Ken | Playlist | 10 December 2008

Wed. 12/10/08 9:01am From: Negator

Good Morning,Ken. THis is larry.

Wed. 12/10/08 9:02am From: listener mark

Good Morning Ken
Good morning Everyone

Wed. 12/10/08 9:02am From: Negator

Ever heard that song, 'My name is Larry'. It's an old novelty song. I heard it on the Dr. Demento show in the 70's.

Wed. 12/10/08 9:03am From: cribley

Bom dia!

Wed. 12/10/08 9:03am From: annie

morning all.

Wed. 12/10/08 9:05am From: Parq

'Gator, that's a great song. Even better, though, is his seasonal offering, "I'm a Christmas Tree" ("People hang their ornaments on me / And throw me out on New Year's Eve")

Wed. 12/10/08 9:06am From: Ken

Morning all! I know that's not really Larry because he doesn't know how to use computers. That's why he still mails me cassettes.

Wed. 12/10/08 9:06am From: Bruce from Capitol Hill

Morning Ken, morning (afternoon and evening) all.

Wed. 12/10/08 9:06am From: Webhamseter Henry

Whoa Ken! I was just playing this Anna Homler yesterday! Let's play all WFMU hits from the late 90s!

Wed. 12/10/08 9:10am From: Cecile

Are we talking about Wild Man Fischer?
"Oh God, please send me a kid! I could buy it a donut every day!"

Wed. 12/10/08 9:11am From: listener mark

nachgemachter larry

Wed. 12/10/08 9:13am From: Parq

The very one, 'Cile. I confess, I'm unfamiliar with the number you've just quoted. My loss, to be sure.

Wed. 12/10/08 9:15am From: Cecile

I think it's on an old Rhino collection, the best of WMF

Wed. 12/10/08 9:16am From: Ken

Woohoo!!! It looks like my new laptop is working with the new soundcard!!!

Wed. 12/10/08 9:17am From: Ghengis Jung

Sounds great from here!

Wed. 12/10/08 9:17am From: JJZ

Laptops have soundcards?

Wed. 12/10/08 9:19am From: Ken

Yes, and Dell laptops have really crappy soundcards, I have learned.

Wed. 12/10/08 9:19am From: JJZ

At least, non-integrated ones?

Wed. 12/10/08 9:19am From: Lizardner Dave

Gotta take the " off the end of the link to that underpants picture to make it work....

Wed. 12/10/08 9:20am From: Laurie

Good morning, Ken!

Wed. 12/10/08 9:21am From: Negator

Never heard the 'Christmas tree' one. I'll be looking into that. Did he have a name other than 'Larry'.

Wed. 12/10/08 9:22am From: Lizardner Dave

...and the math question I had to answer to post my previous comment added up to 666. Merry Krampus indeed.

Wed. 12/10/08 9:23am From: Mark

click for the full policy dont work

Wed. 12/10/08 9:27am From: Parq

Mark, go up to the url line and delete the noise characters after "jpg". Dave, my favorite is when the math questions yields airplanes, like "747".

Wed. 12/10/08 9:27am From: fishmonkeystew

My 86 year old french-canadian great aunt owns and operates a slaughter house. It made for some strange childhood memories......

Wed. 12/10/08 9:28am From: JCityJensen

Morning Ken! What kind of computer u got...

Wed. 12/10/08 9:28am From: Mark

Ah ha!!

Wed. 12/10/08 9:29am From: Intel Macs

we suck too

Wed. 12/10/08 9:29am From: Negator

You're gonna play that Waitresses song, 'Christmas wrapping paper'

Wed. 12/10/08 9:31am From: Bad Ronald

Morning everyone. Anyone here in violation of the Pants Policy?

Wed. 12/10/08 9:32am From: fishmonkeystew

What exactly is the "Pants Policy"?

Wed. 12/10/08 9:33am From: fishmonkeystew

Oh, wait. To the left, right? I think I need more caffeine.

Wed. 12/10/08 9:33am From: Bad Ronald

http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/KF/2008/12/10/pantspolicy_big.jpg

Full exposure will earn you a spanking!

Wed. 12/10/08 9:35am From: listener mark

le suicide est indolore

Wed. 12/10/08 9:36am From: detroitdave

Morning Ken, I see you found our pants policy for the Detroit mayor.

Wed. 12/10/08 9:36am From: Lizardner Dave

I feel like I've tuned into the opening of an anime version of M*A*S*H

Wed. 12/10/08 9:37am From: Cecile

detroitdave, who is currently filling the empty mayor vacancy in the Motor City?

Wed. 12/10/08 9:38am From: cribley

Anime MASH would be sweet. I can see Radar getting a gushing bloody nose ever time he sees a pretty girl.

Wed. 12/10/08 9:39am From: JCityJensen

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Wed. 12/10/08 9:40am From: Parq

Somebody would make a crack about Hot Lips and she would do one of those bug-eyed freakout takes.

Wed. 12/10/08 9:40am From: detroitdave

City counsel member Ken Cockrel. He wears his pants correctly.

Wed. 12/10/08 9:41am From: Vicki

nice Puffy remix!

Wed. 12/10/08 9:42am From: Cecile

whew!
Good to know.

Wed. 12/10/08 9:46am From: Bad Ronald

Thanks for The Box link Ken!

Wed. 12/10/08 9:47am From: annie

BR-what if i don;t have pants? is there a dress/skirt policy variant?

Wed. 12/10/08 9:48am From: Ken

Phew! My playlist computer died on me! Egad. The full pants policy is again working, and I expect everybody to abide by it!

Wed. 12/10/08 9:48am From: Bad Ronald

Hah Annie, I guess it would apply but in the opposite direction!

Wed. 12/10/08 9:50am From: Cecile

I have no idea what Jinx Lennon is ranting about, but long may he wave.

Wed. 12/10/08 9:52am From: Vicki

he used my fart noise

Wed. 12/10/08 9:53am From: Negator

No, it's MY fart noise.....

Wed. 12/10/08 9:53am From: paulthepostman

Good afternoon Ken and the world and the UK is pants friendly.

Wed. 12/10/08 9:54am From: Negator

Vicki, are the Bran Flakes 'Avant Retard'?

Wed. 12/10/08 9:57am From: Swami

As usual Ken, I'm loving the show. Why oh why do I schedule clients for Wednesday mornings? HAte to go, but I gotta.

Wed. 12/10/08 9:57am From: Vicki

there are many strains of Avant Retard, but yes they are

Wed. 12/10/08 9:57am From: Bad Ronald

The kid in the "I Have Hands" slot is killing me!!!

Wed. 12/10/08 9:57am From: Cecile

this stuff is kind of pitchy, dog.

Could we get something on the lower end on the sonic spectrum?

Wed. 12/10/08 9:58am From: Father Christmas

Do not fuck with me!

Wed. 12/10/08 10:01am From: cribley

Wish (Komm Zu Mir) - Franka Potente/Thomas D.

That's a great flick.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:01am From: paulthepostman

Hi BR - howyadiddling?

Wed. 12/10/08 10:01am From: Doug from DC

Wish is by Franka Potente & Thomas D, according to the internets.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:02am From: listener mark

On the group W bench,"What were you arrested for kid?" "Pants." I said. And they all moved away from me.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:02am From: Doug from DC

Ah, beat me to it.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:02am From: annie

oboy, do i feel great today. i am getting so much work done. wow.. and i'm sure it's not the coffee... i have even properly hiked an offending skirt waistline. is there a window of co-operation for offenders? hey PTP

Wed. 12/10/08 10:03am From: Negator

UH!

Wed. 12/10/08 10:05am From: bzul

Pants goin' south and skirts north....should I be paying $2.99 a minute to...experience...the comments today?

Wed. 12/10/08 10:07am From: Bad Ronald

Hey PtheP! Doing well and you? Are you gonna try to meet Cosmic when he's in Brighton?

Wed. 12/10/08 10:07am From: annie

i saw a truck driver unloading one afternoon and my god, talk about peddaling crack!! and i know he was in direct violation of the no-underwear clause. sat there waiting for his trou to drop..

Wed. 12/10/08 10:08am From: Ken

There'll be a ton of record dealers to arrest at the next WFMU record fair...

Wed. 12/10/08 10:09am From: detroitdave

It's a moneymaker for sure Ken!

Wed. 12/10/08 10:10am From: Cecile

Ok, is it me, or are most edgy rock videos these days impossible to watch? I tried the MTV subterranean thing, and the Logo NewNowNext shows, and either it's this quick cut pastiche of cheezy 70s/80s images that dang near give you epilepsy, or people with exquisite shag haircuts in grimy surroundings of stained concrete and rusted razor wire that were a lot funnier when they showed up in 90s German pop videos. That shit makes that one Romeo Void video look like genius. I feel old.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:10am From: paulthepostman

Hi Annie - 'Evening of The Parents' wet, I mean went, well!

BR......for it is written in the firmament that we will collide!

Wed. 12/10/08 10:11am From: annie

good to hear PTP.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:14am From: Negator

This Mmm, Betty! is fabulous!

Wed. 12/10/08 10:19am From: annie

ok two things: i joined several variations of fmu groups on facebook. i am loving betty botox. and.. i really have to make breakfast. (love the crying santa)

Wed. 12/10/08 10:20am From: Cecile

ITA, Ken!
But we can keep the Nutcracker ballet in the Crampus canon. It's got rats, delusions, drunkenness and violence. I adore it...it's so pagan.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:20am From: pseu

Hi Ken - You know I've been doing that real-time search reading for many years on my show, right? I'm flattered!

Wed. 12/10/08 10:20am From: Lizardner Dave

Ken, how do we know that Automated Beacon is actually Google and not some other search engine? I dug around that site and couldn't find any specific documentation.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:21am From: annie

i think kenny should sing the google search on his show

Wed. 12/10/08 10:25am From: Ken

I apologize Pseu, I was not aware you read from Automated Beacon. I thought you read from the most popular, ranked google terms.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:27am From: Ike

Soulseek is nifty, ain't it?

Wed. 12/10/08 10:28am From: Max

I didn't realize you all were so territorial!

Wed. 12/10/08 10:29am From: TOm

Great show Ken! Has FMU ever thought about putting together a holiday collection of music?

Wed. 12/10/08 10:29am From: fatty jubbo

I am actually awake early enough to listen to the show in real time!
I am glad you got your PC working well again- your show sounded as if it was coming through a tin can for many weeks.
I am glad you are a Celtic Frost and Flipper fan, Ken.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:30am From: wha?

I'm sure this has been discussed before and I missed it, but the Jud Jud intentionally similar to Balinese monkey chant?

Wed. 12/10/08 10:30am From: paulthepostman

Hi Cecile - yeah, like, what are those vid directors on? They don't tickle my finely honed fancy either.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:31am From: cribley

This guy sounds like Fry from Futurama.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:31am From: risky!

these santa pics are pure gold! ahahahahahaha!

Wed. 12/10/08 10:32am From: Laurie

Are you as excited as I am about the Kids in the Hall reunion thingy? SO EXCITED!

Wed. 12/10/08 10:32am From: Mark

What! no bass!

Wed. 12/10/08 10:32am From: Todd 76%

Ken,
Was that a cover of Furious Pig's "I Don't Like Your Face" you just played?!?!

Wed. 12/10/08 10:33am From: Ken

Damn! I blew the dump!

Wed. 12/10/08 10:35am From: paulthepostman

Ken , what genres of music was that Bruce McCulloch song?

Wed. 12/10/08 10:36am From: Ghengis Jung

"Blew the dump?"

Can you say that?

Wed. 12/10/08 10:37am From: Cecile

PtP, I mean, there have to be visual references besides Saw movies and Duran Duran videos. There's a big world out there....

Wed. 12/10/08 10:39am From: Vicki

this is the opposite of pure genius, which is really good

Wed. 12/10/08 10:39am From: Bruce McCulloc

...yet, sometimes it is like a village...

Wed. 12/10/08 10:40am From: Bruce from Capitol Hill

Wing!!!!!!!!!! All's well again. Thanks Ken.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:40am From: Negator

Yoko sounds great. I didn't know she did a covers record.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:41am From: paulthepostman

Cecille - I said that.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:42am From: Lizardner Dave

This was on the FMU twitter feed, but I think it bears repeating here since one of the artists on the list is Don McLean. http://tinyurl.com/6njngo

Wed. 12/10/08 10:42am From: annie

did god create santa in his own image?

Wed. 12/10/08 10:42am From: paulthepostman

about the village... too much Chianti!

Wed. 12/10/08 10:43am From: Lizardner Dave

...and this time my math answer was 667, which is the number of the guy who lives across the street from The Beast.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:43am From: annie

and have you noticed that they are never in the same room at the same time?

Wed. 12/10/08 10:44am From: Vicki

664 is the number of the man who looks after Satan's packages

Wed. 12/10/08 10:45am From: paulthepostman

annie, now I think about it...!

Wed. 12/10/08 10:46am From: annie

see what i'm sayin?? and that satan dude, too!!!

Wed. 12/10/08 10:47am From: annie

probably why they all climb in and out of the chimbley, want to avoid attention.. pixie dust comes in handy for that.. or hide on your cereal.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:47am From: Lizardner Dave

@Vicki - good one. And this version of Mull of Kintyre is fantastic.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:48am From: Vicki

thankee

Wed. 12/10/08 10:48am From: Negator

Didn't Iron Mainden tell us a little something about the digitz '666'?

Wed. 12/10/08 10:50am From: paulthepostman

Annie - I believe Santas are Sufi in origin.
Is that perceived as a blasphemous thing to say over there?

Wed. 12/10/08 10:51am From: Vicki

I think this Scot is swearing

Wed. 12/10/08 10:52am From: annie...

all a matter of perspective PTP. i for one love to think that santa is in fact god.... not god-as-we-see-him..how can anyone so benevolent be bad? and we have this god that allows death and destruction? i prefer santa for my god..

Wed. 12/10/08 10:52am From: Carmichael

Good morning, interesting people.

Any conversation that begins with Wild Man Fischer and includes Stereolab as background music is absolutely A-O-friggin'-K with me.

Wed. 12/10/08 10:52am From: Ken

It's a right good thing the Scots dont speak English!

Wed. 12/10/08 10:53am From: annie

here ya go PTP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSEd5WiWmPQ

Wed. 12/10/08 10:54am From: Carmichael

Ken, how about some Longines Symphonette?

Wed. 12/10/08 10:55am From: annie

cecile, i got a 36 gallon drum for my compost barrel. and it was a "found object" woohoo..

Wed. 12/10/08 10:55am From: Lizardner Dave

This bed music can only mean one thing...it's the month of ZATEMBER!

Wed. 12/10/08 10:55am From: Vicki

nice loop

Wed. 12/10/08 10:56am From: Cecile

I want the crazy uncle from the Nutcracker as my God. The hallucinations you get hanging around him are the best!

Wed. 12/10/08 10:59am From: bbell

Ken-
Krampus is very scary (I am sure you know that he comes into town to "birch" the young women). Here are three more frightening figures from Iceland that terrorize the villages before the solstice: Jolkattur (yule cat), who eats those who haven't done their work during the year, and the couple Gryla and Leppaluthi who eat children who have misbehaved. Even in Pagan times they have been trying to control the masses with threats.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:00am From: Parq

Charm, thanks for renewing the Wild Man Fischer thread. Negator, I never got around to telling you, his real full name is (appropriately) Larry Fischer, and the lore is that Frank Zappa discovered him street-singing, back when it was taken by Mr. and Mrs. Passerby as drunken (or drug-addled) muttering.

La:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Man_Fischer

Wed. 12/10/08 11:01am From: paulthepostman

Annie, I needed that - I'm laughing my pants off, still !!!
Quite poignant too, annie...from 1999 thru to 2003 I was living in Cairo!
And! I recorded one of those 'singing puppets as our answer phone jingle!!!!!!!!!!!

Wed. 12/10/08 11:02am From: Carmichael

Isn't there a Santa in the Netherlands with a Moor sidekick, who puts misbehaving children in a sack and sends them to Spain?

Wed. 12/10/08 11:02am From: sebastian in santiago

you know, santas are globally distributed. it doesn't make all that much sense to go around in red fur when it's 30º, but that's the way we have it down here. oh, and the snow flakes. they're made of cotton.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:04am From: annie

see PTP, they have many others, democratically availing other langauge versions..

Wed. 12/10/08 11:04am From: GP

Bookmarking this set for later...Good morning, all Busy day here.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:05am From: Doug in DC

A free vacation in Spain would be all the motivation I need to be as bad as possible. But yes, the Dutch Santa's sidekick is Black Peter, I believe.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:05am From: jan

where is Jim Price these days? That was a good show...when did that show broadcast.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:07am From: paulthepostman

Sufis are/were Muslim hippies.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:07am From: Doug in DC

IMDB is saying March 2009 for the t.A.T.u. movie:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046171/

Wed. 12/10/08 11:09am From: Ken

March 2009? Are you sure? They originally said March 2008. Is this some kind of a joke?

Wed. 12/10/08 11:10am From: annie

PTP akin to episcopalians? some break-away madness?

Wed. 12/10/08 11:10am From: jjohn

I was only half-listening (at work after all) so I thought you were talking about this: http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0585657/

Wed. 12/10/08 11:13am From: jjohn

if they could somehow COMBINE the two...

Wed. 12/10/08 11:14am From: Doug in DC

That's it, the Tatoo movie should be about two French dwarves who go to Russia to meet t.A.T.u. You and I, ...and the plane, the plane!

Wed. 12/10/08 11:17am From: Laurie

Speaking of homosexuals: Gays and people who like gays, don't buy anything today or go to work. Call in gay. Today is the day without gays.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:18am From: annie

look at how that teacher is grinning gleefully at the santa....

Wed. 12/10/08 11:19am From: Ken

Thanks Doug! That info wasn't there even a few days ago... now I have something to live for, other than my wife and kids and satisfying job and all my dear dear friends.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:19am From: paulthepostman

Annie - the singing puppet thing I recorded was an Egyptian Felaheen (of the countryside) repleat in long, striped, baggy shirt, holding a staff, sitting cross legged. I have a spare one (we bought so many) if your sensibilities allow!

Wed. 12/10/08 11:20am From: Krampus

What manner of Santas are these?!

Wed. 12/10/08 11:21am From: annie

send me a link PTP...
krampus, you tube had santas of all kinds singing drunkenly with batteries attached.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:22am From: Doug in DC

Sufi Santa is on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmJ6ScpccVY

Wed. 12/10/08 11:22am From: annie

and another...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSEd5WiWmPQ

Wed. 12/10/08 11:23am From: cribley

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was the best.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:24am From: annie

what's with the sunglasses?? are they all plastered.. i loved that movie "bad santa"

Wed. 12/10/08 11:26am From: Miss Buxley

Be careful Ken. Dont say anything Psue might say.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:27am From: paulthepostman

Bad Ronald - will you perhaps acquire seasonal santa sympathies?!

Wed. 12/10/08 11:29am From: Bad Ronald

Coal! Every year it's coal and a rock!

Wed. 12/10/08 11:30am From: annie

all i can see is john cleese dancing around in his underwear..

Wed. 12/10/08 11:32am From: Parq

The Santa accompanying "Vert" is . . . words fail me.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:34am From: paulthepostman

Bad Santa - That sounds funny, but I don't really understand!
Annie - Awesome image, that!

Wed. 12/10/08 11:35am From: Ken

I think these are Eastern Orthodox Santas.. but I'm not sure.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:35am From: annie

it's from a fish called wanda, one of my fave movies...

Wed. 12/10/08 11:37am From: GP

I think that Don Bartnick Santa is George Clinton

Wed. 12/10/08 11:38am From: annie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ4HG2V165s

one of the best scenes

Wed. 12/10/08 11:39am From: Laurie

These Santas are almost worse than that scary rabid rabbit Santa thing. But this Koushik song is lovely.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:39am From: Melissa

OMG! Is that the Santa from Vendetta?!

Wed. 12/10/08 11:40am From: Laurie

I recently learned that they don't have Santa in Central and South America, by the way. They have the baby Jesus. Booooooooooo-ring.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:41am From: fatty jubbo

let me tell you- I work at some movie theater and every year we have five days of Christmas shows...double features of It's a Wonderful Life and White Christmas. I dread this time of year. We have a gay Santa that leads a 'rousing' sing-along for all the midwestern moms and kids- the only part of the ordeal I truly savour. Last year Santa threw in some anti-Bush Xmas song parodies and I had to placate some frenzied old corpses about it.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:42am From: grubbus

haven't heard this song since my days of bong hits @ WPU

Wed. 12/10/08 11:44am From: annie

i think this time of year brings out the best and worst of people's fears and idiosycracies.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:44am From: GP

Voodoo economics!...yea

Wed. 12/10/08 11:46am From: Sean Daily

Not even close to first comment! Woo hoo!

Wed. 12/10/08 11:46am From: annie

google in the uk.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2008/dec/10/googlethemedia-searchengines

Wed. 12/10/08 11:47am From: Parq

I expect to be seeing the "Home - Rising Tide" picture in my night terrors for months to come.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:47am From: paulthepostman

Annie, yeah, isn't that great! Christmas is pure Vaudeville.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:48am From: Laurie

I also love this Barbara Morgenstern song.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:50am From: Ken

Everybody should let me know what you want under the tree for next week's Krampus extravaganza.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:50am From: annie

you could make a great video or recording of all the dysfunctional conversations at the meals of all these celebrants.. starting at thanksgiving and ending at the end of chinese new year.. what a great project... neuroses unlimited..

Wed. 12/10/08 11:52am From: Lizardner Dave

Some Elakeliaiset would be great for Krampus Christmas! Or Rush. Whichever.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:53am From: Cecile

Korpiklaani. They have a great song where they sing about warriors falling upon the missionaries that hit the shores of Finland: "Today is not your day".

Wed. 12/10/08 11:54am From: trrrrish

Is there any place where xmas is celebrated and it never spills out beyond a week? or even twelve days?
Anywhere?

It's so damn tedious already.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:56am From: Doug in DC

Think tanks going out of business? We're saved!

Wed. 12/10/08 11:56am From: Cecile

the song is called "Rise"

Wed. 12/10/08 11:58am From: HotRod

Hiya!

Wed. 12/10/08 11:58am From: Laurie

There's no shortage of Christmas compilations from my favorite twee labels. Él! Siesta! Total Gaylord! Fortuna Pop! Kindercore! Animal World!

Also, I like the Asobi Seksu cover of that Ramones Christmas song.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:58am From: Bad Ronald

Yay! Flaming Carrot!!!

Wed. 12/10/08 11:58am From: A Think Tank

Think about it.

Wed. 12/10/08 11:59am From: HotRod

Woah! Flaming Carrot! Weird coincidence!

Wed. 12/10/08 5:04pm From: mike tp

hey negator ol pal irwin played my name is larry many years ago. got it on cassette. ask pl pal for the heads up/. great santas ken.

Sat. 12/13/08 5:25am From: Meisvanderroe

My cat understands German....she does not translate

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