Only The Slothful: Ken's show

Listener comments!

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6:09am -Ken:

Mornin' all

6:24am FҵFҵ (:

Hello, Mr Ken!! I'm ready! I stand ready (for the show)!

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6:47am -Ken:

Hello there Mr f0f0

6:58am cory:

mornin' Ken, mornin' FoFo

7:14am Sebastian:

good morning everyone, looking forward to an animaltastic show

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7:59am Ken From Hyde Park:

Good morning, HazMat team!

8:08am FҵFҵ (:

Good morning, cory, Sebastian! Nice to see you here. You missed last week show (i think)! Hello Ken from HP!

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8:13am AnAnonymousParty:

GM all, made it though the wind and rain, ready to work and listen.

8:26am Listener Robert:

Come, look over this bit of real estate. Swim in it like a...human bird-monkey crab. As your face shrinks into nothingness in reaction, you'll see things that look like they don't go together, but the headlines are misleading, as even a dog could see. It's just a ballet of color distortion that only the slothful would monkey around in. All in all, a humanitarian nightmare. Do we have a sale?

-Ken, have you started to select these to see how I'll put them in words or context?

8:42am Sebastian:

FoFo, yes, I missed last week, had to sit in a room with boring people - it really is much better to be here!

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8:44am -Ken:

Thanks for another poetic triumph, Robert! I do NOT select these with you in mind, amazingly enough.

8:47am Listener Robert:

So these GIFS are just naturally untranslatable? My interpretation of aquarium_headless was a desperate one.

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8:49am -Ken:

I could barely NAME Aquarium Headless..

8:50am Sebastian:

Remakes are horrible, oftentimes, but I'm really looking forward to Suspiria

8:56am Rob (Jerzcity):

g'mornin' there, SMK!

8:57am Rob (Jerzcity):

@Seb - ditto on the Suspiria
Goblin's doing a live score at Murmurr Theatre towards the end of November.
And that should be incredible

8:57am Davee:

Good morning

9:00am zopa:

Let's do this!

9:03am Rocky Horror:

Hello Ken

9:04am Henry in Hopatcong:

Good morning Ken. Nice Gallo track!

9:04am Vincent Nifigance:

@LCBD Thanks for the Blackkklansman link!

9:05am queems:

hey all

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9:08am Webhamster Henry:

The Lemon Twigs are heartily endorsed by R. Stevie Moore.

9:10am Roberto:

We walked by that Joe Strummer mural in the East Village last night and my wife said, he was only 50? How soon we forget!

9:10am MD:

Gooooood Morning All!!!
Escher Hurts my Brain!!!

9:11am Vincent Nifigance:

I endorse R. Stevie. True story, I actually gave him the title of his retrospective 'Lo-Fi High Fives' album, but I'll never get the recognition I deserve.

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9:13am Beast of Boonton:

Don Felder - live this Sunday
www.poconomountains.com...

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9:14am karlward:

Today we should all ask Ariana Grande to do a spot-on impersonation of Mariah Carey singing one of her hits in German. It's the least we can do.

9:14am fred:

$50 to see Felder? Does that mean they pay you that much to endure his set? That would almost be worth it

9:16am Yvang:

This Tanukichan is very Yo La Tengoesque.

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9:16am karlward:

fred: Correction: $50 to make Matt Warwick sit through the Felder set.

9:17am steveo:

good morning; the escher gif keeps cracking me up.

9:18am fred:

I saw Follakzoid two weeks ago, they were great

9:23am northguineahills:

@fred: Tix to see see Sean Spicer are $40, so, $50 to see Felder seems preferable.

9:24am pocket vito:

I love me some deep fried segue

9:24am Rob (Jerzcity):

wonder if Spicy covers Heavy Metal tho....

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9:24am AnAnonymousParty:

And M.C. Escher slips on a banana peel and falls down the steps.

9:25am Nick S.:

Really? What slot are you taking next, Ken?

9:25am Asheville Jon:

wait, what? no more Ken on wednesday mornings? ugh

9:26am Buddha of Suburbia:

Ken you are hilarious!

9:26am Linda Lee:

Good morning Ken! hate to hear you're leaving Wednesday morning! that's nasty!

9:26am Dave in Vermont:

How long has Ken been in this slot? Since FMU was in JC?

9:26am zopa:

Hey Heat Index, what are you doing after the show?

9:27am Kat in Chicago:

Did I hear that correctly? No more Ken show? *panics*

9:27am prudy:

Spicer and company in hot oil

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9:27am -Ken:

I'm taking off the next schedule. I need a little break and want to give others a chance. I'll be back to a music show next June and I'll still be doing Seven Second Delay with Andy during the next schedule.

9:28am Buddha of Suburbia:

Linda Lee! Hey there! Guess what? I gave my 2 weeks yesterday. Had some WFMU musicians playing their banjos while I sang "Take This Job and Shove it!" It was epic.

9:29am Linda Lee:

next June? as in, June 2019? that's forever from now! sigh.

9:29am Linda Lee:

congratulations, Buddha! great news! :-)

9:29am Kat in Chicago:

Thanks, Ken. Enjoy your break!

9:29am Dave in Vermont:

@LL yeah, agreed

9:30am Berndo411:

that song kinda ruled

9:30am Linda Lee:

guess we'll live..

9:31am Yvang:

I hope you'll be doing some fill ins in the meantime, DJ Ken.

9:31am Buddha of Suburbia:

Well, I hope you'll make appearances on Wake n Bake. You have such a good comedic chemistry with Clay!

9:31am Dave in Vermont:

I like how he announces it all nonchalant like it's NO BIG DEAL.

9:31am Linda Lee:

i'd like to request "nobody does it better" by carly simon, please.

9:32am Nick S.:

Well, that's a bummer to me but you deserve a break today! You've been occupying this slot for a LONG time. I'll miss your show until you are back.

9:33am lane:

Excellent hazmat today~~ g'mornin Ken g'mornin yall. I await the Ken Don 2019 welcome show. Enjoy the break !!!!!

9:33am zopa:

Wevie!!!!!

9:33am Megaroni:

All hail Sir Ken ! We are so grateful for your weekly download

9:33am pocket vito:

Tuchus

9:34am melinda:

good morning!

9:35am Linda Lee:

shame on you, vito.

9:36am FҵFҵ (:

WEVIEEEEEEEEEEEE STONNNNNDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!

9:36am Rob (Jerzcity):

whoops

9:37am Linda Lee:

ohhh myyy gOOOOODDDDDDDD !!!!!!!

9:37am Linda Lee:

help me LORD!!!

9:37am queems:

whoever takes over this time slot is going to have really big weird shoes to fill

9:37am queems:

HERE WE GO

9:38am melinda:

oh dear, I don't think I'm ready for tuchus.

9:38am Linda Lee:

my undying love, Ken. not kidding. TUCHUS!!!!!!!!

9:39am Sam:

Ken, you deserve a break, but have you thought of the damage that will be done to the world not having your show on the air for 6 months? There is going to be a lot less entertainment in the world. The stock market will likely crash because of it. Just some things to consider.

9:39am Colleen:

Always a classic!!

9:39am northguineahills:

Brain and body fighting each other. This won't end well. Damn it, the brain deployed the immune system against my body. This will be fun....

9:40am Patty D:

Guess I dont need that second cup of coffee

9:40am Linda Lee:

thank you Ken. :-)

9:40am Davee:

Tuchus - Ha!

9:40am Roberto:

No problem Ken, I'll just cancel my Wednesday mornings for the next six months.

9:41am Paul from Canterbury:

Going to miss this show so much. Thank goodness for the archives to get through those 6 months.

9:41am Buddha of Suburbia:

Linda Lee, finally I'm here when the Tuchus song is on. You're right it's everything you described. Ken, that's a solid nod to LL! Very nice.

9:41am Buddha of Suburbia:

Roberto! LOL

9:42am Sebastian:

oh, screw the stock market
I just hope you don't get too used to sleeping in on Wednesdays, Ken!

9:42am Linda Lee:

nothing to do with me, Buddha. it's just a lovely song.

9:42am Buddha of Suburbia:

It's your fave

9:43am (Murakami Whywolf))):

S.M. Ken:
Well, as you need the break, please enjoy it, and my wish is that it's enough that we can hear you here next June?

Do you have a good place to rant we can follow? …and how about a weekly historic Ken Show for us to listen-to and natter to each other about, maybe playing on another stream, maybe _not_ at 09:00 Eastern so as not to draw us away from Scott's show.

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9:43am Webhamster Henry:

Ken will still be doing the Toxic Report on Wake 'n' Bake, right?

9:44am Sam:

What's the proper opiate or opioid to get hooked on during Ken's absence? What pairs well with that particular heartache?

9:44am Linda Lee:

oh yes. just catching my breath now.

9:45am (((Murakami Whywolf):

Weird, it really didn't apply my last edit changing that full-stop to a question mark.

9:45am Linda Lee:

i'd say mother's milk is the opioid, Sam.

9:45am northguineahills:

I read the original from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I was shocked and intrigued as a young lad.

9:45am Rob (Jerzcity):

ein proooooooooooooooooooooooooooosit!

9:45am weiterso:

so today's the last chance to hear some Ken sluts?

9:45am Sam:

Cool, my mom will LOVE that.

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9:45am Webhamster Henry:

This album is great : demo versions from WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE, A Fred MacMurray Film Musical!

9:46am prudy:

eartha kitt movie clip from...? looks familiar.

9:46am (Murakami Whywolf))):

I don't have a porn addiction, but my caffeine addiction has one.

9:47am Sam:

The goat alarm should get its own show

9:47am Sebastian:

@weiterso: maybe other DJs can be bullied into playing the KenSluts?!

9:47am Roberto:

Hmm I just saw that Kurt Weill is interred in Haverstraw. That's near my in-laws. I should pay him a visit.

9:47am (((Murakami Whywolf):

Well, at least Satan is making SOME sort of contribution.

9:48am JakeGould:

@-Ken: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is into Felder. www.wfmu.org...

9:48am FҵFҵ (:

Linda Lee,

Did you just had a comment-orgasm while Tuchus was being played at 9:37?

9:48am weiterso:

@Seb, no, kensluts only on Ken show!

9:48am Sam:

Ha, there's air horns going off outside my window and it blends perfectly with this

9:49am Linda Lee:

always, FoFo.

9:49am zopa:

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world.

9:49am FҵFҵ (:

WAIT A MINUTE...
So I get distracted for few minutes to come back here and find out Ken's is having a schedule break?! WHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?!!!

9:50am JakeGould:

Hey FuFu, where you FromFrom?

9:50am (Murakami Whywolf))):

Roberto:
Be very careful when saying 'I'm going to visit Weill, in-laws.'—enunciate the fsck out of that comma….

9:50am Buddha of Suburbia:

What the heck? I listen to you so I don't have to listen to the outside traffic.

9:50am JakeGould:

TRUCKER HORNS!!!!

9:51am Roberto:

My in-laws are the farthest thing from Weill :)

9:51am weiterso:

fofo, can you replace ken?

9:51am Buddha of Suburbia:

LL, so many people ask for you on Wake n Bake. You're like as famous as Cher.

9:52am βrian:

Private ear? How corny.

9:52am MD:

LSD!!!!!!!!!!!!

9:52am JakeGould:

@Ken: The orange swimming lady GIF is amazing. blogfiles.wfmu.org...

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9:52am AnAnonymousParty:

A chick with bear feet?

9:52am Linda Lee:

i like my sleep lately. :-)

9:52am Patty D:

This is incredible.

9:53am prudy:

great tune for the times.

9:53am queems:

DEPRESSING

9:53am MD:

And we are all FULL OF ROUNDUP!!! ENJOY YOUR CANCER BOYSA AND GIRLS!!!

9:53am northguineahills:

I envy you LL: My condition and meds keeps that from happening.

9:54am melinda:

I love the hippie cartoon.

9:54am Linda Lee:

i'm so sorry, ngh. no fun these days, i know.

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9:56am Webhamster Henry:

Those hippies were smoking a banana peel.#justsayno

9:56am βrian:

@NGH: May I speculate that your candidate won?

9:56am melinda:

@ngh I'm sorry you are having brain/body problems, it sucks.

9:56am FҵFҵ (:

I pinched myself, restarted the laptop, cleared all my browser's cache and NO, I'm not having a bad dream! It's true! Ken will be gone for 6 months!

NOooooooOOoooooooOOOOOOOooooooooooOOOOOooooooOOOOoooooooo!

9:56am Linda Lee:

distinctly remember hippies all over our comix when Hippie went mainstream.

9:57am JakeGould:

“Stanley Humbert” Really? The only hippie I respect in that panel is the guy in the background checking out the dancing lady’s butt.

9:58am JakeGould:

@LindaLee: Pretty much every comic of the era had some Hippie reference. Peanuts had the best by just having Peppermint Patty be the lesbian and hippie.

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9:58am Webhamster Henry:

Creative Freakout details from the 365 Days Project: www.wfmu.org...

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9:58am Guido from Cologne:

Oh Sees in Cologne next week! :-D

9:59am peapod ross:

I think I was introduced to the concept of hippies by MAD Magazine.

9:59am peapod ross:

and junkies as well.

10:00am Linda Lee:

junkies too, yes. god, how weird.

10:01am JakeGould:

@WerbmasterHenry: Thanks for that link! But you know what stands out for me? The “Basic Hip” reference from back in the early aughts. That site just basically created MP3s out of all kinds of weird LPs and singles and they were great. Then they disappeared. Now that website link goes to “Basi Chip” some weird restaurant service.

10:01am JakeGould:

@PeapodRoss: If it weren’t for Dave Berg mocking hippies I would have not known about hippies… Somewhat.

10:01am JakeGould:

“Basic Hip Digital Oddio”

10:02am peapod ross:

Kind of a wild thing for a child, that MAD Magazine.

10:02am Roberto:

We survived the cancellation of Vinyl. We'll survive this.

10:02am JakeGould:

@LindaLee: Yeah, PigPen in Peanuts was clearly on smack.

10:04am Lizardner Dave Somethingorother:

Wait what? No Wednesday morning hippie noise? Please tell me Kenny G is coming back....

10:04am Linda Lee:

don't remember him nodding much, though.

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10:04am Webhamster Henry:

@JakeGould The era just past the Napster Age was full of well-curated music blogs!

10:04am Sam:

I'll betcha DJ Female Convict Scorpion is a female

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10:04am AnAnonymousParty:

Yeah, that was me, requested David Crosby eating a McRib sandwich. Soup's OK, but it's no McRib.

10:05am Roberto:

I thought I was the only one who missed Kenny G's show.

10:05am Rocky Horror:

@JakeGould: Charles Shults really made Peppermint Patty as a tomboy. He did have her referance Mama Cass at one time

10:06am northguineahills:

βrian:All but one of the candidates won.

@melinda: Even my Scrooge McDuck wife threw money at me to cure myself. Even w/ insurance, this is expensive.

10:06am fred:

@Roberto: no you're not

10:06am FҵFҵ (:

I'm afraid I cannot replace Ken, weiterso. No one cannot replace Mr SM Ken Freedman! I cannot think of any other DJ that can replace him! He's irreplaceable forever and ever!

Wait a moment...

I know who can replace Ken! YES! The Serbian Ken! Burek Forever from Tilos Radio! We only need to to teach him some English and how to write down playlists. YEAH!!!

10:06am βrian:

@Roberto: Your own personal Stockholm syndrome, perhaps?

10:06am JakeGould:

@WebhamsterHenry: Yup! And here is an archived page from that site back in 2006. web.archive.org...

10:08am peapod ross:

god you can hear it slosh down his gullet. where is the microphone anyway? up his ass?

10:08am Buddha of Suburbia:

It's like I'm back in a diner staring at the wall while listening to a big lug slurping on his milkshake and chewing his cheeseburger. Thank you for that, Ken!

10:08am Roberto:

Perhaps, βrian. In any case, no other WFMU program irritated co-workers and family members quite as much as his. That's got to be good for something.

10:08am JakeGould:

Anyone telling me Peppermint Patty and Marcie are not lesbians are ding-a-lings. That said, there is a whole page devoted to Patty and Marie’s relationship because… peanuts.wikia.com...

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10:09am AnAnonymousParty:

I always though Lucy was the lesbian in Peanuts. Peppermint Patty was what we called 'a free spirit' back in the day, like a Pamela Des Barnes.

10:10am Linda Lee:

the shorts, though.

10:10am melinda:

Basic Hip Digital Oddio is great, I've heard some selections from it on shows here.

10:10am JakeGould:

Lucy is clearly repressing parental abuse.

10:11am Sam:

Weren't they all too young to be gay or straight? When I was that age I was grossed out by girls, but later ended up being really into them.

10:11am JakeGould:

Lucy does the whole “Psychiatric Help” thing but is clearly one of those therapists who themselves have very fucked up issues.

10:11am wfmu listener phillip:

WOW!!! wednesdays without ken? im floored! its gotta be health reasons. the man has to be really sick. hes been on this slot going on 20 plus years.

10:12am Sam:

A kid who wants to give psychological advice to everyone is probably mad effed up

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10:13am -Ken:

No, I had a break around ten years ago I think. This will be my fourth break from doing a weekly show. Its a good thing to do once in a while to keep from getting into a permanent rut.

10:13am Linda Lee:

not too young at all, Sam ~ since it's innate. sexual behavior is one indicator only.

10:13am wfmu listener phillip:

wow! ken im so sorry to hear your that sick. this is a big blow to me you leaving wfmu.

10:13am JakeGould:

And she always mocks other kids when she is not handing out that 5¢ psychiatric advice.

10:14am FҵFҵ (:

Ken,

Good luck making the business case to the chairman of the board! What's going to make up for the loss of marathon money for the Wednesday morning time slot instead?. Or is this part of the Machiavellian jew-purge plan?

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10:14am Webhamster Henry:

Olga Podluzhnaya will be spinning the disks in Ken's stead.

10:15am βrian:

Sloth doesn't win the day.

10:15am Linda Lee:

10 years is a long time without a break.
& we'll always have the archives..

10:16am peapod ross:

Fine Ken, if you need to take a week off we understand. as long as you're back after that.

10:17am wfmu listener phillip:

WFMU wothout Ken. ive gotta let that sink in for a while. last time i cried was the news that david bowie died. .

10:18am Linda Lee:

we're not losing Ken. just Morning Show Ken.

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10:19am Webhamster Henry:

The was even a time when Ken wasn't the Station Manager!

10:19am Andrew Waterloo:

Matt Warwick will still have the anti-Don Flemming Ken to deal with.

10:20am JakeGould:

I think with the President of Iran on his side, Matt Warwick and “Felder Nation” will do just fine.

10:20am Crumblebum:

Yes fersure on Peppermint Patty and Marcie, but let's get this out of the way before it comes up: Ernie and Bert were just roommates. Friends with a hint of co-dependency perhaps, but nothing more. Clear?

10:20am Buddha of Suburbia:

LL, you're so diplomatic! I'm throwing rotten tomatoes at my monitor while screaming, "KEN NOOOOOO!!!" Not my most elegant moment.

10:20am peapod ross:

Not that I have a favorite Ken, but Morning Show Ken is the amongst my top ten favorite aspects of Kendom.

10:20am Lana from Buxom County:

Love and kisses for all these mornings of pleasure Ken.

10:21am JakeGould:

@Crumblebum: Has someone ever taken a picture of Patty and Marcie as well as Bert and Ernie at a Pride march? Now that would be something!

10:21am weiterso:

I'll miss the best high noon-show ever (europe time)!

10:21am Linda Lee:

so they'd have us believe, Crumblebum.

10:21am wfmu listener phillip:

ive listened to WFMU since maybe 1985. i cant remember a time without KEN somewhere on the airwaves.

10:21am melinda:

We'll still have Evening Ken.

10:21am peapod ross:

of ocurse I love all the Kens equally - Eagles tattoo Ken, tied to balloons Ken, morning show Ken, fruit bowled at nuts Ken - these are all great Kens.

10:22am JakeGould:

FWIW—and I am not joking—but Ken and Andy have tons of U.K. fans.

10:24am Linda Lee:

as they should.

10:24am melinda:

@peapod haha

10:25am lane:

I love a good yelling Ken all hours of the day

10:25am CatMan:

Yea, for Sonic Youth!

10:25am fred:

@peapod ross: my fave is biking after the storm Ken

10:26am Henry in Hopatcong:

Watched an early Nardwuar interview with Lydia Lunch last night. And also his interview with Sonic Youth. Neither were a fan of Nardwuar. Snoop loves Nardwuar though lol.

10:26am FҵFҵ (:

wfmu listener phillip,

I join you brother, in your despair and sense of loss. This a sad moment, indeed, for us and everybody here. I'm lost for words and I also want to cry...but first please sign up to the page I just created to celebrate the memory of Mr Freedman:

KenAppreciationClub.com

...where you will find all the musical archives for download from Ken's show for the ridiculously low price of 5 dollars each. It spans all his shows from 2001 to today. Or you can download them all for ONLY 500 dollars (with free shipping and handling).

10:27am Linda Lee:

i liked Nardwar fine. he did a nice interview with Lydon.

10:28am lane:

@fred thats good one, that BETTER be framed somewhere in the station or else Ill have to include it in my wake n bake art auction piece ~~~~

10:29am Henry in Hopatcong:

@ Linda Lee - I like Nardwuar too. I'll have to check out his Lydon interview. Been on a Nardwuar kick, down the Nardwuar rabbit hole!

10:29am peapod ross:

and of course, Dancin' Ken.

10:30am Linda Lee:

on surface he might've seemed annoying, but he was good!

10:33am Linda Lee:

oh my. a Morgue reprise. still silly this morning.

10:35am FҵFҵ (:

Webmaster Henry,

If Olga Podluzhnaya will be spinning the disks instead of Ken, I'm pretty sure Ken won't go too far away from the mic.

10:35am Kat in Chicago:

It’s the Mind Control Pick O’The Week!

10:36am Lizardner Dave Somethingorother:

I've been a WFMU listener since 2002, I do seem to remember Ken taking a summer schedule off but never a "regular" schedule. I also think around that time he was doing periodic fill ins for Greasy Kid Stuff with Daisy and Harry (which shows how long ago that was since they're both in college now, right?)

10:39am Linda Lee:

hoping for fill-ins this go 'round!

10:39am FҵFҵ (:

JakeGould,

I'm from Fofoland Kingdomistan. Just like the land that never was I'm just a figment of your and everybody else's imagination. I do not exist at all!

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10:40am -Ken:

It is true, I've taken three summers off, I think - but never a long schedule off. There are many reasons but dont worry, I'll be back, and Im still doing SSD, and I will definitely be doing fill-ins and subverting Garbage Time.

10:41am JakeGould:

@FuFu: Okay!

10:41am fred:

I vote for Ken filling-in for Matt Warwick around 11. Matt is there? Just let Ike through the door a few minutes before and that will work out

10:41am wfmu listener phillip:

does anyone remember "the cherry blossom clinic" with Terre T. she was supposed to take a little break too. she never came back. im still heartbroken over it.

10:42am FҵFҵ (:

I read as 'Don't worry I'll be back I'm still doing LSD'. But NO! Ken said SSD!

10:42am JakeGould:

If there is a poll taking place, I think I liked Nardwuar for about a handful of shows and that’s it. I can’t stand his schtick.

10:42am fred:

@phillip: Hers was my gateway show to WFMU

10:43am Linda Lee:

bravo Ken! let us down easy. ;-)

10:44am peapod ross:

I think I watched Nardwuar interview Daniel Johnston and there was something I didn't like about it.

10:44am fred:

Kinda weird to see a Hara Kiri pic on this playlist

10:44am peapod ross:

Ken's giving us the old "It's not you, It's me" routine Linda, and you're falling for it ;)

10:45am Linda Lee:

sure do remember Cherry Blossom Clinic. lovely show. things do change .. but Ken ain't leavin'!

10:45am Lizardner Dave Somethingorother:

No Ken, No Shut Up Weirdo...so Kenny G and Tom Scharpling are coming back, right?

10:45am JakeGould:

Nardwuar’s schtick worked well during the peak zine/DIY era of the 1990s. But it’s really not aging well to say the least.

10:45am peapod ross:

what did we do Ken. We'll do anything to fix it. flowers.

We'll put a ring on it Ken. We're serious this time.

10:46am Linda Lee:

lest my heart break, yes, i fall gladly.

10:46am JakeGould:

Pretty sure “Shut Up Weirdo” will come back come Fall. Right?

10:46am wfmu listener phillip:

i listened to the cherry blossom clinic every saturday for decades. then she was gone. and i still am heartbroken over it.

10:46am lane:

I was just thinking about SUW, are they officially not coming back?!

10:47am Buddha of Suburbia:

Love this version. Hate the original.

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10:47am AnAnonymousParty:

Taking a break after 40+ years in the same domain? Hmmm, that gives me an idea...

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10:47am -Ken:

@lane, Yes, sadly, Shut Up Weirdo is over.

10:47am Sam:

Really? Why did they say they were coming back?

10:48am Buddha of Suburbia:

Fred, thank you for your support. You have been a good friend on here.

10:48am lane:

omg N00000

10:48am melinda:

Ken will return next year fresh as a daisy with a spring in his step! Breaks are good, ruts bad.

10:48am zopa:

Shake it SMK! Shake it!!!!

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10:48am Webhamster Henry:

Ken will be rebuilding the green room and replacing the cones in the parking lot until there isn't a parking lot.

10:49am Rob (Jerzcity):

Nardwuar vs. Cardi B. was a pretty good one FWIW

10:49am Berndo411:

i'm too sexy for this song

10:49am wfmu listener phillip:

now my fridays are ruined too:( no more michelle and fangary:(

10:49am Rocky Horror:

A redo of Right Said Fred's I'm Too Sexy. I love it!

10:49am Linda Lee:

feel sorry for all those lonely guys ..

10:49am FҵFҵ (:

Linda Lee,

I undetstand Ken's coming back but what really worries me is that he might see the light after some time of reflection and come back here as a Pat Metheny convert!

10:49am JakeGould:

“Yes, sadly, Shut Up Weirdo is over.” Wow!!!

10:50am Sam:

Why did they sneak away instead of saying goodbye?

10:50am fred:

@Buddha: Thanks, I'll be back at work and probably won't be able to listen starting next week, so good luck with the new job

10:50am Linda Lee:

somehow i doubt it strongly.

10:50am Sam:

I don't see why we should believe that Ken will come back

10:51am Manana:

when does the new schedule get posted? dribs and drabs updates thing is sad-making. apologies if question was already answered.

10:51am Linda Lee:

man creates myth in the face of the unfathomable. that's why.

10:51am northguineahills:

Lol, @ what LL said...

10:51am JakeGould:

As someone who snarks Ken a lot I know he does a shit-ton of work and respect all of it even when it seems like I don’t. Hope the time off works well. Feel sorry for Daddy Garbage who will most likely now have a more effective and well rested enemy on his hands.

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10:52am Devin B.:

Yay!

10:52am wfmu listener phillip:

KEN is a work a holic! we all know that. in case you didnt i listened to the man going on 30 years.

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10:52am AnAnonymousParty:

My fear is he'll come back "Playing All Of The Hits, All Of The Time".

10:52am Sam:

Good answer Linda

10:53am Sam:

Maybe Ken's being sent to FCC re-education camp. You.. will... play... the.. hits

10:53am Lizardner Dave Somethingorother:

@Sam - they filled in for SSD a few weeks back and announced that they wouldn't be doing a regular show but would do the occasional fill-in.

10:53am northguineahills:

about the lonely guys....

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10:53am AnAnonymousParty:

HEY! the song is synched with the GIF! The song is synched with the GIF!

10:53am FҵFҵ (:

So Shut up Weirdo is over too. Hmm...And now the word in the street is that M from WFMU fame is leaving as well (so the station will be re-named to W'FU')! What's going on?!! Ken?!

10:53am Buddha of Suburbia:

Fred, oh that's too bad. Thanks for keeping me in the loop. Are you a teacher?

10:54am peapod ross:

Ken is going to undergo some sort of Felder epiphany. He'll be struck down from his bike and see a great white light envelop him and hear "Heavy Metal" blare from the sky, and come back to us a true believer.

10:54am Linda Lee:

shudder..

10:54am Rev. Turnip Druid:

what, pray tell, suppichaw?

10:55am wfmu listener phillip:

can we not get like an email alert or an SMS text when KEN is on the air doing a fill in. something like that.

10:55am Linda Lee:

just workin though the 5 stages of grief here, Rev.

10:56am lane:

FuFu, you'll have to just come to the station and fill the ever-growing voids

10:56am Sam:

I miss Shut up weirdo so much. The chemistry between those two was so perfect, as were the interactions with the callers. I wish MadMan and Tommy O'Shea had kept calling.

10:56am FҵFҵ (:

wfmu listener phillip,

Yeah! Good idea! It's almost impossible to keep track of fill-ins.

10:56am vanya moscow:

Hi everyone! Yeah, I’m hoping to for SUW return. I never yet had the nerve to call them. And now no chance. I was expecting to have them in air until they’re 80 and you know, see them grow with their audience and stuff

10:57am peapod ross:

this guy needs a lozenge,

10:57am fred:

@Buddha: no, unfortunately. Just a software developer, and I'll either have to listen to stuff or make speed measurements that don't go well with an open browser, let alone the bloated iTunes

10:57am wfmu listener phillip:

so i guess were all stuck with janky ray radio riot now!

10:58am Evan From Seattle:

Oh man Ken not doing Wednesdays? And SUW being over? Change is scary and it makes me very sad.

10:59am queems:

no suw??? bummer

10:59am zopa:

Rev. Turnip Druid: not much. suppichoo?

11:00am Dean:

Pretty sure J.S. Bach came up with the idea of the chunky staccato 'cello.

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11:01am AnAnonymousParty:

"I'm sorry if I don't sound right, but I just took four dumps during that last song."

That's what I heard.

11:01am Planet Tyler:

Music of Mind Control is great. I cant believe how much of it there is

11:01am Linda Lee:

absolutely! check out Music of Mind Control. we have fun there.

11:01am JakeGould:

Can the first few weeks of the schedule without “Shut Up Weirdo” just be random calls from guys who have no idea they are off the air?

11:01am FҵFҵ (:

I wish I can, lane, but I live in Fofoland Kingdomistan and there's no USA embassy where I can get a visa to go to the USA.

11:01am Wild Neil||Peace All:

Ken, best of luck on your break. You will be missed.

11:02am prudy:

Love music of mind control. Can't say i'll miss SUW, but each to his own.

11:02am Lizardner Dave Somethingorother:

What will Ken's last song be? The Felder/Buddy Scott Trio mashup?

11:02am fred:

@Linda Lee: It moved out of my listening hours, but I liked this show a lot when I could listen to it

11:03am Sam:

Is it just because they ran out of free t-shirts to give away? Is that why they ended the show? I'd still listen even without "the list"!

11:03am Linda Lee:

didn't we do that once on SSD, Jake? worked out well.

11:03am northguineahills:

You'll get my physical musical media from my cold dead hands! (my wife knows to donate them to WFMU)

11:04am Linda Lee:

funny how 'listening hours 'work.

11:04am Sam:

Is Doctor Gameshow coming back? That would be badass.

11:05am steveo:

Yeah, what Neil said. I'm glad you're taking a break if you want, but I'll still miss this show.

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11:06am Webhamster Henry:

The WFMU Archives have decades of Ken shows in them. And many many other shows of the past.

11:07am fred:

@Lizardner Dave: Olga doing a Rammstein cover would be more appropriate

11:07am peapod ross:

the Ken archives are good. By which I introduced myself to Necro's "I need Drugs" which is... too real.

11:07am peapod ross:

i mean, too hilarious.

11:07am Rev. Turnip Druid:

In late, just now joining the potty.
Sounds like a few heavy revelations today & the troops are reeling. Catching up gradually. Congratulations and/or condolences as appropriate.

11:08am northguineahills:

I need the Ken factor Wednesday mornings, the dadaeque wtfery to get myself to continue my work morning. (even the annoying bits, which I dig)

11:08am steveo:

must turn up gang of four

11:09am FҵFҵ (:

Any other WFMU show that is being terminated per chance, WFMU's chairman of the board? Is Irwin Chusid's show sent to the long grass as well? Perhaps you also permanently banned Do it or DIY?

Just deliver me all the bad news in one shot!

11:10am βrian:

This used to be part of my get-ready-for-work rotation. 60-hour weeks on my feet. Ugh.

11:11am JakeGould:

@FuFu: The Ken and “Shut Up Weirdo” news is big enough for now. New schedule is still being brewed up and will be announced soon I assume. Hang tight!

11:12am Sam:

Appropriate song

11:12am northguineahills:

what steveo said...

11:12am JakeGould:

And I just said that like I know something which I don’t. Just saying gossip is bleach.

11:12am JakeGould:

I meant “bleagh.”

11:12am Asheville Jon:

holy cow, Irwin better not go anywhere

11:12am Rev. Turnip Druid:

th'MOON.

11:14am Sam:

Frangry and Michele, please bring back "I'm worth it"!! I listened to every episode of that. It was totally crazy. It was web only so they used all kinds of profanity.

11:14am JakeGould:

Louis C.K.’s comeback will include 3 hours per week of compulsive masturbation on the radio… Oh wait, that was some WNYC gossip right there. SORRY LAURA WALKER!!!

11:14am Dave in Vermont:

I was just thinking about Scott McDowell the other day when Jeff Golick played a Grachan Mpncur track.

11:16am Sam:

I love the smirk in his voice when says "Buh bye!"

11:17am steveo:

but the poor creatures of the night

11:17am fred:

I hope there's a way to bring back Tenderness Junction. It wasn't on long, but I loved that show

11:18am FҵFҵ (:

Thanks, JakeGould. Now I'm more afraid than ever! Is this the beginning of the end of WFMU as we know it? is it being replaced by alt-right shock jocks?

11:18am Rev. Turnip Druid:

Seems like a good time to bring up my regularly scheduled endorsement of Bethany's A440 program (rip)

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11:19am Devin B.:

I endorse the above endorsement

11:21am herb.nyc:

tracy & danny sound GREAT (aside: when i saw camera obscura, tracy's old band, at music hall w'burg, show was over and friend drove me home. but we passed bowery ballroom and i got out, and looked at adverts. doorman said to me "got a ticket?", re that night's sold out dirty projectors. i said "oh, just reading" but as he recognized me, he reached into pocket & gave me ticket. "thanks". i saw last 20mins of show, and david byrne came for the encore. end.)

11:22am fred:

@RTD and Devin: I agree, but Bronwyn B has a nice show featuring classical stuff (and show tunes). Hopefully she'll be on the new sched

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11:22am -Ken:

Thanks Herb, I really love Tracy too.

11:23am herb.nyc:

i love you long time, ken

11:24am Evan From Seattle:

I think there should be a show where WFMU DJs play a d&d campaign. Maybe have certain actions decided by callers or a poll on the message board.

11:24am Linda Lee:

that's a hell of a GIF. some folks should mind their own business.

11:25am Rev. Turnip Druid:

Tiny Crab Love conquers all.

11:26am JakeGould:

@EvanFromSeattle: I’m not big on D&D but like the artwork and just heard about this upcoming book so I am sharing, “DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS ART AND ARCANA: A VISUAL HISTORY” www.strandbooks.com...

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11:27am AnAnonymousParty:

"The Church Lady goes to the beach."

11:27am Linda Lee:

indeed.

11:28am Carmichael:

Good morning Kenneth and minions.

11:28am JakeGould:

@Carmichael: Late to the party! WFMU is going all country in a few weeks. Enjoy it!

11:28am Morphe:

I am Time Zoned ..... listening to shelved shows and only just realized you were on .live ... "BURY ME DEEP!!!!!!" I do actually believe that is a compliment!!!!!!!!!

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11:31am -Ken:

We used to have a show called "Advanced D&D" with Donna Summer - it was amazing - check out the archives,

11:33am Helen Keller:

this is helen keller speaking from the grave. WHAT! no ken on wednesdays i think im glad i lost my sight & hearing.

11:33am Planet Tyler:

Jemaine and Bret :)

11:33am Buddha of Suburbia:

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11:34am Rev. Turnip Druid:

I credit D&D with a noteworthy plunge in grades during middle-school. Who knew rolling character attributes all day would impact classroom comprehension?

11:34am schmaltzy:

LOL this is the best song

11:34am zopa:

Yesssss!!!!

11:34am Carmichael:

Cecile's radar should be up for FOTC.

11:34am Buddha of Suburbia:

I am French and my dad runs a French Club. This song will make him cry from laughter.

11:34am Planet Tyler:

This new Suspira doesnt look bad. Is that blasphemy?

11:34am queems:

lolol

11:34am Anna Fisher:

lovely transition from actual french music to this omg yes i am so happy

11:35am Z is for Zookeeper:

YES THANK YOU I needed this song.

11:35am berbo:

Ou est la piscine?

11:35am RJB _ Headphone Tourist:

Ken, I am sorry to hear you are breaking, but look forward to more WMFU. Thanks for the Warning, Wire, Tuxedomoon, etc. Just fantastic.

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11:35am AnAnonymousParty:

Maybe David Crosby could have Ken's slot. "Breakfast with Dave", where he visits a different eatery each week and we get to listen to him enjoying various menu items. Maybe he has a guest sometimes. They play music but we can't really hear it over the sounds of munching.

11:35am Listening Out There:

You're sure this isn't the Foux Fighters?

11:36am Linda Lee:

dear god, he's still eating.

11:36am listener Rey:

Whoa! No Ken on Wednesday morns is going to take some getting used to. Hope you can still do the Hazmat reports. As SM, can you mandate the replacement DJ in your slot play some Khlam or Tuchus on every show at 11am?

11:37am northguineahills:

@Ken: I'm still in contact w/ Jason Forrest. Love the guy!

11:38am Morphe:

Is this not Ken???? True story that William Burroughs could not invent : A blind Junkie in front of the Needle Exchange on Ave C was arguing with his comrade in a wheel chair. I did not sus the topic but the blind guy - waving his stick in the air said, "I'd kill you if ye weren't a cripple!!!"

11:39am Roberto:

Wasn't Pseu a shed customer service rep at one point?

11:39am Rev. Turnip Druid:

my kingdom for an earth hoe.

11:39am Dean:

A hoe and a rake walk into a shed...

11:39am Evan From Seattle:

@Ken thanks I will check that out. It might be a great time for it to come back because all that stuff is really popular live streaming with the kids these days. People freak out over it.
@JakeGould oh wow that should be pretty cool. The old artwork was nuts

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11:40am AnAnonymousParty:

"dear god, he's still eating" Umm, I beg to differ. As a David Crosby eating aficionado I can say that he's just getting started.

11:40am fred:

@ngh: I met him when he had a show in Paris on my birthday. Turned out he's my elder by three days

11:41am Sam:

Aw jeez

11:41am Zetti:

What's the 14 gallons for? SHTF?

11:41am fleep:

wow you people type a lot

11:41am Sebastian:

oof

11:41am FҵFҵ (:

Does anyone know when the next WFMU schedule is being released?

11:41am Buddha of Suburbia:

Fred, how fun!

11:41am Linda Lee:

i got a hoe in my shed too. plus an early 90s Macintosh computer. so there.

11:41am Sam:

I tried to call in last week, I thought it was live. That's how fresh and good it sounded.

11:42am People Like Us:

imminently FҵFҵ (:

11:42am Mi-rgod:

Ken, you're my hero, but goddamit, those Crosby eating clips are f***ing war crimes! Cease and desist!

11:42am Morphe:

There is a HOE AVENUE in the South Bronx

11:43am FҵFҵ (:

Thanks, vicki! I do hope you're in there!

11:43am heyitschris:

I think these Crosby clips are giving me misophonia.

11:43am steveo:

the current schedule says it goes through september 10th

11:43am Linda Lee:

needle exchange still on ave c? that's a good thing. that place saved my ass, i'm sure.

11:44am Nick S.:

I want soup.

11:44am People Like Us:

I normally only apply to do Summer Schedules, FҵFҵ (:

11:44am Morphe:

Linda Lee - that was 1992?????

11:45am JakeGould:

It’s always summer in Philadelphia!

11:45am Kat in Chicago:

Missed you this summer, Vicki!

11:45am Asheville Jon:

this ave maria is ok, but not nearly as good as Jan Terri's version

11:45am People Like Us:

yes, I missed being on!

11:45am Sam:

Mee too Vicki, I miss your show like mad!

11:46am Linda Lee:

ah ok. just about the time it saved my ass :-D

11:46am Sebastian:

how much can Crosby eat? He has to be full at some point, no?

11:46am Asheville Jon:

www.youtube.com...

11:46am Listening Out There:

<repeat>We want Vicki, We want...

11:46am northguineahills:

munching granola w/ david crosby's pizza....

11:46am fleep:

assumes the imminent schedule update position

11:46am FҵFҵ (:

Great, Vicki! Good to know Summer's coming soon (southern hemisphere).

11:47am Linda Lee:

i'ld love hearing you on air again, Vicki.

11:47am People Like Us:

I didn't apply for the next schedule, sorry! I'll apply for next Summer as usual :)

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11:47am AnAnonymousParty:

Speaking of hoes, does anyone remember the Corner Gas episode where the town erected a statue of a giant hoe so they could bill themselves as 'home of the biggest hoe' in an effort to beat out (spits) Wullerton?

11:47am People Like Us:

thanks :)

11:47am Jeff Moore:

Okay, that was kind of freaky.

I put down Ted the Dog's food bowl just before Ken potted up David Crosby Eating Pizza, and for awhile there I couldn't tell which glomping and smacking was which.

11:48am northguineahills:

@fred: He was in Stuttgart for about 6 years (met him in nyc).

11:48am steveo:

golly i could sure go for some delicious deep-dish pizza about now

11:48am JakeGould:

@Jeff: It’s a hate crime to compare your dog to David Crosby.

11:48am northguineahills:

what Kat said about PLU!

11:48am Tiago from Portugal:

I'm really gonna miss this show SM Ken.

11:48am Sam:

Ken and Vicki in June!
Ken and Vicki in June!
That will be my mantra through the long, cold, miserable winter.

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11:49am Webhamster Henry:

"Super Saw" is pretty talented and featured in the All Musical Saw Book SCRATCH MY BACK.

11:49am Morphe:

Needle Exchange - 1990s on Astor Place, minding my own bee's wax and 2 dudes asked me where was the Needle Excahange??? 20 blocks away?? What do I lok like???
Last week, visiting my dying mother in hospice, leaving the place 55/2ndAve Bklyn, a woman asks me where "can I score????" What the fuck do I look like????

11:49am weiterso:

this sounds like a requiem to the show

11:49am People Like Us:

yay to that (any of that up there)

11:49am northguineahills:

(just realized G-ville is a hippie town after all)

11:49am Jeff Moore:

@Jake: only in terms of food eating noises, believe me.

11:49am lane:

Just had someone cover my spot at work while i ran out, she asked if i aware of the really creepy music playing out of my computer

11:50am Sam:

Don't play that saw too much, you're going to need it for Crosby's liposuction

11:50am Linda Lee:

guess you don't look like a cop, Morphe.

11:50am Planet Tyler:

@Asheville - I got Jan Terri to call my brother on his bday. I sure won that year

11:50am jaysit:

Where does this David Crosby eating stuff come from? A Google search and a search of WFMU's artist archives doesn't show me anything

11:50am Carmichael:

I just got up to get some tea, and missed all the Ken will be gone talk. WTF is happening? Who's taking your place, Kenneth?

11:50am FҵFҵ (:

Ken,

You have to promise us, under oath, you are coming back to do your show...dead or alive but you#ll be coming back.

11:51am maestroso:

Wow, go out of range for a few hours and what happens? Hope you have a good break Ken and return refreshed!

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11:51am AnAnonymousParty:

Ken is taking a break to build a second shed he can call himself "Ken, two sheds, Freedman".

11:51am Sam:

I think Crosby butt dialed Ken by mistake while he was eating

11:51am JakeGould:

@Morphe: 55th Street and 2nd Avenue in Brooklyn is the heart of Sunset Park’s dopeville. One time I was exploring the neighhorhood and just walking on 54th Street or so and every other person said to me “Good day, sir…” then I realized I was the only white guy there so they were testing me.

11:51am Planet Tyler:

Jeesh was everyone doing H in alphabet city in the early 90s?

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11:51am Ken From Hyde Park:

Start putting money aside now and you'll have a big lump available when it's time to soak Andy during the marathon.

11:51am Nick S.:

Can we hear Larry one more time? "Hello, Ken. This is Larry."

11:52am Jeff Moore:

That Jim Leonard is a fine saw player, but we should give Natalia Paruz's recordings some air time whenever possible – she's a friend of the station! She showed up for 7SD in think twice.

www.sawlady.com

11:52am Linda Lee:

wasn't 20 blocks away. just about 8 or 9 blocks, iirc.
record purity counts at the time. something like 30%.

11:52am Rev. Turnip Druid:

@carm: likewise am piecing it together.
I think I'll be sculpting my memorial to CUPCAKE DOG this evening..

11:52am JakeGould:

@PlanetTyler: Nope. Lots of people were doing herin in Brighton Beach at the time. Neil Simon ain’t gonna talk about that “memoir” but “Requiem for a Dream” sheds light on that.

11:53am Lewis:

I recently realized that the record smashing gif is from "Its a Wonderful Life"...

11:53am Nick S.:

Yay! Thank you.

11:53am northguineahills:

@Planet Tyler: Enough still were last year, doing the junky slump.

I knew the dealers in my hood, they friendly joked w/ me a lit.

11:53am Rev. Turnip Druid:

also, #CornWeenie , never forget. A project worthy of permanent yay.

11:54am herb.nyc:

"first time..." make me think of ringo's "photograph" - my friend took the line "everytime i see yr face" and followed it with "it makes me think if yr part of the human race"

11:54am Carmichael:

Oh my. Does this Cash song have a pedal steel solo?

11:54am JakeGould:

Oh, and I found an empty bottle of Oxy last night on one of my late night constitutionals in Bay Ridge. Drugs be everywhere folks!

11:55am Morphe:

What???? Ken is going on hiatus ??????

11:55am FҵFҵ (:

Soak Andy?! Who wants to soack Andy? AHEM! I think you meant to say 'soak Ken'! Not that I'm angry at your departure, Ken! You know I love you!

*whispering* soak him hard and repeatedly, people!

11:56am Linda Lee:

in the 90s you could actually take a shot & you weren't likely to kick off.
100 years' prohibition on narcotics as of 2014. talk about successful!

11:58am FҵFҵ (:

People!

I found why Ken's leaving! He is already telling us! Is on the playlist! Read the first letters of every song on the playlist! The message is encoded there!

11:58am mb:

Viva la Ken!

11:58am northguineahills:

te extranaremos, Ken!

11:58am weiterso:

Many thanks to Ken for all the great shows!

11:58am chris_in_space:

Ken, what was the book on the guy whose name you can't mention?

11:58am berbo:

Technically it is now an Aretha song. Those are the rules

11:58am JakeGould:

¡Vaya con dios, Ken!

11:58am Morphe:

Ken ..Seriously I - we (Arnan y Simon) hope you are OK?????
LOVE with no kisses on the mouth or below!!!!! Tim

11:58am Sam:

How deep is the dish? How deep does this go Ken??

11:59am Tiago from Portugal:

Thank you ken

11:59am Nick S.:

Bye, Ken!!!

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11:59am Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Ken. See you again some sunny day.

11:59am Sebastian:

Merci, Ken!

11:59am Nick S.:

Thanks!

11:59am Linda Lee:

see you next week, Ken!

11:59am fred:

Thanks Ken!

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12:00pm AnAnonymousParty:

David Crosby eats only at the 'bottomless dish' pizza place.

12:00pm FҵFҵ (:

hasta siempre, amigo Ken!

12:00pm Sam:

We've got Portugal on the line. Go ahead sir.

12:02pm bobo:

hi sorry for being a bit late. thankfully that will change as soon i'll be doing a morning shift so i'll be able to come earlier to ask for requests! By the way, are you still playing requests?