Ken | Playlist | 02 April 2008

Wed. 4/2/08 9:02am From: david lee roth

Morning Ken!

dirtying ducts is the name of the game in VAN HALEN scream ville!!!

props to JAM inthe AM

Wed. 4/2/08 9:03am From: JJZ

I have to admit, I hate april fools day, but it was a nic e change of pace to listen to the other station.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:04am From: Ken

Morning everybody! Boy did I miss us yesterday!

Wed. 4/2/08 9:05am From: listener dave

I loved the joke right up until I tried to listen to FMU off the other station's page and none of the streams worked. Oh well. So I listened to WWOZ and KEXP instead.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:07am From: JJZ

Hm. I listened to the other station's stream of WFMU without issue. I figured I'd stick with the unknown though.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:07am From: Ken

I liked the joke until... i shall hold my tongue.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:14am From: dlroth

Bonzo Dog Band sounds better with a little roth!

Wed. 4/2/08 9:17am From: dlroth

I bow in your awesomeness ken i bow

Wed. 4/2/08 9:18am From: jonathan

bless you, flipper.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:19am From: Bad Ronald

Hah!

Wed. 4/2/08 9:20am From: Negator

Awesome prank! I saved the other station to favorites. I especially liked Difficult Music show except it seemed to go on all day. My gag yesterday was this: There is a guy in my office who is insane and on drugs for it. Anyway he's on vacation this week. So I went on the intercom and said, "Arthur Bonner debriefing and recovery session will begin in ten minutes in the conference room". My boss came by and told me never to do that again. I thought I was gonna get in big trouble. Still may...... HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! ha.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:22am From: pat

brilliant prank--best I've experienced in years. Was it legal? Is the FCC going to come swooping down on you all like Batman and Robin?

Wed. 4/2/08 9:22am From: north guinea hills

awwww shiiiiit, it's actually wfmu today,.... i was really digging on kjfc yesterday... good to know if jersey city implodes (and i survive), i have a plan B.....

Wed. 4/2/08 9:24am From: JJZ

Eh, I've heard radio stations switch for April Fools Day before.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:26am From: JJZ

And I don't think the FCC got involved.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:27am From: Ken

So, what are your ideas for next year's April Fools Day broadcast? JJZ, you first.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:27am From: north guinea hills

it was brilliant when the kjfc dj said, "this is wfmu" in the middle of a track and nothing else.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:27am From: Negator

My boss also made me get back on the intercom and say "April Fools" so that no one would try to attend the"Arthur Bonner debriefing and recovery session" in 10 min.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:28am From: jonathan

joe belock also announced, "this is kjfc..." very straight-voiced. good stuff.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:30am From: pat

Seems like something the dickish FCC would want to make people pay for..

Wed. 4/2/08 9:30am From: JJZ

I have to admit, I'd skip it, but I don't appreciate it as much as many.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:30am From: GUMBY

Love the Louvin's, thanks!

Wed. 4/2/08 9:30am From: doron

by any chance does anyone on here ever have any troubles getting wfmu streams at work due to firewalls or other issues? We have something we'd like to test out if anyone falls in that category....

Wed. 4/2/08 9:30am From: pat

yeah and then a digital fight broke out on Joe's playlist. Hilarious..

Wed. 4/2/08 9:31am From: Ken

We were doing our legal IDs and EAS/FCC duties so it's not an FCC issue at all.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:32am From: GUMBY

What is an Asshat?

Wed. 4/2/08 9:32am From: Ken

Gumby, I dont know what an asshat is, but you sir, are NO ASSHAT.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:33am From: pat

Yeah but isn't it kind of 'fraud' for Joe to say "this is kjfc"? Anyway, it seems like aa lot of work for a joke, congrats! Asshat = some on who wears their ass as a hat. (I had to look it up)

Wed. 4/2/08 9:33am From: Negator

I have an idea for next years april fools day, if I may?

Wed. 4/2/08 9:33am From: jonathan

i, too, was thrown off by the asshat comment. i can picture it...sort of. must be a west coast thing.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:34am From: pat

i.e., head up ass...

Wed. 4/2/08 9:35am From: -max-

Good morning Ken! Good morning to all the Weds. morning listeners as well! And "Hello Sweden!"

Wed. 4/2/08 9:36am From: Dickdong (UK)

I hate to be pedantic but it's KFJC not KJFC. KFJC.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:36am From: Listener Dave

Hmmm...next year. How about 24 hours of Kenny G reading the weather? Or no music and all news all the time with time checks?

Wed. 4/2/08 9:37am From: pat

kfjc, just doesn't roll off the tongue like wfmu..

Wed. 4/2/08 9:40am From: montreal

KFJC: too many mic breaks, too short mic breaks, show commercials?!

Wed. 4/2/08 9:43am From: Ken

Yes, it's good to be listening once again to WFMU, Home of the Epic Mic Break. I actually liked KFJC's short mic breaks, but only for their brevity.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:43am From: tom

next year swap streams with a KFC

Wed. 4/2/08 9:44am From: -max-

I wonder what the Westcoasters thought of The Old Codge or Sharpling...

Wed. 4/2/08 9:49am From: montreal

I actually remember some cbn show commercials being pretty good. got those carts lying around ken?

Wed. 4/2/08 9:49am From: GUMBY

Sometimes an asshat i be. But at least I'll know where I stand, er sit or something. Thanks for clearing that up, I feel better already. Plus, I got some AM Louvin's for Groovin'.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:49am From: Charles

Hey Ken, great prank yesterday! Unfortunately, the mp3 stream has been buffering out a lot since then (both 32 and 128K are affected but it might be my ISP). I've enjoyed what I've been able to hear of your show this morning, keep up the great radio!

Wed. 4/2/08 9:50am From: jtm

IMO, WFMU got the short end of the stick yesterday.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:51am From: deaf listener

The butthole surfer version would re-mash with the Guess who original so well. . .Ken - you rock my world (including Sweeden) -

Wed. 4/2/08 9:53am From: Ken

Today's pictures are from my now defunct flickr account. I'm featuing my "spirals" collection today.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:53am From: Negator

Maybe WFMU should transform into some sort of period piece next year. Something specific like a day in the life April 1972 with commercials and events and stuff. Could be hard. Would be fun to imagine radio 1973.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:54am From: Charles

Negator has a great idea.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:54am From: JJZ

Yeah, that's pretty good. maybe have something to fill up playlists on the fly.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:54am From: Bad Ronald

I agree

Wed. 4/2/08 9:55am From: Ken

Cool idea, Negator!

Wed. 4/2/08 9:55am From: montreal

why defunct, ken?

Wed. 4/2/08 9:56am From: Negator

If it were '70's you could get burt renoylds in.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:56am From: Ken

Flickr cancelled my account because it generated two complaints. That's out of 170,000 views. SOme system they have. Rule by Heckler.

Wed. 4/2/08 9:58am From: Steve

0.0000117647058824% of the people cant be wrong

Wed. 4/2/08 10:03am From: Ken

Oh well, flickr's loss is your gain. I'll be incorporating pictures and slideshows into the playlist more in coming weeks. Although I'm off next week. The week after I hope to have a slideshow as part of each week's playlist.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:05am From: Charles

That's very cool, Ken. Making some multimedia moves! I look forward to it. ^_^

Wed. 4/2/08 10:06am From: Negator

Fuckin' Rx! or fuckin' RIAA?

Wed. 4/2/08 10:07am From: Nick the Bard

In this day and age, how could anyone NOT know what an asshat is?

Wed. 4/2/08 10:08am From: Doug

Re: Negator's suggestion, I (and I bet a lot of other listeners) would be willing to help produce some content for such a thing.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:09am From: Negator

You could make it hard as you want: 30's or 50's with Jim Crow undertones.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:10am From: Doug

I'm brimming with ideas. Don't do this to me at work.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:11am From: pat

well now the joke is out! April Fools jokes aren't community projects people!

Wed. 4/2/08 10:13am From: JJZ

My only idea at the moment is you could embrace the internet generation and do something like they do on MTV or the sci-fi channel where they broadcast comments along with it. You could use a text to speech generator. The problem would be monitoring hooligans for naughty words, so that's a lot of work, and pretty quickly ceases being fun, I'd bet.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:13am From: barbarella

heeey yall--HAPPY SPRING!!!!!! i wanna wish everybody especialy ken PEACE--LOVE AND ROCK & ROLL!!!!!!!! LOVE YA ALL!!!!!!=)=)=)

Wed. 4/2/08 10:14am From: Charles

Finally, I'm hearing the stream without dropouts. Too bad it's RealAudio. I hope your whistle recovers, Ken.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:18am From: Ken

Nick, I of course know what an Asshat is, but a lot of other people here don't, so please explain it to them.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:19am From: Listener Dave from NH

This Queen Medley really is one of the greatest things on the internets.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:19am From: tppppppat*****

beyond

Wed. 4/2/08 10:20am From: Bones

Brilliant!!!!

Wed. 4/2/08 10:21am From: Charles

Ken, I think the Queen medley is by a Japanese band called VisioN.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:22am From: Al Driftwood

Ninja Rhapdsody. It rocks.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:23am From: Negator

I love Queen! Has there been a better male vocalist than Freddie?

Wed. 4/2/08 10:23am From: nh_dave

All of these make me want to go back to HS and do a queen song in battle of the bands in some strange language. Perhaps a humppa version!

Wed. 4/2/08 10:24am From: Al Driftwood

There hasn't.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:24am From: Al Driftwood

First concert ever: age 14. Night at the Opera at The Beacon.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:25am From: Charles

Sure there has. Norio Wakamoto.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:25am From: GROOOOOVY 70S CHICK

i would REALLY LOVE to hear some fleetwod mac also k c & the sunshine band,,thank you

Wed. 4/2/08 10:26am From: Bad Ronald

Queen did ROCK Live. Freddie a true showman through and through

Wed. 4/2/08 10:26am From: Ken

Cheri - watch it. One per show.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:27am From: Roger Taylor

i am wetting my pants right now- have to go home and change

Wed. 4/2/08 10:27am From: jojo

i can put my DNS settings back to normal now that it is no longer april 1st

Wed. 4/2/08 10:27am From: Al Driftwood

He inspired the immortal Regina Spektor

Wed. 4/2/08 10:27am From: Charles

@Ronald - True.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:33am From: Parq

Digging all the comments about yesterday. Also enjoyed going through yesterday's playlist comments, and even more so yesterday's Blather Box comments.
But here's something no one's addressed yet. What sort of comments did Belock, Scharpling etc. garner from our far less whimsical (IMHO) California bretheren's listeners?

Wed. 4/2/08 10:34am From: Bad Ronald

I think Brian had to bounce at least one user during his show.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:34am From: Doug

I honestly thought KFJC was a fake "crappy college radio" station concocted by FMU for a while.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:36am From: Nick the Bard

An asshat is what they do, lets say, in the situation where you're riding your bike, and you're hit by a car and your skull is cracked open, they peel off a big equal chunk of your buttcheeks and graft it to the top of your head to keep your brain from getting damaged (well, anymore maybe).

Then they take it back off when your skull heals, but you've still got a soft spot, so you have to keep the asshat going to keep your brain from spilling out.

Now you all know too much O_-

Wed. 4/2/08 10:38am From: Ken

Thank you for educating everyone, Nick. You can see an asshat procedure performed in the film "Master and Commander."

Wed. 4/2/08 10:39am From: JJZ

Hm. The urban dictionary has nothing so complicated in their definitions. You should probably update it.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:39am From: GUMBY

That's what I was thinking, like some turban with special medical voodoo magic.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:40am From: Listener Dave from NH

JJZ - you should try Urbane Dictionary instead.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:40am From: Ryan

Parq, i'm from KFJC land and i was happy to have good freeform radio to listen to on the way home from work for once!

Wed. 4/2/08 10:40am From: Wes

Same here, Doug. I was more shocked that KJFC was actually a real station, and not a joke station completely fabricated by the FMU staff, than I was initially taken back by the April Fool's Day joke itself.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:40am From: Negator

Master and Commander the XXX gay film?

Wed. 4/2/08 10:41am From: jonathan

ah yes. i recall - now, thanks to nick - the asshat procedure being used in a film entitled "brain of blood."

Wed. 4/2/08 10:42am From: Bones

why would a donkey need a hat anyway? >_>

Wed. 4/2/08 10:43am From: michael papish

is DJ Ugh one of the dudes from Nihilist Spasm Band?

Wed. 4/2/08 10:46am From: Elias

Everyone knows that donkeys in France wear lucky red hats.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:48am From: Doug

http://www.foureyesjokeshop.com/ProductImages/hats/2032-Hat-Donkey-Head.jpg

Wed. 4/2/08 10:48am From: Mike W

That was a mouthful, Ken

Keep that coffee steady now

Wed. 4/2/08 10:48am From: Parq

Outstanding find, Doug.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:49am From: Nick the Bard

They also used the procedure in Family Guy in that ep where Brian falls in love with the old lady opera singer. Kind of appropriate considering it's furry connections...

Wed. 4/2/08 10:49am From: nh_dave

Add me to the list of confused 'this is a fake station' believers. The clue for me was the super fast station ID breaks and the like. Reminded me a bit of the station ID's between songs on the queens of the stone age album a few years back.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:51am From: -max-

Zatumba! Now all is right with the world!

Wed. 4/2/08 10:58am From: Negator

I have a Raymond Scott Quintet record on red vinyl.

Wed. 4/2/08 10:58am From: Ken

Michael P - I was dropping in Nihilist Spasm Band bites on top of DJ Ugh.

Wed. 4/2/08 11:01am From: fcunmys

The Bonzo Dog Band's 1967 album "Gorilla" has been reissued on import vinyl by Timeles Records From Luxembourg here in your cooler record stores in case you're interested.

Wed. 4/2/08 11:01am From: ssanderr

can sum1 pls tell me whow these knds of muse sick are made? what kines of SW may bee? thnks

Wed. 4/2/08 11:02am From: JJZ

I didn't notice that the streams changed for far too long. Was the noisy jazz part of Hatch's show? Now I need to check. I mostly recall coworkers complaining about people strangling geese so I turned it down.

Wed. 4/2/08 11:05am From: fcunmys

Correction: Timeless Records from Luxembourg. And it's available at your cooler record stores in NYC. (i.e. Other Music, Rocket Scientist, Kim's.)
And yes- there are still some cool record stores left in the city-not everything's gone Walgreens-yet!

Wed. 4/2/08 11:06am From: michael p

ah, gotcha. thanks ken. when listening to spasm band, i often feel like i'm going crazy. would have really thought i was going crazy...

Wed. 4/2/08 11:06am From: Vivian

Good morning, joining everyone a little late...
Completely off topic, Ken, how was your trip to Atlanta? Any places of interest?

Wed. 4/2/08 11:09am From: Sean Daily

I could make the obvious Rockin' in Baghdad/Rocking the Casbah comparison. But I won't.

Wed. 4/2/08 11:09am From: Ken

Hi Vivian - Atlanta was great! I really liked the city. I didn't do too much because I was working most days. Missed the Soul Food Museum and the Wrestling Restaurant but I will catch those next time.

Wed. 4/2/08 11:10am From: JJZ

Oooh, a wrestling restaurant.

Wed. 4/2/08 11:15am From: Kisseeface

Anyone catch the Boredoms show at Other Music yesterday. Where they as awesome as they've always been. Is the record store still standing? Anyone???

Wed. 4/2/08 11:17am From: fcunmys

Question: Do they serve Boston crab at a wrestling restaurant?

Wed. 4/2/08 11:17am From: Laurie

Mischa Barton is almost as good at acting as Keira Knightley.

My lord, this movie looks horrible. I think I have to see it

Wed. 4/2/08 11:18am From: Ryan

**rim shot**
for fcunmys

Wed. 4/2/08 11:19am From: guido

Where they are from? Jakarta? sounds like Brazil...

Wed. 4/2/08 11:20am From: fcunmys

To Ryan - I'll try for nothing but net next time!!!

Wed. 4/2/08 11:21am From: Ken

Yes, looks like they are from Jakarta.

Wed. 4/2/08 11:27am From: fcunmys

Ken-Is that White Shoes track from the Minty Fresh reissue of their first album that was relkeased last year?

Wed. 4/2/08 11:27am From: another old man

Ken
any chance we will get the Codger's show from last night in the archives? The one with Courtney.

Wed. 4/2/08 11:30am From: JJZ

Ah, I like Butter Roll.

Wed. 4/2/08 11:30am From: Ken

fcunmys - Yes it is, I think. Another Old Man - Yes, all of the real archives from yesterday and last night will be posted today.

Wed. 4/2/08 11:32am From: Doug

This Butter Roll is the greatest goddamn thing I have ever heard

Wed. 4/2/08 11:33am From: Laurie

Oh barf! Belching is so gross.

Wed. 4/2/08 11:34am From: Mike W

I'm actually eating as I listen to this

Wed. 4/2/08 11:34am From: Parq

Well, Laurie, he does have a pre-teen daughter.

Wed. 4/2/08 11:34am From: Dave DeMaw

I'm feeling naseuous. Reminds me of Music from the Body by Waters and Geesin, only more intense.

Wed. 4/2/08 11:35am From: Mike W

It was a buttered roll i was eatin'. no kiddin'

Wed. 4/2/08 11:35am From: TMC

Oh! Ken! Easy on the gas or do I have to all Rolaids on your ass?????

Wed. 4/2/08 11:36am From: another old man

Thanks Ken.

What, Me Worry?

Wed. 4/2/08 11:36am From: Wes

Throw some rolaids this way, those biscuits and lemonade from breakfast aren't sitting right.

Wed. 4/2/08 11:36am From: Negator

I eating lunch!

Wed. 4/2/08 11:37am From: -max-

I heard that segue coming all the way down Broadway! Meaning, I approve!

Wed. 4/2/08 11:39am From: fcunmys

To quote an ancient Chinese proverb: A Big wind comes from empty cave. No reflection on you ZaTUMSba!

Wed. 4/2/08 11:44am From: BillyJam

hello Sweden, hello Ken. Welcome back! What were those two complaints on Flicker all about? Content or copyright or do you even know, do they tell subscribers or just pull the plug?m > Re April Fool's prank - I thought it was great in theory. Next year maybe have DJs do their regular shows but insert other (WFMU or non) DJ's mic breaks....

Wed. 4/2/08 11:45am From: onken

rockin show..been tappin all the way thru work :)

Wed. 4/2/08 11:46am From: vivian

Oh no the poor dogs again! Stop the abuse!

Wed. 4/2/08 11:46am From: Ken

Hi Billy - The worst thing about Flickr is they dont even tell you what the complaints are about! The first one was about Brigitte Bardot's legs. I dont know what the second complaint was about, and that's the one that got my account canned.

Wed. 4/2/08 11:47am From: TTTT

This song is Pavlovian for humans.

Must get up and check on dog, now. Sounds like she's whining about something or other.

Wed. 4/2/08 11:48am From: pat

how could you complain about Brigitte Bardot's legs?

Wed. 4/2/08 11:48am From: Laurie

Ken: The Mormons are onto you. Clearly.

Wed. 4/2/08 11:48am From: fcunmys

Sounds like the Jingle Bell Dogs signing the Yeah Yeah song from the Four Insects. And yes I miss the Flintstones!

Wed. 4/2/08 11:49am From: Wes

Wynder K Frog aka Mick Weaver, a British master of the Hammond B3, unfortunately his LPs are almost impossible to find, especially Sunshine Superfrog. He was shy on stage but he could tear up a B3.

Wed. 4/2/08 11:50am From: Sean Daily

YES IT IS YOUR FAULT! YES YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE! ADMIT IT!

Wed. 4/2/08 11:51am From: stevie g

YNWA!

Wed. 4/2/08 11:52am From: Parq

Not including Bardot's legs on the playlist?

Wed. 4/2/08 11:52am From: fcunmys

I'm sure glad Richard Nixon's burning in hell. Was that him I just heard denying everything?

Wed. 4/2/08 11:58am From: Pma

last comment??

Wed. 4/2/08 11:58am From: fcunmys

See you in two Ken. Once again another great one! Take care!!!

Wed. 4/2/08 11:58am From: Bad Ronald

One more

Wed. 4/2/08 11:59am From: Ken

Thanks everybody! Record number of comments this AM. See you in two weeks!

Wed. 4/2/08 11:59am From: Bad Ronald

Thank You!

Wed. 4/2/08 12:00pm From: pma

Damn you Ronald!

Thu. 4/3/08 7:38pm From: listener jeff

I actually didn't get the joke and i accidentally hit a link at the bottom of their page that took me to wfmu home and listened to music as if the world was ok...so i don't know if i am a fool or just ignorant

Thu. 4/3/08 8:08pm From: Paul Elliott in Australia

Fucking great show this week, diging Dirtbomb's version of the Bee Gees klassic.

Listener comments!