Listener comments!

Wed. 7/1/09 3:07pm From: Boston

Babe, tomorrows so far away
Theres something I just have to say
I dont think I can hide what Im feelin inside
Another day, knowin I love you

Wed. 7/1/09 3:08pm From: Cecile

How's LAK (life after kenny) treating you, Irwin?

Wed. 7/1/09 3:10pm From: Ike

I love this School of Seven Bells song.

Irwin, have you heard of Great Northern and the Joy Formidable? You might like those bands.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:12pm From: Paul Simon

Cecilia!

Wed. 7/1/09 3:14pm From: Cecile

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Wed. 7/1/09 3:15pm From: G

Those aren't margin problems--that's our comments board

Wed. 7/1/09 3:16pm From: Ike

Oh, and hey 3:07, what did that city ever do to deserve getting such a shitty milquetoast band named after them? ;)

Wed. 7/1/09 3:17pm From: Boston

At least we have good taste in female names. Google the lyrics.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:18pm From: dc pat

hey if it wasn't for Boston and all those other bands that sound just like them, there would be no punk rock. Gotta take the yang with the yin Ike.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:19pm From: Neeks

Where can I steal some Perennial Divide?

Wed. 7/1/09 3:20pm From: Cecile

I think More than a Feeling is a brilliant single.
I speak this from the bottom of my hesher-fellow-traveler heart.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:24pm From: Cecile

I need that Rec rec sampler

Wed. 7/1/09 3:25pm From: Ike

DC Punk, excellent point, and Alan Watts would approve.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:26pm From: MJ

*I* don't even care! :-P

Wed. 7/1/09 3:27pm From: Graeme

Molly Sugden from Are You Being Served has died, the BBC have just announced.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:27pm From: Cecile

AMANDA! Best tribute to MJ yet.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:27pm From: Jess

Amanda's tribute to Jacko. How touching. *wipes a tear*

Wed. 7/1/09 3:27pm From: MJ

Talk about a Thriller you just can't escape from! :-)

Wed. 7/1/09 3:27pm From: Parq

Facsimile hell! Amanda is in full flower what Michael was newly budding.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:28pm From: John McCabe in LA

Hi Irwin I made friends with you on facebook now we can talk shit about Ken without him knowing

Wed. 7/1/09 3:29pm From: Feral Cat

Oh no manda is mad!

Wed. 7/1/09 3:29pm From: Jess

Graeme: Your timing is uncanny.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:29pm From: Swami

Karl Malden RIP! Couldn't make the 100 mark, but 97 is pretty fair.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:30pm From: Amanda Fan Club

You played this last week before we knew he would die the next day - maybe he was mad

Wed. 7/1/09 3:31pm From: BSI

Holy salivating penguin tarts!
Where the hell have I BEEN!??

Wed. 7/1/09 3:31pm From: Cecile

I don't know. Good to see you BSI!

Wed. 7/1/09 3:32pm From: Parq

@Ike, 3:17: the answer is, they hosted the kind of nascent tech boom that drives people to think that a rock album made by an MIT grad in his suburban basement is cool, no matter that it *sounds* like an album made in an MIT grad's 'burban basement. And punk preceded that album by at least two years. Just sayin'.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:35pm From: slugluv1313

former boxing champion Alexis Arguello was found dead from a gunshot wound to the chest: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_sp_bo_ne/box_arguello_dead

Wed. 7/1/09 3:37pm From: G

The girl is not my son? DUH.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:38pm From: BSI

god it's amazing...
i've got about five tabs open, playing this youtube dude at different points while Irwin plays it........... it's like a roller-coaster of audio velveeta.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:38pm From: Ganjibus Gorilla

Oh the humanity!

Wed. 7/1/09 3:38pm From: Cecile

he is really really bad.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:39pm From: Vocal Coach

He's just now realizing he can't do it? Good ear, dude.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:41pm From: micheal jackson

that is without a doubt the best tribute I've heard so far.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:44pm From: Blanket

...you're not my dad!

Wed. 7/1/09 3:45pm From: Lizardner Dave

Just tuned in. Thanks for the Wilco. Looking forward to the shows at Keyspan and Dutchess County in a couple weeks.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:46pm From: Quilt

Distant cousin!

Wed. 7/1/09 3:47pm From: Cecil

Karl Malden RIPP

Wed. 7/1/09 3:47pm From: Mike

oh man is there a direct link anywhere to that Amanda song? i MUST link to it. i must.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:47pm From: Dead Corporate Eyes

doesn't that sound like Badfinger or George Harrison on slide guitar in the background?

Wed. 7/1/09 3:47pm From: Captain Beefheart

distant cousins, there's a limited supply

Wed. 7/1/09 3:50pm From: doug from dc

Mike - check out:
http://www.bandboston.com/Songs/ThirdStageAlbum/Amanda.html

Wed. 7/1/09 3:52pm From: doug from dc

;)

Wed. 7/1/09 3:52pm From: Mike

Oh sorry, I meant the song "Mad" that Irwin played... the Boston song's a classic, too.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:53pm From: doug from dc

I know, just having some fun with links. I should have used a tinyURL, that would have been more effective.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:55pm From: Master Bates

I'm having fun with my link too

Wed. 7/1/09 3:56pm From: Parq

Love this number. Was 11 in 1967 myself. But I never had a brother like Martin. No, I never had a brother like him.

Wed. 7/1/09 3:57pm From: Trout Amand-ine

The guy who posted Amanda videos to the youtubes in the first place ("jerserf") has put up a link on prior Irwin comments lists to his website with other performances from her. Try looking for the link in comments from 2-4 weeks ago.

Wed. 7/1/09 4:00pm From: annie

see, i listening to another station now cause i know if i tune in fmu irwin will put amanda on again... just so ya know, i'm loyal, but not masochistic.

Wed. 7/1/09 4:01pm From: Amanda

{screeching} You're just JEALOUUUUUSSSSS!!!!!!

Wed. 7/1/09 4:01pm From: Amanda Fan Club

Here's one link - but I'm Mad is not on it.
http://www.myspace.com/memedacookie
Irwin is she still coming to visit her brother?

Wed. 7/1/09 4:02pm From: dc pat

that's weird because Amanda is the ONE thing on which I agree with Irwin...

Wed. 7/1/09 4:02pm From: Turbo

Hi Irwin! Have you and Michelle ever considered doing a "Incorrect music" reunion show?

Wed. 7/1/09 4:04pm From: annie

weird pat, just plain weird.. but i'll still like you...

Wed. 7/1/09 4:08pm From: doug from dc

Cello Song, nice cover of an old fave. I heard someone else cover this recently, can't remember who.

Wed. 7/1/09 4:08pm From: G

Yeah, some Amanda items played on this show do not seem to be on youtube or myspace. I suspect Irwin and jerserf have an exclusivity agreement. :-P

Wed. 7/1/09 4:08pm From: aMANda

worship me cookie...

Wed. 7/1/09 4:10pm From: Mike

Yeah can't seem to find that one in particular. Ah well I can direct people to playlists I suppose. thanks for the links, folks.

Wed. 7/1/09 4:13pm From: Cecile

this guy isnt' really terrible. What happened, Irwin?

Wed. 7/1/09 4:16pm From: Neeks

Please don't sing..

Wed. 7/1/09 4:17pm From: BSI

...too late...

Wed. 7/1/09 4:18pm From: G

There's a whole a range of singing ability in the populace. They're not all horrible. Some surprise you with some nice bits among some drecky bits, when they sing.

Just like anything in life.

Wed. 7/1/09 4:21pm From: BSI

EFFIN' YEH!
NICK the EFFIN' BARD!!!!!!

Wed. 7/1/09 4:21pm From: Troublemaker

Didn't you and Kenny G ever duet something Michael Jacksony?

Wed. 7/1/09 4:23pm From: John

This is awesome! Please tell Nick I really enjoyed his singing on "Rainbow Connection" with The Muppets.

Wed. 7/1/09 4:24pm From: BSI

Nick's metal voice is needed here.

Wed. 7/1/09 4:25pm From: scott

this is like kermit from the muppet babies singing with voldemort

Wed. 7/1/09 4:28pm From: Peteski

This is the show Kenny would've done if he was still with us

Wed. 7/1/09 4:31pm From: G

Don't cry for Kenny G, Argentina. He's a visiting prof at Princeton next academic year.

Wed. 7/1/09 4:36pm From: Dave B in NYC

YEAH!

Wed. 7/1/09 4:36pm From: Amanda

I'm teaching music history at Yale in 2010.

Wed. 7/1/09 4:38pm From: Lizardner Dave

The armpit farts add a subtle, almost Debussy-like nuance to this piece.

Wed. 7/1/09 4:38pm From: Jennique

You played her version of Mad last week before all the news about MJ and I have not been able to get her out of my head! She's tha bomb.

Wed. 7/1/09 4:38pm From: Ken From Hyde Park

Amanda is awesome!

Wed. 7/1/09 4:39pm From: Parq

Dang, I was walking the dog when Bard sang -- I'm out of the room for all the good stuff today! Sigh.

Wed. 7/1/09 4:39pm From: Nick the Bard

You only WISH I'd do Muppet songs...

Wed. 7/1/09 4:40pm From: Amanda Fan Club

This has to be the most eclectic set ever

Wed. 7/1/09 4:40pm From: John

It's Not Easy Being Green?

Wed. 7/1/09 4:42pm From: GP

I would not doubt it Amanda, I had to leave to get an education.

Wed. 7/1/09 4:42pm From: John

Was that Mark E. Smith's junior high garage band?

Wed. 7/1/09 4:42pm From: Nick the Bard

All the Muppet stuff I'm most familiar with is from Muppet Babies, and Lemmy help us all if I sing any of that annoying ass shit.

Wed. 7/1/09 4:43pm From: Kermit

Green..meh. Everything is green this or green that these days...I just want you to remember who started it all bub...

Wed. 7/1/09 4:45pm From: John

Lemmy + Muppet Babies = Dynamite Entertainment!
Irwin? Can ya mash it up?

Wed. 7/1/09 4:46pm From: Nickname Police

Congrats. You are now Nick the Enchanting Chanteuse and Charming Sourbrette

Wed. 7/1/09 4:47pm From: Lou Reed's Lyricist

Eeeeeeeeeeee. Eeeeee. Eeeeee. Eeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Wed. 7/1/09 4:47pm From: Cecile

that will be the show I will watch the comments section and listen to Pandora

Wed. 7/1/09 4:49pm From: Cecile

hey, it's my birthday twin

Wed. 7/1/09 4:50pm From: Ike

Pandora?! Really Cecile? You let a computer be your DJ sometimes?! Ugh. I always choose my fellow humans as DJs. (This is assuming that I really *am* human... which could be a big leap, I know.)

Nice Johnny Paycheck!

Wed. 7/1/09 4:51pm From: J-Mar

hey Cecile -- I'm right there listening too! Thanks, Irwin, for playing Mr. Paycheck. Hard to beat the Little Darlin stuff he did. Oh, hell, yes, you're playing two tracks off this disc!

Wed. 7/1/09 4:52pm From: Cecile

Ike. Pandora has turned me onto some wonderful artists. And why not? I like the random-ness and surprise, and sometimes when I'm in a mood, trying to play "screw with Pandora!"

Wed. 7/1/09 4:52pm From: GP

Johnny Paycheck..sounds good....memories of a wasted youth are flooding back...now there is a tear in my beer.

Wed. 7/1/09 4:53pm From: Jerserf

Hey Irwin - Jody here... just sent you three new Amanda tracks! :) GREAT SHOW!!!

Wed. 7/1/09 4:53pm From: GP

Jody..hook us up!

Wed. 7/1/09 4:53pm From: Dead Corporate Eyes

I dunno, with all the great non-profit and college stations around, I haven't had to turn to Pandora in three or four years now. There's always SOMETHING on!

Wed. 7/1/09 4:54pm From: Ike

Hallelujah DCE!

Wed. 7/1/09 4:55pm From: Cecile

I didn't realize that choosing Pandora was a sign of moral turpitude. Oh, well.

Wed. 7/1/09 4:55pm From: Dead Corporate Eyes

You're OK Cecile!

Wed. 7/1/09 4:56pm From: annie

i love pandora!

Wed. 7/1/09 4:57pm From: Cecile

besides it lets me start stations from the seeds of Antibalas, Sylvester and War. THAT is a kickass station, robot or not.

Wed. 7/1/09 4:58pm From: Ike

I hope I didn't imply moral turpitude. (Wow, nice phrasing!) I just like to support my fellow humans' radio endeavors and I oppose their outsourcing to segue-challenged robots. THE ROBOTS ARE COMING FOR THE DJs! NOOO! AIIEEE!

Wed. 7/1/09 5:01pm From: AFC

Jerserf - when is your seester coming? Any chance I'm Mad was not just audio?

Wed. 7/1/09 5:01pm From: Cecile

I think there can be a world that includes both.

Wed. 7/1/09 5:02pm From: J-Mar

my issue with Pandora is that after two tracks, I find that whatever it has chosen to play for me is way more boring than whatever our WFMU deejays would put on. also, the Kenny G station on Pandora sucks -- WFMU's Kenny G is way better.

Wed. 7/1/09 5:02pm From: annie

well, to be honest i have listened to pandora once in 6 months. i have so many internet radio options, it is a rare day when i have to resort to pandora.

Wed. 7/1/09 5:02pm From: Ike

(By the way, Irwin, when the robots come for you, just remember to tell them to divide something by zero. They'll stop and say, "Cannot calculate! Error! ERROR!" and then smoke will spew out and they'll explode. Snap! End of Pandora! See, who says you can't learn anything from old 1960s Dr. Who episodes?!)

Wed. 7/1/09 5:04pm From: Cecile

*turns on Pandora in spite, keeping up 'FMU comments page*

Wed. 7/1/09 5:05pm From: John

You've really opened an e-can of worms with this Pandora stuff.

Wed. 7/1/09 5:06pm From: Jerserf

AFC - July 10th! I'm so excited... :) GP - what's yr e-mail, I'll send you soemthing i just found...

Wed. 7/1/09 5:06pm From: doug from dc

You could have a station with cyborg DJs, part human and part robot. The DJs could be assimilated.

Wed. 7/1/09 5:07pm From: Cecile

yeah, tell me about it.

jersef, that's going to be awesome.

Wed. 7/1/09 5:08pm From: Irwin

That's IDDY BIDDY KIDDY on YT

Wed. 7/1/09 5:10pm From: Parq

I confess, I don't really know what Pandora is. FMU suits my radio needs just fine. When they're not doing something I dig, I've got my own music on CD and MP3, and sometimes I just like the silence. But whatever this Pandora is, if you dig it, mo'pwoah to ya.

Wed. 7/1/09 5:12pm From: Cecile

It's a randomizing computer music player you can customize with songs and artists. It can be fun.

Now, I have a hot date with this Frankie Knuckles track, so later!

Wed. 7/1/09 5:13pm From: GP

Jerserf..just sent it to Irwin to forward to you.

Thanks!

Wed. 7/1/09 5:14pm From: annie

see, right now i have new orleans on, and i am commenting here.

Wed. 7/1/09 5:15pm From: annie

don't be hatin'

Wed. 7/1/09 5:17pm From: Cecile

you are my multitasking role model

Wed. 7/1/09 5:18pm From: annie

(psst, cecile, i can hook you up with other stations. hehe)

Wed. 7/1/09 5:19pm From: Parq

So what's the diff 'twixt Pandora and, say, ITunes?

Wed. 7/1/09 5:21pm From: AFC

Jerserf - what's she doing the 15th between 3:00 and 6:00?

Wed. 7/1/09 5:21pm From: annie

pandora is based on the "genome" of the tune or song. if you click like, then they seek songs that are supposedly similar. sometimes they throw a very random thing in there, so you have to be sure to say no. otherwise they start to play shit that just doesn't fit your station style.

Wed. 7/1/09 5:22pm From: annie

they have classical to jazz to opera.. you can design your own station

Wed. 7/1/09 5:24pm From: Cecile

Yes, I hit the "no" and "pass" button a lot.

Wed. 7/1/09 5:25pm From: annie

there is one bugaboo about pandora that i don't like. you are not able to leave it going alone, otherwise they think you are not listening and time you out.

Wed. 7/1/09 5:27pm From: stannerlee

Pandora - WFMU it ain't!!!

Wed. 7/1/09 5:27pm From: Ike

I just worry that some kids will listen to nothing BUT Pandora and last.fm etc., and in 40 years, human radio will be totally out of style or nearly defunct. And I find them predictable, and bad at segues. Plus, dystopian thought of the day: Governments could easily filter out political music on robot stations. Humans are not always so easily cowed. But I'm probably just paranoid.

Wed. 7/1/09 5:28pm From: Jerserf

AFC: She'll be working unfortunately...

Wed. 7/1/09 5:29pm From: stannerlee

Ike - I think the entertainment corporations are doing that already

Wed. 7/1/09 5:29pm From: DJ Three of Five

In forty years, Pandora will be implanted into your brain. We will all DJ collectively.

Wed. 7/1/09 5:29pm From: annie

i hear ya ike, to be sure!! it's one of the reasons why i have been off pandora for a while, although, their selections are improving. but if i want a nice classical radio day and hate advertising, it's pandora i choose..

Wed. 7/1/09 5:31pm From: da$eugenstein

Amen on the trash rant

Wed. 7/1/09 5:33pm From: AMC

We can't let her visit to NY pass by without some sort of tribute. But what?

Wed. 7/1/09 5:34pm From: Cecile

I would suggest some Amanda themed art that Irwin could post. Or a remix contest?

Wed. 7/1/09 5:37pm From: Lizardner Dave

Thank you for introducing me to ol' Roadhog. There's some great stuff on the Youtubes and whatnot.

Wed. 7/1/09 5:40pm From: Laura L

Well, all right!

Wed. 7/1/09 5:43pm From: Irwin

This is a good'er!

Wed. 7/1/09 5:47pm From: J-Mar

I wonder what happens when you put Lester Roadhog Moran in Pandora?

Wed. 7/1/09 5:48pm From: Laura L

You shouldna hadda done that, but thanks for playin it, it's mighty fine.

Wed. 7/1/09 5:49pm From: john d

mighty fine, mighty fine

Wed. 7/1/09 5:50pm From: annie

pandora rejected that name... but will take it under advisement.

Wed. 7/1/09 5:57pm From: Parq

Honestly, this Pandora sounds about as exciting as satellite radio -- a new way for the industry to feed us pre-screened, pre-selected, pre-filtered Stuff for our unthinking consumption. 'Cile, if you dig it, fine, but it doesn't sound like I'm missing anything. And Ike, just because you're paranoid . . .

Love that Road Hog country music broadcast spoof. Haven't heard it in years.

Wed. 7/1/09 5:59pm From: Cecile

sigh. I should have just said I was turning off the sound to go murder people.

Wed. 7/1/09 5:59pm From: G

It's like an audio version of amazon's "Other customers who bought this item also bought these items you may like"

Wed. 7/1/09 6:01pm From: Ike

Parq, to be fair, people clearly like it because it gives them a measure of control (ability to skip tracks, etc.) -- and I can appreciate the desire for control -- while still getting new suggestions and not having to go to ALL that HUGE trouble of discovering new music themselves. But I think that's a smidge lazy. And its suggestions are a SNORE to me.

Wed. 7/1/09 6:02pm From: Cecile

You know what Ike? Get off your high horse. I buy and research more music than anyone I know, and Pandora is just another tool.

Wed. 7/1/09 6:05pm From: slugluv1313

Irwin, do you have links to Amanda's YouTube stuff??? ESPECIALLY the one in which she is holding a kitty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wed. 7/1/09 9:12pm From: Michele Black

Irwin, your show is saving our sanity, or else crumbling the remnants, we can't tell...marooned in deepest Idaho. Thank you, p.s. we love Joan Marie Polo!

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