Ken
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Wednesdays
9am - Noon
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On
WFMU
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91.1, 90.1, 91.9 FM &
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Considerably Further Beyond the Sea: The Avant-Garde Surf Compilation (V/A)
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1:00:40 ()
The Ridiculous Trio
Dirt
Play the Stooges
1:03:01 ()
Lorette Velvette
Dirt
Lost Part of Me
1:08:31 ()
Wolfgang Reichman
Himmerglau
Deutsche Elektronische Musik: Experimental German Rock and Electronic Music 1972-1983
1:17:11 ()
Can
Future Days
Title Track
1:25:24 ()
DJ Female Convict Scorpion
Opposite Day in Opposite Land
How Metal is Time Travel?
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1:32:39 ()
Courtney Barnett
Avant Gardener
The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
1:41:04 ()
Music behind DJ:
Curd Duca
Sin Swing
1:46:05 ()
Television
Aint That Nothin'
Live At The Old Waldorf, San Francisco, 6/29/78
1:51:01 ()
Olivia Tremor Control
Excerpt from Green Typewriters
Dusk at Cubist Castle
1:57:23 ()
Neu
Hallogallo
2:01:35 ()
Vitalic
Poney Part 1
2:10:00 ()
Cyriak
Malfunction
2:12:45 ()
Omo
Oversized
Video by Matilda Tristam
2:15:37 ()
People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz
Moon
2:19:00 ()
Music behind DJ:
Curd Duca
2:23:33 ()
Killdozer
Man Vs Machine
video by Cassandra Tytler
2:26:52 ()
Monks
Monk Chant / How to Do Now
2:30:19 ()
Tuxedomoon
No Tears
Desire
2:32:12 ()
The Group Image
Hiya
2:37:45 ()
Adam Curtis
Oh Dearism
2:43:54 ()
Music behind DJ:
Jonathan Kane
Sis
Live at WFMU on Brian Turner's show
2:50:24 ()
Bonobo
Cirrus
video by Cyriak
2:53:00 ()
Dva
Nunova Tango
2:55:55 ()
Listener comments!
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Wed. 8/20/14 6:05am
Ken:
Morning everybody! Today's video experiment will be one that you can actually seem (unlike last week), from 11am to Noon. The video will be on this page, on the WFMU homepage and on the WFMU apps (iPhone and Android).
Wed. 8/20/14 7:50am
P-90:
History in the making! Good Morning, Ken.
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Wed. 8/20/14 7:56am
Ken:
I will go very light on the GIFs today in the hope that it might make the video work better at 11am.
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Wed. 8/20/14 8:04am
Ken:
Also! LOOOOng songs. I need 'em bad today so I can prepare all the video hooha.
Wed. 8/20/14 8:14am
Robert:
We've seen these ani-GIFs before, but I'm wondering whether this particular compilation sends a conscious, or unconscious, message: cabbage-eating dog + Putin.
Wed. 8/20/14 8:15am
Robert:
Russians are sometimes referred to pejoratively as cabbage eaters.
Wed. 8/20/14 8:49am
Dan B From Upstate:
I'm pretty sure my place of employment will block the video stream. Will it be archived on ustream?
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Wed. 8/20/14 8:59am
Marcel M:
Made it JUST in time for the big gifs. That pizza is really freaking me out...
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Wed. 8/20/14 9:00am
Marcel M:
Ken! Play The Last One off 77' live by Les Rallizes Denudes, I think its 20 mins and its awesome. Although I've requested it before so maybe you don't like it.
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Wed. 8/20/14 9:01am
Michael:
Ken: Miles - Right Off
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Wed. 8/20/14 9:02am
common:
looking forward to the videos!
Wed. 8/20/14 9:02am
KOTJ:
May I request the massive song Broke off the new Tom Vek album Luck?
Wed. 8/20/14 9:04am
nick:
greetings friends =) enjoying the tunes thanks ken. very kiwi. yes!
Wed. 8/20/14 9:09am
Brendan:
Good morning Ken. Sisters and brothers, right on.
Wed. 8/20/14 9:12am
f۩f۩ (:
hola keno, dano, commono, Kotjo, roberto, marcelo, nicko, p-90o! buenos dias amigos. where are the amigas?
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Wed. 8/20/14 9:12am
fred:
State of Shock, one of my favorite songs ever. The Ex' new singer is getting better with it. Now that he doesn't try so hard to be different but owns the song instead, his take is pretty good. Give him a chance if they tour nearby
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Wed. 8/20/14 9:14am
Neg-guh-tor:
This new SPT record is super solid.
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Wed. 8/20/14 9:15am
Marcel M:
Morning FOFO! Morning common! I forgot about the video stream today, I'm excited, I can stay for the whole show today! Not much work.
Wed. 8/20/14 9:43am
Sean D. Daily:
Metal Machine Music. BOTH ALBUMS. I double dog dare ya, Ken.
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Wed. 8/20/14 9:43am
northguineahills:
Sean is full of great ideas.....
Wed. 8/20/14 9:44am
Glorious North Korean Rocket Scientist:
Ken, I have utmost supreme confidence that this great experiment will soar like majestic bald headed eagle. After all what could go wrong- right?!
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Wed. 8/20/14 9:44am
Marcel M:
Was it Ken that played the "acoustic" version of Metal Machine Music? Someone played that recently... some Germans did it I think.
Wed. 8/20/14 9:44am
jojo:
more crybaby- fuzz- sustain- echoverb
Wed. 8/20/14 9:45am
Green Mountain Man Mark:
I noticed a skunk last night going through a small hole under our mud room floor. I don't know if it is still in there. If I plug the hole up it could be trapped inside and possibly spray and then die eventually. Imagine the maggots.
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Wed. 8/20/14 9:45am
fred:
Maggot Brain! Though the playlist says Maggot Brian. OMG!!! Is that sign of a rift between the power couple of WFMU???
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Wed. 8/20/14 9:46am
Ken:
Whatre you talkin 'bout Fred?!
Wed. 8/20/14 9:46am
holland oats:
maggot brian was yesterday
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Wed. 8/20/14 9:46am
Ken:
Jojo - what do you wanna hear?
Wed. 8/20/14 9:49am
jojo:
bunnybrains
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Wed. 8/20/14 9:50am
Marcel M:
Yay bunnybrains! Or bunny brians even...
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Wed. 8/20/14 9:54am
Marcel M:
Andy and a bunch of children burst into the studio while Chris T was on last night.
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Wed. 8/20/14 9:54am
Guido from Cologne:
Allright, it needs a certain kind of relxation to get the Maggot Brain guitar heroism.
Now i've got it.
And I want that Gibson Harp Guitar!
Please send me one!
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Wed. 8/20/14 9:54am
Marcel M:
Hah... Ken you get to relive the early days of raising your kids all over again. FUN!
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Wed. 8/20/14 9:55am
thedunkel:
Andy in a teepee sounds funny enough!
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Wed. 8/20/14 9:55am
Webhamster Henry:
Oh I get it, the WFMUsketeers.
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Wed. 8/20/14 9:55am
MD:
WAIT A MINUTE!! THE FINS CAN TWANG...STOP THE PRESSES!!!
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:00am
merv:
Ken -- Long song option: Biblical Menstruator's "Cover of Neil Young's 'Vagueness of Orient'" -- I can't remember where I stumbled on this but I can't find it anywhere online now. Could email to you if y'all don't have it...
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:01am
Guido from Cologne:
I'm afraid I know this song!
Was it something about cats and mices!
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:08am
AnAnonymousParty:
Wombat? Are you sure it's not the Geico Pig after a weekend bender in Vegas?
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:09am
Guido from Cologne:
I try to understand the picture:
Smile when you're driven over, it's the last second of your live, so better smile!?!
Wed. 8/20/14 10:29am
ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:
Hagnum!!! I'd buy that for a dollar!
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:33am
bobdoesthings:
@Jenn I'd give you 2 bucks for it
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:33am
fred:
@Ken: My public servant pay index (whatever that means) is 666
Wed. 8/20/14 10:34am
berlusconi's nose:
How about some sino rock?
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:38am
βrian:
You must mean "sinus rock."
Wed. 8/20/14 10:42am
GrokOMatic:
This is so freakin' awesome!
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:43am
northguineahills:
This Courtney Barnett has been growing on me.
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:43am
Marcel M:
Avant Gardener???? :-O
Wed. 8/20/14 10:45am
tino:
god this song sucks
Wed. 8/20/14 10:45am
nick:
Hey how does the aussie accent sound to you guys? (i'm aussie!)
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:46am
MD:
what rhymes with Ambulance...???
Wed. 8/20/14 10:46am
faul:
@jan- village krautrock
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:46am
Marcel M:
not that good at sparking bongs? hahahha. Sounds like a modern Sheryl Crow..
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:46am
adrian in mpls:
@ngh - me too. it really annoyed me at first, but over time i've come to enjoy it....my partner hates it and says it "sounds like sheryl crow"
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:47am
MD:
Reminds me of Brian Wilson when his Shrink told him to write about everyday things!!!
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:48am
Marcel M:
@Adrain: Hah! Have to agree with your partner, though I don't "HATE" it...
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:49am
bobdoesthings:
I recommend a neti pot.
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:49am
Lewis:
@Ken - why do you know this? (don't get me wrong I am learning a lot)
Wed. 8/20/14 10:51am
berlusconi's nose:
Here in China, we have another problem.
Wed. 8/20/14 10:51am
faul:
how can i get my name to appear in Green like SM Ken
Wed. 8/20/14 10:52am
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):
@faul: Green just means you've personally visited that person's profile page already.
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:52am
Lewis:
@faul - visit your own profile...
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:52am
HarktheUmpire:
Two minor corrections.. his name is actually Wolfgang Riechmann, and the song is called "Himmelblau"
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Wed. 8/20/14 10:53am
Marcel M:
Apparently he (Wolfgang) was stabbed for no reason by two drunks, and died from internal bleeding due to poor medical treatment... jeez.
Wed. 8/20/14 10:57am
Dan B From Upstate:
Yep. The video stream is blocked for me... :-\
Wed. 8/20/14 10:58am
Joey the Sleaze:
i just learned teh term jelq! urbandictionary makes websters look like poo-pie.
Wed. 8/20/14 10:59am
Robert:
Might want to kill auto-refresh during the vid stream on this page.
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:03am
Marcel M:
This is delightful!
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:03am
Lizardner Dave:
Looks great here but I have to get back to work (and therefore just listening) in a few minutes. Will the video be archived?
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:04am
People Like Us:
it's working fine now, no autorefreshing
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:04am
Marcel M:
I think you did kill the auto refresh Ken
Wed. 8/20/14 11:04am
foreign_listner_k:
On a vanilla opensuse 12.3 system, and ustream says -
Content unavailable
We're sorry, but this video is unavailable on this device.
Wed. 8/20/14 11:05am
mary:
viv sound is louder than audio stream. looking good! everybody is dancing. and happy
and when I went to preview comment I am off page so my sound disappears as well as vid. but going back now
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:05am
People Like Us:
maybe this should be announced on the WFMU facebook page
Wed. 8/20/14 11:06am
faul:
im supposed to be doing my stock updates...get this off my screen !!
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:07am
Okasa:
But then the problem is that every time I leave the page, (to post a comment, for example), the Ustream stops. And when I start it again, the volume goes back up…
Wed. 8/20/14 11:11am
mary:
playlist page still looks and sound goods...yes , now, sound off on preview comment page so will take Vicki's advice to go to home page etc.....
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:11am
People Like Us:
move your mouse off of the play/rw/ff panel, Ken
Wed. 8/20/14 11:11am
paulWCBN:
oh wow, haven't thought of this track in a long time
Wed. 8/20/14 11:12am
faul:
was that SM KEN dancing w/Frangry
Wed. 8/20/14 11:12am
steve:
i dont know whats going on but HELL YES to the video!
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:12am
Liz Berg:
foreign_listner_k, if you have a smartphone, you can view the video via the WFMU app (Android or iOS).
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:12am
Kat in Chicago:
This is hilarious. It does need more cats tho.
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:12am
Jeff:
I fully understand that one might find Flash evil and not choose to install it, but there does appear to be a plugin available for openSUSE:
Wed. 8/20/14 11:12am
Bayta:
Hahaha this is awesome
Wed. 8/20/14 11:12am
SpeedyPete:
I think Mr. McFreedman just crossed the line from mighty rearranger to true artist. How does it feel Ken???
Wed. 8/20/14 11:12am
Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):
Fear not; the "Now playing" at the top of the playlist keeps updating itself even as you stare dreamily at the video.
Wed. 8/20/14 11:13am
rdkls:
sorry, "accelerator", that song cuts through everything
Wed. 8/20/14 11:13am
Dan B From Upstate:
I noticed that now playing today. I was wondering if that was new. Good job as always, Kenzo.
Wed. 8/20/14 11:14am
egal:
speedypete: the Skrillex of free form radio.
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:14am
bobdoesthings:
this is farrrrr too distracting for me at work.. being that I do photoshop.. my eyes cant be wondering this much. arggghhh
Wed. 8/20/14 11:14am
ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:
Now that's more like a Ken video I was expecting. Yeesh.
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:15am
βrian:
I thought the store was Food Grunt.
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:15am
chris:
This is the most distracting thing ever. How can I get any work done?
Wed. 8/20/14 11:15am
faul:
food taint
Wed. 8/20/14 11:15am
Robert:
Shades of Max Fleischer!
Wed. 8/20/14 11:15am
tim:
In a world where so much is depressing right now, this makes me very happy.
Wed. 8/20/14 11:17am
psilocybin:
Lord, I've *seen* spaghetti do that!
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:17am
Webhamster Henry:
Or: go to Ustream directly www.ustream.tv..., full screen it, listen and comment via the iPhone or Android app.
Wed. 8/20/14 11:18am
ᏠЄႶႶỊѺµЄ:
Once a roommate threw a strand of spaghetti against the wall and if formed a perfect profile of Dino from The Flintstones. We kept it there for about a year and when we took it off the wall it took the paint with it.
Wed. 8/20/14 11:19am
faul:
the future FMU
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:20am
bobdoesthings:
this will be available on archives right? I really gotta turn this off.. .
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:20am
bobdoesthings:
dont get me wrong... ken, this is great! I just gotta focus on work. haha
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:20am
chris:
Ken, you really are an evil genius. Good on ya, sir! You have shown me the future. And it is weird. And cool. And I won't be the same without it.
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:20am
Stevel:
Chris is right. Pretty sure I'm going to get fired over this. Can't. Look. Away.
Wed. 8/20/14 11:30am
jan:
The video is as good as your greatest audio programming. Unlike your radio show, it's impossible to multitask. It's either work or stay glued to my computer screen.
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:30am
Kat in Chicago:
I got a ticket for the People Like Us show. Now trying to scrape up the money to actually buy a plane ticket and rent a bed for two nights and go.
Wed. 8/20/14 11:31am
Marshall Stacks:
Great show in so many ways, Ken.
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:31am
bobdoesthings:
ahhh this video is one of my youtube favorites... its fun to watch a german people dance in the 60s
Wed. 8/20/14 11:31am
fascinoma:
eeeeee Monk Time time to touch up my tonsure
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:33am
chris:
I'll need to update my resume. My job will not survive this. Anyone hiring a person to listen to music and watch synchronized video?
Wed. 8/20/14 11:33am
f۩f۩ (:
Flash player not working for Opera 23 (latest version) on a *ahem* Win XP 32 bit.
Therefore I'm missing the video and all giffery. Now I know how someone listening to Porn For The Blind feels like.
Wed. 8/20/14 11:33am
listener faul:
video of the monks visiting fmu studio
Wed. 8/20/14 11:34am
fascinoma:
@bobdoesthings YES so deliciously selfconscious
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:34am
Kat in Chicago:
That's what I'm looking at, Vicki. Hope I can make it!
Wed. 8/20/14 11:34am
rdkls:
das war totale ganz kuhl
Wed. 8/20/14 11:35am
dale:
i should have suggested a fripp video, for exposure. it's all low tech and such
Wed. 8/20/14 11:36am
Robert:
Was any audio or video changed in speed to match its video or audio complement?
Wed. 8/20/14 11:36am
f۩f۩ (:
Am I missing the video for "No tear"?!?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Wed. 8/20/14 11:36am
Chris M.:
this is so awesome and i want to do this same thing so bad.
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:38am
Okasa:
@f۩f۩ - You are SERIOUSLY missing out! I feel so sorry for you...
Wed. 8/20/14 11:39am
egal:
The Museum of Television and Radio will want this programme.
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:39am
Okasa:
That is the coolest hat...
Wed. 8/20/14 11:40am
listener faul:
SMK : make fabio do this
Wed. 8/20/14 11:42am
Robert:
I guess the jump cut proved the audio was synched to the video in that passage rather than vice versa.
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:43am
bobdoesthings:
not sure if I want to get higher with her...
Wed. 8/20/14 11:43am
jan:
how can I devote the time that your video demands and continue to function?
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:43am
Stevel:
Not sure you COULD get higher with her
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:44am
Irwin:
Group Image: 1st psych concert I attended, Rutgers U, 1968. Still have the LP. The drummer, Leon Luther Rix, later had a great session career.
Wed. 8/20/14 11:44am
steve:
im gonna need a nap when the show is over.
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:44am
Andrew Waterloo:
Maybe the guy in the hat could.
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:51am
Marcel M:
Living in the mind of a depressed Hippie.... what an ending. damn
Wed. 8/20/14 11:51am
Mark S:
I used to live in the mind of a depressed hippy
Wed. 8/20/14 11:52am
Robert:
All that hilarity, and then you snuck in that bit about oh, dear-ism with relevant visuals. I never thought about those issues as connected in such a way, thanks.
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:53am
βrian:
Cats at last. Kinda.
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:54am
Kat in Chicago:
I'm not counting that as proper cat content.
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Wed. 8/20/14 11:54am
maestroso:
I'd say this experiment is a rousing success.
Wed. 8/20/14 11:55am
listener faul:
SMK earned all of his 500K salary today
Wed. 8/20/14 11:56am
fascinoma:
yes yes yes such a success! would love to see this as a more regular feature
Wed. 8/20/14 11:56am
dale:
ooh, from time magazine:
This is the first recording by the Manhattan hippie tribe that has been turning on with sound and light in a couple of off-Broadway ballrooms; it will soon open its own permanent ballroom in the East Village. The five-man band has a driving, express-train beat, and a sharp and shimmering harmony, and a high voltage singer named Sheila. Their sound is all their own, but there are some familiar touches of The Lovin’ Spoonful (Grew Up All Wrong) and Jefferson Airplane (Banana Split). In Banana Split, two electronic zaps project the listener, as through a time warp, into a liquid Eden of tinkling bells and clicking percussion. The Group Image calls it the Twinkie Zone, and it’s a pretty good place to be
Wed. 8/20/14 12:01pm
P-90:
The Dva video was one of the best, if not THE best of the hour.
Experiment: Success!
Thanks Ken!
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Wed. 8/20/14 12:05pm
Michael:
Thanks Ken - fun stuff as always.
Thu. 8/21/14 2:02pm
Kurt:
Thanks Ken, the show yesterday was amazing. What do I need to do to rewatch the videos, since it was on while I was driving to work yesterday. Replaying the mp3 does not replay the video for me.