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7:35am -Kєn:

Morning friends! Ken here, typing with his fingers. Today I will play you some music under the hypnotic tutelage of whoever comes here first. Yes. And you know I am the really real Ken because who else would say "under the hypnotic tutelage"?

♥ 8:07am Snortley:

91.1 has been dropping out intermittently. No signal right now.

♥ 8:11am Nymor:

I was browsing for "Bella Ciao" renditions yesterday and came across
www.youtube.com...
and couldn't help but think of Ken :)

♥ 8:17am -Ken:

Hello myself, and all impersonators of me, as well as Snortley and Nymor. I have still been wrestling with ice and robots to maintain transmission. Due to technical problems such as these I am finding myself susceptible to whims of fake me's and youtube links.

♥ 8:22am steveo:

Good morning! Speaking of you, -Ken, I saw your portrait at MoMA recently! i.imgur.com...

♥ 8:32am AnAnonymousParty:

GM Ken and those suspected of being Ken.

♥ 8:35am -Ken:

Thanks Steveo, MoMA actually sent a photog out to my home studio in Newton there. I was happy to be included.

♥ 8:36am -Ken:

I need help here people. still wrestling with transmitters. need subliminal suggestions

♥ 8:41am steveo:

Sounds wonderful. I'm off to my kid's holiday performance, see you later. What's wrong with youtube links?

♥ 8:44am -Ken:

@steveo, do some heckling for me. Nithing wrong with youtube links.. I'm asking for them

♥ 8:47am Ken From Hyde Park:

Any Jingle Cats medleys would be nice today.

♥ 8:52am -Ken:

Jingle Cats..Jingle Cats.. rings a bell

♥ 8:55am PMD:

Silent night by Chewbacca: youtu.be...

♥ 8:56am PMD:

Ken you should do a special fundraiser where you get your face as an icon. Screw the pumpkin and radio

♥ 8:58am PMD:

And since I might actually go into the woods here in NH for a walk, and hoping that hunters know that hunting season is done, youtu.be...

♥ 8:59am PMD:

Or Tom Lehrer youtu.be...

♥ 9:00am PMD:

Of course none of those are long.. dammit

9:01am Listener Bop Monroe:

greetings!
great hazmat today! thnx!

♥ 9:01am Aaron Working In Newark:

Good Morning Ken!

9:03am fleep:

Greetings from L.A.

♥ 9:03am Lixiviated Life:

Hi Kinny,
Please rescue me from the madness that is the impeachment hearings

♥ 9:04am Sebastian:

Mornin', loving the lemon!

♥ 9:06am PigeonsAndRust:

Hmm, how about Metal Machine Music in the left channel and The Carpenters Christmas album in the right channel?

9:07am cohen fan:

democracy is coming to the USA

♥ 9:07am ccc:

ooh carpenters christmas, that sounds like the perfect half-speed record

♥ 9:08am Kevin-san:

Creep for Christmas youtu.be...

♥ 9:08am Stanley:

“I like nothing better than being bludgeoned by loud, repetitive, psychedelic music and Psychic Lemon are a welcome addition to my collection of weapons of self-destruction. Total ripper.”
(PL website). Yup that sums it up lovely, for me.

9:11am FѮFѮ (:

Good morning, Mr Ken and fellow listeners!

This Psychic Lemon tune is the exact definition of hippie noise.

♥ 9:12am capO:

I’m sure RobErt Hunter wrote that for Psychic Lemon while tripping on blue lily.

♥ 9:12am melinda:

morning Ken and everyone

♥ 9:12am Lixiviated Life:

@ steveo
I went to MOMA last week to check out the "new look".
I was monumentally unimpressed.
I found that the most intriguing thing to look at was the stairway window that overlooks 53rd Street.

♥ 9:13am PigeonsAndRust:

I like the idea of half-speed Carpenters. Hell, Richard was on downers anyway. I wonder how Bing's cheery Christmas album would sound with a similar reduction.

♥ 9:14am Lixiviated Life:

but now...
The GIFs.
The
GIFs

♥ 9:14am Ken From Hyde Park:

Good morning, melinda. Any suspicious activity happening in any AMC Gremlins driving around in your vicinity lately? (Wake 'n' Bake HazMat Report reference)

9:23am Snoochienucci:

nice chet Staych

♥ 9:26am PMD:

Half speed DYlan

9:27am yes:

True false is such an amazing album!!! Hell yes

♥ 9:27am Webhamster Henry:

Negativland with fresh news!

9:32am fleep:

Chestnuts roasting on a live grenade

♥ 9:32am The Oscar:

Negativland into Firesign. Ahhhhhh.

♥ 9:35am Megaroni:

All hail Sir Ken! The drama, the intrigue!

9:35am Colleen:

I feel like I'm listening to a Clay Pidgeon original

♥ 9:36am The Oscar:

Somehow I don't think I ever made the "Over the Edge" connection between Firesign Theatre and Negativland. Makes perfect sense.

9:39am David Colangelo:

Wha....I’m confused...is that a Jereboam?

♥ 9:40am Lixiviated Life:

Ken in Hell?
Ok, I'll allow it

♥ 9:40am Roberto:

If ever there was a song for our times...yeah.

♥ 9:42am Webhamster Henry:

I think you have a new companion song for Dante'sInferno!

9:42am Losermom:

For a minute I actually thought that was Tennessee Ernie Ford.

♥ 9:42am Ike:

Ken ❤s Hell

♥ 9:43am Roberto:

If I'm going to Hell, I can't think of a better song to sing along the way.

9:43am FѮFѮ (:

I wonder if the chipmunks can sing this slow.

♥ 9:45am Lixiviated Life:

oh yeah. that's the stuff

♥ 9:45am PMD:

Love the carpenters. Makes me kind of woozy though

9:45am tom:

I never realized Karen carpenter sang with so much vibrato

9:45am FѮFѮ (:

Yakety Sax to the rescue!!!

♥ 9:46am PigeonsAndRust:

Fun trivia: The guy behind the Chipmunks, David Seville aka Ross Bagdasarian Sr., was cousin and lifelong friend of novelist William Saroyan!

9:46am FѮFѮ (:

Wait! Don't go Yakeety Sax!

♥ 9:47am PigeonsAndRust:

Is that vibrato or tape stretch?

9:47am Brian in Charlottesville:

Love the yakety sax. Like a final breath of air before being plunged back down into the depths of hell.

♥ 9:48am TDK60:

Icy Antennas. I now declare that held for my next band's name.

♥ 9:48am Ken From Hyde Park:

Is it a tremolo?

9:48am tom:

good question

♥ 9:48am dave wuz here:

baaaaaaaaaaabeeeeeeeeeeee

9:49am Hi from Holland:

Finally some real talent...

9:50am FѮFѮ (:

What a Badassarian last name that guy Ross has (Bagdasarian).

9:50am FѮFѮ (:

Why no one has shouted WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIvNGGGG?

Should I shout it then ?

9:56am FѮFѮ (:

O Mio Barbino Caro?! HAAA! I am telling you, Ken, your advance typo skills in a foreign language are mind blowing. Not even an Italian native would have thought about changing babbino to barbino. BRAVO!

9:56am Davee:

Chest hair!

9:58am Jersey Cowboy:

ESP - LOVE IT

♥ 9:59am Kenny rotten:

My favorite Buzzcocks tune!! Great show Ken!

9:59am FѮFѮ (:

Babbino - daddy
Barbino - uncivilised/ugly

10:00am Thelma Blitz:

Opera haters-- the aria is O mio Babbino Caro which means O my Dear Baby and so relates to Nativity which is the Christmas theme. It is a famous aria from an obscure Puccini opera.

10:02am FѮFѮ (:

O Mio Barbino Caro sounds more awesome.

10:02am Thelma Blitz:

That's what I always thought. Maybe it means daddy like someone else said. I don't know Italian. I thought it was Bambino caro.

♥ 10:03am βrian:

Ice fishing? Who brought the peppermint schnapps?

♥ 10:03am WR:

Curious, on my stream (app WFMU live mono) sounds like Firesign has been on since Fred Lane went to hell.

♥ 10:04am TDK60:

some ugly music.

10:04am FѮFѮ (:

A Gloria Trevi song on my WFMU?! Yeah!

♥ 10:05am WR:

Never mind. I had opened the Firesign web page and they seamlessly took over my phone.......

10:07am Thelma Blitz:

Looking it up, I see I was wrong all these years hearing that aria , O mio babbino caro does mean O my dear pappa. Sorry for my error.

♥ 10:09am TDK60:

..thanks Thelma. I now know...

10:09am mrmikestandsir:

hmmm, Caroll Spiney as Oscar.
Nice tribute, Ken!

♥ 10:10am dave wuz here:

greetings from shit load massachusetts

10:11am Earth Walker:

He sounds mad

10:11am Okasa:

After last week's show, I thought we had won the "War on Christmas" but today I heard someone say "Merry Christmas"?! Seriously, what gives?

10:11am ignatatus666:

Very cool version of a great song

10:12am Brian in Charlottesville:

Amazing show as always, Ken.

♥ 10:12am CVB from SYR:

And now I'm sad.

♥ 10:12am TDK60:

Okasa, it could be some people are just looking for reasons to be Merry. Just a hunch.

♥ 10:14am Ken From Hyde Park:

I still get bummed out when I think about Chris Cornell. RIP

10:15am FѮFѮ (:

Great version of the Black Hole song. Originally made by the lovely Cibbo and Matto (I love Matto but Cibbo sings better). Covered by a number of bands including Soundgarden and others.

♥ 10:15am Phillippe Bastille:

Madame Butterfly always makes me smile. Especially when Malcolm McLaren does it.

♥ 10:15am Roberto:

What? Quality vocals? Give me back my Wing!

10:16am Okasa:

Go Ken!

♥ 10:17am The Oscar:

One of my all-time favorite stupid interview questions was asked by some daytime cable news reporter to Neil Young circa this album: "You have a song on here called 'Let's Impeach the President.' What's this song about?"

♥ 10:18am -Ken:

What a terrible song. Poor Neil

♥ 10:19am Phillippe Bastille:

Somebody should start investigating that Trump dude. I think if they really tried they could find some dirt on him.

♥ 10:19am Roberto:

I starred it anyway.

♥ 10:19am TDK60:

..that guy's still walking around scot-free. (No, not Neil, George!)

10:19am FѮFѮ (:

O Mio Barbarino Caro!!? Ken's unstoppable.

10:20am Okasa:

Everyone should do your duty. Duty, duty, duty.

♥ 10:20am Roberto:

Some people look back favorably on this guy given our current political climate. Yeah, no.

10:21am FѮFѮ (:

Why Impeach him? Imorange him!

10:21am Thelma Blitz:

Ken once told us "" but he's learning.

10:22am Spaceman One:

Man, does Neil Young suck or what?

♥ 10:22am The Oscar:

Whooooaaaaa.

♥ 10:22am Roberto:

Wow, Skynryd's style sure changed over the decades.

♥ 10:24am Roberto:

Oh lol it's even referenced.

10:24am Earth Walker:

You can find dirt on all American Presidents There all criminals

♥ 10:24am The Oscar:

Bruce sounds like if Calvin Johnson got hooked on Fox News.

♥ 10:25am ccc:

www.youtube.com...

10:27am Earth Walker:

Listen to Noam Chomsky

10:29am Okasa:

This is one fine slice of pizza.

10:30am FѮFѮ (:

The indisputable Ken's song of the month: This Aint No Picnic

♥ 10:30am steveo:

Is this a picnic? Thanks ken, heckling didn't go so well, that 4th grader's mom didn't appreciate my comment about her child's hematoma -- how was I to know it was true???

♥ 10:32am dave wuz here:

saw the minutemen twice- the place always went crazy for "ain't no picnic"

♥ 10:32am βrian:

Ken, it came out in fiscal year 2019, so that should count.

10:36am FѮFѮ (:

As a Spanish native speaker I can confirm Pelo Suelto means EXACTLY what Ken just said.

10:37am Mister Dobalina:

Andy & I......ANDY & I !!!!!

♥ 10:37am PMD:

Ken have you sent Neil Young any WFMU tshirts?

♥ 10:38am Planet Tyler:

I'm w/ BreckmanMan here cos I must be a horrible person

10:38am ignatatus666:

Perhaps we can add someone? Listener Spamoni going through Radiation and Chemotherapy . He tunes in too WFMU as his only hope to ease the pain and discomfort.

♥ 10:42am mariano:

Good thought, @ignatatus. Didn't @Scraps mention being in poor health as well?

♥ 10:43am TDK60:

Moloko Plus? No thanks, I'll stick with my yerba mate.

♥ 10:44am PMD:

How about someone who has a terminal disease but not in pain?

10:46am FѮFѮ (:

What about someone with no head?

10:48am thormagma:

Attic Ted!!!!!!!!!! Texas legend!

10:49am Moonbooger:

I listen to WFMU at dialysis when I get drowsy

♥ 10:51am Yes:

hi all

10:55am Okasa:

Shout out to Lillian Roth!

♥ 10:56am -Ken:

Shoutout to Hyman Roth! (YO, Hyman! )

10:57am ignatatus666:

@Mariano yes

10:59am FѮFѮ (:

Hi, Yes. Are you the band per chance? Because my favourite album of yours is Tales from a Topographic Ocean. Ken's favourite too (alhtough he doesn't know it yet).

10:59am ignatatus666:

F
If they have no head then Andy Brikman would gift them a Christmas tie.

♥ 11:00am Lizardner Dave 2:

OH MY GOD KEN IS PLAYING RUSH (SORT OF)!

11:00am Mister Dobalina:

Quiet the cast of characters on today's chat board. Almost as good as the music. You sure do know how to assemble them, Ken.

11:01am Fletchernyc:

This seems inevitable

11:01am ignatatus666:

I truly hope they are for real as I know they like to prank and Andy has an online gambling issue so he may miss appropriate the gifts..

♥ 11:01am Manana:

Pardon the question, but any idea if the fine slice of pizza gif is from an Ozu movie? (Yeh. Dork. Sorry.)

♥ 11:01am -Ken:

@LizardnerDave.. shh!!!

♥ 11:01am -Ken:

Hello Yes.

11:01am FѮFѮ (:

Playing Rush this way doesn't counts, Ken.

11:03am ignatatus666:

Snap into a slim Jim!

11:04am Skullfarmer:

I read that it is Keith Richards birthday & Billie Eillish is 18yo.Birthday twins?

♥ 11:05am Carmichael:

Heya Kenneth and all the ships at sea.

11:05am james Beckett:

checkin' in, whiplash Ken mother, weehoooo, milkshake mama

11:05am ignatatus666:

Oh snap were they down again
I’m about to head down county and need 91.9 I have noauxx/Bluetooth in my truck

♥ 11:07am steveo:

oh that's a treat, delphine blue is great

♥ 11:09am Yvang:

George Perec radio show!!

♥ 11:09am Roberto:

FANNNNNYYYYYYYYYY

♥ 11:10am Carmichael:

My hometown ladies!

♥ 11:10am mariano:

Wow, the only cover of Hey Bulldog I've heard where the bass line does the original any sort of justice.

11:11am johnzo:

wooo yea. wish I had someone to talk to... Ken doesn’t reply to my weird letters lolololol

11:11am johnzo:

this song is great

♥ 11:11am Carmichael:

It's Christmas, Ken. So I won't bug you about the chewing nazi. Talking eggs are fine.

♥ 11:13am Roberto:

In orthodox neighborhoods they're known as "Tuchas."

11:13am johnzo:

chewing nazi? talking eggs? christmas?

11:13am johnzo:

wtf are we listening to hear lolol

11:13am johnzo:

here

♥ 11:15am David (in London):

White Light, White Terrier

♥ 11:20am Hubig Pie:

That Puccini sure had a way with tune

11:20am Jam:

I am waiting for the non-human animal sounds...

11:20am nellies:

Love this

11:21am johnzo:

david

11:21am Mister Dobalina:

Speaking about Slim Jims, did you know that back in the day, before the price went up, one of the main ingredients were cow lips, it was used as the casing for this fine product.

11:22am FѮFѮ (:

Great Robert Caro rendition by Callas. This is how heartfelt tributes should sound like, people!

11:22am Okasa:

Any music can be improved by the addition of rhythmic dog barking.

11:22am Boomer:

Santa Sabbath;Christmas Bloody Christmas :https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KvEGfd9lqTg

11:22am nellies:

My cats really freaked out right now

11:22am Mister Dobalina:

I just happened to be chewing on a bagel when I saw the last two gifs.

♥ 11:23am The Oscar:

Speaking of meowing, I caught a press screening of the Cats movie last night. It's... everything you think it is.

11:24am Mister Dobalina:

What if I think nothing of it? Or don't think at all?

11:24am JakeGould:

Are there any YouTube videos of people walking out on Terry Gross? I mean as Human Roth would say, “This is the business we've chosen…” And what I mean is that is what Terry Gross said to her producers after Adam Driver dared to walk out of a interview.

♥ 11:25am Carmichael:

There he is! Thanks, Ken.

11:25am JakeGould:

HYMAN Roth! Not HUMAN Roth. Spellcheck screwups will start a nuclear war.

♥ 11:25am Carmichael:

Is Hyman Roth human?

♥ 11:26am The Oscar:

@Mister Dobalina Then you are among the blessed. It contains... things that can't be unseen.

♥ 11:26am TDK60:

Fabio might like this for his show...

11:26am JakeGould:

Hyman Roth is very human. The most human. Fred C. Dobbs level human.

11:27am FѮFѮ (:

I believe is spelled Hymen Roth

♥ 11:27am ɨkɛ:

Did Terry Gross ask Adam Driver what he's thinking during oral sex, like she did to cause Monica to walk out of an interview?

♥ 11:28am Hubig Pie:

Hymen Roth has been dying of the same heart attack for years

11:28am jan:

Just love the sound of Charles Amirkhanian- thanks for the introduction- is there more to hear in the future?

11:29am Mister Dobalina:

@The Oscar - Thank you, I know now I was right for avoiding it all this years. Something didn't seem right about people in cat suits.

♥ 11:30am ccc:

www.youtube.com...

♥ 11:30am βrian:

Terry did that?

♥ 11:31am Webhamster Henry:

Wesensteen plays like me!

11:31am JakeGould:

@Ike: I forgot that. Terry Gross never stops talking about Gene Simmons walking out. And Kevin Hart was really treated like crap by Terry Gross as well. I honestly appreciate some of her interviews, but in 2019 (2020?) I’m kinda think Terry Gross represents a level of self-important entitlement that makes people a tad nauseous.

Anyway, Baby Yoda!!!

♥ 11:31am Rich in Washington:

This is great under the live impeachment coverage.

♥ 11:32am βrian:

Empêchez le connard !

11:33am Okasa:

This sounds like Ken finding music to match a gif he wants to post... and I'm all for that.

♥ 11:33am Rich in Washington:

JakeGould: your last sentence sums up how I feel about NPR in general.

11:33am FѮFѮ (:

We are entering the Twilight Conlon Nancarrow Zone..

11:34am JakeGould:

@βrian: Yup! “You wrote in your book (Monica’s book) that the first time you engaged in oral sex, he talked with a congressman on the telephone about Bosnia and at the same time that's happening, you're thinking, ‘We clicked on an incredible level.’ And I’m reading that and I couldn't help but wonder how he could be on the phone while this is happening and you’re thinking about how incredibly well you’re clicking.” Classy move, Terry Gross…www.washingtonpost.com...

♥ 11:34am Ignatatus666:

Ken
I must commend you on your accu playlist. This is one of the best I have come across

11:34am JakeGould:

Anyway, Baby Yoda would walk out on Terry Gross.

♥ 11:35am Asheville Jon:

tonight's SSD definitely has to be a "contest". can't give the "worst of the year" to the first sob story, because the one after that could be worse, and so on and so forth

♥ 11:38am Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks for today's programme, Ken. May Voivod provide you with many blessings this holiday season. Delphine Blue will give us a nice show next week, but imagine Professor Dum Dum on Christmas Day. Hilarity would ensue.

♥ 11:39am ccc:

idea: one caller is crowned 'worst year', five runner ups are surrounded and showered with praise for ten minutes straight

♥ 11:42am Webhamster Henry:

A whole Pooey Orchestra this time!

♥ 11:43am -Ken:

Alas, The Professor is back in Tejas

♥ 11:43am Hubig Pie:

That Brúnhilde played a mean flute

11:43am FѮFѮ (:

This Flight of the Valkyries song is from the movie Apocalypshit Now

♥ 11:44am βrian:

A tribute to the GOP Scheissshow?

11:44am Okasa:

Thanks to Ken and the listeners for great Wednesday mornings, and best wishes for 2020.

♥ 11:45am Rich in Washington:

Aw. I've missed Shittyflute.

♥ 11:46am Asheville Jon:

shittyflute has an extensive youtube video collection

11:46am FѮFѮ (:

Thanks, Okasa. All the best for you and your loved ones and hated ones too (because why not?)

♥ 11:46am Planet Tyler:

That was the original Flight of the Valkyries

11:47am weiterso:

just surfed in - shitty times, right times

♥ 11:47am βrian:

Parental discretion should be exorcised.

♥ 11:47am TDK60:

..oh Wing, not Wings..

♥ 11:48am Ken From Hyde Park:

Let me guess - the Professor wanted to move to the 979 area code?

11:49am FѮFѮ (:

WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINGGGG

Lovely version of Vision of Love unlike that nasty, disagreeable, unpleasant, frightful, fearful, horrid, awful, horrendous and dreadful one from you know M-Carey-who!

11:50am Mister Dobalina:

Shitty kazoos... next level shitty flute. Leave it to Ken to play something to this.

11:52am FѮFѮ (:

Happiness is the new productivity.

That doesn't explain why my productiivity at work goes to zero while listening to WFMU.

♥ 11:53am tim from champaign (now washington):

Alright, it's good to hear Dr Booty Grabber again.

♥ 11:53am Planet Tyler:

That's Lola puppy!

♥ 11:55am mariano:

Thanks Ken, happy Holidays and New Year!

11:56am FѮFѮ (:

Is this track from the former monk (Andy Puddicombe ) who runs a $100m meditation firm?

♥ 11:57am TDK60:

Thanks for calming us, Ken..

11:58am Jam:

Do they play this at FB?

11:58am FѮFѮ (:

Thanks, O mio Kenino Caro! Till next year's episode. Take care people and remember losen up and BE FU*KIN HAPPY!!!

♥ 11:58am Rich in Washington:

Thanks for a fabulous show today!

11:59am Martinibomb:

Thanks Ken!

11:59am Colin in Durham, England:

Don’t go

♥ 11:59am -Ken:

Bye everybody! See you in two weeks

11:59am devoid.davy:

Thanks Ken!

12:00pm Mister Dobalina:

Whatever you do, DON'T get on the world wide web and look up Kazoo Band. Next time a co-worker asks what I'm doing after work, I will tell them that I can't make it the bar because I have kazoo band practice.