WFMU: Strength Through Failure with Fabio: Playlist from July 20, 2017

Listener comments!
	👻 3:06pm Bas NL: Hello Fabio!
	3:07pm Michael 98145: computer voodoo
	👻 3:07pm Rev. Turnip Druid: sup
	3:11pm northguineahills: I've had the Tour de France on in the mornings for background ambience, and of course, I've had Kraftwerk's "Tour de France" playing on an endless loop in my head the whole time.
	3:12pm adrian in mpls: Maybe my earliest musical memory is my folks playing the Computer World album after it came out when I was a wee one
	3:12pm V Priceless: abowie! Hey Fabio!
	👻 3:14pm Rev. Turnip Druid: In military school I had a tape of Computer World playing constantly. At one point, was admonished by another cadet for playing "black peoples' music." ... Still worthy of much head-shaking & laughter.
	3:15pm joe mulligan: @northguineahills cheeky attack by Uran in the Tour, eh? the Tour just got interesting
	3:15pm Mark Williams: @Rev - the much head-shaking happened to me just now learning you were in military school.
	3:16pm northguineahills: Yes, indeed, joe!
	3:18pm C in Thailand: Hey, Fabio. U gonna play any Linkin Park in honor of the dead guy I never heard of?
	3:19pm fred: @Mark Williams: That's an unexpected but ringing testimony to the value of a military school. Not sure it offsets the Trump thing though
	3:20pm mary: Your show is great, and today's is adorable. And I love your cinema talk on Clay's. I see most of what you talk about... Le Trou is such a beautiful film. Back to the excellent music. Suicide keeps sounding better and better and it was great to begin with
	👻 3:23pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Mark - it was 7th grade, which explains my unshakeable faith in leadership & discipline(!) And of course the ability to spin a rifle while marching = lifelong skill, very useful in all circumstances.
	3:24pm fred: Somehow it's troubling that only one of the V/V/V is left by now
	3:26pm fred: @RTD: One more reason for me to wish I could see you play live
	3:27pm Mark Williams: i've seen RTD DJ. Shoots in every direction.
	3:28pm northguineahills: Jesus, fred, you're correct, I have a sad now.:(
	3:39pm P-90: Ciao, Fab and Fabsters!
	3:40pm Mark Williams: "Dachert’s stage name was inspired by the so-called “Peter principle” management theory formulated by Laurence J. Peter and published in the 1969 book The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong which describes how many corporate managers “rise to the level of their incompetence.”
	3:42pm Michael 98145: some things never change
	3:43pm Michael 98145: speaking of Tuxedomoon, always loved No Tears
	👻 3:45pm Ken From Hyde Park: What is the Fabio Principle? "All things will fail at some point"?
	3:48pm fred: @Ken: Why the future tense?
	👻 3:51pm Ken From Hyde Park: @fred - True. That "will" in there is probably redundant. The Failure of Language
	3:52pm Mark Williams: Waterfront Seat might be my fave Tuxedomoon track. Just arresting everytime. And great bass work.
	👻 3:52pm Rev. Turnip Druid: aye, Mark. I invoke the Peter Principle by name frequently at work. It is a force of nature. or a force of failure.
	3:53pm Michael 98145: the PP keeps many sociopaths off the streets
	3:57pm P-90: @fred: that's just a fine point in English, "will" in that case just asserts that "failure" can be expected to occur under the condition(s) mentioned:"at some point [in time]".
	3:59pm Michael 98145: ah -
	3:59pm greysquad: Yes... great choice with that "Waterfront Seat" track! I always considered Tuxedomoon to be the best Imaginary soundtrack band...
	4:00pm Brendan: It's been an effed up day. This set is better than a martini. Come to think of it...aww hell yeah... they belong together.
	4:00pm Chris from DC: What Use? also a great track.
	4:02pm steveo: paused the stream to make sure all those soundses were coming from WFMU and not another wiindow
	4:03pm P-90: Lawrence Peter used to give President Dick Nixon as a proninent example of his Principle: that one keeps moving "up" until one reaches the job one doesnt do particularly well at all. But is there a "principle" that desribes someone like Trump, who has never done ANYthing well at all?
	4:03pm steveo: cripes I missed Kraftwerk again
	4:06pm melinda: hello Fabio and everyone
	4:07pm JakeGould: @P-90: The “Peter Principal” an also be described as simply one rising in rank in an organization based on skills that have little to do with their current role. A head chef is made CEO of a—I don’t know—cooking school. The chef can cook very well, but they might have zero management skills. That’s often what happens. Trump is skilled. Very skilled. And very smart. He was elected because he knew how to push the right buttons.
	4:08pm Michael 98145: the -down- button
	4:08pm steveo: Loving those em dashes, Jake.
	4:08pm Sem Chumbo: Hello, Fabio, and fabulists.
	4:09pm jormund: Principal can also be used as an adjective meaning “first or highest in rank, importance, or value,” as in The principal objective of this comment is to teach you the difference between two words. A principle, on the other hand, is “rule of action or conduct” or “a fundamental doctrine or tenet.”
	4:09pm JakeGould: @steveo: - – — BOOM
	4:10pm steveo: YESSS
	4:10pm Michael 98145: great set
	👻 4:11pm JtotheK: hi fabio, hi fellow failures.
	4:11pm TDK60: Trump wasn't elected; he was selected, by the Selectoral College.
	4:11pm johnforz: B side to the What Use 7" has a really great version of "Crash"
	4:17pm Cecile: eyes was directed by Irwin Kerschner who directed Empire Strikes Back, easily the best Star Wars movie.
	4:18pm JakeGould: “I am not a spy. I just read books! We read everything that’s published in the world.”
	4:19pm Cecile: which loving? the recent one, or the Michael Ontkean/Harry Hamlin gay film?
	4:21pm Michael 98145: The Getaway =is= great
	4:23pm James: Fabio, did you ever see Mimosas (or anyone else)? Thoughts? I thought it was great.
	4:24pm jormund: what genre is this stuff
	4:25pm johnforz: That Circle X special on Fab's show from like a year or two ago is still one of my all time favs
	4:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ' WFMU ...where people still resent JohnLennon for breaking up Fluxus '...
	4:32pm geezerette: current "administration's" sole goal is "deconstruction of the administrative state". going even farther than disruption. ok, i'm done, jumping off the soapbox.
	4:32pm chocolate monk: i love when Fab has a wee nostalgia kick,,, the man has a fine taste in the "art" rock.
	4:33pm northguineahills: Apropos of nothing, a Teenage Jesus and the Jerks track was on the last Preacher episode. Caught my attention.
	4:33pm geezerette: @RevRab: Haha! :D I'd wear that tee shirt!
	4:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Sttooooojiz
	4:34pm northguineahills: True Rev Rabbit, so true, so true...
	4:34pm Cecile: Top 5 favorite song of mine.
	4:34pm Cheri Pi: YEP
	4:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Top20 Albums Ever
	👻 4:35pm Bas NL: This Stooges track brings back the best memories.. love it!
	4:35pm JakeGould: @geezerette: To be fair, Clinton and Obama did very little to stop endless deregulation. It all began with Reagan and has been downhill since then. Trump is just the same B.S. but on lunkhead steroids.
	4:37pm geezerette: @JakeGould: Total agreement.
	4:37pm MenfussMike: i fucking love this Carllton Melton cover of Floyd
	4:37pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: The way was indeed prepared for the ultimate Greedhead rancid testosterone past sell-by creepazoid RipOff Capitalist FREAK to become POtuS.
	4:38pm geezerette: ...& loving this set!
	4:38pm Chris from DC: Show favorited.
	4:38pm Cecile: I concur with the deregulation nonsense. Some was added back in, but not enough.
	4:38pm Dean: The Failure of Politics
	👻 4:38pm chris: hi, folks! in time for this last set! also in time for the state of affairs report... welcome to the plutocracy, folks!
	4:39pm Fabio: @northguineahills: this is what made me pull the record -- I saw that too and was stunned that it was on the soundtrack of a mainstream TV program...
	4:39pm James: The moral failure of humans
	4:40pm geezerette: Earth is not feeling well. It should listen to WFMU!
	4:41pm Sem Chumbo: If at first you don't succeed. you're running about average.
	4:41pm Stanley: Carlton Meltface - who else?
	4:41pm Dean: There you go anthropomorphizing, geezerette. Earth is feeling just fine. Which isn't to say it shouldn't listen to WFMU. Or even contribute!
	4:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...one thing: NeoLiberals abandoned the true Left - to be charitable, because of the NeoCons - to not be charitable, because they are Grifters themselves. ...one other thing: Being that the most radical position to have in Murica is To Have a Memory - Voters swing wildly from one Candidate to the Complete Opposite...& / or - neutralize a Prez w/ an Opposing Congress - & / or - split the Congress exactly 50/50... ...a third thing: The Right knows there are fewer angry white rich old males all the time - so wtf - shoot the dice (but the Left won't even go w/ a career politician like Bernie, regardless of how much Enthusiasm is king-sizedly evident...)
	4:43pm northguineahills: @Fabio: I was watching the show, almost falling asleep (due to sleep deprivation) and I heard Lydia and I woke up immediately.
	4:45pm Michael 98145: those who fail to remember history force the rest of us to relive it
	4:45pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& let's just finally flush the Declaration & the Bill of Rights & all this garbage - & admit the U.S.A. is actually about not a damned thing but worshiping Money - & we'll all save time...
	4:45pm geezerette: Dean, I worked in animation. I anthropomorphized for a living.
	👻 4:46pm chris: preach, Rev! yes, sir.
	4:46pm northguineahills: @Rev Rabbit: You are too kind in that assessment. Since I moved to Trumpistan, it seems much worse, but w/ pockets of hope. I'm moving to an oasis of culture in two weeks, and I can't wait. Brooklyn spoiled me.
	4:46pm Sem Chumbo: haha@Michael98145.
	4:47pm northguineahills: History needs a Samuel Clemens to rap the past, the near-rhymes should remind us of previous mistakes...
	4:47pm Michael 98145: give us strength
	4:48pm fred: @RevRab: We in Jupiterland are no better. We elected an investment banker for Bob's sake. And I voted for him. Sigh...
	4:48pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @ngh: I am in & from smalltown NewHampshuh...& if the utterly ubiquitous Stars&Stripes & Stars&Bars & so on shifted to stars & swastikas - few would blink...& we are BlueStates here...
	4:49pm geezerette: @Michael98145: Sem@ 4:46 is right about that! @Sem: You're right!
	4:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I mean - damn the Electoral College & its' roots in Slavery...but - HE WON.
	4:51pm J: Dig this Carlton Melton track. Pretty sure, too, that I sold my Burns Bison bass (say it three times fast) to the bass player a few years ago. Anyway, great set as always Fabio
	4:51pm geezerette: NGH: Also been wistful about Clemens.
	4:51pm James: Hi NGH, where are you moving to?
	4:52pm geezerette: ...& still LOVING this set!
	4:52pm Davis: they always win, alternative was they too
	4:52pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Painfully panging for HunterThompson...but - glad for him he's missing this...
	👻 4:52pm Bas NL: The Netherlands has been in-between governments for months now after the last elections. And -at least- very little seems to go wrong.
	4:53pm geezerette: RevRab, ha, yes indeed.
	4:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: The youth of England @ least have had enuff of 'Austerity', perhaps. Brexit backlash...
	4:55pm Michael 98145: i tend to see WFMU as a co-op of folks who =care= about things
	4:55pm geezerette: Bas, there was graffiti on a wall I used to drive by often that read,"The Problem Is Widespread".
	4:56pm geezerette: Michael,Nice!
	4:57pm northguineahills: Macron is still a world better then anyone we've elected since.... (carter???? debatable)
	4:57pm Davis: a socialist is not in power- he lost- remains to be seen if they allow that to happen. arms and drugs industry dont really want a socialist in power. he is elderly.. if by mistake he wins in october or whatever, a short but terminal illness will occur i reckon
	4:57pm greysquad: Teenage Jesus and the Jerks... possibly the greatest band name ever...
	4:57pm northguineahills: Just finished season 2 of Gomorrah, yes, dark, and gritty for sure...
	4:58pm Michael 98145: Gateway to Sodom ?
	👻 4:58pm Bas NL: @geezerette He,he.. makes one wonder if the answer isn't too simple?
	4:59pm Dean: I'm reading an article about the history of the development of quantum mechanics, in which I find a footnote including this quote attributed to one of the physicists who participated. He is speaking of QM physicists' tendency to presume to understand Niels Bohr and to associate Bohr with the orthodox view at the time. "If a poll were conducted among physicists, the majority would profess membership in the conventionalist camp, just as most Americans would claim to believe in the Bill of Rights, whether they had ever read it or not."
	5:00pm Davis: dianne abbott was leant on-- they scared her out of the picture--- way too grass roots
	5:00pm geezerette: Bas@4:58:Yes, must be...since we can't seem to see it.
	5:01pm Michael 98145: BTW, that is the second track by The Myrrors i've heard downstream. Liking them.
	5:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I get a lot of my Brit Politics from Comedy...maybe better, but adjustments necessary...
	5:02pm geezerette: This absolutely could be a soundtrack!
	5:02pm Davis: britain is run by the queen and the inner civil service, all serving the arms and chemical industries-- no change
	5:05pm Davis: and 6 billionaires own the media
	5:05pm Davis: it is comical really.. illusion, bad one, of democracy
	5:05pm TDK60: Corporations run this country (U$A).
	5:06pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I'm afraid I agree.
	5:06pm geezerette: twitter.com... Dianne Abbott's Twitter
	5:06pm Davis: yes, here too.. served by the inner govt, royal family and media
	👻 5:07pm chris: most of the countries of the world, i'm afraid
	5:08pm Davis: she stood down- day before the election-- someone scared her badly-- very easy to do to anyone- threaten their family etc
	5:10pm Davis: ah well, always been this way, kings and peasants, always will be...
	5:10pm Michael 98145: [ nice track title ]
	5:10pm fred: @NGH: Macron better than Obama? We'll have to agree to disagree on that
	5:12pm TDK60: I object to the "always will be" idea. A better society is possible; not guaranteed, needs to be struggled toward.
	5:12pm geezerette: Don't know how, but we all must stay positive and try to ameliorate current darkness as much as possible. Great music and humor are survival tools. And snacks. :)
	5:13pm Davis: logically the people who own everything will go to any length to keep it-- queen has her own private army
	5:13pm nic: boy you get a lot more weather back there then here in CA
	5:14pm steve: hey folks
	5:17pm Davis: its a large soviet system-- not democracy-- soon as we realise that, leave em to it, , know your enemy-- its always your own government. keep doing what we do-- underground free speach and art.... we all do their bidding anyway, taxes and that... fuck em.. they are liars
	5:17pm fred: @Davis: Any army can have a new model, so that's no guarantee
	5:21pm TDK60: I have no intention of staying "positive" with reactionaries.
	5:22pm Sem Chumbo: Apropos nothing relevant @fred: anything new in the single malt world for you?
	5:22pm common: Yo, fabio and all! Happy Thursday! Beeeeersies!
	5:22pm Michael 98145: now yer talkin
	👻 5:23pm Ken From Hyde Park: What's this I'm hearing about civil asset forfeitures these days? I don't remember voting on that.
	5:24pm JakeGould: Davis: That’s why you gotta regulate the boxes people have to put stuff into!
	5:24pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Things are complex & rotten - 'Late Stage Capitalism' to the Marxists...People are confused & liable to react. It doesn't make them all Evil. @KenfHP: You might be a criminal - we can take all your stuff. Is there a problem here? Did we mention a Bill of Rights?...
	5:25pm common: Are they planning on taking that away, also, revrab?
	5:25pm fred: @Sem: nothing, alas. I have to replace my aging computer, so funds are a little tight right now. I did bring a bottle of Laphroaig Quarter Cask to a friend's party last month. Ended up drinking almost all of it
	5:26pm TDK60: @ RRN63 -Geez, I sincerely hope it's "late" stage capitalism. Otherwise, we're doomed.
	5:27pm Sem Chumbo: I'm guessing there was no remorse in that, fred.
	5:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Still hoping for some wiggle room in the realpolitik between Drumpf & the Marxist Bloody Revolution - but all life on Earth is @ stake. Yerknow - really.
	5:29pm fred: @RevRab: Civil forfeiture upheld by Republicans should be a joke, right? @Sem: No remorse, but disappointment at the taste of other attendees
	5:30pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Tough On Crime, fred. All arguments devolve to monetary value...
	5:32pm geezerette: Fabio, this track is underscoring the conversation.
	5:33pm Michael 98145: elephants !!
	5:33pm TDK60: V.C.O. is a great combo.
	5:33pm dale: this is some god awful caterwauling and racket - i love it!
	5:34pm fred: @RevRab: And they're using adoptive forfeiture to support States Rights too, I guess. Orwell Consulting wants its cut
	5:34pm Sem Chumbo: Gallic shoulder shrug w/ both hands out, palms up.
	5:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Orwell, Huxley, Chomsky - Marx...had almost felt we'd moved beyond them - Ha.
	5:37pm geezerette: Just looked at the title! "My Cat is an Alien". :) ...and also, an angry elephant!
	👻 5:37pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Back from elsewhere. Good to see [pre-clicked] Maurizio Abate in this party. Have we fixed the world yet?
	5:37pm fred: Chomsky's still alive. Which kinda alludes to my avatar
	5:37pm Michael 98145: nope
	5:38pm Sem Chumbo: I believe someone has tampered with its best before date.
	5:39pm fred: @RTD: We thought we had this nailed, but we ended up missing one vote
	5:40pm dale: hey -- i clicky starred that mauraizio abate sometime in my past. or maybe the future.
	5:41pm steve: nice talkover music... anyone know what it is?
	5:42pm fred: Eternal Albert Ayler sounds like a show I would listen to
	5:43pm TDK60: Blade Runner is quite a movie, eh?
	5:44pm common: Rutger hauer! I can't spell.
	5:44pm Michael 98145: never tire of that film
	5:46pm geezerette: Great show Fabio! Anyone seen director's cut of Blade Runner? Is it worth finding?
	5:46pm common: Man, ridley Scott used to be able to make a film. Couple good 'erns.
	5:47pm Michael 98145: yes, i think so, gz'ette
	5:47pm common: Yes, geezerette! No stupid voice-over.
	👻 5:48pm chris: director's cut has an ending that's more in line with the book, as well, iirc
	👻 5:48pm Rev. Turnip Druid: THIS.
	5:48pm common: Agreed, chris
	5:48pm geezerette: Thanks Michael, going to track it down. I hated that voice-over!
	5:49pm Fredericks: This Schickert is intense!
	5:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Fixed 'er bigly RTD. BladeRunner wasn't an immediate success, apparently...a VHS phenom...should read SciFi again - people conversing on slightly higher circuits...
	5:50pm dale: mellow - dee. nelson!
	5:51pm geezerette: & thanks all you guys! Whadda group! :)
	5:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...as said on Psychedelic Salon - the politicians are always the last to adapt...problem is, they're into the Power Game...
	5:52pm Michael 98145: i've probably read far too much PK Dick to remain a sane observer :)
	👻 5:52pm chris: perfect outro set, Fabio. multo grazie, maestro!
	5:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...just the way JaneBirken responds when asked her name: 'Melody...MelodyNelson'...it's a thing...
	5:53pm Michael 98145: yes, thank you again, DJ Fabio
	5:54pm Cecile: I pre-clicked the last two selections you played, Fabio!
	5:54pm geezerette: Thanks Fabio!
	5:55pm dale: god, i miss other music. i don't live in the city anymore, but just the same....
	5:55pm James: Ruper Murdoch is a jerk and this song is amazing.
	5:55pm fred: Nice to hear one of the few Gainsbourg tracks I actually like
	👻 5:57pm Bas NL: Gwwreat show! Thanks Fabio!
	5:58pm common: Dog bless the walker bros.
	5:58pm nic: a joke
	5:59pm James: Yes, applause to Fabio!
	5:59pm dale: nice show - as usual - fabio!
	6:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Thx (& sorry for rantjag).
	9:50am Miss Gretchen: Thank you for that Fabio. I posted about it on the Facebook (where they force me to be "Missy" Gretchen snort) PP always enjoyed seeing you.

Strength Through Failure with Fabio: Playlist from July 20, 2017

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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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July 20, 2017

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Artist	Track	Album	Format	Approx. start time
james Last	Mr. Giant Man "Mr. Giant Man" by "james Last"	Voodoo Party		0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Kraftwerk	Computer Love "Computer Love" by "Kraftwerk"	Computer World		0:05:30 (Pop-up)
David Bowie	A New Career in a New Town	Low		0:14:01 (Pop-up)
Suicide	Harlem "Harlem" by "Suicide"	Second Album		0:14:29 (Pop-up)
Vainio / Vaisanen / Vega	Motor maniac	Endless		0:16:42 (Pop-up)
Mika Vainio	Konsti "Konsti" by "Mika Vainio"	YDIN		0:25:17 (Pop-up)

Tribute to Peter Principle "Tribute to Peter Principle"
Tuxedomoon	James Whale "James Whale" by "Tuxedomoon"	Half Mute		0:41:32 (Pop-up)
Tuxedomoon	Frank "Frank" by "Tuxedomoon"	Blue Velvet Revisited		0:42:20 (Pop-up)
Peter Principle	Dnieper "Dnieper" by "Peter Principle"	Sedimental Journey		0:46:23 (Pop-up)
Tuxedomoon	waterfront seat "waterfront seat" by "Tuxedomoon"	Subterranean Modern (V/A)		0:51:18 (Pop-up)
Tuxedomoon	Une Nuit au Fond de la Frayere	Pinheads On The Move		0:52:46 (Pop-up)
Tuxedomoon	What Use? "What Use?" by "Tuxedomoon"	Half Mute		0:57:30 (Pop-up)
Tuxedomoon	The Stranger "The Stranger" by "Tuxedomoon"		7"	1:04:29 (Pop-up)

Circle X	Kyoko "Kyoko" by "Circle X"	Celestial		1:28:37 (Pop-up)
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks	Freud In Flop	Everything		1:30:04 (Pop-up)
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks	Baby Doll	Everything		1:33:01 (Pop-up)
Stooges	Loose "Loose" by "Stooges"	Funhouse		1:33:13 (Pop-up)
Carlton Melton	When You're In "When You're In" by "Carlton Melton"	pass It On		1:36:41 (Pop-up)
The Myrrors	Hasta La Victoria "Hasta La Victoria" by "The Myrrors"	Hasta La Victoria		1:50:35 (Pop-up)

John Schuller	e tempo da morire "e tempo da morire" by "John Schuller"	Lesser Angel of Failure		2:03:05 (Pop-up)
Darksmith	Conclusion "Conclusion" by "Darksmith"	Time to Die		2:06:39 (Pop-up)
Edward Sol	Snake-Masked Brides "Snake-Masked Brides" by "Edward Sol"	Family Nails		2:07:06 (Pop-up)
Ornament	Cauldron "Cauldron" by "Ornament"	A Lion is A Lion		2:14:29 (Pop-up)
Ornament	Whiskey + Water "Whiskey + Water" by "Ornament"	A Lion is A Lion		2:17:42 (Pop-up)
Maurizio Abate	Land of Thoughts "Land of Thoughts" by "Maurizio Abate"	A Way to Nowhere		2:19:20 (Pop-up)
Vibracathedral Orchestra	Representing North (excerpt)	Representing North		2:25:25 (Pop-up)
My Cat Is an Alien & Joëlle Vinciarelli	Eternal Albert Ayler	Eternal Beyond		2:32:27 (Pop-up)

Gunter Schickert	Gitarre Wahnsim "Gitarre Wahnsim" by "Gunter Schickert"	Kinder in Der Wildnis		2:44:30 (Pop-up)
Serge Gainsbourg	Cargo Culte "Cargo Culte" by "Serge Gainsbourg"	Histoire de Melody Nelson		2:50:56 (Pop-up)
The Walker Brothers	The Electrician	Night Flights		2:55:47 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	👻 3:06pm Bas NL: Hello Fabio!
	3:07pm Michael 98145: computer voodoo
	👻 3:07pm Rev. Turnip Druid: sup
	3:11pm northguineahills: I've had the Tour de France on in the mornings for background ambience, and of course, I've had Kraftwerk's "Tour de France" playing on an endless loop in my head the whole time.
	3:12pm adrian in mpls: Maybe my earliest musical memory is my folks playing the Computer World album after it came out when I was a wee one
	3:12pm V Priceless: abowie! Hey Fabio!
	👻 3:14pm Rev. Turnip Druid: In military school I had a tape of Computer World playing constantly. At one point, was admonished by another cadet for playing "black peoples' music." ... Still worthy of much head-shaking & laughter.
	3:15pm joe mulligan: @northguineahills cheeky attack by Uran in the Tour, eh? the Tour just got interesting
	3:15pm Mark Williams: @Rev - the much head-shaking happened to me just now learning you were in military school.
	3:16pm northguineahills: Yes, indeed, joe!
	3:18pm C in Thailand: Hey, Fabio. U gonna play any Linkin Park in honor of the dead guy I never heard of?
	3:19pm fred: @Mark Williams: That's an unexpected but ringing testimony to the value of a military school. Not sure it offsets the Trump thing though
	3:20pm mary: Your show is great, and today's is adorable. And I love your cinema talk on Clay's. I see most of what you talk about... Le Trou is such a beautiful film. Back to the excellent music. Suicide keeps sounding better and better and it was great to begin with
	👻 3:23pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Mark - it was 7th grade, which explains my unshakeable faith in leadership & discipline(!) And of course the ability to spin a rifle while marching = lifelong skill, very useful in all circumstances.
	3:24pm fred: Somehow it's troubling that only one of the V/V/V is left by now
	3:26pm fred: @RTD: One more reason for me to wish I could see you play live
	3:27pm Mark Williams: i've seen RTD DJ. Shoots in every direction.
	3:28pm northguineahills: Jesus, fred, you're correct, I have a sad now.:(
	3:39pm P-90: Ciao, Fab and Fabsters!
	3:40pm Mark Williams: "Dachert’s stage name was inspired by the so-called “Peter principle” management theory formulated by Laurence J. Peter and published in the 1969 book The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong which describes how many corporate managers “rise to the level of their incompetence.”
	3:42pm Michael 98145: some things never change
	3:43pm Michael 98145: speaking of Tuxedomoon, always loved No Tears
	👻 3:45pm Ken From Hyde Park: What is the Fabio Principle? "All things will fail at some point"?
	3:48pm fred: @Ken: Why the future tense?
	👻 3:51pm Ken From Hyde Park: @fred - True. That "will" in there is probably redundant. The Failure of Language
	3:52pm Mark Williams: Waterfront Seat might be my fave Tuxedomoon track. Just arresting everytime. And great bass work.
	👻 3:52pm Rev. Turnip Druid: aye, Mark. I invoke the Peter Principle by name frequently at work. It is a force of nature. or a force of failure.
	3:53pm Michael 98145: the PP keeps many sociopaths off the streets
	3:57pm P-90: @fred: that's just a fine point in English, "will" in that case just asserts that "failure" can be expected to occur under the condition(s) mentioned:"at some point [in time]".
	3:59pm Michael 98145: ah -
	3:59pm greysquad: Yes... great choice with that "Waterfront Seat" track! I always considered Tuxedomoon to be the best Imaginary soundtrack band...
	4:00pm Brendan: It's been an effed up day. This set is better than a martini. Come to think of it...aww hell yeah... they belong together.
	4:00pm Chris from DC: What Use? also a great track.
	4:02pm steveo: paused the stream to make sure all those soundses were coming from WFMU and not another wiindow
	4:03pm P-90: Lawrence Peter used to give President Dick Nixon as a proninent example of his Principle: that one keeps moving "up" until one reaches the job one doesnt do particularly well at all. But is there a "principle" that desribes someone like Trump, who has never done ANYthing well at all?
	4:03pm steveo: cripes I missed Kraftwerk again
	4:06pm melinda: hello Fabio and everyone
	4:07pm JakeGould: @P-90: The “Peter Principal” an also be described as simply one rising in rank in an organization based on skills that have little to do with their current role. A head chef is made CEO of a—I don’t know—cooking school. The chef can cook very well, but they might have zero management skills. That’s often what happens. Trump is skilled. Very skilled. And very smart. He was elected because he knew how to push the right buttons.
	4:08pm Michael 98145: the -down- button
	4:08pm steveo: Loving those em dashes, Jake.
	4:08pm Sem Chumbo: Hello, Fabio, and fabulists.
	4:09pm jormund: Principal can also be used as an adjective meaning “first or highest in rank, importance, or value,” as in The principal objective of this comment is to teach you the difference between two words. A principle, on the other hand, is “rule of action or conduct” or “a fundamental doctrine or tenet.”
	4:09pm JakeGould: @steveo: - – — BOOM
	4:10pm steveo: YESSS
	4:10pm Michael 98145: great set
	👻 4:11pm JtotheK: hi fabio, hi fellow failures.
	4:11pm TDK60: Trump wasn't elected; he was selected, by the Selectoral College.
	4:11pm johnforz: B side to the What Use 7" has a really great version of "Crash"
	4:17pm Cecile: eyes was directed by Irwin Kerschner who directed Empire Strikes Back, easily the best Star Wars movie.
	4:18pm JakeGould: “I am not a spy. I just read books! We read everything that’s published in the world.”
	4:19pm Cecile: which loving? the recent one, or the Michael Ontkean/Harry Hamlin gay film?
	4:21pm Michael 98145: The Getaway =is= great
	4:23pm James: Fabio, did you ever see Mimosas (or anyone else)? Thoughts? I thought it was great.
	4:24pm jormund: what genre is this stuff
	4:25pm johnforz: That Circle X special on Fab's show from like a year or two ago is still one of my all time favs
	4:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ' WFMU ...where people still resent JohnLennon for breaking up Fluxus '...
	4:32pm geezerette: current "administration's" sole goal is "deconstruction of the administrative state". going even farther than disruption. ok, i'm done, jumping off the soapbox.
	4:32pm chocolate monk: i love when Fab has a wee nostalgia kick,,, the man has a fine taste in the "art" rock.
	4:33pm northguineahills: Apropos of nothing, a Teenage Jesus and the Jerks track was on the last Preacher episode. Caught my attention.
	4:33pm geezerette: @RevRab: Haha! :D I'd wear that tee shirt!
	4:33pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Sttooooojiz
	4:34pm northguineahills: True Rev Rabbit, so true, so true...
	4:34pm Cecile: Top 5 favorite song of mine.
	4:34pm Cheri Pi: YEP
	4:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Top20 Albums Ever
	👻 4:35pm Bas NL: This Stooges track brings back the best memories.. love it!
	4:35pm JakeGould: @geezerette: To be fair, Clinton and Obama did very little to stop endless deregulation. It all began with Reagan and has been downhill since then. Trump is just the same B.S. but on lunkhead steroids.
	4:37pm geezerette: @JakeGould: Total agreement.
	4:37pm MenfussMike: i fucking love this Carllton Melton cover of Floyd
	4:37pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: The way was indeed prepared for the ultimate Greedhead rancid testosterone past sell-by creepazoid RipOff Capitalist FREAK to become POtuS.
	4:38pm geezerette: ...& loving this set!
	4:38pm Chris from DC: Show favorited.
	4:38pm Cecile: I concur with the deregulation nonsense. Some was added back in, but not enough.
	4:38pm Dean: The Failure of Politics
	👻 4:38pm chris: hi, folks! in time for this last set! also in time for the state of affairs report... welcome to the plutocracy, folks!
	4:39pm Fabio: @northguineahills: this is what made me pull the record -- I saw that too and was stunned that it was on the soundtrack of a mainstream TV program...
	4:39pm James: The moral failure of humans
	4:40pm geezerette: Earth is not feeling well. It should listen to WFMU!
	4:41pm Sem Chumbo: If at first you don't succeed. you're running about average.
	4:41pm Stanley: Carlton Meltface - who else?
	4:41pm Dean: There you go anthropomorphizing, geezerette. Earth is feeling just fine. Which isn't to say it shouldn't listen to WFMU. Or even contribute!
	4:42pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...one thing: NeoLiberals abandoned the true Left - to be charitable, because of the NeoCons - to not be charitable, because they are Grifters themselves. ...one other thing: Being that the most radical position to have in Murica is To Have a Memory - Voters swing wildly from one Candidate to the Complete Opposite...& / or - neutralize a Prez w/ an Opposing Congress - & / or - split the Congress exactly 50/50... ...a third thing: The Right knows there are fewer angry white rich old males all the time - so wtf - shoot the dice (but the Left won't even go w/ a career politician like Bernie, regardless of how much Enthusiasm is king-sizedly evident...)
	4:43pm northguineahills: @Fabio: I was watching the show, almost falling asleep (due to sleep deprivation) and I heard Lydia and I woke up immediately.
	4:45pm Michael 98145: those who fail to remember history force the rest of us to relive it
	4:45pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...& let's just finally flush the Declaration & the Bill of Rights & all this garbage - & admit the U.S.A. is actually about not a damned thing but worshiping Money - & we'll all save time...
	4:45pm geezerette: Dean, I worked in animation. I anthropomorphized for a living.
	👻 4:46pm chris: preach, Rev! yes, sir.
	4:46pm northguineahills: @Rev Rabbit: You are too kind in that assessment. Since I moved to Trumpistan, it seems much worse, but w/ pockets of hope. I'm moving to an oasis of culture in two weeks, and I can't wait. Brooklyn spoiled me.
	4:46pm Sem Chumbo: haha@Michael98145.
	4:47pm northguineahills: History needs a Samuel Clemens to rap the past, the near-rhymes should remind us of previous mistakes...
	4:47pm Michael 98145: give us strength
	4:48pm fred: @RevRab: We in Jupiterland are no better. We elected an investment banker for Bob's sake. And I voted for him. Sigh...
	4:48pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: @ngh: I am in & from smalltown NewHampshuh...& if the utterly ubiquitous Stars&Stripes & Stars&Bars & so on shifted to stars & swastikas - few would blink...& we are BlueStates here...
	4:49pm geezerette: @Michael98145: Sem@ 4:46 is right about that! @Sem: You're right!
	4:50pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...I mean - damn the Electoral College & its' roots in Slavery...but - HE WON.
	4:51pm J: Dig this Carlton Melton track. Pretty sure, too, that I sold my Burns Bison bass (say it three times fast) to the bass player a few years ago. Anyway, great set as always Fabio
	4:51pm geezerette: NGH: Also been wistful about Clemens.
	4:51pm James: Hi NGH, where are you moving to?
	4:52pm geezerette: ...& still LOVING this set!
	4:52pm Davis: they always win, alternative was they too
	4:52pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Painfully panging for HunterThompson...but - glad for him he's missing this...
	👻 4:52pm Bas NL: The Netherlands has been in-between governments for months now after the last elections. And -at least- very little seems to go wrong.
	4:53pm geezerette: RevRab, ha, yes indeed.
	4:54pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: The youth of England @ least have had enuff of 'Austerity', perhaps. Brexit backlash...
	4:55pm Michael 98145: i tend to see WFMU as a co-op of folks who =care= about things
	4:55pm geezerette: Bas, there was graffiti on a wall I used to drive by often that read,"The Problem Is Widespread".
	4:56pm geezerette: Michael,Nice!
	4:57pm northguineahills: Macron is still a world better then anyone we've elected since.... (carter???? debatable)
	4:57pm Davis: a socialist is not in power- he lost- remains to be seen if they allow that to happen. arms and drugs industry dont really want a socialist in power. he is elderly.. if by mistake he wins in october or whatever, a short but terminal illness will occur i reckon
	4:57pm greysquad: Teenage Jesus and the Jerks... possibly the greatest band name ever...
	4:57pm northguineahills: Just finished season 2 of Gomorrah, yes, dark, and gritty for sure...
	4:58pm Michael 98145: Gateway to Sodom ?
	👻 4:58pm Bas NL: @geezerette He,he.. makes one wonder if the answer isn't too simple?
	4:59pm Dean: I'm reading an article about the history of the development of quantum mechanics, in which I find a footnote including this quote attributed to one of the physicists who participated. He is speaking of QM physicists' tendency to presume to understand Niels Bohr and to associate Bohr with the orthodox view at the time. "If a poll were conducted among physicists, the majority would profess membership in the conventionalist camp, just as most Americans would claim to believe in the Bill of Rights, whether they had ever read it or not."
	5:00pm Davis: dianne abbott was leant on-- they scared her out of the picture--- way too grass roots
	5:00pm geezerette: Bas@4:58:Yes, must be...since we can't seem to see it.
	5:01pm Michael 98145: BTW, that is the second track by The Myrrors i've heard downstream. Liking them.
	5:01pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I get a lot of my Brit Politics from Comedy...maybe better, but adjustments necessary...
	5:02pm geezerette: This absolutely could be a soundtrack!
	5:02pm Davis: britain is run by the queen and the inner civil service, all serving the arms and chemical industries-- no change
	5:05pm Davis: and 6 billionaires own the media
	5:05pm Davis: it is comical really.. illusion, bad one, of democracy
	5:05pm TDK60: Corporations run this country (U$A).
	5:06pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: I'm afraid I agree.
	5:06pm geezerette: twitter.com... Dianne Abbott's Twitter
	5:06pm Davis: yes, here too.. served by the inner govt, royal family and media
	👻 5:07pm chris: most of the countries of the world, i'm afraid
	5:08pm Davis: she stood down- day before the election-- someone scared her badly-- very easy to do to anyone- threaten their family etc
	5:10pm Davis: ah well, always been this way, kings and peasants, always will be...
	5:10pm Michael 98145: [ nice track title ]
	5:10pm fred: @NGH: Macron better than Obama? We'll have to agree to disagree on that
	5:12pm TDK60: I object to the "always will be" idea. A better society is possible; not guaranteed, needs to be struggled toward.
	5:12pm geezerette: Don't know how, but we all must stay positive and try to ameliorate current darkness as much as possible. Great music and humor are survival tools. And snacks. :)
	5:13pm Davis: logically the people who own everything will go to any length to keep it-- queen has her own private army
	5:13pm nic: boy you get a lot more weather back there then here in CA
	5:14pm steve: hey folks
	5:17pm Davis: its a large soviet system-- not democracy-- soon as we realise that, leave em to it, , know your enemy-- its always your own government. keep doing what we do-- underground free speach and art.... we all do their bidding anyway, taxes and that... fuck em.. they are liars
	5:17pm fred: @Davis: Any army can have a new model, so that's no guarantee
	5:21pm TDK60: I have no intention of staying "positive" with reactionaries.
	5:22pm Sem Chumbo: Apropos nothing relevant @fred: anything new in the single malt world for you?
	5:22pm common: Yo, fabio and all! Happy Thursday! Beeeeersies!
	5:22pm Michael 98145: now yer talkin
	👻 5:23pm Ken From Hyde Park: What's this I'm hearing about civil asset forfeitures these days? I don't remember voting on that.
	5:24pm JakeGould: Davis: That’s why you gotta regulate the boxes people have to put stuff into!
	5:24pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Things are complex & rotten - 'Late Stage Capitalism' to the Marxists...People are confused & liable to react. It doesn't make them all Evil. @KenfHP: You might be a criminal - we can take all your stuff. Is there a problem here? Did we mention a Bill of Rights?...
	5:25pm common: Are they planning on taking that away, also, revrab?
	5:25pm fred: @Sem: nothing, alas. I have to replace my aging computer, so funds are a little tight right now. I did bring a bottle of Laphroaig Quarter Cask to a friend's party last month. Ended up drinking almost all of it
	5:26pm TDK60: @ RRN63 -Geez, I sincerely hope it's "late" stage capitalism. Otherwise, we're doomed.
	5:27pm Sem Chumbo: I'm guessing there was no remorse in that, fred.
	5:28pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Still hoping for some wiggle room in the realpolitik between Drumpf & the Marxist Bloody Revolution - but all life on Earth is @ stake. Yerknow - really.
	5:29pm fred: @RevRab: Civil forfeiture upheld by Republicans should be a joke, right? @Sem: No remorse, but disappointment at the taste of other attendees
	5:30pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Tough On Crime, fred. All arguments devolve to monetary value...
	5:32pm geezerette: Fabio, this track is underscoring the conversation.
	5:33pm Michael 98145: elephants !!
	5:33pm TDK60: V.C.O. is a great combo.
	5:33pm dale: this is some god awful caterwauling and racket - i love it!
	5:34pm fred: @RevRab: And they're using adoptive forfeiture to support States Rights too, I guess. Orwell Consulting wants its cut
	5:34pm Sem Chumbo: Gallic shoulder shrug w/ both hands out, palms up.
	5:35pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...Orwell, Huxley, Chomsky - Marx...had almost felt we'd moved beyond them - Ha.
	5:37pm geezerette: Just looked at the title! "My Cat is an Alien". :) ...and also, an angry elephant!
	👻 5:37pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Back from elsewhere. Good to see [pre-clicked] Maurizio Abate in this party. Have we fixed the world yet?
	5:37pm fred: Chomsky's still alive. Which kinda alludes to my avatar
	5:37pm Michael 98145: nope
	5:38pm Sem Chumbo: I believe someone has tampered with its best before date.
	5:39pm fred: @RTD: We thought we had this nailed, but we ended up missing one vote
	5:40pm dale: hey -- i clicky starred that mauraizio abate sometime in my past. or maybe the future.
	5:41pm steve: nice talkover music... anyone know what it is?
	5:42pm fred: Eternal Albert Ayler sounds like a show I would listen to
	5:43pm TDK60: Blade Runner is quite a movie, eh?
	5:44pm common: Rutger hauer! I can't spell.
	5:44pm Michael 98145: never tire of that film
	5:46pm geezerette: Great show Fabio! Anyone seen director's cut of Blade Runner? Is it worth finding?
	5:46pm common: Man, ridley Scott used to be able to make a film. Couple good 'erns.
	5:47pm Michael 98145: yes, i think so, gz'ette
	5:47pm common: Yes, geezerette! No stupid voice-over.
	👻 5:48pm chris: director's cut has an ending that's more in line with the book, as well, iirc
	👻 5:48pm Rev. Turnip Druid: THIS.
	5:48pm common: Agreed, chris
	5:48pm geezerette: Thanks Michael, going to track it down. I hated that voice-over!
	5:49pm Fredericks: This Schickert is intense!
	5:49pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Fixed 'er bigly RTD. BladeRunner wasn't an immediate success, apparently...a VHS phenom...should read SciFi again - people conversing on slightly higher circuits...
	5:50pm dale: mellow - dee. nelson!
	5:51pm geezerette: & thanks all you guys! Whadda group! :)
	5:51pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...as said on Psychedelic Salon - the politicians are always the last to adapt...problem is, they're into the Power Game...
	5:52pm Michael 98145: i've probably read far too much PK Dick to remain a sane observer :)
	👻 5:52pm chris: perfect outro set, Fabio. multo grazie, maestro!
	5:53pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: ...just the way JaneBirken responds when asked her name: 'Melody...MelodyNelson'...it's a thing...
	5:53pm Michael 98145: yes, thank you again, DJ Fabio
	5:54pm Cecile: I pre-clicked the last two selections you played, Fabio!
	5:54pm geezerette: Thanks Fabio!
	5:55pm dale: god, i miss other music. i don't live in the city anymore, but just the same....
	5:55pm James: Ruper Murdoch is a jerk and this song is amazing.
	5:55pm fred: Nice to hear one of the few Gainsbourg tracks I actually like
	👻 5:57pm Bas NL: Gwwreat show! Thanks Fabio!
	5:58pm common: Dog bless the walker bros.
	5:58pm nic: a joke
	5:59pm James: Yes, applause to Fabio!
	5:59pm dale: nice show - as usual - fabio!
	6:00pm Revolution Rabbit Nov63: Thx (& sorry for rantjag).
	9:50am Miss Gretchen: Thank you for that Fabio. I posted about it on the Facebook (where they force me to be "Missy" Gretchen snort) PP always enjoyed seeing you.

Strength Through Failure with Fabio: Playlist from July 20, 2017

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