Pretentious Sound Drag with Jim the Poet: Showy McShowface with Jim the Poet
2026-05-17·via WFMU's recent playlists
Listener comments!
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3:01am
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Evening all winding down after a late night snack and Chin's show. Going to get off chat soon but we'll have the show on in the background.
I see where the confusion came from: they wanted to tune to WFFU and instead got this show, which goes with a different definition of music, and doesn't even really care about that definition
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4:48am
Jim the Poet:
I think Pretentious Sound Drag would be a good name for my summer show
My ears are messed up, I'm used to it. Maybe that's why I love your show
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5:11am
Onion:
Hey Jim. I like to criticize you as much as the next regular overnight listener, but the amount of shit thrown your way this week was way out of bounds. I respect the maturity and aplomb you have shown.
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5:13am
Jim the Poet:
I like to criticize me as much as the next listener too
quite a good chance that ac does too. my favorite take on Foreigner is a live recording of Simon and the Bar Sinisters doing a deconstruction of Hot Blooded.
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5:14am
Jim the Poet:
Did they do I wanna know what love is because I was singing that earlier that might be REO Speedwagon
apparently that is Foreigner too. I think my general antipathy to Foreigner may have less to do with the music and more with the fact that it was what the asshole frat boys listened to when I was in college. We fought back with Ron Geesin and Ivor Cutler.
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5:23am
Don in Tampere:
Beautiful sun here today, and sunset not until 10:21 PM, but it can still be a bit cool
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5:24am
StringOFperils:
Foreigner. The name alone sounds unpatriotic and, quite frankly, ominous as all get out. WFMU should get the Congressional Medal of Honor for lambasting such vile filth and working to maintain broadcasting standards in the next world.
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5:27am
StringOFperils:
I imagine that, behind the scenes, Congress sounds a lot like forlorn broken plumbing. This'd be homey and familiar sounding, down in the gutters of power
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5:28am
Jim the Poet:
I would gladly take some federal funds
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5:32am
StringOFperils:
I'm afraid there are no federal funds available at this time. The Federal Reserve has been emptied so that the National Initiative for Sending Gilded Turds to the Taxpayer can go on doing its work during this challenging (to Elon Musk) time. Maybe next year.
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5:33am
Jim the Poet:
Have they checked the gold in Fort Knox yet
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5:34am
StringOFperils:
O, that old toilet-plate. Gold, gold, gold....what's the big deal with gold anyway?
My brain might sue for that "Bad Decision Generator" name
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5:46am
WR:
I acknowledge that listening to this is my last ditch effort to get back to sleep. Somehow reading all the reports of the hantavirus event and ebola outbreak didn't do the trick.
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5:47am
StringOFperils:
I just woke up. Could have been a bad decision. Jury's still out.
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5:48am
Jim the Poet:
Radio Hantavirus would be a good name for a summer show. Although I am thinking of using Ice Cream Headache too
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5:57am
Jim the Poet:
be nice to the new kid next week it's his first show on the station
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5:58am
StringOFperils:
Thanks Jim! Have a good squint out there in the sunlight. Breathe in that morning city and know that you did a good thing!
Listener comments!
: Evening all winding down after a late night snack and Chin's show. Going to get off chat soon but we'll have the show on in the background.
Ken From Hyde Park: Shaken, not stirred, I presume? 🍸
slugluv1313:
↳ Threemoons 🌛🌝🌜 @3:01
hi again! same here! gotta get some rest but always have FMU on :)Bok: Evening, Jim
Jim the Poet:
↳ Bok @3:11
yo bokDon in Tampere: Hi Jim, Threemoons, Ken, slugluv and Bok! Greetings from sunny Finland.
Ken From Hyde Park:
↳ Don in Tampere @3:13
Hi, Don!LiXiviated Life: Good morning Jim
I’m just waiting on the phone
ac: when did wftu become a pretentious sound drag... now we know play some music actual MUSIC
Jim the Poet: what's wftu
fred:
↳ Jim the Poet @4:44
I see where the confusion came from: they wanted to tune to WFFU and instead got this show, which goes with a different definition of music, and doesn't even really care about that definitionJim the Poet: I think Pretentious Sound Drag would be a good name for my summer show
fred:
↳ Jim the Poet @4:48
You'd have to really put the "Drag" part on 11, which is challenging on radioJim the Poet: It's always good to challenge oneself I was thinking of having a sound weapon show this summer
fred:
↳ Jim the Poet @4:53
Didn't Kenny G (the good one) trademark that?Then again, we know how he feels about copyright and such stuff
Jim the Poet: They're not both good???
fred:
↳ Jim the Poet @4:56
He seems to enjoy chomping on them, so...Don in Tampere:
↳ Song: "filling the night with furious noise (canon)" by ...
When you said this was going to be for ac, I wondered if you were going to play some Foreignerfred:
↳ fred @4:58
... they must taste goodJim the Poet: I like Foreigner
Jim the Poet: AC should call in 201 209 9368
fred:
↳ Song: "filling the night with furious noise (canon)" by ...
My ear is bleeding!It's actually true, but not from the music
Jim the Poet:
↳ fred @5:07
Aw man that sucksfred:
↳ Jim the Poet @5:07
My ears are messed up, I'm used to it. Maybe that's why I love your showOnion: Hey Jim. I like to criticize you as much as the next regular overnight listener, but the amount of shit thrown your way this week was way out of bounds. I respect the maturity and aplomb you have shown.
Jim the Poet: I like to criticize me as much as the next listener too
Don in Tampere:
↳ Jim the Poet @5:03
quite a good chance that ac does too. my favorite take on Foreigner is a live recording of Simon and the Bar Sinisters doing a deconstruction of Hot Blooded.Jim the Poet: Did they do I wanna know what love is because I was singing that earlier that might be REO Speedwagon
Don in Tampere:
↳ Jim the Poet @5:14
apparently that is Foreigner too. I think my general antipathy to Foreigner may have less to do with the music and more with the fact that it was what the asshole frat boys listened to when I was in college. We fought back with Ron Geesin and Ivor Cutler.fred:
↳ Don in Tampere @5:13
Be careful there, a conversation on the value of Foreigner might have Miller send a raid on the station's record libraryJim the Poet:
↳ fred @5:17
I would like to be deported someplace sunnyDavid The Splatter: Morning, Jim and all.
Jim: Thank you for the Wake fill-ins. I didn't get a chance to say so on the Accu, work and life was a bit hectic last week.
fred:
↳ Jim the Poet @5:20
Like the Sunshine state, really?Don in Tampere: Beautiful sun here today, and sunset not until 10:21 PM, but it can still be a bit cool
StringOFperils: Foreigner. The name alone sounds unpatriotic and, quite frankly, ominous as all get out. WFMU should get the Congressional Medal of Honor for lambasting such vile filth and working to maintain broadcasting standards in the next world.
StringOFperils: I imagine that, behind the scenes, Congress sounds a lot like forlorn broken plumbing. This'd be homey and familiar sounding, down in the gutters of power
Jim the Poet: I would gladly take some federal funds
fred:
↳ Jim the Poet @5:28
New avatar makes if official!StringOFperils: I'm afraid there are no federal funds available at this time. The Federal Reserve has been emptied so that the National Initiative for Sending Gilded Turds to the Taxpayer can go on doing its work during this challenging (to Elon Musk) time. Maybe next year.
Jim the Poet: Have they checked the gold in Fort Knox yet
StringOFperils: O, that old toilet-plate. Gold, gold, gold....what's the big deal with gold anyway?
Strandlund: Morning...
Jim the Poet:
↳ Strandlund @5:38
Welcome to the slogfred:
↳ Song: "Bad Decision Generator" by "Posset"
My brain might sue for that "Bad Decision Generator" nameWR: I acknowledge that listening to this is my last ditch effort to get back to sleep. Somehow reading all the reports of the hantavirus event and ebola outbreak didn't do the trick.
StringOFperils: I just woke up. Could have been a bad decision. Jury's still out.
Jim the Poet: Radio Hantavirus would be a good name for a summer show. Although I am thinking of using Ice Cream Headache too
Jim the Poet: be nice to the new kid next week it's his first show on the station
StringOFperils: Thanks Jim! Have a good squint out there in the sunlight. Breathe in that morning city and know that you did a good thing!
WR: Thank you, Jim.