Filling in For Surface Noise: Ken's show

Listener comments!

8:25am Bjarne:

Mornin Ken

8:51am F۝F۝ (:

Hello, Bjarne!

Ken? Ken is coming back next year! Meaning we can talk about him behind his back while he's back! HA!

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8:54am -Ken:

Hi Bjarne, hi f0f0!

8:57am F۝F۝ (:

So, Bjarne, let me tell you what's wrong with Ken. first of all...

AAAAAHHHHH!!

Ken! I thought you were coming back in June! I was about to talk good things about you with my new friend Bjarne.

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8:58am Ken From Hyde Park:

Here we go! Good luck with the Fall Fun Raiser.

9:01am Asheville Jon:

SMK!!! welcome back!

9:01am Vincent Nifigance:

"I'm looking for pound notes, loose change, bad checks, anything
Gimme some money, gimme some money..."

9:01am Aaron Working In Newark:

AWESOME!! SMK is BACK!!!

9:02am Linda Lee:

good morning Ken! Lovely!!

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9:03am Beast of Boonton:

Ken - yay!

9:03am melinda:

morning Ken and everyone!

9:04am Roberto:

Hoo am dis misterius phil-in dee jae?

9:05am Linda Lee:

it's Ken, kitteh!!

9:05am maestroso:

G'morning Ken! Welcome back!

9:06am Roberto:

O HAI QUEN

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9:06am -Ken:

Morning all! Great to be back. It's been YEARS!

9:07am Sem:

Time zone appropriate greetings, SMKen, listeners, and skulking eavesdroppers.

9:07am F۝F۝ (:

So how are you guys coping with Ken's absence?

me? To feel like I'm not missing any Ken's show I simply removed Wednesdays from my calendar! And to make that happen I renamed Tuesday to Tuesdnesday and Thursday to Thursdnesday ad added 12 hours to each day. Now Wednesday just doesn't count anymore! YEAH!

9:07am Linda Lee:

sure felt that way!

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9:08am Guido from Cologne:

hello Ken!

9:08am The Oscar:

Morning all! Is it June already?

9:09am G:

What's his name? Kennnnnnnnn... right.

9:09am F۝F۝ (:

Guido from Cologne ist in das haus beaotches!

9:09am Linda Lee:

well, that's it. i'm taking the morning off.

9:10am liXiviated life:

Hello Kinny

9:10am Davee:

KEN!!!!

9:11am Aaron Working In Newark:

INDEED, ITS KEN!!!!

9:13am steveo:

WHOA WHERE AM I

9:13am Nacho:

There he is!! Hello Commander! We missed you!

9:14am pierre:

Bonjour Ken and listeners :)

9:15am pierre:

(i'm here to check on your show since Joe is at my place right now)

9:15am Bjarne:

@F۝F۝ - I've started doing heroin on wednesdays to cope with Ken's absence. It helps

9:17am Linda Lee:

how nice of you to post a GIF from my actual life.

9:17am Sem:

Need it be said the "Heroin on Wednesdays" is a most excellent band name?

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9:18am Guido from Cologne:

Fun movie "Engelchen" where this crazy Improved Sound Ltd. track is from. (Bavarian group on Cologne based record label)

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9:19am Guido from Cologne:

Original Release:
www.discogs.com...

9:19am Linda Lee:

be careful there, Bjarne. soon every darn day will be wednesday.

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9:19am Guido from Cologne:

It is a "psychedelic night club"-scene in the movie.

9:20am queems:

oh wow

9:20am Aaron Working In Newark:

Hi @queems

9:21am F۝F۝ (:

Ladies and gentlemen,....

pierreeeeeeeee!!!!

A big round of applause for him and with both hands for better effect.

9:21am Sebastian:

Kennyboy!!

9:22am pierre:

it's been a while

9:22am pierre:

it's been a wild

9:23am Brian from Tulsa:

Feeling psychedelic this morning indeed

9:24am northguineahills:

Lost my ticket to my brain, I sort of need to get there for work purposes, and the keeping my bodily functions proceeding as normal.

9:24am queems:

hello @aaron

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9:25am Beast of Boonton:

goat alarm still works

9:26am Sebastian:

German lesson for the day:
Jelly = Wackelpudding (lit. wobble pudding)

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9:26am Ken From Hyde Park:

I hope no one out there perceives that as a reverse goat alarm and does a bad thing every time they hear the scream.

9:27am weiterso:

morning listeners, krauts, the goat 'n fofo!

9:27am fleep:

Huzzah!

9:30am Henry in Hopatcong:

Good morning Ken

9:31am steveo:

is this bed magical?

9:31am northguineahills:

@Sebastian: I'm more of a Blutpudding, guy myself, and even better is the Mexi version that the German immigrants brought over and made for local tastes.

9:33am F۝F۝ (:

First guido, then Sebastian and now weiterso!! What else can a Deutschland fan ask for?

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9:35am Ken From Hyde Park:

Thinking of goats ... Moondog's reign is ending soon. There's a mascot contest this month?

9:36am steveo:

it's like, better than charlie brown christmas, right?

9:36am Linda Lee:

Ken, i'm guessing the new mascot comes during full marathon time in March.

9:37am Laura L:

Hellochen, Ken, Guido, Sebastian und Alle!

9:37am Linda Lee:

Faylord's show sounds fabulous.

9:38am Linda Lee:

Please, kids ~ help sustain the madness & throw a little coin toward FMU today.

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9:41am -Ken:

No, mascot contest is in progress right NOW! Moondog the Goat has a new gig.

9:41am Linda Lee:

holy cow! next! :-)

9:42am Sem:

OK, but just on the cheek.

9:44am F۝F۝ (:

Are human mascots allowed?

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9:46am yippie:

yo moondog should call in gig talk then

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9:47am -Ken:

Yes, human mascots are allowed, as long as they have served time for mascot related activities.

9:47am Zetti:

Big Man Japan Lol!

9:48am Sem:

Ur comb-over?

9:48am ɨkɛ:

91.1 sounds good. Currently, though, Haitian pirates on either side of you at both 90.9 and 91.3 are audible in Newark. They usually go off the air right around now to avoid THE MAN and come back in the evening. No pirate at 91.9 at the moment.

9:49am zopa:

Oh. Ken's on. Good.

9:50am Linda Lee:

i'm simply bewitched by this track.

9:50am G:

DOOPEE TIME!

9:51am Lixiviated Life:

Kinney?

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9:51am -Ken:

The sample is I Dream Of Jeannie, not Bewitched I think..

9:51am F۝F۝ (:

Oh, Ken. Those are strict Scandinavian rules. So what about an extinct animal mascot? Give a dodo a chance, I say!

9:52am Linda Lee:

bet Lucy loves this one!

9:52am ranjit:

argh, the animated gif for Akiko Yano managed to sync up exactly with Dooppee Time on my screen :(

9:53am Linda Lee:

wow, i'm 2 for 2! :-D

9:54am tadpoles:

I recognize PLU instantly now...great stuff!

9:55am F۝F۝ (:

It only took me 9 years to realise the 'like' in "People Like Us" can have two different meanings.

9:56am Okasa:

Big Man Japan!

9:56am The Oscar:

I know I'm not saying anything everyone doesn't already know, but PLU is just so damn good.

9:56am Lixiviated Life:

"nothing's going to change my world"
until it does

9:57am The Oscar:

Gotta light?

9:58am Linda Lee:

Vicky/Vicki is amazing.
(i'm hedging my bets now.)

9:59am βrian:

Hump day already? Dreary skies over the isthmus today.

10:01am F۝F۝ (:

Just to clarify, Linda. It's Vicki with an Y.

10:01am zopa:

SMK, you keep playin 'em. I'll keep clicky starring them.

10:01am Linda Lee:

@Brian ~ if only!
definitely feels like october in the catskills today. dreary skies *again*.
thanks, F0F0!

10:02am Lizardner Dave Somethingorother:

Good God Ken, you just channeled my late father's answering machine message. "You have reached the number you dialed...."

10:02am queems:

hell yes i love this one

10:03am Lixiviated Life:

Kinney, there's no need to shout.
Practice using your inside voice.

10:04am Aaron Working In Newark:

AWESOME!

10:04am Lixiviated Life:

Emu vs. Kangaroo

10:05am Linda Lee:

wouldn't want to be that kangaroo. emu brought backup.

10:05am carter:

here ken i think you’d like this https://twitter.com/pisscop/status/1046467907667087360?s=21

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10:05am JtotheK:

hello ken. hi everyone. say ken, since your last program I have finished the HBO program 'Vinyl'. Do you have a recap of your recaps for those of us that took /years/ to watch all the episodes?

10:10am Lixiviated Life:

My review of "Vinyl":
You only need to watch the scene with the NY Dolls, forget the rest.

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10:12am -Ken:

I have't compiled my "Vinyl" recaps but they are all on the archives, if you wann do it, I'd love that.

10:19am Linda Lee:

thanks, LL. 'vinyl' virgin here. that saves time.

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10:19am JtotheK:

great tune, time to dance! (comment from my avatar...)

10:20am tom:

haven't heard this in a long time thanks ken (flameout)

10:22am Linda Lee:

i loved Dennis Coffey as a kid. had 'scorpio' & 'taurus' on 45 in my little box.

10:22am melinda:

I was looking through Favorite songs recently and saw one from Cavalcade of Donuts with Ken, and it made me nostalgic for the donut frenzy.

10:23am Phillippe Bastille:

Hey -Ken

10:24am βrian:

Sssh, Ken. It's *silent*!

10:24am Linda Lee:

goat yoga! indeed a thing.

10:26am medson:

I saw Moondog doing a ton of blow, we locked eyes and then he slammed the door to the VIP room. Not sure what happened after that

10:27am Planet Tyler:

Have you guys seen Gritty? Now that's a mascot. Stuff of nightmares. Definitely been arrested a few times.

10:27am queems:

it’s not a bad thing. sincerely, a millennial female

10:28am Linda Lee:

whatever selfie-prohibition is imposed will only encourage risk-taking. been there, done that.

10:28am Roberto:

But without idiot selfie deaths where will we get our lulz?

10:28am northguineahills:

and my wife complains I don't take enough pics (well, of people), hence, all of my pics of her and/or me are by her and others.

10:29am melinda:

@medson haha

10:30am Mike told:

Montego Joe a radio sidekick of dj Ray Franks. jarring my memory Ken ..ty......

10:30am F۝F۝ (:

Reporting selfies-related deaths sounds like a job for Ken 'Newcaster Disaster' Freedman! C'mon, Ken! Admit it. This is better than reporting people dying because of a World Cup.

10:30am Roberto:

I really do miss the World Cup death reports.

10:31am Mike tp:

mamuthones good one

10:34am Linda Lee:

municipalities need to encourage risky selfies. create departments. websites with guidelines. risky-selfie-zones manned with uniformed officers. mainstream it! remove the cache'. save lives.

10:34am Nacho:

In some national parks we may encounter these signs: wfmu.org...

10:35am Bjarne:

dying while trying to take a selfie is like committing suicide

10:35am Linda Lee:

then we can all take selfies by the signs! ha! ha!

10:36am Bjarne:

selfiecide

10:37am Linda Lee:

new term coined right now by Bjarne!

10:38am Linda Lee:

killer cover, i'd say.

10:38am F۝F۝ (:

Yes, Linda Lee! This could be an historical moment. A brand new term has born. Wait. Let me take a selfie with the new term behind me. Don't post comments while I take the pic, people!

10:39am prudy:

gotta get your royalties

10:39am steveo:

there is apparently a bar in Lithuania called Selfiecide Bar

10:39am Linda Lee:

be careful there F0F0!

10:40am ɛɨk:

If I didn't need them for dating apps, I'd never take pics of myself. I've got plenty of pics of my cat though.

10:42am steveo:

lol. i read on the interenet that segueway is not a real word, it's just how ancient people thought you should pronounce the Italian word segue.

10:42am Bjarne:

Dammit! Googled selfiecide, ofcourse it was already a thing

10:42am Linda Lee:

@eik ~ well honestly. how could you not?

10:42am Vincent Nifigance:

Love this song.

10:43am Linda Lee:

oh no! i'm sorry Bjarne.

10:44am Linda Lee:

is there also a word for suicide-by-goat-yoga?

10:46am F۝F۝ (:

Oh, Jim Price. I fondly remember the Larry saga.. Yes the "Hello, Ken. This is Larry" Larry. What I did not like is that in the grand finale (last episode) almost no one here bat an eyelid. Thanks for nothing, people!

10:47am (Murakami Whywolf))):

I _knew_ there was a reason to wake-up today…'morning all.

10:47am steveo:

Bonus factoid: it takes 392 hours to walk from Lithuania to Italy, according to google maps.

10:47am melinda:

Nothing wrong with selfies, it's the context that matters.

10:51am Sebastian:

great stuff, this Dump

10:53am Linda Lee:

anything leading you to self-destructive behavior needs re-evaluation even if that behavior is normalized culturally.

10:55am Linda Lee:

in fact, epecially if.

10:55am Sebastian:

uuuhhhhhaaaa....I think the David Crosby chewing sounds are about the only thing about this show I didn't miss at all!

10:56am βrian:

Can anyone read the german in that S&M image?

10:57am prudy:

the guy never had to examine himself in his life.

10:57am queems:

HAHA

10:57am The Oscar:

Whoooaa-- It feels like this was somehow *always* the context for this!

10:58am Sebastian:

10:58am karen eliot:

Beer!

10:58am Sebastian:

what S&M image, ßrian?

10:58am Linda Lee:

problematical simulation indeed..

10:59am βrian:

In the Wevie Stonder entry.

11:00am queems:

what a transition

11:00am steveo:

Looks like "sexualwissenchaft"?

Wis·sen·schaft

ˈvisənˌSHäft/Submit
noun
the systematic pursuit of knowledge, learning, and scholarship (especially as contrasted with its application).

11:00am Sebastian:

oh, I see, thats cut off "Sexualwissenschaft." - Sexology

11:00am zopa:

SMK, I can't clicky star what you don't list.

11:00am karen eliot:

This is great.

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11:01am Webhamster Henry:

@βrian "[Se]xual Science"

11:02am The Oscar:

Tonio!!

11:02am Linda Lee:

we even got the color glossy pictures with the circles & arrows & a paragraph on the back.

11:02am Vincent Nifigance:

What was Lindsey Graham's name when he was a child actor?

11:02am Lixiviated Life:

How 'bout that there down home single white man we call Lindsey.
He's 'bout as regular as they come.
What 'cha say we all git together and give 'em that lil push he needs to retire.

11:03am steveo:

i like how the text from the "Submit" button accidentally got into my s&m definition

11:04am medson:

Dump button song haha

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11:04am Webhamster Henry:

Meanwhile, what Jimi is reading: madcoversite.com...

11:05am The Oscar:

That dumped bit may be one of my all-time favorite uses of profanity in music.

11:05am βrian:

Rock-n-roll orthography.

11:06am Linda Lee:

MAD was my fave back then!

11:07am F۝F۝ (:

What Sexualwissenschaft means?

That's easy. Let's break down the term for better understanding.
- Sex obviously means sex.
- 'Al' means Alfred.
- 'Wissen' means Wise men.
- ;Schaft' means shaft.

So 'Sexualwissenschaft; means 'wise men having sex with Al using a shaft'. People, I did a German Introductory course in 1998. I know what I am talking about.

11:07am andy fuchs:

This "Summer Place" cover sounds like an R Stevie Moore cover....

11:08am Linda Lee:

brilliant.

11:10am glenn:

bigger douche - sessions or lindsey graham?

11:10am Andrew Waterloo:

I haven't heard a good selfie-tirade in awhile.

11:10am F۝F۝ (:

Wait..is this Theme From Summer Place from Ross Johnson version without lyrics? I missed it almost in its entirety.

11:10am (Murakami Whywolf))):

steveo:
If one version of family history is correct, someone in my family did that walk, or thereabouts, from the place that named us to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. (The Inquisition quit chasing relatively quickly, but we wanted _distance_ from it.)

11:10am tim from champaign:

Full on immersion into MAD, Three Stooges, Jimi Hendrix and pro wrestling as a pre and early adolescent had profound effects on shaping the sensibilities I have 30+ years later.

11:11am drowsy:

Man Graham treatment this is a tonic.

11:11am northguineahills:

My favorite Zorn/Yamataka Eye piece!

11:12am northguineahills:

(the gun/screaming piece)

11:13am steveo:

Murakami -- wow; i didn't realize how serious my comment was. I'm glad they made it.

11:13am zopa:

SMK, I think we've reached the place in the show where I remind you that Jesus loves YOU most of all.

11:15am The Oscar:

I just recently got a subscription to MAD for the first time since I was a teenager. I would be legitimately devastated if they were ever to fold.

11:15am karen eliot:

Flake is speaking here in Boston today. Ahaha!

11:15am Roberto:

Kenneth, I do believe your big-ass gifs are mucking up my connectivity.

11:15am Linda Lee:

tim ~ i was even younger! just remove pro wrestling, add my gay uncle.

11:17am F۝F۝ (:

Jesus loves Ken specially when he plays JC Satan!

11:20am tim from champaign:

@ Linda - yes!!!!

11:20am Bjarne:

@Station Manager Ken: Are you filling in for anybody else anytime soon?

11:20am melinda:

I loved MAD. I would read my aunt & uncle's collection when visiting.

11:21am bk845:

This is such a great song!

11:22am F۝F۝ (:

So Ken,

What's for tonight's Seven Second Delay show?

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11:22am -Ken:

@bjarne I'll be sitting in with Lil Matty Warwick on Garbage Time for Singles Going Steady Week on Tuesday October 16th from 9am to Noon.

11:23am bk845:

The first time I heard that band, I was wondering if Courtney Barnett had taken some singing lessons or something.

11:23am Roberto:

Actually maybe not. My connection appears to be generally crap this morning.

11:25am northguineahills:

If the truth makes sense, then you might be simple-minded....or just rather wise....

11:25am βrian:

@Roberto: The Deanimator Safari extension is a lifesaver re agitated gifs.

11:25am Bjarne:

@SMK: Fantastic. Good to know.

11:26am Okasa:

@F۝F۝ So why does Botschafter mean Ambassador?

11:26am paul:

Roberto, same problem here.

11:27am tim from champaign:

Hahaha - downtempo Nirvana. Perfect soundtrack to shopping for expensive crap.

11:27am prudy:

this is some great sampling

11:28am crateslinger:

I actually couldn't get the player to work for about fifteen minutes this morning. Said temporarily unavailable, like every girl I ever met.

11:28am steveo:

i also say yeah-mmm

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11:28am GloTato:

dis is brilliant!

11:28am The Oscar:

@Karen At my alma mater, no less! I always forget that Emerson has a bunch of quiet political communication majors behind all the theater kids and film dorks.

11:29am Linda Lee:

@tim from champaign ~ or engaging in purposeful non-shopping, as am i.

11:30am Linda Lee:

can't wait for Ken & Li'l Matty's Garbage Singles!

11:33am melinda:

@LL it will be fun

11:34am northguineahills:

Have we figured out who Care of the Cow really is (not too googlible).

11:34am F۝F۝ (::

Okasa,

Because in the old Promo-germanic times they used to send abroad bot shafters as diplomats.

11:34am Linda Lee:

gosh yes!

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11:35am -Ken:

Care of the Cow = Christine Baczewska, Sher Doruff and Victor Sanders

11:36am Linda Lee:

always love Singles Going Steady.

11:37am northguineahills:

Meh, by the 1st grade I was correcting my teachers. I was an annoying little snot that lacked tact. Care of the Cow graphic.)

11:38am (Murakami Whywolf)):

I recall the protestors in Boston will include the Mayor, whom I might now forgive of his `I can't be in favour of legalised pot because I have an alcohol problem. ', an attitude I dislike because
0.) it belongs in "Harrison Bergeron" and
1.) if only alcohol had been available in college, I might have _developed_ an alcohol problem chasing what it couldn't give me but mild pot usage did.

Well, anyway, good to see—now if only I could stand crowds…or if it actually accomplished anything.

11:40am Brendan:

Nice set to tune in to. Surface Ken!

11:40am Bjarne:

I feel like Ken might take a request or 2 today. The feeling might not be correct, but i'll try. Renaldo & the Loaf - Critical/Dance of the album The Elbow Is Taboo

11:44am zopa:

What a great voice - Kate Vargas

11:45am prudy:

what happened to Macy Gray?

11:46am F۝F۝ (:

zopa,

What a great whistling as well !

11:48am Carmichael:

Rabbit rabbit rabbit!

11:51am Sebastian:

matty! they play you on on the radio!

11:51am Bilbo Huggins:

glad to hear you on the radio, ken!

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11:51am yippie:

reminds me of Redondo Beach

11:52am Linda Lee:

it's bittersweet when you're ready to go, Ken.

11:52am JtotheK:

Enjoyed the show, thanks Ken!

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11:55am Rich in Washington:

Bye Ken! Thanks for making radio! Hope your radical sabbatical is going well!

11:55am melinda:

Thanks Ken!

11:55am Brendan:

This sounds like the King , circa bloated ,sweaty Elvis era.

11:55am Laura L:

Thank you, Ken!

11:55am Sebastian:

Vielen Dank, Ken, tolle Sendung!

11:56am Nacho:

See you in another 12 years

11:56am Okasa:

See you all down the road someday. Thanks Ken!

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11:56am -Ken:

Thanks for hangin everybody! Bqack with Andy Wednesday at 6 and with Matt W Oct 16th at 9am

11:56am F۝F۝ (:

Ken,

Great show!. See you this Wednesday on your regular time slot. Till then!!

People,

HA! I just told Ken to come on Wednesday to do a show! He shouldn't come back yet but next June!

11:56am Linda Lee:

Roy Hamilton is someone he listened to, i'm sure.

11:56am northguineahills:

arigato, ken-san. apromiximo tiempo!

11:56am Sem:

Fillin' in is your métier, SMKen. Looking forward to more fillings real soon. Bye!

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11:56am yippie:

thanks to the ken and all thekenschlampen too