Hoba Heeba Hobba: Ken's show

Listener comments!

♥ 6:22am -Ken:

Mornin' folks! Hey, it's light out!

♥ 7:01am Bjarne:

Good morning Ken.

♥ 7:02am Bjarne:

And a good morning to all my WFMU friends

♥ 8:01am Ken From Hyde Park:

Man, the station's goal is getting close. Just about $5k to go. Hallo, Bjarne! Morning, Ken.

8:13am cory:

morning all

♥ 8:19am Listener Robert:

How you feeling this week, Ken? All better? Almost?

8:29am LandOfJƏrƏmy:

happy day

♥ 8:33am -Ken:

Hi Bjarne, Ken, cory, Robert & Jeremy! Robert, I am not quite back t 100% but unfortunately my voice is back to normal. Last week was my fourth best radio frog voice ever.

♥ 8:33am Marcel M:

Good morning Ken and friends.

♥ 8:33am -Ken:

Any requests?

♥ 8:38am Ken From Hyde Park:

Well, I haven't heard any Dread Zeppelin for a while, so I'd like to request them.

♥ 8:39am Marcel M:

"Flare" by Boris

8:46am P-90:

Knock em dead at the Audience Engine rollout event, Ken! I would love to be there myself but couln't get free for the day. I know it's going to be like, historic or something.

8:47am cory:

any tunes befitting making breakfast?

♥ 8:49am Dan B From Upstate:

Oh yeah. When is the website's appearance changing? You said it'd happen some time in November, right?

♥ 8:49am -Ken:

Yeah probably later in November Dan.

♥ 8:50am -Ken:

Thank you P-90!

♥ 8:51am Marcel M:

or "Hazy Paradise" by Ghost

♥ 8:51am -Ken:

Marcel, which Boris CD is that from?

8:53am Sam:

Great show Ken. This is one of your best so far.

♥ 8:53am Dan B From Upstate:

Cool. I'm looking forward to the new appearance, especially if it looks like it does on the audience engine website. For some reason, I think I was hoping the change would kick in on November 1, but I'm a dummy. I know that the wheels of change grind a little slower than that.

♥ 8:54am Marcel M:

@Ken: "New Album"

♥ 8:55am Marcel M:

Japanese title: フレア

♥ 8:55am Marcel M:

Of the track

♥ 8:57am Marcel M:

But there should be an american version with the title in English as well: en.wikipedia.org...

♥ 9:02am Marcel M:

Woah this Andre De Saint-Obin is freaking cool.

♥ 9:08am Webhamster Henry:

WFMU.org will soon be 100% 20th-century Webhamster free!

9:08am Chris M.:

wow great Chrome song

♥ 9:12am Listener Robert:

Sounds like an instrumental of "When the Drugs Kick In".

♥ 9:12am Kevlicki:

Good Morning Ken and WFMUland

♥ 9:12am egal:

I like the current low fidelity website.

9:13am Chris M.:

sometimes the axe chops the brain along with the snare drum

♥ 9:14am AnAnonymousParty:

Light out there, huh? It's heavy out here.

♥ 9:15am Dan B From Upstate:

Oh yeah... I just realized the new website probably won't work on my ie9 work computer. Oh well. It was nice talking with you all. :-P

♥ 9:16am -Ken:

Egal, I too am a fan of the 1995 design aesthetic but sometimes you have to just man up and move on.

♥ 9:16am Andrew Waterloo:

What?? Change!?!?! OH NO!!!

9:16am Mark R.:

Come on you guys, look how close we are from hitting the station's goal!

♥ 9:16am Marcel M:

Good lord...Ken... You are killing it, Sir.

♥ 9:18am -Ken:

Yes, does anybody have $5000 laying around?

9:18am Mark R.:

close to, far from...ok, I get it.

♥ 9:18am -Ken:

Dont worry Dan B, the ONLY thing changin in a few weeks will be the homepage. The playlist pages will remain unchanged for now.

♥ 9:19am Bronwyn Bishop:

Hi Ken!

♥ 9:20am Marcel M:

Ken, I saw this group Chroma perform in Barcelona that is reminiscent of Xmal Deutschland, you may dig em' they killed it playing this crazy illegal street show: chromapunk.bandcamp.com...

9:22am Chris M.:

tbh i'm glad the homepage is being improved. as much as i love the design, i spent like 10 minutes yesterday trying to find something.

♥ 9:25am Ken From Hyde Park:

Shhhh, the DJ is about to speak!

♥ 9:26am AnAnonymousParty:

OK, so what's an omnibus?

9:27am Pip Von Birmingham:

That's not Ken- where's Ken?

♥ 9:28am Ken From Hyde Park:

Ken, are you a 33 going at 45 or is there helium in the studio this morning?

♥ 9:28am Dan B From Upstate:

An Omnibus: upload.wikimedia.org...

9:28am timurf:

omnibus has more hit points than a pluribus

9:28am P-90:

"IncuBill Cosby, ed.D."

♥ 9:29am Webhamster Henry:

I might move the ancient WFMU.org features I wrote to my own website for preservation purposes.

♥ 9:30am -Ken:

Do it now Henry!

9:30am cory:

for a second i thought ken was channeling the good dr. oslo norway

9:30am Pip Von Birmingham:

Either my Labyrinthitis is speeding up sound or Ken's been on the helium bong.

9:31am Pip Von Birmingham:

Or that's not Ken....

♥ 9:31am -Ken:

My voice is just back to normal. Last week I had a frog voice from the flu. Dont forget, my natural speaking voice is similar to Kermit the Frog. That's why I relish getting chest colds.

♥ 9:32am Rich in Washington:

will the late, great BotB blog be preserved in a blob of amber forever?

9:33am P-90:

@Henry: there will be no "official" archive of "old" features?

9:33am cory:

whatever crosley
whatever

♥ 9:33am Ken From Hyde Park:

Also, there's the Double Dutch Bus.

♥ 9:34am -Ken:

Well the blog will stay up as long as typepad remains in business which will NOT be forever.

♥ 9:34am Roberto:

This bass line is like jump-into-the-fire-interruptus.

9:34am Sam:

Anybody try the new MapQuest website? Boy did they ruin that thing! That used to be the simplest, fastest site and it's totally annoying to use now.

♥ 9:35am Marcel M:

I didn't know map quest was still a website.

9:35am Sam:

What did you think it was?

♥ 9:36am Andrew Waterloo:

Thought MapQuest was what Google took over. Oh or was it Map Blast?

♥ 9:36am -Ken:

Mapquest?! That's funny Sam.

♥ 9:38am Andrew Waterloo:

Yup, #1 annoying thing a website can do, ask you a clear question, and then ask if you're sure about your decision instead of just making the setting easy to change.

♥ 9:38am Joe D.:

speaking of Botb, I've been laid up reading contributor Keith Nesterhof's history of American comedy and I gotta say, it's excellent

♥ 9:39am Marcel M:

@Sam: I thought it was Google.

9:39am Sam:

No, it still exists! Mapquest used to be way easier than Google if you just wanted directions and travel time. Until a few weeks ago.

♥ 9:39am -Ken:

Joe D! How you feelin' brother?

♥ 9:40am Roberto:

Heh. Niiiiice

9:40am Parq:

Andrew, I gotta tell you, as someone who has haplessly clicked Yes when I meant to click No many times, I am very grateful for that feature. Sorry that you self assured folks have to put up with the system being geared toward klutzes like me.

9:41am Ben Uno-Air Logic:

Last.fm was ruined because of redesign. Decimated most people who used the site.

9:41am paula pc:

this song was made to be covered by this band!

♥ 9:41am -Ken:

Now dont get your hopes up too high - one thing I can guarantee is that there will be a ton of bugs and problems to work out as we transition to a new web platform.

♥ 9:41am Andrew Waterloo:

The Last.FM redesign left out the parts the regulars actually used.

♥ 9:43am Andrew Waterloo:

@Parq, that's why you make the settings easy to access instead.

♥ 9:43am Webhamster Henry:

Yes, Kliph Nesteroff's book "The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels and the History of American Comedy" just hit brick-n-mortar stores today! An instant classic, praised by all!

♥ 9:43am bobdoesthings:

good morning

♥ 9:44am SeanG:

this sounds great

9:44am Santos L Halper:

@paula: agreed, had not heard this

♥ 9:45am Bronwyn Bishop:

Love this!

9:46am P-90:

The Oom-Pah version

9:47am Brendan:

Good morning Ken,
Swinging Doors!

♥ 9:48am Marcel M:

That doors mashup was wonderful

9:49am Jack:

@henry. Thanks for the info on Nesteroff's book; I just ordered it.

♥ 9:52am SeanG:

pavement

♥ 9:53am Marcel M:

This pavement song reminds me of that band Dungen.

♥ 9:54am Marcel M:

My favorite Nick Drake song.

♥ 9:54am Bronwyn Bishop:

This song is so beautiful. But then most Nick Drake songs are...

♥ 9:59am Joe D.:

hey Ken I'mdoing alright,I got a bunch of shiny new tubes and a button that pumps me up with fentanyl and plenttty of time to hang out and read and listen to FMU! Should be home by Friday. The staff well wishes were deeply touching. I really appreciate it.

♥ 10:00am -Ken:

Great to hear Joe! Can I borrow your fentanyl button?

♥ 10:04am egal:

I thought Mr Christie was the fixer.

10:05am Pip Von Birmingham:

'Jeb will fix it'? Sweet jesus.

♥ 10:05am bobdoesthings:

I almost typed "awww poor jeb" then DELETE DELETE DELETE!

10:05am davej:

Jim fixed it for me!!!

♥ 10:05am Marcel M:

I still have nightmares of Jeb saying, "I'll give ya a warm kiss."

♥ 10:05am PKNY:

Never mind that Jeb!'s group didn't think of the whole 'fixing' the 2000 FL vote count thing.

10:08am Torbjørn:

The moment you said "waitress", the Svantana remix of Human League "Don't you want me, baby" started in my head, and it probably won't subside for some time. Ken, any chance you'll hook us up with that one, or has it's 15 minutes past ?

10:08am Jervix/Jeffersonic:

The show is normally excellent. Today it is extra delicious. That Doors remix had me grinning in spite of myself.

10:12am Nick from Indy:

New York Gong!!

♥ 10:13am Joe D.:

Ill hook u up

10:13am Nick from Indy:

"got diarrhea from Chick Corea"

10:13am paula pc:

SUBLIME

10:14am Nick from Indy:

James Chance!

10:15am Nick from Indy:

Awesome set today!

♥ 10:15am Marcel M:

Unfortunately I have to leave work work soon. You are killing it today Ken, great show.

10:18am Nick from Indy:

The No Wave is crashing through this morning! Luv it!

10:19am Nick from Indy:

REQUEST: “Disneyland” by Come On

♥ 10:19am SeanG:

oh yeah

♥ 10:19am -Ken:

Quick! Name a crappy New Wave hit from the early 80s!!

♥ 10:19am Webhamster Henry:

Back to the bar!

♥ 10:20am Ken From Hyde Park:

Here we go! Cocktail bar!

10:20am tooplin:

great show.

10:20am cee:

hell yeah you were werking!

♥ 10:21am -Ken:

Come on! Time is running out!

♥ 10:21am Marcel M:

Things like this make me happy to be alive in 2015.

10:21am Pip Von Birmingham:

COCK COCK COCK COCK-tail bar!

♥ 10:21am SeanG:

mickey you're so fine

10:21am P-90:

This still makes me laugh out loud.

♥ 10:21am Webhamster Henry:

This is begging for a Hoof 'n' Mouth treatment.

10:22am Torbjørn:

New Wave hits, eh ? .. Video killed the radio star ? Or that "Dance like an Egyptian" song ?

♥ 10:22am Andrew Waterloo:

It's like the Earnest rendition of oh Christmas Tree.

♥ 10:22am Ken From Hyde Park:

"Funky Town" from Lipps, Inc.

♥ 10:22am Lizardner Dave:

"No longer available due to copyright claim".

♥ 10:23am Dan B From Upstate:

i just called to say i love you by stevie wonder

♥ 10:23am Kevlicki:

aha take on me

♥ 10:23am Dan B From Upstate:

or we built this city by starship

♥ 10:24am -Ken:

SeanG what did you do?!

♥ 10:24am Webhamster Henry:

Weird Al's Oh Ricky is so much better than this.

♥ 10:25am Roberto:

867-5309

♥ 10:25am SeanG:

Oh no! hahaha

♥ 10:25am Kevlicki:

Frankie goes to hollywood, you wanted crap right @Ken?

♥ 10:25am Dan B From Upstate:

kokomo by the beach boys also sucks.

♥ 10:28am Bronwyn Bishop:

Kokomo is not the worst Beach Boys song though. This is: www.youtube.com...

10:29am Ben Uno-Air Logic:

r. stevie moore made enough new wave hits in the early 80s to outcheese just about everyone

10:29am Linda Lee:

glad you're back in form, Ken! thanks for the contortions track. amazing band. incredible performers.

♥ 10:30am Ken From Hyde Park:

I wish I had a new '59 Oldsmobile.

♥ 10:30am Webhamster Henry:

Here comes Thurl.

♥ 10:31am Kevlicki:

@Bronwyn that is amazingly terrible!!

10:31am Laura L:

Talk about industrials, there's a terrific book all about it: "Everything's Coming Up Profits: The Golden Age of Industrial Musicals."

♥ 10:31am common:

hey ken! missed some good stuff, i see.

♥ 10:32am Murakami Whywolf:

Was that the Industrial Musical that got sued and led to their hiring composers?

♥ 10:33am Bronwyn Bishop:

Glad I could share it with you Kevlicki.

10:35am P-90:

Thurl Ravenscroft?

♥ 10:35am Marcel M:

What a dreamy name..

10:36am P-90:

Yep. Unmistakeable.

10:37am Laura L:

@ Murakami W: Don't know of a lawsuit against an industrial musical--but from the very beginning many excellent and very experienced composers were hired to write them.

10:40am P-90:

Good old Thurl, sang on so many records, wasn't always credited by name. Christmastime isn't Christmastime in our house without his performance on "The Grinch"

♥ 10:44am Webhamster Henry:

All Things Thurl: allthingsthurl.com...

10:45am cobradan:

This song is like nails on chalk board for me. and not in a good way. Bad coffee shop music

10:46am P-90:

And no list of crappy 80's hit singles is complete without "Venus" by Bananarama. (properly pronounced Bah-nah-nah-rah-mah, the veddy English way)

♥ 10:48am bobdoesthings:

uninformed opinions?! that's what I use the comments board for.

♥ 10:50am bobdoesthings:

I prefer the other squeaky chair.. haven't sat in either of them... but I stand by my uninformed opinion

10:50am Sam:

I bet when the chair got back it was PISSED!

10:51am Brendan:

I saw that chair hitchhiking back

♥ 10:52am Andrew Waterloo:

The squeaky chair did a cameo in the film the Puffy Chair.

10:54am Sam:

That's what you call Touareg with a thick Jersey accent.

♥ 10:56am Murakami Whywolf:

But the chair came back
The very next day....

10:56am P-90:

@Webhmaster Henry: Thanks! for that link, so glad to see that Thurl has a biographer/archivist dedicated to maintaining a site for him.

10:59am NJ star:

That talking egg gif is gonna keep me from sleeping tonight :|

11:00am P-90:

Some lucky listener/donor will get to "adopt" the new squeaky chair. Or with the chair and the squeak be available separately?

♥ 11:04am Webhamster Henry:

Beware of the Blog, although in a state of rigor mortis, is still a wealth of informative curatorship of the delightfully obscure. You can find Thurl, Kliph Nesteroff, and Industrial musical music there - and so much more!

11:05am PMD:

Es ist doch zu dunkel

11:09am P-90:

@Webhamster: Isn't there someplace where the entire corpus of Beware the Blog can be transferred so it will remain accessible in perpetuity? Is there some obstacle that makes that not possible?

♥ 11:10am -Ken:

P90, it's known as the Internet Archive.

♥ 11:13am Dan B From Upstate:

archive.org probably has a copy.

♥ 11:13am Webhamster Henry:

@P-90 Ken would know more than I about the life cycle of typepad, but there is good ol' archive .org: web.archive.org...*/www.bewareoftheblog.com

♥ 11:14am Jeff:

I love Ute Lemper. I was so excited a few years back when I heard she was going to be on Seven Second Delay.

♥ 11:15am Jeff:

Brecht songs sung by a man with a big quirky voice sometimes remind me I haven't listened to Baal sung by Bowie in too long.

♥ 11:16am Jeff:

Mr. Mac!

11:16am Losermom:

Knuckles!

11:16am Mark S:

Aw, Knuckles

♥ 11:17am Jeff:

(Because really, who can tell the difference between Killdozer and Bill Mac on the awesomeness index)

11:17am Brendan:

Good dog. Very good dog!

11:17am P-90:

OK, so The Blog WILL outlive typepad. Wasn't clear on that from earlier comments.

♥ 11:18am Jeff:

He helps people.

11:18am cobradan:

please stick to Killdozer.

♥ 11:18am Ken From Hyde Park:

Any interesting news in the JC or Hoboken election results?

11:20am thedunkel:

Khlam needs to cover killdozer's knuckles song

♥ 11:20am Brian in UK:

Got any Charles Hawtry & The Deaf Aids?

11:22am Losermom:

I have seriously warmed up to Clay Pigeon. Really. I mean it.

♥ 11:23am -Ken:

Cobradan, it sounds like this show's not up your alley or something - go hit the WFMU archives!

♥ 11:24am MD:

BUFFERIN!!

♥ 11:26am ChrisB.:

Some folks call it a slingblade...

11:26am Giuseppe:

How the hell do I get this record??

♥ 11:26am Webhamster Henry:

Curads, corn pads, Doans's AND Bufferin!

11:27am Mark S:

The one in Terre Haute sucks

11:27am Brendan:

Clay's a modern Shakespere

♥ 11:28am ChrisB.:

Lake Woebegon goes loco.

♥ 11:28am Webhamster Henry:

#Guiseppe - this was part of Clay's premium package in the previous marathon - Ken, is it still available as a DJ premium if they pledge now in the Crunch Time Marathon?

♥ 11:29am Dan B From Upstate:

I love that a conversation that started talking about carving each others names into a tree has evolved to talking about the success of a toilet seat cover manufacturing plant.

♥ 11:30am ChrisB.:

Fort Wayne is a sister city to Newbridge.

♥ 11:30am -Ken:

Yes it is Henry and Giuseppe - It's contained on Clay's Classix 7: Check under the Dusty Show here: www.wfmu.org...

11:31am Torbjørn:

I'm not sure I would survive a Clay Pigeon and Hearty White collab, the potential is just to big. Might something like that exist, and I haven't seen it ?

11:33am P-90:

Hearty has namechecked Clay on his show, he seems to be a fan.

11:35am pheezy:

“I’m gonna pop some tags”

♥ 11:40am Roberto:

This is almost in perfect sync with the Killdozer disco gif.

♥ 11:41am Dan B From Upstate:

Avalanche Bob?

11:41am ɟoɟo (:

Hello, Ken, people!

♥ 11:42am -Ken:

Say no more Roberto!

11:42am Lil boss:

Hiii

♥ 11:43am Rich in Washington:

Jeebus, I durn near plumb forgot about King Kong!

11:44am Brendan:

King Kong reminds me of Mushmouth on the Fat Albert show http://youtu.be/pMADJcimnds

♥ 11:44am -Ken:

You musnt never forget Rich. Louisville Kentucky!

♥ 11:48am Rich in Washington:

one of the few fun things about my advancing, rapidly dilating time on this whirlin' ball o' dirt is that I keep rediscovering records I bought years ago and lost in the furthest corners of my collection.