Favoriting Strength Through Failure with Fabio: Playlist from December 17, 2015 Favoriting

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The Failure of Noise
The Failure of Sound
The Failure of Rock
The Failure of the Avant Garde
The Failure of the Space Age
The Failure of Jazz
The Failure of Psychedelia
The Failure of Krautrock
The Failure of Electronic
The Failure of Pop
The Failure of Free-form
The Failure of the 20th Century

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Favoriting December 17, 2015: The Highs and Lows of Failure (special in-studio guest today: Aaron Moore of Volcano the Bear)

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Artist Track Album Label Approx. start time
james last  Mr. Giant Man   Favoriting Voodoo Party    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Carpenters  Solitaire   Favoriting The Essential Collection (1965-1997)    0:10:02 (Pop-up)
Vibracathedral Orchestra  Juicy Humans   Favoriting Unnatural with Pain-Relief    0:10:47 (Pop-up)
ELO  Strange Magic   Favoriting Face The Music    0:19:59 (Pop-up)
 
Intersystems  Orange Juice   Favoriting Number One Intersystems    0:30:22 (Pop-up)
Unknown Artist  Untitled   Favoriting Unknown  Lost Treasures of the Underworld  0:53:04 (Pop-up)
Intersystems  Friends laughed at him   Favoriting Peachy    0:57:31 (Pop-up)
Intersystems  There are no Human Voices   Favoriting Peachy    1:08:32 (Pop-up)
William Basinski  Voyagers   Favoriting Pod Tune: Whale Human Music    1:07:45 (Pop-up)
        1:09:54 (Pop-up)
Volcano the Bear  Horse   Favoriting Commencing    1:24:50 (Pop-up)
Volcano the Bear  Asian Speedway   Favoriting Commencing    1:28:55 (Pop-up)
Volcano the Bear  Halo Onna Volcano   Favoriting Commencing    1:35:41 (Pop-up)
Volcano the Bear  Hello Graham   Favoriting Commencing    1:38:23 (Pop-up)
 
Volcano the Bear  Baltic   Favoriting Commencing    2:07:00 (Pop-up)
Volcano the Bear  Ash Harm   Favoriting Commencing    2:07:17 (Pop-up)
Volcano the Bear  Phantom, Tha Will Be Done   Favoriting Commencing    2:07:34 (Pop-up)
Courtis/Moore  Gigngante = Anti egg   Favoriting Brokebox Juke    2:22:03 (Pop-up)
 
Volcano the Bear  Elephant Bingo   Favoriting Commencing    2:51:00 (Pop-up)
 


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Listener comments!

  3:05pm
Ross K:

good afternoon everyone
  3:06pm
nEIL cOMMA wILD:

Hi Fabio! Hi everyone!
Avatar 3:06pm
Cecile:

I'm going to start bawling now. This song is ridiculous.
  3:06pm
Ross K:

dang this is a sweet bummer, I'm into it.
  3:06pm
listener12485:

fer real--pass the Kleenex
  3:07pm
nEIL cOMMA wILD:

What Cecile said! YEAAH!!! What is this Karen Carpenter?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:07pm
common:

so good
Avatar 3:07pm
Cecile:

When my husband is playing card games on the computer, I always bellow at him: "AND SOLITAIRE'S THE ONLY GAME HE PLAYS!"
  3:08pm
Brownie5:

What clean voice and a nice melody....
Avatar 3:08pm
Cecile:

Neil Sedaka also does a devastating version. Shut up.
Avatar 3:09pm
ThursdayFernworthy:

she's a drummer tho...
  3:09pm
Dean:

I tried to start a solitaire club. Nobody else wanted to join.
Avatar 3:09pm
Cecile:

he co-wrote it and he had what would become 10cc backing him up on it.
  3:09pm
Brownie5:

I just heard a little bit of Amy Mann's voice!
  3:10pm
Ross K:

perfect cross fade
Avatar 3:10pm
redkayak:

Howdy all :)
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:11pm
common:

man, that's a nice piece of trivia, cecile. never knew.
  3:11pm
Dean:

The Failure of Solitude
  3:11pm
nEIL cOMMA wILD:

Space jazz...I like it...
Avatar 3:16pm
V Priceless:

great new BBC doc on the yootube about 10cc, including their Neil Sedaka team-up...catch it before it vanishes:
www.youtube.com...
Avatar 3:16pm
TehBadDr:

Aah! Got home from work early, listening to Fabio play the weird stuff. Life is good!
Avatar 3:17pm
Cecile:

VP! Awesome. Will have to watch it tonight.
Avatar 3:17pm
Chris from DC:

VP, the making of "I'm Not In Love" is an interesting story in itself.
  3:18pm
Violet:

I have always loved this song.
Avatar 3:19pm
Cecile:

CDC, you ain't kidding.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:19pm
common:

elo! and thanks vp!
Avatar 3:19pm
V Priceless:

you'll dig it @ Cecile! Indeed it is @ Chris from DC!
  3:19pm
nEIL cOMMA wILD:

Why play such treacle?
Avatar 3:20pm
Cheri Pi:

I gottas see that
  3:20pm
Ted:

YES to ELO
  3:20pm
Violet:

Is this a kind of AM radio version?
Avatar 3:21pm
TehBadDr:

That is some smoof 70's shitza!
Avatar 3:21pm
redkayak:

I played that ELO album Eldorado to pieces when I was a youngster
  3:22pm
Ted:

Recently discovered Daybreaker by ELO. Amazing track.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:22pm
common:

since i was a kid i thought that i'm not in love was one of the strangest top 40 hits ever. and i've always loved elo. especially bev bevan
  3:22pm
Dean:

Always thought "Poker" was ripe for a metal band cover.
Avatar 3:23pm
V Priceless:

bev rules
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 3:24pm
Risky:

ELO rhymes with Fabio
Avatar 3:24pm
Cecile:

yes, they were
  3:25pm
Dean:

The concerts were spectacular, literally. Dudes sawing away on 'cellos, Mik Kaminsky doing the Paganini thing, the eponymous electric lights. And opening bands? I've said it before, but imagine: Little Feat, Widowmaker, Steve Hillage.
  3:26pm
Dean:

Even Cheap Trick wrote a paean to them!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:26pm
sweeks:

Play on, Fabio!
Avatar 3:27pm
V Priceless:

Widowmaker - ha! Ariel Luther-Bender!
Avatar 🎸 3:27pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

PEOPLE.
  3:27pm
rw:

In my mind without looking it up, I'd say Carpenters predated ELO. My mind isn't always so accurate though.
  3:27pm
djelrock:

If ELO IS POP I AM JESUS CHRIST. ELO RULES.
Avatar 🎸 3:28pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

Guilt-free ELO freak, here.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:28pm
common:

here also, rev.
Avatar 3:29pm
jeff-m:

box is great. in for a music treat
  3:30pm
rw:

Also, I agree with elrock even though ELO WAS hugely popular. Not really a pop band.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
common:

still scared by fire on high.
Avatar 🎸 3:32pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

Eldorado was a huge thing in my brain. Was 6 years old when it came out & was already buying records as much as allowance permitted.
  3:32pm
Dean:

High on Fire should cover "Fire on High"
  3:32pm
Violet:

I love these lyrics
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:32pm
common:

good call, dean!
Avatar 3:32pm
TehBadDr:

I sort of remember ELO as a pop prog theatrical thing, closer to Queen than Genesis. Never liked it much.
Avatar 3:34pm
Cecile:

ELO, in the Roy Wood days, were actually poking fun at both pop and classical. They got more serious when Wood left and Lynne took over.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:36pm
common:

i still listen to out of the blue. so many good tunes.
Avatar 3:37pm
Cecile:

out of the blue is sublime ridiculousness at its most ridiculously sublime.
  3:37pm
Dean:

"Pop prog theatrical thing" pretty well nails it, with special emphasis, too, on production.
Avatar 3:38pm
V Priceless:

Roy = God on my planet
Avatar 🎸 3:38pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

I might be in the minority here, but ELO2 is the far favorite. If one could surgically remove the Beethoven tune, it would be 600% perfect.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 3:39pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

ELO had its roots in The Move, right? The Move is probably most famous for being DJ Terre T's opening theme song about the cherry blossom clinic.
Avatar 3:40pm
TehBadDr:

Yes, high level producing, clean, polished, and double washed!
Avatar 3:40pm
Cecile:

Yes, ELO came from the Move.
Avatar 3:41pm
Cecile:

The first ELO record was supposed to be the last Move record, I'm told.
  3:42pm
Dean:

I remember at the time, mid-'70s, former member Mike de Albuquerque's solo album being a high-demand collectible.
Avatar 🎸 3:43pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

yeh, ELO was like The Move + Idle Race, no?
Avatar 3:43pm
TehBadDr:

Hey! Enough of the ELO! There's spoken word regarding a rat high on a shelf, pay attention!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:44pm
common:

believe so, rev. sorry teh.
Avatar 3:45pm
Cecile:

exactly, Rev.
Avatar 3:46pm
Cecile:

is this burroughs/gysin?
  3:46pm
Ross K:

It doesn't sound like Burroughs. Not sure
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:46pm
common:

sorry, one more elo thing: what do you think of "the whale" off of out of the blue, cecile?
Avatar 3:48pm
V Priceless:

The Move catalog never gets old. Simply brilliant stuff.
Avatar 3:48pm
Cecile:

I don't remember that one. It's been a long time. I do love Jungle, and Turn to Stone.
Avatar 3:48pm
Cecile:

my long term memory is getting spottier.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 3:49pm
thepalaceat4am:

About a decade or so ago on WFMU ... I think I heard an Intersystems piece that seemed to sample "Sherlock Holmes" by the Red Krayola. Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Avatar 3:49pm
V Priceless:

what other band burned an effigy of the prime minister on stage?
  3:54pm
Dean:

ELO?
Avatar 3:57pm
V Priceless:

haha..The Move did that @ Dean. I think they destroyed a car on stage too, way before The Plasmatics.
Avatar 3:59pm
TehBadDr:

Meh, I was going to go with "Hitler and the New Kids in the Bunker".
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:06pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

I see people who I know and I notice I'm having difficulty recalling their names. It's weird. Makes me think of Bronwyn C's face blindness problem, but I don't think that's what I'm experiencing.
Avatar 4:08pm
Cecile:

Ken, maybe try some memory games like Lumosity and Elevate have. They can be helpful. if it's becoming a problem, I think I would get it checked out.
  4:09pm
Dean:

"Get what checked out?," replies Ken.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:10pm
chris:

agreed, Cecile, memory games, playing instruments, crossword puzzles... they all help keep the brain in shape... some of us have a bit more damage to repair than others... its not just age that affects brain function
Avatar 4:11pm
V Priceless:

@ Ken FHP: the prob is obvious..there's way too many people : )
Avatar 4:11pm
TehBadDr:

Ken, resort to post-its, Polaroids, index cards and tattoos.
Avatar 4:12pm
Cecile:

and both apps/programs have specific games that require you to put names with faces and remember them.
Avatar 4:15pm
Cecile:

Fabio: Am I still pretty?
Avatar 4:19pm
Cecile:

ahhahahhaha
I mean Fabio to ask Aaron if Aaron still thought he was pretty after all those years of marriage, I mean friendship.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:20pm
common:

ah, the sound journey.
Avatar 4:22pm
Parq:

For the record, Cecile, you're still pretty.
Avatar 🎸 4:22pm
chocolate monk:

every guitarist should put down their axe and grab a dictaphone.
Avatar 🎸 4:24pm
Carmichael:

Hey Fabio and Aaron (and fellow failures), I missed all the banter about 2 of my favorite bands. And I'm also having lots of streaming trouble today ...
Avatar 4:26pm
TehBadDr:

Every guitarist should put down their axe if they plan on shredding, rather than doing unspeakable things to it!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:26pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks for your good advice. I do work on puzzles each day. Part of it may indeed be too many people. That and you guys are a more important part of my life and I don't have faces to keep track of. My brain is evolving to know people by avatars instead of by faces.
Avatar 4:28pm
TehBadDr:

Ken needs to get out more, this is not meant to be mean.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:29pm
common:

man. this is great! horse
Avatar 🎸 4:30pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

Reminding me slightly of a track on Eroc (of Grobschnitt fame)'s first solo record... voice & delay, etc...
Avatar 🎸 4:33pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

...or could have been on Eroc 2. memory fails...
  4:34pm
Violet:

Love these horns and how they were recorded--lots of depth
Avatar 4:34pm
Cecile:

or it could have been on an ELO record.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:34pm
common:

hee
Avatar 4:34pm
TehBadDr:

No! Just stop that!
  4:34pm
Violet:

Do I hear the tinkling of a harp?
  4:36pm
P-90:

These V the Bear tracks are amazeballs! Really beautiful, excellent production quality too.
Avatar 4:36pm
Cecile:

What's Aaron's favorite Idle Race/Move/ELO/Wizzard/Travelling Wilburys track?
  4:38pm
Dean:

Eroc! Wow, it's been a while since I've heard those.
Avatar 4:38pm
Chris from DC:

I so want it to be "Mr. Blue Sky".
Avatar 🎸 4:38pm
chocolate monk:

ask aaron to stand on his head.
Avatar 4:38pm
Cecile:

this actually has a kind of a sick riff in its way.
Avatar 4:38pm
northguineahills:

gotta dig these wind instruments...
  4:39pm
Dean:

BTW, word has it Magma is slated to tour the states again. March/April, fourteen dates.
Avatar 4:39pm
Cecile:

I was standing in the jungle, I was feelin' alright, mm hm hm, mm hm hm.
  4:39pm
Violet:

These tunes are gems!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:39pm
common:

cecile, chris. slayin me. and this is great
Avatar 4:40pm
TehBadDr:

Did that Chris from DC tend at the Ike's upstairs?
Avatar 4:42pm
Cecile:

Chooka chooka ho la ley
Avatar 4:43pm
Chris from DC:

Nope, never tended bar at Ike's (RIP).
  4:44pm
JakeGould:

Hey everyone! I’m going to see “Star Wars” tonight so if anyone here has any questions, let me know. I’ll spoil the movie for you personally.
Avatar 4:46pm
Cecile:

Is that cute Anakin kid going to be in it? What about JarJar Binks? Or the tap dancers from that one ELO record?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:46pm
common:

heehee! you mean xanadu? i hope so, cecile.
Avatar 4:47pm
Cecile:

No, but that too common.
Avatar 4:47pm
V Priceless:

..and what about Pizza the Hutt?
  4:48pm
Violet:

There's also an animal called "Horse"
  4:50pm
Tim in VT:

Craving oplong
Avatar 4:51pm
TehBadDr:

Jar Jar will be in it! He spins tunes at a strip bat where a grown up Anikin displays his "pod finesse"!
Avatar 4:51pm
Cecile:

niiiiiice.
Avatar 4:52pm
Chris from DC:

You played in DC at 611 Florida
Avatar 4:53pm
Cecile:

oh, remember you're just doing it for the love of it!

(ITA with Aaron, it's awful to treat people that way)
Avatar 4:53pm
TehBadDr:

NE or SE?
Avatar 4:55pm
Chris from DC:

Actually 611 was a house show with Volcano the Bear. That was the living room.
Avatar 4:55pm
TehBadDr:

In Chris' living room!
  4:56pm
JakeGould:

Does anyone in the “Star Wars” universe ever eat a sandwich? Do they know what a Hoagie is? Anyone in “Star Wars” ever have a Dagwood?
Avatar 4:57pm
Cecile:

no, just gruel and blue milk.
  4:58pm
P-90:

They DO have Grinders and Subs though.
Avatar 4:58pm
TehBadDr:

Funny, you never see them eat, though Vader invites the rebels in for such in 1 or 4 ?
Avatar 4:58pm
Cecile:

Tauntaun sushi
Avatar 🎸 4:59pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

RIP the 611 house... heavy sigh.
  4:59pm
P-90:

Aunt Beru makes some kind of vegetable thing...
  4:59pm
P-90:

...before she's incinerated
Avatar 5:01pm
TehBadDr:

Tauntaun must be braised. Or cut open to stay warm in.
Avatar 5:02pm
Cecile:

they should be like eBates and hold the check until they have enough to send.
  5:02pm
JakeGould:

Also, Yoda eats one of Luke’s energy bars on Dagobah and then offers Luke some nasty soup.
  5:17pm
Harlan Co:

Fabio + the TNP is freeform heaven
Avatar 5:21pm
Chris from DC:

This is pretty amazing.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 5:23pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Here's a brief tale of failure. I ordered a couple sweatshirts for my daughter on Thanksgiving weekend. The order tracker shows they spent the whole time bouncing between Ohio, New Jersey and Connecticut. They finally reached the local post office and should arrive tomorrow, barring further failure.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:25pm
common:

i concur, chris. been standing in one spot for too long listening.
  5:26pm
Violet:

grreat song!
  5:26pm
P-90:

@Ken FHP: But the tracking system that lets you follow all the failure in real time didn't fail. Welcome to the 21st Century. Of failure.
Avatar 🎸 5:27pm
chocolate monk:

sing it with me... "courtis/moore slept on my floor!"
Avatar 🎸 5:30pm
chocolate monk:

fucking aye!!
  5:31pm
JakeGould:

So the tracking system is basically saying your packages will arrive late but will still arrive but they are being honest about it.
Avatar 🎸 5:31pm
chocolate monk:

blackburn, west lothian, home of Su Bo
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 5:33pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Yep, the package gets here, but just took a long, circuitous route.
  5:35pm
Fredericks:

Has Fabio ever been more aggressive toward a guest? "Ridiculous song titles."

Clay Pidgin doesn't count as a guest.
  5:36pm
Larry:

Gospel of Mars is dope!
Avatar 5:36pm
Cecile:

He gets quite sassy with Alexander Haacke when he's in town.
  5:37pm
moaty mogulz:

Aaron did a great solo set at Manhattan inn awhile back. He didn't make the dinners leave.
  5:38pm
Greg:

Patrick Holmes plays tonight!
  5:39pm
Dean:

Breathe on vocal
  5:41pm
Skip:

http://www.chickenaugogo.com/menu.html
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 5:41pm
dale:

great show today. but i thought fabio would be a 'superstar' fan - or maybe' calling occupants of interplanetary craft'
Avatar 5:46pm
TehBadDr:

Elephant bingo! We used to play a sort of that at The Big Hunt!
  5:51pm
Violet:

I am working on a series of "elephantine" pieces. They are such amazing aminals!
Avatar 5:52pm
TehBadDr:

Yowza! That's exactly the sounds that should have gone along with the game!
  5:55pm
MONEYBAG$:

roto toms?
Avatar 5:56pm
Chud:

Consistently the best 15 or so minutes on radio: when Fabio has a guest and Clay comes in
Avatar 5:56pm
TehBadDr:

Moneybags wants to bring back the 80s.
Avatar 5:56pm
Cecile:

*crying*
  5:56pm
MONEYBAG$:

Clay should have just read Neil Peart's equipment list from A Farewell To Kings
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:58pm
Marcel M:

Clay Pidge playin' the foo again.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:58pm
common:

my friend is playing a bunch a k.c. in fishtown tonight at atlantis in fishtown in philly. if anyone's around.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:59pm
Marcel M:

Wow.. he struts in and screws up Fabio's show and then kicks em' out...
Avatar 6:00pm
TehBadDr:

Belew era kc or the way before?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:00pm
Marcel M:

Thats our CP!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:00pm
dale:

everbody plays the foo.....sometimes.
Avatar 6:00pm
Chud:

classic
Avatar 6:00pm
MenfussMike:

red is remarkable
Avatar 6:01pm
Chud:

Haha, probably got them sick, too
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