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An article about WFMU's costs post-Sandy:The Star-Ledger posted:"The hurricane also has forced the cancellation of the popular WFMU Record Fair, an annual swap of vintage vinyl that serves as the station’s most reliable fundraiser. A blog post at WFMU.org minced no words about the meaning of the cancellation, calling it a "financial disaster" for the station. I hope Tom can pull off another successful fundraiser 
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plastered quack posted:An article about WFMU's costs post-Sandy: Wow. I hope they can pull through this. I threw some money their way last week (went for the Terre T premium since I already have the Best Show one coming) but I had no idea it was that bad.
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Nov 7, 2012 15:27
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I know they can raise $250,000. Didn't Tom alone do $300,000 one year? Or wasn't that for just one show? I can't remember. Anyway, I feel like people would be more likely to give when the station is really in trouble than during a normal fundraiser. All that being said, I'm going to donate $50 with my next paycheck and get what I'm sure is a delightful shirt.
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Nov 10, 2012 23:18
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Dr.Radical posted:I know they can raise $250,000. Didn't Tom alone do $300,000 one year? Or wasn't that for just one show? I can't remember. Anyway, I feel like people would be more likely to give when the station is really in trouble than during a normal fundraiser. All that being said, I'm going to donate $50 with my next paycheck and get what I'm sure is a delightful shirt. The numbers Tom has raised each year comes from the entire marathon, which lasts a month and takes over two Best Shows. I think they'll hit their goal, but I imagine it's tougher than a normal marathon because a good chunk of their donor base are dealing with hurricane damage and there isn't people who are just renewing their previous monthly pledges from the last year.
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Nov 10, 2012 23:48
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I'm dying to find out how Philly Boy Roy is handling the effects of Sandy on Newbridge.
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Nov 11, 2012 19:50
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Is there a reason that they can't just reschedule the record fair for next month?
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Nov 11, 2012 20:18
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NESguerilla posted:Is there a reason that they can't just reschedule the record fair for next month? Hundreds of vendors to coordinate, venue, bands, DJs, etc., etc. It'd be a shell of itself even if they could get it off the ground.
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Nov 11, 2012 21:52
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NESguerilla posted:Is there a reason that they can't just reschedule the record fair for next month? Ken mentioned that they're looking into having it another time but they're not sure how they'll be able to do it yet. If anyone's interested in the money stuff for the station and doesn't normally listen to Ken's show on Wednesday, check out the last hour of his most recent show and he explains a lot of it. I'm guessing that they'll hit their emergency goal pretty easily since people will be happy to help, but hopefully it doesn't cut into what they get for their actual marathon since its only a couple months away.
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Nov 11, 2012 22:44
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Tom alluded to Chuck Woolery resorting to some really personal attacks on twitter earlier today. Does anyone have an idea of what happened?
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Nov 21, 2012 05:47
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Groucho Marxist posted:Tom alluded to Chuck Woolery resorting to some really personal attacks on twitter earlier today. Does anyone have an idea of what happened? Woollery made a bunch of vague claims that Tom associates with/gives aid and comfort to, in his words "Wife-beaters". Edit: https://twitter.com/chuckwoolery/status/270901840890183681 Chevy Slyme fucked around with this message at 06:32 on Nov 21, 2012 |
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Nov 21, 2012 06:27
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Chuck Woolery was too dumb to even stick a link in the tweet. I'd love to see the source for his claim because I am sure it's something taken hilariously out of context.
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Nov 23, 2012 20:39
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Am I the only one getting tired of Jason from Alabama? It's almost becoming a segment at this point. I cringe thinking about the old Dave from Knovxille calls, and this is feeling like the second coming.
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Nov 24, 2012 17:42
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For anyone who was really interested in the drama but was too dense to figure it out or see people saying here who it was, Tom confirmed on the FOT board that it's PFT.
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Nov 24, 2012 21:16
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you are the earth posted:Am I the only one getting tired of Jason from Alabama? It's almost becoming a segment at this point. I cringe thinking about the old Dave from Knovxille calls, and this is feeling like the second coming. I enjoy it, he's one of those callers Tom bounces great from. One of the rare callers I'd love to be in studio with Tom one of these days.
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Nov 24, 2012 22:18
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Lol http://jeshirt.bigcartel.com/
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Nov 29, 2012 02:16
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CaptainPsyko posted:Woollery made a bunch of vague claims that Tom associates with/gives aid and comfort to, in his words "Wife-beaters". Well I do remember Tom being happy that the Mavs won the NBA championship and he couldn't think of anyone else in the NBA who deserves it more than Jason Kidd..... 
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Nov 29, 2012 06:46
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Dear lord, this Zack from Mit Hamine call is so completely absurdly bad, I died laughing at the end
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het posted:Dear lord, this Zack from Mit Hamine call is so completely absurdly bad, I died laughing at the end Im assuming everyone else saw the fact he went straight to plugging his record from a mile away right? (Also I need to dig up the episode where he calls in when Hatch, Maggie, and Daniel were hosting and he spectacularly flames out and he wasn't "trolling" either ) Billy Gnosis fucked around with this message at 05:20 on Dec 5, 2012 |
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Billy Gnosis posted:Im assuming everyone else saw the fact he went straight to plugging his record from a mile away right?
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het posted:Honestly I was anticipating Tom hanging up as soon as he gave the goahead If anything, I was thinking "Bad Company" with practically no delay like he started to do earlier in the call edit: Man, I really think those two callers got under Tom's skin tonight. Billy Gnosis fucked around with this message at 18:45 on Dec 5, 2012 |
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Dec 5, 2012 05:26
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For a while it just felt easier to believe that Zach from Mit Hamine had this sort of unmodulated bit--the thing was a schtick but he wasnt able to entirely shade it in the right way...but then Tom gives him two minutes and it was the mother of flame-outs. The way his voice started to crack without talking back to Tom was sort of amazing and equally maddening. What a weird shitstain--it felt like Tom was actually going to curse at him.
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Dec 6, 2012 01:12
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I just listened to the recent episode with Wurster doing that Newbridge rock star and it was reallly, really funny. "A cornucopia of chokejobs and balls dropped" cracked me up, plus all the overuse of "bacchanalia." And the ending was obviously kind of premature for Tom which made it funnier.
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Dec 6, 2012 17:23
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Past Tense Ragu posted:I just listened to the recent episode with Wurster doing that Newbridge rock star and it was reallly, really funny. "A cornucopia of chokejobs and balls dropped" cracked me up, plus all the overuse of "bacchanalia." And the ending was obviously kind of premature for Tom which made it funnier. The only kind of 'bittorrenting' we did was- *40 seconds of silence*
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Dec 6, 2012 18:21
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Yannick_B posted:For a while it just felt easier to believe that Zach from Mit Hamine had this sort of unmodulated bit--the thing was a schtick but he wasnt able to entirely shade it in the right way...but then Tom gives him two minutes and it was the mother of flame-outs. The way his voice started to crack without talking back to Tom was sort of amazing and equally maddening. I can't tell how much of his political stuff is trolling anymore. Or really any of his actions. He definitely probably has the biggest ego of any of the callers.
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Dec 6, 2012 19:04
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Oh man. Poor Tom...
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COUNTIN THE BILLIES posted:Oh man. Poor Tom... Its a "Depravity's Rainbow" fill-in show this week. 
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Dec 11, 2012 18:27
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What happened?
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NESguerilla posted:What happened? Back to back awful calls that sounded like they really affected Tom. I think its with around an hour left last week. (So just what we are talking about above. I'm sure he's fine / this has nothing to do with it)
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Dec 11, 2012 21:23
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Oh, I thought his dog died again or something. I don't get why he even lets Zack talk anymore.
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Dec 12, 2012 01:30
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NESguerilla posted:Oh, I thought his dog died again or something. I don't get why he even lets Zack talk anymore. I can't imagine he would after this time.
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TransatlanticFoe posted:I can't imagine he would after this time. Which with Mike hosting tonight, do you think his ego will make him call in?
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Dec 12, 2012 01:52
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Looks like Coop finished the design for the t-shirt: Looks good
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Dec 12, 2012 15:00
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plastered quack posted:Looks like Coop finished the design for the t-shirt: BTW, Ted Leo hinted that he would be present tomorrow on twitter, hopefully this is another memorable holiday Best Show https://twitter.com/tedleo/status/280930474732425216
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Dec 18, 2012 08:07
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Amazing holiday show this week. Really sums it up: 
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Dec 19, 2012 05:44
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Man, how long is the show running tonight?
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Dec 19, 2012 06:18
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What's with the freaking Austin Powers drops?
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Dec 22, 2012 07:19
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I just thought everyone aught to know Spike wished me a happy birthday. I turned 26. The official cutoff date for him. He also posts poorly photo edited pictures of JWS and gay porn stars on his facebook page.
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Dec 26, 2012 05:59
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DangerDummy! posted:What's with the freaking Austin Powers drops? Seriously. I am guessing that it's some post Sandy equipment wonkiness or some very very weird joke.
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shut up netface posted:I just thought everyone aught to know Spike wished me a happy birthday. I turned 26. The official cutoff date for him. He also posts poorly photo edited pictures of JWS and gay porn stars on his facebook page. Is it possible that is a Spike is a deep-cover Jon Wurster character?
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Hey can anybody identify the song playing at 1:15:00 of the 9/23/2008 episode? It's a piece of music that he just says is from the 80s. It's not in the shownotes, and he never names it. Edit: Nevermind, it's Love Plus One by Haircut 100. Fooled around with it and was able to make out some lyrics. Past Tense Ragu fucked around with this message at 02:21 on Dec 30, 2012 |
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