WFMU fundraising marathon 2009

Pick your premiums now...

https://www.wfmu.org/marathon/pledge.php

http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2009/02/yo-la-tengo-taking-your-requests-on-march-13th.html

monica premium versus woof/moo shirt.

is there any kind of overarching theme to this year?, like last year's attempt to raise a million?

we'll know when Ken's "letter" is posted.

Seven Second Delay's Commemorative Plate: Now you can own a piece of history, commemorating the day that Ken and Andy posed for a plate with President Barack Obama. May increase in value. (Plate)

i think it's 10,000 pledges.

dj rupture's "all auto-tune" mix is not very enticing to me :(

Still haven't listened to any of my premiums from last year.

Did anyone get rupture's Cumbia mix from last year?

The Sinner's Crossroads mix from last year was one of my favorite records in awhile! Sooo good.

Thanks for the heads up, am in for another Mouse Pledge this year.

I wish I could give more, but am always happy to chip in 10,000 pennies or so.

I always wish I could give more, as well!

Man I love FMU, even when I hate it.

I don't know what to choose:(

ha, Mike OTM.

even when I hate it.

yes Mike, I "love" Kenny G too.

btw I would advise listening to tnite's Very Special Seven-Second Delay.

http://wfmu.org/upcoming#7875

awes

ohh cool -- skullflower in a few months.

more info up:

http://www.wfmu.org/marathon/index.shtml

Their blog is the fucking greatest.

i always think the marathon shows are pretty fun. some djs totally aren't into getting paired up. i did a listener hour at fmu recently and had so much fun: have any of you volunteered or been entangled in marathons before?

I've been to a marathon dance party at the station. Much fun!

pretty much every year since '96 or '97 for me.

o joy, i get to be in the phoneroom 2x with Kenny G.

It's on! Hope all the vols make it thru the precip.

Dr Morbius, are you answering the phones this Wednesday?

lol, 'entangled'.

I think I was at the same dance party as Capitaine Jay Vee.

no tr, the following Wed eve.

For Dr. Morbius, working the phones during WFMU pledge week is like being on the Ed Sullivan show for Paul Lynde/Harry McAfee in Bye Bye Birdie.

not quite. It can be more like a Japanese game show.

I have no idea if I can write pledge cards legibly w/ my CTS-benumbed digits.

i'm on the phones a bunch of times in the next couple of weeks. i have memories of stuffing envelopes at fmu being weirdly fun and fulfilling, so i have expectations of doing it while good shows are going on being satisfying (rather than being like call centre work). would like to know what to expect, especially if it's something that counters 'japanese game show'.

btw morbs, are you a wfmenthuuuuuusiast or do you help out and stuff sometimes?

aside from the recfair & fundraiser my helping time has dwindled. I used to spend my summer Fridays there when I had them, and the station was still in East Orange.

Answering phones is way better than call center work. It can be hard to hear the pledger on the other end sometimes though, especially during the, ah, louder shows.

I've heard almost none of this yet... any highlights?

Jason Sigal was pretty flat this morning...Trouble did what she could to liven up the proceedings, but it was a pretty numbing show.

volunteers should read the Tom Petty chap/scrapbook for a list of Kenny G's MC highlights.

i was telephoning today and saw the scrapbook with tom petty/cameron diaz on the front but didn't investigate. damn.

hah schlump, who are you? i was there 9-5.

ahh, i was only there from six thirty. i'm in a few more times: i'm mark and am british and pallid, keep a lookout for me. having heard how often like wendy?, and the girl from montclair whose name i don't know? are in, i feel like i should have set aside a fortnight to go in every day.

was really weirdly reaffirming taking donations. a couple of people called in to sinner's crossroads and made real big pledges, and it wasn't like making pledges in step with the prize threshholds, it was just sending in loads of money because they felt compelled to or because fmu needs it. good times.

I left a memento in the scrapbook from Kenny G's show.

It is not clippings from Honcho.

I am relieved KG's guarantee of phone sex went unfulfilled.

I only caught a few minutes of Thursday - did he have his stunt cock that day, too??

uh, no.

He was on fire from 12:30-2 tho, worth a listen.

if any of you are on the phones upstairs anytime soon, you may be able to see my artist's impression of how i imagine kevin nutt looks, amongst the tapestry of phone drawings on the paper table cloth.

i actually need to listen to more marathon shows.

Pseu & Kenny tonight... like Mae West pairing w/ WC Fields (or Claudette Colbert & The Weenie King)

The last two of those inspired the title of this truncated thread

i was the one labeled "a known alcoholic" on Fri night (love Pseu!)

who got a diva name from Monica?

i did!
there was a scramble to come up with more to catch up with donations. i was really pushing for "amazing grace jones" after she said it talking about a record.

Chardonnay Auberjonois!!

mine was Remington Chunks. :/

Y'all know the finale at Maxwells is open to public, right? $5

i missed remington chunks. i know there was a 'champagle' or champagne but missed chardonnay too. one of the volunteers was writing them all down, it looked like some burlesque directory.

should be at the finale thing too hopefully

I will be at most of the finale, but will miss the end because my last train is at midnight.

I never knew... Aimee Mann is part of the Scharpling universe?

hope Ken has some tricks left for Andy tonight

$ 800 G?

i think I'm going to have to skip Yo La Tengo tonight in favor of Kuchar Bros films. how many Rihanna requests will they get?

boo. i am looking forward to it. are you going sunday?

yes. I will be in JC first, shortly after Jonesy Time.

(will maybe wear green Mardi Gras beads)

Ken email sounding alarm about falling short of goal. Hope YLT & IBJ take care of that.

C&W version of "Popcorn" was weird.

I wonder if da croupier requested that last one.

well we could tell that was sposta sound like Mark E Smith.

I wish "Mother Sky" had gone on longer.

Sounds like Only Ones coming up.

i'm really not hearing anything that matches my "Baseball Altamont" classic request

but good call, JR

They're going to sing a line of your song at the end of "Another Girl, Another Planet," Morbius, same as what happened with my "Banana Splits" request last year, although I don't remember what the finale was.

Well, at the end of this "One" I guess.

oh i havent paid for a request in years! (one was "Love Power")
"Altamont" made the CD.

"is M.I.A a hardcore band?"

They were thinking of TSOL.

there HAD to be one called MIA back in the day

Yup. Look at the bill: TSOL, DI, Germs, MIA, Dickies, Mike Watt, Fear, Big Drill Car -- who wouldn't want to be on that bill?

damn, still 200G short...

I just don't see them getting there in this economy. It's a tough dilemma -- abandon the Manhattan booster antenna and refocus on what they've got, or stretch themselves thin with the booster, assuming it would bring them more donors in the future? I wouldn't want to have to make that call.

maybe if they get to 1.1-1.15 they can improvise. i don't see em abandoning booster.

i'm glad i didnt leave at 11:30, cuz thats when things got real gay.

I am a little sad I missed Bohemian Rhapsody.

oh maaaan! Mac's performance was ... spirited (also, nice torso). I was kind of appalled to see ppl in their 20s singing along to every word.

Also Pseu = excellent Bangle, and Rich did my favorite Mekons song.

i didn't know that pseu song but it was great

Pseu sang my favorite Bangles song!

I was kind of appalled to see ppl in their 20s singing along to every word.

Blame Wayne's World!!

"Memphis, Egypt" Morbius?

DESTROY YOUR SAFE AND HAPPY LIVES BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE

I do (xp)

I thought you might.

however putting "Rhapsody" in a comedy context is far more acceptable than doing it, uh, straight.

I also really expected Tom S to do the Seger hat trick by finishing w/ "Night Moves."

also, brilliant line: after outgrossing Nachum Segal, Scharpling to host "Palestinian Moments in the PM."

http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/30685

that was awesome and inspired gasps

and a few cheers from anti-Zionists (no names, plz)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbm0/3359349126/

Hm, I only recognized one person in that flickr stream.

another:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdalton/tags/hoofmouthsinfonia/

OK, I saw a picture of you in there from Friday, I think.

Friday whut? I was not at Yo La Tengo.

So you weren't. I'll never find it again. Maybe it was around the Seven Second Delay where they were dress as Sgt. Pepper Beatles? In any case, the guy that looked like you was wearing a burnt-orange shirt with some kind of paisley pattern.

oh yeah, I think I wore that at 7SD.

http://www.wfmu.org/marathon/index.shtml

24-Hour Emergency Marathon starts tonight at 7pm.

mailed in a chunk of luv yesterday

I donated this morning

am stoked for premiums

Donated because I ♥ FMU. Can't wait to get some of the premiums, tho!

givin some love. really looking forward to the best show rarities cd premium that's supposed to have all the stuff taken off the archives. the seven second delay calendar looks great as well.

anyone giving enough $$$ to get plural premiums/calendars etc: i salute you
everyone else too; i know people donating for the first time for this marathon.

donated for the first time in a while. Getting a Choking on Cufflinks T-shirt. And maybe John Allen will say my name and something nice about me on his streamed show, I'm not sure though.

I'm going to try to scrape up a minimal pledge.