Favoriting Strength Through Failure with Fabio: Playlist from November 14, 2019 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 November 14, 2019: Rik Letendre (of Circle X) joins in and reads from his newly published book of short stories "Nineteen Stories"

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Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Approx. start time
James Last  Mr. Giant Man   Favoriting Voodoo Party  Polydor      0:00:00 (Pop-up)
 
Tribute to Ramakant Gundecha (R.I.P.)
Ramakant and Umakant Gundecha  Raga Puriya Dhanashri   Favoriting Naad Sugandh  EMI      0:12:11 (Pop-up)
Gundecha Brothers  Raga Shyam Kalyan (excerpt)   Favoriting Young Masters  Music Today      0:20:22 (Pop-up)
Gundecha Brothers  Dhrupad in Choutal - Aaye Raghuveer Dhir   Favoriting Raga Bageshri  Sundaram      0:31:33 (Pop-up)
 
Perlonex & Charlemgne Palestine  Untitled   Favoriting Tensions  Nexsound      0:57:31 (Pop-up)
MEV & AMM  Apogee pt.1 (excerpt)   Favoriting Apogee  Matchless Recordings      1:10:43 (Pop-up)
Alvin Curran  Shin Far Shofar 2   Favoriting Shofar Rags  Tzadik      1:16:42 (Pop-up)
 
Anton Kubikov  Timeless   Favoriting Whatness  Kompakt      1:31:09 (Pop-up)
bran(...)pos  RxR (Rocket Crossing)   Favoriting Cosmic Mushmouth  No Label      1:36:32 (Pop-up)
Swans  Sunfucker   Favoriting Leaving Meaning  Young God      1:45:57 (Pop-up)
 
Rik Letendre  Via Boriquen   Favoriting Nineteen Stories  Rik Letendre    live  2:11:19 (Pop-up)
Powertrio  À Flor Do Mal   Favoriting Di Lontan  Cleen Feed      2:12:02 (Pop-up)
Circle X  Current   Favoriting Prehistory  Blue Chopsticks      2:12:45 (Pop-up)
 
Rik Letendre  Little Sally   Favoriting n/a  n/a    Reads from "Niineteen Stories" music by bran(...)pos  2:24:25 (Pop-up)
Circle X  Hardcases (big Picture)   Favoriting Celestial  matador      2:26:44 (Pop-up)
Skullflower  Celestial Highway IV   Favoriting Exquisite Fucking Boredom  Tumult      2:34:04 (Pop-up)
 
Rik Letendre  No One   Favoriting n/a  n/a  n/a  music by Ophir Ilzetzki  2:46:32 (Pop-up)
Circle X  Prehistory Part II   Favoriting Prehistory  Blue Chopsticks      2:47:25 (Pop-up)
Sindre Bjerga & Robert Horton  Last Days of Earth   Favoriting Can't Go Fast Enough To Get There Early  Blackest Rainbow      2:53:26 (Pop-up)


Listener comments!

  3:05pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

yes!!! first one. FABIO:)
  3:06pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

Eureka! we have heat & hot water!!!
  3:07pm
John from Florham park:

@Philip hooray dude happy for ya
  3:08pm
Ochre:

Fabs!
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chresti:

mmmmmmm...hello
  3:08pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

yes! @john from florham park. i already took two showers washed all the dirty clothes and all my pots n pans:)
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Bas NL:

Hi Fabio! All!
Avatar 3:09pm
βrian:

Has Mr Giant Man's beanstalk been cut down yet?
  3:10pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

mmm:) nice warm apt. i can lounge around in a t shirt instead of my work clothes!
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coelacanth∅))):

hey Fabio and Failures
Avatar 3:10pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...AUM real glad to be here dunno about you...
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ParUbi:

Hello everyone
  3:13pm
John from Florham park:

@Philp I bet you feel very clean now
Avatar 3:13pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...I'd elaborate but don't wanna tamboura ya...
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Hello Fabio and everybody! Is it Raga Friday already?
Avatar 3:13pm
βrian:

I do my best work while wearing a T-shirt.
  3:13pm
John from Florham park:

@Parubi howdy
  3:14pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

ugh:( cant be completely happy. my "cold" is in full bloom. runny nose,cough,soar throat:(
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Rob (Jerzcity):

this is nice.
Who's all going to see Terry Riley 12/20, 12/21? Anyone?
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ParUbi:

Hello, John from Florham park
  3:15pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

i used this zicam spray for 3 full days still didnt prevent my cold:(
Avatar 🎸 3:16pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

Gundecha brothers = always a good decision.
  3:16pm
John from Florham park:

@ohillip bummer go get some NyQuil that will knock you out
  3:16pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

sick and all i got everything done.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

also: hello.
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mariano:

I don't think that any of those cold-preventative things like Zicam or Emergen-C really work, when it comes down to it.
  3:18pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

would you believe? im 52 and i still need photo id to buy Robitussen! seriously?
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WillCrete:

Thanks for leading with the Gundecha Bothers this afternoon Fabio. Sri Ramakanth Gundecha was truly an artist for eternity. So thankful that I had the experience of hearing him sing in concert.
Avatar 🎸 3:19pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

@WillCrete: serious cheerful jealousy on that.
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mariano:

Here in New Orleans you get carded for buying any tobacco/nicotine products or booze, regardless of age. They have to scan your license or ID at the register. Far cry from when I was a teenager, buying cigarettes and bourbon willy-nilly!
  3:20pm
John from Florham park:

@phillip make do make beth from that so yes I can see why
  3:21pm
John from Florham park:

I mean meth sorry
  3:21pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

my feet feel like they are on fire! but the thermometer says no fever:( WTH:(
  3:22pm
William Main:

Philip in the Bronx: Don't take offence - I'm older than that and they still asked me the same question recently when I bought some Robitussin.
Avatar 🎸 3:23pm
Lixiviated Life:

The Failure of being on time.
What did I miss?
  3:23pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

ive been to that store since 2015. they all know me i pick up my meds at the pharmacy.
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coelacanth∅))):

hey ParUbi just saw your greetings a few minutes ago (on Scott's show) because i got caught up with something else (work) right after checking in; so...
hello!
  3:25pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

they took down the "riteaid" sign and put up a "walgreens" sign. wonderfull i hope my rx's are safe?
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dale:

hello fabs. is this charlie callas on the dinah shore show?
  3:26pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

@FABIO always makes me feel better.
Avatar 3:26pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...it's Maria Callas backwards...
This is truly good medicine.
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βrian:

Walgreen's got their start with prohibition booze by prescription. Their last big bonanza was prescribed opiates. They're consistent, anyway.
  3:28pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

AHHH:) hot coffee. extra strong. i sure missed that yesterday
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coelacanth∅))):

yeah Phillip i just moved all my scripts to a locally owned pharmacy because our rite aid turned into a walgreens.
i only didn't use the local one before because i paid for stuff out of pocket but now i have insurance so there's no reason.
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Sean d:

What's up! And how is it you don't need ID for rxs just need to know your birthday
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chresti:

zinc + elderberry shortens the duration and severity of a cold, not make it go away
  3:30pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

this riteaid became a walgreens in just one day! all new people too. now im worried about my medication refills:(
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coelacanth∅))):

true chresti; and vitamin c and echinacea helps.
  3:30pm
ty:

you were the first to present last to me...thanks
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WillCrete:

@Rev. Turnip Druid - For real- They performed with both such sustained rigor and an endlessly exploratory sensibility - I last heard them play at a Hindu temple in suburban Chicago which arranged for them to perform a few years back. They always made such great effort to ensure the perfect tuning of their tamburas on stage, obtaining maximum clarity and resonance. A crystalline foundation.
  3:33pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

ugh:( im sick and now i have to worry about my diabetes and HBP med refills. unreal:(
  3:36pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

anyone feel like the should be doing hasheesh to this music
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coelacanth∅))):

oh they were talking about the switch here for over a year. then the annoying outgoing message for the pharmacy was changed to one 3X more annoying, but fairly comic! i recorded it. then it changed last week to totally disfunctional. i don't know why i didn't stop doing business with rite aid long ago anyway; but it suddenly became necessary when it became walgreens.
  3:38pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

im tired:( from yesterday. maybe this 20 ounce mug of coffee will keep me awake.
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coelacanth∅))):

isn't there a supermarket pharmacy (if not a locally-owned one) you could use? i'd sooner give my business to a shoprite than walgreens. (i guess depending on the shoprite, as they're privately owned too...they could be assholes...)
  3:41pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

plenty of small mom & pop pharmacys in my area. guess ill have to choose one of them
  3:42pm
Listener Phillip In The Bronx:

my area? the next riteaid is E 207th street. way way too far for me to walk
  3:44pm
anonymous fc:

Sounds great!
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βrian:

I bet it was the ghee. That stuff will kill you.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

Just back, missed the earlier part of the mic-break.
Was afraid of that being the reason for the multiple Gundecha Bros. tracks.
dang.
Avatar 3:53pm
βrian:

... and according to the news report I saw, it was a cardiac event.
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stefica:

@listenerPhillip you might do better with a small pharmacy. My friend (with a lot of health issues) here in Brooklyn had one and the pharmacist was able to flag prescriptions that wouldn't work together or to advise him how to take them so they did their job. Sadly, that guy decided to retire and overnight his shop closed and all prescriptions transferred to the local Rite Aid.
  3:58pm
Tony:

Why is Walgreens worse than Rite-Aid? Aren't they both just big evil corporations?
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TDK60:

Hello Fabio and strong ones.
Avatar 🎸 4:00pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

I recall at one point the common nickname for Rite-Aid was Contra Aid, which I suppose means BOTH: they were evil, and I'm a very old person.
  4:01pm
yippie:

in todays america i have to be my own doctor and pharmacist
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Lixiviated Life:

the mason jar vibrates across the desk top along a vector leading to the edge of the plane until my hand reaches out to dampen the waves in time to stop its progress.
the mason jar vibrates across the desk top along a vector leading to the edge of the plane until my hand reaches out to increase the waves in time to alter its progress.
the mason jar vibrates across the desk top along a vector leading to the edge of the plane until my hand reaches out to dampen the waves in time to stop its progress.
the mason jar vibrates across the desk top along a vector leading to the edge of the plane until my hand reaches out to dampen the waves but not in time to stop its progress.
the mason jar vibrates across the desk top along a vector leading to the edge of the plane until my hand reaches out to dampen the waves in time to stop its progress.

the multiverse (in 5 acts).
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chresti:

CVS gobbled up our local pharmacy
  4:05pm
Fredericks:

Phillip have you checked your forehead? That's usually where a fever shows itself first.
Avatar 🎸 4:05pm
Lixiviated Life:

maybe 4
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Looking forward to the day when 3D printers can manufacture whatever pills you need right in your own living space. Failure of the future!
Avatar 4:19pm
βrian:

Shofar so good.
  4:22pm
Ochre:

Shofar, yet so near, hear?
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mariano:

Why are limo drivers so happy around Passover? Because everyone wants to blow the shofar, waka waka.
  4:32pm
Ochre:

I don't think ICE is listening to this show, nor anyone who would call ICE. Though, there have been rumors that Fabio's playlist has been infiltrated by the CIA
Avatar 4:34pm
βrian:

The CIA? That explains the Saumon en Papillote!
  4:38pm
Ochre:

@Brian, do you mean "Papillon"?
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common:

Fabio all
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Rob (Jerzcity):

salmon in a butterfly may be a little too surrealist for them cooking kids
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:41pm
Rob (Jerzcity):

but I enjoy the imagery - like the tigers about to devour the bumblebee
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:46pm
tim from champaign (now washington):

New Swans?
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coelacanth∅))):

Tony (@3.58) i thought it might sound like i'm saying walgreens is much worse, but you're right they're both big corporations. of course.
it's just my experience (& that of others i know) that walgreens is much more impersonal in general; and my immediate experience when the local one changed over is that refilling a script involves more bullshit on the phone..more information required; and no shortcuts -and it can't be done except during the hours the pharmacy is open; whereas rite aid's system let me call it in at any time and they'd get it and fill it first thing in the morning. obviously walgreen's can do that too, but they choose not to.
(also their outgoing recorded message is so patronizing, with the faux-caring voice, it's offensive! -though that wouldn't be a reason to dis them)
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coelacanth∅))):

(heh -not wanting to dwell on it! i was away from the computer and just saw the post from before)
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common:

Swans!
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coelacanth∅))):

been liking the new swans
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mariano:

Speaking of salmon in butterfly, I'd heartily recommend the Salvador Dali cookbook, which was published a few years back after being out of print for a while. Really fun to look through.
Avatar 🎸 4:50pm
Lixiviated Life:

The Sun has a radius of 432,170 mi
It weighs in at 1.989 × 10^30 kg
and has a surface temperature of 5,778 K
I would NOT F@*K with the sun if I were you.
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coelacanth∅))):

but, some like it hot
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tim from champaign (now washington):

@coelacanth - me too. I was underwhelmed with the previous line up.
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coelacanth∅))):

tim, i concur
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Lixiviated Life:

@ coelacanth∅)))
Dude, in that case I hope you like punching up
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mariano:

So embarrassing, but I met Michael Gira once, didn't know it was him. Was at a rooftop 4th of July party, and we struck up a conversation. When he said he was a musician, I was like "Yeah? Me too - we should totally get together for a jam sometime!" Then he mentioned he was in Swans, and I felt donkey ears growing out of my head.
  4:54pm
Ochre:

@Mariano--yeah, I want to check that out. I was just throwing a wrench into the works by alluding to the movie, Papillon, about a jailbreak--crinimals!
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VincentNifigance:

@LiX: YES!
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tim from champaign (now washington):

@mariano - you're going about telling that story the wrong way. What you should say is "I met Michael Gira once and invited myself to join the Swans" ;)
  4:57pm
Tony:

@Coelacanth: OK so you are not saying Walgreens are more evil, but just more of a pain to deal with? I used Walgreens pharmacy at one point and found their customer service pretty bad. So I switched to Target, who seemed much better. But then the Target pharmacy became CVS.
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mariano:

@Ochre: Ooh, I haven't seen Papillon in years, was one of my favorites when I was a kid, thanks for the reminder!
@time: Haha! Yeah, forget what I said earlier: I offered to improve Swans with my metal-esque guitar noodling, and Michael Gira snubbed me because he was jealous of my talent.
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mariano:

*@tim, I meant, sorry.
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coelacanth∅))):

Tony basically yes. they *seem* worse! they're probably both terrible pigs but i'm not aware enough about either one's business practices to say one's more abominable as an entity than the other
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

i am unbelievably comfortable.
  5:09pm
ang Vélez:

That story about a “Puerto Rican getto” is soooo wrong. You guys have no idea.
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Franco Twinkie:

This is great, Rick. What a nauseating world you conjure. A fever dream in tropical colors.
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Lixiviated Life:

@ VincentNifigance
I appreciate the affirmative answer (I just don't recall the question)
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ParUbi:

What's the name of the book again?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 5:16pm
ParUbi:

Nvm, I see it in the playlist
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Aphidface:

Hi Rik, The Circle X sounds great across the years. It's Scott from Lick the Earth. Cheers
Avatar 🎸 5:19pm
Carmichael:

Don't worry, everyone. Zuckerberg will eventually have all our health info tucked safely away into the cloud where no one can touch it. Pffft!
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Carmichael:

Who is this guy talking? There is no visual explanation.
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ParUbi:

Rik Letendre of Circle X
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mariano:

@ang Vélez: Yeah, I was thinking "Why does he have a Spanish accent, but he doesn't pronounce Borinquen correctly?"
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mariano:

This is really gorgeous.
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Fredericks:

This Skullflower is creepy, heavy and beautiful. Very nice choice, Fabio.
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βrian:

Not Papillon, papillote. It's a parchment envelope if that matters. A lovely way to prepare salmon.

When I think of Papillon, I think of eating insects.
Avatar 5:48pm
βrian:

Eating insects in prison, specifically.
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common:

Nice
  5:57pm
Ochre:

Rik, you sound like a loverly gent. Thanks for sharing your writing--it's great!
Avatar 5:59pm
βrian:

Oh, you guys! Just quit it!
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mariano:

Great show, nice gabbin' with y'all!
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coelacanth∅))):

Thanks Fabio!
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