Ken
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Wed. 12/7/16 7:43am
Listener Robert:
Oh, that's a musical instrument! Until I read the GIF name, I'd thought it was a prosthesis for a cleft palate.
Took me half an hour to get that comment on, because I had to re-uninstall Norton Antivirus, which is a virus, which was restored unbidden to this computer after a recent OS refresh.
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Wed. 12/7/16 7:46am
Listener Robert:
Can I take it the visual metaphor was inspired by Nachum's remarks to you?
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Wed. 12/7/16 8:06am
Ken From Hyde Park:
For what it's worth, Drumpf is Time's Person of the Year. The perfect gift for the man who has everything.
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Wed. 12/7/16 8:26am
AnAnonymousParty:
Am I the only one who thinks that, as a little boy, Trump got bullied on the playground after kids made fun of a bad haircut his mom gave him and he stormed off, yelling, "Oh yeah? Just wait, someday I'll be president and then you'll all be sorry!" ... and sure enough, 60 years later he's president, and now we're all sorry.
Wed. 12/7/16 8:33am
glenn:
of course i'm not a trump fan, but realistically, who else would be time's man of the year? and in honour of trump, could i request springtime for hitler?
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Wed. 12/7/16 8:44am
-Ken:
Enough Trump talk y'all. Hold your fire until the revolution begins
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Wed. 12/7/16 9:03am
doctorjazz:
I'll second the Steve Earle!
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Wed. 12/7/16 9:08am
-Ken:
Oh My God really? Steve Earle?!
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Wed. 12/7/16 9:09am
AnAnonymousParty:
At least I didn't ask for Kansas. Learned my lesson, that.
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Wed. 12/7/16 9:10am
Losermom:
I just heard a great Killdozer tune - I am I said. Neil Diamond at the most listenable.
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Wed. 12/7/16 9:10am
Asheville Jon:
how about some Michael Landon
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Wed. 12/7/16 9:12am
-Ken:
Oh My God, Am I Here All Alone?
Wed. 12/7/16 9:12am
Mark Williams:
let's do Killdozer's cover of "When the Levee Breaks" for a change. People like change, right?
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Wed. 12/7/16 9:14am
AnAnonymousParty:
I'd go for songs from guys (or gals) named Mike. Michael White "Red Planet", Michael Hedges "All Along the Watchtower", Michael Brecker "Itsbynne Reel", Michael Nelson "Patrick Swayze Christmas", things like that.
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Wed. 12/7/16 9:17am
Losermom:
I'll say anything Killdozer, except for Knuckles, we've heard that one a lot.
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Wed. 12/7/16 9:19am
Asheville Jon:
how about some RenElvis
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Wed. 12/7/16 9:20am
Lizardner Dave:
Clarence Carter or Rush, either is fine.
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Wed. 12/7/16 9:20am
Roberto:
I'll throw "You Get What You Give" out there again.
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Wed. 12/7/16 9:21am
MD:
Good Morning All! Ken Ya Hear Me?
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Wed. 12/7/16 9:21am
Asheville Jon:
I mean, he IS the Filipino Elvis
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Wed. 12/7/16 9:24am
AnAnonymousParty:
Just added Ken to my list of folks to call when I'm naked.
Wed. 12/7/16 10:06am
Sam:
You're playing with fire Ken!
Wed. 12/7/16 10:06am
Sam:
You're risking pissing off all your big donors!
Wed. 12/7/16 10:08am
Sam:
How about Andy sends the email, and then he has a team of winged monkeys that tries to stop Ken from unsending it. There could be a lot of tickling involved.
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:08am
Paul D:
i wish yo la tengo would do another new years eve show
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:10am
pantz:
I don't think you get as many as 10 seconds, Ken. Might want to test that before you offend everyone you know.
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:12am
-Ken:
I agree Pantz - How much time do I get?
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:13am
Rarouse:
I have mine set to be able to "undo" messages for 30 seconds, you go into settings
Wed. 12/7/16 10:14am
Nick from Indy:
It looks like a Monty Python's Gumby dance off. The guy on the right is the winner.
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:15am
pantz:
Yes, it's in Gmail settings. Not sure what the default is.
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:16am
Rarouse:
Click enable Undo, then toggle to 30 seconds
Wed. 12/7/16 10:16am
pocket vito:
Ooh, set it to like an hour, but don't tell Andy! Then you can act all nonchalant and he won't understand.
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:17am
Rarouse:
30 seconds is the most that Gmail allows. Prolly with good reasons. HesusChristo agrees.
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:18am
melinda:
Foreign language JCS, yes!
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:18am
Sem Chumbo:
That's one mucho malo Judas.
Wed. 12/7/16 10:19am
pocket vito:
It's hard to imagine this being sung by actual non-muppets at this point
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:19am
Losermom:
I must say that you playing the Muppets Jesus Christ Superstar completely transformed my kids. They are in complete awe that such a thing exists. WFMU converts. I hope they someday find solace in this chat board, as I often do.
Wed. 12/7/16 10:27am
Nick from Indy:
KILLDOZER! "You gotta be a man, to be a man, to be a man..."
Wed. 12/7/16 10:29am
Nick from Indy:
Laibach "sympathy for the devil" next please
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:34am
Losermom:
Ashville Jon, my kids check out the boards but don't post. They shy from social media as a statement on today's youth culture. We'll see how long that lasts . . . .
Wed. 12/7/16 10:35am
themutante:
Skills with nose flute, Ken.
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:35am
pantz:
Is that St Gabriel's noseflute I hear? The end is nigh!
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:35am
Sem Chumbo:
@ dale: Leonard won best vocalist of the year Juno in Canada some years ago. He accepted and wondered aloud about the vocal abilities of Canucks generally:-D
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:35am
-Ken:
I like Leonard Cohen's asthmatic croaking. That old stuff makes him sound like Kenny Rankin or sumthun
Wed. 12/7/16 10:36am
dale:
ken is EASILY a level three nasal flautist.
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:36am
Asheville Jon:
Hey Rarouse. nice to see a neighbor. if you see a white gmc safari van with a WFMU sticker on the driver side rear window, that's me. I'm usually in the west asheville area...
Wed. 12/7/16 10:36am
Listener142985:
white men dancing can be unsightly
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:36am
MD:
Ken...My question is....are there problems with Booger clogs...???
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:37am
Asheville Jon:
losermom: my daughter rarely posts, but does thank a "dj" if they play something she likes
Wed. 12/7/16 10:37am
Canadians:
Oh yah, we've been self-conscious about our voices ever since, eh?
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:38am
MD:
Thank you Satan...For LAIBACH!!!
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:39am
Yvang:
Perfect soundtrack for inauguration day.
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:39am
(Murakami Whywolf))):
In performance, I believe Cohen replaced 'anal sex' with 'aimless sex' because, I'm guessing, he decided that anal sex qua anal sex weren't something reprehensible.
Wed. 12/7/16 10:40am
Nick from Indy:
I really think that Billy Laughlin was not killed in a truck accident. It was a cover up. Froggy is really the singer in Laibach.
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:41am
AnAnonymousParty:
Ohh! ooh! Is your name Timmy? Is it? Is it? Did I win?
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:41am
(Murakami Whywolf))):
Ken: links to the gigantic, gigantic, big-big images I missed? Thanks.
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:42am
Losermom:
Asheville Jon, teaching her right.
Wed. 12/7/16 10:43am
The Devil:
Yeah, my name is Timmy. You win.
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:45am
Roberto:
Timelessly good advice from the Mickster.
Wed. 12/7/16 10:48am
Jack:
It sounds like Mr. Bill!
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:49am
Roberto:
Ken, you should always back announce via scheisseflote.
Wed. 12/7/16 10:49am
Listener142985:
Yale boys get boisterous about anal sex. Enough said.
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:49am
βrian:
That slab o' dead meat is nearly the shape of Wisconsin.
Wed. 12/7/16 10:50am
PortableAnarchy:
Digiridoo players use circular breathing
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:50am
AnAnonymousParty:
Wha ... I thought Wisconsin was made of cheese?
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:51am
Rarouse:
Asheville Jon I'm in the Silver Odyssey minivan with the WFMU stickers and a Roswell NM sticker on the back. I'll wave if I see you. I tell everyone about WFMU here, little do the locals know...
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:53am
Listener Robert:
I recently learned the broadcasting jargon for the interim programming you're doing 6-9 AM: stunting.
And if someone complains about your saying JM in the AM is no longer on the air, stand on the technical distinction between "on the air" and "on the wire".
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:54am
Jeff:
Nose Flutes Over Berlin!
Wed. 12/7/16 10:54am
Neil deGrasse Tyson:
It's true, Wisconsin IS made mostly of cheese, remnants of the giant asteroid that smashed into the Earth and later formed the moon billions, and billions of years ago.
Wed. 12/7/16 10:55am
NotARealDoctor:
Has anyone suggested the titles Kay-en in the AM or Muppet Christ and the Magical Nose Flute?
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:55am
-Ken:
No Robert, we are not stunting.
Wed. 12/7/16 10:56am
(Murakami Whywolf))):
Jeff:
That's the literal translation; the official English name is "Noseflutes of Desire".
Wed. 12/7/16 10:56am
Carl Sagan:
Cut it out Neil, "billions and billions" was my schtick.
Wed. 12/7/16 10:57am
themutante:
Nose Flute Kegger
Wed. 12/7/16 10:57am
dave:
this is very ELO ish...
Wed. 12/7/16 10:57am
(((Murakami Whywolf):
Who'd suggest an unseemly name like 'Dingo and the Baby'?
Wed. 12/7/16 10:58am
dale:
i thought it was bowie-like.
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:58am
foofs:
A two-way noseflute shouldn't be hard to rig. One nostril in, one out, kind of thing.
But I suppose that's a bit unwieldy for a programme name.
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Wed. 12/7/16 10:59am
-Ken:
You're right, Murakami - "Nose Flute Kegger with Dingo and The Baby" has a very nice ring to it.
Wed. 12/7/16 10:59am
McDonalds:
Mr. Sagan and Mr. Tyson, you'll both be receiving C&D letters from our attorneys shortly.
Wed. 12/7/16 11:00am
ironybread:
Little-known fact: Neil DeGrasse Tyson recently reviewed the new "Everything You Know Is Wrong" DVD by Firesign Theatre by saying "Obviously EVERYTHING you know isn't wrong, that's an exaggeration." This is little-known because it is completely made-up garbage
Wed. 12/7/16 11:00am
ironybread:
You can forward me the C&D via A Chinese Surplus Music Deal, Burbank
Wed. 12/7/16 11:02am
Murakami Whywolf)))):
N.d.G.T.: The late Sir Terry Pratchett's solicitor would like a word with you.
Wed. 12/7/16 11:03am
JakeGould:
I love the heroin addicts needle song!
Wed. 12/7/16 11:03am
Chris M.:
this is the catchiest one i've heard by this guy yet.
Wed. 12/7/16 11:03am
Tony Mason Cox:
Wait, I'm not Gordon Thomas?
Wed. 12/7/16 11:04am
pocket vito:
Not to split hairs, but don't you inject heroin into your arteries, not your veins?
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:05am
MD:
The United States of Addiction...weather it be The Celebrity Apprentice or Dope...
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:05am
pantz:
Oh that's from Gervaise's Extras! Such a hilarious scene. Bowie has a good sense of humor. Was there anything he couldn't do?
Wed. 12/7/16 11:05am
((((Murakami Whywolf:
ironybread:
Also little known: 9 November, Neil deGrasse Tyson explained that for much of the electorate, 'their brains are not the boss'.
Wed. 12/7/16 11:10am
themutante:
Love that V & S track. Hint of Bjork/Matmos to it.
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:11am
(Murakami Whywolf))):
Hmmm, when I signed-in via the link in the 'Comments' pane, it lasted for only a couple of comments, the I lost my nym's highlighting and had to do arithmetic to comment. Signed-in now from the largest pane, let's see….
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:11am
-Ken:
Thanks Herr mutante. I love that track too..
Wed. 12/7/16 11:12am
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Still can't figure out how you WFMU DJedis do this?... Impressive...Most Impressive!
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:15am
AnAnonymousParty:
"Later, we'll be paging Mr. Herman . . ."
Wed. 12/7/16 11:15am
JakeGould:
Billboard's Optimism charts are fixed.
Wed. 12/7/16 11:16am
dale:
no good stuff on the shortwave like this anymore.
Wed. 12/7/16 11:17am
Polyus:
I want to hear a chord so dark that no light can escape it.
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:18am
(Murakami Whywolf))):
Tony Mason Cox:
Veins are more typical, though many evidently start kind of randomly and shallow ('skin-popping', supposedly slang fifty years ago). People with collapsed veins, people trying to get stuff immediately to their brains, and incompetents do hit arteries, but it's evidently very easy to get wrong, that's a lot of pressure against which to work.
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:18am
Roberto:
Oh goody, my Dokaka request from two weeks ago is here!
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:18am
AnAnonymousParty:
It was only a matter of time before Los Angeles acquiesced to Bobby McFerrin's plea.
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:19am
Carmichael:
This Dokaka more than makes up for your crappy flute playing.
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:20am
(Murakami Whywolf))):
Oops, that hype stuff was in response to 'pocket vito', not 'Tony Mason Cox'. I blame the heroin.
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:21am
Cheri Pi:
I missed the crappy flute playing, please repeat until I'm satisfied.
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:21am
Listener Robert:
Ken, is there some negative connotation to "stunting"? Another DJ on these comment lines also denied that's what you were doing, but it seems to fit quite well the description in the Wikipedia entry,
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:22am
-Ken:
Robert, there is no stunting - the web only 6-9am slots took over. In what way is that a stunt? Playing all Led Zeppelin, THAT'S a stunt.
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:24am
Ike:
It's not stunting because it's the regular programming from before JM in the AM left. True, it was usually web-only before, but not when there were major Jewish holidays.
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:24am
Carmichael:
Zappa has a great live version of Whipping Post.
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:24am
-Ken:
Thank you for the manplanation Ike. I didnt have it in me
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:25am
Ike:
Stunting is usually the same as pranking (the same song again and again for 72 hours), or a temporary format, often something silly or attention-grabbing (one big NYC commercial station went all-Broadway for several days as a stunt in the 90s).
Wed. 12/7/16 11:25am
Listener142985:
at this speed ''mountain jam'' would take all weekend
Wed. 12/7/16 11:26am
themutante:
Who knows? Ken, NOSE!
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:26am
MD:
The nose That Nose!!! KNOW WHAT I MEAN???
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:28am
PMD:
I wonder how many times the web only people have had to use the dump button since they aren't used to having to worry about it.
Wed. 12/7/16 11:29am
Seanbelly:
I just said aloud, 'It's whipping post slowed down with a nose whistle, duh.'
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:29am
Parq:
< holds up match, very slowly >
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:30am
Rich in Washington:
this subtly slowed down song reminds me that last night i was watching someone's upload of Decline of the Western Civilization on YouTube. For copyright cop evasion reasons, they cranked the speed up on it just slightly. I am so intimately familiar with its soundtrack - due to listening to it incessantly as a teenager - so it drove me nuts.
But I was too lazy to dig up my DVD and stick it in a player.
Wed. 12/7/16 11:31am
JakeGould:
@Ike: Hey! Suddenly with "JM
in the AM" off the air, there are pirates in Kensington broadcasting Yiddish stuff. Up in the high 100s. http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/39/50/dtg-kensington-jewish-pirate-radio-2016-12-09-bk.html
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:32am
pantz:
Ween! Ween! Ween! for my Spleen! Spleen! Spleen!
Wed. 12/7/16 11:37am
themutante:
Keep tootin' und flootin' Ken!
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:38am
Sem Chumbo:
Any plans for presenting Die Zauber (Nose) flöte at Monty Hall?
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:38am
Ike:
Wow, thanks Jake. Good article, but Mr. Shultis didn't seem to know that there's two long-time Jewish Orthodox pirates at 88.7 (in Hebrew) and 95.1 (mostly in English) in southern Brooklyn. Brooklyn Pirate Watch could've told him that.
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:38am
MD:
@ Dale...I still listen to Radio Australia on 9580KHZ...and China is everywhere...that listening should heat up real soon!!!
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:38am
-Ken:
Trust me Irwin, Tony is listening/
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:39am
Asheville Jon:
THE WORLD IS HALF DEAD!
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:40am
MD:
The world is HALF BAKED!!!
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:41am
Listener Robert:
Ken & Ike, maybe you should edit the Wikipedia entry Stunting_(broadcasting) to draw the distinction you're making.
Wed. 12/7/16 11:41am
ironybread:
The Half and the Half Not!
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:41am
AnAnonymousParty:
Well, I'm confused. I thought the optimists thought the world was half living while the pessimists thought the world was half dead. So it's really the other way around?
Wed. 12/7/16 11:41am
FƢFƢ (:
Hi, Ken, people!
I'm so late today! Well, I guess it's time to catch up!
TONY MASOOON COOOX!
SCHLAMPEITZIGEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!
CAMILOOO SESSTOOOOOOO!!!
LAIBAAAAACH!!!
JOKERFAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!
DAAAN WILSOOOON (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE OTHER DAAN WILSOOOON!!!!!)
and of course...
POOOOOREESSSSTTT!!!
Wed. 12/7/16 11:42am
Listening Out There:
The Hello World is half optimistic...too much kulture...
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:43am
-Ken:
Oh my God f0f0 we have missed you so much! Im so relieved you are here. I am serious.
Wed. 12/7/16 11:45am
pocket vito:
He say go to hell
And the cheeken go to hell
Everybody go to hell
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:47am
MD:
HAVE A FEAR WIT BEER!!!
Wed. 12/7/16 11:48am
FƢFƢ (:
I'd like to nominate Porest's 'Modern Journal of Popular Savagery' for the Album of the Year 2016. And Optimized's 'Parallel Broadcasts' the Best Track of the Year 2016.
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:48am
MD:
I like chocolate and Lemon Ices!!!
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:48am
Listener Robert:
Ken & Ike, maybe you should edit the Wikipedia entry Stunting_(broadcasting) to draw the distinction you're making.
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:48am
Marcel M:
Hahaha... ISIS in W Burg.
Hi Ken.
Wed. 12/7/16 11:49am
FƢFƢ (:
Oh, thanks, Ken!
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:49am
geezerette:
democracy,love it and leave it. daily negation.
I feel so much worser! :)
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:49am
Ike:
Wikipedia is good... for my cat to poop on.
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:50am
AnAnonymousParty:
And I think this is what the first AI radio station might sound like.
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:51am
Parq:
Porest - the wonder of it all.
Wed. 12/7/16 11:53am
ironybread:
My comments on this message board enhance the national conversation
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:53am
geezerette:
O.K. Yeah. Ha Ha Ha.
Wed. 12/7/16 11:53am
themutante:
Anarchy is wrong, but democracy is wronger.
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:54am
pantz:
Thanks for the Ween, Ken. You da man!
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:54am
courtneynoir:
I did not get any work done during that Porest bit. Just sat there and stared at my computer...
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:54am
Rich in Washington:
Porest sort of reminds me of Xavier Renegade Angel. I am not sure why. Maybe the text-to-speech voices are someone analogous to the intentionally crappy CGI of that show.
Wed. 12/7/16 11:55am
pocket vito:
I spent a year immersed in yogurt so I could try to understand yogurt culture.
Wed. 12/7/16 11:55am
ironybread:
Freedom is sticky
Wed. 12/7/16 11:56am
themutante:
What doth life, Rich?
Wed. 12/7/16 11:57am
Brendan:
I studied the subculture of mold growth in submarines .
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:57am
Rich in Washington:
I keep watching that show hoping it'll break my brain and self-generate new episodes out of my dying synapses.
Wed. 12/7/16 11:57am
FƢFƢ (:
courtneynoir,
That's the power of Porest! Isn't his work fantastic?
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Wed. 12/7/16 11:58am
Rich in Washington:
It took me a while but the Porest thing grew on me like bacteria culture in a petri dish.
Wed. 12/7/16 11:59am
FƢFƢ (:
Perhaps Porest use of the text-to-speech was inspired by the Ken' routine because People Like Us rerfers to it as Andy's voice in her interview with Porest.