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Posted By	Discussion Topic: Wacky, Zanerific DJ Stunt- Bigger than the PopTart
TeenWeek what's a status?	posted on 05-30-2001 @ 12:30 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00	-Don't tool on me too hard. This is funny. It also could be topical because Anthony likes to make fun of other DJ's lame stunts. We might here the Pop Tart voice too. By David Hinckley Daily News Staff Writer As he promised, Glen Jones of WFMU (91.1 FM) has broken the Guiness record for marathon broadcasting, racking up 100 hours and 40 seconds before leaving yesterday. He closed with Tom Waits' "Innocent When you Dream," which is what he intended to do after being on the air since 9am Friday- beating the record of 73 hours, 33 minutes (set by Greg Daines in the U.K. last years) by more than a day. The record must be certified by Guiness, which should not be a problem, since station manager Ken Friedman had volunteers recording everything. Jones' marathon drew thousands of E-mails - "by far the largest number we've ever gotten," sadi Freeman - and he was interviewed by news shows from Katie Couric to CNN. In fact, Jones was live with CNN as he was breaking the record at 10:34a.m. Monday- which he admitted was mildly ironic, since he had just played a set of songs celebrating the medium of radio. In the studio, Jones went heavy on the nicotine, but kept the coffee in reserve whenever possible. He alternately stood up and sat down at the console, behind which he had about 60 square feet in which to pace. He was barefoot and wore a comfortable shirt emblazoned with, "Crooklyn." Jones got ongoing encouragement from the volunteers and a steady stream of gifts from listeners, like a Humphrey Bogart doll with an oversize head. He read hundreds of e-mails on the air before he finally started to sound exhausted yesterday. In the final hours he mostly did the minimum Guiness requires, which is to announce each song. ("Jonesy here. That was XTC.") He also said he had never had more fun. Shortly before he broke the record he played the Carpenters' "We've Only Just Begun," and when he did break it, he played a live version of Frank Sinatra's "My Way." He played marching bands, reggae and most everything else. "Maybe Jonesy isn't as off-the-wall musically as some 'FMU jocks," said Bill Kelly, host of the garage-rock show "Teenage Wasteland." But people love him, because he's got so much personality. Look at this. How can you not love him?"
HardCoreDave (TvvisTofFaTe)	posted on 05-30-2001 @ 8:51 PM
Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01	they shoulda put ether, nyquil, and roofies in his coffee, that woulda been funny...."this is Jonesy, that was Motorhead-"Azzzzz fo spauwds"..."what? do it again? but i did it right the first...ZzZzZzZzZz" AIM: Tv v ist of FaTe "some people jus need a ruthless beating!" for wrestling news http://bounce.to/NwF Sam Adams-"theres no beer in the food, but theres food in the beer"

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