers. Squeezle is a horizontal scratcher & uses an outdoor rug I have at my entrance to scratch. Squirt is a vertical scratcher & uses a kitchen chair leg. It's fine, they are old. One thing about nail trimming. If a cat doesn't scratch enough on their own & you just remove the tips, the nail sheath gets very thick a can be a problem, particularly when it comes to the dewclaw (up on the leg) as it can grow back into the leg. I think different "breeds" scratch more or less than others. My tuxedos (I've had two) don't really scratch much at all and have had the thick sheath issues. The black cat & my Siamese that I used to have are always scratching on something so I find their nail sheaths on the floor when sweeping.
	7:51am dday: ↳ Pax @6:08 You will keep him becuase he will love you unconditionally & forever for it. Wink wink :)
	7:51am AquaZorro: "El Burro" is the actual call of the 2000 Breeder's Cup Turf somehow miraculously set to music ... if you want I will send another cd ... no probemo!
	7:51am melinda: @dday that’s interesting, used to find little nail sheaths sometimes when I had a kitty
	7:52am MarginWalker in Baltimore: ↳ Song: "Betting on the Bull" by "Ami Dang" This is giving me experimental-era Radiohead vibes
	7:54am HyperDose: ↳ dday @7:48 My tuxedo was the same way. Didn't love brushings, but he entertained them. Towards the end I would hold up the brush, say "cat's brushing?", and he'd jump on the bed. Didn't need to trim his nails since he only scratched the corner of an Ikea couch and had zero aggression.
	7:57am dale: i've worked in milking parlors and dairies when i was a kid and cows are very docile and playful. never really got too involved with a bull.
	7:57am dday: I also own a pair of long leather specialty animal handling gloves. I cut three fingers off the right hand (i'm right handed) so I can operate the clippers easily. The gloves go to the elbow so they protect the hand & arm. I will tell you though that my late Kitty Boy Floyd could bite down very hard & his tooth tip almost got through them Cost me about $20.00.
	7:59am dday: ↳ HyperDose @7:54 Oh Squeezle LOOOOVES to be brushed. I just show him the brush & he runs & jumps on the bed & rolls over on his back. Purrs loudly the whole time. He's an unsually affectionate boy. A real cuddler. Likes to be held burp style with his head on my shoulder.
	8:04am HyperDose: ↳ dday @7:59 As much as it hurt losing my boy, I feel lucky that he came into my life when I needed that level of affection and companionship the most. He saved me.
	8:05am MarginWalker in Baltimore: Speaking of ducks, we have a mallard that comes and hangs out at the community pool before it opens for the season. He just arrived this morning!
	8:07am dday: Here is a very good article on Cats Claws : cat-world.com...
	8:07am StringOFperils: Bulls get called cows. They just get lumped in with the cows out there grazing. Even though they're isolated, because let's face it they're bad animals. But really they're just not getting the kind of recognition they'd like. "They look at me and they just see a cow. I dunno. Doesn't seem fair," said Empire of Sirloin III, as he furrowed his brow and then put his head through the barn wall.
	8:08am dday: And of course I have a song for trimming cat & dog claws. The Residents ...Cut to the Quick: www.youtube.com...
	8:10am HyperDose: ↳ dday @8:07 Those thumbnails are at such a weird angle. Every now and then I'll forget one and get my shirt hooked! 😄
	8:12am Amanda: ↳ MarginWalker in Baltimore @8:05 Hello to you, Sir Mallard!
	8:16am dday: ↳ HyperDose @8:10 That's the only reason I trim the big guys tips. He's 14 lbs. and sometimes he'll go to get up on the bed or couch & kinda miss then he's hanging by his claw(s) which isn't really good . I've got to get his weight down a bit. The only use for the dewclaw is for climbing trees & such which neither cat does indoors, so it's easy to forget about trimming them. I had to remove an ingrown from my late Kitty Boy Floyd's leg once. Not pleasant. That's when I used the leather gloves I mentioned. He was not happy but we got it done.
	8:20am HyperDose: We only declawed our cats in the front. Had an incident when I was super young where we declawed a cat earlier in the day. Came home from dinner to find blood EVERYWHERE, walls too. It looked like a crime scene. Luckily that was the only issue, but it was horrifying to an impressionable young mind. When I moved out and adopted my first bachelor cat, that was the last thing I wanted to do.
	8:24am Will thee Sound Guy: yea TyTy has all his claws... he likes to remind us
	8:25am Amanda: Declawing a cat is TORTURE! I'm fairly open-minded on a lot of animal issues, including eating them(!), but declawing cats is absolutely horrible and unnecessary. It's extremely painful and robs them of basic "cat" function.
	8:26am StringOFperils: Never de-claw a cat. It's the equivalent of amputating the first phalange on each digit of your hands. Real owing money to the mob stuff.
	8:27am JG: I'm watching Tom and Jerry too
	8:27am Strandlund: I use a furminator on our cats and they love it!! It's the best thing for mats. Our cat, Calder is overweight and can't groom is rear end...We did change his diet and he has lost 2 pounds since his last visit to the vet!! He has a ton of energy now!!
	8:27am HyperDose: Once you're in with the cat mob, the only way out is a litter box 😼
	8:28am StringOFperils: Just when I think I'm outside, they open the door and drag me back in.
	8:28am Strandlund: ↳ Amanda @8:25 It's like removing a human's fingers when you declaw a cat.
	8:29am Andrea C from the app: Peekaboo!
	8:31am dale: the moon was very bright last night. though the neighbor's had a floodlight going. there are jellystone parks all over jim. new york and pennsylvania i think. just family campgrounds, but you can pick-a-nick there.
	8:33am melinda: I used to have a cat whose front claws were removed by a previous owner and she still "clawed" a log we put out for our other cat to scratch.
	8:33am Andrea C from the app: Damn!!! Now that you are talking about the Pink Moon, you made me remember I had it on my list and missed it! I should turn on notifications from star walk :(
	8:33am HyperDose: One look at Nora and I'm in love. Gorgeous! 😍
	8:34am dale: i have a fluffy underbelly so nora and i would get along fine.
	8:34am Karen in Sleepy Hollow: The full moon also means there will be more deer out, grazing and crossing the roads, because the light of the moon allows them be see better. Drive extra alert on bright nights because you are more likely to see deer near the road.
	8:34am melinda: she's a beauty
	8:34am Andrea C from the app: Nora sounds adorable awwww
	8:35am HyperDose: She was after that 10pc mcnuggets lol
	8:35am StringOFperils: You realize you're lost when you discover you're in McDonalds.
	8:35am Strandlund: What a cutie!!
	8:36am Handy Haversack: Nora! What a looker. That tabby eyeliner is irresistible. And hello, Amanda, Jim, and all!
	8:36am Andrea C from the app: If I lived in New York, I’d adopt Nora straight away!
	8:37am Amanda: ↳ StringOFperils @8:35 A McDonald's in Bushwick, no less...
	8:38am dday: ↳ Karen in Sleepy Hollow @8:34 Bears have also left their dens WITH CUBS in tow. Please drive carefully :)
	8:38am HyperDose: ↳ Song: "Rescue Me w/kittens" by "Madonna" Missy has the most confused look on her face 😂
	8:38am P-90: Excellent
	8:38am Handy Haversack: Our current tabby is already of the opinion that there are two cats too many around here.
	8:39am P-90: The Kitten Remix is better than the original
	8:39am dday: ↳ melinda @8:33 They will, just as some spayed & or neutered cats will spray after procedure. It's in their DNA..evolution
	8:40am Amanda: Good morning, all you freaks waiting to be rescued!
	8:41am HyperDose: ↳ Amanda @8:40 We rescue animals and WFMU rescues us. It's cyclical!
	8:41am dday: ↳ Amanda @8:25 Some declawing info. Write your State legislators & get the procedure banned: Two States already have NY &MD: www.peta.org...
	8:42am Andrea C: ↳ Song: "Rescue Me w/kittens" by "Madonna" You better believe Madonna! The power of WFMU compels you!
	8:42am dale: yay! i missed this the first time you played it.
	8:42am Will thee Sound Guy: ↳ Song: "Infinite Cow" by "Forest For The Trees" my friend Tim had this album growing up... it's pretty awesome.
	8:43am SeanG: Hi Bad Animals happy Saturday
	8:44am dday: ↳ Song: "I am a Kitten" by "Fantastic Everlasting Gobstopper" This is Retro Cocktail Hour smooth :)
	8:45am dday: ↳ Song: "Catford" by "Mr. Mitch" Is this Mewlio?
	8:46am Handy Haversack: K8 says that there are signs up around the neighborhood for someone's lost turtle.
	8:47am Amanda: ↳ Handy Haversack @8:46 Oh nooooo please come home soon, little turtle buddy
	8:48am Strandlund: Have a great day everyone!! Thanks Jim and Amanda...this is such a wonderful show!!
	8:49am Handy Haversack: ↳ Amanda @8:47 And someone lost their husky puppy! Now we have to feed our pack lest they turn on us ... Bugbear tries to incite the dog to rebellion until food hits bowl.
	8:50am Amanda: THANK YOU ALL so much for listening this morn'n'! Be kind to animals or we'll kill you!
	8:50am HyperDose: ↳ Handy Haversack @8:49 I knew Bugbear was the problem child!
	8:50am dale: ↳ dday @8:44 it came on one of those loungecore cd compilations circa 1998.
	8:51am Fred and Alan: Good morning and Happy Holidays Everyone Fred and Alan
	8:52am dday: Dog thefts are up everywhere. Here's some info fromAustralia that we should adopt here in the US: theconversation.com...
	8:52am HyperDose: Thank you, Jim and Amanda! :)
	8:53am Handy Haversack: There, safety restored. Thanks, Amanda, Jim, and all you strays!
	8:53am Andrea C from the app: Thank you for the wonderful music and help. I’m grateful
	8:53am dale: morning fred and alan.
	8:54am Fred and Alan: Hi Dale Happy Holidays
	8:55am Strandlund: Everyone should be rescued from McDonalds...
	8:56am radioronan: Thanks Amanda & Jim..enjoy the day, everyone!
	8:56am StringOFperils: Thank you for favoring thee four-footed, finned, and furred, and feathered.
	8:57am HyperDose: Go Mets!
	8:59am Will thee Sound Guy: Thank you Amanda, Jim, Kathleen, and the Accu Peeps!!!

Bad Animals with Jim the Poet and Amanda: Playlist from April 8, 2023

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