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This page last updated April 26, 2025

Special Guest: Rik Letendre, discussiong the late Donald Miller. From October 24, 2024. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Happy belated birthdays to Marshall Allen (May 25th) & Sun Ra (May 22) From May 26, 2022. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Plague Failure program #33. From December 10, 2020. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Plague Failure program #25 + Tusk Festival broadcast: Maja S.K. Ratkje. From October 8, 2020. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Plague Failure program #22 (Also, a salute to Simeon Coxe of the Silver Apples R.I.P.) From September 10, 2020. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Plague Failure program #13 ALIVE! Tribute to Maestro Ennio Morricone. R.I.P. From July 9, 2020. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Tribute to Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. From March 19, 2020. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Singles Going Steady: Small records with big holes on Strength Through Failure. From October 17, 2019. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Special guests today: Alexander Hacke & Danielle De Picciotto. Theme today: "Part II" From November 29, 2018. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

In-Studio Guests/performing Live: Phil Minton & Audrey Chen. From January 18, 2018. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Alexander Hacke Visits, chats, plays records: Theme: Berlin/New York. From January 4, 2018. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Mega Failure: Rest in Peace Pierre Henry. From July 6, 2017. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Very Special Guests Lawrence Edward Mullens & Larry 7. From May 18, 2017. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Today: Live sets by Gospel of Mars plus tribute to the late Mika Vainio. From April 13, 2017. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

ALN perform Live in Studio B. From May 26, 2016. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

A tribute to Tony Conrad... From April 14, 2016. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Failure pays Tribute to David Bowie & Georgio Gomelsky. From January 14, 2016. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Highs and Lows of Failure (special in-studio guest today: Aaron Moore of Volcano the Bear) From December 17, 2015. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Vocal Failures: Alexander Hacke and Danielle de Picciotto visit. From July 23, 2015. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Rik Letendre (Circle X) visits the show today. From July 9, 2015. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

failure from the aether (live studio broadcast with Hallicrafters) From February 12, 2015. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Documentary Failure: Alex Hacke & Danielle De Picciotto in-studio for a chat about the new Lary 7 Documentary. From January 22, 2015. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Bed of Failure: Soundtracks with Alexander Hacke. From June 12, 2014. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Lowest Form of Failure (special in-studio guest Fredrik Nilsen of LAFMS) From May 8, 2014. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Visitation Failure: Special Guest Larry Mullins (Stooges, Swans, Jessie Evans, Residents) From May 2, 2013. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

A Royal FAilure: Special in studio appearance by Leif Elggren & Marja-leena Sillanpää. From May 3, 2012. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Group Failure with Fulminate Trio performing live in the studio. From December 1, 2011. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Failure is your host: Special guests Danielle de Picciotto & Alex Hacke. From August 11, 2011. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Failure of Commitments with Blood Stereo live. From April 14, 2011. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

'O Come all Ye Failures Special Holiday Show with in-Studio Guests: Alex Hacke & Danielle DePicciotto. From December 23, 2010. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

With Gen Ken Montgomery of Generator (originally aired June 3, 1990) From July 4, 2010. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Failure is Happening! Live in Studio performance by: Tony Conrad, Genesis Breyer P. Orridge and Eddie ODowd. From April 1, 2010. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Alive with Failure! From January 14, 2010. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The End of Failure. Special guest tonight: JG Thirlwell. From June 17, 2009. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Revisiting Failure: Special Surprise guests tonight: Alex Hacke (Einsturzende Neubauten) & Lary 7 (Analog Society, PLastikville Records) From June 10, 2009. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Industrial Strength Failure with Throbbing Gristle. From April 15, 2009. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Failure from another world. From March 25, 2009. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

One fails, we all fail (Special In-Studio Guest: Jacob Kirkegaard) From September 24, 2008. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Failure of the Species: Special Guest Rik LeTendre of Circle X. From May 29, 2008. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Post Sparks Report - Non Failure. From May 22, 2008. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

A hillbilly failure! -- The Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Co. From January 31, 2008. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

"failure through entertainment" From December 20, 2007. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Failure Holiday (special In-Studio Guest: Alex Hacke of Einsturzende Neubauten) From December 28, 2006. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Final Failure (With Guests: Tony Conrad and Larry Seven) From September 29, 2005. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The Susquehanna Industrial Tool and Die Co. perform Live in the studio today. (AKA: THE FAILURE OF INTELLIGENT THOUGHT) From January 27, 2005. Listen to set "Susquehanna Industrial Tool and Die Co. perform live":  Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live In-studio visit by Alex Hacke. From December 30, 2004. Listen to set "Alex Hacke performs live":  Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

The past is rife with failure. From December 23, 2004. Listen to set "Electroputas perform live":  Pop-up player!. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live with FM Einheit, Trztn, Electro in studio. From September 4, 2003. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Live in the Studio: Baby Zizanie. From August 28, 2003. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Devendra Banhart visits and plays today... From November 14, 2002. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Special Guest: tENTATIVELY a cONVENIENCE, PERFORMS LIVE IN STUDIO. From October 17, 2002. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Tony Conrad visits with Fabio. From July 18, 2002. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Fabio fills in for the Reggae Schoolroom. From January 20, 2002. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!.

Alex Hacke of Einsturzende Neubauten: Alex guest djs, chatting about his work with Neubauten as well as other groups and playing some new music. From January 2, 2002. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Climax Golden Twins: This show was recorded in May 2001, but for extremely lame reasons, never aired. The Climax Golden twins made a rare east coast appearance to perform in honor of the late John Fahey in NYC. From December 12, 2001. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

World Trade Center Special - Open Phones/Live calls. From September 16, 2001. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Featuring a 20-minute interview with Pan Sonic. From May 16, 1999. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

special guest Christian Marclay. From March 2, 1997. Listen to the whole show: MP3 - 96K or  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

Fabio Interviews Yoko Ono. From December 21, 1995. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.

RadioCON, with special guest Conrad Schnitlzer. From June 17, 1990. Listen to the whole show:  Pop-up player!. See the playlist.