@ Ken, that is how cats roll with dogs. Same situation at my house!
9:28am
Mark:
Yeah' I'm actually Ashton Kutcher
9:29am
f●f● (:
If Rooster and Olive know how to say "cheese"...they are in real trouble.
9:30am
Andrew Waterloo:
I don't feel completely unimpressed by the cup of coffee, therefore there must be no cat.
9:31am
pierre:
YEAH GERMAN LANGUAGE !
9:34am
m:
A Grauzone cover was one of five things I was least expecting to hear.
9:36am
Dave E.:
Kid Koala - horay!
9:36am
f●f● (:
I agree pierre. I never finished learning it thou. But, oh boy, how much I like to say "Messer Fur frau Muller" with a thick german accent. I feel important.
9:37am
Dan B From Upstate:
Aw, man... Is the world ending again today?
9:37am
Kaporos:
Dead chickens rool!
9:38am
Dave B:
Yum! Kippers!
9:38am
Kaporos:
I don't know "a tone" meant.
9:40am
108365:
"We should ATONE when we hear A TONE, and be AT ONE with ATON." Rev. Farakhan at Million Man March, possibly misheard
9:41am
G:
Alva??? Dude was a freakin girl!
9:41am
f●f● (:
In the Network pro-capitalist speech the guy uses the ATONE word.
9:42am
pierre:
I like to say : MUSKATNUSS !!!
very loud.
which translate by Nutmeg.
9:44am
Caryn:
@108365: yeah, Farakhan channeling Akhenaten :)
9:46am
Daryl & John:
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
9:46am
Programming Note:
Today is the Day of Atonalment
9:47am
dcp@:
this Allophons tune is....intriguing...
9:47am
pierre:
Why is Mitt Romney playing jenga ?
9:48am
Mark:
an amusing video aptly described as "A video tribute to the unspeakable, soul-crushing awkwardness and general vapidity of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney."
http://tinyurl.com/8frzzy2
9:48am
rob t.:
When I listen to the Allophons, I get the idea that Mitt opened the window during a stratospheric space jam.
9:51am
Caryn:
Okay, when a chameleon balancing awkwardly on its hind legs is more graceful than you, you have a problem. You hear me, Mitt?
9:52am
Willard:
I'm still practicing my Reagan impression in hotel room mirrors. I think it's missing something...
9:55am
f●f● (:
I reckon that's another game pierre. I don't remember its name but it goes something like this: The blue ball at the backgound represents planet Earth, the US flag represents the nationality of the player which has the goal of destroying the tower which represents achievements of modern civilisation that lives in the blue ball.
9:56am
Mark:
I like bacon!
9:57am
Barry:
Is someone implying I am chameleonic?
9:57am
Dave B:
@Caryn - Mitt has chromatophores which allow him to quickly change color when appearing on Univision, but he lacks the prehensile tail.
And the googly eyes.
9:58am
dcp@:
I prefer beacon.
9:59am
Jack:
Andre Williams? But Andy Williams just died!
9:59am
dcp@:
uh. just saw a post from R. Stevie Moore that ANDY Williams kicked the bucket.
9:59am
f●f● (:
And I never quite liked Kevin Bacon.
9:59am
Kyra Sedgwick:
@ DCP@ - me too. Morning, noon and night.
Hot and greasy
9:59am
Sam:
What's with these Brooklyn hipster places putting bacon in EVERYTHING? Bacon is so totally nasty.
10:00am
BSI:
Bacon & cookin' require different skill-sets, as well. It's like an art-vs-science thing. Maybe?
10:01am
Jack:
re: bacon and Andy Williams: can you play "Moon Ribber"?
10:01am
Mark:
I had a bacon sandwich for breakfast
10:02am
Stina:
Anyone else getting hungry?
10:02am
f●f● (:
Ken't believe I am listening to a full bacon set.
10:02am
Sam:
Nelson Muntz is a huge Andy Williams fan.
10:03am
The GB Kid:
Not feelin' the bacon right now.. but I am REALLY HUNGRY for a big sausage pizza
10:03am
rob t.:
I must say that this is a positively evil Yom Kippur set.
10:03am
Bill:
It's one thing to talk about FOOD today, but bacon?
10:03am
Homer:
mmm...bacon!
10:04am
BSI:
not craving bacon.
but that COFFEE image up there has given me an itch I must scratch...
10:04am
taahomaroma:
The world's highest quality smoking experience is bacon wrapped cigars from bruges... a dreamy stink like a sumptuous dinner in bed with judas priest groupees
10:04am
Sam:
Yom Comma Kippur Zero
10:04am
Bacon:
Six Degrees of Lipidation
10:05am
Dave E.:
I hear Andy Williams has his own brand of bacon.
10:05am
jan:
great sounds and great visuals today!
10:05am
Sam:
I guess if you're fasting today it's not cruel for people to talk incessantly about food that you would never eat anyway.
10:05am
dcp@:
I think mrs. dcp@ drank the last of the coffee...do we have any coffee pills around here?
10:06am
Francis Bacon:
Am I related to Kevin?
10:06am
Uke Goldberg:
Bacon, almost as good as sucking the blood from a newly circumcised penis.
10:06am
Caryn:
The main reason I'd like to visit Portland one day is the bacon & maple syrup donuts.
10:06am
Dave E.:
Butt Bacon?
10:06am
Shmuly Traif:
I only touch bacon blessed by the grand rebbi.
10:06am
common:
this is one of the greatest sets i've ever heard.
10:06am
Sam:
Dr. Tuchusgrabber?
10:06am
Vincent Vega:
Yeah, but bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good.
10:07am
The Little Ones:
Yum yum, pig's bum!
10:07am
Mark:
It is a tossup Uke
10:08am
Caryn:
Butt grabbing to butt stabbing... man, that's an unfortunate development. It wasn't a crazed doctor doing the stabbing, was it?
10:08am
m:
A dingo stole my butt-baby :(
10:08am
Dave E.:
Serial Butt Stabbers on Crack!
10:09am
Butt Crack:
Leave me outta this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10:09am
Dr. Bootygrabber:
Why don't you bend over and say "bacon".
10:09am
Sam:
Hey, if you're gonna be stabbed, the tuchus is your best bet, especially if you've got some junk there to protect you.
10:09am
Daryl & John:
TONE LOC (loves Hall & Oates!)
10:10am
dcp@:
ah...she saved a small cup for me....
10:11am
Lewis:
ohhhh now I get it - here in the flyovers the day of atonement passes with little notice. I do need to track down some pork belly this afternoon....
10:11am
Caryn:
@Sam: true, a very fleshy body part with no vital organs. Maybe the stabbings are being done by someone who needs to satisfy their bloodthirst, but doesn't really want to seriously injure people?
10:12am
Sam:
Yes Caryn, that's exactly why I did it. I mean, why he or she did it. Shit, is it too late to delete this comment??
10:13am
Endorsement:
I always wonder about SSD, and it is definitely in its Golden Years
10:14am
Caryn:
Heh, Sam! Gotta say, I think "Dexter" would be a more boring show, if the main character didn't need to kill, but could get by just stabbing an occasional ass.
10:15am
Jack:
Ken, you could have a SSD all about bacon...
People could call in with bacon stories, etc.
10:16am
still b/p:
We got us a bacon-chedddar doughnut -- and it's a potato doughnut -- here in the other Portland. I fear it.
10:16am
Caryn:
A "raw bacon eating contest" episode of SSD?
10:17am
Caryn:
@sb/p: hang on, which Portland do you think I'm talking about, and which are you talking about? Maybe there's even a third one...
10:18am
Sam:
Ken's gotten drunk on the show, gotten stoned, done bath salts, but never eaten raw bacon. I think that's the one that would finally kill him.
10:19am
f●f● (:
Coming to your high-street this very near future:
"Channel No. B -pour la femme de bacon"
10:19am
Michelle in Green Bay:
Wow...first time I've been able to listen in ages, and people are talking about bacon. It's a sign. :-)
10:20am
still b/p:
Me and the bacon cheddar sinker are in Maine.
10:20am
f●f● (:
Bay! Michelle in Green Yay!! Ops! I mean Yay! Michelle in, etc.
10:21am
Caryn:
And yep, the bacon & syrup one is in Oregon. So, that went right.
10:21am
Lewis:
in Switzerland i had raw speck and it is wonderful. Speck is bacon by another name and cured longer. Slice thin and enjoy.
10:21am
Michelle in Green Bay:
You thank welcome for the! ;-)
10:22am
dcp@:
Borrrrris Becker! love this tune.
10:22am
The GB Kid:
Can we get a list of things to NOT DO during menstruation?
10:22am
f●f● (:
It's an honour to have you here, Michelle in GB. Glad you are back!
10:22am
Caryn:
Dammit, I've never had a picnic during my periods! Or skated, square danced or ridden a horse, moderately or otherwise. Should I go to the doctor now?
10:23am
Michelle in Green Bay:
Aww...I'm blushing!
10:23am
Dan B From Upstate:
What is a fast game that menstruating girls are known to play?
10:25am
Caryn:
@Dan B: a foot race to see who gets to the WC before they bleed all over their clothes?
10:26am
Mark:
no mention of sex during menstruation?
10:26am
dcp@:
There's no "Do A Lot" column..
10:27am
dcp@:
Human Car by Ex would be perfect after this...note for the future...
10:28am
still b/p:
Cramptown Races.
10:29am
Caryn:
@Mark: considering the sign seems to be from the 50s or earlier, sex was never going to be mentioned.
10:30am
Cecile:
Hi all! Working from the manse today!
10:30am
Cecile:
Hi all! Working from the manse today!
10:31am
Cecile:
And iPod is goofy...
10:32am
Mark:
poor Carol
10:32am
Caryn:
If groove and bell bottoms lead to syphilis, no wonder the 70s were an STD heyday.
10:33am
Cecile:
Well that and a lot of hash and Riunite.
10:35am
dcp@:
I had long hair and bell bottoms and dug now sounds and I never got syphilis. WTF?
10:36am
Syphilis Defense League:
We are still fighting mindless prejudice, I see.
10:36am
Caryn:
I think what that ad is trying to say in a roundabout way is:
"Carol has
lots of unprotected sex,
is constantly high,
has questionable hygiene,
and has syphilis."
10:37am
f●f● (:
Dan B From Upstate, don't you walk away without uncovering us the truth behind dysmenorrhoea.
10:37am
Cecile:
dcp, did you actually have sex? :)
10:38am
Mark:
but Carol digs the now sounds!
10:39am
f●f● (:
if Carol digs Psy sounds, wears ganman style bottoms, well, yeah, she kind of deserves it.
10:40am
Cecile:
Ken, Chris, the mister, loves this.
10:40am
Psy:
Dress classy, dance trashy
10:41am
dcp@:
Cecile: wha?
10:41am
Dave B:
@f●f● (:
then Carol would have PSY-phillis
10:41am
Lady GaGa:
@Psy: Ok, so I'm batting .500
10:41am
Cecile:
I am a subject matter expert on the dys- thing. Is she doing too much blow and not eating? That'll do it.
10:42am
Uterus:
We're starvin' down here, hon!
10:43am
Cecile:
You can't get syph w-o intamit contact. It was a joke. Sorry
10:43am
Cecile:
You can't get syph w-o intamit contact. It was a joke. Sorry
10:44am
Cecile:
Ken I was thinking about you when this came on yesterday.
10:44am
Ton Loc:
Funky cold Medina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10:46am
slugluv1313:
i remember those ads from when i was a kid! basically saying that anyone can get syphilis -- even if you are "hip" and "groovy" . . . the term "unprotected sex" did not even exist back then . . .
10:48am
W in NJ:
It's pronounced "Shore Patrol".
10:48am
dcp@:
'cile: I know just playing along.
10:48am
slugluv1313:
BARRA BARRA makes for an excellent SWORD DANCE too
great to hear this first thing upon tuning in -- thanks, Ken!!!!
10:50am
dcp@:
Yeah, liking the show today a lot, even outside all the witty banter.
10:50am
Mark:
what about ROCTOBER!
10:50am
jan:
Yes- Ken, I agree with you about that movie. In my mind you remain the master. Where are the naked girls gathered around your performance?
10:51am
Caryn:
Ken, I'd like to sincerely thank you for not saying "rocktober". Seriously.
10:51am
Sam:
Ken, why do you keep mispronouncing Rocktober? You're leaving off the R!! What are ya, from Bahston?
10:51am
Daryl & John:
are you sure it is not ROCKtober???
10:51am
Cecile:
Slug, ditties like "VD is for everybody".
10:52am
patradio:
thanks for the Television. Love this record.
10:52am
Mark:
Hey the Record Fair is right before election day this year
10:53am
Old moe D:
Neil's still got it...
10:54am
Sam:
We're all ready to rock out here! Just waiting for your signal, great leader!
10:54am
Andrew Waterloo:
I wish it was shocktober, actually kinda miss the local cable station having horror movie marathons.
10:54am
f●f● (:
That tornado looks like a Rapture to Hell.
10:55am
dcp@:
that picture of the fire tornado is real. Odd phenomenon which can happen in extremely hot conditions. forget what it's called though...
10:55am
dcp@:
everything that's good about a tornado AND it's on fire.
10:56am
Guessing:
@dcp: a "fire tornado"?
10:56am
f●f● (:
It's called Miracle. It's like magnets. Science cannot explain.
10:56am
Caryn:
Maybe WFMU will have Spocktober. Plenty of airplay for Shatner and Nimoy's records.
Or Kelly LeBrocktober. Constant airplay for the "Weird Science" soundtrack.
10:57am
Obviously...:
Krampustober
10:57am
dcp@:
I thought there was another term for it...guess it's just fire tornado.
10:57am
Caryn:
@dcp@: it's a fire whirl. Hence: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_whirl
10:58am
Cecile:
Crocktober.
10:58am
dcp@:
Yeah that's it...but how is that better than fire tornado??
10:58am
rob t.:
Everybody needs to be John Lee Hooker once in their lives.
10:59am
Good Ol Boy:
Nicer gals than China Grove?
10:59am
Caryn:
@dcp@: I think the "fire devil" term is the coolest. Of course, reading about the gigantic one that killed 38,000 people is kinda freaky.
11:00am
hamburger:
Give a Foctober!
11:01am
Daryl & John:
poor andy williams. now is worm food.
11:01am
f●f● (:
Cat-tober people!
11:02am
Sam:
Fire devil is a good term, it's like a dust devil, but with fire!! Yeah heh heh heh!
11:02am
Brian C.:
Cue up the gif of the metalheads fanning the flames with their hair…
11:02am
dcp@:
Rob t: Zz top ain't no John Lee. But I always thought that song was pretty weird to be played on mainstream radio.
11:02am
Dave B:
Woktober!
11:03am
f●f● (:
psytober?
11:03am
dcp@:
socktober...time to put the socks back on...
11:04am
Andrew Waterloo:
SIGHtober
11:05am
Caryn:
Surgical-smocktober: all Dr. Bootygrabber, all the time.
11:06am
dcp@:
GOTOBED!
11:07am
Cecile:
Ken, d'you have Caught out there by Kelis. Best chorus in a song ever...
11:07am
rob t.:
The original "Slave 4 U" is way weirder. Nuff respect to Timbaland!
11:08am
Cecile:
Rob t, must agree!!!!!
11:08am
f●f● (:
Don't forget Octotober. October needs its own celebration.
11:09am
still b/p:
Glocktober.
"Confidence to Live Your Life."
"We hope you never need it, but if you do, a GLOCK is very discouraging to the bad guys."
..and discouraging to bad music!
11:10am
rob t.:
dcp@: true. but I think everybody should have a chance to say "Haw Haw Haw Haw" and mean every word!
11:11am
Sam:
Awkwardtober
11:12am
dcp@:
rob t: can't argue with that.
11:13am
Dave B:
Aardvarktober
11:14am
rob t.:
Mocktober
11:15am
Midnight Oil:
Nice try, NH!
11:16am
Michelle in Green Bay:
One never hears enough bassoon on the radio. Thanks, Ken, for a valuable public service.
11:16am
Sam:
Cartoon music is some of the best music around
11:17am
Caryn:
Should I be troubled I recognised this as the Mole before the title came up?
11:17am
f●f● (:
One never hears enough BACON on the radio. Thanks, Ken, for a valuable public service.
fix'd.
11:17am
Carmichael:
Hi SM Ken. Happy Tober, everyone. My next band will be called Serial Butt Stabbers.
11:18am
Mark:
http://tinyurl.com/c6zn6kg
11:18am
Sam:
Oh yes you are troubled!!
11:19am
Sam:
Who the hell recognizes the mole music? You must be strange!
11:19am
Steven Angelo:
I swear I always hear the most profound, interesting stuff on this station!
11:21am
Carmichael:
The day something "profound" shows up here, I'm out.
11:21am
Caryn:
In my defense, I think I recognised it as the Mole because of the number of times Mole music has been played on WFMU. Oh, who am I trying to kid? I'm just weird.
11:23am
TJ:
Here he comes now, say Moley, Moley!
11:24am
Caryn:
This was one of the later Mole cartoons, from 1970. The Mole meets a hedgehog in it.
11:25am
Sam:
It was a landmark in mole-hedgehog relations. Interestingly it came around the same time that Nixon went to China. Coincidence?
11:25am
dcp@:
I played this CD for my daughter. I don't think she even noticed it..
11:26am
Laura L:
@ Caryn, I'm in profound trouble too--recognized the mole music in a heartbeat. When someone calls me weird, I say Thank you. It's a compliment!
11:26am
Sam:
Babies like the lamest music.
11:27am
dcp@:
Yeah, I had to write a bunch of tunes for my babies, like the ever popular: "Let's see what's in the diap. Let's see what's in the diap..." etc....
11:28am
seang:
da plane
11:28am
The Mole:
I thought I recognized Krtek's "voice"! :)
11:29am
Carmichael:
Babies do not yet have a sense of the profound.
11:29am
f●f● (:
Sam, oh dear, seems you haven't heard Rockaby Baby.
The.heaviest.baby.thing.ever. \m/ \m/
11:30am
Sam:
That's true Carmichael. That's a profound insight.
11:31am
Andrew Waterloo:
Rockaby Baby = postpartum passive-aggression.
11:32am
Caryn:
In the Nordic countries, there's a buttload of heavy metal aimed at babies and kids.
11:32am
Sam:
Ok, how can you not rock when you hear this song? No matter what month it is.
11:36am
Ken From Hyde Park:
Hi...late to the party today. I have this to submit - http://lolpicz.net/funny-graffiti/push-button-receive-bacon/
11:37am
lee:
why is there a 'rockabye baby' of coldplay?
11:39am
Uke Goldberg:
Because it's "cute."
11:39am
PMD:
Hi - actually AT the party today, finally.
11:39am
Sam:
"You know what ice-climbing shoes can do to a mucus membrane." Ken, that should be the title of today's show.
11:39am
dcp@:
it's still Rockseptember you know...
11:39am
PMD:
@Caryn, where could I find that music for the kids?
11:40am
Ike:
Hooray for my boss being too observant to come look over my shoulder and prevent me from commenting today!
Has Dr. Bootygrabber shredded any drapes lately?
11:42am
Ike's boss:
What is this... I don't even
11:44am
Ike:
Nice try, but checking up on me counts as work. ATONE!!!!!!!
11:45am
Carmichael:
Deviated Septumber.
11:46am
Sam:
So he's too observant to be observant of you. How deliciously ironic.
11:46am
Caryn:
@PMD: the number one band for that right now would be these guys: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hevisaurus but there's also bands like Moottörin Jyrinä and Sauruxet and festivals like Tenavarokki ("Toddler rock"). Not having kids, I'm not hugely familiar with the genre, just see CDs and posters occasionally around.
11:47am
Sam:
I'm stuck with one of them WASP bosses.
11:49am
dcp@:
My boss rules. He works about 400 miles away from me.
11:49am
Caryn:
@PMD: of course, most metalheads apparently introduce their kids to heavy metal via bands like Twisted Sister, Judas Priest, KISS and WASP before moving on to rougher stuff, thus bypassing "made for kids" heavy metal completely.
11:49am
Carmichael:
Here in the US of A, we have the Sugar Beats. And Coldplay. And Demi Lovato. And occasionally we borrow the Wiggles.
11:50am
groucho:
listening to your show makes a massive dent on my bank account ken, I've bought 5 records today because of you!
11:50am
Caryn:
And once again we're reminded of the awesomeness of "They Live".
11:50am
Ken From Hyde Park:
Here, it's still Zeptember, where folks celebrate Led Zeppelin all month.
11:52am
dcp@:
my brain really has trouble dealing with the non-minor key of this version.
11:52am
lee:
KFHP: Celebration Day is coming soon.
11:58am
Caryn:
This just reminds me that I haven't seen Spanish-dubbed James Bond. "Desde Rusia con amor" will now be sought out.
11:58am
f●f● (:
ay ay ay !!! show's over! thank you ken and commenters! i love you all!
11:59am
Caryn:
@Ken: I don't think the cover is terrible as far as the actual performance is concerned. It's just that the cover doesn't seem to pay any attention to the frigging lyrics.
12:00pm
Sam:
Damn it, we have to wait another week for more Ken?
12:04pm
Ken From Hyde Park:
Tune in six hours from now for the Seven Second Delay program with Ken and Andy.
12:16pm
Robert:
I don't object to the "Leanna" cover on any ground. It's the Shatner "Spirit in the Sky" that was awful. Sorry, I was in the bathroom so couldn't comment earlier.
12:27pm
PMD:
@Caryn, thanks! got pulled away so couldn't thank you...