WFMU: Strength Through Failure with Fabio: Playlist from August 14, 2014

Listener comments!
	3:05pm sphere: good afternoon.
	3:05pm steve: ah the wonderful world of failure
	👻 3:05pm Rev. Turnip Druid: deploy the lightshows and strobes. it is time.
	3:06pm adrian in mpls: made it just in time
	3:06pm DCE: laser light shows? I could really use a laser light show
	3:07pm Rich in Washington: that guy sounded like a cross between Homer Flynn and Eugene Chadbourne.
	👻 3:09pm Rev. Turnip Druid: deploy the Homer Flynn strobe-show. it is time.
	3:10pm steve: last night's efd disco program made me wonder why on earth i dont own a proper disco ball. disco balls are, imo, appropriate for all psychedelic musics.
	3:12pm chocolate monk: greetings from brighton, uk.. here with hobo sonn and a few others having a Fabio listening party..
	3:15pm Milson: Spinning guitars, check... hey Fabio and The Failures!
	3:20pm Sem Chumbo: Head spinning imagining the limitless depths of failure. Weeeee!
	3:29pm DCE: love it
	3:30pm Ike: Very nice sounds.
	3:31pm erik in berlin: Was going to listen to Liz Berg's show in the archive on the ipad but stayed tuned when i realized Fabio was starting. First that other stuff! Now this! Big fat grin on my face!
	3:31pm bloopy: hey fabio do you use netflix?
	3:34pm erik in berlin: @steve try going to the hell club upstairs in helsinki on acid. Six disco balls! Armageddon.
	3:34pm Fabio: yes.
	3:36pm Milson: The flute strewn Led Zep... making ground on Mr. Giant Man?
	3:37pm Mike East: Watched Jodorowsky's Dune this morning. I've got El Topo on tap for Saturday. I found the former inspiring. Really looking forward to El Topo.
	3:38pm DCE: that reminds me, Mike East, my friend was going to loan me El Topo and another Jodorowsky and never did.
	3:39pm Milson: Holy Diver is one of his more better works
	3:40pm DCE: who, Ronnie James Dio?
	3:41pm Davis: holy mountain?
	3:41pm Mike East: I think I'm gonna borrow The Holy Mountain from a friend of mine to show my wife. I'm gonna get on a Jodo kick, hopefully leading up to seeing his new one
	3:42pm DCE: saw the Dance of Reality a few weeks ago--great film!
	3:44pm Wow: Whenever I feel like pulling the plug, I take a deep breath, collect my thoughts and tune into Fabio. The characters in this world sure puts things into perspective. Thanks.
	3:44pm Bayta: Dance of Reality is the only one I've seen so far and it was great. Need to watch El Topo and Holy Mountain.
	3:45pm orphans on tap water: Bungees for everyone! I can't find my cerebellum! And stuff.
	3:47pm Cheri Pi: I'm back.
	3:47pm Milson: Fando... Fando...
	3:47pm DCE: yeah, Dance of Reality was my first as well. I'm SO BEHIND on seeing his movies! So all my friends were real keen on my opinions since I was a virgin.
	👻 3:49pm Rev. Turnip Druid: .....don't leeeve me fando...
	3:49pm orphans on tap water: Jodorowsky is a trip on Twitter. In technicolor espanol, of course.
	👻 3:49pm Rev. Turnip Druid: PIBACK!
	3:49pm Milson: Ha! How fucked!
	3:51pm Milson: Rev, might you agree Fando Y Lis is a wonderful date movie?
	3:51pm DCE: CP don't ever leave us again. EVER.
	3:51pm northguineahills: I have an extra book still in it's original packaging of Jodorowsky's comics from the 60s-early 70s. Most of the themes visited in his movies first came via his comics. Unfortunately, since I'm low on cash, and they're hard to come by, I'll only part w/ it for serious collectors money. (yes, it's all in espanol).
	3:51pm Cecile: hi, Pi!
	👻 3:51pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Hell yes, Milson. And I'm still married to the victim.
	3:51pm Milson: ditto!
	👻 3:52pm Rev. Turnip Druid: The mad prophet in Fando & Lis still visits me in my dreams... AT THE SOUND OF THE DRUM, IT SHALL BE NIGHT......BOOM........... BOOM.......... BOOM.....
	3:56pm common: missed so much today. stupid work. talking fando & lis, eh?
	3:56pm Cecile: ok graphics nerds What readily available (on most MS Office Suites) typeface goes OK with a Cambria headline?
	3:56pm Cecile: I'm using Gill Sans and it's just too much.
	3:56pm Cheri Pi: My peeps! I suffered through 2 meetings, and thought about all of yous the entire time.
	3:57pm Cecile: aw, that's so sweeet.
	3:57pm sphere: the default Microsoft Word theme uses Cambria for the headers and Calibri for the body text.
	3:58pm Cheri Pi: Great question C$, I was just at the used bookstore during lunch looking over typography books in order to get familiar with it for an exhibit I'm working on. But more imprtantly, how do you know what font suits you the best? I'm sick of Times Roman 11. Is their a font quiz?
	3:59pm Cheri Pi: there [dammnit]
	3:59pm Cecile: sphere, I was gonna ask about Calibri. Thanks, I might go with that. I still love Times Roman, but I hardly use it at work.
	👻 3:59pm Rev. Turnip Druid: oh hell, we're cutting up Altered States now. Love this.
	4:00pm Cecile: If I had my druthers I'd do all my headlines in Rockwell and all my body copy in courier. hahahahha
	4:00pm Cecile: sphere, it works! It's kind of bland, but it works (that's OK, I have tons going on in the background)
	4:01pm P-90: Hi Fabio & Failurologists. @Jodorowsky fans: Don't forget that Jodorowsky's new autobiography/novel "Where the Bird Sings Best" will be available on September 2 in English translation. Kindle, E-book, Nook, etc.
	4:01pm Cecile: Cheri, there are tons of font quizzes. I keep getting Times New Roman :(
	4:02pm sphere: @Cecile great!
	4:02pm adrian in mpls: @cecile - that cambria/calibri combo is what i use all the time - "Bland" is the correct word for it - but everything I'm doing is on excel - bland is the order of the day on that medium
	4:02pm Cecile: you know it Adrian...
	4:03pm DCE: oh pshaw make your spreadsheets fun, exciting, and challenging for others to parse!
	4:03pm Cheri Pi: I want this voice in my head at all times.
	👻 4:03pm Rev. Turnip Druid: If Cambria is what I remember, it's a weird modern semi-serif, yeh? even-thickness, more display than text....? So if cambria is the display/hed font, something with much less personality for text; either a totally conservative serif book or a totally medicinal sans, for contrast...? And yeh, what adrian said. "Bland" is another way of saying "highly readable" ... often that's enough to win..
	4:04pm DCE: scary thought, CP. your grip on reality must be very strong.
	4:04pm sphere: I should start using Zapf Dingbats at work.
	4:04pm Cecile: people who dig spreadsheets think bold is showing off
	4:05pm northguineahills: I have the Spanish version of the autobiography, but I have yet to crack it (I read really slow en espanol).
	4:05pm Cheri Pi: @DCE, we Times Romans are very grounded.
	4:06pm Cecile: hahahhaha to everyone. Rev, thanks for the help - I think Calibri is the medicinal font I needed.
	4:06pm steve: i love some good spreadsheet humor
	4:06pm Davis: bebas neu letraset and an old typewriter
	4:07pm P-90: @ Cheri Pi: I'm so SICK of "Cambria/Calibri"! Check out "Georgia" and 'Baskerville". They both make good "everyday" fonts and have a great deal more class and style than "C/C". "Futura" and "Engravers MT" make interesting title fonts, depending on the application. Just some suggestions.
	4:08pm Milson: Calibri has grown on me... I feel a strong dislike for Arial (the agency-wide preference)... I feel like Arial is the talking purple dinosaur of fonts... is it just me?
	4:09pm DCE: I don't feel strongly about most fonts but fuck you Arial you SUCK.
	4:09pm Cecile: P-90, I love Georgia and Baskerville together, but this is such a utlitarian project I could write it on paper towels and it owuld be fine. I'm just making it a little nicer so it will stand out on the bulletin board.
	4:10pm Cheri Pi: P-90, I'll check 'em out! Calibri is our default font at work but I personalize all my documents. Youwouldn't believe it but htere are some people here that actually use comic sans! Not only is it a font, but apparently a personality disorder too. who does that???
	4:10pm Cheri Pi: These are the same people who use Explorer as their default browser.
	👻 4:11pm Rev. Turnip Druid: 99% of the time, fonts with "personality" are a terrible idea.
	4:11pm Cecile: Arial is just bad. I'd use geneva before I use that again.
	👻 4:11pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Having said that, everything on earth should be typeset in BABY TEETH.
	4:11pm Milson: @DCE - I'm glad Arial brings out the rage in the best of us... I can now pull the stapler away from my coworker's face... how cathartic!!!!!
	4:11pm Cecile: someone sent me an invoice in Comic Sans. :(
	4:12pm Chris from DC: I'll stick with everything in Papyrus myself.
	👻 4:12pm Rev. Turnip Druid: I'll pretend the toad didn't say that.
	4:12pm Cheri Pi: So my exhibit is about typography / graphic design of the 80's, not my area (except for the 80's) AT ALL. any hints on where to start understanding what I'm looking at?
	4:13pm P-90: "Arial" is like the updated, hipsterized version of the venerable "Helvetica." @Cheri: BEWARE anyone who thinks it's cute to circulate memos or post notices in "Comic Sans"! It's a classic "warning sign" that something is WRONG.
	4:13pm Milson: what about email signatures... sometimes that shit really bugs me, but the human is nice.
	4:14pm Cecile: Look at Ed Fella, David Carson (Raygun magazine), punk fanzines and the Face.
	4:14pm Cecile: Also Emigre magazine.
	4:15pm Cecile: Edward G. Robinson is the most badass insurance agent ever
	4:15pm common: my friends and i were just talking about fred m. he was great.
	👻 4:16pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Cheri: go here & hit the 1980 link on the side: www.designishistory.com...
	4:16pm Cecile: MTV
	4:16pm Sem Chumbo: Excellent picture, the YSL thing.
	4:16pm Cheri Pi: BAAAABBBBBBBBBBYYYYYYYYYTTTTTEEEEEEAAAAAAATTTHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
	4:16pm P-90: Fred M. is underrated.
	👻 4:18pm Rev. Turnip Druid: I think the entire run of U&LC magazine is online in PDF form. Great resource for that very thing...
	4:18pm Cheri Pi: thanks all, duly noted and bookmarked. great link Rev.
	4:19pm P-90: "House of Bamboo" is fascinating. Highly recommended.
	4:19pm Cecile: Look through your record collection, too!
	4:20pm Cecile: what about 3-d House of Stewardesses?
	4:21pm common: i own that one, cecile!
	4:21pm Sem Chumbo: I like that they blow up real good at the end, Cecile.
	4:23pm Sem Chumbo: for your viewing pleasure, Monstor Horror Thriller Theatre, in 3-D, 'natch. www.youtube.com...
	4:24pm Cecile: It's veeeery scaaaary!
	👻 4:26pm Rev. Turnip Druid: This tabluzz is far-frikkin-out. Twelve thumbs up.
	4:28pm P-90: One angle on "fonts and the 1980's": it was a period when corporations increasingly adopted specific (and sometimes proprietary) fonts for all their advertising and "branding." ex: Apple used its own variant of "Garamomd" in ads, on packaging, etc. in the early 80's, then switched to an "exclusive" variant of "Myriad"... The 80's saw a definite increase in emphasis by corporations on adopting "house" fonts to heighten "brand recognition".
	4:29pm Carmichael: Dudes. Been a while. I am in receipt of said tabla and buzz chimes. Total receipt.
	4:32pm Cecile: very true, P-90. And at the same time, the whole world was going crazy for hot pink Mistral lettering.
	4:33pm Carmichael: Cecile & Cheri, what about Polynesiantown? Dr. John has a great role in that one. He was hit by the rib truck.
	👻 4:34pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Mid 1990s = the dark ages, when ordinary people got hold of Quark XPress. FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS SCALE TYPE.
	4:34pm Cecile: And they blew all their budget to get a crane shot.
	4:36pm P-90: Yeah, what's up with the "Mistral" thing? I wish I had a buck for ever movie from that period that used some variant of Mistral for its titles, to look real cool and up-to-the-minute.
	4:37pm Mott: this is just the right amount of weirdness to round out my week. thanks Fabio
	4:37pm northguineahills: I forgot to ask, when was the Pipeline Alpha recorded? It sounded like a spitting image of one of my friend's bands from the 90s, wonder if he had heard of them.
	4:40pm Carmichael: Cheri, how do you feel about the Arial font? I use it amost exclusively now, because I'm sick of Times New Roman.
	4:42pm Milson: Arial font!? WTF!? ..stapler going back into coworker's face...
	4:43pm Cheri Pi: I'm not a an of Arial either, it drives me crayzee, but I gotta get away from the Roman.
	4:43pm Fabio: 2011
	4:44pm Milson: ...joking... I'd lose my job!
	👻 4:44pm Rev. Turnip Druid: huge fan of old Swiss grotesks & helveticas. Alte Haas Grotesk is pure utilitarian gorgeous.
	4:45pm Mott: any GOUDY STOUT enthusiasts out there?
	👻 4:46pm Rev. Turnip Druid: definitely a stout enthusiast. anyone say beersies?
	4:46pm Cecile: Me!
	4:46pm Milson: oh, dude...
	4:47pm P-90: Arial's real readable, but just so...mediocre.
	4:47pm Cecile: I just can't use it as much as I'd like. Nowhere near as much as I'd like. I think all my favorite typefaces were invented in the 20s.
	4:48pm Milson: oh dear... Fabio is going to make me crap my drawers if he keeps this up... I don't know if that is a good or bad thing... I'll report back how it all goes down.
	👻 4:49pm Rev. Turnip Druid: loving this piece beyond all reason.
	4:49pm Carmichael: Yep, and that's why I use it, P-90. I read and write legal gibberish all the day through, so I need something easy on the eyes. Mrs. Carmichael is a huge Helvetica fan. Maybe I'll test drive it for a while.
	4:50pm Milson: @Carmichael... sorry to WTF... I typically must covnert all of my text to Arial for an agency my office works with. It drives me nuts...
	4:51pm Chris from DC: You should always choose a font that is not available to most of your authors, who submit in Word, especially when you need to provide them with a precise length estimate.
	4:52pm Cheri Pi: LOL CDC.
	4:52pm Cecile: hahahahaha Chris.
	4:53pm P-90: I would always choose Helvetica over Arial, they're similar. Helvetica's a bit cliched by now, but as I said above, Arial seems like just an attempt at an "updated" Helvetica-style font. Helvetica looks great on PowerPoints too.
	4:55pm marmalade kitty: I thought I could hear piano in the back ground like that on "if you wanna be a bird" :)
	4:55pm common: i write with a sharpie in my work. my font is slop.
	4:56pm P-90: Arial is also a "big" font, docs in Arial will typically take up more page space than most other fonts. Maybe corporate types like it partlybecause it makes everyone look a little more long-winded and "productive."
	4:56pm nic: everything has been really great !!!!!!!!
	4:58pm P-90: @ Fabio: Yes! Dynamite playlist today, the whole thing!
	4:58pm northguineahills: Ok, I'm off friends, see y'all later!
	4:58pm Cheri Pi: At work I write with a sharpie fine point pen and a Faber-Castell brush pen. Especially in meetings, it's nice to know I can still write with my hands.
	5:00pm Carmichael: Wanna whole lotta flute, Wanna whole lotta flute.
	5:01pm P-90: Sharpie fine-point for writing, huh? Never tried those, to me Sharpie just means "marker." I'll check it out based on your recommendation. Also F-C brush pen...
	5:01pm Milson: Ground Fault is gone, but the dude is is still open to sending out label releases as well as stuff from his personal collection...
	5:01pm Rory: Good Failure show!
	5:03pm Milson: I try so hard at work sometimes I feel like crying... did I just say that out loud?
	5:04pm adrian in mpls: i come back after an hour and looks like font chat is still gonig on
	5:04pm JEDD X: Hey Man, listening LIVE for once, whooooooooooo!
	5:04pm P-90: @Milson: But they do let you listen to WFMU, that's a plus...
	5:04pm steve: ditto adrian. ARIAL 4 EVA!!
	5:05pm Cecile: I use Rotring Art Pens to death. They might be my favorite writing/drawing instrument ever.
	5:05pm Sem Chumbo: @Milson:(((((((hug)))))))
	5:06pm JEDD X: Oh, and a very BEAUTIFUL show BTW!!!!!!!!
	5:07pm P-90: OK, now I'm gonna have to try Rotring too. I take a lot of notes but draw very little; is there a particular model you'd recommend?
	5:07pm Cecile: Milson, i have been there. hang in there.
	5:09pm Cecile: There is only one. A lot of stores don't have them. They are an old school fountain pen. I like the EF and M pens. Those are the tips.
	5:09pm P-90: @Milson: And maybe the co-worker next to you is in the same boat, might wanna remember that the next time you get the urge to staple his/her face. Just sayin'.
	5:10pm Cecile: Amazon usually has them.
	5:10pm Dean: Love, love, love Polwechsel. John Butcher cubed.
	5:11pm Fabio: Thanks Ken.
	5:15pm Chris from DC: Polweschel would be a good name for a font.
	5:16pm P-90: @Cecile: Thanks, I've been thinking about going back to a good affordable fountain pen. I see the 4 nib sizes, is M medium and EF extra-fine? Also: I trust you've never had one leak in your pocket or bag?
	5:17pm Milson: Thanks for the uplifting words everyone... it's just so overwhelming... you know? When I crash, I crash so hard. If I'm going to make this a positive experience, I gotta stop doing so much blow before work...
	5:17pm Cecile: Exactly. I haven't had one leak in my bag. Although one I had would get ink on my fingers - the tip was a little weird. The rest have been just fine.
	5:18pm Dean: Polwechsel is a font ... of sublime noise.
	5:19pm P-90: @ Milson: Also: be sure and keep plenty of small, protein-rich snacks around, low blood sugar makes everything worse.
	5:19pm adrian in mpls: @Milson - sorry about work -- having been in that place so often, i know how very very crappy it feels
	5:20pm P-90: And try saving the blow for Happy Hour, after work is done...
	5:21pm Cecile: I stick to coffee, Poor Man's Ritalin (TM me)
	5:22pm Mike East: I just got some oatmeal cookies from the vending machine to fight low blood sugar and they were gross.
	5:24pm Cecile: I ate a bunch of Starburst. I just have to make until 5. Busride don't care if I have low bloodsugar.
	5:24pm P-90: @ Cecile: One more question: what kind of ink do you use in them there Rotring Artpens?
	5:25pm Mike East: I have a good granola bar for the busride just in case. I gotta make it here til 7.
	5:26pm Cecile: You can use the pre-done cartridges (they come iwth a bunch), or you can get a refillable one and fill it iwth a good India ink.
	5:26pm P-90: Starburst are like crack! If I open a package I can't stop 'til they're all gone...
	5:26pm Milson: snacks... not blow... got it.
	5:28pm Cecile: Mine lasted over a week, on and off.
	5:28pm P-90: @ Milson: Try keeping nuts and dried fruit at your desk.
	5:28pm Carmichael: The official office snack area is the credenza outside my office door. I'm victimized by whatever crap they lay out for each other.
	5:29pm Milson: I'm not really into euphamisms
	5:30pm P-90: @ Carmichael: Do people gather at the credenza and yak it up right outside your door?
	5:30pm Milson: ...nor spelling
	5:30pm Rory: Milson, me neither.
	5:32pm Milson: I've shamed the family... again
	5:35pm Carmichael: @P-90: Usually, until I give 'em the stink eye.
	5:37pm P-90: @ Carmichael: Had to ask, cuz that would drive me crazy.
	5:42pm Milson: Jon Mueller?
	5:44pm marmalade kitty: krautrock native american syle
	5:47pm P-90: @ Marmalade: Wow! four words thay may never before have been placed side-by-side, anywhere.
	5:48pm P-90: [that] may never...
	5:49pm Sem Chumbo: Need a sweat lodge, right away. Got any peyote?
	5:50pm Cecile: gotta go. remember, hugs not drugs. Snacks not crack. Laters!
	5:51pm P-90: Thanks for the info, Cecile! Laters!
	5:51pm Sem Chumbo: Si,si, C.
	5:54pm Carmichael: Marching band chakra trance.
	5:54pm Milson: Thanks for the tunes, Fabio! Everyone, have a wonderful evening! Always a pleasure!
	5:54pm P-90: The part of the show where Clay raps with Fabio should be called "The Pigeonhole".
	5:56pm Dean: John Adams wrote "Shaker Loops." Does that make him a mover?
	5:56pm Rory: Clay, You have to listen to Neu!
	5:58pm map: Clay doesn't know Neu!? I don't know what to think any more.
	5:58pm Greg from Bloomfield: That is a GREAT idea.
	6:00pm dale: robin wllliam's wife having her own room might have added to his depression. something odd there maybe
	6:00pm P-90: Fabio: "The Colonel of Truth"

Strength Through Failure with Fabio: Playlist from August 14, 2014

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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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August 14, 2014: The Limitless Depth of Failure

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Artist	Track	Album	Approx. start time
James Last	Mr. Giant Man "Mr. Giant Man" by "James Last"	Voodoo Party
Crevice	Seizure 1 (excerpt) "Seizure 1 (excerpt)" by "Crevice"	Seizure 1
Marisa Allen	peaceful music III "peaceful music III" by "Marisa Allen"	peaceful music I-VIII	0:11:08 (Pop-up)
Suzuki Junzo	La Notte "La Notte" by "Suzuki Junzo"	Portrait of Madeleine Elster	0:12:22 (Pop-up)
Eleven Twenty-Nine	Dirtbag Lazarus	A Tithe to Hell	0:18:04 (Pop-up)
Pipeline Alpha	Evocation of an African Djin	Demons and Dances	0:28:03 (Pop-up)

Riccardo Sinigaglia & Walter Maioli	Futuro Antico	Futuro Antico	0:44:12 (Pop-up)
Sprills of Ore	Nexus "Nexus" by "Sprills of Ore"	Time Mirrors	0:51:49 (Pop-up)
Tod Dockstader & David Lee Myers	Illegible Proposal	Bijou	0:57:25 (Pop-up)
Tod Dockstader & David Lee Myers	The Cringing Unknown	Bijou	0:57:42 (Pop-up)
Tod Dockstader & David Lee Myers	Phoning Home	Bijou	0:58:02 (Pop-up)
Tod Dockstader & David Lee Myers	The Doktor is In	Bijou	1:01:11 (Pop-up)
Tod Dockstader & David Lee Myers	Abstractions Unchained, Director's Cut	Bijou	1:01:45 (Pop-up)

Robert Rutman	Tabla & Buzz chime "Tabla & Buzz chime" by "Robert Rutman"	1939	1:23:30 (Pop-up)
Francisco Meirino	La Processus de la Signification	Notebook (Techniques of Self-Destruction)	1:29:11 (Pop-up)
Osso Exotico	Marvila Church Organ	hurch Organ Works	1:34:08 (Pop-up)
Matt Krefting	Tiger's Owl "Tiger's Owl" by "Matt Krefting"	Lymph Est	1:39:43 (Pop-up)
Vertonen	Harbor Surfacant "Harbor Surfacant" by "Vertonen"	The Ocean is Gone, The Ship Is Next	1:44:24 (Pop-up)
Karoline Leblanc / Paulo J Ferreira Lopes	dichotomic Syntony	Hypnagogic Cartography 1	1:54:39 (Pop-up)

Polwechsel/Fennesz	framing 3 "framing 3" by "Polwechsel/Fennesz"	Wrapped Islands	2:04:59 (Pop-up)
H	Rose Bay "Rose Bay" by "H"	Nevada	2:11:31 (Pop-up)
P16.D4	Easter Anywhere "Easter Anywhere" by "P16.D4"	Tionchor	2:15:38 (Pop-up)
Bernard Parmegiani	Kaleidoscope I & II	Pour En Finir Avec le Pouvoir d'Orphee	2:22:17 (Pop-up)
RLW	Cosmic pathos "Cosmic pathos" by "RLW"	Early W - Three: Neue Deutsche Peinlichkeit	2:27:24 (Pop-up)

Jon Mueller	Hearts "Hearts" by "Jon Mueller"	The Whole	2:43:02 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	3:05pm sphere: good afternoon.
	3:05pm steve: ah the wonderful world of failure
	👻 3:05pm Rev. Turnip Druid: deploy the lightshows and strobes. it is time.
	3:06pm adrian in mpls: made it just in time
	3:06pm DCE: laser light shows? I could really use a laser light show
	3:07pm Rich in Washington: that guy sounded like a cross between Homer Flynn and Eugene Chadbourne.
	👻 3:09pm Rev. Turnip Druid: deploy the Homer Flynn strobe-show. it is time.
	3:10pm steve: last night's efd disco program made me wonder why on earth i dont own a proper disco ball. disco balls are, imo, appropriate for all psychedelic musics.
	3:12pm chocolate monk: greetings from brighton, uk.. here with hobo sonn and a few others having a Fabio listening party..
	3:15pm Milson: Spinning guitars, check... hey Fabio and The Failures!
	3:20pm Sem Chumbo: Head spinning imagining the limitless depths of failure. Weeeee!
	3:29pm DCE: love it
	3:30pm Ike: Very nice sounds.
	3:31pm erik in berlin: Was going to listen to Liz Berg's show in the archive on the ipad but stayed tuned when i realized Fabio was starting. First that other stuff! Now this! Big fat grin on my face!
	3:31pm bloopy: hey fabio do you use netflix?
	3:34pm erik in berlin: @steve try going to the hell club upstairs in helsinki on acid. Six disco balls! Armageddon.
	3:34pm Fabio: yes.
	3:36pm Milson: The flute strewn Led Zep... making ground on Mr. Giant Man?
	3:37pm Mike East: Watched Jodorowsky's Dune this morning. I've got El Topo on tap for Saturday. I found the former inspiring. Really looking forward to El Topo.
	3:38pm DCE: that reminds me, Mike East, my friend was going to loan me El Topo and another Jodorowsky and never did.
	3:39pm Milson: Holy Diver is one of his more better works
	3:40pm DCE: who, Ronnie James Dio?
	3:41pm Davis: holy mountain?
	3:41pm Mike East: I think I'm gonna borrow The Holy Mountain from a friend of mine to show my wife. I'm gonna get on a Jodo kick, hopefully leading up to seeing his new one
	3:42pm DCE: saw the Dance of Reality a few weeks ago--great film!
	3:44pm Wow: Whenever I feel like pulling the plug, I take a deep breath, collect my thoughts and tune into Fabio. The characters in this world sure puts things into perspective. Thanks.
	3:44pm Bayta: Dance of Reality is the only one I've seen so far and it was great. Need to watch El Topo and Holy Mountain.
	3:45pm orphans on tap water: Bungees for everyone! I can't find my cerebellum! And stuff.
	3:47pm Cheri Pi: I'm back.
	3:47pm Milson: Fando... Fando...
	3:47pm DCE: yeah, Dance of Reality was my first as well. I'm SO BEHIND on seeing his movies! So all my friends were real keen on my opinions since I was a virgin.
	👻 3:49pm Rev. Turnip Druid: .....don't leeeve me fando...
	3:49pm orphans on tap water: Jodorowsky is a trip on Twitter. In technicolor espanol, of course.
	👻 3:49pm Rev. Turnip Druid: PIBACK!
	3:49pm Milson: Ha! How fucked!
	3:51pm Milson: Rev, might you agree Fando Y Lis is a wonderful date movie?
	3:51pm DCE: CP don't ever leave us again. EVER.
	3:51pm northguineahills: I have an extra book still in it's original packaging of Jodorowsky's comics from the 60s-early 70s. Most of the themes visited in his movies first came via his comics. Unfortunately, since I'm low on cash, and they're hard to come by, I'll only part w/ it for serious collectors money. (yes, it's all in espanol).
	3:51pm Cecile: hi, Pi!
	👻 3:51pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Hell yes, Milson. And I'm still married to the victim.
	3:51pm Milson: ditto!
	👻 3:52pm Rev. Turnip Druid: The mad prophet in Fando & Lis still visits me in my dreams... AT THE SOUND OF THE DRUM, IT SHALL BE NIGHT......BOOM........... BOOM.......... BOOM.....
	3:56pm common: missed so much today. stupid work. talking fando & lis, eh?
	3:56pm Cecile: ok graphics nerds What readily available (on most MS Office Suites) typeface goes OK with a Cambria headline?
	3:56pm Cecile: I'm using Gill Sans and it's just too much.
	3:56pm Cheri Pi: My peeps! I suffered through 2 meetings, and thought about all of yous the entire time.
	3:57pm Cecile: aw, that's so sweeet.
	3:57pm sphere: the default Microsoft Word theme uses Cambria for the headers and Calibri for the body text.
	3:58pm Cheri Pi: Great question C$, I was just at the used bookstore during lunch looking over typography books in order to get familiar with it for an exhibit I'm working on. But more imprtantly, how do you know what font suits you the best? I'm sick of Times Roman 11. Is their a font quiz?
	3:59pm Cheri Pi: there [dammnit]
	3:59pm Cecile: sphere, I was gonna ask about Calibri. Thanks, I might go with that. I still love Times Roman, but I hardly use it at work.
	👻 3:59pm Rev. Turnip Druid: oh hell, we're cutting up Altered States now. Love this.
	4:00pm Cecile: If I had my druthers I'd do all my headlines in Rockwell and all my body copy in courier. hahahahha
	4:00pm Cecile: sphere, it works! It's kind of bland, but it works (that's OK, I have tons going on in the background)
	4:01pm P-90: Hi Fabio & Failurologists. @Jodorowsky fans: Don't forget that Jodorowsky's new autobiography/novel "Where the Bird Sings Best" will be available on September 2 in English translation. Kindle, E-book, Nook, etc.
	4:01pm Cecile: Cheri, there are tons of font quizzes. I keep getting Times New Roman :(
	4:02pm sphere: @Cecile great!
	4:02pm adrian in mpls: @cecile - that cambria/calibri combo is what i use all the time - "Bland" is the correct word for it - but everything I'm doing is on excel - bland is the order of the day on that medium
	4:02pm Cecile: you know it Adrian...
	4:03pm DCE: oh pshaw make your spreadsheets fun, exciting, and challenging for others to parse!
	4:03pm Cheri Pi: I want this voice in my head at all times.
	👻 4:03pm Rev. Turnip Druid: If Cambria is what I remember, it's a weird modern semi-serif, yeh? even-thickness, more display than text....? So if cambria is the display/hed font, something with much less personality for text; either a totally conservative serif book or a totally medicinal sans, for contrast...? And yeh, what adrian said. "Bland" is another way of saying "highly readable" ... often that's enough to win..
	4:04pm DCE: scary thought, CP. your grip on reality must be very strong.
	4:04pm sphere: I should start using Zapf Dingbats at work.
	4:04pm Cecile: people who dig spreadsheets think bold is showing off
	4:05pm northguineahills: I have the Spanish version of the autobiography, but I have yet to crack it (I read really slow en espanol).
	4:05pm Cheri Pi: @DCE, we Times Romans are very grounded.
	4:06pm Cecile: hahahhaha to everyone. Rev, thanks for the help - I think Calibri is the medicinal font I needed.
	4:06pm steve: i love some good spreadsheet humor
	4:06pm Davis: bebas neu letraset and an old typewriter
	4:07pm P-90: @ Cheri Pi: I'm so SICK of "Cambria/Calibri"! Check out "Georgia" and 'Baskerville". They both make good "everyday" fonts and have a great deal more class and style than "C/C". "Futura" and "Engravers MT" make interesting title fonts, depending on the application. Just some suggestions.
	4:08pm Milson: Calibri has grown on me... I feel a strong dislike for Arial (the agency-wide preference)... I feel like Arial is the talking purple dinosaur of fonts... is it just me?
	4:09pm DCE: I don't feel strongly about most fonts but fuck you Arial you SUCK.
	4:09pm Cecile: P-90, I love Georgia and Baskerville together, but this is such a utlitarian project I could write it on paper towels and it owuld be fine. I'm just making it a little nicer so it will stand out on the bulletin board.
	4:10pm Cheri Pi: P-90, I'll check 'em out! Calibri is our default font at work but I personalize all my documents. Youwouldn't believe it but htere are some people here that actually use comic sans! Not only is it a font, but apparently a personality disorder too. who does that???
	4:10pm Cheri Pi: These are the same people who use Explorer as their default browser.
	👻 4:11pm Rev. Turnip Druid: 99% of the time, fonts with "personality" are a terrible idea.
	4:11pm Cecile: Arial is just bad. I'd use geneva before I use that again.
	👻 4:11pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Having said that, everything on earth should be typeset in BABY TEETH.
	4:11pm Milson: @DCE - I'm glad Arial brings out the rage in the best of us... I can now pull the stapler away from my coworker's face... how cathartic!!!!!
	4:11pm Cecile: someone sent me an invoice in Comic Sans. :(
	4:12pm Chris from DC: I'll stick with everything in Papyrus myself.
	👻 4:12pm Rev. Turnip Druid: I'll pretend the toad didn't say that.
	4:12pm Cheri Pi: So my exhibit is about typography / graphic design of the 80's, not my area (except for the 80's) AT ALL. any hints on where to start understanding what I'm looking at?
	4:13pm P-90: "Arial" is like the updated, hipsterized version of the venerable "Helvetica." @Cheri: BEWARE anyone who thinks it's cute to circulate memos or post notices in "Comic Sans"! It's a classic "warning sign" that something is WRONG.
	4:13pm Milson: what about email signatures... sometimes that shit really bugs me, but the human is nice.
	4:14pm Cecile: Look at Ed Fella, David Carson (Raygun magazine), punk fanzines and the Face.
	4:14pm Cecile: Also Emigre magazine.
	4:15pm Cecile: Edward G. Robinson is the most badass insurance agent ever
	4:15pm common: my friends and i were just talking about fred m. he was great.
	👻 4:16pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Cheri: go here & hit the 1980 link on the side: www.designishistory.com...
	4:16pm Cecile: MTV
	4:16pm Sem Chumbo: Excellent picture, the YSL thing.
	4:16pm Cheri Pi: BAAAABBBBBBBBBBYYYYYYYYYTTTTTEEEEEEAAAAAAATTTHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
	4:16pm P-90: Fred M. is underrated.
	👻 4:18pm Rev. Turnip Druid: I think the entire run of U&LC magazine is online in PDF form. Great resource for that very thing...
	4:18pm Cheri Pi: thanks all, duly noted and bookmarked. great link Rev.
	4:19pm P-90: "House of Bamboo" is fascinating. Highly recommended.
	4:19pm Cecile: Look through your record collection, too!
	4:20pm Cecile: what about 3-d House of Stewardesses?
	4:21pm common: i own that one, cecile!
	4:21pm Sem Chumbo: I like that they blow up real good at the end, Cecile.
	4:23pm Sem Chumbo: for your viewing pleasure, Monstor Horror Thriller Theatre, in 3-D, 'natch. www.youtube.com...
	4:24pm Cecile: It's veeeery scaaaary!
	👻 4:26pm Rev. Turnip Druid: This tabluzz is far-frikkin-out. Twelve thumbs up.
	4:28pm P-90: One angle on "fonts and the 1980's": it was a period when corporations increasingly adopted specific (and sometimes proprietary) fonts for all their advertising and "branding." ex: Apple used its own variant of "Garamomd" in ads, on packaging, etc. in the early 80's, then switched to an "exclusive" variant of "Myriad"... The 80's saw a definite increase in emphasis by corporations on adopting "house" fonts to heighten "brand recognition".
	4:29pm Carmichael: Dudes. Been a while. I am in receipt of said tabla and buzz chimes. Total receipt.
	4:32pm Cecile: very true, P-90. And at the same time, the whole world was going crazy for hot pink Mistral lettering.
	4:33pm Carmichael: Cecile & Cheri, what about Polynesiantown? Dr. John has a great role in that one. He was hit by the rib truck.
	👻 4:34pm Rev. Turnip Druid: Mid 1990s = the dark ages, when ordinary people got hold of Quark XPress. FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS SCALE TYPE.
	4:34pm Cecile: And they blew all their budget to get a crane shot.
	4:36pm P-90: Yeah, what's up with the "Mistral" thing? I wish I had a buck for ever movie from that period that used some variant of Mistral for its titles, to look real cool and up-to-the-minute.
	4:37pm Mott: this is just the right amount of weirdness to round out my week. thanks Fabio
	4:37pm northguineahills: I forgot to ask, when was the Pipeline Alpha recorded? It sounded like a spitting image of one of my friend's bands from the 90s, wonder if he had heard of them.
	4:40pm Carmichael: Cheri, how do you feel about the Arial font? I use it amost exclusively now, because I'm sick of Times New Roman.
	4:42pm Milson: Arial font!? WTF!? ..stapler going back into coworker's face...
	4:43pm Cheri Pi: I'm not a an of Arial either, it drives me crayzee, but I gotta get away from the Roman.
	4:43pm Fabio: 2011
	4:44pm Milson: ...joking... I'd lose my job!
	👻 4:44pm Rev. Turnip Druid: huge fan of old Swiss grotesks & helveticas. Alte Haas Grotesk is pure utilitarian gorgeous.
	4:45pm Mott: any GOUDY STOUT enthusiasts out there?
	👻 4:46pm Rev. Turnip Druid: definitely a stout enthusiast. anyone say beersies?
	4:46pm Cecile: Me!
	4:46pm Milson: oh, dude...
	4:47pm P-90: Arial's real readable, but just so...mediocre.
	4:47pm Cecile: I just can't use it as much as I'd like. Nowhere near as much as I'd like. I think all my favorite typefaces were invented in the 20s.
	4:48pm Milson: oh dear... Fabio is going to make me crap my drawers if he keeps this up... I don't know if that is a good or bad thing... I'll report back how it all goes down.
	👻 4:49pm Rev. Turnip Druid: loving this piece beyond all reason.
	4:49pm Carmichael: Yep, and that's why I use it, P-90. I read and write legal gibberish all the day through, so I need something easy on the eyes. Mrs. Carmichael is a huge Helvetica fan. Maybe I'll test drive it for a while.
	4:50pm Milson: @Carmichael... sorry to WTF... I typically must covnert all of my text to Arial for an agency my office works with. It drives me nuts...
	4:51pm Chris from DC: You should always choose a font that is not available to most of your authors, who submit in Word, especially when you need to provide them with a precise length estimate.
	4:52pm Cheri Pi: LOL CDC.
	4:52pm Cecile: hahahahaha Chris.
	4:53pm P-90: I would always choose Helvetica over Arial, they're similar. Helvetica's a bit cliched by now, but as I said above, Arial seems like just an attempt at an "updated" Helvetica-style font. Helvetica looks great on PowerPoints too.
	4:55pm marmalade kitty: I thought I could hear piano in the back ground like that on "if you wanna be a bird" :)
	4:55pm common: i write with a sharpie in my work. my font is slop.
	4:56pm P-90: Arial is also a "big" font, docs in Arial will typically take up more page space than most other fonts. Maybe corporate types like it partlybecause it makes everyone look a little more long-winded and "productive."
	4:56pm nic: everything has been really great !!!!!!!!
	4:58pm P-90: @ Fabio: Yes! Dynamite playlist today, the whole thing!
	4:58pm northguineahills: Ok, I'm off friends, see y'all later!
	4:58pm Cheri Pi: At work I write with a sharpie fine point pen and a Faber-Castell brush pen. Especially in meetings, it's nice to know I can still write with my hands.
	5:00pm Carmichael: Wanna whole lotta flute, Wanna whole lotta flute.
	5:01pm P-90: Sharpie fine-point for writing, huh? Never tried those, to me Sharpie just means "marker." I'll check it out based on your recommendation. Also F-C brush pen...
	5:01pm Milson: Ground Fault is gone, but the dude is is still open to sending out label releases as well as stuff from his personal collection...
	5:01pm Rory: Good Failure show!
	5:03pm Milson: I try so hard at work sometimes I feel like crying... did I just say that out loud?
	5:04pm adrian in mpls: i come back after an hour and looks like font chat is still gonig on
	5:04pm JEDD X: Hey Man, listening LIVE for once, whooooooooooo!
	5:04pm P-90: @Milson: But they do let you listen to WFMU, that's a plus...
	5:04pm steve: ditto adrian. ARIAL 4 EVA!!
	5:05pm Cecile: I use Rotring Art Pens to death. They might be my favorite writing/drawing instrument ever.
	5:05pm Sem Chumbo: @Milson:(((((((hug)))))))
	5:06pm JEDD X: Oh, and a very BEAUTIFUL show BTW!!!!!!!!
	5:07pm P-90: OK, now I'm gonna have to try Rotring too. I take a lot of notes but draw very little; is there a particular model you'd recommend?
	5:07pm Cecile: Milson, i have been there. hang in there.
	5:09pm Cecile: There is only one. A lot of stores don't have them. They are an old school fountain pen. I like the EF and M pens. Those are the tips.
	5:09pm P-90: @Milson: And maybe the co-worker next to you is in the same boat, might wanna remember that the next time you get the urge to staple his/her face. Just sayin'.
	5:10pm Cecile: Amazon usually has them.
	5:10pm Dean: Love, love, love Polwechsel. John Butcher cubed.
	5:11pm Fabio: Thanks Ken.
	5:15pm Chris from DC: Polweschel would be a good name for a font.
	5:16pm P-90: @Cecile: Thanks, I've been thinking about going back to a good affordable fountain pen. I see the 4 nib sizes, is M medium and EF extra-fine? Also: I trust you've never had one leak in your pocket or bag?
	5:17pm Milson: Thanks for the uplifting words everyone... it's just so overwhelming... you know? When I crash, I crash so hard. If I'm going to make this a positive experience, I gotta stop doing so much blow before work...
	5:17pm Cecile: Exactly. I haven't had one leak in my bag. Although one I had would get ink on my fingers - the tip was a little weird. The rest have been just fine.
	5:18pm Dean: Polwechsel is a font ... of sublime noise.
	5:19pm P-90: @ Milson: Also: be sure and keep plenty of small, protein-rich snacks around, low blood sugar makes everything worse.
	5:19pm adrian in mpls: @Milson - sorry about work -- having been in that place so often, i know how very very crappy it feels
	5:20pm P-90: And try saving the blow for Happy Hour, after work is done...
	5:21pm Cecile: I stick to coffee, Poor Man's Ritalin (TM me)
	5:22pm Mike East: I just got some oatmeal cookies from the vending machine to fight low blood sugar and they were gross.
	5:24pm Cecile: I ate a bunch of Starburst. I just have to make until 5. Busride don't care if I have low bloodsugar.
	5:24pm P-90: @ Cecile: One more question: what kind of ink do you use in them there Rotring Artpens?
	5:25pm Mike East: I have a good granola bar for the busride just in case. I gotta make it here til 7.
	5:26pm Cecile: You can use the pre-done cartridges (they come iwth a bunch), or you can get a refillable one and fill it iwth a good India ink.
	5:26pm P-90: Starburst are like crack! If I open a package I can't stop 'til they're all gone...
	5:26pm Milson: snacks... not blow... got it.
	5:28pm Cecile: Mine lasted over a week, on and off.
	5:28pm P-90: @ Milson: Try keeping nuts and dried fruit at your desk.
	5:28pm Carmichael: The official office snack area is the credenza outside my office door. I'm victimized by whatever crap they lay out for each other.
	5:29pm Milson: I'm not really into euphamisms
	5:30pm P-90: @ Carmichael: Do people gather at the credenza and yak it up right outside your door?
	5:30pm Milson: ...nor spelling
	5:30pm Rory: Milson, me neither.
	5:32pm Milson: I've shamed the family... again
	5:35pm Carmichael: @P-90: Usually, until I give 'em the stink eye.
	5:37pm P-90: @ Carmichael: Had to ask, cuz that would drive me crazy.
	5:42pm Milson: Jon Mueller?
	5:44pm marmalade kitty: krautrock native american syle
	5:47pm P-90: @ Marmalade: Wow! four words thay may never before have been placed side-by-side, anywhere.
	5:48pm P-90: [that] may never...
	5:49pm Sem Chumbo: Need a sweat lodge, right away. Got any peyote?
	5:50pm Cecile: gotta go. remember, hugs not drugs. Snacks not crack. Laters!
	5:51pm P-90: Thanks for the info, Cecile! Laters!
	5:51pm Sem Chumbo: Si,si, C.
	5:54pm Carmichael: Marching band chakra trance.
	5:54pm Milson: Thanks for the tunes, Fabio! Everyone, have a wonderful evening! Always a pleasure!
	5:54pm P-90: The part of the show where Clay raps with Fabio should be called "The Pigeonhole".
	5:56pm Dean: John Adams wrote "Shaker Loops." Does that make him a mover?
	5:56pm Rory: Clay, You have to listen to Neu!
	5:58pm map: Clay doesn't know Neu!? I don't know what to think any more.
	5:58pm Greg from Bloomfield: That is a GREAT idea.
	6:00pm dale: robin wllliam's wife having her own room might have added to his depression. something odd there maybe
	6:00pm P-90: Fabio: "The Colonel of Truth"

Strength Through Failure with Fabio: Playlist from August 14, 2014

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