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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: Shaggy 2 Grote on November 04, 2011, 02:04:10 PM
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On Clay Piegeon's recent fill-in for Dan Bodah, he played one of his Occupy Wall Street documentaries. At one point he's interviewing a complete lunatic who's comparing water fluoridation to the Holocaust, claiming that he almost beat Frank Lautenberg in the NJ Senatorial election, saying he was physically in the Bush administration meeting in which they planned 9/11, and so on. Then he asks Clay what station he's from, and Clay says WFMU, and the guy says, "Oh yeah! I love WFMU! 91.1!" Turns out he's a regular listener.
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On Clay Piegeon's recent fill-in for Dan Bodah, he played one of his Occupy Wall Street documentaries. At one point he's interviewing a complete lunatic who's comparing water fluoridation to the Holocaust, claiming that he almost beat Frank Lautenberg in the NJ Senatorial election, saying he was physically in the Bush administration meeting in which they planned 9/11, and so on. Then he asks Clay what station he's from, and Clay says WFMU, and the guy says, "Oh yeah! I love WFMU! 91.1!" Turns out he's a regular listener.
Holy great topic! I am tired as hell of Clay's Occupy coverage. Hearing him interview odd New Yorkers is great but what better a way to tease my doubts about the Occupy movement than to interview extremists and complete idiot kids. Also on Night People yesterday. If anyone follows the show you'll know who Joey is. He reminds me a lot of Petey. He was cute at first because he was a kid then he got older and more and more uninteresting. Yesterday he flaked out on the song and you could tell Sandy was disappointed. Also I love Night People but I swear they say "I feel like..." so much.
Also I am always watching things on other shows and thinking about how much I want to mention them here but I don't want to start a new topic. One thing I've been thinking about and laughing at alot lately is the idea of cutting and pasting Daniel Stern narrative audio in parts of The Wonder Years where it doesn't belong, making Kevin think completely non-sequitur things. Imagine Jack yelling at Kevin and all Kevin is thinking is "Hummana-hummana-hummana!" or "Hello!"
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Do it, Paul!
I actually like Clay's OWS coverage, precisely because of the fact that he seems to seek out nutjobs, kids, tourists, and anti-OWS people. But then again I listen to Democracy Now almost every day and I can only listen to guest speakers like Angela Davis or Michael Moore so many times (I love Angela Davis but have heard her speak many times; Michael Moore, not so much).
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The opera composed and performed on Kenny G.'s show some years ago. It wasn't archived, I believe.
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The opera composed and performed on Kenny G.'s show some years ago. It wasn't archived, I believe.
Is that a best or a worst moment? Or does it matter with Kenny G?
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Best.
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How about Bill Hader's Colonel Nasty character?
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Back in 2006 when I first started listening to WFMU I caught an episode of Seven Second Delay driving home from school, it was the one where Ken and Andy were trying to start a rumor about a b-list celebrity and they ended up settling on Kurt Russel being incontinent.
Anyway, at some point during the show, they decide to try and call Kurt Russel's agent, only to find out that Andy and Kurt have the same agency. So Andy calls to try and get a denial or a no comment out of them, and then chickens out as soon as they pick up the phone.
I had never laughed harder in my life.
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The Robe Lowe character on Parks & Recreation has stepped it up greatly in the last few episodes. He is now one of my favorite characters. I laugh so hard when he goes from extreme excitement to pure disappointment in the snap of a finger. Like when Ron was pretending not to know his name.
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I loved Clay Pigeon's Record Fair show, especially when he interviews Tom and Tom pretends not to know who he is.
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Clay Pigeon's coverage of the Obama win in 2008 was ecstatic radio. I listened to it while in Korea (where I am again) and it almost made me feel like I was back living in New York.
Clay Pigeon was my first exposure to WFMU. I gradually migrated my allegiance to The Best Show as I clamored for more podcasts.
The street interviews are pretty priceless. He is so non-judgmental and gracious. He'll talk to anybody who is willing. I especially value his interviews with homeless people. I really respect him. He's a national treasure.
He's really funny live, too.
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Does anyone know if Night People had more lax FCC rules because of their past time slot? I am listening to this interview Taylor Negron and he is swearing like crazy. Usually they mention it to the guest but with him they are just letting it go? Do/did they not know how to dump?
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listening to Underwater Theme Park w/Meghan on Thanksgiving morn and captivated by this block:
Groucho Marx My Family, How We Got Our Names
Ken Nordine The Smith Family
The Evolution Control Committee The Acid Family
Maurice Dreiser The Martini Family
artist n/a Quacky Family
Anthrax We're A Happy Family
The Residents We're A Happy Family
Black Flag Family Man
Fear We Destroy the Family
Millions of Dead Cops My Family is a Little Weird
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Does anyone know if Night People had more lax FCC rules because of their past time slot? I am listening to this interview Taylor Negron and he is swearing like crazy. Usually they mention it to the guest but with him they are just letting it go? Do/did they not know how to dump?
I seem to remember they had multiple dumps, but I am not sure the beep is between the microphone and the machine doing the archiving, it may be between that machine and the broadcast console.
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Does anyone know if Night People had more lax FCC rules because of their past time slot? I am listening to this interview Taylor Negron and he is swearing like crazy. Usually they mention it to the guest but with him they are just letting it go? Do/did they not know how to dump?
I seem to remember they had multiple dumps, but I am not sure the beep is between the microphone and the machine doing the archiving, it may be between that machine and the broadcast console.
Yeh that makes sense.
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The Nardwuar Monkees show from yesterday was awesome. Peter Tork is such a good sport. "Peter, I heard you were spotted buying a lot of chocolate!?"
Mickey Dolenz on the other hand was kinda moody but hilariously kept correcting Nardwuar's grammer and confusingly kept claiming that he never considered The Monkees a band.
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They've given a show to Weev. I love WFMU like air itself but Fuck That.
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The Nardwuar Monkees show from yesterday was awesome. Peter Tork is such a good sport. "Peter, I heard you were spotted buying a lot of chocolate!?"
Mickey Dolenz on the other hand was kinda moody but hilariously kept correcting Nardwuar's grammer and confusingly kept claiming that he never considered The Monkees a band.
I got the feeling that Mickey was going through a stage in his career where he was really trying to distance himself from the Monkees. By the way he was acting I could definitely see him being a dick to Tom at the tennis match. His "the Monkees weren't a band" bit was weird just because I would think he'd be genuinely proud that they did manage to become a band that could actually play shows and recorded some albums on their own. I can see him not wanting to be known as "the guy from the Monkees" for his whole life, but why run from something people loved and you were good at?
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I can see him not wanting to be known as "the guy from the Monkees" for his whole life, but why run from something people loved and you were good at?
I'm not even a Monkees fan, but especially when you consider the non-Monkees stuff he's done over the last 40 years.
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I'm taking a break from The Dusty Show until he is done with his Occupy coverage. I liked it at first but now it is just getting kind of obnoxious.
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They've given a show to Weev. I love WFMU like air itself but Fuck That.
Wow. That was fast.
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They've given a show to Weev. I love WFMU like air itself but Fuck That.
Wow. That was fast.
Not fast enough.
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They've given a show to Weev. I love WFMU like air itself but Fuck That.
Wow. That was fast.
Not fast enough.
The first ten minutes of the first episode is a mess. I don't think I can listen to any more.
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They've given a show to Weev. I love WFMU like air itself but Fuck That.
Wow. That was fast.
Not fast enough.
The first ten minutes of the first episode is a mess. I don't think I can listen to any more.
Odd, Weev isn't listed on the show schedule; it's a show called/by Lamin. http://wfmu.org/table (http://wfmu.org/table)
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They've given a show to Weev. I love WFMU like air itself but Fuck That.
Wow. That was fast.
Not fast enough.
The first ten minutes of the first episode is a mess. I don't think I can listen to any more.
Odd, Weev isn't listed on the show schedule; it's a show called/by Lamin. http://wfmu.org/table (http://wfmu.org/table)
Yeah, his slot was canceled after two shows. That's what I meant by "fast".
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They've given a show to Weev. I love WFMU like air itself but Fuck That.
Wow. That was fast.
Not fast enough.
The first ten minutes of the first episode is a mess. I don't think I can listen to any more.
Odd, Weev isn't listed on the show schedule; it's a show called/by Lamin. http://wfmu.org/table (http://wfmu.org/table)
Yeah, his slot was canceled after two shows. That's what I meant by "fast".
Any word on why it was cancelled? It was because he's a Christian, right? I will alert Rick Perry.
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Any word on why it was cancelled? It was because he's a Christian, right? I will alert Rick Perry.
Perhaps it has something to do with this (from the playlist):
weev here. It was indeed one sixty minute live take. None of the recorded material I have ever released has been some sort of mashup of takes-- it is always a single run through. My bail conditions imposed for my federal computer crime indictment make it hard for me to use audio editing software so I basically have one shot at getting things right.
So I have been fired and the show is done-- I am not allowed to broadcast compelling radio that makes the listening audience uncomfortable. In particular, I stand accused of anti-Semitism for using the phrase "international banker". I am not, nor have I ever been, an anti-Semite. I meticulously read both FCC rules and station guidelines before beginning my radio series and believe I fell firmly within the stated bounds of those guidelines. I had a good two episode run and learned a whole lot, and am sad that I got ousted for being too controversial. I have 12 years of making highly controversial art now. It is sad that WFMU hosted Dave Emory for so long, who has said a lot of despicable things about Islam, and somehow I am over the line. I guess it is okay to say hateful and discriminatory things as long as they attack one of the approved minority targets of American and thus don't make the wrong group of people angry. It is not okay to even use an intonation and rhetorical process that makes people recall uncomfortable things, even if you do not attack a specific group. Such is the death of art. Regardless, I appreciated my time in the WFMU studios and am thankful for the opportunity.
I have six more sessions recorded and I still plan on releasing them one way or another. They span subjects from the 15-year history of the antisec movement to an analysis calling into question whether or not HIV causes AIDS.
If you want to see them in the future, I suggest you follow me on Twitter @rabite.
Goodbye and God bless!
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On last Friday's Shut Up Weirdo, Frangy asked a caller how many girls he's slept with and the caller said "I don't know, too many to count. Probably 53." So great.
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Golly, that would have been great if that schmuck could have used WFMU to propagate HIV denialism. What a loss.
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Golly, that would have been great if that schmuck could have used WFMU to propagate HIV denialism. What a loss.
It was frustrating to know that he got a show but more frustrating to hear Ken hype it up. I know Ken is always excited about new things at FMU but sometimes I feel like he tries too hard to support dumb things.
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Wait so is Dave from Night People really in the witness protection program? Does anyone know any details?
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I think Dave just tends to be coy about the details of his personal life.
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I think Dave just tends to be coy about the details of his personal life.
That's because ALF is living with him.
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Fake Greggulator called into Shut Up Weirdo Friday claiming to be a Boston "Orioles" fan. How does that sit with you, real Greggulator? It is honestly so weird that someone just uses your name for absolutely no reason.
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Fake Greggulator called into Shut Up Weirdo Friday claiming to be a Boston "Orioles" fan. How does that sit with you, real Greggulator? It is honestly so weird that someone just uses your name for absolutely no reason.
I have no idea what to think about this! I got a tweet about something about Shut Up Weirdo and had no idea what it was and then remembered that I have a WFMU impersonator.
In one way, it's really flattering. But it's kind of just dumb.