Live from The Flatpack Kavana in Digbeth, Birmingham, UK: Ken's show

Listener comments!

3:01pm Dan B From Upstate:

Happy Wednesday morning, Ken types!

3:01pm ░Ī Ҡ ℰ░::

Hello.

3:02pm Billy Jam:

hello England…..

3:02pm Ryab:

Aahahah that Eric Andre gif

3:02pm Sem Chumbo:

Hulllllooooo.

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3:02pm Webhamster Henry:

"Blighty" is a British English slang term for Britain or often specifically England. It was first used during the Boer War, though it was not until World War I that the word spread widely.[1]

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word derives from "bilayati", a regional variant of the Urdu word "vilayati", meaning "foreign", "British", "English" or "European."[1] In India, vilayati came to be known as an adjective meaning European, and specifically English or British.[2]

3:02pm Kraft Punk:

sick eric andre gif, bro

3:03pm BEAVO:

So is our pledge money financing Ken's trip to Birmingham?

3:03pm chris:

Cool! A Ken show I am tuned into from the beginning... live! Yeeeessss!

3:04pm Eki:

What Chris said.

3:05pm fതfത (:

Hello, Ken & people!

Our Kommisar is in the land of Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath!

3:06pm Mark:

Huh? Ken? Friday? Huh?

3:07pm Cheri Pi:

Cheerio, or something like that Ken.

3:07pm Mark:

FYI you haven't had a station I.D. since about 12:30. I'm making an FCC Citizen's Arrest like Gomer Pyle that one time.

3:08pm Mark:

Of course, you could make the case that of course it's WFMU, who else would play two straight hours of weirdo shit without anybody speaking a single word?

3:08pm BEAVO:

Not sure what an obscure film festival in the UK has to do with a radio station in NJ. but OK

3:08pm ALF of Hip Hop Slam:

Aww yeah! Hey there Ken?!

3:08pm Robert:

So "Blighty" is like "Allemani", a term derived by foreigners?

3:09pm chris:

The film festival is showing sex and broadcasting, BEAVO

3:10pm fᕄfᕄ (:

Hopefully Ken's accent will sound BBC from now on.

3:11pm BEAVO:

I get that on the internet but OK, Road Trip! Pubs!

3:11pm Sem Chumbo:

BBC announcers used to wear white gloves while on the air. What are the odds Ken is?

3:11pm Mark:

Klaus Dinger is totally a made-up name.

3:12pm ░ ℰ Ī Ҡ ░::

@Mark@3:07, no, I'm sure Bryce did a quick one at 1. Maybe also 2 & 3 but I was distracted.

3:14pm sphere:

Hey UK!

3:14pm BEAVO:

Yah that's worth the trip.

3:16pm Mark:

OK I'll call off the dogs, then.

3:17pm Roberto:

Ahgghghghg my internal clock is all ferkakt now

3:19pm Mark:

Hey Ike I met you answering phones the first Sunday of the Marathon! How you doin'?

3:20pm fᕄfᕄ (:

Funny you mentioned that, Roberto. Here in England is Wednesday, just like any other Kenesday. Time zones are quite different. Is it already Friday over there?!

3:20pm Roberto:

glurp

3:22pm cory:

here in indiana it's always sunday

3:22pm V Priceless:

Hey Ken! Any Roy Wood sightings?

3:23pm P-90:

Oh, is Ken wearing the horns 'n' hooves this week? That's Dope!

3:26pm Tony Seymour:

well here in Hawaii I am having this show with breakfast. I see our USA R & R AMBASSADOR is now baffling the British minds.....go for it Ken!

3:26pm Eduardo:

Great being here in Minerva Works in Birmingham listening to live broadcast of Ken's show.

3:27pm SeanG:

SCHLAMMPEITZIGER!

3:27pm chris:

teeter-tottering in time to Gorschio's Glimmergoo. nice.

3:27pm ░ ℰ Ī ℰ Ī 0░::

Hey Mk! Well I just got laid off or fired or something by a cursing, unprofessional, hot-headed maniac. Other than that, I'm great! Also, THESE GIFs are FANTASTIC.

3:27pm fᕄfᕄ (:

SCHLAMMPEITZIGERR!!!!!

Or as it is officially pronounced:

CHALK-AMPUTEEE-ZINGER!!

3:28pm chris:

You worked for Jeremy Clarkson, Ike? BBC Joke. Too soon?

3:29pm Yvang:

Good evening!
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3:30pm P-90:

"R&R Ambassador"? Is there like a cool lapel pin he gets to wear? And gets like first-class service everywhere while he's in town? Cool.

3:30pm chris:

Nice one, Yvang!

3:31pm Eduardo:

All of Birmingham should come on over and participate in this century's greatest radio event. Even if u r in 'Bama.

3:31pm fᕄfᕄ (:

TAALKING EGGG!!!

3:31pm βrian:

Marchy band music!

3:32pm Uncle Michael:

I love the marching band shit.

3:33pm Dan B From Upstate:

Wifi? Because Fi.

3:33pm Ryab:

I can't wait to see the documentary.

3:33pm P-90:

PLS!!! huzzah!

3:33pm Mutant:

I'm confused

3:33pm Lizardner Dave:

Everybody clap!!!

3:34pm chris:

Whadddduppp, Digbeth?

3:34pm cory:

Hello Birmingham! Fanny packs are weird right?

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3:34pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Inane chat board comment #1.

3:34pm Sem Chumbo:

My words are on a wall somewhere in the UK. HeLLLOOOO!

3:34pm Mutant:

So the internet goes under the ocean

3:35pm chris:

All Americans are properly fit like Ken, by the way. For the record.

3:35pm sphere:

Expression of excitement #13.

3:35pm djelrock:

Hallo Ingland!!! It's almost Tea Time! May I haf sum krisps?!

3:35pm Robert:

Ken, the fucking MORRIS CANAL went over rivers -- & now floods your bldg.

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3:35pm Ken From Hyde Park:

A what goes under the what, now?

3:35pm P-90:

[PLU!!!]. Damn autocorrect

3:36pm Ian:

Bloody hell. I'm just trying to finish my shepherd's pie and this Yank radio station barges in. They need to play some bloody Foghat.

3:36pm Mutant:

What is 91.1 in metric?

3:36pm Lizardner Dave:

Hello people in the room in Birmingham! Is Ken really wearing the t-shirt that Andy drew featuring the Prophet Mohammed?

3:37pm sphere:

91.1 is already metric. :)

3:37pm Lizardner Dave:

Also are there any salamanders in the room?

3:38pm JakeGould:

@Mutant: 231.394FM

3:38pm Ike:

I love BBC jokes, @Chris@3:28! Although, as a typical American, I'm prone to call Channel 4 jokes and ITV jokes "BBC jokes" as well.

3:40pm Listener Robert:

Darn, I keep forgetting to do the login thingie.

3:40pm Brendan:

Ken baby!

3:41pm Blur:

I hope Liam Gallagher is there. And Moz.

3:41pm Mutant:

I know radio stations west of the Mississippi start with a 'K'. Is the UK east or west of the Mississippi?

3:42pm Pippi:

Moz is actually in town tonight. He may stop by later

3:43pm Parq:

@Mutant. Depends. How good is your throwing arm?

3:43pm Blur:

Pippi Middleton? I won't even dream that Weller might drop in.

3:44pm sphere:

like the first Ramones show, everybody at this gig will start their own radio station.

3:44pm fᕄfᕄ (:

Do the Shipping Forecast, Ken!

3:46pm Sigurður:

Someone get Ken a spliff ,.,.

3:46pm common:

i came in on the wobbler! thanks ken!

3:46pm Clay:

Vicki you sound much more British when you are in England. Love it!

3:47pm JakeGould:

@Sphere: That and the first Velvet Underground LP.

3:47pm glenn:

i think there's at least a couple stations that don't follow the east / west rule.

3:49pm cory:

this new anvil player sucks. what happened to the original anvilist?

3:49pm Lips:

KDKA Pittsburg (U.S.' first radio station).

3:50pm fᕄfᕄ (:

Ken,

When asking for a drink in the bar do say:

"Can I get a beer, please?"

They will love it!

3:50pm common:

@cory: anvilist! perfect!

3:50pm Ug:

Ask for ICE!

3:51pm Brendan:

Ken are you allowed to circumvent FCC regulation like an offshore pirate DJ, saying stuff like 'knickers', 'bollocks' or 'naughty bits' or are we limited to the usual fucking tame shit prescribed by the assholes at the righteous Fucking Clown Cornhole Commission? Just checking.

3:51pm Mutant:

More anvil!

3:53pm Chris from Birmingham:

What is this hippy noise? Who else came here for the Eagles?

3:53pm CT:

Ken's so dreamy.

3:53pm Cheri Pi:

Ken read the football scores!

3:54pm ░ Ī c ℰ ░::

Yep, @Glenn, there are a few grandfathered-in weirdos like KYW and KDKA.

3:54pm Eduardo:

Yes, it's Vicky Time !!!!

3:54pm Sem Chumbo:

Remember, it's *nil* not *nothing*

3:55pm common:

nil indeed sem and love sometimes

3:55pm Stanley:

Ha! Ken's show at this time day/week. What a nice surprise.
Howdy Ken and all.

3:55pm Cecile:

Ken! Billy! all!

3:56pm Jim:

CT ... Chris T?

3:56pm Sem Chumbo:

Right you are, common.
Hey, Stanley.

3:57pm common:

and hello stanley and all!

3:58pm TDK60:

Is it cold there too? // Chris Cutler surf band?!

3:59pm βrian:

Why would Chris be angry?

3:59pm ALF of Hip Hop Slam:

LOL!

3:59pm ALF of Hip Hop Slam:

CCCHHHRRRRIIISSSS!

4:00pm ░ ℰ Ī Ҡ ░::

That sounded right the first time. Was Ken putting that guy on?

4:01pm Cheri Pi:

comma zero!

4:02pm Stanley:

Hi Sem
I'm back from the pub and I'm feeling okay.

4:02pm βrian:

"backslash" [sic]

4:02pm common:

yes!

4:02pm Chris from Birmingham:

I thought I got it right too. Luckily it's now on the historical record.

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4:03pm Webhamster Henry:

Mr. Dobolina, Mr. BOB Dobolina?

4:03pm Ike:

Also, why are you making up this mad stuff about being obligated by the FCC to back-announce? Link, please!

4:03pm Bas NL:

Ken is in Europaland?!

4:04pm fᕄfᕄ (:

I love the part where the Pesenis is protruding.

4:04pm Ike:

Uh oh.

4:04pm Stanley:

I've just realised what this is!!

4:04pm fᕄfᕄ (:

WAITT! Penis? On my WFMU?!

4:04pm common:

and now penis aint backwards

4:04pm JakeGould:

Porn for the Blind. pornfortheblind.org

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4:05pm Webhamster Henry:

The original says " Senip"!

4:05pm Cheri Pi:

You said Penis.

4:05pm Hot Mess:

I heard the word 'suck'

4:05pm Lizardner Dave:

AMPERSAND!!!!!!!

4:05pm a nerd:

YOU'RE GONNA GET IN TRRROOOUUBBBLLLLLLEEE

4:05pm common:

hee hee!

4:05pm Stanley:

Penis is a bad word in the US?

4:05pm βrian:

Which word is verboten? Not penis, I'm sure.

4:06pm JakeGould:

Penis?

4:06pm Mutant:

Pizza

4:06pm Lizardner Dave:

COWGIRL, REVERSE COWGIRL!

4:07pm Cecile:

@#$# @#$%^( is

4:07pm Listener Robert:

Funny how Ken told Frangry she could say "titty twisty" only once, but no such limit on "dykey". Fucking FCC, how does it work?

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4:07pm Ken From Hyde Park:

How far is it from the UK to England? They're close to Birmingham, I thought.

4:08pm Hot Mess:

What does 'pink' look like?

4:08pm Danne D:

Whoa I forgot this is the special Ken switcheroo.

Um, yeah, I gotta turn this down in the office though.

4:09pm Bas NL:

beep!

4:09pm Ike:

@Stanley, not really. Sort of. Depends on the context. Maybe. Nobody really knows.

4:09pm fᕄfᕄ (:

People of England,

'suspended congress' means 'hung parliament'.

4:10pm Lizardner Dave:

You might even say this is the climax

4:10pm Parq:

"Wow, did you see that Parliament? Really hung, I'm tellin' ya!"

4:11pm fᕄfᕄ (:

Ken,

Is there any CIA undercover agent following you around in this UK trip like the one you had when in Russia? I'm not joking.

4:11pm Cecile:

Is Vicki there? Hi Vicki!

4:13pm zoned:

I'm so confused, is it wednesday in the UK?

4:13pm ken:

Hi everybody! Sorry to be off the comments - in reading them but can't get a freakin break from the WFMU technology curse.

4:14pm βrian:

"Is that braille or are you happy to see me?"

4:14pm zoned:

fight the good fight ken!

4:15pm fleep:

zoned, they are on the metric system there, today is Milliday

4:15pm fᕄfᕄ (:

I read on one of the local tabloids last Sunday that a unidentified man from the USA made a down payment to buy a big old Victorian house near the Buckingham Palace. Funny thing is the paid the rest just 32 hours later. Did you read anything about it, Ken?

4:15pm cosmic matrix:

what a jolly mix!

4:16pm Eduardo:

It's the American version of Ken the Red.

4:16pm ken:

No, no CIA lady here. But the river that runs under the canal blew my mind.

4:18pm zoned:

you don't have to go abroad for that. The Genesee River runs under the eerie canal in rochester new york, come home ken!

4:19pm cory:

ugh, i don't wanna go to work :( gotta pay off that pledge though

4:22pm ken:

Eduardo can you get me a beer?

4:25pm Lizardner Dave:

Been a while since I heard this one. Excellent.

4:27pm Brendan:

Ken,
You 'n Andy doing Seven Hour Delay tonight?

4:27pm Eduardo:

U owe me 2 bloody t-shirts ! Nice warm British beer.

4:27pm fᕄfᕄ (:

Ken, you need to explain that FCC stands for Federal Class Comission to get peoples attention. Any problem here in the UK is better understood if you make it a 'class' issue.

Don't say: 'Free form radio"
Do say: 'Radiowaves for the working class'.

4:28pm zoned:

so good brendan

4:28pm Sem Chumbo:

Can I get an order of Toad the Wet Sprocket in the Hole to go? Starvin' over here.

4:29pm Studio B Ben:

My friday needed this song and I didn't even know it. Thank you, Ken!

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4:29pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Home town favorites right here.

4:29pm Brendan:

On a mission from Ken, i gotta whole lot of luv

4:30pm Whooda:

What a great spot to fall into the Ken's show.

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4:30pm Station Mgr Ken:

hi this is Vicki using Ken's log in - greetings and typing in the other screen for entirety but not ignoring you!

4:31pm ken:

Hello Station Manager PLU!

4:32pm Brendan:

All hail or aw hell . The great and mysterious Ken speaks

4:33pm JakeGould:

Phew! Glad someone is addressing out collective abandonment issues.

4:34pm glenn:

six degrees of ozzie.

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4:34pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Play that "Hello, Sweden" bit and see if any Swedes are in the room.

4:36pm glenn:

dagmar krause IS great.

4:37pm Ike:

Or radio piracy!

4:38pm ░Ī Ҡ ℰ░::

@Vicki, this means you're officially the station manager now. Quick, change the schedule while you still can! Who are you going to promote from 3 a.m. to 3 p.m.? Don't think about it, just tell us now.

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4:38pm Ken From Hyde Park:

FCC fine - www.broadcastingcable.com...

4:38pm marc:

Also more of a fine for stopping traffic on the George Washington Bridge for political reasons.

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4:39pm Station Mgr Ken:

Yes I'm in CHARGE

4:40pm fᕄfᕄ (:

Quick! Someone tell Ken saying 'Asshole' over the air while in the UK gets you a fine of £650,000!

4:40pm P-90:

I may be wrong, but I'm not sure that "boner" is understood to mean the same thing by folks in Birmingham as it is in Jersey City... He may have just made a slightly mystifying (in UK) speech about a "boner" getting a TV station fined...

4:41pm fᕄfᕄ (:

I, for one, welcome our new Station Mgr Ken overlord..er..overlady.

4:41pm Parq:

So the TV station pulled a boner involving someone pulling a boner?

4:42pm Sem Chumbo:

*boner* equals *jolly roger*

4:46pm PMD:

Thank goodness for FB! Only way I knew Ken was on!

4:49pm P-90:

@Sem: see: it gets tricky- "Jolly Roger" can mean a lot of things. "boner" strictly translates only as "rampant pecker" Or: "A Pecker Rampant" if you want it to sound more like the title of a romance novel.

4:50pm fᕄfᕄ (:

English accent coming from WFMU. Makes it sound like a cultural, intellectual radio station, isn't?

4:50pm Brendan:

Air guitar for the blind is giving me a jolly roger

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4:51pm Webhamster Henry:

If PLU were really in charge, it would be all aunties, all the time.

4:51pm fᕄfᕄ (:

Just to clear things out: The scientific term for 'boner' is protruding penis.

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4:56pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Make sure you don't bad mouth the West Brom or Aston Villa football (soccer) teams.

4:57pm Sem Chumbo:

@P-90: I am stealing *A Pecker Rampant* for possible a possible Woody cartoon re-boot title. Thank YOU!

5:01pm Sem Chumbo:

Give Sarah a spot on the schedule!

5:02pm Cheri Pi:

SWELLMAPSIES!!!!!!!!!

5:02pm P-90:

That was one of the most exotic legal ID experiences ever!

5:02pm Stepchild:

That's the stuff!

5:03pm fᕄfᕄ (:

Vicki,

Now that you are in charge, could you please consider giving Russell Brand a spot on the radio station?

5:03pm Brendan:

The pub audience is getting lubricated. The earlier spots in the show were so quiet, about as awkward as a boner in sweatpants.

5:07pm fᕄfᕄ (:

This English edition show makes me picture Ken wearing a monocle, a cane and a top hat.

5:12pm Cheri Pi:

Ken I hope you're gonna give the Brits a taste of America's favorite physician, Dr. E. Bootygrabber

5:13pm common:

god bless dr bootygrabber

5:19pm conkrete dawg:

give 'em some Klahm

5:19pm map:

oh my god i thought that cromagnon was contemporary black metal

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5:19pm Station Mgr Ken:

Getting very noisy in this room now (Vicki here again)

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5:20pm Ken From Hyde Park:

Do the Brits have an equivalent to Knuckles the dog who helps people?

5:21pm Dan B From Upstate:

Can The Booty Bank follow up Robbing Banks Doin Time?

5:21pm Brendan:

I think we need to unleash , yes ... the baby ... the baby... animal on these unsuspecting pub patrons.

5:23pm Mutant:

The Butterick Boogie

5:24pm Brendan:

Ken .. Demon voice karaoke will win them over. First track Minnie Ripperton Lovin You

5:25pm common:

it was a baby animal

5:25pm zoned:

i agree, the party is ready for knuckles

5:26pm Brendan:

@common yea. Seems it was some kind of animal .

5:27pm common:

@brendan: exactly

5:28pm Brendan:

@common Yes it was a baby ... A baby animal!

5:29pm P-90:

"Don't droppin' the baby!" Words to live by.

5:29pm Whooda:

NIce save Ken!

5:29pm cosmic matrix:

love the show, ken!!!!!!! .....it's echo, not reverb, btw.....

5:30pm Listener Robert:

Could you tell what type of animal it was?

5:31pm Mutant:

This song is timed almost exactly to the cat gif

5:32pm Mutant:

If that helps...

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5:32pm Station Mgr Ken:

Ken is looking for the Knuckles

5:33pm Carmichael:

Would the punters recognize Corn Weenie??

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5:34pm Station Mgr Ken:

probably not

5:35pm Carmichael:

All the better, then.

5:36pm avant reguard:

great music ~ interludes ~ animated gifs. never heard of this fest. looks great. you gotta love the birminghamsters please g-odd

5:36pm SeanG:

this is bumpin'

5:36pm Listener Robert:

Miss Vicki, find the cookie w Ken's login, appropriate it, and then you can be Station Mgr Ken whenever you want!

5:37pm fᕄfᕄ (:

Who in her/his right mind would recognize the Corn Weenie song?

5:37pm Brendan:

@ listener Robert : i dunno seems it was of the 'baby' variety.

5:37pm common:

5:38pm Listener Robert:

Then change Ken's login, and force him henceforth to login as Miss Vicki!

5:39pm Brendan:

You had me at 'find the cookie'

5:40pm Ike:

If Ken finds Knuckles, give Knuckles a timeslot on the FMU schedule.

5:41pm fᕄfᕄ (:

Stg Mgr Vicki,

Pleas lift the ban so we can talk again in the comment board about tacos, Rush, toilette humour and Start trek!!

5:41pm Listener Robert:

You'll no longer be People LIKE Us, you'll be People Who ARE Us!!

5:42pm fᕄfᕄ (:

or People Like Impersonating.

5:45pm Carmichael:

Corn Weenie would be a display of our zany, madcap, freeform lack of humor.

5:47pm common:

especially rush fofo! and tacos

5:48pm chris:

big bird gif answers so many questions for me

5:49pm common:

and knuckles all is well on the earth

5:49pm chris:

Knuckles!

5:49pm Stanley:

Ha! corn weenie - now you're talking

5:50pm Wretch:

Already getting teary.

5:50pm Brendan:

Very good very good very good ole chap

5:50pm Tusalava:

KNUCKLES!

5:50pm cheri pi:

Knuckles!!!!!

5:50pm Tusalava:

what a very good dog!

5:51pm fᕄfᕄ (:

Knuckles, the dog (who makes people pledge their heart and money out).

5:51pm Parq:

What a very good black velvet painting it is.

5:51pm Sem Chumbo:

The English love dogs.

5:52pm Tusalava:

knuckles nooooooo....

5:52pm Cecile:

Frankie Knuckles, the DJ that helps people.

5:52pm cheri pi:

waahhhhhhh

5:52pm avant reguard:

band with greatest album titles ever and knuckles the dog

5:52pm Cecile:

waaaaaah knuckle!

5:53pm Cecile:

pi!

5:53pm fᕄfᕄ (:

I heard the Chinese version goes 'Knuckles the Dog, what a tasty dog he waaas!'

5:54pm Tusalava:

ಠ_ಠ

5:54pm Cecile:

5:54pm common:

sniff actually crying

5:55pm slugluv1313:

KNUCKLES! <3

5:55pm Marcel M:

I missed it all! Will have to archive.

5:55pm Brendan:

Oh crap,
I listened to Knuckle Sandwich on the WFMU am time slot this morning. I had no idea what kind of meat was in that sandw... Wha. WTF?!

5:55pm Tusalava:

bye knuckles

5:56pm Turnip Publicist Ike:

Our good buddy Rev. Turnip Druid (a.k.a. C. Hawkins) is playing TONIGHT at Picasso Machinery at 45 B'way at Wythe in Brooklyn! And tomorrow at 3 at Earwax Rec'ds.

5:56pm cheri pi:

Cecile!

5:56pm Cecile:

Nice!
A Fabio-Rev summit!

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5:57pm Webhamster Henry:

Did this song show up in the "Glad to Be Gay" remix contest?

5:57pm common:

i wish i could see rev t!

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5:57pm Station Mgr Ken:

thanks for listening from Ken and not Ken, both here and there

5:58pm Carmichael:

I can imagine this singer just spitting and yelling. Awesome ...

5:58pm fᕄfᕄ (:

Thank you, Kommissar Ken and St Mgr Vicki!

What a great show!

5:58pm Sem Chumbo:

Good night, Birmingham!! Good night!

5:59pm Brendan:

Unleash the animal Ken

5:59pm Ike:

BZZZZZT TRY AGAIN!

5:59pm Stanley:

God bless Birmingham

5:59pm Parq:

I'll have what she's been having.

5:59pm Brendan:

I dont mean the steaming hot meat eithet

6:00pm Carmichael:

Frangry and Michele will follow up this show with What's My Favorite Color?

6:00pm chris:

Bloody brilliant show, Ken. Thanks for hosting, Flatpack Kavana! Digbeth, Birmingham, good night!

6:01pm fᕄfᕄ (:

No, ken, you are confused, the duane train is coming up! Till next episode everybody!

7:40pm zoned:

there should be a little blue heart on my posts, let's see if it works after the fact.

7:50pm zoned:

nope. how sad. but i love you wfmu!

8:56pm ***///:

VICKI COME BACK TO WFMU