WFMU: Strength Through Failure with Fabio: Playlist from February 19, 2015

Listener comments!
	3:06pm sphere: hello fabio and folks
	3:06pm Rich in Washington: this looks like a real good place to put my lawnchair down....
	3:07pm TDK60: Hello Fabio. The friction emanating from that fiddle will warm us up!
	3:09pm bloopy: Hi fabiio
	3:09pm doca: Hello, Fabio, sphere, TDK, Rich and all. This fiddle (un)tune will be my first star of the show
	3:09pm doca: BTW, the album's title translates as "Burnt Shadows"
	3:11pm TofuGolem: ahhh... time to relax
	3:13pm bloopy: fabio have you seen seen 50 shades of grey
	3:14pm Pidge: Fabio, have you seen The Ghost and Mr. Chicken?
	3:15pm V Priceless: hey Fabio and all!
	3:17pm Ike: Fabio, have you seen The Quiet Earth? (Am I doing this wrong? Wait, so I was supposed to pick something schlocky? Oh well.)
	3:28pm TofuGolem: Fabio, have you seen Spongebob The Movie?
	3:28pm Jack: I loved the Holden Torana LJ in The Quiet Earth. I want one.
	3:29pm Arnold: Finally, a waltz.
	👻 3:31pm Ken From Hyde Park: Endless Summer? This one must be going out to the Southern Hemisphere.
	3:32pm Sem Chumbo: Hiya, Fabio, and those getting stronger.
	3:33pm Rich in Washington: I recently picked up a James Last record that does the James Last treatment to lots of Glam Rock 70s hits (Hawkwind, T Rex, etc).
	3:33pm Sem Chumbo: Unplayable James Last on the Fun 91?
	3:35pm TofuGolem: holds up his lighter "mr giant man!!!!"
	3:39pm Cecile: Rich, Last's version of Silver Machine is pretty great.
	3:42pm steve: hello. the Hallicrafters special last week was so good. long live analog.
	3:44pm Rich in Washington: Cecile: That's the one! Non Stop Dancing, 1973. Some crazy stuff besides the Hawkwind on that one.
	3:47pm Cecile: here's a medley www.youtube.com...
	3:52pm steve: how am i the only person who has clickied this. you people make me sick.
	3:53pm Concerned: Is this psychedelic. Could one classify it as such? If one were forced to do so?
	3:53pm Sem Chumbo: @Steve, haven't heard the big finish ( I hope!) yet.
	3:56pm northguineahills: Been cooking, steve....
	3:57pm TDK60: Wow, is the Leslie Gore really in the Gelmetti or is that you, Fab?
	3:59pm TDK60: One of the earliest feminist rock tunes!
	4:01pm kat330: Y@ TDK60:Yeah, sort of ironic to hear it on FMU (just joshin' ;)
	4:07pm Chris from DC: Wish I'd seen the Screamers. Amazing band.
	4:07pm coelacanth: olá Fabio; Failures.
	4:07pm DCE: phew, busy busy, but hello all!
	4:08pm DCE: guess who won Swans tickets on my local college station last night? that's right, I did.
	4:09pm coelacanth: 'not jealous at all...but i was about to go hit my head against a tree anyway.
	4:09pm Cecile: pumping iron is a great movie. and it really makes you appreciate Lou Ferrigno
	4:10pm TDK60: Swans are playin'? When/where?
	4:10pm Mary Wing: Aw, I was hoping for the oboes track...
	4:12pm coelacanth: i'm nearly positive i saw the screamers in the 80s in nj- somewhere small,like the dirt club. it's very hazy. 'saw bands 1-2X/week back then.
	4:12pm ?: only 4 left http://www.amazon.com/Screamers-Live-Francisco-September-1978/dp/B0002OOUGE but you can get in on DVD from Netflix too
	4:14pm DCE: Swans in CLE next Wednesday, sure they're coming to YOUR TOWN soon
	4:14pm coelacanth: ...maybe max's kansas city?
	4:15pm Chum: Hi! I'm Chum. :>)
	4:15pm Mary Wing: (Oh, it is the oboes track, my bad. I don't think I ever heard the beginning of it.)
	4:16pm Chris from DC: Yeah, I have that Screamers DVD, recommended.
	4:16pm coelacanth: hey there,Chum
	4:20pm nic: love this_audrey chen 2 !!!
	4:20pm TofuGolem: Oh noes, oboes!
	4:20pm DCE: hey coelacanth, i was listening to a comp called the Sound of Noise to Come (or something...) the other day, saw a track by a band with your name--was that you? kinda mathy/proggy bass'n'drums
	4:23pm Carmichael: OK, got here finally. Am ready for the drone, not quite for the Lesley Gore.
	4:24pm Chum: The music is complex. :>)
	4:26pm mushroomjesus: Complexity Through Failure
	4:27pm coelacanth: my name:"coelacanth"? no. ...i'll be famous after i'm dead,though!
	4:27pm mushroomjesus: rimshot
	4:29pm coelacanth: that reminds me,DCE- i have your bandcamp page bookmarked,and forgot! i'll check out your sounds this weekend. (when i'm home...on a good stereo.)
	4:30pm kat330: @coelacanth: On that subject and the Gore-y truth, female artists have to go to great lengths (or depths) to get airtime on FMU.
	4:31pm mushroomjesus: there are three females on this playlist alone, so far
	4:32pm kat330: Yep, it's been very refreshing, too.
	4:35pm mushroomjesus: do you have material online somewhere? curious to hear it.
	4:35pm kat330: @shroomjesus, sometime you might check out how many playlists don't include even one female artist, let alone anything close to 50%.
	4:36pm coelacanth: kat,i doubt there being an ulterior motive; i think it's just a matter of a preference to the sounds more often made by males. ..though i will say- if i had a show,there'd be a little more female presence- just because there are lots of female artists i like,that i NEVER hear on fmu.
	4:37pm kat330: @coelacanth: "ulterior motive" wasn't what I was suggesting. Motivation was my point. @shroomX: Are you asking me about material?
	4:37pm Mary Wing: I'd just like to point out that I play lots of chicks on my show!
	4:37pm coelacanth: (there are also many male artists i never or rarely hear on fmu.)
	4:39pm kat330: @Mary: Coool! I know, I'm sure there are a lot of DJ's I just never get to hear in the course of the day -- but then, one wonders why the ones who do are at late (for me) or even overnight hours. Some by choice, no doubt, but others .... ?
	4:39pm steve: can anyone name any other pieces which mix abstract/avantgarde/etc with 60s pop, besides the piece we just heard, and "You're No Good" by Terry Riley?
	4:39pm mushroomjesus: @kat330 yes, i want to hear what you have. Honestly, I rarely pay attention to the gender of who I'm listening to but maybe that's because I'm male.
	4:39pm Cecile: what about women who play in co-ed bands with a male lead singer?
	👻 4:40pm Rev. Turnip Druid: th'ARK!
	4:41pm kat330: @shroomX: Several of my pieces have kindly been aired on these waves and streams, but you can get the collection here: soundcloud.com... or freemusicarchive.org... [Bandcamp, too, but those links are at FMA]
	4:42pm coelacanth: it's true. Mary does. so does Irene.Trouble,Irwin,Rob,Bryce,Doug on the dtds stream...they all give a hearty dose of fe.
	4:42pm kat330: @Cecile: Yes, I know there are a few females in bands played, too, but it doesn't boost the ratios very much even if a M/F duo only.
	4:43pm kat330: Irene not so much actually. Is my kettle whistling?
	4:44pm Carmichael: Leave it to Cecile to throw the spanner in. :)
	4:45pm Cecile: shrugs shoulders I would have never learned about Linda Lewis, Clare and the Reasons, Kylesa and Annette Peacock if I didn't listen to FMU.
	4:46pm Cecile: I was heatedly debating the definition of chili while judging a contest at work, and someone asked me if I was a lawyer. hahahahhaha as if.
	4:46pm mushroomjesus: What's the proper ratio of female to male? Is that something DJs should even be paying attention to, instead of what sounds good for their set?
	4:46pm kat330: Hey, I'm just trying to open the conversation and maybe raise a little consciousness. For the most part, I personally prefer male vocals to female vocals, but that's a "courtship" response, as Mike East pointed to an article about.
	4:46pm mushroomjesus: @Cecile meat only, duh
	4:47pm mushroomjesus: @kat330 Oh, I prefer no vocals. Maybe that explains why I don't think gender matters in what's being played.
	4:49pm Carmichael: Now an all-female all-instrumental band, that would be something.
	4:49pm Cecile: @mushroomjesus I allowed for California and Midwest variations with beans and peppers, but not the cabbage soup with white beans someone tried to sneak in.
	4:50pm kat330: @shroomX: In that case, it will be slim pickings in my work, though my tribute to Jeff Buckley,"Gracewater Waltz" (Lamenstrumental™) and "Resolution #9" have little vocal.
	👻 4:51pm Rev. Turnip Druid: DIG.
	4:51pm Mary Wing: Carmichael, may I present to you Batala NYC: batala.nyc
	4:52pm Cecile: right on, mary!
	4:52pm coelacanth: does it matter? djs at fmu play what they want to hear,and if the ratio leans one way or the other,it's coincidence. ...of course,if you're trying to get a record deal,it probably wont be very fair. But that's a different group of people. Females are a hot commodity now-more than ever before,so a female can get signed more easily...but you'll probably be taken for a ride- and be expected to sell your music with sexiness.
	4:53pm Carmichael: Awesome, Mary!
	4:54pm mushroomjesus: The Failure of Genitalia
	4:55pm coelacanth: ...and i don't think djs should ever consider it, because i wouldn't want protocol to interfere with good programming.
	4:55pm Cecile: I dunno. Although I hate more current pop music, there are a lot of strong female players who can read the legal fine print, and if they want to dance around in the altogether, then right on. I just want Weird Al Yankovic to parody a Sia video.
	4:56pm kat330: @Mary: Yes, thank you for that link /info! We just revisited the film "Cabaret" a few days ago. Now there's your all-female band!
	4:56pm Cecile: she is so fucking unintentionally hilarious.
	4:56pm Cecile: Beyoncé has an all female band.
	4:58pm coelacanth: i don't have a problem with that. i just think the execs will assume otherwise & write up a lesser deal for females, some of the time.
	4:58pm kat330: On some other list I made the distinction about lack of F representation not being such an issue in Top 40. That's not my thing, however, and FMU often is. There are plenty of great experimental, Indie females: Tuneyards, St. Vincent to name a couple.
	4:59pm steve: you people may be interested to know... the tides may be turning - im teaching a class on electronics for analog synthesizers and effects at a college music department and, for what has to be the first time in the program's history, students are over 50% female.
	4:59pm Cecile: they'll do that for black artists, and Latino artists, and pretty much anyone who doesn't have a high-powered lawyer on retainer.
	4:59pm Cecile: that's cool, steve
	4:59pm kat330: I do hear them on WFPK, my local public radio, but I'd like not to channel hop or spin the dial so much.
	5:00pm kat330: @steve: That is indeed encouraging.
	5:00pm Cecile: Sia is almost as hilarious as Swans.
	5:04pm coelacanth: ooioo,nervous cop,magik markers-back in the day... but the ratio is far from even,and the selections played reflect that.
	5:04pm Mary Wing: Sia should do a Swans cover album.
	5:04pm kat330: "Sambalanche of music and dance," ha!
	5:06pm Carmichael: It sounds like a good thing that I don't know who Sia is.
	5:07pm kat330: For a flower of a different color: apod.nasa.gov... -- and then compare with this lavender chrysanthemum: naughtymonkeys.smugmug.com...
	5:08pm mushroomjesus: Glad I'm not the only one wondering about this "Sia" person/thing/band.
	5:09pm Claw!: Cecile, this is for you: www.buzzfeed.com... Just got this in my inbox, and I immediately thought of you. ;)
	5:10pm kat330: @coelacanth: I must disagree. While true, the ratios are certainly not 50/50 as fair representation would dictate, but they are far better than the playlists here reflect. People just have to spend a moment to hunt and listen instead of going by each other's or a blog's recommendation.
	5:12pm Cecile: claw, that article is so hot that it makes a dragon want to retire, man.
	5:13pm Cecile: Carm, I envy your Sia-free existence.
	5:13pm mushroomjesus: OMG A FEMALE GUEST
	5:13pm kat330: I'm equally Sia-free. I've seen only as much as a platinum hairball when fast-forwarding.
	5:14pm Claw!: Haha.... yeah, I thought you'd feel that way.
	5:14pm Claw!: What is a Sia? Is that a new car model?
	5:14pm mushroomjesus: The guest ratio today seems to be 1:1 female to male. Oh wait, maybe 1:2, I can't tell.
	5:16pm V Priceless: saw Sia with Zero 7 back in '07 - I think her stint singing with them kinda put her on the map, though I could be mistaken.
	5:16pm kat330: Something tells me Jesus, even on mushrooms, would not be quite so snarky.
	5:16pm coelacanth: as i said,if I had a show,there'd be more female. ooioo,nervous cop,Scout Niblett,Joanna Molina,Katell Keineg,Susie Ibara,Margaret Lang Ten,Trost (etc) i rarely or never hear these people here.
	5:17pm Cecile: I love some of her stuff with Zero 7, but the stuff she writes now is kind of batshit crazy emo drool.
	5:17pm Cecile: I would only play Hatebeak and the Singing Dogs and whale sounds.
	5:18pm coelacanth: (JUANA Molina...and Joanna Newsom!)
	5:18pm mushroomjesus: I would only play female choir music.
	5:19pm mushroomjesus: On another note, or not, I did miss the two-night all-female experimental showcase here in town last week :-/
	5:19pm Cecile: I would only play music of animals who have been neutered. Break the tyranny of gendered human superiority!
	5:19pm Mark: Such as Trio Medieval, which is in my heavy rotation this week. Three amazing voices. Warning: It's very churchy, though. But beautiful
	5:20pm V Priceless: @ Cecile: I haven't heard it...she has a kinda pouty delivery that is borderline maddening, even on some of the Zero 7 tracks.
	5:20pm Claw!: Hatebeak?? Singing Dogs??? NOW you're speaking my language! Cecile, I love you.
	5:21pm coelacanth: or animals in the process of being neutered.
	5:21pm Cecile: yeah, well, she's made a huge run for the border now, VP. back at you claw!
	5:22pm Marcel M: Fabio and friends. Hello!
	5:22pm kat330: Yes, Juana Molina!
	5:22pm V Priceless: haha...glad I've missed it then!
	5:23pm Claw!: Hola, Marcel!
	5:23pm Cecile: if you really want to have a WTF moment, watch Sia's "Chandeliers" video. I think it's awesomely bad, but YMMV
	5:25pm Mark: Love Juana Molina. Also, is it lame to love Fiona Apple? I think she's brilliant. She releases albums very infrequently, though. I'm actually a little worried about her.
	5:25pm kat330: @coelacanth: And Rita Indiana.
	5:26pm Cecile: my friend adores Fiona.
	5:27pm kat330: @Mark: I say a fervent "no." I don't know why certain artists are deemed "taboo" to play here. It seems there are personal reasons why many artists are ignored, esp. when you compare their output with what is aired.
	5:27pm Marcel M: Hi Claw! Finally inside from the cold.
	5:28pm kat330: Once a top-dog "purveyor of taste" says so-and-so is "no good," then there is a trickle down effect where it becomes general agreement. I hate that.
	5:29pm mushroomjesus: Personally, I think Fabio should play more Kanye West.
	5:29pm Stepchild: Hi all. Are there taboo artists here?? I think if we want to compare them, we should be fair and name them and who we think is being played that "compares"...
	5:29pm kat330: It's high school.
	5:30pm Donkeyking: get to the Center Divider already!!!
	5:31pm kat330: @Stepchild: It's an implicit rather than explicit thing. Being explicit would require explanation why someone who creates a great something from nothing is overlooked in favor of a screaming child, for e.g.
	5:31pm Marcel M: I think individual DJs choose not to play things because of their own taste, and looking at it as WFMU as a whole having an agenda is wrong. Sort of like false pattern recognition.
	5:32pm mushroomjesus: I don't know, I think it's more fun to have a conspiracy.
	5:32pm Stepchild: Yeah, I'm comfortable saying I'd require explanation
	5:32pm sdfjoness: Nice, thanks.
	5:33pm kat330: @Marcel: Hey, I know I'm not going to even begin to convince anyone of what I've observed, so I'll just stop trying. The proof is in the playlists, and now I'm off to prepare an evening repast. Maybe I can convince Philo to take over. ;)
	5:34pm V Priceless: Really digging this Crater Lake track!
	5:34pm Carmichael: As someone eloquently stated earlier, FMU DJs usually play what THEY like, so listen or don't. I thought I knew a lot about artists in general, but my FMU batting average is only about .125. That's why I listen to most shows here.
	5:34pm Marcel M: I think we've all observed that Fiona Apple doesn't get heavy airplay here Kat hehe. I see your point but I just don't see it as problematic.
	5:35pm Marcel M: Amen Carmichael
	5:38pm JakeGould: Hi all! @kat330: Take a nap.
	5:39pm A Screaming Strawchild: Hey everyone. Loving the show today Fabio!!
	5:40pm V Priceless: if there's one thing I've learned from listening to FMU, it's how much I don't know about all kinds of music, and how such a big chunck of it is joined at the hip in some subtle way...well, that's two things..see, what do I know?
	5:40pm Cecile: connections are everywhere.
	5:40pm Donkeyking: tears in my eyes. thats beautiful stuff!!
	5:42pm Marcel M: We are getting deep on the boards tonight! Hi Priceless!
	5:42pm coelacanth: what you've observed is a free form station. there is certainly no agenda,which is your implication. yes,there are people who are deemed "un-cool"...by the comment-board people as well. But there are djs brave enough to ignore that,fortunately.
	5:43pm mushroomjesus: How appropriate... "songs about women killing men"
	5:43pm V Priceless: Meat Loaf, on the other hand....is what's for dinner! Hey Marcel!
	5:43pm Cecile: it's all beautiful, even when I don't like it.
	5:45pm Cecile: I used to get all your answers, but I don't live in NYC, oy
	5:45pm JakeGould: Atticus Finch!
	5:45pm Cecile: Atticus Finch!
	5:45pm Cecile: once again, no tix. But right answer.
	5:46pm JakeGould: I like all of the “No Prizes” I have won already.
	5:49pm coelacanth: i could name 100 artists i like that are nowhere in the playlist search. some are commercially successful,which probably influences the majority of djs here to not play it; & some are as obscure as anything...of both sexes. it is a non-issue.
	5:49pm dale: no one knows the answer to this? if i lived in the city i would have been on the phone in two seconds
	5:50pm Cecile: Me and jake had the answer
	5:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Failure to miss the show entirely.
	5:53pm JakeGould: @coelacanth, give it a rest. Kat330 is simply being a troll. When people point out to her that there are female DJs playing music by female fronted bands and provide proof, guess what? She then goes on a screed about how it’s only a certain type of female music that is played. It’s all nonsense.
	5:53pm dale: i know, i did too, but no one in radiola land
	5:54pm A Screaming Strawchild: Ding!
	5:54pm mushroomjesus: @Revolution Rabbit You only missed some good music and some trolling.
	5:54pm coelacanth: right,Jake. i guess it's pointless.
	5:55pm Matt from Springfield: Clay's Panel!
	5:55pm MenfussMike: i heard the other day that Harper Lee makes $9000 per day on royalties.
	👻 5:55pm Rev. Turnip Druid: HELL YES FOR THE LEOS!
	5:56pm Matt from Springfield: @MenfussMike: Pretty fine for a one-hit wonder! I hope her new book will add another worthwhile story to her bibliography.
	5:57pm Matt from Springfield: "Flushed and Hot: The guest panel with Fab and Clay"
	5:57pm coelacanth: i could only see lynard skynard by accident.
	5:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I'm ♌Leo Rising...means I care about my hair but I don't have enuff...
	5:57pm Cecile: YES RIGHT ANSWER whoo!
	5:57pm mushroomjesus: Fabio and Clay should have a buddy cop show, with lots of interrogation.
	5:58pm MenfussMike: i love FOGHAT, saw em open for Triumph
	5:58pm JakeGould: @MenfussMike: And her laywer takes a good chuck of whatever she makes per day. That’s part of the controversy with this “new” novel: Her sister who was here lawyer for years passed away… And then suddenly after she passes away a “new” book comes out? Smells fishy.
	5:58pm V Priceless: Clay, u gotta lobby for 3 hours...
	5:59pm Cecile: the Fool for the City album is great pop-blues.
	5:59pm dale: i'd like that - good cop wacky cop
	5:59pm david_: Your Dusty intensive coming up at 6…
	5:59pm MenfussMike: I could't believe it when I heard it that she made a cool 9K per day, but the radio source graduated from Harvard, so....
	6:00pm Matt from Springfield: Buckling up for the Dusty Intensive Collision!
	6:00pm MenfussMike: The first Foghat and Live albums were killer.
	6:00pm Cecile: OH NO
	7:21pm Philo Gristle: @JakeGould How brave to wait until kat leaves the room to start bitching. If she has an opinion, she’s a troll? All of her comments were reasonably stated, but sounds like you think women shouldn’t speak their mind. And then you say so after she's off the list? How very manly. Feel free to check some playlists to see that the gender disparity is also very true. Not just music, but also due to the dismissal of many female djs recently. DJs are welcome to play what they like, but what's wrong with discussing and bringing attention to the subject?
	5:28pm Lulu: Lesley Gore <3

Strength Through Failure with Fabio: Playlist from February 19, 2015

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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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February 19, 2015: What am I gonna do without Failure?

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Artist	Track	Album	Label	Approx. start time
James Last	Mr. Giant Man "Mr. Giant Man" by "James Last"	Voodoo Party	Polydor	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
David Maranha & Helena Espvall	Sandracca	Sombras Incendiadas	Three:Four	0:07:19 (Pop-up)
Mnemonists Orchestra	Fragments 1-3	Some Attributes of a Living System	DYS	0:18:22 (Pop-up)
Audrey Chen & Robert Van Heumen	Endless Summer	Abattoir	Evil Rabbit	0:20:50 (Pop-up)

Lesley Gore	What Am I Gonna Do With You?	My Town, My Guy & Me	Mercury	0:36:20 (Pop-up)
Vittorio Gelmetti	L'opera Abbandonata tace e volge la sua cavita verso l'esterno	Musiche Elettroniche	Nepless	0:42:14 (Pop-up)
Lesley Gore	You Don't Own Me "You Don't Own Me" by "Lesley Gore"	The Golden hits of Lesley Gore	Mercury	0:57:42 (Pop-up)

Brent Fariss	Folk Song For 27 Oboes (excerpt)	Folk Song For 27 Oboes	Kendra Steiner Editions	1:12:54 (Pop-up)
Tolerance	Untitled "Untitled" by "Tolerance"	anonym	No Label	1:20:10 (Pop-up)
Ludo Mich & Blood Stereo	The Peeling Spirit	From Tapes & Throats	Giant Tank	1:28:40 (Pop-up)
Ghédalia Tazartès	Untitled "Untitled" by "Ghédalia Tazartès"	Repas Froid	Tanz Procesz	1:30:46 (Pop-up)

Bernard Parmegiani	Et Après... "Et Après..." by "Bernard Parmegiani"	Pop Eclectic	Plate Lunch	1:44:00 (Pop-up)
Black Hat	Memory Triptych [excerpt]	Thought of Two	Hausu Mountain	2:00:10 (Pop-up)
Jar Mof	Commercial Mouth (excerpt)	Commercial Mouth	Pan	2:06:13 (Pop-up)

Enablers	West Virginia "West Virginia" by "Enablers"	The Rightful Pivot	Lancashire and Somerset Dance Society	2:15:50 (Pop-up)
Insect Ark	Crater Lake "Crater Lake" by "Insect Ark"	Portal Well	Autumn Songs	2:19:35 (Pop-up)
Kayo Dot	Library Subterranean "Library Subterranean" by "Kayo Dot"	Coffins on IO	The Flenser	2:35:54 (Pop-up)
Center Divider	Hank "Hank" by "Center Divider"	Songs about Women Killing Men	Psychic Mule	2:38:00 (Pop-up)
insect Ark	Parallel Twin "Parallel Twin" by "insect Ark"	Portal Well	Autumn Songs	2:54:57 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:06pm sphere: hello fabio and folks
	3:06pm Rich in Washington: this looks like a real good place to put my lawnchair down....
	3:07pm TDK60: Hello Fabio. The friction emanating from that fiddle will warm us up!
	3:09pm bloopy: Hi fabiio
	3:09pm doca: Hello, Fabio, sphere, TDK, Rich and all. This fiddle (un)tune will be my first star of the show
	3:09pm doca: BTW, the album's title translates as "Burnt Shadows"
	3:11pm TofuGolem: ahhh... time to relax
	3:13pm bloopy: fabio have you seen seen 50 shades of grey
	3:14pm Pidge: Fabio, have you seen The Ghost and Mr. Chicken?
	3:15pm V Priceless: hey Fabio and all!
	3:17pm Ike: Fabio, have you seen The Quiet Earth? (Am I doing this wrong? Wait, so I was supposed to pick something schlocky? Oh well.)
	3:28pm TofuGolem: Fabio, have you seen Spongebob The Movie?
	3:28pm Jack: I loved the Holden Torana LJ in The Quiet Earth. I want one.
	3:29pm Arnold: Finally, a waltz.
	👻 3:31pm Ken From Hyde Park: Endless Summer? This one must be going out to the Southern Hemisphere.
	3:32pm Sem Chumbo: Hiya, Fabio, and those getting stronger.
	3:33pm Rich in Washington: I recently picked up a James Last record that does the James Last treatment to lots of Glam Rock 70s hits (Hawkwind, T Rex, etc).
	3:33pm Sem Chumbo: Unplayable James Last on the Fun 91?
	3:35pm TofuGolem: holds up his lighter "mr giant man!!!!"
	3:39pm Cecile: Rich, Last's version of Silver Machine is pretty great.
	3:42pm steve: hello. the Hallicrafters special last week was so good. long live analog.
	3:44pm Rich in Washington: Cecile: That's the one! Non Stop Dancing, 1973. Some crazy stuff besides the Hawkwind on that one.
	3:47pm Cecile: here's a medley www.youtube.com...
	3:52pm steve: how am i the only person who has clickied this. you people make me sick.
	3:53pm Concerned: Is this psychedelic. Could one classify it as such? If one were forced to do so?
	3:53pm Sem Chumbo: @Steve, haven't heard the big finish ( I hope!) yet.
	3:56pm northguineahills: Been cooking, steve....
	3:57pm TDK60: Wow, is the Leslie Gore really in the Gelmetti or is that you, Fab?
	3:59pm TDK60: One of the earliest feminist rock tunes!
	4:01pm kat330: Y@ TDK60:Yeah, sort of ironic to hear it on FMU (just joshin' ;)
	4:07pm Chris from DC: Wish I'd seen the Screamers. Amazing band.
	4:07pm coelacanth: olá Fabio; Failures.
	4:07pm DCE: phew, busy busy, but hello all!
	4:08pm DCE: guess who won Swans tickets on my local college station last night? that's right, I did.
	4:09pm coelacanth: 'not jealous at all...but i was about to go hit my head against a tree anyway.
	4:09pm Cecile: pumping iron is a great movie. and it really makes you appreciate Lou Ferrigno
	4:10pm TDK60: Swans are playin'? When/where?
	4:10pm Mary Wing: Aw, I was hoping for the oboes track...
	4:12pm coelacanth: i'm nearly positive i saw the screamers in the 80s in nj- somewhere small,like the dirt club. it's very hazy. 'saw bands 1-2X/week back then.
	4:12pm ?: only 4 left http://www.amazon.com/Screamers-Live-Francisco-September-1978/dp/B0002OOUGE but you can get in on DVD from Netflix too
	4:14pm DCE: Swans in CLE next Wednesday, sure they're coming to YOUR TOWN soon
	4:14pm coelacanth: ...maybe max's kansas city?
	4:15pm Chum: Hi! I'm Chum. :>)
	4:15pm Mary Wing: (Oh, it is the oboes track, my bad. I don't think I ever heard the beginning of it.)
	4:16pm Chris from DC: Yeah, I have that Screamers DVD, recommended.
	4:16pm coelacanth: hey there,Chum
	4:20pm nic: love this_audrey chen 2 !!!
	4:20pm TofuGolem: Oh noes, oboes!
	4:20pm DCE: hey coelacanth, i was listening to a comp called the Sound of Noise to Come (or something...) the other day, saw a track by a band with your name--was that you? kinda mathy/proggy bass'n'drums
	4:23pm Carmichael: OK, got here finally. Am ready for the drone, not quite for the Lesley Gore.
	4:24pm Chum: The music is complex. :>)
	4:26pm mushroomjesus: Complexity Through Failure
	4:27pm coelacanth: my name:"coelacanth"? no. ...i'll be famous after i'm dead,though!
	4:27pm mushroomjesus: rimshot
	4:29pm coelacanth: that reminds me,DCE- i have your bandcamp page bookmarked,and forgot! i'll check out your sounds this weekend. (when i'm home...on a good stereo.)
	4:30pm kat330: @coelacanth: On that subject and the Gore-y truth, female artists have to go to great lengths (or depths) to get airtime on FMU.
	4:31pm mushroomjesus: there are three females on this playlist alone, so far
	4:32pm kat330: Yep, it's been very refreshing, too.
	4:35pm mushroomjesus: do you have material online somewhere? curious to hear it.
	4:35pm kat330: @shroomjesus, sometime you might check out how many playlists don't include even one female artist, let alone anything close to 50%.
	4:36pm coelacanth: kat,i doubt there being an ulterior motive; i think it's just a matter of a preference to the sounds more often made by males. ..though i will say- if i had a show,there'd be a little more female presence- just because there are lots of female artists i like,that i NEVER hear on fmu.
	4:37pm kat330: @coelacanth: "ulterior motive" wasn't what I was suggesting. Motivation was my point. @shroomX: Are you asking me about material?
	4:37pm Mary Wing: I'd just like to point out that I play lots of chicks on my show!
	4:37pm coelacanth: (there are also many male artists i never or rarely hear on fmu.)
	4:39pm kat330: @Mary: Coool! I know, I'm sure there are a lot of DJ's I just never get to hear in the course of the day -- but then, one wonders why the ones who do are at late (for me) or even overnight hours. Some by choice, no doubt, but others .... ?
	4:39pm steve: can anyone name any other pieces which mix abstract/avantgarde/etc with 60s pop, besides the piece we just heard, and "You're No Good" by Terry Riley?
	4:39pm mushroomjesus: @kat330 yes, i want to hear what you have. Honestly, I rarely pay attention to the gender of who I'm listening to but maybe that's because I'm male.
	4:39pm Cecile: what about women who play in co-ed bands with a male lead singer?
	👻 4:40pm Rev. Turnip Druid: th'ARK!
	4:41pm kat330: @shroomX: Several of my pieces have kindly been aired on these waves and streams, but you can get the collection here: soundcloud.com... or freemusicarchive.org... [Bandcamp, too, but those links are at FMA]
	4:42pm coelacanth: it's true. Mary does. so does Irene.Trouble,Irwin,Rob,Bryce,Doug on the dtds stream...they all give a hearty dose of fe.
	4:42pm kat330: @Cecile: Yes, I know there are a few females in bands played, too, but it doesn't boost the ratios very much even if a M/F duo only.
	4:43pm kat330: Irene not so much actually. Is my kettle whistling?
	4:44pm Carmichael: Leave it to Cecile to throw the spanner in. :)
	4:45pm Cecile: shrugs shoulders I would have never learned about Linda Lewis, Clare and the Reasons, Kylesa and Annette Peacock if I didn't listen to FMU.
	4:46pm Cecile: I was heatedly debating the definition of chili while judging a contest at work, and someone asked me if I was a lawyer. hahahahhaha as if.
	4:46pm mushroomjesus: What's the proper ratio of female to male? Is that something DJs should even be paying attention to, instead of what sounds good for their set?
	4:46pm kat330: Hey, I'm just trying to open the conversation and maybe raise a little consciousness. For the most part, I personally prefer male vocals to female vocals, but that's a "courtship" response, as Mike East pointed to an article about.
	4:46pm mushroomjesus: @Cecile meat only, duh
	4:47pm mushroomjesus: @kat330 Oh, I prefer no vocals. Maybe that explains why I don't think gender matters in what's being played.
	4:49pm Carmichael: Now an all-female all-instrumental band, that would be something.
	4:49pm Cecile: @mushroomjesus I allowed for California and Midwest variations with beans and peppers, but not the cabbage soup with white beans someone tried to sneak in.
	4:50pm kat330: @shroomX: In that case, it will be slim pickings in my work, though my tribute to Jeff Buckley,"Gracewater Waltz" (Lamenstrumental™) and "Resolution #9" have little vocal.
	👻 4:51pm Rev. Turnip Druid: DIG.
	4:51pm Mary Wing: Carmichael, may I present to you Batala NYC: batala.nyc
	4:52pm Cecile: right on, mary!
	4:52pm coelacanth: does it matter? djs at fmu play what they want to hear,and if the ratio leans one way or the other,it's coincidence. ...of course,if you're trying to get a record deal,it probably wont be very fair. But that's a different group of people. Females are a hot commodity now-more than ever before,so a female can get signed more easily...but you'll probably be taken for a ride- and be expected to sell your music with sexiness.
	4:53pm Carmichael: Awesome, Mary!
	4:54pm mushroomjesus: The Failure of Genitalia
	4:55pm coelacanth: ...and i don't think djs should ever consider it, because i wouldn't want protocol to interfere with good programming.
	4:55pm Cecile: I dunno. Although I hate more current pop music, there are a lot of strong female players who can read the legal fine print, and if they want to dance around in the altogether, then right on. I just want Weird Al Yankovic to parody a Sia video.
	4:56pm kat330: @Mary: Yes, thank you for that link /info! We just revisited the film "Cabaret" a few days ago. Now there's your all-female band!
	4:56pm Cecile: she is so fucking unintentionally hilarious.
	4:56pm Cecile: Beyoncé has an all female band.
	4:58pm coelacanth: i don't have a problem with that. i just think the execs will assume otherwise & write up a lesser deal for females, some of the time.
	4:58pm kat330: On some other list I made the distinction about lack of F representation not being such an issue in Top 40. That's not my thing, however, and FMU often is. There are plenty of great experimental, Indie females: Tuneyards, St. Vincent to name a couple.
	4:59pm steve: you people may be interested to know... the tides may be turning - im teaching a class on electronics for analog synthesizers and effects at a college music department and, for what has to be the first time in the program's history, students are over 50% female.
	4:59pm Cecile: they'll do that for black artists, and Latino artists, and pretty much anyone who doesn't have a high-powered lawyer on retainer.
	4:59pm Cecile: that's cool, steve
	4:59pm kat330: I do hear them on WFPK, my local public radio, but I'd like not to channel hop or spin the dial so much.
	5:00pm kat330: @steve: That is indeed encouraging.
	5:00pm Cecile: Sia is almost as hilarious as Swans.
	5:04pm coelacanth: ooioo,nervous cop,magik markers-back in the day... but the ratio is far from even,and the selections played reflect that.
	5:04pm Mary Wing: Sia should do a Swans cover album.
	5:04pm kat330: "Sambalanche of music and dance," ha!
	5:06pm Carmichael: It sounds like a good thing that I don't know who Sia is.
	5:07pm kat330: For a flower of a different color: apod.nasa.gov... -- and then compare with this lavender chrysanthemum: naughtymonkeys.smugmug.com...
	5:08pm mushroomjesus: Glad I'm not the only one wondering about this "Sia" person/thing/band.
	5:09pm Claw!: Cecile, this is for you: www.buzzfeed.com... Just got this in my inbox, and I immediately thought of you. ;)
	5:10pm kat330: @coelacanth: I must disagree. While true, the ratios are certainly not 50/50 as fair representation would dictate, but they are far better than the playlists here reflect. People just have to spend a moment to hunt and listen instead of going by each other's or a blog's recommendation.
	5:12pm Cecile: claw, that article is so hot that it makes a dragon want to retire, man.
	5:13pm Cecile: Carm, I envy your Sia-free existence.
	5:13pm mushroomjesus: OMG A FEMALE GUEST
	5:13pm kat330: I'm equally Sia-free. I've seen only as much as a platinum hairball when fast-forwarding.
	5:14pm Claw!: Haha.... yeah, I thought you'd feel that way.
	5:14pm Claw!: What is a Sia? Is that a new car model?
	5:14pm mushroomjesus: The guest ratio today seems to be 1:1 female to male. Oh wait, maybe 1:2, I can't tell.
	5:16pm V Priceless: saw Sia with Zero 7 back in '07 - I think her stint singing with them kinda put her on the map, though I could be mistaken.
	5:16pm kat330: Something tells me Jesus, even on mushrooms, would not be quite so snarky.
	5:16pm coelacanth: as i said,if I had a show,there'd be more female. ooioo,nervous cop,Scout Niblett,Joanna Molina,Katell Keineg,Susie Ibara,Margaret Lang Ten,Trost (etc) i rarely or never hear these people here.
	5:17pm Cecile: I love some of her stuff with Zero 7, but the stuff she writes now is kind of batshit crazy emo drool.
	5:17pm Cecile: I would only play Hatebeak and the Singing Dogs and whale sounds.
	5:18pm coelacanth: (JUANA Molina...and Joanna Newsom!)
	5:18pm mushroomjesus: I would only play female choir music.
	5:19pm mushroomjesus: On another note, or not, I did miss the two-night all-female experimental showcase here in town last week :-/
	5:19pm Cecile: I would only play music of animals who have been neutered. Break the tyranny of gendered human superiority!
	5:19pm Mark: Such as Trio Medieval, which is in my heavy rotation this week. Three amazing voices. Warning: It's very churchy, though. But beautiful
	5:20pm V Priceless: @ Cecile: I haven't heard it...she has a kinda pouty delivery that is borderline maddening, even on some of the Zero 7 tracks.
	5:20pm Claw!: Hatebeak?? Singing Dogs??? NOW you're speaking my language! Cecile, I love you.
	5:21pm coelacanth: or animals in the process of being neutered.
	5:21pm Cecile: yeah, well, she's made a huge run for the border now, VP. back at you claw!
	5:22pm Marcel M: Fabio and friends. Hello!
	5:22pm kat330: Yes, Juana Molina!
	5:22pm V Priceless: haha...glad I've missed it then!
	5:23pm Claw!: Hola, Marcel!
	5:23pm Cecile: if you really want to have a WTF moment, watch Sia's "Chandeliers" video. I think it's awesomely bad, but YMMV
	5:25pm Mark: Love Juana Molina. Also, is it lame to love Fiona Apple? I think she's brilliant. She releases albums very infrequently, though. I'm actually a little worried about her.
	5:25pm kat330: @coelacanth: And Rita Indiana.
	5:26pm Cecile: my friend adores Fiona.
	5:27pm kat330: @Mark: I say a fervent "no." I don't know why certain artists are deemed "taboo" to play here. It seems there are personal reasons why many artists are ignored, esp. when you compare their output with what is aired.
	5:27pm Marcel M: Hi Claw! Finally inside from the cold.
	5:28pm kat330: Once a top-dog "purveyor of taste" says so-and-so is "no good," then there is a trickle down effect where it becomes general agreement. I hate that.
	5:29pm mushroomjesus: Personally, I think Fabio should play more Kanye West.
	5:29pm Stepchild: Hi all. Are there taboo artists here?? I think if we want to compare them, we should be fair and name them and who we think is being played that "compares"...
	5:29pm kat330: It's high school.
	5:30pm Donkeyking: get to the Center Divider already!!!
	5:31pm kat330: @Stepchild: It's an implicit rather than explicit thing. Being explicit would require explanation why someone who creates a great something from nothing is overlooked in favor of a screaming child, for e.g.
	5:31pm Marcel M: I think individual DJs choose not to play things because of their own taste, and looking at it as WFMU as a whole having an agenda is wrong. Sort of like false pattern recognition.
	5:32pm mushroomjesus: I don't know, I think it's more fun to have a conspiracy.
	5:32pm Stepchild: Yeah, I'm comfortable saying I'd require explanation
	5:32pm sdfjoness: Nice, thanks.
	5:33pm kat330: @Marcel: Hey, I know I'm not going to even begin to convince anyone of what I've observed, so I'll just stop trying. The proof is in the playlists, and now I'm off to prepare an evening repast. Maybe I can convince Philo to take over. ;)
	5:34pm V Priceless: Really digging this Crater Lake track!
	5:34pm Carmichael: As someone eloquently stated earlier, FMU DJs usually play what THEY like, so listen or don't. I thought I knew a lot about artists in general, but my FMU batting average is only about .125. That's why I listen to most shows here.
	5:34pm Marcel M: I think we've all observed that Fiona Apple doesn't get heavy airplay here Kat hehe. I see your point but I just don't see it as problematic.
	5:35pm Marcel M: Amen Carmichael
	5:38pm JakeGould: Hi all! @kat330: Take a nap.
	5:39pm A Screaming Strawchild: Hey everyone. Loving the show today Fabio!!
	5:40pm V Priceless: if there's one thing I've learned from listening to FMU, it's how much I don't know about all kinds of music, and how such a big chunck of it is joined at the hip in some subtle way...well, that's two things..see, what do I know?
	5:40pm Cecile: connections are everywhere.
	5:40pm Donkeyking: tears in my eyes. thats beautiful stuff!!
	5:42pm Marcel M: We are getting deep on the boards tonight! Hi Priceless!
	5:42pm coelacanth: what you've observed is a free form station. there is certainly no agenda,which is your implication. yes,there are people who are deemed "un-cool"...by the comment-board people as well. But there are djs brave enough to ignore that,fortunately.
	5:43pm mushroomjesus: How appropriate... "songs about women killing men"
	5:43pm V Priceless: Meat Loaf, on the other hand....is what's for dinner! Hey Marcel!
	5:43pm Cecile: it's all beautiful, even when I don't like it.
	5:45pm Cecile: I used to get all your answers, but I don't live in NYC, oy
	5:45pm JakeGould: Atticus Finch!
	5:45pm Cecile: Atticus Finch!
	5:45pm Cecile: once again, no tix. But right answer.
	5:46pm JakeGould: I like all of the “No Prizes” I have won already.
	5:49pm coelacanth: i could name 100 artists i like that are nowhere in the playlist search. some are commercially successful,which probably influences the majority of djs here to not play it; & some are as obscure as anything...of both sexes. it is a non-issue.
	5:49pm dale: no one knows the answer to this? if i lived in the city i would have been on the phone in two seconds
	5:50pm Cecile: Me and jake had the answer
	5:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Failure to miss the show entirely.
	5:53pm JakeGould: @coelacanth, give it a rest. Kat330 is simply being a troll. When people point out to her that there are female DJs playing music by female fronted bands and provide proof, guess what? She then goes on a screed about how it’s only a certain type of female music that is played. It’s all nonsense.
	5:53pm dale: i know, i did too, but no one in radiola land
	5:54pm A Screaming Strawchild: Ding!
	5:54pm mushroomjesus: @Revolution Rabbit You only missed some good music and some trolling.
	5:54pm coelacanth: right,Jake. i guess it's pointless.
	5:55pm Matt from Springfield: Clay's Panel!
	5:55pm MenfussMike: i heard the other day that Harper Lee makes $9000 per day on royalties.
	👻 5:55pm Rev. Turnip Druid: HELL YES FOR THE LEOS!
	5:56pm Matt from Springfield: @MenfussMike: Pretty fine for a one-hit wonder! I hope her new book will add another worthwhile story to her bibliography.
	5:57pm Matt from Springfield: "Flushed and Hot: The guest panel with Fab and Clay"
	5:57pm coelacanth: i could only see lynard skynard by accident.
	5:57pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I'm ♌Leo Rising...means I care about my hair but I don't have enuff...
	5:57pm Cecile: YES RIGHT ANSWER whoo!
	5:57pm mushroomjesus: Fabio and Clay should have a buddy cop show, with lots of interrogation.
	5:58pm MenfussMike: i love FOGHAT, saw em open for Triumph
	5:58pm JakeGould: @MenfussMike: And her laywer takes a good chuck of whatever she makes per day. That’s part of the controversy with this “new” novel: Her sister who was here lawyer for years passed away… And then suddenly after she passes away a “new” book comes out? Smells fishy.
	5:58pm V Priceless: Clay, u gotta lobby for 3 hours...
	5:59pm Cecile: the Fool for the City album is great pop-blues.
	5:59pm dale: i'd like that - good cop wacky cop
	5:59pm david_: Your Dusty intensive coming up at 6…
	5:59pm MenfussMike: I could't believe it when I heard it that she made a cool 9K per day, but the radio source graduated from Harvard, so....
	6:00pm Matt from Springfield: Buckling up for the Dusty Intensive Collision!
	6:00pm MenfussMike: The first Foghat and Live albums were killer.
	6:00pm Cecile: OH NO
	7:21pm Philo Gristle: @JakeGould How brave to wait until kat leaves the room to start bitching. If she has an opinion, she’s a troll? All of her comments were reasonably stated, but sounds like you think women shouldn’t speak their mind. And then you say so after she's off the list? How very manly. Feel free to check some playlists to see that the gender disparity is also very true. Not just music, but also due to the dismissal of many female djs recently. DJs are welcome to play what they like, but what's wrong with discussing and bringing attention to the subject?
	5:28pm Lulu: Lesley Gore <3

Strength Through Failure with Fabio: Playlist from February 19, 2015

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