Ass-Jammaroo-palooz-a-thon II Coming Feb 21-22

FoMSR and Fundamental Pete's Ass-Jammery are excited to announce another radio marathon / online auction to benefit WSUM!  Distinguished host Fundamental Pete and many of his classy friends will be on the air for a 22-hour-22-minute show that will end at 2:22pm on 2/22 (the 11-year anniversary of WSUM).

Last year, with the help of MANY friends, we raised over $2000!  This year, the goal is $5000.  We know we can do it, but we need your help!

We are currently accepting donations for the auction, which we'll be marketing with a  sustained station-wide effort.  For an entire week leading up to the 2:22pm deadline, we'll be promoting the online auction heavily on the air.  We'll be thanking those who donated every hour, and promoting different items available for bid.  Plus lots of social media, of course.  SO, if you would like to contribute anything (and/or know of someone who might), it would be greatly appreciated, AND you'll receive great on-air and online publicity in exchange for your donation to our non-profit.

Donate / Further Details / Contact:

Cynthia Schuster - cynthia.schuster@gmail.com

Pete Hnilicka - pete@fundamentalpete.com

 

Depression

WSUM's own Grandma Cyd was a fantastic guest this week, helping to keep my spirits up during this Depression-themed Ass-Jammery.

We compared the Great Depression to clinical depression, heard about Cyd's upcoming volunteer drinking project for the Madison Police Department, and discussed the relevance of the intentions of Eddie Vedder, Cole Porter, and Elvis Presley.  Plus, Engine Adam arranged a call from his dad, Dr. Joseph Weisenfarth of the UW English Department, to talk about growing up in Depression-Era Brooklyn, NY.

All that and much more on this rollicking Ass-Jammery!

Thanks for calling, emailing, face-booking, tweeting, and listening.

Superstition

I love cramming the show full of guests and friends, but sometimes its nice to just sit down with King Tut and hash things over.  Thats what today's show was all about, and the topic of Superstition gave us plenty to talk about.

A huge Franz Liszt of Superstitions, the Luck of the Unlucky Irish, Superstitions of Other Cultures, and we Master Debate about whether boxers should abstain from sex before a fight.  And a new segment: Taking a Poll in the Ass-Jammery.

Thanks for listening, and stay tuned to WSUM after the live Ass-Jammery each week for my new 1-hour music show with Steel!

Rick's Olde Recording Studio

One of my favorite new segments on the Ass-Jammery is Rick's Olde Recording Studio with Kurtis Blow, inspired by our friend Ricardo of Rick's Olde Gold.  Basically, we write some rhymes about whatever we're talking about that week, and recite them to a beat.  It's rather innovative.

Here's our Red Tape Rap from our Red Tape Show.  My lyrics are reprinted below- thanks to those who requested these.  To avoid confusion: my part doesn't start until about halfway through, but I don't have typed lyrics for the other parts and I am too lazy to transcribe them.  Thanks for listening!

Trying to job so I can make a buck

Gonna write my own ticket and make my own luck

But I’ve gotta track down my birth certificate

Before I fill this application out in triplicate

In between hits on my smoking apparatus

Thanking God for my documented legal status

Cause I’d be forced into a work hiatus

If I couldn’t find a lawyer to take my case gratis

Hours and hours of busy work

Enough to drive a sane person berserk

Turning into a nation of file clerks

And your teacher preaches class like you’re some kind of jerk

You gotta get a license when you’re old enough to drive

Get a union contract when you want to take five

A form to fill out when you cease to be alive

A police report when the victims survive

You gotta have a license if you want to cut hair

And nothings official until you declare

A legal disclaimer to serve a steak rare

Take a food safety class if you want to share

You need a brokers license if you want to sell short

You gotta serve papers if you want to go to court

And sue the lazy bum for child support

Don’t forget the cover letter on your TPS report

You gotta have a license if you want to tend bar

A permit for the alterations on your car

A form to convert dollars to dinar

Appeal your suspension for too much pine tar

You gotta have a license if you want to own a gun

A concealed carry permit to take it in the sun

An error results in an unearned run

Cease your nuclear program if you’re North Korean

Just like a kitten held by the nape

The prison we’ve created has begun to take shape

Filling out a form on the fire escape

We’re trapped in the grip of all this red tape

Red Tape

Rick from Rick's Olde Gold, Original Adam Morstad, and Liberty join us on today's show, only to drown in red tape.

Rick displays his ability to judge a person by the keys he carries, we hear about some of the dumbest rules in Madison, Anderson Cooper comes out of the closet, and I complain about Paul Soglin.

Plus, we dip into a bugling Mail Sack, and another rousing round of Rick's Olde Recording Studio!  Thanks for listening, dawg.