Outrageous! MMA audience in revolt

Podcast: Mad Music Dementia Top 20
Date: November 23 and November 30, 2007
Title: Episode 07-46 and Episode 07-47
Download the show: Episode 07-46 and Episode 07-47 (Free registration required)

So Dr. Demento finally played one of my songs. So I got a little uppity and told those sawed-off podcasters at the Mad Music Archive that I didn’t need them any more.

Can you blame me? I mean, what would you do if you suddenly got a taste of the big time? Reach back in the gutter and pull out an old cigar butt?

Well, the laugh’s on me, I guess. A couple of weeks have gone by and Dr. Demento hasn’t played any more of my songs. And, if you can believe it, the denizens of the Mad Music Archive are Mad At Me!

Ken, you insolent slut!

“I guess I should not play your music after reading your blog. Don’t worry it wont (sic) happen again,” one wounded podcaster told me.

Prolific poster (and valued MMA friend) Sick Puppy wrote:

And just when a dialogue threatened to break out, the conversation devolved into its familiar pattern of attacks on Dr. Demento, attacks on Mad Music Dementia Top 20 host David Tanny, and avant-garde musician Art Paul Schlosser talking about himself.

Will you still love me tomorrow?

Speaking of David Tanny, I’ll Get Old And Die enjoyed a brief resurgence following its Demento exposure, vaulting to No. 5 in the MMDT20 poll.

My song had previously been absent from the Top 20 for seven weeks. Meanwhile, Fly Me To The Moon marked eight straight weeks on DT’s show, placing 13th in the vote for two weeks running.

My songs have been doing really, really well on DT’s show! Now why do I have a feeling my popularity with MMA voters is about to hit a brick wall?

Help, DT, help!

DT tried to bail me out with the MMA mob, but I fear his pleas fell on deaf ears. I mean, after all, these people have been listening to a lot of FuMP!

“Ken has enough of a twisted mind to generate support for the topic that he’s criticizing,” David wrote in a thread titled Ken Turetzky: More Clever Than You Think:

Dammit, Dave, stop revealing my methods! You don’t wanna piss me off!

Ask for me by name

For those few who are still with me, please ask Dr. Demento to play my songs!

And vote for me at the Mad Music Dementia Top 20!

Week 1: Fly Me To The Moon holds on at No. 13  (0:16).

Week 2: I’ll Get Old And Die returns to the Top 20  (0:43).

Posted in: Dementia at 12:38 am Tue, Dec 4, 2007.

3 comments

1. 

   Shawno says:
   Twitter:

   9:35 pm Mon, Jan 21, 2008

   The Mad Music Dementia website makes me feel claustrophobic, Ken.

   In spite of that, I looked around to try and figure out where I could cast my vote in support of the Turetzky.

   All I found was . You’re not on that list.

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2. 

   Shawno says:
   Twitter:

   9:40 pm Mon, Jan 21, 2008

   I guess I’ve fallen victim to an attack of Turetzky Syndrome.

   I read this entry in my RSS reader, which gave it a more recent date than 11/30/07. That would probably explain things.

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3. 

   Ken Turetzky says:
   

   10:48 pm Mon, Jan 21, 2008

   Shawno, I think the important thing here is that, with your latest posts, you’ve established a solid hold on second place in my Comments Leaderboard.

   Besides, working Shawnos like us have no time for recreational activities like “voting.”

   We’re far too busy putting food on our families, subscribing to my and reading my music blog!

   Ken

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