Dead Blogging
February 27, 2008: Marathon Week One
While the WFMU Marathon rages on, that one little hour that was Seven Second Delay lies perfectly preserved in its wake. Frozen in time, like so many marathon stunts before it. Can we ever revisit that magic? Yes we can, because all of a sudden this is less of a blog and more of a flickr account.
While the WFMU Marathon rages on, that one little hour that was Seven Second Delay lies perfectly preserved in its wake. Frozen in time, like so many marathon stunts before it. Can we ever revisit that magic? Yes we can, because all of a sudden this is less of a blog and more of a flickr account.
Live Blogging # 8
The shadowy figure in the middle of this picture is Call Screener Jeff delivering the new pledge totals.
Ken and Andy debating who should be tased.I'll be posting a video of the tasing soon!
Live Blogging # 6
An Interview with Nick the Bard!
Andrea: So, Nick, what are you up to these days?
Nick: I have applied to a couple jobs. No one's called back. Got a cat.
Andrea: What's your cat's name?
Nick: Barry.
How could this guy still be single?! Look at that face!
Live Blogging!
I'm here in the studio, looking at Ken in lederhosen! Let me know if you have any topics you'd like me to LIVE BLOG about.
By Popular Request
By "Popular", I refer to Robin G, who has been asking about the Fatal Flaw T-shirt from the 2006 marathon.
As a bonus, I have included last year's T-shirt.
Please email the blog with photos of other past 7sd premiums, and we'll update this post.
As a bonus, I have included last year's T-shirt.
Please email the blog with photos of other past 7sd premiums, and we'll update this post.
When Da Man Is Away...
February 20, 2008: Andy, Kelly Jones, Lies, Sabotages, and Bumper StickersIf you haven't heard the show today, here's what happened:
1. Ken's away in Utah snowboarding, so once again, the inimitable Kelly "My Butt!" Jones co-hosts; which is perfect because she's a brick wall who would never submit to the obnoxious whims from anyone of, say, cut-rate professionalism.
2. The show started on time, with the correct track from Ennio Morricone's The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly CD opening, and all microphones and sound levels checked. Because after 15+ years, Andy knows what he's doing.
3. Andy and Kelly started out with some jovial foreplay, where anything deemed remotely "hurtful" was meant in good spirit. And they kept their foreplay within the allowable 5-7 minute window so they can get on with the concept of the show.
4. Ken called in to wish the interim co-hosts good luck.
5. Andy gave out the phone number correctly, clearly, and from memory.
6. I called; Andy recognized my voice and greeted me by my name. I pitched in, didn't embarrass myself, pretty much hung up with no regrets. And NO, I'm not listening to my call on the podcast over and over again like Zapruder on heroi-(ahem...)
7. Other callers kicked in with the best intention to challenge Kelly and Andy's "spidey-sense," and no one was "dumped" or disconnected for blatant misconduct over the airwaves. That's why Jeff the call-screener is nicknamed "The Human Fine-Tooth Comb."
8. The show ended (on time) with Andy and Kelly agreeing that they work great together, promising to "do it again sometime soon."
9. Oh,right! One more thing..... A recording of a WFMU staff meeting was played so that Andy and Kelly, who reluctantly missed the meeting, can be kept abreast on preparations necessary for next week's marathon, and not to humiliate someone who occasionally pronounces words like a Muppet on her-(MAN, GET IT TOGETHER, RAJ!!!!)
All right, now nine of these nine things about today's show are lies. Can you guess which nine?
I Am New Jersey
Where were you last October? I was having my wisdom teeth imploded (actually, there is a really interesting story about my wisdom teeth) and Andy Breckman was on the phone casually lying to a reporter named Kathleen O'Brien, who was writing a profile on one Ken Freedman.
Yes, the Star-Ledger article that we, in typical Seven Second Delay fashion, forgot to mention earlier. Sorry. File this one under "I have failed you."
Yes, the Star-Ledger article that we, in typical Seven Second Delay fashion, forgot to mention earlier. Sorry. File this one under "I have failed you."
Call Your Lawyer
February 13, 2008: How A Few People's Parents Met
On last night's show, Ken and Andy asked listeners to call in with the stories of how their parent met. The problem was that the calls didn't exactly come pouring in, which led listener EMM to post this on our live playlist:
Trainwreck, noun. A train wreck most often occurs as a result of an accident, such as when a train wheel jumps off a track in a derailment, or miscommunication, as when a moving train meets another train on the same track, or when a boiler explosion occurs. *Train wrecks were occasionally staged for public entertainment; crowds watched as two vacant trains were deliberately sent speeding toward each other.*
So, comment posters, how did your parents meet? To get the conversation started, here's how lonelygirl15's parents met...
On last night's show, Ken and Andy asked listeners to call in with the stories of how their parent met. The problem was that the calls didn't exactly come pouring in, which led listener EMM to post this on our live playlist:
Trainwreck, noun. A train wreck most often occurs as a result of an accident, such as when a train wheel jumps off a track in a derailment, or miscommunication, as when a moving train meets another train on the same track, or when a boiler explosion occurs. *Train wrecks were occasionally staged for public entertainment; crowds watched as two vacant trains were deliberately sent speeding toward each other.*
So, comment posters, how did your parents meet? To get the conversation started, here's how lonelygirl15's parents met...
All Things Awesome, Or As Andy Puts It, "This Was Painless!!!"
PRI's The Sound of Young America
This week's guest: Ken Freedman and Andy Breckman
(mp3 format, or you can subscribe to their podcast).
Well, they've finally met, podcasto a podcasto.
The young man to the left is Jesse Thorn, "America's Radio Sweetheart" and the host of the long-running, widely popular radio show The Sound of Young America, the "Studs Terkel" of the next generation, interviewing the best and up-and coming in comedy, music , literature to the young mass consumer. Also a recent recipient of one of The First Annual Best Show Awards.
And the guys to the right, of course; Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers.
This blog goes out to the new regime of 7SD listeners, those migrating east from TSOYA.
Well, you've heard how those two work off each other. A wise man once said, "You can't fake that kind of chemistry..."
You've heard them talk about the kind of "high-concepts" concocted on the show. Some of you are thinking "Hmmm, pretty clever and witty." Some of us loyal longtime listeners heard them and thought, "Ohhhhh, now I get it!!!!"
Yet, not enough of the same cheeky, wry sardonic wit of, say, a George Saunders or a Eugene Mirman to trust your faith one hour per week. Well that's where we come in.
As a public service, we offer you a list of Seven Second Delay broadcasts mentioned during the interview:
Andy invites you to the bathroom
Andy makes a child cry
Tug-o-war at McDonald's
April Fool's accidental death stories/Harassing tollbooth operators
Shock Ken or Andy
The feud with Don Mclean
The start of the Metropolitan Diary controversy + The attempt to fix it.
There you have it, fellow forerunners of "The New Sincerity." Come back anytime. We'll leave the lights on for you.
Manless in Montclair
After the The Best of LCD book signing a few weeks ago, Andy asked me if I wanted to go across the street to have a soda with him and Ken. It sounded like a nice idea and great material for the blog, so I agreed.
After some signing and chatting, Andy and I pushed our way out of the the bookstore. There he was, chewing gum and awkwardly dodging fans. There I was, apologetically smiling at the forlorn hippies. And there was a little ventriloquists dummy, poking his head out of Andy's brown paper bag, grinning like he just heard a good holocaust joke.
When we made it outside, Andy invited some WFMU DJs to join us by getting all their names wrong. I think he called all the guys "Dave." Ken, of course, kindly repeated their real names to Andy, but it was too late. I'm starting to understand why Andy was voted off the staff over there...
Inside the bar, Andy dropped the bag with the ventriloquist dummy in a corner, and the three of us sat down. We had a great chat. Andy asked me if I was dating anyone who I'd met on the world wide web (nope!), and then he went on to tell me and Ken his own tale of how he met Beth online. Apparently, in his early days of online dating, he would only search for widows. There's a logic to this, albeit twisted. You'll have to ask him about it sometime.
Long story made shorter, during Andy's adventures as a single man, he apparently left quite the impression on one widow named Amy. She ended up alluding to a certain "comedy writer" in a novel she wrote years later.
Manless in Montclair: How a Happily Married Woman Became a Widow Looking for Love in the Wilds of Suburbia
by Amy Holman Edelman
"Isabel's adventures in husband-hunting gyrate happily between soap opera and sitcom..."
Here's the book on Amazon. If you track down a copy, be sure to e-mail me some relevant passages!
After some signing and chatting, Andy and I pushed our way out of the the bookstore. There he was, chewing gum and awkwardly dodging fans. There I was, apologetically smiling at the forlorn hippies. And there was a little ventriloquists dummy, poking his head out of Andy's brown paper bag, grinning like he just heard a good holocaust joke.
When we made it outside, Andy invited some WFMU DJs to join us by getting all their names wrong. I think he called all the guys "Dave." Ken, of course, kindly repeated their real names to Andy, but it was too late. I'm starting to understand why Andy was voted off the staff over there...
Inside the bar, Andy dropped the bag with the ventriloquist dummy in a corner, and the three of us sat down. We had a great chat. Andy asked me if I was dating anyone who I'd met on the world wide web (nope!), and then he went on to tell me and Ken his own tale of how he met Beth online. Apparently, in his early days of online dating, he would only search for widows. There's a logic to this, albeit twisted. You'll have to ask him about it sometime.
Long story made shorter, during Andy's adventures as a single man, he apparently left quite the impression on one widow named Amy. She ended up alluding to a certain "comedy writer" in a novel she wrote years later.
Manless in Montclair: How a Happily Married Woman Became a Widow Looking for Love in the Wilds of Suburbiaby Amy Holman Edelman
"Isabel's adventures in husband-hunting gyrate happily between soap opera and sitcom..."
Here's the book on Amazon. If you track down a copy, be sure to e-mail me some relevant passages!
Don't Touch That Browser!
February 6, 2008: Ken and Andy Channel the Radio Dial
In the spirit of Ken and Andy's decision to give in to grown up radio, please read from these grown up web sites.
Mike Savage
The Fan
Jesus Radio
Bloomberg
The Other Freeform
Air America
Twilight Zone
In the spirit of Ken and Andy's decision to give in to grown up radio, please read from these grown up web sites.
Mike SavageThe Fan
Jesus Radio
Bloomberg
The Other Freeform
Air America
Twilight Zone
Did I Mention That I Always Turn Off WFMU When...
So here's what happened on last week's 7SD:This happened.
A situation destined to be remedied. The question was how?
This was how.
One could only wish that's what exactly happened this morning, February the sixth, two-thousand-eight.
But sadly, no.
(By the way, if you missed this morning's op-ed column of the New York Times, here it is.)
That's right; listeners to Ken's morning show, usually treated to a volumnous multi-layered cavalcade of audio esctasy from around the world, had to exit out at noon with THIS TUNE running through their heads.
I blame Beth. She handed him the phone.
But sadly, no.
(By the way, if you missed this morning's op-ed column of the New York Times, here it is.)
That's right; listeners to Ken's morning show, usually treated to a volumnous multi-layered cavalcade of audio esctasy from around the world, had to exit out at noon with THIS TUNE running through their heads.
I blame Beth. She handed him the phone.
Kurt and Andy
This week on Studio 360: Andy Breckman??! That's right, our favorite gum chewer has one more Google hit.From the Studio 360 website:
As the Writers Guild of America enters the fourth month of its strike, Kurt Andersen checks in with union members in Hollywood and New York. If “pencils down” means pencils down, just what exactly are they doing with their time? We find out from David Milch, Bruce Feirstein, Maggie Bandur, and Andy Breckman.
You can listen the segment here, and, for us New Yorkers, live on WNYC 93.9FM this Saturday at 10am.
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