Paper anniversary: Busy Doing Nothing with Charlie

Listener comments!

11:54am glenn:

i can make origami rocks.

11:58am Michael:

Hi charlie - a ream of multi-purpose paper for your anniversary.

11:59am Artie:

Why, yes. Yes, I think I will.

11:59am Charlie:

Well hello, Glenn! Look at your pitcher! I'm behind in creating a profile.
Hi Michael!

12:00pm Carmichael:

Aloha Charlie. Paper RULES!

12:00pm glenn:

dudley do right is the SHIT.

12:01pm Doug S.:

I hope someone's getting this all down on paper!

12:01pm Lewis:

my avatar says "hi"

12:02pm Lewis:

Q: will WFMU Friendship Society members' suffer for lack of practice?

12:02pm Charlie:

Hello there Artie, and Carmichael, and Doug, and Lewis, and your avatars.

12:03pm Ike:

Hello!

12:04pm Charlie:

Hello, Ike! You have a profile.

12:06pm ndbob:

morning Charlie and everyone!

12:07pm ndbob:

need to reboot - will be listening on my phone for a few

12:07pm glenn:

i want to dislike paper planes, but it's just too good.

12:07pm Charlie:

Hello there, Bob !

12:10pm listener james from westwood:

without the fmu turing-test bot, how will i get any better at math?! :)
good thursday, all, and howdy, charlie!

12:10pm Katya Oddio:

Happy Anniversary!

12:11pm Lewis:

@listen James... That was what I was trying to say, but my typing and proof reading skill also clearly need work

12:12pm Doug S.:

Today I've got: oral surgeon / flu shot / Charlie / doctor's visit.

Well, one outta four ain't bad!

12:12pm Tower:

Nothing quite like the crackle of vinyl, and just listen to that horn!

12:13pm Charlie:

Yo, LJFW, Katya, and hi Tower!
@James: Here's how: tinyurl.com...

12:14pm ndbob:

Happy Anniversary! Hey Todd and everyone

12:15pm Artie:

I can already feel the lemon juice seeping to all those tiny cuts.

12:15pm Tower:

Or the crackle of shellac, whichever the case may be.

12:17pm gary mitchell:

this Broadcast turns me on

12:19pm ndbob:

Heya Gary!

12:19pm Katya Oddio:

It isn't a visit with Charlie without Broadcast and origami. :D

12:22pm kat330:

Hi, Charlie! Hi, Katya, Lewis, glenn, Ike, Doug, Michael, Carmichael and Artie (ALL fellow avatarists) and those without, too! I made it home for the most of it, yay!

12:23pm don:

paper!

12:24pm ndbob:

Heya Kat!

12:25pm kat330:

'lo, Bob! Avatar-less you seem naked, which can't be good in the ND cold. :)

12:26pm Charlie:

Howdy, kat330! and Don!!

12:27pm ndbob:

nope:) No idea how to create one though

12:29pm PMD:

I LOVE the origami!!! Who did it?

12:29pm PMD:

Never mind. Duh. Went to the link.

12:30pm kat330:

@ndbob: Did you perchance see my topmost Tumblr post from last night? That is the second *stunning* sunset we've had in So IN in the past several days.

12:30pm PMD:

Hi all!

12:30pm Charlie:

(here's the answer anyway) Robert J. Lang -- www.langorigami.com -- one of a number of amazing contemporary paper-folding artists

12:31pm PMD:

First time listener. Can't call in though. Nice so far!!

12:33pm Charlie:

Welcome, PMD, glad you're joining us.

12:33pm kat330:

Aww, Ike, love the kitty!

12:33pm Charlie:

I just noticed that Michael's avatar is Sluggo!

12:35pm kat330:

Hi and welcome, PMD!

12:36pm Philo Gristle:

Quick greetings, awl! Thought I'd drop in just to try it out even though I can't listen in to the obviously fantastic show.

12:36pm listener james from westwood:

"error-free copy": very glad we never had that happen, else i'd be out of one of my job functions!

12:36pm ndbob:

@kat Lovely! Just saw it now - checking thru your blog to see if I missed other posts

12:38pm PMD:

How does one get an avatar?

12:39pm kat330:

@Bob: Thanks! And that shot was with a super cheap-o video camera, so imagine what it truly looked like.

12:39pm Charlie:

Hey, Philo. Anyone remember on Soupy Sales, Philo Kvetch?

12:39pm kat330:

Heeeeyyy, hunaja!

12:41pm kat330:

@Charlie: No, but I know of TV pioneer Philo Farnsworth.

12:41pm Philo Gristle:

Backatcha, Honey! Hiya Charlie, Bob, James, and everyone else!

12:42pm White Fang:

I do....

12:42pm kat330:

Hi, LJFW! Shouldn't you also put some clothes on? All you or Bob needs to do (if even interested) is click on someone's avatar and I think you can get to a register page from that.

12:43pm Ike:

@PMD, there's a small link for registration at the top of the playlist.

12:44pm Carmichael:

Hey Charlie, how about A Piece of Paper by Gladstone? Early 70s protest music, man.

12:44pm Charlie:

Hey, White Fang, how's Black Tooth?

12:44pm Philo Gristle:

Back to the gristly grind. Joe Meek shall inherit the planets. With globbots. Have fun, awl!

12:44pm kat330:

White Fang/Michael: Yeah, that's a problem when using an alias. I would like to have a different avatar specifically for one of my other incarnations, but it slaps the same one on everything coming from one's email address.

12:44pm kat330:

Moi, moi and MRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSua!

12:45pm Tower:

Sounds like Mr. Meek was a better producer.

12:45pm PMD:

Thanks Ike!

12:46pm Philo Gristle:

Toodles. Sua tua!

12:47pm Ike:

@kat330, that's Zero-G. She is named for her jumping skill. I just discovered she has a new zero-gravity ability, which is to make her pills fly out of her mouth, or in any case, vanish and end up on the floor somehow.

12:47pm White Fang\:

Throws Pie @ charlie

12:47pm jan:

@Charlie, I remember Philo Kvetch, what about him? How about Fang? What about Wonderama? Didja grow up in the Greater NY area? or did soupy sales
have wider broadcast range than just New York?

12:48pm listener james from westwood:

for an avatar, you can also click "profile settings" at the top of charlie's playlist page, next to the "signed in as XXXXX" line. tho' i rather like the placeholder avatar with the headphones.

12:50pm kat330:

This is all really new for me, especially being a non-FB participant, so I'm sure I'll come up with a better avatar.

12:50pm listener james from westwood:

p.m. dawn is one of those perfect little phenomena where i wonder how the hell earth was ever lucky enough to deserve such an excellent combo.

12:51pm Charlie:

Bye, Philo -- is it too late to say: Shouldn't you be doing the laundry?

12:55pm kat330:

@Charlie: Ever heard of Alison Krauss & Union Station's "Paper Airplane" -- or Angus And Julia Stone's "Paper Aeroplane"?

12:55pm Sonny Fox:

What about Wonderama, Jan?

12:56pm Uncle Michael:

Hitting the paper anniversary theme out of the park, Charlie!

12:56pm Holly in NC:

Happy anniversary, Charlie! My best avatar is stored on an external drive, so for today you get this. Unfortunately you can't really see that I'm portraying myself as a 17th century courtesan holding an 'obscene image' - but I am ;-)

12:57pm kat330:

@Ike: She sure is a sweetie! I had a male orange tabby (Keats, RIP) who would also make incredible vertical leaps straight up to "catch" or touch some curious bit either on the refrigerator or wall.

12:57pm kat330:

Hi, Holly! Mollusk avatar!

12:58pm Uncle Michael:

How are the FB avatars happening?

12:59pm jan:

Always wanted to be on Wonderama- the prizes seemed so alluring. Well, I never got to act out that fantasy. But I'm making up for it by being on the busy doing nothing comments page.

12:59pm Charlie:

Don't know those, kat -- future show :)
Hi there, Holly!

1:01pm Brian in UK:

Evening' Charlie & all guests please sign in at the desk.
Bye the bye did Status Quo record 'Paper Planes'? Not a request.

1:01pm kat330:

@Charlie: Neither do I, but I was looking for something else and those turned up.

@UM: I think others know better than I, but they are FMU icons -- I can confirm that because I have no FB account.

1:02pm Listening Out There:

Thx for the Bob & Ray!

1:04pm Charlie:

"This is Bob Elliot reminding you to write if you get work,"
"Ray Goulding reminding you to hang by your thumbs."

1:05pm kat330:

@Brian: Apparently L'il Wayne and M.I.A. did a Paper Planes remix.

1:05pm Holly in NC:

This is worse! How does one resize a photo?

1:05pm Uncle Michael:

Maybe I sussed this...

1:06pm Uncle Michael:

Woo...no more algebra!

1:06pm Charlie:

Hi Jan, Brian, Uncle Michael!

1:06pm kat330:

Heh, Holly, what are you doing to that dawg!

1:08pm Charlie:

Yep, Jan, grew up in Queens. Watched Wonderama, Soupy Sales, also Chuck McCann...

1:10pm Honey Water:

OK, this is the avatar I intended to use for a different FMU persona -- guess I can (and will) now that see the loading page on my account.

1:10pm Rich in Washington:

Wow. Just now figured out this login thingy.
Hola, everybody!
Great show, Charlie!

👻

1:10pm Snortley:

Sonny Fox came to visit my elementary school, said we were a bunch of insufferable brats.

1:11pm kat330:

Oh, well, no, it just changes everything your account has ever written for the past couple of weeks into the changed avatar. Oh well, so much for "mystery." :)

1:11pm Holly in NC:

@Kat - It's a pig!

1:11pm Listening Out There:

...he's making it list, and checking it twice...

1:11pm kat330:

@Rich: I *love* broccoli!

1:13pm kat330:

Oooh, my apologies, Holly! [I plead terrible eyesight as my defense!]

1:14pm Rich in Washington:

Me too, apparently!
We actually have a cat that loves broccoli.

1:15pm ndbob:

heya Holly, Rich, everyone else new!

1:15pm kat330:

That must be exceptionally rare. I had a cat who enjoyed cantaloupe and a couple who loved popcorn, but that was about as non-protein as my cats ever got.

1:16pm Brian in UK:

Steamed broccoli heads with ginger for tea tonight. No, seriously. Never met ginger before, heard she can dance.

1:17pm Charlie:

Hi Rich! I used to live with a cat who liked cabbage.

1:17pm Rich in Washington:

We have another that loves pistachios. I'm sitting there shelling them and he's practically batting them out of my hand and eating them before I can.

👻

1:18pm Snortley:

I've known a couple of cats that loved to nibble on fresh pot plants.

1:18pm Uncle Michael:

Charlie, I wanted to be sure to tell you that the Raymond Scott was stellar.

1:19pm Rich in Washington:

Hi Charlie! Cats are surprisingly omnivorous when raised in a house that's about 75% vegan.
@Snortly: I hate when that happens!

1:19pm Tower:

I'll never forget my sister's cat fishing a whole ear of corn from the still hot pot of water on the stove and running across the kitchen with the ear in it's mouth.

1:20pm Charlie:

Glad you liked that one, Uncle Michael!

1:21pm Holly in NC:

@Kat - I had a cat who ADORED cantaloupe, super treat. The 3 current beasts are all basic carnivores, who oddly enough despise fish. When I open sardines they bury scratch at the can!

1:21pm PMD:

My cat just ate broccoli last night! And french toast the night before. And fake chicken.

1:22pm Uncle Michael:

"I don't do much work anymore. I'm too busy thinking" has sig file written all over it.

1:23pm Brian in UK:

One of our departed toms took the stuffed trout off the work top over the fence then looked at us from next doors garden safe in the fact that it unreachable.

1:25pm kat330:

Cats (and dogs, too) are endless sources of fascination.

1:25pm Uncle Michael:

I knew we'd here this..but not like *this*.

1:25pm kat330:

Anita's better slowed down.

1:26pm Charlie:

she's probably better stopped altogether ;)

1:27pm Ike:

It depends on what they are fed when they're kittens, right? I never gave Zero-G my food when she was small so she doesn't usually want it -- usually it's meat or dairy. Naturally she loves cheese and yogurt.

1:27pm Uncle Michael:

As long as she has a pulse, there's room for improvement.

1:27pm kat330:

@Charlie: I thought it but wasn't going to be the one who said it. :)

1:30pm Charlie:

"Dum dum flowers"

1:32pm frenchee:

another fun gambol with Charlie!
wonder if Paper Lace had any paper-themed songs?

1:32pm kat330:

@Ike: I think I've only lived with one cat who liked milk. Cheese, yes, but not milk. Maybe out of respect for me since I never cared for milk either.

1:33pm Charlie:

oh! forgot about them, Frenchee!!!

1:36pm kat330:

I found an interesting way to celebrate your Paper Anniversary, Chazaloo: While opening the mail just now, I got myself a paper cut. :)

1:37pm frenchee:

heh, Charlie, that's easy to do. #onehitwonders

1:38pm Charlie:

Condolences, kat...

1:38pm kat330:

Prognosis is I'm going to live, but thanks.

1:40pm Holly in NC:

@kat - same cat who liked cantaloupe liked kahlua in milk - I can't remember how we found out, as household doesn't like or generally serve kahlua or milk. Nonetheless we'd buy a nip bottle for Allie's birthday each year & make her a very wee cocktail ;-)
@shortley - Same cat as above, when slowly dying of indeterminate cancer used to run up to my smoker housemate & gently tap his mouth to remind him to share. She really seemed more comfortable & peaceful after he'd waft a bit of smoke in her face. I was horrified & pissed off until I saw the effect - & he never did it unless she "asked".

1:41pm northguineahills:

Sneaking in to say hallo!

Are not greenbacks technically cloth?

1:41pm Charlie:

One of our cats tries to drink our coffee. The other likes mice.

1:42pm Charlie:

Hi NGH -- Ray thinks they're paper, that's good enough for me :)

1:42pm Matt from Springfield:

Go Brian Dewan! I'm guessing it's a paper theme this week?

Hi charlie and every one of yinze! Just catching the end of this episode, but wanted to check the "new" chat system firsthand!

1:43pm Charlie:

Hi Matt! Yeh, paper. Chat system going strong.
NGH - also questionable: chlorophyl?

1:44pm kat330:

Hey, ngh! The wolves-man is here!

1:44pm Matt from Springfield:

@NGH: Paper laden with cloth stitches and several "anti-counterfeit" measures, that apparently they have to totally revamp and update every 2 years..

Familiar avatar, kat! And interesting painting for yours, Holly! Is that from a comic?

1:44pm kat330:

And Matt Simpson's here, too! Howdy!

1:45pm ndbob:

my brother had a cat who would eat coffee beans

1:45pm Ike:

Oops, I meant "UNLESS it's meat or dairy" @1:27. (I would love to be able to edit my comments, but that might be more trouble than it's worth.)

1:46pm kat330:

@Matt: I'd like to alternate with THIS one, but seems only one at a time per account.

1:46pm northguineahills:

Slogging my way through the 3.25 hr Beatty/Keaton/Nicholson film "Reds" (1981).

Crossing my fingers that one of these job offers pan out, I'm making the most of my Netflix membership.

colinas de norte guinea de lobos.

1:46pm Holly in NC:

@Matt - Andy Capp, yes

1:46pm ndbob:

hey matt!

1:46pm Tower:

Love this Beck!

1:48pm Holly in NC:

I'm just going to switch back to Lunchbox, I think (Lunchbox is the cat who hangs with Doug's miner on the the GTDS page)

1:49pm northguineahills:

I somehow missed this Beck album.

1:50pm PMD:

@northguineahills - good luck! I just got a job offer through a temp job. Never know where it'll show up.

1:50pm kat330:

Conclusion: Let us not lead our pets into temptation adopting all our self-destructive habits. :)

yeah, I like but don't know it either.

1:50pm Tower:

When Sea Change came out on vinyl I had to buy it even though I had it on CD all ready.

1:50pm listener james from westwood:

ndbob, cat-eaten coffee beans are a delicacy in some parts. yes, "cat-eaten." google kopi luwak for details.

1:51pm Doug Schulkind:

GIVE THE DRUMMER RADIO PROGRAMMING ALERT...
I can't wait until we all gather here next year at this time for Charlie's Second Anniversary show presenting two hours of songs about... cotton!

Tomorrow morning at 9am on the Drummer Stream, tune in for three hours of songs about the fabric of our lives (with plenty of stain remover) on Give the Drummer Some.

In the meantime, please sit tight and enjoy these unblemished artists who're ready to entertain you, right here on your 24-hour Give the Drummer Radio:

Makonga Tsohle Band
Kon Tiki
Billy Jenkins
Ila Vann
Messe Blanche
Ruth Brown
Akido (their LP is about to be reissued!!!)
Aubry Cagle
George Hamilton IV
Jean Shepard
The Blue Things
James Carr
Gene Cooper
and more
and more
and eternally more...

1:52pm ndbob:

@James I'm familiar with that - yet to meet anyone who has tried it though:)

1:52pm Michael:

Tower: me too on the Beck. Holly: Al Capp right? I don't think we're going to hear Paper Late...

1:52pm Katya Oddio:

So happy :D Thursday mornings are the best. Thank you, Charlie!

1:52pm kat330:

Ah, someone else played this on FMU recently (IIRC) -- love the low sparks of Traffic!

1:54pm kat330:

@Katya: Thanks a bunch for your fan favor on my Birthday Song -- I returned the favor in case you hadn't seen that yet. :)

1:55pm northguineahills:

Thanks PMD. I've gotten multiples since I corrected the email typo on my resume. However, until I get my first paycheck after I ink one of these, I'll just have to hold my breath.

Hope your offer works out well for you as well.

(always check your resume for typos)

1:55pm Laura L:

Thanks, Charlie--listening in but too busy all day designing books to be printed on paper...

1:55pm Uncle Michael:

This show looked good on paper. Sounded good in my ears...

1:55pm ndbob:

excellent show Charlie!

1:55pm Holly in NC:

I need someone to teach me how to actually size & crop photos, damn it

1:57pm kat330:

Happy Paper, Charlie! What's a tissue is how super the sets have been -- thank you!!

Bye, people and avatars!

1:57pm Michael:

Thanks as always charlie. See ya next week and remember Birds Do It. On paper.

1:57pm Katya Oddio:

@kat330, not sure what you mean. Fun to HEAR you, gal!

1:57pm kat330:

@Holly: Philo could do that for you: juha (at) oivas (dot) com

1:58pm Matt from Springfield:

@kat: Yeah, all your avatars changed--I wonder if every comment on saved playlists uses the last avatar someone logs in with...we'll see!

See ya Charlie! Holly, kat, NDBob, everyone else!

1:58pm northguineahills:

Only got the last 25 minutes, but I'm glad I got here for them. See you next week Charlie!

1:59pm Charlie:

Hi Laura! And y'all have a great week -- thanks for dropping by today! See you next time.

2:00pm Matt from Springfield:

Diddo here, NGH!

(Btw, is that *my* copy of "Reds" you got from Netflix? ;) I had that literally for months recently, occupying one of my 2 DVD slots, all the while paying to have 2 out at once. I wanted to watch it, but was never in the "mood" to watch THAT, y'know? :)

2:00pm kat330:

@Katya: You pressed some button to "I'm a fan" the entry -- and I did the same on your FMA site.

@Matt: It changes EVERYTHING you've ever written under an account avatar to whatever you establish at any given minute.

2:00pm Katya Oddio:

Fantastic show! See you all again next week!

2:01pm Tower:

What a great song to round out this set. I enjoyed the show as always, Charlie.

2:01pm listener james from westwood:

many thanks, charlie! be well, all!!

2:02pm Matt from Springfield:

I said that I should write Warren Beatty for a "producer" credit, since I've dropped more money on "Reds" than anyone since he did! :D

10:47am People Like Us:

Happy Anniversary, Charlie! Sorry I'm a bit late - I needed my ears when you broadcast live. Nice segue btw!

10:36pm Charlie:

Feel free to borrow my ears; they're very large :)