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Options May 10, 2018: close observation with guest Nina Katchadourian

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by Nina Katchadourian

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Artist Track Album Label Format New Approx. start time
epic soundtracks  fallen down   Options rise above  rough trade      0:00:00 (Pop‑up)
renee claude  sais-tu que je t'aime depuis longtemps   Options le debut d'un temps nouveau  barclay      0:03:28 (Pop‑up)
durutti column  street fight   Options circuses and bread  LTM      0:08:16 (Pop‑up)
laurie spiegel  Appalachian Grove III   Options the expanding universe  unseen worlds      0:15:11 (Pop‑up)
volta jazz  mama soukas   Options dougaba yala/mama soukas  sonafric      0:15:57 (Pop‑up)
deux filles  belle's bell   Options space & time  mute      0:20:31 (Pop‑up)
Louise huebner  orgies- a tool of witch craft   Options seduction through witchcraft  infinite zero      0:22:08 (Pop‑up)
 
budgerigar /sparkie williams  budgerigar   Options bird mimicry  british library      0:36:30 (Pop‑up)
fryman-gustaf  pappas papegoja   Options klass klattermus visor  europa gruppen      0:36:51 (Pop‑up)
pac man  run for fun   Options run for fun  kid stuff      0:40:03 (Pop‑up)
marais and miranda  how does a frog become a frog   Options nature songs  motivation records      0:45:35 (Pop‑up)
 
matti viljanen quintet  mud in your eyes   Options the golden years of finnish accordian jazz  turun tahtituotanto oy      0:55:15 (Pop‑up)
the slits  earthbeat   Options earthbeat  cbs      0:57:01 (Pop‑up)
nina katchadourian /brian dewan/doug skinner/meg reichardt  patient island   Options patient island  nina katchadourian /brian dewan/doug skinner/meg reichardt      1:00:50 (Pop‑up)
nina katchadourian  jacob's barber shop   Options the essex st market songs  nina katchadourian      1:03:43 (Pop‑up)
nina katchadourian  rinbo's cakes and more   Options the essex market  nina katchadourian      1:04:50 (Pop‑up)
 
nina katchadourian  marfa public library   Options the marfa jingles  nina katchadourian      1:14:46 (Pop‑up)
lady & bird  stephanie says   Options keren ann/ lady & bird  yellow tangerine records  7"    1:16:33 (Pop‑up)
tom ze  amar   Options the return of tom ze  luaka bop/warner bros      1:19:13 (Pop‑up)
doug skinner  rennaissance faire   Options that regrettable weekend  doug skinner      1:22:25 (Pop‑up)
francoise hardy   j'ai jete mon coeur   Options c'est a l'amour auquel je pense  disques vogue  7"    1:24:40 (Pop‑up)
brigitte fontaine  le gougron   Options Comme à la Radio  Saravah Records      1:27:26 (Pop‑up)
jaime fillmore  phil's baby   Options the relay project  the relayproject.com      1:31:57 (Pop‑up)
 
sesamstrasse  der die das   Options sesamstrasse  sesamstrasse      1:53:28 (Pop‑up)
 
pamelo moun'ka  samantha, tresor hindou   Options vol 1 des plus grands succes  karac      1:57:20 (Pop‑up)
henri salvador  l'inspiration   Options le martien  disques salvador      2:03:44 (Pop‑up)
nina katchadourian  telemarketing indeterminacy   Options telelmarketing indeterminacy  nina katchadourian      2:06:46 (Pop‑up)
fun boy three  our lips are sealed urdu version   Options our lips are sealed  Chrysalis Records      2:08:07 (Pop‑up)
 
nina katchadourian  on hold music dance party excerpt 1   Options nina katchadourian  nina katchadourian      2:18:14 (Pop‑up)
 
nina katchadourian  on hold music dance party excerpt 2   Options nina katchadourian  nina katchadourian      2:23:44 (Pop‑up)
chip wickham  pushed too far   Options la sombra  lovemonk    *   2:35:22 (Pop‑up)
daniel herskedal  the mistral noir   Options slow eastbound train  edition records      2:41:45 (Pop‑up)
nina katchadourian  advice from a former student excerpt 1   Options nina katchadourian  nina katchadourian      2:45:28 (Pop‑up)
nina katchadourian  advice from a former student excerpt 2,3   Options nina katchadourian  nina katchadourian      2:45:38 (Pop‑up)
 
nina katchadourian  natural car alarm #1   Options nina katchadourian  nina katchadourian      2:53:39 (Pop‑up)
 
birds of new zealand  tui   Options birds of new zealand  viking      2:57:55 (Pop‑up)

Listener comments!

Avatar 9:33pm Trouble:

good morning thursday-ites. drum roll: please welcome today's co-host Nina Katchadourian! go to her bandcamp page for links to music: ninakatchadourian.bandcamp.com
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:47am Webhamster Henry:

Hi Trouble and Nina! Nina, play your Ice Cream Headache Song:
www.jhhl.net...
I'm in a Gamelan, so I think it's oddly authentic and satirical!
I also made some songs for the Ice Cream Headache project, which didn't happen when the organizers couldn't get their hands on the ice cream truck they wanted to use.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:00am Aaron Working In Newark:

Good Morning Trouble
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:00am N.A.R.D.:

Good morning Trouble and Trouble-makers!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:00am Aaron Working In Newark:

Welcome Nina
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:01am N.A.R.D.:

My goodness, the comments board was up VERY early this week...
Avatar 9:01am themutante:

Thursday's highlight - Trouble!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:01am sphere:

hullo Trouble, Nina, and the rest of the Troublers. :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:01am N.A.R.D.:

Welcome Nina! Parev, my fellow Armenian!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:02am Planet Tyler:

WFMU seems to be playing Epic quite a bit these days
Avatar 9:05am d rice:

Good morning Trouble! Good morning all!
Avatar 9:06am d rice:

And welcome Nina!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:07am steveo:

hi Trouble & Nina! I hope there will be radio bee gee lip synching :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:07am BronwynB:

hello trouble and nina and everyone :)
  9:09am Matthew:

Trouble I love you. You always mention you teach — where? You must be a great teacher.
Avatar ♥ 9:09am Sem:

Hello, Trou ble, welcome Nina, greets, Modern Worlders.
Avatar 9:10am Wild Neil||Peace All:

Hi! Going to Poland in July!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:10am Webhamster Henry:

Trouble teaches LP Album Cover Remixing.
Avatar ♥ 9:13am Chris from DC:

Hello. Yay, Durutti Column.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:13am N.A.R.D.:

I must've missed that class in the course selection catalog when I was in school, sounds like a fun class
Avatar 9:13am northguineahills:

Nice Durutti Column!

Jealous, Wild Neil. Had to postpone my NYC trip due car maintenance. Have fun (I really want to see Krakow sometime).
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:14am Ken From Hyde Park:

Good morning, Trouble (and her ever-present assistant, Miss Fortune).
Avatar 9:17am d rice:

Yes! Love this Volta Jazz track!
  9:17am Kerbo in red hook:

easing into Thursday is always a pleasure.... thanks trouble.
Avatar ♥ 9:20am meredith:

Morning all! So glad to have a Thursday morning w/no meetings so I can listen in real time rather than later on the archives! :D
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:23am sphere:

never heard of Louise Huebner and that is my loss!
  9:23am queems:

brb going 2 witch orgy
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:24am Webhamster Henry:

This kind of disc is why I used to go to the WFMU record fair.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:24am Aaron Working In Newark:

just decided to join a coven
  9:24am risky:

GO TROUBLE!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:24am Webhamster Henry:

There's an orgy minyan?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:25am melinda:

hi Trouble, enjoying the vibe
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:25am The Oscar:

Mornin'! I love the fact that I'm hearing Louise Huebner on the radio before 10:00 AM. God bless WFMU.
Avatar 9:25am d rice:

"plan your orgy with care"--sage advice
Avatar 9:25am themutante:

Nice transition!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:26am MD:

GOOD MORNING FREEFORM FREEDOM FIGHTERS!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:26am MD:

FFF!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:26am steveo:

les oiseaux love witchcraft
Avatar 9:26am themutante:

Ha! @d rice
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:26am sphere:

if you invite the required number of guests but some of them don't show up, are you still ok with the cosmos?
  9:27am queems:

imagine how sweaty a 22 person orgy would be
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:27am MD:

FFF...ARMY!
  9:28am listener lee:

Hi trouble. Excited to hear you and Nina this morning!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:28am MD:

are those peas? LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THOSE PEAS!!!
Avatar 9:29am d rice:

I wonder if those folks in the picture are gathering for an orgy?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:33am Webhamster Henry:

Yes - Moomins speak Swedish!
  9:36am queems:

this is so great
  9:37am queems:

this is satan’s bird
Avatar 9:38am themutante:

This is madness... I love it!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:39am The Oscar:

This is the best.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:39am N.A.R.D.:

I'm going to have to replay this for my husband later. He will just die for this recording!
  9:40am Lucky:

Oh, those sneaky ghosts!
  9:41am queems:

HAHAH i downloaded this pacman theme song on napster when i was 11 because it was marked as “taylor hanson R@RE”
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:41am EG_Astro:

Goodmorning!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:42am Aaron Working In Newark:

you were 11 when napster was around?? Lucky. @queems
  9:42am queems:

@aaron i’m a millennial ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  9:43am exile-on-hicks-st:

Waka-waka-waka-Waka-waka-waka-Waka-waka-waka-Waka-waka-waka-Waka-waka-waka-
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:43am steveo:

luck? or excellent planning?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:43am N.A.R.D.:

I think I was 13-14 when it was around, queems, you must be the same age as my younger sister
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:45am Webhamster Henry:

M&M represented ... It was the 40th anniversary of Josef's death the other day.
  9:46am queems:

@nard i’m 30, so i might have been more like 12
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:47am N.A.R.D.:

I'm 33, my sister is 29
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:47am N.A.R.D.:

Go millennials!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:48am Webhamster Henry:

Brian and I did a show on April 30th in Poughkeepsie. I made the "other" fansite mentioned on the official maraisandmiranda.org
Avatar 9:49am Wild Neil||Peace All:

@Aaron-curious. Why join a coven?
  9:49am queems:

@nard keeping it real with our iphones and avocado toast
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:50am MD:

Dirty mouths from Sverge!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:51am melinda:

Why did avocado toast become a thing?
Avatar 9:52am Wild Neil||Peace All:

Advacado toast sounds pretty good right around now. Munching on freshly popped popcorn from Western NY Fun Foods.
Avatar 9:52am d rice:

What IS avocado toast?
  9:52am queems:

@melinda good question- i’m not a fan
Avatar ♥ 9:53am βrian:

I can't imagine toasting avocados is a good idea.

Love these loons.
Avatar 9:53am d rice:

I enjoy avocados, but I can't conceive of them in toast form.
Avatar 9:53am Wild Neil||Peace All:

How about deep-fried advocados?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:54am Ken From Hyde Park:

I was slicing up a yellow bell pepper for lunch and it looked pretty good, so I ate half of it for breakfast.
Avatar ♥ 9:55am βrian:

I read that a lot of people cut their hands when preparing avocados. I just don't get it. My technique is to use common sense.
Avatar 9:55am fred:

Hello Trouble and listeners. It's a holiday here in France, so I can listen for a change
Avatar ♥ 9:56am βrian:

Though I have seen folks actually lightly chop into the stone to try to get it out. I don't advise that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 9:57am SSS:

My favorite way to eat an avocado is out of the half shell, with a spoon, and only salt and black pepper. Yum!
Avatar ♥ 9:58am βrian:

@fred: What, another jour férié ? In the U.S. we have a number of holidays where most everyone has to work. Go figure.
Avatar 9:58am d rice:

Is it true that avocado stones have arsenic?
Avatar 10:01am Wild Neil||Peace All:

@D rice-I heard apple pits do. Arsenic can dissolve gold, also. We used it as a gold stripper when electroplating precisely.
Avatar 10:01am fred:

@βrian: May has 4 over here. There's another one left, but I don't know when. I often learn about the religious ones from coworkers a few days before, or when I mistakenly show up at work and can't get in
Avatar 10:01am Dominick:

Slits always a fun thing
Avatar 10:02am Wild Neil||Peace All:

Corpus Christie is a big holiday in May in Poland.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:02am frozen_peas:

@d rice: I'd be more concerned about the arsenic in rice.
Avatar 10:03am d rice:

@Wild Neil--Oh, maybe I was remembering apples. Weird about arsenic and gold.
Avatar 10:04am d rice:

@frozen_peas--Arsenic probably isn't the worst thing in me. Oh, you were probably talking about food.
Avatar ♥ 10:04am βrian:

I stumbled upon Easter Monday when I was in Avignon. I had no idea. Then I wondered if there might be an Easter Tuesday as well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:05am steveo:

really great, Nina K., thanks for being here!
Avatar 10:05am d rice:

I like the chimes and bells in this track.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:05am melinda:

Avocado on toast sounds ok, I've just wondered why it came to represent millennial trendiness.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:06am SSS:

My wife is actually allergic to avocados. Strangest allergy I have ever heard of. They make her violently ill.
Avatar 10:07am northguineahills:

The arsenic content in apple seeds is so minuscule, you'd need a a couple of gross of apples just to make a slightly effective poison.
Avatar ♥ 10:07am βrian:

Ah, so it's toasted bread with avocado. That sounds like a good after-school snack. Add a squeeze of lime and some coarse salt.
Avatar 10:09am northguineahills:

I've done open faced sandwiches w/ avocados, but they were Mexi recipes via my wife. (she is technically a millennial, I'm Gen X [7 years her senior])
Avatar ♥ 10:09am βrian:

"Three unlikely things, in combination." That sounds like a kind of koan.
Avatar 10:09am northguineahills:

@SSS: That is weird, never heard of it!
Avatar 10:10am JakeGould:

Avocado toast is just regular old cafe $7 toast made with thick bread and it has avocado on it among other things. This brings the cost up to $10 to $12.

It allows cafe workers to make lots of money off of something and also provides tons of entertainment as they take, prepare and serve the order.
Avatar 10:10am northguineahills:

Typhoid Mary ended up at Little Brother Island.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:10am steveo:

did you know each other in Providence???
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:11am Webhamster Henry:

If you want to read more about Roosevelt Island, my friend Stacy Horn has a book on this subject coming out next week, Damnation Island:
www.amazon.com...
  10:11am queems:

north brother island
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:11am SSS:

Yes, @northguineahills, it was difficult to believe, but while uncommon, other do have it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:11am frozen_peas:

What is really delicious is mashed avocado (plus salt and pepper) mixed with a little olive oil and red pepper flakes, spread on toast. They sell it at Pret but it's easy enough to make it at home for next to nothing.
Avatar ♥ 10:12am βrian:

I love accordion when played in the France/Spanish style. And bandoneon.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:12am N.A.R.D.:

I've literally never had avocado on toast and I have never owned an iPhone or iPod, I'm a black sheep millenial
  10:12am Roger Roger:

So glad you have Nina K on the show. She's one of my faves!
Avatar 10:13am northguineahills:

My bad, it was North Brother Island for Typhoid Mary.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:13am The Oscar:

I feel like a lot of the accordion stigma is fading the further we get from Lawrence Welk. For people my age, I think the soprano sax has taken its place.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:13am Mick:

I love accordion, bandoneon, the whole box of wine!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:13am frozen_peas:

ditto, Roger Roger. Nina K is an amazing guest!
Avatar 10:14am northguineahills:

I love Paulina Oliveros style of accordion.
Avatar 10:14am fred:

@βrian: You're more French than I am. I can't stand accordion, except Pauline Oliveros
Avatar ♥ 10:14am βrian:

As in, "home on the range." That works.
Avatar ♥ 10:15am Rev. Turnip Druid:

FOKES.
Avatar ♥ 10:16am βrian:

A big part of the mission of libraries is to maintain the illusion that books are free. ("Books," that is.)
Avatar 10:16am northguineahills:

GTDS's Kris Holmes used to live near Marfa, and Little Danny is nearby as well.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:16am maestroso:

For virtuoso Finnish accordion you can't get much better than Maria Kalaniemi.
  10:16am Davy Gravy:

Oh Nina! I love your voice. Still remember you playing around the dinner table with Bill Frisell.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:17am karlward:

This jingle stuff reminds me of Nilsson. It's awesome.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:17am Webhamster Henry:

I bet you Oliverosian accordion lovers would also like Guy Klucevsek's work.
Avatar ♥ 10:17am βrian:

Polka-esque accordion leaves me cold. Or lukewarm, anyway.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:18am N.A.R.D.:

I actually used to very much dislike polka-accordion, but it grew on me like a brain-eating fungus and now I listen to it on purpose
Avatar ♥ 10:19am Rev. Turnip Druid:

@fred: accordion can be marvelous but limiting it to drones. Same for any free-reed instrument. Heroic joy. But played tunefully? Not so much..
Avatar 10:20am fred:

@Rev: I tend to prefer when instruments are not played tunefully
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:21am Magda:

A little late today, but I hope all is well in the world.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:23am Webhamster Henry:

Doug Skinner needs more exposure.
Avatar ♥ 10:24am Rev. Turnip Druid:

I discovered much joy in combining harmonicas with bicycle pumps. Oh the tuneless joy..
  10:24am queems:

i love this
Avatar 10:25am northguineahills:

My wife has a over a dozen harmonicas of different sizes and tonalities. (I need to steal them!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:25am N.A.R.D.:

This entire show is terrific today. I have so many clicky stars today.
  10:25am EG_Astro:

this song is fantastic. "Gatorade in the back of the van"
Avatar 10:26am northguineahills:

@WebHamster Henry: Of course I love Guy Klucevek's work!
Avatar 10:26am fred:

@Rev: A guy I know used a bicycle to power a siren, playing trombone while pedaling
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:26am sphere:

One day some rogue DJ will do an entire hour of science-fiction folk song (aka "filk")._
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:26am Webhamster Henry:

I'm a melodica player. I also wrote the Srutibox iPhone app. I talk about myself way too much.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:27am sphere:

anyone who wrote a Srutibox app should be encouraged in everything they do.
Avatar ♥ 10:27am βrian:

Was Françoise just dumped??
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:28am N.A.R.D.:

I was just thinking that, what could she have possibly said? Did she drop the "M" bomb?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:28am karlward:

Oh man, Fontaine is my jam.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:28am Magda:

Last night I went to this great show at Sid's Gold Request Room. It was called Apologies from Men. Apologies from Charlie Rose, Dustin Hoffman, Louis CK were sung in various song styles.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:28am steveo:

sorry, i was reaching for some bon-bons and my hand bumped the record
Avatar 10:28am Trouble:

not exactly @brian, i hit the off button by mistake...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:28am The Oscar:

@sphere I once found a filk album from the early '70s at a Salvation Army. It's kind of fascinating-- it's before the mainstream scifi explosion, so all the songs are about books I've never heard of.
Avatar ♥ 10:30am βrian:

Lyrics:
genius.com...
  10:30am Barbara:

I saw her perform at a theater in Paris when I was 19, that was a long time ago, unforgettable
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:30am Magda:

www.facebook.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:32am sphere:

@The Oscar i'm a SF/F fan so I've watched filk circles at conventions. some (but not all) WFMU fans would be very intrigued, though your mileage will definitely vary.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:32am melinda:

@Henry I love melodica. But I don't play.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:33am Greg from ZONE 5:

Morning, Trouble and all!
  10:33am FletcherNyc:

Such a gorgeous show this morning. I am happy to live in this world. Thanks y’all!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:34am Magda:

Hey Greg!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:36am steveo:

this is making me uncomfortable! hurrah!
  10:37am queems:

britney spears circa 2007
Avatar ♥ 10:37am βrian:

Single-prop planes are the best drones.
Avatar 10:38am d rice:

This kinda creeps me out, too.
Avatar ♥ 10:38am Rev. Turnip Druid:

who has shruti cake?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:38am Devin B.:

amazing
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:38am thatpatsmith:

burp
Avatar ♥ 10:39am βrian:

Is orgy.org already taken?
Avatar 10:40am Jeff Moore:

"Communing"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:42am Linda Lee:

what a lovely voice you have, Nina. could listen all day!
Avatar ♥ 10:43am βrian:

New Orleans in June? Oy.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:44am !ke:

A lady I've called on a few times says she can't ever go to a renaissance fair because she's afraid she'd "laugh at all the bosoms." I can't figure out what that says about her, if anything.
Avatar 10:44am Jeff Moore:

That Relay Project found sound piece is much-played on WFMU. Trying to remember by whom - Ken? Irwin?

Wondering if it's credited with a different title elsewhere.
Avatar 10:44am northguineahills:

There's a new library branch being built around the corner from my house. I was so surprised when I found out!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:44am Linda Lee:

i last saw NO in August. oy vey.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:44am sphere:

I don't think you can have an orgy app.
  10:44am gregory:

Sterling Forest still has the Faire ?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:44am Linda Lee:

good for you ngh! what promotes community = good. what depletes it = bad.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:45am Linda Lee:

bet someone will figure it out, sphere. just wait.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 10:46am Linda Lee:

with you 100% on sound, Nina. absolutely. also, sound transcends cultural context.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:47am melinda:

@!ke that's funny. People using the word "bosoms" makes me laugh.
  10:48am exile-on-hicks-st:

Isn’t there one called 3ndr for threesomes? Just askin’.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:48am melinda:

I think I've seen the Flemish series.
Avatar ♥ 10:48am βrian:

My medium is UPC labels.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:49am melinda:

Lavatory is one of those words my parents used when I was little, somewhere along the line it fell out of fashion.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:50am frozen_peas:

@melinda: haha.
Avatar ♥ 10:51am slugluv1313:

Good Morning, Trouble and Nina!
Nina, your music is wonderful and enchanting and perfectly lovely -- THANK-YOU! (especially love the song about LIBRARIES!)
and yes -- The Slits documentary is amazing -- i consider myself lucky and blessed that i got to see them when they came to the States many many years ago
and i appreciate them more and more every day! the honesty, integrity, creativity, . . . especially when i see crap like the latest Il Makiage ad campaign while just walking about ("How's that no makeup thing working out for you?" etc. -- BARF!!!)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:51am frozen_peas:

I read an article a while back about how talking to strangers makes you a happier person. I totally agree.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:51am sphere:

@melinda - "lavatory" is a good word. it should be rescued.
Avatar 10:52am northguineahills:

I have a problem of constantly talking to strangers. That's how I make friends.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:53am Webhamster Henry:

Just throw "-chen" on the end of your nouns, and that'll neutralize them!
Avatar ♥ 10:54am coelacanth∅:

greetings Trouble and guest, whomever you are and others
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:55am melinda:

@sphere I agree.
Avatar 10:55am northguineahills:

I know German vocabulary very well, I can even watch German films w/o subtiles, but when it comes to German grammar.... nope!
Avatar ♥ 10:55am βrian:

"She did it on a der."
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 10:55am steveo:

cool!
Avatar ♥ 10:56am Sem:

Wonderful stuff, Trouble and Nina. Engrossing.
Avatar 10:56am northguineahills:

err... subtitles
Avatar ♥ 10:56am βrian:

How about "Ablutoir." Same sense as lavoratory, really.
Avatar ♥ 10:57am slugluv1313:

@ northguineahills -- re: new library branch -- oooooo lucky you! that is wonderful!
@ !ke and melinda -- when my younger sister was about seven? eight? she discovered the word "bosom" -- and, knowing that it was somewhat of a naughty/forbidden word, she road around the whole neighborhood on her bicycle screaming "BOSOM!!!" at the top of her lungs for what felt like hours . . . !
Avatar 10:58am Trouble:

@steveo: no we didn't know each other in providence
  10:58am danomatika:

Project sounds great! I empathize as transplant with a deustche Frau und deustches Kind. Muddling through B1.1 in the evenings after work. The intensive weekly classes you can focus on are really the best ... nur Deustch.
  10:59am exile-on-hicks-st:

@frozen_peas - i’d be interested in that article.
Avatar ♥ 10:59am coelacanth∅:

haha slugluv! wish there was a film of that
Avatar ♥ 11:00am βrian:

Is it true that the text of War and Peace was consolidated to a single word in the German translation?
  11:01am danomatika:

@ßrian: I don't know about that, but there are enough words like Vegangenheitsbewältigung that make for fun daily times, especially government paperwork.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:01am Magda:

@northguineahills I can understand it I hate writing it. Especially past tenses with prepositional phrases.
Avatar ♥ 11:03am coelacanth∅:

dano, i like "sitzpinkler" myself
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:03am steveo:

@Trouble: ah, well, that might have been fun. i'm so inspired by this show, i'm going to treat myself to a little moma visit at lunch.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:04am melinda:

@slugluv that's hilarious
Avatar 11:04am northguineahills:

I couldn't tell which francophone African country this was from until I realized pamelo was name checking a whole bunch of african countries and cities.
Avatar 11:05am fred:

@βrian: I believe vowels and spacing are optional in German, used for aesthetic purpose only. Then again, I ended up being a coder in part because I never could get that language (and now my main boss is German)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:05am Priscilla:

We used to send my sisters tapes of our family eating dinner when they were overseas with their husbands in the service. Very 1960s-70s
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:06am Magda:

@fred Its the capitals for nouns that always help.
Avatar ♥ 11:06am βrian:

@fred: What's your preferred language?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:07am frozen_peas:

@exile-on-hicks-st: Here's one summary. I think there were a lot of news articles based on the study itself. Not sure which one I read at the time. www.businessinsider.com...
Avatar ♥ 11:08am βrian:

Mr Cage makes me think of mushrooms.
Avatar 11:08am northguineahills:

John Cage, my bodhisattva!

BOSOM!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:09am Linda Lee:

of course he does! he started the new york micological society out of a new school course that he refused to teach unless they let him teach about mushrooms. ( dear friend of mine was their first treasurer. )
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:09am kuba:

mr cage made me think of david dockery's "w/ drums" series - highly recommend to check that out on youtube... is there a name/song title to that cage piece?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:09am Linda Lee:

micological? mycological?
Avatar ♥ 11:10am coelacanth∅:

ngh haha
Avatar 11:10am fred:

@βrian: American English. It's the only one that feels natural to me. But if I only have to look at it and not understand it, I like Mongolian a lot. Thai too
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:10am Webhamster Henry:

Heh! My app Minute is partly based on Indetermancy, and also on Essay.
Avatar ♥ 11:11am βrian:

The latter. The first has to do with dropping microphones, I think.
Avatar ♥ 11:11am βrian:

Ah, but which computer language?
  11:11am rich the greeb:

My grandparents were members of the new York mycological society. Fun fact.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:12am Linda Lee:

ngh ~ he was the best dinner guest you could imagine. the kind everyone wanted to sit with. always a twinkle in his eye.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:13am Linda Lee:

@rich the greeb ~ really! original group? maybe they knew my friend! what were their names?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:13am melinda:

I just had a myco beverage. Cacao with cordyceps, nothing zany.
  11:13am jt:

Nina shows us where art begins ( which is infinite) not where it ends ( which is the end point) Go NIna!
Avatar 11:14am fred:

@βrian: C++. It's delightfully impure. Makes any committed computer language theorist puke
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:15am Linda Lee:

i have a photo of Cage at the dinner table that i should post to the flickr page.
Avatar 11:15am northguineahills:

I love being bored! I gravitate towards boredom, and all things boring!
Avatar ♥ 11:16am βrian:

I'm fond of ruby. Started with perl with which I did a lot of text processing.
  11:16am rich the greeb:

@lindalee - Joseph and Lillian Grebanier are their names. I'm not sure of the years
Avatar ♥ 11:17am slugluv1313:

ahhh Mr. Cage :)
Mushroom IS King!
somewhere i have a VHS tape of a documentary about John Cage (recorded off the TV back in the 80s) -- wonderful scenes of him among the mushroom plants :)
Avatar 11:17am northguineahills:

John Cage died when I was 16, I just started to listen to music, and the alt rock station played one of his collage pieces in his honor, my brain was blown open.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:17am Linda Lee:

are they still with us, rich?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:17am frozen_peas:

Nina, you're a genius!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:17am Ken From Hyde Park:

You know it's nerd talk when the response to a question about language isn't Dutch, Italian, Tagalog, etc., but rather a computer programming language.
Avatar 11:18am northguineahills:

I love Julie, she's an old friend of mine!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:18am Webhamster Henry:

I used to use Arecibo myself!
Avatar ♥ 11:18am ranjit:

I still use Arecibo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:19am steveo:

what they changed it???
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:19am Linda Lee:

there's a great short film that Cage made with Rahsaan Roland Kirk .. youtu.be...
Avatar 11:19am northguineahills:

ahhhh..., I believe I met Nina at least once at one of Shakey's parties back when I was in NYC.
  11:19am emily:

Hello! Just tuning in now as I was out. Hello!
Haven't been on hold for Arecibo but love their vibe!
Avatar ♥ 11:20am slugluv1313:

@ Linda Lee -- WOW John Cage as a dinner guest how cool!!!
  11:20am Tyler:

This is kind of surreal coming out of my cell phone speaker. Loving it. Kitchen dance party.
  11:20am rich the greeb:

@linda Lee - unfortunately they have both passed on. My grandfather died in his 60s but my truly amazing grandmother loved until 93. She was a major influence in my life.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:20am Linda Lee:

yeah he was really fun.
Avatar 11:20am northguineahills:

Please give us links to Nina's works, por favor!
  11:20am Adriana of DC:

I am loving this show so much. Nina K. is my new inspiration/crush/muse! Trouble, you rock!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:20am Devin B.:

Love this!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:21am Mick:

Hold Music Dance Party!
Avatar 11:21am fred:

@Ken: Hey, the question was specifically about computer language
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:21am Linda Lee:

we're so lucky to have these elders in our lives, rich ~ for the short time we do. my friend Jean has passed as well.
Avatar ♥ 11:22am βrian:

while phone == "hold" do |muzak|
listen( muzak )
end
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:24am rsj:

bryce does good hold music
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:24am Ken From Hyde Park:

@fred - Er, I see that now. My brain computer is apparently not working right today. Sorry for any confusion/misrepresentation.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:24am N.A.R.D.:

There was a pharmacy I called, and I can't remember which pharmacy it was now, but the on hold music was the end them from the first Portal video game. Someone turned it into a jazzy tune and removed the lyrics.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:25am N.A.R.D.:

I was so excited I had to tell everyone at the office and no one there had ever even heard of the game.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:25am N.A.R.D.:

It made me feel a bit like a deflated soccer ball.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:25am steveo:

are hold music and dj talkover bed related genres?
Avatar ♥ 11:26am ranjit:

this is the weirdest hold music i've ever heard!
  11:26am will:

Sounds like breakcore kinda
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:26am Mick:

Linda Lee & Rich, I am right there with you. Lost my grandfather a few weeks ago, and keep reminding myself how lucky we were to have him so long.
Avatar ♥ 11:27am Lixiviated Life:

turned on.
tuned in.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:27am Linda Lee:

yes. we are. what they give us can't be found anywhere else. i'm sorry, Mick.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:27am N.A.R.D.:

This particular hold music reminds me of a video game, too, actually...
Avatar 11:27am Jeff Moore:

"on hold music party excerpt 2" sounds partway between a bedroom composition to be used in a kid's homemade horror movie and the music for a spooky-ish video game.
Avatar 11:27am northguineahills:

Too bad I didn't have a car that needed maintenance when I lived in Williamsburg.
Avatar 11:28am fred:

@Ken: No offense, it served as a reminder that I should only talk about or do computer stuff if I'm paid for it. True story: when Nat Roe asked me to help with a software project, I had to install a compiler on my personal computer for the first time. That thing is gone by now
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:28am Webhamster Henry:

I'd be in favor of drones as hold music .. with a drop in every 40 seconds of different versions of "All our agents are occupied right now"
Avatar ♥ 11:29am βrian:

I think food carts should hire small acappella groups to sing hold patterns while customers await their orders.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:29am steveo:

@fred I don't even do programming jobs for friends if they offer to pay me
Avatar ♥ 11:29am ranjit:

Great idea, βrian! "Your falafel is very important to us, please continue to hold"
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:29am Devin B.:

I kinda dig the freeconferencecall.com hold music
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:29am N.A.R.D.:

@Jeff Moore, I thought it reminded me of the Monkey Island game series
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:29am Webhamster Henry:

I was working on some lyrics for GoToMeeting's hold music.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:30am Linda Lee:

ranjit :-D
Avatar 11:30am Wild Neil||Peace All:

@Fred-I did some coding at NMSU about 15 years ago in C. C++ I hear is not for purists!
Avatar 11:31am fred:

This would never work as hold music: the whole point of it is to be so grating that you give up before speaking to anyone, while still paying for the call
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:31am Linda Lee:

haven't been able to do sound work without an actual home. this show is making me crazy. :-D
Avatar 11:33am northguineahills:

That reminds me when I made a d&b mix from REM's "Pilgrimage" just by cutting and pasting magnetic tape.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:33am steveo:

gorilla tripod image: www.bhphotovideo.com...
Avatar ♥ 11:34am Sem:

Razor blades and scotch tape: thanks for the many memories of paleo editing, @NGH.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:35am melinda:

@steveo yikes, that would be an embarrassing item to publicly claim from a bathroom.
  11:36am Peter in Seattle:

Just joining, so wonderful Trouble! Another WFMU zenith!
Avatar 11:36am Wild Neil||Peace All:

I like George's work best. I was in Home Depot and some guy was really shocked when I walked by and he goes "You look EXACTLY like Ringo Starr." I should go as him for Holloween, wear the whole Sergeant Pepper costume and every thing. My son wants to be a talking toilet from Captain Underpants, which is awesome.
  11:37am jt:

Ideas come out of thin air ...and the air is very thin up there, flying in a plane.
Avatar ♥ 11:37am βrian:

She should've answered, "Michael Nesmith."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:37am Linda Lee:

is that your picture, Neil?
if so has this person ever seen Ringo Starr?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:38am The Oscar:

Pretty sure the correct answer is "Yoko."
Avatar ♥ 11:38am ranjit:

"John... Cage."
Avatar ♥ 11:39am βrian:

@TOscar: Oh, no.
Avatar 11:39am northguineahills:

Do it Wild Neil!
Avatar 11:39am Wild Neil||Peace All:

@LindaLee-I got the Ringo nose, but that's it. Yeah, that's me.
Avatar 11:40am Honeybear:

now this is the perfect "on hold" muzak
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:40am Linda Lee:

sorry, i don't see it. you'll need a prosthetic proboscis.
Avatar ♥ 11:40am βrian:

Someone should go as Chop Wickham!
  11:40am kevlicki:

Hi trouble!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:41am Linda Lee:

.. and an earring.
Avatar 11:42am Wild Neil||Peace All:

I have a REALLY BIG nose. But I like your idea, I could go as a CARICATURE of Ringo which might get the point across much better. I could wear 20 rings too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:43am Linda Lee:

then you'll have to decide which Ringo. Fab Four Ringo? Magic Christian Ringo? Esteemed Geezer Ringo?
Avatar 11:43am northguineahills:

digging the brass of daniel herskedal, new to me!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:44am melinda:

I like this too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:45am Linda Lee:

me too. nice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:46am joe mulligan:

like this herskedal. reminds me of ben neill and arve henrikson
  11:46am Michiel:

I think that was Chip Wickham, not Chop.
Avatar ♥ 11:47am βrian:

Perhaps Chip has evolved.
Avatar 11:48am northguineahills:

@joe mulligan, I love all of those artists, actually djed the same show ben neil played. He's fascinating to watch live.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:50am Linda Lee:

thank heaven for regional accents untouched by media mush.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:51am Passaic River Blues:

Tobago is, to many, the Mecca of birding.
Avatar 11:52am northguineahills:

I've been told by my wife since I moved to FL I now have a Southern accent. When I moved here everyone told me I had a Yankee accent.
Avatar ♥ 11:52am βrian:

I've seen videos of birds mimicking car alarms. Power tools, too.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:52am Passaic River Blues:

Mockingbirds often mimic car alarms.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:53am joe mulligan:

@NGH that is awesome, where was the show? I saw Ben Neill play at a loft in SF once, maybe '99? it was with Jhno and I think a guy called if.then.else. great performance!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:53am frozen_peas:

I miss hearing those Viper car alarms that talk to you and tell you that you're too close to the car.
  11:54am jt:

Audible Car Alarms! are illegal in NYC now, finally, that is why they have thankfully become rare ...but not obsolete since cars from out of town or older models still make noise ..
Avatar 11:54am northguineahills:

@joe milligan: It was at Halcyon in Carroll Gardens around 2002

I go that cornell ornithology site all the time!
  11:54am queems:

LOVE IT
Avatar ♥ 11:54am βrian:

@jt: Is that right? Wow, very good news.
Avatar 11:54am northguineahills:

(Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:55am steveo:

fantastic, and so on-topic for this show
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:55am Webhamster Henry:

Simply Loons would be fine, followed by "PROTECTED BY VIPER!"
  11:55am frenchee:

Me too! So cool, I would love to have that installed in my car.
Avatar 11:55am northguineahills:

I go TO that cornell orinthology site all the time.

(I'll eventually learn English)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:55am Webhamster Henry:

You need a bird imitating a car alarm!
  11:56am frenchee:

the bird imitating all the sounds is amazeballs
  11:56am queems:

birds are so weird and amazing
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:56am PBastille:

Interesting show. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:56am Mick:

Alarm & construction birds = Amazing. This whole show has been dynamite. Nina and Trouble, thank you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:56am melinda:

Fab show, thank you Trouble and Nina!
  11:56am frenchee:

@webmaster H: we had several birds in Williamsburg (Brooklyn) doing that.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:56am Webhamster Henry:

Bellbirds come pretty close to car alarms without imitating.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:57am N.A.R.D.:

The bird hopes to impress females of the species by showing off its impressive range of sound mimicry, really.
Avatar 11:57am northguineahills:

Bower birds are relevant to my interests.

Thanks Nina y Trouble!
Avatar ♥ 11:57am βrian:

Coming up on the hour:

Underwater Theme Park with Meghan

====> wfmu.org...
  11:57am Barbara:

Fantastic show, thank you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:57am Webhamster Henry:

Let the bowerbirds imitate you!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:58am steveo:

i've enjoyed this show very much. thanks to Nina, Trouble, Trouble's class, and Phil's girlfriend
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:58am Ken From Hyde Park:

If I get put in charge of hold music, I'm going to have it insert some occasional mumbling in Russian in the background, to keep people on their toes.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:58am Devin B.:

Thanks Nina and Trouble! This was fascinating and inspiring!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:58am frozen_peas:

Fantastic show from start to finish. Thank you, Nina and Trouble.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:59am Rich in Washington:

There is this crazy old record label from the New England called Droll Yankees Inc. and most of their catalog consists of nature field recordings. Some of them have hilariously peculiar narration on them. I especially recommend the one called The Frog Pond.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 11:59am Ken From Hyde Park:

Yay, and happy Teacher Appreciation Week!
  11:59am sydnius:

ooh Ummgumma
  11:59am FletcherNyc:

I am re-listening to that one ASAP
Avatar Swag For Life Member 11:59am Linda Lee:

hot damn! must check that out. thanks Rich.
Avatar ♥ 11:59am βrian:

(Mimicking frozen_peas ... )
Avatar ♥ 11:59am ranjit:

thanks Trouble & Nina & birds!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:00pm Linda Lee:

are done with shop talk? can i tune in again? :-D
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 12:00pm Webhamster Henry:

Well this was a low-productivity morning for me! Thanks Trouble & Nina! Come on back some time!
  12:02pm Miranda:

Nina, where can we get the on-hold songs you did? Is there an album for purchase? Very vaporware sounding, I love it
Avatar 12:56pm Trouble:

ninakatchadourian.bandcamp.com @miranda and anyone else looking for nina's songs
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