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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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June 2, 2016
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Thu. 6/2/16 3:05pm
Listener142985:
where's my kilt? | |
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![]() The failure is still being updated. |
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![]() We are a nation of failures. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 3:06pm
V Priceless:
Greetings, Fabio! Digging the 'pipes! |
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![]() hear the pipes a'callin' |
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![]() Skirl away, Fabio. Good afternoon, and hello to the Strengthened here gathered. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 3:11pm
βrian:
Not to be confused with the spray-on product, Skirl-Away! |
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![]() hi everyone. |
Thu. 6/2/16 3:15pm
very nice:
very nice | |
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Thu. 6/2/16 3:15pm
βrian:
I'm embracing the skirl-wind. |
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![]() So long as it nay gets in the way of yer sporran, laddie. |
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![]() This is what Sheila B. should play at the start of her show |
Thu. 6/2/16 3:18pm
Skrillix:
Huh? What now? | |
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Thu. 6/2/16 3:18pm
βrian:
Cliff, I *knew* you would hear the call of the pipes! |
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![]() I must celebrate my Scottish heritage |
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Thu. 6/2/16 3:20pm
βrian:
Is that a pickle in your sporran? |
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![]() And I must celebrate my Irish heritage too, by drinking Spirits made from The Blessed Potato |
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![]() Haggis, anyone? |
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![]() Does it come with wafers? |
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![]() *gulp* Ahhhhhhhhhh |
Thu. 6/2/16 3:23pm
bloopy:
sup fabiosi | |
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Thu. 6/2/16 3:24pm
βrian:
What, exactly, does haggis entrail? |
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![]() It takes guts. |
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![]() Arrgh...I need to take a break. I can't stomach this conversation any longer. |
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![]() Guys, quit posting all this tripe. |
Thu. 6/2/16 3:30pm
Dean:
Ye Pow'rs, wha mak mankind your care, And dish them out their bill o fare, Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware That jaups in luggies: But, if ye wish her gratefu prayer, Gie her a Haggis | |
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![]() Rabbie, is that yew?! |
Thu. 6/2/16 3:33pm
Dean:
Great band name: French Ragout. | |
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![]() hello hello. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 3:40pm
geezerette:
Definitely not hungry. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 3:45pm
geezerette:
or maybe an order of cobras in a basket...with waffles. |
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![]() I like waffles |
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![]() Belgium invented french fries, but not the Belgian waffle |
Thu. 6/2/16 3:48pm
Dean:
The Brussels sprout? | |
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![]() Or for those among us fond of protected ocean species for breakfast, there's the belugian waffle... |
Thu. 6/2/16 3:50pm
Dean:
Flemish mucous? | |
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![]() holaaa |
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![]() Ahoy Cecile, name your favorite European country and foodstuff |
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![]() Hum. I'll say Finland and pickled eggs. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 3:55pm
geezerette:
Dean,yuck!(in lieu of taking the time to represent throat clearing typographically). Cliff,French toast invented in the YOO Esssssss of A! |
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Thu. 6/2/16 3:56pm
βrian:
Pain Perdu is essentially the same thing, though. |
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![]() actually, the French have the same thing, but they call it, correct me if I'm wrong, pain perdu (lost bread)? |
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Thu. 6/2/16 3:56pm
geezerette:
Cecile, with a side of head cheese. :) |
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![]() hahahahha, brian, high five! |
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![]() I visited some friends in Austin once, and at the hotel breakfast they had a waffle iron in the shape of Texas |
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![]() geezerette, I was this close to getting sour headcheese at a local Ukrainian deli. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 3:57pm
geezerette:
Brian & Cecile,DAMN! |
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Thu. 6/2/16 3:57pm
βrian:
You sure that wasn't an offal iron? |
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![]() Headcheese with pickle chunks! how good is that? |
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Thu. 6/2/16 3:58pm
geezerette:
Sour on purpose? |
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Thu. 6/2/16 3:59pm
geezerette:
Cecile, not very! |
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![]() yeah. They have hot, sour and plain. it's all yummy, but not as good as my ma-in-law's which I'll probably never have again because she had a stroke. And she's 94. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 3:59pm
βrian:
"You'd better quiet down in there, or you're getting head cheese for dinner! And I mean it!" |
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![]() Well it was awful idea for a waffle iron. |
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![]() It really is yummy and savory if you are into offbeat charcuterie. |
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![]() which I am. I think my ancestors are descended from black bears or something. We'll eat pretty much anything and have iron stomachs. |
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![]() Cecile, have you ever tried that Finnish licorice that is flavored with ammonium chloride? |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:04pm
geezerette:
Cecile, quick, get her recipe! I have a friend whose family were Czech and can live entirely on lard if they like. |
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![]() salty licorice? I used to really like it. Now, that I've got a little older, it's just too strong. |
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![]() I know, right, geez? |
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![]() I like fennel and chervil flavors better. Still licorice-y, but not so much. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:06pm
geezerette:
Cliff I've had that,it's kinda great/hideous. Really like the salty Dutch kind. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:07pm
βrian:
Braised fennel salad with orange. Mmm. |
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![]() that's exactly it. It's just on the verge of pain, but not quite. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:07pm
geezerette:
oooh,Brian,yum. :) |
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![]() Yeah, it's too strong for me too.... how about Hákarl? (fermented shark meat from Iceland) That was an interesting experience for me, heheh |
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![]() yeah, it's about 80 years ahead of its time. |
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![]() I am never going to try that. |
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![]() Coltrane was channeling something divine in his last years, that's for sure |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:09pm
geezerette:
The Cosmos and fetid shark...I LOVE you guys! |
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![]() my friend might order some just to say he ate it. He and I once shared a duck foot web and sea cucumber stri-fry, or "teeth from combs and rubber bands". that was damn inedible. |
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![]() Cecile it's not actually that bad, the closest thing I think it's like is sashimi with a lot of wasabi, but with a strong ammonia aftertaste. Really clears out the sinuses! Best enjoyed with their version of schnapps known as Black Death. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:11pm
βrian:
I think it's the south of France for me, food-wise. Bouillabaisse, pissaladière, tomates provençales, fresh thyme, rosemary, etc. With a nice try rosé ... Ach. Bliss. |
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![]() I'll pass, I think. |
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![]() βrian that's wussy food. No Viking worth his name would bother with any of that crap. More shark and Black Death! *bangs table* |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:12pm
βrian:
Eh, "dry" rosé. |
Thu. 6/2/16 4:13pm
Dean:
Bandol, baby. | |
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![]() Only Icelandic Vikings ate that stuff. The rest were smart enough to go back to semi-arable lands. |
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![]() And a fistful of Slátur! (blood cake) |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:14pm
βrian:
@Dean: Domaine de Tempier, specifically. Loves me that Mourvèdre! |
Thu. 6/2/16 4:15pm
Dean:
Hell, yes. A wonderful wine, DT. Do you know Lydia's cookbook? | |
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![]() Well la-dee-fricking-dah, βrian & Dean. Now I'm gonna go off and smite some trolls. |
Thu. 6/2/16 4:16pm
Dean:
"La-dee-fricking-dah"? Is that Scottish? | |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:16pm
βrian:
Lydia? |
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![]() By way of Syracuse. Ya gotta problem widdat?! |
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![]() Lydia oh, the lady who makes the pasta on TV? Bastianich? |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:17pm
geezerette:
Brian, pissaladiere is one form of heaven. This music is another. :D |
Thu. 6/2/16 4:18pm
Dean:
Oops. I meant Lulu: http://www.amazon.com/Lulus-Provencal-Table-Exuberant-Vineyard/dp/1580084001 Probably confused with Bastianich. | |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:21pm
βrian:
Lulu. Wow, I'd let her be my culinary benefactor! |
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![]() "The Alps" just makes me think of one of my favorite moments in TV censorship: I was watching "The Big Lebowski" on TBS, or some such station, and they changed Walter's line from "This is what you get when you fuck a stranger in the ass," to "This is what you get when you fool a stranger in the alps." Cracks me up every time. |
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![]() there are so many great food regions in the world, but if i had to choose one for the rest of my life, it might be north eastern italy. |
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![]() i like the idea of goodman saying, "fool a stranger in the alps." that's hilarious. |
Thu. 6/2/16 4:24pm
Dean:
I always hear Zapp & Roger's "More Bounce to the Ounce" as "Boardwalk through the Alps." | |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:24pm
βrian:
Isn't that where those crazy Friulians live? |
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![]() Alas, they announced that Prince died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, an opioid painkiller. |
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![]() you can spot em comin'... but they bring yummy white wine... |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:26pm
βrian:
One has to drink many bottles. Just to be polite, I mean. |
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![]() there was a bunch of black market pills going around Sacto, recently, i believe... were supposed to be oxy, but had fentanyl (like 10 times as strong0. killed some folks... the war on drugs kills lots of folks every year... |
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![]() Another classic TV edit: "I have had it with these monkey-fighting snakes on this Monday to Friday Plane!" -Samuel L. Jackson |
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![]() oh, finland isn't my favorite European food region. It's a tie between Italy and France. |
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![]() monkey-fighting snakes are the worst! |
Thu. 6/2/16 4:31pm
Dean:
Television broadcasts of "Blazing Saddles" change the name of Lily von Schtupp in the spoken dialogue, but a poster announcing her performance spells it out anyway. | |
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![]() You can't even say schtupp on the air?! Jeeez Louise |
Thu. 6/2/16 4:32pm
Lulu:
cool song, Fab! | |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:32pm
geezerette:
South of France for me;great food,people,everything! |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:32pm
βrian:
@Dean: I suppose we could talk about bean dishes now. |
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![]() i have to get there one of these days... i hear its Nice (hahahahahahaha) #sorry |
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![]() I've never dared watch TV broadcasts of Blazing Saddles. Half the damn movie must be dialogue edits and sloppy recutting. I bet it's half as long as the feature length, when all is said and done. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:34pm
βrian:
I love what Fabio's serving up, by the way. |
Thu. 6/2/16 4:35pm
Dean:
Flageolets! | |
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![]() moi aussie, βrian |
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![]() The line from Blazing Saddles that always cracks me up is, "Alright, we'll give land to the ******s and the *****s....but WE DON'T WANT THE IRISH!!!" |
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![]() (And with that, it's time for another shot of Spirits From The Blessed Potato) |
Thu. 6/2/16 4:37pm
Dean:
Cliff, I find myself reciting that line every other month or so. It has to have been a Richard Pryor contribution. | |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:38pm
geezerette:
Fabio keep going,this is all wonderful. |
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![]() According to Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor wrote all of the Mongo jokes. He loved that guy so much. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:39pm
geezerette:
Cheers Cliff. Here's mud in yer eye! |
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![]() Yeah Fabio, this is amazing! |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:39pm
βrian:
I always figured they were eating cassoulet in that Blazing Saddles campfire scene. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:40pm
geezerette:
Brian,DUDE! |
Thu. 6/2/16 4:41pm
Dean:
My 10YO watched the movie a couple times recently. A radio station playing a Mongo Santamaria tune gave me an opportunity to explain the joke to him. Other stuff in the movie...I hesitate to explain just now. | |
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![]() Dean - on the IMDb comments board for Blazing Saddles, there's a guy who says he went to a showing of it in London when it came out, and that line was the one that brought the entire house down :D |
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![]() "Mongo only pawn in game of life" |
Thu. 6/2/16 4:43pm
Lulu:
yaaaaaaaaas | |
Thu. 6/2/16 4:43pm
Dean:
"Candygram for Mongo! Candygram for Mongo!" "Mongo like candy!" | |
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![]() Oh, Don't shoot him. You'll just make him angry. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:44pm
geezerette:
Dean,haha! love that scene! |
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![]() "Uh-oh, Bart, I think Mongo here's taken a real liking to you..." "NUH-UNH! MONGO STRAIGHT!!!" |
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![]() Anytime someone is searching for change for the parking meters, I can't help but think/say "SOMEBODY'S GOTTA GO BACK AND GET A SHITLOAD OF DIMES!" |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:45pm
geezerette:
:D!!! |
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![]() jeez, i step away for a few minutes and return to find you're talking about Brennivín and fellatio ... |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:47pm
βrian:
Huh, and it was the "Petomane thruway." Now that's funny. |
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![]() "Schwartzes!" |
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![]() "Are we awake?" "That depends... Are we black?" "Yes we are." "Then we're awake... but we're very puzzled..." |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:49pm
geezerette:
Blazing saddles is like a live action Bugs Bunny cartoon. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:50pm
geezerette:
oops,the saucer is landing. |
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![]() Hence the candygram bit. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:50pm
geezerette:
Exactly! |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:50pm
βrian:
Only the bunny ears were missing. |
Thu. 6/2/16 4:51pm
Dean:
Le Petomane! Blazing Saddles scratches all the itches for me. I have a hard time watching movies at all, but I can always make time for BS. | |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:51pm
βrian:
Why isn't Fabio talking about food? I don't get it. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:54pm
βrian:
Remember, the 60s mostly happened during the 70s. |
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![]() Or called "disgusting unamerican long-haired weird pinko commie pothead freaks". |
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![]() yo fabio and all! |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:55pm
geezerette:
Dean,wish there was film of his act,rather that than time travel to an enclosed space with him! |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:55pm
V Priceless:
hippie commie creeps! |
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![]() Jeff - that was Ken's show yesterday |
Thu. 6/2/16 4:57pm
Dean:
geezerette: "his act"? | |
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![]() dammit, my long, successful avoidance of productivity must come to an end... thanks, Fabio! later, all! |
Thu. 6/2/16 4:59pm
Dean:
Do you mean Richard Pryor? I've seen random YT stuff, but usually from TV. | |
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Thu. 6/2/16 4:59pm
geezerette:
Yeah,he was in the French equivalent of Vaudeville,big star! Petomane. |
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![]() Yes, thank the gods for the French for inventing the profession of "flatulist" |
Thu. 6/2/16 5:01pm
Dean:
Oh, right, Petomane. Yes, that would have been something to witness live. | |
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![]() Must've been all that cassoulet they keep eating |
Thu. 6/2/16 5:03pm
Dean:
Can't watch now, but: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rIXipAV6Fs | |
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Thu. 6/2/16 5:04pm
βrian:
That was clearly before the era of Bic lighters. |
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![]() Le Petomane at the Moulin Rouge?! Oh man, oh man |
Thu. 6/2/16 5:06pm
Dean:
See "What about gas? How do I reduce it?" here: http://www.ranchogordo.com/pages/faq-frequently-asked-questions | |
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Thu. 6/2/16 5:06pm
geezerette:
Cliff,yeah. If you were really drunk it would be hilarious. Actually. kind of reminds me of Performance Art. |
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![]() When I finally get around to building my old-timey VR nickelodeon, that one's definitely going in there for sure |
Thu. 6/2/16 5:07pm
Dean:
(Nice joke, βrian.) | |
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Thu. 6/2/16 5:07pm
βrian:
I imagine they served absinthe at the Moulin Rouge. I haven't tried it. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 5:07pm
geezerette:
This sounds so Velvet Underground. |
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![]() I've been warned not to spend all my late nights in Prague drinking absinthe and smoking and doing other bad stuff, gets expensive |
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Thu. 6/2/16 5:10pm
βrian:
Yes, one needs to be prague-matic. |
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![]() I'm almost 40, I have allergies, and a Roth IRA that I want to start contributing to again, so it probably won't be a problem. |
Thu. 6/2/16 5:12pm
Dean:
I'd refrain from contributing to any allergies, Cliff. Just my two cents. | |
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![]() Just gotta stay away from penicillin, cats, bluegrass, and ragweed. |
Thu. 6/2/16 5:14pm
Dean:
I'm allergic to some bluegrass, too, but maybe I'm making a category mistake. | |
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![]() Actually I'm allergic to just about all country music EXCEPT bluegrass and honky-tonk. |
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![]() NO CATS. NO CATS EVER. CATS BAD. |
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![]() I like the kitty-cats, I just can't pet them too much and have to wash my hands afterwards. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 5:18pm
V Priceless:
hey Fabio - FYI - Pere Ubu - "Co-Ed Jail Tour" end of the month @ Bowery Ballroom. All material from '75 to '82! |
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![]() Sometimes on acid trips when I close my eyes I'll see a giant glowing kitty face staring back at me. |
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![]() Just now getting into your Marathon premium CD, Fabio. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 5:20pm
geezerette:
Cheshire Cat :) |
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![]() Yep geezerette! When she sees me she usually closes her eyes slowly and then floats off into the fractal soup :D |
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![]() Marathon premium? WAH. Still awaiting me swaggie. |
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![]() me too |
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![]() Fab's CD is entitled 'Dream Sequence'. It's got a cool photo on the cover. Haven't delved into it much yet but sounds interesting. |
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![]() @Cliff: When a cat looks at you and slowly closes its eyes, it is showing trust and affection. Apparently you've got an interdemensional feline friend looking out for you. That's good news. |
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![]() The collection of premium CDs is getting to a point where I need a filing technique ... by year, or by DJ? Stashing 'em all under WFMU isn't going to cut it anymore. |
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![]() Obsessive/compulsive tendencies demand filing techniques. |
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![]() Yep JP, I've heard that before from Jackson Galaxy, though he only works with cats in this dimension |
Thu. 6/2/16 5:30pm
Dean:
Apply a principle of provenance, Rev. (Not the same as Provence.) Thus, DJ. | |
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![]() ...humans all about this 'eye contact' - but fuzzies feel it's a bit of a challenge. Closey of eyesies... |
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![]() I agree with Dean, Rev. You should go DJ. I just think it would be easier to keep track of as the years go on and you add to your collection. |
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![]() ...sub-categories of FMU...Name, Chrono... |
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![]() Arrange by DJ, then by year, in case you get the same DJ's premium during another marathon. |
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Thu. 6/2/16 5:38pm
geezerette:
Fabio,fabulous show. :D |
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![]() This Matériaux is nicely chunky and evocative |
Thu. 6/2/16 5:40pm
nic:
love this | |
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Thu. 6/2/16 5:43pm
βrian:
"Le temps passé avec un chat n'est jamais perdu." |
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![]() Bien sur |
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![]() Cheshire Cat: ...'If you don't know where you're going any road will take you there'... |
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![]() this stuff is phantastic |
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Thu. 6/2/16 5:47pm
βrian:
FIN |
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![]() Fabio this was a real trip, and I wasn't even on any drugs today |
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Thu. 6/2/16 5:49pm
geezerette:
RevRab,love Harrison. |
Thu. 6/2/16 5:49pm
Dean:
Get it? The end? Finnish? | |
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![]() Oh you guize, you slay me |
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![]() shitty day of painting and cleaning gutters and snaking a bathtub drain. this music and a gin are bliss to me. |
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![]() STRA-gedy. |
Thu. 6/2/16 5:52pm
nic:
thx bye | |
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![]() jim varney was always talking to his pal vern |
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Thu. 6/2/16 5:53pm
βrian:
Mayberry L.S.D. |
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![]() I sometimes think there's a varnish of pot resin painted across my brain. |
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![]() i remember years ago saying clay sounded like flloyd the barber and fab cracked up. |
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![]() great impression clay! |
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![]() brian - HAH! should be a thing. |
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![]() LLOYD LINDSEY YOUNG |
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![]() Jim Varney (RIP)? He played the Ernest character. Ernest Goes to Camp and other fine entertainment films. Also played the voice of Slinky the Dog in some of the Toy Story movies. |
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![]() ...try to explain this exceptionalness to a non-FMUvian... |
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![]() I think by this point the lysergamides have dug a permanent quantum tunnel from my 5-HT2a receptors to the infinite parallel dimensions interpenetrating the fabric of reality. Or something like that |
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![]() to the fractal soup |
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Thu. 6/2/16 5:58pm
geezerette:
OMG that makes sense. |
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![]() Didn't Jim Varney start out doing ads for some auto parts company? I swear that's where I first saw him. I was pretty young though. |
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![]() With the Cheshire cats |
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![]() ...once you understand the laughter in the Sgt. Pepper locked groove - that's it forever... |
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![]() See also: The Rockwell Retro Encabulator www.youtube.com... |
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Thu. 6/2/16 6:00pm
geezerette:
My cat only laughed behind my back but she definitely laughed. |
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