This Is The Modern World with Trouble:
Playlist
from February 5, 2013
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A viking ship appears on the horizon, a likeness of Loretta Lynn carved into its bow. Rare birds flock together to sing Francoise Hardy as soul hits. A sunset of blips and bleeps fills the air.
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:04am
Brian in UK:
A tune, a tune, my kingdom for a tune. 'ello trouble |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:08am
listener mark:
Good morning. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:10am
Trouble:
good snowy morning all! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:11am
duke:
Morning Trouble and troubled listners |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:12am
anarchivist:
Good morning! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:12am
listener mark:
Happy birthday, William S. Burroughs. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:13am
Cheri Pi:
greetings, it's dark in here. I like it. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:16am
dale:
good morning under a thin blanket of white. as an fyi, reg presley, singer of troggs passed away. love is all around. | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:16am
sugarwolf:
good morning! Brian, I am strangely excited by the Richard III news |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:16am
pierre:
Bonjour Trouble ! @ CP : well done on the sticker ! ;) |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:16am
Trouble:
that's true cheri pi, music seems to match the tone...don't worry it will lighten up soon enough |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:17am
Adrian in London:
Hello world! So who here wasn't born when the last My Bloody Valentine album came out?! | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:19am
Trouble:
new MBV and finding king richard's remains under a parking lot have a lot in common as i see it.... |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:19am
groucho:
it's snowing there too? same here in northern England. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:20am
Brian in UK:
@sugarwolf, next up Alfie the G. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:21am
Brian in UK:
@groucho have you got a daughter called Courtney? |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:25am
groucho:
@Brian why, what are your intentions with her? |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:28am
Adrian in London:
That A Girl Called Eddy album is really good. SHe seemed to disappear after it came out. There's been nothing from her since. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:31am
Brian in UK:
No intentions old bean, as soon as I saw that leather coat & snappy keyboard I thought you looked familiar, seem to remember mention of a daughter on one your unforgettable shows. By the same token I am not a bronze cast dog called Opera. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:31am
Christy (the JC version):
Sneaking a listen via the WFMU app, which I just discovered, and which is very awesome for me today! Happy Tuesday, Trouble! | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:32am
Brian in UK:
Tough lyrics, trouble. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:33am
Trouble:
hello christy! adrian i was thinking of you when i pulled that disc. once upon a time you told me about a woman from asbury park who was singing in london. it wasn't her was it? |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:35am
Trouble:
true brian in uk, true |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:41am
BSI:
'mornin, troops. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:41am
Sem Chumbo:
Love to see a platoon in the army of love marching to this beat. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:42am
Adrian in London:
No that was the lovely Nicole Atkins, who's just about to go out on tour with Eels. Check out her track The Way It Is for a huge 60s-style romantic emotional kaboom! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:48am
pierre:
'Mornin Captain BSI ! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:49am
BSI:
Magic Pierre! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:50am
βrian:
Greetings from the snow-covered isthmus. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:51am
Lonious Monk:
bonjour bonjour wfmu - good afternoon |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:54am
Titus in GA:
TROUBLE!!!!! | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:54am
Ken From Hyde Park:
Good morning, all. It's snowing lightly here. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:55am
Titus in GA:
how the blazes are ya Mrs. T!? hello to all the fellow Modern World comrades:) | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:57am
BSI:
ISTHMUS! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:59am
Mae:
Is that an isthmus, or are you just happy to see me? | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 9:59am
Sem Chumbo:
My isthmus is snow covered too |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:01am
stu:
hei all! about 4 wet inches today here in Turku today ( like New Jersey snow ) how do people have images next to their names me wonders ?? cheers! beautiful sounds. | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:01am
Cecile:
Good morning, all. I just listened to a TED talk for my latest class, and have decided I have a girl crush on Paula Scher. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:02am
Cecile:
Stu - we got about three. Messy stuff. You just set up a listener profile on WFMU and you get to put in an avatar, and favorite songs and everything. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:05am
βrian:
Myself, I couldn't afford an avatar, so I just used a little image. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:07am
G:
GNFAB? Avatar Inflation |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:08am
βrian:
J'écoute les oiseaux. Ils me donnent des conseils. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:08am
pierre:
@ Brian : your avatar is très bien comme ça. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:08am
Cubicle Carl:
We should have a listener meet-up at Sing Sing. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:09am
MD:
I Can't beleive you did the "10" Joke"!!!! | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:09am
G:
All the little birdies on Jailbird Street |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:10am
Jennique:
I did spend about 9 months in Nyack, just down river from Sing Sing. Always wondered if a stranger would wash up in a striped outfit. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:11am
Cecile:
we've got chickens! Right here in Jersey City! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:11am
βrian:
Jersey City is most definitely not Madison. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:11am
dale:
your chickens should be grandfathered in. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:12am
glenn:
do the chickens have to go for a road test before they get their licenses, or is it just a written test? |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:12am
Stevel:
"Live, from the Chicken Bunker! Cockadoodle and the Do's" |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:12am
G:
Chickens can get extremely insulted when you call them grandpa. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:12am
Brian C.:
Trouble is going to stick it to the Chickenman! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:13am
stephaniepc:
I'm really curious about this chicken license/permit. Does it cost much money? I'm happy to be the proud caretaker of 4 in a part of the country where we are allowed 6 ladies. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:13am
Cubicle Carl:
@G That's not the right lyric. Is that what you've been humming to yourself for the last 40 years? |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:13am
βrian:
While they're away you should play a tape loop of their clucks and chortles. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:14am
listener mark:
My neighborhood is populated with chickens, cows, and horses. They are all a rather nice bunch. They don't say much and are very good listeners. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:14am
G:
No that's the joke I was making up to myself five minutes or so ago. Autogenic mondegreen. It was a cutesy childlike song, not a remake of Jailhouse Rock. :) |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:14am
Cecile:
I kept getting them mixed up with L'Trimm and wondered why I couldn't find "Cars That Go Boom" on any of their albums. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:15am
MD:
Gotta Love NJ!!! My wife and I moved here about 1 1/2 years ago... From Queens...and are now realizing it is the most "kick back" oriented State in this country...JUST PAY SOMEONE OFF...AND YOU WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP YOUR CHICKENS...THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE HERE...!!!! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:15am
sugarwolf:
poor chickens |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:18am
G:
Tell the city to cluck off. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:18am
Cubicle Carl:
I thought maybe it was one of those "bathroom on the right, kiss this guy" situations. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:19am
~L:
Did a neighbor complain about your chickens? | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:19am
G:
Not a problem. I can do footnotes. :) |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:20am
dale:
i would think the expense and stress of moving them would be more than any fine for that tiny window of illegality. also thought you could have up to 8 or 10 without a permit. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:21am
listener mark:
Chickens eat the ticks and other bothersome insects. That alone makes them valuable members of the community. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:22am
Jennique:
Just tape pointy ears and whiskers on them and call them cats. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:22am
G:
@dale: Never underestimate the vastness and level of detail laws and regs can extend to in some jurisdictions! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:24am
Trouble:
MD:i did NOT do a 10" joke....i heard it as it came out and feared it would be looked at like that ick |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:24am
hoofs:
good call on the Trop Tard, Trouble. ;) | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:25am
Trouble:
yes someone complained about the noise my 4 chix made....i have no idea what they are talking about. there is an occasional chortle but otherwise they are super quiet. urg. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:27am
G:
that is *cold*. they ratted out your chickens. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:27am
Mike East:
Some folks are just waiting for something to complain about |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:28am
G:
"Lives in Philosophy" by C.V. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:30am
sugarwolf:
I love neighbors who complain to the authorities rather than the person they are having a minor issue with. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:30am
Trouble:
obrigado G! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:30am
hoofs:
I missed some of the chicken monologue. Who is regulating this? The FDA? | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:33am
Cubicle Carl:
Didn't we hear Yo La Tengo in there, or was that just a flashback from yesterday? |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:33am
G:
That's female "obrigada" (obliged) to you, trouble! -- Don't worry, though, Brasilians are happy if people have made a point of learning enough Ports. to get by with :) |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:33am
G:
Jersey City animal regs |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:34am
Kayt:
Bom Dia Trouble. Mo- Ha na filo-zo-fia. Jorge is 'stuck' in Rio right now with US Immigration Visa issues even though we are actually married now. He might be 'stuck' through carnaval, lucky dog. | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:34am
MD:
Sorry for inferrng that...I am a child of the 70's and that supid joke/record...always played!!!! :-( |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:35am
βrian:
My neighbors chickens are usually pretty quiet – just soft clucks and such. But now and again one in particular has a session of existential lament that can last quite a while and rouse the neighborhood. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:35am
G:
@MD: You dirty, dirty man j/k |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:35am
Trouble:
hey kayt! thanks for the help! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:37am
Cecile:
actually, that song is from the 50s. Done by Bull Moose Jackson. I have to give props to 'smith for a good, if raunchy cover. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:39am
Cecile:
neighbors complain about dogs, though, too. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:41am
Cecile:
They don't want you to have chickens! Trouble, you have to get that procedure re-written for the good of all. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:41am
MD:
When I was a bachelor in NYC...I raised Roaches!!! High in protein!!! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:42am
Cecile:
I really liked Beyonce's number at the super bowl. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:42am
Cecile:
Solange is really cool, though. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:42am
G:
A few neighbors just *like* to complain. It makes them feel alive, and even powerful sometimes, in kind of a pointless way they don't seem to discern. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:43am
dale:
i was just trying to find j.c. housing and building code online. the city has a pretty public relations type homepage but no code anywhere. my township has EVERYTHING online, permits, code, tax roles... |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:43am
ratbone:
talk to annoyed neighbor explaining that if they dont shut tf up you will get the required license and 10 more chickens.. | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:43am
Cecile:
thank you, G. That is very true. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:43am
βrian:
So I just discovered the Baltimore football team is no longer called the Colts. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:44am
βrian:
Jersey City code: library.municode.com... |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:45am
G:
@Brian: The Colts moved to Indianapolis in 84. Good morning, Rip v. W. :) |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:47am
dale:
@brian - well there ya go! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:47am
Cecile:
I'm just happy Ray Lewis is going to retire so I can stop hissing when he comes on TV. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:47am
G:
The former Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore in 96 and rebranded as the Ravens (for Poe). (Yes, I have family in Balt. or I wouldn't know these trivia bits) |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:48am
Jennique:
I can get you some mechanical ones that are a LOT noisier! 2.bp.blogspot.com... |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:49am
Cecile:
I know those trivia bits. I have no excuse. And the old Baltimore Colts marching band got to re-form! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:50am
βrian:
I also discovered that the players for a given city's team are not necessarily from that city. That's downright mercenary. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:50am
ratbone:
jennique.. those eggs be itty bitty, eh? | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:51am
Cecile:
hahahahhahahahaaaaaaa Well, I can at least take heart that sweet guy Michael Oher, from The Blind Side, got a ring, too. as well as ...................hissssssss. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:52am
v k:
Wooden Shjips - kudos Trouble, kudos | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:52am
Cecile:
RIP Cecil Womack (womack and womack) and Reg Presley! www.spinner.com... |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:52am
Trouble:
bonjour jennique! brian, dale: i talked to city hall and they gave me the online citations for the laws. chickens are legal in JC you just have to do the communicating with the different authority groups yourself, we are so DIY here in jersey |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:53am
Faye:
just postin' to say I've been seriously enjoying this show since it started at 9~! xoxoxoxo |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:54am
G:
@trouble: Sounds like it keeps the city employees employed! :) |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:54am
Trouble:
ello faye! xo |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:56am
G:
Gotta go face the likely line for a USPS parcel pickup :( bbl... |
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Tue. 2/5/13 10:59am
Jennique:
Nobody beats da BIZ. Gonna hafta star this one. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:02am
peter:
Good Morning Trouble, from the west coast, where I loves me some Marsden Hartley! | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:04am
PKNY:
I missed the Biz, damn meetings! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:05am
Lewis:
Tuesday mornings are so peaceful and calm. Work gets done and radio get heard. Ahhh.... |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:05am
Joe B:
Loved that Contact cover! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:05am
sugarwolf:
oh no my radio just switched to the christian channel!! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:06am
Lewis:
(and I don't even think that it should be thursday any more!) |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:07am
Trouble:
helllooo peter! next time you are in the metro area you must go to the newark museum where they have some fab marsdens... |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:10am
dale:
90.1 signal just went blooey - just loud static |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:12am
sugarwolf:
yup, same here, dale |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:13am
listener mark:
The 90.1 FM signal is getting washed out by WAMC!! | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:15am
listener mark:
Signal is back. | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:16am
Trouble:
thanks guys for the heads up! i alerted liz and she is on the case of the missing mfu |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:17am
Liz Berg:
We've got an engineer up at 90.1 who is working on fixing a problem today, so 90.1 and 91.9 FM may go in and out as they root around. Sorry for the outages! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:18am
Chris from DC:
HK in the 60's. Nice. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:19am
sugarwolf:
thanks for the update, liz! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:23am
DCE:
hey folks...been listening awhile but I got brass in the office across from me today...trying to keep it on the dl. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:29am
The Brass:
Get your ass to work, minion. | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:32am
Trouble:
www.facebook.com... |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:33am
Minion:
Get your brass to work, goldbrick. | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:33am
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Spoonful blues? | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:34am
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don't you mean Boweevil Blues? | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:40am
Greg:
nice set Trouble - btw, yr voice is excellent... tuning in from north,north norway. | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:42am
Windy City:
Another wonderful Tuesday. Thanks Trouble! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:44am
The Brass:
Oh Yeah? welllll.... whatevs. | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:48am
pierre:
padam…padam… |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:48am
Trouble:
thanks greg in north north norway! hope you are wearing a lovely handknit sweater while listening from that far up! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:48am
Michael Llewellyn:
Hello Trouble, Is there a podcast available of the show that you hosted on the evening of the 28th with the fellow from Boing Boing? | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:49am
Trouble:
isn't this the best version pierre? |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:50am
Jennique:
Piaf would love this song with a slow gin fizzzz... |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:50am
Trouble:
michael i do not know about that but i can ask around. write me: troubleatwfmudotorg and i can answer that later |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:52am
pierre:
it is Trouble, thanks for making me discovering it ! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:52am
listener mark:
Thank you for a peaceful musical morning, Trouble. Good luck with the chickens. | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:54am
Vivian:
Enjoyed this morning's show. Hope you attain a permit without much hassle. |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:56am
Trouble:
thanks for all the good wishes, looking forward to it being done and life back to normal |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:57am
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Chickens normally only make a noise after laying, then briefly. It's the rooster that makes the racket. Bok Bok. | |
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Tue. 2/5/13 11:59am
Brian in UK:
Oops. that was me. Have you considered offering some eggs to the complainant? |
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Tue. 2/5/13 12:00pm
Trouble:
i would if i knew who they were!! |
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Tue. 2/5/13 12:26pm
G:
ask around discreetly a little in the block/neighborhood. it'll come out. but now that the local govt has a written record on it, there is that issue to consider going forward... |
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