TSP Saturday February 10, 2018 / South Korean Olympiad

Listener comments!

6:05pm Harry Skyr:

Hi Rob

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6:05pm Bas NL:

Hi Rob!

6:08pm Harry Skyr:

Hi Bas

6:11pm TDK60:

A dark dreary day in New York but now we're floating round the World.

6:13pm Harry Skyr:

Hi TDK60

6:14pm Rob W:

Good evening everyone!

6:15pm TDK60:

Hello Harry.

6:17pm Bobby:

I love this show.

6:18pm Harry Skyr:

I like Kim Sisters but no like star

6:19pm Harry Skyr:

fyi: www.youtube.com...

6:19pm TDK60:

Usually I'm not available to comment during the show but am near a radio so often hear it.

6:23pm Xtina:

Maybe it was the crackling but that was a comfy first set

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6:25pm Bas NL:

Sanullim.. Great psych track!

6:25pm Andrew S:

yeah great track indeed

6:28pm TDK60:

Rob, we WFMUers can handle any "inaccessible" show thrown at us. // Anyone watching the winter Olympics?

6:31pm Rob W:

I know, you're a hardy bunch. I enjoyed the Olympic mixed doubles curling this afternoon as I was prepping my show, very inspirational!

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6:34pm Bas NL:

This WFMUer doesn't have a TV..

6:37pm Harry Skyr:

some north korean songs?

6:38pm Andrew S:

Whats on the charts in N. Korea these days anyway?

6:39pm Harry Skyr:

I don't know but something that Kim Jong-un likes.

6:41pm Layet Johnson:

This is a great song!!!

6:41pm TDK60:

Good for you, Bas! Me neither but a roommate does. I watched some of the skating. I should check out the curling!

6:44pm Rob W:

There is a North Korean radio aircheck comp on Sublime Frequencies I think but I may or may not get to it...

6:47pm Doobois:

The top 10 of the North Korea music chart is, in order, volumes one through 10 of "Now That's What Kim Jong-Un Calls Music!"

6:47pm Harry Skyr:

Thanks, Roib.

6:50pm Harry Skyr:

Sounds peaceful.

6:51pm TDK60:

Is this the Gayageum? (stringed instrument). Wonderful. And that kazoo-meets-sax one?

6:52pm Harry Skyr:

I wish we could be happy as the people in NK

6:53pm Andrew S:

I dont find this inaccessible at all, it's as interesting as every other week. If you had of gone all k-pop on us then yes it would be for me but I knew that wasnt going to happen :)

7:00pm TDK60:

We're rockin'..

7:06pm Andrew S:

very cool this Yesanjok

7:11pm TDK60:

Wikipedia's entry on trad Korean instruments shows many.

7:12pm Ike:

This show is a heck of a lot better than anything the International Org of Corruption is slapping together w/doped-up athletes, IMHO.

7:17pm Rob W:

Oh bu the Curling players are clean, I promise you that Ike, no stone has been left unturned! Or at least, unswept...

7:18pm Andrew S:

curling is all about the touch, it's very difficult, you dont want to be roided up. You barely let the stone float out of your hand or else it will go nearly through the wall

7:21pm katie:

curlers are also the only athletes that regularly discuss drinking beer. For what that's worth.

7:22pm Andrew S:

there was a canadian band i used to go se a lot clled the dik van dykes who had a very funny song called curling

7:23pm Andrew S:

there's a song about everything :)

7:28pm Harry Skyr:

Let's hope that Kim Jong-un will deliver us from evil.

7:32pm Andrew S:

The Olympics always have the potential to bring people together amidst the insanity

7:33pm TDK60:

Possibly this Rob W. show and the curlers in Korea will inch us toward world peace more than the bureaucrats on high. Maybe.

7:33pm glenn:

dik van dykes. from the hammer.

7:34pm Andrew S:

from the hammer yep :) spent a lot of time in POttawa in the 80s, i think they flopped here for a bit because they played all the time in the mid maybe late 80s

7:35pm Andrew S:

fun as hell live, i think they had another breakoff band after called i love my shih-tsu or something like that, but that nobody likes album is great canadiana

7:36pm glenn:

i love my shih tzu is correct.

7:36pm Andrew S:

road warrior is THE driving down the 401 song

7:38pm Andrew S:

not like there are a lot of them :)

7:45pm glenn:

i can't think of any, off the top of my head.

7:46pm Andrew S:

haha well then it wins by default but its a great song anyway

7:49pm Quinn:

Enjoying your playlist in Queens tonight Rob!

7:50pm Andrew S:

really great Rob, must take so much dedication mining this stuff, nearly everything I hear is new to me

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7:53pm Smilty69:

Wonderful show, Rob! The music is a great background soundtrack for my party. Thank you!

7:58pm Rob W:

Thanks everyone!

8:08pm Layet Johnson:

God this is awesome

8:13pm choggie:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DVsaM-4VQAAeGcb.jpg

8:14pm Layet Johnson:

Do they ever perform in NYC by chance Rob?

8:16pm Andrew S:

It has inspired me to watch the olympics, which should be getting underway for the day. Seems kinda weird that Korea gets the winter olympics 2 out of the last 6 or 7 times though do they have some wicked mountains or is it just politics?

8:16pm Layet Johnson:

Thanks! Seeing Lee Go Woon and Lee JinSeol live would be insane...

8:17pm Layet Johnson:

Good question, Andrew. Googling Korean topo maps now

8:19pm Andrew S:

there are a lot of countries with great winter olympic conditions. 2 out of 7 doesn't seem like spreading it oput. Though as someone who spent half his life in Montreal the Olympics can be a long term money pit

8:20pm Layet Johnson:

That seems to be the trend for Olympic spending... Would be interesting to see a minimal/sustainable Olympic design contest.

8:25pm TDK60:

I think the Korean Peninsula is mainly mountainous.

8:29pm Layet Johnson:

Do they blow in fake snow for winter olympics ever?

8:30pm Andrew S:

I thonk they did in vancouver

8:31pm Andrew S:

cant swear to it but usually the machines are running even on the largest hills if there isnt adequate snow

8:32pm Layet Johnson:

There should be public displays about climate change at the winter olympics if there aren't already.

8:32pm Andrew S:

www.theguardian.com...

8:34pm Andrew S:

I was at the vancouver olympics. well, more accurately i was in vancouver when they were on, i didnt go to any events but it wass pretty warm

8:37pm Layet Johnson:

Curling is cool. Ski slopes probably cause tons of erosion. Basketball is best. Minimal footprint.

8:38pm Carmichael:

Heya Rob and listeners.

8:39pm Carmichael:

I lived in Korea in 79-80. Interesting country ...

8:41pm Andrew S:

I have a newfound love for basketball. Not much of a sports fan except for baseball but my brother took me to a Toronto Raptors game and I got hooked, its a beautiful game. Im supposed to love hockey I guess but id rather watch paint dry

8:43pm Rob W:

Hi Carmichael - didn't know you'd lived in Korea!

8:44pm Layet Johnson:

That's funny. I'm a basketball fan primarily, but I want to my first hockey game since I was a kid last night, and it was so much fun. Yale Quinnipiac, big Rivalry.

8:44pm TDK60:

Thsnks for a fine show, helped while home sick with cold!

8:49pm Andrew S:

I sold a record today to a guy in Norway and he wished me luck to Alex Johnson in the olympics and i was embarrassed because i didnt know who that was.

8:51pm Carmichael:

Yes Rob, really enjoyed it. Great food, great culture. It was way before K pop, though ...

8:52pm Layet Johnson:

Oh yeah, Alex Johnson, he throws the best snow balls.

8:52pm Layet Johnson:

Thanks Rob, I'm passing this playlist on to all my friends. So much fun tonight.

8:53pm Carmichael:

Listener north guinea hills also lived there as a teenager. It’s a small world ...

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8:53pm Bas NL:

Hah yes @Carmichael, Korean food is fantastic!!

8:54pm TDK60:

Bas, you're still up there!

8:54pm Andrew S:

I had to look him up. But, I at least got to share an olympic story because i knew of jackrabbit johanseen who was norwegian/canadian and he lived til like 110 years old no exaggeration

8:55pm Andrew S:

thanks rob, night all :)

8:56pm Carmichael:

Kimchi, Bas ...:)

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8:57pm Bas NL:

@TDK60 Yeah it's my every-Saturday nightly pleasure to listen TPSP!

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8:58pm Bas NL:

Oh yes @Carmichael; kimchi is the best!

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8:59pm Bas NL:

Thanks Rob! Very special edition! I loved it!

9:00pm Rob W:

Thanks everyone!

9:00pm Layet Johnson:

Good chatting Andrew. Night everyone!