Listener comments!

Wed. 6/24/09 3:01pm From: Cecile

Irwin, are you and Maria going to sing together on transitions now?

Wed. 6/24/09 3:03pm From: Dead Corporate Eyes

where's Lee??

Wed. 6/24/09 3:04pm From: dc pat

Carm, you watching? 1-0, US!

Wed. 6/24/09 3:04pm From: Lizardner Dave

Lester Moran is Amanda's grandpappy. That's probably not true, but I like to start rumors.

Wed. 6/24/09 3:06pm From: Ike

Marshall, if you're still here, let me know how the testing of the Burmese tea leaves goes. And, wow, there are Burmese neighborhoods in Chiang Mai? I missed those. Anything interesting there?

Wed. 6/24/09 3:07pm From: Cecile

what is in a Burmese tea leaf salad? Besides the obvious

Wed. 6/24/09 3:08pm From: Amanda

{screeching pitchy scales and arpeggios, backstage}

Wed. 6/24/09 3:09pm From: Jim

I always chuckle when Roadhog refers to Chet Atkins as "Check."

Wed. 6/24/09 3:10pm From: Ken From Hyde Park

In 1977, someone brought a tape of this Burford to music class in high school. I haven't heard this since then. Thanks for the memories.

Wed. 6/24/09 3:10pm From: road manager

(looking at clipboard) and double check, boy.

Wed. 6/24/09 3:14pm From: Ike

Cecile:
http://tinyurl.com/l7e8os

I'm not sure how long the tea leaves are pickled, but they have a good kick to them. Nice and caffeinated.

Wed. 6/24/09 3:16pm From: Marshall Stacks

Ike, will let you know about the testing.

The most interesting thing in the Burmese quarter of C.M. was a fairly ornate temple. Mostly residential; just people going about their business.

Wed. 6/24/09 3:16pm From: Cecile

wow, that sounds very interesting!

Wed. 6/24/09 3:20pm From: Parq

Bard and Amanda raising their voices together. Mmmm, yeah.

Wed. 6/24/09 3:38pm From: Ike

Thanks Marshall. I ate some great, great food in C.M. but I also got a bit of food poisoning, possibly from sausage. Also, that city really needs some public transportation, but maybe I just have an irrational dislike of cabs.

Irwin, I assume Frank Gossner must be Franc O.?

Wed. 6/24/09 3:43pm From: Dead Corporate Eyes

here it comes...

Wed. 6/24/09 3:43pm From: Cecile

this is SO demented

Wed. 6/24/09 3:49pm From: AnAnonymousParty

Amanda is kind of like the summer afternoon thunderstorms we get here in the midwest every other day: Comes outta nowhere, lots of noise and bluster, kinda scary yet kinda refreshing in that almost but didn't get your roof torn off sort of way and after it's all over you have to clean up your yard and get your patio umbrella out of the neighbor's pool.

Wed. 6/24/09 3:50pm From: Ganno

Haven't heard this Traffic in a l o n g while, so it's pleasant, eh?

Wed. 6/24/09 3:51pm From: Dead Corporate Eyes

I've always got room for this kind of Traffic

Wed. 6/24/09 3:52pm From: John

I love the "Album" listing for Amanda--Rarities! As opposed to her mainstream, readily available stuff!

Wed. 6/24/09 3:52pm From: bikewobble

uh oh did i hear an F bomb

Wed. 6/24/09 3:53pm From: Cecile

@John, yeah the stuff you find at Target.

Wed. 6/24/09 3:54pm From: Dead Corporate Eyes

sometimes I forget this station is NOT internet-only!

Wed. 6/24/09 3:54pm From: John

Ha! I know Wal-Mart refuses to carry ANY Amanda.

Wed. 6/24/09 3:55pm From: bikewobble

irwin, you caught the second one but missed "fuckloads." i'm going to taddle on you to the feds!

Wed. 6/24/09 3:55pm From: Cecile

wow. Lily is pretty spot on with her snarking there

Wed. 6/24/09 3:56pm From: Dead Corporate Eyes

is fuckloads a bad word now?

Wed. 6/24/09 3:57pm From: Ike

That one didn't count. It was garbled... and in British. (Sexy but not always intelligible!)

Wed. 6/24/09 3:58pm From: John

Relax, Irwin. I think she said "truckloads", but her accent has everyone a little confused.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:03pm From: Cecile

But are they good, Irwin?

Wed. 6/24/09 4:04pm From: doug from dc

Forkloads of monkey. It's the British accent that threw ya. She's actually singing about Burmese food.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:04pm From: PMD

Ah, Amanda...

Wed. 6/24/09 4:04pm From: Irwin

I thought she said "fat clumps" of diamonds. But that Brit twang does render certain phrases unintelligible.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:05pm From: Andrew

I really really want to get the Amanda albums. How do I do it??

Wed. 6/24/09 4:07pm From: Jess

Best Amanda ever!

Wed. 6/24/09 4:07pm From: Dave B

Amand-ahhh...

Wed. 6/24/09 4:10pm From: Dead Corporate Eyes

"Mind if we Make Love to You"? what an album title.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:12pm From: Andrew

White Town?!?! My pleasure centers are firing like bonkers over here. God blaze you, sir----

Wed. 6/24/09 4:14pm From: Cecile

another good snarky song I never heard before

Wed. 6/24/09 4:16pm From: popo

whitetown make me feel like i am gay in the rain in paris

Wed. 6/24/09 4:19pm From: Cecile

I didn't listen to much pop music in the 90s. I am happy that Irwin is filling in the gaps in my knowledge.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:21pm From: John

Caetano. Oh yeah. This is beautiful. It makes ME feel gay in the rain in Paris.
I have no idea what that means.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:22pm From: John

Thank you! Sometimes a little Amanda goes a long way.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:22pm From: jw

Went to Italy in the mid-90s and that White Town song was playing on every bus radio, hotel lounge and disco floor.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:25pm From: Lizardner Dave

For you Jandek fans out there, I just got these Irish tour dates on Facebook (yeah, I'm registered as a fan of Jandek).

19 Jul 2009 20:00
Olderfleet Bar Larne, Northern Ireland
20 Jul 2009 20:00
Black Boat Bangor, Northern Ireland
21 Jul 2009 20:00
Black Box Belfast, Northern Ireland
22 Jul 2009 20:00
Sandinos London/Derry, Northern Ireland

Wed. 6/24/09 4:26pm From: Cecile

Irwin, the A** Ponies are a very good band.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:26pm From: Andrew

A favorite quote from the dude from White Town: "I formed White Town in 1989 after seeing a brill Pixies gig in late ‘88. My reasoning was that Black Francis was a porker and could get away with playing noisy pop music so maybe I could as well?"

Wed. 6/24/09 4:28pm From: Dead Corporate Eyes

last weekend I was watching about 8 squirrels running around my yard, and I was thinking "if these were rats I'd be freaking out right now".

Wed. 6/24/09 4:28pm From: Cecile

Irwin, have you seen UP?
There's a great squirrel joke in there.

Cats eat squirrels.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:29pm From: John McCabe in LA

dude the street of los angeles are full of Squirrels road kill it's sick

Wed. 6/24/09 4:29pm From: Jennique

Superchunk is not something I want to listen to either.

Squirrels are human mutations of what happens when you sniff too much crank and get pregnant.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:29pm From: dragonflyshards

squirrels were invented before television...(and i know people who eat them.)...(and,i hope you've listened to the ass ponies by now.)

Wed. 6/24/09 4:30pm From: Cecile

Squirrels poop out seeds so some plants can go.

Superchunk is a pretty good band too.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:30pm From: Cecile

grow, I mean

Wed. 6/24/09 4:31pm From: Jack

The squirrels eat the birdseed I put out for the birds. Their only natural enemy around here (orange co. ny) is the coyote. The other day, a car driving in front of me hit a squirrel, it was still moving, so I swerved to "put it out of it's misery". Did I do the right thing?

Wed. 6/24/09 4:33pm From: Dead Corporate Eyes

rest assured, Jack, you have done well. Now go clean your tire treads.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:34pm From: Capital Gains

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23CejJV6WFg

Wed. 6/24/09 4:34pm From: Lizardner Dave

We feed the rats to the cats and the cats to the rats and we get the skins for free.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:34pm From: jan

I had a meeting and only returned to the broadcast around 4:00. the show since then has been great. what did I miss?

Wed. 6/24/09 4:35pm From: Cecile

I have a good butcher.
I don't think we are talking about the same thing, though.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:36pm From: sqirrelghost

...{thinking}...well,i'm not in misery.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:37pm From: squirrelghost

damn,i spelled my name wrong. i dont type much.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:40pm From: John

Jan, you missed Amanda, the gym, squirrel talk, Lily, Caetano, White Town, Paris in the rain...

Wed. 6/24/09 4:41pm From: squirrelshards

LIZARDner Dave,who was that?.(i have it on tape somewhere...)husker du?..

Wed. 6/24/09 4:44pm From: John

Irwin, do you have any Squirrel Bait? They were alright. They were on that great Homestead comp in the late 80s, The Wailing Ultimate.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:44pm From: Squirrel Representative

i believe you will find this song very informative: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3EAaK4c7JE

Wed. 6/24/09 4:50pm From: Lizardner Dave

It was Husker Du who did the song but the original story was a newspaper hoax: http://www.trivia-library.com/c/associated-press-cat-and-rat-ranch-hoax.htm

Wed. 6/24/09 4:51pm From: Squirrel Bates

my son,Norman,took over my life after i died.

Wed. 6/24/09 4:52pm From: Master Bates

my hands are sticky

Wed. 6/24/09 4:54pm From: squirrelflyshards

(ewe)...Thank you,L Dave

Wed. 6/24/09 4:57pm From: Squirrel Haggard

I'm proud to be a rodent of the moment.

Wed. 6/24/09 5:00pm From: dragonfryshards

Is his name Larry?...Irwin-I'm still laughing because you played Amanda.thank you.

Wed. 6/24/09 5:03pm From: Seamus

Damn! I missed Amanda both times! I hope there's room for one more Amanda song.

Wed. 6/24/09 5:05pm From: Peanut Gallery

Yikes, I tune in to hear Irwin taking the first step, acknowledging that he has an Amanda problem, and then I look back through the comments to see squirrels everywhere. When did this whole shebang go seedy, twitchy, infested?! (and I have an upper window that gives me the drop on those birdtheed-thievin' squirrels -- they pay, oh how they pay). NOISES!

Wed. 6/24/09 5:08pm From: friedsquirrelshards

(he's mad.he's mad.you know it.)YAAAAHHHOOOOOOO!!

Wed. 6/24/09 5:09pm From: gbrust

The best thing for keeping squirrels out of the bird seed is to mix some cayanne pepper into the seed. It doesn't affect the birds, but the first time you see a squirrel eat spicy birdseed…

Thanks for this great set, Irwin!

Wed. 6/24/09 5:11pm From: completely fetal

anyone else having trouble keeping it together at work while listening to this latest amanda track?

Wed. 6/24/09 5:11pm From: Take my card

Been injured or annoyed by squirrels? The firm of Seedy, Twitchy & Infested will fight for YOU!

Wed. 6/24/09 5:22pm From: flyingsquirrelshards

'used to work in retail and play strange music and laugh so much at peoples' reaction to it,i'd have to go outside and breathe.'wish i had Amanda then.

Wed. 6/24/09 5:22pm From: Rocky

C,mon Bullwinkle, we're outta here.

Wed. 6/24/09 5:26pm From: AnAnonymousParty

'Floaty' reminds me of 'The Blue' from David Gilmour's latest, only (even more) girlier.

Wed. 6/24/09 5:26pm From: ginger tim

I used to like that band For Squirrels.

Wed. 6/24/09 5:27pm From: dried squirrel shards

Rocky,dont worry.we'll get used to the hot and spicy sunflower seeds.

Wed. 6/24/09 5:30pm From: trisha

hi where can i get amanda!!? ammmmmazing amanda!

Wed. 6/24/09 5:31pm From: doug from dc

I was annoyed by chipmonks. They dug up all of my tulip bulbs. They took a bite from each, figured "this nut's gone bad" and dug up another.

Wed. 6/24/09 5:34pm From: Laura L

THANK YOU! My favorite rant!

Wed. 6/24/09 5:35pm From: Irwin

That's because it's your professional milieu!

Wed. 6/24/09 5:38pm From: Laura L

It will be a nice lead in to you know who!

Wed. 6/24/09 5:44pm From: Irwin

Anyone want any more Amanda today? Last call!

Wed. 6/24/09 5:46pm From: dragonsquirrelshards

i've seen chipmonks in my garden,but,weird-the only damage i find is 1(out of 5)columbines is bitten down...(and,maybe an orech plant...but i think that's the mice.)'havn't touched my bulbs.(?)..so-in the future,doug from dc,if you must,you could put chunks of small gauge chicken wire,or something else they wouldnt like to walk on around the tulips,on the ground.--andYES,Irwin,before i go,i'd Love some!

Wed. 6/24/09 5:51pm From: Laura L

Yeah, where's the Amanda to close the show?

Wed. 6/24/09 5:52pm From: It's official...

You have now entered old fogie-dom.

Wed. 6/24/09 5:53pm From: Peanut Gallery

Resist!

Wed. 6/24/09 5:55pm From: Amanda

I have yet to see Dime Fucking One from SoundExchange. Screw their bitch asses. Peepee on their flooooooooooorrrrrr!!!!!!!!!

Wed. 6/24/09 5:57pm From: Punk Floyd

There are no Amanda rarities, really. Matter of fact, they're all rare.

Wed. 6/24/09 5:59pm From: dragonmonkchips

cheesesschrist this is Amazing!i'm going to go laugh in the rain(while i work).Thankyou,Irwin

Wed. 6/24/09 6:02pm From: JT

Is there an Amanda collection somewhere?

Wed. 6/24/09 6:02pm From: dragfshdz

WAIT,-IRWIN!-what was that last talkover music?'was great!

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