WFMU: Strength Through Failure with Fabio: Playlist from September 14, 2017

Listener comments!
	3:05pm Rob (Jerzcity): SABBATH
	3:06pm Cheri Pi: NICE
	3:06pm BronwynB: it's-a me, fabio
	3:06pm Guido from Cologne: Hello Fabio!
	3:06pm Agent Peter: Strength through Sabbath
	3:08pm blee: I am Giant Iron Man
	👻 3:08pm JtotheK: hi fabio. hi everybody.
	3:08pm Michael 98145: RIP - www.instagram.com...
	3:09pm The Oscar: I always try to imagine what this record must have sounded like to people whose only frame of reference for something like this was "blues rock." As an old coworker of mine once said, "Just imagine all those bummed out hippies!"
	3:10pm nic: painful
	3:11pm Brendan: Black Fabulous
	3:11pm PKNY: I still think it's crazy that Sabbath played a Catholic High School gym in NJ in 1971. A flyer was on the cover of a Sabbath book, submitted by one of the guys in the Smithereens. Just trying to imaging the look on the faces of the clergy in the school with that young and likely high bunch coming through with the tri-tones.
	3:12pm Kurt Gottschalk: 1-2 punch! well done, fabs.
	3:12pm Honeybear: PKNY: that's the perfect venue for them, actually
	3:13pm chocolate monk: a Berger double whammy. RIP
	👻 3:13pm Rev. Turnip Druid: greets, people. This surfers, jeezus.
	3:13pm Guido from Cologne: so sad
	3:14pm uuee: The Who played at my spouse's gym, a Catholic Girl's School, '66 or'67. Two fiddy per ticket.
	3:14pm crateslinger: I sold the Butthole Surfers acid in a bathroom at Bogart's in Cincinatti in 1987.
	3:14pm Fox (Rā-chul): PKNY: My father was at that show. It was his highschool. But my Dad was into it, as a teenage bassplayer.
	3:14pm crateslinger: before they went on stage.
	3:15pm PKNY: @Honeybear - I just imagine some student-run entertainment club running the idea of having Sabbath play. Think this was before "Master of Reality" was recorded, so don't think they tried to pass the lyrics of "After Forever" to the nuns for review.
	3:15pm Zuki: Bout time to hear the Butthole surfers again - back in the day they reigned supreme...
	3:16pm PKNY: @Fox (Rā-chul) - awesome! Did he go to school at Union Catholic? I always wondered if there were pics of the band/show in the class yearbook.
	3:16pm Cheri Pi: I was at that show @crateslinger! And I was most likely on acid
	3:16pm Chris from DC: Yes!
	3:16pm mb: @The Oscar - A hippie once told me "that was the most depressing concert i ever saw." So great.
	👻 3:17pm mrdonutsu: That opening riff is so, so fattt...
	3:17pm Fox (Rā-chul): PKNY: Yup, Union Catholic. He wrote me a list of the bands he saw play at highschools (his and surrounding ones). Lemme find it.
	3:17pm crateslinger: Yeah Cheri Pi. I think we know a lot of the same people - mostly no longer with us unfortunately. RIP Williamm Berger. He was my friend too.
	3:18pm KRYPT: Hello Fabio, I'm not usually working this late on a Thursday (I'm in Scotland) so this my first time listening to your show, but I have to say the Buttholes were just what I needed right there, hits the spot. Thank you sir.
	3:18pm PKNY: @uuee - I know the Who played at SUNY New Paltz in the 60s, but didn't know they played high schools as well. My dad told me about seeing the Lovin Spoonful at Poughkeepsie High, and seeing a Vanilla Fudge show at a roadside bar that turned into a poolstick-aided bar fight.
	3:20pm PKNY: @Fox - I only live a few miles from Union Catholic now, so that Sabbath show is of extra-interest to me now.
	3:20pm mischi: fucking spacemen 3 !!! RIP wm berger
	👻 3:21pm Rev. Turnip Druid: oh dear. Butthole Surfers gig/acid stories. [wags finger] DON'T GET ME STARTED.....
	3:21pm Rob (Jerzcity): @ PKNY - I went to that high school (albeit 23 years later), and I can't believe it either! Union Catholic class of '98
	3:22pm PKNY: For those that are curious about the Sabbath flyer --> images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...
	3:25pm Cheri Pi: @Paps, there was one BS show where all I remember of it was a greenish yellow glow and I thought I had dreamt that I'd gone but confirmed later that I had. If that makes sense.
	👻 3:25pm Rev. Turnip Druid: It makes immaculate, perfect sense.
	3:26pm coelacanth∅: most of the wildest girls in 10th(?) grade came from union catholic and mount st. mary's schools, which only went up to 9th(?) grade.
	3:26pm Fox (Rā-chul): Thank you for playing Uncle Wiggly, Fabio.
	3:27pm KRYPT: @Rev. Turnip Druid, I have had such a trippy day at work (completely sober) that some previous Buttholes gigs seem like an herbal tea break :)
	3:27pm ERD: My favorite Ungle Wiggly track. Thanks for this music. Bill was a really great guy.
	👻 3:28pm Rev. Turnip Druid: New Years Eve 1988, it was Dead Milkmen, Cramps, & Surfers with the full overlapping movies & everything. Gibby nearly burned the place down with his hi-hat fireballs. Building full of tripping lunatics; probably favorite night on earth.
	3:28pm Polyus: Careful With That Failure, Fabio
	3:28pm coelacanth∅: (...at least that's how i remember it; but maybe some of them went from mount st. mary's TO union catholic, and i knew them through the ones who spilled into public school.)
	3:29pm Chris from DC: Holy crap, the Cramps and the Surfers...
	3:30pm The Oscar: I'm enough of a youngster that I didn't get to see the Buttholes until their reunion tour in '08, but even THAT was wild. They had to cut the gig short when Gibby threw a beer bottle at the sound guy and got escorted out by security, and the crowd went APESHIT. They were only momentarily quelled by a tattooed woman coming on stage and telling them to shush, and it wasn't until later that I realized it was Genesis P-Orridge.
	3:30pm Cheri Pi: That sounds magical!
	3:30pm đ¢ ÞäŦ: Dead Milkmen on same bill as BSurfers? That ain't right.
	3:30pm KRYPT: @Rev, that sure sounds like a keeper, so many boxes ticked!
	3:31pm Cheri Pi: Nice! I can picture Gen shusing them.
	3:32pm Brendan: http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/future-legendary-bands-playing-high-school-auditoriums.254032/page-1
	3:33pm wfmu listener phillip: i dont want to sound mean. but does anyone know who is getting Wm Burgers Timeslot of midnight to 3am??
	3:34pm coelacanth∅: if anyone knows, it's probably only Ken.
	3:35pm Fox (Rā-chul): phillip: Professor Dumdum.
	3:36pm wfmu listener phillip: im sorry he has passed away i loved his show. but maybe "dark night of the soul" with julie could come back i loved her show.
	3:36pm joe mulligan: @Rev Turnip - yes, those were the best shows!! I saw the buttholes and dead milkmen many times in philly during those years. at club revival and one halloween at the chestnut cabaret
	3:37pm coelacanth∅: Dum Dum, definitely? -well it makes some sense. (though not that much)
	3:38pm wfmu listener phillip: im hoping its Julie and dark night of the soul. OR! mary wings 100 percent whatever
	3:39pm ?: Didn't William Berger's 80s show give us the term "lo fi" as a genre?
	👻 3:39pm Ken From Hyde Park: Dum Dum is the one. www.wfmu.org...
	👻 3:39pm Rev. Turnip Druid: joe m.: this one was at the Warner Theater in DC - a great old victorian-style theater: I recall the fireballs causing great concern amongst the security folks... and the scene of hallucinating human depravity at the t-shirt stand was total fear-and-loathing territory.
	3:42pm Megadano: I got through so many tough deadlines for Rick&Morty with coffee and "my castle of quiet" as my only companions fueling my late nights. I'm supremely bummed that swell guy is gone. I remember distinctly that I storyboarded stupid Rick scenes while he was playing a "Mercyful Fate" block. I used to keep a pad of paper by my computer and write down music he recommended. His departure is a huge void. R.I.P.
	3:42pm ERD: Sinistre! Digging real deep, love it. Also, politely,please realize that it's a big gauche to be discussing what shows might take over for My Castle of Quiet. It will no doubt be something great but just be patient.
	3:42pm ɨkɛ: Looks like Dum Dum is already listed on the schedule in that slot. :( {sob} His taste in metal is nowhere near as good as Wm.'s. For that matter, I bet Wm. would have been better at writing and soliciting poems about brutally slaughtering the baby Jesus, too, if he'd had any interest in such a thing. [pours out a 40 of whatever cheap crap Dum Dum is drinking lately]
	3:45pm Tony: When I first started listening to WFMU, Fabio and The Hip Bone were on back to back Friday evenings. That was always an amazing block of radio.
	3:45pm coelacanth∅: yeh. i like Dumdum's humour and provocation; but his song selections usually suck. Martha would be a closer match to Wm....but then i don't think trying to replicate his programming is what's going on.
	3:45pm joe mulligan: @Rev - yes, that's how it went down in philly too - the flames were hitting the ceiling tiles so hard that they would spread a good 3 foot radius on the tiles. i still have a cowgirl t-shirt from one of those tours. so glad to hear you tell how it was in DC!
	3:45pm Honeybear: sadness beyond words to hear of william's passing
	3:45pm ɨkɛ: The Hip Bone was SO GREAT. One of my first favorites on FMU!
	3:47pm Fox (Rā-chul): ike: William and he were friends. William was in one of his films, even. Why talk shit about people?
	3:48pm coelacanth∅: (...though i increasingly lament the gradual softening and mainstreamization of wfmu; and would like to remove some of the crap and bring back Sue P, Jeff Mullen, Martha, etc etc.....)
	👻 3:48pm Rev. Turnip Druid: GOBBALIN.
	3:49pm nic: these last 3 are super cool
	3:51pm Fox (Rā-chul): Megadano: You work on Rick & Morty? Do you know Doug E. O.?
	3:54pm V Priceless: thanx for this, Fabio
	3:56pm ⓔⓘⓚ: Oh, I didn't know Wm. was in one of his films. That's wild. Look, whenever I see Dum Dum, he and I always have fun talking shit at each other. (I mean, insofar as I can understand what he's trying to say.) No real offense intended. Except at the baby Jesus. Screw that little bastard.
	3:57pm northguineahills: Loving the tribute. taking a break from digging a drainage culvert so my folk's place doesn't flood in the next storm. Still waiting for electricity at my place so I can go home 90 km away. Back to digging!
	3:59pm northguineahills: and I'm beyond learning impaired to never noticed William was in Uncle Wiggly. He never played it on his show. I did really like Sinistre! Hope to find more of that!
	4:02pm (i)(k)EEE: @NGH you're literally digging a ditch?! Holy shmow. Also, playing your own band on your own show at FMU is verboten, isn't it? (Unless it's FMA or royalty-free, perhaps?)
	4:04pm northguineahills: Ike, I had a bad experience w/ Dum Dum. about 14 years ago, my band was to play at WFMU, but the marathon was going on, so all of the equipment from studio B was gone, and studio A was bare bones, so, we played w/ the dj w/ no studio engineers. Everything went wrong, and we barely got a set off before the end of the time slot w/ 10 minutes to spare. We were breaking down our equipment and Dum Dum came in and ordered us out as he needed to get into character. (We would have been out before midnight, but his manner hit us the wrong way. That said, I have no ill feelings towards him).
	4:05pm northguineahills: @ike: it was ocdj's show....
	4:05pm Cheri Pi: I need to checkout Welcome to Dreamland
	4:06pm northguineahills: Oh, I suppose so Ike.
	4:07pm northguineahills: Thank you bluetooth for allow me to listen to WFMU while volunteering physical labor.
	4:07pm coelacanth∅: i think it should be forbidden for any reason, EEK, but there's a particular drummer some guy who plays his own records on his show. talk about selfish self-promotion...
	👻 4:09pm Rev. Turnip Druid: suddenly realizing how much i like the word "culvert."
	4:11pm khd: it's almost as good as "escarpment"
	4:12pm nic: RIP_William i used to listen to his show when i lived in NY_80s
	4:12pm coelacanth∅: (i like "transfix"!)
	4:14pm Cheri Pi: Culvert is a nice woody sounding word
	👻 4:18pm Rev. Turnip Druid: ...it's still a distant 2nd place to "tarpaulin."
	4:19pm crateslinger: "Culvert" sort of folds over itself, like a carpet rolling down a hill. You think it's over, but it's not. There's more.
	4:20pm coelacanth∅: hahaha! while imagining that i imagined myself wrapped inside the carpet.
	4:22pm Cheri Pi: Imagining myself sliding down the escarpment on my nanna's old tarpaulin, hoping to find some of that leftover beer we stashed in the culvert.
	4:22pm crateslinger: haha! Have you ever been wrapped in a carpet? It's very hard to get out of.
	4:23pm crateslinger: I suppose "rolled up" would be more like it, not "wrapped", but either way, it sucks.
	4:25pm coelacanth∅: if everyone repeatedly practices trying to get out of it we'll evolve to have clawed flippers.
	4:25pm Guido from Cologne: "please throw your garbage out of the window" hahaha.
	4:27pm Chris from DC: Th'Wound
	4:27pm Guido from Cologne: "Delicious donuts ( the republic in headstand)"
	👻 4:28pm Bas NL: Loving the NWW.
	👻 4:28pm Ken From Hyde Park: The Failure Tailgating
	4:29pm crateslinger: knuckleheads
	👻 4:29pm Ken From Hyde Park: ^of
	4:30pm crateslinger: mwah haha
	4:31pm The Oscar: The organization I work with up here in Boston has a yearly music festival in the fall, and we just confirmed Ubu as this year's headliners. I've never seen them before, so I'm pretty damn excited!
	4:32pm coelacanth∅: Thanks for translating, Guido.
	4:32pm Syl: That Pere Ubu song was a very nice touch, Fabio. So sorry to hear about William. RIP
	4:35pm Chris from DC: Kim Gordon is doing three pieces by Yoko down here this weekend at the Hirshhorn, which sounds pretty interesting.
	👻 4:36pm Rev. Turnip Druid: BEERSIES IN THE CULVERT! ....dagnabbit I missed Spiral Insana. Brilliant god-damned rekkid, that.
	4:39pm coelacanth∅: i could use some beersies; or whiskey, or wine i don't care...ouzo... i'm supposed to be working but it's raining outside and i don't feel like doing inside things. i feel like sitting here.
	4:39pm northguineahills: Glad being a ditchdigger of isn't my vocation. 20cm deep, 15 cm wide, and 10m long, and I have 15 m to go. And after 2 hours I'm wiped out.
	4:40pm Cheri Pi: did you say...BEERSIE?
	4:40pm Chris from DC: Oh now you've gone and done it. It is almost time.
	4:40pm coelacanth∅: take a few hours off ngh. if you're body's not used to it - please.
	👻 4:42pm Bas NL: Wm. Berger's most excellent series on 'Beware of the Blog' on the NWW list springs to mind. His entries there were always so informative and well composed.
	4:42pm Marc15: What happened to William Berger?
	4:42pm coelacanth∅: Wm.'s krautrock marathon premium is excellent .
	4:43pm Honeybear: @Marc15: he finally lived up his theme song
	4:44pm Fabio: @Marc15: William passed away earlier this week.
	4:47pm Marc15: @Fabio Oh I am so sorry to hear that. Fabio, you and the WFMU Staff have my condolences
	4:48pm Brendan: NGH make sure you don't get trench foot!
	👻 4:49pm Rev. Turnip Druid: bucketmender's knee is no laughing matter.
	4:49pm coelacanth∅: or, as he put it in his blog, his final ascension.
	4:54pm Fox (Rā-chul): PKNY: Ok. Found the list. I asked my Dad which bands he'd seen play at highschools, and he said: Black Sabbath Blood Sweat & Tears Iron Butterfly Santana Chicago Looking Glass Edgar Winter's White Trash Buddy Rich And the year before he went to Union Catholic is when The Cream and The Who played. (Don't let this make any of you feel old - I was a mistake baby to teenage parents)
	4:54pm crateslinger: With or without the sad nostalgia and fond memories and farewells of a close friend and colleague, this is one of the best shows I've heard in a while.
	4:56pm Michael 98145: yes
	5:01pm Jonathan Herweg: I'm a mess, The last couple days I've felt like someone punched me in the chest.. RIP William Berger... !!!
	5:03pm coelacanth∅: i thought about you Jherweg. i know you 2 were tight. my condolences.
	5:03pm Listener Robert: I was lying down, half asleep, but woke up when I recognized this as Ken's interval signal.
	👻 5:03pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Just two days ago, was spinning the new Castle of Quiet marathon premium. It's a great one, of course.
	5:07pm dale: been enjoying the show fabio - nice tribute to a friend.
	5:07pm Listener Robert: Any story anywhere about how/why he died?
	5:08pm nic: always loved Neu!
	5:10pm P-90: Condolences, Jherweg.
	5:15pm TehBadDr: This Harmonia is really programming me.
	👻 5:17pm Rev. Turnip Druid: whoa like.
	5:17pm Guido from Cologne: awesome collage
	5:21pm northguineahills: I always thought Clay Pigeon was the only one that could melt Fabio's cardio fabrillator, but I suppose William did as well, salut!
	5:24pm Honeybear: @ngh - hearing this track melts mine
	5:26pm TehBadDr: Really liking his stuff, nice tribute Fabio.
	👻 5:27pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Not previously familiar with this project of his. Very likey.
	5:28pm northguineahills: @Honeybear, even w/o WB, It's been a stressful week, now, I'm a gooey mess. (Still waiting to go home [cheering for the out-of-state utility lads and lasses])
	5:28pm northguineahills: The the good Rev and Dr said....
	5:30pm Carmichael: @ngh, I noticed a bunch of utility trucks there from Sacramento (PG&E). Looks like you're getting help from around the nation. BTW, my stepmom's power in Naples is due to be back on 9/22/17 ....
	5:31pm blee: Great show, Fabio! Thank you.
	5:33pm Michael 98145: good luck, @ngh
	5:34pm northguineahills: I saw some utility trucks from SW Mass last night. Go Massholes!
	5:35pm northguineahills: Episode faved!
	5:35pm Jonathan Herweg: Thanks for this Fabio..
	5:38pm Cheri Pi: I have a beersie
	👻 5:39pm Rev. Turnip Druid: ORGANUM NUM-NUM!
	5:39pm nic: LOVE this
	👻 5:39pm Rev. Turnip Druid: future beersie salut present beersie.
	5:41pm dale: i have a ginsie.
	5:41pm Cheri Pi: *tips beersie in your general eastward direction
	5:42pm TehBadDr: Bourbonsies and..
	5:42pm Fox (Rā-chul): Thank you for today's show, Fabio. It's really helped. It's a rather perfect tribute.
	5:42pm northguineahills: Caught it Cheri Pi, albeit it's a bit sudsy. Danks! Off to the salt mines again, still no word on power. Abrazos todos!
	5:43pm northguineahills: errr, abrazos a todos?
	5:44pm Carmichael: Beersies to everyone. Mine shall be consumed in 1 hour's time. Then there shall be another. and ...
	5:46pm Barrie: came home and started making dinner, put your show on and suddenly learned William Berger has passed. one of my fave DJs, who knew so much about music (much like yourself). People sometimes just suddenly leave us. thanks for this great tribute. Condolences to all at FMU.
	5:46pm blee: Salud!
	5:47pm iɛk: Thanks, Fabio!
	5:47pm joe mulligan: Thanks for the tribute Fab, what a wonderful perspective through the lens of music that Wm. shared with you.
	5:51pm dale: weird day.rainy then sunny and hot, now pouring and really earthy smelling.
	5:53pm Cheri Pi: Thank you for this fitting tribute
	5:54pm Michael 98145: Thank you, Fabio!
	5:55pm Barb: Hello Fabs and all. Great show.
	5:55pm Honeybear: rise, william!
	👻 5:55pm Rev. Turnip Druid: god bloody hell that was a great one (organum)
	5:55pm TehBadDr: Fabio, thanx for a great show and tribute!
	5:56pm coelacanth∅: hmm, beer? whiskey? gin?
	5:56pm TehBadDr: Yes!
	👻 5:57pm Bas NL: Thanks Fabio.
	5:57pm Cheri Pi: Yaaaaaajjhhhggg
	👻 5:57pm Rev. Turnip Druid: exceptionally lovely stuff, much appreciated.
	5:58pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Fabio. and of course condolences to you and everyone (especially) who knew William personally. rest in peace.
	5:59pm Brendan: Thank you Fabio for a really nice 3 hrs.
	5:59pm nic: i thought i was going to hate this show after the first track but it was super
	6:01pm Guido from Cologne: thanks fabio
	6:21pm slugluv1313: thank you for this wonderful tribute, Fabio (had been out during your show -- reading the playlist now, but shall listen via the archives) blessings and condolences to you and all at WFMU
	1:44pm Mike Rowell: Thank you so much. Best show ever. My friend William will be missed. Great tribute.
	2:01pm Cecile: Just catching the show. Thank you for doing this.

Strength Through Failure with Fabio: Playlist from September 14, 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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September 14, 2017: Rest in Peace William Berger

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Artist	Track	Album	Approx. start time
james Last	Mr. Giant Man "Mr. Giant Man" by "james Last"	Voodoo Party	0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Black Sabbath	Black Sabbath "Black Sabbath" by "Black Sabbath"	Black Sabbath	0:15:47 (Pop-up)
Butthole Surfers	Two part "Two part" by "Butthole Surfers"	Creamed corn from the Socket of Davis	0:17:06 (Pop-up)
Spacemen 3	Losing Touch with My Mind	Sound of Confusion	0:17:41 (Pop-up)
Uncle Wiggly	Be Happy "Be Happy" by "Uncle Wiggly"	He Went There So Why Don't We Go	0:22:40 (Pop-up)
Pink Floyd	Come In Number 51, Your Time Is Up	Zabriskie Point OST	0:26:46 (Pop-up)

Sinistre!	The Sweetman Variations	The Egg	0:39:25 (Pop-up)
The Honeymoons	The Formula of Silence	Welcome to Dreamland, Another Japan (Various Artists)	0:42:56 (Pop-up)
Goblin	Sighs "Sighs" by "Goblin"	Suspiria OST	0:46:10 (Pop-up)
Kommisar Hjuler/Mama Baer	Alcoholisme - brut, part 2	Amerikanische Poesis und Alkoholismus	0:54:28 (Pop-up)
Sinistre!	Junkie Scum "Junkie Scum" by "Sinistre!"	Nothing/Something	0:59:02 (Pop-up)

HNAS	Leckere Krapfen (die Republik Steht Kopf)	bitte werfen sie ihren mull aus dem fenster	1:18:17 (Pop-up)
Nurse With Wound	Stewing the Red Herring	Spiral Insana	1:22:33 (Pop-up)
Pere ubu	Bang the Drum "Bang the Drum" by "Pere ubu"	breath 12"	1:27:50 (Pop-up)
Yoko Ono	Greenfield Morning I Pushed An Empty Baby Carriage All Over The City	Plastic Ono Band	1:31:26 (Pop-up)

Baal	No God / Astaroth "No God / Astaroth" by "Baal"	Cologne Curiosities: The Unknown Krautrock Underground 1972–1976	1:44:01 (Pop-up)
Faust	Kraut Rock "Kraut Rock" by "Faust"	BBC Session Plus	1:50:03 (Pop-up)
Neu!	Für Immer "Für Immer" by "Neu!"	2	1:58:24 (Pop-up)
Harmonia	Watusi "Watusi" by "Harmonia"	Musik von Harmonia	2:09:39 (Pop-up)
Wm. Berger	ha ha ha ha ha "ha ha ha ha ha" by "Wm. Berger"	My Castle of Quiet	2:14:46 (Pop-up)

Sinistre!	All the Way In (excerpt)	Nothing/Something	2:22:11 (Pop-up)
Organum	Delta "Delta" by "Organum"	Veil of Tears	2:34:02 (Pop-up)
Sinistre!	Whirlpools "Whirlpools" by "Sinistre!"	Sinistre!	2:50:37 (Pop-up)
OPPONENTS	Opposition 2 "Opposition 2" by "OPPONENTS"	Together We Will End the Future	2:51:05 (Pop-up)
swell Maps	Blam! "Blam!" by "swell Maps"	A Trip To Marineville	2:56:54 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:05pm Rob (Jerzcity): SABBATH
	3:06pm Cheri Pi: NICE
	3:06pm BronwynB: it's-a me, fabio
	3:06pm Guido from Cologne: Hello Fabio!
	3:06pm Agent Peter: Strength through Sabbath
	3:08pm blee: I am Giant Iron Man
	👻 3:08pm JtotheK: hi fabio. hi everybody.
	3:08pm Michael 98145: RIP - www.instagram.com...
	3:09pm The Oscar: I always try to imagine what this record must have sounded like to people whose only frame of reference for something like this was "blues rock." As an old coworker of mine once said, "Just imagine all those bummed out hippies!"
	3:10pm nic: painful
	3:11pm Brendan: Black Fabulous
	3:11pm PKNY: I still think it's crazy that Sabbath played a Catholic High School gym in NJ in 1971. A flyer was on the cover of a Sabbath book, submitted by one of the guys in the Smithereens. Just trying to imaging the look on the faces of the clergy in the school with that young and likely high bunch coming through with the tri-tones.
	3:12pm Kurt Gottschalk: 1-2 punch! well done, fabs.
	3:12pm Honeybear: PKNY: that's the perfect venue for them, actually
	3:13pm chocolate monk: a Berger double whammy. RIP
	👻 3:13pm Rev. Turnip Druid: greets, people. This surfers, jeezus.
	3:13pm Guido from Cologne: so sad
	3:14pm uuee: The Who played at my spouse's gym, a Catholic Girl's School, '66 or'67. Two fiddy per ticket.
	3:14pm crateslinger: I sold the Butthole Surfers acid in a bathroom at Bogart's in Cincinatti in 1987.
	3:14pm Fox (Rā-chul): PKNY: My father was at that show. It was his highschool. But my Dad was into it, as a teenage bassplayer.
	3:14pm crateslinger: before they went on stage.
	3:15pm PKNY: @Honeybear - I just imagine some student-run entertainment club running the idea of having Sabbath play. Think this was before "Master of Reality" was recorded, so don't think they tried to pass the lyrics of "After Forever" to the nuns for review.
	3:15pm Zuki: Bout time to hear the Butthole surfers again - back in the day they reigned supreme...
	3:16pm PKNY: @Fox (Rā-chul) - awesome! Did he go to school at Union Catholic? I always wondered if there were pics of the band/show in the class yearbook.
	3:16pm Cheri Pi: I was at that show @crateslinger! And I was most likely on acid
	3:16pm Chris from DC: Yes!
	3:16pm mb: @The Oscar - A hippie once told me "that was the most depressing concert i ever saw." So great.
	👻 3:17pm mrdonutsu: That opening riff is so, so fattt...
	3:17pm Fox (Rā-chul): PKNY: Yup, Union Catholic. He wrote me a list of the bands he saw play at highschools (his and surrounding ones). Lemme find it.
	3:17pm crateslinger: Yeah Cheri Pi. I think we know a lot of the same people - mostly no longer with us unfortunately. RIP Williamm Berger. He was my friend too.
	3:18pm KRYPT: Hello Fabio, I'm not usually working this late on a Thursday (I'm in Scotland) so this my first time listening to your show, but I have to say the Buttholes were just what I needed right there, hits the spot. Thank you sir.
	3:18pm PKNY: @uuee - I know the Who played at SUNY New Paltz in the 60s, but didn't know they played high schools as well. My dad told me about seeing the Lovin Spoonful at Poughkeepsie High, and seeing a Vanilla Fudge show at a roadside bar that turned into a poolstick-aided bar fight.
	3:20pm PKNY: @Fox - I only live a few miles from Union Catholic now, so that Sabbath show is of extra-interest to me now.
	3:20pm mischi: fucking spacemen 3 !!! RIP wm berger
	👻 3:21pm Rev. Turnip Druid: oh dear. Butthole Surfers gig/acid stories. [wags finger] DON'T GET ME STARTED.....
	3:21pm Rob (Jerzcity): @ PKNY - I went to that high school (albeit 23 years later), and I can't believe it either! Union Catholic class of '98
	3:22pm PKNY: For those that are curious about the Sabbath flyer --> images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com...
	3:25pm Cheri Pi: @Paps, there was one BS show where all I remember of it was a greenish yellow glow and I thought I had dreamt that I'd gone but confirmed later that I had. If that makes sense.
	👻 3:25pm Rev. Turnip Druid: It makes immaculate, perfect sense.
	3:26pm coelacanth∅: most of the wildest girls in 10th(?) grade came from union catholic and mount st. mary's schools, which only went up to 9th(?) grade.
	3:26pm Fox (Rā-chul): Thank you for playing Uncle Wiggly, Fabio.
	3:27pm KRYPT: @Rev. Turnip Druid, I have had such a trippy day at work (completely sober) that some previous Buttholes gigs seem like an herbal tea break :)
	3:27pm ERD: My favorite Ungle Wiggly track. Thanks for this music. Bill was a really great guy.
	👻 3:28pm Rev. Turnip Druid: New Years Eve 1988, it was Dead Milkmen, Cramps, & Surfers with the full overlapping movies & everything. Gibby nearly burned the place down with his hi-hat fireballs. Building full of tripping lunatics; probably favorite night on earth.
	3:28pm Polyus: Careful With That Failure, Fabio
	3:28pm coelacanth∅: (...at least that's how i remember it; but maybe some of them went from mount st. mary's TO union catholic, and i knew them through the ones who spilled into public school.)
	3:29pm Chris from DC: Holy crap, the Cramps and the Surfers...
	3:30pm The Oscar: I'm enough of a youngster that I didn't get to see the Buttholes until their reunion tour in '08, but even THAT was wild. They had to cut the gig short when Gibby threw a beer bottle at the sound guy and got escorted out by security, and the crowd went APESHIT. They were only momentarily quelled by a tattooed woman coming on stage and telling them to shush, and it wasn't until later that I realized it was Genesis P-Orridge.
	3:30pm Cheri Pi: That sounds magical!
	3:30pm đ¢ ÞäŦ: Dead Milkmen on same bill as BSurfers? That ain't right.
	3:30pm KRYPT: @Rev, that sure sounds like a keeper, so many boxes ticked!
	3:31pm Cheri Pi: Nice! I can picture Gen shusing them.
	3:32pm Brendan: http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/future-legendary-bands-playing-high-school-auditoriums.254032/page-1
	3:33pm wfmu listener phillip: i dont want to sound mean. but does anyone know who is getting Wm Burgers Timeslot of midnight to 3am??
	3:34pm coelacanth∅: if anyone knows, it's probably only Ken.
	3:35pm Fox (Rā-chul): phillip: Professor Dumdum.
	3:36pm wfmu listener phillip: im sorry he has passed away i loved his show. but maybe "dark night of the soul" with julie could come back i loved her show.
	3:36pm joe mulligan: @Rev Turnip - yes, those were the best shows!! I saw the buttholes and dead milkmen many times in philly during those years. at club revival and one halloween at the chestnut cabaret
	3:37pm coelacanth∅: Dum Dum, definitely? -well it makes some sense. (though not that much)
	3:38pm wfmu listener phillip: im hoping its Julie and dark night of the soul. OR! mary wings 100 percent whatever
	3:39pm ?: Didn't William Berger's 80s show give us the term "lo fi" as a genre?
	👻 3:39pm Ken From Hyde Park: Dum Dum is the one. www.wfmu.org...
	👻 3:39pm Rev. Turnip Druid: joe m.: this one was at the Warner Theater in DC - a great old victorian-style theater: I recall the fireballs causing great concern amongst the security folks... and the scene of hallucinating human depravity at the t-shirt stand was total fear-and-loathing territory.
	3:42pm Megadano: I got through so many tough deadlines for Rick&Morty with coffee and "my castle of quiet" as my only companions fueling my late nights. I'm supremely bummed that swell guy is gone. I remember distinctly that I storyboarded stupid Rick scenes while he was playing a "Mercyful Fate" block. I used to keep a pad of paper by my computer and write down music he recommended. His departure is a huge void. R.I.P.
	3:42pm ERD: Sinistre! Digging real deep, love it. Also, politely,please realize that it's a big gauche to be discussing what shows might take over for My Castle of Quiet. It will no doubt be something great but just be patient.
	3:42pm ɨkɛ: Looks like Dum Dum is already listed on the schedule in that slot. :( {sob} His taste in metal is nowhere near as good as Wm.'s. For that matter, I bet Wm. would have been better at writing and soliciting poems about brutally slaughtering the baby Jesus, too, if he'd had any interest in such a thing. [pours out a 40 of whatever cheap crap Dum Dum is drinking lately]
	3:45pm Tony: When I first started listening to WFMU, Fabio and The Hip Bone were on back to back Friday evenings. That was always an amazing block of radio.
	3:45pm coelacanth∅: yeh. i like Dumdum's humour and provocation; but his song selections usually suck. Martha would be a closer match to Wm....but then i don't think trying to replicate his programming is what's going on.
	3:45pm joe mulligan: @Rev - yes, that's how it went down in philly too - the flames were hitting the ceiling tiles so hard that they would spread a good 3 foot radius on the tiles. i still have a cowgirl t-shirt from one of those tours. so glad to hear you tell how it was in DC!
	3:45pm Honeybear: sadness beyond words to hear of william's passing
	3:45pm ɨkɛ: The Hip Bone was SO GREAT. One of my first favorites on FMU!
	3:47pm Fox (Rā-chul): ike: William and he were friends. William was in one of his films, even. Why talk shit about people?
	3:48pm coelacanth∅: (...though i increasingly lament the gradual softening and mainstreamization of wfmu; and would like to remove some of the crap and bring back Sue P, Jeff Mullen, Martha, etc etc.....)
	👻 3:48pm Rev. Turnip Druid: GOBBALIN.
	3:49pm nic: these last 3 are super cool
	3:51pm Fox (Rā-chul): Megadano: You work on Rick & Morty? Do you know Doug E. O.?
	3:54pm V Priceless: thanx for this, Fabio
	3:56pm ⓔⓘⓚ: Oh, I didn't know Wm. was in one of his films. That's wild. Look, whenever I see Dum Dum, he and I always have fun talking shit at each other. (I mean, insofar as I can understand what he's trying to say.) No real offense intended. Except at the baby Jesus. Screw that little bastard.
	3:57pm northguineahills: Loving the tribute. taking a break from digging a drainage culvert so my folk's place doesn't flood in the next storm. Still waiting for electricity at my place so I can go home 90 km away. Back to digging!
	3:59pm northguineahills: and I'm beyond learning impaired to never noticed William was in Uncle Wiggly. He never played it on his show. I did really like Sinistre! Hope to find more of that!
	4:02pm (i)(k)EEE: @NGH you're literally digging a ditch?! Holy shmow. Also, playing your own band on your own show at FMU is verboten, isn't it? (Unless it's FMA or royalty-free, perhaps?)
	4:04pm northguineahills: Ike, I had a bad experience w/ Dum Dum. about 14 years ago, my band was to play at WFMU, but the marathon was going on, so all of the equipment from studio B was gone, and studio A was bare bones, so, we played w/ the dj w/ no studio engineers. Everything went wrong, and we barely got a set off before the end of the time slot w/ 10 minutes to spare. We were breaking down our equipment and Dum Dum came in and ordered us out as he needed to get into character. (We would have been out before midnight, but his manner hit us the wrong way. That said, I have no ill feelings towards him).
	4:05pm northguineahills: @ike: it was ocdj's show....
	4:05pm Cheri Pi: I need to checkout Welcome to Dreamland
	4:06pm northguineahills: Oh, I suppose so Ike.
	4:07pm northguineahills: Thank you bluetooth for allow me to listen to WFMU while volunteering physical labor.
	4:07pm coelacanth∅: i think it should be forbidden for any reason, EEK, but there's a particular drummer some guy who plays his own records on his show. talk about selfish self-promotion...
	👻 4:09pm Rev. Turnip Druid: suddenly realizing how much i like the word "culvert."
	4:11pm khd: it's almost as good as "escarpment"
	4:12pm nic: RIP_William i used to listen to his show when i lived in NY_80s
	4:12pm coelacanth∅: (i like "transfix"!)
	4:14pm Cheri Pi: Culvert is a nice woody sounding word
	👻 4:18pm Rev. Turnip Druid: ...it's still a distant 2nd place to "tarpaulin."
	4:19pm crateslinger: "Culvert" sort of folds over itself, like a carpet rolling down a hill. You think it's over, but it's not. There's more.
	4:20pm coelacanth∅: hahaha! while imagining that i imagined myself wrapped inside the carpet.
	4:22pm Cheri Pi: Imagining myself sliding down the escarpment on my nanna's old tarpaulin, hoping to find some of that leftover beer we stashed in the culvert.
	4:22pm crateslinger: haha! Have you ever been wrapped in a carpet? It's very hard to get out of.
	4:23pm crateslinger: I suppose "rolled up" would be more like it, not "wrapped", but either way, it sucks.
	4:25pm coelacanth∅: if everyone repeatedly practices trying to get out of it we'll evolve to have clawed flippers.
	4:25pm Guido from Cologne: "please throw your garbage out of the window" hahaha.
	4:27pm Chris from DC: Th'Wound
	4:27pm Guido from Cologne: "Delicious donuts ( the republic in headstand)"
	👻 4:28pm Bas NL: Loving the NWW.
	👻 4:28pm Ken From Hyde Park: The Failure Tailgating
	4:29pm crateslinger: knuckleheads
	👻 4:29pm Ken From Hyde Park: ^of
	4:30pm crateslinger: mwah haha
	4:31pm The Oscar: The organization I work with up here in Boston has a yearly music festival in the fall, and we just confirmed Ubu as this year's headliners. I've never seen them before, so I'm pretty damn excited!
	4:32pm coelacanth∅: Thanks for translating, Guido.
	4:32pm Syl: That Pere Ubu song was a very nice touch, Fabio. So sorry to hear about William. RIP
	4:35pm Chris from DC: Kim Gordon is doing three pieces by Yoko down here this weekend at the Hirshhorn, which sounds pretty interesting.
	👻 4:36pm Rev. Turnip Druid: BEERSIES IN THE CULVERT! ....dagnabbit I missed Spiral Insana. Brilliant god-damned rekkid, that.
	4:39pm coelacanth∅: i could use some beersies; or whiskey, or wine i don't care...ouzo... i'm supposed to be working but it's raining outside and i don't feel like doing inside things. i feel like sitting here.
	4:39pm northguineahills: Glad being a ditchdigger of isn't my vocation. 20cm deep, 15 cm wide, and 10m long, and I have 15 m to go. And after 2 hours I'm wiped out.
	4:40pm Cheri Pi: did you say...BEERSIE?
	4:40pm Chris from DC: Oh now you've gone and done it. It is almost time.
	4:40pm coelacanth∅: take a few hours off ngh. if you're body's not used to it - please.
	👻 4:42pm Bas NL: Wm. Berger's most excellent series on 'Beware of the Blog' on the NWW list springs to mind. His entries there were always so informative and well composed.
	4:42pm Marc15: What happened to William Berger?
	4:42pm coelacanth∅: Wm.'s krautrock marathon premium is excellent .
	4:43pm Honeybear: @Marc15: he finally lived up his theme song
	4:44pm Fabio: @Marc15: William passed away earlier this week.
	4:47pm Marc15: @Fabio Oh I am so sorry to hear that. Fabio, you and the WFMU Staff have my condolences
	4:48pm Brendan: NGH make sure you don't get trench foot!
	👻 4:49pm Rev. Turnip Druid: bucketmender's knee is no laughing matter.
	4:49pm coelacanth∅: or, as he put it in his blog, his final ascension.
	4:54pm Fox (Rā-chul): PKNY: Ok. Found the list. I asked my Dad which bands he'd seen play at highschools, and he said: Black Sabbath Blood Sweat & Tears Iron Butterfly Santana Chicago Looking Glass Edgar Winter's White Trash Buddy Rich And the year before he went to Union Catholic is when The Cream and The Who played. (Don't let this make any of you feel old - I was a mistake baby to teenage parents)
	4:54pm crateslinger: With or without the sad nostalgia and fond memories and farewells of a close friend and colleague, this is one of the best shows I've heard in a while.
	4:56pm Michael 98145: yes
	5:01pm Jonathan Herweg: I'm a mess, The last couple days I've felt like someone punched me in the chest.. RIP William Berger... !!!
	5:03pm coelacanth∅: i thought about you Jherweg. i know you 2 were tight. my condolences.
	5:03pm Listener Robert: I was lying down, half asleep, but woke up when I recognized this as Ken's interval signal.
	👻 5:03pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Just two days ago, was spinning the new Castle of Quiet marathon premium. It's a great one, of course.
	5:07pm dale: been enjoying the show fabio - nice tribute to a friend.
	5:07pm Listener Robert: Any story anywhere about how/why he died?
	5:08pm nic: always loved Neu!
	5:10pm P-90: Condolences, Jherweg.
	5:15pm TehBadDr: This Harmonia is really programming me.
	👻 5:17pm Rev. Turnip Druid: whoa like.
	5:17pm Guido from Cologne: awesome collage
	5:21pm northguineahills: I always thought Clay Pigeon was the only one that could melt Fabio's cardio fabrillator, but I suppose William did as well, salut!
	5:24pm Honeybear: @ngh - hearing this track melts mine
	5:26pm TehBadDr: Really liking his stuff, nice tribute Fabio.
	👻 5:27pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Not previously familiar with this project of his. Very likey.
	5:28pm northguineahills: @Honeybear, even w/o WB, It's been a stressful week, now, I'm a gooey mess. (Still waiting to go home [cheering for the out-of-state utility lads and lasses])
	5:28pm northguineahills: The the good Rev and Dr said....
	5:30pm Carmichael: @ngh, I noticed a bunch of utility trucks there from Sacramento (PG&E). Looks like you're getting help from around the nation. BTW, my stepmom's power in Naples is due to be back on 9/22/17 ....
	5:31pm blee: Great show, Fabio! Thank you.
	5:33pm Michael 98145: good luck, @ngh
	5:34pm northguineahills: I saw some utility trucks from SW Mass last night. Go Massholes!
	5:35pm northguineahills: Episode faved!
	5:35pm Jonathan Herweg: Thanks for this Fabio..
	5:38pm Cheri Pi: I have a beersie
	👻 5:39pm Rev. Turnip Druid: ORGANUM NUM-NUM!
	5:39pm nic: LOVE this
	👻 5:39pm Rev. Turnip Druid: future beersie salut present beersie.
	5:41pm dale: i have a ginsie.
	5:41pm Cheri Pi: *tips beersie in your general eastward direction
	5:42pm TehBadDr: Bourbonsies and..
	5:42pm Fox (Rā-chul): Thank you for today's show, Fabio. It's really helped. It's a rather perfect tribute.
	5:42pm northguineahills: Caught it Cheri Pi, albeit it's a bit sudsy. Danks! Off to the salt mines again, still no word on power. Abrazos todos!
	5:43pm northguineahills: errr, abrazos a todos?
	5:44pm Carmichael: Beersies to everyone. Mine shall be consumed in 1 hour's time. Then there shall be another. and ...
	5:46pm Barrie: came home and started making dinner, put your show on and suddenly learned William Berger has passed. one of my fave DJs, who knew so much about music (much like yourself). People sometimes just suddenly leave us. thanks for this great tribute. Condolences to all at FMU.
	5:46pm blee: Salud!
	5:47pm iɛk: Thanks, Fabio!
	5:47pm joe mulligan: Thanks for the tribute Fab, what a wonderful perspective through the lens of music that Wm. shared with you.
	5:51pm dale: weird day.rainy then sunny and hot, now pouring and really earthy smelling.
	5:53pm Cheri Pi: Thank you for this fitting tribute
	5:54pm Michael 98145: Thank you, Fabio!
	5:55pm Barb: Hello Fabs and all. Great show.
	5:55pm Honeybear: rise, william!
	👻 5:55pm Rev. Turnip Druid: god bloody hell that was a great one (organum)
	5:55pm TehBadDr: Fabio, thanx for a great show and tribute!
	5:56pm coelacanth∅: hmm, beer? whiskey? gin?
	5:56pm TehBadDr: Yes!
	👻 5:57pm Bas NL: Thanks Fabio.
	5:57pm Cheri Pi: Yaaaaaajjhhhggg
	👻 5:57pm Rev. Turnip Druid: exceptionally lovely stuff, much appreciated.
	5:58pm coelacanth∅: Thanks Fabio. and of course condolences to you and everyone (especially) who knew William personally. rest in peace.
	5:59pm Brendan: Thank you Fabio for a really nice 3 hrs.
	5:59pm nic: i thought i was going to hate this show after the first track but it was super
	6:01pm Guido from Cologne: thanks fabio
	6:21pm slugluv1313: thank you for this wonderful tribute, Fabio (had been out during your show -- reading the playlist now, but shall listen via the archives) blessings and condolences to you and all at WFMU
	1:44pm Mike Rowell: Thank you so much. Best show ever. My friend William will be missed. Great tribute.
	2:01pm Cecile: Just catching the show. Thank you for doing this.

Strength Through Failure with Fabio: Playlist from September 14, 2017

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