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June 1, 2009: Stairway to even
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| the field | I Have The Moon, You Have The Internet | yesterday and today |
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0:00:00 (Real | ) | |
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Music behind DJ: a small good thing |
loop |
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| papa m | Arundel | Live From A Shark Cage |
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0:14:00 (Real | ) | |
| Tadahiko Yokogawa | parola | Volo Interno |
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0:18:31 (Real | ) | |
| Susie Ibarra | drum sketch 1 | Drum Sketches |
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0:21:54 (Real | ) | |
| Connie Converse | Roving Woman | How Sad How Lovely |
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0:27:11 (Real | ) | |
| Yair Yona | Are you Smarter Than a 35 Year Old TV Host? | remember |
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0:27:50 (Real | ) | |
| Bill Callahan | All Thoughts are Prey to Some Beast | Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle |
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0:32:41 (Real | ) | |
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Music behind DJ: Wishmountain |
loop |
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0:37:30 (Real | ) | ||
| wet hair | radio mattanes/gold chains | dream |
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0:47:52 (Real | ) | |
| cave | track 6 | Psychic Psummer |
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0:55:05 (Real | ) | |
| it and my computer | pas a pas | kraak sampler 2 |
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0:58:56 (Real | ) | |
| debrut | smurfing in the sun | coupe decale ep |
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1:03:45 (Real | ) | |
| Droids | do you have the force part one | star peace |
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1:07:46 (Real | ) | |
| shogun kunitoki | riddarholhmen | vinonaamakasi0 |
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1:12:15 (Real | ) | |
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Music behind DJ: prefuse 73 |
loop |
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1:14:10 (Real | ) | ||
| Sparky Iwamoto & Japanese Modernaires Orchestra | Wakare No Isochidori (A Proper Goodbye) | Hawaiian Nisei Songs |
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1:23:27 (Real | ) | |
| claudia | dexia o morro cantar | Nicola Conte Presents Viagem 2 |
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1:27:24 (Real | ) | |
| kun rod + others | get on train go with bus elephant ride put up tent | thai funk zudrangma |
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1:28:49 (Real | ) | |
| da frank | waiting for my baby | voodoo funk frank gossner wfmu premium |
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1:35:30 (Real | ) | |
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Music behind DJ: james brown |
loop |
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1:36:38 (Real | ) | ||
| Honore Avolonto et l'orchestre Black Santiago | tin lin non | legends of benin v/a |
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1:43:15 (Real | ) | |
| Johnny Haastrup | Greetings | Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound of the Underground Lagos Dance Floor 1974-1979 (V/A) |
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1:51:11 (Real | ) | |
| rail band | diby | rail band vol 3 |
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1:57:23 (Real | ) | |
| interview | with | paul karasik about FLETCHER HANKS |
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2:01:52 (Real | ) | |
| Koonda Holaa & the Beetchees | track 2 | 10 Acres of the Finest Sand |
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2:23:38 (Real | ) | |
| a camp | stronger than jesus | Colonia |
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2:25:39 (Real | ) | |
| jeffrey lewis | bugs and flowers | Em Are I |
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2:28:07 (Real | ) | |
| hospitality | liberal arts | Hospitality EP |
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2:31:39 (Real | ) | |
| jack carter | Morning | We All Love The Human Race |
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2:34:28 (Real | ) | |
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Music behind DJ: Seksu Roba |
cookbook |
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2:36:11 (Real | ) | ||
| Don Simon, Klimperei + Telefunken | Linaire, Tres Linaire |
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2:41:34 (Real | ) | ||
| vandal cock | imp girl | anagram jam |
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2:42:19 (Real | ) | |
| donkaka | tracks 3 and 4 | human interface |
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2:45:03 (Real | ) | |
| zu | carbon | Carboniferous |
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2:48:18 (Real | ) | |
| Urichipangoon | track 4 | Giant Club | 2:53:00 (Real | ) | ||
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Music behind DJ: Davie Allan and the Arrows |
13th harley | 2:54:43 (Real | ) | |||
| jonathan richman | affection | 2:58:07 (Real | ) | |||
Mon. 6/1/09 9:04am
From:
anyone to everyone
good morning
Mon. 6/1/09 9:05am
From:
bw
I missed you all so much - thanks to DAvid S for doing the show last week - and today we have a special guest - Fletcher hanks expert and cartoonist himself -Paul Karasik 11 am
Mon. 6/1/09 9:06am
From:
annie
bw- gm!
Mon. 6/1/09 9:07am
From:
Joe Steele
I found myself perusing Paul's website last Thursday. I'm into Fletcher Hanks now and it's 100% BW's fault.
Mon. 6/1/09 9:13am
From:
anyone to everyone
i rather have the moon
Mon. 6/1/09 9:14am
From:
bw
space can take you there!
sorry that's "space"
Mon. 6/1/09 9:17am
From:
"Joe" Steele
I love that the space ship seems to have a steering wheel.
Mon. 6/1/09 9:17am
From:
bw
montreal staircases...
http://www.flickr.com/groups/346473@N24/
Mon. 6/1/09 9:18am
From:
anyone to everyone
i now wish i lived in montreal
Mon. 6/1/09 9:19am
From:
annie
joe, i wonder on which side of the steering wheel is the turn signal?
Mon. 6/1/09 9:19am
From:
thecleef
papa m = good start to the day
Mon. 6/1/09 9:19am
From:
Parq
Sample Fletch title from his Wikipedia bio: "The Dashing, Slashing Adventure of the Great Solinoor Diamond" - well, oh yeah!
Mon. 6/1/09 9:24am
From:
Quintum physics
You go inside the cage?
Cage goes in the water?
You go in the water?
Shark's in the water, our shark.
..Farewell and adieu to you fair Spanish ladies...
Mon. 6/1/09 9:25am
From:
Dash Riprock
They never gave me Saurians to ride on!
Mon. 6/1/09 9:28am
From:
anyone to dash riprock
thats probably cause your not a dart strange looking woman with a head gun. tuff luck nuk
Mon. 6/1/09 9:30am
From:
Duke
Saurian women with frickin' lasers on their heads!
Mon. 6/1/09 9:32am
From:
"Joe" Steele
On every other planet, everyone looks exactly the same. Earth seems to be the only diverse one in the bunch.
Mon. 6/1/09 9:34am
From:
annie
BW- your show always seems to have a deliciously surreal feeling, one which is extremely pleasant.
Mon. 6/1/09 9:40am
From:
anyone to everyone
space and dianna have been caught already?!?!? what the? who the?
Mon. 6/1/09 9:40am
From:
the four hands cook
hi BW!
that's a good introduction before a getaway to the sea!
Mon. 6/1/09 9:41am
From:
"Joe" Steele
They didn't even reach their destination. They should really just stay out of space.
Leopard woamen swarmed my Hyundai once, I managed to avoid capture.
Mon. 6/1/09 9:42am
From:
PMD
I used to be a leopard woman but took a shower and lost my spots.
Mon. 6/1/09 9:43am
From:
anyone to joe steele
hahaha
Mon. 6/1/09 9:43am
From:
dc pat
what's up with 'Space's' groin area? Is it muscley or what?
Mon. 6/1/09 9:44am
From:
Cecile
it's his sugalump ba da bump
Mon. 6/1/09 9:44am
From:
annie
BW0 we missed the 11:30 liz berg intro chat last week, i hope maria is up for the challenge today. routines ARE routines you know..
Mon. 6/1/09 9:44am
From:
anyone to everyone
newport mall remote!!!
Mon. 6/1/09 9:45am
From:
annie
hhm. looks pinched to me, pat.. scrunched almost. cecile!! happy birthday
Mon. 6/1/09 9:46am
From:
Cecile
thanks, Annie!
Mon. 6/1/09 9:46am
From:
"Joe" Steele
It looks like "Space's" um...shuttle has abs of it's own.
Mon. 6/1/09 9:47am
From:
Cecile
I like mobster/true crime books, but I have to take loads of breaks from them or it becomes numbing.
Mon. 6/1/09 9:48am
From:
dc pat
yeah, hey! Happy b-day Cecile! Are you drunk yet?
Mon. 6/1/09 9:49am
From:
bw
cecile - boy oh boy do I wish I asked you about montreal.. went to some bad places unfortunately
and happy b day!
Mon. 6/1/09 9:50am
From:
bw
this is the book that I can only give an ok rating too
http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Ones-Crazy-Revolution-Underworld/dp/1602860815
Mon. 6/1/09 9:51am
From:
bw
and here is the mocca comics festival
http://www.moccany.org/
Mon. 6/1/09 9:53am
From:
PMD
Cecile - many happy felicidades!
Mon. 6/1/09 9:54am
From:
AnAnonymousParty
Mornin' "all".
Mon. 6/1/09 9:55am
From:
annie
cecile, you'll get a kick out of this: Isa has been put in her crate each night when it's "time for bed" and she has been pretty good about it overall. well last night i was out for dinner and put her there to prevent her from tearing the house apart. i got back and she had removed herself and greeted me joyfully. well, when it was "time for bed" i went in and left her cage door open so she could climb in like she usually does. hehe.. she refused, so i just let her be. ten minutes later she went in; i left the door open.. she stayed in there all night! with the door open! hehe
Mon. 6/1/09 9:57am
From:
dc pat
OH GOD, NO! Not ROBOT scientists!!
Mon. 6/1/09 9:57am
From:
Cecile
Aw, bw, I'm sorry.
There was some food there that made me cry, so delicious.
My birthday; was yesterday. I had a nice weekend, Saturday was dinner at the 112 (best place in Minneapolis for my budget), a show by Demetri Martin. Sunday was UP and my new favorite pizza in town - Black Sheep. They use a coal oven. Nom.
thank you for the wonderful wishes!
Annie, heh, your Isa cracks me up! She's a good girl...evenutually.
Mon. 6/1/09 9:58am
From:
AnAnonymousParty
"Yet another anal probe", "Space" sighed.
Mon. 6/1/09 9:58am
From:
Robot Scientists
the humans are dead. once again without emotion.
Mon. 6/1/09 9:58am
From:
still b/p
Space already seems to have a huge puckered cleft/scar from sternum to scrotal zone. Diana seems to have been Tased to a physically rapturous surrender.
Mon. 6/1/09 9:59am
From:
Cecile
AAP, if you put "wistfully" at the end, it makes it even more funnier.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:01am
From:
AnAnonymousParty
"Space" has been on the bad end of far too many anal probe attempts by aliens with limited understanding of human physiology for that, Cecile.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:02am
From:
annie
they look like they're waiting for a bus, not getting ready to probe space.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:03am
From:
"Joe" Steele
Dianna doesn't seem to be restrained in any manner.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:04am
From:
Cecile
Yes, they haven't been gentle with him.
Perhaps Carol Queen needs to go into space.
heh. and that too.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:04am
From:
"Space"
If I had a nickel for every time I've said, "Uh, that's not my anus" . . .
Mon. 6/1/09 10:06am
From:
"Joe" Steele
You always say, "Turn her into a leopard woman." Dr. Roboto, how about some creativity?
Mon. 6/1/09 10:10am
From:
bw
joe I am rocking out on the joe steele awesome studio A CD rack - what do youwant to know about fletcher hanks?
Mon. 6/1/09 10:13am
From:
"Joe" Steele
Holy crap a CD Rack shout out.
I'm actually just curious when the new black Stardust T-shirst are gonna be available.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:15am
From:
cs
they have the tech to change her into a leopard women but still operate in a cave?
Mon. 6/1/09 10:15am
From:
Betty and Barney Hill
SPACE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, RUN!!!!!
Mon. 6/1/09 10:15am
From:
dc "pat"
yeah, I could sure use a stardust t--shirt....alls I have now are FMU t-shirts...
Mon. 6/1/09 10:16am
From:
AnAnonymousParty
Carpe Dianna!
Mon. 6/1/09 10:16am
From:
dc "pat"
Betty?...and Bahney?....dunt dunt dunt dunt dunt....
Mon. 6/1/09 10:17am
From:
Cecile
cs, batman still operates in a cave.
It's climate controlled, and you can have a really good wine cellar.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:18am
From:
"Joe" Steele
I fully intend on getting these Fletcher Hanks books.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:19am
From:
Alien Robot Freaks
Earth girls are cute. Let's play doctor with her.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:20am
From:
Dave Doom
Hi Ben. This is Dave Lockgroove and Compass and Boston. Ben, I stopped listening to music about 6 years ago. I played sax in an afrobeat band in Montreal for a while, but didn't listen to music much. I stopped collecting and have this little faux-antique record player that I was going to give to a girlfriend, but she bought a cooler 80s record player first, so I kept it [we broke up shortly afterwards].
So I'm in NYC for many years and have this little record player and 4 records (one T Rex and a few classical) and sort of stopped listening to music. Occassionally I bought a few CDs from the Desi taxi eatery joint on Houston and 1st-ish, which were good.
So, I just moved to brooklyn. Have a nice flat with my girlfriend, and decided to flip on the radio to keep me company while I unloaded the dish washer. I assumed I'd listen to sports talk radio (always a mainstay for me) but actually that benny goodman orgy thing was still going on, didn't want to hear that, and rather than flip to AM I thought wtf I'd scroll up the dial.
I stopped when I heard the smog (I'm of course irate at this "Bill Callahan" bull as if his parents were better than he at naming him. I remember I had the weirdest encounter with him at the middle east one night, that's another story though) backing tracks before his voice came on.
Anyhow, I sort of sighed in my head hearing the drums nad horns and was like, yeah, I guess I should listen to this.
Then his voice came on, effectless and such.
I listened to the track. Expecting it to be an anomoly I was curious what would come next, coudl it possibly be something I liked as much?
Then you came on, a familiar voice flooding back old memories. It was such a treat to hear Ben Walker on my radio again, didn't realize you had moved to NYC from Boston etc. etc. The thrill of listening ot live radio broadcast by a DJ who's taste you "trust" is something I had been missing.
So I'm listening and its a treat to have you back dj-ing. I just placed my speakers in stereo in the new apt and its being effectively baptized by your set this le morning!
Very exciting.
Thanks again for 5 formative years introducing me to music in Boston and its good to hear our tastes still align.
What a surprising pleasure.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:20am
From:
annie
hhmmm dianna seems to have lost her leggings along the way... hmmmm
Mon. 6/1/09 10:22am
From:
bw
hi DAve Doom
good story!
Mon. 6/1/09 10:22am
From:
"Joe" Steele
Mainly about Fletcher Hanks and question would be "What is your malfuncation?" but I think that's answered in one of the books.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:23am
From:
Comic Artist
That's not a continuity slip. That's target-audience titillation.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:23am
From:
annie
beautiful, what is this?
Mon. 6/1/09 10:24am
From:
AnAnonymousParty
You can't wear leggings on a fully operational table, it would interfere with the horizontalling mechanism
Mon. 6/1/09 10:28am
From:
Cecile
Dave Doom, that's so amazingly cool.
BW does do a beautiful show. Great way to start Mondays.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:28am
From:
bw
i had a cd error annie
hope its clear now
Mon. 6/1/09 10:29am
From:
annie
thx, bw. i got it written down.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:31am
From:
cs
well sure with a "tremendous effort" i could break from those bonds too
Mon. 6/1/09 10:32am
From:
Cecile
omg. I skated to this in 6th grade in a pink elephant costume
Mon. 6/1/09 10:32am
From:
still b/p
With a tremendous effort AND a sharply confident dance move...
Mon. 6/1/09 10:33am
From:
Cecile
I had pink sequins on my "ears"
Mon. 6/1/09 10:33am
From:
annie
i'm gonna have to practice darting sometime. seems cool to elan so far forward like that and not fall.!
Mon. 6/1/09 10:35am
From:
AnAnonymousParty
It takes tremendous effort, annie.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:35am
From:
still b/p
Typo apropos for Mr. Go-Go, annie!
Mon. 6/1/09 10:36am
From:
annie
does that come in a size 12?
Mon. 6/1/09 10:36am
From:
cs
"the space darts" "the leopard women of venus" - im seeing band names throughout this strip
Mon. 6/1/09 10:37am
From:
Alien Robot Freaks
This "Space" dude is a voyeur.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:37am
From:
"Joe" Steele
I thought the transmitting belt was a bad thing. Shows what I know.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:39am
From:
"Joe" Steele
Sure, punch the metal guy in the face, that'll totally hurt him more than you.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:39am
From:
Parq
Joe, the deal seems to be that the belt is a bad thing if your arms are tied, because they can shuttle you around with it, but if you can get your arms free, you can use it to your advantage.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:40am
From:
Cecile
it hurt his feelings.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:40am
From:
cs
widmark is wicked cool in that one
Mon. 6/1/09 10:40am
From:
AnAnonymousParty
"Space" punched with tremendous effort, and the robots have glass jaws.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:41am
From:
still b/p
Album name: Surgery in the Cave of Grits.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:41am
From:
steven from wmfo
Hello Ben-
don't know if you remember me...I'm friends w/ Peter C and Judy and Sandy and Linda P all from WZBC, yer ol stomping grounds. Tuned in here in Asheville, NC and enjoying yer show. A whole bunch of us just got kicked off WPVM here and they went and changed the programming....we are all bummed out but happy to have you and the crew available on line!!
great to hear you...
steven
Mon. 6/1/09 10:42am
From:
Alien Robot Freaks
Don't we get to have *any* fun. Sheesh.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:43am
From:
cs
hey steven - i love ashville nc - whats that cool record store at the bottom of a hill in town
Mon. 6/1/09 10:44am
From:
bw
hi stephen.. what is this reunion day!!
hah
Mon. 6/1/09 10:44am
From:
dc "pat"
coufound it! I have a meeting at 11--can you move the interview to now?
Mon. 6/1/09 10:45am
From:
bw
pat!!! tell the meeting people you have a bathroom emergency? or something like that?
Mon. 6/1/09 10:45am
From:
bw
can't "space" inspire you to make something up?
Mon. 6/1/09 10:46am
From:
steven from wmfo
well Static Age is there and the owner just had surgery and there was a benefit for his Hospital expenses. Before it was static it was Whizz records...do dem ring any bells? There's a new one in W. Ashevillle near my house called Harvest. They put on tons of great shows in our little corner, great to have em hear...really keeping it alive!
Mon. 6/1/09 10:47am
From:
dc "pat"
I guess with tremendous effort I could get out of it. Actually it's only 15 minutes so if you could stall for a bit...
Mon. 6/1/09 10:47am
From:
cs
come on dc pat tell them its life or death
Mon. 6/1/09 10:48am
From:
"Joe" Steele
If you happen to be using RealPlayer, you can pause it like a TiVo. (I think, I don't have a TiVo)
Mon. 6/1/09 10:48am
From:
dc "pat"
man, if Asheville was in the north, I'd move there in a second. Love that town and the mountains...
Mon. 6/1/09 10:49am
From:
PMD
Obviously in space women don't wear bras.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:50am
From:
AnAnonymousParty
No gravity in space.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:50am
From:
george
PMD. not funny enough!! :))
Mon. 6/1/09 10:50am
From:
still b/p
In space, no one can hear you sag.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:50am
From:
Parq
Taken out of context, the panel accompanying the Benin track would resemble most of my pre-marriage Saturday nights.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:50am
From:
ume
Benjamin:
I'm curious: why did the Martian Central Brain need to be destroyed? Was it bad like the U.S. auto industry?
Mon. 6/1/09 10:50am
From:
bw
heh
Mon. 6/1/09 10:51am
From:
cs
steven - whizz sounds right...i remember boxes and boxes of records. but then i havent been to nc for a few years now
Mon. 6/1/09 10:53am
From:
Cecile
you can also pause the live stream on the flash player
Mon. 6/1/09 10:53am
From:
AnAnonymousParty
While the robots are all down at Earl Scheib's getting their jaws touched-up.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:53am
From:
still b/p
Speakin' a' rekkids, the vintage international samplings earlier today reminded me how sorely tempted I was by Yma Sumac's debut album at a record fair yesterday.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:56am
From:
bw
pat - i am gonna start about 4 min late it turns out good luck with gettin out of meeting
Mon. 6/1/09 10:57am
From:
steven from wmfo
whizz is online now if you wanna peruse
whizzkid1.com
Mon. 6/1/09 10:58am
From:
Cheesy Prose
I dash. I dart. Fear me.
Mon. 6/1/09 10:58am
From:
dc pat
fuckin A! I'll talk real fast, thanks bw!
Mon. 6/1/09 11:00am
From:
bw
ume - not sure???>?
they aren't there yet!!
Mon. 6/1/09 11:00am
From:
cs
thanks for that steven
Mon. 6/1/09 11:08am
From:
dc "pat"
yes! back already!
Mon. 6/1/09 11:10am
From:
"Joe" Steele
dc "pat" dashes out of the meeting cave and back into the WFMU chat cave.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:10am
From:
dc "pat"
I have Batman #19 at home--from 1942 I think.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:11am
From:
dc "pat"
it took tremendous effort
Mon. 6/1/09 11:13am
From:
Cecile
Charles Schultz did the correpsondence course.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:15am
From:
Parq
Set aside the space guys for a moment - the Dick Tracy strips from that era resemble a Cohen Brothers crime drama.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:16am
From:
Chronology
Possibly vice versa, Parq!
Mon. 6/1/09 11:17am
From:
Cecile
those dick tracys are addictive
a friend of mine had some compilations and they are completely engrossing. The movie was so disappointing.
Coen Brothers.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:18am
From:
"Joe" Steele
And there's "Big Red" McLane who looks exactly like Stardust.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:18am
From:
annie
dick tracy, mandrake the magician... i had to have em every day
Mon. 6/1/09 11:19am
From:
Saurians
When do we get to eat them already?!?!?!?!
Mon. 6/1/09 11:19am
From:
Cecile
Paul Bunyan!
Everyone loves Paul Bunyan!
Mon. 6/1/09 11:20am
From:
still b/p
When I was about junior high age, my folks gave me a massive volume of Buck Rogers strips starting with the earliest. Don't know what became of it.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:20am
From:
Parq
Chrono, no doubt. George Romero and Stephen King made clear their debt to the EC 50s horror comics with 1982's "Creepshow".
Mon. 6/1/09 11:20am
From:
Paul Bunyan
What the Hell is so strange about Lumberjack stories?
Mon. 6/1/09 11:22am
From:
dc pat
A drunken dick, huh? GREAT! I knew is was all going too perfectly.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:22am
From:
cs
i have an uncle who drew cartoons in the military and he beat his wife and was a drunk - whats the deal?
Mon. 6/1/09 11:24am
From:
cs
great interview bw
Mon. 6/1/09 11:24am
From:
dc "pat"
maybe it's some sort of innate frustration at not being a superhero who can torture bad guys.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:25am
From:
Paul Karasik
Wait..."cs"...you have an uncle" drew cartoons in the military and he beat his wife and was a drunk..."
I must see his work. Contact me thru my website:
www.fletcherhanks.com
Mon. 6/1/09 11:25am
From:
annie
i coulda been a cartoonists kid!! my dad drew the scariest shit..
Mon. 6/1/09 11:25am
From:
Parq
God, folks, if we tried to make a complete list of people who made great art/entertainment but were horrible wastes of protoplasm as people, we'd be here all day. AA Milne was cold and distant with young Christopher, Rollie Dahl was a Nazi supporter, and those are just two EGs that leap to mind.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:26am
From:
Cecile
Paul, this is amazing stuff, and I just pre-ordered your book on the Amazon.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:26am
From:
dc pat
holy shit, I just saw that Harvey Pekar is coming to FMU--that should be good.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:27am
From:
cs
we dont keep in touch with him ( but i can contact my aunt and see if she has any of his strips or can get them - i remember him showing them to me when i was a kid - ill investigate and get back to you
Mon. 6/1/09 11:28am
From:
Paul Karasik
Thanks, Cecile! (love that name!)
Mon. 6/1/09 11:28am
From:
Cecile
I love Harvey Pekar. He is a real inspiration to me.
Hey, does anyone know where I can find nice editions of Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon?
Mon. 6/1/09 11:28am
From:
Cecile
oh, thanks!
thanks for the great detective work!
Mon. 6/1/09 11:29am
From:
"Joe" Steele
I've had a couple awful comics published in my college paper back in the day.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:29am
From:
Paul Karasik
Thanks "cs"...don't forget! I gotta see that stuff!
Mon. 6/1/09 11:29am
From:
Cheesy Prose
superluner?
Mon. 6/1/09 11:29am
From:
annie
at home i have boxes and boxes of comic books.. old ones, it seems. maybe fmu is a great place to get rid of em.. eh?
Mon. 6/1/09 11:30am
From:
"Space"
Let me grip your torso again. So we can get out.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:30am
From:
Cecile
me too, Joe.
In fact, I illustrated Fun World Music Facts about 14 years ago. This was in the dawn of the Web.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:31am
From:
Cecile
And my pen skills leave something to be desired.
http://wfmu.org/Playlists/Robw/funfax.html
Mon. 6/1/09 11:33am
From:
AnAnonymousParty
This would be a fun video game, what, with all the dashing, jaw punching, tremendous effort and braless Diannas.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:33am
From:
Cecile
nothing's stopping you from it, AAP
Mon. 6/1/09 11:33am
From:
cs
i wont forget paul - it will be an interesting assignment for me.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:34am
From:
"Joe" Steele
Mine were pretty much all done by computer. I don't think I have any files saved, but may possibly have some of the newspapers at home.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:35am
From:
doug from dc
Given the author's reputation, these poor robots are in for a horrible fate.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:35am
From:
still b/p
Mr. Karasik, ya gots to make some nice-sized reproductions of best, most classic and craziest Hanks panels for our walls. This crew here, I'm guessing, would be glad to vote for favorites.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:36am
From:
Cecile
Yeah, get them printed on canvas...
Mon. 6/1/09 11:36am
From:
"Joe" Steele
I must know where this head one is from:
http://www.fletcherhanks.com/ABOUT.html
Mon. 6/1/09 11:36am
From:
annie
they can do brain surgery, and now they're "clumsy"??
Mon. 6/1/09 11:37am
From:
Yep
How are the mighty fallen.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:38am
From:
AnAnonymousParty
Typical specialists.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:39am
From:
paul Karasik
1. I don't think that there are any primo collections of Flash Gordon, but there was a recent classy book of Alex Raymond's work that surely included some Flash Gordon work.
2. Even robots must suffer.
3. b/p: what walls are we talkin' about here? I would be happy to supply you with scans of primo Hanks panels.
4. The head shot comes from a comic book called "the Big Three" and appears in Volume 1: "I Shall Destroy all the Civilized Planets!"
Mon. 6/1/09 11:41am
From:
dc "pat"
alright! Wendy in the freakin HAUS!
Mon. 6/1/09 11:41am
From:
Cecile
thanks, Paul.
Then those facsimiles my friend had must be worth a ton now. It was back in the early 80s. I will look out for that new book.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:42am
From:
"Joe" Steele
Heres a classic:
http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/BR/gyp11.png
Mon. 6/1/09 11:44am
From:
Parq
Annie, re 11:36, I was just thinking the same thing; how convenient that they're suddenly "clumsy". But let's keep in mind that the same logic pervades multi-million-dollar summer blockbusters in the movies.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:44am
From:
stingy d
hi everybody. i dreamed that i had a small pet elephant named tom. was cool. but i lost him in union square for a bit. but then i found him again.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:45am
From:
AnAnonymousParty
By now the ship's controls will have had time to sleep it off.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:46am
From:
PMD
I like how Diana has strong ABS! Oh, wait, it's space. No muscles needed.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:47am
From:
JJZ
Ah, I thought I heard Dokaka.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:48am
From:
still b/p
Jus' my apartment walls.
Getting scans would be great. I'll go back and review the strips we've seen here recently to make a request or two via your website. Thanks. Some images and dialogue are too perfect or awful or whacked, sometimes all at once, to pass up.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:48am
From:
molerat
Damn, missed Mr. Karasik. It's off to the archives for me.
Really loved the Newgarden+Karasik essay on Nancy (www.tomhart.net/teaching/handouts/howToReadNancy.pdf).
Any chance of getting Mark Newgarden on WFMU some time?
Mon. 6/1/09 11:52am
From:
dc pat
wow, this is mathy
Mon. 6/1/09 11:54am
From:
AnAnonymousParty
Meanwhile, the robots are trying to kick themselves but find they are too clumsy.
Mon. 6/1/09 11:54am
From:
Cecile
I call it "Crimsonian fear music."
Mon. 6/1/09 11:56am
From:
annie
cecile, i found myself struggling to describe korpilaani last night.. very funny..
Mon. 6/1/09 11:58am
From:
Parq
Good Luck to Maria "the New Lucia Pamela" Lev in her moon mission. Failure is not an option!
Mon. 6/1/09 11:59am
From:
Cecile
Sounds hilarious, Annie. Like they are. Funny, fun band.
Mon. 6/1/09 12:00pm
From:
melty
ah the sound i hate to hear..that was an amazing show!
Wed. 6/3/09 9:48am
From:
catpatz
did you say you are going to denmark? i live in copenhagen---are you going for fmu or otherwise?
Wed. 6/3/09 7:31pm
From:
Tom Stein
All this commentary! Wow, Benjamen, you've really stirred the pot with this show!
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