The Fifth Doctor: Ken's show

Listener comments!

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6:46am -Ken:

Morning friends!

7:30am cory:

hi ken and non-kens

7:52am jan:

Good morning! At gate K1, but will get on the 10:00 AM flight after the wife kisses me goodbye. She doesn't like flying WFMU.

8:09am Michael:

Morning Ken -

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8:11am Ken From Hyde Park:

Alrighty, then. I sent my vote. Email billboard at wfmu.org to cast your vote. There are many great designs to choose from. www.kickstarter.com...

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8:30am -Ken:

Morning again all, any requests?

8:38am cory:

i have known love, any version is fine

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8:38am -Ken:

I think I played Big Blood's version last week, didnt I?

8:39am Michael:

Take us around the world: mebbe Klaus Beyer, Ogre, Matmos, Les Reines Prochaines.

8:40am cory:

yep, you did

8:43am Planet Tyler:

That diving gif is preeeety trippy man

8:47am côry (:

I have another song request from a krautrock band from Germany!

Barinierte Damen - Eine Woche

Since their album was a commercial failure in Germany the label decided to translate everything (band name, song names, lyrics, etc.) into English to tap into the UK and US markets.

So you might find the band name filed under 'Completely unclothed ladies' or 'Bare-naked women'. The song would be translated as 'One Week'.

8:48am cory:

lol

8:53am FɒFɑ (:

Hello, Ken and other Kenadians!

I second cory's last request as I love obscure German bands. The obscurer the better.

8:53am steveo:

Good lord, how can it be Wednesday again, already?

8:54am steveo:

Ken, someone told me yesterday that you once did a whole show with different versions of In Every Dreamhome a Heartache. But then we couldn't find it in the archives. Maybe today is that day.

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8:54am Vivian:

Morning Freaks!

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8:55am -Ken:

Cory, I love it when you laugh at your own Barenaked Ladies jokes.

8:56am cory:

me too

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8:58am Vivian:

@ ken - Since you played Big Blood's version, what about Silver Apple's 'I Known Love'?

9:00am cat:

thekenschlampen please

9:00am Cheri Pi:

CARSICK <3<3<3

9:01am BnowB:

Good Morning Ken :) <3

9:02am listener monica:

i thought it sounded like dwight twilley?

9:02am Passaic River Blues:

That shit was fire!

9:02am themutante:

Hello, Kenschlampers!

9:03am cat:

wir schlampen rum

9:03am Okasa:

Good Morning Ken!

9:03am BnowB:

guten Morgen... bwahahhahaah

9:03am Okasa:

Nice pairing of music and giffery.

9:04am Stay Frosty:

Good morning Ken. Please tell me who the person is wearing the Any Breckman mask in the video. Lastly, do a brother a good deed and play some Yes, sometime before the next solar eclipse...

9:05am BnowB:

@stayfrosty you sure you don't want to hear the Eagles?

9:05am Stay Frosty:

*Andy Sorry.

9:05am Mark Williams:

how 'bout some Country Teasers, Ken? "Thank You God For Making Me an Angel" or "Anytime Cowboy" come to mind.

9:06am John in Bklyn:

Morning, Ken! Thanks! I need some Mark E. this am.

9:06am BnowB:

Is that Fall gif Bonaparte?

9:06am Stay Frosty:

@BrownB I looooove the Eagles. It has become a matter of principle now for me to have Yes played. Nice loooooog jams.

9:07am BnowB:

lol

9:07am Planet Tyler:

Hey Ken, I donated but didnt see where to vote so I'm telling you here, I want billboard #4

9:07am Stay Frosty:

Damn. Not log jams, long jams.

9:07am John in Bklyn:

How about a "sun" song in honor of Dum Dum and Svetlana's idiotic photo op.

9:07am steveo:

woah I just found out that the fm radio on my phone works here in the skyscraper jungle and I don't have to stream anymore....

9:07am medson:

Have a good show Ken.

9:08am BnowB:

Medson is the man! ;) peace

9:09am John in Bklyn:

@StayFrosty. In the 70s, DJs in the Pacific Northwest used to snort coke during log jams.

9:10am melinda:

Hi Ken and people!

9:12am Nick S.:

Hey, Ken! Been a while since I said hello but you are still gentle on my mind.

9:12am dfb:

morning sm ken

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9:13am Vivian:

For a second, I thought this was Manson.

9:14am Vincent Nifigance:

This guy is hard to google, can you help us out Ken?

9:14am Roberto:

Party time!

9:15am (Murakami Whywolf))):

I positively like the law firm ad, and think the other two would be off-putting to some of the people you'd rather _not_ put off.
I would punch-up the wfmu logo a bit, to try to avoid people's not getting the point at all.

9:15am themutante:

Who is this Saint Black Alex? I need to get this album!

9:16am cobradan:

per requests: The Dead C: Bad Politics
Jonathan Richman: Ice Cream Man
Helium: Superball

9:16am steveo:

THIS JUST IN: Butter New Jersey found on Toast: www.facebook.com...

9:17am FɒFɑ (:

If Saint Black Alex is not found on google is because it doesn't exist. Probably WFMU is experimenting with creating fake bands ala Spotify. Good job on printing money, Ken!

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9:18am -Ken:

Saint Black Alex looks like a self published CDR, just came in to the station last month

9:20am steveo:

The Mamas & the Papas covered "I Call Your Name" in 1966 on their debut album If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears. Cass Elliot whispers "John... John" during the instrumental break, a little tip of the hat to her crush on John Lennon.

9:20am steveo:

[wikipedia]

9:22am βrian:

Have the Horse Lords passed through yet?

9:22am MD:

WFMU...REAL FREEFORM...NOT FAKE FREEFORM!!! NO PUPPET! NO PUPPET!!!!

9:23am MD:

my doctor is the 5th doctor!!! ALWAYS!!!

9:23am MD:

the cool thing about the 5th doctor is....he'll smoke a joint with ya!!!

9:24am steveo:

i'll take "beatles covers that are better than the originals" for $1000, alex

9:24am (((Murakami Whywolf):

Tammy Faye Starlite? Or since your doing covers, Tammy Lang as Nico?

9:24am Lixiviated Life:

Dishonest faux-form radio. Doesn't broadcast the truth about Katy Perry. So unfair.

9:25am Ike:

Will Newark let you put "asshole" on a billboard? Is that up to Newark? I don't know who regulates that. Does anybody regulate that?

9:26am steveo:

is this a long jam? is Ken doing coke instead of updating the playlist?

9:26am FɒFɑ (:

Yeah, Saint Black ALex is a self-published CDR. And probably was brought in by a mysterious man in a large dark coat who wouldn't give his name nor show his face, right, Ken? Wink, wink.

9:26am steveo:

ah the vanilla fudge; nice

9:26am KP:

You Can't Do That to the Beatles

9:27am Stay Frosty:

Ah! Need long jams... Yes! Yes! Yes! Long jams = much blow.

9:28am βrian:

I think it's regulated by dead presidents. But an option might be that the 5th doctor is a proctologist.

Thought there'd be more billboard options by now ...

9:28am themutante:

Have you lot been drinking Garbaggio Cocktails? I don't know what you are all talking about.

9:29am tadpoles:

Laibach covered the whole "Let It Be" album....I Me Mine is good!

9:29am Roberto:

That teddy bear gif pretty much sums up my latest therapy session.

9:31am Nick S.:

Bend, fold, spindle, and mutilate! Goddamn, prophetic!

9:32am Stay Frosty:

Be obsequious, purple and clairvoyant.

9:32am Okasa:

Ask for Ken.

9:32am Nick S.:

Ask for Ken!

9:33am BnowB:

Deteriorata Yes Please :) so good

9:33am JakeGould:

Is making fun of Barenaked Ladies a thing nowadays?

9:33am (Murakami Whywolf))):

The Fifth Dictor is generally accounted to be Peter Davison's, who wasn't so much an arsehole as comatose. If you count Peter Cushing in the movies, the Fifth Doctor's Tom Baker's, who posed more like a sondomite than an arsehole, but really could get kind of obnoxious.

9:34am cat:

you should play some bieber and rihanna punk covers to make the billboard more legal

9:34am Stay Frosty:

Save Ken!!!

9:34am themutante:

Are we supposed to be hearing those key clicks? Am I tripping?

9:34am Roberto:

I noticed last week that "Float On" was the theme music to Jazz's wedding on Fresh Prince.

9:35am JakeGould:

I matter how many Doctor Whos there are, Tom Baker will always be the Doctor Who.

9:35am MD:

White house Renovation? NO...Just look at the name...SAD!!!

9:35am Matt ww:

Can confirm. Those Oreos were there yesterday.

9:35am (Murakami Whywolf))):

Now play the Presidential car piece, which I love but whose authors couldn't remember writing. 'A truck dance good on the heads of punks!'.

9:36am βrian:

New Yorker cover:
68.media.tumblr.com...

9:36am themutante:

Daddy Garbage checks in!

9:36am Sebastian:

hello everybody.
holy crap, that picture of Ken&Andy on the WFMU homepage shocked me

9:37am Planet Tyler:

Ken, you might want to send out a "Send Snacks" request a'la the #RanchStupidians

9:37am Brendan in Carroll Gardens:

american astronaut is a great flick

9:37am Planet Tyler:

And BTW, yes, the American Astronaut is pretty interesting!

9:38am BnowB:

Searching for songs and getting back to WFMU has happened to me on google and I laugh.

9:38am (((Murakami Whywolf):

Criticise things you don't know about.

9:38am Andrea:

Hi!

9:38am JakeGould:

@Brian: That New Yorker cover will completely reach Trump supporters and change the course of this administration.

9:38am BnowB:

lmao.. this tuba? haha

9:39am BnowB:

omg.. on floor laughing

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9:39am Ken From Hyde Park:

Pooey-something!

9:39am βrian:

It's a little creepy, though, when you find the link on Google mere seconds after it first appeared on the playlist.

9:40am steveo:

i sense a bassoon

9:40am themutante:

Love this!

9:40am βrian:

I thought so, too, but then I realized it was sailing way to high.

9:41am pantz:

Rusty Tubas Never Sleep

9:41am dfb:

this great
Neil right

9:42am cory:

love the picture for this song

9:42am βrian:

... at sea level, that is.

9:42am Chrizzi:

hello from the library, you intellectuals.

9:43am BnowB:

I already downloaded it. lol Hey Hey

9:43am steveo:

yeah i guess it was just the bass fiddle

9:44am βrian:

Hello back from the library.

9:45am Ike:

@Murakami: The fifth Doctor was *definitely* Peter Davison's Doctor, and it turns out he *is* an asshole! Or at least a dinosaur: www.indiewire.com...
Peter Cushing's Doctor does not count according to any reputable fan. He's a human and is called "Dr. Who". So, not the same entity.

9:46am steveo:

aha! bass clarinet: "David Coulter adds his musical saw on Hey Hey My My creating such a transfixed sound, Gabriele Coen on bass clarinet. The six piece string section with Vanessa Cremaschi and Elena De Stabile on violin, Ambra Michelangeli and Stefano Azzolina on viola, Laura Bisceglia and Giovanna Famulari on cello."

9:46am BnowB:

Trombone Tuba Drums.. :) LOVE THIS!!!! DIRT by the stooges hahaha

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9:46am -Ken:

Chrizzy! Hello to the library!

9:47am steveo:

this dirt is also great and I fear i'm never going to get another cup of tea

9:48am fleep:

Rock out, big brass thing.

9:48am doctorjazz:

Steve Bernstein gets this kind of sound on a slide trumpet, bit like slide guitar/buzzsaw.

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9:48am -Ken:

Amazing to me how much the Tuba sounds like Ron Asheton's guitar on this..

9:49am steveo:

Asheton has a tuba pedal, I understand.

9:50am steveo:

(i was joking, but internet is not laughing about the idea of making a guitar sound like a tuba)

9:53am BnowB:

lol @ ken

9:53am pantz:

Tuba Talk with Ken Freedman

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9:58am JtotheK:

hi ken, please forgive my late arrival. hi everyone.

9:58am pantz:

PUG! PUG!

9:59am cee:

hey everyone.

hey

9:59am βrian:

This almost sounds like a Fred Lane cover.

10:00am FɒFɑ (:

I suspected the Little Fan Man song was coming up as one could hear Ken singing it in the background during the Leather Nun song.

10:01am am I ad:

Morning S.M Ken,hello people?Great day for a great show.Thanks much.

10:01am βrian:

I think John Prine is the best at dubious rhymes. They always seem to work.

10:01am egal:

Bowie would use a stylophone.

10:04am steveo:

tomorrow is my food coop compost hauling shift... not joking

10:04am themutante:

Pizza Rat!

10:04am themutante:

What a little trooper.

10:04am egal:

Should have hired the Rat Man.

10:04am pantz:

The rats came back. You thought they were a goner, but the rats came back, the very next day?

10:05am JakeGould:

@SteveO: Where?

10:05am steveo:

park slope

10:05am John in Bklyn:

Leprechauns only work on mice.

10:06am jan:

Just got into the air- smooth flight so far! Looking forward to the complimentary beverage service.

10:11am steveo:

i think this might be 5/4

10:13am steveo:

i think this might be earnestly about God

10:13am FɒFɑ (:

TINOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

10:13am FɒFɑ (:

Santo is the most famous Mexican wrestler.

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10:14am Webhamster Henry:

5/4 tunes include "There will Never Be", sung by Nilsson.

10:14am steveo:

lulz

10:16am Nick S.:

River Man is m favorite song, I think.

10:16am steveo:

am I posting too much? I drank a lot of tea during the last long jam.

10:17am Kerbo:

Nick Drake changed my guitar playing life many years ago. love it!

10:17am Listener142985:

sublime song, absurd GIF--nicely done, sir!

10:17am jan:

Love this Nick Drake!

10:18am steve:

big yay for River Man

10:18am Planet Tyler:

pavement twice in a morning

10:19am judy from croton:

What's the time signature on river man? That what its called? I count to 10!

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10:19am -Ken:

Great song, awful segue. I will never use time signature as a basis for a se4gue ever again.

10:19am themutante:

Beck really tapped into this feel for Round The Bend off of Sea Change.

10:19am Nick S.:

5/4

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10:19am -Ken:

Judy, it was 5/4. Tyler - Pavement twice? What you mean?

10:21am judy from croton:

Ooo question answered by previous posters. Good band name
Previous Posters

10:21am Planet Tyler:

But river man... i have a hard time listening to nick drake in public

10:21am jan:

and Shopping Trolley- you haven't played that in years- still great to hear!

10:21am Planet Tyler:

Ken, Clay played Pavement

10:24am Ass Fault:

He re-paved!

10:25am themutante:

Knowledge dropped!

10:26am BnowB:

i'll admit; i love pavement.

10:27am themutante:

Knowledge redacted!

10:27am (((Murakami Whywolf):

Change it up with Key and Peele's "Funky Nonsense", their tribute to food, space, and modes of transport.

10:27am Laura L:

Thanks for that Nick Drake, Ken. And Pavement too, bad segue 'n' all.

10:31am Irene:

Nice set, Ken! Could you please play something by Linda Thompson? It's her 70th birthday today.

10:32am doctorjazz:

Linda Thompson, that would be great, seconded!

10:33am Listener142985:

this song is so much better in Spanish

10:34am doctorjazz:

R and L Thompson! Great! Thanks!

10:35am Matt ww:

10:35am northguineahills:

@Listener142985: I'm sure if better, but just as beautiful in a different way... ok, maybe better...

10:36am Planet Tyler:

@BnowB - whats not to love about Pavement!!

10:36am melinda:

Dig the Thompsons.

10:36am Irene:

Thanks for R & L! Linda's very active on Facebook (and very funny too).

10:39am Planet Tyler:

A friend of mine went out with the pavement drummer (NOT Gary Young!) in .... 89? 90? when they were NYCers and working at ...cant remember which museum

10:39am Megaroni:

70, the new 50! Feliz cumple!

10:40am FɒFɑ (:

Pale Blue Eyes by Carla Morrison is one of these songs that deserved to be covered by the original artist.

10:41am themutante:

What doth life?

10:42am Planet Tyler:

Hey Ken - just for you today - people.com...

10:43am Listener142985:

if the cookie does not kill you it will make you way stronger

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10:44am Ken From Hyde Park:

The Oreos are there to hold down warped records.

10:44am j-bklyn:

look at oreo ingredients - proud to have gmo's ! new world, new ingredients

10:44am General Attorney:

You embelish and dissemble Sir. Megan filled in for Jeff on Sunday - and thowse cookies would never have survived thru the IBJ party afterwards

10:45am northguineahills:

Follakzoid!

10:47am Vincent Nifigance:

@Planet Tyler Wasn't Bob Nastanovich on ad hoc drumming duties for them and Silver Jews in NYC, when they were all living together and working at the Whitney. Steve West didn't join until about 93 I don't think.

10:47am JakeGould:

Old Oreos like that will give you the shits.

10:47am themutante:

Great track!

10:49am Little Danny:

Follakzoid III is so great

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10:53am -Ken:

General Attorney, you could be right.. I did have trouble hearing what Jeff was saying.

10:55am Planet Tyler:

@Vincent, yes it was Bobby. He was a sweet guy. And yes it was the Whitney! David Berman was around too

10:58am Vincent Nifigance:

@Planet Tyler Yeah, they were all at The Whitney working as Security Guards - Malkmus, Nastanovich and Berman. Nastanovich played neighbours trash as percussion including an old suitcase. Love that Arizona Record.

11:04am FɒFɑ (:

SCHLAMMPEEEEITZIGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

I don't think I have told you this before but I know for sure how to pronounce Schlammpeitziger. It's very easy if you follow my instructions:

Sch - This is pronounced like X
La - Is pronounced like Lei
Mm - Double M is pronunced: M&Ms
Peit - As in Poit
Zig - This is pronouned like Sex
Er - This is pronounced like Air

So basically it's like saying:
X-lei-M&Ms-poit-Sex-Air

And that's exactly how it is pronounced. Mind you, I did a German introductory course in '98.

11:06am BnowB:

Love this song "Airship Gorillas, reminds me of Bonaparte.

11:07am BnowB:

cant find this song for nada Airship

11:11am FɒFɑ (:

That's because it is called 'Airship Graveyards'

11:12am JakeGould:

Can the “Give the Drummer Stream” run counter programming: “Fuck Your Pantry”

11:12am steve:

Ken did Jim or Bronwyn send you their idea they discussed yesterday - "Hey kids! Scream til your parents tune to 91.1 WFMU!"... ? i voted for Manson but now i like that idea the most.

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11:13am Ken From Hyde Park:

I ran out of pit this morning, so one arm smells like mountain stream and one smells like cool forest.

11:14am Ike:

If so, @Jake, then the current song on the Drummer stream would be called "The Past Was Horrible and Never Ideal and Everything Sucked in the 50s, You Goofy Nostalgic Bozo" (though I swear I really do love this song, actually)

11:15am JakeGould:

What is “pit?” Some hippie deodorant rock?

11:16am BnowB:

Peace everybody, much love to WFMU and this crazy world.

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11:18am Ken From Hyde Park:

@Jake - Locker room slang for deodorant. As in "Crud, forgot to bring pit this morning!"

11:19am BnowB:

im tired..

11:22am Stay Frosty:

Oooo...reference to Logan's Run? Good read.

11:22am JakeGould:

@Ken: That must be some Upstate New York slang.

11:25am FɒFɑ (:

And the correct answer is: 'Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino'

That's what is wrong with America.

11:25am themutante:

Pussy Riot could answer this with MAGA.

11:27am Megaroni:

FMU, what's right with Amerika!

11:29am BnowB:

I really felt those songs about this great America again

11:30am Listener142985:

yes help insightful addicts now!

11:31am Stay Frosty:

This is the most uplifting song about heroin addicts that I have heard more than once.

11:32am casey holcomb:

More Porter Wagoner covers, plz & thx

11:37am Uncle Michael:

How great is this Peter Perrett album? I ask you.

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11:38am -Ken:

Yeah it's pretty great and it doesn't sound like The Only Ones at all!

11:43am themutante:

Patience, Ken.

11:43am cee:

didn't know sonny bono got down like this

11:45am JP from KC:

Love the song diagrams today. "Twangy Bits" sounds like it should be an appetizer at Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill.

11:48am FɒFɑ (:

This is authentic hippie noise!

11:49am FLman:

I protest this song!

11:49am JakeGould:

God do I hate this.

11:49am Planet Tyler:

@Vincent. Sounds like you were around too? Or just a big fan?

11:50am olivia:

lmao

11:50am will:

Because republicans totally weren't protesting at all during the Obama administration

11:50am Carmichael:

Very late heya, Kenneth. I am very busy and, therefore, quite important.

11:51am chris:

hello there. able to catch some of your show today, Ken, but coffee keeps shooting out my nose. please advise.

11:53am blee:

love the Jazz graphic. 36 minute song, ha!

11:54am Stay Frosty:

Ken, eat the damn cookies already (if you haven't yet)

11:54am Dean:

I demand an end to demands to end things.

11:55am FɒFɑ (:

What happened to Sam and Joe voices? Are you playing this at the normal speed?

11:56am Stay Frosty:

But I want to have my cake and eat it too. Is that wrong?

11:56am steveo:

can you record yourself ending the show on vinyl and then do that hand brake thing right at the very end?

11:57am steveo:

oh, and thanks for the YAGS (yet another great show)

11:58am Dean:

Current lead singer for U2, no?

11:58am steveo:

bluegrass: edcyphers.files.wordpress.com...

11:59am themutante:

Brava, Ken!

11:59am ov:

tree hugger

11:59am FɒFɑ (:

Thanks, Ken, people! Great comments, gifs and music! Till next episode!

Take care and remember to be happy!

What? Aren't you happy yet?! BUT I JUST SAID BE HAPPY! C'MON! LOOSEN UP! BE HAPPY I SAY!!!!

12:00pm bobo:

Wait a moment..Can I still request a song?