Listener comments!

Sun. 1/3/10 7:06pm Steve L:

A busy and content 2010 to you, Monica. We're drinking rye and cooking pork roast tonight. Can I make you up a plate?

Sun. 1/3/10 7:08pm cathy lane:

monica happy 2010,,did you have a great new years night??

Sun. 1/3/10 7:11pm The CBs:

Happy New Year, Mo! Hoping all your wishes come true.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:11pm monica:

hi steve! yes, please do. make it a double on the rye. hi cathy, it was a "Thin Man" marathon on TCM mixed with a "First 48" marathon on A&E. in other words, fantastic!

Sun. 1/3/10 7:14pm cathy lane:

monica,, did you anything special on new years?

Sun. 1/3/10 7:14pm Jeff M:

Twenty-freakin'-ten? That's some fictional-ass year, not when we're now living, right? A desperate sequel year from Arthur C. Clarke.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:15pm lani:

great tunes for a blustery night. thanks.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:15pm monica:

Hey now, CBs!! Hope you and Mr. B are all warm and toasty up by you!!

Sun. 1/3/10 7:16pm Ted L:

How did we miss a Thin Man marathon? Asta is cool. And Asta's people suck down cocktails like... like my people.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:18pm anne:

happy new year Monica and everyone!

Sun. 1/3/10 7:19pm texas scott:

hey,it's the monica show.
was watching football and lost all track of time...

Sun. 1/3/10 7:20pm listener Gary:

Rah rah rah Peggy Lee!! Happy New Year DJ Monica!
Listener gary

Sun. 1/3/10 7:20pm cathy lane:

monica,,i spent new years night my friends

Sun. 1/3/10 7:22pm Paul:

That Ted Lewis is just the right song to celebrate a new year.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:24pm miketp:

was at a local restaurant was playing bing and sinatra and also interviewing bing and franks daughter. reminded us of your show. glad to be on board. happy 2010 to all

Sun. 1/3/10 7:25pm ken in denver:

Nice selections, Monica. We just watched
Blue Skies with Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby on TCM.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:26pm Fiona DeWitt:

Texas Scott you ol' scoundrel - U can't help showing your Dixie roots - I bet you know who Bear Bryant is!?!?!

Just back from Alabam - Glad to be swingin' with the Vessel!

Love, Peace and Prosperity to all for the New Decade.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:26pm Jeff M:

Mmm, rye... probably time for some rye manhattans. Like right now. Good thing there're some speakers by the bar.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:26pm monica:

jeff m, i think there's a movie called "2010," isn't there? hey lani, thanks! yep, it's blowin' somethin fierce out there... Ted L, you're killin me.... happy happ to you too, anne!....T'Scott, you're the biggest jock on this list, love ya for it, what's the score?.... listener Gary , great ringin' in on the radio with you!...

Sun. 1/3/10 7:27pm miketp:

love tcm. great movies all the time

Sun. 1/3/10 7:29pm miketp:

i just put my cup on. jets and bengals

Sun. 1/3/10 7:31pm monica:

miketp, agree with you. watched lolita last night and was blown away....jeff m, our resident bartender...Fiona DeWitt , back from walkin in dem golden slippers!....ken in denver , damn, i forgot to record that one!! but have wc fields on record for tonight...hey PAUL, that one's for you!@

Sun. 1/3/10 7:32pm ?:

cowboys 24
beagles 0
final

Sun. 1/3/10 7:36pm MC Hammer:

Stop! Vessel Time!

Sun. 1/3/10 7:36pm ?:

it's all good

Sun. 1/3/10 7:36pm dagwood:

Happy New Year Monica and all. Great positive tunes to ring in 2010. Thank the lord 2009 is done.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:40pm lexicographer:

"sucks" long ago jumped the shark. if you need proof, nicorette now uses it in ads about how tough it it to quit smiking

Sun. 1/3/10 7:42pm Ronzoni Sonobuoni:

Clawbacks
Money or benefits that are taken back due to declining fortunes.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:43pm CB2:

U got me up from my chicken soup to find out who is Lula Reed!

And, now those damn Jamaicans have me swayin'!

Sun. 1/3/10 7:43pm Jeff M:

It may not be recently coined, but I think this would be a fine year to retire:

"It is what it is!" (said with a sort of sententious fatalism, and usually meant to make you stop trying to change whatever "it is").

Sun. 1/3/10 7:43pm Jill and Drew:

2 phrases we'd love to see tossed:
1. "It's all good"
2. "It is what it is"

Sun. 1/3/10 7:46pm Ted L:

Consensus!

Sun. 1/3/10 7:46pm NS Andy:

I completely agree about "it's all good." Thoroughly detestable disposable nonsense phrase.

As to "it is what it is": Kurt Vonnegut said it so much better so long ago: "So it goes."

Sun. 1/3/10 7:46pm miketp:

if someone would say its all good i would say get good on this for 20 minutes. were tpike jesters.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:46pm ?:

“We have significant optionality at this juncture” = We are CLUELESS as to what would actually help with our huge problem(s)

Sun. 1/3/10 7:46pm texas scott:

let's all just burn all text and start a new language
whadda you say?...who's with me?

Sun. 1/3/10 7:47pm Dagmar P.:

Can't stand hearing "Just sayin"

Know 'm sayin?

Sun. 1/3/10 7:48pm miketp:

mikembe mitumbo got his own language.ever hear him talk?

Sun. 1/3/10 7:48pm G:

know what i am really sick of?

"Hope this helps." used as a closer

i always think "F U 2!!!!!!"

Sun. 1/3/10 7:50pm Marshall Stacks:

Howdy Monica and all.

"It's a win-win."
"The net of it is..."
Even worse: "The net-net is..."
"Thanks in advance."
"FWIW"
"BTW"
Argh.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:50pm G:

and while we're at it, let's f--- "the elephant in the room."

figuratively, of course (aside to ASPCA)

Sun. 1/3/10 7:51pm Jeff M:

Somehow I particularly picture "'sall good!" being said by a twentysomething white kid with a little bit of chin hair, slightly squinty stoner eyes, and dreadlocks under his Jamaican wool cap.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:52pm texas scott:

may I mumbo dogface to the banana patch ?

Sun. 1/3/10 7:52pm G:

LOL = loser on line. these web acronyms are like 20 years old, off of usenet for goshsakes. bury them before they start to smell.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:53pm miketp:

ill mumbo jumbo with you.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:53pm Dagmar:

Good lord, tex, I'm afraid to ask - but can you translate that?

Sun. 1/3/10 7:55pm anne:

"everything happens for a reason", as if there is a magical hand of destiny that causes something to happen...for a reason. though i can also understand this phrase as, something happened because of the reasons/actions that got you there/made it happen.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:55pm texas scott:

stevemartinese.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:57pm miketp:

how about your sisters ass. spoken in my house from 50s to the present. always made me and my brothers laugh. my mom says this. its a keeper dont you think

Sun. 1/3/10 7:57pm Renee Z:

"Twitter"

Sun. 1/3/10 7:57pm molerat:

Unexpected Ms. Prophet has me giggling. Thanks for the show.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:57pm Auctioneer:

Hey Claire, wanna job?

Sun. 1/3/10 7:57pm texas scott:

CLAIRE PROPHET!!!!!

Sun. 1/3/10 7:57pm miketp:

sold american

Sun. 1/3/10 7:59pm Marshall Stacks:

"'sup?"

"Do me a solid."

This is very cathartic.

Sun. 1/3/10 7:59pm Jeff M:

I'm actually pretty fond of "hope this helps" as a closer, exactly because it clearly means "you're an idiot, please go away" when used by a friend of mine in emails to... idiots, often... and for some reason it always makes me smile when I see it.

Sun. 1/3/10 8:00pm FMU Idiot:

Wow!!!!!!! Thats impresive I think?

Sun. 1/3/10 8:03pm monica:

dagmar, agreed!!... texas scott, start a revolution, boy!... ?, does that mean you're at a two-way intersection?...G, that's a good one....miketp no, break it down for us,....MC Hammer, did you see that those revived harem pants were a fashion flop this year?...thanks, dagwood!!...lexicographer, good call....Ronzoni, can we add health insurance to that pile?...CB2 , Lula's a looloo...Jeff M, Ted L, Jill& Drew, that one might be #1....Hi NS Andy...Marshall Stacks, xlent....molerat, she's good, huh?

Sun. 1/3/10 8:03pm CB1:

Thirwell forever!

Sun. 1/3/10 8:04pm texas scott:

(overheard at a mexican restaurant)

"I'll have the number two".

i just hate that.

Sun. 1/3/10 8:07pm seang:

Thanks for the tunes, Monica. hope you and WFMU have a great year!

Sun. 1/3/10 8:09pm G:

Curate this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sun. 1/3/10 8:11pm ~L:

Whatever.

Sun. 1/3/10 8:13pm ?:

let's break it down...
i will tell you....
again...
i'm not unconvinced....
in an abundance of caution
not for nuthin
have a good one [ why not two???]
no problem

Sun. 1/3/10 8:13pm Jeff M:

TIA for retiring ROTFLOL.

Sun. 1/3/10 8:13pm molerat:

"whatevs"

Sun. 1/3/10 8:13pm clawed:

That's neither here nor there

Sun. 1/3/10 8:14pm miketp:

coffee drinkin and flower bringin great lyrics

Sun. 1/3/10 8:16pm RIP 2009:

Les Paul...

Sun. 1/3/10 8:16pm Jeff M:

When you pre-announced Jean Shepard, I began expecting a story from Jean Shepherd. Quick context switch.

Sun. 1/3/10 8:17pm hellbilly13:

I would love to see our President relinquish his (over)use of the word "unprecedented", as though history began last January. Sheesh!

Sun. 1/3/10 8:19pm FMU Idiot:

When you said Jean Shepard I kinda yhought thought you ment Gene Shepard and I was waiting for a great midwestern story

Sun. 1/3/10 8:19pm miketp:

is jean show still on bai? the guy jean not the gal jean

Sun. 1/3/10 8:19pm and also:

"Let me be clear"

Sun. 1/3/10 8:22pm starf:

Absolutely fantastic to get back to wfmu - after too long - this time streaming over the web.

Thanks in advance for your attention to this matter,

... ;-)

/frank

Sun. 1/3/10 8:24pm CB1:

No offense starf, but we should also stop with the cute little faces made out of punctuation. PLEASE :.(

Sun. 1/3/10 8:26pm start:

you me, cb1, just like we should stop with being a middle class white sell-out and using the phrase "it's all good"?

Sun. 1/3/10 8:26pm texas scott:

that's the REAL offense,CB1
::::)))))))------------;;;;((((((((((
the cute faces make me sad :(

Sun. 1/3/10 8:26pm addendum:

"no offense, but..."

Sun. 1/3/10 8:26pm FMU Idiot:

Is Gene really Jean? I dont know but it would be nice if you played a Shep cut

Sun. 1/3/10 8:28pm monica:

let me be clear re: jean shep, it's the gal not the guy.,...hi fmu idiot!... hellbilly13, funny!...yes, r.i.p. les paul...clawed, ha!...molerat, exactly!!! ...yes, jeff m, agreed... thanks, starf!

Sun. 1/3/10 8:29pm starf:

that should be: 'you mean, cb1, ..."

Sun. 1/3/10 8:29pm Jeff M:

Round and round.

Sun. 1/3/10 8:30pm Mr. B:

(((((------++++++!!!!!@@@@####$$$%%%^^^^^^^&&&&*****))))

translates - get a life everyone.

Sun. 1/3/10 8:31pm additional addendum:

"get a life"

Sun. 1/3/10 8:32pm ʇʇoɔs sɐxǝʇ:

q˙ɹɯ'uoıʇɐןsuɐɹʇ ǝɥʇ ɹoɟ sʞuɐɥʇ

Sun. 1/3/10 8:33pm 2009:

I am sooooooooooooooo OUT.

No peace. Out.

Sun. 1/3/10 8:34pm Mr. B:

U clever Bitch, TS!

Sun. 1/3/10 8:35pm Hint:

You can make the upside down writing by using a website someone mentioned on comments on some show about six months ago !!!

Sun. 1/3/10 8:36pm ɟןǝsɹnoʎ ǝɟıן ɐ ʇǝƃ:

Mange merde et meurt!

Sun. 1/3/10 8:37pm Lockdown:

.... as in Lockdown RAW!!!!!!!!!

Sun. 1/3/10 8:40pm texas scott:

hey ɟןǝsɹnoʎ ǝɟıן ɐ ʇǝƃ

˙˙˙ǝɔıu ʎɹǝʌ ʇou s,ʇɐɥʇ

Sun. 1/3/10 8:40pm starf:

Monica, if I may: I finally decided to do iradio; experimented with toolbars and big, glossy web-sites - weird, weird, weird results - I thought this was supposed to be more, not less, free expression.

And then I thought of wfmu. Zip to the web-site. Clear as a bell. Click and begin.

And then I was stunned to realise - music, authentic expression, "never took a lesson in my life".

So, both I got iradio working, and there's wfmu.

Thank you, Monica.

Sun. 1/3/10 8:40pm monica:

you all are outdoing yourselves tonight!!! ...hi Lockdown, yep LD Raw is hot,...

Sun. 1/3/10 8:41pm FMU Idiot:

I moved out and got my own my own apartment back in the early 70's. Gene(Jean) Shepard was still on the air at WOR AM. You can't hear that anymore. Actually theres alot you cant hear anymore. Thankyou for WFMU.

Sun. 1/3/10 8:42pm Mr. B:

Merci - mon heroi!

Sun. 1/3/10 8:43pm Cb1:

Mo.hen the music is this good, it just inspires all of us, your loyal fans.

Sun. 1/3/10 8:44pm hellbilly13:

The 'Thin Man" marathon was absolutely great!Nobody holds their liquor like Nick & Nora.A New Years Eve lesson for us all.

Sun. 1/3/10 8:45pm FMU Idiot:

As a parting gift, please play some Jean Shepard.

Sun. 1/3/10 8:45pm Nick n Nora:

Same again, thanks!

Sun. 1/3/10 8:45pm ¿¿¿:

le plaisir est pour moi, B

Sun. 1/3/10 8:45pm seang:

the one phrase we should never lose: What the Fuck??

Sun. 1/3/10 8:45pm listener Gary:

three cheers for mgm musicals rah rah rah
DJ Monica knows how to start a new year

Sun. 1/3/10 8:46pm and Asta:

wroof

Sun. 1/3/10 8:46pm Jeff M:

I'm totally jonesing for a dose of Nick and Nora's style now.

Sun. 1/3/10 8:48pm monica:

hi starf, welcome and enjoy....CB1 and Mr. B, you two are the bestest.... hellbilly13, so sorry i missed it! saw myran loy in "broadway bill" last week though....FMU Idiot , just played her!!!!.....listener Gary, here's to "that's entertainment" (all versions!)...good boy, asta....jeff, it's classic, they don't make 'em like that any more....

Sun. 1/3/10 8:49pm 21st Amendment:

You're very welcome.

Sun. 1/3/10 8:50pm Jeff M:

Hic! Thank you, 21st!

I poop on the 18th.

Sun. 1/3/10 8:51pm FMU Idiot:

Alright the reverse backwards was cute for a while but it's time to stop

Sun. 1/3/10 8:52pm 18th Amendment:

I couldn't help it. Too many hick states.

Sun. 1/3/10 8:55pm The CBs:

Dancin into the future.

Good Night!

Sun. 1/3/10 8:57pm FMU Idiot:

Comon Monica You know what you need to play. Shep the great story teller. Or is that 18th amendment coment ment for me?

Sun. 1/3/10 8:58pm monica:

hey, everybody! thyanks for tuning in tonight...it is what it is, i mean whatevs! like, uh, stay classy, i'm just sayin. and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Sun. 1/3/10 8:59pm Referee:

No harassing the nice DJ! It's been such a good show, you people!

Sun. 1/3/10 9:00pm hellbilly13:

Thanks for the great show ...Happy New Year,Monica!

Sun. 1/3/10 9:03pm Ron Burgundy:

Stay classy, San Diego!

Mon. 1/4/10 11:02am Totally burnt out:

This was the perfect antidote to my workplace today. Thanks . . .

Mon. 1/4/10 11:19am Totally burnt out:

Don't forget "low-hanging fruit" and "new paradigm." Blech. Corporate lingo that makes me want to scream when I hear people still using it.

Mon. 1/4/10 1:16pm monica:

thanks, TBO! both solid gold offerings to the passé pyre.

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