WFMU Marathon 2008

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Works fine for me; I did the mouse pledge again this year -- too much good swag!

Box of Love sounds dirty.

It got better.

I should probably donate something, I pretty much discover music via them and here and you guys are a cheap date

I wish I had my stimulus check NOW.

Maybe one of the WFMU jocks can give you a stimulus check during pledge week.

I don't even wanna know what yer going for, there.

Made my pre-emptive pledge. I will be taking a couple vac days to work the phone room.

it's on!

For anyone volunteering tonight, the PATH is free til 11pm.

http://www.wfmu.org/marathon/premiums.php

Fine Wine's premium is a t-shirt this year.

Driving up the Jersey Turnpike once to visit some folks I listened to Fine Wine and was so impressed I pledged and got a great cassette (that I have around somewhere)

I adopted the Rock Hardy Studio B Board of Total Devastation.

Dave Emory's Compendium of Nazi & Fascist Connections to 9/11 for pledges of $75.

I took a pledge call from an ILXor last night.

How, uh, dapper.

Ha, I heard Laura Cantrell and Amanda talking about that, saying stuff like they hadn't known it was going to be a black tie affair, it's radio so you might not believe them but rest assured... etc.

I adopted the Charles Nelson Reilly and Brett Somers Memorial BLANK, uh, Goose.

I gave today. Kenny G even fired up the echo box for my comment.

The endless "pledging" is making for nigh-unlistenable radio these days.

Yeah, but Andy Breckman got tased for the cause tonight, right? So that's something.

Kenny G. bugs me.

Little internet radio crawl keeps saying names like Lindsay Buckingham and Roky Erickson but all I hear is talk talk.

Yeah, but Andy Breckman got tased for the cause tonight, right? So that's something.

He bought an indulgence for $1000 and Ken got tased instead. Weak!

(Although that had to have pushed his soaking bill into five figures, which is a pretty good consolation.)

goddammit, I always miss the sadistic installment of 7SD!

evidently kenny g caused complete havoc in the studios yesterday...terrifying teens in main studio with his big rubber schlong...theres video...but it will probably not see public airing.

7sd set new records last night despite the fact that i had to hang up on several people calling just to yell nonsense (do these people think they will actually get on the air? ). the soaking period was madness every phone in use. (best show also did insane numbers on tues, im told...all of this is awesome, i hope it leads to smashing the million dollar goal and allows wfmu to become even bigger and stronger)

following the tasing, andy quickly realized he'd spent that grand badly (foolish, as he had watched ken tase himself twice (by mistake)prior to going on air)..but probably made for good radio.

ullgh, i pledged more than i can afford yesterday morning, but hey...doing it for the kids

right?

i pledged this morning and won a rhino soft pop box set

I was on phone #1 the other night and took a few crank calls

So have you met Clay Pigeon and is he as weird as he seems in his show?

I pledged on Mr. Fine Wine's show and then upped it on Michael Shelley's show. Neither phone person sounded like Morbius. If you have a message for the DJ, aim for the soundbite- my precise message to Fine Wine got through word for word, but my rambling, unimportant message for Michael Shelley was completely ignored by Ira Kaplan, saying "James from Queens says he loves Michael Shelley- at least that's what I think it says here- either that or that phone person had a heart attack in the middle of writing it."

I don't do Sat mornings.

Pseu descibed me as an eartquake-support column last night.

Soundbites are easier to transcribe.

Clay Pigeon doesn't seem any weirder than any other DJ I've met.

have they passed $500 G?

I think they did, yes. Right now Evan 'Funk' Davies keeps playing tracks off this Mary Weiss CD.

on Scharpling & tonight's guests:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/49083-ben-gibbard-ted-leo-patton-oswalt-help-out-wfmu

Patton Oswalt's Doobie Brother's riffs hi-larious.

big dipper reunion?

oh, craps!

wow, i was just really enthralled by kens attempt to break 20 K...

it was close

Right now... Ken and Andy get waterboarded for pledges on Seven Second Delay.

over $750 G raised... DON'T STOP!

Funny interchange between Fine Wine and Michael Shelley just now:

MS: Right now we're going to give away, uhhhhh.....
FW: You're supposed to make these decisions off-mic, Michael!
MS: (Off-axis) I quit! And you're not supposed to criticize my..

More funny stuff involving CD changer troubles and the word "routinely."

Were you the pledger who made the comment about going to the Salvation Army?

Um, maybe. Were you at the station at the time, Z? Or the Salvation Army later?

Oh, I'll bet you talked to Matt.

I AM IN BASEMENT OF MAXWELLS

PLEDGE!!!!

scott williams doing portishead was pretty intense.

wait...my winamp dongle said it was portishead. guess it wasn't.
i was like "woah, this is a pretty rockin' portishead song"

twas slowed-up Cougar?

well, everyone should add 2 cents per dollar to their pledge to make the $1 M goal.

Well?

Is that all there is? Is that all there is to a marathon? Oh well, I guess I'm gonna go back to normal and listen to the jazz stations.

Uh, what were you expecting?

Nothing. I just wanted to quote Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller and Peggy Lee and Tracer Hand.

Sorry, in Fine Wine-related circumstances he should be known as Tracer Hamd.

On Sunday I nearly tripped a fasmous FMU comedy star while I was crawling under a table, retrieving my belongings.

Had to leave Maxwells before Terre T's Misfits cover, alas.

http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/26521

James, I just recognized your name and what shows you mentioned pledging to on this thread.

I saw the trip in action!

WFMU SXSW Live Broadcast
Friday, March 14th, 8pm - 2am
on Rotating Hosts

(8pm-3am) Yes, for the first time ever WFMU will be presenting a showcase at SXSW down in Austin, Texas, and we'll be broadcasting live from Spiro's indoor and outdoor stages! Tune in to our airwaves from 8 PM until 3 AM and check out the gi-normous 14 band lineup: Harvey Milk, Paul Metzger, the Homosexuals, Kelley Stoltz, the Hank IV, Gary Higgins, Carla Bozulich's Evangelista, Los Llamarada, Half Japanese, Lexie Mountain Boys, Citay, Psychedelic Horseshit, the Bad Trips, and Cheveu.

I briefly glanced through some giant set of flicker photos from this. http://www.flickr.com/photos/moulesfrites/2326264589/"">This is the one where I recognized the most people.

I am probably in pictures of Charlie Lewis' performance.

I still have to upload all my photos.