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A live, improvised sound collage experiment, going back 28 years, weaving mesmerizing new soundscapes from found and collected materials right in the present moment.
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Favoriting December 7, 2020: Whatever Happens Will Happen Again (Show #311/747) | Download full MP3

A found episode of Kenzo's from the Austin years, originally created live on KOOP radio in Austin, TX, on May 1, 2004.

Relive that place and moment in time, complete with ridiculous phone callers, in this dazzlingly complex and absurd environmentally immersive and once live improvised sound collage.


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Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza  Whatever Happens Will Happen Again   Favoriting Show #311, from May 1, 2004, KOOP Austin  2004  With new 2020 talk layers.  0:00:00 (MP3 | Pop-up)


Listener comments!

Avatar 6/26/17 3:08pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Lead lively sound-collage-inspired conversations, have profound revelations, spark a revolution, and send love.
  6/28/17 4:59pm
Barry Bliss:

Namaste.
Avatar 6/28/17 5:05pm
geezerette:

Yay! I've never been to Austin.
After this show I expect my tolerence for super hot chilis to be vastly amped up.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6/28/17 5:07pm
listener james from westwood:

Heya Kenzo and all! Sounds like "Lawyers in Love" is poking its way through there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6/28/17 5:08pm
fred:

Lively conversation, profound revelation, revolution, and love? Uh, sorry, I just blundered here after hearing Please Call Stella (accent.gmu.edu). Thought it was Kenny G. I'll show myself out
Avatar 6/28/17 5:10pm
geezerette:

Another interesting link Fred, thanks for posting.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6/28/17 5:17pm
fred:

Looks like Kenny G was first: wfmu.org...
Avatar 6/28/17 5:18pm
steve:

hey Kenzo! long time no see!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6/28/17 5:24pm
fred:

I'm playing the Kenny G Stella-fest at the same time as this show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6/28/17 5:26pm
weinstein:

I keep trying to dismiss Paul McCartney, and then stuff like this happens.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6/28/17 5:27pm
fred:

@NGH: Wonderful news!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6/28/17 5:28pm
cklequ:

Stuff like this makes it much easier for me to dismiss Paul McCartney.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6/28/17 5:30pm
listener james from westwood:

Congrats, ngh!
Avatar 6/28/17 5:37pm
northguineahills:

Thanks fred & james. Just found out. Now, I just need to figure out how to move.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6/28/17 5:39pm
fred:

So it's not the one could bike to? Where is it?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6/28/17 5:42pm
melinda:

hi all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6/28/17 5:46pm
melinda:

I grew up in Austin and moved away permanently around '91. If KOOP was around in the 80s I didn't know about it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6/28/17 6:09pm
Gary:

Gainesville is quite the groovy college town, I hear
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6/28/17 6:09pm
fred:

I have to bail out and go to sleep. I really enjoyed it when Kenny's Stella overlapped with yours. I hope you don't mind my playing another show on top of yours. I just couldn't resist: this was one of my fave Kenny G shows
  6/28/17 6:17pm
Barry Bliss:

How often do you think about not working anymore?
Avatar 6/28/17 6:18pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

@listener james: Yes, Lawyers in Love
Avatar 6/28/17 6:18pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

@fred: And by first, I meant second. Mine was more interesting! (to me)
Avatar 6/28/17 6:19pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

@melinda: KOOP Austin didn't exist before the 90's.
Avatar 6/28/17 6:20pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

@fred: Sound and your ears are yours
Avatar 6/28/17 6:20pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Hello Barry, geezerette, steve, northguineahills, weinstein, cklequ, and Gary!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6/28/17 6:21pm
melinda:

@Kenzo that's what I suspected.
  6/28/17 6:21pm
Barry Bliss:

If ever.
  6/28/17 6:32pm
Barry Bliss:

Okay.
Avatar 6/28/17 6:41pm
mossy lightouse:

This era is the one by i was introduced to the show five years ago, choosing one from the archives! it does often bring a speechlessness! Aspects of its depth (in this era and of course others!) provide a lozenge of tremendous truth!
  6/28/17 6:52pm
Barry Bliss:

Thanks, 2004 Kenzo.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11/20/19 5:00pm
chresti:

Hello
Avatar 11/20/19 5:00pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Until then, it's all of us.
Avatar 11/20/19 5:01pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

aircheck
  11/20/19 5:03pm
Gary via app:

Love this
Avatar 11/20/19 5:06pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Welcome to whennow, chresti and Gary via app!
Avatar 11/20/19 5:12pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

"it enhances my trance state, while numbers swim around me. just stimulated enough to keep focused."
  11/20/19 5:25pm
Martinibomb:

Hello Kenzo just droppin by for a moment
Avatar 11/20/19 5:26pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Hello Martinimoment
  11/20/19 5:30pm
Martinibomb:

I'm playing stuff from the "unlocked recordings" archive today djn webpages hah dj hyperlink
Avatar 11/20/19 5:33pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Cameras behind mirrors in restaurant bathrooms...this 2004 caller called it.
Avatar 11/20/19 5:37pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

If anybody asks anything, could you please answer it? You, who is reading this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11/20/19 5:48pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

As Mary Wing puts it: Welcome to Whatever Wednesday!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11/20/19 5:57pm
chresti:

Whatever happens, I'm going to make coffee.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11/20/19 6:00pm
Michael 98145:

make a post. do a shot.
Avatar 11/20/19 6:01pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Full '2001' Ligetti mode.
Having I mentioned how much it blew my head around 10 years old...this week I mean...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11/20/19 6:08pm
ParUbi:

Happy birthday to those celebrating
Avatar 11/20/19 6:11pm
northguineahills:

@Michael: done!
Avatar 11/20/19 6:13pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I don't have enuff liver for that...
Avatar 11/20/19 6:14pm
northguineahills:

@Sem: said 'cartoonist', most definitely falls in the latter end of said age range....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11/20/19 6:15pm
ParUbi:

unprecedented, unrepeatable
Avatar 11/20/19 6:16pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Is this an early example of your collage density?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11/20/19 6:22pm
ParUbi:

"A weather beacon is a beacon that indicates the local weather forecast in a code of colored or flashing lights. "
Avatar 11/20/19 6:29pm
Carmichael:

Finally made it to the boogie fest. I'm too busy to listen ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11/20/19 6:30pm
ParUbi:

But there's a ... goat?
Avatar 11/20/19 6:38pm
Carmichael:

The Giant from Twin Peaks: "It is happening again ..."
  11/20/19 6:39pm
Kenzo:

@Revo Well, I varied. I did a number of "cleaner" shows in the same period. This was an unusually long one, and I had just done a long late-night fill-in on a different station the night before, so I got to some bigger build up and letitout.
  11/20/19 6:40pm
Kenzo:

Happen again, Carmichael!
  11/20/19 6:40pm
Kenzo:

Goat out, Parubi!
  11/20/19 6:40pm
Kenzo:

Climb the latter, ngh!
  11/20/19 6:41pm
Kenzo:

Post shot, Michael!
Avatar 11/20/19 6:41pm
Carmichael:

About ready to hit the Irish whiskey myself.
  11/20/19 6:41pm
Kenzo:

Welcome whenever, KenFHP!
Avatar 11/20/19 6:42pm
Carmichael:

Post up and shoot, Kenzo!
Avatar 11/20/19 6:42pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Right - makes sense
...tomorrow - or just the end of time...
  11/20/19 6:44pm
Kenzo:

Drew in callers from multiple stations, too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11/20/19 6:44pm
chresti:

We are robots
  11/20/19 6:45pm
Kenzo:

(The one the night before was "Please Call Stella," sometimes sampled in this one.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11/20/19 6:47pm
ParUbi:

1. Everything that happens, happens again & 2. Unprecedented things happen all the time
Avatar 11/20/19 6:49pm
Carmichael:

@ParUbi, next time someone asks "What's happenin' ", I'll use your above phrases.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11/20/19 6:50pm
chresti:

So people are calling and making animal noises?
Avatar 11/20/19 6:52pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

They can't help it
Avatar 11/20/19 6:55pm
Carmichael:

It's not their fault.
Avatar 11/20/19 6:57pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

I identified all of nothing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11/20/19 6:59pm
chresti:

Thanks Kenzo! A rowdy bunch over there.
Avatar 11/20/19 7:00pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Someone should do a where are they now on them
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11/20/19 7:02pm
ParUbi:

They are not to blame, or they are, but only insofar as they can not be thought of as a 'them'
Avatar 3:00pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

They are not to blame, or are they...
Avatar 3:07pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

We also need a big toy frog for the kids. Six spoons of fresh snow peas. We also need a plastic snake. We can scoop these things into three red bags. Please call Stella.
Avatar 3:08pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

I wish I had a playlist for this one. I have all my paper playlists in a folder, but I'm pretty sure I didn't keep one for this one. But I've forgotten to go digging for it. I actually don't quite remember how I kept track in the Austin years.
Avatar 3:09pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

And this itself samples a show I'd done the night before on KVRX Austin.
Avatar 3:15pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Time-insensitive hellos to Barry, geezerette, listener james, fred, steve, weinstein, cklequ, northguineahills, melinda, Gary, mossy lightouse, Martinibomb, Ken from Hyde Park, chresti, Michael 98145, Revolution Rabbit, ParUbi, Carmichael, and Kenzo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:18pm
fred:

Hello Kenzo and time-shifters
Avatar 3:19pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Fred! I almost didn't remember.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:20pm
Rich in Washington:

what
Avatar 3:21pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Rich! I almost didn't forget.
  3:23pm
possibilitywaves:

i am glad to be able to thank you for KenzoDb!! it recently finally reached me with simply how incredible it is!
Avatar 3:23pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

That wall and its shadow burned down a year later
Avatar 3:24pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Wow, possibilitywaves! My life flashing before me. And the flashing software, glad you can be reached.
Avatar 3:24pm
ARB:

Kenzo!
Avatar 3:25pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

ARB!! I forgot not to forget!
Avatar 3:31pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Looks like I did the KVRX show Friday night 11:30pm-3am, had a little sleep, and then came in for the KOOP show (same frequency, different station) Saturday 6-8pm. I always like these shows that come later in a close series of long shows.
Avatar 3:34pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Two days later I returned a Chomsky book to the library, then went to Florida. A few days earlier was the big Cinematexas party.
Avatar 3:34pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Looks like I did 10 new shows in this one-month period.
Avatar 3:36pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

(Act Without Deliberation, A Little Dream (of me), Around the Town Soundscape, Now (Rippling Water), Thank You For Making Noise, The Coming Storms, Following the Leader, The Wake is Not What Drives the Boat, Please Call Stella, this one (finally unearthed and dubbed "Whatever Happens Will Happen Again" just 3 years ago), and then the next week, Coincident Symphony.
Avatar 3:37pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

I reached my 700th hour of radio at the end of that month.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:41pm
Webhamster Henry:

Watts goes fishing.
Avatar 3:41pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

without insulation
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:42pm
Webhamster Henry:

Yeah, a little Faraday cage would be handy.
Avatar 3:42pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

(Henry! I forgot my polarities.)
Avatar 3:46pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

I guess the party phone call is the night before's show
  3:50pm
Timeshift Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Is this an early example of your collage density?
  3:51pm
Timeshift Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

@Revo Well, I varied. I did a number of "cleaner" shows in the same period. This was an unusually long one, and I had just done a long late-night fill-in on a different station the night before, so I got to some bigger build up and letitout.
  3:52pm
Timeshift fred:

I really enjoyed it when Kenny's Stella overlapped with yours. I hope you don't mind my playing another show on top of yours. I just couldn't resist: this was one of my fave Kenny G shows
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:54pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Hello. The other day, I installed the Vewd browser on my Android TV and brought up wfmu.org. I was able to stream with the pop-up.
Avatar 3:55pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

See? He saw it on the television.
Avatar 3:55pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

(Welcome back, KenFHP! I remember!)
Avatar 3:58pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

(He means this puppet show: Hedgehog part 2: Tragedy of Sonny...playing tonight at Hyde Park Theater in 2004.)
Avatar 3:59pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

I hear Hans! My! Hedgehog! plus something from Around the Town Soundscape
Avatar 4:06pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Confusion saturation
Avatar 4:17pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Thanks for the call, Dot.
  4:22pm
TV Guy:

Hello from a television.
Avatar 4:24pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

The TV is fixed
Avatar 4:30pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

This is certainly a turn
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:34pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Logged in on the TV now.
Avatar 4:36pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Your TV must be proud
Avatar 4:39pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

I wonder if I got a headache from this in 2004
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:41pm
fred:

I hope not, otherwise I'd have to wish you more headaches
Avatar 4:44pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

I don't really remember this show happening...unusual chaos for that station.
Avatar 4:45pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

I guess this is the live RealAudio stream delay-looping, but I'm surprised there's so little degeneration. I also think I hear the radio behind me, but that's totally live, so it only adds whistle feedback.
Avatar 4:51pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

I keep wishing this were going to come back around to something musical/soothing. I have a hunch it's just going to explode out with more phone noise.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:54pm
fred:

At times there's something in the lower range reminding me of the end of the early Steve Reich tape pieces
Avatar 4:57pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Dense, so dense. Thanks everyone for being in it, through thick and thin. Listen again right here, or try the roulette wheel again next Monday 3-5pm Eastern Time. Maybe live! An hour earlier! Details at lastever.org
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:58pm
fred:

Thanks Kenzo. I hope you'll find other "lost" gems like this one. And create new ones as well
Avatar 5:00pm
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Yeah, it's a dilemma!
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