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Artist Track Album Approx. start time
Michael J. Anderson (as Samson Leonhart)  Opening Monologue   Favoriting Carnivàle (TV series, S1E1)  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Pastor Hague  Pastoral Robocall   Favoriting The Hurricane Bible Church  0:01:10 (Pop-up)
Beth Sorrentino  Hamster on a Piano   Favoriting home recording 2020  0:01:46 (Pop-up)
Joe Frank  Dreamland (intro)   Favoriting The Other Side (series)  0:02:29 (Pop-up)
Jeff Beal (composer)  Brother Justin's Dream   Favoriting Carnivàle (TV series, S1E1)  0:06:36 (Pop-up)
Elliot Galvin  So Below   Favoriting Live in Paris at Fondation Louis Vuitton  0:11:03 (Pop-up)
Karl Pilkington (as Dougie)  Crying   Favoriting Derek (TV series)  0:20:02 (Pop-up)
Medeski, Martin & Wood  Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus   Favoriting Shack-Man  0:20:25 (Pop-up)
Ipso Facto  Circle of Fifths   Favoriting Ipso Facto  0:24:53 (Pop-up)
Clinic  Walking with Thee   Favoriting Walking with Thee  0:28:18 (Pop-up)
David T. Little, Andrew McKenna Lee & American Contemporary Music Ensemble  Agency: III. A Quiet Song of Secret Lessons   Favoriting David T. Little: Agency  0:31:03 (Pop-up)
Ricky Miller  Blue Velvet   Favoriting Incorrect Music Archives  0:36:17 (Pop-up)
Ann Lever  Stand by Your Man   Favoriting Ann Lever demos  0:39:30 (Pop-up)
Pheeroan Ak Laff  3 In 1 (Daphni Edit)   Favoriting FabricLive 93: Daphni  0:42:31 (Pop-up)
Michael J. Anderson (as Samson Leonhart) and Nick Stahl (as Ben Hawkins)  Lunch Scene   Favoriting Carnivàle (TV series, S1E1)  0:47:37 (Pop-up)
Insa Donja Kai  Synoise   Favoriting Insomnie Joyeuse  0:49:02 (Pop-up)
Hiromi  Green Tea Farm   Favoriting Brain  0:54:19 (Pop-up)
various WFMU staffers  composite station ID #1   Favoriting   2:33:05 (Pop-up)
Brian Dewan  The Human Heart   Favoriting Live at the Auk  0:59:07 (Pop-up)
Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams  Third Plane   Favoriting Third Plane  1:03:56 (Pop-up)
Robert Northern, Phil Woods, and others  Thelonious Monk vignettes   Favoriting The Jazz Loft (film)  1:09:52 (Pop-up)
The Thelonious Monk Orchestra  Little Rootie Tootie   Favoriting The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall  1:11:41 (Pop-up)
Cleve Pozar  Echo Afrika   Favoriting Solo Percussion  1:20:22 (Pop-up)
Claudine Longet vs. The Beatles (ccc mix)  Here, There, and Everywhere   Favoriting Revolved (ccc mash-up of Revolver album)  1:26:26 (Pop-up)
Luna  Beautiful View   Favoriting Pup Tent  1:29:21 (Pop-up)
Mizalito  Timbales Solo 2019   Favoriting Mizalito Solo  1:32:44 (Pop-up)
Jamie Saft Trio  Trouble   Favoriting Trouble - The Jamie Saft Trio Plays Bob Dylan  1:38:00 (Pop-up)
Billy Joel vs. Amy Winehouse  Love Is A Piano Man   Favoriting Go Home Productions: Spliced Krispies Vol. 2  1:44:27 (Pop-up)
Shooby Taylor and Erroll Garner  Someone to Watch Over Me   Favoriting Taylor Tape #6345  1:47:41 (Pop-up)
Griot Galaxy  Liberty City Rundown   Favoriting Opus Krampus  1:51:30 (Pop-up)
various WFMU staffers  composite station ID #2   Favoriting   2:33:43 (Pop-up)
Harry Partch and the Gate 5 Ensemble  And on the Seventh Day Petals Fell on Petaluma   Favoriting The Harry Partch Collection, Vol. 2  2:00:36 (Pop-up)
John Hollenbeck (vocals: Theo Bleckmann, Kate McGarry)  Man of Constant Sorrow   Favoriting Songs I Like a Lot  2:36:51 (Pop-up)
Tom Waits  God's Away on Business   Favoriting Blood Money  2:48:10 (Pop-up)
Joe Frank  Either Or (excerpt)   Favoriting In the Dark (series)  2:51:08 (Pop-up)
Carnivàle soundtrack (music by Jeff Beal)  Brother Justin's Self-Flagellation / After the Ball   Favoriting Carnivàle (TV series, S1E2)  2:53:40 (Pop-up)
The Chordettes  Mr. Sandman   Favoriting The Best of the Chordettes  2:56:14 (Pop-up)
various WFMU staffers  composite station ID #3   Favoriting   2:58:32 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  6/2 1:00pm
FءFء(:

Hi, Irwin! Are you taking a summer break? I just saw the new schedule and it kind of hurts not seeing your name there. Hope all is well.
  9:51am
PJ:

Irwin, I don't know what's happening with mgmt, but whatever you do, don't get in the car when they say they are taking you to that nice farm upstate
  Swag For Life Member 10:51am
Burrito:

maybe Irwin and Bob Brainen are going to form an WFMU super DJ group. i would listen, just sayin...
  11:22am
J-Dubz-Tha Main Man:

But...Irwin, yours is my fave show of the week since they ran Joel St. Germaine out of town.
Avatar 3:00pm
βrian:

Present and adverbially accounted for.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:00pm
Handy Haversack:

Hi, Irwin. Hello, Chusidians.

Sorry to see you won't be on the schedule this coming season, Irwin -- like many others, I hope it's a temporary break!

Happy to be here today, though!
  3:01pm
listener phillip covid19 negative:

IRWINS LAST SHOW:(::: I'm going to cry:(:::
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:01pm
G:

Like the Terminator, he'll be back. For now, as the Codger.
  3:02pm
berbo:

Got my calendar! Really looking forward to 2021. Like, just can't wait for 2021. I think.
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Carmichael:

first thought this was the Captain speaking.
Avatar 👻 3:03pm
Jennica:

Hi there, IDC. Hi, everyone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:03pm
Your Ace From Exchange Place:

Greetings!
  3:04pm
Listener Robert:

Irwin took two whole schedules off about 8 years ago, so take heart.

Meanwhile notice who's on Thursday evenings.
  3:04pm
listener phillip covid19 negative:

it's like mornings without Frank o'toole. and Saturdays without TerreT and the cherry blossom clinic:(::::
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:04pm
Otis Fodder:

Case of cuban rum. Check. Cigars. Check. Cats on floor mambo'in'. Check. Toes dancing like Shooby Scats. Check. Hugging my ol' pal Irwin on his last show. Check-a-rooni!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:04pm
coelacanth∅:

what the fuck Irwin! when's the last time you weren't on the schedule, c.1965?
this is not acceptable
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:04pm
rrg:

It's sad that this is Irwin's last regular show for a while, but it sounds like we're in for a special treat with this one.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:04pm
Irwin:

Robert: Pure coincidence.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:04pm
Michael 98145:

yes
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:04pm
G:

As the years pass, The Codger gets easier and easier to perform.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:05pm
Lizardner Dave 2:

Have a good, safe break from this show Irwin.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:06pm
Otis Fodder:

I heard about this Old Codger fellow dusting his body off while keeping his clothes mothy coming soon to a Thursday near us.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:06pm
Sweet Corn Lizzie:

Hello Irwin and everyone!
Avatar 👻 3:06pm
Jennica:

Lizardner Dave 2: sweet
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:07pm
WoodsOfNH:

Does this mean I can stop work and have my quarantini early today?
  3:07pm
listener phillip covid19 negative:

wednesdays wont be the same. only Ken in the mornings and No Irwin in the afternoon. like only having one arm.
Avatar 👻 3:08pm
Jennica:

WoodsOfNH: yes
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:09pm
rrg:

I take comfort in the existence of the archive. Do you realize how many hours of Irwin programs there are in there? Dozens or even hundreds, I'm sure.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:09pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

Is that the REAL Otis Fodder on the comments page!?! Hi Otis!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:09pm
rrg:

Of course it's the real Otis!
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βrian:

This makes want to lie on the floor.
I'll be back.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:10pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

I suspect that Irwin has accumulated 365 WFMU vacation days and that results in a mandatory schedule break.
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Henry & Natalie:

On the floor too!!
  3:10pm
listener phillip covid19 negative:

I'm still in shock:(
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:10pm
Kat in Chicago:

I do need to dig into some vintage Irwin shows.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:10pm
rrg:

Do I want to watch Carnivàle, then?
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Jersey Cowboy:

Thanks for the great ahows Irwin. I'll be in the archives with you off the upcoming schedule....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:11pm
Irwin:

Just to clarify: it was my decision to take a (needed) break. I'm still on staff, the Elder Scapegoat.
  3:12pm
Laura L:

So even when we all put our 2021 Radio Hat calendars up in January, we'll still be listening to Irwin archives all the way to next June!
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Henry & Natalie:

Cheers Irwin!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:12pm
Otis Fodder:

Hi Wendy! How could I miss Irwin's last day on Wednesday, I will make a rum concoction shortly in hommage and maybe some 'cheese' and crackers on the side.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:12pm
xtrakrispy:

Carnivale was absolutely brilliant. Very otherworldly fight between good and evil set in a roaring side show/carnival. I highly recommend.
Avatar 3:12pm
Jersey Cowboy:

Enjoy the break Irwin
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:13pm
Irwin:

rrg: Yes, you all need to watch Carnivàle. I'm watching it for the 3rd time. I can't understate its majesty and brilliance.
Avatar 3:13pm
brainiac:

I'll just join the chorus and say I will feel a great void in my Wednesdays until Irwin "The Dean" Chusid returns to the airwaves.
  3:13pm
listener phillip covid19 negative:

I'm going to listen to "the old codger" he better be funny or I'll have "endora" from "bewitched" turn him into a dog thats going to be NEUTERED! at the Vet.
  3:13pm
Listener Robert:

rrg, I'm still working my way thru Muriel's Treasure.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:14pm
Lizardner Dave 2:

I believe the Codger will be taking calls this time around, his phone number is 7, if I recall correctly.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:14pm
Handy Haversack:

Yeah, I dug Carnivàle, too.

It will be cool to have Skeleton Skott on the air every week is a bright side here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:15pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

Otis, I agree. We gotta show up, especially today. Don't get me wrong, I love Scott Williams's show, too, but it's hard to say "good-bye," even if it's more like, "see you later."
Have you gone vegan, or did you put "cheese" in quotations for a non-vegan reason? I hope it's the latter, since you live in a great town for cheese!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:15pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Skeleton Skott will be the new vacuum operator? He'll need to know where the extension cords are kept.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:15pm
Otis Fodder:

Looking forward to the new Irwin Chusid broadcasting projects. ASMR videos! Planking!
  3:15pm
flashbazbo:

Well that’s just ri goddam diculous.
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Jennica:

Love Elliot Galvin!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:16pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

Lizardner Dave 2: I seem to recall the Codger's phone number is 6. Unless the dang phone company's gone and changed it on him. Bastards!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:16pm
WoodsOfNH:

Elliot Galvin -> straight to my bandcamp want list
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:16pm
Otis Fodder:

Latter, wendy. While Veggie, I still do dairy like it's going out of style. Quotes was for you my friend, as cheese is our love!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:17pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

Otis: Whew! And yes, even though cheese isn't going out of style, we should eat it like it is. :-)
  3:17pm
listener phillip covid19 negative:

irwin comes on the mic I'm going to burst into tears!:(::::::
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rrg:

@Robert: yes, there's so much in the archive. If we listen to an Irwin archive program a day, he can take YEARS off.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:17pm
Otis Fodder:

Always Wendy, yay. Hope you are doing swell slightly down south and cheers from Montreal!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:19pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

Thank you, Otis! I'm doing pretty well down here on the other side of the border. Hope you're doing swell, too!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:20pm
Crudbringer:

Beautiful. Thank you Irwin. Another too-brief WFM-interlUde before I go back to the salt mine...
  3:20pm
listener phillip covid19 negative:

and he just started playing those old JOE FRANK episodes. I look forward to that every week was upset they were gone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:21pm
G:

Quite the philosophical first set on the final show for now...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:21pm
Lizardner Dave 2:

You're probably right about the phone # Wendy. 7 might be his cell phone, which is actually made from single-celled prehistoric organisms, or so I've heard.
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brainiac:

What was the most common epithet applied to Karl Pilkington when he did radio with Ricky Gervais? I forget what the called him.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:23pm
Otis Fodder:

Nice.... Medeski, Martin & Wood
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Carmichael:

Irwin's maneuvering for his own stream. Give the Chusid some.
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Carmichael:

@brainiac, no you don't ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:24pm
G:

Chusidichiban?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:25pm
Otis Fodder:

@Carmichael - Chusid's Jungle Room.

@G - Chusibon. Ha.
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Deborah:

Goodbye Irwin! I will miss this show a lot. It helps me through the tedium and angst of online teaching college composition. I will listen to the Codger and will be looking forward to your own stream.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:26pm
Handy Haversack:

Just realized I have to attend a work "party" at 4 ... this does not accord with my priorities.
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ottovonbqe:

hope you come back someday and don't wind up disappeared at an fmu black site.
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Jennica:

Maybe you'll be back before the end, Handy?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:27pm
Crudbringer:

Eew, @Handy. Mega-grody.
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G:

@Handy: Pretending to have fun with coworkers falls under "other duties as assigned"
  3:28pm
Laura L:

@ Braniac, Did they just call Karl Pilkington an idiot? Maybe it's where he got the title for "An Idiot Abroad."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

@Handy - Can your Zoom background be a loop of you staring, smiling and blinking occasionally? It'd likely fool them.
  👻 Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
12539:

Will miss you, Irwin.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
Crudbringer:

Farewell, sweet Irwin.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:29pm
G:

Midweek midafternoons just won't be the same.

No, that's not an ambiguous comment.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:30pm
Sweet Corn Lizzie:

I'll miss you, Irwin, but the archives are there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:30pm
Kat in Chicago:

Haven't heard this Clinic jam for a minute.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:30pm
Handy Haversack:

I hope so, Jennica!

Ken, it's worth thinking about ... though this Windows Cuneiform A laptop would likely explode if I tried to run Zoom *and* stream WFMU.
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Itzall Hear:

Dear Irwin,
Thank you for every single moment of musical (and dialogue-ical) goodness you have presented this year and I hope you have a great, well-deserved break. And that you come back.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
coelacanth∅:

in my opinion, it'd be excellent if those who have theories about the identity of the old codger keep those theories off the old codger comment boards -for the benefit of new listeners there... for the mystique...
of course that's just my opinion.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
Irwin:

All of your kind sentiments are appreciated. I have every intention of returning to the schedule. And producing annual WFMU calendars (with Laura's help).
  3:31pm
Beetlemuse:

Sad Irwin will be taking a break, now who will introduce me to new audio ear candy!?
  3:32pm
FءFء(:

Hooray for Irwin!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:33pm
Kat in Chicago:

The calendars are so good. 2020 edition is on the wall a few feet from me right now.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:33pm
Otis Fodder:

Go Irwin and Laura for Calendars. I have one coming with my mouse soon, looking forward.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:33pm
WoodsOfNH:

@Irwin You'll definitely be missed. However, TheWife is not sad that the chances of hearing any Jandek have gone down by a bit. ;-)
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brainiac:

@Laura L 3:28: I'm sure you're right; that had to have been the word most often used. I loved when they piled abuse on him, which reveals more about me than I like to admit.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:34pm
Wendy del Formaggio:

@coel: I agree! All we need to know is the Ol' Codger's name is Courtney T. Edison and his phone number is 6. All other biographical details are his to reveal at his discretion. I know I'll be tuning in to find out if it's true he dated Sophie Tucker. Rumor has it...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:34pm
Handy Haversack:

Heh, we're all clearly a little fragile, Irwin!

Really have loved your discussions these past few weeks of the songs and moments that committed you to freeform radio. Those segments were a real gift!
  3:35pm
flashbazbo:

I never found out what genre toking Sufiism was.
  3:35pm
Laura L:

Very glad you like the calendars, Kat and Otis. I think we should all go ahead and hang the 2021 up on a wall right next to the 2020--there will be a future, after all!
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Itzall Hear:

Also, it will give my bank account a break from the weekly record spends... aww, who am I kidding?!? Trouble? Yep. Duane? Again, yep. Joe McG? Yes, even Joe... haha ALL responsible for my swelling record bins.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:35pm
coelacanth∅:

ahhh, Sophie!

...and his social security number is 1.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:36pm
Irwin:

Courtney's SS# expired!
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laughingacademy:

Oh man, I want to dub this version of "Blue Velvet" over the David Lynch film.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:38pm
coelacanth∅:

oh no! maybe Sophie's still sending him a check here and there?
  3:38pm
flashbazbo:

The first phone call was to my hood. Watson was his name. His number must have been 2.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:39pm
G:

He's been drawing Social Security since 1937. Little known rule, you age out past 75 years collecting it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:39pm
Irwin:

Everything Courtney touches turns to mold.
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brainiac:

@Irwin: I especially loved your dropping in old bits you did with Michelle Boule lately. I guess I'll have to listen to "Song Of The Burmese Land" after the show...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:42pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

"_You're_ the Good Ol' Boys?"
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Andy M.:

"Stand by yeh-man!"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:43pm
Ike:

I dig Clancy Brown but wasn't Carnivale cancelled before it could be completed? It's an unfinished story, no? I don't remember how many episodes I watched but I gave up after a while -- I'd been burned by other shows and figured all the signs and portents were going nowhere.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:45pm
Alison Porchnik:

Clancy Brown: the inimitable voice of Mr. Krabs in Spongebob Sq. Pants
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:46pm
Irwin:

Carnivàle was indeed cancelled after two seasons and the plot was never resolved. It doesn't matter. It's a stunning spectacle from start to abrupt finish.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:46pm
Otis Fodder:

Will Courtney be a part of the skeleton crew, since he actually is a skeleton at his age, what is it, 164?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:46pm
KevinfromBayRidge:

I know that you'll be back Irwin. Guess we won't be having a Scelsa-esque ."Oh Auntie Em, there's no place like home," moment?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:47pm
Irwin:

Samson: "You don't like steak?"
Ben Hawkins: "Meat's fine. It don't ask questions."
  3:50pm
KWilde:

Carnavale was great
  3:51pm
thelma:

Unpopular Music, Muriel's Treasure, Joe Frank at 4 ,Tom Wilson, Moondog, all from Irwin. What will we do without him?
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brainiac:

Isn't it true that WNEW stole the concept of Milkman's Matinee from Courtney?
  3:54pm
morphe':

Irwin and all...
going to NPR for the 4pm est news..
Wanted to say -
Thanks Irwin... you will be missed - enjoy the siesta....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:56pm
G:

Irwin's been saving up that first mic break...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:56pm
ackthpfft:

Thanks for everything (so far) Irwin.
I finished my newly acquired copy of "Key of Z". I hope the next gig takes advantage of your writing skills.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:56pm
Otis Fodder:

20 years of archives folks, www.wfmu.org...

Hey Irwin, how long since the last break/stop? 30 or more years?

Anyhow, congrats old pal. Breaks are great, if forever or for a bit.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:58pm
Little Danny:

Howdy all
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:58pm
Otis Fodder:

Hey Danny!
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laughingacademy:

Yay, Brian Dewan!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:00pm
Otis Fodder:

Ditto for Dewan!
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Andy M.:

No mic breaks today, Irwin?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:01pm
G:

@Otis: I recall he was off for awhile somewhere in the early 10s. Archive would show you when exactly.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:01pm
G:

Mic beak required at top of hour for station ID (etc.), any second now...
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brainiac:

♥ Brian Dewan, but was always worried he might have bodies buried in his back yard. I'd still pay to see him though.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:02pm
Irwin:

I took a year off in 2008, but continued showing up whack-a-mole style from week to week.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:03pm
Little Danny:

The only thing the FCC demands is a station ID, which just happened.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:03pm
Irwin:

Danny: This program is fully FCC-compliant.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:03pm
G:

@Danny: So, the silent treatment then?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:03pm
Otis Fodder:

Ahh, that's right. I vaguely remember that in 2008. Was the post time of 365 and days of the blog for this cat.
  4:04pm
morphe':

Speaking of NPR -
who started the NewSpeak of
"....The Takeaway from that is...."
and
"...Let us now UNPACK that .."
What ever happened to .."that means ..."
and
".. the key points are/were..."
Sorry to sound like Fabio but
.... give that Newspeak a burial..
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Itzall Hear:

He will injure himself with that auto-harp.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:05pm
G:

@morphe: I am so sick of the recent cliches "unprecedented," "in the era of," and "amid"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:05pm
Otis Fodder:

Irwin - Poured a rum and coke 15min ago for the show. Pushing off work until later to sit in with you. Thanks for al the music over the years pal.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:07pm
coelacanth∅:

-in these uncertain times...
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Irwin:

morphé: Amen to that.
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brainiac:

If I never hear 'boots on the ground' again, it'll be too soon.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:09pm
coelacanth∅:

do people actually say "let's unpack that"?
-more than once/population/10 year period?
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Ike:

Is all of this related to business-speak, which comes from business leadership books and management manifestos? I despise business-speak.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:09pm
Otis Fodder:

The cinematic trailer for these times one day.... "In a world..."
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G:

"best practices" -- classic question begging...
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Irwin:

In the next audio seg you'll hear the voice of Robert Northern (a.k.a. Brother Ah), who just passed away at age 86. He talks about Thelonious Monk teaching him a horn part in a most unusual way. Obit: wapo.st...
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coelacanth∅:

haha! Great story!
  4:12pm
Laura L:

"The Jazz Loft" is a great documentary--I bet everyone on the chat board would enjoy it.
  4:13pm
morphe':

Coelacantha - was a NYC teacher for 27 years and those phrases kept growing like fungus around 2015???? Along with "Mindfulness" and "there are 4 types of learners..."
It was farcical but if you voiced a vague questionaing of the dogma or the basis of such things ...you became persona non-grata ...
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Otis Fodder:

Going to check out the loft now. Thx!
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andy the painter:

this is great Monk stuff, Irwin....thanks!
  4:14pm
andy the painter:

@laura L. thanks for the tip!
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Wendy del Formaggio:

@Laura L: I agree. I got to see "The Jazz Loft" on a very big screen in the Bellows Falls (VT) Opera House, a beautifully-restored theater that's municipally-owned, too. A lovely setting for a really lovely film.
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G:

"4 types of learners" -- that learning styles stuff has been studied for many years, and meta-studied by collating published studies. There's no evidence it is valid or correlates with academic success. It's kinda like Freud just making up stuff and saying it's true, and all the sheep parroting it (a fun mixed metaphor, there). Not science whatsoever.
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coelacanth∅:

morphe' i can imagine the frustration!
some phrases have infested to such a degree that some people don't understand more literal phrases.
(i live with a 20-something and i know!)
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Deborah:

♥ @4:09coelacanth∅ If you teach and attend collegial meetings you will hear "we have a lot to unpack" and my all-time favorite word that gives me chills and makes me want to puke--we have to "grapple with" whatever they are mumbling about to either stall time or avoid the bigger questions.
  4:18pm
morphe':

Only Shakespeare and Listener G can Mix Metaphors with success...
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Irwin:

When Monk came on the scene, some thought he was an idiot. They thought he couldn't play. Yet, no one's jazz keyboard style is more immediately recognizable.
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Deborah:

@ G: I won't even get started on the types of learners. Or as my students might say, " I just can't right now....."
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zopa:

I'll miss you, Irwin. Particularly your Indigo Girls/John Mayer treatments. Thanks for all the fun. Hope to hear you sooner than later.
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Dean:

"...pivot..." That's the word that drives me crazy.
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coelacanth∅:

G -no, it's true...it's a thing!
(actually i use that one sometimes!)
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Deborah:

Somoene mentioned Vin Scelsa; thought about his final show on other stations left of the dial and way back on WFMU. The greats go....
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Little Danny:

I've recently been digging this Cleve Pozar too. I can't think of a more cosmic percussion album.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Overused word of the future: quaranteenagers.
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coelacanth∅:

Deborah, i guess some people think replacing words with metaphorical terms makes people more comfortable?
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Irwin:

Danny: You want cosmic percussion? Check out some offerings by Emil Richards.
  4:24pm
Dean:

Fritz Hauser's Solo Drumming, too, et alia.
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Dean:

And Sun Ra's sublime Visions with Walt Dickerson.
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coelacanth∅:

i'll just go ahead and disclose the phrase that makes me cringe the most... oh, i just did!
  4:26pm
otto:

Cheers, Irwin. I'll miss tuning in to your show - truly a highlight of my week. Catch ya next time.
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Deborah:

coelacanth∅: I don't know. Academics can be so frustrating and pedantic. I usually zone out or do subtle qigong eye exercises (mudras) so it looks like my eyes are somewhat open.
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David in London:

Hello Irwin and the assembled. Brainiac, Coela, morphester et al.
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G:

@Deborah: "professional development ("PD") -- another tremendous question begging term
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Carmichael:

Irregardless.
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brainiac:

@Irwin: Is it true that the working title of your book is "A Farewell to Adorno: Radio Authority and the Broadcasting of Incorrect Music"?

@David: Welcome to the wake!
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berbo:

It is what it is
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ackthpfft:

@Carmichael: Gah, a pet peeve! (And the name of famous restaurant in these parts.)
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coelacanth∅:

Deborah good strategy!
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Dean:

Got to get our ducks in a row.
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G:

@brainiac: Irwin is not Frankfurt School. Maybe more Frankfurter School? :-)
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flashbazbo:

Vs the Beatles? That woman is a hazard.
  4:29pm
Dean:

Was there a Hamburg School?
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Is a frankfurter a sandwich?
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scott:

hyperglycemia
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ackthpfft:

Let's not forget "paradigm" and "synergy", banes of B-school.
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Itzall Hear:

Double the negatives at half the price, but irregardless, a damn fine value.
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Dean:

Other than McDonald's University, I mean.
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G:

Ich bin ein Frankfurter
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coelacanth∅:

Carm Yeah! what the fuck is that?!
some irresponsible dictionary makers are likely sticking that in there by now
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brainiac:

At the end of the day,
G is the last word.
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David in London:

Yeah, no Irwin. There will be much wailing and g-nashing of teeth in this household I can tell you.
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coelacanth∅:

greetings David (iL)
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Beetlemuse:

I thought that was Luna, was listening to love dust earlier
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Alison Porchnik:

I'd say Irwin is much closer to the Ayn Rand School for Tots than the Frankfurt School. (Simpsons reference there)
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prudy:

Love me some Dean...
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G:

"At the end of the day" -- started in the 90s, I think. An anglicism, I suspect. Man, did the treads get thin on that one in a hurry.
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Jennica:

Make my Monk the T. Monk!
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coelacanth∅:

that's right, Itzall does irregardless mean "with regard"?
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Irwin:

Alison has the correct metric.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

These are all good talking points.
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rrg:

Whatever.
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Itzall Hear:

Dear coelacanth∅,
I believe that is correct, in a hall of mirrors fashion.
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Deborah:

@Ken From Hyde Park: Is that a phrase fav of yours? Another great teaching phrase; You've got to meet them (students) where they are. In other words, don't be too challenging. That is a load of crap.
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coelacanth∅:

i'd like to be in charge of an online dictionary. when someone looks up a term such as "irregardless" it's say "haha that's not a word!"
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coelacanth∅:

(and looking up "flammable" we'd get "a word borne out of ignorance and embraced by a stupid population for safety's sake")
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spodiodi:

Irwin, I'll miss you like crazy. Was crushed when I learned you weren't on the schedule.Please come back soon, even whack-a-mole style! <3 thank you for everything, especially the music, your sense of humor and kindness. And most importantly, hope you have a good break (and a safe/healthy one).
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Irwin:

New thread: Years ago I began compiling a list of bands whose names were complete sentences or dependent clauses. This list is out of date, but I never published it anywhere. Feel free to add to it.

And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead; At The Close of Every Day; Be A Familiar; Beginning Of The End; Borrowed Beams of Light; Breathe Owl Breathe; Cage the Elephant; Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; Cosby, You! Black Entertainer?; Cut Off Your Hands; Cymbals Eat Guitars; Dirty on Purpose; Dogs Die In Hot Cars; Explosions In The Sky; Follow That Bird!; Follow the Elephants; Ghosts I've Met; Great Lakes Myth Society; Hammer No More the Fingers; Hazards of Swimming Naked; Her Space Holiday ; How To Dress Well; I Am Robot and Proud; In Praise of Folly; In the Whale; I Think You’re Awesome; Jukebox the Ghost; Keep Shelly in Athens; Lost in the Trees; Not Waving But Drowning; Panic at the Disco; Pianos Become the Teeth; Planes Mistaken for Stars; Saturday Looks Good To Me; She's Spanish, I'm American; Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin; Suburban Kids With Biblical Names; Swearing At Motorists; Tears Run Rings; The Accident That Led Me to the World; The Animals at Night; The Boy Least Likely To; The Fresh & Onlys; The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger ; The Hundred in the Hands; The Light in You; The Pains of Being Pure at Heart; The Rural Alberta Advantage; The Shout Out Louds; The Trouble With Me; The Truly Me Club; The War on Drugs; The Whitest Boy Alive; Thoughts Detecting Machines; Throw Me The Statue; Throwing Paper Airplanes; Warm in the Wake; We Are Scientists; We Were Promised Jetpacks; You Me And Everyone We Know; You Say Party!; Yours Are the Only Ears.
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Irwin:

If a group requires more than three words in their name—and THE counts as one (unless it's in the middle, which is worse)—they're getting on my nerves.
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WoodsOfNH:

@Irwin The Timbales reminds me, have you ever listened to any Fritz Hauser? Some of my favorite solo percussion. Solodrummer is the record. Some would say it's a little dry but I prefer the word 'precise'
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Irwin:

I blame They Might Be Giants. Not only do all those band names suck, most of the bands do too. We need to return to the awesome band names of yesteryear, like Bread and Meatloaf.
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Dean:

Yes.
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βrian:

Santas youngest kids are dependent clauses.
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Lizardner Dave 2:

I bet if you sent that to Jon Wurster it would become a social media "Fun Topic".
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Jennica:

You've perhaps heard Sport highlight why short band names started: bigger font on the poster.
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Dean:

And only metal bands should be allowed to use "of." Wall of Voodooo...not quite. Chalice of Torment? Hell, yeah!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

@Deborah - Yes, it's a phrase I don't care for.
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zopa:

@βrian: Good one!
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Alison Porchnik:

And what of Mott the Hoople?
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Lizardner Dave 2:

Question though, does "The (first name, last name of frontperson) Band" count since it's four words?
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David in London:

Brian, gag of the day to you sir.
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Dean:

Late '70s SoCal punk band that went nowhere: He's Wearing a Shirt. True.
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Handy Haversack:

(I'm so lame: I am still reading the accu while in my work party even though I can't [DAMN IT] listen to the show.)
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Lizardner Dave 2:

Or "Bob Dylan and His Band"?
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Mark Kingsley:

Scraping Foetus Off the Wheel

Gonna miss you, please hurry back.
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WoodsOfNH:

Judy's Tiny Head
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Irwin:

Woods: Fritz noted! Haven't heard him. Ever see Han Bennink do a drum solo on a kit made of Dutch cheeses?
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ackthpfft:

Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
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coelacanth∅:

i know i'm an alien; i'll take los vegas;
people like us; fuck mountain...
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Death Cab for Cutie
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David in London:

Handy, can you get me a cocktail sausage and vodka tonic please?
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Listening Out There:

I saw Han Bennick do a solo on the floor. Sat right on the stage and drummed the surface.
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coelacanth∅:

(of course both people like us and fuck mountain could be interpreted in more ways than one)
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Alison Porchnik:

In the 80s my town produced Thin White Rope, Shep's Faithful Head, Wonderful Broken Thing, and (in part) Camper van Beethoven.
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AS from MP:

Was Not Was -- ?
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Dean:

Saw him do that, too, LOT. And I've seen the cheese wheel video, too.
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coelacanth∅:

...i assume rage against the machine is up there
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ackthpfft:

The Airborne Toxic Event
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Listening Out There:

After he was done soloing, Bennick picked up the floor and through it off the stage.
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Dean:

Still think the dumbest band name ever might very well be X.
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Farkle:

Hoobastank
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Listening Out There:

Just kidding. Actually, it was a guitarist.
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WoodsOfNH:

I love Bennink...never seen the cheese thing though!
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ackthpfft:

@Dean: I disagree. It's succinct.
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andy the painter:

in my decorative painting job, i often work for a guy who uses phrases like “pivot”, “full court press”, “ergonomic cadence”, and the worst....”bespoke”. he’s a nice guy, but it makes me crazy.
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WoodsOfNH:

I saw Roy Haynes do a solo on just the hi-hat...while standing up.
  4:48pm
Dave Miss:

Good show Irwin
  4:48pm
Dingus:

"oh god yes"
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Alison Porchnik:

If you really want to assign blame I think you can go back to at least The Strawberry Alarm Clock
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

SHOOBY.
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FءFء(:

The Dillinger Escape Plan
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brainiac:

YEEEEESSSSSSS! Shooby makes me happy :D
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Otis Fodder:

Yay, shooby!
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steveo:

that mashup caused cognitive dissonance bordering on uncomfortable
  4:49pm
Binky:

OH, so good to hear Shooby!
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Dean:

You're right about that, ackthpfft, but it's also cliché, worn out.
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Ike:

Even more band names that Irwin will love:
We Spread Shiny Shit
The Comet Is Coming
Break My Fucking Sky

And more:
music.avclub.com...
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David in London:

Kingfishers Catch Fire
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Wendy del Formaggio:

Shooby!
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Irwin:

Hi, Bink! Been lurking?
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Itzall Hear:

Wasn't that Billy Winez that was always cravin' some cap'n Jack & COKE? I forget.
  4:50pm
andrewb:

Hound called Shooby the "king of sa-fra"
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Binky:

Always. I'm very lurky, y'know.
  4:51pm
flashbazbo:

Slaw!
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?:

I think "Bare Naked Ladies" ranks right up there as a rank band name
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Irwin:

Ike: I love The Comet is Coming, have aired them quite a bit, but yeah, toss them in the bucket.
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βrian:

There was a local band called cribshitter. Does nothing for me. Nothing good anyway.
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WoodsOfNH:

Just typed Han Bennink into the goggle and "cheese" was the first suggestion. Ha!
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The Oscar:

Been busy working, but wanted to pop in to wish you a restful break, and offer my congratulations to the Old Codger for his new regular gig!
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Laura L:

Hi ya lurking Binky!
  4:52pm
Listener Jim:

I'm from Barcelona
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brainiac:

shraw!
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The Oscar:

Also: SHOOBY.
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Binky:

hi ya, Luara!
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βrian:

@Listener Jim: Do you have the characteristic shibbolisp?
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Irwin:

Oscar: I have to board-op for the cranky curmudgeon. Blows cigar smoke in my face. Stub of choice: Rancho Malario
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βrian:

Ah, sorry. That's Castilian.
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spodiodi:

"not a happy camper" has been rearing it's ugly head since the early 90's -- all of those trends have been making me crazy since then, with increasing frequency. It's nice to hear many of the phrases I detest identified here.
"Unpack" is all over the place, coel.
What gets me are: hacker/tech terms and sports terms being co-opted for business. "unpack" being an example of the former, and "full court press". and, to wade into potentially dangerous territory, but not an example of either trend, is "dovetail".
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coelacanth∅:

"back in the day" i was very into the clash and one weekend night brought the clash album to a friend's house. he reluctantly put it on and, as determined prior to hearing it, hated it.
when i asked why he said he hated the name. "clash" disharmonious and violent.
what do you think his favorite (new) band was?
the police.
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Irwin:

Griot Galaxy: Detroit, 1980s.
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G:

Man, had to change huge foot-long ink cartridges for someone -- black, cyan, magenta, yellow. Huge, complicated, minimal pictorial instructions. What a pain. I hope that holds her for another 2-3 years. The cartridges are certainly big enough.
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βrian:

"It Play" Ann Arbor early 80s. (Name inspired by a drum box.)
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Irwin:

Two members of GG played with Sun Ra.
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David in London:

Spodiodi, Jim Gaffigan riffs on “not a happy camper” to brilliant effect. Also, hello!
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coelacanth∅:

spodi 1/2 way through your post i was thinking i've only known that phrase as a computer term (ie to "unpack" the contents of an application [or "app" for those too lazy to type or say "application])
but then i don't work with or listen to corporate entities that often.
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David in London:

It Bites. Weird 80s chart Prog outbreak.
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WoodsOfNH:

My pet peeve non-business terms always come from The New Yorker. Every small town is a 'hamlet.' They've also fallen in love with 'diaspora'
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Ken From Hyde Park:

I see Amyl And The Sniffers in Ike's link. I've head them on FMU before.
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Alison Porchnik:

If you parse most speech and non-technical writing carefully, you'll find that a large proportion of our communication uses metaphor. That is the nature of our language. e.g.: rearing its ugly head, wade into territory, back in the day, what a pain, and - perhaps the most odious to all - "board op."
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Handy Haversack:

Hello, all. Back for the last hour!
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ackthpfft:

Christopher Hitchens was great, but he loved the word "chiaroscuro" for some reason. Really really loved it.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Cool, an AI-generated station ID. Mark Hurst would love it.
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WoodsOfNH:

Is there a word for when writers use words that are obviously not in the working vocabulary of 99.99% of the public? I mean, besides 'pretentious'?
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Jennica:

Yay! Handy's back!
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Irwin:

"I don't know where / but Partch sends me there ..."
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Wendy del Formaggio:

@Woods: Yes. It's called "teaching."
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rrg:

I'm beginning to think that we might not hear Irwin's voice at all today.
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βrian:

When I think of diaspora, I think of bed bugs.
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Laura L:

Non-Irwin station I.D.again--this can only mean the Old Codger's used some of his stash of original 1902 duck tape to muzzle Irwin.
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coelacanth∅:

i like metaphor, and i like creative communication. i like poetry in language and analogy. i just don't when non-words become commonly used and when an incorrect meanings of words become accepted as correct, as the result of ignorance &/or laziness.
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David in London:

I wonder if anyone will try making an AI-generated Mark Hurst? Or would that just blow an immediate hole in the fabric of reality?
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Handy Haversack:

Or ... do we already have one, David?!
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WoodsOfNH:

@Wendy Hmmm...maybe. But I've gotta say that when I have to reach for the dictionary 5 times during a single poem, it sort of ruins the experience.
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David in London:

Handy....you can’t mean....???!!!
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zopa:

back announcing is overrated.
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Handy Haversack:

@coela: "impact" as a verb. I'm always like "it really stuffed full the digestive tract of the subject? OK ..."
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βrian:

"Have an impactful day."
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Granny Spicy Tuna (e/em):

enjoying these sounds, Irwin—enjoy your break!
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Jennica:

My neighbors are having a shouting match. [sad and scared emoticon] I'm going to make myself a vodka lemon water
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berbo:

"I'm leaving you!" he said, impactfully,
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Ken From Hyde Park:

The egg fell out of the nest, but survived impact.
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Handy Haversack:

It's a good call, Jennica.

I am suffering from multiple impacts.
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Irwin:

Was going to do a mic break, then decided to appoint Shooby Taylor as my spokesproxy.
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Irwin:

Jennica: If I correctly read the zeitgeist, "we're all in this together."
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G:

We're all in this separately.
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David in London:

Jennica, better make it a large one I reckon.
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AS from MP:

Dystopian
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Alison Porchnik:

You can have an impacted tooth or an impacted bowel, however. Preferably not at the same time.
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Fredericks:

Turned on the radio and knew a Harry Partch piece was playing immediately. Unique sound.
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G:

I'm partched.
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flashbazbo:

Whenever anyone says they “spearheaded” something they’re after something.
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Irwin:

Partch is transportive. His music is so otherworldly. No matter where you are or what you're doing, when Harry's music is the soundtrack, "normal" disappears.
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Jennica:

Thanks, everyone. I made it a large one, yes.
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Listening Out There:

A university in the city where I live has the original Partch instruments. Students perform his work with them occasionally. I might be able to see a performance by, oh, 2028...
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coelacanth∅:

Handy @5.07 that sounds like a literarily toxic situation!
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Irwin:

Is that Seattle or Portland, LoT?
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zopa:

The name Gate 5 was not picked out of a hatful of the most unlikely names for application to a work place, ensemble, or record label, although there are probably worse ways. During the Second World War Sausalito -- on San Francisco Bay -- became the site of one of those feverishly built shipyards, and upon termination of the war the property went into private hands. The shipyard had five gates, and the sign: Gate 5, was still to be seen when Harry Partch moved his instruments into a building previously used by the Army at the entrance to it. After the war, a number of people took over converted ferries, barges, and houses on stilts in this area, which is known locally as Gate 5. There is also a Gate 5 bus stop.
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Irwin:

They were last seen in New Jersey (Upper Montclair) before they headed west.
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Deborah:

@andy the painter: Chill inducing! I know it is new threat time.
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Listening Out There:

Irwin, they're at the University of Washington, in Seattle.
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zopa:

Beyond the prosaic fact that Partch lived, wrote music, built instruments, organized and rehearsed ensembles, and manufactured records here, there is the more intriguing circumstance that Gate 5 carries an occult meaning in sundry ancient mythologies. In ancient pictographs the city, center of culture, has four pedestrian gates. These are tangible; they can be seen; physical entrances can be shown. But the city also has a fifth gate, which cannot be shown because it is not tangible, and can be entered only in a metaphysical way. This is the gate to illusion.
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Irwin:

Is Charles Corey still the custodian?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

In times like this - everyone must play their Partch.
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Irwin:

Corey was on my program March 26, 2014, just before the instrumentarium left the east coast. Archived show: wfmu.org...
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slugluv1313:

greetings, Irwin and everyone!
re: Harry Partch's music -- transportive, otherworldly, transformative -- and for me, feels totally "normal"
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Listening Out There:

Irwin: Don't know. harrypartch.com says Corey was involved in 2014. Web site content is (c) by Corey, it says...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...woh - a Partched landscape no Irwhizz
...or UnPartched...Jeepers. Well - enjoy the break Mr. C. I always says every FMU-J is a World. For that - Thank You.
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mariano:

Hey Irwin! Been lurking while I do stuff around the house, but wouldn't dream of missing your pre-break-from-it-all show. Good to know your fell presence will still be hovering around in the background though.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

A special awe for Artistes who create their own Palette. Of this Harry is an archetype...
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Irwin:

Mariano: I'm a Radio Animal. It's in my blood, in my soul. Less artificial than TV. No makeup required. Doesn't matter what you're wearing. Don't have to get your hair coiffed. Lighting doesn't matter, camera angle irrelevant.
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Jennica:

I heard some of the DJs are naked while DJ'ing!
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zopa:

Corey is still listed on the UofWashington website as Director of the instrumentarium: music.washington.edu...
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Irwin:

Jenn: NO SPOILERS!
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morphe':

A Band with only 3 items .. Though they did not reach fame - a worthwhile NYC band was A CERTAIN GENRAL
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...one could say WFMU is all about nakedly creating one's own Palette, come to think of it
...& no one's been @ it longer than our own hustler w/ a tedious ideology than Mr. Irwin Chusid...
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spodiodi:

thanks, DiL i'll check it out!
coel, i seem to notice it all over the headlines, and when listening to talking heads on tv/youtube (rarely). corporate types have enjoyed the sports metaphors fo a long time, but all the tech terms have been working their way in steadily (and into regular-person-speak)
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Listening Out There:

*Sniff*...for some reason, it now smells like DJs around here...
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Little Danny:

My front teeth are often cowering when a jaw harp is heard.
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coelacanth∅:

spodi -newspeak. newthink. easier to control than ever before.
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spodiodi:

tech/biz: "scrum", "swim lanes"...
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spodiodi:

doubleplus good, coel
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spodiodi:

"bandwidth" as in "do you have the bandwidth to get a MVP by the end of this "sprint"?
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mariano:

Hear you loud and clear, Irwin. As a work-from-home freelancer I haven't had to worry about anything except the work, certainly not fashion choices, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.
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Threemoons:

Evening Irwin, all...
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spodiodi:

John Hollenbeck (and company) sounding good
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Uncle Michael:

My camera angle leaves the presence of pants an open question.
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Jersey Cowboy:

Soggy bottom
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Irwin:

What's your field, Mariano? I emphatically endorse self-employment (if you can manage; not always easy).
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David in London:

Spodiodi, that sounds ‘agile’....blleeeuuurrrgggg...zzzzz......
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spodiodi:

aye, DiL, agileAF
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ackthpfft:

@spodiodi: I can tolerate "scrum" and "swim lanes". But "agile" is abused in biz/tech ridiculously.
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G:

In online ed (my thing), the buzzword for not having to go to a physical classroom, get dressed, commute, etc., is "eliminating externalities." I.e., getting rid of things that are not necessary to the core activity. They appropriated that buzzphrase from economics and business lingo.
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Irwin:

Hollenbeck is the drummer, in case anyone is wondering.
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J-Dubz-Tha Main Man:

Irwin, u really are going out on a bloody high, man! We love u here in the UK; have a nice break.
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Handy Haversack:

I heard that pantlessness was randomly determined and distributed throughout the schedule grid each week. For liability purposes.
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spodiodi:

thanks, Irwin. i wouldn't have known :-B (and about so many things, without your show)
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Ike:

"Scrum" needs to scram.
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khd:

thx u fer yr service, irwin!
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mariano:

Graphic design, Irwin. All I need is a solid internet connection and I'm good to go. Oh, and we're talking corporate newspeak? Let's not forget "competency silos" and "synergies". And my favorite term for laying off a bunch of people to increase stock price, "rationalization". Been rationalized three times thus far, yet I don't feel more rational.
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Irwin:

J-Dubz: This show was programmed from the heart. It goes out to all of you.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Open Question sounds like a Fashion line...a questionable one...
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coelacanth∅:

Uncle M except if you spill hot coffee into your lap we'll be able to tell by how fast you scream
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Jennica:

Aw, sweet. Loving it.
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Uncle Michael:

G, Online Ed was my field until a year ago, when I was identified as a thing that is not necessary to the core activity...and my work got off-shored.
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Listening Out There:

Mariano and Ike (at least) are probably fellow players of bulls*** bingo...
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Laura L:

@ Mariano, me too--independent for 30 years; designing, editing, publishing books. May we continue to thrive.
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Uncle Michael:

I never take hot drinks into the studio. Now you know why.
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ackthpfft:

Confession: I sometimes serve as a certified scrum master. If some suit says "we want to be agile", I just want to kick him.
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coelacanth∅:

haha
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G:

U/M -- It can be a grind haha. What am I doing ths week? Hmm -- Hume on aesthetics, Sontag, medieval Japanese poetry, internet neologisms and changing language styles, etc. It's a living haha
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Hot Drinks - the accessory line...
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Uncle Michael:

I was support staff. We got rationalized...after 14 years.
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ackthpfft:

@Michael. Sorry about that. I guess nobody was thinking outside the box.
(Yeah, I'm going to hell.)
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zopa:

UM: that is causing me much anxiety these days. I'm DBA for a University Press.
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rrg:

When "certified scrum master" started to become what my employer was most interested in hiring, I knew it was time to retire.
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G:

U/M -- Hey, academia's emphasis on social justice rhetoric is honestly just to throw people off the real scent and fool themselves into thinking they are super nice people. I haven't been fooled for a good many years.
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spodiodi:

yes, seemingly so, Tom Waits
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Threemoons:

TOM WAITS! I've had this song in my head for days.
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Dean:

Bleckmann and McGarry were in a vocal quartet (quintet?) called MOSS. On their one record, they cover a Tom Waits tune.
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Fuzzy:

Cookie Monster!
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ranjit:

I could've sworn this was a parody, with Cookie Monster doing Tom Waits
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Baja Joe:

Wow, you play some good stuff Irwin
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spodiodi:

"social media guru" caught my attention, rrg
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ackthpfft:

@rrg. Eh, the letters look good on the CV. Important these days.
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scooter:

the revolution will not be televised
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morphe':

Thanks IRWIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Til Soon....
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andrewb:

the cookie monster version is on youtube
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WoodsOfNH:

Man, I really wish Mr. Waits would resurface sometime soon.
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Uncle Michael:

When I was informed that they needed my keys and parking fob...first thing on a Monday morning, and all my accounts had been disabled, I knew it was time to retire.
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Jennica:

MOSS = Quint
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rrg:

@ackthpfft: I know, I know. But it's just not for me. I'm past all that. Happier now, too.
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spodiodi:

lol UM
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Lizardner Dave 2:

Thank you Irwin. I hope we hear you again soon. Meanwhile looking forward to hearing the Codger again. Huh, just realized his initials are CTE.
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flashbazbo:

Thanks Irwin.
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ackthpfft:

@rrg: Good for you!
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mariano:

Cool, Laura L: long may we thrive indeed. Well, maybe in my case it's more like "thrive" lol.

Thanks so much Irwin, amazing show as always, please come back soon!
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Laura L:

Irwin, enormous thanks to you for so many great shows and recommendations, thanks to WFMU for the archives, and this is only auf Wiedersehen for a while--we'll see you again when we do!
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Jennica:

funny UM
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12539:

Thank! You! Irwin! Be well, and come back soon.
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ackthpfft:

Au revoir, Irwin. Et bon chance.
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WoodsOfNH:

Hear you soon Irwin. And thanks for drilling down into what really matters.
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Irwin:

Thanks to all of you for sharing the radio bond.
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spodiodi:

thanks, Irwin
hope to hear and see you again soon
(who's cutting onions?)
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Uncle Michael:

Hey, they paid me for another month!

Hear you down the road, Irwin. Sooner than later, I hope.
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Jennica:

I second LL's canny comments and gratitude.
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berbo:

Thanks for everything - Incorrect music, Tom Wilson, Joe Frank, Moondog.....
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chris:

hey, Irwin. thanks for the shows! see you around these boards, sir.
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rrg:

Unaccustomed though I am to public speaking, I rise nonetheless to thank Mr. Chusid for his many years of loyal service to the freeform community and express the wish that he will someday return to us, re-energized and blah blah blah.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks for keeping the beat, Irwin. See ya soon!
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Itzall Hear:

Bye for now, sir.
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David in London:

Thanks Irwin, Wednesday nights in London have been so much better with you as a soundtrack. Hope to hear you again soon and good luck in the meantime. OK groovers, see you tomorrow.
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Ike:

@ackthpfft, love the name and avatar, but Opus would not approve of scrum. (Bill the Cat would be all over it though.)
www.aaron-gray.com...
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zopa:

Be seeing you..
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

Oh my, is this really the end? (for now)
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rrg:

Oh, man. I guess this is it. The ball is over.
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mariano:

Take care David, see you tomorrow hopefully.
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ackthpfft:

@Ike: if you're attending lots of meetings in Scrum, you're doing it wrong.
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coelacanth∅:

Thanks Irwin! Thanks for years
and years
and years (i have a cassette of you from the early 80s or so)
and i do hope you return in the autumn, or next year at this time
take care and stay strong
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AS from MP:

a bientot, Irwin
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G:

Ave atque vale.
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Listening Out There:

Happy Trails, Kimosabe!
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Carmichael:

No Amanda?!
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Ken From Hyde Park:

@rrg - When the project is over, management will grab them by the scrum of the neck and show them the door.
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Irwin:

"Mr. Sandman" is one of the songs that made me fall in love with music.
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Hopey Sockmonkey:

Thanks so very much, Irwin.
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G:

Codger has a crush on Amanda.
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Binky:

Meet you at the piano bar later...
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thelma:

Joe Frank has some of the last words Fitting. Thanks for everything. Come back refreshed ,if there is a world to come back to. If not, well, we still have the marathon CDs.
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Little Danny:

Thanks Irwin
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rrg:

Thanks, Irwin, and all.
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Listener Robert:

Yay!
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ackthpfft:

Thanks Irwin!!!!!!!
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Otis Fodder:

Thanks Irrrrrrrrr for the win!
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KevinfromBayRidge:

Gonna miss you but we'll have to "Codger" along!
Been a fun ride so far.
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KWilde:

Our ol pal Irwin
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Handy Haversack:

Dang -- was called away from the keyboard for the end. But thanks for all, Irwin. Enjoy the break, and hope to hear you soon!
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Matt Fiveash:

Best Irish goodbye of all time right there!
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slugluv1313:

thanks so much, Irwin -- we will miss you! but thank goodness for the archives -- enjoy your break!
  6:15pm
Aaron in Minneapolis:

Ah wfmu half baked ideas love this
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dave wuz here:

go take your little break. i'll wait here. thanks irwin
  8:15pm
Robin:

Much love.
  11:59am
todd-in-chicago:

I keep checking Irwin's archives hoping for a miracle that he'll sneak some new shows in.
Like Norman the guy in Ghost World waiting for the bus. Except Enid seemed a lot nicer than the smelly old cranky guy that comes for only an hour on Thursdays.
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Michael 98145:

We miss you, Irwin.
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