WEEK TWO OF THE BEST SHOW MARATHON. TEDDY! PATTON! GIBBARD! GET READY!

[Sarah]

I know, I do to.  Ken must be going particularly nuts right now. This really sucks.

[masterofsparks]

Yeah, pretty bad timing on that. Hopefully folks will switch over to the internet stream.

[masterofsparks]

I know, I do to.  Ken must be going particularly nuts right now. This really sucks.

Uh oh! Rare Sarah grammar error! The sky is falling!

[Sarah]

Just a typo, but I'm still blushing.  (Actually, I've been noticing that more and more often these days I'm typing homophones by mistake.  Worse, I frequently omit negatives and the "-ing" from my gerunds.  It's very disturbing.  I blame it on my great age and on the fact that I've been sleeping extremely poorly lately.  Got up at 5:30 [i.e., 4:30, in effect] this morning after going to be at midnight, and I've been functioning on far too little sleep for days now.  I'm going to be exhausted by the end of the Hoof and Mouth's performance.  Whine whine whine.) 

[masterofsparks]

The radio station appears to be functioning again, and Glen Jones got a $5000 pledge in the closing minute from an undisclosed source. Nice!

[Sarah]

Yes, that was lovely.  Did you hear the total, sparks?  I was feeding the ravening hordes when X-ray announced it. 

[masterofsparks]

I can't remember exactly what the total was, but I think it was around $34K.

[Mason]

Keep it up FMU. No matter the setbacks, they soldier on. Volunteers or not, WFMU DJs are hardened pros.

It's only my 3rd year of following the Marathon, but the final Sunday is always a nail-biter. It's killing me that I can't afford to pledge any more but I'm tapped out. Here's hoping all the wafflers & procrastinators step up by the final hour. C'mon George Soros, how about sending a few thousand their way?

[dave from knoxville]

I understand Pillsbury has an offer on the table

[masterofsparks]

Keep it up FMU. No matter the setbacks, they soldier on. Volunteers or not, WFMU DJs are hardened pros.

It's only my 3rd year of following the Marathon, but the final Sunday is always a nail-biter. It's killing me that I can't afford to pledge any more but I'm tapped out. Here's hoping all the wafflers & procrastinators step up by the final hour. C'mon George Soros, how about sending a few thousand their way?

Yeah, they've had some setbacks this year, between Nachum missing his last couple of fundraising shows due to his father's loss and the radio signal going out today during the Glen Jones show, but they're not giving up. They're getting close. I hope they make it.

[neilnumberman]

not to mention, one less hour than usual

[masterofsparks]

Apparently JM in the AM is going to do a mini-marathon at the end of next week (3/26 - 3/28) to make up the missed days, so it looks like there's a good chance the station will make its fundraising goal.

[Sarah]

Beyond a good chance, I'd say.  JM in the AM can make $19,000 in three days with its hands tied behind its back, and in the circs the listeners are likely to be even more generous.