Listener Comments

Wed Aug. 1, 2007 9:03am From: JJZ
Good morning, fellow listeners.
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 9:07am From: Derek
Good morning!
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 9:10am From: Ken
Hallo Moskau!
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 9:19am From: bwalker
its KID TALK
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 9:22am From: j frank parnell
Moir Darammaz? Def Polish:
http://www.mikmusik.org/musik/artists.php?artist_id=2&lang=1
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 9:23am From: bwalker
russendisko!
Don't know that one.. I was telling you about Russensoul

go Trikont
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 9:29am From: Ken
Thanks J Frank.. can you tell me the title of track five also? I like this system of reverse playlistery...
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 9:31am From: ali
i <3 minimalism...
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 9:31am From: fightingJCityStyle
Moir Drammaz. Thinking they are from Poland (based on quick google search)


"Review by Frans de Waard (Vital Weekly 263 - a newsletter of Staalplaat Records):
"Wojt3k belongs to the people behind the Polish band Moir Drammaz (who have a couple of releases on Open Circuit) and works as a visual artist and runs the Mik Musik label. However this is his first solo release. Even when some people out there think that Poland is still a remote area, Wojt3k proofs he's been catching up with the latest stuff on electronica, more particulary microwave and click music. He presents us very clinical pieces, pieces that enter a groove, a mode and continue inside that mode. Clicks remain clicks, and rhythms never become danceable. Unclear wether these clicks are derived from digital sources or from good old analogue synths. Wojt3k manages to keep his pieces short and despite some repetition, his release is varied enough to hold ones attention throughout. And some of these sounds are inspiring enough (or should that be "empty enough"?) to attempt remixing or reworking? Maybe Mik Musik could start a series of likewise releases. Arty package too, blue transparant box and small edition, 55 copies only...""
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 9:33am From: j frank parnell
No Problem - I was looking for a way to buy it, and found one (http://wsm.serpent.pl/sklep/album.php?alb_id=1029)
and the track is called, as if it helps until you get a Polish translator:
"czy znasz mnie czy nie?"
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 9:40am From: fightingJCityStyle
possible

"czy znasz mnie czy nie?" = If (or) you know me if (or) not

or play more Moir Drammaz
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 9:40am From: ken
So, to pick up where we left off last week - do any web designers feel like taking a shot at designing a new version of this playlist page, with 3 frames instead of the current two, so that the most recent comment and the most recent song dont need to be separated? The only additional requirement is that this change would need to be applicable to all WFMU playlist pages, not just this one.
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 9:51am From: Chuck
I would do it but I dont know what a frame is. Or how to make a web page. Or how to read good.
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 9:51am From: Pat
Why not just add another small frame to the right of what you have? Keep in mind though that these frames are hell on search engines. You could be searching for Frans de Waard in Google and just end up with the comments.
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 9:52am From: The Framinator
Finally, a topic I can sink my teeth into. The more frames the better, I always say.
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 9:54am From: Trish
If someone just wants to design it, I'll code it in css/html.
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 9:56am From: woj
mmmmmmmm melons
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 9:58am From: Melon Lover
Whether growing or buying melons, it is discouraging to select melons which are not ripe, and most people prefer melons which are ripe and freshly picked from the garden.

Watermelons give you several clues as to when to harvest. Observe the tendril, a small curly stem (pigtail) on the watermelon vine directly opposite the point where the melon is attached to the vine. When the melon ripens, this tendril dries and turns brown or gray. The melon also develops a "soil spot" where the melon sits on the soil, unless you periodically turn the melon. Don't turn the melon, because you want to use this soil spot to determine ripeness in the melon. When the melon is immature, the spot is greenish or white. As the melon ripens the spot develops a cream or yellowish color. This indicates ripeness. Thumping the melon to determine ripeness is difficult. However, people with a musician's ear may wish to choose their watermelon by thumping it. A dull thud sound indicates ripeness, or perhaps over-ripeness. A ringing sound heard when the melon is thumped indicates an unripe melon.

The method with the greatest chance of success for choosing a ripe watermelon is "plugging," or cutting a plug out of the melon to look at the flesh just beyond the rind. Some watermelon sellers will plug melons for you, others do not. Plugging is not acceptable practice in the grocery store unless the produce manager does it for you. In the garden, plugging ruins the watermelon if it is not ripe.
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 10:09am From: pat
Phil's baby--Man I just can't believe this isn't a hoax. It has to be fake. It's just too good...
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 10:10am From: Jane in Tenafly
This is kind of creepy, is something bad going to happen?
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 10:13am From: Derek
This really sounds like a short story. I can't escape from the feeling that some kind of disaster is coming.
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 10:22am From: John from Oslo
Kelly Johnson passed away in July- Lead guitarist of Girlschool during the early 1980s.
All-female groups have always been a rarity in rock music. One of the best was Girlschool, which combined a heavy metal sound with a punk sensibility in their early 1980s heyday. The group's outstanding instrumentalist was lead guitarist Kelly Johnson, who has died of cancer of the spine, aged 49. Read the obituary in The Guardian.
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 10:29am From: mark
Cerberus Shoal: Ding Beautiful. Thanks. Mark
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 10:31am From: John from Oslo
Of Race With the Devil and Johnson's trenchant guitar playing, the eminent rock guitarist Jeff Beck was quoted as saying he "couldn't believe it was a girl playing", a remark described by the DJ John Peel as the most sexist comment he had ever heard.
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 10:33am From: Derek
mark, was about to say the same thing. That "found sound" followed by the Cerberus Shoal & Alvarius B was pure radio bliss.
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 10:38am From: Listener John
RE: "Mit klingelingeling": That krautrock sure has changed a lot over the years from those early days!
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 10:42am From: dei xhrist
hello from Hampton NH, USA. Which culturally IS a country different from Orange NJ.
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 10:44am From: John from Oslo
whoha! Girlschool! Thanks Ken
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 10:46am From: Buz
Hola, from overcast Los Angeles -- I'm in for helping with the HTML/CSS/Javascript/Whatever... ...good god, I AM a geek (fresh realization)
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 10:52am From: Ken
Thanks for all the offers on the new playlist design - what we really need is the design, not the coding which would need to be done by Kenzo anyway.
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 10:57am From: Doctor B.
Your show is truly sample-delic today! (You know you're getting old when you recognize the songs people have cribbed samples from!) Keep spinning good stuph like this, and I'll be happy!
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 11:13am From: Buz
Design it is! Just email mock-ups/comps to Ken Garson?

Another fine show: any Clash (LondonBooted) sop is cheating, but effective. I'm a sucker for pandering...
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 11:18am From: Ken
Buz - The ideal way to submit a design is to post it on a server and e-mail me the URL to ken at wfmu dot org but if you can't post it on a server then send me a jpeg of the design as an attachment.
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 11:22am From: Trish
Go Buz!
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 11:36am From: spacehoof
i don't like jesus
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 11:37am From: NEGATOR
hOW COME alot of gospel songs talk about penetration of some kind? After awhile it seems clear they want GOD rod...
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 11:37am From: Jesus
But I am rather fond of you...
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 11:38am From: NEGATOR
Do me Jeebus!
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 11:46am From: Kenzo
Quick note on Pat's "frames are hell on search engines" comment: That's why the playlist page turns back into a non-frames-oriented page as soon as the show is finished. I only go into frames temporarily.
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 11:49am From: ali
(avatar example #1) i know people mostly hate the idea of iframes,

but what if the play list and the comment box were in iframes of their own, that would allow them to dynamically update without making the whole page flash.
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 11:53am From: Buz
(avatar example #2) this may be the first time geek-speak -- overlayed with whatever the hell ken is playing -- is cool, so ... Ali, you're suggesting, perhaps an AJAX approach... sorry, this track is awesome!
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 11:55am From: Kenzo
The problems with an iframes-based solution (which I considered):
1) Not going to work reliably in every browser.
2) Still makes the user scroll all over the place to get between totally different kinds of content.

My ideal design, assuming no pop-up for entering comments, is the 3-frames one. I'd stick the comments along the right side in their own frame, and keep the comments box at the bottom. I think what Ken F. must be asking for is a more broad pretty-fying of the generic playlist pages.

Buz: ali's iframes suggestion isn't quite AJAX. I also considered an AJAX approach but it suffers even more from the mixed browser support issue. I would consider it unacceptable if a playlist page didn't function on even one browser. (* The text-based browsers Lynx and Links DO support regular frames!)
Wed Aug. 1, 2007 11:56am From: ali
not necessarily ajax oriented, just with those stupid iframes, so they could be set inside a page. and yes this track is great, i think its cause the broad is laughing so much.

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