Favoriting Strength Through Failure with Fabio: Playlist from May 25, 2017 Favoriting

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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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Favoriting May 25, 2017

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Artist Track Album Approx. start time
James Last  Mr. Giant Man   Favoriting Voodoo Party  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Scott Walker  It's Raining Today   Favoriting 3  0:11:27 (Pop-up)
Silentist  Seizures   Favoriting Silentist  0:11:45 (Pop-up)
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds  All Tomorrow's Parties   Favoriting Kicking Against The Pricks  0:12:52 (Pop-up)
Silentist  Return   Favoriting Silentist  0:16:01 (Pop-up)
Spermüll  No Freak Out   Favoriting Brain, The Box 1972-1979: Cerebral Sounds of Brain Records (V/a)  0:17:38 (Pop-up)
 
Man Forever  Twin Torches   Favoriting Play What They Want  0:34:38 (Pop-up)
Teeth Mountain  Harsh Tanz   Favoriting Teeth Mountain  0:44:01 (Pop-up)
Kohn  Klinker   Favoriting Kreis Plön  0:58:29 (Pop-up)
Catalogue  Stop Stress   Favoriting Penetration  0:59:00 (Pop-up)
 
Ruth (Thierry Müller)  Mon Pote   Favoriting Rare & Unreleased 1974-84  1:14:01 (Pop-up)
Brast Burn  Debon part 1 (excerpt)   Favoriting Debon  1:18:23 (Pop-up)
Sun City Girls  The Venerable Song (The Meaning of Which Is No Longer Known) -- edit   Favoriting Bright Surroundings Dark Beginnings  1:29:58 (Pop-up)
Krzysztof Penderecki  De Natura Sonoris No. 2 (edit)   Favoriting The Shining OST  1:40:45 (Pop-up)
Bill Dixon Orchestra  nightfall pieces II   Favoriting Intents and Purposes  1:44:29 (Pop-up)
 
Gen Ken Montgomery  Shortwave Band   Favoriting Pondfloorsample  1:54:22 (Pop-up)
Mika Vainio  11.01.13 (excerpt)   Favoriting 11.01.13  2:02:28 (Pop-up)
No UFOs  Sautenes in Amber   Favoriting NU LP For RS  2:12:47 (Pop-up)
Ennio Morricone  Io sono..."Avere", Tu Sei "Avere"   Favoriting La Proprieta' Non E' Piu' Un Furto OST  2:16:40 (Pop-up)
Alessandra Novaga  L.M.   Favoriting Fassbinder Wunderkammer  2:17:56 (Pop-up)
Köhn  Pülsen   Favoriting Kreis Plön  2:20:12 (Pop-up)
Ennio Morricone  Colpo Parallelo   Favoriting Un Uomo Da Rispettare  2:25:49 (Pop-up)
 
Ennio Morricone  Un Tempo Infinito   Favoriting Un Uomo Da Rispettare  2:38:37 (Pop-up)
Ju Suk Reet Meate  Or Feets - opus III   Favoriting Solo 1975-1980  2:47:12 (Pop-up)


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Whosondephone:

How long have we been playing giant man for? When did you first start playing it Fabio?
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V Priceless:

hey Fabio!
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Cheri Pi:

Heya Fab
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Michael 98145:

what will a poor girl wear? www.instagram.com...
  3:14pm
Maria D:

Nice to be listening live after many years of getting your show off the archives. Always great!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:16pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

hey fabio and everyone
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:17pm
Rich in Washington:

@Maria D: while archives are great, the live shows have a certain freshness to them. You can reheat them in the microwave, but they're never really the same as when they hit your table from the kitchen.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:18pm
Michael 98145:

every bite full of surprise
  3:19pm
Jeremy:

Perfect mood for this very moment in NYC. Definitely raining today! Glad to be here now with Fab and Fabfans...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:22pm
Whosondephone:

Rock On!
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Chris from DC:

Unfamiliar with Spermull. This is great.
Avatar 🎸 3:24pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

FOKES.
Avatar 🎸 3:26pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

Got my copy of the Brain Box this week. Waiting until the long weekend, will attempt to swallow it whole.
  3:26pm
Mark Williams:

Shhpaehrrr-muehl, Fabs.
  3:27pm
Mark Williams:

@Rev - where'd you order yours from?
Avatar 🎸 3:29pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

only problem with that Brain Box is the folder containing the 8CDs; one disc got stuck in the gum of the folder assembly; getting it un-stuck resulted in spots that will probably not play through. RAGE. /// Mark: I had some credit on yonder Am*z*n, which made it nicely affordable...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:31pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

i listen to that scott tune whenever it rains
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:37pm
melinda:

hi people
  3:38pm
Mark R:

You guys know that if you order anything from Amazon, log on as smile.amazon.com and a tiny sliver of your purchase goes to support Auricle Communications, the 501(c) non-profit that owns and governs WFMU, right?
Avatar 🎸 3:39pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

i did not know. But will do that in Future Days...
  3:46pm
Billy boogieboard:

Fabio made the varsity underwater basket weaving team in high school
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The Oscar:

Teeth Mountain! I don't think I've ever actually heard them outside of their legendary Judge Judy appearance: www.vice.com...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 3:48pm
The Oscar:

Looks like the article doesn't actually have the clip-- here it is in all its glory: www.snotr.com...
  3:50pm
Billy boogieboard:

Fabio listens to skrillex on the weekends
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

Good lord this is fluffy good ear food.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 3:51pm
JtotheK:

good afternoon fabio and fellow failures.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:53pm
Bronwyn Bishop:

@billy: don't we all
  3:55pm
Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

*ahem*
Avatar 3:57pm
Cecile:

oh, this is crazy. I've liked Teeth Mountain for years, but this episode is surreal. And they can hardly keep a straight face.
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V Priceless:

give that man a lozenge!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...ah! - Nicker's version of 'AllTomorrrow'sParties'. Lurve dat albumin.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

See - this. & people go for one common electric geetar tone all the time. I don't get it...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:03pm
The Oscar:

@Cecile I first saw it not knowing it was a put-on, but knowing makes it so much better. "Alright, mama!" has permanently entered the lexicon between me and my friends.
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Cecile:

oh, god, that was hilarious.
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V Priceless:

@ The Oscar - yeah, thanks for sharing that clip!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:12pm
The Oscar:

@VP Anytime! One of my all-time favorite internet videos.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:13pm
ɨ k ɛ:

Speaking of movies, the new Twin Peaks is basically just a new 18-hour-long David Lynch movie. Not previously watching Twin Peaks won't make much difference IMHO. It's just as incomprehensible (based on the 4 hours so far) either way. It's glacial, terrifying, funny, weird, frustrating, ominous, annoying, silly, and beautiful.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Mystery is Plot - Noir is...everything else...
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Carmichael:

Not knowing what anyone is talking about re: Teeth Mountain, I googled it and read an interview with them. That WAS funny ....
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:14pm
JtotheK:

@Ike - I'm 2 episodes in, going to watch 3 and 4 over the weekend. (Also been rewatching season 1 and select episodes of season 2.)
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Chris from DC:

Whoa, this Ruth thing.
  4:15pm
nic:

great
  4:16pm
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great drummer
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MenfussMike:

Is Catalogue playing in the background?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:17pm
The Oscar:

@Ike I've seen the first two episodes so far (trying to space it out so I don't have to wait so long in between). I'm digging it, though I'm guessing there will be those who HATE it. The new incarnation of The Arm is incredible. I feel like we're finally seeing what would have been if Mulholland Drive got picked up to series.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Having lived in SoCal many years - MulhollandDr. *rilly* captures something for me.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:19pm
Stanley:

Digging this Ruth.
Finally putting paid to the earworm I've had all day following Mary Wing's nine cover versions of 'Some Velvet Morning'. (Well 1 x original and 8 x covers)
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Fabio:

Mulholland Drive: Lynch's masterpiece
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ɨ k ɛ:

@JtotheK, maybe I shouldn't have rewatched the original series first because I don't think this has much to do with it, really. It's delightfully Lynchian, but none of the characters seem to be quite the same. At first you think just one or two characters are controlled by Lovecraftian forces from beyond the red curtain, but then almost everyone seems to be possessed by dorky aliens or autistic ghosts. Especially... because... they... almost... all... have... weird... halting... speech... patterns.
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JtotheK:

@ike - i did read that Lynch suggested that the new episodes would tie to FWWM, so I rewatched that, too. What struck me is having watched a bunch in the past week and then episode 1-2 on Sunday -- how different everything looked in HiDef. (A review I read touched on this as well.)
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V Priceless:

David Lynch credited with 'sound design' on new Twin Peaks - I find the sheer absence (so far) of much of Badalamenti's signature 'soundtrack' to be one of the most startling elements so far! Digging it, and can't wait to see where it goes next.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:23pm
ⓘⓚⓔ:

@Fabio, agreed. Even crazier that 2/3rds of it was originally a TV pilot.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Yeah - he's the Lovecraftian Kubrick (?). & yet, he's all Transcendental Meditation patronized by TheBeatles & stuff. It's all the Internal, I suppose...
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Chris from DC:

I had a colleague swear to me he knew exactly what was happening in Mulholland Drive because he "read it online" or something.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:25pm
The Oscar:

@JtotheK It definitely feels more of a piece with FWWM than the series. Some years ago a local moviehouse did an all-night marathon of the first season. As a surprise, they opened with a 35mm print of FWWM-- which was VERY confusing to the uninitiated friends I brought!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:25pm
JtotheK:

And also I wondered how different my reaction would have been had I /not/ rewatched. I would not have remembered a lot of plot points, but I think I'd have a different reaction to the characters (as in - 'wow, I haven't seen them in years' as opposed to 'I just saw them as teenagers last week!).
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:28pm
JtotheK:

@the oscar - re: FWWM - I saw it once on DVD years ago until rewatching this weekend. I read there are hours of deleted scenes, which apparently are on later DVD releases. those would be interesting to check out.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I suppose the most obvious Theme in Lynch is that Society is one thing on the surface, & *quite* another beneath - & yet occupying basically the same space. That's close to the main assertion of Surrealism (& who has ever more successfully done Surrealism on Network TV?) - & certainly a pertinent observation about Homo Sapiens @ the current stage of evolution...
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The Oscar:

@JtotheK They're all on the blu-ray release of the series. I haven't gotten around to watching them yet, but it apparently has most (if not all) of the characters absent from the film (and more Bowie!).
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:32pm
The Oscar:

Also, despite all the weirdness of the new episodes, the most startling thing for me might have been seeing Matthew Lillard as a middle-aged high school principal.
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V Priceless:

I think the truly terrifying BOB (Frank Silva RIP) is greatly missed, though technology being what it is, who am I to think he won't be conjured up in some way, shape or form?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...& no LogLady I suppose...
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greysquad:

This scg piece reminds a little bit of Tenjo Sajiki/JA Ceasar
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:36pm
The Oscar:

@VP Given the manner in which they replaced Michael J. Anderson, I'd say literally anything is on the table (but yeah, Silva was just so good).
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:39pm
The Oscar:

@RRN63 They actually got some scenes with her before she passed. She's pretty visibly weak, but it's still great to see her again.
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slugluv1313:

@ The Oscar re: Matthew Lillard - interesting! i know him from creepy roles on SVU and Criminal Minds, had NO idea about the Scooby Doo stuff!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:40pm
The Oscar:

@slugluv To me, he'll always be the '90s it-bro from Serial Mom and Scream!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 4:42pm
JtotheK:

Serial Mom...fantastic film!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:42pm
ɛɛk:

Yeah, Lillard is excellent in this!
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V Priceless:

@ The Oscar @ 4:36 - agreed, and this is exactly what makes the new episodes such a thrill, IMHO...case in point, the Log Lady moments...heart-breakingly bold and beautifully done.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:44pm
Parq:

My two cents? All the fuss over what Mullholland Drive is "about" reflects a sad, drab literalism that has latched onto us all. Can't we just enjoy the vibe, the beauty, the humor, without worrying about some specific, linear "meaning? Wasn't it Thomas Merton (not exactly a hippie space-cadet) who said "Does everything always have to mean something?"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:45pm
Parq:

It's just like all the people who just have to know, specifically and literally, what was in the briefcase in "Pulp Fiction".
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slugluv1313:

@ The Oscar -- gotta check out Serial Mom again! and believe it or not, have never seen Scream!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

@Parq: ...We have TestMarketed your statement - & would like to suggest juuust a few leetle changes to make it more popular. M'kay?? This is for *your* benefit...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:48pm
Michael 98145:

well said, @Parq
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:50pm
Parq:

RRN63: I have a button on my bulletin board that says "We have graphs and charts to back us up so fuck off." I'm not in marketing, or even in business, at all, but it so sums up modern art/communication that I just love it.
Avatar 4:50pm
Chris from DC:

Yes, Brast Burn were from Japan.
  4:50pm
Dean:

...which comports with my recollection of standing in line at Mann's Chinese Theater during the premier and first hearing that Ian Curtis had committed suicide, which meant we wouldn't shortly be seeing Joy Division in Southern California as we were anticipating.
  4:52pm
Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

There's similar angst over the "meaning" of the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey when Dave enters the monolith. Can't you just watch the movie and figure it on yer own?!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 4:54pm
Michael 98145:

2001. i don't recall ever having actually read the book ...
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V Priceless:

yesterday was the 42nd birthday of 'Diamond Dogs', which seems insane.
  4:55pm
Dean:

Reflexively seeking meaning seems pretty natural to me. But meaning isn't always a matter of finding the key to a roman a clef or mapping the real world correlatives in an allegory.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Mullholland pivots startlingly from Subjective to Objective & back I suppose - re a person struggling in SoCal culture. 2001 is about extraterrestrial influenced human evolution. Rilly challenging stuff, I know - but we believe in you & think you'll be okay...
  4:59pm
Cliff (temporarily not) in Prague:

In the book they go to Saturn (more astrolgically significant), but they changed it to Jupiter for the movie because they wanted to use the imags NASA was receiving from the Pioneer Mission.
  5:01pm
fluxmonk:

early gen!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I don't remember that...Arthur Clarke was a ♃Jupiter-ruled visionary ♐Sagittarius...which correspond to expansion & philosophy - whereas ♄Saturn is the complimentary principle of boundaries & order (w/ its' rings) - contraction...
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Fox (Rā-chul):

This is fabulous.
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Parq:

Cliff, yes exactly. Between the people who demanded to know what 2001 "means" and the people who pronounced it "boring" because it isn't full of car chases...
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northguineahills:

Mika Vaino!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...but you're right : en.wikipedia.org...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Just listened to Giles Martin, son of Beatle Producer George Martin - talking about the Pepper remix - saying 'people hear now but don't listen'. (& Pepper demands a focus.) I have definitely lost some ability to Watch...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...conversely - just listened to Little Steven assert that writing 'Louie Louie' is harder than writing 'Dark Side of the Moon' - which is also a good point...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...but J.Edgar's FBI needs to know...:
What does 'LouieLouie' MEAN ?!??
  5:12pm
nic:

love this!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:12pm
Michael 98145:

- the future turned out stranger than we had anticipated
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:13pm
Uncle Michael:

What if I have nothing to add to this conversation?
  5:14pm
miles:

I'm frightened
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:15pm
Parq:

RRN63, and are the lyrics to "Dark Side of the Moon" dirty? We just can't trust these filthy bums.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:15pm
Parq:

UM, why should today be different from any other day? <ducks>
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:19pm
Michael 98145:

"Lily Marlene"
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:19pm
coelacanth∅:

greetings Fabio and Fab Failures
- Excellent Morricone
  5:21pm
nic:

great !!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:24pm
thegeoffmcq:

evenin all
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Carmichael:

This sounds like a Quinn Martin production.
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geezerette:

@Parq:@4:44,agree, and well put. Lynch has his obsessions which even he probably doesn't want to understand. Mullholland Drive belongs to one of my favorite film genres, the Hollywood movie about Hollywood. As a native with a few imdb entries,(none of them distinguished ), the film is a tour of speculation & scandal, craft and technology, specific & dream landscape, and "Drive" in the literal and psychological sense. In short, poetry.
  5:33pm
steve:

i VERY strongly disagree about pinball!!
Avatar 🎸 5:34pm
Rev. Turnip Druid:

should be a crime to have such a long meeting between 3-6 on thursdays. SHEESH.
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slugluv1313:

Happy Birthday Gen Ken!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:36pm
howard in nyc:

Label is called Superior Viaduct? Why-a no chicken?
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

SALUT BURPDAY, LORD LAMINATOR!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:42pm
common:

Hello!
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MenfussMike:

FAbio...what are you talking over?
  5:45pm
b may:

Love your show
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Old Dave:

Hey, Clay, CONGRATS!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:49pm
blee:

Talking over Clay
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Carmichael:

Yeah Clay, Wake and Bake is here to stay!
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 5:50pm
dale:

mr. monday morning in the room!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

It's Bert & Ernie!
...Reportedly - among Muppett enthusiasts - there are Order Muppets - & there are Chaos Muppets...
  5:50pm
nic:

thanks bye
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:50pm
common:

Congrats, clay!
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Fredericks:

Have to change my morning routine. Probably be good for me.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:51pm
thegeoffmcq:

Well done Clay!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Clay's the best.
Imho - FMU shouldn't try too hard to fit itself into a typical A.M. drivetime format. Make the format fot FMU instead...
  5:52pm
ken in munich:

Clay!! I am so happy that you are getting the morning show!!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...by being itself, it will succeed @ it - & offer an alternative that can offer something else & gain traction...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 5:53pm
Stanley:

I'm so happy it's Clay for the morning show.
He's like no other.
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Fredericks:

Is this the James Last "Giant Man" vocalist?
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 5:55pm
dale:

just googled it and it's an english nursery rhyme
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

THIS IS FULLY EXCELLENT.
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Fredericks:

Don't forget to update the playlist, Fabio.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

Pyramid? Jeezus. Saw PTV there about a million years ago.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 5:56pm
dale:

it was a big deal to go there - ten bucks admission was a huge deal in the 80s
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:58pm
melinda:

A nice Gallo.
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Rev. Turnip Druid:

I recommend the carrot cake.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 5:58pm
dale:

when i was a kid i'd make pasta and put a quarter stick of margarine on it. i was a fat kid.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 5:59pm
dale:

love sherbet - the orange, raspberry and white colored one - pineapple maybe?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:59pm
blee:

Sherman's Sherbets
Avatar Swag For Life Member 5:59pm
melinda:

lime was good
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

zzzschwaa duuuu veeeev...
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:00pm
dale:

uneeda comix - do they still publish that?
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slugluv1313:

omg i may have that old issue of Circus! what poster?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Creem was the most actually R'n'R-like R'n'R mag.
Avatar 🎸 Swag For Life Member 6:01pm
dale:

go see baywatch - i heard it stinks (like we need to be told it would be)
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