Listener comments!

Fri. 4/10/09 9:05am From: annie

ok fine first comment!!

Fri. 4/10/09 9:13am From: Swami

Took you long enough

Fri. 4/10/09 9:18am From: chris

Morning Ken, have you ever listened to JOhn Funke on WMBR? Your opening set reminds of the kind of stuff he likes to play...

Fri. 4/10/09 9:18am From: Parq

Doesn't anybody have anything to say about this fine western swing set? ("Swing set" -- get it? I fracture myself.) Me, it makes me wish I could do a two-step.

Fri. 4/10/09 9:20am From: annie

parq, i find it very hard to believe you can't dance.. give ma a sweet waltz or polka and i'm in heaven. not to mention a great set of chorus jig.

Fri. 4/10/09 9:21am From: dc pat

I can only pogo but sounds good nonetheless...

Fri. 4/10/09 9:29am From: Paul Sherratt

Parq,

Was our Billy Cotton a western swinger ?
( If so, the BBC kept THAT very secret ! * )

*Not that the BBC is a beacon freedom, you understand ...

Fri. 4/10/09 9:32am From: Parq

Paul, like the man said, every band had to do one. I dunno about the UK, but I know US country music does just fine in the IR.

That would be my luck; one of my neighbors would go sleep-walking in the buff, and it would be the fat middle-aged guy. Oh wait, that's me . . .

Fri. 4/10/09 9:32am From: PMD

mornin' all... wouldn't that be cool to start dancing at work...

Fri. 4/10/09 9:35am From: annie

i know i'm enjoying the music as i sit here clutching my coffee mug to my chest to keep my fingers warm and the cup is ice cold and i don't even notice..

Fri. 4/10/09 9:41am From: still b/p

"I Bucked Up A Cowpoke Pogo When The Prickly Pear Got Personal" by Limpy Cussabunch & The Tucson Tweezers

Fri. 4/10/09 9:47am From: Cecile

Good mornin' all!

Fri. 4/10/09 9:48am From: Cecile

Doug.
NO WAY.

Fri. 4/10/09 9:49am From: Toby

That was a heavy story Big Red!

Fri. 4/10/09 9:51am From: Cecile

I know my dad went to Michigan Tech as the same time as the former head of Sony in Japan.

Fri. 4/10/09 9:51am From: Cecile

oh, and happy Jinx Lennon day!

Fri. 4/10/09 9:52am From: Devin

Good mornin' ya'll.

Fri. 4/10/09 9:54am From: Cecile

Hey, speaking of Mr. Bear, did anyone read that novel by Rafi Zabor about the bear who was a jazz musician? I know Musician Player and Listener magazine ran it in the early 80s, never picked it up.

that magazine died when he stopped writing for it.

Fri. 4/10/09 9:55am From: still b/p

Jinx Lennon Day -- Is that why the stock exchange is closed and folks are goin' to church?

Fri. 4/10/09 9:56am From: Parq

I'm sorry I missed the last talkover music. I was interested in feng shui once. I bought a book on it, but I left it on a pile of "Dennis the Menace" comic books, and now I can't find it.

Fri. 4/10/09 9:58am From: Cecile

This is exactly right, b/p.

*golf clap for Parq*

Fri. 4/10/09 9:59am From: annie

did i hear that eddie bo passed away? two weeks ago or so?

Fri. 4/10/09 10:03am From: matty p

as ella johnson came on i reflexively shouted "yeah!" in my office.

never heard the song or artist before, but i could tell it was going to be a burner from the opening piano licks. it's still going and i'm swaying as i type this.

it's going to be a good weekend.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:08am From: Cecile

this reggie hall is amazing.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:09am From: Cecile

Doug, is this leading up to Jimmy Castor?
(hope hope hope hope hope hope hope hope)

Fri. 4/10/09 10:10am From: Pearly Sweets

I am beat. I stayed up way to late last night recording. The good news is, one song is completely finished!

Fri. 4/10/09 10:10am From: Cecile

NICE!

Fri. 4/10/09 10:12am From: Cecile

this song wants me to start a Soul Train dance line in my office.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:16am From: Parq

Annie, yeah. Check the archives for Spazz's show two Thursdays ago. The JS Bach of tribute shows did his usual memorable job.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:17am From: dc pat

Sweets - what kind of stuff are you recording?

Fri. 4/10/09 10:17am From: JCityJensen

hey doug - thanks for the posts on the blog!

Fri. 4/10/09 10:17am From: annie

wonderful parq, writing it down...

Fri. 4/10/09 10:18am From: Toby

u d mon!

Fri. 4/10/09 10:19am From: woohoo!

nuf sed

Fri. 4/10/09 10:19am From: annie

to follow in june with bloomsday..

Fri. 4/10/09 10:20am From: Pearly Sweets

Noisy dance stuff. Like a Severed Heads or Smersh

Fri. 4/10/09 10:22am From: Dominick

Yeahh! Blues Creation

Fri. 4/10/09 10:22am From: annie

geez, gettin the headphones..

Fri. 4/10/09 10:25am From: Parq

Doug RAWWKS! This IS a banner day!

Fri. 4/10/09 10:26am From: annie

done died 'n' gone to heaven. and to think there is more at noon!! OMG>>>

Fri. 4/10/09 10:26am From: dc pat

ah I see. I'm currently working on a sprawling project that is starting to get more clear...but that's all I can say...

Fri. 4/10/09 10:26am From: JCityJensen

1971 Summer is a great album!!!! Thanks Doug

Fri. 4/10/09 10:29am From: Pearly Sweets

Yeah. I've been in the abyss for a while jumping into a number of different projects, but this one actually seems like it'll appeal to more than just straight noise heads and stuff. The other band member helps rein me in. He is suppose to get a streaming/DL track up sometime today so we can get some feedback. If/when I get it I’d be more than happy to share with anyone interested.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:30am From: annie

definitely pearly

Fri. 4/10/09 10:32am From: dc pat

yeah, lay it on us.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:33am From: Cecile

you're doing that flipper/gap band mashup, too, right?

Fri. 4/10/09 10:34am From: Pearly Sweets

Awesome. Well I'll let you all know when he's got it up.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:34am From: Cecile

and, yeah, want to hear it.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:34am From: Pearly Sweets

Going to try Cecile, this one is all original music. The flipper gap band mash up depends on when I finish getting my computer fixed so that it'll play sound/record/turn on. But hopefully soon!

Fri. 4/10/09 10:36am From: Cecile

excellent to both.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:36am From: annie

hey pearly you know the almighty terribles by any chance? dave cahill?

Fri. 4/10/09 10:36am From: dc pat

yeah! Yoko! This album is great..

Fri. 4/10/09 10:37am From: Matt

Wow, I've never heard any of Yoko's stuff before - this is cool.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:37am From: annie

this is one i've never heard, i like it alot

Fri. 4/10/09 10:38am From: Pearly Sweets

I am not, Annie

Fri. 4/10/09 10:38am From: Bad R☺nald

Hey now! Great show Doug!

Parq - You're in a rather jocular mood today.
Swing Set = Folks who attend key parties

Pearly - Looking forward to hearing your work.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:39am From: Pearly Sweets

But I am looking them up as we speak.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:39am From: Ken From Hyde Park

There was a WFMU DJ a couple years ago that had the Yoko Ono song for his (her?) opening theme music. Anyone remember that?

Fri. 4/10/09 10:40am From: Drummer Some

Hello Dear Listener Beings!
Re: Yoko
I am playing the whole damn thing, not that ridiculous 3-minute excerpt in the Yoko Ono box set. Dig It!

Fri. 4/10/09 10:41am From: annie

pearly, you talkin to me? i can link you if you like.. doug, play on!!

Fri. 4/10/09 10:41am From: bebopgun

this is the 1st yoko ono song i can actually listen to

Fri. 4/10/09 10:43am From: Pearly Sweets

Yeah, Annie. I found their website. I actually didn't lower the Yoko song at first and the automatic track that started on their site blended in perfectly.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:44am From: Parq

Lennon was a little bitter, and understandably so, when this shrieky "yakayakayaka" stuff became popular in the hands of folks like the B-Fifs, and nobody acknowleged that Yoko did it first.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:44am From: Ming the Merciless

YEAH! I really adore this Yoko-Ono-piece!!!

Fri. 4/10/09 10:44am From: north guinea hills

my shitty friday is now smiling at me thanks to yoko.... thanks doug!

Fri. 4/10/09 10:45am From: annie

cool beans, my son works with them alot. i know dave slightly, too. nice kids they all are.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:45am From: slugluv1313

YES!!!!!!! i remember "Mind Train" as intro music too -- but i cannot remember *who* used it either!

AMAZING song LOVE IT, thanks Doug for playing the WHOLE THING!!!!!!!!!

Fri. 4/10/09 10:47am From: Bob

The B52's have often acknowledged their debt to Yoko. Here's an excellent picture of them performing together: http://is.gd/rMjF

Fri. 4/10/09 10:48am From: Bad R☺nald

This sounds like an exorcism, in a good way...

Fri. 4/10/09 10:48am From: Cecile

I like Yoko.
I like that she's influenced people on her own.
I like WFMU cause they get that.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:48am From: annie

anything by yoko is fine with me..

Fri. 4/10/09 10:48am From: the answer

Black Ops used "Mind Train" as intro music

Fri. 4/10/09 10:48am From: Tom

God I love Yoko. Still my favorite Beatle! :)

Years ago I worked in a record store with FMU DJ Ben Walker and I played Yoko and said she was my fav Beatle. The next day on his radio show he played Yoko and wisely borrowed that line. He said the phones lit up with angry callers. I still laugh thinking about that!

Fri. 4/10/09 10:49am From: annie

love that tom

Fri. 4/10/09 10:50am From: postmanpaul

just in, salutawhatever, must say, doug thank youuuuuu.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:50am From: slugluv1313

thank-you for THE ANSWER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fri. 4/10/09 10:50am From: brutal

yoko song is brutal

attention hungry band destoyer is she

Fri. 4/10/09 10:51am From: north guinea hills

when the japan institute had a yoko exhibition of her work, she had one piece that was just a telephone. it was the last day of the exhibit, and the phone rang, it was yoko. i was so dumbstruck i gave the phone to a friend....

Fri. 4/10/09 10:52am From: Parq

Bob, I'm really glad to hear that. I hope John got to hear it, too. By the way, Flicker's safe-search blocks that pic.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:58am From: dc pat

Tom - great line, I'm using it.

Fri. 4/10/09 10:59am From: Cecile

is this the nephew that sent you the Orishas stuff?

You have good taste, Arlo!

Fri. 4/10/09 11:01am From: PMD

I would love to go to Cuba...

Fri. 4/10/09 11:04am From: Drummer Some

Same cool nephew indeed!

Fri. 4/10/09 11:05am From: Cecile

awesome!

Fri. 4/10/09 11:05am From: Parq

Compay Segundo was one of the greatest human beings ever in history. I was lucky enough to see him at Town Hall about 2 years after the BVSC movie. As great as he was to watch on stage, his band was equally so, especially the clarinet trio.

Fri. 4/10/09 11:05am From: Pearly Sweets

:( a meeting is going to be eating up the rest of doug's show and maybe even some of bryce's. boo-urns.

Fri. 4/10/09 11:07am From: annie

one of my top ten favorite movies is lalo schifrin's "tango" what sweet scenes and wonderful dancing...

Fri. 4/10/09 11:11am From: maria

wow this cuban set is fantastic!

Fri. 4/10/09 11:14am From: annie

i wonder how many calories i burn just sitting here bouncing back and forth..

Fri. 4/10/09 11:18am From: noiser

man, i guess it runs in the family...and you two got it bad! incredible sets.

Fri. 4/10/09 11:19am From: Cecile

YAY, Orishas! Well played, lads!

Fri. 4/10/09 11:20am From: Sean Daily

Not even close to first comment! Woo hoo!

Fri. 4/10/09 11:21am From: Parq

I once brought the first Orishas to a Spanish class and played their parody of "Chan Chan" -- it started a very lively discussion.

Fri. 4/10/09 11:21am From: Paul Sherratt

annie, Los Tres Gordos have just reminded me of the fine Venezuala take on the popular tv dance competition show - theirs is called ' Bailando Con Los Gorditos ' - ( clips available on youtube )

Fri. 4/10/09 11:21am From: Hugo

"si, para usted" - that was part of last year's grand prize - as I recall ... in one of the unsorted piles downstairs ...

Fri. 4/10/09 11:24am From: Cecile

I heard them first on Pandora.

Fri. 4/10/09 11:25am From: Paul Sherratt

Let my people go ... to Cuba! Perhaps a comments page contributors trip should be organised - I'd love to go back soon.

Fri. 4/10/09 11:26am From: annie

woohoo!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utqtlq4yKf4&feature=related

Fri. 4/10/09 11:29am From: Cecile

Steven Bernstein knocked it out of the park with his swing group featuring Charles Burnham last year in Mpls. can't remember the name, but they were stunning.

Fri. 4/10/09 11:31am From: Paul Sherratt

Charming stuff, annie. I wonder if dear old Hugo Chavez has ever joined in the fun ?

He has the right build !

Fri. 4/10/09 11:31am From: Sloppy Poppy

what Firehose song is this?

Fri. 4/10/09 11:31am From: Cecile

thanks, Doug for the nice compliment.

I can't remember where my checkbook is, and I can't think of what i had for dinner last night, but I remember your show from a year ago.

I think I have my priorities right.

Fri. 4/10/09 11:38am From: Cecile

now I want to do what the samba equivalent of the Soul Train line is.

Fri. 4/10/09 11:45am From: PMD

Again, I would jump on a trip to Cuba. Maybe not by boat though...

Fri. 4/10/09 11:49am From: Hugo

It looks like Cuba is coming to town ...

http://www.bergenfest.no/pasion.html

Fri. 4/10/09 11:55am From: Paul Sherratt

Hugo,

And there's an ekstrakonsert - torsdag. Are you going ?

Fri. 4/10/09 11:56am From: Hugo

Jeez, they have sold out the main concert and an extra concert has been scheduled for the next day. Now, should I go for this or Hugh Masakela or a James Brown tribute? Paul, Jim White is coming, too. And if Scott is reading the comments; Edgar Broughton Band is returning!!

Fri. 4/10/09 11:58am From: Paul Sherratt

Hugo,
Jim White
Go !

Wed. 4/15/09 11:02am From: Paul Sherratt

And Hugo -- BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA Go too !
( Bassekou Kouyate kommer fra Mali og er et stort navn innen world music-sjangeren.
Artisten og musikk-arkeologen Taj Mahal beskriver ham som “a genius, a living proof that the blues comes from the region of Segu” )

So, must be true !

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