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Playlist for 21 May 2014 Favoriting | The Program with an Obscurameter Rating of 80.27%

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Grauzone  Eisbär   Favoriting Da Da Da Das War Die... Neue Deutsche Welle   
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Sudden Infant  Girl   Favoriting Wölfli's Nightmare   
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Chrome  Pygmies in zee Park   Favoriting Alien Soundtracks   
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Swans  Screen Shots   Favoriting To Be Kind   
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Pink Floyd  One of These Days   Favoriting Meddle   
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Jonathan Kane 
Guitar Trio   Favoriting Live on WFMU   
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Vive la Fête  Noir Desir   Favoriting Nuit Blanche   
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Graham Repulski  Ballerina Arcade   Favoriting Title Track   
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Laibach  The Whistleblowers   Favoriting Spectre   
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Adriano Celentano  Prisencolinensinainciusol   Favoriting    
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Ideal  Eiszeit   Favoriting Da Da Da Das War Die... Neue Deutsche Welle   
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Abwarts  Nach Haus   Favoriting Amok Koma   
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Klara Lewis  Untilted   Favoriting Ett   
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Malka Spigel  Strumgliding   Favoriting Gliding   
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Dif Juz  Re   Favoriting Sounddpool   
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Ryuichi Sakamoto  Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence   Favoriting Title Track   
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Music behind DJ:
Rockabye Baby 
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Bernibas Milicija  Jera Dvesele   Favoriting Dzeriet Van Hutena Kakao!   
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Alice Cooper  Dead Babies   Favoriting Killer   
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Tonetta  God Treats You Right   Favoriting 777   
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Melted Men  Ingrowed Toenail   Favoriting Fangs Alot   
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Rudimentary Peni  Inside   Favoriting Death Church        1:50:50 (Pop-up)
Ice Cream Mission to Mars  Title Track   Favoriting Self Titled   
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Die Partei  Bose Traume   Favoriting La Freiheit Des Geistes   
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Evolution Control Committee & Raymond Scott  Hillbilly Hostess in Haunted Harlem   Favoriting Raymond Scott Rewired      *   2:01:25 (Pop-up)
DJ Useo  Dr Strangelove's Tavern in the Town   Favoriting         2:01:33 (Pop-up)
Kid Koala  Third World Lover   Favoriting   Nice GIF-Based Video for this: http://youtu.be/g3AYS6CSHcQ 
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ARLT & Thomas Bonvalet  Tu m'as encore creve un cheval   Favoriting Self Titled   
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Die Goldenen Zitronen  Der Investor   Favoriting Who's Bad   
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DOF  Codo   Favoriting Da Da Da Das War Die... Neue Deutsche Welle      *   2:26:38 (Pop-up)
Zager and Evans  In the Year 2525   Favoriting    
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Estelle  The Year 2000   Favoriting    
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Laibach  In the Year 2525   Favoriting    
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Judy Dunaway  Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime   Favoriting Balloon Music        2:40:01 (Pop-up)
Judy Dunaway  The Rubber Forest   Favoriting Mother of Balloon Music   
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Pink Floyd  Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In A Cave And Grooving With A Pict   Favoriting         2:43:55 (Pop-up)
Naing Naing  Greensleeves   Favoriting    
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Naing Naing  Sadisco   Favoriting Toad Fever   
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Peter Wahlbeck  Baby Animal   Favoriting    
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The End       
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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:08am Ken:

Hi there friends!
Avatar 7:23am Mark S:

Hi Dee Ho
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 7:39am Ellirb:

Good morning Ken
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:41am Yvang:

Hello! Bonjour! Holà!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:41am Cory:

hello everyone
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:42am Cory:

sweet avatar Yvang
  7:50am f•ิf•ิ (:

Good morning Ken and fellow winged monkeys!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:51am Yvang:

Thanks Cory!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:00am Ken:

What do y'all wanna hear this AM?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:02am Cory:

it's shitty outside and I'm getting stoned. something hyper?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:07am Yvang:

Chrome, Melted Men, a crazy japanese band, dogs barking some classic tune...
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 8:15am Ken From Hyde Park:

It's probably a good a time as any for some Russian/Soviet army music.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:20am Guido from Cologne:

Good Morning Ken!

The DVA-song that needs to get played:
"Vampira" ... starting with samba drums ... followed by a miniature horror radio play ... flollowed by a crazy track with marvelous "birds singing" rhythm sample loop.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:21am Ken:

Great suggestions, keep 'em coming!
Avatar 8:22am KOTJ:

Ich Stehe Morgens Um Sieben Uhr Auf - Fritz Muller
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:29am Guido from Cologne:

France Gall : "Der Computer Nummer Drei" (maybe you find it as "Der Computer Nr. 3"), German song:

Computer number three,
will find the right boy for me,
and love is involved for both
with guaranteeee.

Cute! 1968, 30 years before online dating!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:36am Ken:

Where can a lady find this France Gall tine, Guido?
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 8:37am Planet Tyler:

www.myvideo.de...
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 8:38am Planet Tyler:

FG is adorable!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:39am Guido from Cologne:

Try to find digital version of compilation "Das Beste in deutsch" or "En Allemand"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:39am Ken:

Thanks Tyler!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:42am Guido from Cologne:

In doubt:
"Teenie Weenie Boppie" on France Gall album "1968" is also cool!
  8:43am f•ิf•ิ (:

Talking about DVA...

I went the other day into the interwebz with one goal in mind: Find more information about the band, but more specifically, make some sense out of their song titles and lyrics.

But I failed miserably. But fortunately I had a great Plan B. Or Plan CR because I have a Czech Republic roommate that loves music!!! So on behalf of the Wfmu and its listeners I subjected him to an intense interrogation session that lasted an one hour or so.

And now, my friends, I'll share you some of the most relevant and interesting insights I discovered about the band DVA...


FINDING #1

The album Nipomo has a song named Meteor which translated into English means...er..Meteor.


More exciting insights coming up...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:46am Guido from Cologne:

I have the DVA LP.
There are translations to English and to Czech to each song.

It really looks like a mix of skandinavian and other languages.
They anwered me on FaceBook with info "our personal language"

But head on, I'm curious!
they look like well known in the c´Czech by the way!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 8:48am Guido from Cologne:

Liz played an amazing set on Monday!
Among that "Entropicalia", new album by The Soundcarriers.
For the osychedelic section! Seems worthwhile tryíng more tracks from that.
  8:57am f•ิf•ิ (:

FINDING #2

Since they sing in a language my roommate failed to understand I had to put into question his nationality! But after reviewing his passport I came to the conclusion that he is not a fake Czech.

So it ocurred to me for a moment that maybe, just maybe, DVA are not from the Czech Republic!

So I showed him a video of the band playing in an undisclosed location in the outdoors. You can see some trees and a lot of snow. I asked him: Is this the Czech Republic? And my roommate said: "It really can be anywhere where it snows."

Well, that's was finding #2. But I have more! Hold on...
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 8:59am Ken From Hyde Park:

@f•ิf•ิ ( - I wish my daughter put as much effort into her homework as you have on DVA.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:00am common:

hello ken! people!
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:01am Planet Tyler:

This is a great start
  9:02am Brendan:

Ken!
Avatar 9:02am nah:

Sehr gut
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:03am Guido from Cologne:

Has anyone played the Botanicula-game?
(Sounds by DVA)
Impressions on YouTube:
www.youtube.com...
  9:04am doca:

Hi, Ken. I,m checking in just to say that though I like the video streams, I think a GIF STREAM would be more suited for WFMU. Just think aboug it!
  9:05am doca:

Shit cell phone keyboard... hi all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:05am common:

all the sudden infant stuff is so good!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:06am Guido from Cologne:

... hahaha, hi Doca!
  9:07am doca:

Hi, guido!
  9:07am johnPow:

I am unrested and over-caffeinated in preparation for the show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:07am Ken:

I think aboug it a lot doca, it is coming!
Avatar 9:08am KOTJ:

Swipe face=awesome
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:08am MD:

GOOD MORNING MY FMU-BEEEEES!!!
  9:08am doca:

I was reading the earlier comments. I got the DVA LP too and I was intrigued by the lyrics. Not that I mind it too much, as Czech is almost an invented language to me, but I didn't know they sang in a "personal language"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:08am Guido from Cologne:

.. hey! classic Chrome!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:11am Guido from Cologne:

Recend fun Helios Creed interview:
soundcloud.com...
Avatar 9:12am Dave B:

Greetings
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:13am davex:

Good morning Ken, good day one and all...
Avatar 9:14am dc pat:

This is all I have to say about the Good, Bad, Ugly:

www.reactiongifs.us...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:14am Ken:

Morning everybody!
  9:15am doca:

Silly question, but this new Swans is really worth it, isn't? Those 3-LP albums get so expensive when shipped to Brazil
Avatar 9:16am dc pat:

oh wait, then there's this: www.reactiongifs.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16am Ken:

Silly answer: I got no fuckin idea, doca. I checked out the first track and I liked it so Im playing it now but this is all I know of the entire album. Plus the GIF.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:16am AnAnonymousParty:

No shit.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:16am Guido from Cologne:

... also shiping to europe can be annoying ...
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:16am Ken From Hyde Park:

Invention idea #468713A: 3D printer LPs.
Avatar 9:17am dc pat:

oh man, you guys gotta move here, that's all. It's great here! Really! Come on!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:17am davex:

Swans is only 61.3% obscure: obscurometer.com...
Avatar 9:18am Dave B:

If anyone in the NYC area is up in the air with nothing to do Saturday night, come and see Mike Keneally over at the Cutting Room on 32nd Street.

Should be a good show!
  9:18am RIAA:

@KFHP: We'll be contacting you shortly.
Avatar 9:18am dc pat:

great, Davex. I'm going to be on that site all day...
Avatar 9:19am Dave B:

@davex - Keneally hits about 85%

obscurometer.com...
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:19am AnAnonymousParty:

Hmmm, is an LP printed from a 3D printer 'digital' or 'analog'?
  9:20am f•ิf•ิ (:

FINDING #3

I showed him a video from Youtube where DVA plays live for a radio show. In this song the singer sings a song in a language that reminded my roommate of a dialect spoken in the central Czech Republic. He said: "The way they pronounce 'zík' sounds very similar to the way the 'zék' sounds in the bohemian dialect. For instance they would say: 'Daj múku ze mlýna na vozík' whether we would say 'Dé móku ze mléna na vozék' ".



Well, I have other 26 findings, but I think I'm going to stop the sharing here. I don't want to overwhelm you with tons of DVA insights.
  9:20am doca:

@ken: daniel blumin played this track too, thought it was awesome. Maybe if I stick with WFMU I'll the whole album before I buy it.
Avatar 9:20am dc pat:

Big Flame is 87%. I'm only listening to groups > than 90% from now on.
  9:20am doca:

@dave: LOL loved the obscuremeter
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:21am AnAnonymousParty:

And I thought the last song was kind of Pink Floyd-ey . . .
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:21am Guido from Cologne:

WFMUDVAEG
= WFMU-DVA-Expert-Group
Avatar 9:22am SFL John:

Yeh Ken, Floyd head checking in!
Avatar 9:22am dc pat:

wait, how is JFA less obscure than Big Boys?? Something's wrong here..
Avatar 9:22am KOTJ:

Swans into Floyd is a segue for the angels
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:22am Cory:

how did you know this is my favourite song ever?
  9:23am johnPow:

speaking of vinyl over the internet
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:23am Guido from Cologne:

Is KEN THE DeeJay-MONSTER singing on this classic Floyd track? (He is not credited on the jacket)
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:24am AnAnonymousParty:

I was hoping for 'Careful with that axe'.
Avatar 9:24am thedunkel:

Morning (obscure) Ken and other Andy Breckman Fans!
Avatar 9:24am dc pat:

my friends' group is 96.8% obscure. Maybe I should give them another listen.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:24am Ken From Hyde Park:

Bah...my stupid VLC player stopped during "Rollercoaster" during JA's show and went into loop mode. It's been playing the same 20 seconds of howling wind sounds all this time. I thought it was normal WFMU programming.
Avatar 9:25am Mark S:

Miley Cyrus's overall obscurity level is...
30.1%
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:25am davex:

WFMU: Obscure and not-so-obscure music.
  9:25am f•ิf•ิ (:

Ken From Hyde Park:

And you haven't checked my 'My trails and tribulations of my DVA discovery journey' blog.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:25am Lizardner Dave:

Andy is 95.5% obscure. Someone should tell him. obscurometer.com...
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:26am Andrew Waterloo:

@Ken, same problem except I got the Drummer stream
Avatar 9:26am KP:

One of these days ... I'm not going to forget to bring down the laundry detergent.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:28am Frank from VT:

Beatles are 56.5% obscure? I thought that band name was familiar....
Avatar 9:28am dc pat:

you should put an obscurity column on the playlist.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29am Guido from Cologne:

Why is VLC going into loop mode?
I think it is the player's problem, isn't it?

i had that several times and with some avant music i do not even notice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:29am davex:

@Frank: try "The Beatles"
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:29am Ken From Hyde Park:

This laptop is the whack. If I unplug the charger from the wall (or plug it back in at some point), it screws up the wireless connection somehow. Maybe half the time. Maybe I need to wear an ESD strap when I plug/unplug it?
Avatar 9:29am dc pat:

ah yes, Sudden Infant is 91.2% obscure. Thank gosh, I found some one to listen to
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:30am Frank from VT:

opps, should have gone with "The Beatles" , my bad. (12% obscure)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:31am Guido from Cologne:

Grauzone is a Swiss band though ... just sayin'
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:32am Guido from Cologne:

Rolling Stones's overall obscurity level is...
53.0% ???
Avatar 9:33am Dave B:

Guido - add that "The" to their name
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:33am AnAnonymousParty:

@KFHP, have you checked your power settings to see if the networking/wireless is set to go idle if the power profile changes from A/C to battery?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:33am Ken:

Yes Guido - that looping thing is something VLC and other audio players sometimes do when they lose connectivity. Highly annoying and 74.2% obscure.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:35am Andrew Waterloo:

hmm Ufomammut is only 74% obscure...
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:35am Ken From Hyde Park:

@AAP - Will look at that later, thanks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:36am Guido from Cologne:

@Dave B
So it is two different groups.
Looks like the tool is still in developement.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37am Marcel M:

That obscurometer thing only takes date from Last.fm... which no one uses. I wish it was more broad.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:37am davex:

@Guido: The ones without "the" are from incorrect tags, so those groups are even less obscure.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:37am Andrew Waterloo:

@Guido, it uses last.fm statistics so the inaccuracies come from scrobbling and the way people tag their music.
  9:39am f•ิf•ิ (:

I'm going to try to guess when this Viva La Fete song ends.

I hope I get it in the first try.
  9:39am JakeGould:

Hello there. Sick day for me. How are you all fine folks & related whoozits.
Avatar 9:40am DeaconDave:

Justin Bieber is 38.2%; I wonder what happens if you slow him down by 400%
  9:41am JakeGould:

“Maybe I need to wear an ESD strap when I plug/unplug it?” Probably badly grounded or badly designed. Shocked at how many devices in 2014 can’t handle the shift from line power to battery well.
Avatar 9:41am dc pat:

There he is. Mr. Eastwood. What a dick.
Avatar 9:41am Okasa:

Morning… sorry I'm late. What did I miss? Obscuro- what now?
Avatar 9:41am dc pat:

how does this song not have the living crap clicked out of its star???
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:41am Ken From Hyde Park:

Invention idea #468714B: Peanut butter and jelly dispenser. The top part is two holding tanks and then a pair of levers or pump handles to dispense the creamy goo onto your waiting bread. A variation on a soft ice cream machine.
Avatar 9:42am Sem Chumbo:

@dc pat: you should hear what his chair has to say about him.
Hi, Ken, and all.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:42am Andrew Waterloo:

Ken, you should play Duchess Says
  9:43am f•ิf•ิ (:

This is where the song ends!!!!!
  9:43am f•ิf•ิ (:

NO! Hold on..A second chance

HERE IT ENDS!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:43am fred:

@Andrew Waterloo: Duchess Says? Wow, I saw them many years ago. Are they still around?
  9:43am f•ิf•ิ (:

Wait....

HERE!!!!
  9:44am f•ิf•ิ (:

I almost got it in the first try.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:45am Andrew Waterloo:

@Fred, if you 're talking about the Montreal group, yes. They just played Victoriaville..
  9:46am JakeGould:

“Peanut butter and jelly dispenser.” YES!
Avatar 9:47am Mark S:

peanut butter and jelly's overall obscurity level is...
98.7%
  9:48am f•ิf•ิ (:

I like the idea, Ken From Hyde Park. I'll add a banana slicer (or small guillotine) on top of that. So you can have your peanut buttter sandwich a la Elvis.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:48am Cory:

neat video for this song www.youtube.com...
Avatar 9:49am KP:

I get looping on my iphone when i try to listen to archives and/or shows saved to the phone.
Avatar 9:50am dc pat:

SMKen, you should do a whole show of songs with made up words.
Avatar 9:50am Dave B:

Would need to be some thin PB. No good for "chunky" variety.
  9:50am Brendan:

P .. P... Pri ... F... it...
  9:51am f•ิf•ิ (:

Adriano Celentano!

Let's freeze that goat!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:52am common:

yes for pbj dispenser and this tune.
Avatar 9:52am dc pat:

Gene Vincent is 4.6% more obscure than Eddie Cochran....ok I'm bored.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 9:53am Ken From Hyde Park:

For chunky peanut butter, a third chamber will loose chunks. That's like the toppings a the ice cream bar. Did I say loose chunks? That doesn't sound appetizing. The marketing team will have to find a more appealing term.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:54am davex:

Call them peanut gems.
Avatar 9:54am dc pat:

Eiszeit is 98.2% obscure. Nice choice.
Avatar 9:54am dc pat:

Wait, I think the group name is Ideal and the song is Eiszeit.
Avatar 9:55am dc pat:

in that case only 77.6% obscure...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:55am Guido from Cologne:

Ice-Abe has minus 90° Celsius!
No feelings from Inga!
Ice queen!
Avatar 9:55am Lewis:

what happens in the limit of 100% obscure?
Avatar 9:55am Dave B:

GIFs of drummers are the best!

cruftlabs.tumblr.com...
Avatar 9:57am dc pat:

GIFs of Ginger Baker rule. Hey any gifs of Clem Fucking Burke?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57am common:

just watched the ginger baker doc last eve. krazy, he is.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57am Asheville Jon:

guten morgen
  9:58am f•ิf•ิ (:

Die Ubershenking deutchland oder tish ein ober danke!!!
Avatar 9:59am dc pat:

Nein, kein GIFs von Clem Burke
  10:00am OTB:

@Ken From HP: The legal team is afraid of lawsuits from people with nut allergies and the marketing team is grateful because the best they could come up with was "nut loosener."
  10:01am Cecile:

Hola!
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:02am Ken From Hyde Park:

Homer Simpson's best invention: Gum and peanuts...together at last!
Avatar 10:03am dc pat:

crack me up KenFHP...
Avatar 10:04am dc pat:

Sounds like Moe Howard's favorite food: bologna and whipped cream.
  10:05am Cecile:

@ken
"Somehow I thought it would be better.@
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:07am common:

@dc pat: good call on the moe!
  10:08am Bill Graef:

SPECTRE is Bond. KAOS is Get Smart.
Avatar 10:08am Nick from Indy:

Gilbert & Lewis was the Rodgers & Hammerstein of messed up Contemporary Dance soundtracks. Daughter like papa.
Avatar 10:09am dc pat:

...and SMERSH for Bond.
Avatar 10:10am Dave B:

@ Bill Graef - C.H.U.M.P. is Lancelot Link Secret Chimp
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:12am Ken From Hyde Park:

It's not a villain's group, but a movie - C.H.U.D. Is that a good one to rent? It's 96.9% obscure.
Avatar 10:14am Dave B:

depends on what your definition of "good" is....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:14am common:

c.h.u.d. is totally worth it, ken. horrible.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:15am Andrew Waterloo:

If you like Ken's show you'll probably appreciate C.H.U.D.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:15am Ken:

careful common. C.H.U.D. is good people.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:16am common:

oh, i aint saying chud aint good people. did i say horrible? i meant great. exactly, andrew!
  10:17am nadnerb:

DIF JUZ!!
Avatar 10:18am Green Mountain Man Mark:

I recently watched an Australian movie and it had a long ass neck turtle in it. I had never seen nor heard of these creatures. The neck is often as long as or longer than the body and shell. The neck and head can't be stuffed back inside the shell. It can only bend back and be wrapped along the front of the shell. The long ass necked turtle of Australia.
  10:19am f•ิf•ิ (:

So I went to the interwebz to check what the heck is Chud.

And this is what I found:

"Chud or Chude is a term historically applied in the early Russian anals..."

I stopped reading there. I don't want to know anymore about Chud.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:20am Greg from Bloomfield:

C.H.U.D. Fun Fact™: John Goodman makes a cameo as a cop in a diner!
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:20am Andrew Waterloo:

C.H.U.D. was the name of the stuffed dog Skinny Puppy dissected on stage.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:21am common:

c.h.u.d. = cannibalistic humanoid underground dwellers...right?
  10:21am f•ิf•ิ (:

Wait... I think I made a typo up there.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:21am Guido from Cologne:

Best GIF for now. (Guitar smashing)
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:23am AnAnonymousParty:

I'm still hoping fo a Gif of a jar of Gif.
Avatar 10:24am βrian:

Audrey Hepburn!
  10:24am f•ิf•ิ (:

"The long ass necked turtle of Australia."

Another interesting task for Duckduckgo...Here I go!!! I'll report my impressions back to you, Green mountain man. Hold on.
  10:26am f•ิf•ิ (:

Woaah! It's like a serpent turtle!
Avatar 10:26am bobdoesthings:

a handful of these gifs are really expressing my rage at work today..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:27am common:

i have not been sleeping well, ken. having very strange dreams and night sweats/chills.
Avatar 10:27am Green Mountain Man Mark:

Animal House. My daughter recently said one of her teachers complained that she and some of the other kids were creating a "party animal atmosphere" in class.
Avatar 10:27am thedunkel:

bob bebson = andy breckman (fetus jar king)
  10:27am f•ิf•ิ (:

GMMM:

It's actually called Erected long-necked turtle.
  10:28am f•ิf•ิ (:

ops.

*Eastern long-necked turtle
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28am listener james from westwood:

Bob Benson: "How do you like my necrophilia, Ken?"
Ken: "NOT GREAT, BOB!"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:28am Kat in Chicago:

You've Got Foetus On Your Shelf!
  10:28am The Brooklyn Kid:

OMG!!! Ken please STOP!!! I'd like to have an appetite for lunch. Now I'm nauseous
Avatar 10:28am ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:

This is for you Ken - images.buddytv.com...
  10:29am johnPow:

has anybody ever figured out what these pyramids are all about?
  10:30am f•ิf•ิ (:

Only a real DJ would talk about having sex with dead people over Rockabye Baby.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:32am Andrew Waterloo:

I just got a postcard from Joe McGasko.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:32am Webhamster Henry:

I liked the Recfairs in the Armory.
  10:32am The Brooklyn Kid:

I hope Andy will do another listener back yard barbecue
  10:32am That_Guy:

Can't wait for the record fair.
Avatar 10:33am βrian:

"Fort Smith, Arkansas." reads the pattern label.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:33am MD:

BLONDIE!!!!!
  10:34am The Brooklyn Kid:

I'm in the park using my itouch. I found a free wifi signal to hop on and listen to your show
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:36am Marcel M:

Which park Brooklyn Kid? Prospect? Maria Hernandez?
  10:36am That_Guy:

itouch Ken at the record fair.
Avatar 10:38am bobdoesthings:

don't be that_guy
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:38am Marcel M:

Ken, are you gonna do the Polaski Skyway thing another time?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:38am common:

me too, andrew. pretty great!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:39am Station Mgr Ken:

Marcel, no probably not.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:39am Marcel M:

was it just a joke the whole time Ken? I did suspect that.
Avatar 10:40am bibi:

hi all, hey fred duchess says a crazy vid somewhere around paris few years ago. they sure are still around !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:40am Marcel M:

Hi Bob! Did you make it to work?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:41am Ken:

Actually it was NOT a joke. But I understannd your suspicions and they are well placed.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:42am MD:

so i figured it out! when i have the playlist and message board up my audio likes to "skip" and "Double" but when i "X" out of the playlist i can listen fine...any thoughts people???
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:43am Webhamster Henry:

A little quote from Icarus there.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:43am MD:

i like to listen and read the stream of all thoughts also!!!!!
Avatar 10:43am βrian:

@MD Probably the agitated gifs. They eat up a *lot* of bandwidth.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 10:44am MD:

....@ Brian...thanks...I do notice it on ken's show often...MD
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am common:

the jif gif!
Avatar 10:47am dc pat:

Melted Men, new favorite group.
Avatar 10:48am dc pat:

96.3% obscure
Avatar 10:48am Parq:

Neat -- the Simplicity GIF is in synch with this Melted Man.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:48am Greg from Bloomfield:

Somebody made this song. FINALLY!
Avatar 10:49am bobdoesthings:

@marcel - ahhh yes i did.. works busy and i am in a daze .. sorry for late responce
Avatar 10:49am bobdoesthings:

@marcel - fun show last night... even though you didn't play the long awaited cover of Freebird
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:50am Ken:

Will somebody go through the show when it is over, and take the obscurity rating of every band I played and average it so I can have an average obscurity rating for the entire show, or would i have to sleep with dead people to make such a request?
  10:51am That_Guy:

I'll do anything for you, Ken.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:52am Ken:

Anybody other than That Guy?
Avatar 10:53am adrian in mpls:

I can - I'm on effing spreadsheets all day anyway.....
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:53am Ken:

Yo adrian! You are on! Thank you.
Avatar 10:54am Mark S:

Would you want a mean obscurity rating as well?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:55am Marcel M:

@BOB - Haha, One day !
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:55am Ken:

Mean? No thanks. Im not a hater.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:56am Yvang:

Thanks for the Melted Men!
Avatar 10:57am adrian in mpls:

No prob!
Avatar 10:58am Mark S:

Now you're being willfully obtuse
  10:59am That_Guy:

I already have a specialized Excel template with Ken's portrait made out in cells. It's taken care of.
Avatar 11:00am dc pat:

Hey Ken, if Adrian lets you down, I'll write an excessively complicated python script to do it.
Avatar 11:00am bobdoesthings:

@that_guy - oooooo let me see! post it!
Avatar 11:01am MikeY:

In three words.. what the fuck.
Avatar 11:01am egal:

This band is obscure.
  11:02am That_Guy:

I have a specialized PERL script just for Ken.
  11:02am johnPow:

I'm fine and I'm glad your fine
Avatar 11:02am βrian:

c.a.d. qu'est-que le phoque !
Avatar 11:02am MikeY:

Evolution Control Committee i THOUGHT I was the only person that knew of them
Avatar 11:02am northguineahills:

I knew this was either going to be PLU or ECC.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:02am Webhamster Henry:

I was just reading bArt's yodeling book yesterday.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 11:03am Slater:

Merkin Muffley in the house
  11:03am That_Guy:

I remember their Dan Rather mashup.
Avatar 11:04am MikeY:

God I havent smoked weed in months glad I did this morning LOL
Avatar 11:04am Dave B:

"Rocked By Rape"
Avatar 11:05am Okasa:

Um, for Ken's sake, maybe we shouldn't be encouraging That_Guy… I suggest avoiding eye contact and casually but quickly walking in another direction.
Avatar 11:06am mythopeic_industries:

can you play the Evolution Control Committee "By The Time I Get To Arizona (Whipped Cream Mix)" the Public Enemy Herb Alpert mix
Avatar 11:08am northguineahills:

@mythopeic_industries: I have that 7", it's a hoot!
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:09am Ellirb:

I demand Die Goldenen Zitronen with Der Investor!!
Avatar 11:10am Parq:

The Kid Koala gif is my new favorite.
  11:10am That_Guy:

I should be out in time for the record fair.
  11:11am f•ิf•ิ (:

dc python pat?!
Avatar 11:11am Parq:

Mikey, for real? ECC is so popular in WFMU-land that Small Change once did that "Rocked by Rape" thing as a marathon finale number.
Avatar 11:13am Dave B:

Before there was the ECC, there was Emergency Broadcast Network.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:14am davex:

Bribery is 99.8% obscure.
  11:14am That_Guy:

Someone say stalking?
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:14am Planet Tyler:

Hey Ken & Guido, that song worked - a German just arrived in the reference room. Since I have the same fetish as Ken, this is pretty awesome.
Avatar 11:21am mythopeic_industries:

Farty Synths!
Avatar 11:22am dc python pat:

what?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:23am Asheville Jon:

wow. i need some wine with this cheese!
Avatar 11:26am nah:

Is there a MG42 machine gun (or indeed any machine gun) next to that drummer in the blue jacket?
Avatar 11:26am Mark S:

Groovy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:26am Guido from Cologne:

for certain time in 1982 i had to suffer this song every morning from the radio!
Avatar 11:27am Mark S:

1982?
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:27am Webhamster Henry:

I've been suffering from it since 1969.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:28am Doug Schulkind:

Tonight on Gary Sullivan's Bodega Pop Live (7-10pm, on the Drummer Stream), all acts will be guaranteed at least 90% or your money back: bodegapop.blogspot.com...
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:28am Andrew Waterloo:

I only know the Futurama parody.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:28am Rich in Washington:

I remember hearing it nearly everyday on my school bus ride in the early 70s.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:29am Guido from Cologne:

the song before:
Deutsch-Österreichisches Feingefühl (DÖF)
German-Austrian-Sensibility ... also Humpe Sitsers involved.
Avatar 11:29am Parq:

Looking forward to seeing the obscurity rating for this Z&E. For me, it represents ten thousand listens while at summer camp that year.
Avatar 11:29am duke:

I've been suffering it since 2525
  11:29am f•ิf•ิ (:

This is the best prediction song ever.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:30am Rich in Washington:

I like Laibach's cover of 2525.
  11:30am That_Guy:

The barrel isn't right for an MG42.
Avatar 11:30am Roberto:

The Futurama version is better.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:30am Webhamster Henry:

Where's Lucia Pamela when you need her?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:31am Guido from Cologne:

I always wondered what the Mexican Mariachi trumpets are doing in the year 2525. Most non-futuristic arrangement to a future-song.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:31am Goyim in the AM:

VEE DO NOT NEED ANY SCHMALTZ ON DIS PLANET. TÖTET ESTELLE.
Avatar 11:32am thriftstoreleather:

BRILLIANT!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:32am Guido from Cologne:

... now it sounds futuristic!
head on!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:32am Rich in Washington:

Nicht schmaltzen?
Avatar 11:32am adrian in mpls:

No - we have to push on - further into the future!
Avatar 11:33am Dan B From Upstate:

In the year 252525. Good ol futurama.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:33am Rich in Washington:

The future ain't what it used to be
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 11:33am Foolbert:

"In the year 2525" always brings* to mind an old Mystery Science Theatre 3000 bit, probably the best mash-up of Criswell, James Brown, and Dr Bronner to date:

www.youtube.com...

*beside my nonexistent breakfast up
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:33am Goyim in the AM:

...the Humpe Sisters and a couple of Austrian comedians, to be exact.
  11:33am f•ิf•ิ (:

Remember the days when the biggest threat to humanity was the Y2K bug ? There was no terrorist crap. No Miley Cirus. Oh, man, those were the days.
  11:33am paulWCBN:

I love you Dr. Zaius! <3
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:33am Asheville Jon:

is this Dracula singing?
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:34am Webhamster Henry:

He actually sounds more like Paul Frees, R.I.P.
Avatar 11:34am KOTJ:

I thought it was Yul Brenner
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:34am SSS:

@GOYIM - Is it not all schmaltz really, after all?
Avatar 11:34am nah:

Cheers That_Guy
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 11:35am Slater:

Lugosi!
  11:35am That_Guy:

Is this the new remix with epilogue by Kirk Cameron?
Avatar 11:36am KOTJ:

I had shmaltz from Zabar and Evans. I was guged but it as worth it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:36am Goyim in the AM:

It is not all Schmaltz. Some of it is Bratenfett.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:36am Rich in Washington:

the guy singing this looks like Rasputin. He's a Slovene poet or something. He sings two songs on that album.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:37am SSS:

I guess we all do what we can.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 11:37am Foolbert:

@Guido from Cologne:
The Mexican trumpets are there to make the piece seem even more severely dated, insofar as that were possible, than it would be otherwise---the group whose name Cooke and Moore canted into 'Al Pervert and His Marijuana Brass' (in their similarly dated 'L.S.Bumble-bee') are responsible....
Avatar 11:39am Mark S:

horse?
Avatar 11:39am βrian:

My cat says "arlt" to alert me to a forthcoming hairball.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:39am Goyim in the AM:

Ken: No, although you did hear "2000 years" in German at the beginning. I will translate the German lyrics for you now.
  11:39am That_Guy:

I thought it was because Mexico and the American Southwest have resembled a post-apocalyptic wasteland since the beginning of time.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:40am davex:

I think DÖF sang more about the past and hatred and, um, stuff. But they did mention 2000 years, so it works!
Avatar 11:40am Okasa:

"Everybody's always in favor of saving Hitler's brain. But when you put it in the body of a great white shark… ooooh, suddenly you've gone too far."

~ Professor Farnsworth
Avatar 11:41am bobdoesthings:

this song makes me imagine a sesame street skit
  11:41am johnPow:

I could see a balloon version of Good Vibrations
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:42am Guido from Cologne:

DÖF
Und ich düse, düse, düse, düse im Sauseschritt
und bring' die Liebe mit von meinem Himmelsritt.
Denn die Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, Liebe, die macht viel Spass,
viel mehr Spass als irgendwas.
  11:42am f•ิf•ิ (:

I predict that the WFMU Marathon goal for 2525:

- Will try to raise $1,800 gazillions to buy the NJ land that will hold all the WFMU buildings and complexes.
- The final marathon show will be conducted by Andy Breckman's head in a jar.
  11:42am Nardo:

Are you sure this isn't the Residents
  11:43am Johannes Raggam:

hey ken, CODO's song is an sci fi parody, about the earth reigned by hate. someone from outer space is bringing love to earth (düse im sauseschritt translates roughly to hurry up). also see: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codo_%E2%80%A6_d%C3%BCse_im_Sauseschritt
Avatar 11:43am northguineahills:

I saw Judy Dunaway play at ABC No Rio. Good fun w/ balloons.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:43am davex:

Thanks Guido, yes, they sang about love, of course!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:45am Guido from Cologne:

... ridiculous children's language.
it was one of the most unbarable NDW cash-in rip-offs.
And if you have to hear it every day, you can get serious depressions.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:45am SSS:

Yes, they say st. paul did to.
Avatar 11:45am KOTJ:

How this Floyd song used to scare the bejeebebus out of me when I was a kid
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:45am Whosondephone:

UMMAGUMMA!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:47am Guido from Cologne:

"ummagumma" is possibly the most influential Floyd album ever!
It inspired so many experimental musicians.
and the group itself hates it ...
  11:47am Johannes from Graz:

actually i like this döf song. that's a hit from my childhood. apparently i just hear it once in a while on wfmu
Avatar 11:48am βrian:

Pock-marked by depressions.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:48am Goyim in the AM:

For 2,000 Years the World has lived without love.
The Lord of Hate rules!

"Hateful (ugly), I am so hateful, so dreadful hateful, I am Hate.
Hating, hatefully hating, I just can't stop it -- I am Hate!"

"Attention, attention.
Unknown flying object approaching the planet."

"Identify unknown flying object."

"Codo the Third, I am the third one from the left out of the middle of the stars."

"Unknown flying object identifies as: 'Codo'"

"and I'm jetting, jetting, jetting, jetting damn fast
Bringing Love with me
from my part of the universe
because love, love, love, love is a lot of fun
way more fun
than anything"

etc.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:49am davex:

@Goyim: Great Nachdichtung!
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:50am Ken From Hyde Park:

Did I break the obscurity meter? Klahm is showing 0.0%.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:50am Guido from Cologne:

... depending on age and perception maybe ...
NDW had a hopeful beginning with DIY ethics and denal of all rules. and it ended in such a cash-in-deaster. For a certain time it was hard to publish records in German language because everyone was so fed of it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:51am davex:

@Ken From Hyde Park: Хлам is 95.9%
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:51am SSS:

Poor babies. Hope it works out.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:52am SeanG:

loving this
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:52am Goyim in the AM:

I think DÖF was more of a parody than a cash-in, as the punning name on DAF and the male singer's day jobs as comedians should indicate.
  11:53am Cecile:

BABY ANIMAL
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:53am AnAnonymousParty:

I have to go away and do some actual work for a while and miss the Gif of Jif.
  11:53am Brendan:

Love the baby animal!
  11:53am f•ิf•ิ (:

Oh noes. THe baby animal song. It's Ken's time to go

Many thanks, Ken! It was a great show. It had a perfect mix of obscure ingredients.

Till next episode everybody!
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:54am Ellirb:

Time for Malaria! with Thrash Me ?
  11:54am John from Fort Lauderdale:

Ken just confused my coworkers. They just asked me if today was Tuesday because they know that Trouble (the bird lady) is on Tuesday’s
Avatar 11:55am βrian:

"animull"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:55am common:

this is one of the creepiest songs ever!
Avatar 11:55am northguineahills:

Thanks for injecting some aural fun into our Wednesday.
Avatar 11:56am βrian:

@John de FL: Those are oiseaux.
Avatar Ken's Marathon 2024 Swag For Life Member 11:57am AnAnonymousParty:

Isn't Pict pronounced with a long 'i', like Pykt?
  11:57am Nardo:

Thanks for turning up the weird quotient in that last set Ken! Wonderful.
  11:58am Cecile:

Oioioioiohcoco
Avatar 12:24pm thedunkel:

Thanks ken!
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