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Wednesdays
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Wed. 10/9/19 7:19am
KҼn (:
Hello, friends! The really real Ken here typing with this fingers and reminding you to PLEDGE to this year's silent marathon.
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Wed. 10/9/19 7:27am
-Ken:
We're not calling it the silent marathon anymore, Real Ken, because it aint so damn silent. But nice typing!
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Wed. 10/9/19 8:30am
Ken From Hyde Park:
Hi, folks. I was wondering, will there be a mascot contest this year? Big Mama reigns for now.
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Wed. 10/9/19 8:35am
-Ken:
Hi @KenFHP, glad you are joining the Ken Party this morning. No, not doing a mascot contest this year so Big Mama's reign is extended by amphibious decree. I never expected a goldurn FROG to be so machiavellian and autocratic but there you go.
Wed. 10/9/19 8:38am
fےfے (:
Hola, Kens! Is it Donkey Time already?
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Wed. 10/9/19 8:38am
-Ken:
Hi f0f0, it's very close to Donkey Time. It's getting closer all the time.
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Wed. 10/9/19 8:41am
zopa:
Does Hazmat University accept bribes from celebrity parents?
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Wed. 10/9/19 8:46am
-Ken:
@Zopa, Absolutely, and all bribes are 100% tax deductible.
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Wed. 10/9/19 8:58am
pantz:
I have no money to donate at the moment but I am able to donate a kidney. To whom do I mail that, Ken?
Wed. 10/9/19 9:00am
Gil Roitto:
Good morning Ken!
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:03am
Roberto:
Gut yontif, Ken and other non-observant lonsmen.
Wed. 10/9/19 9:05am
robyn and 6-yr old mini glistener ajax:
an iconic BK! passed that many times on my way into nyc for usq market:)
Wed. 10/9/19 9:05am
Mandy:
wow I can actually hear the lyrics, thanks Tragedy
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:07am
Webhamster Henry:
Eartha Kitt adds class to any playlist.
Wed. 10/9/19 9:08am
fےfے (:
What a tragedy it is that their cover is better than the original. Sorry Bee Gees!
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:08am
Planet Tyler:
What kind of degrees can one get from Hazmat U?
Wed. 10/9/19 9:08am
Toothgrinder Tom:
This is great!
Wed. 10/9/19 9:08am
Dave Conehead:
The Butthole Surfers version of this is also awesome.
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:09am
listener monica:
Good yom kippur! Evidently Eartha was "experienced."
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:09am
Webhamster Henry:
Now for Mae West's Twist and Shout.
Wed. 10/9/19 9:14am
Dave Conehead:
Me and my son are gonna try to make it to BK later. Also tribe members
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:15am
Sean d:
I thought butthole surfers wrote this song till like a couple days(years) ago
Wed. 10/9/19 9:15am
fےfے (:
Not even the Bible has that many stars, dale!
Wed. 10/9/19 9:16am
SoylentMike:
Somewhere out there is a version of them doing Neil Young's "For the Turnstiles" that was being recorded for a Neil tribute album. It was not included because it was "unlistenable." Please somebody find that.
Wed. 10/9/19 9:17am
dale:
bible went overboard with two donkeys and two goats and two....
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:21am
Phillippe Bastille:
It was the 11th Commandment, thou shalt not forget unicorns that I was thinking of
Wed. 10/9/19 9:21am
Mandy:
like what even is this song
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:21am
maestroso:
I wonder if Patty Gurdy plays Hurdy Gurdy Man.
Wed. 10/9/19 9:22am
Dieter:
Ken, I really think WFMU should consider amateur uranium prospecting to raise funds. It's evidently all the rage, according to this old industrial: https://youtu.be/fCdB1Wdc5VI
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:24am
Ken From Hyde Park:
In Putin's Russia, hurdy gurdies you!
Wed. 10/9/19 9:25am
Hi from Holland:
Oh boy, WFMU could really use some funds to buy new turntables... perhaps have a fundraiser or something like that. Just a thought.
Wed. 10/9/19 9:27am
John in Bklyn:
The "crazy horses" The Osmonds are singing about are of course doses of heroin.
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:27am
PKNY:
Fun Wikipedia fact of the day: both apartheid-era South Africa and France banned "Crazy Horses" due to assumed drug references. Didn't they do any oppo research on the Osmonds?
Wed. 10/9/19 9:28am
Mandy:
Folk/Classic rock and garbage J-Pop....yeah that about sums up my musical taste
Wed. 10/9/19 9:31am
John in Bklyn:
Shot a man in Hokkaido.
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:34am
Webhamster Henry:
So did the Hurdy Gurdy man ever meet Mr. Tambourine man?
Wed. 10/9/19 9:37am
Matt from NYC:
I want some back story with the Burger King comment!
Wed. 10/9/19 9:37am
Anne:
What's this about corporate sponsorship?! Can't wait until 6!
Wed. 10/9/19 9:39am
Tambourdy Jr:
Yes. They both met.
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:45am
-Ken:
185 12th Street in Beautiful Downtown Jersey City, by the mouth of the Holland Tunnel. That's where the magic happens tonight. Free burgers for all of my friends!!
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:47am
steveo:
i've got the blues; i think it was the headwind
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:47am
Phillippe Bastille:
Crap! That damn "friends" qualifier keeps me from another free meal. I said I was sorry...
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:48am
-Ken:
Great to see that Im not the only one with a STICK IT TO THE MAN icon this morning, Anybody who pledges even partly to this show gets one. Should I change it from the Anarchy symbol to a large pointy stick?
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:50am
Asheville Jon:
keep the anarchy icon!
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:50am
Party.Worm:
Chag Sameach ! Yom kippur bumpin' to these tunes as I am fasting and losing my mind!
Wed. 10/9/19 9:52am
nardo:
When does the live Foghat set start?
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:52am
Asheville Jon:
wow, that pumpkin appeared instantaneously!
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:55am
Asheville Jon:
now i just need to wait for my STICK IT TO THE MAN icon. :)
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Wed. 10/9/19 9:56am
Asheville Jon:
and there it is!!! YAY!!!! my day is now complete and I can go back to bed.
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:02am
Snoochienucci:
@roberto its also a very truthful one
Wed. 10/9/19 10:02am
S_Rah:
Are you kidding me with this Metallica jazz. I’m cracking upppppp
Wed. 10/9/19 10:03am
andy the painter:
whenever i hear that mark e smith thing i think that Amanda grew up to be a raspy old mancunian....
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:03am
-Ken:
Roberto, can you please write me an inclusive, up to date, gender non conforming new salutation?
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:04am
steveo:
i saw a poster this week for the ongoing misfits tour and I thought maybe i want to see that because of that danzig lounge song you played, but it's at the garden, so no
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:07am
Roberto:
That's it! "Good and bad eggs"
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:07am
Roberto:
Oh wait..."eggs and sperm?"
Wed. 10/9/19 10:09am
fےfے (:
"yo!" has a masculine O ending, a final inflection or suffix designating that the word belongs to the masculine gender in some already excluded minority ethnic group. So I vote NO! to YO!
Wed. 10/9/19 10:10am
ratty:
tonio still pissed
Wed. 10/9/19 10:10am
medson:
Didn’t Tonio K Turn religious fanatic
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:11am
Roberto:
Yes, but "yo" in Spanish is the non-gendered pronoun for "I."
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:11am
-Ken:
Y'all aren't offering very much to the GNC communities. Kinda disappointing frankly
Wed. 10/9/19 10:14am
Sam:
Don't let granny eat that baby
Wed. 10/9/19 10:14am
SeanG:
PAVEMENT!
Wed. 10/9/19 10:15am
JakeGould:
GNC? As in the vitamin discount kings? After a few Burger King burgers, I recommend vitamins of all kinds.
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:15am
Planet Tyler:
Another song with "fuck" in it. Theme?
Wed. 10/9/19 10:15am
Grubbus:
Feels like 90's.. feels good! Happy day everyone
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:16am
Dieter:
Just posting to see my icon status...
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:16am
Planet Tyler:
Duh, whoops, didnt look at the playlist. Theme indeed!
Wed. 10/9/19 10:17am
fےfے (:
Is this Pavement as in the surface of a road or the surfaced walk for pedestrians beside a road? I always wanted to know.
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:17am
Asheville Jon:
i want a microwave life
Wed. 10/9/19 10:17am
Earth:
Malkmus wanted a range life but settled in Berlin.
Wed. 10/9/19 10:18am
JakeGould:
Replace all occurrences of curses with “Free Hong Kong” and then lose all Chinese investment.
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:19am
Roberto:
I heard Billy C got all bent outta shape over that verse. How humorless can one get?
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:20am
Planet Tyler:
Where do the missing fucks go?
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:20am
Dieter:
Ken, I'm embarrassed. I have no icons yet I'm a Swag-for-lifer. Just palmed WFMU some $ to see if you can grease some wheels.
Wed. 10/9/19 10:20am
Earth:
someone needs make a remix with all of them
Wed. 10/9/19 10:20am
Mandy:
did John Lennon write "Working Class Hero" in his million dollar NYC apartment?
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:21am
-Ken:
Dieter, the missing icons are hiding with the missing Fucks. Email me at ken @wfmu.org and I will scare out your icon after my show
Wed. 10/9/19 10:21am
SeanG:
fucking peasants
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:22am
geoff mcq:
These FCC edits are smooth. You can hardly notice the edit points at all.
Wed. 10/9/19 10:22am
Yvang:
And Chaplin was the richest tramp
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:22am
Hubig Pie:
Well, ya gotta be somethin'
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:22am
Roberto:
In NYC, a million-dollar apartment IS working class.
Wed. 10/9/19 10:24am
Sam:
Good time for some goat screams
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:25am
steveo:
"I think it's for the people like me who are working class, who are supposed to be processed into the middle classes, or into the machinery" -JL
Wed. 10/9/19 10:25am
Nick Berard:
Gags a gogo played through 2 tstreams just a hair off is divine. happy accidents
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:26am
steveo:
In 1973, US Representative Harley Orrin Staggers heard the song – which includes the lines "'Til you're so fucking crazy you can't follow their rules" and "But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see" – on WGTB and lodged a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The manager of the station, Ken Sleeman, faced a year in prison and a $10,000 fine, but defended his decision to play the song saying, "The People of Washington DC are sophisticated enough to accept the occasional four-letter word in context, and not become sexually aroused, offended, or upset." The charges were dropped.
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:27am
-Ken:
Nick - Sheena stream?
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:27am
Planet Tyler:
JL couldve written about millionaires being heroes instead. Better?
Wed. 10/9/19 10:27am
Sam:
Wow, prison for an F word? At least we've made some progress.
Wed. 10/9/19 10:29am
JakeGould:
@Roberto: Ha! There are genuinely $2,000+ 1 bedroom “affordable” apartments in Brooklyn. Affordable to who?
Wed. 10/9/19 10:29am
Sam:
How come the FCC can ban bad words on the radio and TV but not on the internet? Doesn't make sense.
Wed. 10/9/19 10:30am
SeanG:
eisbaer!
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:33am
Cool Runnings:
I read all of the Nancy Drew books when I was a kid. I don't remember the title on the playlist. Lol..
Wed. 10/9/19 10:38am
queems:
LOL LOOKS LIKE THE PERFECT TIME FOR ME TO GO
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:39am
Goyim in the AM:
Don Bartnick's diction is deliberately lousy, but the horribly filthy, massive fucking is only implied -- we get to sonically witness the argument afterwards.
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:39am
steveo:
gonna need a playlist entry for my star here
Wed. 10/9/19 10:39am
Shame Monster:
Me like Shame!!! Mwahahahahahaha!!
S is for Shame, it's gooood enough for me!
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:40am
Okasa:
The white zone is for loading and unloading only. If ya gotta load, or ya gotta unload, go to the white zone.
Well, try swearing here in the comment section. Type f__k and you'll see it gets censored by the FCC when it gets posted in the playlist. I invite everyone to swear to test this mechanism.
Wed. 10/9/19 10:41am
Nick Berard:
Cant stop laughing. that was a thing of pure beauty. Stop TRumP
Wed. 10/9/19 10:41am
queems:
also i missed this show so much when it was off the air
Wed. 10/9/19 10:42am
Sam:
No fucking way I'm writing fuck on here and getting fucking censored. That would break my fucking heart.
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:42am
-Ken:
I got so worked up that I fell on top of the bypass button. Im sorry everybody. I didnt think anything bad would happen if I said STOP TRUMP but I was wrong
Wed. 10/9/19 10:43am
Sam:
The song lyrics idea might be good for Seven Second Delay. Tiptoeing around the F word would make Andy super uncomfortable.
Wed. 10/9/19 10:44am
Mandy:
I keep trying to write the word PLEDGE but it keeps changing it to "pledge" for PLEDGE sake what the PLEDGE
Wed. 10/9/19 10:44am
John from Florham park:
Wonder if there any trump fans in here and why are they fans of this station
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:45am
steveo:
Stamp out philately!
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:47am
-Ken:
No problem John. I just didnt want anybody following my bad example.
Wed. 10/9/19 10:48am
Grubbus:
you oughtta know....love your show!
Wed. 10/9/19 10:48am
Fletchernyc:
I have that same problem.
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:48am
-Ken:
@Michele well any song about nipple clamps and glue is pretty heavy
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:49am
Snoochienucci:
@ken im getting a little scared
Wed. 10/9/19 10:49am
Sam:
Nipple clamps are super romantic! Along with a nice bottle of gin, some candles and a guy playing accordion!
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:52am
Ken From Hyde Park:
Does Iggy Pop own any tops whatsoever? I've never seen him not shirtless.
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:53am
tim from champaign:
@Ken From Hyde Park - Iggy shops at the same men's store as Herbie Mann.
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:55am
Snoochienucci:
@Ken from hyde, i think i heard a story one time about him wearing a shirt on an airplane, but other than that im not too sure
Wed. 10/9/19 10:56am
David Colangelo:
Well played Stache....
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Wed. 10/9/19 10:58am
steveo:
now you're on air and on acorns
Wed. 10/9/19 10:59am
Sam:
It's acorn season. They're raining down from the trees and destroying society everywhere oak trees are found.
Wed. 10/9/19 11:00am
Fletchernyc:
Best version ever.
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:00am
tim from champaign:
@Station Manager Kem - can you play the "I Hate The Mall I Hate Them All" song?
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:00am
Goyim in the AM:
Took the audience long enough to figure it out!
Wed. 10/9/19 11:01am
Sam:
Family is the worst. Just get the goddamned whiskey and shut up.
Wed. 10/9/19 11:04am
fےfے ( ☫☭☢☡♺♻♼:
Herb was playing the pepsi part. This is why we did not hear him.
Wed. 10/9/19 11:04am
benji:
I wonder if the crowd knew that that was suicidal tendencies
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:06am
Ken From Hyde Park:
I was watching the Iron Man movie last night and there's a scene where the guy was fixing on his hot rod car and "Institutionalized" was playing.
Wed. 10/9/19 11:13am
Jack:
Hey Ken, this is probably not the right time or place to bring this up, but...what's going on with WBAI?
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:14am
steveo:
so happy to learn that is peanut butter
Wed. 10/9/19 11:14am
Brendan:
Pledge to WFMU . It beats a sharp stick in the eye.
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:16am
Dieter:
My thanks to you Ken! A video of my appreciation: Fred Vom Jupiter - Die Doraus und Die Marinas: youtu.be...
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:21am
Vivian:
Into the Groovy, love this song. A lost classic.
Wed. 10/9/19 11:21am
Sam:
Touch my tuchus, and move in time
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:23am
Webhamster Henry:
@Jack apparently - a faction at the Pacifica board independently fired all the WBAI staffers without warning . The station is broadcasting a feed from KPFA
- the staff have an injunction out to try to wrest it back
- WBAI had been in super serious debt and had marginal listenership, dragging the rest of Pacifica down, which is not so hot at its other stations either.
Wed. 10/9/19 11:24am
John from Florham park:
@Jack the situation with WBAI is one hot mess and they got a reprieve until I think sometime next week
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:25am
zopa:
Is this Feelings or Ken today?
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:25am
adampsyche:
great show today
Wed. 10/9/19 11:25am
kuba:
great show ken, thanks! (we're having a really shit day here in halle/saale, germany. i feel guilty for my urge for distraction.)
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:26am
JG:
What was the guitar ( or bass ) riff they used on into the groovy? driving me crazy. Whatt was that?
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:27am
Ken From Hyde Park:
This Wham! / Slayer mashup is a riot!
Wed. 10/9/19 11:27am
Thelma Bllitz:
Would be nice if WFMU would take Bob Fass back if he loses WBAI. He broadcasts from North Carolina where he just moved.
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:30am
steveo:
On the off chance anyone doesn't know, Ciccone Youth were, of course, Bad Company in disguise.
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:30am
Carmichael:
You know the rules, Kenneth. 2 frying eggs = 1 chewing Nazi.
Wed. 10/9/19 11:31am
Brendan:
The Plymouth Volare is nice but why not get the Cordoba with its rich Corinthian leather?
https://youtu.be/tfKHBB4vt4c
Wed. 10/9/19 11:31am
ben abs:
Thoughts going out to u Kuba
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:45am
Okasa:
Oh... fun fact. I started reading a Ms. Marvel graphic novel yesterday, (I really do have a 12 yo daughter, so I am allowed) and anyway the character Ms. Marvel is based in Jersey City.
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:51am
Carmichael:
I remember this skit on Kids in the Hall. He said that Depeche Mode sucks.
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:51am
Roberto:
It wasn't until someone showed me the cover to Waiting for the Sun that I realized John Densmore had been in my improv class for months.
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:51am
Ken From Hyde Park:
Thanks for the tones today, SMK. Have a good one!
Wed. 10/9/19 11:54am
Reno Dakota:
Caleb IS a sound editor, after all.
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:54am
Hubig Pie:
I always thought Skid Row was in Seattle
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:54am
Carmichael:
As far as I'm concerned, it is now Donkey Time.
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Wed. 10/9/19 11:54am
egal:
Someone has to feed the hobos.
Wed. 10/9/19 11:58am
fےfے ( ☫☭☢☡♺♻♼:
Thanks, Ken, commenters! Great music, gifs, comments and anti-tr*mp rants as usual! Nice to see you all. Till next episode and remember! Loosen up and BE HAPPY!!